Stag - Vol. 06, No. 06 - December 2, 1954

              .GERWIEN~ OI(IE LEAD STAGS AGAINST BC
- Story below
Published by Students of Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn. Dec. :~, 1954
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This game marks only the
second time the EAGLES have
met Fairfield on the :1ardwood.
The first meeting ended in de­feat
for the STAGS at Boston
by the score of 75-55. This defeat
should act as a further inspira­tion
to the locals in their quest
for revenge. On the other hand
B.C. invades Bridgeport with a
team that is s'lig:1tly weaker
than last year's crew. This does
not, however, indicate certain
victory for the STAGS as the
Eagles are always a tough nut
to crack. The EAGLES lost the
services of their s.tar center and
high scorer, Tony Daukas, and
their Captain Tom O'Hara. How­ever
Joe CUllinane, a hig:11y
regarded forward is back and
an added year of experience
should help him take up the
slack left by Daukas and O'Hara.
Jo'e Powell another standout
from last year is also returning.
The STAGS on the other
hand have seven returning let­termen
to form a nucleus for
this year's team, Co-Captains
Bob Gerwein and Jack O'Con­nell,
Jim Roche, Fred Lane and
Ed Dziskowski should be be
starting .team, Len Paoletta, Jim
"Dixie" Pavel, and newcomers
Jolin Kuloweik and Jack
Smythe should ably back up th'e
starters. Ray Lovett and Tom
Bolcer should round out the
squad. This is probably the tall­est
team Coach Hanrahan has
ever been graced with. In previ­ous
seasons, many of Fairfield's
d'efeats can be traced to definite
heig:1t disadvantages.
Mr. Charles Allen talks with
Charles Schaefer after Business
Club meeting.
Coach James Hanrahan
Business Club Hears
U.S. Customs Agent
Completing their final workouts before the season's
opener against Boston College, the STAGS, along with
Coach Jim Hanrahan, look optimistically toward Dec. 4.
This year's quintet is perhaps the finest ever floored by
Fairfield. Coach Hanrahan has employed a new system
of attack into the already potent offense of the STAGS.
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STAGS OPEN SEASON
AGAINST BC SATURDAY
On last Thursday, October 18,
1954, the Business Club was
addressed by Mr. Charles Allen
of the United States Customs
Service on the topic "Opportun­ities
in .the United States Gov­ernment
am}. Co-relation be­tween
Business and Govern­ment."
During his talk, Mr.
Allen, a veteran of thirteen
years of government service in­cluding
six wtih Customs, drew
a distinotion between the Cus­toms
Agents as depicted on
television and the Customs Ap­praisers
and Inspectors whose
positions are just as important
but far less glorified. He pointed
out the vast variety of job dass­ifications
in t~le Customs serv­ice,
including Chemists, Exam­iners,
Age n t s , Appraisers,
Guards, and general office help,
In order to qualify as an Ap­praiser
the applicant must pos­sess
either a Batchelor Degree
in Busin'ess Administration plus
a Civil Service Exam, or five
years in business or govern­ment.
An explanation of the present
tariff laws was given and the
procedure involved, when a ship
bearing goods docks at an Amer­ican
port, was also discussed.
Mr. Allen traced back the his­tory
of the Customs Service to
1789 when the first tariff act
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CISLPlans
Year's Events
Sodality Program
Planned To Finish
Marian Year Events
How many times have we sat
around and heard such state­ments
as: "Jesuit students can
never compare to Ivy Leaguers;
Teacher's Colleges are far in­ferior
to privately endowed
schools." Upon the enunciation
of such generalities, there is
usually a burst of speculation
either for or against the propo­sition.
We have an organization
which can answer these ques­tions
practically, an organization
which pits Fairfield against
Yale, St. Joseph and Connecti­cut
College, New Haven Teach­ers
and Trinity ... for the CISL
has in its membership all the
seventeen colleges in Connecti­cut.
Do you want to learn some­thing
about your government,
to be able to speak with poise
before large groups, to meet
new people, to increase your
knowledge in anyway whatso­ever?
If you answer in the
negative, then you are suffering
from the malady referred to as
intellectual constipation and
until a catharsis is ,applied you
are wasting your time and
money and the time of others
by occupying space in class. If
you answer in the affirmative,
you ought to investigate the
merits of CISLo If you know
very little about the internal
mechanisms of your State Leg­islature,
this is the opportunity
to gain the information. For this
is the season that all collegiate
politicians are caucusing behind
their walls of ivy.
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On the Feast of t:1e Immacu­late
Conception, December 8, a
holy day and a holiday, the So­dality
is sponsoring "A Day of
Recollection" for the entire stu­dent
body. The purpose of the
'event is to dedicate the final
day of the Marian year to Mary.
Dialogue Mass
Activities will begin with a
dialogue mass at 9:00 followed
by breakfast in the Xavier cafe­teria,
for this service there will
be a minimum fee of twenty­five
cents Fat:1er Murphy, mod­erator
of the Sodality, will then
give the first of his, four talks on
Mary's utterances in the Bible.
The Rosary will be recited after
the third talk and Benediction
will follow the fourth talk at
approximately 1:30. The day
will end with the saying of be
Marian Year Prayer, drawing a
fitting close to th~ day and the
Marian Year.
Special Agent M. E. Torrens
Council Sponsors
Intercollegiate Hop
The Student Council of Fair­field
University is sponsoring an
intercollegiate dance, which is
to be held at Berchmans audi­torium
on Monday, December
11, from eight to el'even p.m.
This is the first dance of bis
sort to be held on the Fairfield
campus.
Schools being represented will
be New Rochene, Marymount,
St. Joseph's, Albertus MagnuS',
and the nursing students of St.
Vincent's Hospital. Each of the
schools will send a delegation of
twenty students to the social
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Program
Part I
I. Incline Thy Ear, O~ Lord,
Arkhangelsky; Let Us Sing from
"Dardanus," Rameau; The Lord
Is My Shepherd, Schubert; Hal­lelujah,
Amen, Handel.
Saint Joseph College Glee Club
II. Men In Red, R. Ross; The
Old Road, Scott; September
Song, Weill.
