Stag - Vol. 04, No. 07 - December 18, 1952

              Stags Meet St. Michael's Friday
_____________________________. Story on Page 4.
Vol. IV-No.7 Published By Students Of Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn. December 18, 1952
The Rev. Laurence C. Lang­guth,
S.J., Dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences, and Dr.
Henry C. Herge, Chief, Bureau
of Higher Education, Connecti­cut
State Education Department,
returned r e c e n t I y from the
Eighth Annual Higher Educa­tion
Conference held at New
York University.
Timely Problems
The conference sponsored by
the department of Higher Edu­cation
of New York University
had on its agenda, the considera­tion
of some of the important
and timely problems in higher
education.
Dean, Dr. Herge,
Attend New York
Education Session
Nylon stockings have become
quite the v 0 g u eat Fairfield
(that's what it says, I just typed
it.-Ed.) The junior class has un­dertaken
the project for a two­fold
purpose: for the "benifit"
of their depleted treasury and
to complement (one of two mu­tually
completing parts d. Web­ster's
New Collegiate Dictionary
I b.) any young man's Christmas
list.
Concludes Soon
The drive will conclude soon
aft e r the holiday season. In
brief, the price is $3.00 per box,
(3 pairs to each box). Jack Sul­livan,
c!4lirman of the drive is
being assisted by Dick Burns,
Tom Grace, John Whiting, How- Topics
ard Davis, P a u I Frauenhofer,
and John Sansone. A sales card Among the topics for panel
may be obtained from any of discussion were: Selection and
the above men giving the name Induction of New Faculty Mem-of
the stu den t salesman, his bers; Academic Freedom and
schlaasds,e caunsdtonmuerm, sbizeer, loef nbogxtehs,. Tenure; Sal a r i e s and Promo-
(However, for prompt delivery tions; Protecting the Investment
call t his number: In Bronx, and Retirement and Annuities.
Manhattan, and Queens: MU. Dean Harry Becker 0 f the
9-5833, On Long Island ... etc.) University of Bridgeport deliv-
Neutral ered the main address to the
The Junior class has ordered Investment Protection Panel of
100 pairs, and these include all which Fr. Langguth was a mem-sizes
and lengths and the shades ber. Dr. Herge served on the l~·rn~c~lu~d~e~n~~e~u!t~ra~l~an:d~w:h:it~e~n:ur:s:-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;~~~~~~~~=~~~S~alaries ~g stockings. and Promotion panel.
Nylons, Nylons!
Editor Obiects
To "yogue"
Common Problem
The most common problem, in
most of these countries, is the
battle against illiteracy. Inde­pendence
has com e compara­tively
recently to many of these
people, and the ignorance of the
mass population is the first great
barrier to national unity. Each
country has faced the problem
squarely however and mad e
sound steps toward its removal.
Delegation
Seniors Lawrence Schaefer,
(Continued on Page 2)
Cosmopolitan Educators Keegan, Tremont Public Affairs Club
Congregate At UConn
By P. R. SULLIVAN
Educators of ten different countries spoke on the
educational problems of their particular nation at the
recent Student Education Association of Connecticut
student confab, held December 11, at the University of
Connecticut, Storrs.
Speakers
Guest speakers in the informal
symposium were: Mis s Mabel
Thambiah of Ceylon, Miss Alcha
Rivera of Mexico, Mrs. Svea
Aalto of Finland, Miss Christine
Dedoussi of Greece, Mr. Zainal
Ahidin bin Ali of Malaya, Mr.
H. Boakai Freeman of Liberia,
Mr. Aldo Visalber.ghi of Italy,
Mr. C. C. Shah of India, Mr.
Zaiuddin A h mad of Pakistan
and Mr. Abdd Rahman Agiz of
Egypt. Michael Canny, a UConn
junior, served as moderator.
Procure CISL
Executive Posts
On Sunday, December 7, at a
meeting of the Executive Com­mittee
of the CISL at New Ha­ven,
seven appointments were
made for the March session of
the Legislature.
Suspense
A n atmosphere 0 f suspense
and anxiety pervaded the meet­ing
as the Fairfield delegation
waited through hours of inter­views
at Yale, the location of
the Committee meeting. Two
students fro m Fairfield we r e
given top posts: John Keegan,
Chairman of the Rules Commit­tee
and T. Paul Tremont, Chair­man
'of the Senate Public Health
and Safety Committee.
(Continued on Page 2)
Represented at Yale Forum
On December 6 'and 7th, ten men from the Public
Affairs Club, represented Fairfield at Yale University's,
"Annual Intercollegiate Forum on Political Affairs."
