CISL Pictures And Stories
----Story on Page 7
Vol. -No. 11 Published By Students Of Fairfield University March 2L 1952
Yale Search For
Truth Fruitless
It seems that bristling hair
and "vendetta" comments were
the fad in certain circles last
week, when the Rev. Laurence
C. Langguth, S.J., dean of Fairfield
University, on the program
:F'airfield University Interprets
the News, chose to comment on
the report submitted by an
eight-man Alumni Committee of
Yale University, and the book
"God and Man at Yale" by William
Buckley. In fact, the bristling
turned to whistling and
then to words when the men of
Eli counterattacked with the
fact that the book was released
after the committee was formed,
and thus the book was not the
objective of the committee. But
here we might interject a question:
did perhaps the adminis-
Continued on Page 2
PAUL VAN. K. THOMSON
to Speak
His Conversion
Ex-Minister
On
Under the joint sponsorship of
the Bellarmine Guild and Bellarmine
Father's Club, the Fairfield
University Glee Club directed
by Mr. Simon Harak, will
present a concert at Bridgeport's
Klein Memorial Auditorium on
Saturday, March 29 at 8:30 p.m.
The Fairfield Choralers, after
performing to a capacity and
enthusiastic audience at Waterbury
on March 7, are now busily
engaged in smoothing out the
"rough edges" in their program,
to insure that the Klein performance
will be the biggest and
best of all affairs of the season.
The sponsors are depending upon
the students of the University
to support this endeavor by their
attendance and selling of tickets.
The revenue from the ticket sale On Thursday, March 13, 1952,
will be added to the Fairfield Plans are being made for Governor John Davis Lodge, ad-
University building fund. the Freshman - Sophomore dressed the members of the Fair-
The Bridgeport Area Club, in Talent Night, which will be field University Business Club
conjunction with the Bellarmine held on Wednesday, April 23, and their guests, at a dinner in
organizations, is' presently en- 1952 in Berchmans Hall. Re- the Hotel Stratfield, in Bridgegaged
in soliciting ads for the hearsals began on March 11 port.
program booklet, the proceeds and it was announced at that Opening his remarks, the Gofrom
which will establish a scho- time that Art Bouvaire's band vernor, commenting on the rela-larshl'p
fund for some worthy will entertain with dance mu- tiunship between business and
student of the Bridgeport area. sic after the show. politics noted that" ... govern-
Harold Mullins, President of Student Nurses from St. ment can learn a lot from busi-the
Student Council has agreed Vincent's Hospital and the ness, and business also can learn
to help with the student distri- Bridgeport Hospital School of a lot from government."
bution of tickets and will also Nursing have been invited. Getting into the core of his
"-_.::C~0:.'-n~t~in~u:e~d~0::.:n~P~a:,g~e~_5~ _~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I talk, the Governor pointed out
that the important and necessary
thing today is that men have
convictions, and that it is the
lack of such men that causes
Continued on Page 8
On Thursday, March 27, at 2:00
P.M., Paul van K. Thomson,
professor of English Literature
at Providence College will present
the fourth in a series of
Bellarmine Lectures. The lecture
will be held in Berchmans Hall
and the topic will be, "The
Search for Unity."
Among the country's most recent
and prominent converts to
the Catholic Church is Paul van
K. Thomson. After serving in
the Navy Chaplains Corps, attached
to the First Marine Division
for three years, during the
campaigns of Peleliu and Okinawa,
Mr. Thomson was rector to
one of Rhode Island's largest
Episcopalian parishes.
During his three years rectorate
in Providence, he was named
Protestant Chaplain of the 43rd
Division Artillery, Rhode Island
National Guard, and Department
Chaplain for the entire Rhode
Continued on Page 5
To Speak Ma And Pa "I Like Ike~~ Lodge
Back Concert Speaks At Dinner
At Klein
Mecca noted that Mr. Donnarumma
had spoken at the Senior
Dinner, tendered by the school
to the 1951 "Pioneers," and that
his talk on that occasion had
been very well received.
A professor of Government
and History here at the University,
Mr. Donnarumma has been
reported in some of the larger
papers of the state, and at one
time was "written up" in the
STAG. This is the first time that
Mr. Donnarumma has ever had
his picture in the STAG. and he
considers this something of an
occasion.
Chairman Bill Mecca has announced
that the price of the
breakfast will be $1.50 per person
and that the breakfast will
be preceded by the Holy Sacrifice
of the Mass in the Chapel
of the Immaculate Conception
in McAuliffe Hall.
Mr. Donnarumma, famous
throughout the entire State of
Connecticut for his clear cut and
concise after breakfast speeches
has volunteered to travel the
roads from his Waterbury homestead
to be present at, and to
speak to this ga1hering of philosophy
initiates.
The annual Junior Week activities will commence
on Sunday, April 27, 1952, with a Communion Breakfast
in Berchmans Hall. Mr. Carmen F. Donnarumma, professor
of History at Fairfield University, will give the
main address.
Fairfield Recognized by .Y.
State Depart. of Education
In an ,announcement recently received by Father
Rector, Fairfield University has received official notice
that its undergraduate curriculum has been recognized
by the Education Department of the State of New York.
The announcement came from Doctor Carroll V. Neuson,
Associate Commissioner of Higher Education of the
State Education Department.
This qualifies graduates of proved as a result of a visit on
Fairfield University who have February 19 of two representareceived
either the Bachelor of tives from the State Education
Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bach- Department. Miss Margaret Kelelor
of Social Sciences, or Bach- ly, Registrar of the Office of
elor of Business Administration Higher Education, and Doctor
degrees to seek admission at any Edward S. Mooney, Associa1e in
graduate or professional school Teacher Education, examined
in New York state. the facilities of the campus, con-
Fairfield's curriculum Was ap- Continued on Page '8
"Mr. Big D.~~
At Junior B,reakfast
Page 2 THE STAG March 2L 1952
YALE REPORT
Continued from Page 1
"Quo Vadis?"
Eyebrows Raise
Perhaps this program has
caused more of a stir than was
expected. The Bridgeport Post
seemed to consider it so important,
(or perhaps blasphemous to
good old Yale), ,that it received
a front page slot. It also seems
the student body is fully behind
any movement which would lock
horns with Yale and raise some
spark of discussion between the
two schools. Who knows what
might come of it? After all no
one knew of Bridgeport University
before we played them in
basketball.
