Stag - Vol. 20, No. 20 - March 26, 1969

              Vol. 20 No. 20 Fairiie4d University, Fairfield. ConnecticuT March 26, 1969
Student Solidarity Demonstration Today;
Dorm 'Refortl1 Discussions Under Way
By ROBERT BURGESS
Today at 3 p.m. there will be a Student Government spo~sored demo?stration
for student solidarity and in support of the demands for social reform signed by
almost 900 on-campus students. Student Government President AI Mariani announc­ed
the demonstration saying, "This is solely a Student Government sponsored dem­onstration
for student solidarity. It will be non-violent; the Student Government
will tolerate no infringement or violation of the regulations as stated in the Stu~
dent Handbook."
The New York Rock 'n Roll Ensemble who wlll give a concert
during Dogwood Weekend. to be held May 2·4.
The demonstration, to be held
on the greens surrounding the
Campus Center, ·is scheduled to
begin at 2 :45 p.m. and will in­clude
speakers and a march
around Canisius·. The demon­stration
and march will be mar­shalled
by the Student Govern­ment.
Speakers scheduled are,
President Mariani, Andrew .Sol­tys,
'71, Ronald Mitchell, '70,
and William Connelly, '69,
President of the . Rugby Club.
Music will be played during the
intervals between speakers.
Second Meeting
The plans were officially an­nounced
at the second meeting
between student and administra­tion
officials Monday morning
to discuss the demands for so­cial
reform. Mr. Griffin opened
the meeting with a statement
presenting the position of the
Administration on the meetings.
"I set up the meeting because
I interpreted that the students
wanted to have a meeting as
soon as possible and also to
show on our part, good faith,
but I don't want it understood
that anyone was here under
veiled or unveiled threats. It is
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Dogwood Weekend to Emphasize
Incorporation of Past Events
Dogwood Weekend Chairmen, Richard Chiarappa and William Morelly, an­nounced
the weekend's plans yesterday emphasizing that this year's Dogwood will
incorporate all the successful events of past weekends into a fast moving social
affair.
Friday, May 2 the weekend
will get underway with a for­mal
dance at Frederick's where
a buffet dinner will be served.
The ten piece "Penny Candy"
from New York will provide
dance music and entertainment.
Formal rentals for the affair
will be made available on April
15 and 17 in the Campus Center,
at which time flowers may also
be ordered. The formal will be­gin
at 9 p.m. and last until l,
with set-ups being provided.
Queen's Contest
Highlighting Friday night's
activities will be the crowning
· of the Dogwood Queen, who will
be selected by the student body.
All students interested in enter­ing
their dates in the Queen's
Contest should submit a picture
Any sophomore interested
in being considered for the
position of Chairman and co­Chairmen
of the Freshman
Class of '73 0 r i e n t a t i o n
should sign the list in the
Admissions Office located in
the gym by Friday noon,
March 28, 1969.
with the girl's name, age, school
and home town to the Dogwood
Committee immediately after
Easter vacation.
Saturday afternoon arrives
with a beach party at 1 p.m. at
Sherwood Island in Westport.
The party will be a "bring­your-
own wine" affair and the
afternoon will be kept lively by
inter-class competition in soft­ball,
wine-chuggin and kissing.
Rock Concert
At seven o'clock Saturday
evening Fairfield University's
gymnasium will be the scene of
a concert given by the New
York Rock and Roll Ensemble.
The classically-oriented group,
which has been on a nation-wide
tour of college campuses
over the past seven months, will
perform until 9 p.m.
Saturday will come to a roll­ing
close when at 10:30 the
unique combination of "soul and
sea" will be realized with a
boat ride on the Long Island
Sound with music provided by
Society's Children.
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Fr. Mcinnes makes a point at ~londay's discussions involving
Student Government donn reform. (Photo by Pilch)
March 24, 1969
To the Academic Community:
Recently the administration received from the
newly elected Student Government several proposals
regarding changes in dormitory life. At the invitation
of Mr. Griffin, Director of Student Services, a meeting
of students, faculty and administrative personnel was
held to discuss these proposals, and I attended this ses­sion,
held on Monday, March 24.
First, I wish to congratulate the Student Govern­ment
on its sincere effort to concern itself with the real
problems of the students, on its willingness and ability
to speak representatively for the student body, and on
its readiness to enter into discussion to improve the
quality of life here at Fairfield.
Around the country the climate for settling serious
university issues on college campuses is not particularly
favorable. External publicity, emotional confrontations,
the threat of external legal oppression and the pres­ence
of' interior irresponsibility within, fear and mis­trust
on the part of all: - these make discussions a
delicate matter on any campus today. Our meeting on
Monday showed that such extrinsic difficulties need not
make discussions impossible and that all matters in a
Univ_ersity community are negotiable between the mem­bers
of that community. The parties at that session
were ready to seek sol~tions but not to prejudge; to be
willing to e;xperiment but to give accountability; to
seek maximum freedom for the whole community but
with responsibility from each individual; and to be
ready to concede to others the same rights of open dis­cussion
and disagreement that we wish for ourselves.
The Student Government has indicated that it will
seek solutions by working directly with the Director of
Student Services, Mr. Robert Griffin. The adminh;tra­tion
has promised that he may speak authoritatively
for the university and that he will be ready to listen to
all interested parties. If the Student Government has
led the way, it is important that others be more than
"interested" and non-committed bystanders. I hope
that all the members of the academic community be­come
informed on the issues involved so that they can
think independently and responsibly and make their
views heard.
I would hope also that all members of the aca­demic
community would avoid inflammatory remarks,
the spreading of unfounded rumors, veiled threats of
intimidation or physical force - or any other inap­propriate
conduct by members of an academic com­munity.
It is necessary for all to act responsibly if all
are to have freedom.
The quality of all of ·our members, and the in­tegrity
of the University are at stake every day. I am
confident that with the continued good will and trust
and dedication of the parties to this morning's discus­sion,
and with the support of all others at Fairfield, we
will be able to make Fairfield Unive1-sity a better
school.
Very Rev. WjJJjanj C. Mcinnes, S.J.
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Preliminary Discussions Begin on Dorm Reform·
(ConUnued from Page 1)
done willingly, not under any
guise that we are put up against
the wall or are afraid."
Discussing the demands, he
went on, "All matters are nego­tiable
and we are willing to
seek any solutions. We will not
pre-judge and ask you not to
pre-judge. We seek maximum
freedom and when we have
freedom we must have respon­sibility."
Procedure
The meeting which lasted
about an hour, began slowly
with much time spent on pro­ceedure,
time limits, and seman­tics.
The g r o u p numbered
atound thirty, including Fr. Wil­liam
C. Mcinnes, S.J., President
of Fairfield University, and
numerous other administration
officials and concerned students.
They discussed such questions
as lack of faculty representa­tion,
wording of the demands,
and their implementation. When
the problem of faculty repre­sentation
arose, Student Govern­ment
President Albert Mariani
said "Certain groups have more
at stake than others in these
proposals. It seems the faculty
has the least."
Fr. James Coughlin, S.J.,
Dean of Academics, fow.d fault
with the wording of the de­mands.
There seemed to be a.
question as to whether the peti­tion
was in the fonn of demands
or proposals. Student Govern­ment
Vice- President Robert
Murphy, '71 answered saying,
"All these questions are open to
discussion, but as we all know,
there have been numerous un­fortunate
experiences in the
past. If we find at these meet·
ings, as in the past, that we are
being given the 'run around,'
the demands will go into eftect
April 16."
In further explanation Mr.
Mariani said, "We are not here
to present demands and walk
out, but at the same time, we
are not here to get stuck on
tangents."
Fr. Coughlin, quoting the peti­tion,
still found fault. "That
'changes in the past have been
a fraud, a sham, and a lie,' I
don't believe it. That 'past pro­posals
on the whole have been
ignored,' I don't believe it."
Demand Agenda
The discussion then turned to
an agenda for reviewing the
demands. After numerous pro-posals
on a schedule from both
sides, the topic turned to liquor.
Mr. Murphy explained the de­mand
for non-enforcement of
State liquor laws by ~he Admin­istration.
"All it is saying is that
the Administration will not take
on the policing of the State law
which is the job of ABC (Also­holic
Beverage Control) Com­mission"
Once again, Fr. Coughlin took
issue. This time not only with
the wording, but with the phil­osophy
behind it. "I would have
to disagree wi1h it (the liquor
demand). I think the Adminis­tration
should not only observe
the State law, but enforce the
law to the full ~xtent of its
power." When it was brought
out that similar situations ex­isted
at Boston College and Holy
Cross and those administrations
left enforcement to the state,
Dean Coughlin resnonded, "I
can only look on those situa­tions
as unfortunate."
Group Size
It was mentioned that the
group was too large for mean­ingful
discussion. Dean Cough­lin
suggested "What you want
to do ls sit down and discuss it
with Mr. Grl11in. It seems to
me that all these proposals are
within the realm of Student
Services." Fr. Mcinnes concur­red
and indicated that "These
proposals belong under his (Mr.
Gri11in's) department." Both
also pointed out that 1\lr. Grif­fin
would speak for the entire
Administration ln future meet·
ings. Continuing Fr. Mcinnes
said "We should have some
changes, I'm in favor of some.
What's good for the student ls
good for the University."
Government Praised
Fr. Mcinnes asked about the
goal of the Student Government
in their endeavor. Vice-Presi­dent
Murphy answered, "Our
goal is to make Fail"field a place
that the students can be proud
of." Praising the Student Gov­ernment,
Fr. Mcinnes stated
"For the first time you are of­fici.
ally speaking for the stu­dents;
you are representing
them. You are willing to nego­tiate."
The direction of the discus­sion
then turned to today's dem­onstration.
Fr. Mcinnes was
asked if any special security
precautions were being taken
for today's demonstration on the
WHAT??!! HAVEN'T TRIED
OUR PIZZAS EVEN ONCE!!??
Straight 11A"s guaranteed if you don't get it
on your tie.
Come oa ln. We have the grea{est.
the PiZZA PAN
2090 Post Road, Fairfield
hi Shopping Center N-ear Ward•, Steak House
part of the University. He re­plied,
"We have complete trust
in the Student Government. It's
their show. I assume that the
faculty, Administration, and stu­dents
intend to honor the agree­ment
made on demonstrations
as outlined in the Student Hand­book."
The next meeting was sched­uled
for yesterday at 3 p.m.
The results will be announced
at today's demonstration.
A revolutionary step was
taken in the field of Student-Ad­ministration
relations at Fair­field
University last Wednesday
morning when Studen·t Govern­ment
ofticlals and representa­tives
of various on-campus or­ganizations
confronted represen­tatives
of the administration to
discuss demands for social . re­form.
Student Representatives
Student representatives in­cluded:
Albert Mariani, Student
Government President; Robert
Murphy, Student ·Government
Vice- President; Government
Committee Chairman, James
Ruane, Ken Barletta, John Led­dy,
and Robert Dohn, and Stag
Editor-in-Chief Patrick Long.
Representing the Administra­tion
were Mr. Robert K. Grif­fin,
Dean of Student Services;
Mr. Ronald Bianchi, Assistant
Dean of Student Services; and
Mr. Robert Baffa and Mr.
Santo Lalomia, Head Residents.
Various other members of the
Administration, which included
Fr. William C. Mcinnes, S.J.,
President, and the .five Vice­Presidents
of the University,
were also invited, but were un­able
to attend because of pre­vious
commitments.
List of Demands
The list of demands which
was signed by over 800 on-cam­pus
students began through the
efforts of the newly-created Dor­mitory
Affairs Committee. The
demands that were the focal
point of the meeting read as
follows: .
Reform Now!
1. We the students of Fairfield
University demand recogni­tiem
of the Student Bill of
Rights CQntained in the new
Student Government Consti­tution
by the Administration
of this university.
2. We the students of Fairfield
University recognize no dress
regulations.
3. We the students of Fairfield
University demand that the
Administration not assume
the responsibilities of the Al­coholic
-Beverage Control
Commission in enforcing the
State of Conn ctacut Liquor
Statute .
4. We the students of Fairfield
University declare in e.tfect
parietal hours not to exceed
2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Sun- ·
day through Thursday and
2 :00 p.m. through 2 :00 a.m.
on Friday and Saturday.
(The exact hours to be im­plemented
by the Dormitory
Council).
5. We the students of Fail"field
University demand the for­mation
of a Dormitory Coun­cil
as such:
a) To be composed of the
student senators elect­ed
from the dormitory.
b) To have the final word
on regulation of punish- ·
ment with the exceP­tion
of suspension and
expulsion.
.·~
At last. Thursday's meeting Mr. Grl11.in discusses the donn re­fol'm
demands with Albert Mariani (left) as Santo Llamla.
looks _on. (Photo by Pilch)
c) In conjunction with the­~
ssistant Dean of Stu­dent
Services the pow­er
to. establish the qua­lifications
for prefec­tures,
both lay and
Jesuit.
d) Power to adjudicate
cases involving a stu­dent
or group of stu­dents
and a prefect,
either lay or Jesuit.
6. We the students of Fairfield
University recognize no sign­
·in procedure as stated in the
. handbook (except for first se­mester
freshmen) but as­swne
·that every student will
inform his prefect of his
whereabouts when leaving cam­pus
for an extended period of
time.
Mariani Statement
Student Government Presi­dent
Mariani opened the meet­ing
with a statement in which
he announced the government's
stand on the demands, "This
(The list of demands) will be
our official policy on social re­form.
If these demands are not
met by April 16, they will come
under the power and control of
the Student Government."
On the previous evening the
Legislature of the Student Gov­ernment
had enacted these de­mands
into law. The resolution
·of the Legislature passed with
but one dissenting" vote, thus
backing up the executive branch
of the government in its attempt
at reform. ·
Administration Position
Mr. Griffin attempted to ex­plain
the position of the Ad­ministration
saying, "We wel­come
the fact that the Student
Government is taking the initia­tive
in working with the Ad­ministration.
