Vol. 18 No. 25 Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut May 10, 1967
Trustees Vote Friday
On Coeducation Issue
By MIKE COLLINS
The Board of Trustees will make its decision May 12 on the main issue in which both students
and faculty have been voicing their opinions during the past few months-coeducation.
The controversy started in October 1966 when Fr. Mcinnes in a letter to the Student Government
sought the consensus of the student body on the question.
Serious consideration of the
wbject began in February when
the STAG conducted a poll of
the student body with a 56%-
44% margin favoring the University
"undertaking some form
of undergraduate education for
women." But the results of this
poll were :reversed 'in April
when an overwhelming two to
one majority of students voted
against coeducation a ccording
to the official Student Government
poll. The significance of
this latter poll was expressed
by Fr Mcinnes in an interview:
"The student vote counts a
great deal. It is one of the major
determining factors. It
helped to crystalize opinions and
I was very impressed by it."
Besides the polls a great deal
of discussion has gone on at
various forums and interviews
about the prospect of coeduca·
tion, soliciting the opinions of
faculty, students, and representatives
from other schools.
Coeducation at Fairfield was
ardently favored by the faculty,
as shown by the unanimous support
of the University Chapter
of the A.A.U.P At a Student
Government sponsored forum,
Mr. Robert O'Neil gave his
reasons for the admission of
girls, while Mr Mario Guarcello
strongly opposed it. Fr. Thomas
M~rath was against females
"until we have the proper facilities",
and the student vote
has been weighed.
An opinion poll showed Mr.
Walter Petry, Mr. Arthur Reil,
Dr. Ronald Salafia, and Dr
Dorothy Shafer in varying degrees
of support of coeducation,
as well as Fr. Loughran supporting
it "eventually." Dr.
J ames Vail :1dvocated the Harvard-
Radcliffe type coinstitution,
and Fr. Raymond Bertrand
opposed it.
In a previous Student Government
open forum participants
included representatives
from St. Peter's College, F ordham
University and Sacred
Heart U n i v e r s i t y . The
speaker from St. Peter's considered
the introduction of coeducation
there a failure. The
speaker from Fordham University
gave a more favorable
view saying "Morale is up!"
The two representatives from
SHU also gave a favorable view
of it there, but caut ioned that
their university was established
Continued on Page 6
Half of Student Body
Votes in Class Elections
By PETER HEARN
Approximately one-half of the student body
voted in last Wednesday's elections- 305 freshmen,
250 sophomores, and 175 juniors cast ballots for those
whom they wish to represent them.
In the Class of '68, the new officers are President,
John Reidy; Vice-President, William Hempfling;
Treasurer, Robert Ritz; and Secretary, John O'Keefe.
Vincent Renzoni will fill the unc.ontested office of onCampus
representative.
The results of the VlOting in the Class of '69 are
President, Thomas J osefiak; Vice-President, James
Smith; Secretary, Edward Frey; and Treasurer, John
Zielinski. The off-Campus representative will be
Kevin Cosgriff.
Those elected as officers for the Class of '70 are
President, Robert McCarthy; Vice-President, James
Daily; Secretary, Albert Mariani; and Treasurer,
Gerald McDonald.
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Noted Anthropologist
Lectures Tomorrow
Dr Irving Rouse, Profe:>-sor of Anthropology at Yale University,
will lecture at Fairfield tomorrow in the Campus Center
Oak Room.
"However he withheld support
for either side, saying: "I
am ready to go either way. We
will try to do what is best for
the largest number of people,
faculty, students, and administration."
Amendment
Proposed
For Bill
Arts And Honors Program
Salutes Monteverdi Sunday
In making the announcement
of Dr. Rouse's visit, Dr. Donald
Ross, chairman of the University
biology department, and
Dr. James Vail, professor of
sociology, said the Yale anthropologist
will give two illustr ated
lectures, one from 10 a.m.
to 12 noon on World Prehistory,
and the second from 2
to 4 p.m. on Cultural Evolution.
Gerald Solomone has proposed
an amendment the "Special
Privelage" bill passed at
the last meeting of the Legislature.
The Sophomore class representative
wishes to delete
the loss of privilege section
as it reads which would
make only two campuses sufficient
cause to lose these privileges.
Three other bills have been
proposed and put on the agenda
for the meeting tomorrow night.
Campus Center dress regulations
come under heavy attack
in a bill by Freshman representative
Albert Mariani.
His proposal to make dinner
dress informal for the entire
week received strong support in
committee and was given a
favorable recommendation.
A bill is on the slate to make
law a monthly treasurer's report
to the legislature. The
proponent, Thomas Ferrigno,
was supported by Traasurer
James Magenheimer who called
for the Legislature to back this
measure.
A move to tighten financial
bill regulations by Robert Magi
was approved by the legislative
Committee this past week.
Under the terms of the proposal
no financial bills would go
to the uoor unless it were iirst
discussed in committee.
Madame Licia Albanese, Metropolitan
Opera Soprano who
will receive an honorary degree
this Sunday afternoon at the
outdoor Arts and Honors program
of the Opera Festival
Madame Licia Albanese in the r ole of "Madam Butterfly."
celebrating Claudio Monteverdi's
400th Anniversary, will
sing "Un Bel Di" ("One Fine
Day"), from "Madama Butterfly",
one of the most popular
of all operatic arias.
She will perform this and an
additional aria in response to
the honor bestowed upon her
Norman Treigle, current leading
baritone of the New York
City Opera Company, will also
perform a f t e r receiving his
degree.
Under the direction of Newell
Jenkins, the Clarion Concerts
Orchestra (including harpsichord
and the ancient instrument,
viola da gamba, and talented
young singers, Louise Budd,
Robert White and Robert West
will open the program with
Monteverdi's 20-minute opera,
"Il Combattimento Di Tancredi
et Clorinda" ("The Battle of
Tancredi and Clorinda").
