Stag - Vol. 21, No. 05 - October 15, 1969

              Fairfield Uni......uty, Fa~, Connecti~
Anti-War Activities
October 15, 1969
Day Plans
Of
Today's Moratorium
VoL 21 No.5
Program
VIETNAM MORATORIUM SCHEDULE
TUESDAY
9:80 p.m.. March ,from IJbrary of u.n.
WEDNESDAY
12 :01 a.m. Rally in MarIna Park.
10:00 a.m. Rally OD CampGl, ee.ter Patio.
11:00 a.m. SUent Vi&'U followed by a Ita.-. for Peaoo.
1:00 p.m.. March from Ludlowe Park to ToWD BalL
4:SO to 6:80 p.m. Work in CommUDlt;r.
7:00 p.m. Rally at; Sa.cred Heart.
.8y MIKE FABBELL and
C. SULLIVAN
Rolling hills, stifling, dense
jungles, and fertile river valleys
have been the core of vigorous
warfare in the country of South
Vietnam. For ten arduous years,
the inhabitants o( this country
have been faced with one of the
worlds most pressing problems:
total war.
These people have experienced
the horrors of bombings, terror­ist
radls, bloody offensives, and
numerous other ruthless tactics.
They have been defended,
taught, and led during this time
by the American combat troops
stationed in their country. Our
men have suffered excrutlatlng·
ly painful wounds, harrassment,
and violent deaths.
The fifteenth or October will
be no different from any other
day twelve thousand miles from
here in this tormented nation,
South Vietnam. Just as on any
other day, hundreds of human
beings will die while uncounted
others will be wounded in the
most controversial war of the
twentieth century.
For those of us who remain in
the United States, that same day
will shatter the ·routine, for, as
planned, the activities of Oct­ober
fifteenth will be unprecl.
dented in our history.
In the past, the citizenry was
satisfied to be patient with Its
discontent _ however justified
_ and to hope that when time
passed, the situation would be
different. For the majority in
the present. this is not enough;
and if wishing problems away
is not the contemporary style,
the OIlt-of-step onlooker had
better beware of the Ides of
October.
On this day many Americans
will observe the Vietnam Mora­torium,
an effort to encourage
Americans to display opjX)Sltion
to and pressure upon the Nixon
AdmInistraticon war polley.
The organization of this day
of pause and refiectlon was
hlUJdled by the National Viet­nam
MClratorlum Cor-ordlnating
Committee. 'This committee is
splintered into local groups on
a nation-wide basis. Fairfield
(CwtiDued OD P.,.e %)
Olln~r, who'. recordtnp of "Good Homme StanlllDe" aDd
"Jean" topped the cluu1.l, wUl be Ule featu.red attnctIoa at
homecoming '69.
Homecoming Plans Finalized
Oliver To Appear In Concert
Fr. McInnes Releases
Moratorium Request
THE UNIVERSITY AND NATIONAL CONCERN
A university must necessarily be concerned with the great
social and moral Issues of the community and of the age in which
it exists. It cannot be a "moral Ivory tower." It should. therefore,
provide its members with both the opportunity and encouragement
to express theiJ; moral concern about these issues. As a social
institution It must activate its citizenship by its concern; as an
academic institUtion it must express ita sentiments in a manner
appropriate to the intellectual world; as a Christian university it
must openly present to the world Its moral posture.
War and poverty are the two greatest burdens on our social
and moral conscience today. Poverty, with its attendant conse­quences
of racism and violence, is the number one problem of our
domestic life; war, with Its wasting of hwnan life and its corrupt­ing
divisiveness among our citizens is the number one problem of
the international scene.
Fairfield University, and the individuals who make up its
community, cannot be indifferent to either of these cosmic trage­dies.
We cannot stand aside and say that "this Is none of our
business." By our very existence. we are committed to a moral
and social position on these great Issues. Hopefully, by our ac­tivity
and by our participation as individual citizens and as a col·
lectlve community, we will help to add to their solution. That par­ticipation
should be meaningful, not senseless; sacrificial, not sentI­mental;
distinctive of an academic and Christian community, not
imitative of a political or anarchic pressure group; respectful of
the Individual freedom of dissenters, but united In a conunon
moral concern
(If there is no debate about our social obligation. to be involved,
there are certainly great differences of opinion within our com­munity
as to how we should express this involvement) I would
like, therefore, as an Individual and as the President of Fairfield
University, to offer to the Academic Community my concern and
opinion In this matter. I believe that:
1. The three segments at the UniversIty _ students, faculty,
(CoDUJaaed OD Pace 6)
81 RIC BAKER
Homecoming '69 will feature
in concert the talents of Oliver
and the Cas House Kids. Oliver,
who achieved the rare distinc­tion
of having a mUllan seller
with his first single release, will
be featured in the Saturday
night concert.
CoUaI'e of Soap
His show consists of a collage
of songs Oll,ver believes and
wants to do. The types of songs
vary widely. He doesn't con­form
to any set bag. "There are
so many things o( worth avail­able
to do. I used to cheat my­self
by not fa.kIng advantage of
them. MaytN~ I just wasn't
ready. I'd whisper 'head song'
reverently alld forget a lot of
other really good material.
'Head song' :Is such a superfi­claJ
term anyway. You never
hear it used to describe the
music or Jac,ques Brei or An­thony
Newle)' and they're two
of the most Hfe-aware compos­ers
around. 111e cUlT1!nt conno­tations
of 'head' just seem limit­<
d
I like performing because It's
direct contact with live people.
I write a good deal of the time
but that's introspective creation
rather than interaction. A per­former
should offer some kind
of catbarsis to his audience. I
try to make the music give ~
pIe a chance to become en­grossed
with what they are
hearing enough to possibly ex­perience
things they've pro~
ably experienced on their own
but don't normally let them­selves
go so far as to feel them
fully. You can never reach
everybody that way. but it's
an ideal to work toward."
The announcement of Oliver's
concert highlighted the final­Ized
Homecoming plans an­nounced
by co-chalrmen Ed
Smith and Cosmo Filiberto. The
weekend will span from Friday,
October 31, until Sunday, No­vember
2.
Friday holds for the partici­pants
a semi-formal dinner­dance
at Frederick's. Entertain.
ment for that evening is to be
provided by the Westchester
based Rocking Horse People,
and Zero Plus Six.
It has been the attempt of the
weekend committee to preseat
a full spectrum of musical
sound SO that everyone's tastes
will be satisfied. The Rocking
Horse People cover the area of
hard rock, while zero Plus
Six -provides a more jazz ori­entated
program. Dinner will be
in the fonn of a hot and cold
buffet\, alcoholic refreshments
will be on a "bring your own"
basis. 5et-ups will be provided.
The scheduled time for this
event at Frederick's is from
8:00 till 1 :00.
Queea'. Contest
Also on the card for Friday
night's semi-formal will be the
crowning of the Homecoming
Queen. All students interested
In entering their dates In the
Queen's Contest should submit
a picture with the girl's name,
age, school and home town to
P.O. Box T or to Bill McGee,
chairman of the Queen's contest.
The Queen will reign over the
festivities at saturday's football
contest. The Queen's escort
will also receive a tree package
deal.
Football and Rqby
Saturday's initial activity will
e-unge4.Pap'
Par Two THE STAG October 15, 1969
Moratorium Day Plans Full Schedule Of Activities
Campus News
Homecoming
(Continued from Page 1)
University has linked forces
with six other colleges to form
the Southern Connecticut Viet­nam
Moratorium Committee.
Broad Base
The objective of '.his com­mittee
is to encourage the fami­lies,
businesses, religious and
educational institutions of South­ern
Connecticut to voice oppo­sition
to the Vietnam War. Al­though
each college has its own
schedule of events, they have
planned several co-ordinated ac­tivities.
In preparation for the Octo­ber
fifteenth moratorium, the
Fairfield Committee has spent
long hours in planning and pub­licizing.
Initially, this committee
was instituted by students and
headed by Bob Carpenter, '70,
Don Defronzo, '70, Bill Luddy,
'72, and John Nekrut, '72.
Within the group several sub­committees
have been formed,
including an under-staffed but
ambitious work commIttee un­der
the leadership of Jerry
Langlais and Greg Kilty, both
of the class of '72. For nearly
two weeks they have been for­mulating
student sup par t
through pamphlets, newsletters,
buttons, posters, and a formal
petition, calling for an end to
the war, which will be forward­ed
to Senator Abraham Ribi­""
ft.
jReadlng of War Dead
The reading of Vietnam war­dead
in the Campus Center,
Tuesday, launched Fairfield's
Moratorium program. At 9:00
p.m. students from the South­ern
Connecticut Moratorium
Committee began a peace march
from the campus of the Univer­sity
of Bridgeport to the Bridge­port
Federal Building. Upon ar­rival,
speeches were presented
by students of the Moratorium
Committee.
At midnight, the Moratorium
continued with a mass rally in
Marina Park, next to the
Bridgeport campus. Once again
students voiced their protest to
the war. A concert followed the
speakers.
Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.,
Fairfield University will hold its
rally on the Campus Center
patio. In order to gain substan­tial
support and to permit indi­viduals
to voice their concerns,
the Moratorium Committee has
asked both faculty and students
not to attend class. The rally
will be high-lighted by the main
speaker.
Mila, for Peace
Members of the administra­tion,
faculty,and student body
will also present their views
on the Vietnam situation. A si­lent
vigil, "a Mass for Peace",
will follow the rally.
At about 1:00 p.m. this after­noon
the programs will be re­sumed
with a march from the
Campus Center to the Town
Hall. Marchers will proceed
down North Benson Road to
Ludlow Park where they will
pick up any late comers. From
the Park the assemblage will
continue on to Post Road where
the force will divide in half:
one half on the north side, the
other on the south.
Proceeding down Post to
Miller Street, around the Un­quowa
Road Bridge, the march­ers
will be joined by local high
school supporters at Roger
Ludlow High School. All will
then converge upon Town Hall
where the 24 hour reading of
the war dead will be suspend­ed
in order that a silent vigil be
held for those Fairfield men
lost in Vietnam.
Folowing the chanting of
peace songs, the assemblage
will break into small groups and
spread out along the town pre­senting
the petition and news­letters
to the community.
Concluding Rally
Today's Moratorium will be
brought to & conclusion with a
rally at the Sacred Heart foot·
ball field, The rally will again
consist of 8peakers and a folk
concert,
The October 15 Moratorium is
just the kick-off for future ob­jectives.
In November, the na­tion
will again direct a Vietnam
Moratorium but for a two day
period. Each month the Mora­torium
will be escalated by an­other
day to increase pressure
A prImary catalyst to the ex­pected
success of this day is
the popular opposition to the
Vietnam War. On Fairfield's
campus the sentiment is not
atypical of that felt across the
country. Members of the ad­ministration,
faculty, and stu­dent
body are generally dis-
(ConUnued from Page 1)
feature the Stag's football team
playing host to Friars of Provi­dence
College. A float parade,
with one hundred dollars going
to the student or group of stu­dents
judged to have construct­ed
the best float, is scheduled
to fill out the half-time enter­tainment.
Also on tap for the sports
fans during the weekend will be
a rugby contest.
Saturday night a concert fea­turing
the singing talents of
Oliver and the Gas House KIds
will be held in the gymnasium.
The talents of these individuals
RUSSIAN CLUB
The Russian Club and its mod­erator,
Dr. Czamanski, is in­viting
all students of Fairfield
U. as welI as their friends to
a talk on his annual trip to
E,lstern Europe.
Several students will speak,
in order to demonstrate the
wide scope of the s e study
tours.
