Vol. VII No. 13 Published by Students of Fairf~e1d University, Fairfield, Conn. May 18, 1956
." Angelus To Ring On Campus
Grounds As Gift Of Seniors
u.s. Information
Service Agent
Lectures Here
Graduate, Medical Schools
Award Grants To Seniors
CONGRESSMAN MORANO
The list of semors, who have been accepted to
graduate schools is indicative of the increasing prestige
being enjoyed by the University.
DAN ANDREWS ELECTED
NE~T PRESIDENT~ S.E.A.C.
Charles Guri, Donald Kerwin,
and Paul Zitnrnitti,' all to
Georgetown Medical School;
George Lacovara, Boston University
School of Medicine; and
Peter Kozak, St. Louis Medical
Schoo'!.
From the physics department,
Paul Convertito has received a
scholarship from Tufts College.
Gerry Garvey and Larry McCabe
have received assistanceships
from Boston College.
Henry Giannini has been' offered
a laboratory position' in the
Patent Office in Washington,
D.C. Ray Jawrowski and Sal
Puglia have received graduate
assistanceships from Boston College
for further study in Chemistry;
Bob Chiarenzelli is the
recipient of an assistanceship to
Purdue University.
From the Navy Albert Fekete
has accepted a research assistanceship
to work on matter pertaining
to the atom bomb.
Senior Council President Dan
Reed has received the St.
Thomas More Scholarship to
St. John's University School of
Law. Art Bennett will study law
at the William and Mary Law
School with the assistance of a
scholarship.
Winner of a fellowshiP. to
Wesleyan University is Andrew
Perrella. The fellowship will
provide Perrella with two years
of graduate work, and upon
completion, he will be awarded
a Master of Arts in Education.
Those students qualifying for
medical schools include five
Bridgeport area seniors. They
are: Michael D'Aiuto, St. Louis
Medical School; Thaddius Figlock,
New York Medical School;
Virgil V. Proccacini, Georgetown
Dental School); Joe Fida
and Jim Pavel, both accepted to
Temple Dental School.
Accepted also for graduate
study .in medical schools are:
Daniel J. Andrews, Class of '57, has been elected
President of the Student Education Association of
Connecticut for the forthcoming year. Andrews, a
native of New Haven, is majoring in Education. He
served in the U.S. Navy for five years.
As president of the group, sional organization at the stuAndrews
will preside at all dent level which can cooperate
general meetings of the Associa- and be integrated with the
tion and of the Delegate Coun- Connecticut Education Associacil.
He shall perform stlch other tion and the National Education
duties as are provided and shall Association. It is composed of
serve in ex-officio capacity on 12 colleges in the state.
all committees. It shall be his Andrews, in conjunction with
duty to see that all work dele- his office, will travel to Portgated
to individual" or to com- land, Oregon, to attend the Namittees
is carried out. tional Education Association
The purpose of the SEAC is Conference, from June 24 to
to provide a state-wide profes- July 7.
N~E. Debating Champs Discuss
Segregation _4t I.R.C. Meeting
The last meeting of the International Relations
Club was highlighte~ by a discussion of the problem of
segregation in the United States.
Arthur Bennett, '56, carried of the thinking of the American
the banner for segregation, people, as a whole: This transiwhile
John Papandrea presented tion cannot be effected suddenthe
cast against such a policy. Iy by virtue of a Supreme Court
Both men, New England debat- deci,sion.
ing champions, presented inter- Mr. Papandrea used the idea
esting and informative talks. of the Mystical Body as the
Mr. Bennett, maintaining that motif for his discussion. He
segregation is' not intrinsically stressed the fact that the queswrong,
based his talk on the idea tion of isolating Americans bethat
integration can only be cause of racial origins is a direct
achieved by a lengthy transition (Continued on Page 2)
On May 1, the undergraduates
were honored with the presence
of Mr. McNiel, a graduate from
St. Michael's College, and now
a member of the United States
Information Agency. Just returning
from Germany, he was
well qualified to speak on "The
Influence of Communism in
Germany" and showed himself
as such in a very infor.mative
and enlightening first hand account
of OUr 'problems in Germany.
