Stag - Vol. 03, No. 05 - November 29, 1951

              STAG Vol. III-No. 5 Published By Students Of Fairfield University November 29. 1951
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Organized; Sponsored by Sodality
Council Delegates
To 'Attend Workshop
At Albertris Magnus
,Reverend Thomas F. Lyons,
S.J., Dean of Men and Ath­letic
Director of Fairfield Uni­versity
is at present recuper­ating
from an operation per­10
r m e d at St. Vincents
Hospital.' The STAG, on be­half
of the entire 'study body,
extends its wis' h e s for a
speedy a 'n d. complete re­.
covery.
Mr. Harak has been associated
with the Glee Club since its in­ception
in 1947. Under his cap­able
direction the "Men In Red,"
are fast becoming one of the out­standing
college choral groups in
New England. An accomplished
singer and musician, Mr. Harak
is an experienced director of
choral groups. He was born in
Lebanon, but was brought to this
country at an early age and
reared and educated in Ansonia.
After completing his general
education, he studied music for
several years under prominent
masters, first in Hartford and
later in New York. He completed
his training in Mexico City un­der
Madame Pin De Lozada.
For six years he sang in radio
as a soloist with the National
Broadcasting Company and later
he was associated in a similar
capacity with the Columbia
Broadcasting System in New
York City. He is married to the
former Laurice Lian of Brooklyn
and they have three children,
Mr. Harak conducts a business
enterprise in Derby, the Royale
Fur Company.
For the brief period of Mr.
Harak's absence, the rehearsals
of the Glee Club will be directed
by George Thomas, '52.
Mr. Donnarumma Concert Planned By Glee Club
Addresses Newman ' ., Ted
Club At UConn. 'Alphonso DArtega O' on uct
The Glee Club of Fairfield University has an­nounced
its plans to present two joint G:oncerts during
the month of December. The first concert will be given
on Friday, December 7, when the Char:al Men from
Fairfield will travel to West Hartford to participate in
a joint concert with the woman's ,Glee Club of
St. Joseph's College. The second in this series will be
held at Berchmans Hall on Sunday afternoon, Decem­ber
9, at 3:00 o'clock. On this occasion the Fairfield
men will play host and fuse their voices with the Glee
Club of the College of New Rochelle.
According to Rev. John Mur- Simon Harak., ray, S.J., MOderator, the joint
concert on Sunday afternoon Choral Director., will be performed,with the pur­pose
of introducing the new 1951 Recuperating Glee Club to the Student Body.
Hence families, friends, and
On Friday, Novem~er 9" Mr. guests of both the student body
Simon J. Hara.k, musIca~ direc- and faculty are cordially invited
tor of the FaIrfield Umversity to bp present. There will be no
Glee Club, entered New Haven' admission charge and invitations
General Hospital to undergo an mav be obtained from either the
emergency operation. Mr. Harak me~bers of the Glee Club or
is presently recuperating at his frol1l Father Murray.
home in Derby, Conn. In the absence of Mr. Harak,
the Glee Club has been extreme­ly
fortunate in obtaining the ser­vices
of Mr. Alphonso D'Artega
to serve as musical direotor of
the "Men In Red" for both con­certs.
Mr. D'Artega is a New
York Musician and is recognized
by many as one of the outstand­ing
musicians of our country. He
is at present involved in radio
work and previously was engag­ed
in television, acting in the
capacity of Musical Director for
the program "Star Time."
On different occasions, Mr. D'­Artega
has been guest conductor
for the Buffalo Symphony Or­chestra
and for the Holy Cross
Glee Club. He has composed sev­eral
songs, one of which is the
well known, "In the Blue of the
Evening." Incidentally, the mu­sic
for the Fairfield University
Alma Mater was recently com­posed
by this prominent mu­sician.
The program for the concerts
,,,,ill include such Broadway hits
as, "June is Bustin' Out All
Over," "Surrey with the Fringe
on Top," and "Oklahoma." For
the lovers of more classical
songs, the Glee Club will render
the old favorite, "Drink to Me
Only with Thine Eyes," the rol­licking,
"Song of the Vaga­bonds,"
and the popular, "Buckle
Down Winsocki." The "Hail
Mary," as composed by Mr. D'­Artego
will also be presented.
The Bensonians have prepared a
few surprises, among" them be­ing,
"Mr. Moon" and "Farewell
My Own True Love."
Arrangements for the concerts
are in the hands of J.a~es Farn­ham
ArthUr' Landry,' John Walsh
and Thomas Bepko.
On Sunday, November 18th,
Mr. Donnarumma, Assistant
Professor of History at Fairfield
University, presented a talk en­titled
"Church and State" at a
Communion breakfast for mem­bers
of the Newman Club of
Connecticut University.
Speaking before more than
two hundred students and a
number of the faculty, Mr. Don­narumma
stated: "Both church
and state are concerned with a
common object - people. Now
man has two ends to attain,
namely, temporal and spiritual,
but the spiritual is man's pri­mary
end, while his temporal
end is secondary. Yet, to really
attain his spiritual end, man
should be able to attain his tem­poral
end first.
In order to help man attain
both his spiritual and temporal
ends, there exist two institu­tions,
the church and the state.
The state is concerned with the
temporal welfare of man where­by
he can attain his temporal
end, while the church is con­cerned
with the spiritual wel­fare
of man whereby he can
attain his spiritual end. There­fore,
if both institutions are con­cerned
with man in regards to
his ends, and one hinges upon
the other, then of necessity there
must at least be co-operation be­tween
the two institutions."
In conclusion Mr. Donnarum­ma
emphasized that the recent
attempt by the president to ap­point
General Mark Clark as
temporary ambassador to the
Vatican was nothing more than
an attempt to establish a liaison
between two institutions t hat
have the same common object­people.
Council Approves
Social Calendar
By JOSEPH SILVA
In the past, many activities
have taken place which, to some
degree, have been successful. To
whom is the praise for this suc­cess
to be given? It is due in no
small part to the many loyal
suppo~ters at Fairfield, namely
the students. But what are these
promoters to do when two pro­grams
are planned for the same
date? Such a conflict has been
realized in the past. Y9u will
recall the incident to which I
am referring. Last year a con­cert
was sponsored for the same
night on which the basketball
team was playing. This error ir­ritated
the habitual patrons very
much: but, until recently, ,noth­ing
had been done to· insure
against its repetition.
Juniors Propose Remedy
T:he Council members of the
Junior Class have submitted a
remedy for this social injury.
They have presented to the stu­dent
Council a Social Calendar
for 1951-52. The purpose of this
plan is that any activity which
is to take' place in the future
should be submitted to the Stu­dent
Council for its approval.
Continued on iBage 4
, On Saturday, December 1, the
Regional Council of the NFCCS
will sponsor a student govern­ment
workshop at Albertus Mag­nus
College in New Haven. The
purpose of this meeting will be
the formation of a model student
government through a discus­sion
of the various types already
in operation today.
The Fairfield University Stu­dent
Council has decided to send
several representatives to this
workshop in order to obtain
ideas on an ideal government.
These ideas in turn will be sub­mitted
to the entire"council for
their approval. Those that are
accepted will be given to the
recently revived Constitutional
Committee for incorporation in­to
the revised Constitution that
is now being processed.
Rev. John C. Ford, S. J., To Give
First Bellarmine Lecture Today
The Rev. John C. Ford inaugurates the annual
series of Bellarmine Lectures today at 2 p.m., in Berch­man's
Hall. Father Ford, who has lectured extensively
on the problems of alcohol, speaks today on "Alcoholism
as a Social Problem."
