Stag - Vol. 05, No. 09 - February 11, 1954

              New England College Fund 'Driive
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Vol. V-No.9 Published By Students Of Fairfield University. Fairfield. Conn.
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February 1L 1954
This auspicious invitation is
also an indication of the charac­ter
and qualities that the Glee
Club has manifested and the im­print
tha,t it has' left on both its
audiences and the criticS' in the
mus-ical world. It was' not with­out
hard work that ·the Glee
Club attained its, present state
of perfection. This cannot be
fully realized until we also take
into consideration the integral
part that Mr. Simon Harak, di­rector
of the Glee Club, has
played. Through his laborious
efforts' and unfailing guidance,
the Glee Club has progressed to
heights beyond belief. He de­serves
the credit for creating
the respect that the musical
world has for the Glee Club and
for Fairfield University. A fur­ther
indication of his compet­ence
is the sincere admiration
that the members of the Glee
Club have for him, both as a
man and as a conductor.
Emile Cote
The selections' that the Glee
Club will sing will be from
Rodgers and Hammerstein as
arranged by Emile Cote, a well
known glee club radio con­ductor.
Seventy mus'icians' from
the New York Philharmonic 01'­ches'tra
will accompany the
Glee Club and in conjunction
with their appearance will be
a well known Broadway star
from South Pacific.
Mr. D'Ariega
Mr. D'Artega, who, as a New
York conductor has' appeared
on radio and: televis'ion and has
directed the Buffalo Symphony
Orchestra in both the Winter
and Summer Series, has heard
the Fairfield University Glee
Club on many occasions and has
been deeply impressed. In the
fall of 1951, he had an oppor­tunity
to direct the Glee Club in
its concert at St. Jos'eph's Col­lege
in Hartford due to the forc­ed
absence of Mr. Harak because
of illness.
When interviewed recently on
the ability of the Glee Club,
Mr. D'Artega's comment was,
"Not every Glee Club can ap­pear
in Carnegie Hall."
Dean's List
The following students' have
been honored by being placed
on the Dean's List. Congratula­tions
are in order for all of them.
Class of 1954
Stanis'l~w A. Bartus, Hartford;
Joseph M. Bochniak, Fairfield;
Roland J. Cavanaugh, Water­bury;
Donald E. Hughes, Brook­lyn,
N.Y.; Rudolph J. Landry,
Norwich; Henry A. Ossing, Fair­field;
Robert R. Petrucelli,
Bridgeport; Paul W. Poeltl,
Derby; James F. Stapleton,
Brid'geport.
Class of 1955
Donald A. Browne, Bridge­port;
Ray J. Buccino, Stratford;
C. Ward Cullen, West Haven;
Richard A. Duchelle, Hamden;
John H. Kulowiec, Stamford;
Francis . J. Madar, Stratford<;
Florio J. Moretti, Hamden; John
E. Onofrio, New Haven; William
E. Prendergast, Bridgeport; Sil­vio
A. Salerno, Bridgeport;
Charles E. Schaefer, Fairfield;
Dominick V. Sorge, Brid'geport;
Silvio Salerno, Bridgeport.
(Continued on Page Two)
Glee Club At Carnegie Hall;
Will AppearAtSpringPops
The Fairfield University Glee Club has been tremendously honored by New
York's well known conductor, Mr. Alphonso D'Artega, who has invited the Glee
Club to appear at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Friday, May 7, 1954, for the
opening of the Spring Pops Season.
The Rev. John P. Murray, S.J., Moderator of the Glee Club, has accepted the
invitation and, on this occasion, it is only fitting that a tribute be paid to him for
setting the high standard that the Glee Club has maintained, which in turn hasac­counted
for past and present laurels.
In the pUblic affairs meeting
of Feb. 4, 1954, Mr. Matthew J.
McCarthy, assistant professor of
history, addressed the students
on the Bricker Amendment. Ac­cording
to Mr. McCarthy its
causes were:
(1) To prevent abuse.
(a) By this proposal all execu­tive
agreements made by the
president must be regul'ated by
Congress.
{b) No treaty can become su­preme
law of the land', until
Congress· approves' of it.
(2) The Yalta Agreement.
Since we are a member of the
United Nations, everything we
agree to in the U.N. beCOmes a
treaty and in effect becomes a
law of the land as controlled by
the U.N. This means that it in-
(Continued on Page 'Six)
Success~
Financial
Carnival A
Social And
Business Corporations IMr. McCarthy
Assisting University R1eviews
Ammendment
One of the highlights of this year's social calendar
was held last week at Laddin's Terrace in Stamford,
Connecticut: the annual Mid-Winter Carnival. The
la,rge attendance, 'an estimated six hundred or more, is
certainly a tribute ,to the hard work and efforts of the
comm1ttee chairmanned by John Welch, Class of '54.
The students who attended were in complete agree­ment
that the affair was one of the best that they have
seen ,in many years. Both the accommodations and the
atmosphere of the Terrace add-.
ed, in no small ,manner, to the
success of the event.
Frank Daly and Mr. Weising
Musical background was pro­vided<
by Frank Daly, and Mr.
Weising's ice carvings were ex­cellent.
When the plans were
first made for Laddin's Terrace
both the committee and the stu­dents
had mis'givings that Stam­ford
was too far away to insure
success for the dance. The STAG
wishes to take this opportunity
to salute John Welch and his
committee for taking the chance
and giving us a smooth func­tioning
program of enjoyable
entertainment.
