Stag - Vol. 04, No. 04 - November 6, 1952

              Social Calendar Released ______________________________________________________________ See Page 2
Vol. IV-No.4 Published By Students Of Fairfield University. Fairfield. Conn. November 6. 1952
Nine Men To
Donate Blood
On November 11
The first blood drive of thel Once Upon A Time
school year, sponsored by the or
Red Cross Commission of the
Sociology Club, will be held on New Social Calendar
November 11, 1952, between the By CONSTATINE TESTONE
hours of 11:45 and 12:30, at the One day the little people of "Magic Town" decided to
local Red Cross headquarters. run an excursion train to "Fairy Land" on their one track
. Vet~rans . railroad. Meanwhile, the sprites and fairies of "Fairy Land"
Nme men WIll donate a pmt I were planning just such a trip to "Magic Town." The two
of blood on the 11th and two .. . I h' ..
of the men, Frank R~mano and towns were m a JOUIa mood as t ey poltshed up theIr engln~s
Paul Sullivan have given more until they were gleaming spectacles of wonder, packed theIr
than a half gallon of blood since lunches, sang songs, and boarded theIr trams. As the two
the series of drives started over trains went chugging along the happy spirit of these gay people
a year ago. continued. Up hill and down dale the two little gleaming
Submit Names engines chugged until finally they came face to face. The en-
Mr. James P. Vail, Moderator gines came to a sudden stop, began to puff steam uehemently,
of the Club, has ask~d that .all and scorned at each other. The little people of "Magic Town"
st~dents back ~he dnves WhICh claimed the right of way and demanded that th "F 'r L d"
WIll be held thIS year. Names of. . . e. al y . an.
those who are so willing, and speCial retreat In Its w,!ke so that theY,;an. contmue"thelr trip.
of those who wish to join the Howeuer, the. determined people of .Falry Land ~lso de­new
Sociology club should be manded the right of way. NeIther train refused to glUe way
given to Mr. Vail or to one of and consequently neither party was able to complete the trip.
the club officers. (Continued on Page 6)
Collegiate Ball
In State Capital
OnNovember 28
Teacher Exams Cronin, McDermott Attend
Scheduled For NFCCS Council Meeting
February 14 The fall council meeting of the National Federation
. of Catholic College Students was held at Newton College
The National Teacher Exam- of the Sacred Heart in Newton, Mass., and attended by
inations. prepared and admin-istered
annually by Educational Tim Cronin and John McDermott, Senior and Junior
Testing Service, will be given at delegates from Fairfield. The trip was financed by the
200 testing centers throughout Student Council which recently approved a year's
the United States on Saturday,
February 14, 1953. budget of $200.00, for NFCCS activities.
Tests Listed The purpose of the Council
At the one-day testing session B CI bAd was to organize Federation Ac-a
candidate may take the Com- pt u n mon Examinations, which in- e tivities for the coming year. To
clude tests in Professional In- Student Nur'ses this effect four major decisions
_____________ formation, General Culture, were reached: (1) Fairfield Uni-
English Expression, and Non- versity shall be allowed a third
verbal Reasoning; and one or Plan JOlent Dance voting delegate. (2) The Council
two of eight Optional Examina-tions
designed to demonstrate after turning down a bid by
mastery of subject matter to be Ronald Gibson, class of '55, Providence ~ollege, seated the
taught. The college which a can- chairman of the annual Fall IPress CommIttee at Boston Col­didate
is attending, or the school Dance sponsored by the Bridge- lege. (3) Plans were drawn for
system in which he is seeking port Area Club of Fairfield Uni- the Scve~th Annual New Eng­employment,
will advise him versity announces that the dance land Re~lOnal ,?ongress to be
whether he should take the Na- this year will be held in co- held dun~g Apnl at the .Hotel
tional Teacher Examinations operation with the Student Nur- Bradford m .Boston. ~t wIll be
and which of the Optional Ex- ses of St. Vincent's Hospital. here that Fa~rfield wIll present
for the first tIme, a FamIly Life
aminations to select. The dance' is informal and Commission Workshop. (4) The
Information stags are invited. council, by attending the Con-,
Application forms and a Bul- The dance will be held on gress of the Confraternity of .
letin of Information describing Friday, November 21st, at St..Christian Do~trine .in Boston. ,.,
registration procedure and con- Charles Hall. Dancing will be was able to gam the mterest and·
taining sample test questions from 8 to 12 p.m. with the cooperation of. all organized'
may be obtained from college "Stardreamers" providing the Newman clu.bs m New England.
officials, school superintendents, musical background. The price ThIS, accordmg to .delegate ~c­or
directly from the National of admission is 90 cents per per- Dermott, was of VItal neceSSIty
Teacher Examinations, Educa- son. to the N.F.C.C.S. and, if success- .'
(Continued on Page 6) ful '11 k f th t .
Van·ous J"omt commi'ttees have' t ' WId tmar a ur er s ep In
been formed: I s roa 0 progress.
Refreshments: Margaret Mary Co~ncident with. the Council
Costello Edward Iwanicki. meetmg .Mr. Cromn announced -
. ' the appomtment of Ed Ambrose
TIckets: Arlene McDonagh, as Fairfield's alternate delegate,
Betty Skerrett. and of Gerry Smith as the new
(Continued on Page 6) (Continued on Page 5)
The Annual Catholic Collegi­ate
Ball will be held on Nov. 28
at the Hotel Bond in Hartford.
The affair was inaugurated
four years ago to bring together
Catholic College Students of the
greater Hartford area and mem­bers
of Newman Clubs in the
East.
Last year's event was headed
by James Long, a senior from
Fairfield. He is succeeded by
William White of Holy Cross.
Numbered among the members
of this year's committee are:
Robert Shea, Holy Cross; Tim­othy
Cronin and John Buckley,
Fairfield University; John Carr
and Andrew Resniski, Provi­dence;
Robert Shea, Boston Col­lege;
Joan McIntyre and Mar­garet
Doyle, St. Joseph College
and Tom Taft, Trinity College
Newman Club.
Officers for the year are as fol­lows:
Chairman, Vincent Vogel;
Vice-Chairman, Bob Whelen;
Publicity Officer, Joe Kraynick;
Corresponding Secretary, John
Keough; Recording Secretary,
Christopher Barrett; Treasurer,
Leonard DeRosa. Mr. James
Liebke and Mr. Thomas Fitzpat­rick
are moderators.
Enrollment Figures High;
University Up To 911
By WALT ZACKRISON
For the past few years, the declining enrollment of
many colleges had become a very serious problem, but
fortunately the situation has taken an "about-face" with
an evident increase in the enrollment for the period
'52 - '53. The results of a recent survey show that "en­rollment
figures are turning out to be surprisingly high
at many institutions this fall. Instead of appreciably
below 1951, the totals of colleges in many instances are
actually greater. Higher education progress is again
on the "ascendancy."
F'airfield University exempli­fies
this change with a sharp
rise in the total of matriculating
freshmen for the academic year
'52 - '53, a 38% increase (from
152 in '51 - '52, to 210 for the
present semester.) As you can
see, this increase not only rep­resents
an advantageous change
but also an extremely bright and
brilliant future for her. Un­doubtedly
one of the most im­portant
reasons for this is the
tremendous amount of time and
energy which Father Mahan has
spent in "recruiting" new stud­ents.
