Stag - Vol. 06, No. 07 - December 16, 1954

              CHRISTUS NATUS HODIE
Vol. VI-No. 7 Published by Student;; of Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn. Dec. 16, 1954
Debaters Top Holy Cross
In Season~sFirst Match
Dr. NorlnanWarns
Against Russia
Dr. John Norman, speaking
before the first annual German
Club banquet at the Turf Club
in Southport recently, warned
that the West must be more
than ever on its guard now that
an independent West Germany
is being armed as a partner in
both NATO and the new West­ern
European Union in the face
of repeated threats from Soviet
Russia. The USSR, which strove
so hard to kill the European
Defense Community, will do all
in its power to destroy its suc­cessor,
WEU, Dr. Norman de­clared.
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Jack Quilty, Mid-Winter Carnival Chairman, has
announced that his committee has selected Morris
Watstein's Orchestra to supply the music for this year's
Carnival Ball. Watstein has been extremely popular
with Fairfield men in the past and has played at several
dances both on campus and off. Most prominent were
his appearances at last year's J;unior Prom and at the
famous Silver Stag which was given by the Class of
1954. He mixes a lively combination of jazz with
danceable fox trots and waltzes and provides for a' full
evening of entertainment.
----------------<@Quiltyalsoannouncedtheap­pointment
of Frank Bergen '56
as chairman of the Sunday
afternoon jazz conc'ert. Bergen
has been contacting most of the
big names in the Dixieland field
in order to bring an all-st.ar
combo to the campus if possible.
He has been given the go ahead
signal from the committee to
make this event as memorable
as possible.
The plans for the Carnival are
almost complete with but a few
details remaining to be ironed
out. The affair will take place
at the Ritz ballroom in Bridge­port
on Friday evening, Feb. 4.
This annual event is being con­ducted
for the eighth consecu­tive
year and another crowd of
over 250 couples is expected to
attend.
Morris Watstein~s Orchestra
To Play At Winter Carnival
Glee Club, St. Joseph's Open
New Season In Combined Sing
It looks as if Fairfield's Glee Club has another suc­cessful
season ahead for 195'4-55, for last Sunday after­noon
the boys and their director, Mr. Harak, were g,iven
an extraordinarily big reception along with St. Joseph's
College in a combined concert. The audience seemed
to enjoy the entire afternoon as was evident by its
repeatedly vigorous applause.
A dinner was served after the concert for the two
clubs, followed by an informal social arrangement which
featured acts by talent from both schools.
St. Joseph's College, under the radio which added mirth and
direction of Mr. Moshe Paranov, merriment to the program.
opened the program with four After intermission the Harak­well-
done selections. The fourth men again mounted the risers
number, "Hallelujah, Amen," and sang two hymns, and every­was
particularly liked by the on'e's favorite, "Set Down Ser­audience.
Fairfield followed with vant.'~ The Bensoni~ns quartet
fi d b th t d' then mtervened, addmg a pleas-ve
songs opene y e ra 1- ing touch of campus-flavored
tional "Men In Red." Before in- harmony and nov,elty. Fairfield
termission the Campus Minstrels then closed their part of the con­presented
two songs arranged cert with an exceptionally well-by
the famous Emile Cote of (Continued on Page 3)
To all our Students
and Faculty
I wish to extend cordial
and prayerful good wishes
for a joyful Christmas. May
the Christ Child bIess us all
abundantly throughout the
New Year.
(Rev.) J. D. FitzGerald, S.J.
Rector
Fairfield Presents
Controversial Bills
In Legislature
With the December meeting
of the Executive Council of the
CISL at New Haven State
Teachers College last Sunday,
Fairfield has announced that it
has presented the prospectus of
its Legislative Resolutions to be
presented ,at the Student Legis­lature
in Hartford. Among the
measures is included a topic
which should prove highly con­traversial,
the censoring of com­ic
books in the State. This topic
was determined as both vital
and timely after much eresearch
had been done in connection
with the Senate Committee on
Juvenile Delinquency ,and the
New York State Committee of
the same name, which conduct­ed
investigations into the field
which has been labeled as one
of the catalysts, if not the
causes, of our teenage problem.
It is expected that many
schools will object to a bill of
this type as they consider -any
censorship a violation of the
Constitution and the rights of
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A group of Fairfield men try
to inflict further injury to the
already mortally wounded Be
dummy. The display was one of
the highlights in the pre-game
festivities on the campus.
The Business Club was honor­ed
on Thursday, December 2, by
having as their gu'est speaker
Mr. James Kline, who gave a
very informative talk on ·the
systems of patents in the U.S,
Mr. Kline is a graduate of Cath­olic
University, where he stud­ied
for an Electrical Engineering
degree and is also a graduate of
Georgetown Law School.