However, using Germany
only as an example, and a very
go'od one at that, he summed up
nat only the problems that we
{ace there, but also the problems
faced throughout the Cold
War fronts of the World.
He stated that three of the
main objectives of the U.S. Information
Agency as of that moment
are to prove that the
"People's Capitalism" is for the
benefit of the people; that the
United States wants to use
Atomic Energy for peaceful
means and that the knowledge
obtained from our man-made
satellite will be given to nations.
With a voice of authority, he
raised a great deal of enthusiasm
with such statements as: "We
are just as much at war as in
1942"; "They have not swerved
from their original aim of
world conquest"; and 'Our great
fear is that ,we may win the
Cold War and force them into
a hot war."
Two movies were shown: An
East German movie, "Homeland
We Protect You," which showed
a striking resemblance between
the Communist Youth and the
Youth of Hitler's era; and
another movie on the aims and
problems of the United States
Information Agency.
Ronny Skurat
Al Pellegrino and Lenny Paoletta, Class Gift Chair~
en, have announced that the gift of the Class of '56
will be a public address system which will intone a recording
of the Angelus twice a day.
The gift, a rather unique one, speakers, each having a 120 dewill
have the megaphones 10- gree arc, giving an overall 360
cated atop Loyola Hall, with the dearee coverage when combinrecording
being audible through- d'" Th e k '11 run
out (he campus. e. . ese sp a ers WI .
The' record is being taped down mto the tape deck, whIch
from a recording of the Angelus will be located in the basement
as played by the bells in St. of Loyola Hall, and will be conPeter's
Cathedral in Rome. It nected to a 60 watt amplifier.
will be heard at noontime, and Th t 'Il b . t 11 d
again in the evening at six e sys e~ WI e ms a e
o'clock. by the RadIO Shack 'Corp. of
The recording will last about New Haven, which. has been
two and a half minutes. The surveymg the SItuatIOn for the
bells will ring three times, fol- ~ast few weeks. They are taplowed
by short interval, then mg the recor~s on .a hl-fi~ehty
three times again, another in- tape. Installat~on wIll begm on
terval, then three times more. May 13, and IS expected to .be
Following this there will be a c.ompleted by June 11: at whl~h
thirty second interlude in which tIme the Class PresIdent wIll
the Angelus prayer can be said present It to the Father Rector.
by the students. A series of nine Because of the generosity of
successive loud rings will fol- the Radio Shack Corp., the cost
low. Fr. Murphy of the Sodality of the gift will range from $350
has consented to print cards to $450, which represents a concontaining
the Angelus observ-, siderable savings over its retail
ance. market value. A year's guaran-
The system will be connected tee on all equipment accomwith
a clock, and will have three panies the gift.
Albert P. Morano, Republican Conrgessman from
the 4th Congressional District, spoke to a group of
Political Science students recently. The Representative,
who is a member of the House Foreign Affairs
Committee, spoke on various topics, including the much
debated controversy in the Near East. Mr. Morano
spoke in Dr. Norman's Government Class, and was
introduced by ,Fr. Francis Small, S.J.
Besides discussing the international
crisis, the Congressman
also told of his recent controversy
with Sheriff Platt of Fairfield
County, and how the feud
had been resolved. According to
Morano, "My conscience is clear"
regarding the matter. He also
took note to inform the students
of the article which had appeared
recently in a local
paper, which he maintained was
based on an erroneous premise.