Ronnie WITH
PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
John Malakie, '53. . Editor
Joseph Pander, '53
SPORTS DEPARTMENT
Harry Marmion, '53. . ... Editor
Emmanuel Macchia, '53
Robert Jay, '55
Julius Franchi, '54
William Cronin, '55
John Leonard, '55
MAKE-UP DEPARTMENT
Timothy Cronin, '53
John Klimas, '53
James Hannan, '53
BUSINESS MANAGER
James Musante, '52
FEATURE DEPARTMENT
Robert Petrucelli, '54 Editor
Robert McKeon, '54
Ronald Beatty, '54
Charles Schaefer. '55
Francis Philbin, '52
... MR. HUMOR
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
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT
Michael Russo, '53 . Editor
Joseph Battagliola, '54
Thomas Devine, '52
John Byrne, '54
William Kennallr" '54
Anthony Russo, 54
I was pawing through the per- see th~ ridiculous aspect of the
iodical rack in the Lil.lrary, a situations-later on, that is. To
week or so ago, in a vaill effort give you an example, a favorite
to find the Saturday ~vening childhood passtime was pepperPost,
when out of the curner of ing legislatures with old light
my eye I spied a lad tnumbing bulbs from the dome of the State
through the pages of the same Capitol.
magazine. Knowing my despair, He grew up in Columbus,
his lips curled into a wry smile Ohio, and later attended Ohio
of mockery. Looking around for State University in 1913, but did
something else to do, I discov- not receive his diploma until
ered that they kept books in 1919. To relieve any suspicions,
this room, too-how fascinating! he took a year off in between
I began wandering and pres- "to read" and another year for
ently I stood face to face with military service. Because he
the Fiction Department. I tried lacked the sight of one eye, he
to amuse myself by reading the served the Government as a
titles of the books in such a way code clerk rather than in front
that a few titles put together line duty.
would form a logical sentence. With his unusual talent for
I almost had myself in stitches,
my eyes jumping from title to writing he became a newspaper
man for the Columbus "Distitle
(athletic, aren't they) when
my keen nose picked out the patch." Later, he worked for the
scent of illustrations. Automatic- Paris edition of the "Chicago
Tribune." In the meantime he
ally my hand shot out and tore
"Thurber's Carnival" from its sent material to the "New Yorker"
magazine and, through an
place of rest. Sure enough, there acquaintance, (E. B. White) he
were illustrations, and better was finally taken on the "New
yet, cartoons. Yorker" staff as Managm. g Ed1' -
At any rate, I lost no time in tor. In a short period of time
opening the book and, after ex- he worked his way down to a
hausting the cartoons, I tried position in which he felt safe.
reading the short, but very fun- This was "The Talk of The
ny stories and essays. I enjoyed Town Department."
all of them and even read some
of them twice. One fable I en- In 1933 he resigned from the
staff (though he continued to
joyed in particular left me with contribute material and he bea
very good moral. The caption
read "The Bear Who Could gan to travel. At length he set-
Leave It Alone" and the moral tled in our own fair State.
was "You might as well fall flat Thurber drew cartoons long
on your face as to bend over before he wrote. He seems to
backwards too far." I wish I prize his writings very highly
could tell you the rest, but my and if anyone judged the former
writing space is limited. My preferable to the latter he would
curiosity began working and I be crushing the toes of one
wondered what kind of a char- James Thurber. He draws all the
acter could write so comically. I time as a sort of inspired doodproceeded
to delve into the au- ling and his drawings are indesthor's
life and accomplishments cribable unless one knows them;
and here is what I found: the huge resigned dogs, the
Many years ago there lived a moronic, determined, and somefamily
in Columbus, Ohio, who times frightening women, and
seemed to have been-and pos- the globular, depressed men,
sibly still is-a rather unusual who try so hard and so unsucfamily
with a penchant for get- cessfully to think. These cartoons
ting into ludicrous predicaments. a:e funny, but also a psrcholoThis
penchant was inherited in gical, socI~I, and sometImes a
full measure by their second son, pa tholo~Ical .commentary as
James Grover Thurber. Things well: BeSIdes hIS own books he
seemed to always happen to him Ihas Illustrated three others.
and, luckily, he had the gift to Continued on Page 6
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
William Curnin, '53
Remainder potential-ly
in pool 367,735
Many of these 367,735 cannot
be inducted into the service because
they are members of the
National Guard or organized Reserves
and approximately 40 per
cent of the remainder will probably
fail to meet the minimum
physical and mental standards.
Grand total deferred
or exempt ... .. ...891,000
Total males in college
18lh to 26 . . .. 1,258,735
Total students defer-red
or exempt 891,000
National Headquarter of Selective
Service said that recently
completed statistics reveal that
61.3 per cent of the 19,571 students
who took the December 13,
1951 test made a score of 70 or
better. Of the approximately
340,000 who took the first four
tests, 63 per cent made a score
of 70 or better.
The criteria for consideration
for deferment as a student at the
present time is either a score of
70 or better on the Selective Service
College Qualification Test
or class standing among the
male members in H.e upper half
of the freshman class, upper two
thirds of the sophomore class or
upper three fourths of the junior
class. Seniors accepted for admission
to a graduate school satisfy
the criteria if they are
among the upper half of the
male members of their senior
class, or they make a score of
75 or better.
Students already enrolled in
graduate schools may be considered
for deferment so long as
they remain in good standing.
These criteria are guides for
the local boards. The local
boards are under no compulsion
to follow them, but any local
board classification is subject to
appeal. The appeal must be filed
in writing with the local board
within 10 days of the date the
local board mails the notice of
classification.
General Hershey also has repeatedly
stressed that no deferment
is an exemption. "A deferment
is a delay or postponement,"
he said, "and in no way
cancels the duty of the registrant
to meet his obligations."
A score of 70 on the Selective
Service Test indicates the same
level of ability as a score of 120
on the Army general classification
test. Only 16 per cent of the
entire population of this country
are capable of achieving such a
score.
On January 1, 1952, there were
1,258,735 male college students
between the ages of 18lh and 26.
The selective service status of
these students was as follows:
Number of students with
statutory I-S deferment
to end of academic year ..11,857
Number of students with
II-S deferments as a result
of class standing or
test score ........ .. ......209,710
Selected ROTC students
deferred by law 263,000
Students who are veterans
and exempt by law .. 377,503
Divinity students deferred
by law... 28,930
Selective Service
Quotes Statistics;
Thousands D.eferred
tration at Yale have an inkling Iwas not entirely unfruitful.
of the pUblicati~n of the book "They at least," Fath~r La.ngguth
before the commIttee was called contmued, "have ImplIed in
upon? their report that academic free-
Context of the Speech dom is not complete unfettered
Rev. Father Langguth termed license ,to teach anything at all;
the committee report, "An it recognizes the limitations that
oblique rebuttal to the book, reason imposes on us."
which offered no evidence to disprove
Buckley's work, rather it
seemed to coincide with it in its
admittance of a lack of a bodv
of truths in the fields of philos;phy
and religion at Yale." He
continued on and charged, "The
code of conscience and morality
prevalent seems to be one measured.
by respectability and social
acceptability. They fail to note
that there is something really
existing outside of us which can
be the norm of human morality,
that is ,the rational nature of
man, man in himself, and his
essential relations to God, and
his fellow man." But their report
AN OPEN LETTER
We of The STAG are always open to criticism of
a constructive nature, and we accept it in the manner
in which it is offered, generally, with good feeling and
a desire to make The STAG a better paper.
We do not accept, however, the type of "low-brow,"
negative and contemptible criticism which is voiced
through the m~dium of signs in the cafeteria. Those
who took it upon themselves to hide behind the cloak
of anonymity and to take "pot shots" at our Sports
Editor had better examine their "consciences."
We do not always agree with what Mr. Marmion
writes, but as long as it is written in English, and has
common sense to it, we will back him up to the hilt.
For four years, and with good reason, the Class of
1951 dominated the scene at Fairfield. The members of
this group founded most of our extra-curricular activities,
members of that class played on the first basketball
team, etc. We do not have to go into what they have
done in the past, but we are concerned with the present
and the future.
Immediately after the Bridgeport University game,
some members of the Alumni and some members of the
Senior Class decorated the cafeteria with signs of various
shapes and sizes extolling the praises of the Red
Sta[s. The members of the basketball team, as well as
the coach, well deserve the praise which they have
received. Congratulations to them, and to those of the
Senior Class an,p. the Alumni, who were so willing to
so honor the team.
