Stag - Vol. 06, No. 10 - March 3, 1955

              Jr. Prom Chairman, Manor Chief Named
Published by Students of Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn.
- Story below
March 3, 1955
Glee Club and Soloists
Delight Bpt. Diocese Nuns
By JOHN REDGATE
A week ago last Tuesday, on Feb. 22, 1955, at Berch­mans
Hall, Fairfield's Glee Club again put forth its
efforts to offer enjoyment in a somewhat different
medium. On this occasion it was the Diocesan nuns f.or
whom the Club sang. The Sisters were finally able to
hear one of Fairfield's concerts after a freak hurricane
spoiled all plans for similar events two years ago.
The aUdience, which also in- ~~----------­eluded
other friends of Fairfield, Campus. The Club's director,
seemed well pleased with the Mr. Harak, also seemed pleased
s'election, arrangement, and pre- with the results and he is ex­sentation
of the program. Club pecting a favorable continuation
President Tom Donnelly wel- of top notch singing for th'e
comed everyone to the concert remainder of the season.
in a short, well-composed Fr. Murray, S.J., Tom Don­speech,
and then the concert nelly, Mr, Harak and the mem­began
with the trad,itional "Men bel'S of the Glee Club are to be
in Red," A medley of four num- complimented for their excel-bel'S
found Ronnie Skurat, the lent teamwork. It is Fr. Mur­Club's
baritone soloist, doing an ray's wish that Fairfield can
excel1ent job in singing "One again perform for the Sisters in
Alone" encored by "Dancing in the future.
the Dark." Coming up next on the sea-
Rodgers - Hammerstein and son's schedule is the Ansonia
Rodgers-Hart were next in li?e, concert sponsored by the Valley
topped off by the Campus' MlD- Undergraduat CI b It'
strels who brought smiles and F ' ,e u. s on a
laughs to the faces of the ap- nday mght, March lIth; so
preciative nuns. A very pros- why not buy a ticket early from
pective soloist named Bill Doyle any member of the Valley Club
'58 ha,~ the. lead in th~ "Toreador (Bob O'Ke'efe '55, President). If
Song. ThIS was BIll s first ap- you refe l' k ts b'
pearance as a soloist for the p 1', lC e are 0 talD-Stags
and Mr. Harak is looking able at the door,
favorably towards his' future It's never too early to start
here at the University. thinking about a big event and
At the end of a ten minute there is one coming up in the
intermission entertainment con- not too distant future The GI
tinued with three religious CI b t " ee
hymns, The club's versatile oc- u concer for the Bndgeport
companist Art Einhorn '57 fol- area IS the occasion in mind.
lowed with an excellent' pre- The entire organization is striv­sentation
of "Revolutionary ing to surpass even the great
Etude" by Chopin. This gave sucess of last year's show which
Art a chance really to do his' was among the best.
stuff an~ he lived up to all Friday, April 22, 1955 is the
exp'ectatlOns, date. Tickets will be on sale
"De Animals A-Comin'," soon at the bookstore and from
"Desert Song" and "Set Down members of the club. The con­Servant"
came next and the cert is being co-sponsored by
Neg.ro Spirituals entertained the the Glee Club and by the
audIence to the ~tmost and they Bridgeport Area Club. The pur­applauded
heaVIly. pose of this show is obviously
The Bensonians delighted a worthy one: all proceeds will
everyone as is their custom, be turned over to the Scholar­doing
their famous rendition of ship Fund of Fairfi'eld Univer­"
Johnny Schmoker," Two songs sity which will be used to aid
late~,the concert ~as closed with incoming students of the Bridge­the
Alma Mater, . and then re- port area.
freshments were served in the The Bridgeport Club has al-
Senior Lounge of Berchmans. ready begun its drive for ob-
The pleased exp.ressions, ~nd taining ads for the evening's
good natured compliments WhICh program. Any student interes,ted
the SIsters had for the Club in helping out is asked to con­afterwards
were proof pos'itive tact any member of the Club
that they spent an enjoyable the President of which is Vinn~
afternoon here on Fairfield's DeRos'a, '55.