He expressed his profound admiration
of the reportorial ability
of the writer, yet he felt in
this instance it was a misrepresentation
of the facts. A particularly
clouded issue was concerned
with the so-called "Pilgrimmage
to Platt," as described
bv the local scribe. Mr. Morano'stressed
that the plans for
the meeting had been initiated
by Platt, and not by him. He
concluded that the entire affair
(Continued on Page 2)
REP. MORANO ADDRESSES
GOVERNMENT STUDENTS
Page Two THE STAG May 18. 1956
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Feature Editor
Christopher P. Boal, '58
Sports Editor
Paul Nagy, '58
Associate Editor
David J. McCarthy, 57
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EDITORS·IN-CHIEF
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David F. Barry, '57 - Edmund F. Measom, '57
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News Editor
William E. Keish, '58
Make-up Editor
John Cagnassola, '57
Associate Editor
J. Thomas Sheehan, '56
Business Manager Exchange Editor
Jno Oatalani, '57 Donald Gabriel, '57
News Staff: F. Beloin, J. O'Meara, J. Lukiw, J. Macchia, M. Vecchiarelli,
F. Dougherty, J. Breen, R. Scanlon, W. Naedele.
Feature Staff: A. Bobay, W. Keish, J. Smyth, P. Baldetti, J. Coss.
Sports Staff: R. Schreck, J. O'Brien, J. Riordan, L. Lessing, W.
Pleban, S. Gilbertie.
Make-up Staff: D. Sullivan, R. Skurat.
Photographers: R. Berthleson, W. Fomento, J. Toal.
•
REP. MORANO
(Continued from Page 1)
The Zionist idea of P,alestine as a national home for the J·ew
is of comparatively recel1t origin. Alt the close of the 19th century,
the militant voice of Theodore Herzel and the enormous fortune
of Baron Edmund de Rothschild oombined to estalblish various
agricultural and industrial settlements in Palestine for persecuted
European J·ews. These settlements were freely accepted by
the Arab natives and were granted a large measure of self-control
by the Turkish government because of the assurance of success
by Rothschild's backing.
Although Rothschild's support was mainly non-political, it was
Herzel who strove to impress on internati,onal jewry two points:
Palestine should be the national home of 'the Jew; Palestine
should be ·an independent Jewish state. Although the idea of independence
vanished after Herzel's death in 1904, the concept of
Palestine as the national home remained. Some time befor the
F'irst World W.ar, Britain offered to erect a s,elf-governil1g Jewish
state in British East Africa, but the offer was refused. The
Jew had decided that Palestine was his.
History does not back up the claim that P,alestine was always
the Jewish homeland. As we have seen until recent decades
the idea was almost totally non-existent. Previous to the 1880's, it
had been centuries since the number of J,ews in Palestine had rotaled
more than a few thousand, and they had been mainly a
few destitute traders and a number of Jews who kept religious ob-servance
at various shrines, existing on the charity O'f the religious
Jews in Europe. At one time there was only one Jew, a
dyer, to be found in all of Jerusalem. For the most part, the Jews
had left Palestine during the diasporas of 70, 16<1, and 324 A.D. Ln
636, the Arabian caliphate over-ran Palestine, conquered the
ruling Persians, and est~blished a Moslem control that was interrupted
only by a period of a hundred years or so during the
Crusade and which did not end until the defeat of the Otroman
Empire by the British in 1918, and the establishment (}f a BTitish
and French protectorate.
The fact that Israel has a democratic government has been
advanced as a jusUfioatioon of their independence. Yet democracy
is not an infallibly good form of government. Some Aralb countries
of the Middle East are, or are striving to be, democracies. This
says little about the quality of good government offered nm the
legality of their governments. I cannot see why it should say more
for Israel.
It is true that Israel has done more with the land than has
been done by the l1ative population during the course of centuries.
Yet this too pales when we consider that the few native Jews
of Palestine were as destitute as the Arabs until the contributions
of Rothschild at the turn of the century. No counry has ever
had the opportunity ro raise Foreign capital as has Israel. Nor
has any country ever had the influx of trained techni'cians as has
had been resolved with no mis- Israel. I think it is dbvious that, given the same opportunities, the
givings on either part. native Arab population would have done as well.
As for the crisis in the Near To sum up briefly, it beoomes obvious that there· was no real
East, the Representative main- justification for the establishment of an independent, Jewish
tained "That the United States state. Yet Israel as a state exists and has been recognized by varihelped
to create the state of ous governments. The pl'oblem of the refugee Arab still exists.
