Stag - Vol. 06, No. 05 - November 18, 1954

              Carnival Committee Selected
- Story below
Vol. VI-No.5 Published by Students of Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn. November 18, 1954
HUGH BOYLE i\.PPOINTED
N. F. C. C. S. DELEGATE
THE STUDENTS OF FAIR­FIELD
WISH TO EXTEND
THEIR SINCEREST SYM·
PATHY TO ROBERT BAN­YAI,
'58, ON THE DEATH
OF HIS MOTHER,
Carniyal Weekend Planned:/
Chairman Selects Committee
III-Ionor Society.,
Student Council
IKeys Awarded
This year's Mid Wint.er Carnival is ex-pected.to be I ·1' In a prec'edent making deci- At a general assembly held . b th St d C 'I the best ever h.eld, accord.mg to thoe early plans of ChaIr- Thursday, November 4, 1954 . slOn y e u ent ouncl ,
man John QUIlty and hIS commIttee. A full week-end I seven members of the senior !Hugh Boyle was unanimous,ly
schedule of events is being planned, including the an- cla,ss were a~arded keys to the i appointed Jr, Delegate to the
,. FaIrfield Umverslty Honor So- INational Federation of Catholic
nual formal dance on FrIday evenmg. All other events ciety. Requirments for enroll- ICollege Students. This action
are still in the tentative stage, but it has been learned ment in this society are, at the was brought about by a vacancy
that activities now under consideration include a jazz Iminimum, an ,85 average and ~t in that office left by the with-
. . least 12 pomts achIeved m
concert, CommunIon breakfast, mformal dance, Glee, extra-curricular activities. Very drawal of Robert Bayne. After
Club concert and vaudeville show. None of these are Reverend Joseph D. Fitzgerald, much consideration and consul-d.
efinite as y.et' however'and.the committee is still seek- Irector of Fairfield University, tation Bob has made the manly presented the keys to Cornelius mg suggestIOns as to crowd pleasmg events for Satur- Ward Cullen, John H. Kulowiec, Idecision to go on to better things.
day and Sunday. William E. Prendergast, Jr" Ad- The student body and the N.F.
The committee was selected' , fred S. Purcell, Silvio A. Sal'erno HUGH BOYLE regret losing such an outstand-last
we'ek by Quilty in conjunc- • '1 Cl b 0 I and Dominick V. Sorge. 'I ing p'ersonality who in just a
tion with the Activities moder- \J. ee ~ II pellS I The Fairfield University Hon- .. 1 L little over two years has proved
ator a~d the dean'~ office. On the Season On Dec. 5 or S.ociety has a twofold pur-I-,~nnua ecture that he had the "stuff" which
commIttee are thIrty men, rep- pose. S • R did' t . h F' fi ld f
resenting each class. These men 1. To give an added inducement erleS enewe I IS mgUls es aIr e men rom
were selected on their ability, It's never too early to talk to scholastic achievement and all others. Prayers and good
experience, and past perform- about good things, and the Ito 'encourage greater participa- On Thursday, Nov. 4, Berch-, wishes follow Bob in his strug-
.ances and were selected from a school year's .first Glee Club I tion in extra-curricular activi- mans auditorium was the scene i gle for "life."
large .group of .asplrants. The concert IS certamly ~ good thmg. ties. of the first_Bell~rmmelecture of The vacancy which Bob has
followmg men WIll serve on the December 5th, that s a S':lnday 2. To give public recognition the 1954-50 senes. The speaker l'ef i 1 d
committee: afternoon, marks the openmg of, to those students who have dis- was Dr. John J. O'Meara of t sarge, an only a man
Seniors - Bernard Joy, Ron- a bigger an~ better season .than! tinguished themselves over a Dublin University. The subject, who has proven that he too is
old Norko, Charles Schaefer, Iever for thIS hIghly acclaI.m.ed i period of three years, both by of Mr. O'Meara's talks was! a true "Fairfielder" can hope to
Howard Travers, Francis Car- Falrn'eld <;>rgamzatlOn. A Jomt! outstanding scholastic achieve- "Augustine's Transmission of J take his place. Such a man was
roll, John Buckley, Silvio Saler- concert WIth St. ,Joseph's COl-: ment and by generous participa- ,Graeco-Roman Thought." found and there can be no doubt
no, Charles Conner, and Leo lege of Hartford WIll be present- I tion in extra-curricular activi- i Student and Scholar '"
Morrissette. ed by the club, under the unique· ties " .. "ofhIS qualIficatlOns. Hugh Boyle,
Juniors - Frank Bergen, John dI· rect'IOn 0 f Mr. S·Imon Harak, A.dmittance to the Honor So- I'd Mtr' 0dMearahISIm"deedd a stu- a qUl.et and mastS'Incere Jun'lOr,
h . t . , en an a sc 0 ar an an ex-
Crowley Gerald Malafronte, to us er m he forthcommg year. ciety symbolizes the high''-'st I t h tAt' H has been working with the Fed-
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W'll' C Th a' ttr tio f the ~ per on t e grea ugus me. e ~orge acovera, I lam um- e m m a ac n 0 scholastic achievement that a I has degrees in the Classics and eration for the past year and a
mmgs, Andrew Perella, Al Pel- concert, aSIde from the fact that student at Fairfield University I ft bt" h' M A h' t h If C' h" ,
legrino Arthur Conway. it is the season's first, is that it may attain Membership in this 'I ~ ~r o. a;mng ~S . th e wen a. onsclOus of IS abIlIty,
SOPh~mores _ Joseph Zack- is being presented explicity for society im~ediatelY stamps the ~ dans,f ~~~Ct orh
a ~e y~ar Hugh was elected by the entire
zowski James Attalino Paul Fairfield men, their parents, Istud'ent with having strong s ubli~ hOd 1 °lsoP y. A
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, 'I as New England Region to be co- Check Richard Martin Robert fn'ends, and anyone e1se wh pu sea vo ume on ugus- . 0 character and high intllectual t' 1 12 fA' t Ch . t' chamnan of the Industrial Rela-
Imbro: John Cagnas~la, and would Jike to come and spend Icapacities. It should be the goal ~~te:~ and
othisn:~~th a~l~t~:~ tions Committee. This demand-
R. P et't an enJoyable afternoon. The f t d t 11 ' . 1 . I fl' . . 0 every s u en, on a cam- volume The Young Augushne, ed a complete reorganization
Fr h J h R d t wonder ul se ectlOns WIth WhICh puses in all the world, ,.. . .
es men - 0 n e ga e, 'everyone is familiar plus some K' IS bemg publIshed by Longmans and reJuvenatIOn in order to
Stanley Bartnick, Ted Combs, . . . ' eys were also awarded to of London. He has also publish- , .