Fairfield University ~ee Club
III. There's a Hole in the
Bottom of the Sea, Arr. Cote;
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Vol. VI-No.6
F.B.I. Agent Speaks At
Public Affairs Forum
The Public Affairs Forum was
:10nored on Thursday, Novem­ber
18, when it had for its guest
speaker, Special Agent M. E.
Torrens. Mr. Torrens, a tall and
distinguished gentleman, de­scribed
in brief the operation of
the F.B.I. as a whole and includ­ed
some simple details.
Speaking exactly for 35 min­utes,
Mr. Torrens first of all
stated that the F.B.I. is a De­partment
of Justice which is
headed by the Attorney General
of the U.S.A. under the super­vision
of J. Edgar Hoover. Sec­ondly,
he said that the F.B.I. is
just a fact finding board. Prose­cution
is handled by the Attor­ney
General who is, presented
with all the facts received from
the F.B.I.
The bureau acts when it is
confronted with a complaint
which it must verify or disprove.
It obtains its information from
many sources, which remain
confidential. If anything is re­leased
from its files it has al­ready
be'en made public record.
All information is sent to the
front office in Washington, D.C.
where it is co-ordinated to get
an entire picture of the ease.
There it is evaluated and, if im­portant,
placed in the F.B.I.'s
vast fil"es for immediate refer­ence.
Mr. Torrens ended his talk
by stating that all applications
from qualified persons wishing
to enter the F. B. I. are welcom­ed
most heartedly.
GLEE CLUB INITIATES
NEW SEASON SUNDAY
"Especially For You" - that's what they'll sing
for. Next Sunday afternoon, that is, Dec. 5th at three
o'clock in Berchmans Hall, when the Fairfield Univer­sity
Glee Club opens its seventh season by presenting a
combined concert with St. Joseph's College of Hartford.
The spotlight for the birth of the 1954-55 season
falls on the emphasized invitation to all students, par­ents,
and friends of the two schools. There will be no
charge for admission.
, St. Joseph's intends to pre-I ises to be an enjoyable after­sent
an app:ealing program noon.
hig:1lighted by the arrangements
of the Chansonettes singing
group. Fairfield's Glee Club will
also be on hand with some en­joyable
sel'ectionS' complement­ed
by the interesting arrange­ments
of the Bensonians and the
Campus Minstrels. Last, but by
all means not least, the two
clubs will sing two combined
s·elections.
As can be seen from the fol­lowing
program and from the
past successes of both organiza­tions,
this December 5th prom-
Page Two THE STAG Dec. 2, 1954
Thomas Murray, '58
Wilbur Fomento, '58
FEATURE EDITOR
Arthur Conway, '56
CLUB NOTE EDITOR
Vincent DeRosa, '55
BUSINESS MANAGER
Edmund Measom, '57
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tiScorner...
By ART CONWAY
EXCHANGE EDITOR
Donald Gabriel, '57
NEWS EDITOR
Albert Pellegrino, '56
Thomas Sheehan, '56
SPORTS EDITOR
Robert Rajas, '56
MAKE-UP EDITOR
Raymond Buccino, '55
John Crowley, '56
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Robert Madden, '56
Robert Visokay, '57
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Bernard F. Joy, '55
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
John Leonard, '55 John Buckley, '55
It was .a warm night and the weather was clear, so I decided
to take a walk down to a neighborhood pub for a bit of liquid
refreshment. My heart was light and I whistled all the way down.
I entered ,and sauntered over to the bar. A deep voice came
at me from 'a massive hunk of humanity, which served as the
bartender.
"What'll ya have, Mac." This from the missing link.
Deciding to meet him on his own ground I answered him
with "Draw One," smiling inwardly at myself for this cleverism.
He gave me a sly look and shoved a beer in front of me.
"Youse is a college kid, ain't ya," he said.
"Yes," I replied, "how did you know?" (Thinking he may
have deducted it from my charcoal grey suit, my button down
collar shirt, the striped tie, ·cordovan shoes, and the collegiate
haircut.
"Ah - All youse college kids drink beer."
My mind began to click - here was an opportunity to work
a bit of logic on this chap. Without a moment's hesitation I
quipped up with,
"My dear fellow - you know, of course, that you have just
made a universal statement, don't you?"
"Yeah," says he, "So what!"
"Well - you say if I ,am a College man I drink beer - if I
drink beer, I -am a College man. y,ou are arguging in a vicious
circle."
"Yea," says he, "So what, your drinking beer, ain't ya?"
Here I prepared for my final and dev,astating blow. I drew
myself up to my full five feet four inches - looked him straight
in the ·buttonhole and said, "I know some College men who don't
drink beer." It was hard to hold back my smile of victory ­pity
this poor man - he should know better than to match wits
with a College man.
"Show me," says he.
This time it w,as his turn to smile - a crooked smile at that.
I was stymied, I looked around quickly for aid, but none was to
be found.
"But 'I know some!" I said.
"Show me!" says he.
I drank my beer, walked out, and kicked an old beer can all
the way home.
BUSINESS CLUB STAGS OPEN
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was passed and to 1789 w:1en Another thing that must be
the fifth Tariff Aot specifically taken into consideration is, the
created the Service. Mr. Allen fact that it is the first game· for
also pointed out that in present both teams this year and es­times
the Tariff Act is not set pecially the fact that the game
arbitrarily by the government is· heing played at the recondi­alone,
but by th:e Senate in close tioned Bridgeport Brass Recrea­conference
with the bus·iness Ition Center (formerly the Ar­and
industrial leaders' of the mory). T~is court has· proved
nation. Organized labor is' also very difficult to many visiting
represented now. This is becaus'e teams as it is much narrower
th:e original function of the Cus- than most collegiate courts.
toms service was to provide Early injuries to key players
revenue, but since 1913 its main (Gerwein and Fred Lane) put
function has been to protect a scare into Hanrahan but both
America's industry from c:1eap players have reported that they
foreign competition. are fully recovered.
B.F.J.
Bridgeport Club,
Glee Club Join To
Visit Institution
A Tribute
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Club Notes
French Club
At the last meeting of the
French Club, plans for the
forthcoming inter - scholastic
contest on French civilization
were discussed. The contest is
open to any high school in the
area and so far seventeen have
indicated ,an interest. The con­test
which was inaugurated last
year, will be held at the Uni­versity
in January.
The Club is also planning a
trip to New York on December
8. Anyone who would like to
attend is cordially invited.