But we feel that those of the alumni 'who complained
about our method of "not holding a rally" before the
Bridgeport game are unjust and that they are entering
into matters which do not concern them. There were
good reasons why no rally was held, not the least of
them being the drubbing which the team took from the
Purple Knights in January. Add to this, the fact that
the concert in Waterbury and the CISL session in
Hartford took away from the number that were able
to attend, ,and we think that the "A.A." was perfectly
justified in not holding a rally at that time.
There is a danger that the members of the Class of
1951 will forget that they are now Pioneers of the
Alumni Association, and have severed, or should have
severed, their connection with undergraduate activities
at Fairfield.
March 21, 1952 THE STAG Page 3
Fairfield University's Sister Jesuit Institutions . .. ... The Queens of Education in America
Gonzaga Of Seattle, Crosby's Alm,a Mater, Features Co,ed Fo'otball
"Der Bingle" and Gonzaga's Homecoming Queen
Maybe you've never heard of Gonzaga University
in Spokane, Washington, but there is no getting away
from the fact that you've "heard of" and just plain
"heard" Bing Crosby. Well, if perchance, you've ever
wondered how a certain Glee Club from a certain west
coast college "rates" well enough to have been presented
three times on "Der Bingle's" radio show, we have
the answer. Bing Crosby claims Gonzaga University as
his alma mater,
sas Citians for special courses
and degree programs in a variety
of fields.
All divisions are open to students
of all races and creeds.
Day classes in the College and
High School are for men. Other
divisions and an annual twelveweek
summer session are open
to women also.
Continued on P,age 6
Campus Chapel, Rockhurst College
expected to acquire its millionth
resident.
Enrollment 402
Rockhurst's day college enrollment
is 402, half that of the
post-war peak and about 35 per
cent above the pre-war figure.
In addition, 553 adults are enrolled
for work in the evening
division, which since 1933 has
attracted large numbers of Kan-
Jesuit Brass To Meet At Rockhurst
Rockhurst is a forty-year-old
institution founded and named
by a farsighted, hard-working
Jesuit, Father Michael P. Dowling,
who in 1909 selected a 25acre
trac.t half a mile south of
the limits of Kansas City, a bustling
met r 0 pol i s expanding
southward from the historic
Westport landing at the confluence
of the Kaw and the Missouri.
Rockhurst College is now
at the heart of the residential
and cultural section of a metropolitan
area which by 1960 is
If anyone were to drop
bomb in the general vicinity
of Rockhurst College
in Kansas City, Missouri,
during the coming
Easter week, practically all
of the Jesuit Colleges and
Prep schools would temporarily
be without deans
and principals. More than
200 Deans and principals
will meet at that time, at
this forty year old Jesuit
institution, in the ,annual
Jesuit Educational Association
meeting.
ist organized a campus day, and
presented as one of the main
features, a touch football game
which was ... (down boy) ...
COED. So help me! From what
I understand, they came from
miles around. And by the way,
Gonzaga is coeducational. The
ne~t plane leaves at four in the
morning.
If you want to read more
about this fine university, there's
a catalogue in the library I
Salient Facts and Figures
Gonzaga University
Spokane, Washington
Rev. Joseph Cataldo, S.J.....
Founder
Founded . 1887
Became Coed 1948
Operated by The Society of
Jesus, it includes:
School of Law, College of Arts
and Sciences, College of Engineering,
School of Education,
School of Nursing, School of
Business Adminis,tration, School
of Music, Graduate School of
Philosophy and Science and two
ROTC Branches.
Don't go away yet! There are
more things to be said of this
north wes,tern university of seventeen
hundred students, than
that it is Bing's "alma mammy,"
although that is of prime concern
to Mr. C. Gonzaga has the
regular run of the mill administration,
complete with fine upto-
date offices, and the usual
half-million dollar engineering
building, not to mention a theater,
hospital, and "Zag Bar," all
located on a beautiful, centrally
located on a beautiful campus
which would make most of us
green, not with envy, but from
the exertion necessary in travelling
from one building to another.
Oh yes, Gonzaga has given
up football, ripped down the
stadium and will build a Crosby
Memorial Library on the spot.
(Crosby contributed $120,000.)
Girl Football Players
There is another item which
the Gonzaga publicity director
terms "novel" which disturbs
this writer no end. It seems that
last fall, some bright eyed ideal-
"B.C." Survives Bigots and Boston
"On the first Monday of September,
the Fathers of the Society of
Jesus LViII open, for the reception of
Scholars, the 10LVer classes of Colh'Jiate
Instruction, the building adjoining
the Church of the Immaculate
Conception, Harison Avenue
be:LVeen Concord and NeLVton streets.
It LViII be required of the candidate
for admission that he should be able
to read <Jnd LVrite and that he should
und,'r~!(:nd the primary principles of
(;ramm(Jr and Arithmetic and be of
((·/,,,eq"le character.
Terms: $30 for each session of
about 5 months, to be paid in adL'ance.
n
The preceding advertisement
in the "Pilot" for August 27,
1864, announced the opening of
the sister college to Holy Cross.
Here was a new heir to the
Jesuit heritage which claimed
such outstanding universities as
St. Orner in Flanders, Bruges and
Liege in Belgium, Stonyhurst in
England, Georgetown and Holy
Cross in the United States. In its
first year of existence the enrollment
numbered 42 students.
Father McElroy, S.J., who had
begun the plans for Boston College
and had acquired the university
site despite much bigotry
against the Jesuits, saw his plans
'begin to materialize and expand
into an institution of· Catholic
learnings.
Governor a Help
Father John Bapst was named
the first President of Boston
College and became a popular
public figure in Boston. He enjoyed
the warm friendship of the
(Boston) Governor of Massachusetts,
John A. Andrew who was
a Protestant, and helped to win
prestige for the Jesuit institution
of learning.
In its history "B.C." has come
to the forefront in intellectual
pursuits. An example of the
prestige and versatility of the
presidents of Boston College is
the debate in which President
Brosnahan, S.J., and Harvard
President Doctor Charles W.
Eliot participated. The latter advocated
complete electivism in
the choice of college subjects. It
was Father Brosnahan who refuted
Eliot's theory and attracted
the attention of the American
intellectual world. Since that
time, however, many of the universities
formerly advocating
Eliot's electivism have rejected
it as harmful.
Continued on Page 6 B.C. College of Arts and Sciences
Page 4 THE STAG March 21. 1952
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Red Stags Wallop Purple Knights, 88-79
for three seasons now, sparked
the early season Bridgeport victory
over the Stags. In the
N.A.I.B. tourney he was also !the
big rebounder, feeder and scorer.
The last place goes to Vernon
Stokes better known as "kangaroo
legs". This gentleman although
only six one is an almost
incredible leaper; not only does
he dunk the ball on practically
all shots, but he does so with
such ease that it is amazing.
Continued on Page 5
In the second quarter, with the Staggs ahead 27-19, Bridgeport
U, led by Stetson, showed the most concentrated spurt of
the night and scored eight straight points to tie the game up at
27 all. However, as the half drew to a close the Stags put together
two goals by Gerwien and Fraunhofer, two foul shots by Suchen·
ski, and had a 42-38 lead at half time.