Father Ford, recently appoint­ed
a Commissioner on the Gov­ernor's
Commission on Alcohol­ism
in Massachusetts, has lec­tured
to numerous medical
groups and guilds, seminaries,
colleges and health conferences.
He is also a guest lecturer each
summer at the Yale School of
Alcohol Studies, which he at­tended
in 1948.
Born in 1902 Father Ford en­tered
the Society of Jesus in
1920. In 1928 he received his
A.M. degree at Boston College,
followed in 1937 by his doctorate I
in Sacred Theology at the Gre­gorian
University in Rome.
From 1937 unti 1941 he was lec­turer
in Moral and Pastoral
Theology at W est 0 n College
while'studying for the degree of
Bachelor of Laws which he re­ceived
in 1941 from Boston Col-lege.
REV. JOHN C. FORD. S.J.
Continued on Page 5
Initial steps were taken last Wednesday for the
establish:r:nent -of the Confraternity of Christian Doc­trine
at the University under the sponsorship of the
Sodality of Our Lady of Fairfield. The Mission Cru­saders,
a division of the Sodality, distributed informa­tive
brochures and application blanks in a drive to gain
recruits for active participation in the CCD.
The initiation of the CCD at Fairfield extends an
opportunity to all students at the University to fulfil'
the exhortations of the present and previously reigning
Pontiffs for active participation of the laity in the teach­ing
of Christian doctrine, due to the shortage of priests:
sisters and brothers who can do this vital work.
The CCD was established by
a Milanese cleric in an endeavor
to educate the lai,ty so that they
could properly combat the evils
of the 16th century through the
stamping out of the prevailing
ignorance among the laity. Since
that time, the clergy has been
very enthusiastic in welcoming
the combative powers of the
laity in overcoming such wide­spread
ignorance of the Catholic
Church. The- success of such a
movement is well exemplified in
the work of lay catechists on
foreign missions.
In non-mission lands, the CCD
is divided in t 0 the following
units:
A Teaching unit which in­structs
grade' and high school
students in the basic tenets of
the Church.
A Parent Educators unit
which educates ad u Its in all
phases of Christian doctrine in­cluding
their obligations as Ca­tholic
parents.
A Helpers unit which distrib­utes
literature of a Christian
nature, as well as providing
transportation for young chil-
Continued on Page 6
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A Word Of Praise
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BUSINESS MANAGER
James Musante, '52
MAKE-UP DEPARTMENT
Timothy Cronin. '53
John Klimas, '53
James Hannan, '53
PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
John Ma]akie, '53 .... , .... Editor
Joseph Pander, '53
FEATURE DEPARTMENT
Carroll McGrath " .... Editor
Robert McKeon, '54
Ronald Beatty. '54
Robert Petrucelli. '54
Charles Schaefer, '55
Francis Philbin. '52
EXPENDITURES:
SOURCES OF REVENUE
Loan to Mid Winter Carnival.
Card signs
Filing cards ...
Treasury book
Treasury book
Loss on Mid Winter Carnival
Overseas Relief NFCCS
Boston delegate NFCCS .
Tickets for Farewell Dance
Pastry for Farewell Dance .
Sugar Spice Stag Day ..
Radio Printing Stag Day
Tax on Farewell Dance ..
Freshmen Reception Day
Telegram and Notebook
Crusade for Freedom ..
May Day
Delegate to NFCCS
Dues for NFCCS ..
Gift for Mr. Harak
Year Book Ad ..
Peace Conference NFCCS
Delegate to NFCCS .... ...
Picture NFCCS
Loan to Knights of Xavier
Failure to collect A. A. Tariff ..
Present for Janitor.
Expenses-Orientation Day
Miscellaneous ..
Amount on hand
Total Income .
Total Expenditures ..
Total Expenditures
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
John Welch. '53
NEWS DEPARTMENT
Thomas Bepko, '53 ... Editor
Joseph Silva. '52
Paul Sullivan, '53
Robert Demshak, '54
Richard Haux. '54
Joseph McNally, '54
Robert Slabey, '53
Conrad Testone, '53
Jasper Jaser. '54
Clement Naples, '53
Peter LaChance. '53
Richard Bepko, '53
Rudolph Girandola, '53
John Kane, '55
George Zeisner, '54 . I SPORTS DEPARTMENT
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT ' Bernard Beglane. '52 .. . Editor
Michael Russo, '53 ..... Editor Emmanuel Macchia, '53
Joseph Battagliola, '54 Harold :Marmion. '53
Thomas Devine, '52 Robert Jay. '55
John Byrne, '54 Julius Franchi. '54
William Kennally. '51 William Cronin, '55
Anthony Russo, '54 John Leonard, '55
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
William Curnin, '53
The STAG presents this comprehensive financial report of
the Student Council Treasury in order that the Student Body
will know exactly where the Council stands, financially.
The report was presented to The STAG by ,the new Treasurer
of the Council. Tim Cronin, ·of the Junior Class, with the hope
and expectation that the "student body may fully realize just
where the Council funds come from, and for what purpose they
are used."
The following data is a comprehensive treasury report of the
Fairfield University Student Council. The report is concerned with
the period beginning January 1, 1950 and extending to November
29, 1951.
Student Council Treasury Report
1- 5-50 Amount carried over from preceding year
6- 5-50 College Night Profit.............. ......
10-24-50 Tariff on Junior-Senior Dance .
10-30-50 Return on Farewell Dance.
11-17-50 Tariff on Freshmen-Sophomore Dance
12- 2-50 Tariff on Magazine Drive .
2-13-51 Profit on Mid Winter Carnival
2-23-51 Tariff on A. A. Sport's Night
5- 2-51 Tariff on Sophomore Smoker
9-10-51 Farewell Dance Profit (6-1-51)
10- 9-51 Late Returns. . .
11- 7-51 Tariff on Junior-Senior Dance. .. .
11- 7-51 Tariff on Freshmen-Sophomore Dance.
1- 5-50
2- 7-50
2- 7-50
2-10-50
3-10-50
3-10-50
3-28-50
4-19-50
6- 1-50
6- 5-50
6- 5-50
6- 5-50
7-17-50
9-26-50
10-19-50
10-19-50
11-17-50
11-17-50
12- 2-50
2-23-51
2-23-51
4-13-51
4-13-51
5- 2-51
5- 2-51
10- 9-51
10-10-51
10-10-51
11- 5-51
At the Student Council
Session of Tuesday, Novem­ber
13, elections took place
for the two vacant secretarial
posts. John Leonard, '55, was
elected Recording Secretary,
while Robert McKeon, '54,
will complete the year as Cor­responding
Secretary. Con­gratulations
to the new Coun­cil
penmen.
By PAUL SULLIVAN
Replacing Rudy Girandola is
no mean job as followers of the
column must realize, so it is
with a good deal of trepidation
that I sharpen my goose quill,
break out my inkhorn, and pen
these words of wisdom from the
Student Council.
First Impressions Dept.
My watching of council opera­tions
has changed my opinions
concerning it. At the meeting of
the 13th a great amount of busi­ness
was efficiently discussed
and acted upon. Considering the
problems that beset the council,
a little less criticism on the part
of the student body and a little
more support would benefit the
school no end. Give it a little
~hought.
Drum Beats
Sorry, men, but no lounge
chairs in the smokers for quite
some time ... Rudy "Hammer­stein"
Girandola's, "Two Italian
Barbers in Paris" (with apolo­gies
to Gershwin) to be present­ed
Junior Amateur Night, Feb­ruary
20 . . . tsk, tsk,· Met Club,
on that hayride boner...