Perrella To Head
1956 Manor Staff
It was announced earlier this
week by Dan Reed, Junior Class
President that Andrew Perrella
will be the Editor-in-Chi'ef of
Manor for the class of 1956.
Andy, who graduated from
Crosby High of Waterbury in
1952, has been associated with
many campus activities'. He is' a
member of the Mendel Club, th'e
Glee Club, the Waterbury Club,
and for the past year has writ­ten
"Council Drums" for the
STAG.
His first act as editor has be-en
to name the staff for next year's
edition of the Manor.
They are: Assistant' Editor,
George Lacovara; Photography
Editor, Bob Madden; Literary
Editor, Arthur Benn'ett; Liter­ary
Ass'istants, Frank Bergen,
Donald Kerwin, Al Pellegrino;
Sports Editor, Arthur Conway;
Sports Assistants, Joe O'Brien,
Bob Schreck; Make-Up Editors,
John Crowley, Thomas Sheehan.
The Stag joins with the stu­dent
body in extending con­gratUlations
to the following
men who have made the Dean's
List for the Fall Semester 1954­1955:
ANDY PERRELLA
Class of 1958
Robert J. Banjai, Robert R.
Dorin, Stanley E. Matyszewski,
(Continued on Page 4)
Class of 1955
C. Ward Cullen, John H.
Kulowiec, F. .Ioseph Moretti,
John E. Onofrio, Charles E.
Schaefer, Dominick V. Sorge.
Class of 1956
Franklyn J. Bergen, Jr.,
George J. Boilard, Ralph V.
Chiarenzelli, Harold J. Doran,
Jr., Thomas J. Guerrere, Charles
D. Guri, Donald M. Kerwin,
John B. Pampe1, John M. Pav­lick,
Daniel E. Reed, Edward J.
Thorme, Paul E. Zimmitti.
Class of 1957
Robert W. Allenby, Francis X.
Mathews, George J. Morrissey,
John M. Nolan, Robert L. Pisca­telli.
JACK CROWLEY
Attend Daily
Mass During
Lent
Byzantine Mass To
Be Held On Campus
On March lOth the Bellarmine
Lecture Series will afford the
students of Fairfield University
an unusual opportunity. At this
time there will be a c'elebration
of the Holy Mass in the Byzan­tine
rite. The celebrant will be
the Very Rev. Dani'el P. Macz­kov,
V.F., of Bridgeport.
Most of us are aware that
there are many rites in the
Church, but we are familiar
only with our Latin rite. This
event then, gives us a chance
to take part in a rite used by
manv of our fellow Catholics in
the Near East.
The Mass under any rite is
of course the same sacrifice, but
the accid'ents of each rite differ.
The form of Byzantine rite we
shall have on campus is known
ecclesiastically as Ruthenian.
Ordinarily the Mass is sung by
the whole congregation, led by
a cantor. The language used is
old Slavonic (Staroslav), the
liturgy established by Sts, Cyril
and Methodius. At the Cons'e­cration
the priest sings the words
of consecration aloud. Another
variation in this rite is that the
faithful ree'eive the Holy Eu­charist
under both species, i,e"
bread and wine. It is expected
that we shall have the chance to
so rec'eive on this occasion.
This event should help Us to
learn more about our fellow
Catholics', and to better under­stand
them. It should also re­mind
us of the universality of
the Church in which all men
are one in Christ.
Vol. VI-No. 10
Chairman Named
For Jr. Prom
N.F.C.C.S.
NewsOn
Worlishops
Daniel Reed, president of the
junior class, named John Crow­ley
'56 chairman of the combin­ed
Prom for the freshman,
sohomore, and junior classes.
Mr. Crowley, an education ma­jor,
is a Stag editor and a mem­ber
of the glee club. He also
s,erved on this year's Carnival
committee.
