Stag - Vol. 05, No. 04 - November 5, 1953

              New Basketball
Vol. V-No.4 Published by Students of Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn. November 5, 1953
Fairfield in December. The
schedule for the year's remain­ing
concerts appears below.
December 6, Combined con­cert
with the Glee Club of Saint
Joseph College at Saint Joseph
College, Hartford.
March 5, Waterbury, sponsbr­ed
by Waterbury Undergradu­ate
Club.
March 26, Stamford, sponsor­ed
by Stamford Court, Catholic
Daughters of America.
April 2, New Haven, sponsor­ed
by New Haven Chapter of
the Bellarmine Guild in conjunc­tion
with the New Haven Under­graduate
Club.
April 9, Bridgeport, Klein
AUditorium, co-sponsored by
the Bridgeport Undergraduate
Club and the Glee Club.
April 28, Naugatuck, sponsor­ed
by Saint Francis Parish.
May 2, New Rochelle, com­bined
concert with the Glee
Club of the College of New
Rochelle.
May 5, Meriden, sponsored by
Holy Angels' Parish.
May 7, Hartford, sponsored by
Saint Augustine's Parish of
South Glastonbury.
Derby, date to be announced,
Other Choirs
In the choir loft of St. Augus­tine's
Cathedral, two other choirs
will be assembled, the Semin­arian
Choir from St. Thomas'
Seminary, which will sing the
"Credo" from the Mass, and a
mixed choir under the direction
of Father Austin B. Saunders of
St. Joseph's Parish, Norwalk,
whose selection will include an
original composition by Father
Saunders, the "Hail Mary."
Fairfield
Fairfield's choir will sing the
"Kyrie," "Gloria," "Sanctus,"
"Benedictus" and the "Agnus
Dei" under the able direction of
Mr. Simon Harak. Undoubtedly,
this is a great honor which has
been accorded the University's
choral group, and their perform­ance
at Mass on December 2 will
be indicative of the excellence
and discipline of the group, and
the exacting direction of Mr.
Harak.
Concert Schedule
Later in that month, the Glee
Club will begin its concert tour
throughout Connecticut, the first
concert being a joint one with
the College of New Rochelle at
MR. SIMON HARAK
Director of the Glee Club
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At last week's rehearsal, Father John Murray, moderator of the Fairfield Uni~
versity Glee Club, announced that the group had received an invitation to sing at
the Pontifical Mass, at which the Most Reverend Lawrence J. Shehan, D.D., will be
installed as Bishop of Bridgeport on December 2nd.
T. P. Tremont Reports On
Frosh Council Elections
Last week the Office of the
Dean announced that room 210
would be reserved as a study
room for the use of the student
body. A typewriter has been
placed in the room which will
be availalbe for school business
only. It is not to be used for
personal matters.
Smoking will be allowed but
since it is primarily a study
room, ungentlemanly conduct
will not be tolerated. Since the
administration is in no way
obligated to provide such facili­ties
for the students, we should
all co-operate in showing our
appreciation for their generosity I
by not abusing this privilege.
Room 210
To Be New
Study Hall
JACK WELCH '54
Carnival Chairman
Vice-President
The Mendel Club, the Stag,
the Athletic Association, the
Chemistry Club and the Manor,
all list Jack Welch on their
membership records. His elec­tion
to the Vice-Presidency of
the Senior Class is indicative of
his capabilities as well as pop­ularity.
Council Elects W,elch Fairfield U. Glete Club To Join
'54 Carnival Chairman With Other Clubs In Singing At
At a recent meeting of the Student Council, John
C. Welc~, '54, was. elected chairm~n of the '~4 Mid-Win- Bishop's Installation Dec. 2nd ter Carmval. ActIve on the Carmval commIttee for the ,
past three years, Jack was also chairman of last year's
Junior Prom, which proved to be an outstanding event.
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Process of Election
The process of electing the
Carnival Chairman consists of
the following. First, the inter­ested
applicant must signify his
desire for the position by sign­ing
his name to a specified list
posted on the bulletin board by
the Student Council. Secondly,
he must appear before the Stu­dent
Council itself for an in­formal
interview. Edward Klim
and Bill Clancy, in addition to
Welch, were interviewed at the
meeting referred to above.
Thirdly, after due deliberation,
the members of the council vote
for their choice by secret ballot.
Obviously, the majority vote
was in favor of Jack Welch as
Carnival Chairman.
With the fruit of experience
acquired in the past as chairman
and committeeman, Jack will
make the '54 Winter Carnival a
definite ,success.
The Student Council has made provisions for the
holding of an election for Freshman Council members.
Official sources vary as to the date; some Council Officer
has told us that nominations open November 2, while
elections will take place the following week. The Elec­tion
Commissioner, who incidentally wasn't informed
about the elections, has felt that the elections would take
place Friday, November 6.
However, there is one cer-0>--------------­tainty
which we can realize many minds; how can we over­about
these elections: THEY come the difficulty is an answer
WILL BE UNCONSTITUTION- not too obvious. In order to com­AL.
For, according to the Stu- prehend the gravity of the situ­dent
Constitution, Art. III Sec- ation, we need only to consult
tion 3a, "The election of Fresh- Rules of Parliamentary Pro­man
representatives will be held cedure, which would assure us
during the fourth week of Octo- that any election held unconsti­ber."