1. One student will speak
about hit> participation in the
t rip without credits of any
kind.
2. Another one about going
to Europe for Fairfield U.
credits.
3. Another student will tell
you about spending an entire
junior yf'ar in Europe for Ger­man
university credits.
4. One student will speak to
you abo'lt spending the sununer
of 1969 in Western Europe
working for a large firm and
making many interesting trips
on his days-off.
Many students may want to
come amI listen to these ex-satisfied
with the present status
of the Vietnam situation.
F. U. Community Interviewed
During the past week various,
randomly selected administra­tive,
faculty, and student mem­bers
of the University were in­terviewed.
Mr. Schimp
"It is great to see the stu­dents
of Fairfield displaying
their concern towards such a
confronting problem as Viet­nam"
commented Mr. William
Schimp, Dean of Students.
"I must congratulate the lead­ers
for their careful planning
and running of Fairfield's Mora­torium,
and it is my hope that
such interests will not dimin­ish."
Dr. ~h'&Ch
Dr. Vincent Rosivach. Pro­fessor
of Classics, based his op­position
to the Moratorium on
the fact that members of the
faculty do not plan to instruct
those students who desIre to
attend class: "Not only are
these teachers neglecting the
education of these students but
by their failure to attend class
they don't afford other students
an opportunity to voice their
opinion."
Dr, Farnham
Dr. James Farnham, Pro-
Plans
aid in the achievement of pre­senting
a full panorama of
musical sounds. The concert is
to start at 8 and is scheduled
to be concluded by 11.
A continental breakfast in the
Oak Room is on the program for
Sunday morning. Rounding out
the weekend and completing the
musical spectrum will be an In
formal folk concert highlighting
the style of Bob Horan. New
Dorm ground lobby wIll be the
scene for this concert. Coffee,
cider, and donuts will be served.
Mr. Horan, who has recently
toured the east coast college cir­cuit.
provides a relaxed atmos-citing
reports without ever com­mitting
themselves in any way.
They arc most welcome, too.
These study tours have never
'been de\'ised as a profit scheme.
Nobody 0 u t sid e the airlines
made money.
Even in Europe the prices
charged (contrary to Western
Europe) did not represent any
exaggerated demands. For $3 to
$4 a day you would NOT get
t h r e e meals, lodging, and a
guide in the USA, but we did
In Eastern Europe.
The ptoposed meeting is to
take plal"C on Oct. 21 at 4 p.m.
(Canisius 18).
• • •
SIGJ\olA XI LECTURE
All interested faculty and stu­dents
arc invited to attend the
first lecture of the Society of
the Sigma Xi. The talk will
be held in room T-I0l, Tech­nology
Building, University of
Bridgeport on Friday, Oct. 24,
at 4:30 p.m. Dr. Karl Larsen,
Ford Profeessor of Physics and
the Assistant Dean for Gradu-fessor
of English and member
of the University Council, de­scribed
himself as opposed to
"all forms of violence" and
called the Moratorium "desir-­able"
because he believes in
"acts of profession of belief."
.He sides with the University
Council in encouraging an
"ethical decision" on the part
of th estudents regarding the
day of protest. To suspend
classes on October 15 he felt
would be an unfair infringement
on the rights of the minority
who would not wish to partici­pate
in the proceedings.
Fr. Leeber
Another member of Fairfield's
faculty, the Rev. Victor Leeber,
S.J., Professor of Modern Lan­guages,
has suspended his rule
regarding class-cutting on the
Moratorium Day because he
feels he has to "allow people
to stand up and say what they
want."
In his view, the activities of
the day will be an example of
the "democratic spirit." He is
also anti-violence, and the
peaceful approach to protesting
as the moratorium, Is "more
democratic", he said.
Dr, Abbott
"I desire peace in Vietnam
Finalized
phere - perfect for the comple­tion
of this weekend's schedule
of events.
Package Deals on Sale
Package deals go on sale
today, October 15, for $25. A
deposit is necessary to secure
the package deal. Tickets to in­dividual
events may also be
purchased, but at a higher rate
than those that comprise the
package deal. Limited housing
will be provided on-campus at
a charge of $2.50 per night.
Motel accommodations are avail­able,
but those interested should
make their reservations as soon
as possible,
ate Studies will speak on the
topic: MODERN SHIP DESIGN
- SCIENCE OR BLACK
MAGIC?
The talk will Include slides
and an informal discussion peri­od
Is also planned. The society
is a research-oriented organi­zation
and has members in the
fie Ids of Medicine, Biology,
Earth Sciences, Chemistry, Phy­sics,
Dental Research and Psy·
chology.
• • •
CHESS CLUB
All students and faculty in­terested
in playing or learning
chess are welcome to attend
the next meeting of the Chess
Club on Thursday, Oct. 16, at
3:30 p.m.
Place of meeting will be
posted on the Student Govern­ment
Bulletin Board.
• • •
CKS BLOTTERS
Blotters will be distributed
Friday for otr-campus boarders
and conunuting students from
11-2 in the Campus Center
Lobby.
and to see the return of our
servicemen but I can not su~
port a movement which In my
conscience will not bring about
a stable and justified end to the
war," were the words of Dr.
Albert Abbott, Professor of His­tory.
"To set a future deadline for
final troop removal is absurd.
Not only do I believe that such
an action could indanger the
lives of American soldiers but
also place the United States and
what It stands for in a vulner­able
position."
Mr. Landry
Mr. Rudolph Landry, Profes­sor
of English, came out In full
support of the October 15 Mora­torium.
Mr. Landry claimed.
"I believe that this Moratorium
is based on expression of em­phasis,
that is individual ideas
formed Into a unified program."
Studentl Interviewed
Students who were interviewed
seemed to share these beliefs,
but added various other re­marks
which are valuable.
In answer to a question on
the Moratorium In general, one
student called it a "true test
of democracy" which will en­able
the citizens of this country
to see if they "really can change
things" and "obtain something
they wanl"
Another student suggested
that the Moratorium "might
make some people wake up to
the desires of the country."
When asked, though, if he
thought the moratorium would
have an immediate effects on
the official posiiton of the
United States in Vietnam, this
same student responded flatly,
"no". This was the general sen­timent
of the students inter­viewed.
A question pertaining to the
monthly escalation of the mora­torium
yielded varied responses
from the student body: "great
idea. It won't allow the war to
leave their (presumably na­tional
leaders) minds," stated
one student.
Another said, "If there isn't
some kind of response, every­one
may become discontented
aoo discontinue their efforts."
"It could get to an absurd
point", responded one student.
A change is strongly desired
by many students at Fairfield,
but general opinion would re­strict
this to a "non-violent'
peaceful framework," because
as one student remarked: "a
peaceful group will represent
the majority. For exactly this
reason October's moratorium
will be weB-suited for Fairfield's
students.
The National MoratorIum Day
appears to be strongly support­ed
here at Fairfield University.
The majority of the local po~
ulation feels that the stated pur­pose
of the day, to allow some
time for members of the com­munity
as a whole to refiect on
a question of values. is a worth­while
purpose, indeed. The sec­ondary
purpose, of active war
protest, is also being well­taken.
But for a total and final pur.
pose, one need not look further
than to the words of the afore­mentioned
Fr. Leeber who pro­posed
the simple and yet pro­found
question, "We're only
looking for truth. aren't we?"
doors had been left unlocked al·
lowing easy access to the rooms
and their contents.
!Repudiates C1aJrn
Mr. Krell repudiated the claim
that a master key to the rooms
In Regis Hall was In the pag...
session of a student or group
of students who were using it
for the purpose of entering and
looting rooms.
When asked what action his
ollice is taking to alleviate this
currcnt situation Mr. Krell re­plied
that he is first asJdng
that anyone having either mas­tcr
keys or regular keys to
rooms other than his own to re­turn
them to his ollice. As yet
there has been no response to
this request.
Re~mlne Key SYltem
Mr. Krell remarked that it
the thefts continue the whole
key system will have to be re­examined.
He noted that any
key system "is bad" because
when duplicate keys to one room
become available to a number
of persons. the whole purpose
of the key system is endangered.
Mr. Krell said that the lock
on thc door of the student's
room which had been entered
by means of a duplicate key had
been changed.
Fairfield University is not re­sponsible
for any valuables left
in the dormitory rooms and
there is no insurance carried
against valuables_ Mr. Krell
stated that in many cases rooms
are often left unlocked thus
making them available to any­one
wishing entry.
Mr. Krell is quoted as saying
that he is "concerned over the
present situation as it will deg...
troy the dormitory life on cam­pus
and destroy the group liv­ing
system ... it is tragic and
should be eliminated soon."
Any student who discovers
anything stolen from his room
should report It immediately to
Mr. Krell's office. In order to
facilitate the return of the
stolen articles, Mr. Krell re­quests
that such students sub­mit
a report giving a full des­cription
of the article stolen
and, if possible, some positive
means of identification such as a
serial number.
Regis Plagued By
Series Of Thefts
Senator Thomas Dodd is lntroduced by StudeDt GOVeI'DlDeD'
Lecture Series Coordinator Charles COViello.
HON. ~IARGARETDRISCOLL
cafeteria, after which the va­riety
show will be presented.
AImed at relaxed entertainment
it will feature the campus Min­strels
of the Glee Club, along
with a movie by Bill Wilson '71.
By VINCENT RAY
The first few weeks of thl!
Academic year have been
plagued with a series of thefts
occuring in Regis Hall
These recent thefts have been
a cause for growing concern on
the Administrative level as well
as among the Student Body. To
date, various items, including a
stero record player valued at
$200, have been stolen. Mr.
Henry W. Krell, Associate Dean
of Students at Fairfield Univer.
sity, stated that in one instance
a person or persons had gained
entry to one student's room in
Regis Hall by having access to
a key to that student's room
(not necessarily a master key,
however). Upon his return, the
studcnt found that his door had
been locked and that there was
no evid"!nce that either the lock
had been broken or the door
forced open. In other cases, the
lng Council and the Council of
catholic Women of the Diocese
of Bridgeport.
She resides at 137 Tesiny
A\'enue, Bridgeport, with her
husband John and the 1r son
David.
Treatment Lecture
THE STAG
Drug
other students who sought vain­ly
to have the senator explain
the reasoning behind the law.
Summing up his approach to
drug laws and their enforce­ment,
Senator Dodd called for
(1) a change from the present
approach "which treats drug
addicts like criminals." (2) pub­lic
education on drugs, "their
use and abuse," and (3) further
restriction on the international
drug market.
In a brief interview after his
lecture, the senator said he saw
little chance for marijuana le­galization
within the near fu­lure.
At the same time, he add­ed
that relief in the restriction
of dangerous drug use for med­ical
research was imminent, as
provided by both his bill and
the one now being put forth by
the Nixon Administration.
The Hon. Margaret Driscoll
of the First District Juvenile
Court of the State of Connecti­cut
will discuss the treatment
of drug addicts by the courts
on tomorrow evening at 7:30
p.m., in the Campus Center Oak
Room.
This program, which is open
to the general public free of
charge, is presented by the
university's student government
under the direction of Charles
J. Coviello, Jr.
A native of Bridgeport, Mrs.
Driscoll graduated from Welles­ley
College and Yale Law
school. She has been admitted
to practice law before the state
and federal courts, including
the U.S. Supreme Court and is
a member of the local, state
and American Bar Association.
Among her community acti­vities,
Judge Driscoll is the
chairman of the Bishop's Com­mission
on Human Relations
and serw~s on the board of di­rectors
of the Bridgeport Hous-tures
to attend during the next
hour. Each talk represents one
of the basic fields of study at
F.U.: Science, Classical Studies,
Humanitles, Social Science, and
Business. An hour long buffet
lunch ill the cafeteria follows
this session.