It is good also that
you are not trying to substitute,
you are recognizing the fact
that there has to be some reg­ulation
and sanction."
When challenged as to the in­tent
and motives of the Admin­istration
in negotiation with the
students he responded, ''I don't
think that it has ever been a
question of the Administration
not respecting the Student Gov­ernment."
In an attempt to set the tone
for discussion Vice President
Murphy commented, "We are
open to any ideas or changes,
but we are tired of going from
office to oftice." President Ma­riani
elaborated "We feel this
plan is practical. We are willing
to do anything to help the lm·
plementation of these changes."
Council Refused
When it was suggested by
Mr. Griffin that discussion be
carried on in the University
Council; Vice President Murphy
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Contract for Science Center
Given to Bridgeport Firm
E & F Construction of
Bridgeport was awarded the
general construction contract
for the building of the proposed
Ba.nnow Science Center at
Fairfield University, it was an­nounced
by the UDiverslty
President, the Very Reverend
William C. Mcinnes, S.J.
Low Bid
The Bridegport finn sub­mitted
the low bid totaling
$3,814,000 for the center which
was designed by the archi tec­tural
finn of Eggers and Hig­gins
of New York City.
Baldwin Stewart will be thP
sub-contractor for electrical
work with a bid of $410,000.
Paul S. Yoney Co. submitted a
sub-bid of $934,000 for the
plumbing, heating and air con­ditioning.
Mr. C. - Gates Beckwith of
Darien, a partner in the Eg­gers
and Higgins firm, was the
principal architect. The job site
architectural work will be su­pervised
by Mr. Robert J.
Barry.
Other bids received for the
Bannow Science Center were:
Edwin Moss & Son of Bridge­port,
$3,830,000; Humphreys
and Harding of New York City,
$3,938,000.; and Winsco Con­struction
of Valley Stream,
N.Y., $4,092,000.
Four Story Complex
The four story twin wing
complex was designed by the
architectural firm of Eggers
and Higgins of New York
City with the assistance of a
faculty committee headed by
Rev. Robert Varnerin, S.J.
The committee worked close~y
with Dr. John A. Barone, Uni­v
e r s it y Vice-President for
Planning and John Dunnigan,
the University engineer, in
preparing the reoommenda tions
for the architects.
The $4 mllllon Bannow Sci­ence
Center, which will be
nestled in the wooded areas be­hind
the new llbrary of Fair­field's
200 acre campus, wlll
have a unique design which wlll
allow for future expansion and
growth in the various sclence
oriented programs.
The first level of the build­ing
will house the Mathematics
department, offices, and the
centralized computet opera­tion,
which will assume even
greater importance in teaching
techniques.
The Physics department will
be situated on the second level.
The additional -instruction la­boratories,
research facilities
and faculty offices will make
possible the expansion of the
nuclear physics and engineer­ing
programs.
The third level will hold the
instructional and research
areas for the 'Biology depart­ment
as well as laboratory fa­cilities
for biology oriented
Psychology classes.
In addition to housing the
Chemistry department, the
fourth floor will contain special
seminar rooms and a faculty
]punge. There will also be a
special biological room for ani­mals
and a botanical green
house located on the roof on
the new structure.
Consultative Academic Council
Focal Point of Committee Work
By VINCENT RAY
Attempting to articulate the
might be the most efficient
means to produce a single, ac­ceptable,
and operative propos­al.
Mr. Mario Guarcello, Rev. Al­bert
Reddy, S.J ., Rev. Thomas
Fitzpatrick, S.J., Dr. Dorothy
Shaffer, Dr. James Vail, Dr.
Joan Walters, Dr. William Gar­rity.
Committee
Statement
By DAVID DZUREC
The Faculty Student Life
Committee recently released a
statement proposing a change
in the section of the present
Student Handbook dealing with
student attire. The proposed
substitute for this section reads
as follows: Fairfield students
are expected to present a neat
and clean appearance and to
dress In a manner which could
be reasonably considered appro­priate
to the QCcasion. Athletic
wear should be restricted to pe.
riods of recreation.
The present rule on attire ac­cepts
informal wear to be worn
in the classroom and in the Uni­versity
Dining Room. Informal
attire is defined as a shirt with
collar, shoes and socks, slacks,
as well as a neat and clean ap­pearance.
This disallows blue
jeans and sweatshirts.
The new proposal, which was
initiated within the committee
itself, comes at a time when the
,.,. '"''"
Releases
on Dress
Student Government of Fairfield
University is meeting with the
administration on exactly this
same matter.
Mr. Donnarumma
Mr. Carmen Donnarumma,
Chairman of the Student Life
Committee, commented, "This
proposal will now be voted on
by the Academic Council of the
faculty and then by the whole
faculty. If passed by both
groups the proposal will be pre­sented
to the University's Ad­ministrative
Board." At present,
the Administrative Boar4 has
final say on any actions of this
type taken here at Fairfield.
eed of the school through the
faculty, the Academic Council
provides an opportunity for
exchange .of opinion between
faculty members and adminis­tration
in affairs concerning
the management of the Univer­sity.
An integral part of the Uni­versity's
operation, the connell
ls composed of members of
both the graduate and under­graduate
faculty. As a consul­tative
faculty senate, the main
function of the Academic Conn­ell
is to make decisions on rec­commendations
given to it by
the faculty subcommltrees. The
connell also reviews the gener­al
education pollcies of the Uni­versity.
Existing as the focal
point of committee work, the
Academic Connell presents its
proposals to the general faculty
for approval and then t-o the
admlnlstratlon as the final step
In securing new or revised ad­ditions
to University poLicy and
programs. The connell has been
currently concentrating its ef­forts
on the completion and
codlftcation of the Faculty
Handbook.
The Undergraduate Curricu­lum
Committee, a subcommitt­ee
of the Academic Council, is
responsible for studying the
present curriculum and rec­commending
any changes or
modifications it finds necessary.
The Student Legislature has
recently presented the Under­graduate
Curriculum Committ­ee
with a resolution which pro­poses
a reduction of the current
Philosophy and Theology re­quiremens.
The committee is
presently involved in examin­ing
the entire core curriculum
and, as yet, has not brought
any definite proposals before
the Academic Council
Class Project Studies
Black Recruitment
Mr. Donnarumma also men­tioned
that the agenda for fu­ture
Student Life Committee
meetings includes many of the
proposals proffered by the Stu­dent
Government, such as pari­etals
and liquor on campus.
"Further action by the commit­tee
on these matters will de­pend
on the outcome of future
negotiations to be held by the
Student Government and the ad­ministration,"
he said.
The members of the Student
Life Committee are from the
three segments of the Univer­sity
community, students, fac­ulty,
and administration. They
are Mr. Carmen Donnarumma,
Professor of History; Mr. Paul
Davis, also a professor of His­tory;
Rev. Vincent Burns, S.J.,
Chairman of the Theology De­partment;
Rev. Albert Reddy,
S.J., Professor of English; Mr.
Robert !{. Griffin, Dean of Stu­dent
Services; Mr. Ronald Bian­chi,
Assistant Dean of Resident
Students; Mr. Thomas Mitch~ll.
'71; Mr. Ken Barletta, '71; and
Mr. Robert Carpenter, '70; and
Rev. William Carr, S.J.
Rev. Robert E. Varnerin,
S.J., chairman of the Academ­ic
Council, was asked if . he
thought student representation
on the council would facilitate
its attempt to consolidate opin­ion
and ideas present within the
.student body. In reply, he
stated that he believed that
Academic Council and the Stu­dent
Government might func­tion
with greater efficiency if
each is permitted "to operate
separately without intimida­tion."
When issues arise, a
maximum of communication
and liaison between each body
When asked how be felt
about the desire for change in
the Philosophy and Theology re­quirements,
Fr. Vamerln re­plled
that It is "outdated" to
believe a revision m these areas
alone will remedy the question
now raised by students. Phil­osophy
and Theology should not
be Itemized or allenated from
other courses since they are in­terrelated
with other courses.
"What needs examination (wlth
possible revision) is the entire
core curriculum." We must de­termine
how this "core curricu­lum
may be used more effec­tively"
and in what manner it
may be "improved to help de­velop,
tradn and educate the
student."
Initially conceived five years
ago, the Academic Council was
the first functioning committee
on campus. Aside from Fr.
Varnerin, the members of the
Academic Council include: Rev.
William Carr, S.J., Rev. Vin­cent
Burns, S.J., Mr. Paul
Davis, Dr. Salvatore Carrano,
By LAURENCE A.
PRUD'HOMME
A research paper assignment
last December in Fr. George
Fitzpatrick's Communications
course (Bu 181) revealed some
interesting data on Fairfield
University's efforts to bring
more black students to the
campus.
Demonstration Anyone?
The theme of the two-week
study, "Is Fairfield d o i n g
enough to recruit black stu­dents?",
was devised to learn
more about ,;protest" and "dis­agreement"
as fonns of com­munication.
Students were
asked to "get the facts" con­cerning
this university's admis­sion
of black student"s and see
if Fairfield is communicating its
efforts and its policy to the
college community as well as
to those outside. In short, are
there grounds for protest over
the black admissions situation;
does Fairfield "ring true" when
it speaks of "concern"?
The forty students doing the
term paper set out to ask ques­tions
in all segments of the
academic community. Besides
talking to black and white stu­dents
alike, they also inter­viewed
Fr. Mcinnes, Fr.
Coughlin, Mr. Donohue, Fr.
Henry Murphy, and faculty
members of the admissions
committee.
During their research they
heard of the new five-year pro­grr,
m. They also found that all
of the seventeen Negroes on
campus, in December, were on
some scholarship (five athletic)
and that all had met the stand­ard
admissions requirements.
In addition they learned that
Fairfield belongs to a number
of organizations which help in
the recruitment of black stu­dents:
the Harlem College As­sistance
Program (HARCAP),
the Bedford Stuyvessant Youth
in Action Community Corpora­tion,
and the Prince Hall Ma­sons.
The efforts of these
groups have been generally un­successful
in bringing more N e­groes
to Fairfield.
The Polley
The policy on admissions was
pieced together from the pro­ject
as follows:
- To admit any qualified
student.
- To give financial aid to
any black applicant in need.
- To refuse no student be­cause
of his race or religion.
- To have some of Fair­field's
Negro students accom­pany
the Admissions Dean on
recruitment trips. u
-- To continue to look for
•J
qualified black students.
- To set no black quotas -
maximum or minimum.
The researchers learned of
some of the problems In re­cruiting
black students. Despite
a notice of social conscious­ness,
Falrfteld's economic situ­ation
lhnits the extent of the
financial aid program. However,
most of the problems en­countered
are nationwide in
scope. Everyone 4s looking for
quallfied blacks, and there just
are not enough quallfted appll­cants.
Such people can go to
school almost anywhere and re­ceive
aid. Fairfield has not
lowered its admissions stand­ards
thereby increasing the N e­gro
student population to which
it could grant adm!sf'lon. Also,
(Continued -:>n P.ag~ 10)
THI . STA& March 26. 1969
Dr. Grassi Views Philosophy · Department
ED. NOTE: This article is an
interview with Dr. Joseph Gras­si,
chairman of the Philosophy
Department concerning the
Philosophy requirements here
at Fairfield.
By RIC BAKER and
PAUL CUNNINGHAM
STAG: What is Pbllosophy's
place In a Liberal Arts educa­t
ion?
Dr. Grassi: Well Philosophy
first of all is the chief of all
the Liberal Arts. I think that
every other course, or every
other area, revolves around the
ideas that one finds in Philoso­phy.
In other words, if you
take for example History or
Government, I don't see how
you can under,stand a civiliza­tion
or how you can understand
the direction that a government
goes to unless you know the
ideas of the philosophers. And
I would go so far as to say that
if you want to understand any­thing
about a nation just check
its thinkers and see what they
are saying. I'll give you two il­histrations:
If you look at
Europe and the east, they are
absolutely un-understandable
wihout a knowledge of Marx.
If you take American govern­ment
and the direction in which
it has gone without knowing
John Locke, I just think tpat
you are doomed to failur~.
STAti: What is being done
about the electives and· core
curriculum· of Phllosonhv?
Dr. Gra.Ssl: Well, first of all,
we have a. standil}g curriculum
committee. jn tQ.e · Philosop~y
Departn'lent. ·!:iipce the new
core ·program h:ts only been in
effect this year, what we are
doing is at the end of the first
and second se~esters, ~ach of
the Individuals teaching those
core courses are meeting and
talking among themselves and
asking how this course is going.
We hope to do this not only
this year but next year, and
then after the experiences, to
talk over and see whether
these courses are doing what
we think they should be doing.
And then we would be in a
position to decide whether this
is what we want to do or not
want to do.
STAG: How do you seek out
s t u d e n t opinion of these
courses, and what emphasis do
you place on these opinions?
Dr. Grassl: That's a good
question. I'm not sure that one
can answer that correctly. Cer­tainly
one of the things that
you hope in any course is that
st1:1dents feel free to talk to
professors. Without this, unless
students go either to the pro­fessor
or department chairman
and discuss t h e s e aspects,
other than that there is no way
that you can keep account of
what student opinion is. If he
didn't feel free to come in, I
wonder whether he would feel
free if you asked him.
And if I give as an example
last semester, even before the
evaluation sheets, I gave out
my own evaluation sheets. In
.one class fifty percent never
turned them in. They did not
have to fill them out, but if
they did they had to do three
things. First, they had to sign
thei: name. Secondly, they had
to indicate what percentage of
the readings that they read.
Third, they had to indicate the
number of hour.; they studied
per week.
I do not see how you can
evaluate anything unless you
presuppose that th~ student is
doing some actual work. If he
does not read, and does not
study, I don't think he can
make a judgement.
In other words, is he evalu­ating
a man merely because
the man is mel.odramatic in
class or because he's a nice
easy talker? I just don't see
how you evaluate anything
without knowledge, and know ...
ledge presupposes that you
have done your part pf it.