The St. Thomas More
Debating Society
Last week the St. Thomas
More Debating Society held its
second debate on the national
topic. The affirmative team of
James O'Meara and James
Guardello defeated the negative
team of David F. Barry and
Kevin Donnelly. The society is
holding its meetings in c.onjunc­hon
with the Bellarmine Debat­ing
Society and is presenting
its debates on ,alternate weeks.
G~rman Club
The German Club dinner of
November 23rd was a fine suc­cess
and was climaxed by a
very informative talk by Dr.
:Norman on the new London
;agreements and their implica­tions.
During the first half of the semester it has been
pleasing to notice the great interest and enthusiasm
with which most of our extra-curricular clubs have Ii'lI.~~
been run. Especially outstanding has been the remark-able
display of originality, initiative, and hard work By GEORGE LACOVARA
shown by the Business Club. For the past few years At long last we can say the
this organization has been among the most active on student council has decided on
campus and has beep. recognized as such. During the blazers. Although it took them
past summer the dub gat a new moderator, Mr. Edward a long, bitter year that included
Jordan, and things began to happen. Former moderator, plebiscites, wrangling and gen­Mr.
Thomas Fitzpatrick, had developed some outstand- eral mayhem, the battle is over.
ing men during' the previous three years and now five I wonder if the school will be
the same without the blazer
of them were ready to take over leadership of the club. question. Credit must be given
With Mr. Jordan as their adviser, the Board of Directors, to the council for voting in the
including President Charles Scheafer, Ward Cullen, manner they did. At a previous
Tom Casey, Dick Forbes, and Ronnie Gibson, planned meeting a poll was taken show­a
schedule which was more ambitious than any previ- ing that the members approved
ous. With Frank Madar scheduling outstanding speak- a blue blazer unanimously; yet
ers d'or each event, the club launched into a slate of at a meeting where the final
meetings, movies, group discussions, and dinners. vote was heLd, the decision was
Famous womap. industrialist politician, Vivien Kellems, overwhelmingly in favor of the
Cardinal red. This should prove highlighted the 'initial dinner meeting of the year and to everybody that the council
a large crowd of both members and non-members of members are acting as repre-the
club enjoyed the evening immensely. The second sentatives of the student body.
dinner featured Mr. Thomas Rourke, Connecticut Labor Another pet project of the
leader, and the club enjoyed another success. Mr. council, the intercoll'egiate
Charles Allen, U.S. Customs Agent, was brought to the dance, is moving along accord­campus
to speak and was heard by another large crowd. Iing to schedule. Through the
The success of these three events gave the already Icapable hands of Jerry Mala­ambitious
leaders the inc~1tive to attempt informal f~o~te.and the rest of. the coun­socials
in the cafeteria, and several of these are planned ~11, It IS finally bebcommg a real-f
th f t
Ity. How many usses are you or e near u ure. . . chartermg for the dance, Jerry?
The lead taken by the Busmess Club was soon fol- The big questions on campus
lowed by other 'Campus groups, and now successful din- is "What went on behind closed
ners and on.:campus speakers are ?e~o~~n~mOI"'e m~n:er-I doors at the beginning of the
ous than ever before. For theIr InItIatIve, ambItIon, ,last meeting?
and excellent leadership, the editors of the Stag would It's quite hard to believe, but
like to take this opportunity to pay a small tribute to the council me'etings are becom­the
Board of Directors and to the entire membership ing q~ieter by the :veek. It was
of the Business Club. so qUlet at the meetmg the Dean
atended, Jerry Coil'ey had to ask
the council members to speak
up because they couldn't be
heard, Too bad the Dean
can't come to all the m'eetings.
Is it true that our secretary is
using a stop watc:1 to time all
By PETER A. DEMARCO '56 the meetings?
The 80 man Glee Club of Some members of the student
Fairfield University has joined body have be'en avoiding the
the Bridgeport Ar·ea Club in council members for the past
participation in the winter pro-gram
of the Danbury Federal week as if they had the plague
Institution. On December 14, the or something. It won't work
songsters will journey up to fellows, you'll have to pay your
Danbury to perform a conc'ert assessment some time. Why not
for the inmates.
It all started about a month dig in and get it over with. We
ago, when Mr. William McBride must have one of the most con­of
the Middle Street Boys Club, tented campuses in the country.
where the Bridgeport Club There hasn't been a grievance
holds its bi-monthly meetings, in two weeks. Don't be afraid
hand'ed a letter he had received fellows, Bob Gerwein won't bite
from Danbury Institution to you if you have any legitimate
Vincent DeRosa, president of the gripe.
club. The warden requested a News has it that the resolu-;
ping-pong team to enliven their tions committee has been quite I
winter recreational program at busy as of late. This wdter just'
Danbury. can't wait to find. out what he
The members of the Bridge- is for or against.
port Club jumped at the idea. Its Although there was a bit of
merits and potentialities for both hemming and hawing, it looks
the prison and Area Club were like the council will go along
immediate evident. T:1e inmates pretty well with Jack Quilty as
would be afforded an entertain- far as the Mid-Winter Carnival
ing diversity and such an activ- is concerned. The fellows on
ity would be a stimulus for the council couldn't be going along
Fairfi'eld students and an aid to with a better man.
many interesting evenings. Well, the sun is slowly settl-
So on November 16, eight ing in the West and the janitor
Fairfteld men drove up to Dan- has been throwing evil glances
bury to engage in friendly ping my way for the past half hour;
pong competition. Little did they so I think I'll hop into my solid
expect to meet the competent gold Cadillac and head back to
champs that they did. Only one the reservation. Until next time
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Dec. 2, 1954 THE STAG Page Three
PRO AND CON At the Flix CAMPUS PERSONALITY
position as its president, during
his sophomore year.
Tempering business with plea­sure
has been of prime import­ance
to Jack during his four
years here at the university and
as proof of this we turn to social
activities where we find him
serving diligently on the various
dance committees including four
years of s'ervice on the favored
Mid-Winter Carnival. Social life
on the home front was not
neglected when he joined the
Hartford Area Club serving as
vice president his junior year
and as president his senior year.