The combined Prom consti­tutes
a departure from the tra­dition
of holding a Freshman­Sophomore
Prom and a separate
Junior Prom, The two are being
combined in order to insure
that the Prom will be a success,
not only socially, but also finan­cially
and attendance-wise for
all the classes involved,
The members of the commit­tee
are:
Juniors - Hugh Boyle, Thom­as
Sheehan. Frank Bergen,
Frank Garvin, Donald Kerwin,
George Kelley, Albert Pelle­grino,
Joseph O'Brien, George
Lacovera, Richard Grappone,
Andrew Perrella.
Sophomores - Harris' Russell,
David McCarthy, John Cagnas­sola,
James Attolino, Arthur
Pavluvcik, Walter Shanley.
Freshmen - James Master­son,
Richard Finnigan, John
Redgate, James McGovern,
Chris Boal, Lawrence Laitres.
On Saturday, March 5. stu­dents
from many of New Eng­land's
Catholic Colleges will at­tend
combined workshops of
Fairfield's N.F.C.C.S. Industrial
Relations and Family Life Com­missions,
and the subsequent
buffet supper and social.
At 1:30 p.m., the Indutsrial
Relations wGrkshop will discuss
the fluctuations of indusary in
New England. At 3:30 p.m. the
Family Life Commission will
present a discussion of th'e vari­ous
problems involved for young
people in Armed Service Mar­riages,
Interesting speakers will
be presented at both workshops.
The expenses of the supper
and social will be met by a
nominal fifty cent registration
fee.
Chairman Jim Rourke of
Family Life and Hugh Boyle
and Gerry Garvey of Industrial
Relations extend an invitation to
all students' who are interested
in attending.
Page Two
Sacrifice
The Lenten season is now in progress and we are
all called upon to make a few sacrifices. Christ initiat­ed
Lent when He went out 'into the desert to fast for
forty days and forty nights. Since that time, people of
all centuries, all varieties of culture, and different de­grees
of prosperity have paid tribute to Christ by imi­tating,
in a sense, His sacrifice. The Church requires
that we fast and make a few sacrifices at this time, but
leaves much up to individual initiative.
Some will attempt to stop smoking and others may
give up a few luxuries. Many, though, will complain
about these sacrifices and pretend to ignore them. Too
few of us regard this period with the seriousness due
to it. During this time our actions should be more to
the positive aspect and less emphasis paid to the nega­tive.
The most important :thing that we can do is to
make sure we attend Mass and receive Holy Communion
at least three times a week. The Sodality has faeilitated
the solution to this problem by providing for Mass to be
said every morning during Lent. Each class has a sepa­rate
day for Mass attendance -and on Friday, Mass is
open for all classes. Some students will not be able to
be present at the Mass said in school, but they should
at least make an attempt to attend Mass at their respec­tive
churches.
A bit of meditation and reflection would also be
feasible during Lent. We could all stand a bit of exam­ination
of conscience and an endeavor to improve our
actions in the coming year.
By fulfilling these aims, our spiritual lives would
be enriched and the rewards would be immeasurable.
J. T. S.
Tax
At the Student Council meeting of Feb. 15, the
thorny question of the Student Tax was brought up and
what punishment should be inflicted on the dissenters.
There was quite a bit of discussion and it was finally
decided to prevent these men from running for any class
office. An amendment was added which also restricted
them from any club office. The legality of this motion
was questioned and proved to the satisfaction of all
those present.
There are many who, I believe, do not know what
the Student Tax is used for. In the first place, the Tax
is put into the Student Council treasury. This is the
main source of the Council's treasury. The money is
used for all campus 'activities; e.g., the Council is ready
to back the different dance committees. The Stag Dance
last semester was a Council sponsored affair. It is the
Council which pays the dues to the N.F.C.C.S. (don't set
up a howl, it was you, the ,student, who voted to keep it
on campus). Right now the Council is buying a set of
Books in memory of the late -Fr. Ryan, S.J., In short,
the money is used for you, the student.
How much effect this punishment will have on
those men who refuse to pay the dollar, I don't know.
Whether these men are the kind who would run for
office, I doubt. That these men will begin to take 'an
interest in their class and begin this interest hy paying
the tax, I hope.
A.T.e.
