Stag - Vol. 03, No. 13 - May 1, 1952

              N.F.C.C.S. Convention In Boston ------Story on Page 3
May I, 1952
Purpose
The purpose of the Honor So­ciety
is to give public recogni­tion
to those men who have dis­tinguished
themselves both in
scholastic achievement and ex­tra-
curricular activity. To quali­fy
for membership, an overall
Continued, on Page 2
Tremont Win
'53 '54 '55
President - Orlowski Pagliaro Tremont
Vice-President - Girandola Westerberg Conner
Secretary - Doheney Franchi D'Aquila
Treasurer - Magner Pagliarulo Buckley
Frosh-Soph Prom
To Feature Music
Of Hugh Golden
Honor Society Welcomes Nine;
Parking Situation D'ecried
At a General Assembly of the Student Body, held
on Wednesday morning, April 23, Rev. Joseph D. Fitz­Gerald,
S.J., Rector of the University, presented awards
to nine members of the senior class who have qualified
for membership in the Fairfield University Honor
.Society.
Keys, emblematic of member­ship
in the Honor Society were
presented to the following sen­iors:
James H. Aspinwall, Robert
J. Drongoski, Glenn G. Hawman,
Daniel R. Mullins, Elliot L. Pier­son,
John J. Relihan, George B.
Thomas, Martin J. Tracy, and
Raymond B. Yuskauskas.
Taft and Ike
SODALITY ELECTIONS
On Friday, April 25, the
elections for officers of the
Sodality of Our Lady were
held on campus. The follow­ing
men were elected to pre­side
for the 1952-1953 school
year:
Prefect: Allen Jansen
Vice-Prefect: Joseph Borderi
Secretary: Anthony Pagliaro
..Tr,easurer: Benjamin Ciola
Council Elections
May 12
Members of the Freshman
Sophomore and Junior classe~
will go to the polls on Monday,
May 12, to elect Student Council
representatives for the 1952­1953
school year. The nomination
The beautiful Long Shore period begins tomorrow and will
Country Club in Westport will run to May 7.
be the setting for the annual
Freshman - Sophomore Promen- Restrictions
ade which will be held on Friday Election Commissioner Keegan
May 9, from nine to one. Hugh has announced a schedule for
Golden and his orchestra, vet- the elections which involves a
eran performer of many Univer- threefold restriction: 1. Any man
sity Dances and Proms, will pro- is eligible to run except the
vide the musical background for presidents of the various classes
this crowning feature of Under- who by right of their offices are
class Social life. ex-officio members of the coun-
Chairman John McDermott cil; 2. Students running for office
has announced a number of must have an overall academic
regulations for the Prom, none average of at least 70%; 3. To
of which are a departure from be eligible for office, a student
established custom.•The price of must also be free from disciplin­the
bid is $5.00 per couple, and ary censure of any kind.
corsages will not be permitted. Three Ballots
Dress is optional, ie., black tuxe- It must be emphasized that
dos or white dinner jackets members of the student body
will be permitted. McDermott may sign only three nomination
also announced that arrange- blanks, and candidates seeking
ments have been made to election must submit their com-
"Mr. Republican" was the first insure adequate photographic pleted blanks not later than
choice of one hundred and fifty coverage so that this prom, along 'Vednesday, May 7.
one men, whI'le "Ike" placed first with many other events of the The actual voting will take
m. the preference 0 f one hun- classes of '54 and '55 will re- place in the voting booth, which
dred and twenty two students. ceive a prominent place in the is located adjacent to the cafe-
Taft was second on fifty eight 1953 yearbook. teria. The elections will run from
ballots ;md Eisenhower on eighty Continued on Page 2 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
nine. The man in the coonskin1---------------------------­hat
was favored as first choice
by 28 men and Mr. Truman by
twenty six of the voters. Ke­fauver
received fifty second
place votes and sixty two third
choices, while the President gar­nered
seventeen second and
fourteen third place votes.
Continued on Page 3
Published. By Students Of Fairfield University
Orlowski, Pagliaro,
Senator Robert A. Taft emerged as the most popu­lar
candidate for the Presidency of the United States
among Fairfield stl'dellts, d~ The STAG and the Public
Affairs Club joined forces in sponsoring a "straw poll"
on April 23 anq 24. General -of the Army Dwight D.
Eisenhower was a cl-ose second, while the leading
figures on the Democratic side were Senator Kefauver
and President Harry Truman. The two Democrats ran
poorly in the poll which saw a turnout -of three hundred
and ninety six students. (39 ballots were invalid in
one way or another.)
"We Like Taft And Ike" ­Results
Of Presidential Poll
Vol. III-No. 13
Seniors Investigate I
Administrative Secret
On Tuesday, May 6
The date of Senior Stag Night,
originally scheduled as May 7th,
has been changed to Tuesday,
May 6th. The entertainment is
scheduled to get under way at
8 p.m. that evening and a varied
program is promised. Seniors are
reminded that this is one of the
activities covered by their pack­age
plan payment and are urged
to take advantage of this fact.
Co-Chairmen Bridgewater and
Philbin also urge all underclass­men
possible to attend, since
they will be able to avail them­selves
of some hitherto unre­leased
information about the in­ner
workings of the faculty here
at Fairfield. Members of the Glee
Club will entertain and "Very
Good" refreshments will be
served.
Referelldum Plea Rejected
Until After NFCCS Congress
Foreign Policy Glee ,Club If this poll is any criterion,
L F I the Foreign Policy and Corrup- ists ina tion in Government issues will
dominate the campaign this year.