STAG: Are you satisfied with
the present fifteen hours?
Dr. Grassi: I think basically
I'm satisfied, certainly not to
the point where I wouldn't con­sider
a change. I would con­sider
change in an overall
structure. I think that one
doesn't talk reduction of any­thing
unless there's a philoso­pby
behind the reduction.
In a g.enP.ral level, you talk
change- if y.ou consider first,
what do.es it ni('an. to be . a
Liberal Arts college. Depending
on how Y0\1 answer that, al­re~
dv part of it is being de­terrn,
ined for you. The second,
if you say this is. a Liberal
Art& eo1lege, this should be a
Lil>e:t·al Arts college, then you
have to say that in this frame­work
what do you think ~ stu­dent
s.l'lo\lld come out of this
college with 1
Now .ff yQu were to rsay on
the other hand this should be
a technQlogical institute, well
then obviously the . very nature
of the. institute . says there
shou_Jd be some changes. But
to talk about changes by going
to departments and saying why
don't you people cut. down -
this makes no sense to me. I
think you have to talk in terms
of the general overall philoso­phy,
and if one were to cut off
courses, where are the extra
hours going?
I think faculty and students
should know, if you cut pro­grams
up, what happens with
what remains, or if expanded,
what do you take away from.
So it's a two .. way street, not
a one-way street.
STAG: What do you think
abQut an Inter-departmental
core on Western culture?
Dr. Grassl: That brings in
the whol~ idea of a type of
honors program. I certainly be­lieve
there should be more in­teraction.
Whether or not it is
to be a case where you find all
departments participating at
the same time is another
matter.
I think the goal of educa­tion,
if anything, is interaction.
The question is how you get it.
Do you get it by deliberate
planning to have courses inter­acting;
do you get it thr.ough
the aspect that you hope that
each professor in his way is
making references where he
can? The student ·can take
these courses which have been
gievn separately, but not in
isolation. put them together,
and quiz professors in Litera­ture
about some of the ramifi­cations
in Philosophy.
If the student does that, I
do not see how the professor
cannot himself react. If you
made a statement in a philos­ophy
course about something in
Literature, I don't see how the
professor can remain "blah"
- he'd have to react in some
way.
STAG: Why do you think
students single out Philosophy
concerning c o u r s e require­ments?
Dr. Grassl: When I ask my­self
the reason why concerning
.this, I feel. very badly because
I believe we are probably the
strongest department on this
campus at the present time.
This does not mean that every
man is the strongest but as a
department we are as strong as
anybody if not the strongest.
But in the minds of students
and in the minds of others
there is still this tie that phil­osophy
is the handmaid of The­ology
- that is it related to
Theology. It was interesting as
I read in last week's Stag and
editorial page that they were
interested in cutting down re­quirements
in only Philosophy
and Theology.
There are other core courses,
but more important, what is this
link between Philosophy and
Theology? Philosophy and Lit­erature
have the same required
credits - twenty-seven. Why
don't they link Philosophy with
literature, if they are just
worried about hours. In high
school you do have literature,
you do have history, but in
College it is your first real
confrontation with philosophi­cal
ideas.
If you ask me why students
feel this way, I think in many
cases they still have a "hang­up".
Look at the changes we
made in the philosophy depart­ment
concerning faculty and
Glee lu to Present Annual
Klein Memorial Concert Friday
This Friday evening, at 8:30
p.m., the award-winning Glee
Club of Fairfield University will
present its annual Scholarship
Fund Benefit Concert at Klein
Memorlal Auditorium, Bridge·
port.
The Glee Club, under the ex­cellent
direction of Simon Ha­rak,
has enjoyed an upward ·
spiral of success since its found­ing
in 1947 by the Rev . . John
P. Murray, S.J., its moderator.
Twice named champion at the
Catholic Intercollegiate compe--
tition, the Glee Club last year
thrilled 12,000 New York City
school children during the fam­ed
Young People's concerts at
Carnegie Hall, as it brought
them the electricity of music
well-performed.
This year, the group takes
its proven musical ability to
Chicago and Detroit, but not
before it performs for students
and alumni in this, its last
"home" area concert of the sea- ·
son.
This year's program, mixing
the classical with the contem­porary,
pleases every taste with
selections ranging from "The
Impossible Dream," "Try toRe­member,"
"Marne," to Randall
Thompson's "Alleluia," "The
Last Words of David," and "The
Battle Hymn of the Republic."
Special IDghllght
A special highlight of the eve·
nlng is the -return of guest solo·
ist Stephen Dempsey, '61, of
Hartford. A warm and power·
ful baritone, he will weave the
same musical magic perform·
tng "I Will Walt for You" and
"People" that he created as a
fea.tured soloist during his four
undergraduate years with the
Glee Club.
Peter J. McCann, of Bridge­port,
a most talented musician,
is the club's tenor soloist. Also
featured will be the "Campus
Minstrels" and the "Bensoni­ans,"
two specialty groups who
never fail to delight their au­dience
with their ·musical abil­ity
and their flair for humor.
Nelson Bondhus, Glee Club ac­companist,
will also perform as
a soloist.
For the convenience of on­campus
boarders, bus transpor­tation
will be provided free of
charged both to and from the
Klein, Friday evening. Tickets
will be available at special stu­dent
prices in the Campus Cen­ter
Thursday and Friday, and
can also be obtained from any
Glee Club member.
the core program. We are most
historically orientated with the
·possibility of the student taking
systematic courses if he de­sires
them. With the twenty
. electives that we will offer next
year, how can you say "Let's
cut down Philosophy l>ecause it
is stagnant." I mean you may
have cause to cut it down, but
not because it is stagnant or
not because it is out of propor­tion
to other things.
As Fr. Burns said, some peo­ple
just seem to be "agin"
Theology. If you link Philoso­phy
with something you are
"agin", then naturally you be­come
"agin" Philosophy. It is
just that psycho.
STAG: After students have
been through two introductory
courses in philosophy as fresh­men,
don't teachers seem to ex­pect
a.s much from them aa
from ·philosophy majors as re­gards
to their ablllty 4n philo­sophical
thlnklng?
Dr. Grassl: I supose it's par­tially
true in my own case, and
most members of the depart­ment.
If you are interested in
ideas then you develop that ·
and one gives the same course
to everyone.
I don't see any value if I
teach a course in the history
of modern philosophy and say
to the non-majors that, okay,
we'll use a textbook; And then
for the philosophy majors, we'll
read the man. It seems to me
you are cheating that student
because you're saying because
he's not a philosophy major
he's incapable of reading a
m:nn like Descartes - well, I
don't believe that.
STAG: But If you gave a
''D'' evaluation of a student's
work, would this be a "D" In
realtton to hls understand,lng of
Descartes compared to a phU•
osophical thinker or in relation
to what you think this ~tudent's
capabWcy Is f
Dr. Grassl: I don't measure
him relative to anything: I do
not work on the theory of the
curve at all. First of all, I
don't think the nonnal curve is
applicable to colleges. Every
boy in college should be able to
pass. However, it presuposes he
will do some work! No one
should be able just to come into
class, open the book just when
he goes to class, never open
the book outside, and expect to
walk out with any kind of a
grade. I believe that neither
this university nor any other
university has this kind of stu­dents,
because if they're that
capable to read all these books
by themselves, they don't need
to go to college.
STAG: Are there any eon­crete
proposals for change on
the part ()f the philosophy de­partment?
Dr._ Gmssi: In the Philorophy
core curriculum as it stands
right now we are not anticipat­ing
any changes since this cur­riculum
is only in operation
thi!J year. The professors teach­ing
the core curriculum have
been asked by me to meet
twice a year, once at the end of
each semester, and to continu­ally
re-evaluate this thing.
I think it would be unfair to
the students and faculty to just
arbitrarily change a curriculum
of philosophy which you just
put into effect.
March 26, 1969
'I The Other Side I
By Laurence A. Prud'homme
The Naval Court of Inquiry investigating the capture of the
U.S.S. Pueblo by North Korea in January of 1968 has concluded
hearing testimony. Its decision can range from court martial to
medals for Comander Bucher and the crew.
Of all our armed services the Navy has always seemed to
show as much respect for its men as it does for honor and trad­ition.
However, the recent proceedings in California had the dis­turbing
air of a trial. Granted, the Navy and the State Depart­ment
should know all the facts (and correct some) concerning this
incident, our greatest crisis since the Cuban missile showdown.
But the major news media portray the hearing as five admirals
not being able to understand why Bucher did not fight and "go
down with the ship" to pr.otect intelligence secrets. The Pueblo
was virtually unarmed, surrounded by gunboats, having no
chance of escape. If Bucher had fought, his crew w.ould have been
killed and his ship most likely sunk. In the shallow water the·
North Koreans could have salvaged much of the secret data any­way.
An ABC interview .of February 4, with Admiral Arleigh
Burke, Ret. confirmed what the c.ourtroom reports seemed to
infer: that human life may not be as valuable as honor. Was
Commander Bucher's crime the belief that human beings are
worth more than a ship and its secret documents?
The taking (or giving) ,of one life for another, is one thing,
often unavoidable, especially in times of war. But the choice
between men and a ship, or honor, or tradition is no choice at
all. Oriental culture may have a different view of the value of
life, but .our Western civilization has held human life to be
precious. We fought Nazis. and Communists because their systems
use human beings to foster national goals. How can the United
States now turn to criticize Commander Bucher?
We may never know if the eXperiences of the men of the
Pueblo warrant medals; it is difficult to say what constitutes
heroism during months in a communist prison camp. But we ~an
know that if the Navy eourt-martials Commander Bucher and
his crew it will be a disgrace for this country and what it stands
for.
SENIORS
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The Department of Correction is expanding
their Correctional Counseling program within
the jails and prison. Become a productive mem­ber
of the correctional team helping to rehab­ilitate
inmates through guidance· cou nseling a nd
group work. Many immediate openin_gs upon
graduation:
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REMEMBER
DATE: March 27, 1969
GROUP DISCUSSION: 2:30 P.M.
CIVIL SERVICE T,EST: 3:30 P.M.
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Drama
By STEFAN KOBASA
I am grieved to hear such sentiments from you . . .
Th-ey savor of the heretical views of the Anabaptists,
views that I have completely refuted in four of my un­published
sermons. However, as your present mood
seems to be one peculiarly secular, I will return to the
church at once.
Perhaps too much has already
been written concerning the
play Hadrian VII. At least, too
much has been written in praise
of it. But it seems that one can­not
use theatrical criticism to
either exrol or damn a work
which has its proper form in
the novel and not upon the
stage. Adaptation is the moving
force behind a great deal of
contemporary art, and as such,
it symbolizes a great despair
over the lack of any funda­mental
creativity in the artists
who utilize it. This is not to say
that, if one perceives a certain
litany of problems and/or
themes in the history of any
art, then some sort of "plagiar­ism"
is in evidence. On the con­trary,
for the scope of, say,
Greek tragedy, has been reject­ed
within the 'context of contem­porary
dramatic contribution,
and it is more tragic to forget
Oedipus than to misuse him.
But if the questions are not
mimicked, tpe treatments of
them are; and today one can see
the same play a hundred dif­ferent
times without once hear­ing
the same words or seeing
the same titles. In a very real
sense, art has ceased to exist
except in repetition.
And Hadrian Vll mimes the
novel of the same name, as the
novel mirrors Voltaire and per­haps
Euripides. But each glass
becomes successiVely darker.
The story: a paranoid Eng­lishman
is made Pope (perhaps
an improvement over our pres­ent
situation), dies, and is buri­ed.
This is all a fantasy in the
mind of Frederick William
Rolfe, a self-proclaimed "religi­ous
fanatic" who desires to be
ordained a priest of Holy Moth­er
Church. But Rolfe is more
fascist than reverend; his lust
is for power, not piety. Having
been rejected several times in
his quest for holy orders, he
demands that God "tell me what
I must do and make me do it."
And it is interesting that, upon
ascending to the Chair of Peter,
this apparently radical reform­er
never rejects the idea· of un­questioning
hierarchical obedi­ence.
As a matter of fact, he
depends upon it. His reforms
are enforced before they are
accepted, for a vow of submis­sion
precludes the necessity for
understanding. This is not mere­ly
an avenue of revenge for
Rolfe-Hadrian. Rather, it is a
passionate adherence to what he
sees as his own fate. It is in
this respect that Alec McCowen
plays the character in a way
very similar to his role as Ar­thur
Henderson in After the
Rain. He rules because he was
born. to rule; his acts of charity
-oacar Wilde
are a matter, not of choice, but
of necessity. His separation of
Church and State is not for the
sake of democracy, but for a
return to the Holy Roman Em­pire,
to the Augustinian cities.
"My body and mind are of no
particular pleasure to me." And
so rises the Inquisition.
But the words are amusing
and the acting is entertaining,
and thus there is nothing to
contemplate. What was real to
Rolfe the novelist is discovered
in spite of the play, not because
of it. The novel has been pub­lished
in a paperback edition
and will enjoy remarkable sales.
But read it anyway. As the play
says, "There is no holiness
here." And neither is there any
art.
University Playhouse
Presents 'Pantagleize'
"Pantagleize," a play regarded as a landmark in
European drama since 1930, but which won An1erican
recognition only in 1967, will be the next presentation
of the Fairfield University Playhouse where it will open
on Friday, May 2nd.
The author of the play, Michel
de Shelderode, a Belgian who city in an unnamed country, to
died in 1962, achieved a major wonder about his destiny. He
reputation with audiences in his
own country, Holland, France, happens to say to his servant,
and Germany, but he was "dis- "What a lovely day!" and is
covered" in England and Amer- amazed at the effect of this
ica only just before and after
his death. When "Pantagleize"
had its first professional pro­duction
in New York 37 years
after its first presentation in
Brussels, it was greeted with
glowing acclaim.
Marvelous Play
Tiine Magazine declared that
the author, with this play alone,
ranked with such other 20th
century European masters of
drama as Beckett, Icnesco, and
Brecht, and Clive Barnes in the
New York Times described
"Pantagleize" as a "marvelous
play, funny, thoughtful, stimul­ating
and entertaining."