D B t k C BIT R ffe ty new addItIOns, WIll be offered memb'ers of last years Student. d 1 t' l' ti' t 1 bnng to the fore a commIttee
. u z 0, '. oa, . a r , to you, free of charge in Berch- C . e 'sever~ ar IC es m con ne~a. "
and F. Marcellmo. ' , ouncIl and the members were learned Journals on Augustme WhICh, espeCIally m New Eng-This
committee has al'ready mans" Hall here on campus. . commended o~ a J.Ob we11 d one. He has lectured at Oxford and. 1.and, sh ouId h ave a s,?otlI' gh t aII
be un holdin their meetings ThIS .wIll be the fifth occasIOn They are, sen.lOrs: Bernard Joy, the Sorbonne on Augustine. ItS own. To date a. solId founda-gd
te t t' g d t' 1 t on WhICh the men of FaIrfield Robert G'erwlen, Charles Con- p' P d tlOn has been laId and Hugh
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- and th'e Hartford group have nor; juniors, Gerald Garvey, ms resente and the other me~'bers of the
I~~t °d elrh~ a;~das t ~n su.; appeared together. It is St. JO-I Gerald Malafronte, John Papan- ~efore Mr. O'Meara b'egan his committee are preparing a series
ml e to e. en. <:>unCI. seph's third trip to the home of drea Andrew Perrella' sopho- delIvery, the Dean, Father of three workshops to be held in
~he weeken~WIll ~e highltg~~ed the Stags, following our two' mor~s: Kenneth Catandella, Healy, and Father Rector pre- various parts of New England
y mborfe p. antnhe h.evten sf than trips to Hartford. George MY'ers James Rourke, I sented the m'embers of the honor the first of which will be held
ever . e ore m e .IS ory 0 t e Last year the two schools pre- and James Rya"n. ISOC'lety the'lr we11-deserved k eys. on December 12 at Providence
Carmval. Last year It proved 0 ... The student council members '
be a tremendous success under sented theIr ReCItal, WhICh turn- al t d th' . College. -
the capable guidance of Jack ed out extremle y well,m' Hart - owferreeco snoitiporne.sen e elr pmsl WI'th thOIS as a b ack ~ound, as
Welch '54. Welch was aided ford. Each club was under the g well as many unseen Jobs well-greatly
b y QUI'ItY I.n the runm.ng' direction of its.own cond'uctor I DFr, DOo'Mnaghueb to the Resc1ue done' Hugh received full Coun-of
the affair so that this year's St. Joseph's bemg Mr. Moshe r. eara egan very s. ~w-I cil support and best of wishes.
committee has an experienced Paranov. Th'e combined and ly becaus'~ of the poor pOSItIOn Jerry Coiley, Sr. Del'egate, has
man at its head. separate sin.ging o~ each club hof hthed mlcrophonfe. BFl;lt Dbefore expressed his gratitude to the
afforded an mterestmg program e a gotten too ar T. onag- Council for making such a fine
for the attending crowd. hue came ~o his rescue and mov- choice. Already he has begun
An outlined preview of the ed the mIcrophone to a better the formal orientation which
concert will appear in the n'ext position. The delightful brogue Hugh will n'eed to fulfill the
(Dec. 1st) edition of THE STAG. of Dr· O'Meara's then carried many duties of his new office.
'Be sure not to miss it. And be I throu~hout the audit?rium d~- We of the Stag, although sorry
sure not to miss this opening . I velopmg the thre'e pomts o~ hIS to see Bob leave the ranks, feel
concert presented especially for .~ Ilecture, namely: Augustme's confident that Hugh will con-you.
Let's all ring up the curtain I 'Itransition from Gra~co-~oman, tinue to bear th'e banner high
I1-_____________ with a bang and. put the show Art Einhorn's Band at acceptance and reJectIOn of when he travels from college to on the road for another success. Harvest Hop (Continued on Page 6) college, and state to state.
November 18, 1954
John Buckley, '55
FEATURE EDITOR
Arthur Conway, '56
CLUB NOTE EDITOR
Vincent DeRosa, '55
BUSINESS MANAGER
Edmund Measom, '5'1
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corner...
By ART CONWAY
EDITOR-IN·CHIEF
Bernard F. Joy, '55
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
John Leonard, '55
NEWS EDITOR
Albert Pellegrino, '56
Thomas Sheehan, '56
SPORTS EDITOR
Robert Hajas, '56
MAKE·UP EDITOR
Raymond Buccino, '55
John Crowley, '56
PHOTOGRAPHERS
THE STAG
T. Paul Tremont
Editorial
Day of Reco'llection
French Club Trip to New York
Boston College Basketball Game
Glee Club Concert
(Combined with St. Joseph's)
German Club Dinner
Norwalk Club Communion Breakfast
Co-ed Capers (Bpt. Club Dance)
Activities Calendar
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Since his election to the position of New England
Regional President of the N.F.C.C.S., T. Paul
Tremont, '55, has visited most of the Catholic Col­leges
in New England. The editors of The Stag
have invited Mr. Tremont to write this week's edi­torail
in order for him to put forth some of the ideas
that have come to him in his travels.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Nov. 23
Nov. 21
Nov. 19
Dec.