The forum was held on the Yale campus and was spon­sored
by the "Yale Political Union", which is Yale's
answer to our own Public Affairs Club. The subject of
the forum was, "From Public Opinion to Public Policy",
a post election topic evaluating the importance of issues
in-our government and in practical problems.
Delegates throughout the East were repre-
The men from Fairfield who sented including Vassar, Penn,
attended were mostly all mem- Harvard, Smith, etc.
bers of the Fairfield University Sokolsky
Public Affairs C I u ban d in- The forum schedule was high-cluded:
Henry Mountan, Tim- lighted by the appearance of
othy Cronin, Tony Paterna, Ron- the noted pol i tic a I analyst,
aId Homza and Johnson Walker. George Sokolsky, who gave the
All the leading men's and wom- keynote address. The J?en fr~m
en's colleges and universities Fairfield yr ere unammous 1 n
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Page 2 THE STAG December 18. 1952
Robert Petrucelli, '54
FEATURE EDITOR
Ronald Beatty, '54
SPORTS EDITOR
Harry Marmion, '53
BUSINESS MANAGER
Michael RussoO, '53
ASSOCIATES
William Curnin, '53
COMING EVENTS
Basketball - St. Michael's - Home
Christmas Vacation Begins.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
John H. Welch, '53
25 - Christmas Day.
31- New Year's Eve "Party -
Castle, New Haven - N.H. Club
1 - New Year's Day
2 - Basketball - Le Moyne - Home
3 - Basketball- Providence at
Waterbury Armory.
5 - Christmas Vacation Ends.
9 - Basketball - Bridgeport - Home
10 - Stag Dance - St. Joseph College
10 - Basketball - St. Anselm's - Home
14 - Basketball - Iona - Away
MAKE-UP EDITOR
John Klimas, '53
NEWS EDITOR
.John McDermott, '54
EXCHANGE EDITOR
John Byrne, '54
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Dec. 17
Dec. 17
Thomas Bepko, '53
By RONALD BEATTY
Many stories have been told of Christmas and the Yuletide
season, All of which, no doubt, reach into souls of an readers
and stir the feelings and emotions to the proper seasonal spirit.
However, there is a story related consistently every Christmas
Day that surpasses all others. It was penned some nineteen
.hundred years ago by a simple fisherman who never claimed any
particular fame for his literary talents. His style of writing is
peculiar to our eyes, but there is a deep rooted understanding
that allows for his direct method of presentation. The content
is true, so very true, but often, so very often, forgotten.
The original Christmas Story: "At that time, a decree went
forth from Augustus Caesar that the whole world should be en­rolled.
This first enrollment was made by Cyrinus, the Governor
of Syria. And all went to be enrolled, everyone into his own
city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of
Nazareth, into Judea, the City of David, which is called Bethle­hem,
because he wa's of the house and family of David, to be
enrolled with Mary, his espoused wife, who was with child. And
it came to pass that while they were there, her days for deli~ery
were completed. And she brought forth her first born son, and
wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him" in a manger:
because there was no room for them in the Inn. And there were
in the same country shepherds watching, and keeping night
watches over their ock. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood
by them, and the brightness of God shone around them, and they
feared greatly. And the angel said to them: Fear not; for behold,
I bring you good news of great joy, which shall be to all the
people; for this day is born to you in the city of David, a Saviour,
who is Christ, the Lord. And this shall be a sign to you. Ye shall
find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heav­enly
host, praising God and saying: Glory to God on high: and
on earth peace to men of good will." Luke II. 1. -14.
Future Agenda . . . The pro­spect
of stag dances to be held
here with the various girls' col­leges
will be discussed at a fu­ture
meeting . . . Sounds inter­esting,
eh???
Tributes to . . . Freshmen Art
Conway, Bob Hogan, Pete
De Marco, .John Young ...
.Juniors Ed Devine and .John
Non, Council members who vol­unteered
their services as wait­ers
foOl' the Glee Club dinner ...
Shows being a Council rep. isn't
all a bed of roses ... Fine job,
men ...
By FRED DORI
Attention Lads . .. Our Coun­cil
is still trying to collect a dol­lar
from a few individuals de­linquent
on their Student
Assessment Fee.
Tony Pagliaro, the .Junior
Class Pres, says that there is
nothing more unsightly than
hairy stems . . . is trying to sell
nylons to the S.C. members ...
Coffee and Crumpets Any­one???
. . . It was said at the
Albertus Magnus Workshop that
F.U. had the strongest student
council of all the Catholic col­leges
in New England ... didn't
think it was that powerful ...
Memo to Father Lyons: the
coffee and sandwiches really hit
the spot ...
Political News . .. One mem­ber
of the S.C. made remark
that all the members comprise
the politicians of every class ...
