Stag - Vol. 21, No. 17 - March 18, 1970

              Feirfielcl UniYtnity, F.irfieId. Co~
Board of Trustees Votes toExtend
Role of Laymen in Governance
March 1a, 1970
ences at Fairfield U.; Rev.
Charles F. Donovan, S.J., dean
of faculties at Boston College;
Rev. Harry L. Huss, S.J., finan­cial
advisor to the president at
Fairfield U., and Rev. Gerald
F. Hutchinson.. S.J., associate
professor of chemistry at Fair­field
U.
Other members of the board
include: ames V. Joy, president
of James V. Joy, inc.; Rev.
Joseph E. McCormick, S.J.,
rector, Jesuit Community at
Fairfield U.; Rev. James J. Mc­Ginley,
S.J., director, Cambridge
center for Social Studies, and
Rev. Francis A. Small, S.J., li­brarian,
Fairfield U.
Those newly elected to the
Board of Trustees include: Ed­ward
J. Breck, chairman of the
board, John H. Breck, Inc.;
Martin F. Burke, retired vice­president
of United Aircraft;
WaITen J. Faust, retired vice­president
of Bridgeport Brass
Company; Dr. Eugene Fubini,
management consultant; Rev.
Daniel Linehan, S.J., director
of the Weston Observatory, and
Mr. Francis J. McNamara, Jr.,
attorney in the law firm of
Cummings and Lockwood.
Other members of the newly
clected board include: Nelson
L. North, presidcnt, City Trust
Company; Alex RbsS, artist;
Richard Joyce Smith, senior'
partner in the law firm of Whit­man,
Ranson & Coulson: Her­man
W. Steinkraus, retired
president of Bridgeport Brass
Company and D. Bruce Wiesley,
vice-president, American Can
Company.
STRESSING A BINDING TRI_PARTITE, Student Govem·
ment President Dennis Gallagher addrelled Fairfteld', ,tudeRt
body llurlng a recent rally &oUCltlDI support of the 17 demands.
on the support from the student
body:' Oi Corpo added that the
faculty and administration 'have
already pledged their full sup­port
of the project. Events
scheduled for April 22nd in·
elude lectures by different fac­ulty
members and informative
fUms about the pollution prob­lem.
At the meeting Immediate
measures were taken to make
the Fairfield U. community
aware of the pollution problems
on campus. The students de­cided
to collect all trash, espe­cially
beer cans and bottles, ac­cumulated
over the weekend
(Contiuued 00 Page 8)
perience, the university will be
belter prepared to meet the de­mands
for growth in time of
change:' he stated.
The university president
pointed out the the board has
a larger portion of educators
than many similar boards and
is balanced by representatives
of various fields of public inter­",
t
In addition to Fr. Mcinnes.
other members of the board In­elude:
James V. Birkenstock,
vice-president International
Business Machines Corp.; Rev.
James H. Coughlin, S.J., aca­demic
vice president and dean
of the College of Arts and Sci-
By DAVE GRIFFIN
Fairfleld University's segment
of the National Environmental
Teach-In was klcked-off Wed­nesday,
March 4, In the Oak
Room with an organization
meeting. Only twenty students
attended.
The teach-In's aim is to make
people aware of the pollution
problem and then get them to
do somethIng about it. April
22nd Day on this campus Is he­ing
organized by Joe DiCorpo
'73 and Jules Toraya '73. Di
Corpo stressed the need of stu·
dent support at the meeting,
when he said, "The amount that
can be accomplished depends
In announcing the trustee's
action, Fairfield University
President, the Rev. William C
Mcinnes, S.J., noted that the
blending of the two existing
struclures into one board will
bring aoout more efficient man­agement
and operation of the
university.
Fairfield University's Board
of Trustees has voted to con­solidate
with the Associate
Board thereby increasing the
role of laymen in the govern­ance
of the school
"By enlarging the board to
include more men with pro­fessional
and management ex-al
education;' retorted James
Mazerlk, "As a united com·
munity we can achieve our
goals without the imposing force
of the administration.
FollO'Ning the student re­marks,
Gallagher presented the
seventeen demands for student
approval. All seventeen were
enthusiastically passed and the
mass meeting came to a clo:>c.
Shortly after the stu d e ,1 t
meeting, the University met to
determine the status of the aca­demic
demands. It was con­cluded
that they would reas·
semble on March 7 with the
Academic Council, Student Gov­ernment
and the Department
Heads to begin action on the
academic demands. The Council
(Continued on Page 8)
Leaders Seek Supporters
for F. U. Ecology Teach-In
tinued their efforts on Wednes­day,
:March 4, wit h a ma'>S
gathering of the student body.
President Dennis Gallagher, the
first of several student speak­ers,
opened the raJly with his
basic objective, "What are dL"­mands
symbolize is a BInding
Trl·Partlte Board Which will al­low
the students of Fairfield to
represent their views on an
equal basis with the other fac­tions
of the University."
Jeff Reinhard, former candi­date
for Student Government
President, remarked, "The ad­ministration
must realize that
our demands are totally nego­tiable.
We will not allow them
to be tabled or permit anyone
to coerce us. There are no need
for threats, we are a respon­sible
community and fully real­ize
our objectives and means
to accomplishment."
John Leddy related lallt
year's reform effcrts of Robert
Griffin and his confrontations
with President McInnes, S.J.,
and the Administration, Stephen
Dormer and Al Marlannl '!x­pressed
their belief in a vital
Binding Trl-Partite.
The raUy also allowed sev­eral
students to voice their
opinions on academic reform.
"A Binding Trl-Partite caU'i
for an establishment of equal
powers, but we must realize the
responsibility that comes within
this power;' s tat e d Martin
Glynn.
"We have within our reach
the necessary tools for a liber-
By MIKE FARitELL
On Saturday, March 7, the
University Council met in an
all-day session with the Aca­demic
Council, the Academic
Dean, Department Heads, and
the Student Government Repre­sentatives,
This session of til<!
present Tn-Partite was called
by the Student Government to
discuss the dC!mands for aca·
demic reforms, thoroughly and
openly.
Retroactivity
The most formidable results
of the day-long conference werC!
the retroactivity of the curri·
culum changes in Philosophy
(9 credits> and Theology (6
credits) and the March 15 dead­line
for academic reform he­ing
Indicated as "not binding."
However, prior to the results
of March 7, a number of 1m·
portant events occurred which
have direct bearing on the
achievements of the University
Council.
On Thesday, March 3, the
Student Government met with
the g e n era I faculty in the
Campus center in a forum re­garding
academic reform. The
faculty attendance of about
twenty members concentrated
the discussion around. the lack
of time available to achie\'e
valuable reform b e for e the
March 15 deadline. The Student
Government defended Its short­noticed
calling of the Univer­sity
Council with their suppl~
mentar)' response of inade-­quate
time for negotiation.
The Student Government con-
ON TH.E CORRloon of Gonzaga S Father "Iclones expresses
hiM position on the 11 demands pre!feDted b.y tbe Student
Governme.oL
Demands Move Forward;
Retroactivity Now Reality
VoL 21 No, 17
EDITOR'S NOTE: This Is the third and final Brtlcle which wUl analy:ul tho resuUa 01 a q.ea·
tionnalre gh'en to the Sophomore CIILSI. The quutlonnalre was compolled llnd aoalyzcd by J..,.eph
Moore '12. This Installment 1.8 concerned wllb the III!tue 01 co·education and college lUe in ceo'
eral.
Soph's Poll Shows Students
Favor Co-education Next Year
Do you feel that co-education
will cause an increase in 6chool
spirit?
•
Mareh 18, 1970
However, 84.9% took part in
the demonstration at Fairfield
University concerning social
(and academic?) reform. The
matter of priorities is self-evi­dene
As the student's function 15
to study this Is where he spends
a majority of his time (1,366
points) along with bull-sessions
(1,095) and social activities
(882) - question 23.
Only 22% either disagreed or
strongly disagreed as to having
any obligation to support school.
sponsored activities, yet 37.1%
were in no activities and 33%
were in one activity.
In ranking Fairfield to other
colleges in the area Fairfield
was heavily ranked over Uni­versity
of Bridgeport and Sacred
Heart University. In the second
category Fairfield ranked well
behind Wesleyan and Trinity
yet far ahead of Quinnipiac. In
the third category Fairfield was
ranked behind Fordham yet
well ahead 01 Manhattan and
lona. 11 is understood that a
sophomore at Fairfield is not
an expert In the academic rat­ing
of universities but it was
the student opinion which was
sought not the expert·s.
More than hal! (56.2%) felt
that the present class officer
system serves no vital purpose
to the university, but 69.1% felt
that "class spirit" has a place
on teday's campus. There can
be "spirit" on this campus with
no class olTicer system. There
should be no political structure
which has no political power.
One weckend (Dogwood) does
not justily the presence ot this
structure on campus. There are
enough clubs and organizations
to run social events. ~tudents
should be organized illto one
power structure and that is the
student government (with the
dorm councils) which ~hould
meet the needs ot the student­intellectual
as well as social.
News
ing 1,253 points. The second
function was to participate in
concrete means to bring about
change (731). A moratorium
may be considered concrete
means to bring about change
yet only 39% took part in the
October 15th march for peace
(keep in mind that 68.6% felt
that the present course 01 the
United States was (is) taking
in Vietnam was (is) wrong.
• • •
mission cards for all students
under 21 years of age who wish
to donate blood. These cards
should be signed by the stu­dent's
parents.
Chairman Gugliotti noted,
"Anyone who gave blood at the
first bank this year and sub­mitted
the parent's permission
slip at that time Is eligible to
give blood again without getting
another permission slip signed.
We need all those who gave
blood in the fall to donate
again if we are to make our
goal."
LIbrary Calendar
March 25 (Wednesday)
March 26 (Thursday), 8:30 a.m.
·8 p.m.
March 27 (Friday - March 29
(Sunday), Closed.
March 30 (Monday) - April
2 (Thursday), 8:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.
April 3 (Friday) - 8:30 ­4:
30 p.m.
April 4 (Saturday) - Closed
April 5 (Sunday) - p p.m. ­11
p.rn.
April 6 (Monday) - May 28
(Thursday), Regu1ar Term
Hours.
Campus
THE STA6
COLLEGE:
We begin with the reasons
why a student comes to college.
Apparently there are three
main reasons wby one goes to
college. First was "to have a
good job upon graduation"
<1,538 points) followed closely
by the reason ("to become more
knowledgeable" 1,498). The
third reason is "to prepare for
professional school" <1,187).
This Is an obvious reflection or
the demands of our society to­day
for the "college graduate."
This may account for the lack
01 Interest of many students in
the school itseU in that they
are here only to get their de-­gree.
Whether we like It or
not this also shows that the
collece Is indeed a time of pre­paration
for a job or graduate
school. 'nH! universities must
somehow make sure that they
are not graduating just pure
businessmen. A "happy medi­um"
must be reached. At the
present the curriculum at Fair­-
field doesn't reflect this. In
question "change In the core
curriculum" received the over­whelming
majority of points
(950), followed by the accept­ance
of the Tri-Partlte (744).
Reflecting this. 89.4% felt that
the requirements in philosophy
and theology should be lowered
and 44.6% felt that the language
requirements s;houJd be lowered.
In responding to the ques­tions
regarding the function of
college student the answer "to
study" rec£!lved an overwhelm-
Quota Increued
According to Blood Bank
Chairman Thomas Gugliotti the
quota for this semester's blOlX!
blan k has been increased to
300 pints as opposed to 200
last fall. At the last blood bank
231 pinls were collected with
little response from the faculty
and administration.
Permission Cards
In the next few days, mem­bers
DI the Cardinal Key S0­ciety
will be distributini per-
The aecond blood bank 01 the
year, .ponsored by the Cardin­al
Key Society In conjUDCtion
with the Connecticut Red Crou
Blood Prognun, will be heid
Thursday April 9th between the
hours 019:00 a.m. lIJId 4:00 p.m.
i_nonth.e Campus Center Oak
Commenting on the previous
bank, Mr. Gugliotti stated. "Un­fortunately.
there was nearly a
total lack of participation on
the part of the faculty and ad­ministration.
We do all we can
to movc such donors to the head
of the lines so there will be no
delay for them. If we are to
reach our quota on April 9th
we will need the cooperation of
these two sectors of the Uni­versity
community."
65%
15%
582
550
1,366
1,095
B82
766
84.1%
15.9%
93.5%
65%
Engl\s,h
Philosophy
Theology
History
Fine Arts
Mod .Language
10.6%
89.4%
89.4%
11.7%
19.3%
44.6%
ye,
no
YO'
no
studying
bull sessions
social activities
,po....
school-sponsored
activities
working
yes 43.8%
no 56.2%
"Class spirit" has a place on
today's college campus:
yes 69.1%
no 30.9%
The present student govern­ment
has done an adequate job
for the students:
'no"
Do you feel 1llegal methods
can be justified to bring about
change?
always 1.5%
sometimes 68.2%
never 30.3%
Should force be used to bring
about change!
always 1.9%
sometimes 88.3%
never 20.8%
Do you feel that the present
class officer system serves any
vital purpose?
Rank the following schools
academically and independent­ly
of each other.
A. Fairlield 756
U. of Bridgeport 504
Sacred Heart 252
B Wesleyan 852
TrtnIty 633
Fairfield 494
Qulnnipiac 259
C Fordham 826
Fairfield 714
Manhattan 524
lona 317
List in order of lmportanoc
from 1 to 5 your function as
a college student.
to study 1,253
to participate in c0n­crete
means to bring
about change 731
to participate In school­sponsored
activities 682
to attend social
affairs 624
to be well-liked or
popular 437
List in order of amount of
time spent, the following items:
Did you participate in the
demonstration last spring con­cerning
social and academic
change at Fairfield University?
where you think the required
credits should be lowered.
Do you feel that parochial
and private schools such as
Fairfield University should re­ceive
federal funds!
90.8%
9.2%
75.8'}'..