He has be'en a patent attorney
in this state since 1937, and is
a member of both the Bar of
Connecticut, and of the Bar of
Washington, D.C. Connecticut
has seen his service as a patent
office examiner, and as past.
president of the Connecticut
Patent Law Association. On his
discussion of patents Mr. Kline
pointed out that most. young col­lege
graduates entering into the
field of business have little or no
knowledge concerning the sub­ject
of patents. A patent is a
writing, securing to an invent.or
for a term of years the exclusive
right to make, uS'e, and vend his
invention; it is also the monop­oly
or right so granted on the
thing patented. He said the two
clauses that were important
were, "the 'exclusive right" and
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Father DeSousa Gives
2nd Bellarmine Lecture
The Bellarmine Debating Society opened its 1954­55
season on Dec. 3 when two teams journeyed to Wor­cester,
Mass., to debate the highly regarded Holy Cross
team. The national topic, "Resolved, that the U.S.
should give diplomatic recognition to Red China," was
the point at issue.
Fairfield's affirmative team of~
T. Paul Tremon~ '55 and Ber~ard Patent Lawver
Joy '55 turned m a vIctory m a 0/
close match with the Crusader Add CI b team of McKenna and McCar- resses u
thy. The score was Fairfield 97.5
and Holy Cross 97. The judge of
the debate was Father Foley,
S.J. of Holy Cross. He praised
both teams for a fine job and
especially the Fairfield duet for
their originality and delivery.
Tremont, who was taking part
in his first intercollegiate de­bate,
was named as the out­standing
speaker. Joy, who has
not debated In over two years,
gave him ample support in edg­ing
the home team.
The Holy Cross affirmative
manag'ed to gain a split on the
day, for the Crusaders, by turn­ing
back the Fairfield negative
team of Thomas Conners '56 and
Arthur Bennett '56. The Holy
Cross d'ebaters had recently won
the University of Vermont Invi­tational
Tournament and had
several matches already com­pleted
when they met the com­paratively
in'experienced Fair­fielders,
Father John Donoghue, S.J.,
moderator of the Bellarmine
Society, was very pleased with
the Fairfield showing in their
opening contest and has hopes
of some important victories in
coming tournaments.
Father deSouza was born in
Karachi in 1918 and is a de­scendant
of a family that was
brought into the Catholic fold
almost 400 years ago during the
time of Saint Francis Xavier's
missionary work in India. He
was educated in his native land,
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The second in the Bellarmine
Lecture s'eries was delivered by
the Rev. Herbert A. deSouza,
S.J. on last Thursday morning,
December 9, in the Berchmans
Hall auditorium. Father de­Souza,
a nativ,e of India and an
expert on Near Eastern affairs,
spoke on "The Riddle That Is
India." .
Page Two THE STAG Dec. 16. 1954
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Aquinas Academy Puts Philosophy To Work
Put Christ Into Christmas
Thomas Murray, '58
Wilbur Fomento, '58
John Buckley, '55
FEATURE EDITOR
Arthur Conway, '56
CLUB NOTE EDITOR
Vincent DeRosa, '55'
BUSINESS MANAGER
Edmund Measom, '5'1
...fr;~iS
corner...
EXCHANGE EDITOR
Donald Gabriel, '57
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
Robert Madden, '56
Robert Visokay, '57
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Bernard F. Joy, '55
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
k NO-NO - YOU LET CD OF .'T!"
By FRANK BERGEN
In the midst of these troubled times in which our people
.are divided on the McCarthy censure issue, the attitude we should
take towards Red China, and the ultimate benefits of the Yankees­Orioles
trade, public opinion is solid behind attempts to solve
the year's most baffling riddle. The question? Obvio'usly: What
is a Doodly-Boo,p??? There are many points of view 'as to how
the question should be answered. Many believe that the Presi­dent
should issue a proclamation defining Doodly-Boop. Others
favor an investigation by the Senate or the House or ·both or all
three. Advocates ofa national referendum are not lacking. There
are those who would remove the task from the governm'ent .and
make this serious problem the subject of contests with prizes
awarded to the person who discovers just what a Doodly-Boop is.
This I seriously object to on the grounds that it would lead
to endless confusion. If every radio station .and newspaper in
the country runs a contest, we will have more ·opinions and less
real ideas of what a Doodly-Boop is than we have now. Remem­ber
The' Thing?? Was its identity ever clearly established? No.
Why? There was no proper approach to the problem. On this,
the mast important problem confronting us, to say nothing of
Santa who has to find a Doodly-Boop, we must act wisely.
I would like to propose a plan for solution of the problem.
Since it costs too much money to call Congress into special session
and since the President is already busy with his golf game, let
the Vice-President, who hasn't much else to do, investigate. T·o
assist him, he should have a Hollywood starlet and ·a Wall Street
broker. They're in on everything else, so why not this? If they
come up with two or three different decisions, a vote will be
taken by the electorate of the nati'On. If, however, they come to
one conclusion, it shall be thrown out as part of the Communist
conspiracy. In this case Senators McCarthy and Morse shall
be called on' to decide the issue in conjunction with Fairfield's
Student Council.
By ANDREW PERELLA
Since t.he council has not re­cently
held one of their Tuesday
evening gatherings, I would like
to use this column to report a
litHe informal discussion which
took place between two of my
closest fri'ends; Grom the Grem­lin
and J ocko the Cheeta. The
conversation was concerned with
activities around Fairfield, and
went something like this.