The Football Club wlll play
host to St. Peter's College at
thc Alumni Field, while the
Rugby Club does battle with
Fordham's Royal Blue on the
Lt. Grauert Field.
The afternoon closes with a
session cf College Bowl: Fa­thers
vs Sons. F 0 u r juniors,
winners of the recent inter-class
competition, wllI represent the
oIT springs attempt in the quiz
contest.
WUson Featured In Sbow
Following an hour break, the
banquet will be h e I d in the
Weekend
Saturday
Father's
Begins
should be punished. Other peo­ple
say that the law enforce­ment
is stupid because the drug
is not addictive."
As a reslt of this impasse,
Senator Dodd advocated not
only more study on this ques­tion,
but also the creation of a
commission to "come up with
c I ear recommendations," a
measure he has incorporated
into his Senate drug bill.
It was while on this point
that Senator Dodd was ques­tioned
repeatedly on the "pot"
question. One listener rose to
his feet to demand how it was
that "kids are getting put into
jail for smoking pot" when the
lawmakers "don't even know
if it's a hannful thing." The
senator simply replied that this
pointed up the need for more
study, an approach which a~
parently didn't satisfy many
"Father - Son Weekend '69,
promises to be one of the best
('ver at Fairfield University,
combining the most enjoyable
events of previous weekends
with so m e interesting addi­tions:'
Responsible for the ac­tivities
of Oct. 18-19' are two
seniors, Joseph Krajci and
Thomas Dybick, along with Mr.
Paul Greeley of the Administra­tion.
Flnal'Plans Announced
Plans for the up-comming
weekend are now final, with all
preparations out of the way.
Each father has been contacted
thrice so as to invite and in·
form him of the affair. This
correspondence includes a letter
from Pres. William C. McInnes,
S.J., another from his assistant,
Fr. George Mahan, S.J., as well
as an invitation from one of
the members of the Father's
Council.
The gcneral outline for Satur­day
is as follows:
9:00-1O:QO-RegistratIon
lO:30-11:40-Business Meet-ing
11 :50-12:50-Lectures
1:00- 2:00-Lunch
2:00- 4:QO-Football-Rugby
Game
4:30- 5:3Q-Collge Bowl
6:30- 8:00-Banquet
8:30- 9:30-Variety Show
The only activities on the fol-lowing
day will simply consist
of a 9:0() Mass followed by
breakfast; at which Fr. Mcinnes
will speak.
The fonnat of the business
meeting for fathers will be an
address by Mr. Wm. Schimpf,
Dean of Student Services, fol­lowed
by one from Robert W.
Maggi, '70. Each speaker will
give his impressions of life here
at the University. The session
will terminate with a plea by
the Father's Council for more
fathers to become involved in
this organization.
Looture8 Scheduled
There will be a choice of lec-
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Senator Dodd spoke of the
drug problem as having nation­al
dimensions: "The drug prob­lem,
from what I know of it,
Is a national problem.. Our
nation is becoming anxious be­cause
those with the potential
to improve the world are be­coming
addicted to these ter­rible
drugs . . . I maintain
that the student with serious
protest on his mind has no
business with the use of drugs."
Drug Arrests
To support this view, the
senator cited that drug arrests
in 1968 were four times' those
made in 1960, three-fourths of
the people being under the age
of twenty-five.
On the other side, Senator
Dodd criticized the present syg...
tem of drug law enforcement:
"The consumption of drugs
(about $9 billion annually. he
said), is producing addicts faster
than accommodations can be
provided to treat them . . ."
yet "the government treats the
question as a game of cops and
robbers. Addicts are treated like
criminals. There has been too
much of this thinking, and that's
why we have the problem."
With these facts in mind, the
senator's subcommittee ha!l been
conducting hearings with the
aim of producing more effective
legislation. A general consensus
already reached calls for "the
common education of the pub­lic"
1n the dangers of drug mis­use,
an approach recommended
by Bridgeport Mayor Hugh Cur­ran
and supported by Senator
Dodd.
Division ot Opinion
The Senator then turned to
the subject of marijuana, point­ing
to the complete division of
expert opinion on this contro­versial
drug: "The law enforce­ment
agencies favor its restric­tion,
insisting that its use
Sen. Dodd Scores Equation
Of Drugs and Serious Protest
By JOlIN G. LEDDY
Senator Thomas Dood addressed a crowd of over 300 students at Gonzaga
Auditorium recently, scoring youth's equation of "serious protests with the use of
drugs," and law enforcement's "game of cops and robbers" in dealing with the
drug Question.
Senator Dodd, who has dealt
extensively with drug abuse as
Chainnan of the Senate sub­committee
on Juvenile Delin­quency,
made his address lait
Monday, October 6th, in the
second of the Student Govern­ment's
Lecture Series directed
by Charles Coviello.
DlsaJlection Among Young
The Connccticut senator ad­mitted
that the "widespread dis..
affection among young people
today" was a factor in teenage
drug abuse, yet stated his un·
willingness to broaden his topic
beyond the question of drug
law enforcement Consequently,
he refo.Jsed to answer questions
on other topics, such as tOOay's
peace moratorium.
1rHE STA& October
LEITERS TO THE EDITOR ~
Before people start jumping up and down and pulling out
their hair (whether In exaltation or desperation) over the effec­tive
demIse of SDS, they should take a good look at what still
remains of the anti·war, pro>-Iife movement.
Resistance, a group committed to toppling the draft In any
.way they can, stands small but powerful, The central corp of Re­.
l5tance is made up of a few thousand people finnly committed
against war. These people will go to jail rather than fight because
no one is going to convince them that lighting is peace and that
death Is life. Besides what they do in tenns of personal commit­ments.
they also help anyone to avoid the draft in any way within
their power.
It's been primarily the work of Resistancc that has brought
aoout consideration of draft reform, but as far as Vietnam goes.
~sJstance hardly stands alone. With them are groups like SANE.
the Friends of Peace, ex·McCarthy people and hundreds of other
groups throughout the country. U's organizations like these that
provide the direction and structure for events like the October 15
Moratorium. Behind them, the mass force and energy for events
like the October 15 Moratorium is growing.
There are many reasons for this increase in anti-war senti­ment
but the two basic ones would seem to be a general fatigue
on, the part of most Americans resulting from five years of war
and 40,000 deaths and a sharp distrust that Nixon is not going to
improve the situation much. So far the! president has pulled out
less than 60,000 troops in a war that most, euphemistically, con­sider
a mistake. The word here Is tokenism. It seems Nixon wants
to celebrate the ~ve hundredth anniversary of the birth of Ma­chiavelli
by acting out the role of his "Prince." Most of what
Nixon has done during his sHort tenn in office is play politics. He
wants to satisfy all his subjects yet at the same time dissatisfy
none. Somehow It probably won't work.
The Resistance will not settle for draft refonn. SANE, as well
as 49 percent of the Senate and a sizable part of the population,
wiD not be happy with more atomic weaponry like ABM, whether
it be a "thin" s)'Stem" or not. Most of the country will not stand
for number games played with American lives In Vietnam. Pres­sure
on Nixon Is mounting. One day Senate Majority leader Mans..
field requests a cease fire. Another day RepUblican Senator Goodell
presents a withdrawal timetable to be completed by December of
1970. And every day more Americans feel the Immediate presence
of Vietnam through the death of a son, brother, relative. or friend.
Nixon cannot co-opt this kind of opposlUon by suspending the draft
call for a few months or by extending draft deferments for grad­uate
students. The only way he can save himself trom Vietnam is
get out now - totally. To ask the American people not to "buckle
and run" can only strengthen an already sizeable opposition to the
President. Maybe out of the ashes of 50S Nixon wants to build a
new movement - stronger and with a b1'Oll.der base. To Machia­velli
this tactic would probably not be the most roYal way to ron
a state, but Nixon's a Republican and doesn't go In for those unfair
class distinctions. He believes In democracy.
•
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MORE LETrEB8 ON PAGE •
m'ea II (History and Social !3cicnc:esl is
that twelve credits should be assigned
to this area, to be taken In at least two
departments. There Is no spedfic History
requir£'ment at present in the Commit­tee's
proposals, nor has the Committee
ever envisioned the posslbf:lity of in­creasing
the total of twelVE! credits in
this area, as was implied in the above
mentioned artkle.
I think It also should be stressed that
the revision published in The St~ was
merely a progress report rather than a
final statement of the Committee. The
decisions made on the core arc subject
to the Committee's own review In the
llght of its decisions on the use of elec­tives
and of the Committee'!; own "sec­ond
thoughts." When the Committee's
final declslons arc made (hopefully be­fore
the end of the month), it will sub­mit
its report to the Academic Council.
The Academic Council will c,onsider this
report and forward it with lis recom­mendations
to the General FlIculty. Only
when the General Faculty has made
such revisions as it has seen fit to make
and then accepted the revision will this
revision become the official position of
the Faculty on this question.
My apologies for the delay in this cor­rection
and clarification but, due to cir­cumstances,
I only received a copy ot
the Oct. 1 Stag this Tuesday.
Sincerely,
Dr. Vlneent J. ~I\'&cll
Undegraduate Curriculum Committee
•••
To the Editor:
Yaach!
In the nine years that I taught at
Fairfield, there were two poiJ~ts which I
insisted upon. First. 1 thought that a
student should have, In the! years he
spends In college, the maximum amount
of free choice to dedicate to:> whatever
subjects he is most Interested in. If for
example he majors in something lIko
Business, he should have ample time to
devote to Music. And not only In his
senior year when his mind Is obviously
preoccupied with final exams and hb
future career.
The second point Is that if he has a
special talent and interest, h,! should be
. given all possible leeway to dedicate
himself to excelling in his particular
field.
We made some headway with respect
to the first, lamentably none at all with
the second.
In all these years it neve~r occurred
to me to stress my views by denigrating
any of the many people who opposed
them. We live, hopefully, In an academic
community, and we should m.alntain the
standards of civilized discussions. If we
don't we obviously lose the one quality
which I think we have a right: to pretend
to, namely, to be c1vlllzed an.d educated
people.
The attack against Professor Grassi
fills me with dismay. He and the great
majority of his department voiced the
opinion that philosophy Is the basis of
the Humanities and that the courses
given by the department, by what they
consider and 1 consider a hi~rhly profes­sional
and enthusiastic group of teach·
ers, should not be cut beliow twelve
credits. .
The leiter which the Depa,rtment clr­cu!
ated,dld not attack anybody, neither
was the tone of it abusive or directed at
anyone person. By way of contrast your
vile, unjustified language is self·defeat­ing
and Inexcusable. And it Is not one
person but the Editorial Hol!lrd of The
StaK that Is responsible becBluse, as far
as I know, editorials have to be ap­proved
by four of the six n~embers of
the Board.
In sununary, gentlemen _. yaaeh!
Palko Lukac.
I
Error Corrected
Toke!msm ... This semester. Fairfield
University admitted (600) six hundred
Freshmen, and out of that six-hundred
there were only ten Black students and
one Puerto Rican student.
And the Black students at Fairfield
are dissatisfied. It doesn't appear to us
that this university is making any sig­nificant
attempts to carry out the gOY.
ernment's policy of integration in the
schools. (The university thinks that be­cause
it has had a Black Arts Festival
for a few talented Blacks, that it has
fulfilled its obligation to the community
and the nation.) Well as far as we're
concerned it hasn't.