If it be to the lot of anyone to
think Jack's interests have been
confined to the stuffy walls of
the class room and limited by
th'e judge's gavel in some de­bate
he is greatly in error, for
in reviewing his, past perform­ances
we see Jack receiving a
coveted letter for his achieve~
ments on both the Track and
Cross Country teams'. We also
see him participating in the
highly contested intramural
games and at present leading his
team into the finals.
So once again we have been
given a glimpse of the significant
career of aonther honored stu­dent
of Fairfield University, and
as anyone can see all these
efforts require an abundance of
energy and spirit. Jack has cer­tainly
shown himself to be pos­sessed
of just the right amount
of both, enabling him to make
his college career a great suc~
cess both intellectually and so­cially,
and certainly giving great
promise to the future.
Here on our campus we are
unique indeed in possessing a
virtual ball of fire which :1as
penetrated almost every corner
of the school's activities, mani­festing
itself in the person of
John Buckley, this week's, cam­pus
personality.
Jack makes his home in the
Capitol City of our state and
claims Bulkeley High as his
Alma Mater previous to Fair­field.
Immediately upon enter­ing
the university he embarked
on an extensive career of extra­curricular
activities whic:1 have
played a most important role in
supplementing his academic
duties. He satisfied his "nose for
news" by joining the Stag and
continued serving on its staff for
four years during which time he
has fulfilled the duties of busi­ness
and associate editor. As
business manager, Jack found
the sight of red ink most un­pleasing
to the eye so he zeal­ously
went about stabilizing the
shaky budget and in tile final
tally it was sporting a plus sign.
Being extremely apt in business
matters Jack has been chosen
to take the helm as business
manager of the Manor which,
incidentally, is no small task.
Being extremely interested in
world affairs Jack chose a
B.S.S. course majoring in gov­ernment
and to fill out his
knowledge of social problems
he became a member of the
Public Affairs Forum, and has
proven himself a most valued
member of the Debating Society.
His crowning achievement in
this field came when he was
chosen to fulfill th'e esteemed
With JOHN McCARTHY
Met Club Plans
Christmas Dance
By THOMAS CONNORS
Notes on the passing parade. the past have worked out - Joseph Mankiewicz produces
On November 22nd last week Truman's Foreign Policy, at a chaotic backlog of killing,
a heart attack struck down a least, was agreed to and voted man whom many people had for by the "do-nothing" Repub- mud, sex, materialism, and
come to consider heartless - lican 80th Congress; snobs in this two hour-plus,
Andrei Y. Vishinsky. The man 2) that t:'le conservatives of bundle of nothing. Ava Gardner,
had gifts, talents - even his both parties have united, and Humphrey Bogart, and Edmund
'enemies admit their magnitude probably will unite, on many of O'Brien join with others to com~
- but he also had his price. Eisenhower's programs;
Whether it was fear or ambition 3) that, although the Presi- plete the tallest of tales in which
that made the one-time humani- dent and the Democratic Con- they cross continents no less
tarian Menshevik a Bolshevik, gressional lead'ers have pledged than five times.
that made ilim the heartress coop'eration, .there st~ll. wil~ be The picture opens at the bur­prosecutor
of the Moscow trials, a lot of carpmg publiCity given ial grounds of the regal Contessa
and later the wild-charging Rus- to each other's mIstakes', es-sian
mouthpiece in the U.N., we pecially if Eisenhower remains I(Ava Gardner) and from there
cannot say definitely; but a candidate for re-election; backtracks to a series of scenes
Vishinsky has died and now it 4) t:1at there are several is'- that 'relate her sordid life, This
is his turn to pay a price. sues which can start a serious life is a nomadic 'one' promoting
Opposition to th'e Dixon-Yates clash betw~en the two parties, her not only from a ;alented but
contract has split party lines. a clash WhICh may envelop the .
The reason for this may be t:'lat White House and Congress-the unknown exohc danc'er to t:1e
public power advocates in both Dixon-Yates contract, Eisen- prominence of a Hollywood star,
parties are afraid that the hower's tax program, and Dem- but also advanoing her' from
Dixon~Yates combine, if it is acratic soreness at McCarthy's economic obscurity to riches of
successful, may prove an un- and (even more) Nixon's repeat- the "International Set." During
favorable yardstick of T.V.A. ed charges of "softness" toward this span she encounters many
and other such enterprises. Communism. people thus the core of the
The Ten Million AmerJcan Alger Hiss will be a free man movie. Harry Dawes (Bogart) is
Mobolizing for Justice Organiza- on the 27t~ of November. By a film writer and producer who
tion mayor may not have suc- the time you read this article coaches her and proves to be a
ceeded by the time this column he will, no doubt, be the invited life-long and intimate friend.
is published. Its efforts will not guest of several investigating Edmund O'Brien the publicity
sway any senatorial votes in th'e committees. Because of his Com- man, and Warr~n Stevens' a
McCarthy censure proceedings. munistic activities in the years millionaire trying his hand' at
T:1is is perhaps as it should be; 1934-1946 and because of. the the movie business, completes
for disclosures of the inadequate many unanswered questIOns t:1is American trio who have a
reasons of many of the signers raised at his trial, his appear- definite influence on th'e girl.
on the American Week, and this ance before such commIttees Marius Goring and Rossano
writer's own experience lead will be a "must.". Brazzi, the latter finally marry~
him to doubt the validity of the A con~ressman IS: supp.osed to ing Contessa, are two foreign
petition even if one out of every have wrItten the debatmg so- socialites that round out the
ten Americans above 18 should ciety of a southern college to main cast.
sign it. the effec~ that if members of "The Barefoot Contess,a," as
Many predict that the next two that. SOCIety were .to debate dense as it is in opul'ence and
years in American politics will publIcly, the affirI?ahve SIde of royalty is highl deficient in
be years of strife and possibly the natIOnal tOpIC, "Resolved, ' y
near~futility. The reason given that the United States should other dep.art~ents. The ~oral
. f f t d d' 1 t' 't' fibre of thIS pIcture cuts thinner
IS, 0 course, t:1at we ace the ex en Ip oma IC recogm IOn than a slice of cheese. Miss
prosp'ect of a Republican execu- to the Communist Government Gardner, wh'en not looking for
tive and a Democratic Congress. Iof China," their speeches might her prince c:1arming and an ac-
Whet:1er or not these predic- well end up in the F.B.I. files. companying ideal life, seems
tions will be realized is some- I doubt if the congressman was well content to gallavant around
thing that only time and the correct; but, if he were, and 17 barefoot and carryon nocturnal
next two sessions of Congress to 21 year old students have, in affairs with peasant friends.
can tell. At this time these four effect, lost the right to free This she shrugs off with a "Que
things stand out: debate, we are paying an overly- sera, sera." Her father is aquit-
1) that similar situations in expensive price for security. ted from a charge of murdering
his wife when our brilliant
young Miss unfolds a penetrat­ing
sob story to the jury of how
he was so unmercifully "hen­pecked."