The Grom had just asked his
illustrious scholarly companion
what this Mid-winer Carnival
was, and Jocko malignantly
looking down his nose (and
adjusting his long rang,e glasses
so he could see the end of it),
countered with the following
query, "You mean that in three
y·ears here you never attended
the Mid-winter Carnival?" Grom
stopped picking his teeth with
the pen-knife and answered
"Nah! I don't like carnivals, the
:£erris wheels always give me
unregestion." Biting his lower
lip to k'eep compl'ete control,
Jocko tried to clarify matters.
"The word is indigestion my
boy, and anyway this is not that
kind of carnival. This is a
dance. You know what a dance
is don't you?" Evidently the
word rang a bell with Grom, for
his 'eyes lit up (and spelled out
the word "Budweiser" in blood­shot
red and white); and he said,
"Sure, that's what my third
grade teacher used to call me
when I had to sit in the corner
with the long point.ed hat on."
This was just too much for poor
Jocko and as he wrapped the
lead pipe around Grom's ears he
yelled, "It would have to be an
utter dope like you to miss such
a complete, stupendous, collossal
and super tremendous dance like
the Carnival. And not only that,
but it's good too!"
Apparently somewhat taken
aback by this sudden outburst,
Grom decided to change th~
subject. 'Wadya think of the
basketball game with Boston
College?" Jocko immediately
put up his portable soap box
and, with right hand in vest
expounded, "I thought our boys
play'ed magnificently and thelr
performance was only over­shadowed
by their tremendous
nev,er-say-die spirit and will to
win. Also our cheering section
was one of the most inspired I
have ever heard - "That was
as far as J ocko got for by then
he was trying to dig Grom's
index and ring fingers out of his
eyes; wishing to show his friend
he mear.t no malke, the Grom
went on, "You know Jocko, our
boys dribbled so good, they re­minded
me of you eating soup;
boy I'll bet those Boston College
Beagles are sorry they messed
around with us." Fully recover­ed
by this time J ocko scolded,
"Really Grom lad, its Boston
College Eagles and try not to be
so uncouth." Astonished the
Grom answer'ed "Gee J ocko, I
didn't know you lisped; but my
girl thinks I'm as cute as any­body;
but anyway I'm glad we
won because the team really
played like a union." Exasper­ated
Jocko yelled, "No Grom,
th'e word is unit you know unit!"
Grom said, "Yes as a matter of
fact I do; Tight now I'm working
on a sweater for my girl. Come
on up to my room and I'll show
it to you." And so they left.
lined the significance of the
changes which have taken place
within the ranks of the moderns.
Briefly they are as follows:
a. In theory man is no longer
considered as an accidental unit
of substantial elements such as
the Id, Ego, and Super-Ego. The
emphasis is now on man as a
total personality, a substance
composed of accidents (which
may correspond to the notions
underlying the previous personi­fications)
.
b. In practical therapy the
doctor has ceased to be the dog­matic
despot graciously aiding
the helpl'ess patient; consulta­tions
are now conducted on a
more equal basis (for the doctor
is not without conflicts hilThS~lf);
the patient is helped to help
himself.
c. In res'earch there is less
generalizing on the basis of
scanty observations; a more
scientific method of induction is
being adopted and conclusions
are advanced more condition­ally.
d. In regard to the future of
man, the notion of man as an
over-developed beast incapable
of good is being replaced by t:1e
notion that man is capable of
good as well as 'evil; to repress
good is just as harmful as not
to "sublimate" evil.
Two main criticisms of the
present scientific methods should
be mentioned:
a. They are still materialistic;
a concrete measure of man's un­measurable
inner psychic real­ity
is still being sought.
b. An objective norm for
judging proper adjustments is
still lacking; those of inner sat­isfaction
which may be content
with mediocre ideals and the
lack of conflict with society
which itself may have th~ wrong
norm are subjective and may be
erroneous.
In accord with its motto, "Ad
Veritatis Instructionem" (the
elaborate sculpturing of truth),
the members of the Acquinas
Academy are end~avoring to
practic'e this art of refining
truthful judgments from the
multitud~ of ideas that abound
in the modern world. This year
they have chosen a most uncul­tivated
field for their labors,
that of the philosophic aspects
of psychoanalysis and psychia­try.
At their conception these
sciences were extremely oppos­ed
to the true nature of man as
formulat.ed by the Scholastic
philosophers, but due to con­stant
investigation, the synthe­sis
or equilibrium between the
two is gradually being effected.
This process has necessarily in­volved
a wider application of
basic scholastic principles to the
new knowledg·e of man rather
than a wholesale abandonment
of them, recognition being made
of certain surface modifications.
This has been and is the path
followed, often unknowingly, by
the modern pioneers themselves,
for the sincere mind cannot. long
be content with error.
In tracing this course of
events three lectures have been
presented to the Academy this
year to date. The first, d'elivered
by William Prendergast, was
concerned with the sci~ntific­philosophical
nature· of man as
developed by Freud, and the
consequent methods of therapy,
employed by Freudian analysts.
The next lecture, delivered by
Ray Buccino, dealt with similar
topics as developed by one of
Freud's apostate disciples, C. G.
Jung, who has been instrument­al
in stimulating dissatisfaction
with some of Freud's more rad­ical
principles.