Another noteworthy feature of
'52 enrollment is the consider­able
increase in the number of
graduate students and nurses
(21% rise in graduate matricu­lation
and 16.6% in nursing).
On the whole the results are
promising. However, there are
two sore spots in the data:
namely, a 20% decrease in the
sophomore class and a 34% de­crease
in the senior class. The
question which this statement
entails can be reduced to two
(Continued on Page 6)
WNAB Sales Manager To
~4ddress Business Club
Mr. Raymond Colonari, Sales Manager of Station
WNAB, will be the speaker at the first Business Club
dinner of the year at the Turf Club in Westport on
Wednesday, November 12, 1953. The topic of the speak­er
will be "Problems of Radio Advertising and Sales
Promotion."
Program Continued
The new series of lectures con­tinues
the practice established
last year, which made the busi­ness
club one of the more active
extra-curricular organizations at
Fairfield.
Those desiring to attend the
dinner should contact Mr. James
Liebke of the Business Depart­ment.
Page 2 THE STAG November 6. 1952
September 26. 1954
Robert Petrucelli, '54
SPORTS EDITOR
Harry. Marmion, '53
FEATURE EDITOR
Ronald Beatty, '54
BUSINESS MANAGER
Michael Russo, '53
...fromh
.
t IS corner...
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
John H. Welch, '53
ASSOCIATES
William Cumin, '53
By RONALD BEATTY
NEWS EDITOR
John McDermott, '54
MAKE-UP EDITOR
John Klimas, '53
EXCHANGE EDITOR
John Byrne, '54
Thomas Bepko, '53
All Elective Courses for Juniors and Seniors
Cancelled on That Day
SENIOR RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
CLASSES MEET AS SCHEDULED.
Your son,
A..bercr..ombi.e. .
Friday, November 7, 1952
Dear Mom and Dad:
Well, here I am again, back to the old grind. I have met
most of the old gang and they haven't changed a bit. A few of
them have been drafted and some just dropped out. How's every­one
at home? All well and fine, I hope.
I have a few expenditures for which I would appreciate a
little financial aid. About the matter of books, with the tax and
all, the $50.00 you gave me is not quite sufficient. Then there is
the landlady, she seems to have gone up on my rent this year;
just a trifle, though, in ,the vicinity of $5.00 per week. Rather
than bother her with sending you the bill, I thought it would be
better if you just sent me the money with my regular weekly
allotment of $15.00. You understand, old boy. It saves a lot of
rigor, etc. Let's see now, oh yes, we had a little game of chance
the other night and, well, you know how it is, another $5.00, Pop.
Thanks.
LOGIC EXAMINATION FOR JUNIORS
3rd and 4th Hours
Dear Parents:
For Pete's sake, send money.
Abercrombie
September 29. 1955
Your Loving son,
..Aber..crom.b. ie.
Dear Mom and Dad:
How are you? I am fine. I had my first class in Algebra today.
The teacher is a very nice man, but all he did was talk for an
hour. I bought all my pencils, paper, books and everything today.
I now have thirteen books. They must be for all four years, so
I guess I won't have to spend any more money on books. They
cost me $35.00 and I am sending you the change of the $50.00 that
you gave me. I don't think you need to send me any more than
$5.00 a week to live on. I can't imagine what I'd do with $10.00.
I have met some wonderful guys here and Saturday night
we are all going to the movies, that is, if I get all my home work
done.
I miss "Spot," Jane and both of you (now there's a guy who
is missing on all fours). Please write a lot as I am very lonesome.
From your loving son,
.. Abe.r.crom..bie
Dear Mother and Father:
The PUblishing Companies must be coining money - gad,
$75.00 for texts. I didn't have quite enough, but my credit is still
good, that is, until I receive my regular weekly allotment from
you of $25.00. With my Lab. fees and student tax breathing down
my neck I'm afraid you will have to advance me about $30.00.
The greedy landlady has upped her rent again - $10.00. By the
by, since I have acquired the smoking habit and with the price
of Cigs. so atrociously high, you better allow me about $5.00 more
a week. I have a couple of Socials coming up and, of course, you
don't want it to be said your son is a piker, so a couple of grants
from you would be overly appreciated. If I think of any more,
I'll write.
September 29. 1956
September 29. 1957
By PAUL SULLIVAN
DRUMBEATS
Welcome and best wishes to
Arthur Conway, Peter De­Marco,
Robert Hogan and John
Young, the newly-elected Fresh­men
councilors ... "To STAG
or not to STAG, that is the
question," (with apologies to
Mr. Shakespeare) in regard to
who has the right of first Coun­cil
publications, the STAG does
. . . Charity forbids me to name
the councilor, whom, the Grape­vine
has it, is about to receive a
debating prize . . . Hallelu­jah
! ! ! The SC Constitution is
now completed and has been
passed by council. It now awaits
the approval of the administra­tion
and the ratification by the
stud~nt boy ... I Wonder Dept.:
HOW any Snow Queen could be
selected without SOMEBODY
having their feelings hurt? .
WHY matters of importance go
through Council with little or
no trouble at all, while great
tempests are raised over the
most trivial details.
By G. V. MALONE
Space was at a premium last
issue, thus the "Clock'" was
snipped, snapped and cut to the
minimum. We are going on the
old proverb that "If at first you
don't succeed, try, try again."
Here we are once again with
some information about Fair­field
and the city called Gotham.
INTRA-MUROS:
Congratulations to Jim Far­nam
upon being chosen as Mid­Winter
Carnival chairman. I
understand that Jim has con­jured
some fine ideas for this
year's dance . . . The class pres­idents
of each class have charge
of the class pin concession. This
pin idea is a good one and
should go over big. . . . Tim
Cronin doing fine as this year's
mentor of the Student Council
... Laurels to the NEWLY elect­ed
officers of the MET CLUB.
Many more members from
Gotham and surrounding areas
are urged to join. The Club has
great plans but they need the
members to carry them out ...
FROSH - SOPH WELCOME
DANCE a smash success; plaud­its
to the committee and all who
helped make it a success . . .
Word has it under the "clock"
that many "Stags" from our fair
college plan to visit Georgetown
for the "Fall Festival." I am sure
they will all have a fine time.
The fellows down there are
swell. Take that from authority.
THE PALMS:
The "CLOCK" wishes to con­tribute
this section to one of the
foremost, if not the foremost,
College meeting place in the
Nation. I am speaking of the
BILTMORE HOTEL on Madison
Avenue between 43rd and 44th
Street in "little old" New York.
The favorite spot and the most
famous is the Palm Court. Here
in the Palm Court you may sit
down and relax with a refresher
and your favorite date. Michael
Kent and his Salon Ensemble
will entertain you at Cocktail
Time and Vincent your genial
(Continued on Page 6)
St. Francis Xavier
April 15:
April 17:
April 18:
April 24-25:
April 28:
May' 6:
May 10:
February 6:
February 24:
March 6:
March 17:
March 27:
There was no musical score, no clicking cameras,
no director to instill that final emotional sequence which
climaxes a perfect drama; there was only the lashing
musical waves and whispering palm trees of Sancian
chanting, through nature, its "Dies Irae" to a man, a
priest, a Jesuit, St. Francis Xavier. His eyes closed, he
drew his last breath, kissed his beloved crucifix, and in
an instant Xa'(ier's soul was embraced in eternal happi­ness.
