Stag - Vol. 06, No. 02 - October 7, 1954

              Vol. VI-No.2 Published by Students of Fairfield University, Fairlield, Conn. October 7, 1954
JOY NEW STAG CHIEF; Rourke To
MODERATOR APPOINTED Head Sophs
COlLEY COUNCIL PREXY;
OTHER OFFICERS CHOSEN
Elections for the forthcoming year were held Sep­tember
21, 1954, and the following men were elected to
serve as officers of the Student Council. Jerry Coiley,
'55, heads the group as President. Jerry, a prominent
member of the senior class, has been a member of the
Council both his sophomore and junior years, ,serving
as vice-president of the Council during his junior year.
He is also senior delegate to the N.F.C.C.S. and a mem­ber
of the Sodality for four years. Jerry hails from
Norwalk, Connecticut.
Assisting Jerry is a very capable and likable guy
by the name of Peter DeMarco, '56. Pete has been an
active member '9f the Student Council for two years
and is most deserving of the position of vice-president.
Last year, Pete served as secretaTy to the Council and
gained considerable respect :rrom his fellow-members
of the Council and from the students he so ably repre­sented.
Pete is from Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Newly elected treasurer was Jerry Malafronte, '56,
who was on the Council last year. Jerry is well known
on campus fOT the exceUent jobs he has performed on
dance committees and especially for his work as chair­man
for the Freshman-Sophomore Prom which was
held last year. He has al,so been an active member of
the Sodality for ,the past two years and belongs to the
Business Club, the Italian Club and the Bridgepor\t
Area Club. The Township of Fairfield claims Jerry as
a resident.
The position of corresponding secretary was won
by Jim Rourke, '57, the newly appointed President of
the Sophomore ~lass. Last year Jim served on the
Council and did a creditable job. Jim comes to Fairfield
from Bridgeport.
George Laeovara, '56, was elected recording seCTe­tary
in his ,first year pn the Council. In his sophomore
year George served aschairruan of Ithe Freshman­Sophomore
Welcome Dance and is ,a member of the
Sodality. George also is ,a hometown boy from Fairfield.
MID-WINTER CARNIVAL
ON FEBRUARY 4
The Student Council wish­es
to announce that the Mid­Winter
Camival for 1955 will
be held on the evening of
Feibruary 4.
The site will be the Ritz
Ballroom, Bridgeport, Conn.
P,eter De M,arco
Chairman of the
PUIblicity Committee
Wolfe Leaves for Shadowbrook
It seems that Dick Wolfe was
'called 'by God to serve as a lead­er
of His church instead, of our
Sophomore class. So Dick left
for Shadowbrook and Jim
Rourke, aocording to the la,w m
precedenoe, took his place as
SOIphomore Pres·ident.
Rourke New President
And now, the deciding ballot
having 'been cast by the -Al­mighty,
we all wish Dick the
greatest of l1~ppiness and suc­cess
in his chosen work, and to
as active and hard working a
man as Jim Rourkie we express'
our congratulations for his duly
mer.ited, newly acquired posi­tion!
Junior Class
Holds Meeting
September 29,th marked the
first meeting of the Junior class
for the year 1954-55. After an
opening prayer by President
Dan Reed, the treasurer's ,report
was read and officers were re­introduced
to the class.
President Reed announced his
appointments to the Executive
Committee; and to provide a
better cross-section of the entire 1..-----------_
class he chose a man from each
section. The committee will be
composed of John Pappandrea,
BSS; Andy Perrella, BS; Hugh
Boyle, BBA; -Frank Bergen,
BSS, History; Gerry Sheehan,
BSS, Education; and Art Ben­nett,
AB.
A fund raising campaign will
be stressed throughout the year
with Christmas card sales,
stocking drive, and dance com­mittees
the immediate subjects
under consideration.
This issue of The Stag marks some important Last Spring's lively election
.' .. " within the Fres,hman class· was
changes m the edltonal staff. Bernard F. Joy, 55, has somewhat different in a couple
been named as EditoT~in-Chief succeeding John K. ?f ways. Everything proceed·ed
. '" m the uSUlal maruner except for
Leonard, '55, who has resIgned. Joy IS servmg hIS the fact that from the five men
fourth year on Ithe staff where he has acted as both runn.ing. only t~o we.re allowed
nonunatlOns, thIS bemg a new
Sports Editor and Managing Editor. law and put into effect for the
A n w fa'culty moderator ~ first time. !he n,ominations were
e , '.. held, findmg JIm Rourke and
Father Fran~s MOoUoy, S.J., has FIrst NIght Dick Wolfe competin~ for the
been appomted to succeed presI'dency. EnthusIastIc voters
Father Oauldield.. Father Molloy M F·d r~shed to the polls and in due
is new to Fairfield but hag, al- ass rl ay tIme Wolfe nosed out .Rourke
• • w by a three vote mar:gm. The
ready ta'kien an actIve mterest school y.ear ended, with nothing
The first evening and outdoor
in the Stag. Mass of F,airfield County will unusual albout the past election.
Edmund Measom '57 has been be celebrated by the Most Rev. And then during the summer
appointed to the position of Lawrence J. Shehan, Bishop of months a late voter ,cast his
Business Manag·er succ·eedJing Bridgeport, on our 'own Alumni ballot and to the sw-pnse of all
John BUJ.Ckley '55 w' ho also has fieI·d ,at 7:30 p.m., F'n'day, 0 ct. 8. 'ocfonocfefircneerds., changed the Imeup
Thousands of Catholics in the
resigned. Measo'lTl! served as- Diocese of Bridgeport are ex-
EXlC'llangJe IDditor of the paper pected to participate in this
last year and his promotion is historic event which is being
based on the good work done held as a Marian Year testi­in
that capaoity. moni,al to the Blessed Virgin
Mary.
Retiring editor Leonard began Bishop Shehan stated that the
writing feature itemiS for the Mass would commemorate the
Stag during his, freshman year, feast of the Most Holy Rosary,
and his ability and leadership celebrated the day previous,
and would be dedicated to the
was soon realized as he was Mother of God, while lending a
appointed FeatUTe Editor in fitting note to October as the
1953. In the spring m 1954 he Month of the Rosary.
was elected to the position of All participating will hold
Editor-in-Chief for 1954-55. The lighted holy candles during the
Mass. Upon its conclusion, a
hard work and vas't amount of public recitati'on of the Mari'an
time that J'ack put into the Year prayer will be conducted,
paper resulted lin the improve- followed by the Benediction of
mentt of the quality of ·the Sta,g. the Blessed Sacrament. The
services will close with the
BotJh Leonaro and Buckley singing of the hymn, "Mother
will remain with the Stag as Dear, 0 Pray for Me."