Obviously the fourth week tutionally would void the elec-of
OctOber, has just passed. tees position. So, these four little
Responsibility freshmen will be on Council
Just who was responsible for only as. long as the other.mem­this
situation is a question bers think they are amusmg.. If
which may be conceived in. (Oontinued on Page Five)
At the Student Council Meeting of Oct. 27,
the following amendment was proposed by senior
members of the Council, Edward Devine and
John Byrne. The same amendment had been
previously proposed by T. Paul Tremont but was
withdrawn.
BE IT RESOLVED: that the Student Coun­cil
By-Laws, Article I, Section 3 be amended ·by
striking out, "with a seat and voice on the Stu­dent
Council, he shall be one of the eight mem­bers
of the Senior Class on the Council" (lines 9
and 10) and inserting a period (.) after "auto­matically
become Senior Delegate" {line 8).
N.B. Please consult the By-Laws of the
Constitution for a c1arification of the amendment.
Page 2 THE STAG
By PETER DE MARCO, '56
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Robert Petrucelli, '54
FEATURE EDITOR
Jack Leonard, '55
.SPORTS EDITOR
Robert Joy, '55
BUSINESS MANAGER
John Buckley, '55
MAKE-UP
Robert Murren, '55
GERMAN CLUB
The German club will spon­sor
an exhibit of various items
of interest from Germany on
Tuesday, December 1st in the
cafeteria.
other, we refuse to admit or else
make it difficult for the produce
of European industries to help
themselves by commerce with
this country, the acknowledged
"biggest buyer" in the world.
What Is the Solution
So what is the solution? The
free trade advocates will pro­claim:
"Subsidize foreign indus­try
- don't tariff them. Why
should we keep alive inefficient
industries in this country to pre­vent
the products of certain top­rate
foreign industries from en­tering
American homes? The
solution is free trade - cutting
tariffs gradually over a period
of time, so inefficient industries
can reconvert." They will offer
either unilateral action, a sim­ple
adoption of free trade by the
American government acting
alone, or multilateral action, a
plan by which the government
arrives at free trade in conjunc­tion
with the other governments
of the world.
Negative
The negative proponents will
retort: "We must first think of
protecting American industry,
not the nursing of foreign com­merce!
Rather than adopt an all­out
free trade policy, since there
is a need for trade improvement,
we can just increase imports, or
close the so-called "dollar gap"
existing in the tariff system."
The debating societies will
thrash out the problem on the
12th of November. Come and
vote for whom you think is
right!
ART EDITOR
Art Panero, '54
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Ronald Beatty, '54 Fred Dori, '54
CO-EDITORS
Joseph Battagliola, '54
NEWS EDITOR
John McDermott, '54
EXCHANGE EDITOR
William Kennally, '54
Important
So in view of the fact, the
problem of free trade is an im­portant
one. For on one hand,
the United States is spending
billions of dollars in putting
European economy and trade
back on its feet; then on the
A debate between the Robert Bellarmine (senior­junior)
and St. Thomas More (sophomore-frosh) Debat­jng
societies, has been announced by the moderators.
The 'contest will be held on November 12, in room 212,
and all are invited to witness the verbal swordplay.
The judges are you, the student body; it is you who will
pick the winning team.
The TariH
The tariff is the dagger in the
back of free trade. For when
nations are young, the tariff pro­tects
their growing industry, or
when they stand in need of
revenue, a tariff is a good source
of income. But then too, the op­posite
is true - when the na­tion's
industries are firmly estab­lished,
or when they have no
demand for such a source of in­come,
there is no need for a
tariff.
Upp,erclassmen To
Debate Underclassmen
By FRED DORI
Winter Carnival Plans Pro­gressing
. . . The council has
finally made some progress with
regard to plans for the Winter
Carnival. They at least have a
chairman for it. Now all they
have to worry about is setting
a time and place. From all indi­cations
it will probably be held
at the Ritz Ballroom (Bridge- The Teams
port's answer to Roseland) on Defending the prestige of the
a Saturday early in February. upperclassmen will be Jack Mc­The
factor in question is-who'll Dermott and Bob McKeon on
be the band? Will it be Joey the affirmative side, and Bob
Zelle, the regular Saturday night Petrucelli and Jack Sullivan on
house-band or another alterna- the negative. Fighting (verbally,
tive? ... Jack Sullivan tells me that is) for the underclassmen
he would be able to secure the will be Bob Hogan and Joseph
services of the Stratford Ameri- Germain for the negative, with
can Legion Drum Corps if the their colleagues Michael D'Aiuto
guys and dolls don't mind danc- and Frank Mathews on the
ing to Sousa. affirmative.
Jack Welch, our Winter Car- The point at issue will be the
nival Chairman, assures us that national topic for 1953-54­this
year there will not be any "Resolved: That the United
more Teddy Snowcrops gayly States should adopt a policy of
cavorting around a junior size free trade." Here's a little prep­waterfall.