THE STAG
By ANDREW PERRELLA
Beware all ye who have not
yet paid the Student Assessment
Tax, for the Council is spending
long hours in delibration at­tempting
to devise a suitable
punishment for delinquents. The
motion preventing non-paye'es
from participating in any elec­tions
is certainly a step in the
right direction, though a con­3iderably
milder penalty than
several memhers of the Council
might propose, More drastic
measures are being averted at
present because of the Council's
unwillingn'ess to publicly em­barrass
those who refuse to
cough up the precious buck.
Just how drastic the means of
extraction should be is, of
course, a debatable point, but
in the opinion of this writer,
men who have not paid th'e
assessment should be stripped of
all their rights as members of
the Student Association. Actual­ly
these "duds" (for want of a
more descriptive term) are in­fringing
on the rights of the
majority of men who did pay
the tax. In true parasitic man­ner
they thoroughly enjoy be­longing
to clubs on Campus,
attending dances, etc. All ben'e­fits
are made possible by Coun­cil
and indirectly by the assess­ment.
Every man on this cam­pus
has in one way or another
enjoyed the Student Fund and
likewise, every man is definitely
obligated to contribute his share
to that fund.
Another thorn in the side of
the emin'ent legislators is the
problem of a congested parking
lot. Granted the facilities are
slightly overcrowded, but usual­ly
that hallowed plot of ground
looks like a traffic cop's night­mare
on one of his worse nights.
Conditions could be alleviated
somewhat bv more consideration
on the part" of the drivers and
one-way traffic around the lot,
but the problem probably won't
be solved until the parking area
is enlarged.
Have you ever wondered who
supplies the hammers, saws,
nails, etc. for all the workshops
that the N.F.C.C.S. holds? Was
the reason the Council refused
to have the names of the tax
delinquents printed in the Stag
because they were afraid this
publication might charge them
for advertising space? ... Does
everybody know that if your
hair is Coiley it can't be
straight? . . . Who said Gary
Carney's face was red when
told he was one of the prime
oiI'enders blocking the exit to
the parking lot? . . . Has the
windbag shifted finaUy from the
Council to the Student body; it
was a member of the latter who
really put his foot in it at the
last meeting.
Compliments
of
The Fairfield
Camera Shop
POST ROAD
FAIRFIELD, CONN.
March 3, 1955
...fromh
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tiScorner...
By DAVID F. BARRY
'History in a Democratic Manner
Miss Finch stood in the doorway of the new schOOL the
district fathers had recently provided and waited for her pupils
to enter. A new term was beginning and Miss Finch looked for­ward
to it with n'eophytic eagerness. A recent graduate of South­ern
College, she was thoroughly imbued with modern principles
of education. No harsh discipline or dreary home-work to curb
the initiative of her students, definitely not! Abetha remembered
well how her own teachers had stifled her creative ability, limiting
fingerpainting to one afternoon a week and forcing her to draw
diagrams, memorize tables, and work dull arithmetic problems.
The class had been denied 'even the right to suggest the proper
day for tests. The idea of treating impressionable young children
in that fashion had so repulsed Miss Finch that she was devoting
her life to education to correct these stultifying wrongs.
The class had filed into the room during her ruminations and
were sitting at their desks, eyeing her with awe. This disturbed
her as an obvious sign that these children had been indoctrined
to surpress the natural emotions of surprize at finding a new
teach'er behind the desk. "Well," thought Miss Finch, "we'll cure
that!" She walked between the aisles and shook hands with each
child, introduced herself as Abetha, and inquired about each on'e's
name. A low murmur rolled through the room and someone in
the back giggled. She was pleas'ed at this first time that the
barriers were crumbling.
The next hour was spent in finding out the children1s desires
in regard to what they wanted to learn. It was decided by a vote
of 23-2 to have Art on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings,
and on Tuesday and Thursdays afternoons with Music reserved
for Friday afternoon. A discussion of contemporary topics would
be devoted to "that ole stuff" as FuUer Chit charmingly put it.
