Stag - Vol. 04, No. 13 - April 23, 1953

              Student Council Constitution Ratified
------------------------------------------------------SEE STORY PAGE 2
Vol. IV-No. 13 Published By Students of Fairfield University. Fairfield. Conn. April 23. 1953
"What did you say your vote was. Sir?"
Election
Bud Palmer
The guest speaker of the eve­ning
was the noted sports com­mentator,
Bud Palmer, who dis­cussed
the various and humor-
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First Plenary Session
William Rust, Regional Presi­dent,
called the first plenary
session to order immediately
following the Keynote address.
A plenary session is an open
meeting for delegates and ob­servers
to hear reports and in
general conduct the business of
the congress.
Fairfield Workshop
The Regional Family Life
Commission held its workshop
Saturday, April 18, at Boston
College under the direction of
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Dr. M~rtin L. Reymert.
Ph.D.. has been announced as
the Bellarmine Lecturer to
address the student body on
Tuesday. May 5th. The title
of his lecture will be "The
Importance of Character
Traits in Early Childhood for
the Future Personality De­velopment."
Dr. Reymert is
at present Director of the
Mooseheart Labaratory for
Child Research located in
Mooseheart. Illinois. a psy­chological
clinic dedicated to
contribute to the advance­ment
of knowledge in the
field of child development.
He has been constantly call­ed
upon as an advisor for
many national and local un­dertakings
in child care and
research and at present is
also serving as a member of
Dyslexia Institute.
Fairfield Delegates
At NFC.CS· Congr1ess
Fairfield University was among the twenty-four
Catholic Colleges in New England represented at the
National Federation of Catholic College Students Re­gional
Congress held April 17, 18, 19 at Boston. Repre­sent.
ing Fairfield were Senior Delegate Tim Cronin,
JUnIor Delegate Jack McDermott, Alternate Delegate,
Ed Ambrose, Regional ·Family Life Commission Chair­man
Gerry Smith, and Paul Tremont, Bob McKeon. and
Bill Mecca who acted as observers. '
Archbishop Cushing
The Congress officially opened
Friday night with the Keynote
Address delivered by Archbish­op
Richard J. Cushing of the
Archdiocese of Boston. Bishop
Cushing spoke of the need of
Catholic lay leaders in order to
establish a way of life in ac­cordance
with the gospels.
Tim Cronin, president of the Student Council, an­nounced
that 19 members of the Senior class here have
been accepted for admission into thE: 1953 edition of
"American College Student Leaders". The basis for the
selections have been made on the 1eadership abilities of
the students as demonstrated in academic, athletic and
extra-curricular activities at Fairfield University.
This is the first year that Eugene Magner, Treasurer of
members of Fairfield Univer- the Senior Class; Jer·ome May­sity's
student body have been er, outstanding for his scholas­elected
by this organization. tic achievement; Norb Fahey
Among those accepted are: Tim and Walt McVety, both active in
Cronin, Student Council Presi- varsity athletics; Bron Orlow­dent;
Charlie Rose, Business ski, Senior Class President;
Manager of the 1953 Yearbook; Jack Welch, former President of
Carroll McGrath, Editor-in-chief the Junior class and ex-Editor­of
the Manor; Dick Bepko, Hon- in-Chief of The STAG; Sal San­or
Society member and Bridge- tella, President of the Biology
port Club President; Tom Bep- Club; Emanuel Ondeck and
ko, Honor Society member and Thomas Liptak, members of the
President of the Glee Club; Honor Society; Rudy Girandola, ,
Daniel Cuddy, Honor Society Vice-President of the Senior
member; William Curnin, ex- Class; and Leonard DeRosa, offi­Editor-
in-Chief of The STAG; cer of Business Club.
Seniors Named As College
Student Leaders For '53
The highlight of J u n i 0 r
Week. the Junior Prom will
take place tomorrow night at
the Longshore Country Club.
with Hugh Golden and his
band providing the music. The
bid has been set for five dol­lars
and includes a miniature
mug as the favor. A good at­tendance
is expected. and
dancing will be from nine to
one.
Preview
The Campus Minstrels and
Bensonians of the Fairfield Uni­versity
Glee Club gained new
laurels last Sunday, April 19,
when they were judged the win­ners
and recipient of awards at
the Second Annual Collegiate
Quartet Competition held at
Newton College of the Sacred
Heart, Newton, Mass. The Cam­pus
Minstrels emerged victorious
in the double quartet competi­tion,
while the Bensonians re­ceived
first place honors in the
single quartet division.
Other male glee clubs partici­pating
in the competition were
Boston College, Holy Cross and
Manhattan College.
Glee Club Wins
First Prize
Seventh Annual Convention Of
Peace Federation Here April 25
On Saturday, April 25, the Seventh Annual Con­vention
of the New England Catholic Peace Federation
will convene at Fairfield University. The guest speaker
for the event will be Father Edward Conway, S.J.,
Ph.D., a noted lecturer and editor on international
affairs.
Father Conway
Father Conway, Associate Edi­tor
of "America," National
Catholic Weekly Review, and
Vice-President of the Catholic
Association for International
Peace, will discuss "Revisions of
the UN Charter."
His interest in this and other
vital issues is evidenced by the
fact that he originated the "Pat­tern
for Peace," a 7-point state­ment
issued by 146 Catholics,
Jewish and Protestant leaders on
October 7, 1943, and also edited,
in conjunction with a minister
and a rabbi, "Goals for San Fran­cisco"
and "San Francisco . . .
Goals and. Achievements." One
of the organizers and first finance
chairman of the National Com­mittee
on Atomic Information,
Father Conway has also written
and lectured extensively on the
control of atomic energy. His
views have been published in the
book entitled, "Peace in The
Atomic Age." Undoubtedly, the
topic of his talk will prove to
be both informative and inter­esting.
