Stag - Vol. 18, No. 13 - January 11, 1967

              Vol. 18 No. 13 Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut January II, 1967
Director Asks To Leave;
Cites Budgetary Problems
Dr. Nicholas M. Rinaldi
B~· Laurence A. Prud'honune
Because of budgetary prob­lems
at the University's P lay­house,
Mr. Robert G. Emerich,
its Director, feels that he can
no longer continue in this ca­pacity.
In a letter of December 9th
to Fr. George S. Mahan, he
asked to be relieved of his
duties, it was learned in an in­terview
shortly before t h e
Christmas recess. He pointed
out that he can not really '·re­sign"
because he is under con-
Rinaldi New Moderator
Of Literary Magazine
By Fred Heisst'nbuttt'l They hope it will be exciting,
not stuffy and attain popularity
among t he student body, which
had been lacking in the past.
New Frontiers has received
excellent literary notices and
was sent as far as England, by
request. There is a possibility,
sometime in the near future,
of a literary contest under the
direction of Mr. Rhodes to at­tract
new talent.
According to Dr. Rinaldi.
"The staff is ta lented and ener­getic
and we look forward to
assembling an issue of "New
Frontiers" that will be univer­~
a lly arlmirerl and read."
"New Frontiers possessed a
high standard of excellence
under the direction of Fr. Bonn
and Mr. Rei! which we hope to
continue," said Dr. Nicholas M.
Rinaldi, the new mod era tor of
New Frontiers in a recent in­terview
concerning the future of
the once-defunct literary maga­zine.
Dr. Rinaldi, Assistant Profes­sor
of English, is a new addition
to the Fairfield faculty t his
year.
He was asked to assume the
post of moderator of New
Frontiers only recently and
commenting said, "I was only
delighted to do so." The format
of the magazine, a bi-annua l, is
still in question, but Editor
Royal W. Rhodes and Dr.
Rinaldi have high hopes for an
edition in late February or
early March. They wish the
magazine to become a vital part
of the Fairfield scene and to
contain more material by, about
nnd for the students.
Psychology Club
Grant Approved
After Discussion
By Philip B. Keane
Once again controversy over
a financial appropriation spark­ed
the third consecutive a bbre­viated
Stude n t Legislature
meeting.
The fireworks began when
Tom Colucci, chairman of the
Fr. Varnerin Baptizes t he son of Dr. and Mrs. James Farnlulm
at noon 1\'Iass In Loyola Cha pel. It is the first child born to
the English department chairman's family.
Finan cial Comittee, introduced
the Psychology Club bill for the
amount of $250. He then amend­ed
this grant to $100 saying,
''The money benefits only a
very small number."
Robert She ils asked if the
club had eliminated the activi­ties
limited only to Psychology
Club members from their item­ized
Jist to compensate for the
$150 cut.
Mr. Colucci said that the
budget had not been changed
and that they would not be
able to afford the limited
functions because of the de­crease
in funds.
Hugh Grady defended Mr.
Colucci by saying, "The only
solution I can see is for us to
audit every club's books, and
t his is no good anyway, be­cause
the club can change its
books."
After the discussion Mr.
Sheils said, "I didn't think the
question w as properly an­swered.".
Both Mr. Grady and Mr.
Colucci fought strongly earlier
in the year for the inclusion of
Contlnu( J on Page 6
tract, but ra ther requested that
he be allowed to leave the Play­house.
Mr. Emerich said that his
disenchantment with the post,
which he has held for the past
ten years, was not due to his
artistic or creative freedoms,
but rather to certain budgetary
problems which have b e en
hampering activities. "The prob­lem
lies not in that there aren't
enough funds, but in the admin­istration
of those funds, and
the authority to administer
them." Mr. Emerich has long
been requesting a definite
budget to work with.
While qualifying the events
of his resignation request, Mr.
Emerich rlenied rumors that he
has any intention of leaving the
faculty. "I have always been
very happy here." ·
Mr. Emerich went on to say
that he has no problems with
Fr. Mcinnes, Fr. Mahan, Fr.
Coughlin, or other· adminitra­tion
executives. "They've always
given freely of their lime to
any problems that have arisen.
The trouble is in the adminis­tration
of the funds." He be­lieves
he has communicated
with the President's office, and
Fr. Mahan has been most co­operative
and helpful.
In closing, Mr. Emerich said
that he feels there should be
"someone to make the decision
on money, so you will have an
efficient operation."
1\'Ir. Robert G. Emerich
University Function
In Forum Today
By \Villiam O'Brien
"The Function of the Catholic
University" will be discussed
this afternoon at 3:15 in the
Campus Center Recreation
Room.
The participants in today's
Faculty Forum will be Fr.
James Coughlin, S.J., Dean of
the Undergraduate School, Mr.
Robert Bolger, Associate Pro­fessor
of Mathematics, and Mr.
Arthur Riel, Professor of En­glish.
The presentation will
again be madera ted by Fr.
Richard Rousseau, S.J.
Fr. Vincent Burns, general
director of the forum series,
stated in an interview that,
"This topic is most crucial now
in the current reevaluation of
the role of religious affiliated
schools in American higher
education.
The Faculty Forum hopes to
get s tudents' views on the role
of denominational schools in
the intellectual and academic
life. All members of the faculty
and student body are invited
to attend and take an active
part in this discussion."·
Page Two THE STAG
Campus
Several recent examples of the
Fairfield notion of campus humor
have been as cheerless as the
gray days before semester exam­inations.
The travesty that the
Christmas Show became was 'One ;
the other has been the second
publishing year of Whenever
Possible.
Regarding the annual Christ­mas
Show, in years past it has
been an event enjoyed by all for­tunate
enough to attend it. The
Show invariably combined good
campus satire with lighthearted
entertainment in a yuletide vein.
This year, however, the audi­ence
was greeted by class skits
that were categorically offensive:
"gross" humor was combined
with shoddy planning and worse
presentation. Slapstick became
obscenity, and many members of
the audience - faculty and stu­dent
alike - left as the Christ­mas
Show became the worst the­atrical
presentation in the scho,ol's
history.
At any time of year, a presen­tation
such as the "Christmas
Show '66" would have been inex-
Humor
cusable. Presented on the eve of
Christmas recess, it was sick hu­mor
that was especially out of
keeping with the spirit of the
season.
Whenever Possible, despite ii:>
humble goals, has managed to de­cline
steadily since the one or two
clever editions of the last aca­demic
year. What was briefly
satire to rival many good college
humor publications has declined
to pseudo-intellectualizing and
writing that is little more than
uncreative name calling.
Where sophisticated wit was
common to the early issues of
Whenever Possible, the tone of its
humor this year has dropped to
irrelevant quotations, humorless
suggestions for improving cam­pus
life, and an occasional breech
of the most basic principles of
journalistic ethics.
Whenever Possible can fulfill a
university's need for good satiric­al
criticism, a need that is not in
the domain of other campus pub­lications.
But to do so it will have
to improve both the quality of its
writing and the breadth Qf its
editorial outlook.
Appalling Loss
The request of Mr. Robert G.
Emerich to leave the Playhouse,
if granted, would be an enormous
loss to the university. We urge
that everything possible be done
to prevent the loss of a man ,who
has proven himself a valuable as­set
to the drama society.
Those who are working with
him, and those who have followed
the development of the Drama
Society since its inception, know
the consistent high quality he in­sists
upon, and has maintained
over the years. F<or a university
without an organized Drama De­partment
this is a rare accom­plishment.
!The loss of such a man for any
reason would be unfortunate, but
the danger of losing him because
of problems about "administra­tion
of funds" is appalling. It is
understandable that in a compar­atively
new and unendowed uni-versity
finances are not always as
adequate as they should be. But
this is not Mr. Emerich's com­plaint;
the funds are adequate.
It is their administration he finds
deplorable.
The responsibilities of a univer­sity
professor, along with the re­sponsibilities
of directing the
drama society are quite demand­ing.
To expect a man to be bur­dened
further with numerous fi­nancial
details is unreasonable.
Again we urge that the admin­istration
and the Business Office
do everything in their power to
effect a suitable compromise. It
would speak very poorly of Fair­field
if we risk the loss of Mr.
Emerich as Director of the Play­house
simply because of the mass
of niggardly detail in the admin­istration
of available and appro­priated
funds.
Letters To The Editor
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Empty House
To the Editor:
On Thursday, December the eighth,
two elderly ladies came from Boston to
see "Incident at Vichy" at the Fairfield
University Playhouse. They were among
thirty-four ticket holders for that per­formance,
very few of whom were stu­dents
of Fairfield University. Because
of this extremely poor turnout, Mr.