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It has been my pleasure to travel throughout New: . I
England during the past months in connection with my I~.~.:;
duties as NFCCS President. It is with pride that I hear ~-------------'
various comments on Fairfield University. I By ANDY PERRELL_2\. In response to almost no requests at all (the editor needs to
After a two-week layoff for ifill space) I have consented to push my leaky little pen across the
, .d e t r exams th C vast expanse of page in an effort to ward off the wrath of our
A nun from Regis has told me that although she ml -sem s e ,e oun- beloved editor. One of the observations that I make as I sit
has not had too much contact with our UnI've.rsIty shec,il resum.e.d activity.w.ith a s"es- here cramped m' my corner ward'mg ff th bl f th' 't 0 e ows 0 ose ITa e . . .' . IslOn whIch ill the opmlOn of ',hlS I students whose names I didn't put in my last column, is that my
was lillpressed by the gentlemanly attltude WhICh Farr- writer, produced some very good' pen has no taste at all. . .
field students manifested' a youncr lady from Newton and some not-so-good effects. In t~IS day and a~e of modern sCIence,. I should thmk that
, 'b . Startin with first thin '~rst some brIght, enterprlSmg sCIentIst should msert some taste m
College was trymg to encourage her brother to matncu- I' g gSI il 'pens. Why is it that we have so many multi-colored pens with
. .. m happy to say that the nter- no taste at all? Just think how good those black pens would
late at FaIrfield, as she thought It was Just what a college coUegiate Dance committee taste if there were a little licorice (or Liquorice, if you are a
should be. ~ proved I was dead wrong when fanatic about spelling) flavoring in them.
iI said the dance probably Of course, there is always the joker in the crowd who pipes
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wouldn't become a reality this up with "then it wouldn't be so bad to swallow your words."
But perhaps the finest tribute to Fairfield was ex- year. Come December 11th, we OUCH! T.hat even h~t my calloused old hide. .
f f I b J . ,will be playing host to a group Even If they can t flavor the pens, at least the mk should be
pressed 'by one of our ormer acu ty mem ers, a esuIt! of young ladi'es in an attempt to improved. I am sure that most of you have tasted ink at one
father who is now teaching elsewhere. He told me thatj repay them for the hospitality time or a~other, and I ~m confident that you will agree with me
., ... . they have shown us in the past; that our mk tastes terrIble.
he felt the UmversIty was at thIS tlille the Ideal J eSUlt and I think the Council deserves It's a big letdown when after spilling some of the bright red
Collecre in New England for we were still at the level some credit for sticking its neck ink on your hands to taste it, instead of a pleasant cherry taste,
b .' . out for you, the Student Body. the palate is attacked by its bitterness.
of growth where It was possIble to know all your fellow If this danc-e is a success the' "Bright Idea" since our science majors are spending so much
students and the entire teaching faculty. Someday credit will rightly go to you :Eor Itime up in the lavs ... er I mean labs, why not have them work
. .. . ." ,. . your good attendance, appear- on the project. The idea definitely has its good points. An ink
FaIrfield IS gomg to be bIg - very bIg. It s Just lIke a ance, and manners. However, could be invented with vitamins added for household use. Then
youncrster" Father said "you don't want him to grow should the a.ffair be unsuccessf~l whe.n the ~id t~kes .a slug of his pop's bottle of ink, he is in
b" (and there IS no reason that It realIty gettmg vltamms.
up, but you can't do anything about it." should be), the Council will ).In- Another thing that should be definitely decided is a school
justly bear the brunt of the colored ink. In that way when we slop the stuff all over us it
criticisms. As much as I hate to would match our school blazers.
But many of us fail to realize that this is a distinct sound like the well-known "flag There is no end to the many things that an imaginative person
advantage over many of our colleges for if there is any- wavers" ,rm sure you've all can d~ with a bottl~ of ink. One closing th~ug~t - h?w about.an
, heard, let s face It; th'e name of mk WIth an alcoholIc content, for that certam 11ft dUrIng a bormg
one with journalistic aspirations, he has little difficulty IFairfield will depend on you class. . . . . Iindividually- don't let it down. Jommg our newspaper staff; or that a debator havmg 0 n the no't-so-good Sl'de 0 f the
promise does not have ,to "sit on the Bench" throughout Iledger. was the Council's refusal I
. . db' h h Ito pledge non-interference with the mtercolleglate e atmg season. Even t oug we Jack Quilty's Carnival plans.
attack our Student Council, it is the most active in New IUnless there is an ulterior mo-
. . . tive too complicated for this
England. Our Glee Club WIll keep on gaImng honors. poor mind to grasp, I find it
hard to understand why the
'.. . Council refuses to trust the
Yes, WIth our -relatlvely young faculty and lIberal judgment of a man they them-administration
we cannot help 'being grateful that we! s'elves have appointed to office.
. ' 'If the Council feels it has the
chose FaIrfield as our undergraduate college. right to overrule any idea the
Carllival Chairman may have,
then why do they bother to
select one in the first place?
They might as well run the
dance themselves. It should be
mentioned, however, that dis­cussion
on the subject was quite
heated, and it was only through
the slimmest of margins that
Quilty was unable to slip out Faculty members and students put on the weekly radio program
from under the iron hand of en:tiUed "Fairfield University Interprets the News:' From lef:t to
rule. right. Prof. John Meaney, Dr. John Norman. Dan Reed. '56. and
Another step forward: the Vincent DeRosa, '55.
Father Ryan Memorial Oratoric-\-------------'-------------­al
Contest is developing under I
the capable supervision of Dan
Reed's special committee. The
plan was so well explained and
ordered that it took little time
to start it on its way to becom­ing
an actuality before the end
of the school year.
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Are several of our representa­tives
so proud of the "authority"
they have that they just can't
I see any of it being delegated to
I
a mere Carnival Chairman? I I I
Is it, true .that the Student Co~n-
ICII IS gomg to award trophres
to any undergraduate who can
'get his car out of the parking
lotw ithout hitting one of the
boulders so inconveniently
found in the exit lane? . . .
Who will the Council appoint
to supervise close order drills at
Alumni Field to get our march­ing
contingent in condition for
the St. Patrick's Day Parade?
... Wouldn't the Grievance Robert Madden, '56 Thomas Murray, '58
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Committee be justified in filing Robert Visokay, '57 Wilbur Fomento, '58
a grievanc-e about the complete EXCHANGE EDITOR
and utter helplessness of a
small group of our students? Donald Gabriel, '57
November 18, 1954 THE STAG Page Three
PRO AND CON At the Flix CAMPUS PERSONALITY
" ~~.