We'll have the good I ping for the judges.
old fashioned Stags, besides The Topic
they're larger than polar bears, The crux of the problem set-so
why not get our money's tles around the words "free
worth. trade." Free trade is the un-
I guess the reason why the licensed admittance of all for­polar
bears melted so fast last eign exports to a nation with­year
was due t? the. fact that out imposing a duty or tariff on
the1r usual hab1tat 1S not the them. This is a fine and noble
Ritz Ballroom, and they knew idea but the hard fact reveals
they weren't wanted in the ~rst that' nations hesitate to put it to
place. So they took the eas1est practice for nationalistic mo­way
out and melted - the tives.
cowards.
Jack is going to do away with
the usual method of selecting
the committee (signing· your
name to the list and forgetting
your responsibilities after you
were appointed to it), and this
year, appointments will be made
on recommendation of your
name to the Chairman by Class
Officers. Knowing the abilities
of Jack Welch, the Council as­sures
us that the event will be
the best yet. Jack is in the pro­cess
of forming tentative plans
concerning the number of activ­ities
to be held that weekend,
and tells us that he is open for
suggestions from anyone. It is
also important at this time to
give mention to the other pros­pective
candidates for the Chair­manship
of the carnival, who
took the time to show their
interest in this project, by sub-mitting
their names and coming
to the meeting to be interview­ed.
They are as follows: Ed
Klim, Bill Clancy, and Walter
Zackrison. All of these men
really had something to offer,
and Jack Welch, after being ap­pointed,
said he recognized their
value as prominent committee-men,
and will appoint them as
such.
Dean of College Visits Council
... Father Healy paid a visit'
to the Council during their last I
meeting and complimented the
members on their endeavors as
Representatives of the student
body. He assured the council of
his full cooperation with them
on matters that would be bene­ficial
to the school as a whole.
Father Lyons Speaks On Be­half
of Athletic Association . .'.
Father Lyons also honored the
Council with his presence at the
meeting. Father Lyons asked for
the cooperation of the council
representatives and the various
R.R.P. (Continued on Page Four)
Russell's Apology
The present era of history in which we are now
living has been christened the Atomic Age, the Age of I~.~.:::;
Ideological Conflict, or the Age of Progress. A more
precise definition, however, is the one Arthur Koestler,
popular journalist and writer, has assigned to the divid­ed
world of today, namely the Age of Longing.
The intellect of man "longs" for truth and is avari­cious
in its search, but the full satiety of that faculty
can never be realized on this earth. The multitude of
knowledge is too vast for our intellect to comprehend
in a lifetime. Only in the possession of Truth Itself will
this faculty of the soul find complete satisfaction. Only
in God, in the Beatific Vision, who is ALL Truth, will
man possess the fullness of knowledge and wisdom.
Only in the life after death will this be a reality.
In conflict with this view, there have arisen many
worldly ideologies which attempt to appease this long­ing,
demanding belief, not in a Supreme Being, but in
the State, the ultimate of man's existence; viz., com­munism.
Moreover, some testify that belief in one's
self is all that is necessary; others, belief in disbelief of
God. Such is the philosophy of Bertrand Russell.
In the November 3rd issue of "Look" magazine,
agnostic Russell, who, as the biographical sketch at the
beginning of the article states, is a "mathematician,
writer and philosopher," has published his apology,
"What is an agnostic?" But in the process of proving
the validity of his position, he proves that he is illogical,
unscientific, pragmatic, and a skeptic. Undoubtedly, a
portion of the reading public will "fall for" his line of
"reasoning"; for, as the foreward asserts, Bertrand
Russell, "the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature,
is one of the most provocative intellectuals in the Eng­lish
speaking world." The American public respects, as
you well know, the argument from authority more
readily than the argument from reason; so our adver­tisements
seem to indicate, e.g., "Sacha Guitry smokes
House of Common Cigarettes and recommends them for
you." . But the argument from authority is only as good
as its source, the authority itself; in this case, it's Mr.
Russell. The conclusions which he draws can certainly
produce harmful effects upon our society, and there­fore
demand refutation.
After defining agnosticism and explaining the dif­ference
between an atheist (who knows that there is no
God) and an agnostic (who argues that there are not
sufficient grounds for either affirmation or denial of a
Supreme Being), the author goes on to deny any author­ity
above man. "Man should think out questions of
conduct himself." I~ other words, what this "provoca­tive
intellectual" is saying is: relativism is the one and
only mode of morality. The only restraints on man's
actions are the fear of punishment by the 'Civil authori­ties,
and "conscience," which Russell distorts to mean,
not realization of moral guilt, but something similar
to a haunting feeling in the individual. As long as you
can ".get away with it," any act is permissible. It is
quite obvioJ.ls where the author's conclusions will lead
him, namely to pragmatism and lawlessness.
This is the philosophy of a mathematician who has
invaded the realm of philosophy and theology to pro­duce
nothing but inconsistency and chaos. With such
reasoning any ideology can be justified. Russell can
reject Communism, not because it is intrinsically evil
(to the agnostic, nothing is intrinsically evil), but only
because it possesses an element of persecution.
With equal aplomb, the author rejects the doctrine
of Hell as pure fabrication, "bound up with the belief
that the vindictive punishment of'sin (whose existence
he denies) is a good thing," and doubts the certitude of
the existence of soul and body. For one who worked so
hard during a lifetime to estaiblish "Consistency" in the
realm of mathematics, Russell's "look" into philosophy
and theology has drawn a blank.