In the f..nal recture Fr. McCall,
of our graduat.e department, out-
With the Christmas Holidays just a little more than
a week off, we feel that The Stag should provide a bit
of intellectual nourishment for our readers. Christmas,
as we tend to forget, is a season of Thanksgiving as well
as of Joy for the memory of the birth of Our Lord,
Jesus Christ. It was almost 2,000 years ago that a J ew­ish
virgin gave birth to a son, and in doing so became
the Co-Redemptrix of mankind. On that cold evening
in Bethlehem the salvation of man was begun, to cul­minate
on the Cross at Calvary some thirty-odd years
later.
Today, most modern Americans appear to have for­gotten
these few historical facts and in the place of
Christ have substituted a jolly old man with a red suit
and a long white beard. His name is, of course, Santa
Claus. How Santa got involved with Christmas is
another story and shall be left to the authors of Fairy
Tales and folk legends, but you can be sure that on a
certain night in Bethlehem, some 2,000 years ago, jolly
old Santa was not filling any Christmas stockings.
Perhaps in these troubled times of apparent war,
corruption in high places, the dangers of an atomic
attack, we should forget about that jolly old man in the
red suit and remember what Christmas really means
to mankind. It is the obligation of students of a Catholic
College to endeavor to bring to the mind of the people
what the spirit of Christmas really is. H is our duty
to try to put Christ back into Christmas.
PRO AND CON
DICK FORBES
LEGISLATIVE
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the individual. If the opposition
is strong enough there will en­sue
such a debate as was wit­nessed
last year on F'airfield's
resolution to give public funds
to private education. At that
time, the Education Committee,
being chaired by a Fairfield
man, defeated the measure by
one vote and, although there
was an attempt to revive the
bill on the floor of the House,
limited time, stopped that strat­egy.
Although many schools fol­low
a practice of lobbying for
their bills, (Le., make a deal to
support another college's bill, in
return for a favorable vote) our
delegates have never used this
system as the college has always
felt that the legislation should
stand or fall on the arguments
which are presented, thus utiliz­ing
the full force of one's
rhetoric.
CAMPUS PERSONALITY
Dick Forbes, who last year
graced our campus for the Jrst
time, exemplifies the spirit of a
college man attempting to get
the most out of his college life.
Dick is a B.S.S. Economics
major and a graduate of the
Prep. However, before reaching
Fairfi'eld he attended Cornell :ior
two years. When you stop to
realize that he has only been at
Fairfield for two years his
achievements in that space be­come
gr·eater. A member of the
Business Club last year and its
recording secretary this year,
Senior manager of the glee
club, and his crowning achieve­ment,
Editor of THE MANOR.
His activities don't stop here,
however, he takes pictures for
the STAG along with his pic­tures
for the MANOR, he s·ecur­ed
Vivien Kellems for the Busi­n'ess
Club, and he is an artist as
we could readily see in the post­ers
for the Harvest Hop.
Outside of school activities,
what time there is, he can be
s'een on the nearest ski slope, or
tennis court. Swimming is an­other
of his fortes as are basket­ball
and baseball. Another trait
of his, all which help to develop
the man more fully, is his con­stant
visits to Wellesley, Caro­line
is her name.
Atfer Fairfield what? The
question asked by many as they
reach their senior year. Dick
has answered his question al­ready.
He intends attending Bab­son
Institute of Business Ad­ministration,
where he will ob­tain
an M.B.A. degree in Invest­ments.
After which he would
like to latch onto a brokerage
house. He has already received
offers from Smith Ramsey here
in Bridgeport. Dick is somewhat
of a broker now. He buys and
sells his own stock.
THE STAG
HE RY'S
MEN'S SHOP
Woolworth Bldg. Fairfield
Large selection of nationally
famous sport jackets and
trousers at rock bottom prices
GLEE CLUB
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done "Battle Hymn of the Re­public."
The audience especially
liked this and its burst of ap­plause
shook Berchmans even
before the number was over.
At this point St. Joseph's
again took E1P. floor and per­formed
beautifully in presenting
the "Tribute to Romberg" ar­rangement,
which included fam­ous
compositions such as "Stout
Hearted Men" and "The Desert
Song." Their choral group, the
Chansonettes, then added an ex­cellent
treatment of four Gongs
including the novelty selection
"The Drummer Boy's Song"
which was heavily applauded
by all.
The concert was appropriately
closed with two numbers by the
two Glee Clubs combin·ed. Be­fore
leaving, the audience show­ed
their satisfaction and approv­al
with a large round of applause
duced these concepts to a gath- for both clubs, their directors
ering of over forty men. It was and accompanists.
then decided that elections A dinner rollowed, attended
should be held and the presi- by couples made up of both
dency not limited to a senior. Gle'e clubs. After the dinner
As it so happened a senior was everyone went back to Berch­elected.
Dave Roach became the mans to dance and "enjoy some
first president of the veteran's informal fun, topped off by a
organization. Mr. Roach then three-act variety show.
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r Ceremonies, talented members
of both schools add'ed to the en­joyment
of all. Bob Bayne, a
one time junior here at Fairfield
now waiting to enter the Mary­knolls,
presented a magician's
show which offered competition
even to the Great Houdini.
Next Ronnie Skurat sang in
his professional manner for
everyone and all joined in on
his "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp."