Sophomores made $10.00 on
the Frosh - Soph Welcome
Dance (Capitalists) ... Commit­tee
formed to decide upon a suit­able
token of appreciation for
Father Dolan . . . N.F.C.C.S.
dues again-$64 question: Who'll
buy what, when, where, and
how?" ... K.X. take note! Your
day of reincarnation is at hand!
R.ecreation plans that would be
under your jurisdiction are un­der
consideration.
On the Serious Side
All organizations in the school
must clear the date for any and
all activities that they plan
through the Student Council. As
can easily be seen if this is not
done, a general chaos can take
place. Example: Met Club hay-ride-
Manor Dance conflict last
Wednesday..
The general condition of the
cafeteria and hallways in regard
to cleanliness is pretty bad. Cig­arette
butts, lunch papers and
various other debris have literal­ly
covered some floors this past
week. Another lack of cleanli­ness
is shown in the parking lot,
where broken bottles are num­erous.
This is a college, not a
grammar school and it's time
we acted like college men.
Speaking of childishness, two
other thoughts are brought to
mind. First, the recent "art
work" on bulletin board an­nouncements
is a pretty perverse
. amusement. Secondly, the ac­tions
of some students on the
buses and trains coming to and
from school have not helped
Fairfield's reputation. About
time some of us grew up, don't
you think?
Congratulations Dept.
"To Connie Sternchak for the
beautiful job of ring designing"
-QlUinipiac College.
W. CURNIN C. McGRATH
year, and most recently served
in the oosition of Feature Editor.
The -Feature Department will
be headed by Carroll McGrath,
'53, who has served in various
capacities during his two year
service on the STAG. The re­tirement
of James Aspinwall left
a huge void to be filled in the
News Department, and Thomas
Bepko, '53, has been given that
post. Although a relative new­comer
to the STAG, Bepko has
been active in many organiza­tions,
and by virtue of his varied
experience, is well qualified to
head the News Department of
the STAG.
T. BEPKO J. WELCH
Following a precedent estab­lished
last year, the Senior Edit­ors
of the STAG, have tucked
their Dortfolios under their arms
and bid the high towers of Mc­Auliffe
Hall a fond farewell.
To fill the shoes of Charles
Black, William Curnin, 53, has
been appointed Editor-in-Chief.
Curnin is a three year men with
the Stag, having served as Fea­ture
Editor, and Associate Edit­or
during the last two.
Stepping up into the position
vacated by Cumin. John Welch,
'53, has assumed the post of
Associate Editor. He, too, is
working on the Stag for his third
New Editors of The Stag
"The evil that men do lives after them, the good is
oft intered with their bones." - Julius Caesar,
William Shakespeare.
Lest this Shakespearean quotation be applied to
The STAG, we, the Editors, wish to take this opportun­ity
to express our appreciation and acknowledge a debt
of gratitude which we owe to our "newly-retired" edi­tor,
Charles E. Black.
We feel, that during the past year, The STAG has
experienced an improvement, both in quality and
quantity, and, to some extent, in popularity. Whatever
has been accomplished during the past year, has been
due mainly to his untiring efforts.
When "Chuck" was named to succeed Frank
Malyska as Editor-in-Chief of The STAG, a tremendous
task faced him. The STAG had completed its first year
of publication, and during that year, foundations of a
good college newspaper had been laid. It was Chuck's
job to build upon this foundation. To insure an orderly
method of procedure, he codified the rules concerning
assignments, procedure and publication. For greater
efficiency, he added new departments and expanded the
old ones. To attain perfection, he worked long hour,
on even the smallest details.
When he made mistakes, he was always the first to
admit them, and to profit from them. He was always
open to suggestions and ideas, even though, at times,
they were opposed to his own.
His patient attention to detail, his complete disre­gaTd
of time and effort, has made us admire him, and
inspired us to strive for the same perfection. It is easy
enough to shrug off these efforts as something that any­one
could do. The fact remains that anyone did not do
them, and we who have worked with Chuck feel that
he was the one man who could have done the job.
Now, he has stepped down ..from the position as
Editor-In-Chief of The STAG. We, the present Editors,
hope and pray that during our tenure of office, we will
be able to continue along the same path, and aid The
STAG in becoming an even better newspaper - one
that is truly representative of Fairfield University.
November 29, 1951 THE STAG Page 3
A Pint of Life In The Spotlight
By RONALD H. BEATTY By ROBERT R. PETRUCELLI
The solid residue remaining It is an indisputable fact that an important part of
after combustion and protruding
Jesuit education is student participation in the extra­from
the butt of a cigarette is
commonly called, even in the curricular activities of the university. One of the most
best circles of society, an ash. It prominent of these organiations has been the debating
is usually grey in color and very $ociety. In the world of today, a world of confusion and
susceptible to disintegration at false values, people are ever avoiding the necessity for
the slightest agitation. Nothing thinking and making right and correct judgment. De­burns
without leaving an ash, bating, however, forces one to weigh the evidence pro
and a cigarette is no exception. and con and establish a firm and definit~ platfOTm. It
Because of this old tradition, the is a democratic form of expression and an integral part
ash tray was invented. of a university.
The ash tray comes in many At Fairfield, the Freshman- legiate debates and the annual
shapes and sizes, but is defined Sophomore and Junior - Senior prize debate, which was won by
by Webster as a shallow recep- Bellarmine Debating Societies Ed Wall '51 in the academic '49­tacle
in which ashes may be dis- have helped to put Fairfield on '50 and by Steve Sedensky '51 in
posed of. He goes further to the map, so to speak. debating the academic year '50-'51. The
with various colleges throughout Iofficers for that year were Ed
mention the ash cans in which the East. Although a relatively Wall, President; Frank Di Scala,
ash trays may be em p tie d. recent organization (The Bellar- Vice-President; and John Fray,
Where ash cans may be emptied mine Debating Soc i e t y was '51, Secretary. The present of­is
left to your imagination. I founded in 1949), it has estab- ficers of the club are John Fray,
think a man named "City Dump" lished an excellent record in past '52, President; Joe Franchi, '52,
years and hopes to continue and, Vice-President; and Tom Desy,
is working on that situation now. if possible, better this record in '52, Secretary. The moderator
Returning now to the ash tray, years to come. Last year the Jun- and faculty advisor is Father
I found aft e I' much research, ior-Senior Debating organization Clancy, S.J. Next semester the
nothing of its origin. It appears debated teams representing West debating society intends to hold
Point, Holy Cross, Albertus debates with Georgetown Uni­as
though people, tired of using Magnus, and Providence Col- versity; Visitation ColI e g e,
their cuff, decided to flick their lege. But the high point 01 the Washington, D.C.; Loyola in Bal­ashes
into a receptacle. This the- season was the N.F.C.C.S. Debat- timore, Maryland; St. Peter's
ory has possibilities for the fash-I ing Tournament, held at Provi- College; St. Joseph's in Hartford;
. 1 f' , . dence College, in which Fair- Salve Regina in R.I.' and Lady-
IOn evo u IOn m m,en s wearmg 1field lost to Holy Cross by a split cliff College. '
apparel. They sWItched from decision and finished in second Underclass debating is an es­"
knickers" to "longies" and cuffs place. Of the debates in which sential part of the success of fu­with
the growth of the cigarette the society participated, eleven tur varsity teams. It is, in a
industry. In the early Twenties were won by Fairfield and six sense, a proving ground for
they took to "bell bottoms" for lost. qualIfied and alert debaters. Un­bigger
and better ash room. Ash The club p;og;am. for the aca- del' the aegIS of Mr. RIel, Assis­trays
must have flourished in demlc year 51- 52 mcludes de- tant Professor of English, the
1930, because men returned to bates wI~h Go~d Counsel Col- Freshman - Sophomore Debating
the standard eighteen inch trous- lege, WhIte Plams, N.Y.; Alber- socIety, has maugurated a pro-er
bottom. tus Magnus, New Haven; Iona gram s~mIlar to that of the sen-
. College, New Rochelle, N.Y.; and 101' SOCIety, namely having each
Now, WIth ash trays as a com- The College of New Rochelle. So member participate in a series
mon household must, pants are far plans have been completed of formal inter-club debates and
be~mnmg. to gr?w .narrower. with only two of the above col- then holding informal round­T~
IS fa~t.ls true m bIg ash-tray- leges, i.e., Good Counsel College, table discussions of the same
usmg c~tIes, such as New York to be held at White Plains and topic chosen for debate. The
and Bndgeport. However, New Albertus Magnus, at New Haven. question to be debated this se­Haven
and, Waterbur! show The topic for debate will be mester is "Should the Federal
theIr pnmltn~enessby stIll wear- "Resolved: That The Atom Government Adopt A Policy of
mg conventIOnal grey flannel Bomb Should Be Used in Wartime Citizen Conscription?"