When the Administration does allow
Black students to enter (a token amount
of course) they deprive them ot suffi·
clent "Financial Assistance" to help
meet their needs. It would almost ap­pear
as if they are purposely trying to
defeat their attempts at integrating the
student body of Fairfield (not to men­tion
anything about administrative posi.
tions). How many Black students do you
know that can, without assistance, afford
to meet the expenses, of just "one year,"
at the university? I'm Black and believe
me I can't think of two.
. It's funny, Father McInncs acting as
chairman to the largest anti·poverty
agency in Bridgeport, A.S.C.D., and all
the outside who appears to be so sin­cere
and enthusiastic about helping
minority people in Bridgeport (and in
general), can only come up with a com·
bination of 32 Blacks and one Puertl>
Rican out of 1800 students at this uni­versity.
Black people don't even com­prise
one·percent (1%) of the student
body.. So! how are we really helping
minorities??? I know it's not through
education (at least not at Fairfield U.)
What about the fl''''t~·year curriculum
that was started in February '69, why
haven't new students been admitted to
It. Or is the administration going to
quitely do away with that which they
so proudly displayed to the community,
as evidence of their generous attempts
to further the nation's policy concerning
school integration. All we get arc vacant
promises.
I'm willing to bet, that next year
(September ';0) when this school goes
co-t'ducational, there won't be one Black
or Pu(!rto>-Rican c<red in the enrollment.
Well if this administration thinks It
can placate "us" by permitting "one"
Black male to work for the Admissions
department. admitting (lO) ten Black
and (1) one Puerto>-Rlcan students,
promising us, that next year, there'll be
a continuance of the five-year curricu.
lum, or even the acceptance of two or
three women of color next September,
you're wrong.
This unlversly has an obligation to
America, to meet and pursue the de­mands
and interests of the community,
thc students and the nation (especially
when they deal with humanistic rights),
How can you expect our obedient sup­port,
if you yourseU don't give obedient
support to policies set down by your
Government.
It's about time there was some slgnl·
ficant steps taken toward progress ..
not tokenism.
T(\ the Editors:
Howard BoDe
RoDBld MllcbeU • • •
Fairfield and Minorities
To the Editor:
In your article on the Curriculum
Committee's proposals for curriculum re.
vision in the B.A. program (Oct. 1, 1969)
there was one substantial error which I
think should be corrected to avoid giving
mistaken Impressions. As of Oct. 1 (and
as of now) the Committee's position on
15. 1969 THE STAG ,..-
Vietnam: All Over But The Shooting
On the other hand, the assumption that this nation can unilater­ally
withdraw is fantasy.Just because it was easy to get in does not
make it easy to get out. If we have been guilty of shooting our way
to a solution, so have the Communists. Just because America has
wrought more than a little devastation and brutality on Vietnam it
Today is an extraordinary day. All over America, all walks of
life will cease what they are doing and think about a national crisis
unlike any before in our history. It is a time-for thinking, and we ask
&dminislrators, faculty, and students to think and participate. This
is what we are thinking.
Allied to both these assumptions is the supposition that the South
Vietnamese really want us there. They have no genuine way to speak,
have not responded to the strategic hamlet and pacification programs
and are apparently equally afraid ()f Viet Cong terror squads and
B-52 bombers. Its anny cannot hold the field against their Northern
counterparts, as G.I.'s and generals are aware. "Vietnamization" is
the same joke bombing the North, strategic hamlets, and pacification
have been.
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Last year the antiwar movement toppled a President. got peace
talks started, and compelled the U.S. to stop bombing North Vietnam.
But the ensuing chaos allowed a scheming used·car dealer to assume
the mantle of power and make the crucial decisions with an eye not
toward history but rather 1972. He replaces General Hershey. but
promotes him. He withdraws inessential troops, but first he makes
Orwellian speeches at the Air Force Academy. He calls on Asians to
defend themselves, but calls Vietnam "our finest hour." He parrots
peace, but calls those who labor for it "neo-isolationists:' He refuses
to consider a coalition or a cease-fire, the money saved on the war's
end he plans to use for an ABM, and he declines to take this Mora­torium
seriously. He equates admitting our mistake with accepting de­feat,
and will not rectify our mistake with the type of bold initiative
needed to restore American morale. Let history record that on Oc*
tober 15, 1969, the students of America left their classes and taught
Richard Nixon a lesson.
T_.~.TAG
will not be any more scrupulous for us to watch North Vietnamese
use it on South Vietnamese who have either stayed neutral or sup­pOl-
ted us. Just because we have essentially wasted precious blood
and treasure does not mean we have no right to gain something of
value for our expenditures. In short, our sins of commission will not
suddenly be rectified by one of omission.
In line with that, the antiwar movement has some thinking to do.
When right-wing politicians talk of dissent helping Hanoi by convinc­ing
it that the American will shall crack, they are unfortunately Quite
near the truth, so whatever romantic appeal the movement has ac­Quired
by being an easy outlet for ullow young men to save their
skins by becoming left-wing Dean Rusks should not be dismissed.
Second, many Middle American converts are antiwar out of weari.
ness, panic and desperation. Their attitude is not pragmatic. pacifistic,
or particularly admirable. Third, Lyndon Johnson and Robert Mc~
Namara are not personally responsible for the war; indeed, generals
and various hawks (Nixon, Goldwater) singled them out for restrain­ing
the military's passion to wage total war in Southeast Asia. The
entrapments have roots 24 years back; each Administration has had
to make reluctant "yes-and-no" decisions on Vietnam which have
been prejudiced by the mistakes of the Administration before it. The
likes of McNamara, McGeorge Bundy, and Maxwell Taylor, at least,
realized the existence of a mad momentum, but dared not risk the
price of inaction at the advanced stage 1965 had brought us to. Who
blamed them then? Who among us would not have advised likewise?
Congressman John Kennedy belittled the French Empire in Indo­china,
but when John Foster Dulles wanted an air strike at Dien­bienphu,
he felt forced to concur; it was Senate Majority Leader
Lyndon Johnson .....ho shot down the idea as unwise.
• • •
The second is that a guerilla war can be won without the support
of the people. Communist wars of national liberation succeed only to
the extent the governments they beseige are out of touch. In Greece
they lost because they alienated the people; in Malaya they lost be.
cause the British offered independence; in the Philippines the Huks
lost because Macapagal transformed the spirit of nationalism into an
alternative to Communism; the Communists enjoy less success in
La()S and Thailand because Souvanna Phouma and Prince Bhumibol
have greater viability as national leaders. But Diem retained power
through secret police, not open elections; the strategic hamlet pro­gram
was a joke and a cruel admission that the countryside belongs
to the Communists; and Thieu and Ky actually got only 9% of the
vote in the 1967 elections, which were not open to candidates who
offered compromise. And one of the heaviest pressures on President
J'Ohnson to commit combat troops came from American military com­manders
who were dying to test their pet theories on counterinsur­gency,
convinced that American military might could substitute for a
permanent political solution and who were unaware we had much to
lose and nothing to gain by intervening.
Some fundamental presumptions are in for questioning. The first
is that we are fighting on the side of freedom. We are supporting the
ideological descendants ()f the French, who extorted the country for
all it was worth. In 1945, Ho Chi Minh asked the U.S. to help him
expel the French. Although we pressured the British into dismantling
their Empire, we mishandled the opportunity. There would be no
South Vietnam if the Diem government's refusal to participate in the
1956 national elections had not been supported by the Eisenhower
Administration, fearful of Ho's impending victory. There would have
been no need to send advisers if the Diem regime had the support of
its people, no need to send troops if the work of the advisers had not
been undone by Diem's persecution of montagnards and Buddhists,
and the chaos left in the wake of his American-approved overthrow.
There would be no trouble ending the war with a coalition or neutral­ized
government right now but for the fact that Generals Thieu and
Ky imprison all wh() advocate it.
Something is drastically wrong, and it is more than a question of
pulling out of Vietnam to mollify the pacifists, cut the casualties, and
set up shop in Laos and Thailand, convinced that Vietnam was "our
finest hour:' If we are the mightiest nation 'On earth and on the moon
as well, why can't we defeat, or even subdue an enemy with no
nuclear bombs, missiles, jets, tanks, battleships? The answer is that
the enemy has an ideal to die for, and we have only American foreign
policy.
Why are we in Vietnam? How did this country get trapped in a
stalemated tand war on an inhospita~le continent? How has it per­mitted
all initiative to pass it by while the equivalent of a amaH city
has been progressively wiped out over there? Why have we become
a villain in the eyes of most of mankind? Why are we fighting a war
we cannot win on the battlefield and cannot cease at the peace table,
a war with no beginning and no end whieh has been going on longer
than memory can recall, that has ravaged our cities, appalled our
young, shocked our allies, thrown chaos into our nation at a time
when there is no Washington, no Lincoln, no Franklin Roosevelt to
bail us out?
P_g_ Si. THE STAG Odober IS, 1969
•
Donald Coleman, per J. K.
James Kuehl
Llaa H. Perkins
Uk Kuen Tong
Rev. Josepb G. Trinkle, S.J.
WDllam F. Carr,S.J.
JOlIeph Mye,..
R, J. Long
KiDg Dykeman
Julia M. Johnllton
Appalling Attack
thankful graduates instead of the usual
(i.e. Mr. Valerio).
Sincerely,
Jan Paul SaUem. • • •
Tiresome Irony
To the Editor:
You have slandered and/or libeled my
Chairman. I don't personally care, but
he has requested me to feel resentful
and directed me to write a reply to The
Stag editorial of Del 8th. He ordered
me to explain that his department func­tions
democratically, that he had no
part in composing, and even less part in
initiating, thc letter to the facul1y that
you reprinted. He awakened my dor­mant
seU interest with Machiavellian
cunning, pointing out that in attributing
dictatorial power to h1m, you were in­sulting
me and my departmental col­leagues
for spinelessness, kowtowing and
lack of independent judgment. The
Chairman further recommended that I
answer each item of your editorial po:nt
by point, countering amateur student
venom and inaccuracy with professional
faculty inaccuracy and venom, for the
greater glory of confrontation politics.
He told me to fill this letter full of ftre
and righteousness, and to do my best to
conceal the voice behind my typewriter.
Finally, he warned me against resorting
to that tiresome irony which is my wont,
which Irony is often a pretty poor dis­guise
for chiding friendliness and un­derlying
good will.
Sincerely,
Morrla Grouman
Associate Professor
The Chairman's Department
• • •
The appalling personal attack In yes­terday's
editorial upon a fellow faculty
member is based upon lies and sensa­tionalism.
Professor Grassi never so
much as suggested the idea of an open
letter to the faculty from the philosophy
department. This effort was initiated by
Dr. Coleman; and, when his suggestion
had been approved by the department,
Professor Grassi was empowered to ap­point
a committee which wrote the let­ter.
When the department had examined
and approved the letter, it was sent to
the faculty and to the Tri-Partite Coun­cil.
What this vicious editorial has unjust­ly
done certainly disheartens us concern_
ing the honesty of some who call for a
heightened sense of community and
trust.
• • •
Ice On Flame
cerning what he felt was wrong with
the core curriculum proposals, he re­plied
"I doubt whether I should come
out in The Stag with something which
has to be discussed first of all in the
faculty. I don't want to use The Stag
as a medium through which to create
animosity to the students."
It seems to me that the very "anim­osity"
which Dr. Grassi sought to pre­vent
has been unjustifiably stacked up
against him.
The "Philosophy Letter," penned by
four members of that department, and
issued with unanimous consent of all the
department members, was blasted in the
past editorial. Regardless of how valid
the editorial arguments were, remember
that the letter represents a strong de­fense
of the philosophy department
which will endure against the proposed
core, making that core a giant step from
actuality.