Fairfield
at
Fine Foods
TURF CLUB
The Best in Music
Southport Turn-off
JIMMY NASSEF, Permittee
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With JOHN McCARTHY
LARRY'S DINER
CAPERS
XAVIER HALL
By THOMAS CONNORS
FRIDAY NIGHT, 8 O'CLOCK
Bridgeport Club - St. Vincent's Nurses
No individual is given a
While this article is being popular liberal cause of the Brigadoon (MGM) The upnlalceessinhe"CisamlopouksedPeurpsoonnaalistibese"-
written, th'e special session of times., Hollywood sequel to a popular ing an example of just what the
the senate is considering the Type 2) ThIS typ~ was often play of Broadway and Summer term implies; a man who by his
censure of Sen. Joseph R. Mc- civic or commumty groups, G Kell C d I 'spirit and character ,has proven
Carth. Whether the Senate Ifounded independently of com- Stoc~ stars ene y, y himself to be outstanding among
finds [he Senator worthy of cen- munists, but which were often Chansse and Van Johnson. John~ 'his fellow students. As you will
sure or not its decision WIll mfiltrated, and sometJmes later son and Kelly are two New York see in the subsequent para-never
fullv ~xplain the Mccar-I controlled by them. . socialites who, while visiting graphs, Tom Donnelly in no way
thy story" For this story is not b) The. actual Commumst the highlands of Scotland, come deviates from thi.s standard. He
merely the story of one Ameri- Party, WhICh seemed m many. "1 takes his place among the hon-can;
it is the story of several ways like any other minority Iupon Bngadoon, a .mY~hlc.al VI - ored students who are a credit
generations of Americans', one party. lage which exists m clvllJzatJOn I to Fairfield University.
that can only .be hinted at in 2.. The secret underground once every century for 24 hours. I His greatest accomplishment
the space of this column. sectJOn WhICh. was made up of As F,ate would have it, Kelly I Iat the University has been his
The first significant chapter in small cpellsrof., 1 I ist falls in love with one of the spirited effort in the musical de-b
. b f th" ar I a) 1'0 essJOna commun I (C d T h 1
tth'eestdorayll ewgamrss e ore e WId many of whom were prettier lassies in town y partment. .om agrees w 0 e-
on, '"thWorld hWarthIe, Reuasseirasn, s workm. g hand I.n hand Ii Chan.sse) and, after enJ.oy,mg , h eartedly wl'th the man who
aTnd contmues roug " I" h h : said that the world without w'etn,'Ies, when this nation IwIbt)h A . Tzens who :led IthebountJful frUlts that bot ffs e musl'c would become a barren
drank deeply o' f the wine of. an icated mtheenmcasenlvCeI s1 to the o"ver-- and the village have to 0, .er, wasteland, and as proof of this
easy pr.ospenty. tChommumsm1 throw of our governmentad must atnlast make a,declsJOn he has risen to the1 heiCglhtbs of
played lJttle more .an a vO~'~ll who uS'ed their positions and between his New York SOCIal TOM DONNELLY President of the Gee 11, a ~ole in these yearfs; tltk:-vags r
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0t influence in our government to- life and this newly found para- member of Fairfield's Benson-m
the process 0 a m wards the realization of this dI'se ians and adds his tuneful pres-here.
. Frosh Hold ence to the Campus Minstrels,
The most important chapter ai;he Ribbentrop-Stalin pact, After seeing the Summer Any Tuesday or Thursday aft-began
in October 1929 ,~nd c?n- followed so soon by Hitler's at- Stock production with its cast IIM t e ernoon you will find Tom lend-tinued
through t,he. morn~ng Itack on Russia brought about of about 25 with its two rather ee lUg ing his voice to the reminiscent
after'.' of the ThlrtJe~, ~ndmg I sudden radical changes in the l' but a~iable backdrops and I strains of "September Song" or
roug~ly with ~?e begmnmg of party line. This was" for those ~~~~c provided by the combin- Last Thursday, November 11, the airy bars of "Oklahoma." In
the 'cold war. In many ways who had not yet drifted out of ed efforts of a piano and organ, the Freshman Class held its his desire to promote the "Um­this
chapt~r is the key to the the party, the crowning blow of and being pitted against Holly- second meeting of the current Iversal language" he served last
mterpretatlOn of the who.le M~- disillusionment. Even the "com- wood's cast of hundreds, Cine- school year. The newly elected year as co-chairman of ~he
Carthy story. For It . IS' m thIS man cause" of World War II rna Scope, and stereophonic Student Council representatives IWaterbury Club Concert WhICh
chapter that commull'lsm, la~ge- brought back few to replace the sound we like the stock per- of the class, namely: Stan Bart- was given by our Glee Club
ly as a result of the depresswr: many who broke with the party forma~ce. It seems that M~M nick, Frank Doherty, Stan Sit- and, incidentally, was a tre­enters
as a character of forc_ at this time. A much smaller has made a pleasant dream mto ka, and John Redgate presented I mendous success. He has ma~e
and. importance. It entere~ as political party and a compara- a ridiculous fantasy. Gene Kelly the topics on hand to the meet- music an important part of hIS
WhIttaker <;~ambers has. :,al~: tive handful of "dup2s" were all, and Cyd Charisse prove to be a ing. academic life here at the UnJ­"
WIth a cnSlS and a VIS'lOn. that remained along with the Isplendid dancing team but Gene A word was said about the versity and has no qualms about
These are the reasons for ItS hard core of underground cells. is no boy wonder at singing and blazer issue, the success of the presenting it for the enjoyment
success here., . With the beginning of the Iit is unlikely that one would Frosh-Soph Welcome Dance of others. ,
For the ordmary workmg I"cold war" a new chapter of encounter a girl like Miss Char- which netted $40.00 for the, Just as the Greeks, we also
men, mIIlJons of whom had lost the McCarthy story opens,. The isse even in Bngadoon. Van freshman treasury, the oncom-I refer to a well rounded man as
their jobs, the' crisis was real growing distrust of Russia and IJohnson tries to keep pace with ing Inter-Collegiate Dance to one who is not limited to. it par­enough;
communism promIsed later the Korean conflict gave Kelly but as the picture pro- be presented here on campus, ticular field of endeavor. This
a way out, an answer to, thIS impetus to a drive against Com-I gresses he tries and relies on ~IS December 11, and the work be- man we are told, should have
crisis ~hich would usher I~ a munism which began with the Iwhimiscal quips to s'ee hIm ing done by the Student Council the 'ability to think deeply as
mJllenmum of 'equal and' lastmg Dies commIttee durmg World: through the rest of the show. at the present time. 'well as participate .bodily. So,
security.. For the intellectuals War II. With the help of (~x-! "Brigadoon" has merit in its A few words were said by the !lest it be thought that Tom's
and the self-considered intellect- communists and "planted" F.B.I.I choreography and spirited music president of the CounCIl, Gerry' talents are limited to the field
uals there was a vision, a plan agents, key members of both Ibut on the whole must be label- Coiley. He brought with him a of music, we will catch a
to end forever the senseless suf- the political party and the un- ed a Hollyood faux pas. sample of what the different glimpse of a few of his other ac­fering
and bloodshed, so strong derground section were tried I Suddenly (United Artists) - blazers look like. After addmg complishments and his plans for
' a current m the flow C!f hIstory. and convicted'. Wh~n McCarthy IFrank Sinatra retur?s to the a few words about them, Gerry the future.