I'll buy that ... No sarcasm
meant It would have to be
the truth .
Sporting News... Council
still pondering and arguing
about that proposed added
assessment on our tuition that
would go towards purchasing
The Manor, and thus solve the
problem of every Senior Class
in regard to financing a year­book
... Has good possibilities
. .. but the discussion blossomed
into a good heated argument ...
This could possibly solve the
heating problem of the school if
they met every night ... "the
high pressure debate" and, shall
we say, the "enthusiastic" re­buttals
showed that the mem­bers
are really concerned with
their work ... when come the
boxing gloves???? ... There fol­lowed
a good rendition of the
record "I Apologize"... a
phrase that is becoming of late
an integral part of the vocabu­lary
of a few over-fervent legis­lators.
A motion was made and
later defeated - "that violent
members, after three successive
warnings would be ejected from
the rest of the meeting." Sadness
and a feeling of reparation en­veloped
the over-zealous mem­bers
of the Council ... Thus the
drastic measure was averted .
Boys will be boys, you know .
After all, they're just trying toO
protect the interests of their re­spective
classes and it makes the
meeting very interesting any­way.
JOHN WELCH, Editor
THOMAS BEPKO,
WILLIAM CURNIN,
Asociates
CISL POSTS
(Continued froOm Page 1)
Homza Inform.s
Senior delegate Ronald Homza
has informed the Stag that Fair­field
will work on bills concern­ing
Inter-state Trucking, Labor
and Elections. These bills will be
presented for consideration at
the Mock Legislature in March.
A busy and successful prepara­tion
is forecast for CISL mem­bers.
gave evidence to the fact that
although Fairfield may not be
an Ivy League School, its repre­sentatives
can and do hold their
own.
Merry Christmas
This is the season of giving, and for that reason,
we wish at this time to announce, a bit prematurely
perhaps, but fitting nevertheless, the appointments to
the Editorial positions of the STAG which will become
effective with the first issue of the second semester. To
Robert Petrucelli, the Editor-to-be, and his second in
command, Ronnie Beatty, we wish the best of success,
and our hopes and prayers that they will have a "ban­ner
year".
PUBLIC AFFAIRS CLUB
(Continued from Page 1)
their agreement that his speech
on the topic, "Significance of the
Recent Election", was by far the
outstanding single contribution The President of the Public
to the Forum. Affairs Club would like to give
Panels special praise to Johnson Walk-
F'ollowing Mr. Sokolsky:s ad-I er, arne m bel' of the Public
dress the men fro m FaIrfield Affairs Club who was in charge
split, some attending a panel on of arrangements.
"Local Government, It's Prob-lems"
and the others attending
a panel on "Some aspects of the
Recent Elections" which panels
due to the shortage of time were
run simultaneously. The men
were guests of the Yale Pol~tical
Union for dinner in the Urover­sity
Dining Hall. At 9 P. M., t~e
Men in Red ga've way to theIr
social tendencies and once more
were g u est s at an Informal
Dance, given by one of the Yale
Frats.
Purpose
The purpose of the Debate en­titled,
"A Republican Student
and A Democratic Student Look EDUCATORS
at Future policy", was to give
the guests a voice in the forum. (Continued from Page 1)
On Sunday afternoon this pur- Tho mas Marshall, J e l' 0 m e
pose' was realized, when the di!- Mayer, E m man u e 1 Ondeck,
ferent representatives 0 f the Bronislaus Orlowski, Gus t a v
assembled colleges and univer- Horvath, Richard Sansonetti,
sities aired their views. Here the Paul Sullivan, Junior Rob e I' t
men from Fairfield were out- Mazairz, and Stephen Kelly of
standing, as 'some took the Re- the SOl?homore Class. compri~ed
publican side and a few others I the Fal~field delegatI~n, WhICh,
defended the Democratic Posi- along WIth representatIves of St.
tion. The debat~. was cut short Joseph of Hartford and the
by the fact that many of the State. Teachers CoU~ge.s of Willi- The Student Council and your
participants were from colleges mant~c ap.d New BrItam, attend- 'reporter wish to extend to all A
and universities 10 cat e d at a I ed thIS second student confab of Merry Christmas and A Happy
great distance from Yale, but it I the s_cholastic year. New Year.
One week'from the date of publication of this issue,
is Christmas Day. Because of copy dead-lines, this little
effort is being composed two weeks before Christmas.
What to say? How can we say Merry Christmas in a
new way, a novel way? How can we become enthused
about Christmas so far in advance? How can we wish
one and all a Merry Christmas and let them know that
we really mean it, so far in advance of the day?