Other Colleges
Other institutions of higher
learning who will attend the con­vention
are Albertus Magnus,
Anna Maria College, Boston Col­lege,
Salve Regina, Mt. St. Mary
College, Regis College, Emman­uel
College, Providence College,
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On Wednesday evening, April 22, the second event
of Junior Week, the Junior Sports Nite, proved to be a
success, with Father Lyons, Director of Athletics, open­ing
the event. The Master of Ceremonies then intro­duced
the coaches of the major sports at Fairfield, Mr.
James Hanrahan, basketball; Mr. Joseph Yabrowsky,
baseball, and Mr. Tamashunas, track, to the audience.
Trophies Scrimenti, baseball; Bob Mur-
Following the introduction, phy, baseball and Bill Mecca,
the athletic trophies were track.
awarded to nine seniors: Norb
Fahey, basketball and baseball;
Walt McVety, baseball; John
Doheny, baseball; Ed Kiely,
baseball; Rudy Girandola, base­ball;
Ben Ciola, baseball; Mario
Bud Palmer Speaks At
Junior Sports Night
Page 2 THE STAG April 23, 1953
N.F.C.C.S.
One of the most "talked-about" organizations on our
campus at th~ present time is the National Federation
of Catholic College Students (N.F.C.C.SJ In the cafe­teria,
in the halls, in the "smoking rooms," a verbal con­flict
is continually being waged by the pro and con ele­ments.
The former maintain that membership in such
a national organization is beneficial to the university as
a whole; the latter question the assertion. Undoubtedly,
the main argument used by the opposition is the finan­cial
one.
At the last Council meeting before the Spring vaca­tion,
our representative government voted against ap­propriating
the desired funds to the N.F.C.C.S. delegates
who journeyed to the Congress last week-end. The
majority of the CounCliI members felt that, acting as the
voice of their respective classes, they could not in con­science
approve of such a dole, which amounts to a
considerable portion of the dollar assessment fund. The
indignant N.F.C.C.S.ers maintained that the cost of
membership in such an organization, and the added cost
of financing its delegates to conventions, is returned a
hundredfold in the publicity which Fairfield receives,
in the spiritual results. But the limited participation of
the entire student body (although, theoretically, the
entire student body belongs to the organization, only a
few are capable, financially, of making the trip to con­ventions
in Boston, etc.) and the lack of any real tangible
results are arguments which the proponents of the Fed­eration
have to refute, if possible. Subsequently the
Council did reconsider and voted the necessary funds.
Undoubtedly, the junior and senior delegates, the
Chairman of the Family Life Commission, and company
are sincere and capable men. The STAG takes this
opportunity to signalize the work of the Family Life
Commission at the recent Congress. Still, other facts
remain. Membership in the organization should be
carefully weighed pro and con, so that, when, on April
29, you are called upon to cast your vote, your choice
will be discreet.
SPORTS EDITOR
Harry Marmion, '53
FEATURE EDITOR
Jack Leonard, '55
BUSINESS MANAGER
Michael Russo, '53
Marine Officer
Candidates
ASSOCIATE
Ronald Beatty, '54
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Robert Petrucelli, '54
MAKE-UP EDITOR
Harry Walters, '56
NEWS EDITOR
John McDermott, '54
EXCHANGE EDITOR
John Byrne, '54
I(eys Awarded To Seniors;
Constitution Ratified
At a special assembly last Thursday, April 16th,
Father Rector presented Honor Society and Student
By FRED DORI Council keys to deserving members of the Senior Class.
Publicity directors for every The recipients of these cQ.veted Honor Society keys were
club . .. The Council voted that
every club institute a new offi- Dutch Macchia, J. Peter La Chance, John Klimas, Sal-ceI',
that of a publicity director. vatore Di Palma, Mark Lolatte, John Luckart, Clement
It's a good idea, but it started Naples, and Edward Bateson. Student Council keys
me wondering about this point I
... what if a club has only five were awarded to Roy Ervin, J. Peter La Chance, Wi-members,
which I think is true ham Mecca, Bob Murphy, and Bronislaw Orlowski.
of some clubs? ... The usual The Constitution was taken, Father Langguth
club has four officers and that Following the presentation of discussed the merits of such a
would leave one regular mem- the awards, Student Council constitution and the need for a
ber. But now with the new 01'- Chairman Tim Cronin called functioning student government.
del' of things, that would leave upon the various class officers to F'ollowing the Dean's talk, those
that same club with all chiefs comment on the controversial members who had failed to pay
and no Indians. topic of the Student Council their student assessment fee
N.F.C.C.S. Begs For S110.00 Constitution. Non - committal were declared ineligible for
. . . A few weeks ago the statements were forthcoming casting their vote. This an­N.
F.C.C.S. delegates requested a from these men, and after the nouncement made, the standing
financial grant from the Council brief talks, the Chairman of the vote was recorded and the
to cover the expenses of some Constitutional Committee, John "ayes" outnumbered the squat­of
the delega'tes who were go- Welch, proceeded to answer the ing "nayes". Thus our consti­ing
to the Congress at Boston. various questions of the student tution was "ratified".