Emerich cancelled the showing. The in­terest
and concern of all of us at the
Playhouse is why such a situation should
occur. If people think ·enough of us to
come hundreds of miles to see Ui!, why
is it that Fairneld's student body does
not care enough to walk down the street
to see us?
It seems to us that the purpose of a
university is to educate its students as
to what a man is: what his mind is,
what his heart is, what his spirit is;
how he may be explored, comprehended,
expanded to his fullest potential. Drama
is one of the best means of accomplish­ing
this, for it shows mankind to man­kind
by its very nature. Here at Fair­field,
there exists a first rate drama
society, one which can be compared
with any undergraduate drama society
· in the East, if not indeed in the entire
country. Yet there is little solid student
support. On Wednesday, December the
seventh, Fairfield's fine basketball team
was encouraged by the attendance of
hundreds upon hundreds of Fairfield stu­dents
at its game, which was as it
should be. But the rows and rows of
empty seats at the Playhouse for our
fine production on the following evening
was not as it should be. There are one
hundred and thi.rty eight seats at the
Playhouse; for dne hundred and four of
them to be empty is appalling. The oc­currence
of this situation at Fairneld
has made us seriously wonder at the
aims and quality of what purports to be
its "university education." We believe it
may indicate that true education is fail­ing
at Fairfield, perhaps miseraJbly so.
We are quite willing to admit that
we have our failings, and are most re­ceptive
to suggestions for improvement.
However, we are also aware of the
facts : that we have an excellent reputa­tion
of eleven years standing, and that
"Incident at Vichy.:.' was an extremely
good production of a play by one of
America's finest playwriters. In addi­tion
to this, our publicity was as ex­t
ensive as that of any other campus
event. Bearing these facts in mind, we
can see no good reason why every one
of those one hundred and thirty eight
seats should not have been filled. On our
par t, we can always better our organ­ization;
but inasmuch as we do our job
better than anyone else with comparable
facilities, and better even than a good
many others with far superior facilities,
we think we can hardly be said to have
failed. We believe that the failure lies
elsewhere.
We would appreciate any inquiries,
comments or suggestions. After all, the
Playhouse is the University's, not just
the drama society's ; it was built by the
students; with their own hands, with
money from their own pockets; both
faculty and administration aided in
establishing it. We want to know what
the University thinks.
Sincerely yours,
Vincent Curcio
Secretary, Players' Company
Fairfield University Playhouse
Not Illiterate
To the Editor:
It has occurred to me that someone
reading my drama columns in The Stag
might have good reason to doubt my
sanity andj or literacy. Improperly com­posed
sentences and strange errors of
grammar, spelling and punctuation have
always dotted my articles. Lately, how­ever,
they have been positively littering
my articles. For example, my December
t he fourteenth column on "Cabaret"
had no fewer than twenty-two errors.
I think my readers should be aware
of the fact that, as in the case of other
instances of mistakes in the past, all
of these errors occurred after the col­umn
left my hands, and that I myself
am a candidate neither for an asylum
nor a r emedial English course.
Sincerely yours,
Vincent Ourcio
January II, 1967
The staff of the snack bar at­temps
to keep up with the ac­cumulation
of litt.er, but alas,
they are outnumbered.
Established 1949
Board of Directors
Chm. of the Board ......... RichDrd Peck
Edi to r- in-Chief ... Michael De More
Edi toria l Manoger ............. Fronk Thompson
Associ a te Editor .......... ............ MichDel Mullin
Business MonDger ..... .......... -.... -... - John Kelly
SecretDry ...... -........................... Ch11rles MoDkley
Senior Editors
NEWS: Michael Lynch. SPORTS: Poul
Hughes. FEATURES: Thomos Browne.
VARIETY: Jomes G<1tto. ART: Peter De
Lisa PHOTOGRAPHY: Thomos Quoderi·
b iJ sh. COPY: Paul O'Donnell, ADVER­TISING:
Pa ul Callahan, CIRCULATION:
Richard Nilsson.
Staff
NEWS: Ed Doolan; Bob Kohler ; Lou­renee
Prud'homme; Philip B. KeDOe; Peter
Hearn; Ken Doly; Emil Conning ; Bill
O ' Brien; Ken Kelly; Fred Heissenbuttel ;
Don iel Turner; Edward CDstiglione.
SPORTS: John J. Burke; Bill D'Aiessendro:
Jubol Bond i; Cormine Caruso; LDrry Zito;
Ed Willioms; Tom Hennekens; Dove Zolo ;
PHOTOGRAPHY: M11rk Bcrserine; RichDrd
Mokse; Zenon Podulynskyj.
FEATURES: RoyDI Rhodes; Steve Judd:
Ralph Kister; George Deren : Joseph BrDn,
neg an.
VARIETY: Nicholos Posquoriello : Doniel
Modigon ; Vincent Curcio.
ADVERTISING: Borry Smolko.
CIRCULATION: Paul O'DonnelL
Faculty Moderator
Albert F. Reddy, S.J.
The opinions expre"ed by columnist
and reviewers Dre their own Dnd in no
woy reflect the Editorial Position of THE
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"Fa.ith" by Albert Machini
'Who's Who' Picks
24 Upperclassmen
By Robert Ruddock
Sixteen :Seniors a:ad eight
Juniors have been awarded one
of the highest student honors
by selection to "Who's Who
Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges".
The Seniors are Paul Barnes,
Robert Blackburn, Daniel Clark,
John Cronin, Jeffrey Darling,
Cesare DelVaglio, Gerald Fitz­patrick,
Michael Guri, Joseph
Joyce, James Kealey, William
Koscher, Anthony LaBruzza,
Kevin McGovern, Kenneth Pav­olonis,
William Pritz, Gerard
Smyth and John Swanhaus.
The Juniors are James Al­strum,
Paul Bueker, William
Coffin, Arthur Kenney, John
Reidy, Royal Rhodes and John
Sherwood.
These students were chosen
for their contributions and
achievements in the academic
and extra-curricular activities.
"Who's Who" contacted Dr.
Robert Pitt as to possible can­didates
for inclusion in their
forth-coming edition. Dr. Pitt
then met with the President of
the Student Government and
Mr. Robert Griffin. This group
chose the Seniors and Juniors
from Fairfield. As a criterion,
the decision was made after
considering the individual stu­dent's
scholarship, extra-cur­ricular
activities and attitude.
A Senior, Paul Barnes has
held the offices of president of
the Football Club and treasurer
of his class. Robert Blackburn
has participated in the a,ctivi­ties
of the Cardinal Key So­ciety
and the Student Court.
Daniel Clark is a member of
AED, the International Pre­Med
Honor Society, and the
Mendel Club. Seeking a B.S.
degree in Mathematics, Jeffrey
Darling is a member of the
Fairfield University Glee Club.
Cesare J. DelVaglio, candi­date
for an A.B. degree in
political science, attended the
McGill Conference on World
Affairs. He is active in the
Drama Society and the Academ­ic
Forum. Gerald Fitzpatrick
Chief Justice of the Student
Court, was twice chairman of
the annual blood bank and pres­ident
of his Freshman Class.
A candidate for a degree in
Philosophy, M i c h a e I Guri
served as a member of Fresh­man
Orientation in his junior
year.
Joseph Joyce, a major in
History, is a member of the
Chemistry Club and the Inter­national
Relations Club. A
member of the Young Demo­crat
Club, James Kealey is ac­tive
in the Knight of Columbus
and the Bridgeport Area Club.
Organizer and Executive Chair­man
of the International Rela­tions
Club, William A. Koscher
is Co-Captain of the Track and
Cross Country Team. Active in
the Cardinal Key Society and
the Waterbury Area Club, An­thony
LaBruzza served as
Chairman of the Board of The
Stag and is a candidate for a
degree in Mathematics.
Kevin McGovern, seeking an
A.B. degree with a major in
Psychology, is President of the
Student Government. President
of the Cardinal Key Society,
Kenneth Pavolonis is Chairman
of the President's Academy.
Co-Captain of the Varsity
basketball team, William Pritz
is a member of the Knights of
Columbus and the Bridgeport
Area Club. Gerard Smyth, mem­ber
of the University's Presi­dent's
Academy, is Senior Class
President and is currently a
member of the Cardinal Key
Society.
John Swanhaus was former
treasurer of his class and the
Executive Chairman of the Stu­dent
Government. A Junior,
James J. Alstrum is a member
of the International Relations
Club, the Spanish Club, and
the Young Democrats Club. A
Trustee of Ignatian Council
4203 of the K of C, Paul Bueker
was a member of the Freshman
Orientation Week in his Junior
year.