Perhaps we should beg in b y saying a heartfelt
thanks-a thanks to our staff, to our Moderator, to the
Administration, to the Fp.culty, to the student body, to
our printer, to our friends, to all who have helped us
so much during the past year, and without whose help
we could never have put out the paper. We believe that,
after all there is no new way of saying Merry Christ­mas,
therefore, we say it simply and warmly, Merry
Christmas to all!
Despite the "improvements" of the modern age,
Christmas remains an ancient feast. Despite attempts
to commercialize the spirit of Christmas, this day has
only one real significance, it is the birthday of Christ­the
birthday of Love and Mercy which knows no bounds.
As humbly -as we can, then, we ask the blessing of the
Christ Child for you and yours during the Christmas
Season and always. His blessing is the greatest gift.
* * *
December 18, 1952 THE STAG Page 3
Dr. Griffin Speaks
On Mind Problems
was served for the Glee Clubs
of both colleges at Xavier Hall.
After enjoying the i l' meal of
roast beef the group tripped the
1 i g h t fantastic at Berchman's
Hall to the music of such great
artists as Sammy Kaye, Billy
May, Jim my Dorsey, Claude
Thornhill, Leroy Anderson and
a host af others. The record play-
(Continued on Page 6)
By PETER DE MARCO '56
Alumni banquet No. 2 rolls
around this Saturday night at
the Hitching Post Inn on Lafay­ette
St. in Bridgeport. The doors
open at 7:00 P. M. for an eve­ning
of gay recollections and
fun for our young alumni asso­ciation-
408 strong.
Hitching Post
With the cap a cit y of the
Hitching Post limited, the "Old
Men in Red" must hustle for the
first 150 tickets available, (no
more, no less) at $4,50 each. If
the 151st and over should offer
gripes at their returned checks,
and question why a larger hall
was not obtained, the banquet
committee is ready to defend
the situation. They inform us
that after thorough investigation
and with a firm desire to hold
the ticket-cost down, the Hitch­ing
Post came out on top as the
winning stable. This, we have
on the authority of the hard­working
Chairman of the Dance,
Mr. Bernard Gilhuly, '52, who
was duly commissioned by the
grads' president, Mr. William T.
Heagney, '5l.
Mr. D to Preside
The 'Great D", Mr. Donnar­umma
our history prof, will con­duct
the evening's program as
master of ceremonies. After din­ner,
the star of the rostruml will
be Mr. Allen Knight, the Recrea­tion
Director of the Winchester
Arms Division in New Haven.
Campus capers
call for Coke
When grades are posted, get hold
of yourself-maybe the news is
good. Anyway, there'll always be
problems ahead, so start now and
face them refreshed. Have a Coke.
lomED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA·COLA COMPANY IY
THE COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. OF N.Y.. INC.
"Cole." is a regjst.red tratl_arlc. © 1952, THE COCA·COLA COMPANY
Glee Clubbers Alumni To
Serenade Girls Gather For
~~D~~:b~?~~t~in Big Feed Red" presented a' joint concert
with St. Joseph Glee Club at
Berchman's Hall. It was the first
concert of the season for both
clubs and the enthusiastic ap­plause
of the audience forecast
the success of both groups in the
coming year.
F'airfield's repertoire of songs
ranged from the sublime "Ave
Maria" to the lively and rythmic
"The Syi-Icopated Clock". The
St. Joseph Club pr.ovided a dis­tinguished
m e dIe y 0 f songs
which included a Danny Kaye
l' end i t ion of "Trepak" from
Tschaikovsky's "The Nutcracker
Suite"; "Morning Hymn",
"Strong in Thy Strength" and
"s e pte m b e r Song", which
brought down the house with
applause. Rose Mar y Whelan
was the soloist for that number
and sang an encore which was
enthusiasti€ally accepted by the
audience. The other soloist for
St. Joseph was Kat her n De
Bowes. The most unique of their
numbers was the "Beetle's Wed­ding",
which told of the woe
that befell the nuptial, of the
fly who had been trampled to
death.
Chansoneiies
The Chansonettes, a group of
about twenty girls; offered their
rendition of "On the Wings of
Song", "All the T h : .. - - You
Are", while the Bensonians, not
to be outdon". went through the
paces of "Johnny Schomocker"
and "The Three Bells". J 0 h n
Bigley and Ed Kane were Fair­field's
soloists who received well
deserved applause for their ren­dition
of (respectively) "I'll Take
You Home Again Kathleen" and
"Desert Song". The entire con­cert
ended with two joint num­bers,
"The Heavens Are Declar­ing"
and "Emitte S p i r i tum
Tuum", which added a sublime
denouement to the entire affair.