Associate Editors, serving in an
advisory capadty. The entire
staff of the paper would like to
take this, opportunity to thank
both of thes,e men fior a job well
done.
Bridgeport Club
Sponsers Dance
The Bridgeport Area Club of
Fairfield UniV'ers:eity in con­junction
with the student nurses
of St. Vincent's Hospital, lis
sponsoring a dance to be held
on Friday, Nov. 19, 1954 from
8 until 12 pJm. The tentatively
schedJuled place is at St. Charles
Hall located on E. Main St. in
Brid!~ort. AU students of the
University and their friends are
cordially invited. Tickets' are
$1.75 per couple, $1.00 stag.
More information concerning
tickets and .the hall will .be pub­lished
in the near future.
Sio don't forget, save Nov. 19
for the Bridgeport Area' Club's
combined <tance!
Page Two THE S TA G October 7, 1954
JAMES ROURKE
John Buckley, '55
FEATURE EDITOR
Gary Carney, '55
Sodality Notes
CLUB NOTE EDITOR
Vincent DeRosa, '55
BUSINESS MANAGER
Edmund Measom, '57
Officers
The membershi~ at the first
genera,l Sodality meeting show­ed
the great interest evident in
the student body. Room 21Q
was filled to capacity, with a
number standing, as John Ono­frio,
the Prefect, introduced the
officer,s, and explained the gen­eml
order of Fairfield's Sodality.
Pet'er DeM,aDco is Vice-Prefect,
and Editor of "FLOS CAMPI,"
the Sod,aMy publication. Salvla­tore
L. Fama is, Secretary, and
J'ohn K010wiec is the new Trea"
surer. Publicity Directoll' is
James Rourk'e.
The Sodality of Our Lady of
Fairfield halS !beguIlJ what will
,certainly be one of its, most suc­cessful
years 'on this campus.
With a new slate of eIlJergetic
and ambitious officers and a new
modenator., intensely interested
in a p.rogressive or,ganiz:ation,
Sodalists ;are all eagerly looking
,f.orWiard to a year of spiritual
betterment, with an increased
iIlJterest in Catholic Action.
... fromh
· .
tiScorner...
EDITOR-IN·CHIEF
Bernard F. Joy, '55
Robert Madden, '56
Robert Vis-okay, '57
Thomas ,Murray, '58
PHOTOGRAPHERS
By GARY R. CARNEY
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
SPORTS EDITOR
Robert Rajas, '56
John Leonard, '55
MAKE:UP EDITOR
Rober-t Murren, '55
NEWS EDITOR
Albert Pellegrino, '56
Thomas Sheehan, '56
Law,School
Tests Given
Princeton, N.J., September 17:
Th~, L'aw School Admission Test
required of applicants for ad­mission
to a nUIIJlber of lead,ing
American law schools, will be
given at more than 100 centers
throughout the United States on
the morniIlJgs of November· 13,
1954, February 19, AprH 213, and
August 6, 1955. During 1953-54
s:ome 8200 applicants took thlis
tes't, and their scores were sent
to over 100 law s'chools.
Must Make Applica~ion
A aandidate must make
separate applioation f.or adanis­sion
to each law scho'ol of 'hilS
choice and should inquire of
each whether it wishes him to
take the Law Scho.ol Admission
Test, and when. Since many law
slchooh select their freshman
classes in the SiPring p.receding
their entrance, caIlJdidates for
3JdJmis<sion to next ye8Jr's c1asses.
are advised ordinarily to take
either the. November or the
F'ebruary test, if poS'si1ble.
By
ANDY PERRELLA'
(Continued on Page 4)
Banner Year
Regional Workshop at Holy Cross
Fan Council Meeting N.F.C.C.S.
RE;gional Wor~shopat Regis ,Oollege
Harvest Hop, Junior~Senior
Cross Country, St., John',s
Campus Aetivities
- Cross Country, White Plains Tech
8-10
Here it is - another year and here I am again at my desk: in
my favorite corner. After quite some deliberation, I have de­cided
to devote this column to the newest and least of our
brethren, the freshmen. Although as muc'h ,a part of Fairfield
The great chiefs once again University as you or I, I can tell by their wide-eyed stares and
gathered laround the official awe-stricken e)Qpressions that they could use a laugh or two
council table anc:l from all indi- and perhaps a few choice words of wisdom in what .might seem
cations the great cloud of smoke .to be difficult times. In recalling my days as a freshman, the
which ho'vered above them came process of orientating to the ways of college .life with its classes,
from pipes of peace. homework, and exams was rather difficult; s,o pleas'e bear with
The cong;en.ial feelings were me as I attempt to uncover the lighter side of Fainfield U.
especially evident in the elec- Overheard in the cafeteria ... "Have you seen my new oar?
tions, where four of the five I call it 'Flattery' because it gets me nowhere." ... Also over­oandidatesfor
office met with heard, one student complaining to another about Fairfield not
no opposition at all and were being co-educational ... "So what?" ,answered the second, "Sup­unanimously
,eI,ected to their pose iall the women 'of the world were taken out of circulation,
posts of' .honor. Only for the what kind of nation would this be?" "Stag-ntai,on," was the sage
office of President was an official' reply. .
ballot needed, one ,by which After giving a very dull lecture, the professor announced
Gerry Coiley defeated BOlb J'oy. there would be a meeting of the Board immedi'ately after class.
I would like to express my At w'hkh time, a student, a complete stranger to the professor,
heartfelt congratul,ations to :Mr. rem,ained in his seat. "I'm sorry," apologized the profeswr, "but
Coiley and my sincerest hopes I 'called a meeting of the Board." ''Well,'' .answered the student,
that he does the job he is 'cap- "if there's anyone 'here more bored than I am, I'd like to meet
able of doing. him."
Since I wish to keep as many Before I call it 'a day, I would like to leave our unsuspecting
Members of the Alumni are beginntng to come into friends as I no,w have on the newcomers with this little piece ,of advice, "the dictionary is the
their own and help to build a reputation for themselves Council, perhaps the I,ess s,aid only place "success" comes before "work" so stick to the books
for Fairfield. Several men have been admitted to the about the meeting of Sept. 28th and get the most out of your best.