For many WIth no faIth to su- entered the story m 1950, the, dramatic sc·ene. in thIS one, as- distri,buted th~ new N.F.C.C.S. He began his career at Fair-
'stal'n them l'n thel'r despair, com- 1 b ea vel' II b St 1 H de and h h h 1 the
batt e was y no m ns 0 'sisted y er lI1:g ay n , broc ures w IC. exp am ,field in '51, coming to us from
munism seemed a faith - a it will n'eve~ be over for us as INancy Gates. Sl~atra and hIS work bei.ng carned on by thIS Crosby High in Waterbury. Im­temporal
faith to solve their long as It eXIsts menacmgly here I henchmen are paId .a .fabulous 10rganizatJOn. mediately he took his place
temporal difficulti'es. Practically or elsewher~. I sum, of money to asslssmate the Questions were 'asked, the among the better students scho­all
to their later disillusionment, , McCarthy s expre~se~ purpose IpreSIdent of. the. Umted.~States Iclass voted on the ?lazers, and lastically and has retained an
many em?raced that faith; s'om~ l~ to fight c.ommumsm? he ~con-I upon hIS ~rnv~l m Sudd~nly, a as a whole the me~tmg was suc- average well up in the eighties,
merely lIved m ItS, company, slstently falls to achI~ve .hIS small Cahforma town, To a~- cessful m expressmg ItS VIews which is no small accomplish­others,
caught ~p In ~he maze of purpose and in so domg falls i complish this ~hey ~et. up theIr on the various issues. . !ment. In '52, Tom joined the
slogans, were even ,Ignora~t. of the very people to whom. he s.o I paraphernali~ In a hIllsl~e house Once again an excellent turn-: Marine Corps Reserve and has
Its nearnes~ to theIr actJvltJes." often appeals. When he Ident~- near the. raIlroad . stat~on, :'In out was displ~yed b.y the class Ispent many hours learning
Here IS .a ,s.lmple breakdown, of fies any~:me, 'even other antJ- ideal settmg. to b.rmg In MISS of '58. There IS every reason to Ithe rules of war as well as pnac­the
actJ.vltJes connec~ed Wlt~ communIsts who may op~ose Gates, who lIves m the house, believe that these men WIll ticing the rules of the class­commumsm
dunn~ thIS' per~od, him, with actual commumsts, and Ster~ing Hayd'~n, the town- have four extrem.ely successful I room. Upo~ graduation in '55
1. The open polItJcal sectJOn, he serves only to dlsorgamze Iship's chIef of polIce. .' I years here at FaIrfield If they Ihe must spend two years in ac-which
included:,. . ,our forces and to. obscure the I Smatr~, as' the mass kJlIIng Icontinue to ~how the gratIfYIng tive duty. What then? More
a) Front orgamzatlOn of wnt- nature of commumsm and the fanatJc m World V:'ar II who amount of mterest and team- study at either B.C. or George­ters,
teachers, lawyers, ordmary names of commumsts. It may cannot overcome hIS obsesslOn, work which they have so far town Law School, and from
citizens, and during the war, be some time before this nation is, not up to his "Eternity" per- displayed. there a career at the bar. '
"friends of our Russian allies." is rid of the threat of commun- formance, but then again, it is Tom has his work cut out for
Type 1) This was the type of ism; McCarthy, even if he is doubtful that he ever WIll be. IJlcerto Elected him and he knows it, but hav-organization,
founded by cor:n- sincere, is postponing that day. Sterling Hayden and Nancy ing shared some insight into his
munists, which, because of ItS This in brief is the McCarthy Gates, however, do a good job A CI h P character, this reporter has no
lofty-sounding name and the story. I cannot resist this re- in supporting roles. "Suddenly" rea u rexy doubt that he will be successful
benevolence of its avowed prin- mark; I am not out to "get" the is not a great film but this col- in any future endeavor.
ciples', attracted many. There Senator or anyone else, nor am umn tabs it as a good evening's Election of officers for the
were dozens of these propaganda I being paid a cent of the entertainment. Norwalk Area Club were held
schools', one for n'early every 5,000,000 dollars for this article. recently and the following men
were elected: Anthony Incerto,
President; Leo Morrissette, Vice­President;
Jim Gardella, Secre­tary;
Ed Cerulli, Treasurer; and
In the heart of Fairfield's i Bill Williams, PUblicity Director.
I IAn activities committe'e with
i "Little Times Square" Carl Giordano as chairman was
I set UP and also a legislative
I Open Day and Night committee to assist the club Post Road
, members was instituted. Plans I POST ROAD for the coming year are being
I Imade, with a communion break-
I
Corner M1Oller S66. fast to be held November 21st, I
L.. ..,... ..... the first on a list of numerous_I activities. 1... .....
Page Four THE STAG November 18. 1954
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Intramural teams in action as league schedule nears the end.