The exact nature of the enter- Engagements Two hundred and seven men ill-tainment'
is not yet generally dicated that they believed the
known but there are rumors it' The Fairefild University Chor- fore:gr. policy of the United
will be highly interesting, in-formative
and well-worth the aleers will be quite active during States will form the basis of the
attention of the entire student the month of Mayas they bring camp3ign. One hundred and sev-to
a close a season of successful
body. concert engagements. en m.::n felt that this issue would
Those assisting the Chairmen On Thursday, May 1, the Glee place second, and fifty two
are: Joe Altieri, Bob Walsh, Art Club will journey to Middle- thougbt that it would be only a
Landry, Will Kelly, Ray Bou- town, Conn., to present a concert third important issue. One hun-chard,
Kurt Martha, Bob Con- sponsored by the Court Isabelle ., .
roy, Jack Mahaney, Bob Wakin, Catholic Daughters of America. dred 2nd thIrty mne. men hsted
. government corruptlOn as the
John Fray, M,arty Tracy, Jack Klem Concert major issue while one hundred
Relihan, Don Saltus, Bill Mc- The Club's second engagement Iand seventy' three men marked it
Grath I, Bill McGrath II, Jim will be at Bridgeport's Klein second and another fifty men
Aspinwall, Nick Rosa and Bob Memorial Auditorium on Sunday noted it third.
Murphy. Moreover, a guest star evening, May 4. The concert will
is expected momentarily by I be held for the benefit of the
pogo-stick. Continued on Page 2
A petition f-or referendum, containing the signa­tures
of fifty-twp members of the Student Association,
was presenteq. at the regular meeting of the Council
held on Tuesday evening, April 22. The petition re­quested
that a general assembly of the student body be
called for the explicit purpose of deciding the amount
of money to be appropriated for and spent for participa­tion
in N.F.C.C.S. The co-sponsors of the political man­euver
were Freshman Councilors Tremont and Whelan.
The petition was based upon for discussion and voting upon
Article V, Section 1, of the the question."
working constitution of the Mullen Decides
Council which reads: "A petition However, after much heated
of eight per cent of the members debate, it was decided that since
of this association and presented the working constitution of the
to the President of the Student council was not formally ap­Council
by an official delegation proved by the Administr·ation
shall make it incumbent upon and the Student Association, it
the latter to submit to the asso- was not irrevocably binding. In
ciation any official act of the response to a request for a de­Student
Council at a meeting of cision from the chair, President
the Association within one-week Continued on Page 2
Page Two THE STAG May L 1952
BUSINESS MANAGER
James Musante, '52
~taq
MAKE-UP DEPARTMENT
Timothy Cronin, '53
John Klimas, '53
James Hannan, '53
PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
John Malakie, '53 ." Editor
Joseph Pander, '53
FEATURE DEPARTMENT
Robert Petrucelli, '54 .""""" Editor
Robert McKeon, '54
Ronald Beatty, '54
Charles Schaefer, '55
Francis Philbin, '52
SPORTS DEPARTMENT
Harry Marmion, '53 .." ." Editor
Emmanuel Macchia, '53
Robert Jay, '55
Julius Franchi, '54
William Cronin, '55
John Leonard, '55
New Motion
Immediately following the re­jection,
a motion was introduced
and passed favorably, calling for
a general assembly to take place
at some time following the Con­vention
which takes place at
Boston, Mass., on May 2 and 3.
At this assembly, a referendum
will be presented calling for a
vote of confidence in NFCCS.
Should there be an unfavorable
vote on this issue, the council
will then consider the removal
of Fairfield University from ac­tive
participation in NFCCS.
Editor
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
William Cumin, '53
Continued from Page 1
REFERENDUM PLEA
Use Your Vote
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
John Welch, '53
NEWS DEPARTMENT
Thomas Bepko, '53 "... ".
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 Kennally, '54
Anthony Russo, '54
Mullins temporarily rejected the
petition on the grounds that the
NFCCS Regional Convention
was uncomfortably close and
consequently there would be no
time for an assembly that would
allow both sides' ample oppor­tunity
to present arguments. An
objection was voiced against the
President's decision which ne­cessitated
a vote to sustain the
decision of the chair. The subse­quent
vote was in favor of Mr.
Mullins and the decision reject­ing
the petition was upheld.
HONOR SOCIETY
Continued from Page 1
academic average of 85% must
be maintained throughout the
first three years, and an accumu­lation
of 12 points for extra-cur­ricular
activity must also be
achieved.
Second Chance
The awards on Wednesday
marked the second opportunity
given to the members of the
present senior class. It was pro­vided
for those whose averages
did not quite reach the required
85% and whose grades during
the first semester of senior year
enabled them to overcome the
small marginal deficit. Member­ship
in the Society now includes
seventeen members from the
Class of 1952.
Student Council Keys were
awarded by Fr. FitzGerald to
senior council members, James
M. Long and Frederick J. Ro­back,
who are serving their first
year on council.
Parking
Prior to the presentation of
awards, Rev. Thomas F. Lyons,
S.J., Dean of Men, addressing
the students, cautioned against
laxity regarding smoking regu­lations
and the discarding of
trash on campus grounds. Com­menting
on the parking situa­tion,
Fr. Lyons stated that late­comers
have been parking ver­tically
along the driveways and
in other unauthorized places and
thus are blocking cars. He ad­vised
the commuters arriving
late, to park in the open field that
is located behind the Connecti­cut
Symphony Shell.
GLEE CLUB
Continued from Page 1
Crippled Children's Workshop
under the enthusiastic sponsor­ship
of the Bridgeport Unico
National.
Wallingford
The Glee Club will then bring
their favorite renditions to Wall­ingford,
Conn., on Wednesday,
May 7.
Stamford
On Thursday, May 8, the
Stamford Council of the Knights
of Columbus will play hosts to
the "Men In Red" at Stamford.
The final appearance of the Glee
Club will be at Hartford, Conn.,
on Tuesday, May 13.