24.2%
79.""
2O.1CJ'
37.1%
33%
18.6%
7.....
1.5%
1.6%
yos
00
in 0 activities
in 1 activity
in 2 activities
in 3 activities
in 4 activities
in 5 activities
,OS
no
,OS
no
,.,. Two
Rank on a scale of 1 to 7 the
most important reasons for you
for coming to coll£!ge.
to have a good job
upon graduation 1,538
to become more
knowledgeable 1.498
to prepare for profes­sional
school 1,187
because your parents
wanted you to 988
to enjoy the best
years of your life 772
to avoid the draft 7(11
because aU your
friends went to
college 480
Check the foUowing courses
CO-EDUCATION
90_8% were In favor of Fair·
field University accepting girls
in the undergraduate program
next year. This is a reversal of
a survey taken a few years ago.
A clear cut majority feels that
co-educatlon will cnrich the ed­ucational
quality of Fairfield
(75.8%). The majority also felt
that cc>education would cause
an Increase in school spirit
<79.9%). There were no ques­tions
asked to determine ex­actly
what is meant by "school
spirit."
List in order of importance
the following Items of immedi­ate
change.
change in the core cur­riculum
950
acceptance of the tri­partite
on all levels 744
acceptance of more
black students 444
Immediate 24 hr.
parietals 402
Do you feel you have any
obligations to support school­sponsored
activities!
strongly agree 10,2%
agree 52.3%
undecided 15.5%
disagree 15.5%
strongly disagree 6.5%
How many activities, associa­tions
or t£!ams are you pres­ently
a member of at Fairfield
University?
Do you feel that girls will
enrich the educational quality
of Fairfield University!
By JOSEPH MOORE
Are you in favor ':If Fairfield
University accepting girls in
the undergraduate program next
fall !
March la, 1970 THE STA6
A New Supply of Shirts
Mr, Roben K. GrUfln, former DeaJ'l of Resident Students at
Fairfield, in his bome durlng a rec:ent Inten'lew with The Stag,
he learned, he
so many people
but so few are
BOOK
On May 12th, Robert Griffin,
who had been Dean of Student
services for three and a hall
years, resigned. "I recei...ed the
acceptance at my resignation
on May 28th, after all the kids
had left. Mr, Bianchi received
his the same day:'
Would he like to be back at
his old job'
"Not under the present cir­cumstances,
though I miss
working with the fellows, 1 felt,
by and large, that most of the
people who dealt with me felt
1 was at least honest with them,
I don't think there was anyone
who came into my office for
whom I didn't do what I said
I would do."
One lesson
said, "is that
are religious,
Christian."
In closing, Mr. Griffin men­tioned
his three greatest dis­appointments:
that most of the
students at Fairfield never got
to know him: that "anyone at·
tempting to do anything for our
generation gets such a skeptical
response," and that "a rela­tionship
based on trust between
the students and someone in
the Administration had been de­stroyed."
and he got aU flustered and
red, But I asked him again,
and he said 'I'll resign: And I
said 'well, you won't ha...e to, I
will;' and that became & real·
itY:'
Mr. Grifl'ln then mused:
"From the time Mr. Bianchi
left F'r. McInnes, (with Grif·
fin's final statement), to the
time he called me, Mr. Bianchi
says he couldn't have written
another statement. 1 can't pro...e
this, but I think he had al­ready
decided what it (the final
Administration position) was
going to be:'
"Fr. Melnnes then asked AI
if he would agree to my state·
ment, and AI, thinking It was
the original one Bianchi had
shown him, said 'yes:
"By now the issues had be­come
immaterial, for the Issue
centered on the Integrity of the
president, and you don't go
around questioning the honesty
or sincerity of the Uni...ersity
President, tor you only hurt the
school, the students and laculty
and alumni."
Here the former Dean return­ed
to his earlier theme: "When
you graduate from Fairfield,
it's like getting malTied. This
is where yOU're from, where
your records are. Tearing It
down you're just hurting a tre­mendous
number 01 people."
STORE
UNIVERSITY
Spring '69
Has Just Arrived
FAIRFIELD
Griffin in New Orleans: "We're
in trouble," he said, "he won't
accept the statemenl as youn;.
He implied that I wrote it on
my own."
"Fr. McInnes caUed about
ten seconds after Mr, Bianchi
hung up," said Mr. Griffin. "He
had a statement in which the
parietals were changed to eleven
o'clock, and some nebulous
statement about alcohol on a
trial basis the following year."
"To go from twel...e to eleven
I couldn't understand. But I
wanted to give the Student Go...•
ernment something to hang on
by. I agreed to it. I ftgured half
a loaf was better than none.
But I knew what I had agreed
to with the students.
"Fr, McInnes said 'you can
agree to this statem('nt or we
can wait till you get back.' I
asked him if it would make any
difference If we waited, He said
'no.'
"I can't say what was In his
mind or what pressures he was
under. He can truthfully state
and argue that It was my state­ment,
since I agreed to it, but
I never wrote one word. This
was the statement gl...en to the
Student Go...ernment, aft e r
which all hell broke loose.
"When I returned tram New
Orleans I was told that I wasn't
to negotiate any more with the
students. Yet, at an Adminis·
trati...e Board meeting I had
asked him: 'Suppose I come up
with something you don't like,'
Revisits
On the way to the airport
"I ga"'e Ronnie Bianchi, (then
Dean of Resident Students) the
points argued upon for each
Item. 1be question 01 liquor
was left open, My reasoning
was that for public consump­tion
there was to be no change
in university policy , , . no
matter what we might do."
"In reflection, It there was a
mistake made, It was that he
(Bianchi) showed the final
statement for release to AI (the
statement which had been final­Ized
from Mr. Griffin's notes
by Mr. BianchU,"
The final statement was
shown to Mr. Donohue, who
agreed and O.K.'d it. Mr. Blan.
chi then took it to the Presi·
dent. after which he called Mr.
for the press was to be a joint
statement by Mariani and Grif·
fin. 'That was Monday. Monday
night AI went on the air to as·
sure the student body that prog.
ress was being made. Tuesday
morning I was to go away Ito
New Orleans) because as far
as I could see what I was asked
to do was done. Tuesday morn·
ing I got phone calls from se...­eral
members of the Adminis-­tration
who said that no state­ment
was to be made without
F'r. Melnnes seeing It fin;t,
which I think he was entiUed
to,"
the events of laM IIprlnK' here III
of Students
lUI'. Grlll'ln, renecUnC on
Fairfield for tbe Stag.
course, by March of that year,
-it was too late. Yet, for all the
vigor of the demands, Mr. Grif·
fin does not consider the gov·
ernment's effort to ha...e been
excessive:
"At no time did they imply
that the demands were not ne­gotiable.
They were using the
word 'demand,' yet It wasn't a
'this or nothing' aproach. The
Executive Board as always
courteous with me.
"I had always been ...ery
much in fa\'or of doing some.
thing to gi...e the Student Gov­ernment
some strength, I don't
think they, (the rest of the Ad·
ministration), ever recognized
the philosophy of ha...ing it. It's
like ha\'ing a mosquito In the
bedroom and pulling the sheets
over your head and hoping It'll
go away."
Mr. Gr;ffin then related some
of his experiences last spring
as "authoritative spokesman"
and negoliator for the Admin·
istration:
"I ga...e Fr. Melnnes my re­port
the Wednesday before the
students gOt back,
"I alTanged to see. him at
6:15 Sunday evening. That·s
when he told me 1 was too per­missive,
too sympathetic .
It sonnded to me like I had
sold out"
On Monday, F'r. McInnes
stated that the final statement
recognized as being "sterile,"
:\Ir. Grillin made the following
prnpo.<;als in his 1968 annual
report to the President: an on­Cllmpu;
l cotree houst>, with al·
rohol for students over twenty·
one, as a means of "getting a
10M in the door;" the pro...ision
fOI' a separate place in the dar·
miTories where students could
entertain female guests: the
establishment of additional se·
lected fraternities on campus;
the administration's assistance
in the collection of the Student
Government Activities fee: the
appointment of students to com·
mittees on which they ha...e a
degree at rele...ancy and com'
pctency."
And the reaction to these
proposals!
"I don't recall that any part
I ever wrote ever got a spe­cmc
reply. I'm not sure he (the
President) ever read it or not."
Mr, Grltrin said he sincerely
felt that If the proposals had
received a favorable response,
the demonstrations and propos­ed
strike of last spring would
have never been necessary. Ot
Dean
8)' .JOJr.'l\ G. LEDDY
Robert K. Griffin, fonn('r
J)(-an "f R('~id('nl Stud<'nls of
fo'airfield Univcrsi!y, agreed to
an int('rvic..... to reminisce
on his experiences as Dean of
Residenl Students and Admin·
i~tration negotiator during those
confusing days of spring '69
when the Jesuit university was
brought to the brink of a stu­dent
strike,
The interview. which was
conducted in the wann atmos·
phere of the Griffin home in
Trumbull, rev('aled much in the
diff('rcnces of a layman's ap­proach
to student probl('ms as
compared to that of the Jesuit
Administration, and also gave
particular insight into some of
the obscure details of last
spring's e...ents.
The former Fairfield adminis­trator
is now the Dcan of Ad·
ministration at the Housatonic
Community College in Stratford.
As he mixed himself a drink,
he spoke of his new post, and
of the working philosophy which
has always underlied his ad·
ministrative policies:
"I don't find any politics or
In·fighting for positions. It Is
well run and well administered.
There Is nothing second class
about it, thought I don't think
it's as high pressured an opera­tion.
"If you say it's all right for
these kids, but I want mine
going somewhere else, then you
shouldn't be at the school. The
reality came to me, going aU
the way back to my college
days, that there are just as
many jerks who graduate f.rom
college, no matter what the col­lege's
location or reputation,
here, as anywhere else:'
Mr. Griffin dwelt on the im­portance
of reputation, espe­cially
as related to the pos­sibility
of organized dissent at
Fairfield this spring: "When
you get out of there, you're an
alumnus of Fairfield, the name
of the school is always yours."
"I'm not saying things should
not change; times change, things
change, people change. To stand
as a pillar, inflexible against
e...erything, is just not right.
You won't survi...e as a school
or as un Individual.·'
Queslioned as to just how
rele...ant he thought the Jesuits
are to the modern age, he re­plied:
'The problem is that
they continue not to be. Just
look at the changes last year.
What it probably came down
to is that I didn't come out
with something the way they
wanted it. 1 belie...e everything
after that was just the way he
(Fr. McInnes) wanted ii, which
I feel was his prerogati...e. this
because he had great pressure
from other Jesuits who threat­ened
to quit if the student de­mands
were met."
The former Dean referred
ironically to the meeling with
the Student Go...ernment at
which Frs. Coughlin and Me·
Innes contended that social re­form
lay within the complete
jurisdiction of his office:
"If I had felt that I had
the authorit~' on my own, many
of the changes that were put
into elfect a year ago 1 would
have put into {'trect two years
beforehand."
In orcler to improve the on·
campus social life which he
Former
THE STAG t.4...t. IB, 1970
'Student Sound-off' • • • What I. Your Opinion of the Studeat GoYenuneat1
Pres. Academy Discuss~s
Student-less Demands
Favors Calendar
SAM-ites
Discuss
Meet;
'goals'
• • •
1be University of Bridgeport
Free School will hold· an 0r­ganizational
meeting, Thursday,
April 2, at the Student Center,
Room 205, 9-11 p.m. This met­ing
will be open to the pubtic.
For more information call An­nie
Boralll: 384-0687 or Ruth
Barason, 1439 Mervin Lane,
Fairfield: 259-8084.
NATIONAL ANTI·DRAFl'
WEEK
The week of March 16-19 is
National Anti-DraffWeek. Any
F.U. students Interested in par­ticipating
In anti-draft activities
at the Bridgeport Draft Board
should contact either Kevin
McAuliffe (Box 1m) or Kevin
Kelley (Box. 819). 'I)rpe of tac-­tics
to be used is open to dis­0Il5Sl0n.
VA FREE SCHOOL
discussion) Ken Daly was elect-­ed
to volunteer his services as
olliclal press. representative to
Student Govenunent President.
Dennis Gallagher.
A rally beld the next after­noon
attracted about one-th1rd.
of the student body. Its purpolie
was to vote on the 17 demands
(all of whleh were approved)
of the Student Government. A
number of speakers, includinr
former President Albert Ma­riani,
were drat called upon to
air their views. Mr. Mariani
ended his speech saying, '""!be
time has come, onward gentle­men."
Former candidate for Presi­dent
Jeff Rhelnhard urged the
faculty to "get off their asses
and start working with us."
taln that they must be bn:Iuebt
to realize their servile status.
With reprds to student gov­ernment,
the students must
have complete and autonmnous
responsibility In all Intra-stu­dent-
body af!'airs. Thls implies
that the student government
(not the Adntinlstration) pro­vide
Its own student services 01.­flce
(run by administrators sub­ject
to student control), Its 0'W!l
code of justice, and its own en­forcement
of It. In my opinion.
a student-dominated bureaucra­cy
will more likely be more
fluid than one 'Nhich Is en­trenehed
over the years due to
the regular change in leader­ship.
In aU policies and situa­tions
which affeet the ~tlre uni­versity
community. I propoH
that a binding bi-partite body
of students and faculty have
the final word
I further propose that, In all
situations, the Administration
shall act only In an advisory
and/or service capacity where
expediency necessitates.
Any attempt to evaluate past
student governments in terms
of this scheme Is at best ludi­crous.
Nevertheless, I call upon
the faculty and the present stu­dent
government to unite be­hind
these proposals and topple
our Machiavellian administra­tion
from Its regal position to
Its proper status In a truly edu­cational
schema.
JOMpb DeAngelo "70
By GABY McCARTHY
Approximately 30 students at·
tended a meeting of the Student
Action Movement (SAM) 'rues­day.
March 3. The purpose of
the meeting was to discuss au~
port for Wednesday's rally,
however, due to the tight turn­out
the meeting centered around
campus politks.