Denis Stevens, founder and
president of Academia Monteverdiana
and o n e of t h e
world's m o s t knowledgeable
scholars of "Early Music", will
discuss Monteverdi's contributions
to opera, and will also
be awarded an honorary degree.
To illustrate the charm of
ballet in opera, six dancers
from the Manhattan Festival
Ballet will perform to the
waltzes of "Der Rosenkavalier".
Continued on Page 7
Early this year, Dr. Rouse
was named by the American
Anthropological Association as
Visiting P rofessor and Lecturer
for the joint project of the
biology and sociology departments
in anthropology. Dr.
Rouse received his education
at Yale and has been awarded
the Viking Fund Medal in
anthropology and the Morrison
Prize of the New York Academy
of Sciences.
His field of specialization is
prehistoric anthropology with
particular emphasis on the Carribbean.
Of special interest to
the Yale professor is world
prehistory and he has done research
in the New England
Area, Florida, Cuba, Haiti,
Puerto Rico, T r in i d a d and
Venezuela.
Among Dr. Rouse's major
publications are Prehistory in
Haiti Culture of the Ft. Liberte
Region, Archaeology of
Maniabou Hills, Cuba, Puerto
Rican History, A Survey of the
Indian River Archaeology, Florida,
An Archaeological Chronology
of Venezuela and Venezuelan
Achaeology.
Page Two THE STAG May 10, 1967
Now Is The Time
As another year comes quickly
to an end, we can not but notice
that many antiquated and seemingly
illogical rules and regulations
are still in effect. Every student
can list his own set of grievances
from the most obvious to
the subtle. The thin line between
student rights and student privileges
has become imperceivable.
IThe Administration, in response
to the many questions, has
said that they wish to discuss
these issues with the students.
But they insist that changes must
be made before September, because,
we are told, 1·ules are made
for a school year and can not be
changed until the next year
This admittedly does not give
us much time to air all problems,
but we can still make our feelings
known. We must first put aside
past misfortunes and conflicts
caused by stubbornness and a
lack .of communications evident
in the student body as well as the
Administration.
We believe that the Administration
is open to suggestion. A
rational approach devoid of all
prejudice and uncompromising
demands can and will produce accord
in a fruitful dialogue.
Everyone who has complaints,
of course, cannot participate.
Therefore we insist that the Student
Government set up efficient
machinery to express student
opinion and let us know of its
nature before we leave for the
summer.
Given an energetic Government
and a cooperative Administration
changes will be made this summer
for the advantage of all.
Good Show!
The Fairfield University Playhouse
has put the finishing touch
to an already excellent season
with its production of "The Roar
of the Greasepaint, the Smell of
the Crowd." The STAG commends
and congratulates Mr
Robert G. Emerich and all those
associated with the Playhouse for
their achievements, accomplished
despite certain limitations.
The internationally famous
stage and television star Cyril
Ritchard, who attended one of
the performances, said, "It is
amazing that such a production
as this could be put on without
even a drama department." Father
Bonn referred to the successful
staging as a "major miracle."
Mr. Emerich, who has been director
at the playhouse for eleven
years, converted an old garage
into the present theatre with the
fund-raising assistance of Rr
Ryan and Fr. Mullin. The physical
conversion was completed by
students who literally built the
playhouse. In order to economize,
props are used over again by redesigning,
painting and dyeing
them.
"Incident at Vichy," produced
earlier this year, has been mentioned
as a prime contender for
the Moss Hart Award for Best
Undergraduate Production.
By pointing out these few facts
and plaudits it is easily seen why
the members of the Playhouse
should serve as an inspiring model
for other campus organizations.
They have shown what can be
done with the proper energy and
initiative to further the reputation
of Fairfield University.
There is a posibi.lity that "Roar
of the Greasepaint'' may be
brought to New York City for a
few off-Br.oadway performances.
We wish Mr. Emerich and his associates
the best of luck in this
and all their endeavors and again
congratulate them on this perfect
close to their great season.
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THE STAG
SALUTES :
"THE ROAR
OF THE
GREASE PAINT,
THE SMELL
OF THE CROWD"
As
A
Fine
Climax
To
An
Outstanding
Season
Letters To The Editor
Responsibility
To the Editor
When we live in a close community
such as ours, every individual has a
certain responsibility to himself and to
the community at large. He has rights,
but he must take into consideration the
rights of others. We have a beautiful
cafeteria in the Campus Center Every
individual has the responsibility to bus
his own tray and leave his ta~ble in a
presentable manner
When the individual fails in his responsibility
he is being inconsiderate of
his fellow students. The students who
come in for later meals find there is
a shortage of necessary utensils, glasses,
silverware, etc., not because there isn't
enough to go around, but because some
students who ate earlier left their trays
on the tables after they had finished
their meals.
Your fellow students who work in the
cafeteria have to clean up the mess made
by the inconsiderate ones. The mess
gets worse every day and will soon
be reaching the proportions of "Loyola
Pit." The cafeteria workers have
enough work to do without having
to clean up the deliberate mess made by
a minority. Many a night these workers
have given up study and recreation time
so our cafeteria would be presentable
the next morning.
Is it too much to ask a student to pick
up his tray and put it on a conveyer as
he passes out the exit?
Much talk has been voiced on campus
concerning the lack of responsibility
given to the student. Progress can be
made in this area. But people do not
invest responsibility upon individuals
whose actions display not even a basic
understanding of the term.
The condition in the cafeteria, coupled
with certain incidents in Gonzaga and
Campion, has displayed a total lack of
concern for the consequences of one's
actions. The leaving of trays, glasses
and utensils on a table brings about no
disastrous results but r ather wide irritation.
Fellow students, diners and
workers , are forced to put up with in-conveniences,
the diner with a lack of
dishes, utensils, and glasses, and student
cafeteria workers with added work.