I think the members of the curriculum
committee who considered it timely to
present the proposals did so out of
selfish interests. Students will be rather
disappointed to find that serious dis­agreements
wll1 postpone any final de­cisions.
Yet some departments wallow in me­diocrity
and exist on the mere assur­ance
that their courses are esSential to
a core, and thus need not fear reduction.
I hope that the thick layer of animosi­ties
existing among the faculty will melt
so that a hard core of a demand for
excellence will prevail and be responsible
for arranging my Liberal Education _
philosophy or no philosophy.
Paul Cunningham '11
To the Editor:
In reference to your perennial 'flame'
Joe Valerio and his column (of the same
appropriate name), it was some sort of
joke, wasn't it! What Mr. Valerio falls
to mention is that Fairfield is not trying
to build a name on its basketball team
(although it might be quicker and grati­tying)
- if it is trying to build a name
at all. He seems to minimize the import·
ance of a college degree today _ even
a Fairfield degree. To opt for the lower­ing
of academic standards for the pur­pose
of achieving a fleeting renown is
incredulous. Rather, build your name on
your products. namely your graduates.
In reviewing some schools more noted
for superior graduates than 'quasi_grad_
ujocks,' Mr. Valerio might fin(\ a Yale,
Cornell or Princeton. Surely, Fairfield
is in desperate need of some sort of re­vision
(proof of this is in the vast (1)
input of alumni funds and the overall
embittennent of just such alumnI), but
it is hardly in the athletic realm de­scribed
so flamboyantly by Mr. Valerio
- rather, turn to the field of academics.
It is for this reason that I sincerely
hope that the present curriculum
changes may serve to open the gates of
Fairfield to a flow of beneficIal and
Animosities
• • •
Layer of
To the Editor:
Sincerely,
Dr. VlDcent J. Roslvacb
Classics
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
mittee are ~spirators in your lies.
I lllust also protest your transforma­tion
of an attack upon the Philosophy
requirement into a vicious ad hominem
assault on Dr. Grassl. The letter in ques­tion
was the result of discussion by the
Philosophy Department and was ratified
by the members of that department. Any
protest against the btter must be di­rected
against the members of the De­partment
as individuals and not solely
against Dr. Grassi. The Philosophy De­partment
Is not a collection' of slaves
mindlessly responsive to Dr. Grassi's
wishes as your editorial seems to imply.
If you do not like Dr. Grassi, you do
not like Dr. Grassi. Leave it at that. Do
not mix up your personal antipathies
with something as serious as curriculum
reform and the Philosophy requirement.
If you do not like the idea of fifteen
credits in Philosophy, say so, but also
recognize that Dr. Grassi is not the rea­son
why you are now studying these
fifteen credits. Concerning the curric­ulum
revision, Dr. Grassi is advocating
and pursuing what he believes is best,
not for himself, but for the University.
You may disagree with his estimate of
the role and future of Philosophy, you
may disagree with his tactics in pressing
his view, but you cannot deny that he
is sincerely trying to do what is best
for the University as he sees it. He does
not deserve to be made an object of per­sonal
abuse and insult by having all
the resentments against the present Phil_
osophy requirement heaped upon him. I
believe you owe Dr. Grassi an apology.
In the October 1 issue of The Stag,
the "revised" B.A. Core Curriculum was
printed on page one. Two points about
this article whkh, I think, are not very
'clear to the students, ought to be em­phasized.
First, the proposed core is by no
means a "last word" document, and
probably cannot be Implemented in the
very near future.
Secondly, the clause concerning His­tory
and Social Sciences - "This may
remain the same or possibly be expand­ed"
- also pertains to Philosophy and
Theology, but was not printed in the
newspaper as such.
Before I had been made aware of
these clarifications, I was assigned to a
Stag interview with Dr. Grassi to discuss
the consequences for his department In
light of the "new" curriculum.
In speaking with Dr. Grassi, I was
immediately made aware that no new
adjustments concerning the department
were being planned since the "two
course" clause was inaccurate.
When I asked for a statement con-
I must take very serious exception to
your editorial ("Academics: The Chair­man
Speaks"). There are several factual
errors. At no time did Dr. Tong, repre­sentative
for Philosophy on the Under­graduate
Curriculum Committee sugges~
to the Committee that the Philosophy
requirement be re~uced to six credits.
Dr. Tong consistently advocated a high­er
Philosophy requirement and this is
reflected in his voting record where he
voted against all motions accepting the
six credit recommendation except for
one procedural vote on May 21, 1969
permitting the Committee to move on to
its consideration of the treatment of
electives.
Letters To The Editor
An Apology Owed
To the Editor:
Although Dr. Garrity did provide a
profile of the curriculum requirements
of eleven other schools for the Commit­tee's
consideration on February 21, 1969
and although several members of the
Committee did do additional private re­search
on this matter, the Committee
did not attempt at any time a qualitativ~
comparison between Philosophy as It Is
taught here and as it is taught else­where.
The statements "no respectable
institution requiring more than six cred­its"
and "respectable institutions' depart­ments
were as good or better than ours"
are The Stag's own insertions and have
no basis whatsoever In the discussions
of the CurrIculum Committee. They are
pure conjecture arising from The Stag's
prejudice and I seriously doubt The
Stag Is capable of substantiating them.
In all events, they should not be at­tributed
to the Curriculum Committee,
thereby giving them a bogus authority
which they shOUld not possess.
Contrary to your statement, the Cur­riculum
Committee has formulated no
"prospective plan to have them (Its rec­ommendations)
take immediate effect in
all classes." The Committee is at pres­ent
merely concerned with formulating
a revised curriculum to submit to the
Academic Council and the General Fac­ulty.
The implementation and retroac­tivity
of the proposed revision have not
been a subject of Committee discussion,
much less planning, In fact, it would be
quite absurd to fonn positive plans for
the implementation of a curriculum revi_
sion when one does not yet know what
final form that revision will take.
These are errors in fact. There are
others in the editorial as well. But two
things disturb me more deeply. The first
is the warping of facts for polemical
pUrposes, a point Which I touched above
concerning the comparison of Philosophy
departments alleged to have been made
by the Curriculum Committee. In an In­stitution
which holds "a respect for truth
as the driVing force of its community,"
don't lie. And don't claim that I and the
other members of the Curriculum Com-
(Continued from Page 1)
and administration - should resolve and state boldly through the
Tri-Partite Council, that the Vietnam War is of moral and social
concern to us all. Such expressions must safeguard the conscience
of individual members who might happen to disagree, but they
should be strong enough to condemn any moral Indi1ference or
apathy concerning the issue.
2. The University commwlity should translate this concern
into some positive action.
Since there is on this day a movement to express collec­tively
sentiments about war, the University community, in­sisting
on its own institutional autonomy and Internal free­dom,
should make a positive contribution by determining for
Itself what manner of expression would be most appropriate for
Fairfield University. Any weak and insincere effort on our part
requiring no sacrifice but only a "day off from school" would be
most insultini to the cause of peace and justice In this world.
McInnes Statement We can be most helpfUl to our country and to our klJow
citizens not by irrational anger or closed-mouth apathy, but by
genuine charity and imaginative intelJectual in~olvement.
The point to be stressed Is that our fonn of expression should
originate from within this community, should be consonant with
our academic and religious traditions. and should be generously
conceived as an important act of citizenship.
A common issue and a common concern can create a real
community even when intellectual differences exist among mem­bers.
The issue of the Vietnam War and the common heritage of
Christian and academic life provide us with an important occasion
to play our part as Citizens in our community and to make a
distinctive contribution to the cause of peace. I sincerely hope
that we will not pass by the opportunity nor spoll it by misdirected
action. ·Rather that we will put into play our moral, academic, and
religious resources for the benefit of all. Until both injustice and
war are removed from the world we will have continuing pressing
obligations as citizens which we must seek to meet not only on
one day but on every day.
I would like, therefore, to request that the community today
express conscientiously its moral concern for peace and justice.
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That this feneration is not satisfied with the judgments and
activities of the previous generations. I presume Is self-evidenL
Perhaps it Is symptomatic of this dissatisfaction that the new
people scoff at any attempt to apply "old saws" and past lessons
to present problems. Perhaps this attitude of disregard for the old,
outdated, and Irrelevant decisions of persons now dead Is both ap­propriate
and correct. but for me the chains of the complacent,
protective middle class are too strong; too strong for even the
powerful tides of the contemporary cont'onnity to tear me free.
All that I am able to do is sit here and parrot the ideas and
Ideals of decades now over. And so, for&ive my impertinence;
pass lightly over what I write, just as you would any other relics
of other times.
Even as some may have sympathy for me, one of the mis­guided
of my generation, I have much sympathy for one of the
lost 01 a previous generation. 0, pity poor Nevile Chamberlain;
was anyone ever so evidently so wrong? On October 1, 1938, he
arrived In London after a summit conference talking glowingly of
"Peace for our time . , . peace with honor," Poor Nevile was
having a very bad way. Not only did "our time" last a mere 11
months, but that there was any honor connected with Munich was
fully an Illusion.
Poor Nevile? Poor Czechoslovakia! Nevile was only made out
a fool; Czechoslovakia was put under the yoke of the mad Hun,
raped, just as she was to be again 30 years later. Why should
this ravishing bother the British Prime MInister! His choice was
one of losS:.-of f~om for hundreds of thousands of Czechs and
Slovaks and the dismemberment of a friendly democracy versus
the possibility of a war involving British forces. The choice was
an obvious political necessity, and with peace being an under­standably
popular notion, it wasn't hard for him to come home
celebrating a "peace with honor." Besides, those who paid tor this
peace were not British.
(That he had added to the strength of a country which was
to virtually destroy a generation of Englishmen during the follow­Ing
seven years is a fonn of very black humor.) • • •
On October 15, 1969, something is going to go on bere, and I
must admit I don't quite know what it Is. I have a feeling that
"Moratorium" Is simply a pleasant euphemism for some more
unpleasant concept, but If It is the will of the people to mora­toriate,
It would hardly be wise for one to attempt to get In the
way of such a vast juggernaut. (Anyway, October 14 sounds like
a good night to holst a few.) The essential questions do not deal
with the means, but rather with the Intended end.
''Work for Peace" Is the current statement of absolute good
that is what motherhood used t be. But even when motherhood
was in flower. achieving it in the worst way was not generally ac­cepted.
Now It appears that achieVing peace in the worst way,
the Nevile Chamberlain way, is an oceurrence to be yearned for,
strived toward, and finally celebrated To one of the old people It
Is very strange to celebrate defeaL
Why is the Intended total unilateral withdrawal a defeat?
Reflect back to the consequences of Munich. A country which was
young and democratic, which wanted to be autonomous, secure,
and peaceful, which at least tried to guard the rights and well­being
of Its minorities was allowed to be forcefully put under the
Influence of a militaristic dictatorship which had announced Its
Intentions of fonning a reich or empire, and which had as little
regard for Its minoMties as perhaps any country has ever had.
Secondly, Gennany gained both resources and manpower which
strengthened her militarily. Last, and most finally, Hitler came to
believe that England had no will to fight a war on any scale, thus
making a quick end to Chamberlain's peace inevitable.
And so, In my anachronistic fashion, I don't believe that the
peace of the moratorium Is possIble; It can only lead to a larger,
more terrible war, fought on more unfavorable tenns, with greater
and perhaps absolute COllts In materiel and life. To an old person
a small war, however bad, is better than a big war. One wonders
it the new people also find this trul!.
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movies Kheduled. to be ahown Ibb lleIDefler by the Fl1rn S0­ciety.