St.ate Bar and have begun their practices one alumnus the better. Aside fro~ s~tting a
, . '. few dates on the adlvltl€S cal-has'
even returned to our own faculty. Denhst'ry, In- endar and hearing several griev-dustry,
science, and teaching haveaH claimed the serv- ances, our representatives a,c­ices
-of our Alumni.. These men are laying the ground- c=~lished a grand total of
. '. fi' b f' nothmg.
work for us and are domg a: ne JO 0, It. Discussion on the now leg-f
11 d h b h t
endary official blazer once again
Some of o~r e ow st~ e~ts ave .een c o.s~n.· 0 consumed a great part of the
positions of hIgh r'egard m mtercolleglate adIvIhes, time wasted Ib¥ the selected
showing that ,Fairfie1d men are well liked and well few, and this writer suggests
h ', f 11 '11' that the ,council provide N 0-
respected among t eIr e ow eo eglans. Doze pills for everyone present
. Cl b db' 1 . during such discussions. In fact,
Our ~l~e u, e at}ng teams, etc., are p annmg . it might even be feasible to
more ambrtlous schedules than ever before; our basket- ma~e a ta:p.e recording of the
ball team is moving into ,the big time with some major arguments, suggestions, ~otiQns,
opponents on the s~hedule, ,and the same holds true :~c~r;a~ee~e~~I,:'o~\~lc~;ta~:~;
for our other athletIc teams. save a great deal of energy on
the part of sever,al meTIlibers.
One rarety was the fad that
'a member of the student body
offered some constructive criti­cism
to the council, as F'l'ank
Bergen '56 SUgigested an a,mend­ment
to the Constitution which
would handle any unpleasant
situation which might arise in
future elections. Had Fr,ank
:pressed his point, he could have
pla'ced the Council in a most
embarrassing position. As it
was, one officer openly admitted
pI,aying "politics" before the
meeting was begun. Shades of
the Tweed Ring!
It is quite ,evident that some­thing
must {be done to improve
these council meetings. At pres­ent
the members get so. involv­ed
with red tape and parlia-mentary
procedure that 9,9% of
the time they are completely
lost. Her,etical as it may sound
to some of the sticklers for Roib­ert's
Rules, may ibe a good old
fashioned bull-session could ac­complish
a lot more.
Is it true that the new Parlia­mentarian
will be equipped not
only with Robert's Rules of
O'l'der, but also with a copy of
the Marquis of Queensbury
Rules? . . . Was the Council
trying t,o show its courage by
dragging out the iblazer skel,eton
so soon, or were they afraid
someone aIse might reniember it
first? : .. Was T. Paul Tremont's
sugg,estion that the Sta.g buy its
. own camera tinged with bitter­ness
because of ,the pictux€ of
Oct. 23
Here on campus we can see the pr,ogress being
made with the erection of our first dormitory, a stlruc­ture
which will incorporate both heauty and praetical­ityand
enhance our campus. This building will house
our first group of bona~fide boarding students.
Moves are being made among the students to re­fOl'm
and reorganize our present extra~curricular ac­tivities
into smoothly operating units which ,can help
both the individual and the school tremendously.
Oct.
This year marks a banner year in the history of
Fairfield.; her fifth class is prepairing to leave her halls
in just nine months and join the growing ranks of our
Alumni. This Class of 1955 is~he 'smallest ever to hold
forth in Xavier Hall and probably will be the only class
in our hi,story to number less than one hundred. The
three other classes a're much larger and in each of the
past 3 years the freshman class has increased in size.
Over 600 men are registered in the College of hrts and
Sciences this year, bringing our~nrollmentback to the
high number of years past.
Oct. 21
Oct. 29
There has never been any question as to the qual­ity
of the education given to us in the classrooms. We
have the Jesuit reputation, built up over several cen­turies
standing behind us; but it was those essential
parts of college life which help build a coHege and her
men which needed the pioneer spirH. And this has
been generously given to' us by our fellow students,
ahimni, and faculty..
Oct. '30 .
This year, 1954-55 then marks a year when the
gr,eat progess made by Fairfield and her men begins to
deve1opconcretely: when our dreams are becoming
reality, when the work of the pioneers -is nea'ring the
end, and Fairfield's eight years of constant progress is
. be~ng recognized' as she takes her rightful place with
OJlr nation's universities.
October 7, 1954 THE S TA G Page Three
CLUB NOTES
Open Letter To Students
By THOMAS CONNORS
PRO AND CON COLUMN
Daniel Reed.:
"It is my firm opinion that the
Communist government of China
should not be admitted to the
United NationSl. Although in
some international circles Red
China's admission is offered as
a "realistic remedy for lessen­ing
tensions in Asia, I think the
obve·rse would be true. Such a
move could irrevocably alienate
South Korea and Formosa,
whose sUtpport is vitally needed
if a'll adequate oollective secur­ity
arrangement is to reach ma­turation
in the Far East. Fur­thermore,
Red China's admis­sion
wouLd belie the Uniited Na­tion's
abhorrence of a'gJgress,ion
and a.g;gressor nations which
was plainly set forth in its reso­lutions
on the Korean incident."
This. column believes that
even if di,plomabc recognition
and. U.N. admission are to be
construed as m·ere a'(lceptance
of Red China's de :fado power,
we would SJti'll be giving another
COtminfonm.mElIIlber a U.N. vote
and the use of the U.N. as a
sounding board for prapagandJa.
If, on the other hand, recogni­tion
and admiss'ion atmount to a
nihiil obstat approval of Red
China and her Kremlin-directed
policies, this nation could never
grant suoh wi,thout a great com~
promise in princilple on our part.
AJpproxilnately 50 priesis,
arrnong therri. many faculty
members of Fairfield Universdty
and the Preparatory s'chool, 300
nuns, and some 800 Lay teachers
attended a Solemn Ponti!fical
High Mas's of the Holy Ghost at
St Augustine'SJ C' at h e d l' a 1
Bridgeport, on Saturday, Sep­tember
25 at 10 a.m. This Mass
which is beLieved to be the first
one ever to be off,ered publicly
for teachers in Ameriean His­tory,
was s/pons,ored ,by the new­ly
formed Men Teachers' Soda'l­
·ity of the Bridgeport Diocese
which has its headquarters at
Fairfield' University.
His Excellency Lawrence J.
Shehan, D.D. Bishop of Bridge­port
was, the celelbrant: He was
assisted iby: Deacon, Rev. F. X
Carty, S.J., Pril1lClipal 'of Fair~
fieldi Univers·ity Preparatory
Sieho'ol; SUb-deacon, Rev. jQ
seph W. Murphy, &J., Prof1essor
of Theology and Spiritual Di­rector
of .the Students' SodaLity'
at Fairfield University; De'acons
at the Throne were: Rev. E
Supple, CJS.,SiP., President of
the Holy -Ghost Seminary, Fern­dale;
Rev. .fohn Pataje~ak
O.F.M. Conv., Superior, St
Michaels, Bridg'eport; Arch
pdes,t, The (Rev. Vincent P
Cleary, Diucesan Superintendent:
of Schools, and Clerical Mar
shal; Rev. WiJl1latm Healy, 8..1.;
Dean of·the C'ollege of Arts ail,d
Sciences at Fairfield Uruiversity-
Chinese soill is an atta'Ok on
Russia itself.