Lucy Wisinski
As is the custom, the highlight
of the affair was the selection
of the Prom Queen. This year's
Queen is Lucy Wisinski escort­ed
by Edward Gawitt, class of
(Continued on Page Six)
Do business oorporations show any 'interest in helping pri­vate,
independent colleges such as Fairfield University? The
answer is Yes, according to a news release from Frank TTedinnick
Executive Director of the New England Colleges Fund. H~
reports that some 47 corporations have responded to a cooperative
appeal initiated a few months 'ago by several New England
colleges. E1inancial contributions in varying amounts came f.rom
a paper manufacturer in Maine, a steel company in Connecticut,
a memori'al corporation in Vermont, a machine tool company in
Rhode Island, 'a cigar maker in New Hampshire and ,a carbon
black manufacturer in Massachusetts.
And those organizations are~--------------
being .helpe.d by a container ... The New England Colleges
maker In ChIcago, a fire~proofing Fund, Inc. The Fund became an
manufacturer fro m ~Ittsburgh active agency last fall.
and 39 other corporations who
realize that they have a very In the past business has been
definite stake in preserving the I'interested in helping ,t h e col­New
England tradition of inde- leges, but there has always been
pendent liberal arts education. the question of how to give to
... one college without the implied
All th~s IS com~ng ~bout be- necessity of giving to all others.
cause FaIrfield Umver~Ity and 22 The creation of The New Eng­other
New England lIberal .arts land Colleges Fund has answer­colleges
got together a lIttle ed this problem.
more than a year ago and created
a new, cooperative organization (Continued on Page Six)
Page 2 THE STAG February 1L 1954
SPORTS EDITOR
Robert Joy, '55
BUSINESS MANAGER
John Buckley, '55
FEATURE EDITOR
Jack Leonard, '55
MAKE-UP
Robert Murren, '56
...fromh
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tiScorner...
EDITOR·IN-CHIEF
Robert Petrucelli, '54
MANAGING EDITOR
Fred Dori, '54
Support me with Thine arms!
Until this hour I walked alone.
The way seemed clear 'and straight, and
I marohed on - not fearing harms.
But now my courage fails me ­Support
me with Thine 'arms.
Give me Thy Light to see!
The world is dark 'and light is gone.
Why could I not have known before, my
Needs could all be found in Thee?
11hat I may know this evermore ­Show
me Thy light to see!
Oh, wait awhile for me!
11he path >is treac'herous and steep.
The rocks have cut my feet, and bitter
Cold has numbed my bones.
It has grown dark - I cannot see.
Oh, wait awhile for me!
Give me Thy Food to eat!
I felt no hunger p.angs before.
Nor was I thirsting for Thy
Water's cool and saving touch ­That
spri'ng which now I need so much.
Give me Thy Food to eat!
PHOTOGRAPHY EDITORS
Bob Madden, '56 Robert Visokay, '57
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Ronald Beatty, '54 J'ohn McDermott, '54
ART EDITOR
Art Panero, '54
CO-EDITORS
, Joseph Battagliola, '54
NEWS EDITORS
Thomas Sheehan, '56
AI Pellegrino, '56
EXCHANGE EDITOR
William Kennally, '54
By GARY CARNEY
THE CARNEY REPORT
The following is a Teport 'of an investigation regarding the
college life of the human male taken from ,a cross section of the
students of F,airfield University and is not in any way to be
mistaken with previ'ous investigations of a similar nature. From
a series of personal interviews it has been concluded that 90%
of the student body .liv-e normal, healthy lives consisting of study,
work 'and !play. Unfortunately, it was impossible Ito determine
what happens to the other 10%. Perhaps, just before the Mid­year
ex,aminations was not the best time to make this investiga­tion,
otherwise I would not have received the following medical
dat,a. It seems more ,college students are suffering from exhaus­tion,
nerves, and heart tl'ouble than ,any other group in this age
bracket, particularly among the members of the freshman class.
Noted among the' complamts of the Senior class are these minor
>ailments, WOl'ry, hypertension, and fatigue. While very few are
at the point of despair, many are looking with g'reat anxiety to
the day when they will be called alumni. In regards to the
financial status of these young men, I can advise nothing but to
request permission to be contestants on the "Strike It Rich" PI'O­gr.
am. I have found the students extremely normal and in com­plete
agreement when it came to likes ,and dislikes. Listed among
the likes were a good time, Marilyn Monroe, and a new car;
di,sliked were hard work, Mid-term gr,ades and driving to school
on an icy morning. The above mat'eri,al has bee.n compiled for
the interest of the students of F,airfield University, and not for
publication in book form.
Enthusiasm?
Recently, a veterans' organization in one of our
nearby cities appointed a committee ito study the possi­bility
of subversives in their community, the results
of ,this study to be reported to ,the proper authorities. By TEX McGRATH
The reaction has been rather severe. On the other hand, The schedule of council activ­there
are ,those persons who feel ,that such action is ity was altered somewhat as
simply a healthy expression of civic duty; that by ex- school affairs lapsed into a state
of suspended animation unrival­tension,
this pol,icy is only part of our private duty as ed since the last Freshman elec-citizens
vo protect our country. They point ,to the obvi- tion. Perhaps, it was the shift
ous fact that the objectives are worth-while; and ,that in school affairs that had the
more pessimistic concluding
all our effol'ts, individual or ,collective, cannot be too their own affairs.
great in this direction. Moreover, they criticize their! The Ape in Essence
opponents 'as "liberal" and "Red Herring." One oustanding incident be-gan
with the appearance of a
Opposed to this position are those who feel that councilor who stared out of the
such action can lead ,to harmful "witch-hunts" producing phone booth, lost in the intense
nothing but negative results. These persons point to concentration of a crestfallen
ape. He stalled our question
the obvious injustices that such a policy would produce. about his mate with unkind
Whether or not injustices will resuLt is only a ,side mumblings' about Tarzan and a
issue in this case. The real issue involved is the ques- promise to answer that evening
if we would meet him in what
tion: "By what authority are these people acting?" No is commonly known as a brew-doubt
they are acting in our behalf, and their motives hall: gross deception.