He is gone, but he has left us a dream. That
dream has come to life and the truth of it is ever en­visioned
in his followers.
Men like Xavier have died fulfilling the task of
"teaching all nations." From Sancian to the Philip­pines,
from China to America, Iceland to Italy, every
corner of creation stands as a reminder that Christ's
words were not in vain. Even in the darkness of time
we can hear the voice of Xavier summoning men to the
banner of 0\.11' King, our Savior.
Decemb.er 3, 1952, marks the four hundredth anni­versary
of Loyola's follower and once again we are
reminded to rally under the inspirational leadership of
men like St. Franc!~ Xavier. Trust in those who have
mirrored the virtues of Christ and listen to their words,
for it is through them that you will hear the voices of
Xavier, Igatius, Peter, and Christ, all beckoning you to
the silent shore of eternity, to the music of the heavenly
choir, to the companionship of God, his angels, and his
saints.
The follo,wing is a comprehensive list of dates and activities
submitted to the Student Council for the Social Calendar.
November 15: Mission Dance at St. Joseph's College.
November 21: Dance at St. Charles Hall in Bridgeport, sponsored
jointly by the Bridgeport Area Club and Student
Nurses from St. Vincent's Hospital. .
November 23: Social Debate at Xavier Hall. Public Affairs Club
and the College of New Rochelle.
December 7: Communion Breakfast sponsored by the members
of the Valley Club.
Glee Club formally opens concert season with a
joint concert at Berchmans Hall with St. Joseph's
College.
Mid-Winter Carnival at the Ritz Ballroom in
Bridgeport.
Glee Club concert at Torrington.
Glee Club concert at Waterbury.
Glee Club concert at Danbury.
Glee Club concert at Klein Auditorium in Bridge­port.
Glee Club concert at Meriden.
Glee Club concert at New Haven.
Regiona1 NFCCS Congress at Boston, Mass.
New England Catholic Student Peace Federation
on Campus.
Glee Club concert at Derby.
Glee Club concert at Saint Vincent's Hospital.
Glee Club concert a,t the College of New Rochelle.
This picture of Council members recording payments is a
reminder to those who have not paid.
Have You Paid Your Dollar?
.Social Calendar
-R.G.
November 6, 1952 THE STAG Page 3
At the Freshman Student
Council Elections held on Fri­day,
October 24, Arthur Con­way,
Peter DeMarco, Robert
Hogan and John Young were
elected to fill the Council
seats.
Election Commissioner Kee­gan
reports that 149 of a pos­sible
218 men cast ballots. He
also noted the turnout was
much better than previous
years but fell short of the
total number of Freshman
who voted in the Presidential
Poll held two weeks ago on
campus.
Associate Editor
Petrucelli is a relative young
ster, having joined the staff a
y'ear or so ago. His hair is still
black and he is remarkably sane
considering the fact that he has
been feature editor since Janu
ary. He is a member of the Glee
Club, and a junior.
McDermott is also a Junior
but his background is a bit tar
nished. He is the Junior Dele
gate to the NFCCS, a member
of the Student Council, was
Soph Prom Chairman last May,
and in general has accumulated
a good extra-curricular activity
background.
The new Feature Editor, for
mer author of Ronnie's Ramb
lings, and the present author of
"From This Corner," is a Junior
and a member of the Business
Club. Ronnie came to the STAG
in his sophomore year.
The library has a dual func­tion;
apart from its original pur­pose
it serves also as a study
hall. At every hour of the day
ambitious students put their
noses to the grindstone in their
quest for knowledge. The silence,
respected by the majority, is
conducive to study while Miss
White and Miss Rourke, profes­sional
librarians, are ever pres­ent
to assist the befuddled scho­lar
in searching out some speci­fic
text. A neatly arranged card
catalogue is at the disposal of
the student body, facilitating the
location of any book.
The extensive number of per­iodicals
to which the university
subscribes are in a sense a temp­tation;
one is tempted to bury
his nose in an interesting journal
rather than in a text, but their
presence is welcomed. The
number of these periodicals has
steadily increased to 190, and
they cover a variety of fields:
law journals, popular magazines
such as the Saturday Evening
Post, Colliers, Saturday Review
of Literature, Theatre Arts,
French periodicals, etc.
Among the new features this
year is the :lse of the stacks by
the entirE student body. Father
Small, the faculty librarian, in­itiated
this policy for the con­venience
of the undergrads, in
the hope that circulation would
increase. So far this year, circu­lation
has been fair but the in­creased
facilities afforded the
student body should not be ne-
Books have always been a
source of knowledge and wis­dom
to mankind. Before the
printing press, man's thoughts
were transmitted through var­ious
media: oral literature, hie­roglyphics
and the hand-written
manuscripts of the early monks.
But Gutenberg's invention revo­lutionized
the literary world and
today books are published by
the millions. A great number of
these volumes are made avail­able
to the public at no cost
through the libraries.
Mr. Barrows, the head librarian,
has done a great deal toward
making the library at Fairfield
University a veritable "center of
the selectlOn, each department glected. It 1S our behef that knowledge."
The Fairfield University li­brary
is one of the above. As a
college library it has an excel­lent
collection of volumes, num­bering
18,000. Each volume has
been carefully selected with re­gard
to literary merits and scho­larship.
Especially noteworthy, is
the section on history and gov­ernment
and the fiction depart­ment.
The student is urged to
supplement his k now led g e
through outside reading and the
library facilities make this pos­sible.
Along the right hand wall of
the library, on the bulletin
board, are displayed the colorful
and decorative jackets of recent­ly
published books which the
university has purchased. Fic­tion
such as the highly praised
"Silver Chalice" by Thomas B.
Costain and non-fiction such as
"Saints for Now," edited by
Claire Booth Luce, are among
1:he newcomers in the library.
A book of literary worth and
erudition will soon find a home
on the shelves.
To ensure the excellence of
Eugene Magner, vice presi­dent
of the club, has recently
resigned and elections will take
place for the position at a later
date.
Jim Farnham, General Chair­man
of the 1953 Winter Carnival
announces that he has named the
following committees:
42 Men Named
To Committee
By Farnham
Decoration Committee
Chairman: Thomas Marshall
'53; Christopher Barrett '53; Ed­ward
Bateson '53, Ronald Beatty
'54, John Bigley '53, William
Casey '53, Fred Dori '54, Roy Er­vin
'53, Lawrence Fagan '53,
John Farrell '53, Thomas O'Neil
'53, George Poillon '53, Edward
Sinanian '54, Howard Travers
'54, Neil Topitzer '53, Walter
Zackrison '54.