Mr. Cronin, Sr., delegate, stated body. Article V, Section I-J of
that the amount requested had the Council By-Laws, which
been seriously considered and provides for the taxation of stu­reduced
to the barest minimum. dent association was a point
The Council members believed raised by one student who felt
it wasn't reduced enough in that the power was unlimited.
their estimation, and thus start- Chairman Welch's retort to this Seven Fairfield seniors and
ed the blast. The blast was so remark was that the clause in six Fairfield men below the
great that the N.F".C.C.S. lost effect did limit such taxation by senior level have qualified for
more prestige here in a few (1) the very wording, (2) by the the Marine Corps' officer pro­hours
than it ever had in the student referendum clause, (3) grams, it was announced today
first place. Some impartial??? by the veto of the faculty mod- by the Marine Procurement
visitors to the Council started eratoI', (4) and by amendment officer in New York City.
crying that it was a farce and to the Constitution. Seniors Chosen
this whole antagonism and re- Moderator's Veto The seniors will attend the
fusal of the financial grant was The further problem of the July 9. Officer Candidate Class,
sinisterly planned before the veto which the moderator of any and' will receive second lieuten­meeting
.an? was a conspiracy activity and especially the stu- ant commissions upon success­to
undermme the N.F.C.C:S. dent Council possesses was aired ful completion of a ten-week
They seemed .to express surprIse at this assembly. Father Rector course. They are: Joseph J.
that anyone m thIS school was answered this difficulty by stat- Franchi, Jr., Emanuel J. Mac­r,
ot pro N.F.C.C.S.. Where hav.e ing that "the faculty and ad- chia, George A. Williams, Gil­they
been lately~ The CouncIl ministration are responsible le- bert G. Camas, Alan J. and
members stated (not all .of gaIly for everything and any- Richard F. Quick, and Robert P.
them) that the~ could ~ot, wIth thing done by Fairfield Univer- Whealn.
a clear conSCIence, gIve any sity of St. Robert Bellarmine, Platoon Leaders
mo:e mo~ey to an' orga~lzatIon Incorporated ... Why does the The others will .attenp the
WhICh raIsed so much dlspleas- student assume that there must first of two six-week summer
ure in the minds of the students be a twilight zone of antagon- training periods at Quantico,
they represent. They went on ism when the faculty deals with Virginia, as members of the
to say that the student assess- the students as a whole, when, Platoon Leaders Class. Upon
ment fee was so bitterly op- through personal and individual graduation from Fairfield, they
posed for that same reason ... contact, we know quite the will receive second lieutenant
that the students do not par- contrary?" commissions. Members of the
ticularly care for the federation The Voting PLC are deferred to complete
(particularly because they can't After a brief "question and their education. Platoon Lead­see
any concrete proofs of ,be,:e- answer" period, the assembly ers Class members are: Thomas
fits to our school) and don t lIke was closed to further question- J. Donnelly, Charles J. Sheehan,
to see the greatest portion. of ing by the student body, and Joseph P. Germain, Jr., Edward
that assessment money gomg m- the constitution was put to a V. Gawitt, Jr., Ronald M. Norko
to that organization. The pro voice vote. Mr. Cronin ,Council and John L. Kramer.
N.F.C.C.S. boys stated that the President maintained that the Further details about these
students don't want it because "ayes had it." The vote was programs may be obtained from
they don't understand the great challenged; division was de- Mr. M. F~ Guarcello, or the Ma­good
it is doing fo: ·our school clared and a second vote, a rine Corps Officer Procurement
and other Cathohc Colleges. standing vote, had to be called. IOffice at 346 Broadway, New
Well, if the students don't un- Before the second count of votes York 13, N.Y.
cerstdnd the organization and
what it is doing for them, whose
fault is it? Only the delegates'
themselves. I am not contending
that Our deleg.ates have not
been serious in their jobs, be­cause
they are extremely sin­cere
about their federation work
and they have been trying to
better our lot here at Fairfield.
I, myself, believe that the fault
lies with the entire organization
itself . . .it is too big for its
b00ts; there are not enough
meetings in which the various
schools get together and really
accomplish something. More­over,
there are too many dele­gates
from other schools who
look upon the organization as a
means to travel around and be­come
"big wheels" around the
Catholic college circle - they
could be classified as political
and social opportunists.
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On Tuesday evening, April
14, several members of the stu­dent
body and faculty attended
the first in a series of McAuley
Lectures at St. Joseph College.
Dr. Etienne Gilson, noted phi­losopher
and author, was the
first of three speakers initiating
this series, the theme of which
deals with the philosophy of
education.
Dr. Gilson
Dr. Gilson's lecture was en­tiiled,
"On the Eminent Dignity
of Teaching." A few of the more
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R.R.P.
Philosophy
Lectures At
St. Joseph's
the signature of the contestant,
the name and address of his
college and his own address.
All essays must be accompan­ied
by a statement on official sta­tionery
from the head of the
English Department, or other
college official, that the contes­tant
is a full-time junior or sen­ior
student in good standing at
his institution, and not an Eng­lish
major. All manuscripts must
be double - spaced typescript,
and, on each page, upper left,
must be the name and address
of the author.
Entries should be addressed to:
Executive Secretary, ColI e g e
English Association, Box 472,
Amherst, Mass.
The College English Associa­tion
announces a prize essay con­test
open to all full-time junior
and senior undergraduate stu­dents
not English majors in ac­credited
American universities,
colleges and teachers' colleges.
FIRST PRIZE: $100.00 in cash,
the prize essay to be published
in the "CEA Critic."
HONORABLE MENTION: Es­says
awarded honorable mention
may be published in full or in
part in "The Critic." All essays
submitted become the property
of the College English Associa­tion.
The decision of the judges
will be final.
ESSAY TOPIC: What the Eng­lish
Departments Should Do for
Students Not English Majors?
The length of the article must
be not over 1200 words. (It is
suggested that essays discuss the
aims, purposes, desired results,
and the means to achieve them.
They should consider the study
of books and of writing.)
Directions
To be considered, all entries
must be postmarked no later
than midnight, May 17, 1953. Es­says
should be submitted in seal­ed
envelopes bearing the state­ment,
"My essay submitted to
the College English Association
Prize Contest 1953, followed by
Prize Essay
Contest For
Upperc]asses
It's the
size of the
in the
man!\
That's right! In the U. S. Air Force, it's not the
size of the man in the fight-it's the size of the
FIGHT IN THE MAN! And Aviation Cadets must have
plenty of it. For Cadet training is rugged. If you're
good enough ... tough enough ... smart enough ...
if you can take it while you're learning to dish it
out, you can have one of the most fascinating careers
in the world. You'll be equipped to fly the latest,
hottest planes. You'll be prepared to take your
position as an executive, both in military and com­mercial
aviation as well as in industry. And while
you'rehelping yourselfyou'llbehelping yourcountry.