We Beg To Differ
FROSH-SOPH PROM
Continued from Page 1
Members of the committees
are as follows: Bid Committee:
G. Smith, G. Liebrandt, E. Gow­att,
J. Holloran, G. Kelly, J.
Jaser, C. Vitale, P. Rackiewicz,
and R. Sanislo.
Publicity: P. Tremont, J. Leo­nard,
E. Devine, J. McCary and
R. Sanislo.
Correction
The picture carried with the
Underclass Prom story in the
STAG of April 3, 1952, was in­correctly
placed. The picture
which appeared was of the Ama­teur
Night committee.
Seniors To Poke
Philosophy E~m
On Page One of its April 24 issue the Catholic Monday, Mny 5 It is our judgment that, during the past year, the
Transcript carried a story which reported some excerpts Student Council has "come of age." Much lebO"islation
f rom an address gI.Ven by the Rev. W'll' M The Rev. Lawrence C. Lang- 1 lam E. cManus, guth, S.J., Dean of the College, has been passed, and a constitution commission has been
assistant director of the Department of Education, has announced that the national working on a new, formal constitution. Much has been
National Catholic Welfare Conference, to a conference Scholastic Philosophy Examina- done wh.ich affects the individual student, much which
of the NatI·Ona1 CathOII'C Educational Association. The stieonniowrsillofbeFaadirmfiienldisteUrendivteorsiatlyl affects the student body as a group.
Transcript quoted Fr. McManus as saying that under on Monday, May 5. The fee for T
th t 1 t
e presen manpower regu a ·Ion"s we may have'an the test I'S $2.00 per student. omorrow we enter into a nomination period which n 1 f h bl t k"llf 11 .d The Scholastic Philosophy will be followed by an election on May 12. The men
e 1 e c ass 0 young men w 0 are a e 0 s 1 U Y aVOI exam was introduced to hun- whom you elect will be your representatives on the
milita'ry service'." The Transcript went on, "These, he dreds of Catholic Colleges I'n the Student CounCI'1 0 f next year. We urge that you, for
said, consisted of youths with enough funds to go to winter of 1951 and was devel-college
and o1:?tain .thereby a deferment, and with oped jointly by a committee of your own benefit, pick men who have the ability and
the National Catholic Educa- the integrity to fully represent you on the Council. We
enough scholastic ability to retain it; young married tional Association and the Edu- urge that a man's backgroundbe 'mvestigated, that his
men and fathers who obtain deferment; and those able cational Testing Service of'd
t bt
' t' 1 d f t Th h dl' Princeton, N.J. The test I'S de- 1 eas on such items as the Student Fund Assessment, the
o 0 am occupa IOna e ermen s. e ea me on signed to be suitable not only N.F.C.C.S., and student government in general be care-the
article was as follows: "Military Load Seen Borne for seniors and fi~st 'year. grad~- fully noted, so that the best possible men will be elected.
By Reserves, Poor." ate students maJoring m thIS If th" d . - . .
The Transcript did not publish a complete text of field but also for seniors in the IS IS not one, you WIll have no nght to complam
Catholic Colleges and universi-I when legislation is enacted with which you do not
Father McManus' speech, so it is possible that the story t'Ies wh"Ich reqUI.re all students agree: that is you will not be able to say that this is your
as published was misleading, but as published, it would to take a rather extensive se- t d to"' . F' 1
seem to place a stigma on those of us who are attending quence of philosophy courses S u ~n oo.vernment. ma ly:, we urge that once these
regardless of their major fields of consIderatIOns have been weIghed, that you make it a
college. concentration. point to vote, so that next year, we will have a unified
As we understand the regulations set up by the . The te~t .covers the. conven- and representative Student Council.
Selective Service System, no man now in college who tional prinCIples and hIstory of
has not served in the armed forces and who is physical- systematic philosophy and in- Later in the month at a date to be determined
Iv fit can "avoid" military service. Those of us who cl~des questions on metaphysics, there will be a referend~m the purpose of which is t~
J phIlosophy of man, philosophy . ' .
are deferred, are just that, deferred until graduation. of nature, general ethics, social gIVe a vote of confidence to the N.F.C.C.S. Durmg the
After graduation, we will have to serve in the armed ethics, n1l:tural theol?gy, logic next weeks, you will have the opportunity to investigate
f d f Ifill bl' t' t th t E and the hIstory of phIlosophy. bath sides of this question. We urge that you pay close
orces an u our olga IOn 0 e coun ry. ven After the tests are adminis-those
who continue on with graduate work must even-I tered they will ?e retur~ed to attention to those who are informed on the subject, and
tually fulfill this obligation. The age limit of 26 does IEdu~atlOnal Testmg SerylCe for who know what they are talking. about. We urge that
. scormg and the preparatIOn of a 1 k th h 1 th . t' 'th t
not apply to a man who has been deferred for scholastIc report of the results. Each stu- you over 00 ose w 0 s ur e orgamza IOn WI ou
purposes. dent will be provided with the knowing its purposes or aims, its real defects and its
Certainly no student had any effect on the law and results of his e~amination and good points. All that we ask, then, is that you men of
. ' , also an mterpretive leaflet. F . fi Id . th N FCC S "f' b k"
the regulatIOns that have been passed. The law was According to the results re- aIr e gIVe e ... .. a aIr rea.
drawn up, and we are in school by the grace of that law. ceived from last year's examina­Those
ofus who were Juniors and Seniors were in school tion, Fairfield University se~iors
. stand better than the natIOnal
before the Korean actIOn broke out, and there was a average. The report shows that
time ---: last Spring - when we never knew, from one the national median is 32 where­day
till the next, whether we would be called. We are as the median for Fairfield is 34.
subject to the law and are in school because the govern­ment
has felt that it must have a backlog of educated
men to pick up and carryon in the years to come.
The headline noted above would seem to indicate
that those of us who are in college are living on the fat
of the land and that the "children of the poor" are bear­ing
the brunt of military service in Korea and else­where.
