Stag - Vol. 20, No. 22 - April 24, 1969

              Vol. 20 No. 22 April 2-4, 1969
Student Assembly Held In Protest
Of Revised Dormitory Regulations
\
By GEORGE BRITTON
News Editor
On Tue~day, April 22, Albert
Mariani, Student Government
President, appeared on WVOF
at 10:30 p.m. to enlighten the
Student Association of the
events of the past two days re­garding
the social reforms.
Mr. Mariani played a tape by
Mr. Robert K. Griffin, Dean of
Student Services which indicat­ed
he was not under duress im­mediately
prior to the time that
he signed his stand backing up
the Administration's social reg­ulations.
Mr. Griffin also made
it clear that any student who
was in violation of University
regulations would be punished
appropriately.
In answer to the tape record·
ing. Mr. Mariani asserted that
he did believe Mr. Griffin was
under duress, and that he could
support that belief with con·fi­dential
quotes if the need werP
to arise. At that time Mr. Ma­riani
announced that there
would be a meeting of the Stu­dent
Association in Gonzaga Au­ditorium
at 11:30 p.m.
Promptly at 11:30 p.m., with
about 800 people crowded into
the foyer, the stage and the in­terior
of Gonzaga, Drew Soltys,
'71, gave a general resume of
the past two days incidents, be­ginnihg
with Thursday, April
17. Included was the forceful
removal of women on Loyola tive waa to bold &Bother dem·
two by Fr. John Mcintyre, S.J., outratlon Uke laat Marcb'a.
on Saturday night at 11:03 p.m. Leu than twenty were In favor
(reliable sources verified a com- of such action. When the pro­ment
by Fr. Mcintyre that he polal for a strike wu read out,
was "within right" during his cheers and applause drowned
activities on Saturday evening), out Mr. Mariani before be for·
and the verbal and physical re- mally finished wordl.n~ hls state·
buke received by a sophomore ment. The remaining '150 endon­Sunday
afternoon by a Jesuit eel ~e poulbUlty of a strike.
during the student's picket of A large faction of students
the Library dedication. (Mr. clamored for a strike, immedi­Soltys
named the Jesuit as Fr. ately, but Mr. Mariani respond­James
Walsh, but the Stac was ed that at this time, a strike
not able to verify this. The stu- would be ineffective and would
dent who was attacked asked - alienate the faculty. Debate over
that his name be withheld). when and if a strike would be
At 11:55 p.m. Mr. Mariani called ensued. At this point the
arrived at the Auditorium and microphone was given to anyone
emphasized that the Govern- who wished to speak for a two
ment would back any student minute period. Bob Carpenter
following government social reg- '70 called for a boycott of Wed-ulations.
Mr. Mariani then read (Continued on Page '> Studentll cheer Marlanl's arrival In Goaap Audltorlam
Tuesday night.
a three sheet series of a poll ----------------------------------------­being
sent home to the parents
requesting their views on dress,
parietals, and alcohol. The re­sponse
to the reading was em­phatic
of student discontent. The
question regarding alcohol and
whether or not parents felt it
should be used on campus was
relegated to one of two re­sponses:
"no use of alcohol,"
or "no opinion."
Mr. Marl&nl requested that
those Ia favor of renewlnc- nep·
tla.tlons with the Administration
should raise their' bands. Lest
than five did. The next altern&-
. University Relations' Version·
Of Chronological
EDITORS' NOTE:
chronological 1 e q u e n c e of
events concerning the Student
Govemment toelal reforms wu
written and released by Mr.
Thomas Donahue, VIce Presi­dent
of Ulllvenlty Relations, a
member of the admlnlstratlon.
Administration and Student
Sequence
Two 'Decisions' 1. A special meeting of Stu­dent
Government was held on
Thursday, March ZO, 1969 at
10 a.m. in the Campus Center
at which time the Government
presented to Mr. Griffin, Dean
of Student Services, a list of
six demands for dormitory and
social reform on the Fairfield
campus.
Government- was held. In at­tendance
were members of the
Student Government and other
interested students representing
the Stag, the Radio Station,
etc. and members of the Ad­miinstration
including Mr. Grif­fin,
Mr. Bianchi, Father Mc­Innes,
Father Coughlin, Father
Mahan and Mr. Donohue. Mem­bers
of the faculty including
Fafuer Varnerin, President of
Academic Council, and others
were preseJ!t at this meeting.
After a series of discussions the
nature of the demands were
changed to those of proposals
following Father Coughlin's
statement of the University's
willingness to consider propos-als.
It was further decided that
Mr. Griffin would be delegated
the Administrative responsibili­ty
to negotiate with the Stu­dent
Government in an effort
to deveLop a mutually agreeable
decision to proposals as pre­sented.
Mr. Griffin's authority
included all matters that came
under the area of Student Ser­vices
and general University
policy.
Cause
By PATRICK K. LONG
A ·bombshell was dropped on
~·airfield University last Thurs­day
when, after weeks of nego­tiation
with Dean of Student
Services, Robert K. Griffin, cul­minated
by a "final decision"
regarding dorm reform on Sun­day,
April 13, Student Govern­ment
President Albert Mariani
was presented with a statement
from Fr. Mcinnes with radical
changes in the area of parietals
and liquor.
Meetln&' Held
Word of change in the state­ment
made with Mr. Griffin
leaked to President Mariani on
Monday, and at 12:30 he attend­ed
a meeting with Executive
Board members Ken Barletta,
Jim Ruane, and Tom Gleason
and Fr. Mcinnes.
At that time, Fr. Mclnnel
would not pve the atatement to
the entire group, but only to
President MarlanL Wbe.._ the
otben bad left be. demapde4
Unrest
that Mariani accept the state·
ment without ftnt seel.nc- lt. Ma·
rlanl accepted it, auumbtg that
It would be the agreement
(Continued on Page '>
2. On Monday, March Z'tb at
11 a.m. at the Campus Center
a second meeting between the
Gov't's Chronological Sequence
EDiroR'S NOTE: Tbls ebro·
nolog'lcal sequence of events
concerning the Student Gov·
ernment toelal refonna wu
written by Mr. Donald De
Fronzo ''JO, a member of the
Student Governmmen~
1. On March 19, 1969, the
Student Legislature of Fairfield
University formally endorsed
six social demands contained in
a student circulated petition
which 912 students had signed
(these demands have been pub­lished
earlier).
2. On March 20, 1969, the Stu­dent
Government presentect
these six demands to represen­tatives
of the adininistration.
An introductory meeting was
held at which copies of the so­cial
demands and a time table
of Student Government action
were submitted to those officials
present.
3. On March 24, 1969, a nego­tiating
session was held. We
quote the minutes of that meet­ing:
"Fr. William Mcinnes,
S.J., President of the Uni­versity,
said that all of the
proposals except No. 3 de­manding
the non-enforce-ment
of state liquor laws,
could come under the juris­diction
of the Dean of Stu­dent
Services, Mr. Griffin,"
4. On March 26, 1969, a dem­onstration
of student support
was conducted. This was an or­derty
and peaceful show of stu­dent
strength.
5. When talks resumed with
Mr. Griffin on March 27, 1969
no significant progress was
made.
6. On the night of March Z1
Student Government officials
were successful in calming dis­(
Contlnuecl on Pap '>
3. A long series of negotia­tions
and meetings were held
between the students and Mr.
Griffin and his colleagues. At
these meetings extended explor­ation
of the issues at hand
were carried on and initial lines
of agreement and disagree­ments
constructed.
4. During this time Mr. Grif­fin
consulted with several other
groups in the University Com­munity.
Significant am on g
these consultations were two
meetings on Friday, March %1,
1969. On the morning of that
day, Mr. Griffin met with the
Administration Board. He pre­sented
to the board the pro­posals
submitted to him by the
students and received from
their recommendations which
included the following basic
premises:
• That a rule of life es­tablished
by the academic com­munity
itself is preferable to
outside regulations or inter­ference.
• That a bill of rights as a
(Continued on Page 8)
Page Two THE STAG April 24, 1969
;
Mr. Griffin's Statement on University Life
Some of the proposals are
new and to some will be most
difficult to accept, because they
are new and moving away from
what has been. However, we
cannot progress, be innovators
or bold, if we cling only to the
past. There is nothing wrong in
holding to the past as long as
it does not interfere with ad­justing
to the world of today
and preparing for the future.
We want students to think
but we become upset and alarm­ed
when their thinking is other
than what we want to hear · or
how we perceive things.
We cannot use yesteryear's
approaches today any more
than we can defend this country
with the weapons of the last
decade. Time allows for thought
and thought produces ideas and
from ideas are born change.
Today's student is different. En­vironment,
social mores, eco­nomics,
media exposure and de­mands
from our society have
made their impact. The reason
for being in college also has
changed from one of wanting to
go to being conditioned that they
have to go because our eco­nomic
society is most receptive
to those who have a college de­gree.
This is even reflected in
the urgency instilled in them
by the importance which par­ents,
high schools and colleges
place in College Boards and
class rank. Even at Fairfield I
point with pride that the Col­lege
Board average for the in­coming
Freshmen has risen
each year. With this as a back­ground
I believe it unreal to as­sume
young men from whom we
expect so much will not want
to prove themselves mature and
seek change. I also believe it a
contradiction if we are unwilling
to provide them with an oppor­tunity
and framework in which
they can mature.
As a parent, I know full well
the anxiety, appr('hension and
wonderment which many will
feel. However, we must give
the students the opportunity to
grow, mature, learn, and even
be wrong. Many of th~ psycho­logical
problems we see today
in such increasing numbers I
believe stem from an inability
to cope with the realities of the
life they must face when forced
out of the womb. In some areas
of life only experience and ex­posure
can really be the tutor.
Parents can tell a child repeat­edly
an object or situation can
be harmful to the taste, touch
or feel, but only after the child
has experienced a sensation
good or bad will what was said
become more meaningful.
I also ask myself if this is
truly a temple of truth where
Christian values are the rule,
not the exception, how do we
most successfully import these
values? Are we more concerned
with someone taking a drink or
helping the one who ·becomes
intoxicated? It is my opinion
we'll be adding to the educative
process by taking action when
someone cannot live within the
framework of the community
rather than stifling a maturing
process by rules that by their
nature prejudge that all will be
wrong. I cannot help but feel
that if parents hold a fear that
their child will be wrong, if as
a community more freedom is
granted, they may be showing
a f~ar that the home they come
from provided them with little
moral fibre upon which they can
stand now or in the future.
The University must acknowl­edge
that the majority of stu·
dents are here to complete their
education and nothing will in­terfere
with this goal. Thos~
students who each year are now
included on the attrition list may
be presumed most likely to fall
prey because of an inability to
cope with the new freedom, just
as they would have without this
freedom.
This University can and
should ·be of assistance to them
but we cannot in four years dig
to the depth needed to enable a
foundation to be built.
In the recommendations that
follow I found all the meetings,
letters and conversations very
helpful for it made me realize
that the issues as presented
were the least important thing
under consideration. What came
to the fore was that the entire
philosophy of social dormitary
life centered around the ques­tion-
as an educational institu­tion
and an academic commun­ity
do we add to or subtract
from the total education of a
student by enforcing rules or by
giving them additional freedom
with collateral responsibility?
In this presentation I would
be remiss if I did no~ comment
on an academic area which I
strongly believe is interwined in
the social living aspect of the
University. Although the theory
and intent of changing to a five­course
program was sound I
am not sure it has produced the
full result desired. With validity
one can wonder if the academic
demands upon the students did
in fact increase, would the need
or desire for some of the social
demands be present. One may
also expect if the academic de­mands
do increase, the propos­ed
changes will not be abused.
I do not believe this situation
applies to all faculty or to all
departments, but may stem from
the great number of new fac­ulty
in addition to older (in
service) faculty who have not
adjusted to the theory, just as
some have been unable to in­terpret
correctly the change
from a numerical to an alpha­betical
grading system.
When one proposes change it
is with hope. My hope for Fair­field
University is to see it as
an academic community in
which there is an interrelation­ship
between the academic liv­ing
and social education we can
offer everyone. The goal should
be a community that functions
essentially through affirmative
commitments for the majority,
rather than stated regulations
for the minority. It is my belief
that the students a Fairfield
University should have at least
as much freedom and no less
challenging opportunities to gov­ern
themselves as do ·many of
their peers. This freedom may,
however, be more apparent than
meaningful and the opportun'ity
may be squandered, if the re­sponsibility
required by freedom
is forsaken.
I am fully aware of the im·
port and consequences of my
recommendations. In introduc­ing
a philosophy that most nega­tively
stated rules should be
eliininated, while taking issue
with those who feel that rules
can be relaxed in the circum­stances
as they are at present,
I do propose the first steps to
in'itiate an approach to the so­cial
atmosphere that will allow
for a common ground between
McKnight To Have Lead
In Playhouse's 'Pantagleize'
Mr. Robert G. Emerich, dl·
rector of the Fairfield Unlver·
alty Playhouse, announced that
Oakle McKnight wUI highllght
a veteran cast when he appears
In the title role of Michel
de Sheldarode's "Pantaglelze"
which will open May 9th.