ThlI program ... independent of the Student GovemmeDt
.ponlKlred weekend ftlm program.
The Falrfleld FUm Sodety PrMents:
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Sept. 24 7 p.m.
Sept. 30 3:30 7 &: 9 p.rn.
OcL 143:307 &: 9 p.rn.
Oct. 29 7 &: 9 p.rn..
CeL 30 7 &: 9 p.m.
Nov. 43:30 7 &: 9 p.m.
Nov. 57&: 9 p.rn..
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Cartouch~ ..................•.. ~.. .. Nov. 183:30 7 &: 9 p.m.
Nov. 19 7 &: 9 p.rn.
Dec. 23:307 &: 9 p.rn.
Dec. 9 7 &: 9 p.rn.
Dec. 16 7 &: 9 p.m.
The Mockingbird + Scorpio Rising .
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The Battle of Algiers .
Grand Illusion .
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and aspirations of all the mem­bers
of our community and for
the meaningful growth of our
University. I look forward to
the preparation of a written
Constitut:on (Article l) and to
the definition of responsibilities
(Article 2) which are antid·
pated. In the Resolutions.
11ley ride by red rock can­yons,
open fields and scores of
back COlIntry hamlets, smoke
grass with a hitchhiker In a
cave, pass the joint at a mid­west
commune, frolic nude in
a mountain po n d with com­mune
chicks-In short, partake
without remorse of the good.
life unfettered by jobs, homes.
permanent relationships, etc.
I would like to thank and
congratulate all of the mem­bP.
rs of the Council who have
worked !l0 hard and generously
to make this Council a reality.
ED NOTE: As of this ute
the Ad.m.Im.tr&tion and stu­dents
lur.ve endorsed the TrI·
Parttte proposal•. This lea\'H
the Faculty the only segment
of the community yet to act.
All the whUe, there are
mounting signs that the trav­elers
are out on a dangerous
limb deJying fate. Innkeepers
won't give them shelter, they
are arrested for innocently
clowning on their cycles In a
town parade, stares are hostile
and the voices they hear are
viciously ubusive and accented
with hate.
The U.S. Is being tested., see.
Is it a Pepperland where two
longhair honchos on doodaded-­up
bikes can remain alive and
well and find true happiness,
or are there too many Blue
Mt'anies?
ENDS
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By RICK FITCH
Collece P'rQa Service
.~~'L
Tripartite Body Accepted
"Easy Rider" Is more, though,
than a mere glorification of the
"big varoom and the narcotic
high" as a reviewer for the
Christian Sci e n c e Monitor
VoTOte. It has a message.
Unforgettable Vividness
If the unforgettable vividness
of the SIghts and sounds pro­duces
in one a "high" or gen­eral
feeling of euphoria, the
plot causes a hard crash, for
it first offers exposure to all
that Is good about being free
only to 1e a v e one's psyche
broised and battered by the
roadside at the end. because,
man. though it's your life, you
can't really do what you want.
Fonda, who wears a jacket
and helmet bearing designs of
the American flag and is known
as CaptaIn America, and Hop­per,
who resembles a freaky
Davy Crockett, are kind of like
hip Ulysses' pursuing an odys­sey
of d!5covery in modem-day
United States after making a fi­nancial
killing from· smuggling
drugs.
MEMO: From Rev. WlUlam C,
Melnne., S.J.
TO: IU.r. Hlcksoo, Eexeeutlve
Secretary TrI-Parllte UoI·
venit)' Council.
SUBIEOT: Appro\'al of TrI­Partite
Unh'entlty Senate.
Mter consultation with the
members of the Administrative
Board regarding the Resolut­ions
ot the Tri-Partite Council,
dated Sept. 13 and 14, 1969, I
would like to infonn the Coun­cil
of the enthusiastic endo;se­ment
of those Resolutions by
the administration.
It is my personal opinion that
this new structure of Univer­sity
governance will provide an
environment for greater respon­siveness
to the changing needs
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"EASY RIDER." Produced by Peter Fonda. Directed by Dennis Hopper.
Screenplay by Fonda, Hopper and Terry Southern. Released by Columbia. Star­ring
Fonda, Hopper and Jack Nicholson.
(CPS) - One who finds peace pondering the hum of a stereo, the emptiness
of a pointless interruption or the living, breathing, phantasmagoric quality of trees
and flowers while on drugs, will identify with the film "Easy Rider."
The marijuana and a c i d
scenes are among the most hon-.
est to Ix' depicted in a com­mercially-
dlstributed mot ion
picture. There are the familiar
disoriented, absurd conversa~
tions, fickle mood changes from
paranoia to t r u stand back
again, dreamy smiles, searching
eyes, and interludes of quiet
meditatlc'm.
Oamera Work
The camera work approximates
the vision of one who is stony,
focusing In a peacock frill of
blurry colors upon a solitary
object-a white blossom, the
glowing ..... a II of a cliff, the
carved figure of Jesus on a
cross, etc.-then shifting SUd­denly
to another object, another
scene.
At on'! instant, the two main
characters, Peter Fonda and
Dennis Hepper, are bedding
down for the night In a dark
hollow of trees, crickets chill)­in;:
in thl! background; at the
next, a blaze of white sunlight
blinds the' audience and the two
are zooming on their motor.
cycles across the Golden Gate
Bridge to the pounding beat of
SteppenwolC'5 "B 0 r n to be
Wild."
Excellent !\[uslc
The music Is excellent, with
major gJ.'Oups such as the Byrds
and the Jlmi Hendrix Experi_
ence providing the accompani­ment
throughout.
THE STAG Odober 15, 1969
'The Best' MoveInto 1st Place
InAmericanLeagu'eScramble
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PLAYER OF THE WEEK
ROBERT LOCKWOOD
NEW DORM TWO
Robert "Spider" Lockwood,
In leadinc ND2 to a very im­portant
6-0 victory over R3,
unbelievably caught a pass
among four R3 defenders,
and all by hbnself without
blocking managed to slip and
slide through and around
these defenders as he raced
another 20 yards for the all
Important score. Spider play­ed
an outstanding game de­fensively
as he intercepted
two R3 aerials and batted
away many accurate poten­tial
strikes from R3's excel­lent
QB Terry 5acchl
down. The fresh scored on a
nifty 60 yard quarterback end
run. In other games, 1.2 beat
Gl, the beaven' second loss of
the week, by a G2 score; and
1..3 forfeited to R2. In the L2 ­Gl
game, Joe Willie Petrosinl
tossed a SO yard screen pass to
Don Pagoda enabling McGinty's
RaIders to win over the Beavers.
In the National League. Fair­field
Beach had an easy week
as they won by virtue of for­feit
over G3. But Ed Boucher's
C2 Fresh decisively wlUpped L1
by a 21-0 score. ThIs frosh
team could be as good as last
year's G2 team. Right now, they
share the National League lead
with the Beach. Three touch­down
passes from C2 QB Ken­ny
Jacques to ends Mike Yates
(2) and Ed Kubik were too
much tor L1 to handle. Another
outstanding deefnslve job band­Ied
by Ed Boucher held the L1
boys in check via four inter­ceptions.
The other surprise of thL;; Lea­gue
is ND2. Led by "Spider"
Lockwood, Billy Freese, and a
bunch of relatively unkonwn,
though very adequate, ballplay­ers,
ND2 has assembled itself
into a top notch team. This past
week they knocked off the high­ly
touted R3 team. Bobby Lock­wood
caught a remarkable 40
yard bomb, and weasled him­self
In and out ot tour R3 de­elnders
tor another 20 yards as
he scored the only touchdown of
the game in a 6-0 ND2 win.
ND2 won Utis game without
"Snaggle Puss" Sindt who was
busy attending more important
matten - Rugby. Well, we'll
see what happens this week as
ND2 Is put to the test by the
Beach.
ND4 stayed in contention by
trouncing C3 26-6. Dennis
"Bear" DeAngelis, the ND3 QB,
threw four 'ID passes in leading
ND4 to the victory. End Hal
Detorres caught two ot them
and flanker Jack Hollfelder
caught the other two. nus is an­other
team which started out
slowly but now has looked ex­ceptionally
well.
Rounding out the National
Lea~e, C4 won a pair from G2
and the PIIT Fraternity by
Identical 6-0 scores. In both
games it was the Pat Sham­back
- Bobby Weir combo
which clicked tor the C4 boys.
C4 displayed solid defense In at­taining
its two victories.
one yard shy ot a touchdown.
Dombeck then carried the rest
of the way for the score. DSP
scored again on a good drive
featuring Dombeck passes to
ace flanker Larry Dunn and
Tight End Tom Eaton TIle re­sultant
score was a haUback
option pass from Larry Dunn to
of all people - O\uc.k Dombeck.
TIle DSP defense seemed re­grouped
as they allowed but
only three 1..3 pass completions
for the day.
Rounding out the rest ot the
American League, the always
dangerous N01 crew tied Its
game with the defensively tough
BAK 0-0. NDI also beat GI
during the week by the score of
12-6. The 'IlUelebeuIe Twins
combined on a 40 yard scoring
play, and safety Pete Lennon
insured the NOI victory by in­tercepting
a G1 pass and re­turning
it for a 10 yard touch--
periods. on a rainy home field,
the Fairfield soccer team found
themselves deadlocked with
Moronouth College in a 3-3 tie.
The overtime period summed
up what has been happening all
season loog. The tired FairfIeld
team outplayed Monmouth but
just did not have any luck put­ting
the ball In the net. A spir­ited
Roland Corbin led the of­tensive
team but found his two
shots just off line. One hit the
crossbar and the other shot was
stopped on an excellent play
by the Monmouth goalie.
Fresh Olip Mount, the lead­ing
scorer was sidelined with
a sprained ankle. In a desperate
attempt to win, Coach Jim
Kuhlman started him during
the overtime period. Mount's
hustling en a sprained ankle Is
an example ot the team's spirit.
Last Saturday the Stags trav­eled
up to Southern Conn. State
Coliege beginning their first ot
four away games. Although the
Stags lost 3-1, they played an
excellent game against this
tough opponent. A healthy
Mount once again led the of·
tensive team. He scored the
Stags' only goal.
The detensive squad again
was consistent. In all four
games they have allowed three
goals per game. This is a good
record but will have to be im­proved
upon unless the offense
can give them more support.
The Fairfield eleven will have
a week of practice before they
meet their next opponent. This
break will give Tom Krazlt,
Buzz Kowaluk, Vincent Glanet­to
and Joe Kallukrltls a chance
to tully recover trom their in­juries.
When the team meets
Paterson State Colle g e in
Wayne, New Jersey, next Sat­urday,
they should find them­selves
healthy and united. As
Stanley Matthews once said, "A
-team,t"hat kIcks together sticks
By MlCBAEL LEARY
Having completed over a
quarter of their season. the
Fairfield soccer team finds It­self
with a poor 0-3-1 record.
This standing is not indlcative
of the team's perfonnance, With
a few breaks the Stag eleven
eould have a 3-1 record..
After its first two losses to
Fordham University and Fair­leigh
Dickinson, the Stags came
within minutes of its first vie­tory
last Wednesday. After four
Booters Bow, 3-1
ToPowerfulSCSC
working out of a straight T
formation, hit flanker Mark
Alexander on a nifty 10 yard
pass for N03's first score. The
strong "Best" defense. featur­ing
"No Mind" Renehan and
"Mondo" F1anagan. forced R4
QB Fran Neary into a safety
next. Tom Denning then finish­ed
a strong afternoon by pass.­ing
smartly to tight end Billy
Barrett and Split end Jimmy
Maek which eventually led to
another ND3 touchdown clim­axed
by a Tommy Bligh 2
yard sweep.