WIN YOUR WINGS! It takes little over a
year to win your wings as a Pilot or Aircraft
Observer (Navigator,Bombardier,RadarOperator
or Aircraft Performance Engineer). But at the end
of your training you graduate as a 2nd Lieutenant
in the Air Force, with pay of $5,300.00 a year.
ARE YOU ELIGIBLE? To qualify as an Aviation
Cadet, you must have completed at least two years
of college. This is a minimum requirement­it's
best if you stay in school and graduate. In
addition, you must be between 19 and 26 ~ years,
unmarried, and in good physical condition.
New Aviation Cadet Training Classes Begin Every Few Weeks!
HERE'S WHAT TO DO:
I. Take a transcript of your college credits and a copy of
your birth certificate to your nearest Air Force Base or
Recruiting Station. Fill out the application they give you.
2. If application is accepted, the Air Force will give you a
physical examination.
3. Next, you take a written and manual aptitude test.
4. If you pass your physical and other tests, you will be
scheduled for an Aviation_ Cadet training class. The
Selective Service Act allows you a four-month deferment
while waiting class assignment.
WHERE TO GET MORE DETAILS:
Visit your nearest Air Force Bose, Air Force Recruiting Offlcer, or
your nearest Air Force ROTC unit. Or write to: Aviation Cadet,
Headquarters, U. S. Air Force, Washington 25, D. C.
Page 4 THE STAG April 23, 1953
Birth Control Bill
© 1953. THE COCA·COlA COMPANY
Another unfortunate fact is
that study motivation here is
not to absorb knowledge for its
own sake, but rather to obtain
a grade. Perhaps this is true
everywhere and cannot be
avoided, but it can be alleviated
by sensible examination sched­uling.
JUNIOR SPORTS NITE
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ous incidents which he had ex­perienced
as announcer of the
Knickerbocker games, and the
game of basketball in general.
Refreshments were served.
The co-chairmen of the event,
Stan Suchenski and Bob Mar­kovic,
wish to express their
gratitude and thanks to those
who made this event a success.
We do not here propose that
Fairfield lessen her scholastic
requirements, for we are fully
aware that not only have they
been carefully planned and de­veloped,
but have also contri­buted
to her outstanding nation­al
academic rating. Yet, the
elimination of an unordered ad­ministration
of examination
would certainly be a progressive
step. Perhaps improvements are
physically out of the question.
But for the sake of higher scho­lastic
standings among the stu­dent
body, and more active par­ticipation
in activities, it would
certainly merit careful consid­eration.
Even with the situation as it
is now, there still would be no
complaint if the purpose of a
college was purely to further
intellectual development. But
Fairfield, like most ,other col-
By G. V. MALONE
Perhaps the greatest single leges, has realized that spiritual,
example ·of human shortcoming, moral, and social development
on the collegiate level, is the also play an important part in
examination. Educators down college life. Consequently, it
through the ages have looked provides an outstanding variety
upon it with some scorn, some of extra-curricular activities,
even advocating its abolition. It and strongly advises active par­must
be admitted, however, that ticipation in them .Yet, active
no 'other way has yet been de- participation, to a large degree,
vised by man to provide assur- has not been forthcoming; the
ance that the student has ab- reason being that to sacrifice the
sorbed the matter. Human na- time that many activities at
ture has proved to be overly Fairfield require, is commiting
static at times, as exemplified academic suicide!
by numerous adages such as
"let well enough alone" or "let
George do it!" So, too, in edu­cation.
An intrinsic desire to
absorb all possible knowledge is
found in few individuals. Faced
with this reality, a university,
purporting to be an institution
of higher learning, must resort
to sixth grade level by giving
daily, weekly, or quarterly ex­aminations.
ExalIlination Blues
The necessity of this, we are
forced to admit from the very
nature of things. However, care­ful
scheduling is of the utmost
importance. From the stand­point
of time, there is only so
much that a normal person is
able to accomplish. From the
standpoint of medical fact, there
is only so much that he can
mentally absorb in that time.
Hence, it is only right that ex­aminations
be geared according
to reality.
Supposedly, there is a ruling
at Fairfield that examinations
be administered only on the
assigned days for that particular
course. Yet, the fact remains
that examinations will pile up,
sometimes two and three in ·a
day, often rendering adequate
preparation virtually impos­sible.
"Coke" is 0 registered trode-mork.
Campus capers call for Coke
In the Spring, young folks' fancy
. lightly turns and turns and turns.
Right now-refreshment's in order.
They'll have a Coke.
BOTTlEO UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA·COLA COMPANY BY
SPRINGFIELD COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY
PEACE FEDERATION
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Merrimac College, Newton Col­lege
of the Sacred Heart, Holy
Cross, Rivier College and Our
Lady of The Elms.
Program
The program for this event is
as follows:
11 :30-12:30 a.m. - Registra­tion,
Library, Xavier Hall.
12:30 - Lunch, Dining Room,
1:30 p.m. - Panels, 2nd floor,
Xavier Hall:
1.) UNITED NATIONS and
COLLECTIVE SECURITY ­Room
206: Chairman, Catherine
Wilkinson, Albertus; C l' i tic,
Rosemarie Connolley, Anna Ma­ria
College, Richard Mahoney,
Boston College, J 0 a n Kane,
Salve Regina College.
2.) The UNITED NATIONS
and COMMUNISM - Room 205:
Chairman, John Luckart, Fair­field
University; Critic, Joyce
Connors, Mt. St. Mary College,
John Byrne, Fairfield University,
Cynthia Mullin, Regis College.
3.) The UNITED NATIONS
and ITS STRUCTURE - Room
211: Chairman, Nancy Sheehan,
Emanuel College, Critic, Peter
Lynch, Providence College, Ar­thur
Godin, Merrimac College,
Phyllic Hallar, Newton College
of Sacred Heart, L. R. Homza,
F'airfield University.