"Pantagleize" is a satirical
take-off on revolutions and r ev­olutionists,
pompous generals
and a corrupt judiciary - the
tale of a naive simpleton com­ically
trapped in the ferment
of a revolt he never imagined
was on the way.
On the dawn of his 40th birth­day,
which happens to be May
1st, traditionally the day of Red
parades and agitation, "Panta­gleize"
awakes in an unnamed
Dogwood
(COBtlaae4 from Pap 1)
"Final Touch"
The "final touch" of Dogwood
'69 will come on Sunday after­noon
at 1 p.m. with a cookout
on the Campus Center patio. At
this time awards for Saturday's
sporting events will be present­ed.
Zer.o plus Six and Peter,
Jimmy and George will provide
Sunday's "final touch" with final
touches of their own .
Package deals will go on sale
·remark on the man. He hap­pens
to repeat it in a cafe fre­quented
by conspirators, and
the effect is even more electri­fying.
Without realizing it, he
has given the awaited password
for the start of the revolution.
The revolutionists set up the
confused fellow as the leader
they have long been expecting
to emerge from his underground
hiding place. He can't resist
being rushed into the currents
of stirring - he is soon making
absurd speeches to surging
throngs who cheer him madly­and
he doesn't even want to
resist when he finds himself en­thusiastically
pulled into the
arms of a beautiful girl, a pistol­packing
fanatic of the rebellion.
She tells him s}:le loves him,
adores him, but can't take off
enough time from her plotting
to let him make love to her.
Pantagleize's destiny has indeed
unfolded for him - a destiny
that, by the end of the day,
when the revolution he trigger­ed
prematurely has been put
down, leads him before a firing
squad.
Weekend
April 16 at an estimated cost
of $25 and it is suggested that
all hotel reservations be made
as soon as possible to ensure
everyone suitable accommoda·
tions. Listing of area hotels and
rates will be available in the
near future.
A display of the entire week­end's
events is presently located
in the Campus Center's Oak
Room and will remain there un­til
May 1.
With a little luck, today, Wednesday, March 26, 1969, eould be
a day worth remembering in the history of Fairfield University. It
would mark th~ day when the students, united at last behind ar­ticulate
attainable demands, represented at. last by a Student Govern­ment
working aggressively on their behalf, and led at last by a pop­ular,
capable, and determined leader, met in vocal public assembly
and by their presence made the students of this University a per­manent
force to deal with in its future.
The demahds cireulated on campus last week reflect the basic
desires of Fairfield's dormitory students. This conclusion is inescap­able
when it is taken into consideration that by 3 :00 this afternoon -
the scheduled time for the students' demonstration to begin -the
number of signatures on the petition may have passed the 1,000 mark.
The demands as expressed in last week's petitions reflect as never
before the latent unity among all segments of the students - moder­ate,
liberal, or radical. The Sta is no exception to this trend. We
shall support these demands with all the the articulateness we can
muster, and we urge all able .. bodied students, who harbor any sym­pathy
at all for the concept of Student Power ort this campus, to back
up their leaders outside the Campus Center this afternoon. We urge
this with all the eloquence at our command.
Nor is there any doubt in our minds that the students' position
is the right one. The new Student Government Constitution must be
accepted along with ita Bill of Rights. The only alternative to that is
the continued slavish dependence of this university's students on its
administration. That is unacceptable. The steps taken by the students
on behalf of their new Constitution have been justified and legal. The
issue at stake here is not one of unruly student radicalism, but of
right and wrong. The students are right. Fairfield must follow the
precedent of Holy Crou and Boston College and declare a status of
official neutrality on the consumption of alcohol for all ages and
daasea. The issue is not one of compatibility with Connecticut State
law but of right and wrong. The students are right. The students
mu~t have the parietal hours they demand. The issue is not one of
compulsory enforcement of the Sixth Commandment in our dormi­tories
but of right and wrong. The students are right. The prefect
system thia u"ive.,sity employs must be redefined along the linea the
Government baa specified. The issue is not one of sanctioning the vic­timi~
ation of students by other students in the name of paternalism,
but of right and wrong. The students are right. The sign-in system
thia university employs must bec.ome a relic of. the past. The issue is
not one of the desirability of computing students, movements at all
times, but of right and wrong. The students are right. Dress regula­tiona
aa we know them must come to an end. The issue is not one of
the defensibility of - dete~ining a ·student's apparel in his absence,
but of right and wrong. The students are right. The Dormitory Coun­cil
the Govetmnent haa demanded must be implemented. The issue is
not one of the correctness of keeping discipline out of the control of
those who liv~ under it, but of right and wrong. The students are
right. .
Lest it be forgotten, this demonstration is also meant as the
start of a campaign for vigorous academic reform. In this, the stu­dents
are aliio right.
But in the past, other worthy demafids have met the inevitable
fate of administrative indifference and student apathy. This time it
ls different. Since the time the unoffieially-wrltten petitions have be­come
the official policy of the Student Government, the machinery of
that government has moved with an expertise, a professionalism, and
a commitment never before seen. It has presented the students' wishes
not as temporizing proposals but as demands already passed into law,
waiting only to take effect. Instead of awaiting the inevitable criticism
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March 26, 1969
University in Motion
Winter 1969
You ca it!
~ ... of student irresponsibility, the students have informed their elders that
they are perfectly capable of effecting demands unilaterally should
their elders hold back. We hold the greatest possible support for
these methods. We are convinced they are the only methods that will
work. Backed up by the students at large, th~y will succeed.
Special credit is due to Albert Mariani. His election as President
is obviously the beginning, and not the end, of his effectiveness in the
vanguard of campus reform. His aggressive performance thus far has
been superb, and totally unlike the temporizations we have come to
expect of Student Government Presidents.
To the Administration, we urge a realistic attitude. This Uni­versity's
romance with paternalism is in its death throes, one way or
the other. Quick acceptance of the Government demands is the Ad­ministration's
only logical way to save face while face can still be
saved.
To the faculty, we urge support. Success of the Government de­mands
means that a united, aggre~ive. business like Student Govern­ment
can join the faculty's fight to bring sanity into our present
academic bureaucracy. Faculty favors done for the students now
will be repaid later on the issue of academic reform.
To the students, we urge their presence. They have never had a
Government, or a leader, or a set of demands this favorable. If they
do not back up the daring initiative of their leaders now while the
time is ripe, they are unlikely to get such a chance to make their lives
mea~ingful again. This is ~he ~ght demonstration at the right time in
~he nght. pl~ce over the nght ISSues and run by the right people. All
1t needs 1s, 1n fact, the people.
THE StA• ------------------------------------------------
LEITERS TO THE EDITOR
Government Priorities
To the Editor:
I would like to thank the Stag for its
congratulations and its advice. This Ad­ministration
is now ten days old. The
Executive Board is fully operational and
starting this week the priorities of the
Student Government and Student As­sociation
are goin~ to be acted upon.
The members of the Editorial Board
have expressed some concern over the
priorities of this Administration. To
clarify the situation, I would like to
state its priorities:
ACADEMIC REFORM: Academics is
our first priority, because this is the
reason for our being at Fairfield. Bob
Dohn (Academics) and Ken Barletta
(Student Faculty Affairs) have already
done a lot of work for academic reform.
By the end of the week, a list of Aca­demic
Proposals will be drawn up and
distributed to the entire Student Body.
The government will use all the pres­sure
at its command t:D enact them.
HANDBOOK REFORM: The inetfec­tive
attempts to preserve morals at the
expense of the pride and social life of
the Fairfield student must be discon­tinued.
This, in a nutshell, is the hand­book
policy of this Administration. Jim
Ruane's Dormitory Affairs O:>mmittee
with the help of same of the Legislators
has done a fast and efficient job work­ing
on handbook reforms which should
be ready early this week. These shall
also be distributed to the Student Body.
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE
BILL OF RIGHTS: This Administration
is dedicated· to cutting the red tape and
getting the Constitution to the Student
Body for its approval within two weeks
- even if it means two or three meet­ings
of the Legislature a week. Once
ratified by the Student Body the Con­stitution
and the Bill of Rights will be
the law and policy of this government.
THE ACTIVITIES FEE: This Ad­ministration
will not sacrifice the pre­viously
mentione.d priorities to get the
Activities Fee on the tuition. If we have
to collect the Activities Fee next year
individually then that is exactly what
we will do. It should be a lot easier if
the Student Body ·feels that the Student
Government is on their side.
STUDENT SERVICES: Already Bob
Buccino's Off Campus Affairs Committ­ee
has gotton the gym parking lot re­paired.
Jim Ruane's Dormitory Affairs
Committee has arranged for change rna-chines
in the ck>rms. Tom Sobocinski
and his Communications Department
has gotten a dispensation from Mrs.
Brown to use the mail boxes for a
weekly Student Government Report
provided certain conditions are met.
These reports will start next week.
These minor services are ·important but
they are not so important as to have
us forget our real priorities.
I think that the Student Body is will­ing
to give the Student Government an­other
chance. We can't let them down
this time. If the Students don't let us
down, together we can get those re­fonns
for which we have been waiting
so long.
. ·• . Sincerely,
AI Mariani
President
Teacher Evaluation
To the Editor:
Due t:D a regrettable lack of response
on the part of the Student Body in our
recent general School Wide Faculty
Evaluation, we are forced to announce
that the evaluation as originally planned
has been cancelled. We will however,
try t:D gamer what information we can
from the returns that have been made.
We deeply regret to make this an­nouncement.
However, of some 1400
evaluations distributed, only 500 have
been returned. This poor response comes
after several attempts at door-to-door
collection and mail returns, and does not
enable us to compute the meaningful
results we had planned on.
The reasons for this poor response is
not yet clear to us, but it is clearly dis­heartening
and disappointing. We are
not so qisappointed over the great
amount of work that was put into this
as we are over the attitude and com­placency
of the stud~t body. In a time
when academic reform is being called
for, such a poor response does not help
assert the desired spirit of the Student
Body.
We realize, however, that the form
was a long one, requiring at least half
an hour to complete. Perhaps this was
the cause of the poor response . . But in
our studies and preparation, we saw that
the format we used could be success­fully
employed, and would yield valid
and in-depth results. We did feel that
the Fairfield Man would respond with
the same spirit in which the evaluation
was being offered. regardless of any
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SPORTS EDITOR: Joseph Valerio. LAYOUT EDITOR: Robert Burgess.
ADVERTISING EDITOR: Joe Odoardi. CIRCULATION EDITOR: An­thony
Napolitano. ART EDITOR: Dick Heggie. OOPY EDITOR: James
Strataudokis. BUSINESS MANAGER: Harry Bondi. FEATURES EDITOR:
Bill Borowicz. PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR: AI Fisher.
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NEWS: John Brennan, Colin Kiley, Thomas Perrotti, John Leddy, Paul
Cunningham, David McVittie, Duane McDonald, Ric Baker, John Roberto.
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Armada, Robert Sillery, Gary Marzolla, Steve Daur. FEATURES: Stephen
Kobasa, Paul Riel, Bruce Schauble. PHOTOGRAPHY: Allan Pilch, Fred
San~an. CIRC~~ON:: R~cba~d Doolan, Robert Vogel. COLUMNISTS~
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Laurence Prud'homme. ART ASSISTANT: Bob Allison. LAYOUT: Timothy
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This Side of Paradise
By COLIN KILEY
A few weeks ago I wrote a column which focused on something
other than campus indifference, administration versus student com­munication,
required philosophy and theology courses etc. I wish­ed
to expand a little more than the Fairfield scene and com ..
munity living problems by simply presenting some personal obser­vations
which are not intended as philosophizing but simply to
suggest. I offer the opinion that one of the underlying probJP.ms in
society is the problem of expressing oneself. This is clearly obvious
by looking at the glaring newspaper headlines day after day which
present negroes, and college students rioting and demonstrating
because no one will listen to their problems. But, I would like to
tum to something else, mainly the contemporary music scene,
which is another attempt to voice oneself. The music is listened
to hour after hour-its influence having no limited horizons.
It is no news to anyone that within the last ten years rock 'n
roll has undergone some dramatic changes - we grew up with it.
Gone are the oogling, squealing crowds of girls who were melted
by Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson, Pat Boone and Fabian. True, this
was replaced by Beatlemania a few years ago, but until that time
parents might have well been right telling John and Suzie to put
their transistors away since that sickening music would die out
suon. The whole thing appeared to be another fad.
Rock 'n Roll seemed to be hanging in there by some pretty
strong threads, however, during the early sixties. It was accepted,
though reluctantly. We ourselves chuckled at American Bandstand
reruns - those guys with ducktail haircuts, white bucks, and girls
long skirts, white socks and penny loafers doing the bop to Duane
Eddy's twangy guitar.
Dancing suddenly ·hit the limelight with Checker's Twist. Later
was the frug, the Beachboys and the Four Seasons etc. were the
extra-curriculars. The year 1964 revolutionized the whole thing as
we know - it not only marked Beatlemannia but rock 'n roll lyrics
began to change a bit, not so much th the Beatles right away,
but with Bob Dylan. Dylan, leaving ....11e folk scene and working
with an electrified group, assured an entirely new image. He gave
us a social conscience al!d then he garve us folk rock and an op:m
honest talk about drugs, sex, life and the past. His evocative pow­ers
were profound. He influenced a herd of new writ~rs and
groups.
Looking back to the other great influence we see now that we
evolved with the Beatles from simple happiness to a more comrlex
form of sensibility. The first Beatie songs were somewhat like 50's
with their insistent beat, but with their last four albums they are
intricate electronic songs with witty ambiguous lyrics.
Seemingly, rock 'n roll music has become one of the most im­portant
fo~ms of personal expression. It is the medium which the
young poets of today have suddenly chosen to express themselves.