November 5, 1953 THE STAG Page 3
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Discussion'
CISL Meets For First
On-Campus Discussion
The first meeting of the Connecticut Intercollegiate
Student Legislature was held on campus, October 30th,
with Fairfield's. senior delegate Hop Mountan presiding.
The purpose of this conference was twofold: an explana­tion
of the organization and its function, and the discus­sion
of new bills.
Outstanding American college
seniors interested in a career of
legal leadership may apply now
A discussion of the bills that for a $6,600, tl),ree-year, Root­Fairfield
will present followed, TIlden Scholarship . off~red at
and it was disclosed that John the, New York University School
McDermott, Jack Byrn'e, Jerry. of Law, Dean Russell D. ,Niles
Smith, and Jerry Coiley willi .announ~'Td SundaY,October 25.
initiate these bills."next Sprmg.... .
The underclassmen wer.e urged ' 2~' Schola~s~I,fs
to assist these,men, and take ad­vantage
of the wealth of experi­ence
to be gained at the l~gis­lature.
Applications· for the 2(),.,Root-"
Tilden Scholarships" to . b¢
awarded next year must be
made by February 15" 1954.
Final selections will be announc­ed
late' in April and recipients
The bills must be drawn up will begin their study at NYU
as soon as possible,. ,since the in September.
deadline for submitting them to. The unique scholarship pro­the
Bills Committee is early gram, d.esigned to help eduqate
February,. and a great amount and develop potential leadersd,n
of work is involved in prepar- public affairs, was inaugurated
ing them. Each school will pre- at the University three years
sent three bills and, Fairfield's ago.. It now, has 54 young men
contingent intends to stimulate under training for the legal pro­interest
in their proposed fields fession.
of legislation by making them Made financially possible by
rather controversial. Ian anonymous donor, the schol-
John Papandrea.. John McDer- arships honor two NYU School
mott, Gerry SmIth, and Ron of Law graduates famous in
Norko expressed interest in ap-/legal history - Elihu Root
plying' for the chairmanship of (1867) and Samuel J. Tilden
one of the numerous committees (1841).
in March.
Oualifications
Positions I~
. In the tradition of the men
Mr. Mountan stated that these for whom they are named, Root­positions
would be open to those Tilden Scholarships are award­men
who have had experience ed on the basis of superior acadO'
in the CISL, and who are well emic record, potential capacity
versed in parlimentary proced- for unselfish public leadership,
ure. With regard to candidates, and activ'e extracurricular par-'
they are appointed through an ticipation in college life.
impartial screening process by Dean Niles pointed out in his
the executive committee of the announcement that leaders in
CISL, which meets on the sec-' the profession consider the op­ond
Sunday of each month. All portunities created by the Root­those
who are interested. are Tilden Scholarship program to
urged to attend these meetmgs. be "on a par with those of the
Future meetings of the CISL IRhodes Scholarships for study
at Fairfield will be held at vari- at Oxford."
ous times throughout the semes-ter,
preferably after class hours Stipulations
in order to avoid conflict with
other club activities.
Also on the agenda, the club
wishes to announce that it is
beginning preparatory plans for
a Marching Society which
would journey to New York on
Sf. Patrick's Day and represent
Fairfield University in the Pa-rade.
The club has been assured
by Father William Healy, the
Dean of the University that if
a substantial number of stu­dents
respond to this project,
the University students will be
given a holiday on this occasion.
The success of this project now
rests in the interest that the
students will manifest in the
future.
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Seventeen Delegates I
Mr. Mountan explained the 20 Legal
I
intricate workings of the Stu- ,
dent Legislature for the benefit
'of the prospective' delegates. He ScholarshlepS informed them' that the CISL
will convene at the State Capitol
next March. Fairfield, as ev~ry Off ",.Ld
other school, WIll send seven- ere
teen delegates, fifteen to' the"'· . $
House and two to the' Senate,"
BRIDGEPORT AREA CLUB
Last Thursday, six members
of the Education Department at­tended
the 1953 convention of
the C.E.A., at Hartford,. Conn.
George Zeisner, William Pren~
dergast, Robert' Foley, Robert
McKnack, John Lynch, Herbert
Madlung. Accompanying the
contingent, was the Moderlltor
of the Edu'cation Club and
Chairman' of the Education De­partment,
Father Everett Mc­Peake.
The order of the day included
an address by Chester Bowles,
a luncheon sponsored by the
Student Education Association,
and a delegate meeting (at which
Fairfield~s . delegates, Robert
Foley and William Prendergast,
were present) at the Hotel Bond
in Hartford.
The officers of the club wish
to make public the following
information for the benefit of
all the members of the club:
Plans for a tentative Christmas
party have been announced, and
will be free to all members in
good standing. A member in
good standing is one who at­tends
meetings regularly and
has paid his dues; consequently,
only those who have met with
these requirements will be
allowed to attend.
John Ronan '54 and Gerry
Leibrandt '54 were appointed as
co-chairmen of thre New Year's
Eve party; the club has also
decided to have an emblem de­signed
for the organization, and
membership pins. A committee
was appointed as follows: Jerry
Leibrandt, Carl Vitale, Walt
Zackrison, Joe Battagliola, Pete
DeMarco, George Lacovara,
Fred Dori, and Vincent DeRosa.