4.) The UNITED NATIONS
and ITS CHANCES FOR SUC­CESS
- Room 208: Chairman,
Thomas Griffin, Holy Cross Col­lege,
Critic, Aline Bujold, Rivier
College, James Boulger, Holy
Cross College, Cecile McDonnell,
Our Lady of the Elms, T. Paul
Tremont, Fairfield University.
2:30 p.m. - Executive Meet­ing-
Library, Xavier Hall.
3:00 p.m. - Rev. Edward Con­way,
Editor of AMERICA and
foremost Catholic authority on
World Government will be our
guest speaker.
4:00 p.m. - General Meeting
-Xavier Hall: a. Summary of
Panels, room 212; b. Resolutions.
4:45-5:00 p.m. Benediction,
McAuliffe Hall.
Immorality
Indeed, ,as Professor Meaney
states, "the Creator has annexed
pleasure to the use of all human
faculties to induce man to use
them to their proper ends; but
when man makes the pleasure
of the faculty his exclusive pur­pose
and deliberately exercises
his faculties in an unnatur,al
way to the frustration of its na-
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By BILL CLANCY
The 14th biennial public hear- ern mind, but which in reality
ing was held April 1st before were not. They said that if the
the Committee on Public Safety birth of cattle was regulated,
in Hartford on the proposed bill why not the birth of humans?
to amend the present provisions If liquor sale is controlled, why
of the Connecticut General Sta- do we not control human birth?
tutes concerning "the right of Representative Ronosa
licensed physicians to prescribe I Representative Ronosa of
for married women." Bristol expressed his feelings
The Bill simply but eloquently when he
The bill read thus: "The pro- said that he had four good rea­visions
of Section 8568 and 8875 sons at home for opposing the
of the General Statutes shall not bill. The proponents of the. bill
be construed to prevent (a) any retorted that he must have been
physician duly licensed to prac- practicing birth control himself
tice in accordance with Section if he had only four reasons.
4364 of the General Statutes as Mr. Meaney
amended, from prescribing any Professor John A. Meaney of
method or means for the tem- Fairfield attacked the proposed
porary pr~vention of pregnan~y legislation from the moral stand­In
a m.a~ned woman, whe.n,. m point, and since birth control is
the OpInIOn of such physIcIan, a moral issue his comments
pregnancy would endanger the contained the 'entire creed of
life or seriously impair the Decency and Morality regarding
health of such married woman, the subject.
or. (b) a married person from Professor Meaney, since his
usmg the method or means so was a moral argument first
prescribed." showed the necessity of' God's
Purpose of Bill existence, since without God,
The purpose of the bill was talk of mor,ality is absurd.
said to be "to permit duly li- Professor Meaney went on to
censed. physicians to safeguard say "that the Natural Law
the lives and health of married clearly shows us that a person's
women." While it is undoubted- actions are morally good when
ly a noble thing to reduce suf- they are in harmony with the
fering, is it practical to do so human nature God gave him,
unlawfully with the new danger and consequently with the Will
'Of greater and everlasting suf- of God Who created his nature.
fering? Should suffering be re- Reason tells us, without the
lieved at the expense of a trans- shadow of a doubt, that God
gression against the Natural, Who adapted vital powers to
Moral, and Eternal Laws? I and definite and obvious ends must
every decent person think not! intend and will that these vital
Opposition Speakers powers should operate, as He
Attorney Joseph P. Cooney made them, to the ends He ap­introduced
the opposition speak- pointed."
ers who were rPofessor John A. As free rational animals we
Meaney of Fairfield University' can use our facilities and organs
Doctors Edward B. O'Connell: as God intended, or we can use
Jules S. Terry, Donald J. Mc- them for purposes not so in­Crann,
and Thomas F. Hersey; tend~d. However, we are only
William J. Clancy, New Haven physIcally free, not morally free,
businessman and member of the to frustrate the purposes and
Board of Education; and Attor- ends of our facilities or organs.
l1ey Cooney. Attorney Cooney Planned Parenthood League
prefaced the opposition's re- exposes their materialistic and
marks by challenging claims shallow philosophy when they
that opposition to birth control advocate such doctrines. It
is a Catholic project and that \,:ould seem that other tenden­opponents
of the proposed legis- cIe? ov~rpower and rule their
lation represent only a small ratIOnabty, and they become as
minority of Connecticut citizens. the brute. If health, their ex­He
pointed out that a great cuse for immorality, dictates
many people besides Catholics that there be no pregnancy, then
oppose the legislation. He quot- the obvious solution is abstin­ed
from the late Dr. Walter A. ence.
Maier, a Lutheran preacher,
who denounced birth control as
"a physical danger, a moral de­gradation
and outrage against
nature, ,a divorce stimulus, a
menace to national prosperity,
and a violation of scriptural
ideals." •
Proponents
Proponents of the bill made
many statements which they
thought appealing to the mod-
April 23, 1953 THE STAG Page 5
By HARRY MARMION
Sports News and Views
With Spring here the Spring Sports program is in full swing.
The baseball team, hampered by weather and inadequate facili­ties,
embarks on a nine game schedule. The team, loaded with
veterans at most positions, should do very well under the tute­lage
of Joe Yabrowsky. The track squad engages seven meets,
two of which are small college meets which will give the boys a
chance to show their worth. The golf team has the largest num­ber
of meets or matches of any of the sports, eleven ... lots of
luck to all the teams and to their coaches
On the Intramural front, if there is one ... Bob Joy has given
it the full treatment elsewhere on this page.