"Many look upon recognition
of Red China and its admission
to the General Assembly as, jusi
,mother retreat in the face of
RU3<Sian coercion. That remains
to be seen. I am firmly convinc­ed,
'holwevere, that recognition
and admis.sion of Re.d Chiina can
be utilized to genuine adYantage
by the western world."
IHigh Mass Said
For Teachers
Arthur Bennett:
"To begin with, de facto, the
Communist Chinese government
exists; we are primarily re­SJponsitbile
for Letting this hap­pen.
(Remember the "W,hite
Paper" Iba'ck in Trum'an's ad~
ministration?)
"It must seem rather strang.e
to the rest of the world that the
U.S. is' maintaining such a lofty
set of prinoiples in the Red
China question, eSipeciCill1y after
so readily recognizing the gov­ernment
of Israel, 'WIhich, on
some points, itS just as illegi­mate
as Red China.
"Does recognition in the U.N.
Genera'l ASJseJmibly mean such a
victory for Red China'? Would
it tip the balance of power in
f,avo'r of the Soviet 'bloc? I don't
lJelieve so. One thing it might
do: give the U.S. a chance to
wage a legal war agains,t the
Peiping regime on the Chinese
mainland if we aTe provoked
into one. As it standis now,
Rus'S,ia would retaLiate instantly
to such an attack on the pretext
that since the U.S. recO'grllzes.
Red China only as a Russi·an
dominion, any such attaJC~ on
Regional NFCCS
l\feets On Friday
The N.F.C.C.S. of the New
New England Region will hold
their Fall Council meeting at
Salve Regina College in New­port,
Rhode Is'land this week­end.
From the eighth to the
tenth the delegates will meet to
dis,cuss such things as the effect
which the National Congress
has had on the workings of the
Federation in this region. More
specifically" discussion will be
centel'ed about the role which
the N.F. plays. on the twenty~
five collegecampus,es here locat­ed.
Reports from the delegates
oil' the a'Ctivity on their own
campuses, regional commission
chairmen's reports on their
efforts., and the pres'ident's and
vice.-president's state of the re­gion
reports shall consume a
considerable amount of the
time.
School Representatives
Jterry Coiley 'and Bob Bayne,
as Senior and Junior Delegates
respectively, Ralph Mason and
Tom Carroll, as' Family Life
Commission cO-ichairmen, Gerry
Garv,ey and Hugh Boyle, as, In­dutsrial
Relations. Ooomnittee
co-,chairmen, and Jim..Rourke
as campus publicity chairman
will l1epresentF·air1'ield,. T. 'Paul
Tremont, Presid·ent 0 the New
England Region, although not
representing Fairfield"offi'Cially,
·will also 'be at Saly€.,· -
New with this issue of the
Stag itS the \PIRO AND CON
COLUMN. Its purpoSie - to try
to present, during the year, both
sides of present-day issues with
some editorial cO'mment ap­pended.
The question of the ad­mission
of Red-controUed China
into the United Nations, for
exallTIlple, .is one of the most im­portant
facing the U.N. General
ASSJembly today. On this ques>­tion,
Arthur Bennett, a junior,
and a memJber of the Stag, gives
us his reasons, for the pro, and
Daniel Reed, pTesident of the
junior class, exp1ains hiSJ con
s,tand.
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One hundred men of the
CLass of 1958 filled Room 207
Wednesday afternoon for their
first class meeting.
J.ames Rourke, Shopomore
Class President, encouraged the
freshmen to take part in the
FI'osh-Soph Welcome Dance on
Oct. 22. He stressed the fact that
the revenue available for the
class treasury from this dance
could be a substantial amount
and that this is the first school
activity for both closses.
Gerard CQiley, Council Pres­ident,
explained ,the work of the
Council and told the Freshmen
of .their forthcoming Council
elections.
The good number that attend­ed
this meeting proved the
spirit which we hope will soon
be evidenced by Fairfield's
newest class.
At The Flix
By JOHN McCARTY
"At the Flix" is making; its·
debut with this issue of the Stag
·and· I hop.e will continue to be of
interest to the SJtudents at Fair­field,
for many issues to come.
It is ·a column designed to give
a commented review on up to
date movies which our students
aDe likely to see.
Wlith each issue tw·o publiciz­ed
films will be coveDedi with
later intent of broadening the
field to cover entertainment in
g,eneral. F'rom time to time, top
Broadway shows, musicals, nite
3POts" and weekiend jam sessions·
·orop up to fill the sOicial calen­dar,
and it w:ill be the poEcy
of this column to keep you at
the Universlity posted as to
"what's at the flix."
Dragnet (Warner Brothers)
J'a'ck Webb directs and stars
in the first film version of
Dragnet." Sergeant J,oe Friday
(Webb) and FDaIllk Smith (Ben
AleXJand·er) team up to s·olve a
gangland murder that involves
the usual routine of crooks., gun
molls and noise. After viewing
the TV Dragnet on o-ccasions,
this column feels that the film
could haye been condensed to a
half show, complete with an ad
for Chesterfield.
Rear Window
(Alfred Hitchcock)
A convalescing peeping Tom
(James Stewart) ably aided by
his girl friend (Gra<:e Kelly), get
theanselves mixed up in a homi­dde.
The pilcture oonfines its'elf
to the courtyard of a rectangu­larapartment
house and boards
many side plots to add to the
intensene,ss of the film. My opin­ion
is that Hitchcock lives up to
past pelI'formaIl!Oes ma,intaining
vivid suspense while at the
same time inserting a pleas.ant
'Smattering of humor.. Rear Win­dow
.will not be in line for an~
Acad·emy Awards, but definite1(y
oan be recommended as a ,good
ev~ning's entertai.ntment.
C. I. S. L.
The first executive council
meeting of the Connecticut In­tercollegiate
Student Legisla­ture
Wlill be held on Sunday,
October 10, 19M at Hillyer
Col1e·ge.
Senior Deleg1ate, Paul Tre­mont,
has chosen the f,ollowing
capable delegates to aocompany
J!1r. William Hohrrnann, S.J.,
Moderator of the Publi.c Affair'S
Club, as representatives of Fair­field
University, Daniel Reed,
Ronald Nor~o, and Bob Joy. The
C. 1. S. L. regrets to announce
the retirement of the popular
F1ather Hohmann, S.J. a·s faculty
Vtice-ehairman due to his many
pressing campus activities.
Public Affair Forum
The Publi.c Affair'S F'orurn held
its first meeting of the year on
Septemlber 30. Club President
Boy Joy conducted the meeting
which prov€Jd. to be an interest-'
ing discussion of the MJcCarthy
Censure charges. PaJul Tremont
eXiptaine.dJ to the members the
wor~ings of the C.1.S.L..