Mr. McKnight will play the
role of the appealing fool, Pan­tagleize,
who gets swept away
into revolutionary whirlpools
which he doesn't understand.
McKnight after four years in
the Navy came to Fairfield, and
this is his first role on the Uni­versity
stage.
Andi Arthur who has graced
the Playhouse stage several
times and designed many of the
sets in past productions will por­tray
Rachel who helps drag
Pantagleize into the turmoil of
the revolutionary struggle.
Having starred in Playhouse
productions such as "Walking
Happy," "Philadelphia, Here I
Come," and "A Taste of Honey,"
William Thompson will again
return to the University stage
in the role of Innocenti, the cafe
waiter, who is one of tlie first
to welcome the awaited Lenin
of the movement, and also the
first to suspect that Pantagleize
isn't genuine.
Bamloola, the valet of Panta­gleize,
will be portrayed by
Leonard Butler who as a fresh­.
man possessed a leading role in
Delaney's "A Taste of Honey."
Thomas Zingarelli who is a
star of past productions and is
associate director of the Play­house,
has taken on a new role
as the symbolic Generalissimo.
Two other veterans of the
Playhouse stage, Christopher
Scanlan and Russell Panczenko
will portray two conspirators,
Blank, a poet, and Banger, an
anarchist.
Richard Tournill, who is the
creep, becomes a spy for the
authorities, and brings about
the demise of Pantagleize.
General McBoom who is so
aptly named will be played by
John Stone who played in
"Walking Happy" and "Phila­delphia,
Here I Come."
Ted Drab who has participat­ed
in many of the Playhouse
productions will end his acting
career as the Distinguished
Counsel, the judge at Panta­gleize's
rigged trial for treason.
"Pantagleize" will open at the
Fairfield Playhouse on May. 9
and run for two consecutive
weekends.
the ideal and what is real upon
which all can stand.
I believe this is the time for
the University community to
clarify its purposes and prin­ciples
and develop a living so­cial
structure which integrates
the objectives of total education
by including the living social
climate with the classroom ex­perience,
recognizing that the
entire community is composed
of intelligent people living in a
modern, progressive academic
setting. Some structure must be
set up with efficient procedures
and authority to make decisions
so the burden of re-shaping a
University does not rest on the
shoulders of any one individual.
It is also important to make
this fundamental change so that
present problems of communica­tion
and decision-making . which
tend to cloud our purpose can
be viewed in clarity and always
be resolved.
This University is like many
academic communities, compos­ed
of groups of persons volun­tarily
associated and working
in a common pursuit of scholar­ship,
but still unique in that it
is made up of groups from
many divergent backgrounds
and circumstances. First, its
faculty, made up of Jesuit and
laymen, married and single, and
a student body composed of
commuting , resident and off­campus
people, and an adminis­tration
which includes business
as well as academically orientat­ed
individuals, which has as its
primary end the fullest develop­ment
of each person.
With this as our goal our objec­tive
must be based on the prem­ise
that this end is most effec­tively
achieved through coopera­tion
and interaction among the
individuals who comprise it with
all capable of mutual considera­tion
and respect. To fulfill its
educative objectives requires
adherence by all to certain
norms of conduct and values.
Among these values are respect
for truth, freedom in the forma­tion
and expression of ideas, the
right to privacy, the opportunity
to study, and the maintenance
of physical and mental health.
Also, latitude in the exercise of
taste for dress and deportment
only so far as the personal in-tegrity
and rights of others are
not infringed upon, with each
guaranteed treatment under all
norms and regulatiops govern­ing
the community.
We should never lose sight of
the fact the community itself
has rights and responsibilities
which must be recognized and
that final authority rests with
the University Corporation. Also
no one should fear this author­ity
but concern oneself only with
how it is exercised. I believe by
requmng responsibility in re­turn
for freedom from some
rules the avenues for growth,
change, criticism and enforce­ment
can reside with the stu­dents
and their elected repre­sentatives.
Students must recog­nize
that their voluntary agree­ment
to live and work within
this framework places a condi­tion
on their right to enjoy and
complete their education as a
member of the Fairfield Uni­versity
Community.
In conclusion, I wish to go on
record withou,t reservation that
in all of my observations and
conclusions I considered only
the best interest of the Univer­sity
today and in its future I
have dealt with the problem ob­jectively,
taking into considera­tion
the extreme conservative
and liberal thinking, the faculty,
the students, you as President
as well as Superior of the Order
I gave thought to change not
only as of today but of the years
to come with our becoming co­educational
and the present cap­ital
campaign. I made my rec­ommendations
honestly and in
good faith knowing some initial
abuse will occur but immediate
decisive action will remedy the
situation.
One final observation. Maybe
a member of the Jesuit Order
should always occupy my posi­tion
as well as in the resident
halls because a layman cannot
view or fully understand a way
of life so foreign to his as a
husband and a parent.
Since the final decision is mine
I wish to close with this quote:
"A man docs what he must,
in spite of personal conse­quences,
in spite of obstacles
and dangers and pressures, for
this is the basis of all human
morality."
Fa~nily Film, Center
Stimulates
By WILLIAM DILLON
Poverty, racial prejudice, car­eers,
police-community relations
and sex education are a few of
the film discussion programs of
the Family Life Film Center of
Connecticut. Executive Director
Mrs. Charlotte Kaufman and
her staff have been co-ordinat­ing
literature, films and discus­sion
techniques of these and
other community, family and
personal problems for two and
a half years.
A non-profit organization, the
Center works through schools,
P.T.A.'s, ' church and youth
groups. Financed by a Federal
planning grant of the Social and
Rehabilitation Service of the
v.s. Department of Health,
Debate
Education and Welfare, the cen­ter
uses films as a catalyst to
stimulate group dialogue. Train­ed
discussion leaders and quali­fied
experts such as doctors, so­cial
workers, psychiatrists and
police officials fiuide debate.
The Family Life Film Center
also runs a seminar for nine
Fairfield University students
who are interested in the proj­ects.
Each Tuesday, from 10:00
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Gonzaga
Audtiorium, the Center screens
new and thought provoking
films. All are invited to view
and comment on the films. On
July 8, a Film Day is planned.
Open to all, there will be films,
group discussions and work­shops.
April 24, 1969 THE STAG
· Dorrnitory Reforms Endorsed
By The Student Governrnent
EDITORS' NOTE: rile fol­lowing
refonns are the ones
being endorsed by the Student
Government of Fairfield Uni­versity
at present.
Point 1 - Donnitory CouncU
Purpose - The purpose of the
Dormitory Council system is to
·provide student jurisdiction over
their conduct in the dormitories.
As such, it will serve two basic
functions - legislative and judi­cial.
Number - Each dormitory on
campus will have its own dor­mitory
council.
Functions - Under the title
of the legislative function, the
Council is empowered to pass
law which is binding on all
members of the dormitory in
the following areas: 1 Parietals
- The Dormitory Council, after
due consideration of the mood
of life in the dormitory and
aided by polls, surveys etc. as
to the wishes of the students
will decide on the hours for
parietal rights not to exceed the
maximum hours as stated by
the Student Government. It
must be understood that parie­tal
hours are not mandatory;
any corridor or dormitory can
vote .to hold no hours if the
members so desire. 2 - Alcohol
- The Dormitory Council will
establish, according to the pro­posals
agreed upon by the Stu­dent
Government and Adminis­tration
all regulations regarding
the use of alcohol in the dormi­tories.
3 - In conjunction with
the Asst. Dean of Student Serv­ices,
the Dormitory Council will
review the qualifications of ap­plicants
for lay prefects 4 -
Establish all codes of conduct
in the dormitory in respect to
the fire equipment and alarm
system, and the right of the
student to study and sleep
peacefully. 5. - Establish all
codes of conduct as regards de­struction,
theft, or abuse of pri­vate
or university property.
Under the title of the judicial
function, the Dormitory Council
will adjudicate in these areas:
1. - All student vs. student
cases arising from the dormi­tory
situation. 2 - All prefect
vs. student cases arising from
the dormitory situation, exclud­ing
those cases which the Coun­cil
considers beyond its scope
for a final situation. In such
cases, the council can recom­mend
a sanction, but the final
power resides in the Disciplin­ary
Review Board. 3. - The
specific areas of adjudication
for the Dormitory Council other
than those already mentioned
are a.) tampering in any way
with the fire apparatus b.) de­struction
of private or Univer­sity
property, c.) all fireworks
and other noisemakers. In gen­eral,
the Dormitory Council is
the executive and judicial power
in the dormitory situation.
Sanction Power - The Dor­mitory
Council possesses the
power of sanction and sanction
enforcement in the dormitory
situation. The sanctions may
range from reprimand to cam­puses,
or any other manner of
punishment that the Council
considers just in the particular
case. Any suspension or expul-sion
power is the perogative of
the Disciplinary Review Board.
The Council, however, is em­powered
to place a student on
social or disciplinary probation.
Membership - Those elected
to the Dorm Council will serve
in the dual capacity as student
senators and as members of the
Dorm Council in which donn
they reside. One representative
will be chosen for every 35 stu­dents.
There will be no exact
number per floor, but the mem­bers
will be elected from the
dormitory as a whole.
Chairman -A Jesuit prefect
appointed by the Asst. Dean of
Student Services will serve as
chairman of the Dormitory
Council of that dorm in which
he resides. He shall also have
voting power. One lay prefect
shall serve as the representa­tive
of the lay prefects in the
dormitory, with voting power
only in the case of a tie.
Removal - Any member can
be removed from office by a
two-thirds vote of the students
of the dormitory. Any repre­sentative
absent for more than
three meetings loses his voting
power.
Case of lmpass - In the case
of the Dormitory Council recom­mending
one course of action,
and the office of Student Serv­ices
recommending a n ot h e r
course, and a compromise is not
reached, the Disciplinary Re­view
Board shall settle the con­troversy.
Regulations - The office of
Student Services has the power
to review all prospective council
members for psychological fit­ness
and competency.
Complaint - Any complaint
as to the proper functioning
of any of the Donn Councils
will be brought to the attention
of the Asst. Dean of Student
Services and the chairman of
the Dorm Affairs Dept. A dorm
council which does not perform
its functions will be subject to
a rescinding of its authority.
Point 2 - Parletals
The ability of entertaining
women in the dormitories is to
be considered a legitimate right
of the student. This right, how­ever,
requires the student to ful­fill
all the responsibilities re­garding
parietal hours.
Hours - Parietal hours are
to be determined by the donn
council of each of the dormi­tories,
within the maximum
hours as established by the Stu­dent
Government in conjunc­tion
with the Administration.
These hours are: Friday, 2 p.m.-
5 p.m., 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Sat­urday,
2 p.m.-5 p.m., 8 p.m.-
12:30 a.m.. Sunday, 1 p.m.-
8 p.m.
There will be no parietal&
during the weekdays.
Method - A student will be
present in the main lounge of
each dormitory and in his pos­session
he will have a sign-in
book. Each female wishing to
visit the room of a student must
sign in accompanied by that
student, writing her name and
the name of her escort. Every
female must be escorted by a
student; anyone not abiding by
this rule will be escorted from
the building. The guest is ex­pected
to sign out as she leaves.
The position of the door of the
room is left up to the discretion
of the student. It is to be under·
stood that the student incurs all
responsibUity of having the
guest in his room.
Enforcement - Parietal hours
will be enforced when the hours
may be abused, or in the case
of infringement on the rights of
other students to study or sleep.
The members of the dormitory
council in each dorm will en­force,
in a responsible manner,
the parietal hours in their re­spective
dorms. A prefect has
the right to enforce the parietal
hours, but it is to be under­stood
that the dormitory coun­cil
is the original enforcing body
of the parietal hours.
Sanction - The Dormitory
Council as the judicial power in
the dormitory shall adjudicate
all cases of parietal infractions.
Cases, which to the considera­tion
of the Council, go beyond
its scope will be presented to
the Disciplinary Review Board.
Abuse of parietal hours will re­sult
in a loss of parietal rights
for the period of two weeks to
one year, depending on the cir­cumstances.
Repeated offenders
will be referred to the Disci­plinary
Review Board. Parietal
hours can be withdrawn from
any student at the recommenda­tion
of the Dorm Council. Such
sanctions may be imposed on
an individual, a corridor or a
dormitory.
Complaint - Any complaint
as to the proper functioning of
the Donn Council will be
brought to the attention of the
Asst. Dean of Student Services
and to the chairman of the
Dorm Affairs Dept.
Point S - Dress
The Student Government in
conjunction with the Adminis­tration
advocates the following
statement on the dress situation
as prepared by the Faculty Stu­dent
Life Committee:
"Fairfield students are expect·
ed to present a neat and clean
appearance, and to dress in a
manner which could be reason·
ably considered appropriate to
the occasion. Athletic wear
should be restricted to periods
ot recreatiou."
Point 4 - Slgn·In
There will be no sign-in pro­cedure.