To change the subject. I would like to turn to the Major
League scene. In the last column. I picked the Giants to win
and several guys questioned me about it. Now let's be sensible
... Dark and Lockman stand head and shoulders above Reese
and Hodges in all around ability. You certainly can't pick an
untried rookie. Junior Gilliam over Davey Williams. who had a
fine freshman season at second last year. At third. the probable
rookie of the year. Daryl Spencer. is stronger defensively than
Jackie Robinson. who is untried at that position. In the out­field.
Monte Irvin's potent bat is ~etter than all the Bum left
fielders put together. In center. I'll take the fielding of Bo~
Thomson and his long ball-hitting over the Flatbush pride. Duke
Snider. In right field. Furillo. because of his great arm. is the
better man. but at the bat. I think Mueller takes the nod. Only
behind the plate do the Dodgers have a distinct advantage in
Roy Campanella . . . As regards the pitching staff. upon whom
would you rather depend. Maglie. Jansen. Hearn. Corwin. Koslo.
Lanier. Wilhelm. "once a week" Roe. "second division beater"
Loes. or Branca. who hasn't had a good night's sleep since Thom­'
son's big home run in 'Sl? Then these various Spring phenoms
that the Dodgers bring up each year. well. they all will be back
at Fort Worth or some place like it where they belong. Poor Joe
Black will have to pitch so much that by mid-July he will be
drop-kicking the ball over the plate.
How will the race go? Well it might be close for the first
few months . . . But then in the hot. humid days of August. on
the dry. hard fields of the West. the poor old Dodgers (Reese.
Hodges. Robinson. Campanella. Roe" etc.) will all wilt and then
just like old soldiers ... they will fade away and die.
Then. in the gathering shadows of the Fall. the two great
titans of baseball will meet. The Yankees. seeking their fifth
World Series in a row. and the Giants. their first in quite a while
. . . The crowds will be large. the games close. but in the seventh
and final game. with the score tied in the late innings and Maglie
hatlling Reynolds ... the Giants will put a couple of men on and
Leo will motion for a pinch hitter . . . from the bench will come
Sal Yvars just like in '51) striding confidently to the plate ...
After several tense moments. a hard line drive will be sent
screaming down the left field line ... a last minute lunge by the
fielder will go for naught. the runners will scamper around the
bases and the boys from Coogan's Bluff will go home across the
Harlem river with the championship ... A "new Era" in sports
will have begun .•• With Willie Mays coming back. this Era will
continue for quite some time ... Long Live the Giants ... ?
I have spoken.
Don't forget to watch the big fight from Boston tomorrow
night. Carter versus Collins. and who else could I pick but the
Boston Irishman Collins to come off the floor and win the title.
Senior Athletes
BIRTH CONTROL
(Continued from Page 4)
tural purpose, he acts immor­ally."
An Appeal
As college students who very
soon will be out in the world,
many of us married, this subject
of birth control is one which
deserves our active opposition
and condemnation. It is part of
the general breakdown of mor­ality
which is so prevalent in
the world today. If we are go­ing
to live in this world and
raise our children in it, it is our
duty to support the world's
good and ,actively oppose its
evils. It is evident that this "so­called"
planned parenthood is
not conducive to a better world.
In closing, I would like to re­peat
a quip of one of the mem­bers
of the opposition, who
asked, "Where would the world
be today if Adam and Eve had
practiced birth control?"
Golf Team
Opens New
Season'
sity. A four year man, Walt
handles first base with the finesse
of a professional. The team will
again be counting heavily on this
first baseman to supply his long
range hitting for a potentially
successful season.
Walt is an Education major
and plans to enter the service
after graduation with a possible
commission in the Marine Corps.
He has also been active in var­ious
organizations at Fairfield,
i.e. intramural sports, the Educa­tion
and Hartford Clubs.
Mario Scrimenti
The third member of the base­ball
squad to be honored this
issue is Mario Scrimenti who
hails from Ansonia. This is his
second year on the varsity base­ball
team and although he didn't
"see much action" last season as
an infielder, he figures promin­ently
in this year's plans. His
natural fielding ability qualifies
him as a potential starter in any
of the infield slots.
"Sonny" has been hitting the
ball with a wallop during pre­game
workouts and his presence
should add power to the hitting
order. A major in sociology, he
hopes to enlist in the air force
after graduation.
The Track and F'ield charges
of Coach Ed Tamashunas are
ready for their season's opening The Stag golf squad will play
eleven matches this season ac­meet
against a good New Haven cording to the schedule announ-
Teachers squad. Tamashunas ced this week.
will sorely miss such standouts The Stags' squad includes five
as Ed Dowling, Tom LoRicco, holdovers from last year's team,
and Jim Long who graduated headed by Jimmy Homa. The
other returning letterman in­last
year, but he has some good' chide Ed Segala, Harry Quinn,
holdovers. If some freshmen Bill Casey, and Lenny Creatura.
come through, this c,an prove to Neil Morrow, a Freshman, is the
be a good year. sixth member of the team.
The schedule:
Leading the holdovers in the April-dashes
will be Danny D'Elia 21-Fairfield Prep
and Jack Lindsay, two boys 23-Fairfield Prep.
with plenty of speed and experi- 24-White Plains Tech
ence. Bill Mecca, a senior; Henry 28-Hillyer
Higgins, a freshman, and Jack 3D-New Haven State
Buckley, a sophomore, will run May-the
sprints while Al Purcell and l-U B
Petet Rackiewicz ,are counted on 4-New Haven
in the distances. Jay Jaser and 5-White Plains Tech
Bob O'Keefe are to be counted 7-Hillyer
on in the weights, both are con- 14-Fairfield Prep.
sistent point getters. Jim Bacik,
a junior, will again handle most
of the high jumping and pole
vaulting. Larry Roche will be
able to devote most of his efforts
to his specialty, the hurdles,
this year, and should be better
than ever before.
Two major meets at New Bri­tain,
featuring most of the
East's top small colleges, high
light the seven meet schedule.
Fairfield should do well in both,
with such consistent scorers as
Roche, Mecca, Purcell, D'Elia,
J aser and Bacik returning, and
could win both.