As the second half started, the Fairfield club showed no
signs of weakening and with Suchenski and Gerwien controlling
both boards the Stags kept a six-point bulge throughout. The
score at the three quarter mark was 65-59.
In the last quarter Bridgeport made a last ditch bid to overcome
the Stags' lead. Baskets by Lowe and Stetson cut our lead
to a scant two points, but the Stags refused to wilt. Rebound
goals by Suchenski and Gerwien helped the Stags spurt to a
nine point lead and they won' going away.
To Joe Kehoe playing his last game for the team went the
honor of scoring the last point. He played a fine game and ended
with 15 points. The other Stags who did well in the point department"
besides Gerwien and Kehoe were Fraunhofel~ with 16
Stan Suchenski with 14 and Fred Lane 13. For the losing Knights,
Stetson had 22, followed by La Bash and Saconne with 18 and 16
points respectively.
The Fairfield University J.V.'s were also victorious, lead by
Norb Fahey with 17 points.
Lane shoots - 2 points - Gerwien (left) and O'Connell (right)
Hi-Jumper!
Saccone is outguessed
by "Whitey:'
By JULES FRANCHI
The Fairfield University basketball team closed the 1951-52 season in auspicious
style by defeating "The Purple Knights" of Bridgeport University by the
score of 88-79. The game, played before a large crowd at the Bridgeport Armory
on February 7, 1952, was filled with thrills and spills throughout, and the final
whistle found the crowd limp.
"The Stags," paced by the scoring of Bob Gerwien (27 points) gr,abbed the
early lead and were ahead in the early stages, 15-7, with Paul Fraunhofer leading
the attack; the score at the quarter was 23-16
The "dream club" chosen from forgotten by the average fan. At
opposing teams by the "Red center the nomination went to
Stags" covers quite an array of Maurice Stokes the six-seven
talent. The guards are Harmon center of St. Francis of Penn.
Hoffman of Brooklyn Poly and The gentleman in question you
Bob Moran of Providence. Both will remember cleared both
these lads spark their respective boards and helped start the deteams.
It was Hoffman who kept moralizing fast break which
Brooklyn in the game against helped send "the Stags" down
Fairfield with his record number to defeat. At the forwards are
of points (by an opposing play- the well known Gus Seaman
er) 38. Moran in both games was from Bridgeport University and
the key offensive threat both in Vernon Stokes of St. Francis of
the point department and the Brooklyn. Gus, who has been
passing end of the game so often competing against this school
Stags Pick All Star Opponent ~eam
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ATTENTION
IN THE NEAR FUTURE THERE WILL BE PLACED
ON THE BULLETIN BOARD SEVERAL "SIGN UP"
NOTICES FOR INTRAMURAL SPORTS. THE FOLLOWING
WILL BE INCLUDED: SOFTBALL, TENNIS. AND
GOLF.
REMEMBER THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION WILL
SPONSOR ONLY THE EVENTS IN WHICH A SUFFICIENT
NUMBER OF THE STUDENTS ARE INTERESTED.
By HARRY MARMION
Congratulations to Coach Jim Hanrahan, and the entire basketball
team for the fine victory over a very good Bridgeport
University s<!uad. This victory brought to a close the fourth
varsity 'basketball season in the short history of the school. This
makes the second season in a row that the club has had a better
than .500 mark. Last season you will remember the record was
16·11 and this year the mark was 10-9. The club grabbed three
really big wins. An early season win over a high flying St. Peters
club was the first one. Then the real UDset came when the Providence
Friars were defeated on their o;"n court~ This incidentally
was the first victory over Providence since we started relations
with the Rhode Island club. The last big win was over our arch
rival Bridgeport University. To read the local papers you would
think that the outcome of the U.B. game had already been decided.
However, our club really pulled it out. The score was decisive.
and not one that could be called a fluke.
Looking towards next season, the same club will return with
but one exception. The Freshmen with a year of experience under
their belts, together with the seasoned performers should start
to move. It all adds up to a promising year. In fact, I can hardly
wait.
Now that the drive and dribble sport had ended we can turn
our eyes towards the outdoor sports, meaning track and baseball.
The track team has a. new and very capable coach in the person
. of Mr. Edward Tamashunas. Mr. Tamashunas previously was the
track coach at Bridgeport University and Harding High. The first
call has been issued and all candidates are invited 'to come out.
Practice wHl begin shortly. This reporter would like to take this
opportunity to wish Mr. Tamashunas lots of luck on behalf of the
student body.
From Joe Yabrowsky, the baseball mentor, has come the
word that the battery candidates will start work-outs soon. The
rest of the squad will follow as soon as the weather gets better.
To Joe, back at his second year at the helm we'll also wish our
best. George Thomas, the head manager of the baseball squad
has put in a call for an assistant manager for the sQuad, preferably
a freshman. The only stipulation is that no member of the Glee
club should apply, because there is too much conflict in schedules.
Anyone interested please contact George himself, or Father Lyons.
Bron Orlowski and the entire Bridgeport area club deserve
much credit for their fine basketball league which went over so
well. The club is also going to try and sponsor a softball league
this spring. if there are several teams interested in joining.
In conclusion I would like to state that in my last article, ,
the teams mentioned as having faced Arnold college were not
entirely correct. Arnold did play St. John's and Seton Hall, and
the latter team did go over the century mark. The final team,
Villanova was not on Arnold's schedule this year. For these errors
I am solely responsible. I tried to rely strictly on my memory as
far as the facts were concerned, and did not check them against
the records.
March 21, 1952 THE STAG Page 5
F AIRFIELD UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL RECORD
1951-52
Bob Gerwien, .big, strapping,
Freshman sensatIon of the Red
Stags was the top scorer for
the year, with 94 goals and 66
fouls for a total of two hundred
and fifty-four points. Gerwien
ha~ an overall average of 14.1
POInts per game, and led his
nearest rival by twelve points.
Stan Suchenski, 6' 4" center
was the number two man on th~
squa~ as far as scoring went,
rackIng up 242 points for the
season with an average of 12.4
per game. Both Gerwien and
Suchenski played in 18 games.
Joe Kehoe, Fairfield's first
thousand point man was the
n~mber three man on the squad
WIt?- 206 points, thirty six of
WhICh came via the free throw
route. Kehoe played in all 19
games and served as the Captain
of the Red Stags. The only
senIor on the team, he hit the
thousand point mark against St.
Francis of Brooklyn on the Armo.
ry Court. In his last game for
FaIrfield, .against Bridgeport, Joe
dropped In 15 points and "had
the honor" of making the last
score of the season.
On the season, the team as a
whole scored thirty points more
than the opposition and had an
a,:erage of 67.15 points per game.
RIder College of New Jersey
held the Stags to ,their lowest
ma:k of the season, 47 points,
whIle Arnold College of Milford
had the dubious honor of absorbing
the greatest total, 104 points.
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LECTURE
Continued fr-om Page 1
Island American Legion. He was
also on the National Executive
Committee of the American
Church Union, an American
Representative to the International
Clerical Conference on
Christian Unity at Farnham
Castle, England in 1948.
Mr. Thomson was a classmate
and contemporary of Thomas
Merton, a 1937 graduate of Columbia
University where he
shar~d the various literary actIVItIes
of the campus with Merton,
Bob Lax and others mentioned
in "The Seven Storey
Mountain." At Columbia, Mr.