are probably sincere and honest. But neither sincerity We followed Anthropoid into
the temple where we were sitop-nor
honesty are enough in this case. That they are act- ped short by a length of brass
ing on OUR authority, is the only legitimate criterion in tubing. To wit, we used the foot­this
problem. step and had crawled halfway
over the mahogany barrier when
As private citizens, we have the individual privi- more worldly hands restrained
lege of our own convictions and opinions, within the us. The doll, I mean oracle,
law. But as indiv,iduals we do not have the 'authority would' only bring the ambrosia
when a dime was placed on the
to act within those provinces which belong 'solely and barrier. The idea was to drink
exclusively to ourselves 'in our collective character, i.e. it fas,t and convert the container
into a tear-cup. And as we fol­through
our appointed governments. Individually, we lowed Anthropoid's lead the
can hold ItO different religions, ,ta'stes, ambitions, etc., brimming cups were restored
within the law; but as individuals we cannot, within the again as bearers of the delphic
sign.
law, 'accuse or judge 'Of 'Offenses against our government. Our oracle, with tremendous
This 'action can only be initiated and concluded by the insight into human nature,
agents in whom we have placed the temporary admin- would turn occasionally from
the cask, as'suring one and all
istration of our sovereignty. that no reasonable pers'on would
Now most ceI1tainly no group such as a veterans' fail our intelligent group. This
organization is attempting to establish its own norms was received with a sudden
burst of tears.
of legality. But the paint to be made is that the psy- With this. one of the more
chology of such policies is dangerous. The inihal motive illustrious of the group, ha,ving
is to assist the law. But when individuals attempt such deserted our revels for the rari-fied
atmosphere of a textbook,
aims, they are unconsciously assuming responsiblity was seen to spin around three
that resides not in persons or dubs, but rather in the times and renounce from his
people generally. In a sense, therefore, they are act-ing seizure, past aspirations to the
b h 1" d d . d h I Th" honor SOCIety.
as ot unso'IcIte 'an unappomte e pers. IS m I A voice beneath the table rose
itself isn't harmful. The danger rests in the fact that: shakily to distinguish man's
if they are nat appointed by us they are also nat con-\ wants from his needs and lapsed
. . " mto the complacent knowledge
fined by us. ThIS Isn t to say that they are lawless, but that every dog has his day.
simply that they are acting outside the law, i.e. without I But ~he eVi~ had begun. Above And Lord, - lest I should fall once more -
writ or warrant. the upIaIsed swords, shIelds, and Lord - Wait ,awhile for me!
. . . , general clamor the scholar _ R. Marcarelli. '57
Thus It becomes easy top make :the transltl'On from i trembling with the s'ignificance' _
an honest effort to help to an undesirable position of Iof his renunciation, rippled the!
self determined norms of law. The Klu Klux Klan is layers of smoke as' he assumed
. . . " I the humble lleads of a Chmese
a perfeat example. Ongmally, thIS orgamza:tIQn was peasant. Unite with us now, and
created to correct unfair conditions Ithat the law itself ask nothing other than riches,
had difficulty in handling. But the precedent of work- ~:~~ness, and many more chil-ing
'outside the law ,created the frame lof mind that led
these persons ·to 'assume the burden of enforcing all law, DEAN'S LIST
making their own law, and finally empressing their (Continued from Page One)
provincial prejudices as the law. Such policies only Class of 1956
destroy what we should make every effort to maintain: Harold J. Doran, Jr., Brid-ge­port;
John B. Pampel, Riverside;
legality. John F. Papandrea, Meriden;
FUI1ther, there is a very practical problem involved. John M. Pavlik, Bridgeport;
The task of investigation, especially of subversives, is a Daniel E. Reed, Norwalk; Paul
E. Zimmitti, Middletown.
highly professional skill >that is hardly :the office of the Class of 1957
ordinary citizen. :801' such purposes, we have at our Ralph A. Deleppo, Jr., Water­dtsposal
the nation',s finest lawyers and a system of free bury; Thomas J. Fitzgerald,
. Waterbury; George W. Grom,
courts. Only Ithrough these 'agenCIes -can we hope to Bridgeport; Robert J. Imbro,
intelLigently attach the enemies -of our country without I Bridgeport; Francis' X. Mathews,
destroying the loaw. FaIrfield; George J. Mornssey,
Westport; WIlham I. Murphy,
We Should theref.ore be mature enough to curb our Rockville Centre, N.Y.; John E.
patriotic enthusiasm into channels thalt will serve us, Nemec, Bridgeport; Peter A.
not sever us Penczer, FaIrfield; George J.
. Pote, Norwalk; Richard! J. Wolf,
J. K. L. Rockville Centre, N.Y.
February 1L 1954 THE STAG Page 3
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By ART BENNETT
Lov.e -Among the Ruins
By Evelyn Waugh
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product of atheist-totalitarian
character training. The trouble
is that whenever Plastic is con­fronted
with a situation to
In a preface to one of Evelyn which his character ~sn:t equal,
Waugh's'. recent novels it says, he burns down a bUlldmg.
"Waugh IS not a humorist in the In fact, the author has so
or~ll:alJ:' sense, rather he is a fantastically inverted the natur­satlnst
In, the tra~ition of Swift Ial order of things in ,hiS satiric
and Do,:ne. Lurkmg at .the cen- content, that in reading the book
ter ?f hIS work are the Immense one tends to go from line to line
motlves of love ~nd death." Per- looking for these ridiculous situ­haps
the mtent IS e~sen~ially t~e ations something like lis,tening
same as' the great Vlctonan sat~r- to a grammar school clasS" pro­~
sts, but. the almost savage satlr- phecy. He pictures Euthanasia
Ical levl~y that the author uses as so widespread that it is
IS certamly ~'o trade-mark of handled by a government bu-
Donne or SWIft. reau, and crowds bus'tle in un-
Novel of the Future concerned and! impatient as: cus-
Love Among the Ruins. is a tomers in a super-market.