Israel, therefore, it is our duty He has been displaced from his home and his fields. T,hat he reto
aid them." He added, when turn to them is only right. Though the Israeli may protest that
queried by a student, "that the this could weaken the internal security of Israel, he should reU.
S. in the event of war would member that his internal security is founded on the proposition,
align itself on the side of the "might makes right" and the Moslem world will not remain weak
aggressor. However, it would be for very long.
rather difficult to distinguish ~~-~-~~----------------- _
who was the aggressor, that is,
unless one side provoked a fullscale
conflict." Mr. Morano also
suggested that there is the importance
of minerals in the area,
which go a long way in determining
the policy of Russia and
the Western Powers.
Terming the Mutual Security
Law as the "Cornerstone of
American Foreign Policy," he
evaluated the importance of our
aid to these countries to combat
the aggression of Communism.
Final plans for Commencement
Week exercises have been
announced by Senior Class
President John Papandrea and
Faculty Moderator Charles Farrington,
S.J.
The Class Picnic will start
the week's activities on the
campus grounds on Thursday,
June 7. The following day, an
informal dance will take place
in the evening in Berchmans
Hall, with music provided by
the undergraduate orchestr·a.-
On Sunday, June 10, the candidates
for the Bachelor's degree
will attend a Communion
breakfast in Loyola Hall, immediately
following the ..9:00
a.m. Mass. The baccalaureate
services will be held the same
day at 8:00 p.m. in St. Augustine
Cathedral, Bridgeport.
Class Day activities will start
at 2:00 in the afternoon on Monday,
June 11. That evening the
Class Banquet will be held in
Loyola Hall at 7:00 p.m.
Commencement exercises will
take place on .campus in the concert
shell of Alumni Field on
Tuesday, June 12, at 10:30 a.m.
Should inclement weather threaten,
the exercises will be held
at 11:00 a.m. in the Klein Memorial
Auditorium, Bridgeport.
The senior student marshals for
the Commencement procession
will be Class President John
Papandrea and the President of
the Student Council, Dan Reed.
The graduated class will hold
its dinner dance on Wednesday,
June 13, at the W.averly Inn in
Cheshire, Conn. Co-Chairmaen
of Commencement Week are
Joe O'Brien and Bob Schreck.
• Plans Of Graduation
Week Are Announced
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What can be done, what must be rem€mbered is: tha,t Israel,
by virtue of the Balfour Decla!'ation of conquest, by the deciaration
of the United Nati,ons, is a legitimate sovereign state; and
that the Arabs of the Gaza Strip are products of their own decision,
defiiant of the gifts of religious rolemtion, and of social advancement.
But the Palestine Aralbs would have none of it. In time of
war, they migrated of their own will to that stretch of land
along the Mediterranean which has come to be known as the Gaza
Strip. Israel is without funds ro pmperly re-Iocate its prodigals,
a job not even its moral responsibility. !Tate Egypt refuses ro
take any action towards the people who call her motheT.
The fact is: 1) that the P'alestinian !Moslems refused the religious
toleration offeTed them, and 2) that they refused ro. develop
themselves. In fifty years, the Jews have achieved more in
Palestine than the Arabs did il1 twelve centuries. I.R.C.
It would cost two bI.lh.on dollars to re-Iocate the Gaza refu- (Continued from Page 1)
gees. Colonel Nasser of Egypt has allocated two-hundred million violation of the Christian oblidollars
to Czechoslovakia for a stockpile of arms. It would take ~oo Igation to uphold the basic unity
long to eX'plain the innate hatred of the Arab for the Jew, WhICh of men. He pointed out that in
has caused the Arab to warm to the Communists and to link Am- Louisiana, Tennessee and Miserican
capitalism with what tl:Iey call a threat to he Arab na- souri, Catholics have taken the
tion. Th list of industrial, agrlcultural, and sOCIal advances ac- lead in outlawing segregation
complished in Israel is too lengthy to be enumerated effectively. in parochial institutions.