pants. G~ey, no doubt, conceals Korea by the UN." Upholding During its last meeting members
any pOSSIble ash stam. the affirmative for Fairfield will of the club heard the final debate
Ash trays have other uses be Joe Franchi and Bill Sullivan. (inter-club) on the above topic,
a~Ide from w~at have been pre- It will be a non-decision debate. Allen Jansen defending the af­vIOusly
m~ntIOned. They act ~s The topic for the Albertus Mag- firmative and Bob McKeon, the
garbage dIsposals (as clearly 11- nus debate will be the new na- negative. The club hopes to con­lustrated
in our C,afe), they per- tional topic, named, "Resolved: tact various colleges throughout
form coaster dutIes and have That The Federal Government Connecticut and New York and
other numerous miscellaneous Should Adopt A Permanent arrange debates with them, and
uses. Flower pots and vases are Program of Wage and Price Con- have a successful season. At the
oft e n misinterpreted as. ash troIs." The Negative side will be end of the school year, the an­trays.
A common mIstake IS to defended by Glen Hawman and nual debate will be held and a
put ashes into a soda bottle or Eugene Magner. prize awarded to the be'st de­coffee
cup and the con.sequ~nces It has been the policy of the bater. The officers of the Fresh­are
often apt to .be senous If the club to present formal inter-club man-Sophomore Debating so­soda
or. coffe~ dnnke~, not know- debates or five-minute speeches ciety are Bob McKeon, Presi­mg
thIS, fimshes ~IS .beverage on the national topic in prepara-I dent, and George Zeisner, Sec­only
to find ashes clmgmg to the tion for the ensuing inter-col- retary.
side of the cup.
Recently, it has been brought Our ew Christmas Tree?
to our attention that the use of
ash trays above the Cafe floor is
mandatory. Possibly for sanita­tion
and neatness, and possibly
because the butts are harder to
light after they've been stepped
on. At any rate, the Administra­tion
has purchased several stand
trays (contrary to popular opin­ion,
they weren't stolen from
Bridgeport's hotel lobbies) and
placed them at strategic points
in the Smokers. Since Fairfield
University does not keep un­housebroken
kittens, nor oper­ate
Jennings Beach,-contribu­tions
to the ash trays must be
cigarettes and ashes only.
The next time you find your­self
with an ash, don't think so
lightly about flicking it on the
floor. Remember man was made
from ash.
The prime purpose of Father To illustrate his comments on
Knott's visit was to acquaint money and the power of adver­those
members of the club pri- tising, Father Knott cited the
marily interested in the actiyity example of the 'little woman'
of the Family Life Commission who begins to notice 'ads' for
of the N.F.C.C.S, with the nature automatic washing machines and
and workings of the Cana Con- subsequently builds a greater
ference Program throughout the and greater desire within herself
Diocese. Using this information, for this machine. She finally
the Family Life Committee at reaches the state where she is
Fairfield intends to aid the work firmly convinced that her pos­of
Father Knott whenever pos- session of one of these machines
sible, and to s'upplement its own is absolutely essential "for her
program by cooperating with own :1ealth and for the welfare
Father Knott as a source of in- of th'l nation." She then exerts
formation and ideas in develop- pressure on her husband to
ing a concrete program of action, purchase the machine, convinces
Two Principal Groups him of the need, convinces both
In his opening remarks Father herself and her husband that this
Knott explained that the raison is her absolutely last request for
d'etre" for the Cana and Pre- a costly article, and thus gets the
Cana Conference lies in neces~ machine. However, noted Father
sity itself. He pointed out that Knott, they both forget human
there are two principal groups nature and the power of adver­of
pressure which attack the se-I tising, and it 'is not long before
curity of family life and mar- they both want another gadget.
riage. One of these is external Father Knott similarly treated
pressure, such as the housing several other attitudes. Among
problem, the high cost of living, them was the American attitude
etc., while the other is internal on children about which he not­pressure,
such as the American ed that th~ir coming is consid­idea
on children. Thus, the pur- ered good only in so far as they
pose of the Cana movement IS will contribute to the happiness
to Christianize the ideas and con- of the couple. Also cited were
cepts which are formed in the attitudes on sex, courtship,
people's minds by these pres- and women in industry and busi­sures.
ness. Further, he briefly touched
According to Father Knott, on the artificiality and boredom
the best word to sum up these of modern living, giving "to be
various pressures is "attitudes." in love, not with yourself, but
Thus he explained that a mar- with someone else" as the solu­ried
couple is touched and in- tion to the problem.
fluenced by a thousand and one Question Period
different objects, actions, and ,
attitudes which enormously ef- .In answer to questIons put to
fect their own attitude, and hIm by th~ audIence, Father
hence their manner of living Knott fil~ed m son:e of the. out­and
their marriage. ~me o~ hIS talk, pnmanly IImlt-
Taking the question of money mg hImself to the matter of
Father Knott noted that two~ Cana Conferences. He eomment­thirds
of marriage troubles ed that some of the Items that
arise from money problems. a~e stressed are the psychology
However, he added, this trouble 0 women, the complImentary
does not primaily come from nature of the OpposIte sexes, and
having too much or too little th~ rOl~ of the father m parental
money, but rather from an in- au hon y.
correct attitude toward money. In concluding his talk, Father
The solution lies in making a Knott explained that one factor
clear distinction between needs causing friction in the family is
and necessities both absolute the failure, to a large extent, to
and social and'mere wants. He employ the four natural helps to
also point~d out that advertis- family ~olidarity of fan:ily work,
ing plays an important role in recreatIOn, love - sharmg and
this question. Continued on Page 5
FR. KNOTT JIM ASPINWALL JOHN RELIHAN FR. RYAN
Cana Conference Director
Addresses Public Affairs Club
By JIM ASPINWALL
On Monday afternoon, November 12, Reverend
John C. Knott, Cana Conference Director for the Dio­cese
of Hartford, visited the campus to address the
members of the Public Affairs Club. Father Knott
came to Fairfield on the invitation of Father Gabriel
Ryan, 8.J., faculty moderator of the club, and John
Relihan, president of the club and senior delegate to
N. F. C. C. 8.
November 29, 1951
The station of the Fairfield
University Ama,teur Radio So­ciety,
Wlthx, has received a
gift of two new transmitters
from Mr. Sal Fazio, prominent
Bridgeport businessman, Nick
Rosa, activities director of the
society has disclosed.