With regard to the plans for a
New Year's Eve party, the club
wishes to point out that a mini­mum
of 50 couples have to be
signed up and have their pay­ment
made by December 1, 1953.
The reason for this is to both
assure the success of the under­taking,
and to assure the pro­prietor
of the establishment
where the party is to be held,
that it would be worth closing
his establishment to the public
in order to accommodate the
club members.
Club Notes
Education Club
SOCIOLOGY CLUB
NEW HAVEN CLUB
Mr. Chester Stuart. Professor of Education and German. Mr.
Thomas Banahan. guest speaker. and George Zeisner.
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The New Haven Club Dance­The
officers of the New Haven
Club are looking forward to a
large attendance, especially on
the part of the students and the
members of the club, at its
dance, which is to be held at the
Sea-Cliff Inn, New Haven, on
Friday, November 6, 8:00 p.m.
Tickets are being sold at the
school and can be purchased
from any of the club members.
The success of this dance will
pre-judge the success of all the
club's future undertakings.
The future Sociologists of
Fairfield University held their
first meeting of thl'! Sociology
I Club, at which tim~ the election
of officers was held. Frank Ro­mano,
'54, was elected Presi­dent,
James Reilly, '54, Vice­President,
John Ronan, '54, Sec­retary
and Jerry Leibrandt, '54,
Treasurer.
The purpose of the Sociology
Club is to informally discuss
individual and group problems.
The President, Frank Romano,
intends to avail himself of his
many friends at Fairfield to
address the group. To culminate
the activities for the year, tenta-tive
plans have been made for
a dinner.
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Sodality
By PETER DeMARCO '56
The Sodality Council has an­nounced
that the day before the
THANKSGIVING holidays is
the deadline for the acceptance
of candidates into the Sodality
of Our Lady of Fairfield.
The reason is that the candi­date
must go through a training
per:iod of at least six months
before he can be received into
the Sodality. This early date
provides ample time for an in­tensive
study of the Sodality
way o{life, and a thorough test­ing
:of the candidate's earnest­ness
and sincerity of purpose.
"The '~'novice" must, more­over,
take ~chve part in the
functioning of the organization's
committees or sections as part
of his apostolic apprenticeship.
He ~an prdve himself in this way
worthy of the So(1ality diploma
which he 'will receive in May. On October 29, at the Loyal
The last call then, goes out to Order of the Moose Hall, the
the men of Fairfield, to those Education Club held the first in
who wish to lead a more fervent a serie.~ of dinner ,meetings. The
and active 'Catholic life. Come guest spakeI' for the evening
to the next Sodality meeting on was Thomas F. Banahan, princi­Tuesday,
November 10, in Room pal of Pequot Schqol, whose
212, during the fourth hour. topic was "The Responsibilities
* * * of the Teaching Profession."
On Tuesday, October 27, the In his talk, two main points
Sodality held its general busi- were stressed: (1) In receiving
ness meeting for October. It was his first assignment, the teacher
presided over by Anthony Pagli- can help the salary situation by
aro, the Senior Prefect. not accepting any contract be-
The major proposal adopted low the generally accepted min­was
to establish a Sodality imum. (2) Active participation
newspaper on campus. The in- in local organizations after the
tentions of this newspaper are. teacher receives employment
not to rival the Stag, but was emphasized. His main ob­through
mimeographed editions, jection was that the. teachers
merely to report all committee of today are not achve as a
activities, to promote the observ- group.
ance of feast days, and to en- In the futur~, the cl~b intends
courage a, greater individual to contm~e thIS pract~ce of d~n­spiritual
activity. The initial ner meetmgs and WIll pubbsh
publication of the issue is planO' at a later date the. proposed
ned during the Christmas sea- schedule of these affaIrs.
son. _~ _
John Onofrio, the Sodality
treasurer, announced the sale of
the Sodality Manual which he
is promoting, a prayer and guide
book for Sodalists. The price is
$1.25, and the deadline for all
orders is set for November 11.
Louis D'Aquila, head of the
CCD, reported that this apostolic
group now comprises 25 men
actively teaching in various
CYOs throughout southwestern
Connecticut.
The recitation of the Rosary
will continue through Our
Lady's Committee every morn­ing
at 9:00 a.m., in Room 19,
throughout the school year.
Invited: those in the cafeteria
around 9:00 a.m. - playing ping
pong, drinking coffee, flipping
through textbooks, chatting;
those in the parking lot­lounging
in the cars, enjoying
the fine weather on the benches;
those in classrooms, waiting
fifteen minutes for the first per­iod
to begin.
ST. THOMAS MORE SOCIETY
The Society wishes to official­ly
announce that the offices of
Secretary and of Treasurer have
been filled by two freshmen, the
former being occupied by Fran­cis
Mathews and the latter by
J ames Rourke. As mentioned in
a previous article, the positions
of President, Vice-president and
Publicity Director have been
assumed by sophomores. As. to
further news about the Society,
consult the future editions of
the Stag.