We don't believe that such a general statement
can be made. There are many of us for whom a college
education entails a great financial sacrifice both on the
part of ourselves and our parents, and we resent the
fact that such an odious inference should be made upon
our characters and upon the character of our families.
We object, therefore, to the inference that we are
in college for no other purpose than to "beat the draft"
(quotes our own), and we feel that an injustice has been
done to us by the Transcript, if the quoted excerpts
were taken from context in such a way as to be mislead­ing,
or on the other hand, by Father Mcanus if he in­tended
his remarks as they were published.
May 1. 1952 THE STAG Page Three
Welcome Mat Is Ou,t
Room 220
Consultation
George Thomas
Junior- and Senior Education Majors.
Slides on Accounting.
Use of adding machines and calculators.
Display of local industrial organization
charts.
Business Club Display of activities,
photos, clippings, etc.
COLLEGE DAY DISPLAYS
Displays.
Electric Eye at door.
Microphone and oscilloscope.
Demonstration radio.
Geological collection under black light.
Thermal electromotive force.
Optical bench and color spectrum.
Microwave phenomena.
Stroboscopic effects.
Amateur Radio - Transmitter equip­ment.
Society: Code class equipment.
Department:
Display of models, skeletons, specimen,
etc.
Demonstrations of Kymograph with
living animals.
Electrophotometer.
Histoslide camera.
Living embryos, etc.
Information:
Staff:
Fr. McPeake
Doctor Rogalin
Physics Department:
Accounting and Business
Mr. Fitzpatrick
Mr. Leibke
Business Students -
Staff:
Fr. Wilke
Mr. Ross
Junior and Senior Biological Students
Members of Mendel Club
Chemistry Department: Displays
1. Titration apparatus.
2. Simple distillation.
3. Steam distillation.
4. Carbon dioxide determination.
5. Freezing point apparatus.
6. Conductivity assembly.
7. Kjeldahl apparatus.
8. Polarimeter.
9. Refractometer.
10. Spectroscope.
11. Electro-Titrimeter.
12. Electroanalyzer.
Staff:
Fr. Hutchinson
Fr. Landry
Dr. Barone
Chemistry Major Students
English Department: Room 19
Four showings of moving pictures planned by Fr. Mac­Gillivray.
Mr. Guarcello will share Room 312 with the Glee Club.
Radio Club: Displays Room 19
1. Tape recorders for tape recording and playbacks.
2. Newspaper clippings of club activities.
3. Action photos of live broadcasts.
4. Turntable for playbacks of "Living God" recordings.
5. Books and pamphlets on radio field.
6. Various radio scripts (dramatic, news, musical, etc.)
7. Demonstration of rehearsal just before going on air.
8. Mimeograph material on announcing techniques, etc.
Staff:
Emanuel Ondeck, '53
James Langanke, '55
John A. Kane, '55
2. The MANOR
Fr. MacGillivary- Display of Year Book, together with
large glossaries of campus activities.
Mr. Bridgewater - He will assist the staff in the interview­ing
work regarding the English Dept.
Department of Education
For Consultation: Report on Teacher Supply and Demand
in the United States.
Report on teacher salaries in Connecti­cut.
Select books and periodicals in educa­tion.
Graphs of teacher needs in Connecticut
in 1956.
The Connecticut Council on Teacher
Education.
The Student Division of C.E.A.
Literature For Distribution:
From The Future Teachers of America
(an organization for promoting inter­est
in the teaching profession.)
5. Biological
By CONSTANTINE TESTONE
The welcome mat is out. Fair­field
University has donned her 1.
best and eagerly awaits the
many high school students who
will attend her first COLLEGE
DAY this coming Saturday, May
3. By bus, car, bicycle, foot, and
yes, even by ferry high school
seniors from New York, Long
Island, Massachusetts, and Con­necticut
will invade Fairfield
and join in the day's festivities.
Fr. Mahan, Asst. Dean who is
in charge of this affair reports
that the final plans for the
COLLEGE DAY have been com­pleted
andthat the .whole school
has backed him up in preparing 3.
the event. He has released the
following list of displays and
projects which will be open to
the visitors.
First Second Third
1 1 5
2 5 7
9 15 16
28 50 62
26 17 14
8 ?10 11
6 16 18
1 1 7
3 3
6 12 11 6.
5
151 58 33
3 5 6
122 89 60
15 53 44
7 40 53
3 20 44
2 1
1
1 1
19 42 65
139 173 50
21 39 122
4 18 74
11 27
207 107 52
7.
'48. We'll say that the figures are
there, and let you make your
own decisions. This poll was run to stimulate interest among the 8.
students, and we feel sure that 9.
the results will furnish fodder
for many discussions in the
future.
The President of the Public
Affairs Club and the Editors of
the Stag wish to take this op-portunity
to thank all those who
aided us with this endeavor: The
Office of the Dean, our Modera-tors,
and all those students who
aided in regording the voters at
the booth.
TAFT AND IKE
Continued from Page 1
Sunday's Schedule
Thus, all the departments of
the school have been utilized and
all the clubs and other groups
have cooperated in presenting
a well - rounded program for
COLLEGE DAY. Also, THE
STAG has run off a special six-
A Solemn Mass at 10:00 a.m. page issue for this event. The
in the Emmanuel College Chapel staff of this paper has covered
will begin Sunday's activities. At all phases of the school life and
a council meeting beginning at has done a wonderful job in
noon, the officers for the coming turning out a fine issue.
year will be elected. The Con- It certainly is a wonderful in­gress
will close with Benediction spiration to see how the whole
at 3:00 p.m. Anyone. interested school has backed this affair and 4.
in attending the Congress as an helped in every possible way.
observer may make reservations The school spirit has been over­for
$1.25 with either John Reli- whelming and I hope typical of
han or Tim Cronin. Mr. Relihan future school activities. If this
urges those considering a refer- COLLEGE DAY has served any
endum to give the NFCCS a vote purpose it has helped to pull the
of confidence and to attend the J school closer together in a spirit
Congress and see what the NF- of cooperation wherein Fairfield
CCS is for themselves. University has been our goal.