Club offi.cers for this year are:
President, Boy Joy; Vice PreS/i.­dent,
John Pappadrea; Secre­tary,
Dan Reed; Treasurer, Phil
Murray; Pub. Dir., BOib Bayne.
(Continued on page 4)
Plans for the coming year are
in the formative st<lig'e and
therefore, only a tentative
schedule has been prepared.
Future events will be announc­ed
in a, lateT iSStUe.
to give my views: on a certain
matte'r before the Council. More
on that s.UJbject Clan be found
elseJWhere in this issue. Other
~tudeTIJts are frtee to avail them­selves
of this opportunity if
only they ask. Why is it that so
few do? A few moments Slpent
listeruin.g in the cafeteria are
suffi'Cient for one to realize that
the reason is not that the stu­denis
have nothiing to Slay. Is it
perh~ beoaus·e ninety-five per
cent of us are talkers and only
the five per cent on Council ever
ad? You know the ans:wer to
this matter better than I do. I
counted six you you at the
meeting - six out of six hun­dred
twenty. Where yere the
rest of you? Certainly not all
yere engaged in a more profit­able
activity. Why weren't YOU
there? How many of you have
never attended a meeting?
Come to a meeting some Tues­day
evening. Come every week
if posSJ~ble. y.ou may be bored
to tears by what goes on. If so
you won't come atgain. However,
you may decide that you want
at leas:t to hear and see decisions
mlde which will affect your col­lege
life.
Along the same line, if you
ha,vea cou1Lo!laint, s.ee one of the
Council members from yoW"
class. y.ou put hirrn where he is.
It's up to y'ou to let him know
what ytou want done. If he
values your vote, he'll listen
and air your complaint for you
on Tuesday evening. Let's aU
turn over a new leaf and act in
such a way that this school will
be composed of ninety-five per
cent doers and only fice per cent
along for the ride.
F·rank Bergen
The Education Club
Bin. Pr,endergJaStt, President of
the Education CLub as weJl as
the. Presilfient of the Connecti­cut
Education Ass·omation, an­nounced
the first confab at New
Britain's, State TeaJchers. College.
The main tOlPic will be the new
C'ertification LaW'S, for Connecti­cut.
Bill wiH dilSlcusS' the high­lights
of the four conyentions
that he attended this, summer.
r·efreshments and dancing will
follow.
German Club
The President of the German
Club, Richard Lav.ery, announc­ed
the fOl'mulartion of plans for
a school e~hilbit during the
month of October.. He also stat­ed
that ther,e would be a social
directly after the event.
Debating Society
The first meeting of the De­bating
Society was· held on
Octo-bel' 6, 1954. A committee
was chosen by Rev. Jom D.
Donoghue, the moderator, to
give in.SJtDuctions o-n Par1imen­tary
Procedure and this group
included the following men:
J ames Curiale, J'ohn MnGrath,
J os-eph Delano ..and Thomas
Connors,.
.Mendel Glub .
The firSJtmeetiRg, 'of the Men­del
C1Utb' was helc):> qnSeptem­bel'
301, 1954. TUlle .hig;li~ight of
the meeting centered around a
~ecture ~ven by Gus Karazulas
on the Nobel ·Priz.e Foundation.
On Tuesday evening, Septem­ber
28, I attended my first Stu­dent
Council meetiing since com­ing
to Fairfield in September,
19502. This I report with the
proper s=nse of shame, for I
am among those who have often
criticized the actions of the
COUI1lcil without knowledge of
how their' decisions were reach­ed.
Now that I have attended
a meeting, I intend to make it
a haJbit to save Tuesday eve­nings
between seven-fifie·en and
awroximately nine p.rn.. for this
interesting weekly event. I say
interesting because of the COUl!­bination
of pOUtiClS., comedy,
and even statestman-ship found
at these ga,thering;s.
In thiis letter I would! like to
impart to you some od' my limit­ed
knowledge od' the Council. If
you have read the Constitution
oil' the Student Association ­iI1lciderutally
did you know that
you are a member of the Stu­dent
Association?? - YQU pos­s~
bly win ha·V'e noticed that the
legislative power of the Asoo­ci,
ation is· given to the Council.
Not stated, but at least equally
important, is the fact that the
Council also wields the execu­tive
and· judicial authority, such
as it is, of the Association. As
such our Council may interpret
the Constitution. In so doing at
the firSit meeting of this· year,
the "Supreme Oourt" of our
Uruiversity defined "the end of
the school year in which the
elections are held" as registra­tion
day of the followling year.
This, however, is straying from
the point.
So mUlCh for the powers of
the Student Council. At the
meeting I attended I was invited
and
October 7, 1954
tweeds, wOdlens
GARY CARNEY
Campus Personality
Plan your wardrobe with PBA.
(Read's Personal Budget Acct.)
• VESTS - a colorful dash of Edwardian elegance
in patterns and plaids.
• SUITS - the new dark grays with natural
shoulder styling.
• SEPARATES - fine
flannels.
It's smart to be clothes conscious - and college men want
a w.ardrobe that looks smart both on campus and off.
Read's collegiate oollection includes:
News Writ·er
As ,Feature Editor of the Stag, Gary's material has
appeared on campus, but his work has reached ·other
areas, too. Gary writes a weekly column for the
Waterbury paper, concerning the prgram of Water­bury
boys on the Fairfield campus.
Last year, Gary served as chairman of the Junior
dasscard party which, alsb, proved to be a success arid
a monetary boon.
In his spare time, what there is -of it, Gary teaches
Catechism in Waterbury and serves as secl'etary of the
Sa'cred Heart H.S. Alumni.
First Impressions
THE STAG
I as~ed Father what his first
impressi'ons were when he ar­rived
in this, country after ten
year,s ahsence, and his ans,wer
was two-fold. The first thing that
impressed him was the cleanli­ness
of everything:, as compared
'to the East where there is so
much filth. The second was be-ing
able to understand what was As has ,been the custom in the ,past in each issue
going on, instead of listening to of the Stag, we feature one of the forem,ost men in the
incomprehensible babble. Here.. .
he is able to converse with semor dass. Thrs week our leader IS Gary Carney,
everyone. Ipresident of the senior class, poHtician, writer, producer
Just before Father was to and even religious instruotor.
ship out he s'pent a r:-ight at the Gary's political a'Chievemants not only stem from
Prep school. It had Just started. . . . . .
and there was no University as hIS posltlOn as preSIdent of hrs -class, but also from the
yet. Upon his return Father was fact that he is president of the Waterbury Club. This
surprise~ to see that the wilder- club probably the best financially speakina in the
ness WhICh once separated the ". ' .. 5'
buildings was now nicely land- school, has much of 'ltS financl!crl gam due to Gary. Last
scaped. year, months before the Glee Club was to sing in Water-
Fiathe,r went on to say how bury, Gary produced a 15 minute, weekly radio Pl'D­much
American stude~t:s are gram featuring recordings of the Glee Club, and pro-enVIed.