Dinner
Following the concert, dinner
Freud
Dr. Griffin ended his lecture
wit h a b l' i e f evaluation of
Frued's part in the development
of psychoanalysis and the atti­tude
of the Church toward his
teachings. The r e is no doubt
that Freud was the first to sys­tematize
and greatly advance the
knowledge of the human mind,
As a scientist, he was thorough
and was the first to attempt a
scientific probe of the uncon­scious
mind. Men lij{e Jung and
Adler carried on his work and
expanded upon it.
However, Freud was a godless
materialist who attempted to re­duce
man and all his actions to
the measure of his sex drive.
Therefore, Freud denies the
spiritual part of man's being and
his teachings run up against the
Catholic teaching of man's free
will. Debaters
Elect
Vice Pres.
On Dec. 4th, the Bellarmine
Debating Society held a busi­ness
meeting so that the club
could inaugurate new members,
and also to hold election for the
vacant Ilosition of vice-presi­dent.
Following the established
rules of the society for new
membership, the following men
were enrolled in the debating
club: Eugene Egan, Joseph Bat­tagiola,
Jack McDermott, Robert
Petrucelli, Henry Monahan,
John Sullivan, and George
Zeisner.
Immediately after, election
for the vice-presidency was
held. The men put up for nom­ination,
only seniors being elig­ible,
were John Luckart, Clem­ent
Naples, John Keegan, and
Dutch . Macchia. Mr. Macchia
won the election after due pro­cess
by a majority vote. A mo­tion
was also passed that a com­mittee
be formed in order to
investig1;lte the possibility of
holding' some sort of a social
function after one of our home
debates.
B JOHN LEONARD that we live in. Whether the pa-y
Itient be deluded or depressed is
On Thursday, December' not really important beyond the
11 Dr. Daniel P. Griffin, fact that he isn't facing his en-no'ted.
Bndgeport psychI.a- vironment.
trist delivered the fourth Progressive Attitude
Bell~rmine lecture 0 f the Evidently, despite .t h e pro-
I gress made by psychIatry over
year. the crude ministrations of the
Dr. Griffin's talk was instruc- early ages, much must be
tive and at times startling. Few done to create the proper popu­of
us realized how humorous lar attitude toward this type of
the mental gyrations of the
mentally ill can be. Few realized illness. People are still not will­that
within the humor of these ing to accept it without suspi­sickly
manifestations rests the cion. Most of them either deny
real tragedy of the distorted its existence, rationalize the pos­mind.
The case histories that Dr.
Griffin presented to us were not sibility of their own sickness, or
lacking in their light side, how- have no fears that they cannot
ever, as he pointed out these in- be cured. Most people with dis­congruities
are reality for the turbances can be helped with
patient. little difficulty but the longer
Problem of Mental Illness treatment is postpon~d the few-
For those who might have er are the chances for an easy
taken a complacent attitude to- solution.
ward the problem of mental ill­ness,
Dr. Griffin produced sta­tistics
that indicated the gravity
of the problem. Such facts as
600,000 people in the U. S. A.
are totally insane, one and one
half million p e 0 pIe suffering
from personality disorders are
rather convincing. On top of
that, we can interpret the in­cidence
of crime, drug addiction,
divorce, and J u v e nil e delin­quency
as added abnormalities.
Difficulty
Dr. Griffin pointed out that
most people with difficulty of
this sort are people who detach
themselves from reality in the
face of bitter frustrations; people
who c l' eat e for themselves a
world of dreams in order to
avoid the hardships of the world
Every
.In
Morning
9:10
Rosary
Room
19
After a week's absence, be­cause
of lack of information or
just something to say, we. are
again under the standard hm:­piece.
I would like to devote th~s
column to a motion picture. ThIS
is not just any motion picture,
but one of special ,interest. The
flick of which I speak is: "The
Greater Glory." The movie deals
with the life of a Jesuit from the
time he enters the novitiate un­til
he is ordained.
The purpose of this movie ~s
,to arouse interest in the JesuIt
Building Fund for their new
Theologate at Shrub Oaks, N.Y.
Under the direction of the Rev.
Vincent Hart. S.J., of Fordham
University, "The Greater Glory"
has been shown throughout
New York, New Jersey and is
presently making the rounds m
Westchester County. Although
primarily for the Ne~ York
Province of the SocIety of
Jesus, this film includes the
story of all Jesuits throughout
the world.
If one has been Jesuit-educat­ed
one may find profound in­te;
est in the possibility of seeing
the men who taught you, or
even as I did, seeing your Prep
school classmates who entered
the Order at Saint Andrew's-on­Hudson,
N.Y. The nucleus of the
picture takes place at Saint An­drew's
and Woodstock College
Maryland. Supplementary se­quences
of the Jesuit regency
are photographed at Regis High
School in New York City. Other
Jesuit educational strongholds,
such as Xavier High school and
Saint Peter's Prep, also appear
in this panorama of Jesuit life.