It is assumed that the
student will notify his prefect
in the event that he will be
leaving campus for a night. This
is a service and not an obliga­tion.
Point 5 - Al<'ohol .
The administration endorses
the liquor statutes of the State
of Connecticut and looks as­kance
on those who contravene
that law.
Regulations - 1) Any con­sumption
of alcohol is to take
place in the privacy of the stu­dent's
room, and only in that
area. Anyone found consuming
alcohol in another place will be
held in disobedience to the al­cohol
regulations. 2) All con­tainers
of alcohol are to be kept
off the property around the dor­mitory,
and off the window
ledges. There are to be no con­tainers,
whether full or empty,
in si~ht of the dormitory.
Page Three
Reforms Endorsed
By., · Affininistration
EDITORS' NOTE: The fol-lowing
reforms are the ones
being enforced by the admin-is­tration
of Fairfield University
at the present time.
In accordance with an agree­ment
with the Student Govern­ment
to present as soon as pos­sible
decisions regarding the so­cial
environment of the Univer­sity
the following statement is
released.
Introduction
Progress in a university re­quires
growth and adaptation,
both of academic programs and
the social environment in which
learning takes place. This prog­ress
will occur when it is based
on sound educational process ap­propriate
to an academic com­munity
- rational dialogue and
respect for the rights of others.
In order to achieve this prog­ress,
the Director of Student
Services and the Student Gov­ernment
recognize the legiti­mate
student proposals for
adaptation of dormitory life and
after extensive consultations
with the students, the faculty
and the administration announce
the following changes:
1) Creation and recognition
ot a Dormitory CouncU to pro­vide
students in the dormitories
·with self government. This Dor­mitory
Council consisting of rep.
resentatively elected dormitory
students will present to the Stu­dent
Government and the Direc­tor
of Student Services a Con­stitution
outlining its objectives,
indicating its executive machin­ery
and detailing. its judicial
process. In order to expedite
formation and operation of the
Dormitory Council the Student
Government and the Director of
Student Services will ratify pro­visionally
any section of the
Constitution which has been
worked out - e.g. supervision
of parietals.
2) Dress Regulations outside
of class will be modified to meet
the standards recommended by
the Faculty Student Life Com­mittee
- i.e. 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 occasion. Ath-letic
wear should be restricted
to periods of recreation.
3) Extension of P a. r 1 e t a 1
hours. In order to enlarge social
opportunities while preserving
the privacy of those who wish
to study during the week, pari­etals
will be extended on week­ends:
i.e. Friday and Saturday
evenings to 11:00 p.m.; Sunday
1:00-8:00 p.m. New parietal
hours will be permitted in a
dormitory only after the Dor­mitory
Council has agreed to
provide the supervision and the
corridor has voted by ballot to
have the extended hours.
4) Alcohol. Since the Aca­demic
Council and the Adminis­trative
Board have indicated
their agreement with the pres­ent
prohibition of alcohol in the
dormitories, and since parents,
especially of Sophomores and
Freshmen, have expressed an
interest in being consulted be­fore
a change in policy is made,
it does not seem appropriate to
alter the regulations at this
time. I have arranged to poll
the parents of dormitory stu­dents
concerning their desires
and, on the basis of these ac­tions,
will be ready to consider
experimentation next year -
e.g. providing a public place or
some dormitory area where the
legal use of alcohol will be per­mitted.
5) Sign·in and sign-out sheets
will be provided for students as
a service, not as an obligation.
The above changes are effec­tive
immediately on an experi­mental
basis. They call for a
lessening of external regulation
and an increase of self disci­pline.
Should experience prove
their value, further freedom and
self regulation can be initiated.
Should experience prove that
they are detrimental to the in­dividual
or to the school, they
will be rescinded. In either case
it is my desire to work with and
through the Student Govern­ment
to continue to grow and
adapt our manner of living so
that all members of the aca­demic
community may benefit.
At the end of this school year
the Student Government Presi­dent
will present a written prog­ress
and evaluation report of
these changes to my office
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Page Four THE STAG April 24, 1969
Statements Cause Unrest Gov't Protest Rally
(Continued from Page 1)
reached with Mr. Griffin the
previous Sunday.
"If this is Mr. Griffin's state­ment,
then I accept it," Mariani
stated.
Two Changes
The document which Mariani
received was basically the same
as the one agreed to on Sunday,
except in the area of parietals
and liquor. A cursory form
criticism showed that in the
area that had been changed,
even ·the tense had been altered.
Noting- this difference, Ma·
riani called Mr. Griffin, who
was attending- a conference In
New Orleans, and In the words
of the Student Government
President "he gave the lmpres·
slon that he had been put under
duress."
Reflecting on his earlier de­cision
to accept the document,
Mariani noted "I accepted it on
good faith and because I thought
that if Mr. Griffin would change
it, he would have good reason
to do it."
At 3:00 a meeting was held in
the President's conference room
with Mr. Thomas Donahue,
Vice-President of University Re­lations,
Rev. George Mahan,
Executive Assistant and Fr. Mc­Innes
representing the Adrninis- .
tration and Student Government
members, Al Mariani, Bob
Dohn, Jim Ruane, Torn Gleason
and Ken Barletta and Stag Edi­tor-
in-chief Pat Long represent­ing
the students.
Tense Atmosphere
This meeting was held in a
much tenser atmosphere than
the earlier ones and neither side
pulled any punches in making
their points.
The Administration claimed
that the second statement was
Mr. Griffin's final statement,
while the students believed that
his first was final, citing the
word "final decision" used in
the original document.
Two Alternatives
Fr. Mcinnes basically gave
the students two alternatives, to
either wait until Mr. Griffin's
return the following Tuesday or
to go ahead with the first state­ment
and face the consequences.
He then proceeded to ask the
government members one·by.one
"wUl you accept the couse·
quences of your actions," and
all the members ag-reed that
they would.
At this point, negotiations
ended and the meeting was ter­minated.
WVOF Statement
Feeling that the students had
been put off long enough and
that this was just another delay
tactic, Mariani went on WVOF
Thursday night and declared
that the decision reached with
Mr. Griffin on Sunday would be
put into effect immediately with
Student Government members
acting as enforcement officials.
Some excerpts from the
WVOF statement:
"As had been pointed out in
The Stag- and WVOF, negotia­tions
were going very well until
today. We received a statement
last Sunday night by Mr. Grif­fin.
This statement was accept­ed
by both the Student Services
and the government. It was not
to be alter~d except for minor
procedural difficulties which
would have to b(! 'ironed out,"
After reading the two con­flicting
statements, he stated:
"As you can see the change
was not procedural. Mr. Grif­fin
was supposed to make the
final decision on social reform.
Mr. Griffin is now in New Or­leans
at a convention. Last night
a call was made to Mr. Griffin.
During this call two - the two
- major points were changed.
We have evidence that duress
was placed on Mr. Griffin. If
this is the case - then the ad­ministration
has not dealt with
us in good faith as we have
dealt with them. It is for this
reason that we cannot accept
this statement."
After reading a statement o:1
"Educational Purpose and Com­munity
Life at Fairfield Univer­sity"
written this April by Mr.
Griffin, which appears in today's
Stag, Mariani noted:
"This was written last week.
Do you think that the same
man who wrote this would make
the changes that were found in
the second 'final' statement?"
He continued:
"The Student Government ac­cepts
and will enforce the first
final statement given to us in
good faith.
"The Administration only will
accept the second statement.
Areas to be enforced which are
in the first statement, but not
in the second will not be en­forced
by the Student Govern­ment.
The Student Government
will stand by any student who
abides by the first final state­ment
given to the Student Gov­ernment
on Sunday, April 13,
1969 . . . "
" . . . I urge all students to
prepare resignations for any po­sitions
in extra-curricular activi­ties
which deal directly with the
functioning of this University.
Although this decision is only
(Continued from Page .1)
one hour old the following res-ignations
have been prepared: nesday, April 23, classes. He
all the members of the tri-par- said "We waited for the Adrnin­tite
University Council, at least istration, why should we wait
one Chairman of Freshman Ori- for the faculty?" The student
entation, and a majority of the resp~se was heavy with boos.
members of the Parents' Week- Also an immediate boycott of
end Committee." classes were also proposed by
Following this statement the Kevin Brady '70 and Richard
social reforms went into effect - Elliot '70. James Ruane '71 pre­in
what most observers termed sented his position on holding
an orderly manner considering off on a strike, so that faculty
the circumstances. There were support could be elicited. "We
no major incidents, although one are not the only facet of the
of the doors in Loyola was University," he said, indicating
broken in an unrelated accident. the need for a faculty response
The few minor infractions which to a student boycott of classes.
occurred were reported and the He also added "We stuck our
student involved will be disci- necks out on Mcinnes' confer­plined.
ence table, not you, so give us
In President Mariani's words two more days." This reference
the "prefect system broke down was also in light of various
that night," with many prefects chants of "Sell out" by the stu­threatening
to resign if they dents toward the government.
were compelled to enforce any To further emphasize the plea
other regulations than those for continued faith in the gov­agreed
to with Mr. Griffin. ernment, Bob Murphy '71, in-
Over the past weekend, the dicated that there would be
new parietal hours were put into further discussion with Mr. Grit­effect
with any incidents, except fin on Wednesday, April 23 and
that or · Father Mcintyre, the that several students had seen
Jesuit prefect on the second Fr. Joseph McCormick, S.J.,
floor of Loyola, · who bodily about Fr. Mcinnes' reversal of
threw a girl off his corridor. the students demands. Mr. Mur-
Reflecting on the events of phy added, "For the first time,
last Thursday, Mariani com- someone is really listening to
rnented: "Things were going us." He then requested again
well until Thursday, good faith that no anti-government senti­was
exhibited by Student Serv- rnents be relinquished in the
ices - who did a lot of research form of violence or factionalism.
on the different reforms. Every
attempt was being made to Other speakers included Ste-reach
an equitable solution until phen Mikochik '71 who spoke
Wednesday night." quietly to an even quieter crowd.
"We are happy with the way "The real question," Mr. Miko­things
have gone _ the Student chik suggested, "is whether Mr.
Government has shown that it Griffin was under duress," re­can
effectively govern and con- ferring to the "second final"
trol the student association. We statement that categorically con-also
haven't seen unity like this tradicted the first "final" state­before
at Fairfield University - ment of April 13. Dennis Dona­we
have all stuck together," the van '70 a former member of
President concluded. the Tri-partite University Coun-cil
(From which he, James
Student Sequence Kiernan '72, Rick Otto '69, and
George Britton '71 unofficially
resigned last week) revealed a
"confidential" conversation with
Fr. Mcinnes prefaced by "con­fidence
has no meaning here."
He cited three proposals by Fr.
Mcinnes for solving the prob­lems
of reform: 1. expel the
movement leaders from the
University, 2. remove all the
supporters from the University,
or 3. send home to all students
a contract that must be signed
by the student affirming that he
would obey all University reg­ulations,
if he wished to remain
at Fairfield.
(Continued from Page 1.)
contented students thereby
avoiding a spontaneous demons­tration;
possible violence was
averted.
7.0n March 30, 1969, student
negotiators met with Mr. Bian-
. chi, Asst. Dean of Student
Services, and assured him that
officials of the Student Govern­ment
would continue to main­tain
peace on campus.
8. On the successive evenings
of March 31 and April 1 peace
was maintained.
9. Throughout the Easter
vacation (April 12-13) Mr. Grif­fin
assembled information from
all segments of the university
community and formulated his
proposals.
10. On Sunday, April 13,
1969, President Mariani met
with Mr. Griffin. Mr. Griffin
presented his ideas and a gen­eral
consensus was reached.
11. On Wednesday, April 16,
1969, Mr. Mariani approved a
written document embodying
the agreements reached Sunday
(April 13). This agreement, fav­orable
to the students, was
signed by Mr. Griffin.
12. On April 17, 1969, . Fr.
Mcinnes, S.J., having received
the agreement earlier, rejected
the proposals which Mr. Mari­ani
had accepted the preceding
day. Fr. Mclnn.es produced a
watered-down version of the
proposals also signed by Mr.
Griffin.
This statement was accepted
on good faith by Mr. Mariani
provided that it was Mr. Grif­fin's
statement. Mr. Mariani
later phoned Mr. Griffin to
ascertain whether or not the
statement presented to him by
Fr. Mcinnes was in fact the one
Mr. Griffin had finally collated.
Mr. Griffin replied "I put my
name to it. That's all."
When questioned further by
Mr. Mariani, the tone and con­text
in which Mr. 9riffin an­swered
were definitely in a con­dition
of duress. Later that day
student negotiators refused this
new and controversial docu­ment.
12. On the evening of April
17, Mr. Mariani addressed the
student body over WVOF. In
view of Fr. Mcinnes' apparent
breach of faith (i.e. regarding
his statement quoted in point
five) the Student Government
president, in keeping with adopt­ed
policy called for the imple­merttation
of the student de­mands
on Friday, April 18 at
12:00 p.m. Officials of the Stu­dent
Government kept order
following the implementation.