The lovely voice of Miss Nan
Mead from St. Joseph's, assisted
on the piano by Miss Kitty De-
...-- .11 Bowes, served as a perfect finale.
the main, the history of the
Democratic and Republican
parties, there have been import­ant
third parties, and more
often, rumors of the rise of third
parties.
Such rumors are current in
Washington today as day by day
the right wing of the Republi­can
party becomes more and
more divorced from the Eisen­hower
wing. Two issues and
two men are largely responsible
for this party breach. The first
issue is the administration's Far
Eastern policy which Senator
William Knowland, Republican
majority leader, has, in oppos­ing
it, characterized as soft, and
which Senator Joseph MoCarthy
has so recently deplored. The
second issue is that of .com­munism,
and the personalities
and methods involved in fight­ing
it. It goes without saying
that the leader of the opposition
on this issue is. the recently
censured Senator McCarthy. His
recent comments on Eisenhow­er's
congratulations of Senator
Watkins and on the administra­tion's
record in fighting do­mestic
and international com­munism
are of such a nature
that they would alienate him
from that administration for­ever
were both he and the ad­ministration
in any 'Other busi­ness
but politics.
As the situation stands now,
a McCarthy-Knowland party,
even with the support it might
be able to muster (10 million
Americans), is doomed to little
more than protest. There is no
man among the potential mem­bers
of such a third party ­Dirksen,
Welker, Jenner, Mundt
or even McCarthy or Knowland
- no man who has the popular­ity
essential to ·a Presidential
candidate. If, however, this
breach cannot be ostenibly
closed at some White House
breakfast conference between
now and convention time in
1956, almost any Democratic
Presidential candidate should
win the way Wilson won in
1912.
Senator Stennis (D.-Miss.) un­derlined
something of signifi­cance
in commenting on Mc­Carthy's
speech in committee
Tuesday. He said in substance,
that McCarthy was impugning
Eisenhower's loy,alty - much in
the same way he had impugned
Truman's loyalty. In brief, Mc­Carthy
was once again destroy­ing
the faith 'Of Americans in
their own government.
Dec. 16, 1954
CENTER
Restaurant
On Wednesday, November 17,
the veteran students gathered
together to form a club in order
that they might stimulate veter­an
ideas beneficial to the school
and to themselves. As tempor­ary
chairman, Dan Reed intro-
Vets Organize
"Where it is a treat
to eat"
1418 POST ROAD
TEL. CL 9-9057
By THOMAS CONNORS
and JOHN SMYTH
Notes from Washington
and Connecticut
Connecticut:
There has been a good deal
said about the "exodus of in­dustry"
from New England. The
reasons usually given for this
are high taxes and, more im­portant,
the high wages paid in
this area as compared to those
. paid in other areas of the
country. This exodus is a very
serious matter to the people in
many of our New England cities
and towns which depend large­lyon
one to ten major plants for
local employment. When plants
move to another section of the
country, the resulting unem­ployment
is soon felt through­out
the community.
We do not pretend to be
either novice or professional
economists, but the sign posts
of economic trouble in this area
stand for all to see. Th'ese sign­P:
Jsts can be readily seen in a
nearby Connecticut city, where
the following has occurred:
1. One major industry, long
an institution in the city, is
leaving the city, and leaving
behind, unemployed, a good
percentage of the city's labor
force;
2. Another major industry is
doing the same thing because of
trouble with a local union;
3. Many somewhat smaller in­dustries
have already left and
others are rumored to be leav­ing;
4. On the business level, one
major department store has
already left and others plan to
leave; and some small business­es
have either left or closed
shop;
5. In 'the industries and busi­nesses
which remain many em­ployees
have been laid off;
6. And there has not been
enough industries and business­es
moving in to the city to bal­ance
this exodus.
There is no simple answer to
this problem; but unless some­thing
is done and done soon, the
purchasing power of many citi­zens
will be on little more than
a subsistence level, business in
the city wlil be further hurt,
and the presently crowded re­lief
rolls will be further swelled
and become more of a drain on
the state treasury.
Washington:
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Fairfield University's Red
Stags, led by Co-Captains Bob
Gerwien and Jack O'Connell,
compiled a sensational upset
over Boston College in the sea­son's
opener by a 76-.65 score
before a capacity crowd at the
Bridgeport Brass Recreation
Center.
Despite the fact that the
Eagles were favored to win,
Coach Jim Hanrahan's hustling
crew jumped into an early lead
and held it throughout most of
the game. The Stags kept con­trolof
the boards all night long
due to the outstanding rebound­ing
of Gerwien and Jim Roche.
Hanrahan's charges were in
front practically all the way.
The Red Stags led at half-time
by a 34-28 margin. With almost
three minutes left to play Fair­field
had the upper hand by a
64-58 count.
The Eagles displayed vigorous
pressure in trying to catch up,
but field g-oals by O'Connell and
Gerwien, ·along with a free
throw by Gerwien ended the
winning chances of Boston.
Gerwien and O'Connell led
·all players by swishing the nets
for 20 points apiece, followed
closely by Fred Lane wh-o dump­ed
in 18 points.
Boston College was led by
Cullinane and Cahill who
scored 19 and 18 points, respec­tively.