'novel of the near future,' with . Smce Miles Plastic is a prom­'
decorations by various eminent lsmg .young man from whom
hands, including the author's. much IS expected, he is naturally
The decorations are classic-style placed in the Euthanasia depart­etchings
of such s'cenes as a ment, and the news is received
bearded lady embracing a clean- :ith envy, to such shouts' as,
shaven man and busts of two Great State! You must have
definitely ~classical _featured pull!" He is dispatched from his
politicians. The book is Waugh's orphanage (of course, only the
impression of what the athiest- lucky one ever get to go to the
totalitarian state might look like orphanages) with a paternal pat
in the near future. Like Orwell, on the shoulder from the direc­his
setting is England but his tor, and an encouraging, "State
instruments are t y pic a 11 y be with you, son."
Waughian. The author is' Miles The book, or booklet is only
Plastic (according to the Waugh fifty pages and cannot be read
tradition of curious names) a as a novel; but even so the char­typical
bright young man of the acters are not people but S'Yffir
world in the future, a shining (Continued on Page Six)
Byrne,
'Devine
1963 Main Street
Bridgeport, Conn.
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Fairfield
at
Post Road
Fine Foods
JIMMY NASSEF, Permittee \
The controversy springs from
the fact that Americans today
believe in freedom of this and
freedom of that, and confuse
liberty with license. Their cham­pion
is such a person as Holly­wood's
version of Martin Luther
when he was advertised to have
said, "No man can control my
conscience." But they forget that
not even the God-Man was able
to.
TURF CLUB
The Best in Music
Legion of Decency
Fr. Sarjeant stated: "The Le­gion
of Decency is not a censor­ship
body. Nor is it a pressure
group. It is not a minority group
of Puritans trying to impose its
rigid code on an unwilling ma­jority
as some have falsely paint­ed
it it imposes no abli­gation
on anybody. It simply
urges us to exercise one of ,the
fundamental freedoms of mo­dern
democracy. For it is of the
essence of freedom that citizens
should not be made to pay for
what they do not want ... If I
refused to buy fish from my g;ro­cer
because it was rotten, no sane
man would accuse me of inter­fering
with my grocer's freedom.
If I warned my neighbors that
he was' selling rotten fish, every
sane man would feel that I was
doing him a service and that
any attempt to stop me by ac­cusing
me of using pressure
wourd be a blow at my freedom.
The Legion of Decency "could
be said to resemble somewhat a
Consumers' Cooperative Union.
Just as a union of that type
examines various products offer­ed
for sale, and passes judge­ment
on them, warning its mem­bers
of defective and tainted
products, so the Legion exam­ines
the products of the movie
industry. Members of a Consum­ers'
Cooperative are perfectly
free to ignore the warning given
them ... The Legion of Decency
offers a service to the decent
people of this country; it im­poses
no burdens. The manufac­turers
of other products have
welcomed this s e r vic e. How
many proudly advertise that
their product has been approved
by the Good Housekeeping Staff
... how grateful most of us are
for the protection offered us by
the Pure Food and Drugs Act,
that obliges manufacturers to
Basketball R'eport
February 1L 1954
In highlights of Bridgeport game, Bobby Gerwien rebounds
in the midst of UB team. In this game. Stags played their best
of the season. to win by 79-62.
Fairfield 69 - Stonehill 56 Last Minutes Close
The Red Stags moved into The game was nip and tuck
norther'n New England for two throughout with the Hawks
games on January 28 and 29 and leading 16-15 at the first period
came home with a win over
Stonehill and a loss to St. An- mark; but the Stags went ahead
selm's. Fairfield"s Red Stags 35-27 at halftime. Going into
opened a two game road trip the final canto, the Fairfielders
with a 69-56 win over Stonehilliled 48-46 but the H.awks led by
College m North Easton, Mass. Hugh Rielly and Frank McCar-on
January 28. Led by hustlmg .
Fred Lane, the Stags moved to, thy moved mto a 60-59 lead at
a 17-14 lead in the opening per- the three minute mark. Bobby
iod and never were in trouble Gerwien fouled out of the game
during the rest of the game. at this point. After O'Connell
E. ddie Dzizcowski l.ed t.he S.tags tI'ed the score WI'th a fouI sh 0 t
In the second penod WIth hIS , '
brilliant jump shots; and aided a field goal by 0 Donnell and a
by Lane, Gerwien, Roche, and pair of charity tosses' by Mc­O'Connell
he sparked the visit- 'I Carthy put the Hawks ahead
aI'S to a 34-24 halftime edge. It 64-60. Markovic dropped in a
was all Fairfield in the second Ilong shot to close the gap 64-62
half with coach Jim Hanrahan but St. Anselm's froze the ball
substituting freely, and the for the remaining few seconds.
Stags coasted home to an easy IMcCarthy led the Hawks with
win. Fred Lane led the Stags 15. points followed by Walsh
with 20 points, followed by Ger- WIth 10. O'Connell caged 14 for
WIen WIth 15, Dzizcowski with the Stags, MarkOVIC 11, Ger­11
and Roche with 9. Frosh WIen and- Lane 10.