William Coffin, former co­chairman
of the homecoming
weekend, is active in the Glee
Club and the Cardinal Key So­ciety.
Vice-President of the
Cardinal Key Society, John
Cronin is assistant to the Mem­bership-
Insurance Chairman of
the Knights of Columbus. Seek­ing
an A.B. degree with a major
in English, Arthur Kenney is a
member of the Varsity basket­ball
team.
Former Chairman of the
Catholic Activities Committee
of the Knights of Columbus,
John Reidy is a representative
to the Student Government and
is a member of the Christian
Action Group. Royal Rhodes,
Editor-in-chief of t he campus
literary magazine, was an As­sociate
Justice of the Student
Court and is currently a colum­nist
for the campus newspaper.
John Sherwood, a member of
the Freshman Orientation Com­mittee,
is a member of the
Drama Society.
THE STAG Page Three
'Famous Artist' Instructors
Exhibit z• n Campus Center
By Jay Doolan
An exhibit of paintings by in­structors
and members of the
Art Department of Famous
Artists Schools in Westport is
currently being shown in the
Campus Center Recreation
Lounge. The exhibit, first on a
schedule of Bellarmine Series
art presentations, will run until
January 3, with daily gallery
hours from 2 to 5 p.m.
Among the exhibiting artists,
all of whom are instructors at
the Famous Artists Schools,
are: Roger Vernam of Darien,
a specialist in edcational and
advertising illustration; Nicho­las
P. Scalise of Meriden, who
has done magazine, book and
advertising illustrations, as well
as commercial art and industri­al
designing; Leonard Besser of
Westport, a member of the
American Watercolor Society
and a frequent exhibitor; and
Charles Norman Kitt of Mil­ford,
a teacher, commercial
artist and fine arts painter.
Others whose work will be
exhibited here include: Felix
Schmidt of Ridgefield, a com­mercial
artist, landscape and
portrait painter; William Mac­Lean
of Stamford, who has
worked as an etcher, designer,
art director and cartoonist;
Paul A. Landry of Milford, a
versatile artist with a special
affinity for depicting the sea;
and JohnS. Pellew of Westport,
a painter represented in all
major watercolor shows since
1934.
Also, Charles Reid of West­port,
a portraitist; Edward
Johnson of Westport, whose
work hangs in four museums
and numerous private collec­tions;
Claude Croney of Dan-bury,
winner of over forty
awards for his paintings;
Eugene Holbrook of Ridgefield,
an illustrator with a special
gift for caricature and Gene
Grant of Weston, whose works
have won him numerous prizes
in cities such as Los Angeles,
Denver and Oakland.
Other exhibitors are: Ray­mond
S. Pease of Norwalk, a
fine arts painter and commer­cial
artist and illustrator; Al­fred
C. Chadbourn, internation­ally
known for his stilllifes and
landscapes; a n d Townsend
Shotwell Howe of Redding, who
has worked in many areas of
drawing, painting, and com­mercial
art.
Mrs. Audrey Thompson, of
Public Relations wished to ex­press
her thanks to the mem­bers
of the Phi Kappa Theta
Fraternity for their invaluabe
assistance in hanging the paint­ings.
A calendar of events stating
future Bellarmine Series' lec­tures
and exhibitors include the
following:
Joseph V. McMullan, one of
the world's leading collectors
and author of "Islamic Car­pets,"
will lecture with color
slides on the "History & Design
in Oriental Rugs and Tapes­tries"
January 25 at 8:30 p.m.
in the Campus Center.
Karlheinz Stockhausen. Ger­many's
leading exponent of
electronic music, will present a
lecture-demonstration on Feb­ruary
8 in Gonzaga Auditorium.
The Campus Center again
will be the scene for photo­grapher
Victor Keppler's lec­ture
"Is Photography an Art?"
on February 15, and two pho­tographic
exhibitions entitled
"Talent Showcase" and "Houses
of Worship" from February
13-26.
"Turning Over" by Panl Landry
Parents' Weekend
Set for April 15-16
By Emile Canning
A Parents' VVeekend, spon­sored
by the Sophomore Class,
is now being planned for April
15 and 16. Modeled after the
successful Father-Son Weekend,
it will provide a chan·ce for stu­dents
and their parents to spend
time in a diversity of activities
on campus.
Peter Burke, president of the
class of 1969, has apointed Wil­liam
O'Malley an d Donald
dents' mothers ·because "the
Weekend.
Mr. Burke said that the
Weekend is aimed at the stu­dents'
mothers because, "The
mothers have never been given
too much thought. This Week­end
is primarily for them, that
they may get to know Fair­field
better."
Although all plans have not
been finalized, a tentative plan
of activities has been drawn
up. It will begin on Saturday
with registration and a social
and a tea in the Recreation
Room.
That afternoon there will be
a buffet dinner in the back gym.
During the remainder of the
afternoon there will be movies
in Gonzaga Auditorium and a
Rugby game at the field by the
po:nd. There may also be a
special performance of a play
at the playhouse.
After dinner Saturday even­ing
there will be a dance for
the Parents, at which time the
students may bring dates.
Sunday's Mass will be follow­ed
by a Communion Breakfast.
Artist Director
Speaks Today
By Bill Bokus
The applications of mana­gerial
theory at the Famous
Artists School will be discussed
by Mr. Alex Domonkos, the
School's Director, this after­noon
at 3:00 in Regis Lounge.
The lecture is being sponsored
by the Society for the Advance­ment
of Management.
Mr. Domonkos has been as­sociated
with the Famous
Artists School since joining in
1947 as its first instructor. He
had direct responsibility for the
organization of the school's
Painting Course and the re­vision
of the Famous Artists
Course in 1960. He was appoint-ed
director of the school in
1965.
His personal and business
philosophy centers on the prem­ise
that "the past is important,
but I feel the need, too, for
knowledge of the present and
recognition of the work of im­portant
living artists."
The lecture is open to the
public. Refreshments will be
served following a brief inform­al
question and answer period.
THE BLUE BIRD SHOP
liiO POST ROAD
FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT
Social Stationery and Engraving
6rMtiftg Cards-Distinctive 6ifts
Page Four
By Vincent Curcio
Roger 0. Hirson and Ketti
Frings collaborated the book
for "Walking Happy," the new
musical at the Lunt-Fontanne
Theater. Both are very talented
playwrites. yet they have not
t aiken apart Harold Brighonse's
old comedy "Hobson's Choice"
a nd refashioned it around
Danny Daniels' lightfooted
dances, Samy Cahn and James
van Heusen's smoothie of a
score, Robert Randolph's jolly
smog of an English set, and a
delightful trio of stars, Norman
Wisdom, Louise Troy, a n d
George Rose, all ·of which aid
in giving the proper pace and
stride to "Walking Happy." All
is at a bright British gallop but
the book, which jogs.
"Walking Happy" tells the
unassuming tale of Maggie Hob­son,
a spidery spinster who sets
out to get a husband for her­self.
Her choice is one Will
Mossop, in addition to being the
best bootmaker in her father's
bootshop, also happens to be a
complete chowder head. As
Maggie herself, smiling appre­hensively
puts it: "Will, you're
a perfect marvel at making
boots. Pity you're a perfect fool
at everything else." Trouble
comes from Papa Hobson, who
fears that, once married, Mag-
• The Paulist Father is a modern
man in every sense of the word. He
is a man of this age, cognizant of
the needs of modern men. He is
free from stifling formalism, is a
pioneer in !JSing contemporary
ways to work with, for and among
100 million non-Cathol ic Amer­icans.
He is a missionaFY-to his own ·
people-the American people. He
utilizes modern.. techniques 'to ful­fill
his mission, is encouraged to
call upon his own innate talents to
help further his dedicated goal.
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gie and Will may set up a rival
bootshop. The worst happens,
naturally; naturally also, and
with great merriment, all com­plications
r avel themselves out
in the end.
· As Maggie, Louise Troy a
versatile actress, seems put to­gether
from wisps of flint: cold
and grainy at first; then, in the
end, igniting, with her woman­hood,
the little stick man who
marries, but does not love, be­cause
he fears, her. George
Rose, is the father, as a gay,
blustery rotundity, he couldn't
be better. English musical star
Norman Wisdom plays the shy,
gawky-awkward Will Mossop to
perfection; he r eminds one of
a boy scout knife of many parts,
all soft sprung and dangling.