The box score:
FAIRFIELD
G
Gerwien 6
Kulowiec 0
Roche 1
Pavel 3
Lane 7
O'Connell 9
Paoletta 1
Diskowski 3
F P
5 9
1 7
0 0
0 4
1 13
0 0
0 0
9 23
0 0
0 0
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16 56
- - -
F P 30 16 76
2 6 BOSTON
0 0 G F P
2 16 Powell .................... 5 0 10
1 1 Shurtleff ................ 0 1 1
5 19 Cullinane .. ........ 6 7 19
1 5 Brosnahan .......... 0 0 0
2 2 Dunn ...... ..... ........... 2. 1 5
3 9 Aldrich ... ... ... ...... 1 0 2
4 14 Skeg'ton ..... .. ...... 3 2 8
1 9 M'Gurkin .. ... ........ 0 2 2
0 2 Cahill .... ......... 9 0 18
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20, 83 TOTALS- 52 13 65
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ltfERRY CHRISTltfAS
Stags Upset Boston College,>
Lose To St. JOhll'>S Redmen
By CHRIS BOAL
Paced by six-foot-seven-inch
center Mike Parenti,. ·and sopho­more
forward Billy Chrystal, a
strong St. John's five handed the
Stags their first setback of the
1954-55 campaign, by an 83-56
count.
The height advantage enjoyed
by the Redmen was definitely ,a
major factor in their victory.
However, a sensational outside
shooting average was also re­sponsible
for a large part of
their scoring. Leading in this
department was Walt Brady,
whose deadly eye accounted for
14 points. The lanky Parenti and
Chrystal hit for 19 and 16 points,
respectively.
Fairfield's attack, w hie h
jumped off to an early six point
lead, but continuously slowed
down throughout the game, was
led by co-captain J·ack O'Con­nell,
who took home high scor­ing
honors in the game with 23
points. Also sparking the Stags,
mainly throughout the second
half, was John Kulowiec, who
baffled the Redmen with an
amazing array of hook shots
good for 13 points.
The box score:
FAIRFLELD
G
Gerwien 2
Lane 3
Balcer 0
Diskowski 2
Kulowiec 6
Roche 0
Williams 0
O'Connell 7
Pavel 0
Paoletta 0
20
ST, JOHN'S
G
Cunningham 2
Hasset 0
Chrystal 7
Lawrence 0
Parenti 7
Carroll 2
Montana 0
Satalino 3
Brady ' 5
Grogan 4
Pascal 1
CAMPUS
ATHLETES
Frosh Lose Opener
To Seasoned Prep
When the Freshman team took
the floor against Fairfield Prep
in the preliminary game to the
varsity tilt with Boston College,
it marked th'e first time they
had played as a unit. In fact,
they had not even had time for
an intra-squad scrimmage in
their vel'y limited practice
schedule previous to their op'en­ing
game; it showed! Fairfield
Prep's well-seasoned crew over­whelmed
the Frosh from the
opening whistle, jumping to an
early 8-0- lead which they never
relinquished. The Yearlings
looked their b'est in the closing
minutes of the first half, when,
after scoring four successive
baskets, they trailed only 23-20
at intermission. But the third
quarter proved a repetition of
the first as the Prepsters ran off
ten straight points before the
Frosh could break the ice Witil
two free throws. From this point
on, it was no contest as coach
George Biscca substituted free­ly;
and his squad pulled away
at the finish to win 49-33. John
Patti led the little Stags in point
production, with 10 markers.
Prep's co-captains, Ron Liptak
and Lou Vigilone, led their at­tack
with 19 and 10 points re­spectively.
Steady, hard work is the ·an­swer
to Jim Pavel's promotion
to the starting five in the initial
clashes with B.C. and St.
J,ohn's. Jim, better known as
"Dixie," is an outstanding ex­ample
of hustle and determina­tion.
One of the top scorers on the
undefeated Frosh squad two
years ago, Jim was relegated to
the Varsity bench in his sopho­more
year. His uncanny marks­manship
was handicapped by
lack of experience, which re­sulted
in a nervous temerity.
However, in the pre-season prac­tices
and early games, Jim has
completely exp'elled the effects
of sophomore "jitters" and has
proven himself a determined,
consistent ballplayer.
Always considered a great
shooter, Jim's main difficulty
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plays which are so essential in
college basketball. This ability
requires many hours of practice
and hard work, but Jim has ap­plied
himself so well that this
basketball sense seems almost
part of his nature.
, The subject ,of ·a great many
practical jokes .because of his
innocent manner, Jim is a great
favorite of teammates and
classmates alike.
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A Stroll Through Read's Fills
The shouts, the boom of the bass-drum, the bars of "On
Wisconsin" or some other spirited number are tucked away until
next autumn rolls around. Only the All-Star games, the cham­pionship
NFL contest ·and the Bowl battles on the first day of 1955
remain for the die-hard grid fans.
As it is customary for all scribes to stick out their necks and
expound the outcome of the Bowl games, I will offer my inac­curate
and futile guesses with added comment. Here goes.