The International Relations
Club is once again to be complimented
for bringing to the students
of Fairfield, an opportunity
to hear the Catholic view on
contemporary problems.
By WALTER NAEDELE
Some know from news reports that the Gaza Strip is a
scene of daily skirmish and bloodshed because one-million Arab
refugees, fled from Israel, exist in poverty there, unwanted by
either Egypt or Israel. Some know that Egypt, together with the
nations which surround Israel, do not consider that a nation
called Israel even exists. In their minds, Universal Zionism haE
transported Jewish refugees from all parts of the world, invadec'
the ancient Arab-held lands in Palestine, and forcei thousandf
of innocent natives from their ancestral lands. Few know whether
the Arabs - or the Israelis - are morally just in their
purpose, and their means.
ISR-LL\ELI
Palestine, since the Turks conquered it in 1517, had been part
of the great Ottoman Empire. Its inhabitants, like all of thE
peoples of the Near East, had experienced the baptism by sword
of Mohammed. Little wonder, then, that by the Middle Ages
every trace of the J,ew, as cursed as the Christian, had been swept
from the sands of Palestine.
But, up!'ooted and terri·fied as he was from his homeland, the
Jew held in his heart the yearning for a national homeland. Thus
it was, that as the centuries passed and Turkish strength waned,
there came a time in the nineteenth century when the
first progressive step towaTds that goal could be attempted. A
French Jew, Baron Edmund de Rothschild, international financier,
began to pour his own money into the real estate of Palestine, devouring
huge areas of land, encouraging continen'tal Jews to
emigrate, and furnishing enormous amounts of capital for thE'
awakening of a land which had lain idle under Arabian hands
for centuries.
What has resulted from the first influx of Jews and Jewish
capital, we know today as that which threatens our nation with
a war. What we don't realize, perhaps don't want to realize, is
that Israel, at present, is morally just in her actions
England's foreign policy in the 1800's had been to retain a
route thr·ough the New East, th!'ough the Suez and the Red Sea.
It therefore profited England to keep the Ottoman Empire weak,
to oppose the threatening interven'tion of Russia in the Crimean
War, and, after Turkey had sided with Germany in the First
World War,t 0 join Palestinel as a mandate to itself by virtue of
conquest. In 19,17, The Ba'lfour Dedar,ation gave Palestine to the
Jewish people, stating that the Jews shall have a national
homeland in Palestine with all due respect to the inhabitants
thereof. Though some concern was made about the use of the
word "in" the architect of the document stated that he meant
Palestine, whole and entire. In 1948, the United Nations recognizec'.
Israel as an independent nation, and granted it membership. It'
might be argued that Israel has since snatched up further territory.
The land, however, was either part of the original grant, or
oonquest resulting fr·om repulsions of illeg'al invasions. Recently,
Egypt, Saudi-Arabia, Syria, Jordan, and Yemen, bound themselves
in alliances to not recognize Israel as a sovereign state.
The Arab in residence on the soil of Palestine was a sloiW, sati9fied
herdsman; the newly arrived Jew was an· eager progressive
one. The Aralb was a fervent, uncompromising Moslem; the Jew
was a firmly convinced, if less fervent, son of Judaism. If the
Moslem wished to practice religious tol~ration, there was an active
place for him in the building ofa new nation. Unfortunately, the
Arab wished to do neither.
Just how much of the fault is his, as a fifteenth-century
thinker confro,n,ted by twentieth-century ideas, is difficult to say.
But, if 'he wished, there was even a fifteenth century job await-ing
him in the backJward areas of the land. Too, the specifi~ wording
of the Balfour Decloaration, that "... nothing shall be done
which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing nonJewish
communities." was dbseTved.
Page Three
BASEBALL
TRACK
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Since April 26, the track team
has, in four meets, lost to New
Haven State Teachers, 73-58, to
Upsala College, 83-48, and won
over Westchester College, 76-60.