Actions which effect a large number
of individuals in a negative manner,
actions which disrupt the community
life here at Fainfield only speak badly
for the students, from whom these
actions generate. A student body that
does not reflect social r esponsibility in
these areas cannot expect added responsibility
in other areas.
The maturity of the majority of students
at F airfield must exert itself upon
the minority that lessens the degree of
personal responsibilities. The minority
that disrupt the community must become
aware of the consequences of their
actions. The majority of responsi!ble students
must exert ther influence on the
actions of t he disrupting element in a
positive degree.
Sincerely,
Michael Bocchini
President of the Student Government
Robert Ruddock
Grievance Committee Chairman
Emile Canning '69
Nice Try
To the Editor·
While reading Mr Griffin's recently
published list of regulations concerning
the recent Dogwood weekend, I was
particularly struck by rule number five,
which begins, "Your fond farewells
should be said outside the (Gonzaga)
dormitory " Obviously, this was a
novel attempt to restate the old offlimits
rule. However, it ridiculed an
aspect of the weekend which, to the
individual, is clearly ills' important as
any of the events. If it is true (and apparently
it is) that Mr Griffin has forgotten
his own youthful pleasures, then
it seems only fair that he allow the
privilege to others who have not, and
without intruding his own opinions on
the matter
Respectfully,
Brian R. Moran '69
May 10, 1967 THE STA G Page Three
Biblical Scholar Explains
,Purpose of Form Criticism
Upward Bound Grant
Awarded To FURST
By GERALD SABO
"You cannot pull texts out of
context."
By this Msgr Miles Bourke,
eminent Biblical scholar at
Fordham University, expressed
the purpose of form criticism
in Scripture today In indicating
its value to theology in his
recent Bellarmine lecture, the
Fordham professor concentrated
on the understanding of Christ's
divinity in the early Church,
the primacy of Peter, and marriage
and divorce.
Biblical Movement
He first commented on the
flourishing Chr istia n Biblical
movement. In the Catholic
Church, the movement was en·
couraged by Pope Pius XII's
encyclical, "Divino Afflante
S p i r i t u," t he movement 's
"Magna Carta," and has been
canonized by the Second Vati·
can Council.
As the Fordham exegete explained
in his first point, "in
the development of doctrine, an
understanding of Christ's divinity
is essential for our Christian
faith and for our appreciation
of differences in dialogue"
that ocurs with ecumenism.
Christ's Divinity
Citing an essay, written by
iBshop John Robinson, wellknown
for his comments on
Death-Of-God theology, in 1956,
entitled, "The Earliest Christology
of All? ", Msgr Bourke
elaborated on the Apostolic
Church's awareness of Christ's
divinity that developed through
"Spirit-guided reflection." He
explained that through form
criticism, B i s h o p Robinson
demonstrated that in Acts, development
of the Apostolic
awareness is chronologically
Peter's speech in Acts, 3,
Peter's speech in Acts, 2, and
Acts, 2:33, which is an insertion
of the consumate development.
Peter's Primacy
On the primacy of Peter, the
Biblical scholar commented on
the lack of an explicit statement
in Mark on Peter's preeminent
position among the
Apostles in contrast to the other
three evangelists. Questioning
ATTENTION SENIORS!
Tickets are now on sale
for this year's Senior Week
activitie~a week for which
much hard work and originality
has been employed so
that all will have an enjoyable
time during t he last
days spent at Fairfield.
This week tickets are on
sale in the Campus Center
from 11 :15 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.,
while next week t hey may
be purchased f rom 11 :15 to
1:45 and, also, from 5:00
to 6:00p.m.
The cost for t he Graduates
Reception, Surf Par ty, Bar B-
Q, and Senior Prom purchased
separately is $23.50.
A package deal price of
$20.00, however, has been
set.
After May 18th tickets
can be purchased from P hilip
Sinisigalli in G-11 and Robert
Watson in R-318. Tickets
should be bought before
May 26th.
Msgr. Miles Bow·ke explains the possibilities of theology's
f uture as l\fr. Donald Spoto, Mr. Huc;h Humphrey, and Fr.
James Walsh, theology department members, listen.
the argument that since Mark
is believed to be based on
Peter's preaching, Peter was
too modest to mention his and
his successors' supreme position
in the Church, as indicated
by Christ in the other evangelists,
Msgr Bourke then indicated
that the passages in
Matthew, 16, Luke, 22 and
John, 21 are variants of the
gradually-developed, Apostolic
awareness of Peter's true position
in the Church.
Marriage and Divorce
Finally, the Fordham exegete
demonstrated t h e exacting
thoroughness of form criticism
by its aid in solving an apparent
contradiction in the Matthean
commentary on marriage and
divorce. Apparently qualifying
Christ's absolute prohibition on
divorce, the "except" clause in
Matthew, 5:32 is merely elucidating
on the illegality in
Christianity of a Jewish, rabbinical
decision.
Msgr Bourke is not only professor
of New Testament at
Fordham University Graduate
School but also associate editor
of Scripture of Concilium and
pastor of Corpus Christi parish
in Manhattan. He is also author
of "The Literary Form of Matthew"
in the Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, "The Eucharist and
Wisdom in First Corinthians" in
Analecta Biblica, and "The
Meaning of the Name Yahweh"
in The Bridge - Vol. 4.
By BENOIT POISSON
The Office of Economic Opportunity
in Washington awarded
an "upward bound" grant
of $24,800 to Fairfield for its
Recreational Study Techniques
Program (FURST)
Aid Underprivileged
The project is designed to
aid underprivileged high school
s t u d e n t s in the Bridgeport
area in improving t heir
study teclutiques so that they
can successfully complete a
college preparatory course. The
ultimate objective of t he experiment
is to see all t he participants
further their education.
A full four year scholarship
to t he University is offered
to the most qualified of
the students completing the
course.