Ticket Committee
Chairman: Henry Mountan '53,
John Auger '53, John Buckley
'55, Gerard Coiley '55, Charles
Conners '55, James Dillon '56,
Vincent DeRosa '55, John Do­heny
'53, William Kenally '54,
George Malone '54, Harry Mar­mion
'53, John McDermott '54,
Robert McKeon '54, Sal Santella
'53, Paul Sullivan '53, Charles
Sheehan '55, Thomas Sheehan
'56, Andrew Perella '56, Lee
Morrisello '55, Walter McVety
'53, John Welch '54, Paul Zim­mitti
'56.
Publicity Committee
Charles War i n g '53, John
Welch '53, Edward Pierce '53,
Richard Samslo '54.
TO OUR READERS
Due to
The Election Holiday
Our Pictures
were omitted from this issue.
Bellarmine Lecture Given
By Boston College Seismologist
The first Bellarmine Lecture of the 1952-1953 series
was given on October 29, by the Rev. Daniel Linehan,
S.J., Seismologist and Director of the Seismic Observa­tory
at Boston College.
Using slides to illustrate his
lecture, Father Linehan explain­ed
the valuable use of seismic
vibration in locating the depths
and quality of sub-surface ma­terial.
He described the progress
made in the development of the
new instruments used in the
work, and something of the pro­cess
itself.
Most Interesting
Perhaps the most interesting
part of the talk was Father Line­han's
description of his work un­der
the Basilica of St. Peter in
Rome, where scientists have
been working in an effort to dis­cover
the tomb of the first Pope.
Father Linehan produced slides
showing the various scenic views
of the area surrounding Rome,
and explained something of the
structure and formation of the
land about the city. He pointed
out that the Cathedral was built
on the worst possible foundation,
architecturally speaking, and
that the fact that it stands so
strong is one of the wonders of
the ages.
Evidence of Creation
In his work, Father Linehan
explained, there is every day
evidence of the Hand of God
and Creation, and he indicated
that the best answer to the Ma­terialists
and Atheists can be
found in the wonderful varia­tions
of nature itself.
The lecture was very well re­ceived
by the student body, and
the STAG takes this opportunity
to express what it has heard
from many students: "Our
thanks for a wonderfully inspir­ing
hour."
Scieoce Foundation Debates Planned; Mr.McCarthy New Stag Editors Named;
Announces A~ards Father Donoghue Airs Views Welch Editor-In-Chief
And Fellowships N M d 0 WICC With the appearance of this issue, be it known that
ew 0 erator there are a number of new men riding on the antlers 0 f
In a recent release from the ver The STAG, directing and guiding its course through the
National Science Foundation, it On Thursday, October 23, the morass of scholastic newspaper pitfalls. John Welch, a
was noted that interested seniors Bellarmine Debating Society Recently the Radio Club con- hIll C
may apply for fellowships in the ducted the third in a series of Senior, assumes the Editorial hot seat, w i e Bi urnin held its initial meeting of the
field of science. year, under the direction of a programs devoted to the Rights Bob Petrucelli, and Tom Bepko, will serve as his Asso
Awards ranging from $1400 to new moderator, Rev. John D. and Responsibilities of the ciates. Ronnie Beatty and John McDermott will suc
f F D h American voter. On this pro-
$3400 per year, plus payment 0 Donoghue, S.J., r. onog ue ceed Bepko and Petrucelli as News and Feature Editors tUl.tl.On and fees, dependency aI- succeeds Rev. J h L CI g ram, Matthew McCarthy, 0 n . ·ancy f f h ,lov1·ng husband and a dot1·ng
1owances for marn.ed men and who has directed the SOC.1et.y assistant pro essor 0 istory, Curnin Retires father.
limited travel allowances will be since its inception five years discussed the American phe-
given to those applicants inter- ago. nomena, The . Indepedn etn V0 t - The premature retirement of
ested in promoting the progress er. Bob McKeon and Paul Mr. Curnin was due to a fresh
of Science. Applicants for pre- Debates Planned Poeltl contributed to this talk crop of gray hair, and also be-doctoral
fellowships will be re- It was announced that debates as representatives of the student cause he felt that he could no
qU.lred t 0 t ake an examm. atl·on are being planned with Iona body. longer work a 26 hour day, as
designed to test their scientific College, Good Counsel College, I
aptitude and achievement and Albertus Magnus College, and Independents the Editor's job demands. So,
the selection of candidates will the College of New Rochelle. A It seems that the body of In- with a hearty sigh of relief, he
be made solely on the basis of positive reply has been rece1.ved depen. denIt vote. rs hast been passed h1.S seat on the antler to
f St J h ' U· ·t d growmg arger m recen years.
ability. rom . 0 n s mverS1 y an To some people this might in- a man who has been on the staff
First year Fellowsh1.p st1. pend Fairfield will send two teams to dicate a healthy trend away for years and has served as Fea-
$1400 oppose them.
at . from "blind party voting" -and ture Editor, Associate Editor, and
Intermediate Fellowship stip- National Topic toward the development of a Managing Editor. For relaxation,
end at $1600. On November 6, Joseph more thoughtful voter. How- Welch attends the Student Coun-
Terminal Yea r Fellowship Franchi, Roy Ervin, John Keeg- ever, during his discussion Mr. cil meeting on Tuesday nights as
stipend at $1800. an and Dutch Macchia will up- McCarthy took issue with this a member of the Senior delega-
Post-doctoral Fellowship stip- hold the negative side of the interpretation. Mr. McCarthy tion, and also assists with the
end at $3400. National Topic, "Resolved that attributes the disproportionate MANOR.
the Congress of the U.S. should growth of the independent vot-
enact a Compulsory Fair Em- ers to: the tendency of non-par- Former News Editor
ployment Practices Law." tisanship in local elections, re- Bepko, the former news editor,
pugnance to be affiliated with has been on the STAG for only
either party, and general lack two years, but he has a wealth
of interest in political activity. of information at his fingertips,
He indicat~s that an independ- and h1·S fingers in every pie.
Over and above that, he is a
ent voter, despite good inten- member of the Student Council,
___C_o_n_ti_n_u_e_d_o_n_P_a_g_e_5 P_re_s_i_de_n_t_o_f_th_e_G_I_e_e_C_Iu_b_,_~ Farnham, O'Shea
Our Center Of Knowledge And Garrity Lead
·"There is no frigate like a book h.ead has offe~ed recomm.end~- Italian Club
To take us lands away, hons on certa1n volumes m h1S
Nor any coursers like a page field of concentration. Each year On October 22, the first formal
Of prancing poetry." the stacks have been augmented meeting of the Italian Club of
EMILY DICI5 INSON and during the last four years Fairfield University was held
the library has acquired 13,000 Officers were elected for the
volumes, a notable increase, to present year. They are:
be sure. .
President: James Farnham.
Vice President: Richard San
sonetti.
Treasurer: Gerald Malafronte.
Recording Secretary: Paul
Garrity.
Corresponding Sec ret a r y
Lawrence O'Shea.
Mr. Carmen Donnarumma
Professor of Italian and History
is the Faculty Moderator. Plans
for a club trip to the opera in
New York were discussed at the
meeting. All students who are
interested in the Italian lang
uage, Culture, and affairs are
cordially invited to attend the
meetings of the Club.
Page 4 THE STAG November 6, 1952
POST ROAD
Corner Miller St.