The topp'er comes
w:1en, upon hearing that her
husband cannot father a fam­ily,
she takes matters in her
own hands to supply an heir to
the nobility via the peas-ant
route.
Heard recently at Childs
Paramount on Broadway at 43rd
St. were Conrad Janis and his
Tailgaters, who produce some
of the best Dixieland music in
New York. Appearing with Con­rad,
a most capable performer
on trombone, are R.C.H. (Dick)
Smith, trumpet, Gene Sedric,
clarinet, Pan a m a Francis
drums, and Dick Wellstood,
piano. Their rendition of the
"Saints" must be seen as well
as heard to be believed.
Every Sunday at 5:30 an all­star
group joins Janis for a jam
session. During past weeks such
luminaries as 'Wild Bill" David­son,
Pee Wee Russell, and Stan
Rubin with his Tigertown Five
have appeared. In addition to
his accomplsihments on the
bandstand, Janis has turned to
the theatrical world making ap­pearances
in both dramatic and
light comedy TV shows. "Studio
One" and "Bonino" are two of
the more popular s:'lows in
which he has proved a capabil­ity
for' acting.
Fr. Mahan Attends
Many College Fairs
At this time of the year it is
On Monday evening, Dec. 27
Fr. Mahan's job to attend Col- the Metropolitan Club will hold
lege Fairs at the different high its annual Christmas Dance at
schools in the east to help the the North Castle Lodge in
students to think of Fairfield IBanksville, N.Y. Da~cing will
University in the choke of their last from 9 P.M: unhl 2 A.~.,
. and wIll be ,an Informal affaIr.
college. Father explams to these The music will be provided by
students the curriculum, the the always popular Tony Cola­extra-
curricular activities, and vita and his combo. A buffet
the social events offered here at supper will be served during
Fairfield. At times he speaks to the evening.
0-e entire senior class and at A program of entertainment,
hm~s. Just., to th<:>se students featuring The Bensonians, has
far~lllIar WIt,." and mterested m been planned. Other featured
Falrfield. HIgh schools .are n<:>t performers will be Sal Taudani,
the . only groups' seekmg hIS a popular singer on the "Dan­ser~
llces but also C.Y.O. groups, ny Hope's Stars of Tomorrow"
trymg to help their members program a d W C H d
k C th 1· d t' ,n. . an y, ever
see out a . a 0 IC ~ ,uca IOn. popular song writer ("Memphis
Father explams the tUItIOn fees Blues" "St. Louis Blues").
to these groups; he also explams ' .
the cost and advantages of the .Dance C~a1Tman Tony Cola­new
dorm which will be ready VIta. has mdlcated that the
for the incoming students next affaIr will be one of the most
year. Father would like to know successful ever held by the Met
if anyone in the student body Club. TIckets. for the dance are
has moving pictures or slides nommally prIced at $3.75, and
which he would be able to show can be purchased from any
at these gatherings. Father has member of the club.
already attended twelve of these The North Castle Lodge is 10­fairs
and has fourteen more to cated on North Street in Banks­attend
before the Christmas ville and can be easily reached
holidays begin. This may not by following the Merritt Park­seem
to be a great amount but way to the North Street exit in
he must also run his office. Greenwich.
Page Four THE STAG Dec. 2, 1954
Bob Gerwien and Jack O'Connell, Stag Co-Captains.
Okay men, this is it. This sat-I petitor, Bobby Gerwien will
Iurday night two of Fairfield's all make many a nig:lt uncomfort­Itime
greats, co-captains Bobby able for Fairfield opponents this
Gerwien and Jack O'Connell, year. However, this will cer-will
l'ead a most promising Red I tainly not come as a surpnse to
Stag quintet into their opening Ianyone, for he has justly earned
game of the 1954-55 season, a reputation as one (1f the most
against Boston College. dependable players in the east.
Husky, 6'2", Gerwien and Magnificent speed, extremely
agile, 5'11", O'Connell combine deceptive ball handling, and a
A speedy Alki five concluded terrific scoring power and su- deadly eye, identify the Stags'
the intramural campaign with perb playmaking ability to giv'e other great co-captain, Jack
an undefeated slate, and the Fairfield one of the best 1-2 O'Connell.
championship of the school's
first organized basketball lea- punches in the east. A master of the fast break,
gue. Relying mostly on the pro- A graduate of Fairfield Prep, Jack is responsible for a large
lific shooting of Tom Kearney, IGerwien is extremely popular part of the Fairfield scoring,
the Alki's husHed to a hard . . .
f h 70 50 d
' t th both as a student and a player. both through .us own shootmg,
oug t - ver iC over e., . ., .
Toppers in the championship HiS pomt productlOn has m- and hiS many valuable aSSists.
game. Although they led creased steadily in his, first three Also, ,,-hile starring on offense
throughout, the victors were years on the varsity, and now, with an average of better than
hard pressed by the shooting of in his senior year, he has a great 13 points a game, the last two
Swing Incerto and Jack Hanley chance to fuifill the desire of all seasons, he has been an essen­who
combined for 39 points. basketball players: to score 1000 tial element in the Stags' de-
The star of the game was Kear- points in his college career. fensive arrangement.
ney who bucketed 32 points to Second only to Joe Ke:10e in The name of .Jack O'Connell
lead his team. Cagnassola and all time Fairfield scoring, Bobby Iw.ill be heard quite often this
Shutte also hit double figures can probably he most fittingly coming season, and you can be
with 14 and 10 respectively. On described as the Stags' "money sure it will always be used in
defense, Gallagher and O'Brien player." That is, the man to admiration, and wit:l a great
contributed heavily to the vic- whom that last second do or die deal of commendation.
tory. shot is usually given. And no Certainly Bobby Gerwien and
Members of the winning team wonder, for last season he sunk Jack O'Connell will provid'e
are: Tom Kearney, Bob Gallag- better than 40% of his shots, many thrills this year, but most
her, Bob Shutte, Johnny Cag- with many coming under thes'e of all they will help to fulfill the
nassola, Joe O'Brien, Bob Sch- same breath taking circum- desire that this will be Fair­reck,
Mike Joyce and Tom Mor- stances. field's greatest basketball season
rison. An all around top flight com- yet.