Whether adult America wants to listen to groups with such un­likely
names as the Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Steppinwolf
or finds them relevant i_s their perogative, but I do not think they
will es~ape entirely their influence because their young certainly
place them on pedestals.
The style of the songs Is to make its criticisms
through satire. They ridicule and protest the system. The songs
seem to be an affirmation of the private self against enveloping
structures and hypocrises of organized society. The songs embody
styles of life that the young find desirable and that they seek for
themselves. The writers appear to be angry and baffled. The
source material for comment is existing circumstances such as
civil rights, integration, the Vietnam War, etc.
As the stream of songs pours forth, more and more appear
to be philosophical, mystical and almost religious. Immediately
apparent are several things. The young write about what they
know and sense. They are intense-recognizing that they seek an­swers
in a world too difficult to understand. Tomorrow threatens­thus
carpe diem advocacy.
This generation of conscience personifies itself in poet lyric­ists
Bob Dylan. Donavan, Jim Webb, John Lennon and Paul Simon.
Dylan in his view-sketches brings into play sense impressions
and telegraphic poetry. Lennon has gone into the area of social
comment, satire, and parody mainly because of Dylan's influence.
Paul Simon speaks about loneliness and lack of communication.
Webb and Donavan are noted for their imagery. Janis Ian, who
has a vision much sharper than someone older, talks about rel­ationships.
They all have something to say.
It ~ hard to say what the relevancy of the music should be.
Many of the groups rely on the sensitivity induced by their in­struments-
example the Doors. We thus ClUJ Joo~ ~·t ~~se group.s
as halt entertainel"S and half prophets. MMY ar-e ~~~~~~:· r ~;
ou:r degree but at least it can be said that they are in tune with
the tin .es. They are thinking and searching in their subject matter.
~Lher groups such as the Rascals, Spanky and Our Gang, and the
Supremes are ct-'lllging their lyrics either for commericial reasons
or because they realize the importance of the communication
aspect. The goal of most rock 'n roll music could best be summed
up by Janis Ian~ I guess. "We're most concerned about commun­ication,"
she says, "for one person to touch another, without lying.
Unlike older writers we want to talk about real things and give
our point of view in our own way."
I guess what we better do is stick around and listen.
THE STA6
Dorm Reform Discussions
Coatuaued from Pace I
commented, "If there is to be
any type of reform before April
16, it must be at a top level.
They (the reforms) have to go
into effect on April 16 and not
wait another semester."
James Ruane, Donnltory Af·
f a l r s Chalnna.n, reiterated
"What disturbs us all olt that
we are going to sit down, but
be put oft on a. tangent, put
under the rug and listen to the
'one In a thousand' argument."
Reservations
Expressing some reservations
about the discussions, Mr. Grif­fin
stated, "I don't want to go
through the motions of meeting
and then have some dissident
g·roup complaining."
A bit more optimistically, Mr.
Bianchi noted, "Up to now it
has been a game between stu­dents
and administration and it
has left a bitter taste in every­one's
mouth."
Ultimate Decision
When asked who ultimately
would decide on the position of
the administration, Mr. Griffin
answered "at the present time
in anything the President (of
the University) and the Corpora­tion
would have the final say."
He added that at the next
meeting "Whoever is there will
have the power authority or say
on the matter."
Clvll Disobedience
Mr. Bianchi stated the Ad­ministration's
position on what
would happen if the demands
were not met before April 16
and there was mass civil dis-obedience
saying, "We would
have the power, authority or say
of the University, but I would
like to see an attempt at mutual
agreement, with the stress plac­ed
on mutual."
Vice-President Murphy then
announced that there would be
a "peaceful demonstration" in
support of the demands on
March 26 in the area around
the Campus Center. It was
pointed out that the demonstra·
tlon would be in accordance
with the guidelines stat-ed in the
Student Handbook. He stressed
the fact that the demonstration
would obstruct no ftmctlon of
the University.
In conclusion, Mr. Griffin
asked that "any publicity given
be in good faith. There is no
crisis here, at least not yet."
March 26, 1969
Alumnus Featured
In Careers Seminar
The fourth in a series of Al­umni
Career Seminars will take
place tomorrow, March 2'7,
at 7 :SO p.m. in the Mezzanine
Lounge of the Campus Center.
The seminar, entitled, "Broad­casting
and Communications"
will feature alumnus John C.
O'Regan '62,.. a producer for
.WCBS News, Channel2 in New
York, ~d will deal with both
career opportunities in the
broadcasting industry and gen­eral
information regarding the
communications field.
Previous seminars have dealth
with Law, Marketing and Re-tailing,
and the Stock Market.
The seminars are co-sponsored
by the Student Government, the
Class of '69 and the Alumni
Association, and are open to alf
students.
Coffee and doughnuts will be
served immediately following
the seminar.
THE ILUE 1110 SHOP
lliO ,OST lOAD
FAJlFIELD, CONNECTICUT
5ocial StatioMry and btra•i•t
Greet!ng Cards for
AIJ Occasions
Contact Lt. "Skip" Moyer At The Campus
Center April 17 alid 18, 1969. For Details On
A Free Flight In The Navy's T-34 Trainer.
March 26, 1969
Campus News
MARKETING CLUB
BANQUET
Mr. Robert T. Daley, Presi­dent
of Celanese Plastic Com­pany
will be the guest speaker
at the Marketing Club Banquet.
The banquet will be held on
Friday, April 18, 1969 at 6:30
p.m. in the University Dining
Room. All are invited to parti­cipate.
• • •
PKTSTUDENTTEACHER
AWARD
Within the week ballots will
be placed in each senior's mail­box
for the annual PKT Stu­dent-
Tea·cher Award. The bal­lots
should be filled out and re­turned
to Box PP. They will
clloose one teacher and one sen­ior
student w}1o best typify the
qualifications listed.
The award recipients will be
chosen directly from the senior
ballots. They will choose their
candidates from the standpoint
of who they feel is the out­standing
teacher and the out­standing
senior of the 1968-69
academic year.
The qualifications are:
Student:
1. Contributions to the school.
2. Community activity.
3. Academics.
Teacher:
1. Interest in the student.
2. Contributions in his field of
study.
3. Acn"vities within the school.
Last year Mr. Carmen Don­narumma
of the History Depart­ment
and Mr. William Coffin
received the award. This year's
recipients will be announced in
the last issue of The Star.
• • •
KENTUCKY TRIP
There will be a meeting,
Thursday, March 27th, 1969,
3 :00 p.m. in Loyola Lobby, for
all those going to Kentucky
over Easter vacation. There
will be a representative from
Glenmary Missions to answer
any questions.
• • •
HELP WANTED
Part-time teachers. Must· have
some teaching expe·rience. Will
be trained to tea<;h unique:.Speed
reading technique Assignments
after regular school· b~>11rs and
Saturdays. Lucrativ.~ pay_:sched­ule.
Please call for interview:
367-8426.
• * •
'THE JOURNAL OF THE
SOCIOLOGICAL
IMAGINATION
The Journal of the Sociologic·
al Imagination has been created
by the Sociology Department to
serve as a vehicle for student
expression and creativity in the
field of Sociology.
While papers published in the
Journal will be limited to those
dealing specifically with the
subject matter of sociology, all
students, including non-sociology
majors, are welcome to con­tribute.
Papers must be submitted no
later than Tuesday, April 1 and
should be no more than ten
typewritten, double - spaced
pages (8% x 11). The Editorial
Board of the Journal reserves
the right to review and edit all
papers. The Journal should be
completed and published by late
May of this year.
Papers should be submitted
to: The Journal of the Sociolog­ical
Imagination, Campus Cen­ter
Mail Room: Box D.
For further information con­tact:
Craig O'Connell, Box 1168.
• • •
CLASSICS LECTURE
Dr. Vincent Rosivach of the
Classics Department announces
a lecture by Fr. Joseph Devine
on "Indo-European Philology"
in Loyola 123, on April 15 at
3:15 p.m. Future lectures will
TMI ITA8 Page Nine
Fairfield to Ho-st Annual
Metaphysical Society Meeting
By JOHN BRENNAN
The Methaphysical Society of
Ainerica will hold its twentieth
annual meeting on campus in
~arch, 19"10. It is the first na­tional:
academk· society ever to
meet :at Fairfield. Dr. Joseph
Grassi, chairman of the phil­_
osophy department, was influen­tial
: in the Society's decision to
hold its convention here. Dr.
Grassi pointed out that, "As far
as I know, this is the first meet­ing
by this organization held at
an undergraduate college. It is
a credit and an honor to the
Philosophy Department and the
University."
Over the past two years the
MSA held its meeting at the
University of Southern Callfor·
nla. and Purdue University. This
year's meeting was held at Van­derbilt
University. The purpose
of the metaphysical sooiety ls
best stated by its founder Paul
Weiss ln the April, 1950 "Re·
view of · Me~phy&ics," a .by-..pro- ·
duct ·of the society, In which he
stated, "we open a for~ de·
voted exclusively to the pursuit
of questions lying at the root
of all knowledge and action •.•
We need not one but many
methods, not one but hundreds
of schools or better, we must
avoid pr~scribed methods, Um·
itatlve schools and prog-raml!l
and instead Invite- hosts of In·
dependent Inquirers to submit
to one another's criticislll8 the
products of their honeat thought.
No man of any school has mas·
tered all the ways by which we
can learn all that we should.
He who approaches issues from
only one direction denies him·
self and us the truths that re·
include a slide show on ancient
art narrated by Russ Panczen­ko.
quire another approach." In
keeping with its creed, the mea·
physical society has had dls·
tingu18hed men of all beliefs and
views express their opinions In
open forums.
The format of the convention
is centered around two catego­ries
of presentation. The first
is the reading of a paper fol­lowed
by a comment on the
paper with questions and rebut­tal
by both speakers, followed
by a general question and an­swer
period. The second type
of presentation if the symposium
in which four speakers express
their views a specific subject
followed by a rebuttal and ques­tion
from the floor. This year's
symposium was entitled, "Meta-physics:
Politics and Contem­porary
Unrest" and consisted of
speakers proposing the classical
answer to those expounding the
most radical view.
The convention which Is slat·
ed for mid-March will be
open to students of the Unlver·
sity expressing a desire to com·
prehend the meaning; of phil·
osophy. As its founder Paul
Weiss state4. "Philosophy is a
llvlng, incredibly di1ficult en­terprise
In which one must take
advantage of the genius of men
of every time, and use what we
can to reach if possible, a high·
er level of Wtderstanding and
predictiveness than was char­acteristic
even of them."
Legislature Approves
Rights Demonstration
By PATRICK K. LONG
Editor-In-Chief
In the first meetbig of the
Student Legislature since the
rece~t executive elections, a
bill .calling far a student gov­e
r n ·m·e n t demonstration on
March 26 and another support­Ing
the seven donn refonns
were oassed, executive appoint­ment~
were approved, and ad­ditional
minor legislation was
okayed.
The demonstration bill pro­viding
a peaceful demonstra­tion
along the lines of the Stu­dent
Handbook and the Cos­griff
regulations was passed
unanimously.
Donn Refonn
hundred dollars· to the Judo­Karate
Club were passed after
Studen·t Government Treasurer
Thomas Mannion explained the
s tate of the government's fi­nancial
affairs.
Secretary Eaected
In other action, J a m e s
Scheifferstein '71 was unani­mously
elected secretary, re­placing
newly-elected Student
Government president Albert
Mariani in that post, and Rob­ert
Buccino '71 was appointed
Sargeant-at-Arms by Vice.
President Robert Murphy.
Friendship and Communication
Stressed by Stroe t Academy
The other bill backing the
provisions of the dorm reform
petition was approved over­whelmingly
with William o·­Malley
'69 the only dissenter.
Sophomore representative Pa­trick
Long moved that the bill
be passed unanimously, but Mr.
O'Malley refused to change his
vote. Day-hop students decided
to abstain, since the bill only
applies to dorm students.
Finally the following execu­tive
appointments of President
Marlanl were approved by the
legislature: Robert Murphy "71,
Executive Board Chairman;
Wllllam Provost '70, Social
Chairman; James Ruane '71,
Grievance Chairman; Thomas
Sobocinski '72, Correspond­-
ence; Charles Coviello ''70, Ac­tivities;
Joseph Coyne '70,
Chief Justice; James Ruane '71
and Joseph Coyne '70 to the
Judicial Review Board and
Robert Carpenter '70, Thomas
Mitchell '71 and Ken Barletta.
'71 to the Student Faculty Life
Committee.
By JOHN BRENNAN
Perhaps the most well known
of on campus activit ies spon­sored
by the Youth Interracial
Council is the Harlem Street
Academy. In a recently con­ducted
interview with Gerry
Maine, President of the HSA,
Howard Somma, and Dan Col­angelo
one can feel the human­ism
and enthusiasm they have
for this project. Maine put it
best when he said, "Our pur­pose
is not to teach but to
share."
The Harlem Street Academies
are actually storefront class·
rooms located throughout Har·
lem where study skllls are
taught to dropouts who show
college potential and is the ftrst
step toward their entering Har·
lem or Newark Prep and even·
tuaUy on to college. Since lts
Inception some eight years ago
almost all of the p-aduates of
the two prep schools have either
continued on to college or have
entered some technical school.
One of the Street Academies
sponsored by the National Ur­ban
League's "Return to School"
drive in Harlem is a program
sponsored by the ~ou_ege at
New Rochelle to involve mem­bers
of the academy 1n. senrl­acadernic
activities. This was
best expressed by Dan Colan­gelo
when he stated, "The pur­pose
of this program is to pro­vide
them with an educational
experience they don't have at
the Street Academy. It also fa­miliarizes
them with college life
and college kids." On Tuesday
nights approximately fifteen to
twenty youths make the trip to
suburban New Rochelle to meet
the twenty CNR and Fairfield
students involved in the pro­gram.
CNR began this program
four years ago and Fairfield be­came
part of it in the fall of
1967.
The evening begins with a
dinner followed by workshops
in science, art and cultural ac­tivities.