The members discussed vari­ous
rumors that SAM is "plan­ning
a takeover" and Is "out to
undermine the structure of the
whole university."
Secretary Bob Smith .tated
that these rumors should be
quelled because they could only
hurt SAM and decrease Its pow.
er of numbers. He was backed
In these statements by Presi­dent
John Meknrt.
One member from the Boor
disagreed, saying that SAM
should let these rumors c0n­tinue.
He also wanted aU mem­bers
of SAM to be asked to sup­port
all Its activIties, especially
those concerning campus poli­tics.
He asked, "Is SAM just a
clearing house for students, or
is it a group for activists who
feel that too little has been
done In the past."
President Mekrut replled that
he wanted to keep SAM a flex·
ible organization and stated the
policy of SAM as "doing your
own thing, whether It Is ecol­ogy,
draft resistance, etc." In
line with this, Smith called It,
"an umbrella which houses all
Issues."
The next topic was raised by
secretary Smith who said, "If,
and I underline If, trouble
strikes we want to have our
own people on hand to give the
papers our side of the story."
M a result (and after lOme
• • •
the critical part 01. the academ­ic
year. WIth a functioninr,
weD attended Student Lepla­lure
be.cked by an aroused and
unlfied student body, we can 0b­tain
the demands Issued last
week. However if conditions
persist, this university will c:o&
t1nue to function solely In the
hands of the administration.
Micllael A. Hutzlomoaaoo .,1
Why don't we at Fa1r8eld
make a move toward oriainal
Innovation for a change! I
realize that suggesting Aristot·
Ie's Lyceum as a model for an
academic community of this
size Is grossly \1l'1reallstic; but,
since we are a conununlty dedi­cated
to a goal of education. I
propose not only a revamping
of the concept and role of stu­dent
government but also a
shifting of priorities and stat·
\L.<q5 within the entire conununl­ty.
'We, the students and faculty,
are the guts of this university.
Without us, Falrfield University
Is only a legal fiction owning a
Jot with a pile of bricks. Form­al
education has historically
been the result of student-facul·
ty interaction. Administrators
were originally hired to care
for the physical plant and the
bookkeeping. Gradually, they
attained the monarchal position
they now hold. While I recog­nize
the need for the adminis­trators'
services, I also maln-
Change
and the University Councll on
calendar refonn.
The questionalres were sent
out on Tuesday moming, Marclt
10 and approximately 1,100
were resubmitted. The results
were as follows:
QuMtloa 1. 1,018 are in fav­or
of starting the fall semester
during the first 'week of Sep­tember
wit h exams befo:-e
Christmas. 80 are in support
01. the present fall schedule.
Qu.e.Uoa !. 898 favor a sem­ester
break of approximately
one month with the seeood
s erne s t e r ending midway
through May, (dl.reetly related
to Question ll, 1%9 favor a
semester break of more thlUt
a month with the second sem­ester
ending in late May. 5S
support a break for one week,
second semester concluding in
late May. 8 support the pres­ent
cal end a r for semester
break.
QUMUOO S. Some 783 favor
the present system for Spring
vacation while 218 favor Spring
vacation following the date for
submission of mld·semester es-­Umates.
QuMtloa t. 1,050 desire a
four day break between the last
classes and final exams. Only
58 believe there should be no
break.
These results will be used as
an Important reference when
the AcademJc Council meets l:l
d..ec.i.d.e.the question of calendar ,
needs with the need 01 academ­ic
reform, and the size of the
job ahead becomes apparent.
Only with the coperatlon of the
student -body will these re­forms
become reality.
Fred S·...m ... ."
• • •
Apathy Is a word that Is
used and In some lnstaDc:es
often over used. Un!.ortunately,
when one considers the ll;glsla­live
branch of our Student Gov­enunent
the word aptly applies.
ThIs apathy Is evident in the
members of the ieglslature and
in the students whom the legis­lators
represent.
The major complaint of. the
students on this campus is that
they are denied an equal say
in detennlnlng the coun:e of
action the University should
take on matters which directly
atrect the student. However,
their major means of power,
namely the legislature, is not
being employed In the attaJn­ment
of this "equal say."
In the election this past fall
for posts in the legislature only
a meager handful of students
expressed their right for equal
representation. Their turnout
was so bad that men were being
elected to the legislature with
as few as nine and ten votes.
This apathy Is surpassed only
on the part of certain legislators
who, after being elected. attend
Infrequently or not at all They
enjoy the title bestowed upon
them but shirk the responsibili­ties
for which It stands. Surely
the legislature can not function
properly If It must spend a
great deal of Its time censuring
lackadaisical members and
seeking replacements.
We are again approaching
poses two main areas of frIc-­tion:
facuIty concern and a
greater division of power among
the administration. Fr. McInnes
prepared three years ago the
concept of a tri-partlte body,
however, as of yet the faculty
has not approved. The concept
for a trl·partlte would be a dif­fusion
of power, but not power
in the sense of some students
doing something just because
you have the foree to do it.
In d~ssing the power of
reason and dialogue Father
commented that he would favor
putting the school's budget in
The Stq and concluded that
every organization should live
reason for their actioPL
nls Gallagher met with Mr.
Humphrey, Dr. Garrity, and Dr.
sa.tafia, who are all members
of the Academic Councll, to dis­cuss
the possibilities and meth­ods
of calendar change.
PoD Takea
It was deeided that an opin­ion
poll would be clrculatcd
through the mall room to all
students and faculty members
to determine the overall views
of the University concerning a
calendar change. 1be response
will be influential in the deci­sion
of the Academic Council
I feel that the student gov­ernment
of the past year has
been highly succ:essfulln achlev­ing
the goll1 of student voice In
the social life at Fairfield. Mr.
Mariani and his staff took of­fice
last year at a time when
the student government was one
of the most powerless organiza­tions
on campus. They trans­fonned
the government into a
respectable organization and
united a dlsuni1l.ed student body
with a c:onunon goal Through
the etrorts of last year's stu­dent
government, the Stags have
parietal hours In the dorms as
well as the right to alcohol on
campus. We have even seen the
restrictions on alcohol lifted to
include alcoholic beverages
served at public gatherings, as
the student body proves that it
Is responsible enough to handle
such situations.
I feel that it Is the job of the
present student government,
working with the student body,
to prove to the administration
that we are responsible enough
to handle the aacdemlc reform
which is needed here at Fair­field.
Furthermore, where the
student gDvernment of ~st year
was the voice of the student
body in terms of the social life
on campus, It now must act for
the students In terms of all
areas of student concern. The
maintenance on campus Is use·
less; the security force Is Inef·
fective; the maid sorvlce Is a
waste of mont')': aDd the com­muter
parking lots are atrocious.
All of these areas are in need
of c:olT'ection. Couple these
will be remedied. I myself, am
very conJldent.
RIchard J. Vmbdeutoc:k .,1
• • •
Poll
By TED LYONS
Student demands were the
main target of discussion at the
President's Academy on March
2. Accordini' to Father McInnes
the demands said to him,
''There are things we (the stu­dents)
want done and I am In
sympathy with some:'
Of particular Interest Father
Mcinnes noted that of the sev­enteen
demands 13 required
faculty attention, 4 required
that of the administration and
aODe on the part of the students.
There were no points taken up
in whkh the students could as·
sert themselves collectively.
The shift from social to aca·
demic refonns of lut year
BY MJKE FAIlRELL
Du.rinI' last semester and the
CUl'l"eIlt one, the question of a
academic calendar change has
constantly arisen here at Fair­field.
The change is basically
dJrected tow a r d s scheduling
examI before Ouislmas vaca­-.
1bls calendar change Is one
of the seventeen demands ini­tiated
by the Student Govern­ment
and presented to the Uni­versity
CouncU.
On Thursday, March 5, Den-
I flnd this question a llttle
dltl1cult to answer In that I
reaDy do not have a fixed op~
ion concemine the student lOY·
emment Yet, I do not feel that
I myself am entrlely to blame
for tbJa.
In the past, my relations to a
student IOvernment have been
built upon good legislature-stu·
dent communications. Every­thln&
that the legislature did or
even considered was pcompUy
made available upon the stu­dent'.
request 'nIe recommend­ations
of the Appropriations
CorrmUttee. (or example, were
considered to be of top concem
and It was made sure that these
were published so that the stu­dent
had some idea of where his
activities money was going. Can
we honesUy say that, In the
past, suCh a r1!lat1onshlp has
existed at Fairfield'!'
The way the aetivities of the
government are Nn here 011
campus seems to have dashed
the hopes of many an eager
freshman. The results of this
can be seen In the dUference
in campaign tactics between the
freshman and sophomore years.
The trosh annually cut each
other's throat to get a vote
whereas the sophomore class
responds w:lth more of a "come
what may" attitude. What the
exact cause of this Is, I do not
know. I will, though, rule out
the popular cry of "apathy" as
a possibility. Rather, I feel that
this Is a reaction by the sopho­mores
to inelliclency.
These are a few of my feel·
ings about the past but being
on the threshold of a new ad­ministration.
one can only be
opt.1mJst1e that these break­downs
within the community
That no man is an island is beyong dispute, but many ot us
still labor under the opinion that he is a peninsula. One is opinion
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a situation where upperclass­men
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Pl'lon8:
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of the enrollment of the
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numerous full and partial schol­arships
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have been restrictions placed
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and parental contribution must
be less than $650."
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Director the bell still
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on the Notre Dame of the
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March. we had hoped to utilize
the Black students on campus
for recruiting. There was hope
we wouldn't lose him but as
soon as it was definite I ap­proached
the Biack students for
their help. But bceause of the
pressures of studies, etc., the
amount of recruiting was rather
restricted so that the end result
was that they visited seven
schools within the Connecticut
and New York area.
Rev. Gallarelli and the Blacks
agree that it is difficult to at­tract
Black students to Fair­field
for the same and different
reasons.
Sam Harvey noted: "A lot of
Blacks never heard of Fairfield
before the Black takeover of
Xavier Hall. Fairfield for the
cost doesn't offer anything ex­cept
a hiking in price. Com­pared
to so many other colleges,
for the cost of going to Fair~
field, it offers so much less."
Rev. Gallarelli, who toured
several Black high schools in
such places as Mobile and Ma­con,
Alabama, and New Or­leans
also attended an Admis­sion
Seminar in Ft. Lauderdale,
Fla. With Admissions Directors
from private and public collegs
across the nation, he found a
general feeling the Catholic
schools tend to attract less ap­plications
from Blacks than pub­lic
schools.
He also noted that Fairfield
is among hundreds of other col­leges
in the northeast seeking
Black students. Other institu-
Invades
THE STAG
Black and Whites recruiting has
been the same. In all the cities
we visited we have made it a
point to take in high schools
with predominantly Black en­rollments.
We have Mr. Camp­bell,
a Black students Admis­sion
counselor on campus who
has been to the inner city
schools In places like St. Louis
and Hartford.
"We have been in contact
with several minority group
agencies such as: Urban Center
In Manhattan, Brownsville Com­munity
Council in Brooklyn.
Contact Agency in Hartford,
and the Talent Search Associa­tion
in Baltimore. From a num­ber
of these and other groups
we have received good response
for applications."
Mr. Campbell unfortunately
has been performing military
duty for almost four months
and is expected back this month.
No replacement was appointed
in spite of Mr. Campbell's ab­sence
and this was a cause of
dissatisfaction among Black
students here.
Sam Harvey, '72, was one of
the few Black students to help
in attempting to till the gap
caused by Mr. Campbell's non­presence.
Said Harvey.
"Five of us attended college
nights in such cities as New
York, Hartford. Bridgeport and
New Haven. But we students
can do only so much. There
should have been a professional
Black recruiter hired to take
Mr. Campbell's place. We don't
have the time to do the Uni­versity's
work, we are students
first...
Rev. GallarellJ's view on the
problem: "Because we expected
Mr. Campbell back in early
Force
117BOBa.ua
• But Take It
Simon Say.
Up Against tbe Wall Mother·Hubbard
• •
Task
Brutus met with the eternal problem: the ideal versus the
practice, self-sacrifice versus self-indulgence, the ace versus the
queen. Once one gets this overview, one not only sets limits on
his material but also makes himself miss the point. In process it
is similar to gaining a respect for truth out of the student hand­book:
the ideas are invalid because they are really not based on
the facts of the study mater;al. Here fact slides Into opinion and
it is hard to command respect for a person who hedges on impor­tant
issues. More people should be accused of patriotic fascism,
political opportunism, racism, and disorder. For one man is al­ready
enough. Or too much. His alter-ego helps him discern be­tween
facts and opinions. He has made his decision. And that has
made all the difference.
Whether Brutus was an honorable man is another question
altogether. We take up the question not to praise Brutus but to
honor him, for he has done all his reading assignments and kept
good notes. The fact states that to be a king one must be an
honorable man, and one cannot enjoy honor vicariousI). U's a good
idea and perhaps people should learn better how to express that
idea, but one should not delude himself. Brutus killed Caesar be­cause
he couldn't see very far and because Caesar could swim
better than him. Not honor but envy. Brutus had his material or­ganized
and categorized, and like any good student he wanted to
learn, his basic problem was vicarious honor. He thought he had
all the facts. But when he took the test. his initial approach went
bad and he lost control. His plan for study fell apart. Yet It is
hard to speak objectively of such courage.
Ad(d)missions ...
Recruiting
By JACK COVTURE to Fairfield as well as planting
NeW1J Editor the name 'Fairfield' in their
areas. Their new outloJks can
be inva:uable lor our communi­ty."
A second causation for this
optimism noted above was given
in the area of academics. Rev.
Gallarclli elaborated: "Because
of the increase in the number
of applications we anticipate a
very good class academically.
We will reach that ideal Fair~
field has always tried to achieve.
All of next year's class will be
in the top half of their gradu­ating
class. Fifty per cent of
this same class will have been
in the top quarter academically
of their graduating class also."