Candidate
Kerr ..
Russell
Stevenson
Kefauver .
Truman .
Harriman.
McMahon.
Barkley
Vinson
Douglas (Senator)
George
Taft, Robert
Taft, Charles
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Warren .. , .
Stassen .
WRITE INS:
Roosevelt (Mrs. E.)
Sen. Toby
C. E. Wilson
Brewster ..
CAMPAIGN ISSUES:
Taft - Hartley
Corruption in Government
Seizure of Steel Industry ...
Civil Rights .
McCarthyism ..
Foreign Policy .. .
The results of this "poll" in­dicate
that the present Adminis­tration
has fallen into some dis­favor
with many of the students
at Fairfield. The Republican
candidates dominated the field,
while it is apparent that corrup­tion
in government and foreign
policy considerations loom large
in the minds of many.
If we dared go out on a limb
and make predictions, we could
say that either Eisenhower or
Taft could defeat any Democrat
in the field, but we all know the
fate of the "crystal-ballers" of
Archbishop Cushing, Louis Budenz
Feature NFCCS Boston Congress
Ten men from Fairfield University will be delegates
to the Sixth Annual Congress of the New England
Region of the National Federation of Catholie College
Students in Boston on May 2, 3 and 4.
The theme of this year's con-!-f-t-h-H--t-l-S-t-t-l--L--'-B-
_ . " . 0 e 0 e a er, OUIS u-gress
IS The CatholIc Student denz, noted authority on Com-in
the Church Militant." The munism, will address the Con­aim
of the NFCCS is to contrib- gress. At 10:30 p.m. all of the
ute to the Catholic lay leader- Fairfield. deleg~tion will .attend
hi in the arts business edu- a CouncIl meetm.g. Other Imp01'­s
~ , , tant speakers WIll address var­catIon,
and government. The ious sessions of the Congress in­New
England Region of the cluding Bishop Wright of Wor­Federation
consists of twenty- cester, Representative John Ken­two
colleg'es and represents ap- nedy of Massach~setts who.will
. t 1 20 000 t d t speak on mternatIOnal relatIons,
proxIma e y , .s u en s. and Mr. Guichard Parris, Presi-
Over 2,000 students WIll attend dent of the Catholic Interracial
the convention. Council of New York will
speak on interracial justice. Dur­ing
the Congress, a new consti­tution
will be considered and a
date for the summer workshop
will be set.
Registration Friday
Headquarters for the Congress
will be the Hotel Statler where
registration will begin on Fri­day,
May 2 at 6:30 p.m. The
General Session will convene at
8:15 p.m. in the Imperial Ball­room
where Archbishop Richard
J. Cushing, D.D., will give the
keynote address. During this ses­sion,
John Fray of Fairfield will
speak on "The Catholic College
Student in His Parish." After the
session, there will be a Council
Meeting for Delegates in Parlor
A and dancing in the ballroom.
Boston College Host
Saturday's session will be held
at Boston College, beginning
with Dialogue Mass in St. Mary's
Chapel at 9:00 a.m. During the
day, Federation work groups will
give workshops on 15 different
topics. Fairfield will present two
workshops, both dealing with
Family Life. During the morn­ing
workshop Marshall Bridge­water
will' speak on "Economics
of the Family." Barbara Haerer
of New Rochelle College, Nation­al
Chairman of the Family Life
Commission will also speak. At
the afternoon workshop, the
Reverend John C. Knott, direc­tor
of the Cana Conference for
the Diocese of Hartford will
speak on "The Role of the Catho­lic
in American College Action."
Father Knott has been very
helpful to the Fairfield delega­tion
in the preparation of the
workshops. John Relihan, chair­man
of the Family Life Commis­sion,
will direct the discussion
which will follow each work­shop.
Other Delegates
Other delegates from Fairfield
will observe the other Federa­tion
work groups and submit
written reports of these sessions
when they return to Fairfield.
Tim Cronin, the current junior
delegate, told of the NFCCS on
a recent television program over
WNHC-TV. Ronald Homza will
be chairman of Fairfield's after­noon
workshop. Two delegates
from the Sodality will observe
the workshops of the five relig­ious
commissions. John Welch,
representing the STAG and the
Student Council, will observe
the Student Government work­shop.
Henry Mountan, publicity
director for Fairfield, will ob­serve
the workshop on Industrial
Relations. John Fray will attend
the Forensics workshop.
Budenz to Speak
The afternoon session will
close with Benediction and at
8:15 p.m. in the Georgian Room
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THE MOUND STAFF - John Kulowec. John Doheny. Norb
Fahey. Ben Ciola.
In the opening game, the boys the end of 5 innings, 3-2. How­had
a 10-0 lead before the Hill- ever, in the home half of the
yer club got to Fahey for 5 sixth the boys put together four
runs in the 7th inning. It was hits, good for four runs. Elliot
the first outing for the smooth Pierson led off with a single his
little lefty and his weakening third of the game. Landy walked,
late in the game was. expected and Roach got a beautiful bunt
by Coach Yabrowsky. The hit- single. Murren walked forcing in
ting heroes were Dick Landy and a run and after the first out,
Jack Murren with two hits Rudy Giarandola got a base hit
apiece. It was iIi the field that to right field scoring the second
the boys proved their mettle, es- run. Then Bill Smith, followed
pecially Elliot O. Pierson who with another hit scoring another
made two great snares and run and McVety walked forcing
turned them into double plays. in the final run.