Sammy Cahn and James van
Heusen, two old pros from way
back, have polished off an in-
·1' H E S 1' A G
fectious, finger-snappy score,
the best numbers of which are
"Walking Happy," "How D'ya
Talk to a Girl," "Think of
Something Else," and "Such a
Sociable Sort." They add a nice
note of dash to the proceedings.
Danny Daniels has whipped
up some highly inventive dances
for the show. Clogs, barrels,
pushcarts and in a number in
which Mr. Hobson gets ·drunk,
devils and double vision all
figure excitingly and effectively
in the choreography.
But there's no escaping inter­ludes
between dance numbers.
Ever y time the music stops, the
show seems to take a deep
breath and exhale plot pieces
while the chorus members mop
their brows and change cos­tumes
for the next number. Be­cause
it does this, "Walking
Happy" ultimately stumbles and
falls.
Leadership Conference
What's Happened
Half Year Later
By Dan Turner
Ideas of the September Lead­ership
Conference find some
reality while most remain in the
offing as the first semester
draws to a close.
In September Fr. Mcinnes
and twenty-three students drew
up a list of over fifty sugges­tions
for the current academic
year. They were d~'igned to
cover all phases of student life.
Some have taken effect, or
are still the subject of informal
discussion, while others have
been forgotten. They do not
represent an exclusive list of
University goals, but they, in
fact, encourage other student
groups to work out additional
suggestions or actions.
Under the heading "Social
Communication" t he group en­dorsed
student organizations or
clubs to promote a series of
forums dealing with college
problems. The Faculty Forums
were init iated and have met en­couraging
results.
The participants suggested
- that student groups . and or­ganizations
should explore other
means · than mixers for raising
m~ney mid th.'at the student
body should reevaluate the
mixer and attempt to find other
more meaningful social forms
of entertainment.
The idea that the Student
Government should recognize
its responsibility for organizing
special weekend activit ies in
order to offset the Friday exo­dus
found successful expres­sion
in the date dance before
Christmas.
Under the heading "Adminis­tration-
Student Relat ionships"
the discussion group suggested
that students be encouraged to
place more trust in Student
Government as a channel for
communication to the Adminis­tration
and that since a good
deal of confusion exists as to
the nature of the right of stu­dents
to know information, stu­dent
organizations as well as
individuals should explore and
discuss the basic principles of
a student's right to know.
The group proposed that t he
accuracy of course listings in
the catalog be checked. This is
presently being worked on. The
recommendation t hat class
meetings should be held with
the Administration from time to
time was started and abandon­ed.
Under the subdivision "News­paper
(and other forms) as a
Means of Communication" the
Leadership group advocated
that a central bulletin board in
the Campus Center should list
coming events. This has been
put into effect as has their sug­gestion
that the Stag carry
a calendar of coming events.
The group also endorsed that
student organizations and clubs
should be encouraged to give
releases to the Stag, and t hat
the newspaper should be en­couraged
to accept its respon­sibility
to -cover news of club
activities: perhaps by accepting
advertising at C{)£t.
The participants suggested a
Student Government bulletin
financed by the student activi­ties
fee and containing news and
editorial opmwn concerning
government matters. This has
been formed. The group recom­mended
classes and organiza­tions
to publish their own news­letters.
This has met moderate
success.
Under the heading "Teacher­Student
Communication" the
Leadership assembly advised
the teachers to help students to
eliminate their fears of com­munication
and to welcome any
form of communication opened
up by the student . The group
added that teachers should be
better prepared on methods of
communication with students.
The group aprroved in prin­ciple
the evaluation of teachers
in writing by students in order
to aid the teacher to improve
Continued on Page 6
January II, 1967
Kevin O'Hagan hit the floor. His scalp was cut, a tooth was
broken, and the pain in his arm was throbbing. The guy who hit
Kevin O'Hagan was half on top of him now, kicking and punching
as hard as he could. When he finished, Kevin lay there with
splatters of blood surrounding his head. There was no specific,
intense feeling he could sense, just a sort of gray, hazy sort of
numbness. The real pain came from within, where Kevin O'Hagan
was becoming enveloped in a shroud of despair reaching right
down to his gut. And he knew, as he lay there, that he was a
defenseless person open to attack from within and without.
Drunk as usual, Kevin O'Hagan had started the fight himself
when somebody had pushed hiS arm at the bar. He didn't look ;
just turned and took a swing. He didn't want to look, since it
really didn't make any difference. It was merely striking out and
who it was held no concern for Kevin O'Hagan. "Everything has
its price in life." "Get him before he gets you." "Lookout for
number one." These thoughts ran through his mind as Kevin,
ever defiant to the end, was picked up by two bartenders and
deposited on the sidewalk.
This experience was nothing new for Ke~in O'Hagan. Ever
since he came to Fairfield his life had been one big drunk. Not
just liquor drunk but existence-drunk. One big, foamy, wet
intoxicating drunk. Life is practical. Kevin O'Hagan is practical.
If some guy from Harlem is burned out of his apartment, because
the building was no good in the first place, and his two kids
happen to die in the fire how should that influence Kevin O'Hagan
He doesn't live in Harlem. That isn't his house. Those aren't his
kids. (thank God). He has enough to do to look out after old
number one.
And as far as his campus life goes he was just as practical.
He wasn't going to give any money for a class gift. After all,
what did the school ever do for him? All they ever did was make
a mess out of simple situations. For example, take the basketball
rally. Everyone went around for days discussing whether per­mission
was given for a second rally or not; whether the r ally
took place because the Dean of Men was out of town or whether
it was spontaneous; whether there should have been a march to
Bellarmine or not; whether the incident should have been men­tioned
in chapel or not. Kevin had no time for trivia like this.
Let one half of the school throw firecrackers by t he infirmary;
he was going out to town to get a drink. And many of his friends
went with him. There was no other substantial reason to stay.
Anyway, he had done his part helping to put on a Christmas play.
The satire was really terrific. Extremely subtle and worthwhile.
At least he got in a few punches in a place where no one could
touch him. Sometimes Kevin thought this school really could be
a Berkeley . . . despite the students.
While at Fairfield Kevin O'Hagan majored in sleeping,
minored in card playing, and in his spare time picked up a book.
The only thing he really had a passionate concern for was getting
away with the least work possible. He was fast becoming a
success. Of course, that's the way it should be. I mean the right
to make your own decisions and lead your life in your own way,
segregated from .those around you. After all, whose life is it ? Any
advice he needed he received from his friends ; and all his know­ledge
of the outside world came from the editorial page of the
Daily News which he read when he finished with the sports section.
But for all his faults you couldn't really blame Kevin com­pletely.
Sometimes when he needed help the most the people who
should have been the ones to give it to him didn't. Sometimes
when he needed to hear common sense spoken he didn't and this
applied whether he was listening to teacher giving a r eprimand
or a priest giving a sermon.
Naturally, he became depressed. The world for him was · like
a concentration camp. In it everyone is an inmate. We all guard
one-another and prevent escape. No one is going to break out,
through the fence of trivia, to get to freedom, love, life, beauty -
for if he dOE% ru;1d you don't you are being deprived of something.
Keep hi!n down, don't let him get a.head, take what you can. It
happens every day. It's funny ill this concentration camp of life
how the whites have fooled themselves. They never realized t hat
all t he time they were attempting to keep t he negroes on t he inside
of the fence they were really on the same side pulling on the
boot straps they talk about so often. And t he businessman? Kevin
often said there was no such thing as the honest businessman who
wouldn't stoop to make a fast buck. He often wondered how many
Catholics were businessmen and how many Catholic businessmen
were really Catholic. There is not time for morals, he reasoned,
especially in a society r acing against the clock. So he had time
to take care only of his main concern - watching out for number
one.
This, then, was Kevin O'Hagan's life at Fairfield for four
years. This is how he spent the four most important, formative,
character building years of his life. And all 180 pounds of it ended
up on the floor of a barroom in New York.
He arrived back on campus t hat night at 4 a .m. He was cold,
hungry, tired, and deeply depressed. As he vomited t he last of the
gin, still in him from the bar, he seemed to be trying to give an
extra heave as if to expurgate the dirty, disgusting, syphilitic
existence from his insides.
He went, for the same reason, to the chapel and sat there in
the immense silence at 4 a.m. And he prayed. Kevin O'Hagan
prayed and paid homage. But not t o a buddy, not to a pack of
cards, not even to a glass of beer. He knew what he was doing.
He was looking for Number One.
J anuary II, 1967 T HE ST A G Page Five
STUDENT OPINION POLL
Some other colleges have
their final exams BEFORE
the Christmas break. Are
there any changes that you
would like to see in our pres·
ent schedule of examinations?