Competition For Stag
The newly organized intra- Varsity Positions Is mural basketball league has
With Father Lyons's announcement last week of this season's been moving along right onHIE I Dell
basketball schedule, we thought it would be in order to give a schedule. ,eavy n ar y . rl S
run-down on the current edition of the men in Red.
On the squad are seven returning lettermen. All the players have shown ---' ~
Bobby Gerwien _ A senior, this will be Bobby's fourth sea- themselves to be taking an ac- I Slowly, as the blisters wear
son with the Stags. Consistently a high scorer and rebounder, he tl've I'nterest I'n the SPOI't and , into callouses, the Stags of Fair-consequently
the lea'gue has field round in potentially the
will probably be one of the starting forwards. thus far proven to be highly' most formidable, basketball Jack O'Connell - Another four year veteran, Jack is a con- successful. Isquad ever to don the red and
stant threat to the opposition. Equally effective on a one-hand white of the school. When prac-
Push shot, a )'ump-shot, or a drive-in, he hits on an amazing per- Due to the almost steady rain-f
11 d · h t ks tices open'ed a month ago, it
centage of his shots, This prom~ses ot be one of Jack's best a' urmg t e past wo wee ,
seasons. most of the recently scheduled seemed assured that last year's
starting five had their positions
James "Duke" Roche - Center on last year's team, Jim, a games have been delayed. How- completely wrapped up. How-
Senior, is the top rebounder on the team. The team big man at 'I ever, these contests are hoped to ever, this assuredness was jolted
6'5", he features a )'ump shot, and can hook with either hand. , b,e rescheduled at a later date 'b' I immediately y the outstandmg
Fred Lane - A smart ball handler and deadly set shooter, m order that all the t~ams .may Iplay of several newcomers. This
Freddie can drive opponents crazy with his speed. He fits right pro~ure a chance of bemg pItted unexpected wealth of tal:ent
in with the Stags fast-breaking offense. Fred injured an ankle agamst each other. coupled with the return of :mch
during practice and has been side-lined for two weeks, A loss On Nov. 8 in an overtime con- Iproven stars as Jackie O'Con-of
his services would be very costly to the team. test, the Birdwatchers nosed out _nell, Bobby Gerwein, Jim Roche,
Eddie Diskowski - Last year as a freshman, Eddie broke into the Toppers by a score of 44-43. I Freddie Lan'e, and Ed Diskowski
the starting five and from then on was hard to replace. A possess- Tom Casey led the Birdwatch- has raised a twinkle seldom seen
or of a fine jump-shot, he can score with it from all angles. Con- ers by toppling the nets for 2{j I before in Coach Hanrahan's
sidered small at six feet, he is nevertheless very strong under points. Bill Murphy was out- , eyes.
the boards. standing defensively for the Hustle has been at a peak b'e-
Jim "Dixie" Pavel - Dixie has come into his own in pre- Birdwatchers. cause of fierce competition being
season practice. He is a potential high scorer and owner of a "Swing" Incerto once again waged for the twelve varsity
great shooting eye. led the Toppers with 21 points, uniforms. Among the newcom-
Lenny Paoletta - A 5'9" speedy guard, Lenny is the calm while' Joe Phelan was runner- 'ers, John Kuloweic, a dead-type
ballplayer. He is an excellent set shooter and playmaker. up with 15. Art Conway was the eyed hook shot artist, Jack
Also on the squad are four newcomers. Ibig man und~r the boards, tak- Smyth, a pesky ballhawk, and
John Kulowi~c - Senior, a fine -baseball player, this is John's Img the ma)onty of the re- Paul Williams, another fine pivot
first season on the court squad. Very strong under the boards, bounds. Stags in action in their 1953 candidate, have been very im-
John scores with a deadly right-hand hook shot. He should prove In the second contest of the game against Rider College. Ipressive. Returning lettermen
to be a valuable addition. day, Scully's "5" added another Stags won. 67-59. Lenny Paoletta, "Dixie" Pavel
Jack Smyth - A star Harrier on this year's Fairfield cross- win to their column by gaining -------- along with Ray Lovett and
country team, Jack has impressed greatly in practice sessions, a forfei.t over Pe~ey's Al.l Stars, Ifarrloers Lose Pedro Tagatac stars of last
With his accurate set and left hand jump-shots, he is a JJunior. who faIled to bnng theIr team year's frosh have shown con-
This will ,be his first term with the varsity. on the court. M M sid'erable improvement.
Paul Williams - Another Junior and another first year man On Nov. 9, in a game that Two ,ore eets By the time this article ap-with
the Stag varsity, Paul is a hard man to stop with his fine decided first p1ace in the Na- , ' Ipears probably half the candi-assortment
of shots. tional League, the Alkis topped The, FaIrfield Harners suffer- dates will have been eliminated.
Henry Higgins - Henry is back with the team after a year Kostag's Crazy "5" by a 52-41 ed theIr fourt~ and fifth setbacks Few of these will ever receive
of inactivity. This speedy guard is an asset to Coach Jim count. of the campaIgn at the hands of I the plaudits of the crowds or
Hanrahan. Spearheaded by Soph Tom powerful Hofstra and Boston I singular recognition for their
Besides these, there are the Sophomores up from last year's Kearney, the Alki crew took an College. Iefforts, but their spirit and de-strong
Freshman team gunning for the remaining berths on the early lead and were never On October 29, the Stags were i termination will have contribut­squad.
headed of by, the spirited but turend back by Hofstr,a WIth a ed greatly to the success of this
Pedro Tagatac _ High scorer of last year's F'rosh and ex- undermanned Kostag quintet. 22-37 count. Harry Qumn, Jack year's squad.
cellent .floor general. The V'Ictory makes the w'mners Smyth, and Gerry Garvey show- ---------------
f' h 1 ff ed the way for the losers.
Ray Lovett - The "Burlington Blaster", who can out-rebound a avonte to cop t e p ayo The Fairfielders travelled to I
many a taller man. with the winners of the Ameri- Chestnut Hill on the first of
Art Pavluvcik and Dan Miko - Defensive standouts and can League. Sharing honors November where the Eagles of
former Fairfield Prep athletes. with Kearney, who netted 2.1 Boston College eked out a close I
Homer Cusic and Tom Bolcer - Two good big men, who will points, were Bob~y Gallag.her, 25-30 decision over the hard-I
prove to be valuable to the team in the future. who chIpped m With 10 pomts, fighting Stags. Again the trio of
---, -,----" and Joe O'Brien, whose back- Quinn, Smyth, and Garvey k ept I board play and many rebounds I paved the way for victory. Fairfield in contention.