Alki's Champs In
Intramural Loop
By PAUL NAGY
Sport News and Views
Now comes whispers of Brooklyn setting up shop
in Los Angeles. We have even heard comments on the
World Champion Giants looking over the horizon to
Minneapolis. What is to come is uncertain. One thing
we do know is that our baseball game needs a complete
revision, not just a change of scenery for one or two
teams.
but could hardly be paralleled to the Boston-Milwaukee
situation. The sickly Browns were all but banished
from 81. Louis. But Baltimore was waiting with open
arms. How could anyone be so blind as to overlook the
fact that this city is within ,an hour's driving distance
of Washington and Philadelphia, is beyond me. Be­sides,
Maryland is primarily a racing state.
Our latest baby is the Kansas City deal. Clark
Griffith opposed this shift with sound reasoning. The
new Athletics will become a western team, putting Bal­timore
in the eastern division. This leaves the Orioles
and the Nats playing home games simultaneously. Thus
we have the paradoxical situation of three teams, the
NaJts, the Orioles, and the Phillies crowded into the
small area of one of the poorest sections of the country
baseball-wise, while vast sections of the U.S. are starv­ing
for the game.
Within the past few years, a "fad" has appeared on
the scene of organized baseball, namely, the franchise
switch. How long this "scourge" or "blessing" (call it
what you will) will remain instilled in the major league
owners is beyond the scope of this poorly-informed
writer. But I, as any other rabid baseball fan, have
observed, collected facts, and drawn conclusions.
Cross· COlmtry Gerwien O'Connell Chosen
Finish Season N S" C ·
Completing one of the most ,ew tag o-captalns
disastrous seasons in t:1e school's I .
history, the Harrier dropped »'., ,,'r"
their last two meeting to New ,1
Britain and the Long Island
Aggies. Their final record is no
victories and seven losses.
Tough breaks and injuries to
key runn'ers marked the entire
season. Al Purcell, a stalwart
for the past four seasons, was
unable to participate in the last
First, we would like to scan the situation as it three meets because of a seige
of app'endicitis. Pete Rackiewitz
stands presently. At the end of the '52 season, the was unable to match his previ-I
lowly Boston Braves found a new home right smack in oUs performance in other sea­the
middle of wild and wooly baseball territory Mil- son.s Only Jack Smythe, Harry
, . .' Qumn, and Gerry Garvey were
waukee. For hundreds of mIles around thIS SPOr..tS-1 able to place consistently, yet
,crazed city, peop,le were clamoring for even a glimpse Ithey we~e never able to place
of the big league brand of ball. The Milwaukeeans one-two m any of the meets.
The results of the last two
were led by a former Notre Dame All-American named meets were:
Miller who also OWJlS some of its leading breweries in Fairfield vs. New Britain
their ~uest for a shot at the big time. Previously, MiiIer ~: ~;~~~~g~~ (NB)
had succeeded in establishing pro basketball in Mil- 3. Smythe (F)
waukee but the fans continued to stamp their feet in 4. Quinn (F)
protest 'for more 0 f the nat'lOna1 past'Ime-. The rest'IS, 56.. GDaerSvineya ((NF)B)
history - out went the Triple A American Association i 7. Connelly (NB)
franchise and in came the ragged Boston Braves with II 8. Bajek (NB)
lI.ttle kn?'wledge 0 f the Cm' dere11a story they were to ' 9. Lewis (NB) 110. Connell (F)
partake m. Ill. D'Orio (NB)
12. Rackiewitz (F)
ThI·S I.S the typl.ca1 Braves fan. If h'IS be Iovde teamI 1. FBaeirgfaienlsdkyvs(.LIL) ong Island
is struggling to stay out of the cellar, he turns this 2. Devlin (LI)
struggle into an honest-to-goodness pennant race. Who 3. Ga:vey (F)
cares about the rest of the league; the most import~nt :: ~~~~n(~~?
thing on the face of this globe is keeping the Braves 6. Connell (F)
out of last place, everything else is secondary. Such 7. Weber (LI)
fal'th I.S not even seen m. F'latbush . 89.. BSmirdith(L(IL) I)
1
10. Bradley (LI)
Franchise Switch No 2 came the following year, 11. Rackiewitz (F)
12. Rodie (F)
Fine Foods the FAIR FIELDER COMING GAMES GLEE CLUB
4 Boston College - H
The Best in Music
CONCERT 925 Post Rd. Fairfield Dec,
Dec. 7 St. John's - A TURF CLUB Dec. 10 King's Point - H Berchmans Hall GOOD FOOD!
H
Post Road Fairfield Meal Tickets Save You Dec. 13 St. Michael's - Sunday, Dec. 5
at 10% Dec. 17 Rider College - H
Dec. 29 Iona College - A
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I
FAIRFIELD
CAMERA SHOP
FAIRFIELD,
CONN.
Dec. 2, 1954 THE STAG Page Five
Red Stags Starting line Up For Saturday's Game
Jim Roche, center Fred Lane, guard Jack O'Connell, guard
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Eddie Diskowski, forward Bobby Gerwien, forward
By SAL GILBERTE, JR.
Rod and Gun
Club
Arr.
Arr.
GLEE CLUB
(Continued from Page 1)
The Goat, Arr. Cote.
Campus Minstrels
IV. Sing Me a Chantey With
a Yo-Heave-Ho, Wellesley; Ma­laguena,
Lecouna.
Fairfield University Glee Club
Intermission
Part II
V. Emitte Spiritum, SC:1uetky;
Jesus Joy of Man's Desiring,
Bach.
Fairfield University Glee
VI. Down the Lane,
Spaeth; Chicago Town,
Mirth.