In the same American Lea­gue,
the contending DSP fra­ternity
kept close to ND3 by
winning 13-0 over 1.3. The
Delta Sigs flnally found their
offense, which led the league
last year, against the frosh.
QB Cluck Dombeck hit Bub
flanker AI Ronnennann with a
nice SO yard bomb which fell
pitched eight Innings and gave
up six hits betore being lifted
for pinch-hitter Larry Smith
In the eighth.
AI Gabriel came in to pitch
the top of the ninth and gave
up the other two runs. L.I.U.
starter Steve Leeman pitched a
three-hitter. The Stags scored
first In the eighth when, with
two down, Ed Warco reached
sately on an error and scored
when Leeman walked Nonnan
with the bases loaded. Dave
Wilcox's single brought the sec­ond
run home in the ninth. Az­zara,
who had reached first on
a walk, scored.
The split of the Saturday
doubleheader gave Fairfl.eld a
3--7 won-lost record with one
game left to play. Castrlgnano
leads the Stags in batting with
a strong .387 average. His 12
bae hits also top the club. The
RBI leader is Dillon who also
sports a ..345 mark 00 hits In
29 at bat). Nonnan is third in
batting with 9 hits in Z1 at
bat, good for a .333. He also
drove In six runs, second in the
club.
Yesterday the Stags faced
New Haven College for the
fourth time this faIL
meanwhile, C2 and ND2 es­tablished
themselves as legiti­mate
contenders for the crown.
The N03 • R4 contest proved
to be as exciting as expected.
Playing at full strength for the
first time, ND3 simply over·
powered the always tough R4
men.. ND3 QB Tom Denning,
EXTRA POINTS: Tom Krenn boo•• brace of extra polat8 ...
F&1rfIeld defeated Penn, 14·6, In opening round of Easlema.
(Smith Pboto)
By GARY ~IARZOLLA
The third week of Intramural
Football was highlighted by key
games between ND3 • R4, ND2
• RJ. and C2 - Ll. By winning
14-0 over R4. The "Best" from
N03 moved into sole possession
of first place in the American
League. In the NaUona.l League,
By FRANK ARMADA.
Lefthander Jim Tully pitched
seven innings of two hit ball as
the Fairfield Stags came back
In the second game of Yale
tournament to beat Newark Col­lege
of Engineering 4-0 on Oc­tober
11. Tully also drove in the
tlrst run ot the game in the fifth,
scoring leftflelder Butch Azzara
who had reached safely On a
sin&le. Tully went to second en
the throw to the plate and later
scored on second baseman Bob
Castngnano's single.
The Stags scored two more
in the sixth on an error and
run-scorlng Singles by center­fielder
Stan Nonnan and first
baseman Bob Dillon. Right·
hander Mike Yates finished up
tor Fairfl.eld and Cave up one
hit in two trames. All told Fair_
t1.eld scored tour runs on eight
base hits.
The Stags had dropped the
opening game ot the tourna­ment
>2 to Long Island Uni­versity.
L.I.U. scored first in
the top half of the first. two
runs. They followed with an­other
run in the sixth and two
more In the ninth. The first
three were charced to Fairfield
starter Bob Gibson. Gibson
FairfieldNine Finishes 3-7;
Cook Optimistic For Spring
The fall season is by no
means an indication of this
year's Stag baseball team. I....
juries hampered the full pre>
duction ot the pitching staff.
The staff boasts seven potential
starters all ot whom can do the
job. The catcher is one of the
best ot the conference. Finch
had a poor spring but last year
he hit well above .300. He also
has a rlne-like ann. At center
is Stan Nonnan, a .360 hitter
last year who is a fine fielder
with a very strong ann. He
should bnprove on his fall out­put,
too.. The shortsto~second
base combination of Castrlgna­no
and Wargo is strong. Cas­trlgnano
hit .387 for the raU
and Wargo can hit better than
his fall mark. They both caver
a lot of ground, have good
hands and strong, accurate
arms. At first Fairfield Is strong
with DlI1en, who carries a .345
average with power. The third
baseman Is a freshman with a
magic clove named Kevin Mc­Kee.
His hitting is not proven
,yet but his glove solidifies the
infield. Azzara, a good fielder
with a very strong ann Is at
left. Rightflelder Is up for Il'abs
with .ave atrona candidates.
Odober 15, 1969 THE STAG P.,. Nine
SPORTS PERSONALITY THE FLAME
Stags Lose 1st In Final
MICHAEL KENEFICK
Number Two
By lOSZPII VALIaIO ......-
I was sitting in the athletic director's office a
couple of weeks ago and George Bisaeea smiled when
our C()nversation turned to Fairfield rugby. Bisacca has
been very active in this university's sports scene for
nearly two decades and there is no one who gets a big­ger
kick out of watching the Red Ruggers win than
the big athletic director.
"You've got to hand it to them," he said...they·ve
made it on their own. God knows I haven't given them
any help and that's why I admire them. They really
deserve their accolades," Well, Bisacca hasn't given
them any help, true. but there is a good reason for it.
The ruggers are not directly linked to the university.
Many of their players over the years have played long
after their graduation. One need only cite Bill Connol~
ly, the hooker, who has returned to play another season
after his graduation. This year's club president will re­turn
to Fairfield University in January and these ac­tivities
surely would be forbidden if rugby was a var­sity
sport. Hence, the ,roggers exist as a club and aU
are very happy.
Overnight Espaftlion
But rugby at Fairfield is a phenomenon on a club
level much the same as the Stags rise in basketball.
The cagers just kept getting better against small col­lege
opponents in the fifties and so, gradually, they
scheduled "big time" foes. Rugby, on the other hand,
has expanded and snow-balled overnight. The Red
Ruggers were fortunate to schedule the nation's best
teams while the club was still in its formative stages.
But the amazing thinR' is that the Red Ruggers never
really had an outstanding season, or even an impressive
record, until last Fall. Last Fall the Red Ruggers lost
only one regular season game, 3-0, to Manhattan in the
driving rain. But their true hour of glory came in their
fi~al two, games of the regular season. They ruined
VIllanova s unbeaten season, 6-3. at Fairfield, and then
a. we~k later on HomecominR' Day they scored their
hlstonc upset of Columbia Old Blue. Against Old B'ue
the roggers matured. Playing a superior foe and the
nation's third ranked team, the Stags raJlied from a
5-0 half-time deficit to a convincin'l 14-5 triumph by
scoryng four tryS in the second half. They came back
a~alDst Old Blue and many of the team's veterans will
cite the Old Blue ~ame as the one contest which marked
their full maturation.
. The Stags entered the Eastern ColleR'iate Jnvita­!
lanai Tou~amentlast year at Brown only to be routed
In the opemng round. Last weekend the New England
ruggers piled into their cars and drove down to Prince­ton
to participate in the same tourney and win back
some of their pride which was left at Brown. This year
the ruggers performed admirably.
Eannark of a Great Team
The Red. Ruggers had. played poorly in their first
~wo games thiS year, but still they won easily and that
is the earma;rk a! a great team. Against a bigR'er and
stron~er Umverslty of Pe.nnsylvania combine, the de­termmed
Sta~ won 14-6 10 a hard fought R'ame. Fair­field
expected to win this game. as they do all their
games, but they knew their semi-final opponent would
present a much greater challenge. RutJrers of New Jer­sey
took a 10-8 lead at the half and the Stag ruggers
were apprehensive. Rutge.rs. outweiJ{~ed the stags 25
pounds per. ~an and the injury toll mflicted on Fair­field
was nSlng.
Bu.t Kevin ReJran scored early in the second half
a.nd Fairfield led 11-10. The R'ame stayed that way un­til
the Sta.~s scored eight points in the final five min­utes
to WID 19·10. It would be Fairfield versus Dart­mouth
for the title on Sunday afternoon
The Indians and Sta2's were the sm~lJest t~ams in
the tourney but still Dartmouth had a weight advant­age.
of 15 pounds per man, The Stags were without the
services. o~ three of their top players, fullback Jim
Casey, IDslde center Al Perkins, and stand-oft' Pat
Burke. Truly they were playing at a distinct disadvant­a2'
e. Tn the championship game Dartmouth simply out.
played the Stags in every aspect of the llame and won
17-~. So, the Red Ruggers from Fairfield had suffered
theIr fi~t loss of the season and their record is now
4-1. Their goal of an undefeated season has been shat­~
ered, but more importantly their season is in great
Jeopardy. Three of their premier players were injured
Ja~t weekend and if they don't return soon the Stags
Will nr:obahlv los"! more Q'arne~. But. for the moment,
the Fairfield RUllby Football Club is the number two
college teal!l in the East. They have never earned that
much acclaim before and they deserve their accolades
. as George Bisaeea would say.
. . ...•.
yean. I saw this club grow
into what it is now. A number
of guys built the club, so we
could play and play for our·
selves." When people begin to
realize this, the meaning of club
football on this campus will be
fully understood.
Keneflck believes that this
year's coaching staff' is the best
Fairfield has ever had. Mike
describes Mr. Lawrence O'Toole
and his staff as tremendous.
"The coaches are a 200% im·
provement over last year ­they
are professionals."
Mike Is hoping for more fin­ancial
assistance lor the club.
Fairlleld has suffered from
some lean years. Two years ago
the fine football team of the
Burke era lost most or Its good
players through graduation.
With the attitude and spirit
Mike Is Instilling to the fresh­men
on the team there is hope.
In the last quarter of the
Iona game Number 20, the
standout defensive halfback was
being sent in by Coach O'Toole,
occasionally, with plays. MIke's
value was being shown, as he
was playing some otrense. Mike
Keneftck, In his last season tor
the Fairfield Stags, Is a man to
watch and hopefully the Stags
will be too. By the way Father
Murphy, the Mets were laughed
at for seven yean and then be­came
a team. Give the Stag
football team a chance.
feat In the Spring when they
meet Dartmouth at home.
In the "B" game. FalrIield
was thoroughly annihilated,
65-0, by a fired-up Old Blue
team. The loss was the worst
ever inflicted on any Stag rug••
by team and, barring any suo
pernaturnl acts, it will proba·
bly stay In the record books
fo!'ever. The baby Ruggers, sev­eral
players were only fresh·
man, wert" simply routed by the
East's top team who scored at
will in one of the great mis­matches
of nJgby annals. ....... .. .
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FOOTBALL CROSS COUNTRY
18 Se Peter's Home 18 St. Peter's Away
2S Scranton Away 25 Assumption Away
• • • • • • SOCCER
BUGBY 18 Paterson State Away
18 Old Maroon Hom.
21 Eastern C0nn- Away
23 N.w Haven Away
" Manhattan Hom. 25 Mamt Home
25 M.I.T. A_ "" CCSC Home
October Spo1"ts Schedule
Pat Burke, the stand-off were
out with Injuries. Burke dam·
aged the cartilage in his left
knee and will also be lost In·
definitely. Many Stags played
with "small" hurts, and Curt
Schlicting played admirably in
silent pain as he badly injured
his right hand. Hence, the Red
Ruggers are quite confident
that they can average this de·
half 01 the Iona game.
The Iona game, although the
Stags lost 20-7, was a big moral
victory for Mike and his team·
mates. As the Stags were driv­ing
for their first touchdown
of the season in the final quar­ter.
the electricity could be felt
in the air. Both the sparse turn­out
of fans and the Falrfteld
bench could sense it. When Van
Muller rolled out from the sho~
gun fonnatton toward the cor·
ner of the end zone, it was a
"new season." The coaches and
players on the bench went wild.