The evening is always
completed by some athletic
event; basketball for the boys
and volleyball for the girls. Oc­sasionally
there is a lecture
giv~n by a faculty member of
CNR or a special event on cam­pus
which they attend. It seems
that · those from Hariem receive
all the benents ot the program
but Howard Somma was quick
te;t:lomt out that, "Meeting these
youths is like a two way street,
like a personal exchange, you
giv.e. part of yourself and they
give part of themselves." All
three agreed that there is a
racial, class and edu~ational
gap which must be overcome to
realize the benefits of the pro­gram.
Right now, they are consider·
lng some new projects to help
bridge this gap. They are think·
lng of seeing a play at the La·
fayette Theatre which has an
all black cast and having a so·
ciaJ gathering afterwards to
discuss the play. They are also
considering bringing members
of the Street Academy on cam·
pus for a day or two to ex­perience
-college Ufe and attend
a few classes. It seems that
real progress In human com·
mlDllcatlon 18 being made and
friendships are being lormed be·
tween the slum and suburbia by
members of the Harlem Street
Academy.
Grants of a thousand dollars
to the Hockey Club and two
Fraternity Induction
Greets New Members
"Welcome, Brothers" was the
predominant figure of speech
used during the weekend of
M~rch 7, 8, 9 as Phi Kappa
Theta International Fraternity
at Fairfield University held its
installation ceremonies of the
newly elected brothers.
The pledge period which
started in Oct., 1968, ended with
a Phi Kappa Theta style celeb­ration
along with the initiation
and brotherhood banquet on
Sunday, March 9, 1969.
The newly installed brothers
are: James J. Burke '72, Frank
M. Cappuccio '72, Richard M.
Coen '72, John J. Fagan '72,
Frank Fiermonte, Jr. '72, Wil­liam
L. Franko '72, Robert M.
Hudak '71, Brian Donohue '71,
Michael Maglione '70, James F.
Kelly '72, Jay C. Lyons '72,
Jeffrey W. Reinen '71, James D.
Russo '72, John J. Wiggin '72.
Epsilon Kappa Chapter also
installed three honories who are
Carmen F. Donnarumma, M.A.,
Rev. George A. Gallarelli, S.J.,
Rev. William R. Callahan, S.J.
The annual pledge of the year
was awarded to John "Buddie"
Fagan.
The coming years of Phi
Kappa Theta will be motivated
by Brotherhood.
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Page Ten THE STA6
An Analysis
Lowering the Voting Age
WASHINGTON (CPS) -The history of efforts to lower the voting age is full
of frustration and failure, dating back t~ 1942 when Sen. Arthur Vandenberg in­troduced
the first recent resolution to ext ~n d the franchise. In that session, Con­gress
lowered the draft-induction age to 18, but refused to lower the voting age.
Since then, more than a hun-dred
similar resolutions have wants to develop a speakers'
been bottled up by the nation's bureau and a stable source of
lawmakers. Despite President information on the subject.
Eisenhower's support in 1954, a "For the first time," says Jim
proposed Constitutional amend- Graham, campus affairs vice­ment
lowering the voting age president of the National Stu­failed
by five votes. In the last dent Association, "we're going
session of Congress, well-mean- to go really hard on this issue.
ing liberals let another bill idle This will be no kiddies bri­without
a fight after President gade."
Johnson spoke up favorably but
too late.
The 18-year old vote issue
has also been raised at least
once in each of the states, but
the voters have consistently said
no. Only in Kentucky and Geor­gia
have efforts been successful.
Long Struggle
The long struggle for the 18-
year-old vote has also been
marked by lack of organization
and resources. There has been
no nationwide movement at the
grass-roots level to demonstrate
youth's initiative and influence
like those when Negroes and
women sought the franchise.
"The nub of practical politics
is that without assurance from
organized college-aged groups
that 18-to-21 year-olds really
want the franchise, chances of
passage--are dim," Sen. Jacob
J avits has said. Young people
have decided to take his advice
seriously.
rn the last month two groups
nave formed to start a nation­wide
push for passage of laws
lowering the voting age. One,
begun by students from the Uni­versity
of the Pacific in Cali­fornia,
and launched on a televi­sion
special with Joey Bishop,
is called LUV (Let Us Vote.).
It claims chapters on more than
200 college campuses and 1,500
high schools.
Another handful of young
people, from the National Edu­cation
Association (NEA)'s stu­dent
affiliate, have formed a
Youth Franchise Coalition. With
the support of other student
groups, they claim to be the
first national organization work­ing
toward the 18-year-old vote.
Sen. Javits and West Vir­ginia's
Sen. Jennings Randolph
(who has fought for the lowered
voting age since 1942) have
written their Congressional col­leagues
seeking support for the
new effort.
The Coalition has invited rep­resentatives
of some 200 organ­izations
and all members of
Congress to attend a strategy
session in Washington Feb. 5.
. New Coalition
The Coalition's campaign to
lower the voting age will aim
at passage of a Constitutional
amendment and changes in state
statutes and charters. Dirck
Brown, an early Coalition lead­er,
explains that an effort at
the state level will make rati­fication
of the new Constitution­al
amendment easier. (Three­fourths
of the states must rati­fy
amendments to the U.S. Con­stitution.)
A petition drive will be con­ducted
and a national youth
conference will be held to dra­matize
the interest in a lower
voting age. The Coalition also
"Hack Issues"
One of the "hack issues" of
past campaigns that the stu­dents
hope to redefine is the
"Old enough to fight, old enough
to vote" argument which has
had wide emotional appeal in
wartime.
''Apparently it takes war to
open the eyes of America to the
injustice she does her young
men," R. Spencer Oliver of the
Young Democrat Clubs of Amer­ica
has said. "Lt is surely un­just
and discriminatory to com­mand
men to sacrifice their
lives for a decision they had
no part in making.''
Now, with the Vietnam war,
the argument takes a new twist.
"Some people feel if you're old
· enough to vote, you ought to be
mature enough to know not to
fight," says NSA's Graham.
Proponents of the 18-year-old
vote advance other arguments
now.
Sen. Mike Mansfield (D­Mont.)
feels the lower voting
age is "more pertinent now
1han ever before, because youth
is better equipped to exercise
this responsibility."
"The 18-year-old has emerg­ed,
in this new world of learn­ing
and information-gathering,
faT more ready for responsible
citizenship than the 21-year-old
or even the 24-year-old was in
my day," says Sen. Gale McGee
of Wyoming. "In fact, I'd take
my chances with the 18-year­olds
in the political saddle today
instead of their parents."
Eighteen-to-21-year-olds are
considered adults for many pur­poses.
More and more are get­ting
married earlier. Many of
the three million who are mar­ried
have children. Legally per­mitted
to undertake family re­sponsibilities,
they are denied
the right to vote. More than six
million young people are taxed
without representation. People
.over 18 are subject to the same
penal codes as those over 21.
Young people can enter the U.S.
Civil Service at 18.
Youth Power
"This demand for youth pow­er,
or student power . . . stems
from a growing sophistication
among youth in evaluating our
world, a growing realization
that politics has an enormous
impact, and a growing desire to
assume "adult" responsibilities
at an earlier age," former NSA
President Ed Schwartz testified,
before Sen. Birch Bayh's sub­committee
studying the 18-year­old
vote last year.
Campus unrest and other dis­order
stands to be lessened if
the vote is granted, Senator
J avits and others argue. The
Na tiona! Commission on the
Causes and Prevention of Viol-ence
has just reported that viol­ence
occurs partly because pro­testers
believe they cannot make
their demands felt effectively
through normal channels.
The 18-year-old vote "will
ease the frustrations of a gen­eration
obviously intent upon
having a voice in the determina-tion
of their own destinies," the
YD's Oliver told the Bayh sub­committee
last May.
Schwartz in his testimony
took note that 18-year-olds feel
~i:hemselves in "a kind of limbo."
They carry adult responsibilities
but are denied certain adult
rights, like the vote. This ten­sion
"between what we are and
what we are allowed to do,"
said Schwartz, "has created a
revolution of rising expectations
among young people every bit
as profound as that of our
Negro citizens and people in
the underprivileged world."
"There is only one sensible
answer to the revolution of ris­ing
expectations among young
people - accordance of institu­tional
power to us," he said.
Supporters of the lowered
voting age also argue that vot­ing,
the ultimate test of citizen­ship,
should be begun as soon
as possible. A new argument is
that under the recent one man-one
vote ruling by the Supreme
Court, 18-to-21 year-olds in
states not permitting them to
vote are being deprived of
rights their <!ounterparts in
Kentucky, Georgia, Alaska and
Hawaii have. (Voting age in
Alaska is 19; 20 in Hawaii.)
When Gov. Ellis Arnall first
proposed lowering Georgia's vot­ing
age in 1943, he introduced
the argument that young people
have a contribution to make.
"Their fellow citizens need their
participation . . . the fresh
viewpoint of these unregimented
voters . . . their idealism." The
Coalition's proposal talks about
a possible "therapeutic effect"
on the nation, and Sen. Javits
says the most compelling rea­son
to lower the voting age is
that "American politics needs
the transfusion younger voters
would give."
Political Participation
In a study for NSA, Roland
Liebert concluded that if the
voting age were lowered, "poli­tical
participation would in­crease,
the political spectrum
would broaden slightly, the par­Ities
would get more enthusiastic
support, and the depth of Amer­ican
political criticism would
increase."
With all these reasons for
lowering the voting age, why
has the Constitution not been
changed? A main reason is fear
of change itself, and the threat
old politicians at federal, state
and local levels see in an elec­torate
expanded by 12 million
young people.
"Perhaps many of our Con­gressmen
who are out of touch
with the current American scene
are afraid that the young will
vote them out of office," says
Larry Chilnick of the Univer­sity
of Oklahoma Dally. '"They
March 26. 1969
Class Project Studies
Black Recruitment
Continued from Page S
the fact that Fairfield TTnlvt'!rsl­ty
ls predomlna.ntly white, all­male,
and Cathollc, does not
help the situation.
Student Comment
Undergraduates interviewed
had some interesting comments
on the situation. Some quotes
from black students -
"Fairfield is a white ghetto
practicing institutional racism".
"The school has not clearly
stated its policy. Publicized
efforts either exaggerated or
had ulterior motives."
"A better system of re­cruiting
is needed. Fairfield
generally recruits at white
schools where the Negro stu­dent
would tend to be greatly
influenced by white values."
"Fairfield uses blacks for
'window dressing' ."
"Qualified black students
wouldn't want to go to Fair­field
University".
Some quotes from white stu­dents
-
"Negro recruitment is not a
problem £or the average white
student".
"We compare favorably with
the national average".
"Fairfield is not d o i n g
enough".
"Why give financial aid to
blacks just because they are
black?"
"The admissions office should
be just as selective when re­cruiting
blacks as it is for
white applicants".
"It is not fair to white stu­dents
to discriminate in favor
of Negroes".
After digesting the results,
Fr. Fitzpatrick summarized the
efforts of his class and the
views that he derived. He felt
that if Fairfield has a policy
on the recruitment of blacks,
it is not generally known. "We
don't seem oo be recruiting
blacks where they are: the N e­gro
students have not been used
enough in recruiting". Father
also thought the new five-year
program was hurried and ex­ecuted
without ·enough consul­tation.
However, he went on to
say, "Black students are un­just
in some of their charges;
they might not have taken the
time to get the facts". But most
important is that "the adminis­tration
has not sufficiently
communicated its efforts".
Failure To Comrnunl.cate
Fr. Fitzpartick feels that,
"We can get more blacks to
come to Fairfield, but is our
commitment strong enough to
discriminate in f a v o r o f
blacks?" Regarding the five­year
program, "the administra­tion
missed an important op­portunity
oo communicate its
efforts".
In conclusion, Father thought
the project was "successful as
a class endeavor. Although we
did not see much concern
among whites for the problem
here at Fairfield, black stu­dents
do not seem to have all
the facts on what is being
done. Those who protested were
premature". He felt that, in
view of the research done, "it
would not be honest to demon­strate
because we have not es­tablished
in sincerity on the
part of the administration. In
the words of Cool Hand Luke,
'what we got here is a failure
to communicate' ".
Jesuits Given Independence
In Making Own Decisions
Spokane, Wash. - (l.P.) -
Jesuit colleges and universities
throughout the world will have
greater independence in mak­ing
decisions for their own in­dividual
pr.oblems as a result
are probably right."
1\vo key persons in Congress
also stand in the way of change.
They are Rep. Emanuel Celler
(D-N.Y.) and Sen. James East­land
{D-Miss.), who chair the
judiciary committees of their
respective chambers. Both bit­terly
oppose letting young
people vote, arguing that people
under 21 are not mature enough.
Some Congressmen also be­lieve
that voting requirements
should be set by the states, not
by a change in the U.S. Consti­tution.
'This argument may
again prove a formidable hurdle.
While to some the prospects
look bright, the realities of the
situation suggest that the 18-
year-old vote is far off. Coali­tion
leaders expect only Senate
passage by the end of 1969.
House passage will come only
after much difficulty. Even then
the new amendment would have
to be ratified by th~ legislatures
of three-quarters of the states,
many of which will not be in
regular session again until 1971.
"If it doesn't pass this time,"
says NSA's Graham, "for many
()f us it will be the last straw,"
of a recent conference of Jesuit
officials in Rome, Italy.
New Insights
The Very Rev. John P .
Leary, S.J., president of Gon­zaga
University and one of
four presidents of Jesuit col­leges
in the United States who
were invited to the <;<>nference,
said the talks resulted in new
insights for greater autonomy
on Jesuit campuses in this
country.
"The Rome meeting led to
immense clarification of respon­sibility
and a disposition to
place authority and autonomy
where they belong," said Fath­er
Leary in reporting to the
Gonzaga faculty. He said he
found some Jesuit officials
fearful that many institutions
around the warld built by the
order through the years are
gradually slipping away from
Jesuit control.