At the New Haven Small College
Meet on May 4, the trackmen
took fifth place, as Bob
Jossick took a first in the shotput
with a 38' 10" heave. Our
cross-city rival, UB, though
placing fourth, failed' to take _a
first.
The win over Westchester was
made possible by a combination
of a strong freshman showing
with the consistent performances
of the veterans. Paul Marinaccio
won two firsts in the
sprints along with two thirds in
the pole vault and the broad
jump. Gerry Garvey took care
of the middle distances with a
440 first and a half mile second,
while Captain Jack Smyth took
his two seconds in the long distances.
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MEN·· .
Three losses in their last three
By PAUL NAGY For Fashion Under Fashion outings have run the Stags' los-
With this, the final issue of THE STAG, we would like to CARTER'S V T SHIR ing streak to four straight, and
make a few recollections of the sports scene here at Fairfield' • T they now have an overall re-during
the past school year. What was it like? Well, Our cross- cord of 5 losses offset by only 1 I w~.
country and track teams, though they failed to post winning 50
records, were given a shot in the arm by a highly-enthused fresh- Two runs in the last of the
man class. Things are actually looking up in these sports for Latest innovation in men's underwear ... the V T-Shirt of sevenfthN inniHng gave the Teach-the
next few years, despite the loss of such seniors as Jack fine combed cotton knit. V neckline provides more comfort ers 0 ew aven a 7-6 margin
Smyth, Gerry Garvey and Bill Connell. We are encouraged to '" never shows under open collar sport shirts. Nevabind over the Stags. Billy Burn1.,
take an optimistic viewpoint when we realize that Don Mari- sleeves for comfort. Nylon-set collarette won't sag. No iron- who had relieved starter Ed
naccio, Bob Ianucci, Fred Schwetz have three years of varsity ing necessary. Cerruli in the 5th, suffered his
competition ahead of them, and Bob Jossick, a highly improved initial loss of the campaign.
athlete who surprised everybody with his discus and shot-put ~ Pedro Tagatac and Artie Pav-heaves,
Jack Murphy, Hal Connelley, John Hall have all blos- " ~ luvcik led the Stag attack in the
somed into top-notch spike-men. losing battle as each garnered
Coach Tamashunas is to be commended for his superb effort, three hits in five at bats, while
and their results. We may rightfully say that this year has seen Ronnie Grosso hit a double and
an unprecedented revival of interest in the sport. "'~fJ'OtT. CONN a home-run in his five trips to
In basktball, Coach Jim Hanrahan proved himself a mentor the plate.
of high tale ts by taking a group of raw, inexperienced men and Men's Department, Read's Street Floor In a game played at Alumni
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exploded for seven runs in the
sixth inning on six walks and
only two hits, to overcome a 6-2
Fairfield lead. From here they
went on to an 11-9 victory. The
losing pitcher was Whitey Skinsky,
who has lost I as against
no wins. Danny Miko with three
singles and a walk was the leading
batter in this ·game, while
Pavluvcik and Cerulli also chipped
in with two hits.
In a game with U.B., pitcher
Ed Cerulli suffered his third
loss of the season as he gave up
only I earned run on five hits.
While holding the Stags to a
single run, the Knights managed
to push across an unearned
run in the sixth inning to give
th,~m the winning 2-1 lead.
U.B.'s O'Donnell held the Stags
to three hits and only one run
which scored on a single by
Cerulli and two outs later a
sacrifice fly by Paul Dunn.
Pedro Tagatac is the Stags'
leading batter with a solid .298
average. He is followed by Ed
Cerulli, .261, and Buddy Waters
and Artie Pavluvcik, who are
both batting .250. Mickey Grosso
is leading in the slugging department,
as he has hit 2 home
runs, 2 triples and 2 doubles, to
lead in each of these departments.
The team continues to be
very weak in the field, having
committed 24 errors in their
first 6 games, one reason for the
poor showing thus far this season.
Ed Cerulli has been a better
pitcher than his record indicates.