* * *
First of all, the notion of de­termining
50% of one's semes­ter
ability and development by
the institution of a two hour
examination is
tboth absurd and
innane. But I
im ag in e the
o nl y way to
eventually ex­t
inguish t h i ~
necessary e v i 1
P laeement Director Mr. Donald Cook counsels student.
is to constantly waste trme de­bating
over it; then becoming
bored with the philosophy be­hind
it, and finally concluding
to throw the back gym away.
As of now, I would advocate
final exams before Christmas.
Point number one - Is it nec­essary
in developing our char­acter
or broadening our educa­tion
to undergo the inordinate
anxiety of these two weeks
after Christmas vacation? You
get the reply- "Well, you had
all that time over Christmas to
make up your back work." Now
I say to you students reading
this - How many of you ac­tually
accomplished all the
work you had planned? If I
get a thirty percent affirmative
reply, I will be amazed. Most
of you, strange as it may seem,
enjoyed your vacation and made
some money. But now, unfor­tunately,
you have to make up
for it in these two weeks. Sec­ond
point - Why not start the
first semester earlier, therefore
there would be the same num­ber
of semester hours and we
could use the added time during
Christmas vacation to possibly
earn a very profitable paycheck
and not have hanging over us
the thought of final exams?
Placelllent Services
Stressed by Director
"Service to the student, ser­vice
to the employer, and ser­vice
to Ule institution" sum­marizes
-e common aims and
objectives of the University
Placement Bureau. Formed to
assist college students and
alumni in making c a r e e r
choices, the bureau is the cross­roads
where the traffic of stu­dents
and alumni, seeking em­ployment,
meets that of the em­ployer,
seeking employees.
Under the directorship of Mr.
Donald Cook the bureau has at­tained
a respected position on
campus, and proved an invalu­able
source of help to faculty
and student alike.
Speaking in his role as Place­ment
Director, Mr. Cook s tates,
"We make the students aware
of the operation's facilities and
its availability to them, hope­fully
to stimulate their interest
in the search of the most ap­propriate
and rewarding career
and provide them with the in­formation
necessary to make
their individual decisions."
At Fairfield the bureau brings
a variety of employment oppor­tunities
to the attention of the
students and assists employers
by making their needs known
to the students and alumni. The
faculty is also k ept familiar
with employing orianizations'
opportunities, and assisting on
problems of employment and
career planning.
It is Mr. Cook's primary con­cern
"to assist the individual
based on the belief that he has
an inherent worth and an abili­ty
to cope with life's situations
and with the capacity for
growth and change. We do
what we do because we respect
the individual's capacity to es­tablish
values and determine
goals and we are concerned,
because he is concerned about
the problem of job placement."
The work of the placement
bureau requires planning of in­terview
schedules, student coun­seling,
design and production of
appropriate forms, brochures,
and initiation of an alumni
placement service.
Fairfield, like most institu­tions,
depends upon its under-graduates,
the_ University's fu­ture
alumni, for both its finan­cial
and moral support.
There is an evergrowing justi­fication
for offering its gradu­ates
an adquate service be­cause
there's an evergrowing
need for a number of profes­sional
workers. The placement
officer is charged with the res­ponsibility
for assisting students
to not only make career choices
but to also assist them in imple­menting
them realistically for
the benefit of both the student
and university.
Located in Xaxier Hall, the
placement bureau and its per­sonnel
maintain a professional
attitude and ability to relate
to students, faculty, staff, and
employers.
Fr. H!ea/~ey Sh.ows Slid~es;
Address~es Sp~anish C/rub
Yesterday, the Spanish Club
sponsored a showing of slides
and a talk on Western Europe
by the Rev. Robert F. Healey,
S.J., Assistant Professor of
Classics here. Father Healey has
traveled extensively in Europe
and did graduate work at Ox­ford
University. He provided his
audience with some beautiful
slides of cultural sites in Eur­ope.
Father Healey's lecture and
slide exhibition was the third in
a series of movies and speakers
which the Spanish Club has pro­vided
for the benefit of all stu­dents
t oenrich their knowledge
of Hispanic and European cui-ture.
Although Father Healey
did not have any slides on Spain
the Spanish Club is interested
in the parallel cultural develop­ment
of all of Europe of which
Spain is an integral part.
The Spanish Club officers in­clude
James Alstrum (Presi­dent)
Robert Biega (Vice-Presi­dent),
and Lawrence Cannon
(Secretary-Treasurer). Me m­bership
is open to any student
with an interest in Hispanic
culture.
Early in the second semester
the club plans to present· a lec­ture
on Venezuela by. a Jesuit
priest on his country, which will
be open to all students.
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Third point - The faculty
could also profit /by using this
time to correct the voluminous
pages. he must and then pos­sibly
we would know where we
stand earlier than the usual
second week of the second sem­ester.
Fouth point - If the
semester was changed to a con·
tinuous course, this would allow
for a more equal spacing of
tests during the semester and
we would not incur the inevit­able
barrage of exams just be­fore
Christmas vacation. Point
five - A feasible alternative to
having a lengthy Christmas
vacation would be starting the
second semester on January
third and therefore getting out
earlier in the Spring which may
be more desirable since it would
enable us to have a head start
on other colleges in securing
summer work.
Vin Renzoni '68
Yes, I believe there should be
some changes made in the man­ner
of giving exams. In the first
place I believe that a decision
to dismiss a
student f r o m
taking an exam
if his semester
average is A.
Then the re­maining
exams
should be given
before Christmas. If this meant
cutting down on holidays !be­fore
Christmas I would be in
favor. We never got that many
anyway. I believe that an aca­demic
committee set up by the
administration is working on
this area right now. It might
be best to have their findings
made public.
George Deren '67
Since I feel that both men­tally
and psychologically we are
better suited to take the exams
after the Christmas vacation,
and since the
break provides
an opportunity
to catch up on
read in g and
term papers if
necessary, I
prefer our pres­ent
set-up to the other alterna­tives.
However, I think that
during the exam period itself,
prov1sions should be made · so
that if a student has two exams
scheduled for the same day, he
would at least have the choice
of rescheduling one of them. If
exams are going to count so
heavily in our final grades, I
don't think that we should ore­ate
more pressures than are al­ready
caused by each individual
exam. Also, equating a two
hour exam with all the quizzes,
tests, papers, and other MBign- -
ments that are given during a
whole semester seems to be a
misrepresentation of a student's
work, and his ability, and I
would like to see the 50% policy
changed.
Gerald Smyth '67
I think the possibility of hav­ing
a reading week· before final
exams should be explored. A
number of other colleges, such
as Holy Cross
and Fordham
have initiated
this practice of
cancelling
classes the week
before examina
tions begin in
order to enable the student to
more adequately prepare for
finals. Such a system could be
established at Fairfield by re­ducing
the presently existing
Christmas vacation period by a
few days and by scheduling the
commencement of the exam
period for a later January date
than currently exists. This
policy would, I think, relieve
the student of the pressure of
having to study for regular
semester exams and final sem­ester
exams in a relatively short
period, due to the fact that
most teachers give these regular
exams the first or second week
after the end of the Christmas
vacation in January.
Ronald Kahwaty '67
If Fairfield were to have fi­nals
before the Christmas break
and still maintain its usual aca­demic
calendar of hi-semester,
this would en­tail
an earlier
commencement
of the academic
year. If Fair­field
were on a
t r i - semester
plan, a.s in St.
Peter's, it would necessarily
happen that the first semester
exams should fall before the
Christmas hiatus.
I would also recommend that
the administration consider the
possibility of exemptions for
superior students. Secondly, I
would advocate that the final
exams do not count one-half of
the semester's mark, since-most
professors do not include the
material for the whole semester
on the final. Many pn:>f.essors
r e.alite that to cover the whole
semester in one night of cram­ming
is not indicative of the
student's ability. Thus the finals
should not be a do or die pro­position,
but an opportunity for
the student to cover the ma­terial
in a more comprehensive
manner, thereby increasing the
student's learning and educative
process.
Gerald FitzPatrick '67
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Page Six THE STAG January II, 1967
Regis 2
Intramural
Victot~ious In
F oothall Loop
By Ed Williams
R-2 reigns as league cham­pions
in football as the Intra­mural
season came to a close
shortly before the Christmas
recess. Following in order were
C-4, C-3, and the Raiders from
G-3.
The Regis 2 defense, chiefly
responsible for the team's suc­cess,
helped them to clinch the
title in the final week of action.