Joe Fida and Dick Ramik net- The results: ,
Boston College. 25-Fairfield, 30
ted 12 and 13 points, respect- 1 _ Easton BC
ively, for the losers, while Frank 2 _ Keough BC
Serretti turned in a fine defen- 3 -Smyth F
sive game. Midway through the 4 _ Quinn F
game the Kostag crew lost the 5 _ Garvey F
services of their stellar forward, 6 _ Griffen BC
Kurt Brackert, who twisted an 7 _ Murmaul BC
ankle. His loss severly jolted the 8 _ Purcell F
team's chance of winning. II 9 _ McElearney BC
In the second game, the 10 _ Rackiewicz F
Crewcuts gained a forfeit win i 11 _ Connell F
ove, the Prepsters, who failed
to show five men on the court.
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IEducation Club IDay of Recollection
IDinner Successful ITo End Marian Year
A day of Recollection for the
The Education Club held its entire student body will be held
When Fairfield University's first successful dinner of the on the Feast of the Immaculate
Red Stags' begin their gruelling year on November tenth at the Conception, December 8, as a
schedule December 4, they will Turf Club. Ed Thorne was ehair~ rfinal offering to end the Marian
find much assistance in a new- man and did a good job. Ed' Year, the year dedicated to the
comer to the squad - John Icontacted Mr. Frank Piazza, th'2 Blessed Mother.
Kulowiec. Assistant Superintendent of The Sodality ·of Our Lady of
Schools in Bridgeport, and he Fairfield WIll sponsor this spe­agreed
to be the guest speaker cial day of Recollection, to
for the evening. Mr. Piazza Iafford all students the oppor­spoke
on the teaching oppor-I tUlllty to make one final sacri­tunities
in Bridgeport :lchools. I fice for Our Lady m Her Year.
In the talk he explained the :re-j Since December 8 is a school
lations betwe'2n the teacher and I holiday, it will be a sacrifice to
the administration, the present Ico.me for a few hours, yet it
salary of the teachers and the WIll be a worthy act of homage
possibility of a higher 8tandard to the "Patr-oness of Fairfield."
for the teachers in the futuI'2' A dialogue Mass will be cele­and
better teaching .~onditions: brated at 9:00 A.M. followed by
Fr. McPeake, Fr. McCall, Dr. breakfast in the cafeteria for the
Rogalin and Mr. Suart were nominal sum of twenty-five
among those present. The d.inn:er cents. rhere will be a talk given
and the attendance were very by F',ather Murphy, S.J., Moder­good,
so congratulations to all ator of the Sodality, concerning
who helped make it a success. the four utterances of Mary in
the Bible. Each exercise will be
followed 'by a period of silence,
meditation, and personal re-
I
flection. The Rosary will be re­cited
after the third talk and
Benediction will follow at ap­Iproximately
1:30. This day offer­Ied
to Mary will end with the
I Marian Year Prayer, as a fitting
i close to the Year dedicated to
honor "Our Mother."
* * *
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Woodcock hunters :Crom Wil­ton,
Weston, and Easton have
reported that the largest flight of
woodcock in 10 years has hit
Fairfield county, A number of
F,U, students have verified these
reports, One junior relates kill­ing
eighteen in the last two
weeks, "I've never se2n so many
woodcock in all my life," he
said, He suggests that you use
No, 8 shot and hunt them either Don't think that the Connecti­in
the early morning or late cut Fish and Game Association
afternoon hours, has stopped releasing pheasants,
The partridge hunting in the As a matter of fact more birds
county has also been described are released after the hunting
as fairly good by some 8tudents, S'eason opens than are released
So don't hesitate to try your I before ope~ing day, This means
luck this Saturday! that you shll have a chance for
* * * getting another bird or two ::;0
Charlie Conway, '58, rec'ently don't give up pheasant hunting
went on a two day fox hunt in yet,
Trumbull, Charlie reports that * * *
his dog "Fleabags" chased a Ed Coyne, '58, famous F,U.
"big red one" towards the vet- duck hunter, is still living up to
eran nImrod but he was unable his reputation. Rumors are that
to get .0'1 shot at it because of Ithe ducks migrating from the
the thick underbrush. When north are trying to fly around
asked If he shot anythmg at all, Ithe southern part of Connecticut
Charlie replied, "No, nothing (and especially Penfield Reef)
but a few holes in the sky." in order to avoid Ed and his 16
* * * gauge automatic. Last week Ed
Bob Marzik, former Connecti- downed another six coot and a
cut Junior Skeet Champ who is coupl:e of broad-bills. He reports
now a Freshman at Holy Cross that the duck are flying "low
College, came home last week- and heavy" and that there's
end and on his first hunting trip plenty for everybody.
A 6'2" senior, Jos - as ·he is
called by his friends, hails from I
Stamford, where he was a grad­uate
of St. Basil's Prep. He is a
three year veteran of the Fair­field
baseball team. In his fresh­man
year he was used as a reli'ef
pitcher and worked in three I
games. In sophomore year his I
contri.bution to the team was a
..._~ 11-2 pltchmg record, along with
a booming .368 B.A. Last year'l
Jos played the outfield and, in
24 at .bats, blasted enemy hurling I
for eight hits, including a home­run
and triple, while batting in
three runs and sporting a lusty
.333 B.A.
He has played baseball on a
team sponsored by the former
Boston Braves, as well as one
in the Newspaper League, spon­sored
by the Stamford Advo- Frank Piazza speaks at Educa-I
cate. Also, Jos was a member tion Club dinner.
of last year's champion Stam- l-;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~~~~~;;';;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~
ford YMCA basketball team.
This large participation in
sports has not, however, ham­pered
him in his studies. .Jos
has been on the Dean's List all
four years, and now, as a senior
is a member of th'e Hono; I Society.