Thomson won a coveted Boar's
Head Literary award for his
poem on the Passion. He pre-pared
for the Episcopalian ministry
at the Berkeley Divinity
School of Yale Universitiy and
received a Master's Degree in
Theology from the General Theolocial
Seminary of the Protes-tant
Episcopal Church. His thesis
dealt with the concept of
human personality according to
St. Thomas Aquinas. He served
as curate at Grace Episcopal
Church in Newark, N.J., and examining
Chaplain for the Episcopal
Diocese of Newark.
Mr. Thomson is at present
Professor of English Literature
at P~o.vidence College, leading
DominIcan Institution, where his
conversion was completed, and
a member of the English faculty
of the Catholic Teachers' College
in Providence.
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Church his gift of grace to see
that in the Catholic Church
alo.n~ can one find the organic
umtIy, th.e complete Catholicity,
the conSistent, historic apostolicity,
and the abundant supernatural
sanctity which are now
and always have been the marks
of the Mystical Body of Christ.
Gerwien Top Scorer
Stan Suchenski (left). and Captain Kehoe (right), trailed
Gerwien for scoring honors.
A Case in "Point" - Gerwien shows Saccone the reason why
he led Red Stags in scoring.
Mohyde, W. McGrath, T. Rose,
and G. Horvath.
Mrs. James Farnham of the
Bellarmine Guild and Atty. John
F. McGowan of the Father's
Club are acting as co-chairmen
for the Klein musical. Officers of
the Bellarmine Guild are: Mrs.
Philip R. Carroll, President; Mrs.
J. Raymond Dailey and Mrs.
Thomas Neagle, Vice Presidents'
Mrs. Ida Brennan, Treasurer;
and Mrs. Marie Keaveny, Secretary.
The moderator of the Guild
is Rev. Philip D. Moriarty, S.J.
Officers of the Father's Club
include: Judge John P. Flanagan,
President; Mr. John D. Leahy,
Vice President; Mrs. James
Klein, Recording Secretary; Mr.
Dominic Cretella, Corresponding
Secretary; and Mr. Stephen Sedensky,
Treasurer. The moderator
is Rev. Francis X. Carty
Principal of the Preparator;
School.
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F.U.
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85
47
Cancelled
48 (Overtime)
52
66
52
61
89
58
55
77 3 Ov'times
55
49
65
104
68
62
88
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CONCERT
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provide a squad of ushers for the
evening. Any interested member
of the student body who has access
to a tuxedo is requested to
contact President Mullins immediately.
In addition to their favorite
renditions of "The Surrey With
the Fringe on Top" and "Oklahoma,"
the Glee Club will present
such new selections as
"Over the Rainbow," "Drink to
Me Only with Thine Eyes," "The
Lost Chora," "The Syncopated
Clock," and "Where In the
World But In America." Violinist
Paul Heetman will render
"Czardas" and "From the Can~
Break." The Campus Minstrels
will contribute "Johnny
Schmocker" and "Only a Pin."
The price of admission has
been established at $1.50 per
person and tickets will be placed
o~ sale today. They may be obtaIned
from the following men:
~. Tartaro, B. Orlowski, C. ScalZI,
H. Coyle, E. Pierson, G.
In the heart of Fairfield's
"Little Times Square"
POST ROAD
Corner Miller St.
Open Day and Night
Brooklyn Poly .
WillImantic ..
Rider
Kings Point .. ..
St. Peters .
St. Francis Penn. .. ..
Bridgeport ... ,
Iona
New Haven
Arnold
Providence
Boston College.
St. Anselm's ...
New Britain ..
St. Francis, Brooklyn
New Haven
Arnold ....
Providence
New York A.C.
Bridgeport ...
Player Games F. Goals Fr. Throws Points
Gerwien 18 94 66 254 14.1
Suchenski ., .... 18· 97 48 242 12.4
Kehoe 19 85 36 206 10.9
Lane ...._. ....... -..... 19 73 25 ]",1. 9.0
Markovic 11 44 39 127 11.5
O'Connell . 19 46 12 104 5.5
Fraunhofer 18 31 25 87 4.8
Flynn 14 19 10 48 3.4
Homa ... 4 6 8 20 5.0
Fitzpatrick ................. 12 3 3 9 0.7
Stapleton .. 9 1 2 4 0.3
Smith ................ 10 0 3 3 0.3
Fahey 2 0 1 1 0.5
Bozer ...........•••. 2 0 0 0 0.0
Marmion. .................. -. 2 0 0 0 0.0
O'Keefe 1 0 0 0 0.0
O'Brien ... ............. - 1 0 0 0 0.0
Totals 19 499 278 1276
Total
Average ....
VARSITY TRACK
SCHEDULE - 1952
Wed., April 23-
Hofstra College Away
Sat., April 26-
Brooklyn Poly Away
Tues., April 29-
White Plains Tech Away
Thurs., May 1-
Bridgeport Univ. Home
Sat., May 3-
Bryant College Home
Sat., May 10-
New Haven Teachers Home
Thurs., May 15-
Arnold College Home
Sat., May 17-
Connecticut Small Colleges'
Meet at New Britain.
Coach-Mr. Edward Tama-shunas.
Manager-Anthony Pagliaro,
'54.
Director of Athletics-Rev.
Thomas F. Lyons, S.J.
ALL-OPPONENT TEAM
Continued from Page 4
This club chosen from among
the outstanding small colleges
in the east would give any club
a battle.
Harmon Hoffman - Brooklyn
Poly
Robert Moran-Providence College
Maurice Stokes - St. Francis
Loretto, Penn. '
Gus Seamon-Bridgeport Univ.
Vernon Stokes - St. Francis
Brooklyn..
1951-52 Scoring Records
INDIVIDUAL SCORING
Page 6 THE STAG March 2L 1952
By FRANCIS G. PHILBIN, '52
Notions and Cosmetics, Read's Street Floor
Continued from Page 3
B.C. SURVIVES
The Franciscan Brothers are reo
ligious who live according to the
"Rule of the Regular Third Order
of the Seraphic Father, St, Francis."
The general end of the Congrega-
THE BROTHER'S tion is the p~r-sonal
sanctlfi-
VOCATION cation of thein-dividual
by the faithful observance
of the Rule and Constitutions. The
special end is that the members may
promote, with all their efforts, the
salvation of the neighbor, devoting
themselves to the 'care of boys, especially
children of the poor, that
these may grow up true Catholics
and become good and upright citizens.
For free literature write,
phone or visit: Brother Louis, OSF,
Vocation Department, 41 Butler St.,
Brooklyn 2, N. Y Phone: MA 4-2036
With several other Jesuit
schools, Rockhurst has found the
current brand of intercollegiate
football incompatible with its
academic objectives, but carries
on in basketball, baseball, minor
sports, and an intensive intramural
program.
Expansion
Though the Charter for Boston
College was granted in 1863, it
wasn't until sometime later that
the campus expanded to its present
size. Under Father Gasson's
presidency, plans were formulated
for the erection of a group
of Gothic - style buildings at
Chestnut Hill, on the ou1:skirts
of the city. When the first of
them. was completed in 1913, the
college moved to this new site.
Today Boston College boasts
of a total enrollmen1: of 6600 students,
which is indeed a far cry
·from its first enrollment of 42.