Rosa said that wi,th the new
transmitters, each of 150 watts,
and the old equipment, the sta­tion
will operate with twice the
power as originally. Wlthx will
be able to operate on three of
the principle short wave bands
simultaneously.
The station will be set up in
the tower of McAuliffe Hall as
soon as all the apparatus has
been adjusted and electric power
installed.
Station WiTHX
Receives New
Transmitters
First Friday
Next Week
of 24:28. Teammate Ed Dowling
was next in line, with Jim Chas­bora,
the first visiting harrier to
place, crossing the tape in third
place.
Bob Drongowski, finishing
fourth, Mecca finishing ninth,
and Rackiewizi, finishing tenth,
were the other point gatherers
for the local college. Mills, Rag­in,
and Brown placed fifth, sixth,
and seventh respectively for the
New York institution.
Bobby Markovic was respon­sible
for a pair of the marks.
He tallied 31 points on 10 field
goals and 11 foul shots. The total
points were the most scored by
a player in the history of basket­ball
at the school. Markovic's
foul shots were responsible for
the other standard. The former
record bested his own mark of
28 tallies, posted last season
against New Haven State Teach­ers
College, while the latter
broke Jack Mullady's record of
nine charity tosses gained against
New Haven State Teachers Col­lege,
while the latter broke Jack
Mullady's record of nine charity
tosses gained against Hofstra
College on November 30, 1949.
Joe Kehoe was responsible for
a third mark. He poured 13 field
goals through the hoop to top
Stan Suchenski's former record
of 12 garnered on January 27 of
this year against Willimantic
SOCIAL CALENDAR State Teachers College. Kehoe
Continued from Page 1 also added three free throws for
The Council will check the dates a total of 29 points on the
evening.
in order to make certain that
there will be no conflict. They T.he final records broken by
will also propose an open date the Stags were team marks. The
which the committee for the 95 points topped the 87 gained
event mav consider. These dates at the expense of Willimantic
will not "be chosen at random; the same night Suchenski posted
they will be determined accord- his 12 two-pointers. Twenty­in"
to the time and circumstan- three foul shots were meshed
ce~. I against the Poly combine, top-
On Tuesday, November 13, the ping by one, the record estab­Student
Council accepted this hshed on January 26, 1949,
plan. Hereafter, any proposed against the University of Bridge­activity
is to be submitted to port.
the Student Council for "screen- In the Brooklyn game, Jackie
ing." O'Connell, a surprise starter in
the absence of Bobby Gerwin,
sidelined by an injured ankle,
gained 14 points. Suchenski add­ed
11 to round out the double­figure
scorers for the local five.
The final records were gained
by the opposition's Harmon Hoff­man.
He scored 18 field goals,
topping the 16 meshed by Pete
Clark of Mount Saint Mary Col­lege
of Baltimore on January 3,
1949, at the Danbury State Arm­ory.
Hoffman wound up with 38
points for the night, best for an
opposing player, as Clark held
the former mark with 37.
Fairfield Defeats Brooklyn Poly
Seven Scoring Record.~ Broken
By BERNIE BEGLANE
Seven individual scoring records went by the boards
last Saturday at the Central YM.C.A. hardwood in
Brooklyn, as Fairfield University's basketball squad
scored a hard-fought 95-81 win over Brooklyn Polytech­
·nie Institute.
THE STAG
1951 Cross Country Team
By EMANUEL MACCHIA
Fairfield Uni versi ty's cross
country team closed a not-too­successful
season a week ago
Sunday with a 26-29 win over
the City College of New York
Evening School on the home
course.
The win enabled the Stags to
close the season with one victory
in a trio of meets.
Al Purcell of Fairfield crossed
the finish line first with a time
Schafters And
Filosophers Tie
In Final Week
Grads vs. JV
In the lineup of the Graduate
School will be such familiar
faces as Jack Mullady, member
of last year's varsity, and Frank
Pelligrino, a member of the Pro­vidence
College team that faced
the Stags last year.
Alumni Nite Set
Two nights later, Rider Col­lege
of Trenton, New Jersey will
visit the Armory to test Fair­field.
The night has been desig­nated
Alumni Night, and many
of the graduates of last year are
expected to be on hand.
By BERNARD BEGLANE
"A. A." Sports Night
Fairfi1eld Opens At Home
D1ec. 5 Against Willimantic
Willimantic State Teachers College will provide the
opposition Wednesday night) far the Fairfield Univer­sity
basketball team, as the local school opens the home
season at the Bridgeport State Armory.
Coach Jim Hanrahan plans to Frank Fitzpatrick, and
insert Jimmy Homa and Bobby Brien.
Gerwin in the starting lineup
against the upstate school. Both
performers were sidelined be­cause
of injuries in Saturday's
95-81 win over Brooklyn Poly­technic
Institute.
Rounding out the starting five
will be Bobby Markovic and
Stan Suchenski at guards, with
Joe Kehoe at forward. Gerwin
will operate at the other forward
slot, while Homa will cavort at
center.
Also expected to see plenty of
action against Frank Geissler's
charges are Jackie O'Connell,
Tom Flynn, Paul Frauenhofer,
Page 4
It was interesting to hear I a trophy to the winner of the The final week of play in the
some of the comments after my Fairfield-Providence game to be
last column played in Waterbury? This at- Intra - Mural Football season
rea c he d the traction will probably be a fix- finds the Schafters and the Fil-hands
of the ture at the same site every year, osophers 1 e a din g the league, .
fellows. When and such an award would be with the Schafters beating the SteInkraus Guest they read that appropriate.
I only picked a Rocco Forte, member of last Bluenotes, 12-6, and tieing the
l' e.c a r d of 12 year's baseball team, is now Tom Toms at 6-6, while the Fil- At Club DI'nner
wIn sIn 2 0 pitching for Uncle Sam's Air osophers defeated the Bluenotes'l
games for. the Force at the Sampson Air Base 12-0, and the Frybghwocms, About seventy students and
1951-52 edItIon in Geneva, New York. 36-12. faculty members attended the
of Fairfield's, Tom Smith, last year's cage The Bluenotes took an early monthly dinner of the ~usiness
varsIty cage star of St. Peter's of Jersey City, lead on the interception of a Club of Fa~rfield Umverslty
squad, the.y thought I w,as .w~y has been dropped by the New pass by Magner, who ran 30 Tuesday evemng, November 21,
off. Lose eIght-why tI:at s rIdlc- York Knicks of the National yards for a touchdown. The m the Stratfield .Hotel, Bndge­ulous.
Well, I wonder If It really Basketball Association. By the Schafters began to fight back port. Herman .Stemkraus, Presl­was.
same token, another competitor and scored on a long pass from dent of the Bndgeport Brass Co.
A glance at some of the artic- who faced Fairfield basketball Milewski to Sternchak. It was was the guest speaker and ad­les
published in many of the teams in other years, Don Sav- all tied up going into the second dre~sed the studen~s on the t0p,­sport
magazines show that some age of Le Moyne College, Syra- half but a long run by Jim Do- IC, OpportumtJes m Busmess.
of the teams rated as tops in this cuse. is with the Syracuse Nats heny put the Schafters out in Members of the faculty w.ho
area by the experts appear on of the same league. front 12-6 were present at the dmner m-
Fairfield's schedule. Who are ArnaId Ca11ege af nearby MI'l- It 'was t.he Tom Tom's who cgluutdhe, dS.RJ.e,v.DLeaanwroefnctheeCC. oLllaengge-,
they? To name a few, they are ford has a new basketball coach threatened m the openmg perIod Rev. Gabriel Ryan, S.J., Mr.
Boston College, lana College, in the person of Tuffie Maroon. of the game. They held the Thomas Fitzpatrick moderator
and St. Francis College of New The University of San Fran- Schafters scoreless until the last of the club, and Mr: Stephen J.