Bucky Shortell chipped in with
eight points, his best effort of Scoring Championship
the campaign. Gerwien and Bobby Gerwien. high scoring
Roche rebounded well for the forward, seems to be well on his
Stags and kept Big Ed Kava- way to another Stag scoring
naugh in check. Kavanaugh led championship for the third
the Chieftians with 14 points. straight year. In the unofficial
St. Anselm's 64 _ Fairfield 62 statistics released to the STAG
Gerwien has scored an even 200
The ReeL Stags moved to Man- points in the first thirteen games
chester, N.H. on January 29 and for a 15.4 average. His career
dropped a thrilling ball game to total is now over the 700 point
a good St. Anselm's team 64-62., mark to place him second to Joe
A last penod spurt by the Kehoe (070) as Fairfield's all
Hawks overtook the Stags, and time high scorer.
sent them to the victory before
a partisan crowd, giving the Fred Lane
fans another great game to re- Fred Lane is second to Ger-member.
Two years ago, the wien with 151 points and a 11.6
Hawks edged the Stags 79-78 in average. O'Connell, Dzizcowski,
a double overtime and this one Markovic and Roche all are over
was almost as thrilling. Ithe 100 point mark.
Frosh Team
Still Champs
THE STAG
Fairfield's unbeaten Freshmen
team extended its winning
streak to seven games for the
season and made it 20 straight
over a two year period with
three recent wins. The Little
Stags trounced Cheshire Acad­emy
80-71, romped to an easy
88-49 win over the Waterbury
branch of UConn, and defeated
the New Britain Teachers JV's
75-60.
Iona Wins,
77-63; T.C.C.
Loses, 87-57
Cheshire
Cheshire managed
clo~~ throughout the first half, I
traIlmg only 31-29 at halftime i
but the 'Little Stags," led by
Bucky Shortell and Pedro Tag-I
atac opened up in the second
half and won handily. Shortell
scored 29 points and Tagatac 23
for the Frosh. Lan Miko tallied
11. Don Mozzi and Steve Flynn
led the losers with 23 and 16
respectively.
UConn of Waterbury
The Waterbury game was not
at all similar. to the previous
thriller between th,ese rivaIs
earlier in the season when the
Stags had to go all o.ut to gain a
(Continued on Page Five)
The Red Stags returned home
from a two game road trip and
moved! into the North End Boys'
Club Gym for a two game home
stand. The Stags dropped a 77­63
decision to lona College but
bounced back to swamp Teach­ers
College of Connecticut 87-57.
Guerin
The lona Gaels led by their
great captain Richie Guerin
surged ahead with a fourth per­iod
drive and turned a close
game into a rout. Guerin s'et a
new record for points scored
against a Stag team by hooping
38 points in a brilliant display
of shooting accuracy. He also
raised his career total up near
the 1300 mark. The Gaels start­ed
fast, moving to an early 5-0
lead but the Stags pulled up to
a 15-12 deficit at the first period
mark. In the S'econd stanza the
Stags led by Ed Dzizcowski and
Jack O'Connell, outscored the
Gaels 20-19 to close the gap to
34-32 at the half. In the third
period Guerin began to open up Is'coring 13 points to move the
INew Yorkers ahead 58-51 at the
end of the perlOd. After Fair­I
field's Bobby Gerwien fouled
out in the third period the Stags
were not at effective, especially
under the boards, although Duke
Roche did a yeoman-like job
throughout often taking the ball
from two or three taller men. In
the final canto it was all lona
and Guerin as the Gaels scored
19 points, 14 by Guerin, to the
Stags 12 and that was the ball
game. Roche and Dzizcowski fol­lowed
Gerwien to the bench via
the foul route in the final period
and with their departure the
outcome was certain to the over­flow
crowd.
Leroy Scott followed Guerin
for lona with 12 while Jackie
O'Connell led the Stags with 13.
Markovic had 12 for Fairfield
and Roche and Dzizcowski 10
each.
(Continued on Page Five)
Sports News and Views
Roche of Fairfield takes set shot in UB game.
The Red Stags' victory over Stonehill in North Easton. Mass.•
last week marked one of the few games ever won on a road trip
by the Stags. In 1952. they dropped games to Boston College and
St. Anselm's 'on the annual mid-season trip; and last year they
dropped three straight: St. Francis. Rider, and Adelphi. in three
days Earlier this season, the Redmen went to Rhode Island where
Quonset Point and Providence beat them on consecutive nights.
That gives the Stags seven straight losses on these trips until they
toppled Stonehill. It doesn't seem that the Stags have enough
depth to play two tough games in as many nights. especially on
long road trips. when they travel most of the day and play each
night.
Baseball, Track. Golf
With February here, we are awakened to the fact that the
baseball, track and golf seasons are not too far off. We hope that
the schedules in all of these sports oan be made respectable for a
change. An eight or nine game baseball schedule is not even
sufficient c,ause for fielding ,a team. Most of the players .are will­ing
to play during the Easter holidays or on week-ends (if they
aren't, they shouldn't be on the team anyway), so a 14 or 15 game
slate could be arranged. The track schedule could be filled out
a little more; and we hope that no high schools will be on the
golf schedule (how hoomiliating).
Jesuit Basketball
Several Jesuit colleges are picking up most of the basketball
headlines this season.· Holy Gross is seventh in the nation and
Seattle is clo~e to the tpp ten. and Fordham ranks as New. York's
best. Two small Jesuii schools' ate' 'coniin~ up:' Sprin'g Hill of
Alabama upset' AlabamaU.· recently. and, Rockhurst of Kansas
City is winning most of them. Fairfield is in good company with
these sister colleges.
By BOB JOY
Page 4
University of Kentucky
. The latest blowup at that fabulous baseball factory has set
WIldcat hoop fans back 'on their feet. It seems that Kentucky has
three men on their squad who have already graduated frem the
school. These three are, of course, their leading candidates for
All-Amenica honors: Cliff Hagan, Frank Ramsey, and Lou Tsio­roupolos.