Flannel Robes
Coach Jim Hanrahan
Begins Fifth Term
Working under the most ad- For a couple of weeks now
verse conditions possible, Coach everyone has been speculating
t~~ ~~~r~~:~'siSe~i~:~ ~~u~~~ about the chances of this year's
Freshman team into shape. First team and about the crew that is
he was unable to acquire the going to carry Fairfield's colors.
armory for practice sessions and It's time for a glance at the man
had to settle for the North End at the helm of t:1is crew. Start­Boys
Club. Next, due to a limit-
'ed schedule the team could ing his fifth year as skipper of
practice only three times a week the Stags is James Hanrahan.
and then at the odd hours of two Upon graduating from George­to
four. The squad also received town where he played varsity
another disappointing jolt when ball, Jim signed with the Hart-
Vin Gagliardi, a higWy touted ford Hurricanes of the Ameri- Bensonians
and promising prospect, left can Basketball League. After VII. Set Down Servant, Arr.
school because of fianancial rea- two years with the Hartford club Sha~; Battle J:Iyrnn of the Re­sons.
Despite these obstacles, and two highly successful terms pU~li~, Arr..Rmg.wald.
Coach Hanrahan is pleased with coaching Abbey Prep and Mari- Fairfield Umverslty Glee Club
what he calls a very willing but anapolis Prep he came to Fair-I VIII. Let My So~g FlU Your
not too experienc'ed squad. field and became one of the Heart, Charles; King Jesus Is
Showing great spirit and will to youngest mentors in the country. A-Listening~ Folk Song, Daw­learn,
the Frosh have been using In his five years here his clubs son; A Tnbute To Romberg,
the give and go system and a have taken on some of the top Arr. MacLean.
slow pattern types of offense. It squads in th'e East and not once Saint Joseph Col.lege Glee Club
is a team that hustles all the has he coached a team to a los-- IX. Lo, A VOIce To Heaven
way and co-operates to the full- ing record. His fast break style Sounding, Bortniansky; Nymphs
est extent, one that will grow of offense has constantly kept and Shepherds, Purcell; The
stronger as the season wears on the Stags among the top teams Cra~les, Faure; The ~rummer
and could work into a strong in New England. Jim is married Boy s Song, French All'.
club. and is proud of his fine family . ~hansonettes
The Frosh open t:1eir season of thre'e girls and one boy. All X. Gom .Home-, Dvorak; Tre-against
a good Fairfield Prep in all it is a very able man that pak, Tschalkovsky.
outfit on Saturday night in a leads the Stags on to the rough- Combined Glee Clubs
preliminary to the varsity en- est schedule in the school's his- The St. Joseph's Glee Club is
counter. ' tory. under the capable direction of
Mr. Moshe Paranov and is ac-
Men's Parker-Wilder companied on the piano by Miss
Irene Kahn. The club's oBie'ers
are as follows:
President, Dorothy O'Connor
'55; Vice-President Katheryn
$15 98 Monogram DeBowes; Secreta~y, Nancy
• Extra Saunders; Treasurer, J 0 a n
I
Guerin.
The newest fashion note in Immediately following the
men's robes! Fine quality concert a social affair for the
flannel robes with contr.ast- two Glee Clubs will be held.
ing plaid trim on collar, Arrangements are being mad'e
pockets and sash. Skipper, by. Tom Donnelly and the other
Charcoal & Maroon Sizes FaIrfield officers.
S M L XL ' Looking at the records of past
, " . concerts with St. Joseph's, many
H
· records of succ'essful concerts OWLANDS are to be found. Going by the
·A..... _ •• A''''''''','''' T_· theory that history repeats it­self,
there is every reason to
Howland's Men's Clothing, Iexpect an enjoyable afternoon
Street Floor for all who attend.
I
Frosh Team Plays
Prep In First Game
* * *
On and Off
the Campus
20 gauge shotgun. By using a
light gun you will make the
sport much more challenging.
* * *
If you've been on the Merritt
Parkway recently, you un­doubetdly
must have noticed
the cars coming down from Ver­mont,
New Hampshire, and
Maine with deer on their fend­ers.
Well, Jack Hastings, '57,
came back from New Hamp­shire
last week-end, but there
were no deer on the fenders ,of
his car as he rode home along
the Parkway. It seems as
though Jack and his party got
snowed in up by the Canadian
border and they were unable to
do much hunting. But don't feel
bad, Jack, the same thing hap­pened
to me last year.
DRINK PEPSI
"Where it is a treat
to eat"
CENTER
Restaurant
The ducks are still flying
quite :1eavily over Penfield! Reef
but the recent inclem'ent wath­er
hasn't helped the shooting.
But it hasn't stopped..Ma1t.Los.­nick,
'58. It looks as though
Matt is trying to take away Ed
Coyne's title, "Number One
Fairfield U. Duck Hunter." Matt
and Ed doubled in a small duck
blind off Sunken Island late
Saturday and Matt downed two
pintails while Ed didn't get any­thing.
Ed's explanation: "My
gun kept jamming!"
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Have you tried the rabbit
hunting yet? Reports coming
from almost all over the state
say that the rabbits are just as
plentiful this year as they were
last year. Rabbit shooting makes
an excellent post-season substi­tute
for pheasant and partridge
and they are equally delicious
eating. But if you really want
to make a sport out of rabbit
hunting, try using a .410 or a
Page Six THE S TAG Dec. 2, 1954
especially--
From
More
INTERCOLLEGIATE HOP
(Continued from Page 1)
affair. If any Fairfield stud'ent
is interested in providing trans­portation
for any ~f the girls, he
is advised to see Jerry Male­fronte
for further information.
A fine turnout is expected by
the student council for this· is
one of the most exciting affairs
of the year.