York. St. Francis of Pennsylva- cisco and Xavier U. of Cincin- few mmute.s of the game. Conme O'Brie'n of the business depart-nia
is rated as a dark horse. nati, were the lone Jesuit Col- Sternch ak m tercepted a pass in- ment.
Thus, you can see that there leges to field an undefeated tended for Lenihan and ran it
are no breathers on the list of football team this year. They back for a touchdown to tie the
opponents. Every game is a have each won nine games score.
tough assignment, and a record against some top competition. St. The Bluenotes suffered their
at 12 wins and eight losses will Michael's of Winooski Park, Ver- first defeat at the hands of the
be good against such compe- mont, was th~ only other unde-, Filosophers. John Bigley, draw-titian.
feated CatholIc school. ing first blood for the Filoso-
Aiiention, Waterbury Club. Is As last year, the varsity bas- phers, scored on a pass from
there any chance of an individ- ketball team will have a differ- Jack Doheny. He ran 40 yards
ual or an organization donating ent captain for each game. after the catch for a TD. A pass
to Don Burns from Doheny
scored the second touchdown
ar-d put the game on ice for the
Filosophers.
Two days later, the Filoso-phers
met and stomoed the last
place Frybs. Two touchdowns by
Barrett, followed up by another
made by Fahey, sewed the game
up early in the first half. It was
big Bill Casey who finally scored
for the Frybs, running two yards
Joe 0'- around end for a TD. Frank
Granito scored the second touch­down
for the Frybs on a long
pass from Bill George.
November 29, 1951 THE STAG Page 5
...fr;~iJ
corner...
Joe Forte Entertains
HEADQUARTERS FOR COLLEGE MEN
1438 POST ROAD FAIRFIELD, CONN.
By FRANCIS G. PHILBIN, '52
I trust that you will pardon expired quietly with no dying
the interjection of a local note groans, no relatives crowding
into a college newspaper, but I about no other banana plants
like to give credit where credit weeping hysterically at its side.
is due. There is a columnist in My favorite columnist, enum­the
"Eastside Chronicle" whose erating the base acts committed
effusions I never miss, since I by irresponsible high school stu­consider
the column to be the dents, continues, "The second
most disgusting and somehow one was some boy ripped a door
the most amusing assemblage of down inside the men's room.
words in any newspaper. Well, what are we going to do
Now, you have probably heard about it? Let's have some ans­of
the "Eastside Chronicle" wers."
which is a small-town newspap- I have some answers, but, first
er that is always crusading of all a question. Do you really
against vice, virtue, living, dy- give a darn about the decorative
ing, breathing or anything else interior of a men's room? What
that the editor can think of. In are we going to do about it?
its columns are mysterious veil- Well, you could put a new door
ed references to corruption in up, or, for the sake of symmetry,
the town administration, some- rip all the other doors down.
thing like, "What town official -This columnist typifies the
pocketed 75c (seventy-five cents) "Let's all get together and etc."
on ,that bridge job last Wednes- method of journalism which I
day?" enjoy so much because it is so
completely alien to the human
Anyhow, the columnist I am spirit. The average reader reads
concerned with is a teen-aged as far as the "Let's get together,
girl, who with the brilliance of and, with perfect justification,
a Maupassanta (a female Mau- sets a' match to the newspaper.
passant) takes pen in hand In fact, if somebody were to
against vandalism in the local write in "The Stag" (which has
high school. not been entirely innocent in this
She writes ". Someone respect) "What do you say, fel-wrote
all over the fish tank with lows, let's all get together and
lipstick, and also colored all the rip down Xavier Hall, brick by
leaves on the banana plant, brick and donate the rest of the
which has died, incidentally." Ibuildings to the Communist
I always say if you have to party," - not one comment
go, that's the way to go-"inci- would be heard about the exhor­dentally."
By the adverb is Itation because no one w 0 u 1 d
meant, I guess, that the plant have r~ad it.
Hugh Golden
Plays For
Bridgeporters
Catholic College Ball
Held In Hartford
On Friday evening, November
23, the first dance sponsored by
the Bridgeport Area Club was
held at St. James Hall in Strat­ford.
The dance was attended not
only by the men of Fairfield but
also by some of the parish clubs
of the area: the McLean Club,
the Patricians Club, the Caro­lingian
Club and others wre rep­resented.
The Newman Club of
Bridgeport University and the
nurses from both St. Vincents
and Bridgeport Hospitals were
also in attendance at the dance.
The soft, danceable music of
Hugh Golden and his orchestra
added to the enjoyment of all.
Entertainment during the inter­mission
was provided by Chris
Nelson, a former student at the
University, who has obtained a
fine reputation among the stu­dents
with his appearances at
various school affairs.
The hall was decorated in a
music motif with large black
notes set into a background of
aluminum foil, lining the wall.
Overhead were hung red and
white streamers which appeared
as varying hues under the red
and blue lights used to illumin­ate
the dance floor. Refresh­ments
were sold throughout the
course of the evening and a free
coat checking service was pro­vided.
The purpose of the dance, ac­cording
to the Club President,
Fred Tartaro, was to provide a
wholesome evening of enter­tainment
for the young men 'and
women of the area. It is believed
from the earliest reports, that
the dance was successful and
will be held as an annual affair
by the Bridgeport Area Club.
Assisting M au l' ice Fenton,
chairman of the dance were:
Fred Tartaro, decorations; John
Duhan, ticket distribution and
Hugh Coyle, in charge of pub­licity.
The Fourth Annual Catholic
Collegiate Ball was held in Hart­ford,
November 23, 1951. A
Fairfield student, James Long of
the Senior Class was chairman The DI'xI'e Land musI'c club
b 11 On Wednesday evening, No-ofTtlhe
Ba 1.1 provided the musical entertain- d b th vember 14, The Manor '52 held
-Je a, sponsore y e ment, wiith a large selection of
Diocese of Hartford, for the an informal "Evening at the records. Chris Nelson entertain­benefit
of charity is held each Manor." The pur po s e of the ed with impersonations and a
year at this time at the Bond dance was to raise funds to help number of skits.
hotel. Catholic College students defray the publication cost of Dan Smith and Gladys .corri-fromt'.
all t New England schools this year's Manor. The commi't- gan were chosen "Lord ,and
par IClpa e. tee for the affair was made up Lady of the Manor," and it was
The committee for the Ball, of the entire Manor Staff, under reported that those few couples
besides Long, consisted of Felix the chairmanship of Joseph who were in attendance had an
Callan of Trinity, Edward Carr C enjoyable evening.
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emnin of Fairfield, Mac• ." I, >OHN ALEXANDER OF NEW HAVEN- _ _ _I
Doyle of St. Joseph's, James
Kenneally of Holy Cross, Nancy She $4 50
Ladish of St. Joseph's, William :-S-fl~t:~~~N IrtS.. ., '.
Lynch of Providence, George White & Colors
Sullivan of Providence and Wil- Also
liam White of Holy Cross. ~ Repp Stripe Ties . . . . $2.50 ~
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~ COLLEGE .TOWN SHOP ~
Continued from Page 1
In 1945 and 1946 Father Ford
returned to the Gregorian Uni­versity
in Rome as a professor
of Moral Theology. Since his re­turn
to the United States, he
has been professor of Moral and
Pastoral Theology at Weston
College and professor of Ethics
and Theology at Boston College.