Apparently these men will be ineligible to play in the
NCAA tournament and Wildcat fans are howling. Coach Adolph
Rupp claims he is living up to the rules of the Southeastern Con­fer~
nce.w?ich permit players to play for fOUT years provided they
do It wIthm ,a five year pelliod. Evidently this means that gradu­ate
students .can play ,as long as they haven't played for four
years. Maybe Fairfield should enter the Southeastern Confer­ence,
and offer such players as Togo P.alazzi of Holy Oross and
Al Clinksaales of DB scholarships to ur Grad schoO'I; neither of
these seniors played four years of varsity ball. This way we
could become a national power just as Kentucky has.
Basketball has hogged a lot ,of front p,age space in the nation's
n~wspap~rs during the past few years with scandals, suspensions,
tnals, bnbes, etc., and the latest bit of front page news aaain
concerns the perenn~al court powerhouse, the University" of
Kentucky.
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scoring with 108 points for a Fairfielders moved to a 21-11
15.4 average. Bucky Shortell, lead in the first period and were
ex-Ansonia High and Milford never in trouble thereafter. The
Prep ace, is second on the scor- period scores were 21-11, 35-27,
ing parade with 90 points and 63-39 and 87-57 with the Stags
13 point average. Ray Lovett" in front all the way. Dzizcowski
an All State choice last year at scored 27 in the contest sinking
Cathedral High in Burlington, 50 per cent of his shots from the
Vt., is third with 76 points for floor. He was followed by Ger-an
11 point average. wien with 14, and Roche 13.
Then winds up his train­ing
with the latest and
fastest planes in the air.
In primary training the Cadet flies his first planes, a Piper
Cub, and this T-6. Later he will fly the more advanced T-28.
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played another outstanding
game for the Stags scoring 15
points, passing off for several
more and sparkling on defense
throughout. Dick Kiley and
Bucky Shortell also flashed,
scoring 13 and 12 points respec­tively
and rebounding well. Tom
Kearney and Art Pavluvchik
flashed in the back court, steal­ing
several TCC passes and scor­ing
10 and 9 points respectively. IIONA AND T.C.C. GAMES
Gallitto led the New Britain (Continued from Page Four)
five wIth 20.
The Stags rebounded from the
Statistics lona defeat to romp over T.C.C.
After the first seven games 87-57 before another large crowd
Pedro Tagatac, former Harding in the Boys' Club. Led by
High star, leads the Frosh in Freshman Ed DZizc~o~w::s~k~i_t,~h~e~=============-=
Pilot training begins at Lackland Air Force Base, where
Aviation Cadets get 3 months of officer indoctrination.
It's a hard grind, but Cadets
also find time to relax.
After flying conventional planes, he moves on to jets ...
going up with an instructor in this T-33 trainer.
To qualify, you must be at
least a high school graduate.
However, you will be of more
value to the Air Force if you
stay in college, graduate, and
then volunteer for training.
In addition, you must be be­tween
the ages of 19 and
26Y2, and in top physical
condition. If you think you
are eligible, here's what you
do: Take your high school
diploma orcertificate ofgrad­uation
together with a copy
of your birth certificate down
to your nearest Air Force
base or recruiting station.
Fill out the application they
give you. If you pass your
physical and other tests, you
will be scheduled for an A via­tion
Cadet Training Class.
How to qualify for
Pilot Training as an
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FRESHMAN GAMES
(Continued from Page Four)
64-62 win. This time it was all
Fairfield as five "little Stage"
hit double figures in the rout,
led by Dan Miko with 19. Pedro
Tagatac sank 18, Dick Kiley 13,
Ray Lovett 10, and Buck Shor­tell
10. Roger Quesnell led the
UConns with 21.
New Britain Teachers
The Frosh then trounced a
previously highly regarded
TCC Junior Varsity by scoring
41 points in the first half and
then toying with the Teachers
in the second. Pedro Tagatac
CARD PARTY
FEBRUA.RY ]6
On Wednesday last, at the
Junior Class Meeting, Gary Car­ney
presented plans- for the
forthcoming Mothers' Car d
Party to be held on Feb. 16, at 8
p.m., in Xavier Cafeteria. Table
prizes, a door prize and enter­tainment
by the Glee Club Ben­sonians
guarantee an enjoyable
evening - all for the tab of
$1.00 per person.
Junior Week
Also dIscussed at the meeting
were plans for Junior Week. A
tentative schedule was submit­ted
as follows: Junior Prom on
April 30th; Communion Break­fast
on March 2nd; Sports Night
on March 4th. The dates thus
proposed would split the time
honored custom of having Jun­ior
Week spread over a week
into a set of separate days to
avoid crowding the week into
one already full of other activi­ties
or one cut short by the
Easter vacations.
Suggestions on the above
plans for Junior Week are most
welcome. Let the class officers
know how the idea strikes you.
Ceramic Sale
. A report to the forty-eight
members present informed them
that over $125 was made on the
sale of ceramics held just before
Christmas.
Candidates for admission to
medical school in the fall of
1955 are advised to take the
Medical College Admission Test
in May, it was announced today
by Educational Testing Service,
which prepares and administers
the test for the Association of
American Medical Colleges.
These tests, required of appli­cants
by almost every medical
college throughout the country,
will be given twice during the
current calendar year. Candi­dates
taking the May test, how­ever,
will be able to furnish
scores to institutions in early
fall, when many medical col­leges
begin the selction of their
next entering class.
May 8, 1954
Candidates may take the
MCAT on Saturday, May 8, 1954,
or on Monday, November 1,
1954, at administrotions to be
held at more than 300 local cen­ters
in all parts of the country.
The Association of American
Medical Colleges recommends
that candidates for admission to
classes starting in the fall of
1955 take the May tests.