ROSE BOWL - We'll start off with the granddaddy of them
all. The usual crowd of 100,000 or better will watch the Buckeyes
of Ohio State, Big Ten and National champs, steamroll Southern
California. The scatbacks of State pack too much speed for the
Trojans (TV fans will probably see some long runs) and How,ard
Cass'ady will cross the double stripe more than once during the
afternoon. The festivities will end with' a 34-14 romp for the
Big Ten boys.
COTTON BOWL - A fairly good game looms at Dallas be­tween
Georgia Tech and Arkansas. The Razorbacks dropped
only two games during the regu1ar campaign to SMU and LSU
and shouldn't have too much difficulty with the Engineers. AlI­American
Bud Brooks will rip open holes for the crunching
single-wing attack of Arkansas in their 20-,14 win over Tech.
ORANGE BOWL - People around the Miami ,area will be
a little disappointed in the Duke-Nebraska clash after last year's
thriller when Oklahoma downed the nation's number one team,
Maryland, by a score of 7-0. This year's game will be a far cry
from that. I'll go along with Nebraska to upset the Blue Devil
applecart by a close 13-7 margin.
SUGAR BOWL - This should be the game of games. Inter­est
has been so keen throughout the country that the television
men saw fit to put the contest over the air waves. Coach Eddie
Erdalatz, the tops in my ·opinion, will send one of the best Navy
squads against a rough ,and tough Mississippi team. After video
fans saw the Middies turn back a speedy .and star-studded Army
a few weeks back, the talk of the nation has been the Sugar
Bowl. Ron Beagle and his mates will have their hands full with
the not-to-be outdone crew of CQach Johnny Vaught. Being a
Navy rooter for the past seven or eight years, I cannot see it any
other way except a solid victory for the Middies. However, the
score I think the game will end with, indicates the tremendous
caliber of both teams. Everybody respects power and that's
exactly.what they'll see New Year's Day in New Orleans. Navy
over Mississippi, 7-O! !
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Dec. 16, 1954 THE STAG Page Five
Bobby Gel'wien. Stag co-captain. and Dick Dunn, BC center. go aiter a rebound in the Red Stag upset.
French Club Makes
Field Trip To UN
On December 8, the members
of the French Club, accompanied
by Dr. Gerard B. McDonald,
moderator, spent a very instruc­tive
afternoon at the United
Nations. The group was taken
on a, guided tour of the buildings
and received a thorough briefing
on the mechanical workings of
the organization. Later the stu­dents
were admitted to the Gen­eral
Assembly where they heard
Russian delegate Malik give his
version of the topic for discus­sion,
the el'ev€n American avia­tors
now being held as prison­ers
by Communist China. Dele­gates
from Poland, Czechoslo­vakia,
England and Canada
were also heard. A mechanical
simultaneous interpreting device
enabled the students to follow
the discussions in French, Span­ish
and Russian. The club mem­bers
were surprised to find out
that they were actually outside
the United States during the
time of their stay at the United
Nations; and this fact was
brought home more cogently by
the numerous foreign languages
that filled the marble halls.
After their long sojourn on
international territory, club
members 'enjoyed a French din­ner
and exchanged ideas with
the French personnel of the
restaurant. A French play
rounded out a well-sp'ent day,
and the linguists are now look­ing
forward to another adven­ture
in "practical" French.
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CCUN Delegates Attend
Harvard Conferences
Fairfield University last week­end
further embellished its
already shining r e cor d in
another of its young inter-col­legiate
endeavors. To Harvard
University, the host school for
the annual New England Re­gional
meeting of the .Collegiate
Council for the United Nations,
Fairfield sent a nucleus of four
young diplomats. These men
gleaned a harvest of informa­tion
and experience during the
meeting while adding no little
themselves about our govern­mental
policies at home and
abroad.
Activities began with the
usual registration adjustments
Friday afterno-on. Early in the
evening the keynote speech was
given by Archibald Macleish.
Later the initial committee or­ganizations
took place in prepa­ration
for the committee sessions
which were held the f.ollowing
day. At the main plenary ses­sion
on Saturday afternoon an
enlightening address was de­livered
by Lincoln Bloomfield
of the U.S. St-ate Department.
The last day was reserved for
one of the most interesting and
important speakers, the Ambas­sador
from Sweden, Erik Bohe­man
whom John Prendergrast
and Kevin Donnelly questioned
afterwards. Ron Norko and Paul
Tremont in line with the Na­tional
Debate Topic on Red
China are to particularly be
singled out for their activities
in the committee on the prob­lem
of the Far East.
The New Haven Club
The New Haven Club has an­nounced
the completion of
plans for their annual New
New Year's Eve Ball. This year's
ball will be held in York Hall,
at the corner of Grove and Hill­house
Streets in New Haven.
Dancing will be from 9 until 3
a.m. and the music will be
furnished by Morris Watstein's
Orchestra. Co-chairmen .Joe
Ryan and Tom Bolcer are plan­ning
a buff·et supper, which is
sure to satisfy every gourmet's
appetite. Tickets may be pur­chased
from any member of the
club.
The German Club
The German Club has inaug­urated
a new policy, namely of
allowing its members to tape
record various German texts. It
is hoped that by so doing the
members will become better ac­quainted
with the sound of vari­ous
German words and phrases.