FURST will operate on a
$32,400 budget for the coming
year, the difference being made
up by non-federal contributions
such as the classroom
space donated by the university
The federally supported
program at Fairfield is the only
program of its type to survive
a forty percent cut-back in
grants by the aid office this
year
Sound Goals
Mr. Ronald Bianchi, AssistaJid
Director of Resident Students
and the administrator of
the program, attributed the
Federal support to the "intrinsically
sound goals and evaluation."
Father William Mcinnes and
F r James Bresnehan conceived
the idea three years ago when
they turned over the idea to
Mr. Bianchi to be carried out.
Univer;,"ity officials worked in
close conjunction with Mr Esposito,
psychia trist f o r the
Bridgeport School System, and
the Community Action Project
of Bridgeport, especially in the
area of screening applicants.
Community Responsibility
A unique aspect of the program
will be a high degree of
student participation in the administration
of the program itself.
The aim here is to foster
a greater sense of community
responsibility by those enrolled
in the project.
Sean Mehan '63 as project
director will have an expanded
group of ninety or a hundred
students in the summer and
year round classes beginning
in July This is an increase of
some fifty percent over the
previous year.
The project was termed a
"show case" program and was
made t he subject of a television
documentary last summer
s h o w n in the Connecticut
area.
Mr. O'Brien Receives Marketing Award
Mr Stephen J O'Brien, Associate
Professor of Business
Law here at Fairfield, has been
named recipient of the Honorary
Life Membership Award
by the Collegiate Marketing
Club of Fairfield University
The award is given annually
on behalf of the American Marketing
Association.
According to Mr Thomas J
Pinkman, moderator of the
Marketing Club, "The award
was presented to Mr O'Brien
for his outstanding contribution
to the education program
of the University"
The certificate was presenteel
to Professor O'Brien by
James Mitchell '67, President
of the Marketing Club.
In addition to the award-cer-tificate,
t he recipient was given
the Gold Honor Key of the
American Marketing Association.
Last month the Club sponsored
a "real life" tour of the
Connecticut Post Shopping Center
in Milford. Forty upper
classmen participated in the
field visit, which was to examine
the merchandising prin-
James Mitchell '67 presents an Honorary Life Member ship Award to Mr. Stephen J.
O'Brien Associate Professor of Business Law.
ciples of the more than forty
stores in the shopping center.
The merchandising policies of
t he various stores in the complex
were explained by Jules
J Berman, vice-president of
leasing and management for
Atlas-Milford, Inc., the developers
of the shopping area.
At m a n y establishments,
store executives demolli>-trated
particular merchandising and
store layout features. One of
the high points of the educational
tour was an examination
of the P ost's unique tunnel facilities.
Here, store deliveries
are received under ground, expedia
ting the merchandise deliver
ies·.
J unior Robert Ritz, one of
the co-chairmen of the tour,
was very impressed. He was
surprised a t "how each s tore's
own policy can vary, yet, how
all of them tie in together
in Cen ter-wide activities.
Co-chairman Kirk Walker
found t he under-ground delivery
s y s t e m particularly
worthwhile. "No wonder we
didn't find a swarm of large
delivery trucks cluttering up
the landscape a r o u n d the
stores."
··we felt that here we would
be able to s·ee a larger variety
of shops and services," said Mr
P inkman. "We certainly are
convinced we made the right
decision," he said when the tour
was finished- an h o u r after
they had originally planned to
leave.
Page Four
Th·eatre
Pfayiwuoe
By RAY GABORIAULT
THE ST-A-G --
The Roar of the Grease Paint, the Smell of the Crowd has just concluded a
very commendable production at the hands of Mr. Robert Emerich's Players Company.
The musical itsell ds very come him, a sort of reconcilia- that theater-goer,s could not
loose in the conventional sense
and can leave one very unsatisfied.
For example, the turning
point of the action comes
when a Negro appears on stage
for the first time, wins some
crazy kind of game, and thus
gives a poor white servant the
momentum he needs to liberate
himself from his master This is
deus ex machina at its worst.
The master has performed
several very cruel acts during
the course of the story He has
raped the girl his servant fell
in love with and has sent the
servant off to bed with a giant
disguised as a girl. Yet at the
end, after the servant has over-tion
is reached that seems total-ly
unmotivated.
There are few good songs in
the musical - "On A Wonderful
Day Like Today," "The
Joker," and "Who Can I Turn
To,"- among them. The rest,
songs like "Put It In The
Books," and "Funny Funeral"
fall relatively flat.
However, the more this reviewer
mulls it over, the more
he appreciates the musical and
the more he realizes that •it was
indeed one worthy of presentation.
The atmosphere was one
of surreal jolts and shocks and
yet was very light and entertaining.
It was once thought
Vincent Curcio portrays the role of "Sir", the part made
famous by actor Cyril Ritchard.
live without the unities. It may
sometime come about that they
will even be able to survive
without step-by-step motivating
links plotted out for them.
The production itself left
little to be desired. Alvin Askew
was wonderful in his brief
performance as the Negro and
proved to have the best voice
in the entire cast. Mrs. Judith
Wiley as Kid, the little hangeron
of domineering Sir, was one
of the most vital people on stage
and a real heart-stealer. The
urchins seemed to be the most
unprofessional players on stage,
but they did put quite a bit of
heart into their acting and were
quite adequate.
Vin Curcio as the domineering
Sir was nndoubtedly the most
professional player. His delivery
of lines in machine-gun fashion,
never missing one, his facial expressions,
his dirty little snigger,
his very carriage when jnst
sitting down listening to someone
else perform, made one feel
he was watching something way
beyond the ~pe of a college
production.
The performance this reviewer
enjoyed most, however, and
the one he will remember the
longest, belonged to Bob Mann
as the mistreated Cocky A
priest to my left kept muttering
"But he can't sing." Would you
expect a little downtrodden
waif to come off like an opera
star ? Mann played the role
perfectly, shuffling about like
a Charlie Chaplain tramp, wailing
for food, longing for love.