!,
November 5, 1953
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COUNCIL DRUMS
(Continued from Page Two)
On Friday, October 30, the
Fairfield University cross coun-'
try squad played host to Hof­stra.
The visitors, paced by the
brilliant running of Doug Brush,
came out on the winning end of
a 43-23 count.
Brush
Brush, a half-miler in tracks,
covered the five mile trek in
twenty four minutes, an average
of less than five minutes per
mile which is really traveling
by any standard. Second and
third places were taken by two
Fairfield boys, Harry Quinn and
John Smyth, both of whom are
improving every time they don
their sweat shirts. Garvey fin­ished
third for the University,
eighth in the meet. Pete Rackie­wicz,
number four man on the
Stags, came in ninth.
Hofstra INew Policy For Ticl{et
Wins Oy,er Sales Proposed By A.A.
At a recent meeting of the Student Council, the
F e fe ld Director of Athletics, Father Thomas Lyons, proposed a aIr lie plan that will boost the sale of season basketball tickets,
and at the same time, contribute substantially to the
various 'Class treasuries. You don't believe it! Well,
the idea is not only creditable but can become an ex­cellent
source of revenue. Here's how the plan will
work:
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Money·Making Project I Support Sought
The standard price for stu- The presidents of the various
dent basketball tickets is seven- classes have endorsed the pro­ty-
five cents per game. How-' gram and have appointed com­ever,
according to the A.A.'s mittees for the sale of the tickets
plan, a book of ten tickets will within the next few days. This
be priced at six dollars (a sav- is a chance to "make money"
ing of one dollar and fifty cents); for the individual classes and at
for every book of tickets sold, the same time support the Ath­one
dollar, one sixth of the sum, letic Association. Undoubtedly,
will be deposited in the respec- it should be supported whole­tive
class coffers, and the re- heartedly by the student body.
maining five dollars paid to the
A.A. For example, if one hun-dred
seniors each bought a book
of tickets for the stipulated
price (six dollars), the treasurer
of the Senior class would receive
one hundred dollars, a sizable
sum, to say the least, and the
Athletic Association, the re­remaining
five hundred. With an
enrollment of approximately six
hundred students, each class
should and can realize a suffi-cient
reward.
Results
The results are as follows:
(1) Doug Brush (H) 24:17; (2)
Harry Quinn (F) 26:29; (3) John
Smyth (F) 26:41; (4) and (5) tie,
Peter Berry (H), Bill Elfstrom
(H) 27:15; (6) Paul Mackey (H);
(7) Bill Carney (H) 28:00; (8) I
Gerald Garvey (F) 28:34; (9)
Pete Rackiewicz (F) 28:40; (10)
Dick Heyne (H) 31:03; (11) Joe
Callahan (F) 35:17; (12) Oliver
(F) 38:24.
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class officers in helping the A.A.
bolster attendance at the basket­ball
games. He decried the lack
of support for the team in previ­ous
years, and the poor response
to the season ticket plan insti­tuted
last year. He told the
Council that he was going to
repeat the plan this year, if
they would help him in promot­mg
the use of the money-saving
student ticket. They assured
him in return that they would
do all they possibly could.
It could be said here that,
unless the student body starts
supporting a team, in the near
future we might not have one to
support. I can see that it isn't
the cost of the ticket that keeps
the crowd away; it's plain in­difference
on the part of the
student. He's indicating that he
doesn't care whether the school
has a team or not, and that
school spirit doesn't exist here.
Father Lyons stated that the
players give much of their time
to practices and all of their abil­Ity
at games, and it is not en­couraging
to them when they
see only a handful of the guys
from the school they represent.
_-------------., 7---------------,,1 Grievance Answered
There is a typewriter for any
eager beavers who want to type
their notes in solitude in Room
210. Just don't get your fingers
caught in the keys.
Case of the Hot Meal . . . We
got the clue that hot meals are
not in order at this time, so tell
the folks back home to keep
buying wax paper and baloney
. . or if you desire, the exten­sive
facilities of the Xavier eat­ery
will meet the needs of every
gourmet on the campus
Happy salami to you.
The 1953-54 basketball schedule has been released to the
papers, and it looks like the toughest ever attempted here at
Fairfield. Here I'll try to analyze it game by game.
1. - Adelphi College - a strong opponent for the opening
game. The Panthers gave us a drubbing last season, but with
the home 1:ourt advantage, things could be different this year.
2. - Merrimack College - a young school which is suffering
many of the same problems as we are. The Massachusetts team
has played some tough opponents in the past two seasons (Pr.ovi­dence,
Brandeis) 'and could prove very troublesome. A good
game should be played.
3. - Quonset Point Naval Air Station - a Service team with
a reputation for producing good basketball clubs. Several former
All-Americans have been on their roster in the past, and if they
come up with similar players this season, they will be mighty
rough.
4. - Providence College - Always a tough opponent. We
won twice last season, setting several records in the 112·88 romp,
but with Bob Moran back for another season the Friars will be
harder to beat and probably are laying for us, seeking a little
revenge,
5. - St. John's - one of the best basketball teams in the
nation. This should be the toughest game on the schedule and
the Redmen are playing on their home grounds in Brooklyn, so
watch out, STAGS.