We accept our instructors as
priests of God. dedicated to I:Iis
work in their special field of m­structing
the youth of the
world. Do we really know what
these men' have to do to achieve
the title of Jesuit? Can we real­ize
what work these men have
undertaken so that they may
impart their knowledge to us?
"The Greater Glory" tells us
this story. It tells us the story
of each Priest and Scholastic we
see walking around the campus.
If at all possible, I would strong­ly
recommend your seeing this
motion picture. I don't think
you will be sorry, if you do.
Page 4 THE STAG December 18, 1952
Stags Whip Terriers;
Face Important Contests
Before a crowd of 1,266 at the Bridgeport Armory,
the Red Stags opened their current basketball season
on December 6, with a 68-63 win over the Arnold Col­lege
Terriers of Milford.
With a two gam e winning
streak on the line, the Stags go
for their third straight against
St. Michael's College of Win­ooski
Park, Vermont, at the
A I' mol' y tomorrow night. The
Northerners had a 7 and 10 rec­ord
last year, and reports have
it that their main-stays have
been lost by graduation. This
year is one of rebuilding for the
Vermont team, with only one
returning regular, and t hI' e e
men who have seen some action.
Should Win
The Stags should take the club
but it should be noted that St.
Michael's is well coached, plays
a rough schedule, and should be
the best squad that the Stags
have faced to date.
Road Game
The first road game of the cur­rent
season, the Providence en­counter
being listed as a home
game, will be played at New
Rochelle, New York, on January
14, against the lona Gaels. One
of the toughest teams on the
schedule, lona is coached by Jim
McDermott, now in his sixth
year at the helm of the West­chesterites.
This year, Jim has
the kind of a club that any
coach would be proud of. lona
always fields a good club for a
small college, but this season
with added height, the Gaels are
capable of moving in fast com­pany.
Early seas,on victories for
lona this year were over Sienna
and Bridgeport.
The two new rules are:
(1) During the first 38 min­utes
of a game, when a player
is fouled, he will receive an ad­ditional
shot if he misses his
first one.
Important Games
Before school resumes in Jan­uary,
the Club plays two of its
more important games. On Jan­uary
2nd at the Armory, a sister
Jesuit school, LeMoyne College
The rule is designed to cut from Syracuse, New York, re-d
own on unnecessary back court turns after a three year absence.
fouls. It has not worked, how- The "Dolphins" a 1sop 1 a y a
ever, since there are as many strong schedule around up-state
fouls as ever. New York, engaging such clubs
as Syracuse University, St. Bona­venture,
.Siena, etc.
Waterbury Game
The following night, at Wa­terbury,
the Stags will face Vin
Cuddy's Providence Friars. The
Rhode Island hoopsters have had
a distinct advantage in the con­tests
played with Fairfield over
the years, but it is expected that
this year, the local combine has
a very good chance of winning.
Bridgeport U
The next three opponents are
definitely also top-notch teams.
On Friday, January 9th, the
boys t a k e on Her b Glines'
Purple Knights in a home con­test
at the Armory, hoping to
enlarge on their over-all edge
against the Seaside School. The
series stands at 5-3, Fairfield,
right now.
New Hampshire Hawks
The following evening, opposi­tion
will be provided by St.
Anselm's College of Manchester,
New Hampshire. The Haw k s
will present a well coached club
with which we split in two en­counters
last year. Fairfield lost
on the road, 73 -72 in triple over­time,
while winning at home,
47-43.
(2) During the final two min­utes
of a game, every foul is a
two-shot foul. No foul may 'be
waived.
This seems to have a good
chance of success, sinc~ in a
close game, two shots may well
provide the difference. In this
case, a player will think twice
before fouling in order to get
the ball.
New Basket
Ball Rules
By BOB JOY
A I' n old College's basketball
team is looking ahead to big
things since their entire starting
lineup is made up of former
members of New England cham­pionship
high school teams. Al
Clinkscales, Bob Lee, and Ernie
Petrucciano starred on Central
High's 1950 champs, while Jim
Gaetano and Jim Davins flashed
on the Hillhouse champs of 1952.
Capt. Larry Stone also flashed
in the Boston tourney w h i I e
playing with the Dover, N. H.
club in 1946. Larry's team was
eliminated in the semi-final
round.
"Joy's Jottings"
One 0 f Fairfield's toughest
games will probably be the road
encounter with lona College. The
Gaels have opened their tough­est
schedule in the school's his­tory
with a series of victories,
including a major upset over
Siena in Madison Square Gar­den.