MJx of Trustees
There was general agree­ment
at the meeting, Father
Leary said, that lay trustees
are needed and desirable in
Jesuit colleges. "The tempo of
our times is such that the mix
of lay and Jesuit trustees is
necessary.
"No single group of Jesuits
or laymen can possibly absorb
the data, understand and make
d e c i s i on s on contemporary
problems unless one assists the
other," he said.
March 26, I 969
More
Continued from Page 'f
possible disagreements with the format,
realizing that making use of what is
offered is better than disregarding it
and doing nothing at all.
We do not feel that this poor response
is in itself a statement by the Fairfield
Man in regard to his desire to improve
the academic community here at Fair­field;
but we hope he will see where
such continued lack of interest can
lead.
We wish to express our thanks to
those who did choose to assert their
opinions in a meaningful manner.
Sincerely,
Thomas A. Gugliotti
President, Class of '71
• • •
Objective Analysis
To the Editor:
Perhaps too often a truly objective
analysis of a specific situation is ironi­cally
imposible to make, even by those
who claim the greatest proximity to the>
considered situation; the reason for this
being that the individual who believes
he can wield a potentially perfect judg­ment
because he knows the situation
through close contact and personal in­teraction
is in fact too close, - his
objective reasoning thus being over­whelmed
by the inevitable sujectivism
arising from partisan interests. Near­ness
or immersion need not imply un­derstanding
or the ability to see as a
whole that of which one is only a part.
Although most individuals. would im­mediately
denounce claims of that type
made above, upon closer scrutiny many
are forced to admit that there is at
the least a possibility that unsubstantia­ted
non-documented personal feelings
can never be purged from any line of
thought, especially when the individual
making judgment is himself deeply in­volved
with the problems under con­sideration.
Certainly, the man who
stands a foot away from a 10 story build­ing
believes that he has the best pos­sible
position for closest observation and
subsequent reliable judgment on the con­dition
of the entire building. In truth,
however; his claim to greatness lies
only in how expansive ·his thinking may
be, for he can observe but only one
brick closely and not the entire build­ing.
It takes a man 200 yards away to
perceive whether or not the structure
itself is actually straight. When both
men talk to each other and exchange
insights, only then can they both learn
a fuller truth of the building which they
both saw, yet each from his own eye.
Generally speaking, if one seeks the
fullest Truth he must always ask for
opm10ns beyond his own realm of
thinking, however generic he may con­sider
the inner functioning of his mind
to be. To be more concrete, and to
depart from the fathomless depths of
tenuous abstractions, a meaningful ex­ample
can be found in the current dis­pute
.over required Theology and Phil­osophy
courses. To arrive at the best
answer or solution, it could only be
beneficial to receive outside opinions,
whether they be fr.om former University
students. Professors or the layman.
It was in this line of thinking that I
questioned two former Fairfield Univer­sity
men in the hope that new insights
could be gained. The first ex-student I
questioned was Mr. Stan Conservito, a
representative graduate of the Class of
1942. He remarked that without his
Theology courses his life could have a
complete "blasted shambles." He made
frequent allusions to the fact that "Col-
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Letters to the Editor
lege without religion is like the Lone
Ranger without his mask."
I also questioned Mr. Dick Gats, a
1932 graduate, who is now a successful
business man. His remarks were, "If
you will permit me to be poetic, Mr.
Zielinski;
'Liken the course structure,
Is like sliven silver slivers,
The tide will come and go."
By this I mean," he continued, "that
I don't care what anybody wants or
thinks they want. They should be happy
and accept it. What they don't realize
is that appreciation can come only after
they've lived in the world and used their
knowledge."
Surely, upon considering the above,
we should all strive to see the situation
as it really exists so that we can act
in the best way possible, since only
when both sides are free to speak and
to be listened to will there be the
peculiar cohesion called 'polemical de­bate.'
Blll Zielinski, '72
• • •
Ode To Fairdale
To the Editor:
How do I love thee, Fairdale fair
pray let me count the ways.
I love your pure fresh country air
I love your sunny daze.
I love our shepherd on the hill
he always seems to care
but if you knock and ask for bill
he's always never there.
I love the courses thrust on me
and plan .tQ be a priest or muse.
Theres relevance in theology
and philosophy I'm sure to use.
I love the fine tradition here
I trace it to the letter:
I've got my gal, I love my beer
and nothing could be better.
Tod Jorgensen '71
• • •
Golf Team
To the Editor:
The winner of the television set in
the raffle sponsored by the Golf Team
was Ladd Raleigh of the class of 1970.
We would like to thank everyone who
supported us in raising money fur our
trip to Miami.
The Fairfield. U .niv ersity Golf Team ..
White Racism
To the Editor:
In response to Dr. Edward Dew's
letter to The Stag on March 12, 1969
I would like to make the following com­ment.
First of all, I would like to say I'm
sure the Stag who dropped his tray did
not do so intentionally and therefore
I see no need for public reprimand. But,
my main point is the following.
Too often lately things which have
been done or said in the name of fur­thering
black-white relations have only
pointed out the stupidity and prejudice
on the part of those speaking.
To cite an appropriate example would
be that of Dr. Dew's letter. In it he
mentioned that the "jolly oaf" dropped
his tray between two ·tables of black
students. I ask you Dr. Dew what dif­ference
does it make if the students
were green, for that matter? In my
opinion none, but you readily seem to
think so as you twice more mentioned
the idea of race in a situation which
dealt only with students, plain students.
White racism? Yes, but on the part
of the lljolly oaf?" Think about it.
Sincerely Black,
Theodore C. Lyons
Clase of '71
• • •
Article Disowned
To the Editor:
On Tuesday, March 4, I was inter­viewed
by Davi-d McVittie concerning
a project that my two Business Com­munications
classes conducted in the
first semester, from December 2 to
December 16. The . project's aim was
to determine what Fairfield University
(as an entire community) is doing to
recruit black students and how well
Fairfield University understands and
articulates its commitment to black
students, especially from the point of
view of recruiting.
My interview with Mr. McVittie last­ed
well over an hour. I received assur­ance
from Mr. McVittie that I would
have the opportunity to review his man­uscript
so that I could determine that
his proposed article fairly represented
what I wanted to say about a sensi­tive
subject.
As y.ou know, but as no one else who
r ead the Stag article knows, you never
honored the promise to let me see the
article before you printed it. The re­sult:
a 250 word mishmash, entitled,
"Survey Discloses Neglect of Blacks."
The article, abominably written, is un­worthy
of comment.
What really disenchants me is your
arbitrary abrogation of the agreement
that I could r ead the manuscript be­fore
it went to press.
You've had your little bit of sensa­tionalism
. . . at the expense of a ser­ious
subject. I honestly thought the Stag
was genuinely interested in the problem
of the black studept. However, I hope,
now that you have done irreparable
damage, that you will at least allow our
Business Communications Project to be
properly reported.
Needless to say, I totally disown the
article which appeared in the March 3
issue of the Stag entitled, "Survey Dis­closes
Neglect of Blacks."
George D. Fitzpatrick, S. J.
ED. NOTE: Another article on black
students appears on PageS of this issue.
• • •
On Gross Demonstration
To the Editor:
A letter to the editor entitled "Gross
Demonstration'' appeared in the March
12th Stag It dramatically recapped the
incident of "an oafish but jovial Stag"
who dropped "his loaded tray between
two tables of black students.''
Of course, this was a misfortune and
perhaps his behavior was a little coarse.
But considering the humiliating situat­ion
in which this Stag found himself,
in embarrassment he may have for­gotten
his usual behavioral patterns for
the m<»nent. And were they really
'"cheers'' that were exchanged, Dr.
Dew? In the middle of the teeming
lunch periods there may not have been
anyone on the kitchen staff readily
available to clean up the "wreckage."
It seems you are really not question­ing
his behavior so much as his pos­sible
motive. Usually such mishaps are
termed "accidents." "White racism"
or "uncivilized stupidity" are absurd sub­stitutes.
Since when does dropping a
tray between twQ tables of Negro stud-ents
imply "white racism" or "un i.­vilized
stupidity?"
The Negro students ''cased the sit­uation,
and with grim determination
remained in their seats amid the
wreckage." This is a most dramatic
account. What did you expect them to
do-riot?
I wonder if you would have written
this letter if the tray had been dropped
between two tables of white students.
I seriously doubt it.
Dr. Dew, I am sure your letter was
written in the common interest, how­ever
your major implications were too
stiff.
Sincerely,
John P. O'Rourke '71
• • •
Truly Funny
To the Editor:
I would like to thank the staff of
The Stag for a truly funny edition of
the annual 'Rag'. At a time when
many of us are becoming rather dis­contented
with some of the conditions
at Fairfield University, it certainly is a
relief to be able to sit back and just
laugh at the shenanigans of satirists
like McAuliffe and Burgess. The prize,
though, would have to go to Mr. Laur­ence
Prud'homme, yes, Officer Obie and
Dr. Barber were side-splitters. But Fair­field,
"the Catholic Ivy League," and
"thE Notre Dame of the East" ! ! Ml'
roommate became so hysterical we had
to douse hi~ with water.
Gratefully,
John G. Leddy '71 . . . . . ..
• • •
Satirical Edition
To the Editor:
What occasions this letter is your
recent attempt at producing what was
supposed to be the annual satirical edi­tion
of The Stag. The problem is: the
annual edition so closely resembles your
weekly edition. (1) There w~s very
little real humor evident. (2) There was
no news present. (3) The usual under­lying
tone of visciousness was only too
obvious. (4) You are still using The
Stag as a propaganda tool to promul­gate
your glib cynicism.
We, the undersigned, wish to mak-e
known our extreme dissatisfaction with
your recent edition. We feel it was an
insult to the intelligence of every mem­ber
of the University and of singular
discredit to our student community.
Furthermore, it is our opinion that
the current trend in The Stag - with
the exception of Mr. Laurence Prud'­homme's
column - has been entirely
unconstructive and aimed at undermin­ing
the already ailing community spirit.
The overflow of editorial opinion by the
"new" editorial board into what is
supposed to be the news section of The
Stag has been and is intolerable. In
its baseness, it surpasses the shoddy
journalism of the "old" editorial board
as evidenced by the February 5 head­lining
of the "Gourman Report" - a
defunct report that was not news but,
nonetheless, conveniently supported the
views presented on the editorial page.
We feel it is the duty of a newspaper
to print the news with scrupulous ac­curacy
and to reserve its editorial
opin1ons for the editorial page. The Stag
is no exception, and we are not looking
forward to any recurrence of your
"uniquely warped perspective."
Twenty other people also signed the
letter.
Regretfully,
Robert M. Johnson, '72
Page Twelve THI STA& March 26, 1969
each A and C 3 Continue Undefeated
By BILL WARNKEN
In last week's intramural
basketball play, Fairfield Beach
A (5-0) gained a first place tie
with idle Campion 3 (5:-0) when
the "Beachrats" crushed the
DSP by a 76-25 score. It was
no contest after the pressing
Beach defense opened up a 40-
11 half-time lead. Bob Giusti's
chargers were led by Tom Crow­ley
and Doug Asper, who scor­ed
21 and 20 points, respective­ly.
John Langan added 11, while
Bill Granata tossed in 10.
The Beach will encounter its
first tough opponent when it
meets Regis 4 on Monday. "The
Best" ( 4-1) number two of the
league's top scorers in the front­line
duo of Bill Barrett and Bob
Turner, who are averaging bet­ter
than 31 points a game be­tween
them.
Regis 4's fourth victory was
a 72-42 triumph over New
Dorm 1. Tom Denning led the
attack with some swift ball­handling
and also had 16 points.
Turner was high with 18 and
Barrett had 13. Dick Dubiel had
15 for N.D.!.
PKT and BAK Tied
PKT and the BAK are tied
for fourth place at 3-1, strug­gling
for the all-important last
playoff berth. Led by Dennis
Donovan's 13 points, the "fra t­men"
edged Regis Ground 36-
34, despite the fact that they
played the closing minutes with
only four men (the fifth bad
fouled out). Mark O'Donoghue
led RG with 15 and Dan Wilcox
had 11
The BAK "Baggers" kept
even with PKT by beating Cam­pion
2 (2-3), 55-41. Ed Wargo
poured in 26 points to bring his
average up to 21..8 and thereby
assume the league's scoring
leadership. Mark Govoni had
15. J ack Whitaker led the losers
with 10.
O'Donoghm~ Stars
Regis Ground (2-3) avenged
the 2-point loss to PKT with a
52-40 decision over winless Lo­yola
3 <0-7). O'Donoghue and
Wilcox again starred, the for­mer
netting 21 and the latter
20. J ohn Vareen led Loyola 3
with 17 points.
Right behind the deadlocked
PKT and BAK squads is the
surprising frosh team from Gon­zaga
1, with a 4-2 mark. G 1
upset New Dorm 1 37-30 behind
a balanced attack led by Mackin
with nine points. Chuck Conley
led ND 1 with nine. Gonzaga 1
earn ed its fourth victory by vir­tue
of the year 's first forfeit, as
DSP failed to show.
In the remaining A game,
New Dorm 1 (2-3) 'Qounced
back to defeat Loyola 3, 45:-29
behind Dick Dubiel's 13 points.
Jim Casey had 11. John Vareen
had seven for L 3.
B League
In the B League, Regis 3 ap­peared
hea ded for its .first loss,
when New Dorm 2's southpaw
guard, Ozzie P isarr i, hit a 20-
footer with :02 t o play to break
a t ie. R 3 took a time out and
coach Tom Purcell set up a
final play. ·Bob Weingartner
threw a length of the court in­bounds
pass, Jim McAnally
grabbed it, whirfed, and threw
up a desperation shot from the
left corner. The shot missed
widely, but ND 2's Tom Kick­ham
landed on McAnally as he
shot.
With time out , McAnally
stood alone on the court, need­ing
·two shots to force an over­time.
He came through to knot
the score at 46-46. Kickham
then put ND 2 on top with the
first overtime score, but Pete
Schuessler hit two inside shots
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to pace Regis 3 and regain the
lead that they never relin­quished.