The great amibltIon of . '.' ..
the students in Iraq is to come mated It to the people of Waterbury. ThIS pubhcIty
to the United States to stud,y. paid off and the concert proved most enjoyable and a
One ·of the big differences financial success.
that F:ather noticed as regards
the students was a cons'Cientious
of manners 'among the Ameri­can
students whUe they hav-e a
difficult time building up this
.cons.cientiousness in the Arabic
students. In other s,chools,
F·ather continued, students use
the s'Clwols as a political springl­hoard.
Such things as student
strikes are not uncommon.
Thoug,h some of the students go
onLy for the government certi­cate
which is issued to the col­lege
graduates and assures
them of higher w:ages, others' .go
in .order to r,eceive milita.r.y ex- ~##########################################################.
emptions,. Still the majority of
the students ,are a serious mind­ed
group and many of these
boys are able to SiP8ak three or
fO'Ur languages and some speak
as many as five.
,
I Fr. Larkin Comments
Un Foreign Students
On Septe-mlber 29 the Senior F.airfield University ha.s as one I
Class met to dis,cuss the social of its new additions to the fac­program
for the year. The group uIby, Fr:. ·James· P. Larkin, S.J.
set plans for a Harvest Festival Fr. Larkin has just retucrned.
to he held Octolber 2·9th and from Iraq where he was amem­selected
as 'chairman for this ber of the bculty of Bagdad
event Ed liwanicki. Also plans, Col1eg'e.
were discussed for the Junior- F.ather left the United States
Senior Dance wbch is help,ed in 1944 during the war OIll a
wil.l be one of the to.p. sodal Ltberty ship 'Which was a mem­events
of the year. The class ber of a convoy. Ad'ter crossing
went on to dis,cuss other pos- the Atlantic, the shi'p left the
siJble sodal events to be held, convoy and the rest of the trip
and tentative plans were made was spent zig-zaging across the
concerning a card party Hnd the Indian Ocean and the Persian
selling of school jackets. Aill Gulf. After forty days the ship
executive committee was select- Landed at the port of Khoram­ed
to act as representatives to shar,
the various groups.. This com­mittee
consists of Boy Joy, R.
Mason, Dick Duchel1e and C.
Schaefer. A treasury report was
given and the class she-wed a
financial standing of $5,17.00.
ThirtYcfive seniors attended the
meeting.
Senior Class
Holds Meeting
The first dass meeting of the
new school year was held by
the Sophomore Class on Thurs­day,
September 23, 1954 during
the second period. James
Rourke, the pres1dent, presided
over the meeting. Eighty men
attended the meeting, and for
a sophomore class t'his was an
excellent turnout.
Activities
Jim introduced the class offi­cers
who each ·in turn made a
short speech ,abouf the ac.tivities
which the S.E.C. had planned
for the coming year. The ac.tivi­ties
are: the annual Frosh­Soph
Welcome Dance, which
will be held on Friday, Oct. 22;
Communion breakfasts sponsor­ed
by the Sophomore class, and
a program of intra-mural sports.
The four men who were elect­ed
on the Student Council were
also introduced by Jim. He ex­plained
why he was chosen
president in place of Richard
Wolfe, who is IJ.:O longer at 'Fair­field
and also about the S.E.C.,
a sophomore oommittee.
The meeting was closed by
Jim at 10:30 ,a.m.
Soph Class
Has Meeting
Page Four
Freshmen
Enrollment
If nUmbeT'9 can tell a story
and statistics can substantiate
that story, a very optimistic out­look
can be taken on the future
of Fairfield University. Mr. Pitt,
the Re,gistrar, has released this
year's figures regarding enroll­m,
ent.
The freshman class has no,w
209 newly enliJst'ed young men.
This figure shows an increase od'
5% over that of last year and
the .y·ear previous, which is a
good sign. The trend pTedkts a
leveling off in enrollrIJJent next
year and then perhaps another
increase the following ye,ar. In
any event, it is not possible to
determine conclusively; how­ever,
alL indi,catiOUl'S s,eem to
point towar·d eXipansion.
Scholarships
From the offi,ce of the Assist­ant
Dean,' Flather Mahan, come
some aLways very pleasant an­nounc.
ements, the schoLa.rship
awards. ~he undel'graduate
clubs. on campus in addition to
neighboring organiZiations have
given an eXJceLlent opportunity
to scme deserving young men.
The Waterbu1iY' Club has aJward~
ed its $750. destributively to
Brenden Heaven, Michael Rossi
and William J'onesr. Robert Sichu­rnacroer
received a $2'50 award
jjrom the Valley Club. The Hart­ford
Club pres,ented Francis
Marcellino with $2'50. The Nor­walk
Orub's schoLarship went
to Charles Williams; the Bridge­port
club's to John Weiss 1J,nd
Thomas Rosati. These young
men who ,applied fo-r the vari­ous
scholarships, were selected
by ~airfield Univers,ity on the
basis of their good re,cord of
achiev·ements and on promise of
futtlI1e appL1cation, while at
F3'irfieLd, to maintain their
spLeiI1did records.
Other Grants
In addition to the under-grad­uate
clubs, g,rants were given
by the University to Stanley
MatiYSZielwski, Peter Behuniak
and Nestor Shust, three Prep
gmduates. Also, the Bridge,port COUNCIL DRUMS
Brass Scholarship of $500 was
presented to Walter Fitzgerald. (Continued irom page 2)
I!ndividual scholarships of $250, hi'mself printed in said pUblica­sponsored
by the Bridgeport tion? .. With the Council look­Sunruay
Her,ald, Manufacturers ing for so much free space in
and the Brr-1d~€lport Centnal La- the Stag should they publish
bor Union, were aWiarded to their own paper instead of
RO'bert· Farrin~ton, Brian Mur- cluttering up this one with so
phy and Walter Pleban in mem- much tdpe? . . . What's the
onyof the deceased 1abor learuer scoop on the soup s:coap? Is it
Peter Benard. true that some of the Council CLUB NOTES
Complete Enrollment: members drink their soup (Continued from page 3)
through a straw because of the
T"he entire University e~clud- inadequacy of the utensils? This y,ear the Board of Direc-ing
the graduate students, now It was with the deepest re- tors of the Business Club have I
totals 628 students. Breaking grets: that we learned of the planned a series of a'ctivities '
this nwnIber down: 210 Frosh, resignation of John P'apandrea whi,ch promise to be both enter­174
Sophis, 145 Juniors, 95 Sen- '56 from the Council. The loss taining and informative. Aside
iors, and 5 special students, (of wiEbe immeasurable, fa.r John fro mthe two on-.oampus speak­which
5 1 am one!) Most im- has prov,en" himself a most cap- ers who have been secured,
pI'lessing is the graduate school. alble representative through his there are :also definite plans for
This year the 1argest das,; in good work and untiring efforts two dinner meetings, two on
its' .history is enrolled. Two years in the past. 'campus movies, a communion
ago it numbered 277 students; 1-------------- breakiast, and a guided tour of
at present 280 are registered one of the major manufacturing
imd the number is still increas- Patronize concerns in the ar~.
ing. It wou1d s'eem that thes,e Any s.tudenrt intending to en-
<l,rmual enrollment r e iP 0 r t s Our ter into the busin"ess world
should· become more arid more should avail himself of the ex-iritei'esting
"as the enrollment Advert:s.e.rs cellent <mPortuniHes presented
:f,eeordis Ibec'orne .more and qiore .. him by this r,a:pidly growing
impr~ssive, . club.