Besides its college and Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences,
The College of Business Administration
and the School of Expressional
Arts, the institution
offers in the college of Liberal
Arts, The School of Theology
and School of Philosophy and
Science at Weston and several
other schools located in downtown
Boston. Among the outstanding
features are the seismological
observatory located at
Weston and the student library
with almost 250,000 volumes as
well as departmental 'libraries
for chemistry, physics, biology,
mathematics and business. Within
the walls of the main library
is the world's' largest collection
of the original manuscripts of
the Poet Francis Thompson and
one of the world's best Irish Icollection in the country.
of the more active are the Academy
of Science, the six honor
and service clubs, academic clubs
sponsored by the various departmen1:
s, debate, drama, and music
clubs, the student publications,
the Sodality, and the Student
Union.
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Fairfield University's Sister Jesuit Institutions.
Recognition
The college's work in the field
of industrial relations has received
national recognition from
leaders in industry, labor and
government. In 1946, after seven
years of pioneer work in the
complex area of labor-managemen1:
- public relationships
through the Institute of Social
Order, founded and conducted
by the Rev. John C. Friedl, S.J.,
Rockhurst established the nation's
first' organized curriculum
leading to a degree in industrial
relations.
Activities
Students are, of course, the life
blood of any educational institution,
and Rockhurst's primary
purpose, the training of leaders,
is a fundamental consideration
in all campus activities and programs.
Participa1:ion in extracurricular
activities under faculty
direction is encouraged, and
some forty organizations provide
for the natural diversity of student
talent and interest. Some
2.95
Presents the
machinelike memory which automatically
files a certain fact
into a certain reserved space,
and just as automatically extracts
it when the proper stimulus
is supplied.
Fairfield, said to relate, has its
quota, (perhaps more) of these
ambulatory vegetables. You've
seen them pounding unrelated
facts into their sterile minds.
You've heard them just as glibly
spouting those facts out again as
a well-toned record player.
However, for them, the gap between
the fact and the inference
is iust as infinitely remote as the
di~tance betwee~ nothing and
something. And so it is with
Philosophy. The vegetables hastily
scribble their notes, jam the
proofs and definitions into their
mental filing cabinet and that
is that. As for analyzing a proposition
to test its validity, that
is out of the question and there
is no such a thing as a doubt,
since ado u b t presupposes
thought. Or perhaps they do experience
doubt but hesitate to
communicate it, lest they be
burned on a stake at high noon
in the quadrangle. Well, in that
case, they are intellectual cowards.
In a way, though, one can't
blame them, since all one needs
to say in class is "Father, I can't
see the validity of such and such
a proposition," and a heinous
radical is born to the eyes of the
more apathetic philosophers in
the class.
Because of the immense enjoyment
I received from "Thurber's
Carnival" I did not hesitate to
read more of his works. Each one
I appreciated more than the preceding.
My latest conquest is' an
adult fairy tale "The Thirteen
Clocks." This book proves everything
I have said in this article
and if you are in doubt, please
read it. I am sure you will share
my . interest and enthusiasm,
Those who read themselves in
the experiences of the "Secret
Life of Walter Mitty" will, I'm
sure, want to meet the author.
"Unless modern man wanders
down these by-ways occas'ionally,
I do not see how. he can hope
to preserve his sanity."
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corner...
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I believe it was Aristotle, who,
referring to a skeptic, said that
he might as well be a carrot or
cabbage, or some such item and
just vegetate. Aristotle should be
around today, even if he would
stop traffic with his toga and be
ridiculed for the verbosity with
which he clothes common sense
(e.g., I can picture the mental
tortuosities he might go through
upon being confronted with a
foaming stein of beer,-whether
to drink it directly by raising
the glass to his lips or indirectly
through a straw. He would say
that since he is a man with a
normal thirst and since he is
capable of motor activity, he,
prior to drinking the beer, has
drunk it virtually and is now
about to drink it formally. Before
drinking it he would speculate
as to its ultimate origin,
then he would reflect as to
whether the consumption of the
beef would add a perfection to
his nature (adequately considered)
and having finally drained
the glass would worry as to
whether or not he lost the attained
perfection with a healthy
belch.)
To return to the carrot, I say
Aristotle should be around today
and he would see the anthropromorphic
attainment of his
whimsical figure of speech. Yes,
real live human vegetables
which differ from a carrot only
by the fact that they posses a
Greatest Invention Since The Safety Razor
RAMBLINGS
Continued from Page 2
His writing habits are queer.
A noctural owl, he thinks best
after midnight. A good many
humorists get into a formulahe
never has. The casual air of
both his writing and his drawing
is deceptive; he often' re-writes
a piece ten times over and has
spent some two years on a short
book. This gives me courage.
There is an eerie, zaney, quality
about his humor that hides a
shiver under the laugh. He is
consciously whistling in a grave
yard and the terror behind the
mirth makes the mirth just so
much funnier.
Mail and Phone Orders - Call 3-1151
March 21, 1952 THE STAG Page 7
... Disappointed .. ,
We have endeavored to set
down our impressions of the
CISLo We admit that our first
hand knowledge is limited to
Saturday's session on the floor
of the House. We attended no
committee meetings and took
only a fleeting glance at the proceedings
in the Senate. We had
no personal knowledge of all the
Continued on Page 8
The delegation was also commended
for their work in committee,
where they met and defeated
many "controversial issues."
Furthermore, John Relihan
made the seconding speech for
the eventual victor in the struggle
for the speaker of the House.
The election of Albert Rosenbower
was termed "one of the
major upsets of the CISLo
However, as was stated before,
Fairfield was one of the outstanding
delegations at the session.
On the floor of the House
this impression was due to two
men, John Relihan and Jim Aspinwall;
the performance of the
Not Complete Flop
We do not claim that the CISL
(as far as Fairfield was concerned)
was a complete "flop."
If all that were gained were an
insight into the machinery of our
government, the delegates have
profited by it.
The House: A View of the Speaker
What's Going On?
latter was equal to that of any
We have listed some of the delegate in the House.
factors which may account for
5) The Public Affairs Club has
only a small group from which
to select .the delegates to the
CISLo
4) The division between the
Public Affaris Club and the Debating
Society does not always
allow the more proficient orators
to partake in the CISLo
ture of the audience would cause
one to be extremely nervous,
and unless a man were very
well versed on a topic, he would
think twice before rising for
fear of being "talked down."
2) In general, the group floundered
in the sea of parliamentary
procedure which plays such
an important part in these sessions.
(It is to be noted that Mr.
Carman Donnarumma gave two
lectures on this topic before the
delegation left for Hartford, but
Mr. Donnarumma himself admitted
that this course requires
a full semester's work. Furthermore,
only a few of the delegates
had any practical experience
in parliamentary procedure.)
3) The psycological effect of
rising to speak before such a
gathering must also be taken into
consideration. There is no Idoubt that the size and the na-
Fairfield University was
well represented in the "higher
echelon" of officers of the
CISL which met recently at
Hatford. The following men
held office:
James Aspinwall, Director
of Rules of the Executive
Committee; Ronald Homza,
(who along with Aspinwall
was a member of the Executive
Council); John Relihan,
Chairman of the Legislative
Committee on Education of
the House; John Keegan,
Chairman of the Legislative
Committee on Constitutional
Ammendments of the Senate;
Ronald Homza, Chairman of
the Legislative Committee on
Public Health and Safety of
the House.
The Fairfield Delegation
was made up of the following
men: Aspinwall, Buchtmann,
Ervin, Magner, Mar m ion,
Mountan, Schaefer, Boyle,
Homza, Bridgewater, Fray,
Dinnan, Martin, Keegan, Relihan,
Cronin and St. John.