Mike's belief in the team and
himself was proven, The team
was losing in fact, but actually
they had won it big victory.
This initial touchdown may be
an omen of better things to
come.
Angered by Criticism
Mike feels the club Is not
getting a fair shake on this
campus. His pride was hurt
somewhat when he read Rev.
erend James M. Murphy's let­ter
to the editor in regard to
"The Club Crisis." Father Mur·
phy askS the question, is a los­ing
football team supportable!
All athletes and fans hate to
lose, but Mike reiterated why
the club was in existence. "It
seems to me that Father Mur­phy,
The Stag and many stu·
dents now want to kiJI the club.
I've been on campus now for five
Announci~ A N.w liM
Of
TUXEDOS
Exp.rl FIIIIn",
1000 W.4.., A..... 'pt.. C.I'III.
"'- UI-II4I
By THOMAS DUNN
As the Fairfield Stap took
the field Friday night against
the Gaels of Iona, there was
a great deal of criticism sur­rounding
Fairfield football. The
Stags had been shutout twlce
by both Fordham and Manhat­tan.
However. Mike Keneflck was
not overly concerned with this
criticism. The Westbury, eon.
necticut resident believes Olat
the idea of the Football Club is
playing, not winning. Mike feels
the club exists for the team it­self.
"I'm disappointed with the
fan turnout," said Mike, "but
I'm not disappointed with the
team itself. Some guYS wUl
quit. but the hard core guys
remain. When you're winning
the fans come out If a player
gets tired of losing he will quit,
but he will not quit because we
are loslnr."
Mike has been with the team
since its Inception in 1966. The
5-10 defensive halfback has
been through it all. He has
basked in the sun when it shone
on the Fairfield football club,
and suffered silently In Its de·
feats.
Winning Season
Mike believes that there are
two Important factors that may
still lead to a winning season
for the Stags. The first three
games that Fairfield played and
lost were against their toughest
opponents. The rest of the sea·
son the Stags will be playing
clubs of equal caliber to their
own. Secondly, It Is difficult,
at first, to get to know new
teammates. The 1969 Fairfield
Stags are made up of about
75% freshmen. By this time a
strong union among the players
Is growing. ''When you are
playing next to a new player.
it is hard on everyone involved."
On a pass play, for example,
playing with a new man, you
just don't know what his ablll­ties
really are - how much
ground he can cover or where
he will be in a certain situa­tion.
This problem is being
gradually overcome and it seIn­ed
to be fulfllled in the second
(CoDUaued from Pare 10)
even bend over. He will p~
bably be lost to the RURet'S
this weekend when they meet
Old Maroon and Manhattan,
Saturday and Sunday, respect
tively, at Grauert Field. Casey
didn't play in the final round
and neither did two of the
Stags stellar performers. AI
Perkins the inside center and
.\ VINCENT &LUCY'S
FORMALS
Dartmouth Defeats Ruggers, 17-5
ForEastern College Championship
Stags Lose 1stIn Final;
3 FU Starters Injured
THE LEAPER: BeD Hammerbacker leaps lor lhe pipkin in a llne-out. Stag Rorren beat PelUlo
U,·., ....d Rutgers. 19·10. before lOlling 1D anal round to Dartmouth, 17·8. (Smith Photo)
GoHers Garner 3d In ECAC;
DiLeo And Streck fus Gain
1be Fairfield team was led'
and runner-up was Bud za~
ory of Princeton. Streckfus and
DiLeo both finished among the
low ten scores and qualified for
the individual competition at
Bethpage next saturday.
Coach Rev. James Ring, who
has done a fine rebuilding job
after the loss of seven senion,
was most pleased with the golf­ers'
third place finish in the 35
team field.
Fairfleld University was led
by Jim Strecldus, Dave DiLeo,
and Jim Andrews, who shot
75, 75, 76 respectively. Fresh­man
Peter McDonald and Jeft
Hughes, a sophomore, both had
80's to round out the scoring.
Fairfield's score of 306 was one
shot better than the score posted
by last year's fine Stag team on
the same golf course.
The low score of the day was
a 70 by C. Sanderson of Yale,
1be Fairfield University golf
team finished third in the
E.C.A.C. toumament at the
Rutgers University Golf Course
last Satul:'day. PrInceton won
the tournament with a best
four out or five man total of
294. The top two teams qualify
for the championship round at
Bethpage, Long Island, this
saturday and Yale edged FaIr­field
out for second place with
a score of 303 to the Stag's 306.
SPORTS
made It 12-5, but the Stags
could not get any closer.
Fairfield was the smallest
team in the tourney. In their
first two games they were out·
weighed by 25 pounds per man.
But against the champion Dart·
mouth squad, they were only
15 pounds lighter on the aver·
age. It was this lack of size
which literally crippled FaIr­fie!
d from the outset of ~the
tournament. Jim Casey injured
his back so badly that he can't
(Continued on Pare 9)
Page 10, October 15, 1969
ST
AG
By .IQSEPH VALERIO
Sports EdJtor
The Fairfield University Rug·
by Football Club finished sec·
ond in the Eastern. Collegiate
Invitational Tournament I a 5 t
weekend by losing to Dart­mouth
In the final round, 17-5.
It was the Stag's first defeat
afler four straight victories.
It was a very difficult week­end
for the Red Ruegers as
they were faced with two
monumental tasks. wt year
the Stags 1.!pended the nation's
third ranked power, Columbia
Old Blue, 14-5, before a fren­zied.
Fairfield University Home­coming
crowd. The Blues were
very upset about the outcome
of that gwne and they wanted
desperately to teach the Jesuit
collegians why they are ranked.
so high. But Fairfield was al.
ready scheduled to play In the
prf"Stiglous Easterns so the
Stags were faced with a diJfl­cult
decision: W her e should
their best players go, Columbia
or Princeton, the site of the
tourney. So the selection com·
mittee decided to send their
best players to Princeton with
the hope of winning the coveted
Eastern Collegiate Tournament
Cup, awarded to the best col.
lege team in the East. The re.­serves,
or "B's" and "C's", went
to New York City to meet old
Blue.
Iona Gridders Down Fairfield, 20-7
Penn Falla, 14·.
In th~ opening round, Tom
Krenn's penalty kick got the
Stags off and winging to a 3-0
lead ovpr the University or
Pennsylvania. Last Spring, Penn
hedped the Ruggers dedicate
the Lt. Hans Grauert Memorial
Field by losing to Fairfield 14-6.
On Saturday morning they lost
by the same score.
Rutgers, the State University
of New Jersey, was the Red
Ruggers n ext opponent. The
Scarlet Knights played inspired
iball in the first haH as they
led Fairfield 10-8. But Kevin
Regan put Fairfield ahead to
stay early in the second half
as he scored a try. The Stags
held onto this slim lead until
there were five minutes left in
the game when two quick trys
gave Folrfield a 19·10 semi­final
victory.
On Sunday afternoon the
Stags met Dartmouth. The Ivy
League team was just too much
as they raced. out to a 9-0 lead.
At the start of the second halr,
however, Fairfield's C h u c k
Dombeck blocked a kick and
passed It to Ben Hammerback·
er. Hanunerbacker raced to­wards
the goal but bobbled the
ball in the end zone and Fair­field
was stymied.
Dartmouth scored next on a
penalty kick, raising the coont
to 12-0. Shortly thereafter, Ste­vie
Ryan broke loose and scored
Fairfield's lone try. Krenn's per_
fee t extra - points placement
BY a_y MARZOLIA
Last FrIday evening at MT.
Veman's :Memorlal Stadium, the
Stag grldders, seeking their first
win, met the Iona Gaels. lona
Is a team which Fairfleld has
never beaten in its short root­ball
history. This year, a vic>
tory over lona was very im­portant
for Fairfield's Football
Club. Instead of a much desired
victory, though, the Stags had
to settle for a 20-7 lou.
With the Fordham and. Man­hattan
nightmares behind them,
the Men in Red came out and
battled Iona to a standstill in
the first quarter of the game.
1be Stag defense looked sharp
as it stopped the Gaels on their
own 3 yard line on downs. But
early in the second period,
lona scored on a 1 yard plunge
by halfback Erwin Cook. The
touchdown was set up by Fair­field's
being forced to punt out
of their own end zone. a prob­lem
which plagued the Stags
the whole first half. Once again,
it was the Stag's inability to
move the ball and offensive mis·
takes that set up lona's second
touchdown in the middle of the
second quarter.
Quarterback SChultz, who was
getting good protection and who
was looking somewhate sharper
as a result, let go a long bomb
that was intereepted downfleld
by Iona's Donny Comer, who
somehow managed to return It
4 yards to Fairfield's 22 yard
line. Once again, lona, using
just a running attack scored on
a 6 yard b~ap by half back Dino
GOllT.
JOlla Stops Slap
Late in the second period,
Fairfleld had Its first succ:essful
offensive drive of the season.
Taking the kickoff after 10na'S
second tOllchdown, QB Frank
Schultz hi t halfback Van Mil·
ler on a good 27 yard screen
pass. 1ben Schultz proceeded to
hit end Bobby Mals on a 23
yard pass play. This brought FU
down to the Iona 25 yard line.
Unfortunatl!ly, a poorly thrown
sideline pa:;s was picked off by
lona's Frank Martone, to kill
the Fairfield threat. Thus, the
first half ended 12-0 in favor of
I""".
The Stags opened. the second
half with an on-side kick that
failed. This gave lona good field
position foJ[' most of the third
quarter and they eventually
scored In Ute mIddle of the peri­od
on a 4 yard sweep by half­back
AntbolQr Av1enti. nus time:
a 2 point conversion was suc>
cessful, and Iona led 20-0.
..v_ MWier Offense"
Now, it was at this point in
the game. in the year, that the
Fairfield Football Club became
a good team, exactly with 7
minutes left in the third period
that coach Larry O'Toole insert­ed
something known as the
"Van Muller Offense:' This is
somethIng where the halfback
Muller comes over to pla.y
quarterback out of a shotgun
formation as his two halfbacks
Rocco LaFario and Pete Halas
stand along side of him. The
ends, Chuck FrIssora and Mals
split wide, and In comes flank­er
Bobby Piazza to play the
position.. To say that Fairfield
almost ran lona oft the field for
the rest of the game is putting
it mildly,
Falrfteld Drives
After lona's third touchdown,
the StagS took over on their own
30 yard line. Through a few
successful short passes and ef·
fective runs, Van Muller led
the Stags downfield smartly.
The long gainer was a 22 yard
run by Muller himself on a
keeper. The drive stalled on
Iona's 23 yard line as a fourth
down pass from Van to Bobby
Mals In the end zone was just
broken on a last second lunge
by an lona defender. This was
just the beginning though, as the
Fairfield defense forced the
Gaels to punt. Immediately as
the linebacking of John Mori­arty,
Donnie Marshall, and Mul­ler
began to coordinate with
line very effectively In stopping
Iona.
Once Muller got his hands on
the ball again, there was DO
stopping him.
Starting on his own 32 yard
line with short passes to Piazza,
he switched over to running as
he sweeped for 25 yards. Then
Muller went to the long pass as
he hit :Mals on another 25 yard
gainer. A 10 yard screen pass
to halfback Halas, who played
an outstanding game, two off·
sides penalties against lona,
and two short runs by Muller
gave Fairfield a first down on
lona's 6 yard line. Muller wast­ed
no time as he swept the
right side for the score. The
kick was good, and with 7:20
lett in the Kame, Fairfleld
trailed 20-7.
The Stags will meet St.
Peter's College, saturday at
AlunuU Field. Kick-ofl" time Is
2 p.m. and a large Father and
Son Day crowd is expected.