The New York team is load­ed
with experienced players and
are blessed with a great abund­ance
of tall performers. Their
starting five includes Wally Mc­Carvill
6'8", Ed Liebspach 6'8",
Richie Guerin 6'4", Bob Santini
6'5", and either Walter McIvor
6'2" or Gene Roberti 5'9", a
combination that aver1\.ges bet­ter
than '65"!
(Continued on Page, 5)
The story of the game was
told in the last two periods,
when in the third, Bobby Mar­kovic
and Jack O'Connell com­bined
to open up a thirteen
point lead, 51-38. The Stags had The new rules put into effect
led at half-time 30-23. In the: b the National Rules Commit­fourth
penod, the local qumtet I y
tired and the Terriers sparked' tee of Basketball are but
by Gaetano and Petrucciano, another attempt to decrease the
came within two goals of excessive fouling which has be­tying
the score. Three consecu- come one of the bad points in
tive fouls by Markovic put the watching a basketball game. Of
game beyond the Terner's reach, .'
and the Stags endured to win. the two rules WhICh go mto
effect this year, one seems to
have a good chance of accom­plishing
its purpose; the other,
will have no success.
21 Points
For Arnold, big Al Clinkscales
led the scoring for both teams
with 21 points. He fouled out in
the last period, the only man on
either team to leave the game
via this route. The loss of Clinc­scales
was a tremendous blow to
the Arnold quintet. With only
three minutes remaining in the
contest and Arnold closing the
margin, the Terriers ace re­bounder
perpetrated the final
foul on Markovic.
O'Connell and Markovic High
O'Connell and M a I' k 0 vic
shared scoring honors with 17
points each. Markovic sank five
goals and seven fouls, while
O'Connell sank eight two-point­ers
and one foul. Co-Capt. Stan
Suchenski trailed closely in the
scoring with 14 points.
One game remains on the
Stags slate before the holidays,
this to be played tomorrow night
at home against St. Michael's.
Checked
The last period drive of Ar­nold
was sparked by Jim Gae­'
tano who tossed ten of the Ter­riers
25 points in the closing
period. During the initial three
stanzas he had been held to a
single point by the outstanding
defensive play of Paul Frauen­hofer
and Norb Fahey.
By GEORGE GROSS
The Fairfield· Frosh opened
their season last week with a
thrilling 28-26 victory over the
Arnold JV's in the Armory. The
game was shortened to 32 min­utes
instead of the regular 40,
since Arnold was late in arriv­ing.
Ed Bush led the Frosh with
12 points. The bespectacled for­mer
Bristol ace batted in four
rebounds in the tussle. Jimmy
Pavel clinched the game in the
final few seconds with a pair of
free throws. Other stars were
Jim Gallagher, who controlled
both backboards with his re­bounding,
and Henry Higgins,
who starred on defense as well
as scoring a pair of field goals.
Red Kleinberg, one of many
New Haven Hillhouse players
on the Arnold squad, led the
Terriers with 11 points.
Stag Frosh
Victorious
Over Arnold
FRESHMAN SCHEDULE
Dec. 6 - Arnold (W-28-26) home
Dec. 17 - Hillyer home
Jan. 3 - U. of Conn. (Waterbury branch) home
Jan. 9 - Bridgeport home
Feb. 13 - Fairfield Prep home
Feb. 14 - New Britain away
Feb. 20 - New Britain home
Feb. 23 - St. Thomas away
Feb. 26 - St. Thomas home
Feb. 28 - Bridgeport U away
Fr. Lyons, S.J., has announced a tentative ten­game
schedule for the coming season. The sched­ule
has several more open dates which will prob­ably
be filled.
By HARRY MARMION
About the best opening night crowd in our short history saw
the Hanrahanmen post their initial win of the season. The Stags
were extended by the Arnold Terriers, and everyone got quite a
scare in the final quarter when the boys from Milford threw 25
points to our 17, and instead of a rout we had a close 68-63 ball
game on our hands.
Our club looked strong, but they seemed to run out of gas
in the last quarter. This was a tough opener, and the boys were
not ready to go a full game; however, they had no other choice.
The shooting was very good, especially for so early in the season.
The coach has a lot of work to do before the big month of January
comes around wit.h its 8 big contests.
On the offense - for the most part we kept the middle open.
With the boys hitting well, this looked fine. But to have a bad
night and use this offense throughout would be disastrous. As it
was in winning, we collected only five offensive rebounds, which
isn't very many. Why? .. because our big men were getting
caught out around mid-court, and were in no position to re­bound.
For the most part we were getting only one shot at the
hoop. Two things that were surprising: no fast break whatsoever,
and not one single set shot taken!
In the Freshman game the boys looked a little nervous,
those who impressed were Gallagher and Bush on the rebounds,
and Higgins who looks like a real good back court man.