14. On April 22 Mr. Griffin
~ade a taped announcement
The last speaker was Charles
over WVOF. He denied that he
had been pressured in any way
in regards to accepting the Mc­Innes-
produced set of proposals.
Mr. Griffin also noted that the
second set of proposals would
be enforced.
15. Following Mr. Griffin's
statement, Mr. Mariani went on
WVOF; he upheld the Student
Government demands as law,
produced some evidence point­ing
to the fact Mr. Griffin had
been placed under duress when
he accepted the second set of
proposals and called for a stu­dent
meeting in Gonzaga Audi­torium.
The meeting was peace­ful
and plans for further action
were discussed.
(The Mcintyre case occurred
on April 19, 1969 and can be
verified beyond doubt.)
Fairfax '69, "I am a senior, and
you may not think that what I
have to say will have much
relevancy here, but I would like
to say a few things . . . Power
is to be seized, and we should
seize it. If the Government
wants two days, I'll give them
two, if they want ten, I'll give
them ten."
Albert Ma.rlanl closed the ral·
ly with the promise that action
would be taken, and that "Be·
fore we (the government) back·
ed down. we wlll dissolve." The
students there decided that
there would be another meeting
In Gonzaga at 11 p.m. tonight
to decide whether or not there
will be a student strike begin·
nlng April 25.
At 6:15 p.m., Wednesday
April 23, Fr. William C. Mc­Innes,
S.J. held an open forum
outside Canisius Hall where he
entertained any questions from
about 50 students.
All questions dealt with the
current campus unrest over the
social reforms. "We have to
come to a decision" said Fr.
Mcinnes. Father was asked
whether or not there would be
liquor on campus if the parents
indica ted they would approve
of it in the poll being sent home
by Mr. Bianchi's Office. Father
did not answer the question.
Bob Ellis, '70, in a response to
a statement by Fr. Mcinnes
indicating that he had studied
the Handbook of Middleburg
College over the weekend,
asked "When are you going to
start to study Fairfield-" Fr.
Mcinnes made no comment on
the question.
Other questions involved the
apparent disparate tone and
content . between Mr. Griffin's
two statements. Father indi­cated
that the first statement
was for private discussion, and
not for public release, and that
the second statement was the
final one. "It's not my state­ment"
Fr. Mcinnes emphasized.
He also indicated that he
thought the poll was "sloppy",
and that it came about from a
father of a student who sug­gested
it. In other words. it was
an Administrative poll prompt­ed
by parental concern. "But
you still sent it out", a voice
fr.om the crowd replied.
Fr. Mcinnes praised the Stu­dent
Government for doing a
"great job" in handling the
discipline in the dormitories
during the drinking and extend­ed
parietal hours of last week­end.
The conference then broke
up because of rain.
A g-eneral faculty meeting has
been called for today at S p.m.
by Dr. Frank Rice, at which
James Ruane and Robert Mur·
phy will appear and explain cur·
rent student activities and re­ceive
their opinions on a student
strike. Unofficial sources lndl·
cated that faculty members
would be asked not to hold
class unless a large majority of
students appear for cla.ss, in the
event of & strike.
URBAN STUDIES
SEMINAR
Any member of the class of
'70 or '71 who is interested in
participating in the Interdisci­plinary
Seminar on Urban
Studies is asked to register in
the Dean's Office in Xavier.
April 2-4, 1969 THE STAG
Rock Ensemble Features
Classically-Trained Artists
A concert by the New York Another highlight of Dogwood ning boat ride on the Long Is-
Rock and Roll Ensemble, a '69 will be a formal prom which land Sound with Society's ~il­classlcally
·trained voup whose will be held at Frederick's on dren from Westchester prov1d·
music ran&"es from rock to May 2nd. The music of Penny ing the music.
Bach wlU highlight Dopood Candy will be featured and a Sunday, May 4th will see the
'69, C:.. May Srd at 'I p.m. In the buffet dinner and the crowning "Final Touch" of the weekend
CYJWl&alum. of the Dogwood Queen will be featuring a cookout on the Cam-
Backvounds included in the evening's enter- pus Center patio with two Fair-
The New York Rock and Roll tainment. field groups, Zero Plus Six and
Ensemble, who recently appear- Other activities on May 3rd Peter, Jimmy and George ap-ed
on television with Leonard will include a picnic and an eve- pearing.
Bernstein for a New York Phil­hannonic
Young Peoples' Con­cert,
is a group of musicians
with a wide range of back­grounds.
Three of the members
have attended the world-famous
Julliard school of music, while
the other two are self-taught
musicians.
Their concert attire is white
tie and tails and their musical
program includes Handel, Cou­perin,
Bach, Brescianello, Tele­mann
and Morloy mixed in with
straight rock compositions by
themselves or Jimi Hendrix or
the Procul Harum.
Instruments
They play a wide variety of
instruments, ranging from the
obe, cello, French horn ·and a
muted organ to the more fa­miliar
rock instruments
drums, two guitars and a cow­bell
- which serve as· their
bridge to twentieth century
rock.
The appeal of the New York
Rock and Roll Ensemble is al­most
universal. Audiences who
flock to their concerts include
the "beautiful people" as well
as the standard rock followers.
Incredibly Creative
One of the Julliard-trained
group members, Marty Kamen,
said that he was slow to tum
to rock, believing that it was
just a lot of noise. "But now I
find that rock is incredibly cre­ative.
It gives me a chance to
perfonn and write things that
classical music doesn't allow."
Critics from all over the
United States have heaped
prais~ upon the New York Rock
& Roll Ensemble for their in­splrmg
concert appearances.
Their successful and critically­acclaimed
first album is to be
succeeded by another which
will be released sometime this
month and they have just com­pleted
a score for an AT & T
special "Discover America" to
be shown on NBC this April.
Gov 't State~nent on
Griffin's Authority
EDITORS: NOTE: The
following II the po~~ltlon of
the Student Government with
regard to the capacity of Mr.
Robert K. GrUr.ln as being
the sole representative and
authoritative spokesman of
the Administration In our ne­gotlatl0118.
To state the position of the
Student Government succinctly:
We believed then, and still do
believe, that Mr. Griffin was
given the sole authority to nego­tiate
social refonn mutually ac­cepted
by the administration,
represented by himself, and the
students, represented by the
Student Government.
The Student Government posi­tion
is based on the following
evidence:
1. The eighth point of the
"Minutes of the Second Meeting
Between the Student Govern­ment
and the Administration to
Discuss Social Refonn," which
stated, "Fr. Mcinnes re-stated
that Mr. Griffin would repre­sent
the Administration in fu­ture
negotiation, in the capacity
of an authoritative spokesman
for the Administration."
2. This position was echoed
in a statment issued by Fr. Mc­Innes
dated March 24, 1969,
which appeared in the March
26, 1969 edition of the Sta,c. In
this, Fr. Mcinnes stated among
other things, "The Student Gov­ernment
has indicated that it
will seek solutions by working
directly with the Director of
Student Services, Mr. Robert
Griffin. The Administration has
promised that he may speak au­thoritatively
for the University
and that he will be ready to
listen to all interested parties."
The Government would like
to point out that Mr. Griffin put
a time limit on his listening to
interested parties in the adminis­tration
and faculty. He said in
a meeting held March 25, 1969
that he would set aside the next
week, March 31 to April 4, to
allow the interested parties in
the administration and faculty
to give their views on the social
reforms to him.
Paintings and Wood Carvings
Of Roe Halper On Display
The paintings aad wood earv·
lnp of noted Westport artist
Roe Halper are currently on dis­play
In the Campus Center Oak
Room dally 1mtll May 8 from
1 to 5 p.m.
Roe Halper's works illustrate
her interest in the strength and
power within a human being
and a sense of dignity in dying.
She displays deep feeling about
the plight of the Black Amer­ican
and the joys of mother­hood.
She views the war in
Vietnam as a "senseless waste
of American lives," but sees the
Israeli conflict as "a necessary
fight for survival of a country."
Her works are owned by
many private collectors through.
out the country, including Mrs.
Martin Luther King, Jr., who
owns a series of three wood­carvings
entitled "Birmingham,
1963" which became part of her
husbands collection in 1964.
A graduate of Skidmore Col­lege
with an art degree, Mrs.
Halper has taught at Horace
Greeley High School in Chap­paqua,
New York and was a life
drawing instructor in adult
classes at the Stamford Mu­seum.
HIRTS $2 -... ~ .. She had 'her ftrst one-man
show at the Stamford Museum
in 1963 and a second at York
Gallery in New York City, and
has also exhibited with the Au­dobom
Artists in New York
City, Connecticut Artists in
Hartford and the Chicago Trade
World's Fair.
MCJOIY
SHIRT
The strong lines in her paint­ing
and woodcarvings have been
said to combine the strength of
~ man with the emotion of a
woman.
Paintings and woodcarvings
in the one-man show, many of
them for sale, include, "Para­dise
Lost Ir', "The Vanquished
- R. F . Kennedy & Martin
Luther King, Jr.," "Dying War­rior,"
"Vietnam," "Frightened
Black Child" and "Othello and
Desdemona."
Pave Five
Student Picketing at
Library Dedication
By DAVID McVITTIE
Last Sunday, April 20, the
Fairfield University Library
was dedicated in the presence
of approximately 250 friends of
the University. As these peo­ple
entered the Oak Room of
the Campus Center, where
various dedication spee;:hes
were given, a few s tudents
passed out phamphlets sta ting
their views -as to the condition
of the new library.
Following these speeches, the
visitors were invited by Fr.
Mcinnes to proceed to the li­brary
and view the building
which was just dedicated. Out­side
the Oak Room there were
about 20 students with signs
calling attention to the poor li­brary
conditions with special
reference to the number of
books.
Picket Set Up
The visitors walked down the
path in between approximately
one-half of these sign-holders.
Some of the placards question-
The foUowlnr appointments
have been announced by Rev.
Henry Murphy, S.J., Deaa of
Admls8loD8:
Chairman. of . Freshman
Orientation: John Fallon, ''11.
As8lltant Chalnn.an: Rob­ert
Buccino, ''11.
ed the small per cent of the
University budget spent on the
purchase of books each year.
Another read: "A library with­out
books is Fr. Mcinnes'
idea of innovation without
immitation' !" As the last 9f
the smiling visitors walked
down to the University Li~ary,
the students picked up their
signs and went their way.
Related Incident:
By MIKE CONNORS
An attempted assault on a
F airfield student while distribu­ting
leaflets in the library lobby
was reported to have ensued
the dedication proceedings at
approximately 4:30 p.m. last
Sunday.
The student, who wishes to
remain anonymous, said the in­cident
occurred while offering a
Jesuit one of the pamphlets
containing an expostulation of
library deficiencies and a com­mentary
on Fr. Mcinnes'
"astute" depletion of social re­forms.
The elderly J esuit
thrashed out at the extended
pamphlet with his cane, and
after an exorbitant verbal re­probation
and repeated at­tempts
at physically throttling
the youth, the confrontation
subsided.
The student could not account
for the seemingly unprovoked
attack. The assailant remans
anonymous and at large.
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• April 24,
Students And F acuity U ite !
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent
revolution inevitable."
(John F. Kennedy, April 20, 1961)
We would like the power brokers of Fairfield University to come
to their senses before that historical reflection becomes painful reality.
In our opinion, it has come to such an impasse. And so we urge stu­dents
and faculty to strike this University.
This did not start out as an ordinary confrontation, and it is not
one now. For one thing, in an age of student violence, it is the Student
Government, and the Student Association, which is keeping ration­
·ality afloat. In an era of rash ultimatums the original student de­mands
for liquor, parietals, and their own policing machinery on
campus were merely on behalf of policies instituted years ago by
every major college in the United States, let alone the :€astern Jesq.it
schools. In an era of seizure and confrontation, the students confined
themselves to a peaceful demonstration and painstaking, often frus­trating
negotiations within "the system." In an era of violence, the
Student Government has stressed non-violent action. Even when it
took to enforcing its own rules, it policed them firmly and made last
weekend as peaceful as any of the typically dull weekends students
had grown so used to. In the face of indifference, provocation, and
outright betrayal, the students have truly "kept cool."
But such "blind faith," as President Mariani so aptly phrased
it, has not been mutual. Students, who have not perpetrated violence,
have nevertheless been the victims of it. Last weekend a young lady
was publicly and physically abused by a Jesuit prefect in the presence
of many students, and a peaceful demonstrator was the victim of a
cane-swinging assault by an unidentified Jesuit at the library. We
sympathize with FT. John Mcintyre and do not wish to take a vindic­tive
view of his obviously erratic actions last Saturday night. But we
have only contempt for a system which employs such people in disci­plinary
roles in the first place, and we are eager for the replacement
of such " interior irresponsibility," as Fr. Mcinnes phrased it on
March 26.
What is more, the power brokers of Fairfield University do not
seem to be quite sure of who is representing them, or on what pretext
the student body should be disciplined. The set of rules the Student
Government is now promulgating on campus represent a general
agreement reached in mid-April on all sides, in accordance with Fr.