His highest point came when
he sang "The Joker," bringing
out the full character of Cocky
and making him live.
From Greg Horton's impeccable
piano playing to the stage
properties and makeup and
lighting, this was a truly won·
derful production - one that
must be put in the book as a
highpoint of this year at Fairfield.
Sex, Sexuality, & Sexual Power
Discussed By NFP A Members
By DAN RICHARDSON
"A couple should know the
day to day changes in their
physiological processes," stated
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith dur·
ing their recent lecture on "Sex,
Sexuality, and Sexual Power."
Active Members
The "full house" audience
heard Mr. and Mrs. Smith, active
members of the statewide
National Family Planning Association,
and Rev James Cronin,
a member of NFP A and
parish priest in North Branford.
Following a movie entitled
"Human Reproduction", both
the husband and wife stressed
"knowing one another in marriage"
and "learning the phy-siological
and psychological differences
between the sexes in
general."
Sex Views
Father Cronin cited the two
prevalent views of sex and descr~
bed what he thought was
one Christian viewpoint.
"Puritanism", Father began,
"tends to make sex a necessary
evil - something which we try
to suppress.'' The second attitude
is termed the "playboy"
attitude which makes the woman
"an object of prey, merely
a thing.''
The Christian viewpoint "sees
within sexuality the possibility
of creation, and further, that
sexual ·creation is not merely
sexual reproduction."
To clarify this Father described
the celibate priesthood,
stating that this was sexual
creation in one manner. "Whenever
a man talks to a girl it
is necessarily a sexual relationship."
Harmony
"We all have great sexual
power, but we must harmonize
it with the world around us,"
concluded the priest - NFP A
member
The Natural Family Planning
Association is a family life,
family planning and sex educa·
tion organization founded in
New Haven two years ago as a
couple-to-couple program of sex
instruction which encompasses
the physical and psychological
aspects of sexuality and growth
in marriage.
May 10, 1967
Another Look
By Ralph Kls1er
Because of the inability of our present forces either to induce
Hanoi to negotiate or to defeat the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese,
a decision is being forced upon the President concerning
the increasing of our troop commitment in Vietnam. It has been
an open secret that the Pentagon and General Westmoreland
have been arguing that between 550,000 and 600,000 American
troops will be needed to achieve military victory
Already our land force commitment is extensive, and now our
air power is striking every feasible target without bombing the
civilian population or the foreign ships at the docks of Haiphong.
But with all this .present commitment of power, we have not reduced
infiltration or weakened Hanoi's will to fight. And, as we
view the enemy massing forces along the D.M.Z., we realize that
he is not sitting back and waiting for the United States to either
quit or act decisively.
If President Johnson makes the decision to escalate the
strength of our land force, he shall make the classic decision to
cross the Rubicon. He shall finally cast the needed die. Politically,
psychologically, and emotionally this greater commitment would
mean that there could be no turning back short of a result accounted
as a victory Personally, I have no doubts on whether the
President shall order the increase. He must and shall. I consider
the bringing over of General Westmoreland to speak before Congress
to be the preparation for this increased commitment.
But what is interesting is not the certainty of this decision, it
is the position of further anti-war dissent. This last year has been
plagued by it; what will the future of the dissent be? Senator
Fu~bright in his new book, The Arrogance of Power, stated in his
chapter concerning dissent and Vietnam that he congratulated the
American people for remaining tolerant of the anti-war dissenters
(considering this is the first time in our history that there has
been dissent in the middle of a war) and that he feared that if
the war continued much longer this tolerance would give way to
a form of M<!Carthyism.
I agree with what the Senator says here concerning an upsurge
of a McCarthyism, but for two very specific r easons: my
belief in a strengthening of our will to win in Vietnam (both of
the people and our leaders), and because of the type of dissent
which even now exists.
Senator Fulbright congratulates the people for their tolerance.
I congratulate our leaders for not using a nationalistic emotionalism
which could easily sway the people against anyone dissenting
against a policy which is costing the lives of our men in a war
against aggressive Communism. But soon this will end. With the
increasing of troops, with the hardening of battle and the greater
loss of life, our determination will increase and be filtered from
our leaders into our people. When we are finally in a position
where every condition exists but the declaration of war, any
dissent of the forms we have witnessed in the past will finally be
considered in the light of treachery
I use the word treachery even though it seems repugnant to
)Ur intellectual sophistication - only because of the forms of
emotional dissent we have seen the burning of draft cards, and
American flags, mass rallies aimed merely at embarrassing our
government throughout the wor ld, and, most of all, arguments
which st em from rubstract humanitarianism (the burning of babies
in Vietnam, the existence of Harlems in this country, etc.)
This emotional dissent shall !become more and more futile
when it is finally met with a patriotic emotionalism. But although
dissent in the streets by the New Left shall be stopped, rational
dissent shall hopefully continue in its right of expression, no
matter how futile. It must be realized that our country is to reach
some form of military victory in Vietnam, that this is the reality
which our leaders shall present to us in the near future.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith emphasize the realistic aspects of
sex education before a packed audience.
May 10, 1967 THE ST A G Page Five
Dogwood Festival
19
An thony and t he Imper ials
Wet arn.d Wild
Miss Jea1me Siconolfi is crowned Queen of Dogwood '67 by
William Coffin, co-chairman of the festival. Looking on are
Bernard Denoyer '69, her escort; Ted Coia '69; Miss Valerie
Jolmson, Queen of Mardi Gras; and Chlp Leiber '68, chairman
of the Queens Contest.
The Chosen Few
67
The Chlffons
Page Six THE STAG
Fairfield Awarded Grant
Key upper elementary grade
teachers will spend six weeks at
Fairfield University this summer
to be prepared to teach
the biology units of general
science dealing with field biolo-gy,
ecology and conservation,
using the familiar surroundings
of the schoolyard and nearby
green areas as outdoor classrooms.