Back to Arnold again, they are usually the sacrificial lambs
for quite a few colleges, who use them to open the season
- sort of a warm-up. However, this club has, extended every
opponent thus far, including Seton Hall and St. John's. So give
these thr~e new Freshmen (Petrucciano, Gaetano, arid Davis) a
year's experience and they'll form a real good club, especially
since their excellent center, Al Clinkscales, ,has another year left.
The big boy grabbed 19 rebounds against us.
Overheard or read somewhere that there are hopes of Fair­field
having an undefeated season this year. All I can say is that
they must be either freshmen or alumni.
* * *
NAMES AND NOTES
The NCAA banned Kentucky from playing basketball this
season. But the club goes right on holding workouts each day.
Baron Rupp, their coach and "maker of men" has conveniently
cancelled the graduation of its two star seniors, Cliff Hagen and
Frank Ramsey, so that they can play next year. Mr. Rupp is out
for revenge next year and is actually having the scoreboard re­modeled
so that the score of over 100 can be registered.
Honey Russell, Seton Hall basketball coach, is pleading with
the sports writers to stop calling his 6 ft. 11 in. center, Walter
Dukes, a one man team, etc. Because the rest of the boys on the
team don't like it ... tsk, tsk.
Lots of luck to the new Prep basketball coach, George Bisacca.
The Prep has a 17-game schedule this year. Most of their home
games will be played at the K. of C. hall in Bridgeport instead
of at the Armory as in past years. They make only two ap­pearances
at the drill shed. one against our freshman club and
the other against Staples High of Westport.
Mark this change on your basketball schedule ... the New
Britain State Teachers game scheduled for January 7 has been
changed to February 14 ... at New Britain.
Dick LaBash, Bridgeport U.'s newest member of the 1,000
point club, (other members being Gus Seaman and Lou Saccone),
has been scoring very well this year, except in one game. And
that was against Manhattan college, when Dick ran up a'gainst
about the best defensive player around, one Andy McGowan.
Andy held the UB guard scoreless from the 001' and to only 6
points- all on foul shots.
Jim Hanrahan got some good and bad news last week. First,
on the bad side, lona really gave Bridgeport U. a drubbing, 65-40,
which came on the heels -of their really big win over Sienna in
the Garden. This shows that the New Rochelle quintet is even
stronger than at first thought.
On the good side of the ledger, it has been found that St.
Michael's of Vermont, whom we engage tomorrow night at the
Armory, is in a stage of rebuilding this year. They have only
four holdovers from last year, only one of whom has been a
regular.
Sports News and Views
December 18, 1952 THE STAG
Stag Highlights of 1952
MARCH: The Fairfield Legislators in Hartford
(Below) Bobby Gerwien scores as Stags take B.U.
Page 5
SEPTEMBER: Cronin shown at
CISL (at left) elected Student
Council president.
"Our Alumni"
JOTTINGS
(Continued from Page 4)
The Bridgeport club's basket­ball
league has launched its sec­ond
season and a close race is
anticipated, with the Presidents,
led by Don Browne, and the
Sons of Italy, sparked by Pag­liarulo,
Alteri, and Bacik, ex­pected
to be the teams to beat.
The Staggerers return to league
play with another strong team
paced by Bob Roc h e, Kurt
Brackert, Bill Bernardo, and Jay
J aser. The Diesels, Crows, Birds,
and Wise Owls round out the
teams and give the league a
roster of strong clubs. How about
some of the other area clubs
forming similar leagues? They
give all students a chance to
participate in organized athletics.
The large crowd on hand for
Fairfield's opening game against
Arnold was very gratifying to
members of the Athletic depart­ment,
and to all the members of
the team. It shows them that we
appreciate their attempts to give
us first rate basketball teams.
Let's keep up the spirit show~
so far this season and insure
large turnouts to all the games.
Page 6 THE STAG December 18, 1952
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which was qui t e "danceable"
and which ran g e d from the
waltz to the Charleston. Much
to the chagrin of the "Men in
Red", the co-eels had to leave
the Halls of Fairfield for the
halls of St. Joseph College.. In
the parking lot of the university
a nucleus of Fairfield men "ser­enaded"
the departing c 0 - e d s
with t hat old tim e favorite
"Good Night Ladies".
The word "yollens" in Read's
Ad of December 14th should
have been "woolens."
At Christmas,of All Times
A Gift from ~,
means m;ore!
If it's a little-money gift, it means so much more
when it's from Read's. If its an important­money
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the seniors in all the colleges, Ifreedom? Or its responsibilities?
thousands and thousands of Or its value to students? Or its
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jwiges with essays? I plied to current events? What­ever
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or least understood about
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