Father Ford is the author of
The Fundamentals of Holmes'
Justice Philosophy, The Validity
of Virginal Marriage, The Mean­ing
and Purposes of Marriage,
The Morality of Obliteration
Bombing, Mercy Murder, The
Natural Law Right to the Pur­suit
of Happiness, and is a con­tributor
to Theological Studies
and other theological magazines
and law reviews.
By GLENN HAWMAN
B'p't, Conn.
PERRY PILOTTI
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Speaking on the October 12th cannot cling to anti-Semitic lean­broadcast
of "Fairfield Univer- ings. A man can't remain blindly
sity Interprets the News," the nationalistic if he has met men
Rev. John L. Clancy, S.J., vet- like Piralldello, Mauriac, Shaw.
eran of eight and one-half years While we as a nation are trying
service and a major in the Chap- to contact all nations, while we
lain Corps of the United States are stimulating interest in world
army, and now professor of brotherhood, we would be acting
Philosophy and chairman of that absurdly if we ignored the rest
department at Fairfield Univer- of the world as people. We meet
sity, said: "While on this Armis- them as people in literature."
tice Day celebration our senti- "Again," continued Mr. Riel,
ments cannot be those of un- "the whole of literature from
qualified optimism, neither is Shelley and Byron to Homer is a
there reason for joy 0 u s hope. picture of something which even
Whatever be our social position, labor leaders and employers
our educational background, our should remember in dealing
ancestry or creed, we are United with themselves and with oth­States
Citizens who dearly cher- ers: it is the eternal restlessness
ish the shining traditions and of the human being. He will
wealth of possessions that are never be satisfied with merely
our American way of life. And, good wages and good working
under God, it is by reverencing conditions nor with trips to Flor­these
traditions, by preserving ida, and this applies to both
them' and living them that this workers and employers. This
nation will survive. thing which is so easily forgot-
Father Clancy went on to say ten today is an obvious truism
that "The school for best citizen- for the student of humanity in
ship is the home. There you are literature."
the teachers. Vote, honorably Mr. Riel further stated: "An­and
intelligently, for a man and other thing which literature tells
not a party. Vote for a capable a listener is the wonder and
American who will do an honest beauty of the world. The child
job. Bad public officials are put and the poet who are in awe at
into office by good citizens who' the beauty of a flower are really
do not vote. Too many labor closer to reality than the crass
unions were taken over by com- scientist who feels that the
munists because the good Ameri- world is the product of chance
cans were too secure in their concourse of forces. I think that
sense of organization, did not we should summarize all this by
show UD for meetings or got saying that one reads literature
tired or -arguing and went home in order to be pleased. This
-only to find themselves com- pleasure arises from a closer con­mitted
to strikes by the few who tact with the basic truth of
stayed on. Your vote must count man's existance. These truths in­not
only when you give it but volve man and his loves, his
afterwards. See to it that those hates, his sufferings, his tri­who
seek public office merit the umphs, his needs. No writing
name of Dublic servant as well makes the reader realize these
as their pay." things so much and so vividly as
Literature or Science poetry and other literature."
This was the topic of a talk
delivered to WICC listeners on BELLARMINE LECTURE
Monday, November 19th by Pro-fessor
Arthur R. Riel of the Eng­lish
Department.
Mr. Riel stated: "You can't
read literature widely and retain
racial prejudice. When you con­tact
minds like Franz Kafka in
"The Tiral or The Castle, or
Marcel Proust in Remembrance
of Things Past, both Jewish, you
CANA CONFERENCE
Continued from Page 3
F::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~ I praying, to he1p bind the family
together.
When questioned after Father
Knott's talk, Jim Aspinwall,
Chairman of the Family Life
Commission of the New England
Region of N.F.C.C.S., stated
that, "Father Knott has given us
several excellent ideas for our
program. From what Father O. K. CLEANERS
Knott said, we think that in the ALL ALTERATIONS DONE
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such people. My unit in Korea
on many occasions cooperated
with members of Colonel Han­ley's
staff. Those men that I met
were clear thinking, competent,
and methodical. The now fam­ous
Hanley report is to be con­sidered
the product of such men
and it should be accepted by all
Americans. Furthermore, we
should thank Colonel Hanley for
letting all of us know of these
horrible facts. His only crime
was to reveal the truth.
GENERAL INS URANCE
JAMES V. JOY
The Federation is an organiza­tion
of all the Catholic colleges
in New England, founded by
Father Higgins, S.J., of Holy
Cross, which meets every year to
discuss the causes of the present
lack of peace in the world. The
executive board made prepara­tions
for the coming convention
of the Federation to be held
The Waterbury Club will hold ApI:il 26, 1952 at the College of
its second ann u a I Christmas Our Lady of the Elms.
dance on Wednesday evening, The theme for the coming con­December
26th. The Main Ball- vention will be "Reconstruction
room of the Hotel Elton has of World Order:" There will be
. . four panels entitled as follows:
agam been chosen as the SIght IRepression of Communism; Eco­for
the dance'. Dancing will be nomic Reconstruction; National
held from nine to one. and International Hatreds, their
Chairman for the dance is Um- Causes a~d Remedies; Moral Re­bert
Mattrella, with Arthur Bou- constructIOn, at Home and
anger as the assitant chairman. Abroad.
The members of the ticket com- Last year the Federation pub­mittee
are Thomas Fenton for lished a pamphlet, "Modern Sec­the
freshmen, Jack Burns for ularism," which was written by
the sophomores, Frank Iris for t~e student members: Fr. Hig­the
juniors, and Ted Donahue gms, S.J., made a motion where­for
the seniors. by the Federation will publish
Frank Iris the chairman of anot.her pamphlet. within. the
the band and entertainment ~omIng year. It wIll be ent~tle~
committee has announced that Devel?pment ?f. IndI~ldualIsm
the music wil be furnished by an~. wIl~ be dIVIded Into three
Francis Delfino and His Orches- seC.lOns, (~) Th~ Devel?pment
tra. Delfinos' Orchestra is well of EconomIC LaIssez Falre, (2)
known to many of the students T?e D~velopment of Political
here at Fairfield. Libera.lIsm, (3) :r~e Deve~opment
. . of SOCIal DarWInIsm. FaIrfield is
The pnce of the dance tIckets a member of the Committee
have been set at $4.00 per couple. which will write this coming
The members of t~e Waterb~ry pamphlet along with Albertus
Club and the commIttee have In- Magnus and Holy Cross
vited all Fairfield University . .
students, alumni and friends to "TMr. Re~Ihan observed that,
attend. Tickets may be purchas- . he comIng co~ventlO~ prom­eel
from any member of the Ises to be very InterestIng and
ticket committee. WIll ~e op~n to ~ll students. This
certamly IS an InSpInng organi-zation
and deserves the atten­tion
of all studnts who have a
tender regard for the promotion
of peace. Today, when the world
is divided into hostile camps,
and the very foundations of
peace are quaking before the
heel of Communism, and the
flame of peace has died to a
flicker, it is the efforts of such
institutions as the Federation
that give hope to the world.
Therefore, it certainly deserves
your cooperation and I hope to
see you at the coming conven­tion."
PROMPT SERVICE - RELIABLE COMPANIES
INCORPORATED
November 29, 1951
Important - All claims serviced promptly
thru our own office
Waterbury Club
Forms Plan For
Christmas Dance
Father Gabriel Ryan, S.J., and John Relihan, presi­dent
of the Public Affairs Club, attended the 16th an­nual
executive meeting of the New England Catholic
Student Peace Federation, November 4, 1951, at the
College of Our Lady of the Elms, Chicopee, Massa­chusetts.
Mr. Re1ihan is Recording Secretary of the
Federation and Father Ryan is one of the faculty
advisors.