The playback of these songs and
stories is an entertaining pano­rama
of German folk-lore
The Sodality
The Sodality of Our Lady of
Fairfield conducted the Day of
Recollection on December 8, as
a fitting close to the Marian
Y,ear. A very good repr'esenta­tion
of the student body made
the sacrifice of returning to
school on the holiday to offer
th'eir day to Mary, Our Mother.
Father Joseph Murphy, Moder­ator,
gave four talks dealing
with the four times Mary spoke
in the Holy Scripture.
Time was allowed for refl.ec­tion
and meditation and the
recitation of the Rosary and
Marian Year prayer were also
included in the pro g ram.
Father Rector ended the celebra­tion
of the Benediction and
briefly address'2d the students.
He congratulated them all and
expressed his pleasure and tl1at
of the faculty, that the students
were taking advantage of the
opportunities offered at a Cath­olic
School such as Fairfield
University.
DR. NORMAN Club Notes
(Continued from Page 1)
The reason for the collapse
of EDC was due mainly to
France which wanted greater
participation of Great Britain in
European defense affairs ,and
felt that the real threat -of Com­munism
was not as much mili­tary
as economi·c and political.
Sir Anthony Eden is credited
with saving what little hope
was left for a supranational
army in Europe when he dra­matically
promised that Great
Britain would keep four divi­sions
in Europe along with a
tactical air froce thus allaying
French fears.
Dr. Norman urged a sympa­thetic'
understanding of the
French position both in reject­ing
EDC and in exacting a fav­orable
Saar settlement before
accepting a rearmed Germany
in WEU. He credited the diplo­matic
skill of both British For­eign
Secretary Anthony Eden
and French Premier Mendes­France,
as well as the patience
and understanding of "that uni­versalist,
Catholic, Christian
Democratic statesman, Chancel­lor
Conrad Adenauer," for
rescuing Europe from the tragic
impasse caused by the French
Parliament's repudiation of
EDC. Dr. Norman also applaud­ed
their refusal to attend a
Soviet-sponsored conference on
this question before the Paris
agreements on Germany 'are
ratified.
The dinner was attended bv
Dr. Gerard B. McDonald, Ge;­man
Club moderator and Mr.
Chester Stuart, professor of
German. Arrangements were
made by Dick Lavery, club
president, assisted by George
Zeeb and Robert Berthelson,
club officers.
PATENT LAWYER,
(Continued from Page 1)
"for a term of years." Mr. Kline
explained the difference be­tween
thz terms patent, copy­right,
and trade mark, and the
seriousness of infringement on
another person's patent.
LECTURE
(Continued from Page 1)
majoring both in mathematics
and in English Literature. He
later received his Licentiate in
Theology at the Pontifical Uni­versity
of Comillas in Spain.
Father deSouza has toured
Western Europe, England, and
the United States lecturing on
India. At present he is the the­ology
mentor for the Catholic
Evidence Guild at Fordham. In
April he will return to India
with his doctorate in educational
administration to assist in the
founding of a Catholic univer­sity
at Ahmedabad, India.
Introduced by Father Healey,
Father deSouza immediately
won his audience with his out­standing
sense of humor. After
relating several anecdotes which
drew loud roars of approval
from the students and served to
illustrate th'e point he intended
to make, Father deSouza swung
into the problem of India's baf­fling
foreign policy. He pointed
out that although India seems
to be leaning over backward to
avoid offending the Communist
world and sacrificing its stand­ing
with-the West, it is in real­ity
tied to our Western World.
India is tied economically with
the West as was evidenced sev­'
eral years ago during the period
of severe drought it suffered.
Following an appeal for help by
Nehru, two governments offered
grain to stave off the probLem
of starvation which so often
faces India, the Soviet Union
and the United States, and al­though
the Communist press
made much of Russia's offer it
was the United States that sent
the' grain. As far as India's stra­tegic
position goes, Father de­Souza
point,ed out the fact that
India is hemmed in by a ring of
Communist nations except for
Pakistan and Afganistan which
are too small to resist an inva­sion
by either China to the
northwest or Russia to the north.
The only way that India could
balance its position is by a
strong allianc'e with the free
West. Father cited that Arthur
Toynbee, the English historian,
has pointed out that states that
would not unite to save them­selves
from a strong aggressor
have found themselves united
in slavery. This is being repeat­ed
today because the Asiatic
nations that have just regained
their independence from the
western nations are now reluct­ant
to join with them again in
an alliance against Russia, no
matter how necessary it is.
However, Father deSouza, in
a direct quote from Chester
Bowles, former American Am­bassador
to India whom Father
pointed out as India's greatest
friend in the U.S., stated that
the Asiatic mind is our country's
best ally, but it must be sound­ed
first. The Asiatics are particu­larly
proud of their ancient tra­ditions
and culture' which, inci­dentally,
are much older than
ours. In the East the western
nations have had a long history
of shabby imperialism and
broken promises and should
India ally itself with the West,
it would expect far better treat­ment
than they have received
in the last 400 y,ears.
VETERANS
(Continued from Page 3)
took over the proceedings, and
further elections found Dan
Reed as vice-president, Dick
Martin ,as secretary, and Bob
Healy as treasurer.