When the week started, R-2
needed any combination of two
points, either one victory or
two ties, in their final two
games. However, they were not
faced with easy opposition.
In their first game, they took
on the explosive team from C-3,
which still had a chance to over­come
them with a victory. The
Fairfield Fencers
Defeat SMTI, 15-12
The Fencing Club, in its first
collegiate meet, defeated the
Southeastern Massachusetts
Technological Institute Fencing
Team by a score of 15-12 in
New Bedford, Massachusetts.
The nine Fairfield fencers,
who entered the meet as under­dogs,
forged to an unexpected
victory behind the fine perform­ances
of Ken Shailer (foil),
Mark Del Mauro (foil), and
Russ Panczenko (epee), who
went undefeated in each of
their three bouts. These three
fencers are sophomores, and
this emphasizes the up and
coming potential that the team
can display in the next two
years.
Assisting with clutch victories
were Jim Regan (foil), Jim
Ellsworth (epee), Jim Sullivan
(epee), Tim Kloczko (sabre),
and Rich McGirr (sabre ) .
Each collegiate meet is made
up of twenty-seven matches,
nine in each of the three weap-ons
- foil, epee, and sabre.
Three men fence in each weap­on.
The three men of each
particular weapon fence the
three men of that weapon from
the opposing team, for a total
of nine bouts per weapon and
twenty-seven bouts per meet.
It should also be noted that
the Fencing Club has no pro­fessional
coach. Saturday's vic­tory
was due to the avid inter­est
of each member in estab­lishing
the Fencing Club as the
number one team in New Eng­land.
The originator and president
of the club, Ken Shailer, has
used his eleven years of fencing
to coach beginners in the funda­mentals,
to inspire others to
seek outside professional coach­ing.
On Sa turday, January 14, the
F encing Club travels to Wor­cester
Polytechnic Institute for
another collegiate meet.
What~s Happened
Continued from Page 4
his course. They suggested that
the form and manner in which
this is to be done be a subject
of discussion during the year
and that it should be investi­gated
by joint groups of stu­dents
and teachers. This idea
appears to be still in the offing.
The participants recommend­ed
that the freshmen-faculty
advisor system be re-evaluated
in order to make it more ffec­t
ive. It has not been in effect
this year.
· Under the subdivi!i6n "Resi­dent-
Day Student Communica­tion"
the group suggested that
clubs and organizations pay
special attention to the schedu­ling
of events, especially on
weekends, so that they will be
convenient for day students.
Th ei r recommendation that
some system of meal tickets
for day students be made avail­able
so that they can buy their
lunch in the Campus Center
dining hall has been put in
operation.
The group also suggested to
all student clubs and organiza­tions
that they encourage to
provide jobs for day students
on student committees, and that
day students not be treated as
a minority group.
Under the heading "Commun­ication
in Spiritual Life" the
group recognized that is is the
respnosibility of all-faculty, ad­ministration
and students - to
encourage attendance at spirit­ual
events on-campus. The
group rejected the possibility
that there can be conflict be­tween
one's personal religion
and the laws of the Catholic
Church.
The recommendation that the
relevance of sermons in the
Chapel should be improved has
met with success. The proposal
that clubs, classes and student
organizations should encourage
retreats and other spiritual
gatherings is now under the
consider ation of Fr. Bertrand's
spiritual committee.
The group plans to meet
again for the evaluation of
these suggestions sometime in
second semester.
Hawks
Hung
Continued from Page 8
during the final sixteen minutes.
Charlie Phillips and Bill Boyd
supplied the impetus to the at­tack
which pulled away from
the Hawks despite a fabulous
second half effort by Cliff An­derson.
The Stags put the icing on
the cake as Bill Pritz scored
five of seven straight points in
the final minute which enlarged
the margin of victory to twenty.
game was filled with excite­ment,
but both teams failed to
capitalize on excellent oppor­tunities
to score. On one occa­sion
Jack Martin of Campion 3
let fly with a long toss in the
end zone, only to have the ball
dropped. Thus, the game ended
in a scoreless tie, eliminating
C-3 from contention.
On the final day of the sea­son,
McPeake's Raiders, who
had lost to C-4 on the previous
day, were faced with the prob­lem
of beating R-2. If they did
it, they would have forced a
playoff between C-4 and R-2, as
both would have had identical
records. However, they encoun­tered
another unforeseeable ob­stacle.
It had snowed all day
and they were forced to play
the game in four inches of
snow. These conditions led to
many problems for the offenses
of both sides, as neither team
could get the ball moving. Thus,
the game ended up in a score­less
tie, and R-2 went back to
the dorms as Champions for
1966.
There were many outstanding
individual performances on this
undefeated, unscored u p o n
t eam. They were led by the
quarterbacking of Denny N een­an
and the receiving of Greg
1Rauccher, who also displayed
great ability in punting. Out­standing
on defense was Tony
Labesky, who constantly haras­sed
the opposing QB with his
rushing.
Representative Robert Sheils, '67, presenting argument at
recent meeting. Following passage of the Psychology Club bill
he left.
Psychology Club
Continued from Page 1
a strict itemized list of expendi­tures
on all financial appropria­tions.
Their activities at the
meeting apparently denote a
modification of their former
position.
Following a roll call vote the
bill was passed by a 18-14-1
majority.
Just as the meeting was
coming to a close more dis­cussion
about the destination
and use of the Psychology Club
money arose.
Led by Robert Maggi, a group
o f freshman representatives
began to question the validity
of the hill.
Paul Greeley, president of the
Legislature told them that the
bill was legal because it had
attached to it an itemized bud­get.
The budget did not have to
be read to the legislature,
though, according to a law
passed by the legislature earlier
this year.
Mr. Maggi called this "ridicu­lous"
and an "obvious loophole."
He then attempted to put on
the agenda a bill to stop funds
to the Psychology Club. His mo­tion
was defeated by an 11-17-1
vote.
The Legislature also passed a
bill appropriating $50 to the
Cheerleaders Club. and the
rules of procedure for the
legislative committees.
The next meeting of the
legislature will be tomorrow
evening at 7 o'clock in Canisius
301.
Court Upholds Activity Fee
In the first test of the Stu­dent
Government Activities
Fee, the Student Court has up­held
the constitutionality of the
fee and ruled the defendant
guilty as charged.
In its long awaited decision,
the Court ordered Defendant A
to pay the $4.50 fee. But, in
a partial victory for the defense,
no additional sanctions were
levied.
The defense rested its plea
of "not guilty" on the charge
that the law providing for the
fae was unconstitutional since
it was "illegal and had not been
promulgated."
Defense Attorney Emil Can­ning
objected to the law's
legality, citing the legal defi­nition
of "la.y" which provides
that "a law must be authenti­cated
by officers of the Assem­bly
and approved by the gover­nor."
Canning charged that
"only the President of the Stu­dent
Government, Kevin Mc­Gov~
rn t ested the law."
According to a Supreme
Co u r t ruling, the defense
argued, "a law can not go into
Cutting
effect before it is made public".
Summariizng the decision, Can­ning
asser ted "that executions
of the law are not able to be
carried ou t unless the public is
informed of the law."
"Freshmen here at Fairfield
are at a disadvantage," insisted
the defense, "since they are un­familiar
with the laws of this
school, and the Student Hand­book
given to them during
Orientation is for from ade­quate."
In an objection to the prom­ulgation
of the bill, Canning re­ferred
to the origin of "promul·
gate" by Edward I of Englancl.
"Since promulgate means to
make public or puplish as abli·
gatory, Edward I had the
charters read to the public
twice a year. No such agenda
or facimile has been followed
here at aFirfield."
Attacking the law as a
statute the defense argued that
"the word 'statute" is the
wr itten will of the legislative, !
solemnly expressed according to.
forms necessary to constitute it~
Classes?
STOP FOR A MUG OF BEER
SULLIVAN'S
THE VILLAGE BAR
as the law of the state."
threat, controls the ball excel­lently,
plays heads-up defense
and is a pinpoint passer, always
finding the open man.
Jim Hessel displays uncanny
outside shooting and dropping
in twenty or thirty footers is
part of a routine night's work
for the blond bomber. He too
is a good passer. Rich Schon­beck
controls the boards and is
presently averaging 16 rebounds
a game. Rich can also come up
with the 20 point game.
6'7" Art Good is developing
after a slow start and his size
and muscle are a must in the
pivot. The most promising re­serve
to date has been 6'2"
Sammy King. He's a real
hustler who more than ade­quately
holds down the guard
position with his ball handling
and sharp defense.
GRASMERE
PHARMACY
HO POST ROAD
Cor. Grasnwre An•.