Why
And so it seems to be established
that the delegation was
well prepared, that they did an
excellent job in committee, and
that they were a proper and impressing
influence in the Senate.
Yet the question remains: why
were we disappointed with the
session in the House. In our
opinion it is the combination of
several impor,tant factors:
1) Only five members of the
John Fray, Eugene Magner, John
Boyle, Marshall Bridgewater,
and Jim Dinnan were all commended
for their fine work in
the committee hearings.
Mr. Speaker, I Demand a Recount!
CommiUees
In the other committees the
men from Fairfield fared much
better. Here they managed to
kill various marriage clinic bills
which would have had birth control
amendments attached to
them. They also managed to defeat
many "controversial issues"
as they are termed by the CISLo
Meanwhile, in the Senate,
John Fray and John Keegan
were acquiting themselves admirably.
However, Fairfield's
one Senate bill had been so
changed in the committee that
even the proponent voted against
it when it reached the floor.
The Senate: Point of Order!
Fairfield Delegation to CISL - Unimpressive To Stag Editors
Fairfield delegation had attended what we consider a "disappointprevious
sessions of the CISLo ing showing," and yet it must be
admitted that Fairfield was one
Th~refore as a ~hole the. dele- of the outstanding schools at the
gabon was definItely lackmg m session. It might well be that
experience. knowing the caliber of our delegation,
aware of their preparation,
and realizing their background,
we expected the delegation
to make a showing second
to none.
Need Fresh Air, Jim?
Only one of Fairfield's two I
"House Bills' reached the floor.
It was proposed so ineffectively
(it could not be heard either in
the gallery or on the floor) that
there was much confusion as to
what was being voted on. Three
quick objections were voiced,
someone moved the question and
the bill was lost, dispite the efforts
of Jim Aspinwall to save
it by calling for a recount. Here
lay the heart of our disappointment.
Fairfield had but one bill
reach the floor; it was defeated
so quickly and so cleverly that
by the time most people realized
it, the next bill was on the floor.
The editors of The Stag journeyed
to Hartford to attend the
recent session of the CISL held
at the State Capital March 6-8.
To say the least we were rather
disappointed with the showing
of the Fairfield delegation on the
floor of the House of Representatives.
We were surprised and
disheartened at this performance
for we were aware that the delegates
had expended much time
and effort in preparing for this
session. They had frequently
given long hours to meetings,
proposing and writing bills, discovering
possible arguments for
and against them, and dismembering
and selecting the good
and bad points of each one. Yet,
when such bills reached the floor
of the House, rare were the instances
when a Fairfield man I
rose to acclaim or oppose them.
Page 8 THE STAG March 21, 1952
RECOGNIZED
Continued from Page 1
sulted with members of the administration
and faculty, visited
classrooms and laboratories, and
inspected the library.
In 1950 the first two years of
college were recognized and this
recognition of all four years now
makes it possible for graduates
to seek direct admission to graduate
and professional schools in
New York state.
B'porters Usher
At I{lein Concert
Doctor Speaks
To Mendel Club
CISL
Continued from Page 7
preliminaries; the preparations,
the committee hearings, the
e~ecutive meetings, or the "behmd
the scenes" workings.
However, from what we did
see we were disappointed if only
for the reason that we expected
the delegation from Fairfield to
produce a really outstanding performance.
Fairfield should be the
outstanding delegation at the
CISL . . . there is no doubt we
are capable of it, there should
be no excuse if we do not
achieve it.
Dehators ipped
By Huskies
Xavier Hall was the scene last
Members of the freshman- Friday night of a lecture by Dr.
sophomore debating society trav- John Paget, attending neuroloelled
to the University of Con- gical surgeon at St. Vincent's
necticut campus at Storrs, on Hospital. Speaking to the MenWednesday,
March 12, 1952, and del Club on the historical aspects
and basic concepts of Neurolo"
first blood" in this new series gical Surgery, Dr. Paget paid
between the schools went to the tribute to the role of Dr. Harvey
Connecticut Huskies. Cushing in the development of
Bob Mazairz and Gene Egan American Neurosurgery. After a
brief discussion of the anatomy
of Fairfield upheld the negative of the central nervous system,
of the topic: Resolved- that the the Doctor spoke at length on
United States Government the various pathological condishould
adopt a permanent pro- tions of the brain and spinal
gram of wage and price controls. chord and the diagnostic methClifford
Dolsen and Donald Um- ods of detecting them. Dr. Paget
lauf composed the team for the illustrated his lecture with peryictors.
tinent slides from his collection.
Mr. Warren Bilkey, of the Eco- A question period and a social
nomics Deuartment of the Uni- hour followed the lecture.
versity of Connecticut and Critic Dr. Paget received his underJudge
of the Debate, felt that graduate training at Boston Colthe
Fairfield team suffered from lege and his M.D. at Tufts Colinexperience
and lack of clarity lege Medical School, after which
m presenting its arguments. He he did graduate work in neurowas
equally critical of the logical surgery at Boston City
vagueness of some of the argu- Hospital and Presbyterian Hosments
used by the winners. pital in Chicago. Besides his po-
Bob McKeon, President of the sition at Saint Vincent's HospiSophomore
- Freshman Debating tal, he is also consulting neurosociety,
informed the STAG that .logisal surgeon at Danbury and
he wished to express his thanks Milford hospitals.
for the graciousness with which
the debaters were welcomed on
the Connecticut Campus. He noted
that beside the value of the
expert criticism which they received,
that the debaters were
welcomed on the campus and
treated to dinner at the Alpha
Delta Phi Sorority House.
The Bridgeport Area Club of
Fairfield University has informed
the STAG of the Club's
activities for the remainder of
the semester.
F00dl,1l\indDanem· g Frustrated in an attempt to sponsor a Glee Club concert in
Bridgeport, by the priority of -At Student Co f b , na the Bellarmine Guild the club has undertaken the m~nagement
On Th d M h 13
of the program. Under the chair-urs
ay, arc dele-I h' f H
gates from the Educatio~ Club mans Ip 0 ugh Coyle,. t~e
of Fairfield Universit tt d d ?1embers of the club are SOh~Itthe
Connecticut Ed y :. enAe m~ ads, the proceeds from whIch
sociation Stude t u~a IOn t. s- wI.ll be converted into a scholar-n
onven IOn ShIp fund for some worthy stu-held
at Danbury State Teachers dent from the Bridgeport area.
College. The concert WI'11 take place at
The delegates from five col- the Klein Memorial on March 29.
leges m t.he state were given an On Sunday, March 23, at McopportunIty
to learn of the work Auliffe Hall members of the
beI~g done by var~ous local edu- Club will attend the Holy Sacricabonal
groups m the state. fice of the Mass, which will be
Many of the problems that will followed by a Com m u n ion
face the future teachers outside Breakfast at Mary Journey's Inn.
the class r.oom were discussed. The price has been set at $1.50
The questIOns of the "living per person and any interested
wage.," and the work of the CEA party should contact Clement
m thIS respect to this topic were Naples, chairman of the affair.
answered. Case histories were Preliminary preparations have
shown where the work of the been completed for a dance
CEA has helped teachers in their which will be held on Friday,
varIOUS problems. April 18. Arrangements have
A period of questioning fol- been made with Hugh Golden
lowed the panel and delegates and his orchestra to provide
were given the chance to pm music for the ev.ent. The locaforth
their personal questions to' tion of the dance has not as yet
the members of the panel. been decided upon but it is ex-
A Box supper preceded the pected that th~s problem will be
discussion and round and square resol~ed and dIs~ributionof tickdancing
followed. ets WIll begm thIS week. Richard
Bepko and Peter LaChance are
co-chairmen of the affair and
will be assisted by E. Gernat
R. Maizairlz, F. Tartaro J. La~
bash and H. Coyle. '
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Radio Club Airs
'The Living Cod'
On Sunday, March 16, the Fairfield
University Radio Club, presented
the first in a series of
five Lenten broadcasts entitled,
"The Living God," through the
facilities of Radio Station WNAB
of Bridgeport.