October 7, 1954 THE J?age Five
On and Off'
the Campus
Home
Home
Away
Away
(pending)' Away
Away
Away
Home
rJWLAND'S
1 .J1(jood Store...Tor.llll1lzefaitiilfo...IIti17re1lnM
MAIN AND CANNON STS.
Joil" the Cro'wd­Heading
to HO'tvl'(lnd's·-'
FOR THE S~IARTEST OF
SCHOO,L FASHIONS
Campus. Athletes
This week the Stag honors I
one of Fairfield Universoity's
most outSitanding personalities
and athletes - Bobby Ger.wien.
Bob first came here from F.air­field
Prep where he led the
Prep basketball team to a suc­cessful
se.ason in 1950~1951. A
husky 6'2" senior, he c'aught on
with the varsity immediately,
and went on to be the top, point
maker an.d reboun'der for the
Stags his firs,t two years'. He
had another fin.e y,ear la'st s,ea­son,
leading the team in scoring
with 286 points while hitting on
over 40% of hisl shots, and aver­aging
14.3 ,points per game. Bob
compiled 254 points in 1951-52,
277 points 1n 1952-53, and 286 in
the 1953-54 season for a total of
817 markers in his three years
of varsity competition. This
total r,anks hLm second in scor­ing
in the history of the school.
Only one player - Joe Kehoe­has
chalked up over 1,000 points
£01' his career. Bobby needs only I
183 markers this yeaT to be
pIa'ced, in his very select circle.
A very' popular and hard
working student, Bolb claims
many friends· around the oam­pus.
Upon graduation in June
with a B.S.S. degree in Educa­tion,
lhie hopes either to become
a Math instructor or to get a
job with the F.J3.i.
"Tops in Town"
GREEN COMET
DINER
Oct. 20 St. John's
Oct. 21 White Plains
Oct. 23 - King's Point Brooklyn Poly
Oct. 29 - Hofstra
Nov. 1 - Boston College .
Nov. 10 - New Britain
Nov. 13 - Conference (Van Courtland Park)
Nov. 20 - Long Island Aggies
Despite the abundant athletic
faoilities at the University,
there is little €'Videnoe of an
'organized student program of
intramural sports. In the past
touch football and bowling lea­gues
were set up with little suc­cess.
See·mingly ov,erlooked was
basketball.
Certainly, a bas·metJball league
coukL be effected with a mini­mum
of effort. A member of
e8ich class· could be assigned, to
receiv·e the nam'es of the 'men
who would be interested lin such
'a program. Eaeh class would
have its own lea-glue with the
t1e;;:ms playing each other two or
three times, depending on the
number of teams. There would
be seven or 'eight men on each
team to ins'UDe a distribution of
talent. Alfter the t'eams conclud­ed
their sohedules the firs,t and
se'cond· teaJns in each class could
meet in a tournament, the final
of which possi.bly could be play­ed
as a preliminary to a V'arsity
game.
This is only one of many
IDossibilities to be eXiploited.
Team competition should prove
more sUCIcessful and exciting
than the ping-<pong tournament.
In time, softJbal1, bowlin,g and
touch football m~ght ,also be in­corporated
into a like program.
If, at all, this is the time to
start. Why WRit?
Intramllrals
Stag Harriers TYPING
Start Practice ECONOMICAL RATES
On September 22, ,a meeting PICK UP & ,DELIVERY
of the 1954 cross-country squad SERVICE
was held in Berchmans Hall. Phone ED 5-3590 Bobby Gerwein in action against
Five lettermen, ,three seniors L~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~;;;;~;;;;;;;;;;;;~~u~n~i~v~e~r~si~t~y~O~f~B~.~r~id~g~e~p~o~r~t~.;;;;;;;;;;;;~
and two juniors, comprise the I',
strength of a team which will
face some stiff competition dur­ing
the course of the coming
season. The seniors are Peter
Rackiewicz, Harry QUinn, and
AI Purcell. Jack Smyth and
Gerry Garvey lare juniors.
Besides these veterans, Coach
Ed Tamashumus has two ·fine
prospects in Bill LeBrec and
Julius Brudelis. Bot'll are in
their first year as varsity men.
Jack Callaghan is handling
the managerial chores of the
squad.
Coach Tamashumus has is­sued
a call for more candidates,
especialy freshmen and sopho­mores.
The fol1owing schedule has
been proposed by Rev. Thomas
F. Lyons, S.J., director of
athletics.
ITALIAN CLUB
DINNER
Oct. 11, 1954
To Be Held
90 Kings Highway Cut-Off
Fairfield, Conn. At The Golden
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An interesting note on the '54 season is that Richie Ashburn
of the Phillies cost the National League club owners an estimated
$4.125. How? Very simple! Since Ashburn is a notorious "slap"
hitter, he fouls off many pitches into the stands. As a result he
averaged about three fouls per at bat and on the basis' of his
550 at bats he fouled off some 1,650 balls which cost $2.50 each!
Figure it out!!!
Sports News and Views
By BOB HAJAS
W.ith the close of the 1954 baseball season, all eyes are now
being focused toward the 1955 season. Every major league team
will be faced with some problems; many of the clubs a,re sched­uled
for major personnel changes. Taking a quick look around
the circuits, it looks as if the Indians, regardless of the fine year
they have had, will need an experienced first baseman, a catcher
to help out the slowly aging Jim Hegan, and at least two more
dependable utility infielders. Don't be surprised to see them give
up one of their good pitchers t,o get some of that help. The
Yankees, who have apparently depended too long ·on veteran
performers (Rizzuto, Reynolds, et al), will need at least two more
front line pitchers and a shortstop. They have three good young
catchers and one of the extra outfielders to offer in a trade to
get some help in those departments. The White Sox still need
another power hitter to help out Minoso, 'along with some more
utility men. General Manager Fr,ank Lane would probably
trade anyone ex,cept Minoso to help the team. The Tigers still
need pitching depth and long-ball hitting outfielders as do the
Senators, who are also in need of a catcher and second' baseman.