Open Day and Night
In the heart of Fairfield's
"Little Times Square"
LARRY'S DINER
your clothes for college as carefully
as you chal't your course of study ...
. St. Michael's College of Win- Having cut down his new
ooski Park, Vermont; Newark charges into workable units,
Colleges of Rutgers and Stone- Coach Jim Hanrahan put the
hill College of North Easton, Freshman squad through lengthy
Massachusetts, will provide the practices last week in prepara­new
opposition at the Bridge- tion for the opeher early in
port Armory, while the Stags December. Along with making
will travel to Garden City to the final cut, the Athletic De­meet
the Adelphi College quin- partment announced that Bob
tet. Returning to the Bridgeport "Lefty" Hustek, former Dart-mouth
captain, will assist with
court after a three years' ab- the Freshman squad.
sence will be the LeMoyne Col- Hustek, a pupil of Doggie
lege five ,from Syracuse, N.Y. Julian, the eminent mentor who
Hillyer College of Hartford will tutored Holy Cross to amazing
also appear after a one year success back in '46, is a good
absence from the schedule. The student of the game. What is
Fairfield squad will open its more important is the fact that
he can get it across to the boys.
season at home on December 6th His particular forte is defense,
against Arnold College and will a much neglected part of the
play a return game at Arnold game. He hopes to mold the
on February 7th. Fairfield meets Frosh into a defensive unit be­the
University of Bridgeport on. fore planning any offense what-soever.
January 9th and February 28th,
which date will mark the close Following are the Varsity and
Freshman squads as announced
of Fairfield's season. The Stags by Hanrahan:
will play Pr,ovidence College in VARSITY _ Bob Gerwein,
Waterbury on January 3rd and Jack O'Connell, Stan Suchen­a
return match in Provid~nceon ski, Jim Roche, Billy Smith,
February 18th. Last year these Paul Fraunhofer, Norb Fahey,
two teams split in their meet- Bob Markovic, Ed Hogan and
George Burt.
ings, Providence winning the
the first by a six point margin FRESHMEN - Jim Galla­gher,
Len Paoletta, Ed Bush,
and Fairfield winning the other Danny Pisacane, Bob Hajas,
by a one point edge. Paul Williams, John Nick, Jim-
Returning once more to the my Pavel, George Gross and
Armory is the St. Anselm's George Clancey.
quintet which defeated the
Stags last year, 79-77, in a triple
overtime match in Manchester
N.H. Completing the hom~
schedule are games with New
Britain and New Haven' State
Teachers Colleges.
The remainder of the games
on the road are with Rider Col­lege
of Trenton, New Jersey; a
return match with New Britain
State, a trip to Brooklyn to
meet the St. Francis College
Terriers, and the perennially
strong Iona squad in New
Rochelle.
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K's Killers 38
Blue Notes .. 0
Blue Notes 24
Mendel's Maulers 12
Hylanders 20
Sophists................ 0
Hylanders 14
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INTRAMURAL RESULTS
A Treat to Eat
This season, for the first time,
Fairfield U. will have a fresh­man
basketball team. The Class
of '56 is blessed with a wealth
of court talent ·and a team has
been selected. The ten man
squad has been holding practice
sessions and is rapidly rounding
into form.
High School Stars
Several of the players were
outstanding high school stars
during the past few seasons,
among them are Dan Pisacane,
an All-State player with Shelton
last year; Jim Gallagher, another
All-State performer, from Sims­bury;
Ed Busch, who led Bristol
to a great season in 1952; Dixie
Jim Pavel, high scoring forward
from Bassick; Len Paoletta, from
Harding and Bobby Hajas, from
Fairfield.
The club will have plenty of
height with Pisacane, Busch,
Gallagher, and George Gross all
hovering well above the six foot
mark. John Nick is also expected
to be of great help under the
boards. Paul Williams and Bob
Schreck are two more boys who
show plenty of promise and are
being counted upon to improve
as the season moves along.
The Fairfield "Stags" have four newcomers on their
nineteen-game schedule for this coming season; released
this week.
Frosh Team
Formed; Ten
Man Squad
STAGS Sche1dule 19; Bob Hustrek
Open On December 6 To Assist
Frosh Five
Sports News and Views
By HARRY MARMION
With the release of the varsity basketball schedule for the
coming season and also the announcemer:t of the final cuts on both
the varsity and the freshman squads, the drive and dribble sport
has finally hit the limelight. The Athletic Department, by decid­ing
to have a freshman team, has most assuredly taken an im­portant
step, athletically speaking. It is a very clear indication
of the progress that the University has made in the past four
seasons. You all remember that it was not too long ago that a
freshman entering this school had a good chance of making the
varsity, and in some cases, even to see a lot of action. The fresh­man
candidate from now on will have to spend a year of hard
apprenticeship before he can make the varsity squad.
This freshman club will show its advantages in the future.
Instead of having to sit the year out on the bench these boys will
have a chance to practice and improve as a team. This will mean
a much more experienced varsity club in the years to come. At
this point only one important thing remains to be done. An ade­quate
schedule should be arranged for the yearlings, so that they
can face some good competition. By an adequate schedule I
mean at least a dozen games with other college frosh teams,
otherwise the advantage of this team will be lost.
Elsewhere in this issue, the 1952-53 basketball schedule ap­pears.
Look it over well, men, and in the next issue I'll do my
best to break it down and comment on it.
Still on basketball ... Following the big scandal not too long
ago, there were many people who demanded that the game be
brought back to the campus; still others saw the end of big time
basketball, once and tor all.
So in line with this, let us look at the Madison Square Garden
schedule for this year. There are 17 doubleheaders listed as com­pared
to the 25 or 30 twin bills which were common before the
"big. fix."· Another interesting fact is that of the 34 teams on the
schedule, 18 of them will represent Catholic colleges and univer­sities.
The conclusions that one might draw from these facts are
clear indeed. First, although the number of doubleheaders is
somewhat limited, still it is big time, and certainly here to stay.
Secondly, the fact that Catholic institutions are not afraid of
"exposing" their students to this so-called "unhealthy atmo­sphere."
They are relatively secure in their knowledge that the
proper moral training in most of these cases will more than com­bat
the evil. While on the other hand, the secular schools of this
country show the weakness of their type of training, by their
very conspicuous absence.
On the Intramural front the football league is progressing very
well. At this point it looks as if the final will be between "K's"
Killers and the Hylanders. This column looks for the Hylanders
to win the title for the second year in a row (last year as "Phuirs
Filosophers"). .
Rebounds:
Bernie Beglane, last year's Sports editor and popular man
about sports, is now working on the Sports staff of a large Long
Island paper.
Joe Kehoe, last year's basketball captain, is in the Army. He
is at Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, for his basic training.
Bob Knight, well known basketball player from Hartford
Connecticut, who has been ~nocking around f.or some time, ha~
finally gotten a break. He is now playing with the Rochester
Royals of the N.B.A.... and he has a good chance to stick.
Gene Conley, 6 foot, 7 inch pitcher of the Boston Braves, has
announced his intention of playing with the Boston Celtics of the
N.B.A.