HEAl-TH Sl ~PPUES,
DRl7W.;, SHAVIN<i
ANI> TOU.:E.'TUU:S
:-ll'PI'LIES
January II, 1967
STAGLAND
By PAUL HUGHES
When the Fairfiel-d basketball team invaded the
St. Joseph's College fieldhouse on December 16th they
were immediately earmarked as losers by all except a
couple of hundred zealous Stag f a ns. Why not? The
obstacles to victory were almost insurmountable. For
ten years the Hawks celebrated post game victory in
that fieldhouse, unblemished by defeat. The St. Joe's
fans were there in. full force to perpetu,ate another.
famous tradition, their flamboyant brand of school
spirit. Fairfield was winless but hungry. The result was
an electrifying upset as the Stags toppled the Hawks
wit h a crushing 88-68 defeat.
The outcome was in doubt throughout most of the
game but the Stags rose to the occasion in the final
minutes and enjoyed their finest hour as they. beat the
Hawks going away despite the frantic din created by .
the St. Joe's fans. Despite the fact that both Art Ken­ney
and Rick Sanabria fouled out with about seven
minutes remaining while Charlie Phillips and Bill Jones
were hampered by four apiece, Fairfield was able to
maintain its momentum and sweep to victory.
Another hindrance was the obvious partiality of
the officials. St. Joe's got the benefit of the doubt on
most close plays and several supposed Fairfield f ouls
proved quite interesting. On one occasion Larry Cirina
went in for a driving jump shot. As he did so, he was
fouled in mid-air but sank the shot anyway. The ref­eree
nullified the bucket claiming that Ch-ina scored on
a "second effort in the air." Late in the final period Sol
Crenshaw stuffed Hawk star Cliff Anderson and was
called for a foul. Later films of the game showed a
clean block by Crenshaw. Despite the furious action
under the boards, Cliff Anderson did not pick up his
first personal foul until 6 :02 remained in the game.
St. Joe's coach Jack McKinney watched his team
from a hospital bed in Philadelphia due to a kidney
stone ailment and despite a direct phone to the Hawk
bench was otherwise helpless.
One thing has to be said for St. Joe's. Their fans
are absolutely crazed with school spirit. Following their
team's defeat, they cheered for twenty minutes outside
the Hawk locker room until the team came out and
then followed with a spectacular ovation. Over an hour
after the game they could · be seen parading through
the streets of Philadelphia carrying banners and cheer­ing
"the Hawk will never die." This is the very same
spirit which St. Joe's fans carried to Madison Square
Garden as their team defeated Rhode Island and Brig­ham
Young in the ECAC Holiday Festival, before suc­cumbing
to Providence in the championship tilt, after
leading most of the game. Yet it cannot be denied that
the trip to Philadelphia was worthwhile for the de­lirious
Stag fans who could finally scream "the Hawk
is dead."
Fairfield next traveled to Buffalo for the Queens
City Classic. The Stags handled Loyola of New Orleans
with relative ease but were turned down in their bid
for the championship by a powerful squad from Can­isius,
which recently toppled Providence from the un­defeated
ranks. There were still fine individual per­formances
as Billy Jones made the All-Tournament
team and Rick Sanabria scored 37 points in two games.
The key to the victory over Holy Cross was a well
balanced attack which saw six F'airfield players hit
double figures. The biggezt and most pleasant surprise
of the evening~ _however, was the strong performance
turned in &y Sol Crenshaw. He did an outstanding job
on. 6'9" Ron Texeira holding · him to nine points, as
well as contributing adequate scoring punch and some
fine rebounding.
There's little doubt that the Stags are rapidly
progressing as a mature and cohesive unit. Playing in
the shad•ow .of last year's outstanding 19-5 club should
in no way lessen the fans faith in this vear's team. The
fact is that this season's squad has ali the credentials
to turn in another sparkling campaign and with con­tinued
improvement such considerations as an N.I.T.
bid are not be-yond reach.
Presently, the Stags have a real tough week ahead.
This Saturday night they travel t-o Buffalo for a crucial
rematch with Canisius. The following Saturday night
they'll meet a dark horse team from St. Peter's in the
first contest in the Fairfield gym. The Peacocks knocked
off highly t outed Niagara and were undefeated before
losing a two point squeaker in the Georgetown gym­n~
sium the other night. A loss here could deal a serious
blow to any post season tournament hopes.
THE STAG - Page Seven
Stags Finish Second;
Canis ius Sweeps Finale
Fairfield had to settle for sec­ond
place in the Queen City
Invitational as they dmnped
previously ~beaten Loyola of
New Orle~ 86-68 before being
stunned by host Catiisius 87-66
in the finals.
Stags Impressive
The Stags were quite impres­sive
in their opener as Rick
Sanabria and Charlie Phillips
lead them to an upset over
Loyola, which had gained na­tionwide
attention following
their defeat of Michigan State.
Fairfield never trailed in the
contest as they quickly jumped
out to a 27-16 lead in the first
ten minutes of play. The Wolf­pack's
zone press troubled the
Stags momentarily, but they re­gained
the edge to coast on
to victory.
In the opening half Fairii.eld
shot dazzling 63.3% for a 44-35
advantage at the interval.
Sharp passes plus foul woes
for the Wolfpaok enabled the
Stags to roll up the count in
the second half.
Sanabria Stars
Fairfield showed fine balance
as four players finished in
double figures. Rick Sanabria
lead all scorers with 26 and
rebounds with 12. He was fol­lowed
by Charlie Phillips with
18, Bill Jones with 14, and Art
Kenney with 10.
Loyola's scoring punch came
from ' guards Charley Powell
and Ron Britsch who tallied 16
and 15 points.
The Stags battled Loyola
evenly off the boards as each
team gathered 40 caroms. Fair­field
connected on 31 of 64
shots while Loyola sunk only
29 of 73 for 39%.
In the tournament finale
Canisius caught Fairfield on an
off night as they romped to an
87-66 victory.
The Stags suffered from poor
ball handling and defensive
lapses as well as allowing the
smaller Griffins to out rebound
_them 32-27.
Canisius gained a 5-4 ad­vantage
in the early moments
of play and were never headed.
The Griffins mounted a 41-30
half time lead while soundly
trouncing the Stags 23-12 off
the boards.
In the second half the Bis­accamen
began to cut into. the
Cani!)ius lead with a full press.
With the Stags trailing by seven
points, a crucial charge call
turned the ball and game mo­mentum
over to Canisius. This
offensive foul drew loud howls
from the Faireld bench.
Canisius, which hit 32 of 61
shots for 52%, were lead in
Bill Jones pops in one of his
patented jump &hots.
scoring by John Morrison and
Andy Anderson.
Morison sunk 11 of 16 at­tempts
from the floor for 28
points while Anderson tallied
8 of 23 shots and 10 of 11 fouls
for 26. Most of Anderson's
points came in the final mo­ments
when Canisius ran up the
score.
Fairfield, which committed 26
personal fouls and lost three
players, hit 46% of their shots
but managed to get off only
50 attempts, well below their
average.
Rick Sanabria and Charlie
Phillips again lead the Stag
scorers with 17 and 12. Art
Kenney added one field and nine
free throws for eleven markers.
Bill Jones of Fairfield joined
Andy Anderson, John Morrisen,
and Wa.rren Plant as well as
Ron Britsch of Loyola on the
all tonrament team.
Frosh Cop Twice;
Magaletta Sparkles
By Paul Hughes
The Stag frosh have been
overly impressive in their last
two contests as they handily
defeated Central Connecticut
and Holy Cross College to ex­tend
their record to 3-1. Es­pecially
notewortlity was a. spec­tacular
43 poiiJt performance
by 6'3" forward Frank Maga­letta
ag:ainst Holy Cross.
The yearlings had little
trouble with Central Connecti­cut,
handing their upstate rivals
an 89-71 drubbing. All five
starters hit double figures in
t h e we 11 balanced attack.
Wayne Gibbons took game
honors with 26 points, followed
by Rich Schonlileck with 21,
Frank Magaletta with 15 and
both Art Good and Jim Hessel
chipped in :!.2.
Good and Schonbeck a lso
hauled down 14 rebounds each
and Frank Magaletta had 11.
Jack Kuhn led the Central
scorers with 17 points.
The Holy Cross game was all
MagaJetta, as the former Stepi­nac
H. S. star displayed phen­omenal
shooting prowess, hit­ting
17 for 21 from the floor
and 9 for 11 from the free throw
line en route to a near record 43
points. This is the best scoring
· output against a major college
team. Rick Sanabria's record
45 points were scored against
Assumption College last year.