The large number of applica­tions
from girls, 500, lor the
140 number which will be ac­cepted
is seen to be quite good.
Rev. Gallarelli: "Eighty per cent
of next year's Fairfield females
will be dorm residents. A num­ber
of them have been accepted
as a result of personal inter~
view.
"Our policy is to attempt to
accept a variety of girls in all
different disciplines. It is almost
more difficult in selecting girls
than the boys because so many
applicants qualify so that com­petition
among the girls is much
keener. Girls ~ith a variety of
talent and interest in activities
is what we arc looking for."
Less reason for optimism ap­pears
to be evident in regards
to the Black enrollment at Fair­field,
looking at the present sit­uation
and projecting into the
future. Rev. Gallarelll explain~
ed the Admission Department's
attempts to bring more Blacks
to Fairfield.
"The money spent tor both
March 18, '970
This report is an in-depth
study on the recruiting p:oce­dures
of the Admissions De­partment
in preparation for the
1970-71 academic year. A series
of interviews with the Director
of Admissions, Rev. George
Gallarelli, indicates a distinct
fceling of optimism on the part
of the Admissions Dept. for a
bright future for Fairfield Uni­versity.
The primary reason for this
optimism can be seen as the
marked increase in the number
of applications sent in this year,
approximately 2,500, as com~
pared to 1,650 processed ap­plications
of a year ago.
This increase in the number
of applications to Fairfield can
be attributed in part to the
impressive recruiting program
conducted by the Admissions
Dept. over a large geographic
area - impressive at least when
compared to its efforts in past
years.
A three-man task force made
up of Rev. Gallarelli, Mr. Fred­erick
Lorensen, and Mr. Louis
campbell, logged several thou­sand
miles representing Fair­field
at numerous college nights
and high schools in an area ex­tending
from the Atlantic shore­line
to the Mississippi. A rough
outline of each man's journey­ing
looks something like this:
Rev. Ga11arelli: Pittsburg,
Pa., Youngstown and Colum~
bus, Ohio, New Orleans, Dal­las,
Houston, Schrieveport, La.,
and Southern Alabama and
Florida.
Mr. Lorensen: Chicago area,
New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Vennont and
Maine.
Mr. Campbell: St. Louis,
Northern New York including
Buffalo, Rochester. Syracuse
and Albany.
The task force also included
all high schools in Connecticut,
as well as many schools in New
York City, Long Island, Phl1a~
delphia, as well as Virginia and
Kentucky areas, New Jersey,
and WashIngton, D.C.
When asked if these endeav­ors
have proven profitable, Rev.
Gallarelli responded, "Applica­tions
have come in from every
place visited which justifies our
trips, i.e. with the exception of
Schrieveport and Kentucky
schools. In these areas over
half of the high school grad­uates
do not go on to further
schooling.
Rev. Gallarelli went on fur­ther
to cite some of his reac­tions
to his work in the Deep
South. "Oftentimes Southern
schoolers failed to attend col­lege
nights involving northern
schools because of a fear of
superior competition up North.
'''I1J.is certainly can be a false
conception especially when con­sidering
the fact that two of
the major high schools in New
Orleans have fifty-five Merit
Scholarship finalists between
them. FaIrfield is fortunate to
have one application of these
fifty-five for consideration."
This reporter asked Rev. Gal­1arelli
why Fairfield is extend­ing
itself out so far. He noted,
''The reason why we are mak­ing
such an effort out of the
northeast is because we teel
outlying students can bring new
ideas and Qther points ot view
Pag~ Six THE STAG
Letters To The Editor
M.,
How To Test An Ace
To tile Editor, and Evel')lbody:
I found G. Simon Harak's column,
entitled HOW TO ACE A TEST. which
appeared in the last edition of The 51ag.
so exquisitely enlightening, that I felt
it my duty, as a student and good citi­zen,
to put the wonderful and complex
method set out in it to whatever use I
could, SO as to provide posterity with
but one further application of a method
generally regardcd, by all those fortun­ate
enough to have made contact with
it, as limitlessly helpful in the desperate
strug::::le which we call Life. Consequent­ly,
and only as the result of many dili­~
nt hours of concentration, I found a
subject which had not yet been suffi­ciently
plumbed at any time throughout
the long course of human history, and to
which the method which I so highly
valued could be fitted; for I found, in
the painful pa.ssage of those hours, that
the method could be fitted to far fewer
subjects than originally I had expected.
And the subject which I found I re­garded
as the Ix'st available one to dC'm­onstrate
thC' usefulness of the method,
which it was my concern to apply, but
also, and this primarily, to preserve. So
I appHe'd the method to my subject, but
was able to kcep the method fully intact
in my applicalion of it. However. in or­dcr
to as~ure the reader that I ha\'e not.
to sen'e any ends of my own, dispensed
wilh eVe'n thC' mnst infinitC'simal particle
of the universally chC'rished method in
my application of iI. I h;l\'e reprinted
below the e~sence of lhe melhod, in the
precise ro~m in which it was first set
out. and applied. by its author. Thus the
reader m3Y comrmre my work with my
ma.ster·s. 3nd judge for himself if I
h,l\'e not kept my master's spirit alive.
The' Method, for which \Ve are
Eternally Grateful. In II!'!
Orll:1n31 AppliC'allon
1. One of the facts of student life at
Fairfield is testing. Midterms are upon
us. This is One Man'S method for "How
to 'Ace' a test."
Let us assume, of course, that the
student has all class notes. and has read
all assignments.
2. There is a propl'r initial approach
for the stud,'nt who wants to learn. Just
as a h.1l1er assumes a correct stance at
the plate, and a golfer propl'rly ad­dresses
a golf ball, and a singer takes
a ~ood vocal position. so the student's
proper initial ilpproach to learning is
the deep humility of the statement: "I
don't know." That may seem hopelessly
apparent. btlt consider how many times,
even in our daily conversations, have
we missed an opportunity to learn, just
because we're ashamed to admit that
we don't know. Technically speaking,
the admission, "I don't know." fully
opens the student's mind so that he is
prelXlred to learn, and permits him to
approoch the subject matter without
personal prejudice.
3. Oddly enough, the student has to
"study twice" for <I test. ThaI is, there
are two ditTerent slages of study. The
first stage is acquisition and assimila­tion
of the material. The second stage
is expression of the ns"imilated mnter.. ,J.
and is geared towa"fd the partieular type
of test (i.e. comment an quotes. essay,
true-false, etc.).
4. That pl:m tor s1L:dy Is, as the
reader has discovered. not a "llIJI&ic for.
mula:'
The Method, tor Which we a­Eternally
Gro.teful, in Ita
Second AppIJCll.tlOD 10
All of lIuman Hlatory
BOW TO ACE A OOLUMN
1. One of the facls of student litl!: at
Fairfield Is The Sta(;'. The Stag, twnes·
eent thing, Is ALWAYS upon us. This
is ANOTHER MAN'S method for how
to ace Sta(;' Intercourse.
The S~g, a student organ, itself has
organs. Tbe Stag'a organs are Ib col­umns.
But such organs. as everyone
knows. do not function by their own
power. Ratller, their only power is thl!:
power of the pen, and, which hardly
needs saying, the pen's only power is
in its holder. Thl!: Stag'lI pen-holders,
then, hold the destiny of The StaC'1I or­gans
in their hands; which is as much
as to say that The Stag'lI writers hold
The St.a(;'·11 organs in their hands. So let
us assume that to ace Sta(;' intercourse.
much is dependent upon The St_,'. or­gan-
ho~ders.
2. There is a proper inItial approach
for any organ-holder who wants to ma.{('
his organ effective. Just as a batte~
assumes a COrTect stance at Ihe plate,
and a golfer properly addresses a golf
ball, and a singer takes a good vocal
position. so the eager and ambitiOUS
organ-holder's proper initial approach to
making his organ etTective is the great
desire of the statement: "I want to
know." Now, that may seem hopelessly
apparent, but how many 'limes, in our
weekly Stag intercourse, have certain
organ·holders missed the opportunity to
make their organs etTective, just be­cause
they are too proud, or stupid, '10
admit that tIley want to know. Very
meaningfully speaking, the admission,
"I want to know," fully permits the
organ-holder's organ to erect mysterI­ously
Into a veritable column; to grow,
to become what It was not, to the
edification of itself, its maker, and. in
cases of public organ-holding, all of
those for whom It is made.
3. NATURALLY enough. the novice,
or sometimes even the eXpl'rienCi!d or­gan-
holder has to think twice, or three,
or maybe even ·twenty Urnes. before he
can make his organ effectlve. His first
thought may be to do research; or it
might be simply to think. But whatever
his firs1 thought is, tile final result of
his thinking will surely be the expulsion
of certain material, which expulsion, as
every experienced organ-holder knows,
will produce a particular type of effect.
The etTeet is usually one of fulfillment
and satisfaction, which come from a cer­tain
expansion and enlargement. a cer­tain
growth, which growth amounts to
learning what one wants to know, by
becoming what one before was noL
4. My plan for making one's organ
effective, as the reader has discovered,
is not a "magic formula." Not a formula,
for the one plain reason that no "Cor­mula"
exists; not "magic," since, as the
reader has discovered, it is drawn Crom
common, simple human experience. No,
my plan comes to no more than, first,
wanting to know how to make one's
organ effective, and next, understanding
that it is by enlargement and growth,
by "becoming" that one's organ is made
effective. Of course, one cannot want
to make one's organ effective until one
knows that one's organ is not etTective.
Perhaps it might be said that one's or­gan
is not effective to the extent that it
fails to become mol'(' than what It was
before. Everyone agree: Then is it not
true that anyone who expels what is
nol the product of a certain growth,
expels waste: Ah-hah! And why wasle!
It is waste because it is of no use to
anyone, for which reason one quite na­turally
gets rid of it as quickly as it is
possible to do so. And no one has any
usc either for his own, or for anyone
else's waste. (And if my point is not yet
sufficiently clear, then It"! me ask any­body:
if I were to tell you, as though it
were important for you to know, that
2 and 2 equal 4, would you consider my
wonderful piece of information to be
quite as valuable as another fellow's.
who tells you that 2 and 2 equal 5 for
some very compelllng and fascinaUna
reasons which he has devoted much
time and effort to working out?)
However. it cannot be denied that the
expulsion of waste will produce in one
a certain "satisfaction and fulfillment,"
just as does the expulsion of more p~
ductive material Nevertheless. there is
an important difference between the two
expulsions; ·the difference between "be­ing"
and "becoming." Anyone who is
perfectly happy with being just as be
is, will never want to "become" any­thing.
No thoroughly self-loving. self­adoring
being can ever want to grow;
for how can one in any way expand
what is in all ways perfect! How can
one ever want to know anything, who
thinks that ,there is notlling mort! to
know: Thus it must be clear to every­one
that my plan can never be employed
but by one who knows tIlat there Is
more to know. For only when one knows
tIlat tIlere is more to know, can one
want to learn; only then can one believe
that a certain enlargement, expansion,
a certain growth, are possible for one.
Now, I am told that today tIlese pos_
sibilities are being revealed even In tile
elementary schools.
Tom M.......
• • •
Independent Doubts
Gentlemen:
In your February IS Issue you carry
two separa te items about a program,
initiated by Freshmen. which p~cposes
that the University adopt the approa:h
of "independent study" and make tills
available as an option for those students
who might want it. Unfortunately you
do not really carry a news report about
this proposal because the two Items
leave the reader very uncertain about
the sponsors of the proposal, when and
to whom it has been proposed, geTK'ral
reaction to it, etc.
Without at tIlis time expressing any
personal views upon the Program for
Independent Study, I would like to ask
of its sponsors a few questions from a
faculty member's point of view:
1. What percentage of the student
bodies at Clark. Colgate, Columbia. An­tioch,
etc. are involved in independent
study? Can the figures be presented ac­cording
to Liberal Arts and non-Liberal
Arts Programs and according to year
(Freshman, Sophomore, etc.) within
these!
These questions have great relevance
to the proposal because the proposal
rests heaVily upon the impact it would
have upon "the problems of lack of
motivation, stifling of individuality,
separation from the olf-eam.pus world,
and moral apathy." If. in fact. the num.
ber participating would be small. how
are these problems attacked?
2. When is the registration for fac­ulty-
initiated projects set: During reg­ular
semesters or during the vacation
period for those students and faculty
who do not opt to participate in the
program!
3. Does a faculty-Initiated project in
which the faculty member supervises
20-30 students and evaluates them count
as a part of his "course-load:" Or is he
separately re-imbursed for this as be­yond
the normal requirements ot his
contract!
4. If a project is student-Initiated,
are all Ihe teachers in the college to be
eligible advisors: Or does each depart_
ment designate certain teachers?
5. How is the situation handled in
which a large number of students wish
to do independent study under a man
who teaches one or two good lntrodue-­tory
courses and one or two popular
electives: Is he to forego hi! Interaction
with the students in these in bvor of
the students who wish to study under
his sUpc!rvision? Where Is he serving the
University most beneficially,
6. Does this program not simply tor-malize
an evil opposite to that for which
It is proposed as a cure: I.e. does It Dot
institutionalize an oif-campus orienta·
tion?
7. Is a "Pass-Fail" grading eonsl.stent
witll the high standards eVidently de­sired
in this program:
8. Have the students DOW exhausted
the possibilities for independent study
within the context of the courses DOW
offered:
I hope that the above questions wUl
forward the discussion of this program.
Sincerely yours..
Bugh H. Humphrq
Aslstanl Professor
Departmenl of Religious Studlea
• • •
Suspended Bridge
To the Editor:
Here we stand searching for "A
Bridge Over Troubled Waters;" yet is
there one to find! In the present system
of government I think not. Hov.-ever, if
WE demand that the government modif,
and streamline its process in order to
effect etTicient and constructive change
we will see the way over to the other
side.