~oach Dutch Clark, Detroit University's football coach, is
makmg good use of other schools' talent. He has seven athletic
transfers playing on his squad now from schools who have drop­ped
the sport.
Larry Hennessey, Villanova All-American basketball candi­date,
has dropped out of school.
Providence College has broken ground for their new gym­nasium
to be built on the campus drill field. The proposed struc­ture
will seat over four thousand people.
1952 - 1953 BASKETBALL
No down payment, no red tape ... select the things you
need, buy them, have them right away, make your pay­ments
over up to 12 months, and as you pay, charge
additional items.
Your money will go farther, and so will you. We've
helped scores of students (teachers, too!) to make ex­penditures
match their income, with our P.B.A.
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January 28
January 29
January 30
February 7
February 11
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February 20
February 25
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Arnold Home
Hillyer Home
St. Michael's Home
Le Moyne .. Home
Providence Home
New Britain Away
Bridgeport Home
St. Anselm's Home
Iona Away
St. Francis Away
Rider Away
Adelphi Away
Arnold Away
Stonehill Home
Newark Home
Providence Away
New Britain Home
New Haven Home
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Ethical
Pharmacy
Junior Class Meets
By RICHARD BEPKO
On Wednesday October 8, the
Junior Class held its first meet­ing
of the year. The main topic
of discussion was class finanres.
President Anthony Pagliaro
emphasized the fact that due to
the cancellation of the Maga­zine
Drive, other means had to
be found in order to increase
the class treasury· which at the
present time has a cash balance
of $55.99.
Zeisner to have a large sales
promotion campaign with the
Junior Class receiving commis­sions
from each sale. Various
teams headed by captains would
be organized as well as having
different prizes and awards for
the leading salesmen. A com­mittee
was appointed composed
of William Browne, Robert
Demshak, and Joseph Battagli­ola
who are to investigate the
matter and make a full report at
the next meeting.
Suggestions One Dollar Dues
Various suggestions were of- A good indication that Presi-fered
from the floor such as dent Pagliaro will have the
having more social affairs while support of his class throughout
keeping expenses at a bare min- the year is indicated by the
imum. The idea of purchasing fact that a motion was made
Blazer Jackets by the Junior which was passed unanimously
Class and possibly selling them to have the Junior Class pay
to the entire student body was one dollar in dues before the
rejected due to the fact that end of the first semester and
the high cost involved (approx- then if the treasury still lacked
mately $25.00 a jacket) would sufficient funds, the class mem­certainly
deter many students bers would be willing to pay
from buying one. another dollar during the second
Committee semester in order to make their
The class was very interested last two years at Fairfield suc­in
a proposal offered by George cessful.
Sonya Faces Life Galligan Returns Glee Club (con:::Af~~H;:ge3)
Last week the land of invent- "Internationale" is played. At From 'Conference T E . tions and by virtue of his posi-ors
and "peacemongers," Russia, the end of the anthem, the an- . 0 ntertaln tion, "has reduced his say in
vied for top position in the field nouncer resumes) ... is honored At Lenox, Mass. D b government to a vote which is
of radio entertainment. Radio to present the first in a series of 7 the barest form of political par-
Moscow has inaugurated a se- daytime melodramas entitled, By PETER DeMARCO ecem er ticipation." He went on to say
ries of "soap operas" for the SONYA FACES LIFE. Today During the week of October that the voter must realize that
12 15 MEG11' th On Sunday, December 7, at
ordinary housewife-farmer of we find Sonya driving her trac- Pla-c,emenr.t Duigreecnteor, aattIegnand,ed ea 3:00 p.m., in Berchmans Hall, both the candidates for govern-the
U.S.S.R. Radio listeners of tor through the wheat fields of convention of the Eastern Col- the Fairfield University Glee ment and the government itself
Russia can now thrill to the a collective farm. She is the lege Personnel Officers at the Club will present its first con- are operated according to party
sudsy sentiment of the daytime typical home _grown Moscow Curtis Hotel in Lenox, Mass. cert of the 1952-1953 season. It principles and practices. There-
Th' t' th' will be a J'oint concert with the
:serial just like any poor capi- muscle mauler, one of the best IS conven lOn was a ga ermg fore, by his negative attitude
. tractor drivers in all the soviets. of personnel men from industry, Glee Club of St. Joseph's Col- t d 1" 1 .
talist. The fact that radlOs are and college placement dl·rectors. lege of Hartford. The student owar po Itlca partles, the in-
still quite a luxury in the land Malenkov himself had awarded body, friends, and relatives are dependent voter is weakening
f
. h e doe n't her the "Brass Hammer," the Topics cordially invited to attend free organizations that, in effect, give
o promlses, owev r, s symbol of efficiency coveted by Some of the tOP1'CS dl'scussed of charge. unity to our government.
lessen the importance of this all true members of the Peoples' were: "Orientation ·of Students,"
major event, which Stalin him- Republic. Wait! Look who's ap- "The Right Person for the Right Among the selections which In addition, Mr. McCarthy
self wholeheartedly endorsed. proaching the scene. Sacha Job," "Returning Veterans and Fairfield has in preparation are stressed that the party member
The Thought Patrol has care- Sagenoff in his tractor. He sees Military Problems," and "What's "M 0 r n in g ," "Hail Mary," has the opportunity to gain a
fully purged the script of any Sonya and rides his machine Ahead for College Placement?" Brahm's "Lullaby," and "Shad- reasonable insight into his party
capitalistic sentiment and the towards her. Sonya speaks . .. From October 20-22, the rack." The two Glee Clubs will and therefore be a better judge
result has been a heartwarming Placement Office conducted gen- join in several joint numbers, of it. At the same time, he still
and tender tale about a collect- SONYA: (letting her tractor eral placement meetings for the ''Emitte Spiritum Tuum" and reserves the privilege to vote
ive farm boy and a girl tractor swtaonndderidfulel ifto-irs atomwoomrkenot)n Hsuocwh seniors in room 207. At these Beethoven's "The Heavens Are accord'mg to his own dictates.
driver whom Fate had chanced meetings Mr. Galligan explained Declaring." Among the selec- The independent voter, on the
t 1 th d h·ft a beautiful day under the red t' h' h th C M other hand, who has the theo-o
p ace on e same ay s 1 . hot sun and do one's utmost for that placement is not finding lons w lC . e ampus in-
Vladimir Vodka of the Moscow our fellow comrades. jobs, but rather the "procedure strels, our octet, will render is retical advantage of no party
"Mule" describes tile serial as of helping the student find his "The Three Bells." 'pressure, has very little know-
"a real life story of any true SACHA: (suddenly lost in proper place in the work of the In connection with the con- ledge of party principles or can-
Soviet member of the collective her eyes) The beauty of the day world." The seniors were ad- cert, Fairfield will be host to didates. Thus this voter has
system. I give 'SONYA FACES has inspired me to over-fulfill vised to submit placement ap- St. Joseph's at a buffet supper tended to give his vote accord­LIFE'
four red stars." Pyotr my quota by a higher and still plications to Mr. McCormick, the and social given for the mem- ing to the sway of a single issue
Alexandrovitch V,assilyevitch higher percentage. assistant Placement Director. bers of the two Glee Clubs. or a personality. It was pointed
writes in Pravda, "SONYA (IN A MATTER OF SEC- Through him, the seniors are re- out that this splitting has been,
FACES LIFE packs a terrific ONDS THE TWO ARE LOCK- ferred to Mr. Galligan for fur- to some degree, responsible for
wallop!" (ouch!) ED IN EACH OTHER'S ARMS) ther discussion regarding the 144 Attend the ineffectiveness of European
type f k f h' h th governments. Thus in another
The role of Sonya, the heroine SACHA: (huskily) I fell in 0 wor or w lC ey are
of this soap opera, is portrayed best qualified. way the growth of the inde-love
with your working achieve- pendent voter threatens the suc-by
Moscow's top radio and cine- ments from the very first mo- Slow Reaction Successful cess of the two party system.