The program, which will run
Ramblings
By John Reidy
By reading the recent protest literature about Vietnam, one
could easily get the impression that the only reason we are there
is to kill innocent people. Th,l?y say we're interfering with a Civil
War and, thus, we have no right to be there. They call the United
States murders, hypocrites, and liars. As far as they are concerned,
it's not just a doubtful war, it's an open and shut, clear-cut
case of unjust aggression on our side. Many of these protestors are
open-minded people who are willing to listen to the other side. This
is the group I'm addressing in this essay As for the other group,
those who protest by rallying around a Viet Cong flag and hy
burning the American flag, I wouldn't stoop to their level, not
even to talk with them. It makes me sick just to talk about them.
Vietnam is a very doubtful war Many of the issues are clouded
and obscured. All anybody seems to know about the war is that
many young men and many innocent citizens are being slaughtered.
The fault for this gap in information must be with the government,
for it is their duty to keep the public informed, especially in a war
like this where the objectives are so obscure. However, there are
certain aspects which are clear enough to justify this war
I doubt if anyone will disagree with the supposition that the
major threat in Vietnam is a Communist take-over of the country
It is a naive view to think of it in any other way With this in mind,
there are two aspects which must be dealt with in order to justify
our stand in Vietnam. First, are truly free elecetions possible? If
they are, and Vietnam would freely choose Communism, then we
have no right to be there. Secondly would a Communist take-over
endanger the national security of the United States ? If not, then,
again, we have no right to be there. There are the two questions
which must be answered honestly and objectively Naturally, no
one likes to see people killed and it is very easy to condemn the
war on this sentimental basis. But we must investigate the facts
and stakes before we cast our judgement against it.
As to the first question, are free elections possible, the answer
is no. In one village where an election was to take place
about a month ago, the Viet Cong marched in and killed all
eleven candidates for office. Just last week, over 100 prominent
South Vietnamese were kidnapped. Yet critics of the war say
that we should allow these elections. What they seem to overlook
is that the Communists will never allow free elections. They
can and will achieve their goals only by brutality - the same way
they took over in Russia and China and the same way they put
up the Iron Curtain. Where are the free elections in those countries?
Where are free elections in Cuba? In view of the brutality
of the Viet Cong and the lesson learned from established Communist
countries, I think we can safely rule out the possibility
of free elections in Vietnam if we withdraw.
As to the second question of national security, the answer is
obvious. If we lose Vietnam, we will have to surrender the whole
Malayan Penninsula. After that, India would go and Communism
would reign from East Germany to the shores of China. If we
withdraw, we will have given up the principle of stopping the advance
of Communism. Just from a study of both ideologies, it
is obvious that they can't co-exist. This is why Russia is becoming
more and more capitalistic every day. One of them has to give
and, up till now, capitalism has been the stronger But if we give
up much more, we will not be the stronger and Communism will
bury us. The question of Vietnam is very definitely a question
of national security.
The answer to these two c:uestions do justify our position and
our stand in Vietnam. We are fighting in order that free elections
may be possible and we are fighting to protect ourselves. The arguments
about de-escalation or escalation, really, are only peripheral
questions. The main question is whether we are justified in
our action. The answer is yes. Our job now is to win and win
as fast as possible. Withdrawal is, now, a retreat from public
opinions and a betrayal of our justified commitment.
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Cored
Continued from Page 1
with coeducation in mind.
The Editorial Board of the
STAG urged the rejection of
coeducatian as it has been proposed,
feeling it "should not be
considered until improvements
which can be eJiected more
easily within the present structure
are achieved 8Jld solidi·
fied. The question of coeducation
at Fairfield is premature."
Coeducation was also the
subject of the first Student
Forum, entitled "Coeducation .
The Eve of Destruction?" at
which two speakers defended
each side.
Thus if coeducation is finally
approved by the Board this
Friday it will give rise to a.
great number of other related
questions: when, what form it
would take; on·campus, day
hops only, or coinstitutional, and
what ch8Jlges will be made in
the facilities, student regulations,
the spirit of the school,
8Jld in the students themselves;
and if it isn't, what course the
University will take as an allmale
institution in the future.
Fr Mcinnes emphasised the
importance of acting on the
prdblem now: "History was
catching up with us. We want
to crystalize the problem now.
Fairfield is at the crossroads
today. ·If the school becomes
more intellectual it will be
easier for coeducation. If the
school becomes more socially
inclined, coeducation can do
more harm than good."
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STAGLAND
By PAUL HUGHES
There has been a pretty fair amount of criticism
directed against the athletic department and Direc.:or
George Bisacca in the last few weeks concerrung the
treatment given the minor sports at Fairfield. However,
a dose·r examination of the charges heaped upon
the Athletic Department bear out a couple of signit:icant,
if not enhghtening facts.
Since so much time was given in building a negative
case for the tennis team two weeks ago, I thmk
it's only fair that the real facts be given here.
'l'he tennis team compiles its outstanding records
each year against a carefully selected opposition. The
tennis scheaule is first class, amounting to sixteen
matches and the Rider Cup Tournament, making Falrfield's
slate one of the largest and most demanding in
the East.
The team is not as ill-equipped as we might suppose,
either. Just this year four brand new (and qu1te
expensive) nets have been supplied for our home courts
and the players have gone through many dozens of
new tennis balls.
The team is not neglected on the road, either.
First class transportation, lodging and eating always
accommodate the racketmen away from home.
The loudest beef echoed for the tennis team has
been the lack of a full time coach. Closer investigatwn
will show that there are few, if any, colleges in the
East possessing such a Utopian luxury. Such wishful
thinking is practically unheard of, aside from not being
needed.