On successive Sundays at 9:45
P.M., and concluding on Easter
Sunday, eighteen members of
the Radio Club will dramatically
re-enact, via the airways, the
passion and death of Jesus
Christ, from His triumphal entry
into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday,
until His glorious resurrection on
Easter Sunday.
The events of Holy Week are
narrated by a modern radio interviewer,
who beginning in
New York finds himself back in
Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. This
twentieth century reporter becomes
an "on the spot" witness
to the sufferings and death of
Christ.
The part of the reporter is
played by William Killeen with
Judson Bump acting as the
Christus. The entire production
is under the direction and supervision
of Mr. John Meaney,
moderator of the Radio Club.
Perhaps you have wondered
many times about an honor student's
"modus operandi." You
may have thought him a grind,
an introvert or even a mystic. I
thought it would be interesting
to scrutinize the character and
personality of these perennial
scholars. I managed to speak
with four of them during the
past week and I found them all
quite normal and rather general
fellows. True, some were more
active than others and a few
more ambitious than their associates.
But I was impressed
mostly by the fact that the majority
of these "cum laude" recepients
are not born with extraordinary
minds or talents.
They acquire their knowledge
tivities" were represented the the very same way that others
various clubs in the University, do, although they are able to
such as the Student Council, retain it over a more prolonged
Sodality, Glee Club, Public Af- period of time. They are still
fairs Club, the various science able to find time to work at a
clubs (Chemistry Club and Men- part time job, join the various
del Club), Regional Clubs, The extracurricular activities at
Amateur Radio Society. The school and meet social obligaBusiness
Club, The STAG, and tions in spite of their customary
the Knights of Xavier. deans list reservations.
With only one year's experi- Some people might think that
ence behind it, the new Manor a high ranking academic student
has started to reach the final spends the greater part of his
stages. Frank Woods, the Editor, day as a recluse, browsing
and his staff have been busy through the encyclopedia. This
compiling the Manor '52. The is a serious mistake. I would
fruits of their work will be seen like to cite just a few instances
by the student body when the to destroy this false notion. Did
Manor is published in the late you ever hear of "the great"
spring or early summer of this MacAldrich at Harvard? He was
year. a three-letter man throughout
-------------------------------1 his college days and an honor
LODGE student. I don't have to go out-
Continued from Page 1 side my own city, why Herman
much of the trouble in this coun- Hickman, head football coach at
try. He further noted that if the Yale, was all-American at Tenpeople
"are afraid of men in nessee and still managed to
government who stand for some- write his name on that erudite
thing, then we will soon get men list. Furthermore, many of the
who will stand for anything." honor students at Fairfield UniMr.
Lodge encouraged men versity are leading members of
with principle to get into the the Glee Club, Debating Society,
political game, and emphasized Stag, Athletic Association, to
the point <that if people don't name a few. Wherein, then does
understand government, then the answer lie if these men are
they can't control it. Governor able to participate freely in
Lodge also stated that this is no extracurricular activities and
time "for business as usual, nor still maintain honor grades?
politics as usual." As one of these four students
Guests a<t the Dinner were as expressed it, "You just have to
follows: know when to work and when to
Rev. Joseph D. FitzGerald play." I told him that I would
S.J., Rector of Fairfield Univer~ find it exceedingly difficult to
sity; Rev. Lawrence C. Lang- adjust myself to a rigid schedule
guth, S.J., Dean of the College but his explanation was simpliof
Arts and Sciences; Mr. Arnold city itself. He told me that durC.
Borgman of J. L. Lucas and ing lectures he paid strict attenSon;
Mr. John Cotter, of Bullard tion and at night revised and
Company; Mr. Harold B. Dow, of reviewed the various notes that
Bridgeport Brass Company; Mr. he had collected during the day.
T. F. Ellis, of Burroughs Adding Finally he allows himself only
Machine Co.; Mr. F. J. Finsinger, a predetermined amount of time
of General Electric Co.; Mr. Ber- to study. However, he emphanard
Gilhuly, of Prudential In- sized that during that study persurance.
Co.; Mr. Karl Hanks, of iod, he must exercise complete
The FaIrfield News; Mr. George concentration. He found that in
Hayden, of Bridgeport Chamber doing between 31,2 to 4 hours of
of Commerce; Mr. Harvey Hub- homework, he is able to mainbel,
Jr., Harvey Hubbel, Inc.; Mr. tain a minimum of 85% on all
James V. Joy, of James V. Joy exams. He also found that study
Insurance Co.; Mr. Gilbert King, is promoted by a cool atmosMember,
New York Stock Ex- phere, good light, serenity, an
change; Mr. J. Norburg, of Exide adorned room and a hard chair.
Batteries; Mr. Hamilton Merrill He advised taking a five minute
of Manning, Maxwell and break between subjects before
Moore; Mr. W. F. Pfeffer, of resuming the next assignment.
Southern New England Tele- No doubt you feel the same
phone Co.; Mr. Peter Reilly, of way that I do about this "brain
Warner Brothers Co.; Mr. E. trust." They are all normal men.
Manuel Rodriguez, of Remington In emulating them, I can't guarRand;
Mr. William E. Verespy, antee that you'll find your name
of Singer Sewing Machine Co.; high on the Dean's List come
Members of the Faculty of Fair- June or that this system will be
field University; Members of the a panacea, but it will prove inPublic
Affairs Club, and Mem- valuable to those who are conbel'S
of the Business Club scientiously striving for that
Alumni. honor award.
In The Spotlight
The Manor, The University
yearbook, was inaugurated last
year. Edward Flannery, the editor,
had the task of launching
the university's first Manor.
Assisted by a capable staff, he
compiled a pictorial and literary
history of the class of '51, the
first alumni of Fairfield University.
The. success of the Manor
was due to the combined efforts
of the staff and Reverend Arthur
A. Mac Guilivray who lent
his "artistic acumen and Sufficient
Wisdom to the edition. It
was the object of the Manor to
present a record of the achievements
of the graduating class
and the various activities in
which the entire school and student
body participated.
The photography was a main
feature of the Manor and proved
an asset. The first twenty-five
pages were devoted to various
shots of the campus including
Berchmans Hall, Xavier Hall
and the surrounding countryside.
In the various divisions, in
the Manor such as Student Activities,
Debating Society, Language
Clubs, etc., there was the
proper use of photography,
which enhanced the edition
greatly. The staff had started
work on the yearbook early in
their senior year and had established
a pattern to work with.
The Manor was to present an
overall picture of the senior
class. A section of the yearbook
was devoted to a discussion of
the class history, expressing its
accomplishments and plans for
the future. Under the title "Ac-