In tile past, promises were made aDd
Ideals were publiciZed. but little came
forth In the way of positive action. Some
say that last year was the year of
"Catharls;" yet was It. We accomplished
meaningful and necessary change In the
areas that were hindering our growth
as social beings; however, that was all
we purgated. Where was the change
that gave us the respect of being a
viable and important part of this com­munlty:
There was none.
Yet again we are at tile beginning of
a new era. Behind us is very little to
insure us of accomplishing that change
and the forecast Is not encouraging at
all. Ahead we see a road of mistaken
priorities enbellished by elaborate prom­ises.
All this is entangled in inefficient
bureaucratic structure which is killing
the life of tile student government and
making it ImpossIble to reach tbe ofbeor
side of the bridge.
I urge the new president to dNa
house and throw away the useless clut­ter
of past mismanagement. Follow this
by the Initiating of the main priority ot
establishing the students importance in
this community. Push this priority of
"student Identity" wrth conviction and
haste; yet temper your conviction with
tact to insure a pleasurable passage.
You have so much to learn about this
"community" so listen to the ones who
went before you, they might tell you
some tIllngs you might find useful.
If all this is accomplished the "Bridge
Over Troubled Waters" will lead to a
world of mutual respect and admiration;
If not we fall into (he abyss of endlesa
futlll!: struggle.
KeD Barlecta • • •
Cliche People
Massday - 1:00 p.m.
A gathering of formless clouds shiell!­ed
the sunlight as an absurd gloom
pervaded the atmosphere.
Joseph T. College, clad in a uniquel,
stylish khaki colored jacket, addressel!
the nebulous mass. His words - so strl­ring,
so incisive, so to the point - ma4e
one almDst wish he had not heard them
a thousand times before.
"Power to the peoplel" - John BI~
Jeans let loose a wild yelp.
"What do you think of pigs!"
What do you think of cliche people!
Paul N~ '1S
l\foftl Letten On Page 11
'" 18, 1970 THE STAG
Duffey For Senator
,.,.s.-
Connecticut, like all states, has a senior Senator. Connecticut,
like most states, has a senior Senator whom the world - and reality
- have passed by.
Time was when Thomas Dodd was a useful and productive
United States Senator. Time was when foreign policy addresses up­holding
a xenophobic strain of Dulles professional anti-Communism
were the means, not the extremes, of the American political equation.
Time was when a career in the FBI were credentials for seating, not
fearing, a Senator. And if all through the years Senator Dodd abetted
the forces of domestic McCarthyism by appearing on stage with the
fanatical likes of Rev. Billy James Hargis and his Christian Crusade,
a simpler time would accept his votes for New Deal welfare legisla­tion
as ample penance.
But now the anti-Communism of Dodd's heyday has wasted
40,000 American lives in a pointless war. The forces represented by
FBI now appear to be tooling and not saving the American system.
And Senator Dodd's censure on the Senate floor 3 years ago was
proof that he cannot even keep his own house in order, much less his
constituency's.
Perhaps a fitting low point was reached in our own Gonzaga Audi~
torium last October 6, when a senile and uninformed Mr. Dodd turned
in a pathetic public appearance on the subject of drugs. It was not
too surprising to hear him explain the My Lai massacre several weeks
later as the result of smoking marijuana.
Students and young people, contrary to popular myth, would
dearly like to work within the American system, but a system is only
as good as the people who run it. Students cannot work within a
system that feeds them Thomas Dodds; but there is an alternative.
His name is Joseph Duffey. He is an ordained minister. He ran
the campaign for Sen. Eugene McCarthy in this state. He is a past
2 Down, 15 To Go
The response to the 17 student demands for establishing a
genuine community based on shared trust, shared commitment and
shared power have thus far been satisfactory. Doors have been
opened. An air of flexibility is evident. But optimism at this point
should be tempered by the realization that much needs to be done,
that what has transpired till now represents fragile gains and that
clams precede stonns.
At the meeting of the University and Academic Councils on
March 7, the March 15 deadline was disposed of, Dean Coughlin
stated his intention not to force upperclassmen to fulfill their old
'Philosophy and Theology requirements, the Dean agreed to 4·credit
courses, a resolution was passed that students should sit as advi:::Qry
members of the Academic Council on an interim basis, and nearly all
present endorsed the principle that students must have a voice in
academic matters. The Academic Council has issued a joint poll on
calendar reform with the Student Government and scheduled a hear­ing
on the academic demands which will be conducted in students'
presence. Last Tuesday, the faculty's Curriculum Committee voted
to seat two voting students, and this pleasant surprise was the wish
of none other than Dean Coughlin himself.
But all this was mostly words, not action. Action was deferred,
not taken. Some who attended stated in baldly reactionary terms their
implacable opposition even to a student voice; some who raised the
banner of student voice did so to waylay the need for a student vote.
When the students suggested a 4-4-1 faculty-student.administration
tri·partite academics board, a rain of obtuse bickering descended as
if it were a typical meeting of the general faculty,
No demands have been shot down yet; two have been met; 15
are still outstanding. In the days ahead, the issue of just how innova­tive
our community can be will be decided. Both views - forward
and backward - are in play. Thus far the forward view prevails.
It must keep on prevailing.
ED. NOTE: Letters to the Editor do not reflect Stag
policy. They should be brief and direct. We reserve fhe rieht
to ~it letters. Authors will be notifled when possible. An
Jetters must be siKned. Names will be withheld upon worthy
requesL Columns do not re.flect Star policy. Editorials reflect
the consensus 01 the EditoriaJ Board. 1be Editorial MaMeer
authors them n:cept in extraordinary cases.
chairman for the Americans for Democratic Action. He favors quick
withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam. He favors a reversal
of our disastrous national priorities away from Southern strategies.
"law and order," ABMs, Vietnam wars and Laotian intrigue and to­wards
a volunteer army, a guaranteed national income, tranquility
through justice on our campuses and in our ghettos, and a foreign
policy that does not assume the world needs an American policeman.
His rapport with young people is genuine, and his program
means progress for all ages. In this country attempts by young people
to generate renewal of our institutions from within have failed, some­times
in blood. The nation is looking to Connecticut to see if this
trend can be reversed before its consequences are upon us. Even now
students from this school are canvassing this county to drum up sup.
port for Duffey at the state convention (we ask. all who are interested
to contact Thomas Ferrigno through the Student Action Movement).
If Joe Duffey had been sitting in Thomas Dodd's seat last August
this country would not be wasting precious money on the "Maginot
Line in the skies" we call the ABM. And if he were there now, Mr.
Nixon and Mr. Mitchell would have genuine doubts as to whether
they could put a judicial lackey like Harold Carswell on the Supreme
Court. One vote can make a difference. Think about it.
Eaabu.hed 1'"
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F.U. Film Society to
French and Spanish
'They Shoot Horses'
Retroactivity
religions other than Quaker or
Jehovah's Witness' are admis·
sible. catholics, for example,
may become C.O:s under the
"Just War" doctrine. As Mr.
sessions stated. "Sincerity Is
the essential requirement when
filing for C.O. status:' Appli­cants
may file for C.O. status
only once, and, according to Mr.
Wright, the greatest possibility
for success is realized when you
apply well prior to the loss of
2-5 delennent (supposedly be­cause
of graduation.) Freshman
or sophomore year is not too
early.
The possibility of future
meetings will be determined by
the number that sign up with
the Fairfield Draft Resistance
Group. Interested students may
leave their names with the
group's chairman, Mr. Gregory
J. Kielty. who was absent
Wednesday night due to unusu­al
circumstances. Mr. Kielty can
be reached In Gonzaga 309 or
by calling 259-9442 or by leav­Ing
a note In Box 33L
noise. Nobody went to the Blue
Cheer concert at V.B., which
was much more satisfying than
the Blind Faith fiasco in the
Garden. Consequently, the Blue
Cheer sold out.
Their album, New ImproVed
Blue Cheer, brought in two
new lead guitarists, keyboard3,
and kept the bass and drums
foundation. The first side, with
Bruce Stephens on lead. was
the music side. It had some
good cuts, some bad, you could
feel the drums and bass hold­ing
back. The second side, with
Randy Holden, contained 6:05
minutes of the most savage
song I've heard. However, this
album was their low point. The
shift away from acid rock was
awkward, and I thought Blue
Cheer was dead
To my surprise, a fourth al­bum
came out this February.
Bruce Stephens was retafned as
lead, Bums Keltog was given
a prominent part on organ and
plano, Paul Whaley was given
the boot, and Dick Peterson
kept chugging along. Even gui­tar--
jocks and old Blue Cheer
haters warmed to this album.
The music is stylized, profes­sional,
artistic, and "good:' The
guitar and keyboards work to­gether
beautifully. The organ
swings back and forth in amaz­ing
swells, while the bass keeps
driving.
Peterson's vocals are distinc­tive,
and some 01 the songs,
like "Better When We Try,"
actually have something to say.
U their past record doesn·t
spoil it, this album could be a
"success." I wouldn't mind the
Blue Oieer finally "making-it"
but it makes me kind 01 sad,
for my deviant group is no long­er
deviant, and somehow, the
MC5 and the Stooges don't
measure up.
Blue Cheer
By .lORN DANAHER
The first Draft Counseling
Training Course held at Fair­field
was attended by between
25 and 35 Stags. Unfortunately,
this number dwindled to less
than 10 before the meeting
ended. two hours later. One per­son
in attendance expressed
hope that this deerease was not
due to lack of interest in the
substance of the remarks of
the speakers, Mr. Ladd sessions
and Mr. Gavin Wright; both
of the New Haven Draft Re­sistance
Group, but rather due
to the unspecified teTJDination
of the meeting.
As draft counselors, they ~
most interested in helping those
interested In obtaining consc::l­entious
objector status. Mr.
Wright, a conscientious objector
himself stated that many boards
arc making- the criteria required
for obtaining a C.O. deferment
surprisingly liberal. Religion,
for example, Is not an essen­tial
requirement; that is, many
Local Counseling Group
Offers Draft Information
March 18, 1970
The latest Blue Cheer Album marks the fourth in
the history of this deviant group. They never were a
"success," and maybe never will be, As Bill Grah~m
said "The Blue Cheer will never return to the Fill­more."
That was back in the spring of '68, when their
first album, Vincebua Eruptum. was released.
There are people who sneer,
but, as everyone has some un­known
group that they are par­ticularly
fond of, mine is the
Blue Cheer. Having endured
much abuse from the press and
v.'Ord<lf-mouth, I take this op­portunity
to vindicate them.
Vincebul Eruptum was the
first, authentic "acid" rock re-­cording.
You may think DIs­rae.
U Gears is psychedelic, but
I call that blues with a wah
wah pedal. 1be Blue Cheer
never hesitated sacrificing mu­sicianship
w hen the wall of
feedback would mess your head
up more. They were not out
to show how good they could
play, but how much better they
could make your trip. While
the bass of Dick Peterson and
drums of Paul Whaley, both
praised by the Village Voice,
drive along, the lead guitar of
Leigh Stephens, sounding syn­thetic,
takes you away. Admit­tedly.
Stephens rapes, rather
than plays the guitar, but
drums and bass make that old
favorite, Rook Me Baby, sound
like it supposed to be, a hump,
not the emasculated humming
of the JeUerson Airplane.
Their second album, Ou&lldo
Inside, Is a perfection of the
"acid" rock art form. The
drummer performs some re­markably
complex crescendos.
while filling In between the gui­tar.
It's the bass that sets the
beat and drives along, while
guitar shrieks away. Some of
the cuts on this album had ~o
be recorded on pier 57 In New
York Harbor and it was quite
an event to hear an ocean-llner
drowned out by Leigh Stephens.
While I seemed to enjoy this,
music critics did not. GUital'­jocks
(those who talk about
playing music like some ~
pie t.alk about playing baseball)
thought the a I bum was just
Music
THE STAG
Sponsor
Festival
you reel better. The expression,
"mIsery loves company:' is
easily applicable.
The acting involved is defini­tely
what saves the film. Jane
Fonda as Gloria is superb as a
bitchy depressed fatalist who
seems to understand what little
JUe has to offer. This is very
possibly her best performance
yet. Michael Sarrazin as an
"obliging bastard" and Jane's
companion in the marathon Is
portrayed as a simple rather
Ideal youth who is soon seduced
to a simple fatalism. The per­formance
by Gig Young is com­parable
to that by Jane Fonda
in quality. As both promoter
and master of ceremonies of the
marathon. he ls never lacking
explanations for such sadism,
and smiles for the crowd which
of course Is only in the interest
of the business.
The story is relatively simple
as is the theme on "this merry­go-
round of life:' Sydney Po....
lack as Director, begins the
m::)Vie with a scene showing us
why horses are sometimes shot,
and develops the majority of the
action in a rather drab old
amusement house on a Call­fornia
beach. 'The game de­mands
that the contestants con­tinually
dance and move, re­lieved
at intervals by a rest
period Df ten minutes. All con­testants
are given ten minutes
to eat also while standing and
moving. The atmosphere is
therefore ideal for the mood
created. An attempt to intensify
interest is made by interspere­Ing
the action with scenes fore­shadowing
what wUl later evi­dently
become fact After thirty
minutes one should know the
final outcome if he hasn't fallen
asleep.
Sussanah York as an English
actress hoping to make it big
in splendid Hollywood also does
a fine job of acting. '!be return
of Red Buttons on the screen
as a washed sailor helps also
to provide an interesting sub­ject
to be entertained by. In all
the movie is an entertaining.
well acted. somewhat nebulous
statement on events of life In
1m.
of loan of Arc, 1928 - Directed
by Carl Dryer. This film - one
or the last great silent films ­deals
with the trial and execu­tion
of Joan. Many c1ose--ups
used with great effectiveness.
Ranked as "one of the twelve
best tIlms ever made."
Thes.. April 28; Los OUvida­doe
(The Young and the. Damn­ed)
1950 - Directed by Luis
Bunuel. The savage ace::ount of
yuothrul delinquents who live
outside Mexico City.
Thurs., April 30: l£zarUio
1959 - Directed by C. Ardavin.