His earned run average
is a good 3.79. He has struck out
32 in 38 innings, while walking
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The first workshop held ",by
,the newly inaugurated Forensies
FRENCH CONTEST: Commission took place' at Salve
Regina Colfege this past w:!€k·
Janet Sottosanti of Stratford end. The workshop was divided
High School won the Third An- into three categories 'of speech:
nual Verb Contest conducted Dramatic Declamation, Original
April 27 at Fairfield University. Oratory" and Ex-tempore speak·
Eleanor Hammermeister, 'alsoing: ,.''',
of Stratford High, won secorid: James J: O'Meara, commission
prize, and Mary Potter of Mt. ,cha)rman, delivenid the opening
St. Joseph Academy;' 'West Hart~ address in which he described
ford, took third place. Stephen the procedure of the workshop.
Burrick of Stratford,lHigh car· Upon the culmination of his
ried off fourth place honors. address he introduced Lawrence
The school trophy was award~' Fayette, Commission Vice Chaired
to Mrs. Lee ,Wichelns, teacher man, who in turn introduced the
of the winning contestant, and various speakers.
it became the permanent posses-sion
of Stratford High School,
that school having won the contest
three years in a row. ,
Dr. Gerard B. McDonald,
Moderator of the French Club,
welcomed the seventy contest-"
ants and explained the rules of
the contest. Professor Arsene
Croteau, of the French Department,
distributed the prizes and
congratulated the winners on
their outstanding performance.
Fr. James A. Walsh, chairman
of the Language Department,
announces that a new
series of contests would begin
next year on French culture and
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:BOOKS I REVIEW The intramural Staff ex-presses
its sincere thanks to 0 W d d A'l 18 th
THE LAST HURRAH. EdwI'n O'Connor, 427 pp., Bos- The S- tag for the exceIlent Germn an eClnuebs, Daye,uts,cPh~ier K.,ultuer
ton: Atlantic-Little, Brown. $4.00. coverage of the Intramural Verein. held elections for 1956-
By WILLIAM KEISH program during the past nine 57 officers. They are. the follow·
"A . "d h months. ing: President, Robert Allepby,
n engagmg rogue, is one escription w ich aptly '-------------'1'57; Vice-President, George Ole-fits
~he cha~acter of Frank Ske~ingt~n, th.e c~ntral fig- Heinsohn Speaker At chowski, '57; Secretary, Robert.
'ure m Edwm O'Connor's AtlantIc pnze wmnmg novel, J . S N. h Bednarcik, '58; Treasurer, Robert ,'.
THE LAST HURRAH. Skeffington, an .old, tight-fisted unl.Or ports l.g t Dorin, '58; Publicity DireGtor,
Larry Kelly, '59. '
political boss, is portrayed as'the head of an out-dated A small crowd of enthusiastic
machine which finally succumbs to the inevitable "Time sports faQ~ were pr~sent. at the
, '" annual Fairfield UmversIty Ju-
Marches On theme. nior Sport's Night which was
In his novel, the author illuminates the behind the held in Berchman's Auditorium.
scene dealings of a bustling city political campaign T.he speakeI1S included .Coach
.. . . . ' , Jlm Hanrahan, Tom Hemsohn
, ,complete WIth Its humor,ous acts of petty blackmaIl to and next year's Holy Cross c'ap-
, the easing out of 'deadwood" in the precincts. The writer fain, Jim Wadleton. Bob Newhas
a thorough knowledge of his subject and is quite- all the chail'man provided the
" .." '. audience with an excellent buf·
l,u.cId m relatmg It to the reader. The f<;l.st movmg noyel, fet supper, movies of th Boston
· which gives the reader the feeling of actually being in- Red S<Jx and finally, Mr. Hanra-
· volved in campaigning for Frank Skeffington, is com- ha~ presented the players with
pIeteIy succe'ssful'm 1't"S'pOTt rayaI 0 f the subterfuge m. - their awards.