rna personality, Katya O'Shay, ment. Mr. Galligan reports that up
who has also been seen in such to date, the reaction from the In conclusion, Mr. McCarthy
memorable movies as "VICE (SUDDENLY AN N.K.V.D. senior class has been a great H H recommended that every voter
ON THE VOLGA," "THE SANE AGENT WHO HAD BEEN SPY- deal slower thaI,l in previous arvest Op join one party or another; work
RUSSIAN" and the smash musi- ING ON THE TWO BREAKS years. The obstacles that seem for and get to know it; reform
cal, "WHERE'S FYODOR?" UP THE R;0MANCE) to dampen enthusiasm in seek- it if necessary; but - above all
Sacha, the hero, is, in real life, N.K.V.D.: Comrades Sonya ing employment are the present The Harvest Hop, held on Fri- - belong to it.
Dimitri Grushenka, a collective and Sacha, you have idled your draft situation; the pursuance of day, October 17, was jointly The program, Fairfield Uni­farm
boy who fell in love with tractors while on the field of graduate studies, and the lack sponsored by the Junior and versity Interprets the News, is
a girl tractor driver and subse- labor and have caused a drop of understanding of 'opportuni- Senior classes with Larry Fagan heard every Sunday evening ·at
quently became the father of in our efficiency level. I request ties offered. and Jack Welch as co-chairmen. 7:15 through the courtesy of Sta­three
charming girls, Vanya, that you, Comrade Sonya, turn Mr. Galligan asserts that men Seventy-two couples danced to tion WICC. The club members
Vodka and Nostrovna. All three in your "Brass Hammer" to the who are planning graduate the music of Hugh Golden's or- hope that many are taking ad­are
now employed by the Smil- Commissar. Both of you shall work should not neglect to ex- chestra. The profit from the vantage of this opportunity to
ing Sacha Truck Line as truck be punished for this. plore their job potential. An dance was $.27.14 which was listen to the poignant comments
drivers. They're such petite ANNOUNCER: Will our hero-' u~derstanding of that potential evenly divided between the two upon current events that are
creatures! Now, on with ine and hero be sent to the salt wll~ help them on the way to class treasuries. discussed in these programs.
"SONYA FACES LIFE." mines for such an unforgivable thelr chosen professions. . --------------.:.-----------=.--=-----
ANNOUNCER: Gud evening, crime? What will be the out- Requirements
fellow comrades. Radio Mos- come? Tune in same time, same Mr. Galligan also burrowed
cow, in cooperation with the station, W.U.S.S.R. (The "Inter- into his files to give your re­THOUGHT
PATROL, N.K.V.D. nationale" is played in the back- porter a few pertinent facts.
AND OUR ILLUSTRIOUS ground as the program fades For instance, job requirements
LEADER, STALIN (Here the out.) for college-level men this year
will be .approximately the same
as in 1952. In addition, the
monthly salaries will hover
around the same figures in most
industries as those of last year­namely,
from 300 to 350 dollars.
An interesting matter that has
been the subject of much debate
is whether the men with 'an AB
Greek course can enter industry
and compete with BS Mechani-cal
engineering majors. The
record shows that the AB men
have as good, if not a better job
potential and opportunity in in­dustry,
and that their wages
will be about the same as BS
employees.
Page 6 THE STAG November 6. 1952
Fine Foods
The Best in Music
TURF CLUB
BPT. CLUB
(Continued from Page 1)
Publicity: Maureen Coleman
Sandy Gale, Hugh Coyle. '
Decorations: Jean Mary Zral­lack,
Ray Buccino.
To Aid Clubs
The social calendar is to aid
the students of various clubs in
the planning of their activities.
Everyone remembers the scene
in the tales of "Robin Hood"
where Robin Hood and Little
John meet in the center of a
narrow bridge. Both refused to
give way and resolved their ob­stinacy
by having a jousting
match with long poles. Eventu­ally
Little John pushed Robin
Hood into the water and both
became life-long friends. How­ever,
we do not wish to have
any jousting matches to resolve
an obstinacy. Our first thought
is to remove the cause of such
a state.
The Council is in no wise at­tempting
to dictate policy. It is
trying to maintain a system of
efficiency and orderliness in the
makeup of a co-ordinated social
calendar. It is not trying to curb
social activities. On the con­trary
they wish to stimulate
these various activities. If you
happen to get on that one track
railroad check that time table
lest you never reach your des­tination.
Lonjolation Or Lonjultation
In the not too remote past, of his defenses and predomin­one
of America's leading maga- ate all other oddities, is his
zines featured an article con- collection of small but hideous
cerning the chaotic state of gourds. These freaks of nature,
President Truman's desk and I was informed, were a gift
compared the rather confused from one of our upper-class in­assortment
of books and para- tellectuals as a substitution for
phernalia found thereon to that the old traditional apple. Per­on
the late F.D.R.'s desk. A haps those of us who are look­similar
comparison, however, ing fondly toward future
can be made concerning many achievement and recognition in
of the desks in the consultation the field of English should take
room. special heed.
In the course of your frequent In any case, those who will
frolics to the sanctuary of "lost frequent the Consultation room
students," did you ever realize. and relax in the chair beside the
how similar the state of organ- desk, may find some consolation
ized confusion on one of our from their woe by feasting
English professor's desk is to their eyes on this amazing col­that
mentioned aboye? Aside lection of odds and ends. Most
from a small number of greatly assuredly, their sense of humor
needed and useful reference will be enlightened; perhaps'
books and literary classics, their sense of intelligence as
which constitute the perimeter well.
ONCE UPON A TIME
(Continued from Page 1)
What is the point to this little mands full student participation
story? It is simply this. If these can be held on the same eve­two
little towns had cleared the ning. (2) The organization that
time of their proposed trips submits their date first will re­there
would have been no con- ceive first preference. (3) If at­fusion
and both parties would tendance is not a factor then
enjoy their trips. two or more minor affairs may
Parallel be cleared for the same date
!,et us draw a parall~l ~om i.e., Bridgeport and Waterburi
thIS story. Many orgamzatIOns clubs can hold a Communion
on campus have a confused idea breakfast on the same date. (4)
regarding the Council's legisla- Club Presidents are to submit
tion pertaining to the clearing their dates for clearance through
of dates for all social and extra- their Council Representatives.
curricular affairs. Some say that These are the four steps to an
this is unnnecessary legislation orderly and efficient social cal­on
the part of the Council. The endar.
main purpose of the date clear­ance
regulation is a co-ordinat­ed
social calendar which aims
to eliminate the problem of con­flicting
dates. Our school is lim­ited
in numbers and consequent­ly
we must foresee the problem
of conflictions before they arise
or else we will wind up in a
deadlock on a one track line as
the little people did.