Mcinnes' statement that "the Administration has promised that he
(Mr. Robert Griffin) may speak authoritatively for the University."
But later a unilateral version was released in Mr. Griffin's absence but
with his name, which the students quite naturally found unacceptable
because it prohibited alcohol and made parietals meaningless. There
has been a serious question of whether duress was employed on Mr.
Griffin, which no one seems capable of answering -least of all him­self.
His Tuesday statement enforcing the later version was a product
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of extremely mysterious circumstances relating to his arrival and
whereabouts when he made it, to earlier statements the Government
is now publicizing revealing his support of the demands. At any rate,
Fr. Mcinnes stated on March 26 "that all matters in a University
community are negotiable between the members of that community"
and since the Government's rules represent mutual consent, only the
Government's rules can be valid.
In addition, Fr. Mclnnes criticized "inflammatory rema:rks, the
spreading of unfounded rumors, veiled threats of intimidation ol'"
physical force - or any other inappropriate conduct by members of
an academic community." Yet this week the Student Association has
been victimized by the spreading of fearful hearsay - of mass sus­pension,
mass expulsion, dissolution of the Student Government, of
closing the school. Some of these rumors have emanated from pre­fects
; none have been disproved.
Clearly, something is wrong. It is becoming rapidly apparent
that the Student Government is the only active stabilizing factor in
this University, and that the power brokers have lost all sense of
perspective. The students have tried the avenues of rational discus­sion,
in the noblest tradition of student zeal; they have found that
rational discussion is a mere t ool to stifle efforts at reform, and that
its results can be negated as much by administrative fiat as by a hot­headed
sit-in. The students have tried changinl! the system by work­ing
within it; they have seen that the system will oppose. fanatically
if necessary, all efforts to improve it. And so the students have been
forced to choose between destroying the system or temporarily freez­ing
its operations. True to rational form, they have chosen the latter.
But ·their perseverance must be rewarded - soon. If the power
brokers refuse to do so by Friday, the faculty must intervene. Their
grievances are of the same nature as ours. - Every time the faculty
first hears of a nursing school or a 5-year plan or an Urban Studies
seminar in the pages of this paper. it has experienced in mild form
what the Student Association has taken in massive dosage the past
week. The faculty obviously shares the student alienation at the drift
?f le.adership from above ; why, then. can they not unify and express
1t w1th us? If the introduction of alcohol and women must assume
crisis proportions, how is their Core Curriculum going to suffer?
The time has come. Let us both- faculty and students- restore
order and decency to Fairfield with a strike.
New Directions By KEVIN McAULIFFJ!
Bill Bertier was Editorial Manager or The Stag when he asked me to beeome
Associate Editor and help him write editorials. Throughout last semester, we did.
We alienated some and inspired a few, but we always tried to be honest about the
Fairfield situation. Perhaps that is why Bill was not liked by the power that be.
Bill's last editorial was the one on the Gourman Report. Three days after
writing it, he withdrew, went home, and wrote this final message of expiation for
the venom he had stored against the institution. Since then, he has gone to Cali­fornia
and found a lifestyle he likes. This is his swan song, written in letter form
many weeks ago and reproduced here. Call it deluded, emotional, or anything you
want to - but Bill Bertier did his part here, and deserves to say what he likes.
If you do not read it, or if you read it and it does not affect you, then I am afraid
you are just what he is talking about.
To the Editor:
When, in January, I made my decision to leave Fairfield, I felt that it would
be well for me to leave quietly and let the student body mull over the Gourman
Report. I felt that it would sufficiently rile the student body and my sudden co­oper
ation would help me in any re-application move I might want to make in
September.
I now regret that decision. Not only because I let my fellow students down but
because I let myself down just as hard by faking it. So this is a small part of what
I have to say on my leaving - weeks late but often mentally rewritten:
The first question I was asked by the forty .or fifty people who had learned
about my decision was "Why are you leaving'!" My immediate answer was "Be­cause
Fairfield is a sham and I am a poor excuse for a student."
Why did the 1,600 people who are here decide to go to school'! The primary
reason for most was to avoid the draft. The second reason was to get a piece of
paper after four years that entitles the holder to a fair share of Mother America's
blood pudding. Perhaps the third reason is to satisfy one's parents by becoming
socially acceptable. I often wonder if there are any more than five people on this
campus who decided to go to school out of aesthet ic motivation. Does anyone on
this campus dig learning simply for its own sake ?
So Fairfield is a sham, but why couldn't I, as a student, transcend the system?
Because in three semesters I took one three-semester hour elective out of a total
of forty-five credits. I could not force myself to study a subject that I felt to be as
pragmatically useless as it was academically unstimulating. I refused to become
a student for the sake of my Q.P.
Fairfield Is a little rich boy's school. A place to park one's car and carcass
between trips to New York to "kill the pain" as one friend once put it.
969
Strawberry Fields
By MARK GALLIGAN
Seenea from 'l'hree Fabiield'a
Sceae from a Prealdentlal Oftlce
Playboy Bill looks out to
Ivy-encased fortificatioll5 of
theonomy
their clock tower chiming
with precision
children moving to the
gliding river
while
government troopers
parade to challenge the student
mardi ·gras.
Thomas Donahue is still residing
faraway
to become the
demigod of that college named
america.
Ardent George is in charge of
exterminating
huckleberry ftnn.
Scene from the Coast of a Dean's Office
Pater apathetica puts
finishing touches
on his homemade
orphans
while the frayed family
regresses from
a dark double-header
in the office.
negrophobia has not yet possessed
the household.
this reservoir is
encircled by
alternating current
to detain
relief seekers.
Dr. Murphy is master of
beanballing all batters.
Scene from a Resident Student ICMrice
The placid bier
bracing the guilt span
is carried across the quad.
Minnie Commandos
fob around with
special
premium offer coupons
for gaol!
boys
while their billboards promulgate
sympathetic
bathroom tissne.
Their press honorably
announces
doomsday
Erotic prefects no longer
are patriarchs
cremating students.
And all this goes on while some are
proving we are inferior.
"Strawberry fields forever.''
I would like to see someone conduct a survey to see how
many of its undergraduates have become steady drinkers, pot­heads
or acid-droppers. I am sure that everyone's parents would
be shocked, but Fr. Mcinnes would not be the least bit surprised
because he already knows what the story is but refuses to act.
But when one stops to think what action he would take, given
the Jesuit mentality, I suppose it is better that he chooses to re­main
blind. The last thing the perversion pots we call "universities"
need is regular weekend raids by the local police. Instead of
recognizing these problems as external signs of a rotting cancer
deep within the system, our "educators," including Fr. Mcinnes,
would cure the headache by cutting off the head.
Fairfield, and a score of other American universities, had
better initiate drastic reforms in their systems or cease to call
themselves "educational institutions!' Fairfield must act or recog­nize
itself as the training center for the American business world
that it is.
What must be done ? The necessary changes have been reiter-­ated
dozens of times before: r equirements must be abolished, or
at least drastically cut; social conditions must be improved; stu­dents
must be given a voice in admissions procedures and the
hiring and firing of professors. Most importantly, though, the ad­ministration
must stop calling the student "boy" and recognize
him as the adult that he is.
Finally, to the students- fix it up or shut it down, ~OW!
Sincerely,
William Bertler
THE STAG Page Seven
Griffin Statement Concerntng
Negotiations Misunderstanding
To the Fairfield University
Community:
Over the course of the last
week and a half, considerable
misunderstanding has developed
concerning the negotiations of
dormitory social regulations
which have taken place be­tween
myself and the members
of the Student Government and
the decision which I ultimately
reached concerning the re­quests
that were presented on
your behalf by the members of
the Student Government.
The reason for this oonfuaioo
and misunderstanding ls two­fold:
first, the public release of
two documents which articu­lated
my position on the mat­ters
under discussion. The first
of these, a position paper, not
intended for publicatloa., was
shared with the members of
the Student Government early
last week and stated In br()ad
terms my concepts of student
life here on campus. These con­cepts
were mine and mine
alone. The paper was not In­tended
as a final decision nor
a public document.
A second paper was given to
Mr. Mariani, Student Govern­ment
President, on Thursday,
April 17. This second paper
was my final decision concern­ing
these positions. My final
decision was reached after
carefully considering the points
which were offered by the
members of the student nego­tiating
committee, the posi­tion
taken by the Academic
Council, the position taken by
the members of the Adminis­tration
along with the position
expressed in conversations with
parents of our students and,
finally, in discussio!15 with th~
chief personnel officers of other
schools attending the Confer­ence
in New Orleeans. My
judgment evolved from the
opinions and r equirements of
the many segments of our aca­demic
community, and was
made without any duress from
any student, faculty member or
member of the administration.
I wish to restate that I was
not overruled by the President
of the University.
The second factor that con­tributed
to con.i .. uing misun·
derstanding was my absence
from the campus the last few
days to attend the conference
in New Orleans. During that
time confusion has grown and
unfounded rumors have multi­plied
due to the necessity of
transmitting information cross
country. We discussed the prob­lem
by phone. I conveyed to the
President my position on the
essential elements of the atu­dents•
proposal. Together we
constructed a formal statement.
The final draft was read to me
over the phone and I agreed
that this rept·c.s:mted my posi·
tlon and should be released.
I can understand that com­munications
in these circum­stances
might not have been
completely effective, and that
my inability to meet with the
students personally has left
some degree of doubt in the
minds of the student negotia­tors.
As a result of this doubt
they have embarked on a path
that has made a difficult situ­ation
more difficult.
Having commented on the
occurrences of the past week,
I again wish to indicate clear­ly
that the statement issued on
Thursday afternoon is my de­cision
concerning the present
living regulations for students
on this campus. This is a de­cision
which I made and be­lieve
is in the best ~terest of
the entire community and
which should be looked upon as
a beginning to liberalization of
previous regulations and as an
opportunity for future change
in order to provide a real and
desirable living climate for all
students on the Fairfield Uni­versity
campus.
May I, for your benefit, read
that statement . ...
Now I understand that for
the past five days students on
our campus, acting on the baa1a
of a unilateral Student Govern­ment
decision, have been in vi­olation
of these concepts and
are doing so with full know­ledge
of the consequences. For
their benefit and for the benefit
of the total community and
each of you as Individuals, may
I restate my po11ition and the
position of the total adminis­tration
In this regard. Students
who fall to adhere Co the re~·
lationa of the Unlvenity M
agreed to In the Student Bud­book
ancl Uberaltzed by my
statement of last week will be
aubject to the normal diaclpUae
provided for In that Handbook.
Poaaeasion of alcohol is pro·
hlbitecl and makes the offender
subJect to sanctions Including
IMISpension. The aame iB true
for violationa of parietal&. I
wish to encourage you to co­operate
fully In observing regu­lations
as announced In my
statement so that future dis­cussions
will be posaible and
will reflect maturity and co­operation.
The prefects In the
dormitory have been ln8tructed
to act according to these norma..
It is my hope that order can
be restored to the campus with­out
anyone jeopardizing his
status as a member of our
community and ask that rea·
son and not emotion prevail.
Obviously the divided stance
of the academic community
cannot continue. But only the
cooperation and common sense
of all can bring us together
once again.
Jesuit's Forcible Eviction Of Girls
Becomes Center Of Campus Controversy
By JOHN G. LEDDY portedly pulled one of the girls
Fr. John Mcintyre, S.J., a
freshman English teacher and
Jesuit prefect well known for
his conservative approach to
classroom dress code and parie­tal
hours, again became a cen­ter
of controversy when he
evicted girls from the second
floor of Loyola dormitory last
Saturday night.
The incident occurred just
after eleven p.m., the hour
which some Administration
members have designated as the
limit of Friday and Saturday
evening parietals.
According to students at the
scene, Fr. Mcintyre verbally
and physically abused some of
the girls. Freshman Brendan
Bruder said that he and two
friends, James Clarke and Ned
Dunn, were entertaining two
Fairfield girls when Fr. Mcin­tyre
visited the room. "The
door was open," he claimed;
"we didn't have any liquor in
the room or anything." "We
were just standing around," in­sisted
Ned Dudd.
The Jesuit prefect then re-out
of the room, first by the
arm and then by the hair, say­ing:
"Get these bitches out of
here."
In a separate case, Jesse
Heap said that he saw Fr ..... c­Intyre
point at a girl and then
push her out of a room. "She
got scared and ran down the
hall," he said. "No one could
believe it. We didn't do any­thing.
We just stood there."
Commenting on the issue on
Sunday afternoon, Fr. Mcintyre
made this statement: "The girls
should not have been there. Is
that not a fact?" While admit­ting
that his behavior was con­troversial,
he said "I live with
controversy every day."
Later that evening, he refused
to add any comments saying:
"I'm not interested in The Stag;
I'm sorry. I've done business
with them before."
The matter has been referred
to Rev. Joseph E. McCormick,
S.J., head of the Jesuit order
here at Fairfield and to Very
Rev. William C. Mcinnes, S .J.,
Rector and President of Fair­field.