The game against New Haven Fairfield 101 010 700-10-6-0
State was a little closer with Hillyer 000 000 500- 5-6-9
John Doheny and Al Karkinski :- .
locked in a tight pitching du.el.l N-. H. Tchrs. .. 100 002-3-3-5
New Haven State was on top oat Fairfiield 110 004-6-6-2
Battery
The pitching staff is where the
real strength lies. In Norb Fahey
and John Doheny, Fairfield has
two chuckers as good as you'll
find in any school. Both figure to
do real well this year, and will
be back next year also. The
catching chore is handled in real
fine style by Jim Roach, a sopho­more
in his second year on the
club. Jim has a fine arm and
no one has stolen a base on him
yet this year.
The bench strength makes this
team much stronger than last
year. In Ben Ciola, Harry Mar­mion,
Sonnie Scrimenti, and
Max O'Meara the Stags have
capable pinch swingers and re­placements.
Finally Joe succeeded in get­ting
four excellent freshmen on
the club. Which will give him
the nucleus of the team in sea­sons
to come, and he certainly
will be strong up the middle.
Owen Flynn, a big rangy boy
from New Haven is a catcher
who hits the ball a mile. John
Kulowiec, a Stamford lad, is a
pitcher who with a little ex­perience
could go a long way;
he IS also what you'd call a rath­er
large boy. Then in Jackie
McLean the coach has a scrappy
infielder who will most certainly
be a good first stringer when
some of the boys graduate. Fin­ally
comes Skippie Vigliante
from Hamden an outfielder who
can really go and get 'em.
VarsityNine Wins Two;
Plays New Britain Today
The Red Stags behind the hurling efforts of Norb
Fahey and John Doheny beat Hillyer and New Haven
State Teachers by the s~ores of 10-5 and 6-3.
Has It!
Peace Federation
Meets InBayState
By HARRY MARMION
Read's
Sports News And Views
Of Air
From
Campus The New England Catholic
Student Peace Federation met
Un.der the sponsorship of the. on April 26 at the College of
PubIlc Affairs Club, the Connec- I .
ticut Forum of the Air, a weekly Our Lady of the Elms at ChlCO-feature
of Station WICC in pee, Massachusetts.
Bridgeport, visited Fairfield Uni- Representatives from Fairfield
versity on. Mon~ay, Apri~, 28. were Glen Hawman, who spoke
The sUbJect. aIred was Public on "The Repression of Commun-
Schools vs Private Schools. The· "
speakers on the forum were the Ism, John Keegan, and John
Rev. Lawrence C. Langguth, Relihan, the secretary of the
S.J., Dean of Fairfield Univer- federation. The general theme of
sity, Mr. Arthur A. Riel, Pro- the entire confederation was the
fessor of English at the Univer- "R t t' f R "
sity, and the Rev. Gabriel Ryan, ec~ns ruc lOn 0 om~. .
S.J., Professor of Economics, and Th.lS year the federatlOn IS to
Moderator of the Public Affairs pubIlsh a pamphlet on the sub­Club.
ject of individualism, which will
Members of t~e. Public !\-ffairs include chapters on social eco-
Club also partiCIpated In the· . . .'.
forum, during the thirty minute nomIC and po.Iltical hb.erahsm.
open discussion period which The booklet w1l1 be avaIlable to
followed the "prepared speech- Fairfield through the Public Af-es"
by the main guests. fairs Club.
Forum
Aired
Univ.
Now that the Intramurals have at least begun here at school.
the only thing left to accomplish is to see that all games are played.
matches completed and so on. With a good start this year. next
year should be all the better. Joe Yabrowsky and his charges
The baseball team under Joe Yabrowsky has gotten off to a have gotten .off to a fine start
fine start winning its first two games in a row. The coach, this year, as everyone expected
has really got all the boys hustling, and is doing a tremendous job. them to, but the real story is
The boys on the club are out to show everybody that they th'~ future of the team. Next year
are ready to take the:r place as a major sport here at Fairfield. thlrt;en of the .members of thIS
One reason is that those returning next year are hoping for a year s aggregatlOn return.
better schedule with a lot more games. During the Easter Holidays
Coach Tamashunas of the track team when asked about the the team drilled every day and
recent Hofstra meet said that the Hempstead team simply had the members came from all over
too many guns for the undermanned stags. However, the coach (Hartford, New Britain, Stam­aid
that he expects much better results against White Plains and ford, Ne"Y Haven,. etc.) at much
Bridgeport University this week. m~onveIllenceWhICh shows their
Father Lyons. S.J.. the Athletic Director .has announced that SPIrit. and ·lov.e of the game.
the student Athletic Association is in for complete revision. There The team. is very strong de­was
a meet'ng yesterday..however no official statement has been fenslvely wl.th an infield com­made
as yet. It· certainly needs the revision. there were about six P?sed of .Jlm I?oheny, Elliot
or seven active members which is certainly not enough to take PIerson, B.lll SmIth, and Walt
care of the student Athletic activities. McVety. PIerson and SmIth can
Now a little crystal balling action on the pennant races. In really make the d~uble play. ~he
the National league I find the Giants in a walk, followed not outfield has suppIled t~e hlttmg
too closely by the Phils, St. Louis, Brooklyn, Pirates, Cubs, Boston PQ~~t: t~~sitrar
, wlt~hDlCk Landy
and the Reds. In the American league I think the Beantowners a,n ac Ie urren e most con­will
finally cop a pennant in a dogfight with the Indians and Yanks. ~~tant~ hItters. Rudy Glrando~a
The rest of the league will drift in as follows: Chicago, St. Louis e ~ er gardener makes up In
Detroit, A's and Washington. As far as the rookie of the yea; spe~ and hustle what he lacks
a,:"ards go it looks to me like Jim Piersall of the Sox and Vinegar In SIze.