Scholastic Ability
The MCAT consists of tests of
general scholastic ability, a test
on understanding of modern
society, and an achievement test
..J in science. According to ETS,
no special preparation other
than a review of science subjects
is necessary. All questions are
of the objective type.
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administration, as well as sam­ple
questions, are available from
pre-medical advisers' or directly
from Educational Testing Serv­ice,
Box 592, Princeton, N.J.
Completed applications' must
reach the ETS office by April
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for the May 8 and November 1
administrations.
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this program, at any time after
six months prior to graduation.
The basic educational require­ment
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If selected for the Officer Candi­date
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is enlisted in the Naval Re­serve
and s'ent to the Officer
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four (4) month courses in inten­sive
training leading to a com­mission
as Ens,ign, U.S. Naval
Reserve. The School is a train­ing
activity and not al1' elimin­ating
one. For every officer can­didate
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school, it expects to obtain an
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years. At the end of this' time he
is released: to an inactive status
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Carbon Corp.. New York, N. Y., I' N 1 United-Carr Fastener Corp., Cam- R P bridge, Mass., United Elastic Corp., avaeserve rogram Eastnampton, Mass., United Shoe
Machinery Corp., Boston, Mass., John
How Gifts are Shared A. V01pe Construction Co., Malden In June 1954 thousands of
All of the 23 sponsoring col- Mass., S. D. Warren Co., Boston:
Mass., and Young & Rubican Inc young men will be released' from
leges of the Fund share in every New York, N. Y. ,.,
gift. Thus, a corporation, by CoIIeges Wh0 Sponsor the Fund their college academic studies.
making one gift to the Fund, is F' fi ld U' 't h .. IRegardless of what form of edu-t
11 hI' 23 11 T . aIr e nlversl y as Jomed . .
ac ua y e pmg co eges. hIS with the following New England catIon and what walk of lIfe
sfaovluotriobnyhbaussbineeesnsmreecne, ivaendd wasitha colleges in creating this oppor- they may enter, they are faced
consequence the Fund has made tunity for business through The Iwith two problems. These are
a start toward providing the col- New England Colleges Fund their career and their obligation
1
Inc.: Amherst, Bates, Boston . . . .
eges with urgently needed addi- College, Brown, Clark, Colby, for mll.lta.ry servIce,. as Imposed
tioFnraolmwotrhkeingcocllaepgietasl' . point of Connecticut College, Dartmouth, by exIStmg Se IectIve Service
view, one of the best features Emmanuel,. Holy Cross, .Mlddle- legislation.
of this program is the fact that b~ry, Provldenc,e, RadclIffe, R~- The U.S. Navy is again this
all gifts from business and in-I gIS,. S1. Anselm s, St. MIchael s, year sending representatives' to
dustry to th F d
ISmIth, Tufts, Wellesley, Wesley- colleges and! universities, all
e un are unre-, Wh . .
strieted. This means that the col- . an, eaton and WIllIams. over the country, to dis'cuss with
leges can use the money in what- Istudents ?pportunitiesl for com-ever
way will be of the most MR. McCARTHY mISSIOns m the Naval Service.
benefit. (In short, business and In May 1951 the Navy establish-industry
have said, "We know (Continued from Hage One) ed an Officer Candidate School
you need the money, we know d th l' at Newport, R.I., for the purpose
that you know where it will do ~~ :s A e po Ice1 power of the of training naval officers to serve
a e. n examp e of thIS would on active duty during our cur-itthetomwosotrkg.
o"o) d: here it is ... put bte t "Tthhe t W. ebCb 1'Lf aw." Wh.I'Ch rent national emergency as' well and agrees to retain his com-
Why Business Gives sa .es t :- idm a I orma AlIens as to provide a source of poten-I mission for another five years.
The natural question at thl's ~~no h °t lahnd. Yet by the tial career officers for the regu- six months prior to graduation.
.' '. c. ar er t ere can be no lar Navy. Sil1lCe that time this
point is: What's in it for business dlscnmmatlOn due to race, Officer Candidate School' has
and industry? color, or creed. Ii"=========-...,-"...,.-=,.....,,-~
Th
been the major source of officers
e answer, of course, varies Pl' t .
from corporation ,to corporation. I roposa Won t Work en ermg the Naval Service.
Some 100k upon these colleges; Mr. Mc.C.arthy then offered At the graduation of a recent
primarily as a source for poten- several cntIclsms: class it was announced that over
Hal executive talent. Others feel (1) Could Congress really 11,000 officers had b~en commis- ,
that independent liberal arts regulate the executive agree- sl?ned through thIS progra~.
education is an integral part ofments. of the President? Any Nme of. the .graduates of Falr­unregimented
American living commlttm~nt no matter how field Umverslty were processed
and that its preservation is a small, whIch was' made by the by the New York Office of Naval
necessity if there are to be think- President would have to be ap- Officer Procur~ment and select­ing
men and women in business, proved by Congress. This ed by the Chle.f .of ~av~l Pe~­civic
and public life. Iwouldn't work. Congress' cannot Isonnel for partIcIpatIOn m thIS
Certainly the answers' are not by the fundamental power of program. At the present time,
purely altruistic. For most busi- the Constitution control the all Offices of Naval Officer Pro- - _ _
nessmen an educated market is President. The President could I' curement are accepting applica- I!,;;,;======.;=-...-;;-,-:=--===~
a better market. Others ppint out refuse to allow Congress to ap-: ;::=============::;;-;:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;:
that unless private institutions prove an agreement. It would'
are all kept strong, there will then only have the power to I
be the necessity for more public Impeach. .
institutions (and as a result, in- (2) On the subject of treaties'
creased taxes) as enrollments Mr McCarthy went on to say
swell during the coming years. that should an act of Congress
And there are many other an- and a treaty conflict then, by a
swers. Supreme Court decision the act
Eventually, it come down to which was' passed last ~ould be I
this one basic proposition. The the one which controls. This'
buslDessman, whether he is a means that if the President
postage meter manufacturer in should pass' an unfavorable I
Connecticut or a r a z 0 r blade treaty Congress could abolish it
manufacturer. in South Boston, by passing a second.
realizes that maintaining liberal I
arts education as a strong vigor- ~============::=~~=============~ ous component of American life r
is very much in the best inter- The New
ests of his company, his stock-holders
and his country. Rudy's
Contributors Listed
The businesses w h i c hare
helping you this year by gifts STEAK HOUSE
made in 1953 to The New Eng- Post Road. corner Pine Creek
land Colleges Fund, Inc. are:
Abrasive Machine Tool 00., E.