Hoj Scores 24
When McAnally fouled out in
the overtime, his replacement,
Bob Piazza, matched McAnal­ly's
earlier heroics by stealing
the ball with :05 to play to in­sure
the one-point victory, 55-54.
Schvessler led R 3 with 18; Mc­Anally
had 15, and Weingart­ner
12. Pisarri and Kickham
had 20 apiece for ND 2.
Regis 3 (6-0) had defeated
Regis 1 earlier, 55-46 behind
Jeff Sylva (14), Bob Weingart­ner
(14), and John O'Neill (12).
Ken Hojnowski led the losers
with 24, while Phil Stahlman
had 10. These two wins put Re­gis
3 1% games in front of
Beach B, (4-1), and New Dorm
4, (4-1).
Beach B defeated Regis 1
(3-3) in a runaway, 66-47. The
fast breaking attack was led by
Ed Beaudreault's 15 points. Bob
Goodman had 13 and Bill Cronin
12. ·"Phleuge" McAuley added
11. Hojnowski again led Regis
1, with 18 and Jim Cimina
had 11.
Wrobel Stan
New Dorm 4 moved up to a
second place tie with wins over
the Havis Medwicks (2-4) and
Gonzaga 3 <0-5). In the highest
scoring game of the season,
George "The Shot'' Wrobel led
ND 4 to a 90-81 w}.n over the
Havis Medwicks, as he scored
32.
Tom Krenn had 19, Barry
Baine 16, Jay Smith 11 and Ben
Hammerbacher 10 to support
Wrobel. Joe Cavallaro turned in
a brilliant performance in a los­ing
effort, scoring 30. Lou Lac­cavole
had 19, Ed Parniawski
11 and Gil Thornfeldt 10 for
Havis. ND 4 then added a 41-25
win over Gonzaga 3. Wrobel
scored 12 and Smith 10. Van
Muller had 8 for Gonzaga 3.
Prior to its overtime loss to
Regis 3, New Dorm 2 (2-3) de­feated
Loyola 2, 37-31 behind
Pisarri's 16 points. Jim Harris­ton
had 15 for L 2. Loyola 2
(2-4) then defeated Gonzaga 3
(0-5)' 42-38.
G 3 led 27-15 at half but L 2
rallied behind Jim Harriston's
16 points in the second half. He
finished with 23 to lead all scor­ers,
and combined with Dave
"Stanley' Baby to tally the last
6 pojnts of the game to provide
the winning margin.
C League
In the C League, the idle
Royals (2-0) are tied with the
Bullets (2-0) for first place. The
Bullets registered a C League
high of 63 points in trouncing
the Knicks 63-29. Four Bullets
finished in double figures: Bren­nan
(16), Ullmann (11), Mag­dalewski
(10), and Boland (10).
Crov ied the Knicks with 14.
The Rangers (3-1) topped the
Bucks (1-1), 30-21 behind Bill
Doerner's 15 points. John Shee­ran
had 11 for the Bucks. The
Celtics (2:1) moved to fourth
place with wins over the War­riors
( 46-30) and the Goldie
Trotters (34-16) . Ginneto scored
20 in the win over the Warriors
and added 16 against the
Goldies.
The Supersonics, (2-0), by vir­tue
of two straight wins, share
fourth place with the Celtics.
The Sonics squeaked by the
Warriors, 21-20 as Pat Sullivan
and Mike Stamfle had seven
each. They then downed the
Knicks 48-14 as Sullivan (14),
Pat Shea (12) led the way.
The Lakers (1-1) downed the
Warriors (0-4), as Shaw (15)
and Fay (12) were high. In the
remaining game it was 76ers
{1-2) 35 and Knicks <1-3) 21 as
Taylor had 10 for the 76ers.
The top ten scorers in the A
and B Leagues are:
Player Team
Ed Wargo . . . .. .. BAK
Dennis Donovan . . PKT
Ozzie Pisarri . . . . . ND2
Bill Frese . . Gonzaga 3
George Wrobel . . ND4
Bill Barrett . . . Regis 4
Bob Turner . . . . Regis 4
Tom Crowley. . Beach A
Ken Hojnowski Regis 1
Jim Harriston Loyola 2
Av.
21. 8
18. 5
17. 4
17. 3
16. 8
16. 2
15. 3
15. 2
15. 2
14. 7
Gagnon Conducts 2d
Annu I /ud Show
By DAVID CAISSE
Wha t would one learn if he
joined the Fairfield University
Judo-Karate Club? Last Sun­day
evening the club members
demonstrated what they have
learned from instructor John
Gagnon at their second annual
demonstration.
The demonstration began
with a talk by Rev. Joseph
Devine, S.J. on the oriental
martial arts. This was followed
by demonstration throws by
senior Gagnon and blackbelt
Andrew Kosch of Roger-Lud­lowe
Judo Club.
After club members demon­strated
hold downs and chokes,
several judo matches were
fought. In the last match Kosch
took on five judomas in suc­cession
and soundly beat them.
SO Blackbelts
Two interesting matches
pitted two . young judokettes
(female judokas) against each
other and two six year old
judokas in the other match.
The judo section of the demon­stration
was highlighted by a
set of 30 formal Black Belt
throws performed by third_.de­gree
brown belts AI Karbousky
and Mike Ptaszynski.
In an exhibition of judo self
defense, Walter Soloniewicz
belligerently attacked Tom
Lenzo and John Strauch with
switchblade, club, and fist only
to be slammed to the mat. The
judo section ended with a jiu­jitsu
demonstration by Greg
Stine.
The karate section of the
show commenced with demon­stration
techniques. Free fight
and "katas" (pre-arranged
techniques ) on white and yel­low
belt levels followed. Next
Gagnon performed a compli­cated
Black Belt "kata."
Self Defense
Karate self-defense tech­niques
by John Lindsay and
Joe Destefano defeated armed,
unarmed, and multiple assail­ants.
In a beauty and the
beast sequence, Sharon Klined­inst
conquered Gagnon who
seemed to have been bothering
her. This actually demonstrated
the ability of an unarmed wo­man
to best a larger attacker
by means of Karate.
Kendo, or Japanese sword
fighting was then exhibited.
After sample techniques by
Mr. Gagnon, a Black Belt
Kendoka, there was a Kendo
match between Tom Lenzo and
Mike Garrett. Kendo vs. Kar­ate
and Kendo vs. Sai (short
sword) were also d~monstrated.
Gagnon defeated six opponents
simultaneously in an impres-
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Karate ability. The club mem- ·
bers then surprised Mr . Gag.
non with a trophy in honor of
his fine instruction.
Beaudoin Exhibits
Robert Beaudoin, third de­gree
Black Belt, demonstrated
one step punching and kicking
techniques which included sev­eral
flying kicks. He then broke
three boards with a spectacular
flying side kick during which
he leaped over seven crouch­ing
men.
After other members broke
boards with kicks and punches,
Destefano broke a brick with
his bare hand. The last break
was by Gagnon, that of five one
inch boards with a knife hand.
The evening provided an ex­celent
display of what the Judo­Karate
Club members have
learned. However, the demon­stration
was marred by one
thing, the pathetically low at­tendance
by the student body.
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By cJOSEPH VALERIO
Sports Editor
The serum is set for action.
The loose ball pops out from
a bunch of burly, hunched...over
ruggers. Kurt Schlichting passes
the ball like a hot potato to
chunky Mark Feeley. Feeley,
in turn, passes to one of Fair­field's
glamor boy ruggers.
Perhaps he shovels the oval
pigskin to Tom Crowley for a
decisive try. Feeley's assist is
only remembered by his team­mates.
But, without his talent
for racking up assists, the Red ·
Ruggers have no offense. Mark
Feeley realizes that the object
of rugby is to out-score your
oponent. Because of his aware­ness
and talent for finding the
open man, Fairfield has one of
the strongest rugby clubs in the
East.
The stand-off from South
Orange, N.J. is responsible for
"getting the ball out to the
other backs" as he puts it.
But Feeley is too modest. The
shy, easy-going marketing ma­jor
makes the S t a g s go.
Against Georgetown he assisted
Tom Crowley for the game's
only try. In the same Hoya con­test
Feeley was roughed-up as
he has been so often in the
past. Yet he played remark­ably
well with his small hurts.
You have to in rugby for there
is no substitution. If one is un­able
to continue playing, then
his squad has one less per­former.
"I don't like the contact,"
Feeley flatly states. "I don't
like to get hurt. I haven't made
it through a season yet without
missing some games. I have a
bad left ankle which I sprain
often."
Injury-Proned
Last fall, injuries kept the
amiable senior sidelined for the
final four games. He wants ter­ribly
to play in every rugby
Mark Feelay relaxes before the Red Ruggers handed George­town
their first setback, 8-0, at Washington. (Photo by Valerio)
game this spring, but his main
goal is that of the Fairfield
University R u g by Football
Club. "I hope to go undefeat­ed,"
he quietly states.
"Getting four scores against
UMass was my greatest thrill
so far," the 5-9, 180 pounder
notes. "But I was in the hospi­tal
with a groin injury for the
Old B 1 u e s game." Hence,
Whaley, as he is known to his
teammates, missed the Red
Ruggers finest hour, their dra­matic
14-5 conquest of the
third - ranked Columbia Old
Blues.
A fun-loving fellow, Feeley
"indulges in fine wine derry"
according to the club's presi:;
dent, Billy Connolly. A Sea
Ranch resident, Tom Crowley
satirically · notes, "W h a 1 e y
keeps the neatest room in the
house - he's always cleaning
up."
June Graduate
But Fairfield is just a brief
stop-over in our lives. Mark
Feeley's time is nearly up as he
will graduate this June. "I'll
miss the guy's on the rugby
teams. I've made many close
friends. After graduation? I'll
go in the army or work on
Wall Street. But," Mark adds
with a smile, "I'm hoping for
a 1-Y deferment."
Mark Feeley has set three
goals for his final rugby sea­son
at the Jesuit college. First
he wants an undefeated sea­son.
Also, the stocky rugger
wants to play in all of Fair­field's
spring contests, Finally,
and this is an important goal,
he would like to see the admin­istration
acknowledge the good
of the Rugby club. "The ad­ministration
doesn't think Wf''re
doing a good thing," Feeley ex­plains,
"But we are spreading
the school's reputation in a
good vein.'' The entire school
owes Mark Feeley's gang a
great deal. The Red Ruggers
deserve the support of this
apathetic college on every level.
That means administrators,
faculty, and students. This
campus is amazing in its ab­surdity.
The Red Ruggers are
bonafide winners. But judging
from attendance at their games,
only Mark Feeley and his
teammates would know it.
Page Thirteen
SIDELINE VIEW II
By SHAUN D. JIARRJNGTON II
I
"I think it stinks! I mean, we come in here every afternoon;
go out and pratice and then have to come in to this stinkin' ,place.
Do we really deserve this?" Unless you have already guessed,
what is being spoken of here is the gymnasium locker room.
Several baseball players have complained, but the problem is
not a recent one. Throughout the basketball season, there were
complaints of this nature, too. "There's damn crud crawling up
the walls and the maintainance of this place is at a minimum.
All we're asking for are basics-a clean locker room, lockers in
good shape." Is this too much to ask?
What is the problem? I really do not think that I could have
stated it any clearer than one of the members of the baseball
team did when he so figuratively and literally said '"it stinks." I
realize that it must be very depressing if not down right disgusting,
to have to change, shower, etc, under such conditions. Locker
.rooms in general always seem to have that pungent order, I admit,
but the situation that now exists has been so talked about and so
problematical that it seems to me to have progressed .far beyond
the "usual pungent order locker room smell."
So what? is probably many people's reaction to the problem.
It is rather an insigni>ficant problem, at that. In comparison to
the Paris peace talks, the hunger problem in the world, and the
spring freshet, what is a little dirt in a locker room? I admit to
its insignificance readily, but, and let me make this clear; how we,
as members of a community, handle the little problems such as
this locker room situation, the parking lot problem, the problems
of drinking, parietals, etc. is a reflection, and a damn good in­dication,
as to how, we will tackle the problems of our world.
Laugh, if you must but this seems to be true to me.
Then, what are we to do, in order to alleviate the aforemen­tioned
situation? First of all, I think it would be wise not to accuse
and condemn. You guys who are subjected to this must get some­thing
started in order to remedy this. Any real innovating change
in any social structure usually initiates from the bottom. And by
initiating this cl:ange, fellas, how about a little more respect for
the facilities on your part? I know that dirt and grime accumulate
easily, but a little restraint on your parts would not hurt one bit.
As for the dilapidated lockers, crummy floors and walls, I would
ask rr.aintainance : for a solution-probably of Spic and Span or
something of that nature. HowP.ver you. guys look at it, you must
take the initiative-I'm only a columnist who synpathizes with your
plight. You live with it, I do not. But I do sympathize and think
it stinks, too.
SPORTS SCHEDULE
Baseball
March
Pitchers Hold Key For Coach Cook's Stag 9
29 N.Y. Tech ............. H
April
3 Quinnipiac . . . . . . . . . . . . A
7 U. Tampa ............ A
8 Tampa Tarpans . . . . . . . A
9 Sioux Falls . . . . . . . . . . A
10 Rollins (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . A
11 St. Leo's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A
15 New Haven . . . . . . . . . . . H
17 Manhattan . . . . . . . . . . . . A
18 Sacred Heart . . . . . . . . . . H
19 Holy Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . A
22 sese ................. A
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TRACK
April
7 Hunter ............... H
12 sese ................. A
19 Marist ................ H
* * *
TENNIS
April
14 Holy Cross ............ H
16 Hartford .............. H
19 Bridgeport . . . . . . . . . . . . H
20 St. Joe's (Pa.) . . . . . . . . A
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GOLF
Aprll
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18 Bridgeport . . . . . . . . . . . . A
22 Quinnipiac . . . . . . . . . . . . A
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April
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