BIll Mltzell of the Cards. Oh, yes, about those Giants, Maglie,
Jansen and Hearn are going to win between them about 70 games
-give or take a few.
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The Fairfield track team in its
opening meet was defeated by
a strong Hofstra track team. For
the flying Dutchmen, it was their
sixth consecutive win, carrying
over from last year. For Fair­field,
the only winners were Jim
Baliki in the pole vault and J as­per
J aser in the discus.
Fairfield hampered in its open­ing
meet by injuries and lack of
practice, meets White Plains and
Bridgeport University this week.
In questions of importance - and
life has few decisions more critical
than the choice of a vocation - ad­vice
is indispensable. Very often
THE BROTHER'S G?d r~veals
VOCATION HIS deSigns to
us by means of
His representatives, that is to say,
by means of those whose duty it is
to guide us. Speak to your confessor,
and personally or by letter seek in­formation
from the Order you wish
to join. Carry out your project reso­lutely
and promptly. Once your de­cision
is made, reject as temptations
all thoughts to the contrary. God
has spoken, obey as soon as possible.
For free literature write, phone or
visit: Brother Louis, OSF, Vocation
Department, 41 Butler St., Brooklyn
2, New York. Phone: MA 4-2036 .
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The Freshman - Sophomore Ialmost "stole the show," to use
classes held their Amateur Night a well-worn cliche.
on Wednesday, April 30, in Perhaps the greatest difficulty
Berchmans' Hall, before approx- with the entire show was the
imately two hundred students fact that the cast took an ap­and
guests. parently "comical" play and act-
In this reporter's opinion, the ed it too seriously. They failed
show lacked the quality which to capture the "devil may care"
was expected of the perform- attitude that has characterized
ance, and great difficulty was ex- such notable shows as the "Bar­perienced
on the part of the bel' of Palermo" and "Two
audience in hearing what was American Barbers in Paris."
taking place on the stage. For the dance which followed,
Much of the show failed to Art Bouvier and his "orchestra"
hang together, and one scene, played a good selection of dance
notably the Stork Club scene, numbers.
was so drawn out that many of The general chairman of the
the audience began to fidget and show, George Zeisner, expressed
eventually lost all idea of what his gratitude to all those who
the play was about. cooperated on the show, but de-
Notable among the perform- cried the lack of "cooperation"
ances however, was the solo by on the part of some members
Carlo Squitero, and the "bit of the student body.
part" handled by John Gorman J.P.L.C.
ONE OF
,PlOSE
-.E!!!ff 80Y.s
~'-,.
FAI!?F/eI.O
w/u. NEVER n~
THE SAME AFrEl?,
THlY'!?c G-OAl£-
The STAG wishes to take this
opportunity to pay its respects
to two men who, in their own
peculiar and inimitable way,
represent the University that is
Fairfield. To our minds, there is
no place exactly like Fairfield,
and again there is no set of
"partners" quite like Altieri and
Linehan.
,HEse TWO
ITOI(ERS PLA Y (~
A SMdSH (/lIG GAME .:~. ~,
OF P,flIr:-PONfr./;::;:..;::':' . '~."'.~ .....,.~ .....
at various intervals during his
college career; was a co-founder
of the "Bar Bell Club" and in
addition to holding down a
chauffeur's job with a bus com­pany,
is chairman of the Senior
Class Picnic.
Jim Linehan has become fa­mous
because of his choice of
records at the Armory where,
during the basketball season, he
serves as Chief of Public An­nouncing
and Record Selection.
If he were going to be here next
year, he would have been Chief
Refe>:ee. Also a bus driver, he is
a member of the business club
(so is Jerry) a former manager
of the basketball team, a three
year member of the Winter Car­nival
committee and an alumnus
of the Knights of Xavier.
He has been an "unofficial"
Master of Ceremonies at every
dance that he has ever attended.
No matter what one thought of
the dance, if Linehan was there.
it was a success. (Jerry blame~
the last item on the fact that HE
was present also!)
Although these men are not
outstanding scholastically, they
are aver,age. Each has a won­derful
personality and a good
extra curricular record. We
think that each in his own
Jerry has served as a member way represents what we mean
of the track and baseball squads I by "Mr. Fairfield."
What have these men done
which makes them outstanding?
I don't suppose it's anything you
can put your finger on, but it is
there nonetheless. Each has
showed an undying enthusiasm
for his school and its activities.
Often the tasks that each has
done have been the menial ones
- something that no one else
wanted to do. Whenever such a
job was at hand, the combina­tion
of Altieri and Linehan went
to work with a zeal and a good
humor that has never been
matched.
'!.:hey have been inseparable
throughout their college careers,
and when Jerry decided two
years ago to marry the former
Bess Kellogg, it was Linehan
who was given the title of
"Chairman of the Stag."
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Communion Breakfast
Opens Junior Week;
Prom Tomorrow Night WITH Ronnie
Ave Atque Vale!
The reader at this point might
ask, what business is it of yours
how these men dress? Actually
I can't really answer that, ex­cept
to reply that essentially it
is "none of my business." The
only excuse I can offer for criti­cizing
these "zoot suits" (even
the name is repulsive) is that
I attend the same school as some
of these lads who wear them and
I am interested in maintaining
the reputation and prestige of
what in a few short weeks will
be my "Alma Mater."
Well, we'll just have to give
them time, until the mellowing
influence of four years at Fair­field
takes its effect on them, as
I hope it has on me.