Student P,eace Fe,deration
Plans Spring Convention
Ethical Pharmacy
1260 MAIN ST.
Opp. Stratfield Hotel
PRESCRIPTIONS ~ILLED
Atrocity Report
by
William Gillen
THE STAG
C.C.D.
POST ROAD
Corner Miller St.
Open Day and Night
In the heart of Fairfield's
"Little Times Square"
LARRY'S DINER
Until a shor,t time ago Colonel
James J. Hanley was just an­other
soldier in Korea doing a
job. Today, he is known as the
Colonel Hanley who issued the
report stating, 13,400 allied pris­oners
were slaughtered by the
"Reds" in Korea. This document
landed in the homes of Ameri-
Continued fr,om Page 1 oans by way of newspaper, radio,
dren on picnics, and general aid and television with the impact
of that nature in the parish. of a bombshell. It accused the
The Apostalate of Good Will Chinese and North Korean arm­which
works among fallen away ies with "a record of killing and
Catholics and the enemies of the barbarism unique even in the
Church. Communist World." Colonel
The CYO and Newman Club Hanley is now in Tokyo to con­Workers
who aid in the organi- fer with General Ridgway be­zation
of social and discussion cause he issued his report.
groups and form and coach teams The Supreme Commander of
of athletic groups. Such work the U.N. forces, General Ridg­was
vel' y instrumental in re- way, referred to the release of
deeming many of the youths of this report as "this most re­south
Philadelphia from the rav- grettable incident" and also not­ages
of crime and immorality of ed that the Communist practise
that area. of murdering helpless prisoners
The Visitor units which aid in has been known to the world
the census of the parish and for more than a year. If the
thus give aid to many lax Cath- world had received information
olics, particularly with regard of Communist atrocities a year
to the education of their chil- ago, Supreme Commander-why
dren in the traditional Catholic' is the issuing of a report con­manner.
Icernin~ the saT?e !'lOrrible in-
The CCD at Fairfield will pre- form~tIOn ':lt .thiS time, regret­sent
a rally to explain to the table. Or, IS It r~grettabl~ that
student body what will be un- a man has taken It upon hImself
der.taken at th university. The to add the number of atrocity
students will be requested to ap- cases~ The only ans~er to these
proach their pastor to seek his questI.ons, General, IS that the
counsel regarding what phase of Amencan. people were not in­work
done by the Confraternity fo~med pnor to Colo~el Han.ley:s
is most needed in his parish. r~P?rt. O?ly a certam few mdI­These
needs will be reported to vIdi.1a~s m the Pentagon and
the CCD at the University in a y.ra~hI~gton knew of these t~ag­subsequent
rally. According to IC mCIdents. Bt;cause of thIS I
the most urgnt needs, units will c~~rge ~he PresI~ent of ,the U.S.
be established and regular wioh ~Jemg unfaIthful to all the
courses in orienting the students Amenc3:n p~ople because he did
for working in those particular not ~vall hImself of these fa~ts
units will be undertaken. These and.m turn .relay such pertm­courses
of instruction will in- ent I~formatIOn to the fighting
clude the presentation of mater- men m Korea and to .the nation.
\al by experienced CCD workeJ:"J' Why, Mr. President, is such an
and visiting instructors from the uproar raised when the Ameri­CCD
Headquarters to ensure the ('an people "regretably" receive
proper training of Fairfield's vital information. If the head of
CCD members. a family, a father, withholds in-
The firm establishment of the formation that is important to
CCD at Fairfield University is of the. members of his family in
vital importance since there has theIr every day life-is he being
not been such an Drganized a .good father? Of the 13,400
movement attempted in this pnsoners helplessly butchred by
area previously due to the lack the carnal Communists in Korea
of a Catholic college as a nuc- over 6,000 are Americans! Do the
leus. The potentialiti~s for the brave fighting Americans in Ko­Fairfield
CCD will therefore be rea deserve to know about this?
almost unlimited regarding the I?o we as members of this na­work
,to be done. The wide- tlOn deserve to be informed? Is
spread activities and vast differ- it not enough that the present
entiation of types of work to be administration prefers to call
performed offer an opportunity this wa~ a "Police Action?"
for the personal choices of mem- When wIll the resident of Blair
bel'S to do work towards which House place us on the same level
they are inclined and have the as his friends and let us "in"
greatest interes.t. Indeed, our on all information that is imp01'­Catholic
people are often chal- tant to each and everyone of us.
lenged by the zeal evident among ~ have ~itnessed the effec.tg of
Communists and others who bemg a pnsoner of the Red Can­spread
error. The CCD is our nibals in Korea. I know, too,
chance to positively counteract th.at t~ese animal tactics are
ills which are at this time disin- still gomg on, even now while
tegrating the foundations of our the truce talks are being held at
social order. Panumjon. Words cannot be
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describe the minds of men that
devise such methods of torture
such methods of destroying th~
human body. However, I do
know that these facts must be
SHOP kept in mind when dealing with
HENRY'S
MEN'S
Large selection of na­tionally
famous sport
jackets and trousers at
rock bottom prices.
Woolworth Bldg.. Fairfield
The Fifth Annual Mid-Winter Carnival w.ill be held
on Friday, February 1, 1952, at the Ritz ballroom in
Bridgeport, Connecti'cut. The elected chairman of this
leading social event at Fairfield University is William
McGrath of the Senior class.
For the past two weeks, chair­man
McGrath has been busily
selecting and organizing a com­mittee
to assist him in formulat­ing
plans to insure this years
Carnival as one of the best yet.
Since this is the first year that
Fairfield enjoys having an Alum­ni,
the newly chosen committee
has decided to extend a cordial
invitation to the class of '51. It
has not yet been decided in what
manner our graduates may ob­tain
bids, but gradually the de­tails
will be taken care of and
last year's seniors may look for­ward
to another Winter Carnival
at the Ritz.
Due to the rising cost in spon­soring
such a large affair as the
Mid Winter Carnival, the price
of the bid for this traditional
festivity has not been decided.
However, it is expected that the
tariff will remain in the vicinity
of $5.00 per couple. To somewhat
alleviate the financial burden of
the individual student, no cor­sages
will be allowed. However,
roses or favors will be distribut­ed
at the affair by members of
the committee. Larry Fotine,
Shep Fields and Buddy Morrow
are among the bandmasters un­der
consideration to provide mu­sic
for the carnival.
It is also expected that the
event will again conform to a
winter theme and to tradition al­ready
established by acquiring
the services of Mr. George Weis­ing,
the noted ice sculptureI'
from Fairfield, Connecticut. Re­miniscing
upperclassmen can
easily visualize the magnificent
spectacle of last year, two nine
foot stags, carved from ice, tow­ering
before the main entrance
to the Ritz. In addition, many
unique and different arrays are
promised and from all appear­ances
it is assured that the entire
student body can expect to be
well pleased with the new 1952
Mid Winter Carnival.
Chairman McGrath has made
the following appointments:
Conrad Sternchak, '52, in charge
of Publicity, John O'Connor, '52,
Reservation chairman, Eugene
McGrath, '52, Ticket Committee
Overseer and Bernie Beglane,
'52, Publicity chairman. Other
members of the committee in­clude:
Seniors, John Connell,
Harold Mullins, Robert Conroy,
Fred Roback, Joseph McEnany,
Robert Walsh and Robert Welch.
Juniors: Tim Cronin, Richard
Dowling, Edward Pierce, John
H. Welch and Richard Bepko.
Sophomores: Robert McKeon,
John McDermott, Joseph Mc­Nally,
Gerard Smith, John C.
Welch.
Freshman: Kevin Coiley, John
Leonard and Norman LeBlanc.
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