The Orioles need plenty but can potentially produce a much
better team in '55 than is expected. The big talk will be cen­tered
around Bob Turley. It's known that the Yankees ,are will­ing
to give up plenty of first dass talent for him. As for the
Athletics, their first problem will be trying to find a new home.
Secondly, they need tremendous rebuilding in all de·partments.
One thing is for certain. Gus Zernial will not be wearing an A's
uniform along with Ed Joost.
In the National League, the Giants can practically stay firm
with the exception of maybe acquiring another starting pitcher
The -Dodgers will go all out to get some pitchi!'J.g strength. In
fact rumors have it that they are willing to trade Jackie Robinson
and Billy Cox for a top starting pitcher. The big reason why the
Braves didn't go all the way was because of the lack of good
pinch-hitters and, of course, the loss of Bob Thomson. Next year
should be their year as all the "youngsters" have at least three
years of major league experience. The .Red Legs will need
pitching as will the Cardinals, who, with some effective pitching
this season could have been a serious pennant threat. They led
the majors in team batting this season and could possibly trade
off one of their "name" players for a good chucker. The Phillies
and Cubs will 'have to start rebuilding. Look for Ralph Kiner
to be wearing a different uniform next season. In fact he may
go to Cleveland, as Ra1ph and Hank Greenberg aDe very close.
The Pirates will probably fool everyone next yea-r as Dick Groat
will be back out of the service. If their pitchers continue t,o
improve, the Pirates will 'finish considerably higher than they
have in the past seven years.
On campus, word has ii that Neil Morrow, who is F'airfield's
contribution to the g-olf world, has been shooting in the mid 60's
INCORPORATED
slim look
the
October 7. 1954
Ivy league
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Family Life
COlnmission
Bridgeport. Connecticut
The Family life Commission
of the N.F.C.C;S., whose com­mission
headquarters is here at
Fairfield U., will condulCt four
workshops throughout the New
Enlgland region this year.
These workshops, emloying
studient s:peakers, guest lectur­ers
and, inter-,col[egiate debates
will be held at Burlington, Vt.;
Worcester, Mass.; Providence,
Rhode Island; and the regional
worksho,p here at Fairfield in
March.
The C.Y.O. Dating Panels,
which have drawn muoh favor­able
comment from the pastors
of the area, witl be continued
by those members, of the Sodal­,
ity of Our Dadl)' who are inter­ested
in the Family Life Com­mission
and its ,aims.
Thea,dult edU!Cation group
which has, accomplished so
much in the past concerruing the
resp'ons:ibility of parents to
educate their children a:bout
sex, and which has d:one exten­sive
r,es'earch I and Lecturing on
bir'th-iOontrol will be headJed this
y€'ar by Ja,ck Leonard. J,ack has
been activ:e in this work for two
years now, and his eXiperience
w!ill help him to equal if not
surpass the sucoe.ss of the past.
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The pre,sident of the Sqpho­more
class, J,am,es Rourk/e, has
appointed Joe Za,czkowski and
Paul Check, eo-'chairmen of the
coming Fre;,h,men - Sophomore
Welcome Dance to be held Fri­day,
October 22 from 8:00-12:00
pm. at Berchman's Hall. Tickets,
$(75 pe,r couple, should be on
sale October 11.
AJocording to evidenced, en­thusiasm,
this· comibined-d'ass
affair promises to be one of the
ye,ar's most successful ventures,
both s'ocially and financially.
Page Six
Dr. Norman Knighted
By ltalill,n Government
By PETER A. DE MARCO, '56
Fairfield University has a true knight within its midst.
He is Dr. John Norman, ,associate professor of history and
government. On Sept. 18, Dr. NOI1man '7eceived ,the deg7ee
the "Cavalieri of the Order of Al Mento della RepublIca
Italy, bestowed upon him by Ambas~ador Al:beTt,o Tarchiani
Washington, n.c., on behalf of the Itahan ,government. . .
This award corresponds to the English custom of kmghtmg
distinguished notables who have contributed to their nation in
honor and deed. Dr. Norman's citation :reads:
Dr. John Norman
Knight of the Order al Merito della Repubblica
. d. ,',. '~"'Pro~or','Of.tI:iisiory:...'Clftd.-Government at Fairfield Univer­sity,
he has for many years, as a professor, a1;1thor, an~ lec­turer,
presented to the American people an enhghtened Inter­
·pretation of the domestic and international problems -of Italy.
His sympathiic interest has helped to promote mutual under­standing
between Italy and the United States.
The Roman Knight of FlaiI1field is still comparatively a new­comer
to the ranks of the faculty. Dr. Norman is in his second
year of teaching here. He is ,an alumnus of Syracuse University
from which he earned his A.B. and M.A. degrees. His Ph.D. was
awarded ,at Clark- University, in Massaohusetts.
Since then, Dr. Norman has held teaching positions in several
colleges. World War II found him ,at the Rome, N.Y., Air Service
Command where he engaged in the training of Air C011pS admin­istrators,
'sup'ervisors, officers, and enlisted men in the funda­mentals
of management and supervision. , Shortly thereafter, he
was appointed field representative for the O.S.S., in which ca­pacity
he did political intelligence work.
AHer the war Professor Norman toured throughout Europe.
He served with th~ U.S. State Department in the Office of Intelli­gence
Research and the Historical Division. His specialized fields
centered on Italy, Trieste, and the Far East.
In fact, at this point, Dr. Norman is not taking his knight­hood
lighlty. He is in the midst of preparing twin historical works
for publication. One book deals with labor .and politics in. ~e
Italian RepubHc. The other, for which he IS eagerly awaIting
the release of new Italian documents, concerns Tunis and Franco­Italian
relations.
Dr. Norman remains ,a keen observer of the present Italian
political scene. He said this: "Italy is definitely orientated
toward the West. The Scelba government is pro-American.
While the Communist danger is stillg,reat, there is little chance
of their taking over. The recent oscial and economic reforms will
take some of the wind out of the Communist sails.
"The latest news that Italy and Yugoslavia have finally com­promised
their differences over the Trieste situation will hasten
the filling up of the southeastern European gap in the chain of
amances surrounding the Soviet bloc. F·or this will now encour­age
the signatories of the Balkan Pact - Yugoslavia, Turkey,
and Greece - to implement their alliance with military agree-ments.
.
'- "If the United States admitted a few more Italian immigrants,
this would reduce the population pressure, thereby removing one
of Italy's principal causes of economic unsettlement."
Dr. Norman now resides in Fairfield with his wife and two
daughters. He is a member in Bridgeport's radar unit, Battery B,
of the Connecticut National Guard.
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