volved in the political spin, and the re-evaluation of the The first speaker of the night
was Tom Heinsohn, All-Ameri-
Irish-American group as silhouetted against the Irish of can from Holy Cross. Mr.
yesteryear, comparing both their attitudes and ideals. Heinsohn gave a very interestSkeffineton
a.ppears as the flawless political demi- ing talk interspersed with anec-
~ dotes about his- own team.
god. There isn't a trick of the trade which is unfamiliar Speaking in a chatty, informal
to this' master of the game. Despite his double-dealings, manner, Heinsohn devoted most
and pressure moves, he is devotedly admired by his of his talk to the discussion of
the Cross's five losss. He conclose
associates. Among his opponents, however, there sidered Bill Russell "the great-is
not as much admiration as there is respect for his cal- est single factor in the winning
·culated knowledge of the political maze. of a game, in the counJtry today,
or even the hi,story of the
The story is concerned with Skeffington, who, as game". He also gave high praise
Mayor, delays his decision to run for re-election to the to Cansius and its star, Mc·
last moment, intentionally allowing his opponents to Carthy. .iMcCarthy stood out
like a sore thumb during our
build up false hopes that he might not run again. Once four against the Globetrotters,
the decision is made, the pendulum of the political time- for his exceptional ball handling
piece begins to swing vigorously, setting the seventy ability". In talking of the fa-mous
gave against Temple in
year old Skeffington into action, with his many televi- the Garden, Tom considered his
sion and radio appearances, trips to the docks, neighbor- shot to have'\beep in before the
h d · d t t' . I d' E k t k buzzer, and that it was the ref00
vSItS, an es Imonla Inners. ven wa es a e ree's fault for not having called
their place on the campaign agenda, especially a very it.
humorous one indeed. A disliked citizen dies, but be- ;;:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;;
cause his wife was a friend of Skeffington's the Mayor
orders all city officials to pay their last respects-even
if they are insincere. Everything is fine until sandwiches,
coffee, and cigars arrive, then in no time at all the
wake is turned into a bustling campaign meeting, which
only the saying of the rosary for the deceased can end.
With his overwhelming defeat by the young, Jesuittrained,
Kevin McCluskey, the Mayor courageously announces
his intentions to seek the nomination for governor.
Even in defeat the individuality and vigor of the
aging Skeffington remain unsuppressed.
THE LAST HURRAH is an excellent work by thel~~~~~~~~~~~111
young author, O'Connor, who was graduated from Notre
Dame University, and is at present a columnist for a
Boston .newspaper. Fairfield Laundromat
SPORTS NEWS ANDVIEWS
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moulding them into a top-flight college quintet, all within th€
limits of one season, With one of the finest freshman squads ir.
the history of the school (only the undefeated 1952-53 team was
as good), ready to move up, we have nothing but bright predic-
, tions for the future, Best of luck to senior cagers Jack Smyth,
Captain Lenny Paoletta, and Jim "Dixie" Pavel.
Because of the ingenuity and industriousness of Father
'Charles Farrington, the Intramural Sports Program was the
most successful in the annals of the school. A total of 4531 ;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~ I students, more than half the total undergraduate enrollment, I;
participated in such diversified, sports as table tennis, golf, bas.ketball,
softball, bowling, and touch footbalL Father Fan·ing·
ton's efforts have resultEd in two new ping-pong tables, a host
of trophies for the various tournament winners, and brand-new
equipment for the Softball League. The sports department thanks
Father F'arrington and his staff for their' co-operation and helpfulness
in covering the intramural activities in THE STAG.
Also, thanks to Bob Schreck who, in spite of a full-time job
back home in Hamden, found time to bolster the sports staff
with his writing ... best of luck in ~ur new teaching position .. ,
thanks to Walt Naedle, Sal Gilbertie (I think we are the only
collegiate newspaper with a ROD & GUN column), Jim Riordan,
and Larry Lessing ... congratulations to Bob Newall for the
success of the Sports Night ," .. and above all" many thanks to
Father Lyons and the athletic department for their co-operation,