Parent's Weekend Committee Resigns
Citing 'Complete Loss Of Faith'
By DAVID McVI'ri'IE
Robert Murphy, Vice-Presi­dent
of the Student Govern­ment,
recently disclosed that
the students involved in the or­ganization
of Parent's Weekend
have resinged from their posi­tion.
This means that all stu­dent
help has been withdrawn,
including provisions for flowers,
food, and decorations which
have been cancelled.
Weekend Still On
Bob Murphy, formerly the
chairman of the Parent Week­end
Committee, stated the stu­dents
could not work directly
for the admiaiatraUon "a.fter
the complete loss of faith suf­fered
a.fter the negotiations."
Murphy also added that Fr.
Mahan, administrator working
with -the stndents on plaonmg
the weekend, had sympathized
with the students on the com­mittee
In their action. Fr.
George Mahan, executive as­sistant
to the President, did con­firm
that there would be a
Parent's Weekend ..
Unverified sources have it
that a number of students from
the senior class have volun­teered
their help in the plan­ning
and execution of Parent's
Weekend which is to be held
April 26-27.
Page Eight T H E STAG April 24, 1969
University Relati-ons' Sequence of Events
(Continued from Page 1)
concept is desirable.
• That general standards are
necessary in the area of dress.
the Academic Council of faculty
to discuss the proposals by the
students. The minutes of that
meeting contained the following
resolutions:
resident will inform hJs pre- recommends that .the Univeni­fect
of his whereabouts when t.y take immediate steps to in­leaving
the campus for an ex- crease the quantity and quality
tended period of time. of public rooms for socializing
• That the respect for law
and University policy in rela­tion
to educational objectives
must be considered in making a
decision on the use of alcohol
on the campus.
• That the academic council
8.C('I'pts a concept of a donnl­tory
council, and that, the re­SJ)
Ons.ibility of self-government
is consistent with the valut>S
the University professes.
• That the Academic Coun- in the dormitories. In the area
cil feels that under existing of parietals, the Council recom­State
laws, and consonant with mends that, in any extension
of parietal hours, serious con­sideration
be given to the rights
of those who are not entertain­ing
visitors and to the mainten­:
tnce of an atmosphere in
which the academic as well as
the social life of the Universi­ty
will be benefitted.
• That the rights and priv­acy
of individuals and of the
total community must be repre­sented
in developing regula­tions
for parietals.
• That the Council supports
the recommendation of the Stu­dent
Life Committee regarding
dress regulations.
the principle of due observance
of the rule of law, the intro­duction
of alcohol into the
dormitories is not desirable.
The Council recommends that
the Student Government ex­plore
again the posibllities . of
some sort of Rathskeller or
bottle club on campus for those
of legal drinking age. The
Council would like to stress
that, in addition to the ques­tion
of law, the University com­munity
must adhere to its ma­jor
academic objectives and not
create situations which would
be detrimental to them, or to
the academic achievement of
the student body.
• That a dormitory council
would be a desirable organi­zation.
• That the Council recom­mends
that the Student Govern­ment
present a Student Bill of
Rights for consideration by the
University community.
• That sign in and sign out
procedures should not be an
obligation but should be pro­vided
as a service for student
c:nd his family.
The second meeting of that
day was held on the evening of
Friday, March 21, 1969 Mr.
Griffin attended a meeting of
• That the Council supports
the recommendation of the
Jesuit Prefects with regard to
"sign-in" procedure. The rec­ommendation
is to eliminate
the sign-in procedure with the
understanding that a dormitory • That the Academic Council
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• That while the Academic
Council reaffirms the right of
orderly demonstration, it con­denms
the use of vulgar dis­plays
and profane language as
being an insult to the academic
community.
• That the Academic Coun­cil
wishes to state that the
member of the fa~mlty who pur­ported
to speak for the faculty
at the student demonstration
spoke as an indh•·idual and bad
no authority to speak for the
faculty. ·
. On March 26th, a Wednes­day,
the students held a demon­stration
on the University cam­pus
to demonstrate solidarity of
committment to the proposals
set forth by the executive
board of the student govern­ment.
An undetermined nu~ber
of students participated, esti­mates
ranging from 250 to 500.
Students espousing various
points of view encouraged sup­port
of the proposals. A num­ber
of students undertook to
brand the University and mem­bers
of the administration with
unfavorable terms including
that of "pig".
The following day a letter of
apology was received by the
president in which the Student
Government stated: We apolo­gize
for those students who did
use the pig and in a spirit of
good faith will publicly de­nounce
them."
5. On Wednesday, April 2, an
open forum was held on the
Fairfield University campus be­tween
students, faculty, admin­istrators
and parents. A wide
variety of expression was held
on the subject of the negotia­tions
and the proposals put
forth by the students.
In response to a faculty
question, a student speaking
for the student government
said: that April 16 was not a
definite deadline. He indicated
that continued negotiation was
possible and reiterated the fact
that the suggestions submitted
by the students were propos­als,
not demands.
Another student in response
to a question concerning the
nature of the decisions to be
made said: "We are bargaining
in good faith. In this situation
both sides are definitely being
considered . . . in this situation
the student government would
definitely abide by the decision
that was reached in the meet­ing
... ".
In response to a question:
"Suppose your demands are not
met?" a student replied "If
there are reasonable objections
that make proposals that we
submitted impossible to imple­ment,
for example the legality
of alcohol . . . and that If it
was impossible to implement
changes without legal disputes
and everything, then there
would be no out. We would have
to accept that." The student
was referring specifically to the
proposals concerning alcohol.
6. On Friday, April 11 Mr.
Griffin met with Father Mc­Innes
at 4:30 in the afternoon
and presented his position on
paper and extensive documen­tation
which he had gathered
to date. At this time the Dean
of Student Services and the
President agreed that Mr. Grif­fin's
final decision would not
be given until after the 16th of
April. A tentative release date
was set for noon on the 18th
of April at which time it was
hoped a joint statement be..
tween student and administra­tion
could be issued.
7. On Sunday, April 13, Mr.
Griffin met with Father Mc­Innes.
He reaffirmed the fact
that no decision would be made
until after the 16th of April
aml discussed the conditions
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April 24, 1969 T H E STA G Page Nine
University Relations' Sequence of Events
(Continued from Page 8)
postulated in his position paper
submitted on the previous Fri­day
evening.
Later that evening he at­tended
a meeting with the ex­ecutive
board of the student
government. He presented this
position paper as a basis for
private discussion not for pub­lication
or for final decision.
8. On Monday, April U, Mr.
Griffin left for New Orleans.
en the way to the airport he
gave Mr. Ron Bianchi further
notes for discussion with AI
Mariani president of the stu­dent
government.
9. On the evening of April U,
Mr. Mariani went on the radio
with a talk that was previous­ly
publicized throughout the
campus. He indicated that posi­tive
negotiations were taking
place with the administration
and he promised that a state­ment
would be made Thursday
evening. Prior to going on the
air Mr. Mariani called Father
Mcinnes to read him his state­ment.
Father suggested cer­tain
deletions from the state­ment
based on the fact that
to the best of his knowledge no
final decisions had been reached
at that time and restated his
agreement with Mr. Griffin that
the final decision would be
forthcoming after the 16th of
April.
10. On Tuesday, April 15 late
in the evening Mr. Bianchi
brought a statement to Father
Mcinnes for his review which
he had developed in coopera­tion
with Mr. Mariani f'f'om the
notes he received from Mr.
Griffin.
Father Mcinnes did not ac­cept
the statement on the
grounds that (a) Father further
refused to take the statement
based on the .fact that he had
received no definite decision
from Mr. Griffin. (b) He ex­pected
the ultimate decision and
the formal statement from Mr.
Griffin and Mr. Griffin alone
and (c) that in his discussions
with Mr. Griffin he never
agreed that Mr. Bianchi and
Mr. Mariani would construct
the decision that was to be
forthcoming.
11. Later that same evening
Father Mcinnes called Mr.
Griffin in New Orleans and in­dicated
that he had not yet
received a final decision from
him. The President mentioned
that Mr. Bianchi had brought
a statement for F ather's ap­proval
wihch he had rejected
and Father offered Mr. Grif­fin
two options: (a) to con­struct
a statement on the phone
that would be agreeable to Mr.
Griffin and would represent his
view on the issues. (b) To wait
until his return and to continue
negotiations with the students.
Mr. Griffin elected to make
his decision known at that time
especially in regard to alco­hol
and parietals which 'in his
opinion were the most pressing.
After considering the in­sights
gained from all members
of the academic community and
taking into account the formal
recommendations of the admin­i!
itrative board, the academic
council of the faculty and the
exchange of thought provided
by the open forum and his dis­cussions
hi New . Orleans, a
statement was constructed by
phone and a final dmft read
to Mr. Griffin for his approval
deletion or addition. M't". Grif­fin
firmly stated that this would
be his dec.ision and asked that
it be reproduced and made
available to the proper parties.
Mr. Griffin and Father then
agreed to release the statement
on Thursday in order to accom­modate
AI Mariani and the
members of the student govern­ment.
12. On the morning of Wed­nesday,
April 16, Father Mc­Innes
was visited by members
of the executive board of the
student government. Present at
that meeting were Mr. Mariani,
Mr. Ruane, Mr. Murphy, Mr.
Provost and Mr. Gleason. They
asked Father if Mr. Griffin's
decision was ready and avail­able
and he answered in the af­firmative.
Father indicated that
he would not give the executive
board Mr. Griffin's decision
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since Mr. Griffin had indcated
that a joint release should be
worked out with Mr. Mariani
first.
He asked each student indi­vidually
"Will you accept the
final deoislon?" In reply he re­ceived
the answer, "ll it agrees
with our understanding of the
issue." Father then indicated
that a conditional acceptance of
the decision would be unac­ceptable
and, therefore subject
to conditional approval by him­self.
The stud·ents then agreed
unanimously to accept the de­cision
in keeping with the terms
of their original agreement of
Marcil 24.
Mr. Mariani then held a
private meeting with the Presi­dent.
He read Mr. Griffin's
statement and said "I think we
can live with this." Father
then asked him if he would
like to call .Mr. Griffin to sub­stantiate
or elaborate on any
of the points contained in thP
decision~ Mr. Mariani answered
in the negative. He indicated
that he would mimeograph
copies of the statement for
faculty distribution and return
them to Father . The Pr esident
agreed to let Mr. Mariani re­lease
the statement publicly on
the radio that evening.
13. At 2:00 p.m. Mr. Mariani
called Father Mcinnes and in­dicated
"We have a bad prob­lem."
He requested a meeti,ng
at 3:00 p.m. between Father
Mcinnes and the Executive
Board. Father agreed.
14. At 3:00 p.m. the five
members present at the morn­ing
meeting in addition to Mr.
Bartaletta and Mr. Dohn were
present in the conference room
together with Father Mcinnes,
Father Mahan, Executive As­sistant
and Mr . Donohue, Vice
President.
The students r ejected Mr.
Griffin's statement. Tiley did
not reject the substance of the
decisions but claimed that they
had been developed under dur­ess
and charged that t he duress
came directly from the Presi­dent.
Mr. Mariani claimed that
he had talked to Mr. Griffin on
the phone. Mr. Bianchi denied
that to the best of his know­ledge
any duress took place.
Because they found the state­ment
unacceptable, Mr. Ruane
indicated that the student gov­ernment
would immediately im­plement
its own policy of dorm­itory
and social regulations.
Father Mcinnes offered an al­ternative:
to wait until Mr.
Griffin returned early in the
week and check with him to
substantiate or to negate their
suspicisons of coercion or to
supply evidence to support
their strong statement.
The students then stated
categorically tl:)at negotiations
had broken off.
The President asked each
student individually if he would
accept personal responsibilty
for his individual actions and
those actions which may be
perpetrated because of indi­vidual
actions. All students re­sponded
in the -affirmative. The
meeting ended at an impasse.
Under instructions from Mr.
Griffin, Mr. Bianchi sent a
questionnaire to the parents ·of
the University students solicit­ing
their comments on the pro­posals
set forth by the Student
Government. The results of this
survey will be made available
to students and administration
aHke when they are received.
15. Thursday evening, April
17, Mr. Mariani went on the
radio. He had selected excerpts
from the position paper sub­mitted
by Mr. Griffin and com­pared
them with his final state­ment
which had been submitted
that afternoon.
He indicated that students
should act on the premise of the
position paper and stated: "The
Administration will be enfor c­ing
the 2nd sta temen t, the one
in which t here is no a lcohol,
the government will be enforc­ing
the 1st one. Any conflicts
between the two the Adminis­tration
will be enfor cing, we
will not be enforcing; however,
we will back you up in any
areas as long as you abide by
the 1st final statement."
He encouraged students to
resign from their formal posi­tions
with all university organi­zations
and rejected the con­cept
of violence or violent dis­turbance.
Following the radio
broadcast, there was wide
spread drinking and violation of
dormitory regulations in the
dormitories of Fairfield Uni­versity.