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Reporter i\nswers \sVcI.hdouOallI'tPyl.~n to maintain "indi- iSubstance For the fifty cents. Such noted periodicals
as Jubilee, America, Catholic A.n Ahunni Letter swMerYI'ngPrtihmI'SarlYettIe'nrteI'Srenstotitno hanu-_ Inquisitive Mind Digest, and Action Now, the
Sodality mag.azine, may also be
miliate the author, but merely There are few undergradu- had at a reduced price. Thes'e
to bring to th attention of ate student bodies quite as for- charges are made possible
Not too long ago, the school other individuals this thought,a tunate as we at Fairfield Uni- through the fact that the Com­newspaper
received an anony- thought which certainly arises versity We are the inheritors mission does not exist to show a
mous letter from New York with the recent discussions of ". ... I profit other than that needed for
City written by an alumnus ... blazers, intercollegiate dances, a of centu~Ies o~ ~esUlt tradItIOn; II 'expenses, but seeks rather to
unfortunately. The author of dormitory and other affairs we are be recIpIents of an edu- provide the earnest student the
the letter, as I shall endeavor which ·are directly determining cation that is liberal in the Gense Ichance to fin his appetite for
to explain, seemed to have the future of the school. of its development of the whole knowledge.
some aborted views as to ex- Mr. Anonymous, however, has man; we are the possessors of r;;~~~~~~~~~~~~~;;;;.;;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
actly·what a college is supposed brought attention on this ques- Catholicism and the virtues in-to
be. For this reason, I think hon, as I initially stated, -of
that it is fortunate that he Fairfield's "going collegiate." In culcated by the practice of our
witheld his name. response, it is my humble opin- faith; we are students at one of
Mr. Anonymous, as I shall ion that Fairfield certainly is go- the fastest growing universities
refer to him, seemingly ·a ferv- ing to head in that direction, in New England, a university
ently enthusiastic critic of Fair- and for no unfounded reason. that offers us many facilities. for
field's activities, cited several The student who is attending mental, moral, and physical
examples of how this University college expects at least to some growth.
is "going collegiate," and in so extent to feel that he factually It is in connection with our
doing is losing that character- is in college. The spirit should mental and moral growth t:,at
istic which we like to refer to not be one of conformity to this aI-tide is concerned. True
ourselves - our individuality. other schools, by no means, but education of the' man is essen­To
support his views, which on the other hand, to conceive tially a process of finding rather
were not at all sufficiently complete disconnection ·or non- than receiving. Fairfield offers
backed up, he proposed an ,at- conformity is absurd. a faculty that is expert, not in
tack on the ·already overly dis- Our skeptical alumni and in merely presenting truths con­cussed
and abused issue of Jer- particular this alumnus can be cluded by others, but in develop­ry
Coiley's campaign - blazers. assured that Fairfield is living ing the mental ability of the
There have been too many crit- up to every principle that its individual to arrive at the truth.
ics on this subject, but I don't founders had initially intended, And in the moral sense, who in
believe anyone is quite as inter- and I'm quite certain, with a our lives have made a grea,ter
estingas our dear alumnus. great deal more good judgment effort to illumine for us be path
This individual, to div·orce than any student can inspire. to salvation by awakening our
ourselves from the now past dis- A school blazer or a Fordham- consciences and aiding us to a
cussion of color, price, ·and so ite class ring cannot remove that greater awareness of our Cath­on,
seems to believe that an trait of individuality. It takes olic duty?
enterprising, young institution much more than that. I'm afraid And as the growing body re­such
as Fairfield is degrading unappreciative critics as a sub- quires food in increas'ing quan­itself
by establishing traditions stitute for good alumni would tities, so too does the growing
found in other colleges and uni- be its quickest death. mind and the growing con-versities.
He seerrus to believe science need food, mental and
that as a relatively new school BRIDGEPORT CLUB spiritual food. It must be sub-with
new ideals, we ought to (Continued from Page 2) stantial fare, capable of satisfy'-
and must adopt fresh practices ing the, new desire for truth.
and set a precedent which is as Man in Red eked out a win, Joe Nor is this food lacking here.
yet unparalleled nor even at- Fazio. A library filled with many thou-tempted.
Now the potentialities are sands ot" volumes awaits the in-
This is all very well and being realiZ'ed in this program. quisitive, the maturing student.
good. I ,applaud his ingenuity. Beginning with the idea to take And also at our disposal is the
Mr. Anonymous has very good only the Bensonian quartet on book rack of the Catholic Trut:I
ideas and I hope I have ex- the next trip, the idea was car- Commission, a committee of the
pressed them aptly and to his ried to Fr. Murray who Guggest- OUr Lady of Fairfield Sodality. I
satisfaction. ed to take the entire Glee Club. This commiss,ion provides the
However, this gentl'eman has This will be another first for student with the best and most
gone out on a limb to abnegate the crew of Simon Harak. worthwhile in Catholic litera­the
validity of practices such as After the December concert, ture in th'e form of books,
a school blazer which is a means the Bridgeport Club will con- periodicals, and pamphlets-. The
of pUblicizing the school and tinue sending ping pong teams most important development in
gives the students a chance to up to Danbury. the Cat:101ic literary world this
not only hear of, but even to --------------- year has been the publication
feel Fairfield - mind you the CISL by Doubleday of eight paper- _
blazer is CARDINAL RED - (Continued from Page 1) bound volumes dealing with
on their backs. A red blazer is Catholicism. These first volumes
not a hideous display of brash- The Connecticut Intercollegi- of the Imag·e series, as they are
ness, nor is it an attempt ·at ate Student Legislature was called, present such varied
conformity. It is rather a dis-: founded in 1948 with the sup- works as the novels of Bernanos
play of school interest by the port of Gov. McC-onaughy for and Connolly, a short version of
student body and an indication the two-fold purpose; to stimu- Hughes' history of t~e Church,
that they will be proud to we.ar late among college students a the social wdtings and teach­the
emblem of Fairfield Univer- further interest in government, ings of Leo XIII, Farrel's biog­sity
in their attire. and to offer the experience raphy of Damien, the story of
The other absorbing view- necessary for a practical under- Fatima, and others. All these
point of this critic was directed standing of the political activi- are available at a ten to fifteen
to the school ring. This mayor ties of the General Assembly c'ent reduction of the listed price
may not strike you as slightly concerning State -affiairs. which ranges from ninety to
ridiculous, but did you know rr:===================~========~1
that -our ring here at Fairfield
resembles that of Fordham and
because of this resemblance our
anonymous alumnus has been
embarrassed on several occa­sions
and humiliated by being
questioned if his ring is from
that institution.
I am beginning to wonder if
he was embarrassed because it
was not a Fordham ring - or
is it because he isa strict non-conformist
and would prefer a
chartreuse stone in a platinum
setting to distinguish himself.
Our friend seems to be aware
of a great many things which
heretofore have gone on unno­ticed.
Perhaps he can further
enlighten us by suggesting an­other
school pattern for the
class ring and by -outlining a