Next, let's take a look at the track and field situation,
which is obviously in sore need of revitalization.
ffhe track is admittedly in horrible shape, despite
$5,000 worth of work which has gone into it this year
alone.
But the plight of the track team is not grounded
in lack of proper facilities as much as the almost co<mplete
lack of student interest in track itself. Until
enough students come out to comprise a substantial
track and field program, without a handful of lettermen
performing in three and four events a meet, the
team won't merit much more attention than it is now
receiving A good example is the baseball team, which
until two seasons ago was in the same apathetic state.
Since then, however, turnouts have been adequate
enough to establish Fairfield as a good baseball school
and the corresponding improvement in treatment has
followed rapidly.
Both track and soccer can complain about lack
of time and inspiration from their coaches. This is
rooted in still another problem - salary. And this is
not handled by the athletic department but by the Administration
of the University Enough said here.
The ever-present problem of poor playing fields
will never be solved by trying to stretch thin an a lready
overworked maintenance crew which just about fulfills
the demands of the University. I'm sure Athletic
Director Bisacca would like nothing better than to have
his own maintenance crew to keep up the athletic
fields, but such repeated pleas, along with numer-ous
others which would bolster athletics at Fairfield, have
fallen on deaf ears. I wonder how many letters seeking
such improvements have even been answered?
As far as the basketball team is concerned, it
should be remembered that scholarships are given to
basketball players by the University, NOT the athletic
department. Let's also keep in ·mind that through basketball
George Bisacca has put Fairfield 10n the map
in nine short years, a feat it took such schoo'ls as Providence
several decades to accomplish. Eliminating one
scholarship to a basketball player might be doing away
with the vital cog needed f<or a successful .season in the
big time ranks.
Nobody works harder for a successful a ll-around
sports program than George Bisacca, and nobody is
more overworked. He presently fills the office of Athletic
Director, basketball coach, recruiter, sports information
director and business manager, aside from
leading his own law practice and family life. You
won't find this much dedication anywhere else. .
What is ultimately nee<le.cJ · f,or. a succ;essful .bigtime
sports program .here af :.Fa~d1eld is' ail' Athletic·
Department SEPARATE frotti, the Uliiv~rsicy, ie1f~suf~
ficient and with its own budget. Where does this all
start. I'd have to vote for a University fieldhouse, by
which the athletic department could start itself on the
road to financial self-sufficiency. Whether such a
change 10r any others in the Fairfield sports program
are affe-cted does not lie with the Athletic Department.
!For the time being we must be satisfied with the
efforts of an energetic athletic department. Until Fairfteld
is a mature University we can expect nothing: else.
THE STAG Page Seven
Campion 4 Jumps To
Early Lead In Softball
Leading
Hitters
By J.Al\IES MAGNUSON
Softball intramurals c on -
tinued this week with a rain
shortened program of eight
games. Intramural powerhouse
Campion 4 emerged as the
team to beat as it won the
two games it played this week.
Murray Stars
In their first game, the men
of C-4, behind Marty Murray's
three home runs, blitzed Gonzaga
Ground 20-5. Jerry Cosker
received credit for the win
and aided his own cause with
two timely hits.
Later in the week, Loyola 3
extended Campion 4 to eight
innings before losing 7-5. The
frosh took an early lead of
5-1 for the first six innings
before Eiardi's "Misters" could
muster up their attack. Joe
Ricci and Dino Diangelis led
the attack as Campion 4 came
from behind to victory
Campion 3 lost their first
game of the year in a heartbreaker
6-5, to Loyola 2. Campion
3 led at the start of the
seventh inning, 5-3, but failed
Opera
Miss Louise Budd
Continued from Page 1
Pianist-conductor Andrew
Heath, director of Music Studies
at the University, will be
the master of ceremonies.
All students and faculty are
cordially in vi ted to enjoy the
program with their families
and friends. According to the
trad.ition of Fairfield's cultural
offerings, adnliSsion is fr~. · ·
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to score at their turn at bat
and saw Loyola 2 erupt for
three runs in the bottom of
the stanza to win 6-5. "Bear"
Magaletta's three-run homer
with two outs gave his team
the victory
In other games. Regis 4 bested
C-2 13-8. L-3 overran Gonzaga
1, 4-2. The frosh of L-1
knocked-off Regis 3, .9-3. Regis
2 squashed Gonzaga 2, 11-4.
And in the final game, Gonzaga
3 romped over Regis 1.
All captains of the softball
teams are asked to turn in the
details of their games. This
information is needed for "The
Stag" and can be submitted to
Bob Goodman when the scores
are turned in to him.
Dennis Hurlie
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Golf, Ping-Pong,
Pool Begin Today
By ROBERT SU.LERY the same lines as pool, with
In addition to softball, Fair- both contests taking place in
field's spring intramural pro- the game room of the campus
gram will be highlighted this center. Ping-pong experts are
week by the beginning of the anticipating a rematch of last
golf, pool, and ping-pong com- year's exciting final between
petition. defending champ Allie Vestro
and Lou Canepa of C-3.
The golf tournament will be Although these sports are
open to all interested competi- II
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at the Fairchild-Wheeler ball, basketball and football
it should be noted that sine~
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Golfers
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N. E. Tourney
Friday
May 10, 1967
GOLFERS WIN MET TOURNEY
By EDWARD WILLIAMS
The Fairfield University golf team gained its most impressive victory of the
season as they captured first place in the 18th annual Metropolitan Golf Championships
at the Mt. Kisco Country Club in New York. There were 158 players competing
from 32 teams.
The Stag linksmen carded a 82, which gave him an eighth was soph Coia who had an 81.
326 to nip a strong Columbia
"A" team which had a 333,
Princeton, with a 338, and defending
champion Fairleigh
Dickinson which tied Rutgers
for fourth place with a 341.