16. Friday morning Fairfield
University issued a formal r e­lease
seeking to clarify the role
of the two statements released
by Mr. Griffin and provided for
public view Mr . Griffin's final
decision.
17. Friday and Saturday
evening continued violation of
dormitory procedure and rules
took place.
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Page Ten THE STAG Aeril 24, 1969
I tramural Basketball
Championship Play Set 24
26"
Sports
Baseball
April
Providence College H
Long Island Univ. H
Schedule
TENNIS
April
25 Villanova H
26 Central Conn. A
29 New Paltz H
By BILL WARNKEN
While some dozen teams in
the A and B Leagues continue
to jockey for playoff position,
Fairfield Beach A and Regis 3
have nailed down their respec­tive
A and B League pennants.
The Beach Men finished with
an unblemished 11-0 record,
the last two decisions coming
via the forfeit route. Regis 3
in coasting to the B crown has
one game left in which to.
sharpen up for the upcoming
double-elimination inter-league
playoffs, commencing on April
30.
The powerful Beach ~quad
registered three of its last four
wins without the services of in­jured
high scorer Tom Crowley
(15 ppg). Willis Reinke, return­ing
after a leg injury, picker!
up much of the slack, contrib·
utmg a 20 point game-high ef­fort
in the 72-20 romp •)f
P.K.T. and adding a 15 point
effort in the 66-34 drubbing of
Gonzaga 1.
Asper Stars
Backcourt star Doug Asper
added 16 in each of those vic­tories,
bef· 'l e leading the Bea-::h
from the b;:ink of their first d~··
feat to a 48-44 conquest of
third-place Campion 3, with an
18-point game-high perform­ance.
In another close contest,
the Beach edged Regis 4, 45-39,
as their "hero-a-day" formula
found Tom Sweeney pacing the
club with 13.
The BAK Baggers, led by
high scoring Ed Wargo, vaulted
into second place by defeating
Gonzaga 2, 81-38 behind War­go's
25 points, Woodie Long had
18 for the Baggers. Then, in
what was ·billed as a close
game, the Baggers routed Cam­pion
3, 68-44, behind Wargo
(23), Long (18) and Mark Go­voni
(18). Their last win was
a forfeit by Regis Ground, who
along with New Dorm 1, has
forfeited out of the league.
Campion 3, as a result of the
losses to the Beach and the
BAK, slipped to third place,
1/2 game ahead of Regis 4. C 3
has two tilts remaining, while
"The Best" have three. Cam­pion
3 did manage to salvage
a win by crushing Gonzaga 2,
60-32 behind Bob Doss' 29
points.
Begls 4. Romps
Regis 4, despite its loss to
the Beach, remained in playoff
contention by romping over
PKT, 54-30 and Gonzaga 1,
69-50. "The Best" were led by
Bill Barrett who, after scoring
15 in a losing effort to the
Beach, registered 17 against
PKT and 12 against G 1. Drew
Soltys led all scorers with 16
points for Regis 4 in the vic­tory
over G 1.
PKT, still mathematically
alive (as are Campion 2 and
Gonzaga 1) scored wins over
Campion 2 ( 48-39), Gonzaga 2
(44-14 setting the season's de­fensive
record), and DSP
(41-19). Dennis Donovan erupt­ed
from his scoring slump with
20 points against Campion 2,
18 against Gonzaga 2, and a
resounding 30 in the fraternity
battle with D.S.P. in which the
PKT broke a 19-19 deadlock
and outscored DSP 22-0 Jn the
last 15 minutes.
Campion 2's freshman up­starts
surged into possible play­off
contention on th~ strength
of some rugged board work by
George Wattrurro and Mike
Wolfe as well as the accurate
eye of guard, Jim Whittaker.
"Whit" led the 72-32 win over
Loyola 3 with 20 points while
Vatturro netted 19. The same
combination hit for 20 and 17
points in the 58-25 thrashing of
Regis Ground. Whittaker then
threw in 18 to help Reuben
Bradford (21) subdue the DSP
63-20.
In the remaining A League
game, Chuck Dombeck's 17
points led DSP to its first vic­tory,
a 51-43 triumph over Lo­yola
3.
B League
By virtue of two incredible
buzzer shots the B League race
was thrown into a wide-open
scramble, as Campion 4 picked
up two last second victories.
Pete Comerford threw in an off
balance rebound shot to nip New
Dorm 2, 36-35 at the buzzer.
Then, in the B League's biggest
upset, Paul Kelliher landed a
desperation 40 footer to hand
Regis 3 its first lass, 42-41. Joe
Maher had 14 in the first vic­tory
and Kelliher (12) and Rich
Thielebeule (14) molded the up­set
win over Regis 3. Campion
4 then added a win over Gon­zaga
3, 43-36, as Comerford
had 12.
Regis 3 lost no more than its
undefeated season, having al­ready
clinched first place with
the last third of its 9 straight
wins. Four men hit double fig­ures,
topped by Bob Weingart­ner's
17 points in a 59-40 deci­sion
over New Dorm 4. Wein­gartner
again led the way, this
time with 19, in the 65-47 Regis
3 win over Beach B (despite a
24-point spree by the losers' Ed
Beaudreault). Weingartner's 12
points led the balanced Regis 3
attack to an easy 55-32 win
over Gonzaga 3, which wasted
a brilliant 21-point scoring ef­fort
by Van Muller.
Secon.d Place Tie
Beach B and New Dorm 4
are tied for second place, each
having split its last four con­tests.
Sandwiched around Beach
B's loss to Regis 3, were two
wins. Beach B crushed the
Havis Medwicks (who lost their
last eight games) 75-35 as
Beaudreault had 21 and Jim
"Phleuge" McAuley had 18.
They also stopped Regis 2,
47-40, as Beaudreault garnered
15. New Dorm 4 had the of­fensive
boards in defeating the
Beach B, 45-40, behind Ben
Hammerbacher's 12 point. ND 4
then dropped the decision to Re­gis
3 and also forfeited to Lo­yola
2, before gaining a forfeit
victory over Regis 2.
The remaining playoff spots
are open to Campion 4 (5-4),
Regis 1 (5-4), New Dorm 2
{5-4), and New Dorm 3 (4-4).
While Campion 4's two pulsat­ing
wins catapulted them into
contention, Regis 1 was upset
by Gonzaga 3, in falling into
the three way fourth-place tie.
Regis 1 downed Loyola 2,
48-40, behind Jim Cimina's 17
points and Ken Hojnowski's 14,
and then ran up a 28-9 half­time
lead before hanging on for
a 46-39 win over ND 3. Cimina
led the way with 22 and Hoj­nowski
had 10. Gonzaga 3 then
upset Regis 1, knocking them
from undisputed third place to
the ensuing triple tie. John Sa­teem
scored 26 as G 3 won
51-48.
Kickha.rn Nets 28
New Dorm 2 attained its share
of fourth place by edging spoil­er
Gonzaga 3, 39-38 behind Tom
Kickham's 17 points, and top­ping
Regis 2, 54-38 as Kickham
scored 23 and Ozzie Pisarri had
18. Havis Medwicks then grant­ed
ND 2 a forfeit win.
New Dorm 3 won three
straight under new coach Frank
Magaletta to move to within 1/2
game of a playoff spot. After the
loss to Regis 1, and 3 defeated
Loyola 2, 59-44 as Bob Farenon
scored 15 and Mike Madaio and
Jim Fitzpatrick had 12 each.
The other two wins were over
Havis Medwicks (55-40) and
Campion 4 (46-43).
Madaio led all scorers with 21
in the Medwicks game and Jack
Lauter had 13 in the decision
over C 4. In the other B game,
Gonzaga 3 knocked off the
Havis Medwicks, 50-41 behind
Bill Frese's 21 points and Van
Muller's 13.
C League
The following are the scores
in the C League:
Bullets 72, Supersonics 35
Royals 38, Celtics 24
Bullets 59, Buckeroos 34
Celtics 48, Supersonics 45
Bullets 75, Royals 27
Buckeroos 48, Lakers 20
Royals 36, Supersonics 35
Goldie Trotters 43, Lakers 31
Buckeroos 26, Warriors 21
Royals 47, Lakers 26
Buckeroos 21, 76ers 13
Rangers 28, Lakers 22
Goldie Trotters 33, Warriors 25
Rangers 49, Knicks 27
Goldie Trotters 33, Buckeroos 31
Celtics 38, Rangers 36
76ers 57, Warriors 54 (2 O.T.)
Bullets 55, 76ers 34
Celtics 55, Knicks 50
Supersonics 48, 76ers 46
Goldie Trotters 38, Knicks 28
The top ten scorers in league
A and B:
Ed Wargo, BAK ........ 21.4
Dennis Donovan, PKT ... 17.9
Tom Kickham, ND-2 .. .. 17.2
Jim Harriston, Loyola 2 . . 15.9
Bill Barrett, Regis 4 . . . . 15.4
George Wrobel, ND-4 . . . . 15.3
Tom Crowley, Beach A . . 15.0
Ozzie Pisarri, ND-2 . • . . . 14.9
Bob Turner, Regis 4 . . . . 14.8
Ken Hojnowski, Regis 1 .. 14.7
28 Bridgeport A GOLF
TRACK April
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April 29 Pace, New Haven H
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29 Brooklyn Col., N.Y. Tech H 26 Pennsylvania H
Golfers Beat
Three Foes
By DAVE DiLEO
The Fairfield University Golf
team, coached by Rev. James
~ing, began its spring season
matches last week with vic­tories
over the University of
Hartford, Southern Connecticut,
and the University of Bridge­port.
The Stags have a strong team
back from last year's team,
which finished 13-1, losing only
Captain John Hamel, who grad­uated
last June. This year's
team, mostly seniors, is com­prised
of Captain John McCo­nachie,
Ted Coia, Dan Tartag­lia,
Kevin Kammerer, John Le­bedevitch,
Bill Sulik, juniors
Dave DiLeo and Jim Andrews,
and sophomore Joe Magdalen­ski.
UB Routed
In their first outing at Man­chester
Country Club the Stags
defeated the University of Hart­ford
4-3 and Southern Connec­ticut
5-2. John McConachie and
Dan Tartaglia paced the Stags
with scores of 76, as five golfers
broke 80 for Fairfield. Me Co­nachie
and Tartaglia won both
their matches in the contest as
did Ted Coia and Dave Di Leo.
In the next match at Grassy
Hill Country Club the Stags
easily defeated the University
of Bridgeport 6-1. McConachie
led the team with an even par
round of 71, while Kevin Kam­merer
also turned in a fine
round of 76.
The golf team has cut down
on its matches this year and
plans to concentrate more on
tournament play. The Stags will
play in the Connecticut Inter­collegiate
Tournament on May
· 5, the New England Tourna­ment,
May 9-10, and the Metro­politan
Tournament, May 14-15.
The golf team also partici­pated
in the University of Miami
Invitational Tournament, March
26-29, in Miami, Florida. The
Stags finished 20th out of a field
of 35. The tournament was won
by the University of Florida, as
Steve Melnyk of that school won
the individual title.
Collegian Nips Palmer
The Miami tournament was
highlighted ·by the presence of
the 1968 United States Amateur
Champion, 20 year old Bruce
Fleischer, of Miami Dade Jun­ior
College. In the second round
Bruce shot 28-35-63, 9 under
par, at the LeJeune Golf Club
to break his own course record
of 68 which he set last year in
the same tournament. Fleischer
won the Junior College individ­ual
title and the Miami Dade
team won the Junior College
team competition. Two weeks
later Fleischer played in the
Masters Tournament at Au­gusta,
Georgia. In the first
round, Fleischer, paired with
golf's greatest personality, Ar­nold
Palmer, shot a three under
par 69 to beat Arnie by four
shots. Fleischer finished low
amateur in the tournament.
John McConachie was low
man for Fairfield in the Miami
tournament, which was plagued
by rain and cold weather, with
a 72 hole total of 312. John's
low round was a 72 at the Bilt­more
Country Club, the other
course used for the tournament.
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Sports Editor
With the advent of Spring
we, the sports fan, bid farewell
to our heroic collegiate athletes.
Certainly this year will be no
different. The Class of '69 has
produced as phenomenal a
group of athletes that this na­tion
bas yet witnessed. The
Terry Hanrattys, the Leroy
Keyes, the Lew Alcindors will
all be playing in the professional
ranks next year. So might a
lesser known ballplayer - Fair­field
University's Bill Granata.
For the past three years, Gra­nata
has thrilled Stag baseball
fans with his powerful hitting
and rugged defensive play. As
a sophomore, Bill batted .313
and drove in 23 teammates.
New England's Best
Last Spring his batting fig­ures
tailed off slightly, but he
still laced out 25 hits and pro-
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duced 19 rbi's, for a respectable
.272 average. The soft-spoken
Granata is truly a power hitter
as his five double, four triples,
and two home runs last year
illustrate. It was this slugging
which earned the Stags captain
the All-New England catching
slot.