Based on the famous picaresque
novel, this picture recounts the
'adventures of a young boy In
16th-eentury Spain.
a Reality
"Last week President Mc­Innes
spoke on my dormitory
floor. He was attempting to re­late
himself and his views with
those of the students. But his
evasiveness towards the per­tinent
issues didn't permit him
to answer our numerous ques­Uons
and doubts:'
"Both the faculty and the
student body are extremely
confused about the Administra­tion's
previous commitment to
a March 15 deadline for aC3­demic
reform. For s eve r a I
weeks this date stood firm and
immovable, but at the Univer­sity
Council session D e a n
Coughlin indicates that the date
illn't bhadinr, I believe the Ad­ministration
must explain the\r
act ion s concerning this not
bhJdlng date for academic re­form.
In reference to the current
moves toward reform several
students made the following
comments:
forming of a binding Tri-Par­tite.
This convention will be
held March 25, 2G and 27.
Dean of Students William
SChimph cites, '''The first de­mand,
the establishment of a
binding Tri-Partlte is the key
to the remaining sixteen. Most
of the demands display ration­al
thought and reasonable re­search
.while a few lack these
necessary elements."
By GARY DAYON
'''They Shoot Horses" ... is a
fine portrayal of a popular
phenomenon of the twenties and
early thirties known as the
dance marattlon. Based on the
novel by Horace McCoy, the
movie is not unlike a circus
side show where all can laugh
at the misery of others. Con­trary
to many it seems, the film
has been nominated for nine
Academy Awards, I found
"'They Shoot Horses" ... to be
rather disappointing. If one is
feeling quite down and depress­ed
this movie is bound to make
Movies
bert Lamorisse. A program of
three shorts: the Renoir film
is based on a story by Maupas­sant,
and tells how a city girl
finds one brief moment of love
one day in the country; the Res­nais
fUm treats. in documentary
fashion. the Nazi concentra­tion
camps; and the picture
Lamori.sse is a delightful film
for children which adults should
enjoy.
Thurs, April 21: A nom 1a
Uber1.e. 1931 - Directed by
Rene Clair. A satire on modem
man and industrialization.
Chaplin was in8uenced by this
film when he made Mode.rn
Times in 1935.
Thurs., April 23: The Pa••lon
Teach-in
(ee-tbnted trGm ....e 1)
and dump it in a large heap in
front of the Campus Center.
This Arlo Guthrie-llke protest
was hoped to bring the pollU­tion
problem of litter to the at­tention
of the students and thus
stimulate student support of the
Teach-In.
Another problem mentioned
was the excessive smoke from
the diJIerent chimneys on cam­pus.
One student noted that
New Dorm had a smell of SUl­phur
dioxide for a week be­cause
of cheap fuel used In
burning and that this could also
be the cause of the excessive
black smoke from the chim­neys.
World problems on pollution
were also discussed. It was
noted that air pollution is so
intense in Tokyo that citizens
must wear gauze masks. New
York was also cited as a con­stant
source of pollution.
Interested students can sign
up to fight pollution by attend­ing
future Teach-In meetings.
Also at the fulure meetings will
be a petition against pollution
which will be sent to President
Nixon. This petition is now be­ing
circulated in campuses all
over the countr)'.
(Oootinatd from ~ 1)
also decided to call a Consti­tutional
Convention for the
The Film Society and the De­partmcnt
of Modern Languages
of Fairfield University will pre­sent
a series of French and
Spanish fiims during the month
of April. All films are in the
original language with English
sub-titles. They will be shown
in Gonzaga Auditorium at 7
p.m. Admission is 50 cents. No
special card is required.
These films have been care­fully
selected; many are conslci­ered
classics, and with good
reason. They wUl appeal to high
school and college students u
well as teachers. They will also
interest the general public. The
pictures deal with a wide rangE'
of themes: some are funny,
oth<lrs are serious; some treat
the horrors of war and crime,
others view the world in a light,
satiic vein.
The program is as follows;
Tues., April 7: I.e Bourgeo"
GenUJhonune (Tbe Would·be
GCDUeman) A color fUm of an
actual performance by the ea­medle
Francaise of Moliere's
famous play.
Thurs., April 9; Lon Jeux In­terdi&
l (Forbidden Games) ­1952,
Directed by Rene Clement.
A tender, lyric film of how two
children react to war and the
adult world. A Grand Prix
winner at Cannes.
Thes., April 14: Une hrt&e de
Camp&llle (A day l.D the OOun·
try) 1936 - Directed by Joan
Renoir.
Null et BroulUard (Night and
Foe) 1956 - Directed by Alain
Resnais.
I.e Balloa Rougfl (The Red Bal­loon)
1956 - Directed by AI-
'ar Ntne
..J",:,,;
..;J.'.",:.
During this portion of the c0n­cert
he played ''On the .,ay
Home," "Broken Arrow," I
Am A Oilld" and "The Loner."
Then his backlng group 00 the
second album, Crazy Horse,
came out to join him for the
electric half of the concert.
Young introduced two new
songs which wiU be on his third
album-"Wlnterlong Love" and
"I'm Wondering" - and also
sang a song from the album
which crazy Horse Is goIng to
put out on their own. The sue·
cess of crazy Horse by them­selves
wllJ probably be directly
proportional to the amount of
help they receive trom Young
In producing their album. In
addition to the new offerings
they also played the hlghly­popUlar
"Down By The River,"
"CInnamon Girl" and "Cow·
girl In The 8and."
Young will be back at the
Fillmore with Crosby, Stllls and
Nash tor a week at the begin­ning
of June-be sure not b
miss it
He began his appearance at
the Fillmore by singing songs
from his days wiUt the Buffalo
Springfield and from his first
album, b a eked only by an
acoustic slx....tring guitar. The
knowledgeable Fillmore crowd
enthuslastlca1Jy recognlzed each
song after Young had played
the first few DOtes. This prompt·
ed Young to remark at 0 n e
point, after be had received ap.
planse from the balcony at the
first oote of a song, "Give that
man a medal up there, I wasn't
even sure what I was going to
play!"
slstently prodacl.Dg fino mualc.,
tirs\ with tile BuU'a1o Spring·
field IUd Ia\er on two !tOlo AI­burne.
Ho_ver, be Iru yel to
receive \be popular accJalm
\ha\ Is doe him. Perhaps with
\he f'elease or the new Cn»by,
StUl8, Nash and Younc (aDd
Taylor, Reeves, etc.) be will be
reeognIzecI .. Ule "aupentar"
u.\ be JL
The response to his concerts
in New York and his nation­wide
television appearance t)n
the Dick Cavett Show seem to
indicate that the talented song­writer
might be on the thre3-­hold
of massive success.
His eritically-acclaimed first
album on the Apple label has
been followed by an equally
successful recording for Reprise
Records. Evidentally, Taylor
didn't like the scene at Apple
when Allan }Oein took over the
managerial reins so he split.
His first album included songs
that had been written previ­ously
and was really a James
Taylor "greatest hits" album
from his works of about the
last four years. Many second
albums by artists do not have
the high quality ot songwritlng
as their predecessors because
all the songs were written in
a six month period, but this
is not the case with Taylor.
In Sweet Baby lames he shows
that be can consistently tum
out songs of high qualIty.
An interesting sidelight of
James' career was that he was
committed to a mental Institu­tion
for a period of time. His
experiences there are amusing­ly
recalled on "Knocking Around
the Zoo" on his tlrst album.
It there Is going to be a re­nassance
ot folk music, as some
music critics have predicted,
James Taylor could well be Us
leaders.
Fortunately, I was able to
get tickets tor the Nell Young
concert and it proved to be
one of the best that the rock
mecca of the East coast has
offered.
Y0UDl" !la8 bee. 011 the rna·
• eceM tor ......... oaa·
NEIL YOUNG
." .
By PAT WNQ
Two of the best of the current crop of songwriters
who are making important musical statements today
appeared two weekends ago in New York City to sold­out
houses - Neil Young -at the Fillmore East and
James Taylor at the Gaslight•.. _
I had hoped to see Taylor ­at
the Gaslight but I was one
of thousands who were turned
away that weekend. The Gas­light
has never see n crowds
like this trying to get into their
establishment and were com­pletely
unprepared.
Taylor and Young
Movies
NEIL YOUNG
THE STAG
decessor. It sounds like it was
recorded almost "Jive" with
very little overdubbing and has
some rather heavy guitar lines.
His 0 the r cut "Deja Vu,,.
("already seen" French experts
tell me), the title song of Uk!
album, is an eerie track with
the recurring theme "we have
all been here before."
In a recent concert at the
Royal Festival Hall in London,
Joni Mitchell laughingly com­mented
about Crosby, Stills,
Nash and Young, ''1 wanted to
join the group but they wouldn't
let me." WhUe they still haven't
let her become a member ot
the group (probably in fear of
having to be bllled as Crosby,
StIUs, Nash, YOW1g, Taylor,
Reeves and Mitchell) they did
use her "Woodstock" on the
album. It you don't think that
Joni Is capable of writing rock
songs, listen to this. "Wood­stock"
was very Important to
Crosby, Stills, Nash-Young be­cause
It was there that they
had their first live appearance.
"Everybody I Love You" Is
the first Young-8tills collabora­tion
In the many years that
they h a v e been working to­gether.
The theme of the song
Is evident trom the title and
It serves as a fitting ending
for Deja VL
NeD Young was obviously out
to impress on this album and
he has turned out t\vo of the
best songs that he has written
since his days with the Buffalo
Springfield - "Helpless" and
"Country Girl" steve Stills al­ways
seems to be able to get
the best out of Young. "Country
Girl" tollows in the elusive tra­dition
of "Broken Arrow"_lt
Is the most overtly dramatic
song on the album.
David Crosby's "Almost Cut
My Hair" is the most striking
example ot the dlHerence be­tween
this album and Its pre-
"Teach Your Ollldren" and
"OUr House," it sounds like
Nash is just about ready to set­tle
down with Jon!. Both songs
are typical Graham Nash-very
sweet • n d sentimental-much
along the style ot "Lady of the
Island.."
mem-
STEVE STILLS
u
the contributions of each
ber by their songs.
''Carry On" by Stills which
opens the album has gotten
heavy advance play on both
AM and FM radio and has
caused much discussion because
of one ot its Jines copped di­rectly
from a song he wrote
lor the last Butralo Springfield,
"Questions." The repeated verse
is "Questions ot a thousand
dreams, what to do and what
to seem." StiUs seems to have
gotten over his breakup with
"Suite Judy Blue Eyes" and
has adopted more ambivalent
attitude towards love.
S1iUs' other song on the al­bum
"4+20" is a very impor­tant
one to him as he sung It
on the Dick cavett show over
the summer and at all the
group's concerts. It's a blues
song done with simple acoustic
guitar accompanimenL
Judging by his two songs on
the album Graham Nash seems
to have been very much 31·
fe<:ted by his relationship with
Joni Mitchell As a matter of
t act after listening to his
Treat
yourself
to a
quality
British
pen.•
iI's US)' 10 lell a Paulisl. JUSI
talk ...·ilh him.
The firSI thing )'ou nolice is
thai he's (om,mporary. Ht
Ih'cs toda)', bUI plans tomorro....
wilh Ihe upcflcnCt and kno... l·
edge of )'eslerda)·. Thal's a
Paulist characlni!>lie: Iht abil·
il)' 10 mo\'e ....ilh Ihe times and
10 meel the ehallenges of cach
m.
A Pauli$! i. aiM) ,he 1II,"j"lOr
of his age: he tries to hring to­gelhcr
lhc e~lrel11eS in loohy's
"orld and lhe Church. the lih·
cnls and the moderales. Ihe
et... rnal an<J lhe lemponl.
Nc.\l. he is vcr), much an ill";'
,·iJ""I. II §CIS him apart imme­<
Ji"hdy. He has his o...·n parlic­ular
talcnlS and abilities - and
he is gil'cn freedol1110 IIS~ them.
If you are inlerc§leo in finding
out more about lhe Paulbt dif­ference
in lhe prieSlhood. ask
for our brochure and a copy of
our recent Rcn... \\"al Chapler
Guidelines.
Wrile 10;
Vocalion Director
'Paulist
patherg
Room 300
.1 S West 591h Streel
New York, N.Y. 10019
'W1]jch One
is the
Pdu1ist?
March 18, 1970
:J)eja
1be presence of NeD Young
is very much in evidence on
Deja Va. The album is much
"heavier" than the first one
and at times sounds remark­ably
llke the Buffalo Spring­field.
Most of Its songs would
be considered to be In the rock
genre while the previous album
was almost totally folk. Young's
guitar which fires out notes like
a machine gun Is easUy dis­cemable
from StiU's more lilt­ing
country style.
Of the ten songs on Deja Vu
each member of the group
wrote two, with a StiUs-Young
collaboration and a Jonl Mitch­ell
tune filling out the rest ot
the album. As a way at review­ing
the album I will consider
ByPATWNQ
The long-awaited Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young album Dej. Vu, has finally
arrived after a long delay due to problems in manufacturing the jacket, It is cer-tainly
the best recording to c::o::m::.:e.:o::u::t.:s::o.:f::a::rc..::in:..;1::9.:7::0;." _
1be album is packaged IJl
an attractive simulated-leather
jacket with • daguerreotype..
like photograph at the whole
group (including Taylor and
Reeves) on the front. Unfor-.
tunately, the)' negle<:ted to en-­close
the lyrics and musician
credits 8$ they did on their
debut album.
Music
Pat::e Ten THE STAG March 18, 1970
at towear
inBermuda
this Spring.
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ONE MAN
By O. SIMON HAILAK.
Tbe individual's Contribution to Student UDlty
If the Student Body is ever to be recognized and respected,
we must have, as our leaders tell us, student unity. To that stu­dent
unity, each individual student must contribute.