6. - Rider College - this one is the Alumni Homecoming
Game and a real good battle is expected as per usual when the
'Stags meet the sports crazy Rough Riders from Trenton, N.J.
7. - Manhattan - another big·time opponent. The Jaspers
have lost l11/any of the stars that led them to the NIT last year,
but can be depended upon to co!me up with one of the East's best
ball clubs.
8. - Curry College - ,a small, but fast growing school which
has not had too much in the past, but can prove dangerous if they
are working well.
9. - Stonehill - the beginning of a two game road trip.
The Boston club showed spirit and potential in losing to the
Stags last season, and might be improved enough to be a threat.
10. - St. Anselm's - this will be a rough game, since the
Stags will have played Stonehill the night before. St. Anselm's
always has a good team and the memory of that thrilling triple­overtime
loss in 1952 will keep the Stags up for this one.
1. - lona College - the finest small college team in the East
last season will have almost the same team back, including Richie
Guerin, their star. The Gaels had a 22·2 record last year, in·
cluding victories over Manhattan, Siena, and St. Peter's (as well
as Fairfield), and were robbed out of an NIT bid. The Stags meet
thel11/ on the home court this year, and this could make the
difference.
12. - New Britain Teachers - our fiery rivals from upstate.
The Stags tand Blue Devils split two thrillers last year and should
continue their great rivalry.
13. - Lemoyne College - the Stags surprised Lemoyne when
they met last year and almost scored a major upset, finally bow­ing
by two points. The New Yorkers will be ready this year and
don't intend to come down from Syracuse to lose. Another thriller
seems likely.
14. - New Haven Teachers - The Owls may have their best
team in years, with two good freshmen, Bob Vishnow, from
Branford, and Dave Wright, from Ansonia, enrolled.
15. - St. Michael's - a long trip to Winooski Park Vt., but
the Stags hope to make it a successful one by matching their
1952 win.
16. - University of Bridgeport - last but not least, our
rivals from the shores of Seaside. The Purple Knights lost their
three great scorers, Saccone, Seaman and Labash, but added sev·
eral excellent players by their merger with Arnold College. Al
Clinkscales, the great Arnold star, is now at UB, along with Jim,
Davins, Bob Lee, Mel Russell and UB veterans Stan Silverberg,
Ernie Amaral, Bill Madden, et a!. The two games with the
Purple Knights should be excellent renewals of the series dating
back to 1948.
That's it; in ·our opinion, it's the hardest schedule ever at­tempted
by any Fairfield athletic team. Coach Jim Hanrahan will
sorely miss last year's co-captains, Fahey and Suchenski, but a
nucleus ·of veterans, Markovic, Frauenhofer, Gerwien, O'Connell,
Roche and Lane, plus the members of the unbeaten Frosh team
of '53, and some promising freshmen, should be able to produce
another winning season for our own Red Stags.
November 5, 1953 THE STAG Page 5
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GEORGE ZEISNER '54
tional and state resolutions. Cur­rently
the commission is investi­gating
the H.R. 5180 in Congress
which pertains to tax exemption
and retirement incomes. This
resolution, in effect, benefits
everyone with these said retire­ment
incomes and not just mem­bers
of the teaching profession.
Its provisions in reality are as
follows: for the first one hun­dred
and twenty-five dollars re­tirement
income a person re­ceives,
he is afforded top exemp­tion.
At present, the H.R. is in
the Ways and Means Committee,
of which Daniel Reed (R-N.Y.)
is chairman.
George Zeisner is active in the
Educational Club on the Fair­field
campus and is also a mem­ber
of the Student Education
Association of Connecticut.
Last week, the Connecticut
Education Association's Legisla­tion
Commission announced the
appointment of George Zeisner,
a member of the Senior Class at
Fairfield, to its commission. This
is the first time in the history of
the C.E.A. that a student ever
received such an appointment.
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This was the first in a series
of addresses by leading men in
the business field, which the
Business Club intends to con­tinue
throughout the year. On
November 10, a dinner sponsor­ed
by the club will be held at
the Hitching Post Inn, and
should prove to be an informa­tive
and entertaining evening.
The two forthcoming adminis­trations
of the College Qualifica­tion
Test represent the fourth
series of tests in the program.
The November 19 test will raise
the total number tested since
May 26, 1951, to a little more
than 500,000 men.
Requirements
Mr. Erikson went on to say
that the requirements for "sell­ing
as a career" are the follow­ing:
self-confidence, "drive," en­thusiasm
for the product, and a
good will toward, and liking for
people. As a footnote to this
interesting lecture, he added
this truism: good salesmen are
made, ~ot born. To help in this
process of formation, most com­panies
are willing to tr.ain in­dividuals
in the principles of
salesmanship if the latter pos­sess
a definite interest and
ability.
Best Paying
Concerning the latter, he re- Purpose
ferred to it as the "best paying The purpose of the Legisla-of
the world's occupations and
the greatest opportunity to tion Commission is to initiate,
make money." To corroborate promote, and support favorable
this statement, reference was legislation toward the teaching
profession, through the study of
made to the fact that, in this t t d d
"business," one's salary is com- pas, presen an propose na-mensurate
with one's ability.,
Therefore, industry and ambi­tion
are the instruments of sales­manship.