Although his average stands
at an even .300 through the first
eight games, Bill feels he's not
hitting the ball that well. "I'm
shooting for at least 20 rbi's
and a .300 average," he notes.
Yet despite his personal accom­plishments,
the diamondmen of
Fail'field University have never
produced a winning season.
"Rick DeAmore just came out
as a pitcher. He played two
years ago, then quit the team,
but he's back now," big Bill
explains. The 6-1, 220 pound
Granata believes the pitching
staff holds the key for a win­ning
season. "Our pitching staff
is young. Bob Gibson is recuper­ating
from intestinal virus. Also,
we've out-hit every team except
one. Yes, I'm convinced of a
winning season. This is our best
team."
Optimism Unwarranted
But at Fairfield, optimism is
unwarranted. John Praskac and
Frank Magaletta each predicted
"definite" winning seasons for
the football and basketball
teams, respectively. Neither
squad came close. Bill Granata
knows this for he was a Club
Football All-American tackle.
As a junior, Granata started
at linebacker for a team that
THE STAG
posted a 4-2 record. But last
fall the gridders dropped four
games by one touchdown for
a dismal 1-6 mark. Still Bill
was not downcast. "I never
thought I'd get a chance to play
football after high school grad­uation,"
the amiable senior says,
"but our defense was eighth out
ot 40 clubs."
While a student at Norwalk
(Conn.) High School, Granata
played football, basketball, and
baseball. He captained the base­ball
team in his senior year,
and the basketball team, led by
a fellow named Calvin Murphy,
finished third in the state tour­nament.
Perfect Student
"I guess I'll miss sports the
most after graduation," the bril­liant
economics major states.
Granata had a spotless report
card of five A's last term. Also,
there is a very strong possibility
that Bill's athletic career may
not terminate with his .fune gra­duation.
The San Diego Padres
scout has been talking to the
husky athlete and there's a
strong chance that he will be
drafted.
To the Stag sports fan, Bill
Granata was many things. He
was No. 66 in a muddy maroon
jersey making a hard-nosed
tackle. He was a baseball slug­ger.
But, most importantly, Bill
Granata was a modest, scholar­ly
athlete who got the job done.
Fairfield fans will truly miss
him, but it is doubtful that the
Padres will miss him in the
draft. Mr. Granata's future is
very bright.
Pag! Eleven
TWO FACED: Bill Granata is the Stag's all-American boy
Tall, dark and handsome, Granata is a Dean's List student,
all-New England catcher and ali-American Club Football
tackle. (Photos by Fisher)
Stag Sextet Close
With 18-8 Mark;
Outlook Bright
By STEVE DAUB
This past hockey season saw
the Fairfield Hockey Club come
from a dismal 0-4-1 record to
a highly enviable 18-8-0 log. The
Stags, led by senior Captain
Tony Hartigan, captured the
Western Division title in
the Metropolitan Intercollegiate
Hockey League and were able
to carry powerful St. · Francis
of Brooklyn to the three game
playoff limit before dropping a
tough 5 to 1 game and the title.
The Stags, who had to play
three games in three days, were
severely hampered by several
crippling injuries. Star Jimmy
Monahan was hobbled by a pull­ed
groin as was Guy LaFlamme.
Tony DuComb was playing in
spite of his broken shoulder.
Steve Daur was hurting with a
broken finger and a badly bruis­ed
elbow. It was quite obvious
that the Red was physically in
bad shape, but in spite of the
score they were in the series
all the way.
Outstanding Trio
Looking back over the sea­son,
the puck-it boys had many
outstanding highlights. Mona­han,
Teddy Sybertz and Du­Comb
placed one, two, three in
the league scoring respectively.
Monahan paced the Stags with
31 goals. The defense led the
league with an amazingly low
48 goals against for 20 games
good enough for a 2-4 per game
average.
Captain Hartigan had nine
goals while playing most of
the time at defense. LaFlamme
was both an offensive and de­fensive
star. He put in 7 goals
in as many games and scored
a shutout while playing goalie.
Goalie Steve Daur combined
with LaFlamme to turn in four
consecutive blanks and a total
shutout string of 216 minutes
of scoreless hockey. Daur led
the league in shutouts with
three, and an individual average
of 1.76 goals per game.
Hartigan Graduates
Next season the Stags will
sorely miss Hartigan, Kevin Do­herty
and Tony Daur. Hartigan
and Doherty were both valuable
rear guards while Daur was at
his best when the going got
rough. Coach McCarthy will
have to see what the Class of
1973 has to offer but he is very
pleased with his returning play­ers.
He has only two seniors
next year; defenseman Tim Hill
and Center Dave Fulton. Jun­iors
will be: DuComb at right
wing as is Billy Norko. Rick
Callahan and Jay Flynn will
patrol the left side and Steve
Daur will be back in the nets.
The Freshman bumper crop will
continue to shine with Mona­han,
Sybertz and LaFlamme
leading the Stag attack. Marty
Verling will split time at de­fense
and left wing. Ted Mar­tens
will be given an excellent
chance to crack the starting de~
fensive wall. Another Frosh,
Chuck Fissora will anchor the
defense with hopefully the same
steady play that he exhibited
in the playoffs.
Unbeaten Ruggers Will Dedicate
Lt. Hans Grauert Field Saturday
Upend Villanova ll-3
For 'Cats First Loss
By CHUCK DOMBECK
On March 29 the Rugby Club
entertained Drew University, a
team which Fairfield has yet
to beat. Once again victory
eluded the Red as Drew, with
little time left, scored three
points to tie the A's 6-6. The
B team also had t rouble as it
lost to Drew 8-6 in a hard
fought contest.
The following weekend saw
Fair,field soaking up some sun
and getting a well deserved
rest in Bermuda. Although ten­tatively
scheduled to play such
powerhouses as Holy Cross and
Notre Dame, plans went awry
with our opposit ion and they
were unable to afford F airfield
any competition.
This past weekend saw the
A team take a huge step to­ward
a coveted undefeated sea­son.
It encountered an unde­feated,
revenge-minded and
well-organized Villanova squad.
The Red caught the "heavies"
in the first half as a rain­soaked
field and a conver ted
penalty kick put them down
3-0.
Feeley Ties Score
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back with a penalty kick and
a game-ending try to give them
a 6-5 victory.
Field Dedication
This Saturday the Universi­ty
of Pennsylvania will visit
F airfield and help the Stags
open their Lt. Hans Grauert
Memorial Field at one o'clock.
UP AND OVER: Ed Goodwin leaps to gain his lead In his re·
cent 120 yard hurdle victory against Jersey City State.
(Photo by Fisher)
The second-half star ted in a
fury as "Whaley" Feeley tied
the score with a 26 yard drop
kick. Five minutes later Bruce
"Bozak" Klastow overpowered
the Villanova backfield for a
try. "Beef" Smith's kick was
good and made the score 8-3.
The scoring was not over as
the serum led by Q. Murphy
and Bill Connolly managed to
get a loose ball out to the
backfield, where a fine move­ment
by Tom Crowley and
John Langan set up Steve
Carre for the final try. For
the second year in a row the
Stags handed Villanova its only
loss, this time by the score of
11-3.
Surprising Trackmen
Post Twin Victories
B's Drop Fourth
The B team was not as for­tunate
as they lost a "tough
one," 12-9. Villanova scored
twice before the Red began to
move. With 10 minutes left in
the half, a loose serum was
capitalized on by a "Fatty"
Maher drop kick. Although line­outs
and serums were domin­ated
by Fairfield, a strong
single effort by Bob Acciani re­sulted
in the second try. The
second-half saw Fairfield take
the lead as Bill McCann scored
what proved to be the Red
Ruggers' final try. Villanova
later scored two more trys to
defeat the B team.
The "C" team was also de­feated
on a disputed call. Fair ­field
scored first as Kevin Re­gan
sped 70 yards fur a try.
This coupled w i t h "Bear"
Sweeney's kick gave us a 5-0
lead. However, Villanova came
By COLIN KILEY
The Fairfield track team is
probably the surprise of the
spring sports season. Demolish­ed
by a strong Southern Con­necticut
team in the opening
meet of the season, the Stag
cinderman came back to beat
J ersey City State and Marist
College. Last year's season r ec­ord
has already been improved
upon with the two victories.
In the Southern meet the
Fairfield team was simply no
match for Southern's forces.
Southern, a school strong in
athletics, featured a big well
disciplined team while Fair­'
field has had a history
of lacking depth. This was fur­ther
evidenced by the absence
of J . C. Dennis. The Stags were
overwhelmed in every event.
The features of the meet
were Bill Marten's surprising
second in the 220 yard dash and
a strong mile by John
O'Rourke.- Martens who had
also placed second in the 440
slipped between two Southern
runner s in the last ten yards
of the 220 to give him a sec­ond
place. He had trailed the
runners by five yards since he
didn't use starting blocks,
Down Jerseyltes
Th'e story was different in
the J ersey City State meet.
Jersey's small team waS' strong
in the sprints. J. C. Dennis,
who is considered an automatic
15 points every time he com­petes,
won the high jump,
broad jump and the triple
jump. He repeated this feat .
three days later against Marist
while adding five more points
with a first place in the 100
yard dash.
Martens won the quarter
mile and finished second in the
220 with an impressive 22.7
second time. John O'Rourke and
Mark O'Donaughue, the dis­tance
runners on the team
emerged with victories in the
mile and the t w o m i 1 e .
O'Rourke finished second in the
half mile also. J ohn Mezzanotte
and Bob Landmesser were the
point gatherers in the field
events.
The Marist meet was inter­esting,
considering the first
lane of the track was three
inches deep in water . The
coaches decided that the run­ners
had the option of running
through or around the water
with the exception of the mile
race.
O'Rourke and O'Donaughue
started the meet off with a sec­ond
and third in the mile. ThE
Marist runner had previous!~
defeated the two in cross coun­try.
Fairfield's first in the hur­dles
was followed up by a first
and third in the 440 by Mar­tens
and Landmesser. Land­messer,
who never ran the
hurdles before, gave the Fair­field
team a surprise boost with
his first in the 440 hurdles.
Dennis Delivers
The relay team of Martens,
John Reid, Pat Long and Den­nis
edged a strong Marist relay
in the 220. Martens, Kiley and
Reid swept the 220 yard dash.
When the Marist mile relay
team won that relay, the score
stood 63-63. Dennis and the
Marist jumpers were not too
enthusiastic about jumping into
a pit of mud. However Dennis,
in his tradition, took the two
firsts to give the Stags the vic­tory.
The team has a big meet this
Saturday at Brandeis. Twenty
schools fr.om the New England
area will be competing. Fair­field
took a fifth place in the
meet last year and should do
at least that well this year.
Stag Nine
Seeks 6th
Win Today
By FRANK ARMADA
Today the Fairfield Baseball
Stags will face Providence col­lege
at home, seeking their sixth
victory of the season. ,
The Stags last game was a
4-1 loss to Sacred Heart Uni­versity
on April 18 at Fairfield.
Rick DeAmore started for the
Stags in his first appearance
this year. The r ighthander pitch­ed
eight innings in which he
allowed seven hlts and four runs
while fanning four.
Two base hits around an er­ror
gave SHU their first run in
the opening frame. The Stags
tied the game in the second on
a walk to rightfielder Bob Gius­ti,
a sacrifice, an error and sec­ond
baseman Bob Castrigano's
sacrifice fly.
SHU Lel¥ls
In the third inning Sacred
Heart regained the lead on a
walk, two wild pitches and a
run scoring single to left. They
added another run in the sixth
when Bruce Barnhard homered
with the bases empty, an inside­the-
park shot to left-center.
SHU wrapped up the scoring
on a bloop double and a single
in the top of the eighth frame.
Fairfield came close to scor­ing
twice. First in the fourth
when with two down Castrig­nano
and shortstop Ed Wargo
s ingled but a grounder to short
cooled the threat. In the fifth
the Stags loaded the bases on a
walk to Giusti, a single by cen­terfielder
Stan Norman and a
walk to first baseman Ed Viola,
but the next hitter popped to
third to end the inning.
Finch Excels
F airfield has had some trouble
with their pitching but their
hitting and ,fielding have been
impressive. Giusti is the team's
leading hitter with a .444 b.a.
He also tops the Stags in runs
with six and is tied for the lead
in RBI's with Skip Bolger at
six. Tom ·Finch as the leader in
base hits; the sophomore catch­er
has 13. He also sports a .361
h.a.
Also with double figures in
the hits colwnn are Bill Granata
and Norman with 10 apiece and
respective batting averages of
.294 and .322. Castrignano is
second in batting with a .375
b.a. but has only played in six
games. The leader in stolen
bases is Jim Hock with five. He
also has scored five runs and
hits at a .291 clip.
The pitching has been spotty
with good performances from
Jim Tully (2-1) and Bob Gibson
(also 2-1}. Tully leads the team
in games, 7 (6 starts), innings
34 and strikeouts 17. Gibson
has made five appearances in
which he boasts a composite
1.96 ERA.