He figures' quite prominently
in Coach Jim Hanrahan's plans,
and could be a great asset to the \
Stags as they face their toughest
sch'edule yet.
Page Six THE STAG November 18. 1954
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Latest News
FAIRFIELD On Dorrnitory
CAMERA SHOP
FacuIty Sodality
Chooses Officers
Arab Reporter
To Visit Campus
Manichaeanism, land the ac-
Rev. John A. O'Brien, S.J., Fairfi'eld is expecting a very At a recent meeting of the ceptance and rejection of Greek
professor of Ethics, addressed interesting visitor in the near Faculty Sodality of Fairfield Philosophy.
the Italian club on Thursday, future. University, new officers for the Dr. O'Meara delivered his lec-
Nov. 4, on the topic "My Im- On visit to the United States forthcoming' year were elected. ture very well since he only had
pressions of Italy." is Mr. Farid Oufi of the .zditorial This is the first time the Sodal- a little time to cut his speech
"The unparalleled natural staff of AL AKBAR, the Arabic ity has had officers since the down from three hours to one
beauty of Italy; the monuments daily newspaper of Baghdad, organization has only been in hour. At the other schools he
and ruins of its pagan aBtiquity Iraq, who will visit the Univer- existence a few months. Select- had delivered three hour lec­and
its political and military sity. ed as Prefect was Dr. McDonald, tures with an extended question
might; the shrines, art treasures Mr. Oufi is visiting the United professor of modern languages; period. This gave Dr. O'Meara
and historic spots of its glorious States as a guest of the State Secretary, Mr. Jordan, professor plenty of time to lecture his
Christian history and the native Department which is offering of economics; Treasurer, Mr. points and develop Augustine
inborn charm and culture of it~ the trip in order to give news- Guarcello, professor of modern thoroughly. At Boston College
people make Italy a most unique men an insight into the Ameri- langauges; and Sacristan, Mr. he made such an impression that I
and fascinating land," Fr. can way of life and American McCarthy, professor of history. a debate was carried on for an
O'Bri'en said. thought. Gaining this insight, hour and a half afterwards.
Assisi, Florence, Milan, Na- they can thereby better appreci- Ir--------------,I
pIes, Capri and 'Pompeii were ate and, understand the Ameri-among
the places that Fr. can and in writing about the
O'Brien described in his talk. United States, have the benefit
Rome, however, the Eternal of actual and visual knowledge
City, received the major portion of what they write.
of his attention. "The Basilica Mr. Oufi graduated from Everybody is interested in the
of St. Peter's," Fr. O'Brien said, Baghdad College, a Jesuit Col-­change
the new dorms will
"is the imp'ressive symbol of lege, in 1948. The AL AKBAR make here at Fairfield. The first
Christianity's triumph over an- n. ewspap'erf in which fhe appears, news concerning these dorms
cient paganism and tyranny and IS one 0 twenty- our news- has just been issued from Fr.
of the strength and power of its papers in Baghdad and one of FAIRFIELD.
th t
. fl . I Mahan's office. Positively they
opposition to present day mani- e mos In uentia .
W h M 0 fi . h' CONN will be ready for the first se-festations
of the' same evils." ..e. ope Ur. u enJoys IS • mester of 1955. Furniture has
Father O'Brien described a VISit m the nited States, as
visit to the recent excavations well as his visit to Fairf_i·el,~d'.:.._~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I~ibnegenfoorrdtheereOd Kantdo wbiellmboevewdaiitn-beneath
the crypt of St. Peter's \ as soon as the dorms are fin-under
the direction of Rev.. An- ished. The students will be able
tonio Ferrura, S.J., one of the to pick their own roommates
Jesuit archaeologists in charg'e I of the excavations. "It is abso- and upper-classmen will have
the preference of rooms. The fee
lute,ly certain now," Father:
O'Brien said, "that St. Peter, I for quarters and meals will be
the first Vicar of Christ on earth $350 a semester. Ail the upper-is
buried where Christian tradi- classmen will be in the dorms
tion always claimed that he was next year, ,and the incoming
_ in a pagan cemetery near the freshmen will fill in the remain-
Circus of Nero. His tomb in this ing rooms. It has not been de-cemetery
in which one can now cided just what bed linen the
walk as in pagan times is b"e- students will be required to
neath the high altar of the bring from home, but the
Basilica and beneath where the blankets will be supplied by the
altar of the Basilica of Constan- school. A breakage deposit in
tine built by the Emperor in the addition to the semester fee will
4th century was. To realize that be required of every student
one is actually looking at the before he may use the dorms;
burial place of the Prince of the . this deposit is similar to the lab
Apostles is a sacred andawe_·i
; fee and will be refunded at the
some experi·ence." end of the year provided one is
Speaking of a semi-private not charged for any broken ma-audience
with His Holiness, terial. The building will have a
Pope Pius XII at his summer . few more than 100 rooms and
residenee at Castel Gandolfo, Loyola Hall. new dormitory. now under constructoin. 200 students I each room will hold two board-will
occupy this structure next year. Iers.
Father O'Brien said, "An audi-ence
with our Holy Father is the
highlight of anyone's visit to
Rome, whether he is pri'est or
a layman, a Protestant Catholic,
or Jew. One is deeply impressed
by Pius XII's personal charm
and unassuming sanctity. More
impressive, however, is the real­ization
that he is the living sym­bol
of man's link with God, of
time with eternity, of earth with I
Heaven and the valiant leader
of the forces of good in th'e
strugle with evil."
Father O'Brien expressed the
conviction that Italy will not
become a Communist nation.
"Skillful leadership; exploitation
of the poverty of the peasant in
the rural areas and of the dis­satisfaction
with the plight of
the worker in the cities; and the
Italian's traditional opposition
to the 'existing state of affairs
have given Communism amaz­ing
~trength in a Catholic coun­try,"
Father O'Brien sa.id. "The· I
efforts in life and the memory
in death of that great patriot,
statesman and Christian, Alcide
Iasp'eri has turned the tide of
battle in favor of a Christian
democracy."
Father O'Brien studied at the
Gregorian University in Rome
in 1932 and 1933. In September
1953, he visited there as a New
England representative of a I
congregation of Jesuit fathers.
Father O'Brien
Speaks On Italy