Confusion
According to the dictionary,
confusion is defined as a state
of disorder. Our social calendar
must be ordered to meet the
limitations of the school. Let us
cite an instance of just such a
confliction in dates. Last Spring
the Education Club dinner hap­pened
to fall on the same night
as the Junior Smoker, both
counting heavily on the Junior
class for support. Fortunately
this affair was remedied with
nobody being hurt, but the point
is that such a confliction need
never have existed if they had
been cleared properly.
Past Policy
What has been the policy in
the past? (1) No regional club
activity or class affair that de-
Total ... 911
TEACHER EXAMS
(Continued from Page 1)
tional Testing Service, P.O. Box
592, Princeton, New Jersey.
Co~pleted applications, accom­pamed
by proper examination
fees, will be accepted by the
ETS office during November
December, and in January, s~
long as they are received before
January 16, 1953.
Total .....907
THIS YEAR
Freshmen 210
Sophomores 109
Juniors 131
Seniors 133
Special 11
Graduate 275
Nursing 42
NFCCS
(Continued from Page 1)
Family Life Commission chair­man.
Mr. Smith will assume the
position vacated by Jim Farnam
when he found his duties as
Mid-Winter Carnival chairman
t?O pressing to devote adequate
time to the Commission.
LAST YEAR
Freshmen 152
Sophomores 137
Juniors 140
Seniors .. 202
Special 5
Graduate 235
Nursing 36
ENROLLMENT
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words: "Wha hoppen?" Some
immediate answers would be:
failure to meet academic de­mands
f)f university recruitment
by the DRAFT.
Some of them found the road
to knowledge a little rough and
decided to take a by-way and
withdraw. Whatever the rea­sons
may be the following data
is evidence that the situation is
improved and, we fondly hope,
will continue to improve.
Boderi Elected
Prefect; Sodality
Announces Plans
Joseph Boderi, '54, has been
elected Prefect of the Sodality of
Our Lady of Fairfield, and Louis
D'Aquila was named to act as
Vice-Prefect.
Boderi, a student in the BSS
curriculum, is also President of
the French Club, and an active
member of the Chemistry and
Biology Clubs.
The plans for the Sodality
committees are as follows:
Sacred Heart Committee: cam­paign
to enroll students in the
League of the Sacred Heart.
Our Lady's Section: daily re­citation
of the Rosary for Peace
every Monday morning in Room
19.
Mission Section: organization
of Xavier Bands, ie, members
who will offer Masses and Com­munions
for the intentions of the
missions.
Liturgy Sections: moral in­struction
for public life.
UNDER THE CLOCK
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host will see to it that tasty tid­bits
will be offered to you. If
you plan a week-end in Gotham
the Biltmore has a College De­partment
which offers reduced
college rates. I am sure that you
will find their accommodations
favorable to your every need.
Remember fellOWs, for ·an en­joyable
time at a moderate
price, try the -Biltmore.
TABLE TOPS:
Here I would like to mention
the fabulous STORK CLUB, lo­cated
at 3 East 53rd street in
New York. I understand that
during the college year and
especially during the vacations
Mr. Billingsly is opening up a
College Room. The Stork likes
the college group because it can
be sure of an orderly assembly
of men and their dates. The
STORK to me is the best place
to take your date for an evening
of dancing. The PENT HOUSE
CLUB at 30 Central Park South
is another fine spot to go for a
snack after the show or for din­ner
with your co-ed. The Club
commands a view of Central
Park through a wall of glass.
This sight can hardly be topped
anywhere.
THE RED HAND:
Yes, here it is again, time is
up. It has been swell talking
with you and I hope we may
meet here again "UNDER THE
CLOCK." Good-bye, farewell
and so long for now.
By BOB McKEON
During the election campaign­ing,
political lingo was in vogue.
I would like to pass on the f.ol­lowing
amusing definitions of
some of these political terms:
FOUNDATIONS OF OUR
DEMOCRACY - your side's po­litical
notions.
OUR NATURAL RESOURCES
- what the other side wants to
give away.
THIS HOUR OF CRISIS ­If
not elected, I'll have to go to
work.
UNHOLY ALLIANCE - two
ward heelers having a beer.
UNPARALLELED IN OUR
NATIONAL HISTORY - hasn't
happened since 1950.
HUGE SLUSH FUND - the
other side's war chest.
MONEY CHANGERS OF
WALL STREET - the ones who
put up the slush fund.
ROAR OF APPROVAL ­what
greets your candidate.
SCATTERING APPLAUSE­what
greets the other guy.
THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE
your boy.
POLITICAL ACCIDENT
the other candidate.
INDULGE IN PERSONALI­TIES
- your opponent does this
first.
OUR PARTY'S RECORD ­let's
hope the voters forget it.
PHONY ISSUE - one you
can't find an answer to.
SPEAK IN ALL HUMILITY
- no use getting cocky during
the election.
SPECIOUS ARGUMENT ­gee,
why didn't I think of it?
CIVIL RIGHTS - now who
brought that up?
SUBSIDIZED PRE S S
newspapers on the other side.
MORAL VICTORY - what
the loser wins.
HIGH - POWERED LOBBY­1ST
- any press agent in Wash­ington.
.ENLIGHTENED CITIZENRY
- they support you.
SINISTER FORCES - they
support the other side.
FEARLESS CHAMPION _
your guy.
SLAVE OF THE MONEY
TRUST - their guy.
MY WORTHY OPPONENT _
that rat who's running against
me.
TAX REDUCTION - well
we can dream, can't we? '
CORRUPTION IN H I G H
PLACES - either minks and
freezers, or Teapot Dome.
LOLLY BOGUCKI, Prop.
DANCING DINNERS
POST ROAD
Tel. 9-9150 Green's F.arms
O.K. CLEANERS
QUICK SERVICE
Tailors, Cleaners and
Laundry Service
Press suits on premise
1468 Post Rd. Fairfield
Compliments of
FABRYK ELECTRICAL
72 South Pine Creek Rd.
Fairfield Tel. 9-2835
JOHNS~ PHARMACY
ANTHONY E .TESTO, B.S.Ph., Prop.
Stillson Rd.. Black Rock Turnpike 1332 State' St.
Fairfield, Conn. Bridgeport, Conn.
",Everything in Drugs"
TELEPHONE ORDERS TAKEN
CALL 6-2559 BRIDGEPORT
OR 68-3155 FAIRFIELD
Anytime
Post Road Fairfield
at
Southport Turn-oft
JIMMY NASSEF, Permittee
STAGE DOOR
Restaurant
The button-down Gordon Dover
in smart, classic Oxford Cloth .. :
perfect "dress-up" shirt for all
occasions.
Howland's Men's Furnishings,
Street Floor
The Well-Dressed Man
Wears
Arrow Shirts
Of Oxford Cloth
$4.50