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It's a wonderful evening with ment and, most of all, a perfect
tiny diamond-like stars glitter- treasure of memory.
ing against a rich, deep, blue Many of you may not realize
velvet sky. The air is cool and that you are in the prime of life,
fresh after the early evening the vernal equinox of man. You
shower, but a warm breeze is have a wonderful qpportunity to
floating off the sound to make enjoy yourselves. Possibly some
a perfect atmosphere. We were of you won't have another like
gliding along the shore road in it for a long time and some of
Westport and now we are turn- you, perhaps, may never again
ing our dark shining car into have the privilege of enjoying
the stately grounds of Long the social company of your class­Shore
Country Club. The time mates. And there are those of
is about 9:15 P.M. and along with you who have never as yet had
us arrived many of our friends, the good fortune of seeing the
all laughing and talking, each splendor of a college dance. To
boy with his queen, each girl those, condolences. But, if in
with her king. their future plans the Freshman-
As we approach the entrance Sophomore Prom - May 9th ­the
mellow music of Hugh Gol- is not included, then they de­den's
band wanders from the serve no pity.
dance floor intoxicating each and
every ear with the enchanting The price of admittance was
magic known only in the Spring undetermined at $5.00 for all
time Season. We step into the the hard work, valuable time and
majestic vestipule and proceed priceless effort of the Committee
on the rich carpets into a softly members to :produce for you an
lighted room where the hosts elegant evenmg - never to be
and hostesses, Mr. and Mrs. Pitt, ,forgotten.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross, and Mr. and The dress is formal, and those
Mrs. Galligan are waiting to of you who have attended this
greet us. type of social before, only you
Once seated at the table and know what pleasure there is in
the conversation under way, seeing your Queen at her beau­greeting
old friends and making teous best.
new ones" we decide to attempt Aside from its being YOUR
the beautIfu~ly decorate~ dance privilege as members of the
floor and, WIth our studIes and classes of '54 and '55 of Fairfield
daily. chores beh~nd us, we trip University to be able to attend
the light fantashcs. .. . this social function, it is also
Sounds pretty nice, don't you your duty, as class members, to
thinkZ Well, you may have it . " support your School and your
Yes, it's yours. A priceless eve- Class, if only because Fairfield
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The annual Junior Week fes­tivities
got under way on Sun­day,
April 27, with Mass and
Holy Communion at MacAuliffe
Hall and was followed by a Com­munion
Breakfast in Xavier
Hall. Mr. Carmen F. Donnarum­ma,
Professor of History and
Government, was the featured
speaker.
The Communion Breakfast
under the chairmanship of Bill
Mecca was attended by 65 mem­bers
of the Junior Class, and
guests were the Rev. Joseph D.
FitzGerald, S.J., President of the
University, The Rev. Lawrence
C. 'Langguth, S.J., Dean of the
College, the Rev. George Mahan,
S.J., Assistant Dean, the Rev.
Thomas A. Lyons, S.J., Dean of
Men.
Mr. Donnarumma's topic was
"The Age of Personalities."
Smoker
The Breakfast was followed
on Monday evening by the Jun­ior
Smoker at which Howard
Hobson, Yale basketball coach
was the p r inc i pal speaker:
Coaches of the nearby colleges
were guests and movies were
shown. Varsity athletes received
their letters and other awards
for the past year.
Prom
The final event of Junior Week
will be held tomorrow night at
the Patterson Club in Fairfield.
The bids for the Junior Prom
which features a motif of Moon~
light and Manhattan, are now on
sale. ~long with the bids, pay­ment
IS to be made for the fav­ors,
and the total price for the
bid, favor and admission is $6.00.
Dress is optional, meaning black
or white tuxedos.
In this, my farewell· effusion If I personally have been criti­on
the pages of the STAG I cal, I offer for myself the excuse
shall not, as did a revered pre- that it is far easier, and much
more interesting, to throw bricks
decessor, endear myself to the than to align them into a well-administration
and faculty by constructed wall. I think we
offering suggestions for the im·· have something here at Fairfield,
provement of both. Instead I a good spirit, a pretty good in-tellectual
rating, and some fine
prefer to graduate in the good beer-drinkers, which together
graces of the power that be, lest with the influence of scholastic
I be handed a hatchet in place philosophers is all any first rate
of a degree (Rhyme unintended). university needs. A school is
When I objectively review my only as good as its students, no
matter how fine the faculty.
four years here I am forced to With that in mind I cannot help
admit that they have been re- but note a disturbing tendency
warding, in fact, sometimes fan- among some of the undergradu­tastic
to say the least. However, ates - especially the freshmen,
they have proved the truth of towards the wearing of a rather
outlandish form of attire, con­one
hackneyed statement that is sisting most usually of pink
"You only get out of something shirts, mauve jackets and orange
what you put into it." trousers with distal openings of
Oftentimes I have heard criti- approximately 2 mm. I don't
presume to set myself up as a
cism that the "Stag" is hyper- judge in these matters - I'm
critical, and that it tends to give pretty much of a sartorial mess
other schools a distorted view myself-however, quite frankly
of Fairfield. Before I leave these the reason for this mode of garb
pages, I want to say something escapes me. Perhaps it's to be
"different," but you can also be
about that. It is true to some de- pretty "different" by blowing
gree, but certain facts should be the roof of your skull off be­kept
in mind when criticizing tween classes in the cafeteria,­the
paper. First of all if we have that would attract attention too.
been critical of certain things, it The thing that worries me is that
is because some of them de· some visitor to the school upon
served to be criticized. Secondly viewing some of these atrocious
the "Stag" has not been estab- attires in the cafeteria is apt
lIshed for 200 years or so, and to turn the school in as an opium
co~sequently, . is still laboring. den.
trymg to attam the polish and
stature which I feel it will one
day have. Thirdly, I think you
will have to agree that it is far
better to be critical about many
things, rather than just have the
student body passively accept
something which will be the
cause of future dissension and
disgruntlement here. Fourthly,
the paper is intended primarily
for the students at Fairfield and
if some other schools should get
an improper conception of life
here at Fairfield from the pages
of the "Stag", (which they
wouldn't if the criticism were
skillfully done), well we'll have
to invoke the principle of the
double effect and permit that
evil long with the good intended.
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