Jim Hessel did a fine job
from outside, accounting for 18
markers and assisting Maga­letta
on his driving layups.
Wayne Gibbons played his
usual steady game and tossed
in 15 points. Rich Schonbeck
~ontinued to handle the boards,
collecting 15 caroms, while
Magaletta had 14.
Needless to say, the frosh
are showing some excellent
varsity potential. It has taken
several games for their offense
to jell but there can be little
doubt that this is one of the
best frosh teams in Fairfield's
history. Magaletta is presently
scoring at a record pace, av­eraging
25.5 ppg. Wayne Gib­bons
is close behind at 22.5 and
Jim Hessel is firing away at a
17.0 clip.
Mlagaletta has been the team
sharpshooter, scoring at will
from the outside and on driving
Jayups. In addition, he has been
a steady rebounder and good
defensive player. Wayne Gib­bons
controls the throttle of the
frosh attack and if he has any
weaknesses he hasn't shown
them is yet. He's a big scoring
Continued on Page 6
Team' Statistics To Date .., ,-.
NAJ\fE ·---- ~- ... . ,, .:G FGA FGM % FTA FTM % PF REB PTS AVG
Phillips : .; ... 6 87 45 51.7 15 10 66.7 12 21 100 16.7
Sanabria ... 6 71 30 42.3 34 21 61.7 27 52 81 13.5
Jones . . . .. . . 6 80 27 33.8 39 27 69.3 13 64 81 13.5
Cirina .. . . .. 6 44 21 ·47.7 12 11 91.7 17 6 53 8.8
Kenney . .. .. 6 30 15 50.0 35 22 62.9 20 32 52 8.7
Pritz . . .... . 6 29 13 44.9 18 13 72.2 8 7 39 6.5
Boyd . . . . . .. 5 28 14 50.0 14 10 71.4 9 13 38 7.6
Cren shaw .. . 6 29 10 34.5 4 2 50.0 11 34 22 3.5
Others . . . ... 6 5 2 40.0 4 2 4 .7
Team Reb .. . 6 49
Total . ... . .. 6 403 177 43.9 171 116 67.8 121 281 470 78.3
Opponents 6 431 1$9 43.2 144 97 67.4 142 292 469 78.2
STAGS vs. CANISIUS
Sat. Night - Away
Page'Eight TiHE STAG
Gym Opener
STAGS vs. ST. PETER'S
Monday Night- Home
January II, 1967
Stags Upend Crusaders 72-68
Billy Pritz drives past Steve Douches for a layup in the final
minutes of the St. Joe's game.
By Ed Williams
The Intramural basketball
league began its first week of
competition, displaying out­standing
team and individual
talent. The same competitive
spirit which was dominant dur­ing
the football season prevailed
once again as the season began.
R-2, which captured the in­tramural
football crown, be­came
losers for the first time,
as they were defeated by the
freshmen from Loyola 2, 38-27.
The frosh used some fine play­making
to their advantage as
Mike Hammerbocker and Tony
De Salio led all scorers, each
sinking 8 points.
C-4 displayed a very potent
team as they routed the seniors
from R-G, 77-43. Billy Casey led
the Campion team with 13
points. He was also supported
by John Hamel and Mike Gur­rat
who accounted for 12 apiece.
Billy Egan and Tom Hennekens
divided 23 points for the losers.
C-3 also hit the victory col­umn
as they overpowered the
frosh from L-3, 46-28. Rich
Baldwin and "Phleuge" Mac­Auley
finished with 10 and 9
points respectively to lead C-3
to victory. Tom Kickham and
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A new team from Glenmary
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in the league, as they
faced another potent team from
R-4. However, they did not fare
very well, losing 69-18. Steve
Grimes and "Duke" Snyder
completely overpowered the fu­ture
priests, as they scored 25
and 18 points respectively.
Charlie Artysiewicz accounted
for 12 of his team's 18 points.
In a very low-scoring contest
during which the score at half
time was 11-2, C-2 defeated
G-G, 35-15. Billy Palmer led all
scorers with ;11 points.
R-1, another fine team, de­feated
Loyola 1, 53-21. Jim
Grushow and Jim Connolly di­vided
23 points for the winners
as they went on to an over­powering
victory.
Billy Lavin of R-3 had the
honor of being scoring cham­pion
of the week, as he pumped
in 33 points to lead his team
to a 54-53 victory in double
overtime over G-2. Willis Reinke
and Pete Odium scored 18 and
15 points respectively for the
losers.
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Clutch foul shooting by Bill
Pritz and Bill Jones enabled
Fairfield to hold o1f a late surge
by stubborn Holy Cross. They
converted nine of twelve free
throw attempts in the final two
minutes to guard the Stag's
early lead and insure the 72-68
victory.
This victory evened Fair­field's
slate at three wins and
three losses and was especially
impressive in light of the
Crusader's determination to
avenge last year's resounding
defeat.
feated G-1, 38-23. George "The
Shot" Wrobel and Al Smith had
7 and 8 points apiece for the
Raiders. Bob Parmarken tossed
in 8 for the losers.
Fairfield's scoring showed
amazing balance as Bill Pritz,
Bill Jones, Larry Cirina and
Charlie Phillips tallied twelve
points while Sol Crenshaw and
Rick Sanabria added in eleven
and ten respectively.
Ed Siudet was truly spectac­ular
as he displayed an amazing
assortment of hooks and push
shots which bafl'led several de­fenders.
He sunk 17 of 33 shots
in tallying 36 points. Many of
his missed shots came on re­bounds
and lay ups.
Trailing 15-14 after six min­utes,
the Stags suddenly explod­ed,
outscoring the Purple 10-2
in a five minute stretch. Sol
Crenshaw contributed four
markers during the rally.
Holy Cross fought back, but
their efforts received a jolt
when Ron Texeira was slapped
with his fourth foul with two
minutes still remaining in the
half.
Fairfield, on the strength of
a three point play by Larry
Cirina and the conversion of
two foul shots by Bill Jones
pulled out a 39-30 lead.
The Stags hit on 42% in the
first half while the Crusaders
shot a dismal 22%. In addition,
starters Ron Texeira and AI
Stazinski were shackled with
four personal fouls.
The Bissacamen quickly ran
their lead up to thirteen as
Rick Sanabria and Sol Cren­shaw
tallied quick buckets. The
Crusaders found it difficult to
cut down the margin.
Following a jump shot by
Bill Pritz, the Stags held the
upper hand of a 63-52 count
with· only four and one-half
minutes to go.
Two field goals by Ed Siudet
and a jumper by AI Stazinski
suddenly cut the margin to
four with little more than two
minutes to play.
The desperation attempts by
the Crusaders to get possession
of the ball proved to be of no
avail as Bill Jones and Bill
Pritz converted nine free
throws to close out the score at
72-68.
Stags
Cirina,
Hang
Phillips
Hawks
Star
The Hawk is dead!
This was the chant that rang
through the St. Joseph's Field­house
as some two hundred
jublilant Stag fans were realiz­ing
Fairfield's 88-68 upset of
the pre vi o u sly undefeated
Hawks. This victory snapped a
home court victory string which
had racked thirty-three games
over a ten year span.
Red hot shooting by guards
La r r y Cirina and Charlie
Phillips combined with the de­fense
and ball handling of Bill
Jones proved to be the key
factors in the victory.
The highly tauted zone press
of St. Joe's which enabled them
to run up nine victories was
totally ineffective against the
wiles of Bill Jones.
While Phillips and Cirina
were amassing 25 and 24 points
respectively, Billy was leading
the Stags in the rebounding
d e p a r t m e n t with twelve
caroms.
Cliff Anderson was outstand­ing
for the Hawks as he lived
up to his All-American billing.
The 6-4 senior scored 29 points
and gathered in thirteen re­bounds.
The game got off to a slow
start as both teams seemed cold
and sloppy. Larry Cirina quick-ly
took control of the encounter
as he tallied ten of the Stag's
first seventeen points before he
was forced to leave with three
fouls.
St. Joe's quickly ran off five
points to tie the game at 19
all. But Charlie Phillips took
over the hot hand as he tallied
13 of the next 15 markers to
give the Stags a 34-29 margin
at intermission.
That lead disappeared as the
Hawks scored five in the open­ing
minute and battled the
Stags on even terms from there.
Bill Boyd's free throw broke
a 40 aU deadlock and gave Fair­field
a lead which it increased
Continued on Page 6
Larry Cirina drops in a long jumper over Hawk defender AI
Grundy in the corner, from where most of his 24 points were
scored.