Each individual student, in as much as he Is a student. must
strive to represent the student body as best he can. It Is his dutY
to think for himself. No ODe can tell an individual what to think;
at best, another person can suggest to the individual something
to think about. Each student should think about all the goals the
student body would like to achieve in the University community.
Then the students must exchange opinions and arguments, in the
spirit of the University, to come to an agreement. We must not
disagree with a student simply because we don't like him. An
Individual student may not like another individual student. But
his persoDaI contribution to student unity, would be to put aside
personal differences, to refrain from personal attacks and insults,
and discuss our common goals.
Now also there are particular individual students who hold
special positions by reason of a consensus opinion that they would
be best for the job. These are our consensus representatives, our
student leaders. The consensus representative has more power
because he speaks for a bloc, or even a majority of indlv1du!,1
students. With that increased power. goes the increased respon­sibility
of a delicate position. The consensus representative must
react to, be sensitive to, the problems and requests of the student
body. He must also deal directly with, and react to, the admlnis.
tration and faculty. But the individual consensus representative
has the increased responsibility to act, with a planned initiative,
for the benetit of the student body. Thus the consensus representa­tive
must both react, and act; his role Is both receptive, and
active.
As an individual, the consensus representative must not only
react. Sometimes, for example, the entire student body becomes
frustrated in the face of a problem. The consensus representative
will also feel personally frustrated, but he has a duty, by virtue
of his position, to act, positively, resourcefully, to alleviate the
problem and promote the good for the student body. One Man
would remind our consensus representatives that frustratIon, too,
at the administration's or the faculty's response, is only a reaction.
Such reactions are expected. But the consensus representative has
a duty to the student body to translate his reactions Into positive,
planned action. Further, "demands" are not action. The consensus
representative must have a way to act to acquire that which is
demanded. If the question is asked, ''What should we do if the
demands are not met!", then the consensus representative must
have several good answers.
Nowtinally we have another kind of representative individual
in the student body. These are the representatives of excellence
or achivement in different areas. This campus is alive with stu­dents
with expertise in different tields: sociology, psychology,
academics, business administration, public relatIons. Consider if
all that talent were marshalled behind our student leaders. To all
those expert individual students, One Man says: It .. your duty
as students to present yourselves now to the student body. and
particularly to our consensus representatives, In service to the stu­dent
body. You must do more than merely voice your support
Each such individual must contribute wlthlD hb. leld to promote
the general good of the student body.
One Man would now speak directly to the "top scholars." In
this time of academic reform, where are you'!' Too long we have
lived a monastic life. What - are we afraid of a few insults! It
is our duty as members of the student body to serve the student
body if we are needed - and when more than now, In the mIdst
of a call for academic reform?
Each individual student who represents a particular tield of
excellence has a duty not just to give moral support. but to give
of his time and knowledge. That Is his individual contribution.
In the cause of Student Unity, each individual must sacrlft~.
If we truly wish to have ourselves respected in the University
community, we must tirst respect ourselves. Let us, then, en.
cOUl'age each other, as Individual students and as a student body.
Let us all discuss and find agreement. Then let us truly unite
behind our student leaders. One Man calls for all students to
recognize and fulfill their respective duties In the student body.
Let us all work together actively to promote the good for the stu.
dent body, and thus for all Fairfield UnIversity.
•
Despite numerous Liberal disclaimers, Julius Hoffman is not
a pitch-fork equipped aberration; he is disturbingly representative
of the reactionary rea!·poll"ck that Is settling like a fatal song
over the American consciousness. I'm well aware that the very
liberals which I now castigate would dismiss my analysis as "a
paranoid delusion." Unfortunately, there is nothing delusory about
the bullet holes in Fred Hampton's skull or the pictures of an
Insanely terrified mob pelting black school children with rocks for
daring to attend an aU-white school. The news of the last few
weeks has not been very encouraging to anyone who thinks that
a government which denies its people their civil liberties has
begun the steady countdown to 1984.
For these reasons I lind It impossible to condemn the court·
room behavior of the eight Chicago dp.fendants and their lawyers.
When ooe's beliefs are put on -trial by a system predisposed to
finding those beliefs "unlawful," it is very difficult to remain
meekly obeisant to the procedures of that system. Perhaps liberals
find It uncomfortable to empathize with someone who punctuates
his speeches with four-letter words or refers to a jud&e as "a
By senior year I have
amassed close to 900 cuts, an~:
have mastered the skills of
side.stepping responsibility. It
Is a proven method. I'm not
here by much, but it's not worth
-that much anyway.
Let me refer you to a friend
of mine, "Bugs" Schwind, who
followed my method to a tee
with the following results: 3.0,
3.0, 2.4, 2.2, 1.8, 1.4, withdrawn.
Let's not delude Ourselves. If
you cut part-time, the teacher
will recognize the fact that you
are missing, but a "true champ­ion"
conceals his identity until
the final.
Having heard 51's success
story I would like to offer an
alternative plan bt real1:l:lng
one's intellectual goals at Fair­field
University. In Freshman
year using the "skim method"
I racked up a 2.6 QPA (3 B's
& 2 C's). Sophomore year I
realized the value of non-at­tendance
of classes and received
a 2.2 -for my "non-efforts." As
a matter of fact, by the middle
of Junior year I was virtually
unknown to all of my teachers.
However, I soon conquered this
enigma and rose, as ONE BOY,
out of obscurity to take my
place alongside Bob Hutter on
Fairfield's all-time cutting list.
Dubbed such names as "The
Phantom" or 'The Elusive One",
etc., I quickly gained the re­spect
of my teachers and
frIends.
The -above stUdy method has
been "worked out" by ONE
BOY, and by discussion with
other students, and the result­ant
improvement of the study
method, would be sincerely weI.
come by ONE BOY.
In bUmble arropoce,
I. 8ebutlaD BuNo
One Boy
slty has varied. I further assert that
FaIrtield University Is a product of us
no l1)atter how Father McInnes may try
to refute this fact. Fairfield University
Is In fact us, and we are In fact Fair­field
University. When we leave the uni·
verslty, how will anyone know we were
here If we took the good and did not
atltempt to change the bad, and what
would we be remembered for?
Yes, fellow stUdents, we could one
more time give a teleVision set or donate
a bar or give some more St. Thomas
Aquinas books to the library or donate
some other material thing. Do you want
a TV, a bar, or some books to be rep­resentative
of the class!' But ask your·
self, class members, wouldn't it be a
far greater achievement to give the hu·
man element that we know is lacking,
to Fairfield University. (Can we the
class of 1970 become innovators rather
than imitators by once showing that the
human gift transcends the material
one?)
I propose that we set a precedent for
Fairfield University by establishing our
own scholarship fund for disadvantaged
students and by doing so give several
have·nots In our society a chance at an
Institution of higher education that we
all know has a history of placing values
on other priorities. The choice is yours.
"Somewhere along the way we have
allowed the means by which we live
to outrun the ends for which we live,"
-Dr. Martin Luther King
Wayne L. Gibbous '10
New Class Gift
To the Editor:
On Wednesday, March 11, in Gon­zaga
Auditorium 36 members of the
class of 1970 gathered to discuss the
issues that concern all of us - Senior
Week and .the Senior Class gifit. The
survey which was filled out and returned
by only 1/6 of the class, indicated that
the bar was the most popular choice of
the alternatives given. At that time I
arose and stated my resolution, the ra·
tionale of which will follow.
Fellow students of the Class of 1970,
it is my resolution, as a student In good
standing, a participatory member of the
class of 1970, and most important of all
as someone whom you aU know, to as­sert
that the class of 1970 should stop
and carefully COCIsider the idea of the
class gift.
Fellow class members, every class, at
the end of four years graduates and as
long as the university exists composed
of the Jesuits, the lay faculty members,
the administrators, the buildings, the
classrooms and last of all the students,
this is a never--endlng process. Never­theless
one of the most memorable ves­tiges
of the fact that the class of 1970
was here, Is the traditional gift pre­sented
by the graduating class.
I ask each senior to come to the un­shakeable
realization that we are all a
product of Fairfield no matter how each
individual's involvement in this unlver-
The Oracle Revisited
Obviously, Mr. O'Connor is a man infused with the spirit of
enunciating the most penetrating and scholarly manifestos. I as·
sure you the readers of my column, that I have a great deal of
respect for this man. Though Mr. O'Connor be all that I have
stated, I have but one criticism of the man's "style" In the clasg.
room. It is my opinion, as well as my abiding concern, that Mr.
O'Connor Is more the pedagogue and schoolmaster than the men­tor
of a class symposium. Needless to say, the man possesses a
prosylyzing wit and a pendulous tongue never ceasing. It is es­sential
that I direct your attention to the fact that I have nothing
derogatory to expound on In relation to Mr. O'Connor. Neverthe.­less,
though it be a "first principle" in metaphysics, an axiom, a
postulate or what have you, we all have our particular foibles.
Mr. O'Connor is ~p.rtalnly no exception.
I truly consider Mr. O'Connor to be, 10 a great extent, a
master in his field. However, no one man is totally Impeccable,
no one man can possibly grasp the totality of "truth" and gather
the fruits of his labor in a dialectical "Pope's drawing room."
A myriad of collegians will no doubt agree with me that each
man is entitled to his (her) opinion. I admit I am one man as
G. Simon Harak Is one man. I have put pen t::l paper, and without
wishing to resort to redundancy or tautalogy, I close with this
final (i.e. for -the present) statement: "May the divine and 1m·
mortal muses of the Oracle at Delphi inspire all of us to search
for the truth, wherever It may lie embedded, and sincerely strive
for unvarnished veracity in the true spirit of the free university' ,"
of Fairfield. I also close with either a fanfare or a revelry in a
vacuum depending upon, of course, a "response" I yet await.
fascist, racist pig." It Is apparent, however, that the time has
arrived when we can no longer afford to quibble over such inessen.
tial niceties as decorum and propriety. Such debates are best
reserved for a time when people are no longer being shot or
locked up for publicly expressing their opinions. Finally, it is
urgent that the liberal bastions of this country alert themselves to
the fact that the black·robed henchmen of the Inquisition are
slowly seizing control and that, in willful conjunction with Nixon,
Agnew and Friends, they Intend to wage a war of attrition with
the radical left which can only result in victory for the an:ressor.
By RICH ZOGAL (NoSneb Oleyc)
THE STAG
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Greeting Again from "The Oracle"!
As I was reflecting on the nature of satire the other day, I
was motivated 110 a recollection of a most sagacious principle ut­tered
by that wizard of the "enlightenment," Mr. Leo F. O'Connor.
I suspect that he is, without the least unceIltainty In this aUega­tion,
a man of profound brilliance In his forte, English. His dog­matic
and extremely perceptive moralism was as follows:
"Some students today have devoted their entire lives to humor
. . . they have built whole lives on the mode of laughter."
(2-18-70).
Roots
By KEVIN KELLEY
Grass
Mareh 18, 1970
Conspiracy T-W: Cultural Heresy and Its Consequences
The recently c:mcluded judicial circus in Chicago can b~
viewed as yet another phase in the American Inquisition: 1970.
The seven defendants (or is it eight, or maybe ten?) were ar·
raigned and prosecuted by the federal government as readily
identifiable symbols and prototypes of the various organizations
seeking to, in the words of U.S. prosecutor Thomas Foran, "sub­vert
and violently overthrow the established government." Since
this trial was the Nixnew administration's 'first head-on confronta­tion
with the front-ranks of "the bearded malcontents," it soon
became appalUngly obvious that the prosecution and the jUdge
would either sidestep or ignore any legal restraint that might prove
inexpedient to the;r aim of muzzling dissent. Judge Hoffman, once
committed to the goal of assuring vindication for the government's
accusations, refused to be sidetracked by such embarrassing tech­nicalities
as the Constitution's guarantee of a defendant's right to
the counsel of his choice. Not even the Kafkaesque spectacle of a
gagged Bobby Seale roped to his seat, which Foran, himself, later
admitted was "shocking," could assuage the self.righteous wrath
of Julie the Just. Hoffman never faltered in playing to the hilt
his role as an aging, but omnipotent, avenging angel for an af­fronted
Middle America. Despite the jury's unexpected refusal to
rubber-stamp the government's conspiracy theory, the convictions
handed down bore no relation to the :-eaJities that transpired In
Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
As the Walker Report and Ramsey Clark (the U.S. Attorney
General at the time) have already indicated, the disruptions that
occurred in August, 1968 were the resuU of Mayor Daley's tragic­ally
short-sighted refusal to pennit peaceful marches through th~
streets of his fiefdom and his police force's use of clubs and tear
gas to drown out slogans and obscenities. Richard Daley and the
police chief of Chicago, not Tom Hayden and Rennie Davis, are
guilty of "verbal incitement to riot." Such factorS are, however,
easily overlooked amidst the official hysteria created and en·
couraged by Dick and Spiro. Throughout the five month-long dl'
bacle that bore unsettling similarities to Mersault's trial in Camus'
L'E1l'Ulger, there was a tacit assumption on both sides of the
defense table that the real issue was not "conspiracy," "inciting
to riot," or even "contempt of court;" rather the Chicago 8 were
accused of living lives not in accordance with the silent majority's
fantasy of the "respectable young man." Jerry Rubin was in­dicted
by all the "decent folks" and "solid citizens" for the crime
of being outrageous; Abbie Hoffman was sentenced to five years
in ~ail by a jury composed of the Joneses for refusal to prostrate
himself before the altar of "the American Way." As long as the
Chicago Eight were free to roam the streets and corrupt the minds
of the impressionable young, Dick Nixon could nl;)t succeed in
"bringing us together" - even if his version of "togetherness"
consisted of John Mitchell agreeing with Strom ThurnlOnd that
the Bill of Rights was an unnecessary impediment to establishing
the reign of "Iawnorder." To insure his lofty rating on the Gallup
Poll Nixon had to make sure that ·the Inquisition would not fail
to punish this manifestation of cultural heresy.
Perhaps the most frightening and disheartening result of this
trial was the outright failure of the liberal press and politicians
(with the notable exceptions of Pete Hammill and John Lindsay)
to penetrate the government's charade of expose the "conspiracy"
charge for what it really was; a covert indictment of a life-style.