The schedule:
April 22,,, New Haven Teachers
April 25 CCNY Night School
April 29 Univ. of Bpt.
May 1"""", Arnold College
May 8 '" '" White Plains Tech
May 9 Spring Track & Field
Championship at New Britain
May 16 Conn. Small College
Meet
One of the reputable of this
year's Senior Class is Rudy Gir­andola
from the Capitol city of
Hartford, Connecticut. Since his
Freshman year here at Fairfield,
Rudy has been a varsity member
of the baseball squad, occupying
one of the outfield berths. What
this versatile outfielder lacks in
size, he readily makes up in
speed, which is attested to by
the wide area he covers in the
outfield as well as his agility on
the base paths.
Rudy began his athletic activi­ties
in high school where he
played three years of varsity
baseball and basketball. Besides
his sports' activity, he has also
been active in other school func­tions,
e.g. the Stag, the Glee
Club, intramural sports and the
Hartford Club. A major in Eng­lish
here at Fairfield, Rudy plans
to enter law school following
graduation.
Walt McVety
Another well - known Senior
athlete, is Walt McVety, a resi­dent
of New Haven, Connecticut.
A graduate of Fairfield Prep,
where he lettered in varsity
baseball and football for three
years, he continued his athletic
prowess here at Fairfield Univer-
Strong Track
Team Opens
New Season
"Joy's Jottings"
By BOB JOY
Here it is late April and as
yet the Spring Intramural pro­gram
has not become a reality.
Although there have been talks
of leagues in several sports, it is
too late for any good schedules
to be carried out. In order that
a strong intramural program be
conducted, and this school is
supposed to be behind one,
leagues for Spring sports must
be formed early, by late March
at the latest. Early formation
allows the teams to get started
in Spring when the weather
permits. This early start gives
rained-out games an opportun­ity
to be made up and for all
schedules to be carried out. The
current catalogue says that in­tramural
leagues are formed in
Touch Football, Basketball,
Softball, Ping Pong, Bowling. In
two years this writer has seen
only the Ping Pong and Touch
Football leagues (both run suc­cessfully).
The Bridgeport Club
runs an excellent basketball
league but it is open only to its
members and cannot be con­sidered
as an intramural league.
I have yet to see a softball
game on the campus and the
bowling leagues, which I un­derstand
were popular a few
years ago, are now recorded in
the history books. Hence our en­tire
intramural program, which
must suffice as the sole athletic
endeavor for most students,
rests in two sports, Le., one, an
Gutdoor sport, and the other, of
the cafeteria variety. Certainly
this situation should be reme­died.
It is a job for the combined
efforts of the Administration,
the Athletic Association, The
Stag, and the Student body as
a whole, so let's get on the ball
next year and try to run a pro­gram
which is representative of
Fairfield U.
This is the time of year when
every sports writer, no matter
where he writes, tries to pick
the pennant winners. Swami
Joy, who hasn't picked the right
winners since Satchel Paige was
a rookie, takes a stab at it. In
the National League, I am really
going out on a limb and picking
the Cardinals to edge out
Brooklyn. The Cards have a
mixture of reliable veterans and
hustling youngsters and have a
good chance. The Phils and
Giants round out the first divi­sion
with the Braves, Cubs,
Reds and Pirates finishing in
that order. In the American loop
I pick the hustling White Sox
to do the impossible and beat
the Yanks. The New Yorkers
can't win forever, and the Pale
Hose could be the team that will
beat them. Cleveland should
finish a poor third and, just to
be different, I'd put the Browns
in fourth place. They have the
league's best outfield in Groth,
V\Tertz and Kokos, plus a fine
shortstop in rookie Bill Hunter.
This should be enough to put
them in the first division.
Washington, Phi 1 a d e Iph!a,
Boston and Detroit round out
the standings. To stick my neck
out even farther, I'll pick Duke
Snider to beat out Stan Musial
for the batting crown, but Stan
to get the MVP award for the
fourth time. Minnie Minoso,
Larry Doby, and George Kell
should battle it out for the AL
hitting title.
By next September I shall
probably have denied that I
ever wrote this piece of fantasy..
The schedule as announced by
Father Lyons:
April-
25-New Britain H
May-
2-Arnold H
4-Hillyer H
8-New Haven A
ll-Iona A
13-New Britain A
29-New Haven H
31-New York A.C. A
ior with a good curve and plenty
of experience. Kuloweic is a
sophomore and Hajas a Fresh­man
who transferred from Bos­ton
College.
The infield will have Walt
McVety, Jack MacLane, Billy
Smith, and Bob Markovic, read­ing
from first to third. Infield
reserves include Mario Scrimenti
at second base, and Paul Poeltl
at third.
The outfield will have Jack
Burns in left, Ed Kiely in center,
and Jack Nick in right. Skip
Vigilante and Rudy Girandola
back up the starting trio. Nick
is a Freshman.
With their opener against Ar­nold
College already postponed
twice, the Stag varsity looked
forward to Saturday, April 25th,
in hopes of getting the season
underway with New Britain's
Teachers. The game will be play­ed
at home on the University
field.
Coach Joe Yabrowsky has just
about decided on his starting
lineup for Saturday~s game, if
the weather proves favorable.
Jim Roach is slated to be his
catcher, with Art McVety back­ing
him up. Roach will more
than likely handle the southpaw
slants of Norb Fahey, the team's
ace. In reserve of Fahey, Ya­browsky
can call on righthanders
John Doheny, John Kuloweic,
and Bob Hajas. Doheny is a sen-
Baseball
Line-up,
Schedule
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Dared for their stag nite the
following year. - Ahem!
May lIth Menedel Club Social
... The Mendel Club will hold
a social off campus on May 11th.