A further proof of this
statement is the recent Harvard
survey of salesmen throughout
the country, which disclosed
that the average salary is $6,000
a year and that more salesmen
than any other professional
group declare an income of
$10,000 per year.
On Thursday, October 29, Mr.
John Erikson, the sales manager
of the Cuteo Cutlery Company,
addressed a joint meeting of the
Business and Public Affairs
Clubs, and discussed the various
aspects of salesmanship and
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Deferment
The present criteria for de­ferment
as an undergraduate
student are either a satisfactory
score of (70) on the Selective
Service College Qualification
Test or specified rank in class
(upper half of the males in the
freshman class, upper two thirds
of the males in the sophomore
class, or upper three fourths of
the males in the junior class).
Graduates
Students accepted for admis­sion
or attending a graduate
school prior to July 1, 1951,
satisfy the criteria if their work
continues to be satisfactory.I-------------­Graduate
students admitted or
attending after July 1, 1951,
must have been in the upper
half of their classes during their
senior year or make a score of
75 or better on the test. It is
not mandatory for local boards
to defer students who meet the
criteria.
General Hershey has empha-sized
many times that the cri­teria
are a flexible yard stick
used to guide the local boards
and that the standards may be
raised any time necessity for
manpower demands.
November 2
Deadline
For SS Exam
Selective Service officials to­day
reminded college students
that the deadline for submitting
applications for the November
19 Selective Service College
Qualifications Test is midnight
November 2 (Monday), and that
applications postmarked after
that time cannot be considered.
Local boards have an adequate
supply of test application blanks
on hand for draft-eligible stu­dents.
Students are to mail their
completed applications to Edu­cational
Testing Service of
Princeton, New Jersey.
Eligibliiy
To be eligible to apply for the
college qualifications test a stu­dent
must (1) intend to request
deferment as a student; (2) be
satisfactorily pursuing a full­time
course of instruction; and
(3) must not have previously
taken the Selective Service Col­lege
Qualification Test.
April 22
Another test will be held April
22, 1954, but students whose
academic year will end in Janu­ary
1954 have been urged to
take the November 19, 1953 test
so they will have a test score in
their cover sheets before the
end of their academic year, at
which time their boards will re­open
and reconsider their cases
to determine whether they
should be again deferred as stu­dents.
FRESHMAN ELECTIONS
Who Is Rufi?
(Continued from Page 1) 'moting unconstitutional meas-they
vote wrong just once, some ures. The importance lies not in
angry Councilor need only the matter but in the act itself.
question their credentials and What will be done? This writer
they will be out in the cold. would think of a Parliamentary
A Precedent loophole which could redeem the
Basically, the ignoring of this situation. Wonder if the Council
Section, will set a precedent will think of it? If not, pity the
which can be effective in pro- poor Freshmen.
Since the advent of Kilroy in Army life, modern
philosopher's have been stagnant, to say the least.
However, Fairfield University has produced its own
philosophical gnome who signs his proverbs "Rufi".
After much serious investigation pertaining to the ori­gin
of the name, the only significant conclusion is that
it is taken from the Latin "rufus" which, of course,
means "red". We, at first, entertained the idea that
this could possibly have communistic connotations, but
then completely disregarded the notion, Fairfield being
a Jesuit school, et al.
Nevertheless, Rufi has become quite a school figure
and his comments or proverbs are accepted as practical,
indeed. His workshop is any free space of blackboard
on which he may inscribe "Rufi says," followed by the
number of shopping days left 'til Christmas or similar
gems of information.
A week or so ago, the graduating seniors were
photographed for the yearbook and, in the return of
proofs there appeared a peculiar picture. The figure
stands about the size of Toulouse Lautrec, wears the
academic garb of a Bachelor of Arts major, his facial
features are blocked out with the symbol of the Fortean
Society - Who is this creature?
The STAG is curious, and will accept any informa­tion
as to the identification of this philosopher. To fa­cilitate
this, a contest will be conduded beginning
November 9 and continuing until November 23. The
procedure will be as follows: Caricatures of the fictional
character, preferably penned in ink, should be submit­ted
to the STAG or its editors; a board of judges which
will include the Art Editor of the paper and the other
editors will announce the winner of the contest in the1------------
December 3rd issue of the STAG. Apply now, and win
a substantial reward.
Page 6 THE STAG November 5, 1953
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The Public Affairs Forum has
outlined an interesting program
for the semester, and at present
three important contemporary
topics have been discussed. The
first one of the season was
UNESCO, followed by the
United Nations Organization
and "Has Eisenhower fulfilled
his campaign promises?"
The next scheduled talk on
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forum, other topics for the
semester will be: McCarthyism,
Segregation, Government entry
into business, Federal Aid to
education. Mr. Byrne also stated
that he has written to the Turk-ish
information bureau in New
York for a film on Turkey, and
he believes it will arrive in the
first part of December.
The president of the club ex­pressed
his gratification over the
large turnout of students at the
meetings so far this year, and
extended an invitation to others
who are interested in public
affairs to join the forum, even 1 ow Being Taken
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At recent meetings of the
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were clarified and accent­uated..
From the arguments pro­posed
in these lectures and other
sources of reference, the debate
scheduled for the next meeting
should prove to be informative.
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