The New York Times - Eugene McCarthy axis of American
liberalism considered the trial's outcome "a vindication of the
American jury system" and "proof that the judicial system of
this country is still capable of effective and appropriate action."
Such hollow cant as this only lends credence to Republican
theorizing that liberalism has lost its potency and that elections
can be won by appealing to the fears and frustrations of white,
mlddl~lass America. Whether James Reston and Hubert Hum·
phrey realize it or not, we are currently experiencing a SO's re­vival,
not only in rock 'n roll, but in politics as well. The ghost of
Joe McCarthy has been resurrected and appointed Attorney Gen­eral.
Page Twelve THE STA6 March 18, 1970
Intramurals at Halfway Mark; ND-4 Undefeated
Swordsmen Seventh
Final Upset
"ill
Red
The B game was similar to
the A game In that It was a hard
fought physical game with little
back field movement. A Kevin
Morely try early In the first
half and a Billy Geraghty pen­alty
kick later on In the half
provided the 6-0 edge. John O'­Neil
led the Fairfield backfield
in what was mainly a kicking
attack and Colin Kiley held the
serum together with vicious
tackling and constant hustle.
The 0 team dominated on
inexperienced B.C. C team win­ning
1.5-0. The Falrfteld side
was much more experienced as
old-timers Steve Ryan and Carl
Sachs paired up for an odd but
interesting wing forward duo
that led the Fairfield scrum.
Ryan, Tom certo and Pete
Yaros provided the scoring.
The A & B teams won't be
playing this weekend as the Eu­ropean
Tour is now only a week
away, but there will be C &
o matches In Central Park
against Manhattan. The A team
loss somewhat downed the spir­its
of the club for their games
In England, but their momen­tum
and improved play in the
second half adds encouragement
that backfield difficulties ean be
cleared up so that a good show­Ing
In Wales may be possible.
Fairfield continues to be in­vited
back to this toumament
and to record impressive stand­Ings
against these other teams.
in penalty kIcks for B.C. made
the dift"erence.
B'. WI.n 8"
play of "Native-Bumpo". The
three game scoring totals for
(ND-4) "Cowboy" Magaletta's
Boys are as follows: Cristofiletti
with 18 points In two games,
Tom Eaton had 34 markers in
two games, Pisarri scored 27
for two games, Jack "Mary­mount"
Matthews had 39 In two
games. Also oh yes, the "Fly"
C. P. Stahlman scored 11 in the
game aaginst the senior fratern­ity,
and Jim Cimena contributed
with 26 big ones in two games.
MlDor Learue Play
Two other major league
scores Just reported was the
"Roast Hoboken Pubs" 51-39
victory over previously unbeat·
en L-3's "K-team". Also, NO-2
defeated G-3 by a 49-35 score.
Turing to the minor leagues,
the Root's beat the hackers
61-48 in a big lame. Jack Mc­Gintee
scored 27 for the Roots
as his teammate Keough had
17. Pete Pomponio registered
18 points fnr the hackers.
'n»e Hackers suffered another
defeat. this time to Hell's
Angels. The Angels beat them
70-40. Although Pete Pomponio
led aU scoring with 28, Phil
5amik's 16 points for the An·
gels helped to offset Pete's su­perb
performance.
In the only other reported
game, the Motley Crew decisive­ly
defeated the Rangers 61-30.
Al Gabrh::le led all scorers with
22 big ones for the Motley Crew
as his teammates Jim Stenger
and Greg Gomez contributed
with 16 apiece,
Eagles
Tourney
Fairfield held the edge In tries
two to one, but the six points
(Continued form Page If)
The Eagles are notorious for
poor second halves and Fair­field
was still realistically ho~
ing for a victory.
The second half was played
mainly In the B.C. end of the
field, but the Red XV could not
put the ball across for a try.
B.C. was especially careful to
avoid the close in penalties that
had hurt the Stap,
Near the end of the game the
Red team came alive and scored
a burst of eight points before
B.C. knew what had happened.
Dave Rieves broke weak side
from a set senun at the 25 yd.
line and took the ball all the
way down to the five, where
Leo Mahoney fty backed the
ball into the end zone area then
fell on It ,for the trY. The wide
angle extra point klek was
missed and the score changed
to 11-3. Moments later Fairfield
was again at the B.C. goaline.
Bob Maher ran five yards off
another set serum for the try
and Tom Krenn made the extra
points closing the score to 11-8.
But B.C. had the clock on Its
side, for the game ended with­out
time Cor a kick-off. For the
first time In the game Fairfield
had moved the ball effectively,
but it was "too little and too
late."
Fairfield In this tournament Is
a credit to a club which Is
vastly overshadowed by varsity
teams with coaches, extensive
equipment, more members and
with a more generous budget.
It Is doubtful If any of the other
teams were forced to pay for
the great expense of this meet
from a small club budget. B~
cause of an N.E.I.T. require­ment
of a weapons check the
night before the tournament,
the Stag fencers were for~
into considerable expense by
having to stay over In Mass.
rather than simply driving up
on the morning of the tourna­ment
But despite this handicap,
It seems that the game to see
will be the ND-4 and C-3 con­test
- for first place in the
national league.
Speaking of ND-4, "Magaletta
Men" conlinued their winning
ways by registering three vic­tories.
The ND-4 marauders
conquered the Beach 81-55,
Downed C2 74-42, and routed
the P.K.T. Fraternity 70-46.
MagaIetta's "Uttle Stags" now
have run off seven consecutive
league victories as oppsoed to
no defeats. ND-4 relied on a
fast-breaking and balanced of­fense
and a tight defense. Be­sides
that, Ozzle Pisani and
Phil Stahlman decided 10 play
every game, although Tommy
Eaton, Ray C., and Woody
Long did miss a few encount­ers.
Another key factor to dIe
success of ND-4 In the last two
weeks has been the exceptional
perienced and better coached
teams.
M.LT. Take. N,E.I.T.
The tournament, held this
year at Brandeis University in
Massachusetts, saw M.I.T. take
first place in each of the three
weapons, as well as first honors
in the team standings, ,followed
by Brandeis, Dartmouth, Har­vard
and Trinity Colleges. Fair­field
ended its day in seventh
place, losing sixth place by only
one bout. to Norwich Univer­sity.
Fairfl.eld placed ahead of
such varsity tearns as Worces­ter
Poly Tech, Southern Mass.
University, and Holy Cross_
These teams are all varsity
sports, and placing ahead of
them by impressive wins in all
weapons, Insured the Staa
fencers of an invitation to next
year's N.E.I.T., to be held at
Trinity College in Hartford_
Even as a club, Fairfield will
host this tournament for the
1971-72 season, as It did only
last year.
Fairfield was represented by
its top fencers In sabre, by
Derry Chuga and Greg Gossens,
in foi~ by Frank Carollo and
Ladd Raleigh, and In epee, by
Ken Alexander and John Luk­a<
l>-
In the first round of a two
round elimination system, Chu­la
and Alexander emerged
with enough victories to put
them into the second round.
The other members of the team.
Carollo and Gossens with 3-8
records, and Raleigh and Luk­ach
with 2-7 records, were not
able to advance, but their vic­tories
were counted In the team
ranking to insure Falrfteld's
final standing.
As an outcome of the final
round, O:lUga finished as the
third ranked sabre fencer of the
tournament, behind the strong
M.I.T. team which coped 1st and
2nd place. Chuga has attained
this rank for the second year
in a row, and this has shown
his ability against more fonni­dable
odds, as the number one
man on the Fairfield team.
FencIng In his first N.E.I.T.
competition, Alexander placed
9th. and he will be able to use
this experience to advance in
the rankings, in epee, when he
returns next year.
The 7th place ranking of
Al Rusks scored nine big ones.
NattoD.l.1 Leacue
Turning to the National Lea­gue,
ND2, really playing strong
with the adidtion of Jay Smith,
conquered 1..-1 by a 50-35 score.
Van Muller scored 19 pts. for
ND-2 as Jay Smith and Pete
"Bear" Halas tallied 12 each.
For the losel"S, 1..-1, Vic Nau
got 12 markers.
In the same league, e-3 kept
its record intact by whipping
R-3 by a 63-39 score. C-3's rec.
ord is now at M In league
play, the same as ND-4, as they
both share fil"St place In the
national league. Anyway, the
speed and shooting accuracy of
C-3 proved too much for the
able R-3 sophs. The C-3 frosh
got 20 pts. from reliable Doug
Wilcox as Bruce WoIlshlager
and Tom SowInski pitched in
15 and 14 markers respectively.
Two
Hockey
(Continued form Page l'C)
dominated the game. The Stags
came out flying and scored first
but that was it. lana paced by,
by Pat Dillon's 2 goals and John
Dillon's goaltending evened the
series at 1-1. The winner of
Monday's game will be divi­sional
champs and will play
either, old Fairfield nemisls,
St Francis or Queens for the
lealUe championship series.
press forced Fairfield into cost­ly
turnovers as Assumption
turned them into scores. As­sumption
outscored the Staes
9-2 in the first three minutes.
Assumption continuously out­played
the Stags off the boards
and were getting two and three
shots at the basket. They built
up their lead with good rebound­Ing
and fast breaks and had
a twenty-one point lead at
81~ with 5:48 to go. Tim
Barnes, Magaletta, Frazer, and
Gibbons were hitting well from
the outside, but still the Stags
couldn't get many second sho:s
at the basket when they need­ed
them.
Bill "Duck" Hair came In and
scored three quick baskets but
Assumption already had the
game.
Magaletta led the Stags with
24 points, Gibbons and Frazer
had 12 points apiece and Tim
Barnes played a good game hit­ting
for 11 points.
By FRANli CAROLLO
Representing an impressive
team standing, the Fairfield
Fencing Team ended their post­season
invitational tournament
bid as the number seven team
in New England. Fencing
against every fencing school in
the New England Intercollegi­ate
Tournament (NEIT), the
Fairfl.eld team scored Its high
ranking as the only non-varsity
team of the tournament. As the
only club team in the fencing
circuit, Fairfield was invited to
this tournament for the fifth
season in a row and managed
to rank above many better ex-fraternity
boys have to pl.ay
without center Chuck Dombeck
for the remainder of the sea­son,
both Kevin Harper (17
pts.) and Rich Diely (10 pts.)
took up the slack in Dombeck's
absence. Larry Smith found 'his
hot hand again as he pushed 16
markers through the hoop. Dan
Wilcox was high for the losers.
Also in the American League,
1..-2 came from behind to beat
R-2 In a tight overtime game.
The final score was 52-46, as the
frosh rallied from a ten point
deficit. Frosh Chuck Rooney
threw up a desperation shot at
the buzzer of regulation time
to tie the score for L-2. Once
In the overtime period, the frosh
proved too much £Or R-2 &5
they pulled away. The scoring
for 1..-2 was as follows: Jim
Petrosini with 12; Vic Pino and
Chuck Rooney had 10 each; and
Drop
(Continued form Page If)
to Assumption College 101-76
for their twelfth loss of the sea­son.
Things started out poorly
for the Stags as Art Good was
charged with three fouls in
two and a half minutes As­sumption
had 9-6 lead as Fair­field
called time out with 16 :41
to go. The Stags came back
as Wayne Gibbons hit for five
points and Mark. Frazer tied
the game at 13-13 with 11:25
remaining. Assumption had
completed a three point play
after Mark's foul shot to grab
a 16-13 lead.
Then the Stags came down­court
four times without scor­ing
a basket and called time
out with 6:34 remaining as Ai­sumption
scored two baskets in
a row to take 22-17 lead. Frank
Magalelta scored a three point
play to make the score 2>20.
Then Frank scored two bas­kets
in a row, for a string
of seven straight points to cut
the lead to two points 26-24
with 4:50 remaining. Assump·
tlon outscored the Stags 1().4j
with 1 :30 to go to take a 36-31
lead. Assumption scored two
baskets and a fa u I shot by
Mark Frazer made the score
40-32 In favor of Assumption
at half time.
Auumption Pulls Away
In the opening minutes of the
second half Assumption took iI
thirteen point lead as they
scored three straight baskets
as the StagS called time out
with 17:18 to 10. Assumption's
By GARY MARZOLLA
In the last two weeks, intra­mural
basketball competition
reached the halfway mark in its
schedule, as almost all of the
major league teams have played
at least flve games. Meanwhile,
in the minor leagues, most
teams have played six or seven
games. As we know, all major
league teams will play evel")'
team in their league once, for
a total of ten league games.
Minor league teams, though,
were originally slated to play
13 games, playing every team
In their conference once, while
also playing every team In the
other conference of their di­vision
once. But recent develop­ments,
specifically, a lack of
funds to pay referees and the
acule Increase in the loss of
Intramural equipment due to
stealing, has forced a reduction
of games in the minor leagues.
More information on the pro­cedures
to be taken will be
forthcoming. Rounding out the
reported games In the last two
weeks, we see the following:
Ameriean I.eorue
In the American League, first
place holders NO 3 continued
Its winning ways by vanquishing
the D.S.P. Fraternity 50-34.
The scoring was well distributed
for the "Pubs", who after trail­ing
7~ In the first few minutes,
began to find range as "Pistol
Pete" Yaros started the "Ho's"
rolling. Rebounding was well
taken care of by "Kid" Barrett
and 'BabOO" as the "Ro's' pulled
away in the second hal!.
7be "Delta Slgs", though, re­bounded
well as they upset the
B.A.K. two nights later by a
45-38 score. Although the junior
March 18, 1970 THE STA& Page Thirteen
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The Fairfield University basketball team did not
attain its goal of a winning season, however, the Stags'
record of 13·13 was a fine improvement over their
dismal 10·16 record of the 1968·69 campaign. The
Stags had to fight from behind at the start to obtain
their thirteen victories. After two opening losses, the
Cagers traveled up to Boston College for a game that
would start them off