Providence, R. I., American Emery
Wheel Works, Providence, R. I., L.
G. Balfour Co., Attleboro, Mass.,
Brockway - Smith - Haig - Lovell Co.,
Charlestown, Mass., Brown & Sharpe
Mfg. Co., Providence, R. I., Bryant
Chucking Grinder Co., Springfield,
Vt.. Godfrey L. Cabot, Inc., Boston,
Mass., Carter's Ink Co., Cambridge,
Mass., Container Corp. of America,
Chicago, Ill., Crane & Company,
Dalton, Mass.. Dennison Manufactur­nig
Co., Framingham, Mass., Dolan
Steel Company, Inc., Bridgeport.'
Conn., Donnelly Electric & Mfg. Co.,
Boston, Mass., Dunham Brothers, Co.,
Brattleboro, Vt., Electro Switch Corp.,
Braintree, Mass.. TheFoxboro Com­pany,
Foxboro, Mass., French, Shri­ner
& Urner Mfg. Co., Boston, Mass.,
General Ice Cream Corp., Schenec­tady,
N. Y., Gerrity Company, Bos­ton,
Mass., Gillette Company, So.
Boston, Mass., Jackson & Moreland,
Boston, Mass., Jenkins Brothers,
Bridgeport, Conn., Kendall Company,
Boston, Mass., Kyanize Paints, Inc.,
Everett, Mass., Lincoln Stores, Inc.,
Quincy. Mass., MKM Knitting Mills,
Inc., Jamaica Plain, Mass., Natco
Corp.. Pittsburgh, Pa., Norton Com­pany,
Worcester. Mass., Pepperell
Manufacturing Co., Boston, Mass.,
Pitney Bowes. Inc., Stamford. Conn..
Samuel Rapaporte, Jr., Foundation,
Providence, R. I., Rock of Ages Corp.,
Barre, Vt., Joseph T. Ryerson & Son,
Inc., Chicago, Ill., Saco-Lowell Shops,
Boston, Mass., Sanborn Company,
Cambridge. Mass., E. T. Slattery &
Co.. Boston, Mass., Spaulding Brick
Co., Inc., Boston, Mass., R. G. Sulli­van,
Inc., Manchester, N. H., Swank,
Inc., Attleboro, Mass.. Harry F. To­ner,
Chicago, Ill .. Union Carbide and
Shelton Htost
To University
On Wednesday, January 27, a
representative group of Fair­field
UniversHy visited the
Huntington School in Shelton.
The group included Rev. George
S. Mahan, S.J., the assis1ant
dean, Professor John A. Meaney,
the Bensonian Quartet of Fair­field
University, Bob Petrucelli
and George Zeisner. The pur­pose
of the visit was the partici­pation
in "Fairfield Night," a
program designated to get
schools acquainted and interest­ed
in the activities and accom­plishments'
of our school. A simi­lar
previous affair had been held
at Roger Ludlowe High School,
and it met with such approval
and was so succesS'ful that the
principal of Huntington School,
Mr. Arioul Shepardson invited
Father Mahan and the above
group to visit his school.
Program Well Received
At this meeting of the Teach­ers'
League of Shelton, Fairfield
was asked to provide a program.
After dinner at 6 p.m., the pro­gram
consisted of a debate be­tween
Robert Petrucelli and
George Zeisner on the proposi­tion:
Resolved: that the United
States adopt a policy of free
trade. Each man talked, for ten
minutes and was given a five
minute rebuttal period. Mr.
Meaney was the chairman of
the debate and the Bensonians
cheered the gathered with sev­eral
well chos'en selections. Then
Father Mahan gave a speech
concerning the origin of Fair­field!
and its growth. Father ex­plained
also the curriculum, the
various courses and d€grees and
assured the gathering that the
boy's from Shelton and surround­ing
areas, now attending Fair­field,
are doing well.
University Helped
So once more Fairfield has
taken another step in making
itself known and recognized.
Events like this show that peo­ple
all over are watching us and
taking an interes1 in us. Per­haps'
these affairs, are the first
of a complete series that will
bring Fairfield's aims and pur­poses,
its accomplishments and
achievements into countless
schools,. which in turn will give
the material out of which Fair­field
will fashion men.
CARNIVAL
(Continued from Page One)
'54. Lucky guy!!
Wattstein
TIle weekend was successfully
concluded with a tea dance held
at Berchmans' Hall Sunday after­noon.
Morris W'attstein, who has
evidently carved a notch in
Fairfield's music appreciation,
provid!e<1 dance music for the
dead-beats and .dixie for the
hep-cats.
In general, the entire week­end
was· enjoyable and· from all
reports, appreciated. The thing
to keep in mind is that the
whole weekend's pleasure was
due to the efforts of a few stu­dents
who were willing to ex­tend
themselves for the school.
LIBRARY NOTES
(Continued from Page Two)
bolic types. Satire is satire I
suppose, and has, itsl own place
in literature. Waugh uses it, as
an instrument, to a noble end,
of cours'e, but the means is a
very curious one indeed.