COUNCIL DRUMS
(Continued from Page 2)
Then we come to the question
of continuing our support to
such an organization ... should
we continue pouring Council
money into it with the hope of
someday obtaining real benefits
from our membership? The
Council members decided (in
their vote) that general student
resentment against throwing
money into it was so great that
it could no longer be ignored.
They said they voted according
to conscience and duty to their
respective classes . . . the vote
was in favor of not giving any
money to the delegates at all.
The meeting then broke into
furor with everybody and their
gr,andfather wanting to say
something. The N.F.C.C.S. had
its friends there to aid its
cause, denouncing the Council
and making personal verbal at­tacks
on different members
whom they accused of having
planned this outcome b.efore the
meeting. Prejudice against the
N.F.C.C.S. was their cry. The
Council members denounced
the accusations of the federation
group and tried to explain their
position .again. Some friends
were lost and some were gained
that night because of the in­tense
feelings of both groups.
Then ,one of the Council mem­bers
asked for a reconsideration
of the whole matter to try to
reach some middle-road stand
on giving the delegation some
funds for the Congress. They
finally came to the decision that
the Senior Delegate could use
his own discretion. in taking a ;---------------.
sum from the treasury (sum cut
to the barest minimum). The
senior ,and junior delegates
stated that they wouldn't take
one cent of the money for them­selves,
because of the way the
Council acted previously, but
that they would take some
money for the expenses of those
who seriously needed the money
and oouldn't afford to pay their
own way to Boston. Then there
followed some more outbursts
from both sides in defense of
their actions at the meeting.
The meeting ws finally adjourn-ed,
but nobody wanted to leave.
Everyone remained in the cafe­teria
arguing for about 45 min­utes
after the adj,ournment, un­til
their presence was finally no
longer wanted by Pat ... so we
all went home? Incidentally the
Federation received $90.00 for
their trip to Boston. "
Constitution Goes Before the
Student Body for Vote ... The
Council outlined the procedure
for the assembly concerning the
ratification oJ the constitution.
Since it has already taken place
I can only say that it w,as dis­appointing
to see the way it had
all turned out. However, it
should be taken into considera­tion
that the Council really
needed a working constitution,
and the constitution's good
points out-numbered the bad.
Any objectionable sections
could have been cleared up
later upon recommendation to
the Council. Well, that's life.
Vote to be taken on N.F.C.C.S.
on April 29th ... I can only pre­dict
the outcome of the vote. I
believe, because of the student
resentment against the federa­tion
and the expending of Coun­cil
assessment funds to support
it (let's face it, there are objec­tions),
the N.F.C.C.S. at Fair­field
will die. It's hard to say
whether a eulogy should read,
Ethical
Pharmacy
LECTURES
(Continued from Page 2)
significant points stressed were:
(1) The primary reward of a
good teacher is that satisfaction
wnich he receives from the
knowledge that he has imparted
to his pupils. .
(2) The good teache'r is one
who trains and encourages stu­dents
to acquire knowledge by
themselves, i.e., to think things
out on their own.
,(3) Progressive education is
failing in the basic functions of
teaching by attempting to over­simplify
the difficut things. A
'Subject which is difficult is so
by its own nature, and by alter­ing
it, we are no longer ade­quately
teaching that same
thing.
(4) A subject which is diffi­cult
should be accompanied by
a difficult text in ,order to pre­sent
a challenge to the students
and to necessitate clear and
logical thinking.
Other Lectures
The remaining lectures in this
series will be given by equally
prominent Catholic philoso­phers.
On April 21, Anton Pegis
will discuss "Teaching and the
Community of Learning," while
Jacques Maritain will conclude
the McAuley series with a talk
on "Teaching and The Freedom
to Teach." The date for the lat­ter
lecture is as yet undecided.
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Gerry Smith of Fairfield Uni­versity.
Mr. Smith announced
as the theme of the workshop
"the Four Major Causes for
Catholic Family Breakdown."
Miss Pat Higgins, National
Family Life Chairman for the
College of New Rochelle, gave
the introduction. The Workshop
itself consisted of a panel of
four speakers: Mr. Edward
Wetzel of Holy Cross, who spoke
on "drink" as a major cause of
the family breakdown, Miss
Mary Jane Miller of Emmanuel
College who presented the topic
"Incompatability of Tempera­ment
as a Cause," Bob McKeon
of Fairfield University and the
topic entitled "Irresponsibility,"
and Paul Tremont, Fairfield
university who spoke on "Infi­delity."
The Family Life Work­shop
was rated as one of the
finest presented at the Congress
and was attended by 'over one­hundred
students, and educators
of Catholic Colleges.
Fr. MacDonnell Speaks
The Student Government
Workshop presented by Albert­us
Magnus College was of par­ticular
interest to Fairfield stu­dents.
The main speakers in­cluded
Reverend Robert S. Mac­Donnell,
S.J., of Fairfield Uni­versity.
Father MacDonnell
spoke on Administration and
Student Council relations at
Fairfield. Students attending the
workshop questioned a point
system for Honor Societies. Fr.
MacDonnell expressed the opin­ion
that the point system had
worked out very satisfactorily
but added that it only applied
to Seniors after three years of
work and student activity.
The Congress closed Sunday
with the election of officers and
the reseating of. Region Commis­sions.
The Family Life Commis­sion
was reseated at Fairfield.
Election Results
Mr. Ted Wedemeyer, who was
called the man to put the Fed­eration
on a practical basis in a
brilliant nomination speech by
Tim Cronin of' Fairfield, was
elected as Regional President.
Jack McDermott of F'airfield de­lIvered
the nomination speech
for Pat McLaughlin of St. Jo­seph
College who was elected
Vice-President.
The one disappointment of the
Fairfield delegation was the loss
by Gerry Smith to John Saleses
in a close election race for the
office of Regional Treasurer. In
one of the finest speeches of the
afternoon delivered by Ed
Wetzel of Holy Cross, Gerry
Smith was heralded as the most
significant newcomer to the
Federation this' year.