Jack McConachie shot a
39-39-78 over the wind-swept
par 36-36-72 course as he
gained second place in the
Metropolitan. Next in scoring
for the Stags was senior Joe
Pa1sa who played his usual
consistent round and carded an
81, good enugh to gain a tie for
fourth place.
Sophomore Ted Coia shot an
place finish in the tournament,
and Dick Wierkus had an 85
to round out the Fairneld scor-ing.
Eleven Straight
In their latest dual encounter,
the Stag golfers stretched their
unbeaten to eleven as they defeated
a strong Central Connecticut
State College, 6-1.
Once again, the linksmen
were led by the fabulous combination
of Joe Palsa and Jack
McConachie who both posted
scores of 78 for the lows of the
day Following closely behind
Dick Wierkus carded an 83
but fell to a better man as he
was the lone Stag loser John
Hamel rounded out the Fairfield
attack as he scored a very impressive
victory with a score
of 82.
Tomorrow, the Fairfield golfers
will face their toughest
match of the year as they enter
the New England Collegiate
golf tournament. If they are
victorious in this match, they
will move to the N.C.A.A.
championships later in the
month.
Langan Paces 'A ' Ruggers
To 9-0 Win Over Hartford
By JACK MARA
Well, it took the Fairfield
A team a little while to do it,
but they have finally won one.
And a big win it was as the
A's downed the Hartford Club
9-0 to start the Saturday festivities
for Dogwood Weekend.
The game got off to a slow
but interesting start as the
Stags found themselves three
men short of a full team. They
played with a Hartford fullback
and without the services
of Mike Kelley and Pete Smith
for the first few confusing
minutes.
Poor Weather
Finally, the late but "spirited"
Stags made their appearance
and the Fairfield club began
to move. The first few
minutes were touch or rather
"slush and go" as the heavy
rain and muddy ~ield forced
both teams to revise their offense.
'Fly kicking seeme4 to
be in order. Since neither team
could really hold on to the ball
that well it seemed better if
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Three Fairfield Ruggers move in for a rough tackle on a
Hartford player Saturday in the rain.
they "dribbled the ball" downfield
with short inbound kicks.
Langan Scores
Both clubs employed this tactic
with equal effectiveness,
but the Stags had more to
their offense than short fly
kicks. Among other things,
they had John Langan and John
Swanhaus. With Fairfield running
hard and playing equally
strong defense, the ball was
kept for the most part on the
Hartford end of t h e field.
Finally on a llneout from the
twenty, the Stag's backs got
t he ball out to wing John Langan
who cut back inside for
a badly needed first score.
Spirited by their first tally,
the Stag Vets played even
tougher ball. They continually
pressed Hartford into their own
20 yard territory Hartford
fought back but could not sustain
any major offensive drives.
Fairfield pushed the ball all
the way into the Hartford end
zone where it was bobbled
about by both teams. Level
headed Senior John Swanhaus
calmly p01wced on the ball and
it w.as three more points for
the Big Red. As was the case
all day, the field was just too
slippery for "Tiny" Smith and
the conversion attempt was off.
The score at the end of the
first half was an encouraging
6-0.
The second half was a real
defensive battle on both sides.
The Hartford backfield had
both size and experience, but
lacked the speed to get around
the faster moving Stag defense.
The Fairfield forwards played
their usual good game and enabled
the backs to move on
most of the lineouts and loose
serums. It was on one of these
loose serums that John Langan
broke away on a beautiful 60
yard "Freight Train" special.
He either outran, ran around
or ran over almost every Hartford
defender to give the Stags
their final tally of the afternoon
and a 9-0 win over Hartford
Rugby Club.
Senior co-captain Ted Symeon loosens up his arm preparing
for Thursday's rematch against U.B.
Stag Nine Loses
Third Straight, 3-2
By BILL D'ALESSANDRO
Wet and gusty weather washed
out two games for the Fairfield
baseball team this past
week and complicated an already
tough schedule. In the
single game played before the
rains set in, the Stags lost to
Sacred Heart by the score of
3-2.
High winds buffetted the diamond
from the outset. Frank
Mahoney took the mound against
Sacred Heart's fine pitcher Ron
Kavanaugh and an exciting
duel began.
Stags Score
In the second inning Al
Vestro walked, Bill Granata
singled 8.Ild both advanced an
extra base on an error by the
outfielder John Walsh proceeded
to sacrifice Vestro home
for the first run of the game.
One inning later with one
man out, the Stags squeezed
up another run as Skip Bolger
walked, stole second and scored
on Dennis Hurlie's single. This
gave Fairfield a two to nothing
lead.
Kavanaugh settled down,
however , and gave the Stags
a difficult time, allowing only
four hits over nine innings. The
strong wind which whipped
across the field turned Kavanaugh's
excellent sidearm curve
into a bewildering knuckleball.
He struck out seven men.
Pioneers Score
Frank Mahoney was pitching
himself in and out of trouble
until the sixth inning when a
single, a wild pitch and a passed
ball put a Sacred Heart player
into scoring position. A two out
single brought him in for the
opposition's first run. It was the
seventh inning, though, that
brought about Fairfield's demise.
Errors Costly
Sacred Heart put a man on
first with a single. He took
second base when Mahoney
fired his second wild pitch.
Then, after one out, a single
was mishandled in the outfield,
permitting the runner to continue
home from third. The peg
towards the plate was cut off
and quickly relayed to second
base to nip the Sacred Heart
runner but the throw was dropped.
Mahoney struck out the
next two batters, but Paul
Garstka dropped the third
strike. The throw down to first
went into right field allowing
the Sacred Heart player to
score from second with what
turned out to be the winning
run.
In both the eighth and ninth
innings the Stags had men on
second with only one out, but
failed to score.
Frank Mahoney, in going thC'
distance, completed his third
full game of the season and suffered
his first loss against five
wins. He walked just two batters,
matched his opponent with
seven strikeouts and gave up
only one earned run, but was a
victim of his own wildness and
some sloppy defense.