Abetha was over-joyed at the class' whole-hearted acceptance of
democratic procedure. As a reward, she initiated a panel discus­sion
on the relative merit of Tootsie-Roll versus Licorice Sticks.
Although someone threw ink all over Ann Snide and in the heat
of the discussion John Muncher hit Orville Crump on the hand,
Miss Finch said nothing. It was better to allow individual person­ality
to express itself while they were adjusting themselves.
Lunch period went very smoothly. The class elected a ineal of
milk, chocolate cake, ice cream, jelly-donuts, and Hershey bars.
Athough Abetha preferred something more nourishing, she real­ized
that any attempt to force her likes on the class would cause
an unconscious hate of good food. Taking a large bite of chocolate
cake, she smiled to show her approval.
The flush of satisfaction from a job on its way to success
warmed Miss Finch's firm and progressive features. The class
had just awaken'ed from their nap and the roaring hub-bub of
their voices showed their eagerness for the afternoon's work.
Clayton Pigwell had recovered from being hit on the head with
a geography and his little voice was healthy as he joined the
others in throwing rulers at Ann Snide. Abetha smiled and rapped
for attention.
"Class," she said, "we are going out to the play-area for our
history lesson. We shall learn of the landing of the first setners
and their bravery in facing the cruel Indians." After all, her
learned professors had taught that preasure goes hand in hand
with the quest for knowledge.
It was Miss Finch's first and last mistake. The cry of wild
war-hoops rang through the well-groomed park adjacent to the
school while the beating of books against the ground emulated
the pounding thump of tom-toms. Abetha struggled and tried to
twist free from the tree to which she had been tied. She screamed
as the flames crept toward her legs and Ann Snid'e ran to cut
more bushes for the pile. Begging for mercy, Abetha found her­self
looking into the grinning 'eyes of John Muncher. He shook
his head from side to side. After all, the class had voted on it,
it was the democratic way wasn't it?
EDITOR·IN·CHIEF
Thomas Sheehan, '56
News Editor Feature Editor
Thomas Connors, '56 Arthur Conway, '56
Sports Editors Business Manager
Robert Schreck, '56 Edmund Measom, '57
Paul Nagy, '57 Exchange Editor
Make-Up Editors Donald Gabriel, '57
J·ohn Crowley, '56 Photographers
John Cagnassola, '57 Charles Umstatter, '55
Associate Editors Robert Madden, '56
John Leonard, '55 Robert Visokay, '57
John Buckley, '55 Thomas Murray, '58
Bernard Joy, '55 Wilbur F'omento, '58
Club Notes Edito~
James Attolino, '57
March 3, 1955 THE STAG Page Three
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Fairfield's rampant Stags eas­ily
rolled to a 76-59 victory over
the Teachers from New Britain.
Leading the scorers were Fred
Lane and Ed Diskowski with 23
and 21 points, respectively. Jim
Roche added to a fine rebound­ing
game with a 12 point con­tribution.
N. B. Teachers Lose
Two To Stag Quintet
The Fairfield University bas,­ketball
team snapped a four­game
losing streak by Whipping
New Britain State Teachers by
a score of 64-54.
Co-captain Bobby Gerwein,
star forward, contributed to the
action of the evening by becom­ing
the second player in the
University's history to score
1,000 points, He contributed to
his team's scoring by tallying 11
points. Joe Kehoe was the other
Stag man to reach the coveted
mark, having scored 1,050 points.
The Red Stags, starting off
slow in the first half, pulled
away in the final two periods,
Jack O'Connell was the big
gun for the Stags, ripping 17
points through th'e nets, Dis­kowski,
Lane and Gerwien fol­lowed
up by scoring 16, 11 and
11 points respectively.
The four-year record of Vin-~~------------­nie
DeRosa's activiti'es tell the I
story of an energetic well-de­veloped
talent, by all means an
asset to his dass (and for our
part) by no means unappreci­ated.
Now in his steniaI' year, he
is' president of two clubs, Bel­larmine
Debating Society, and
the Bridgeport Area Club, but
this hardly scratches the surface.
He has be-en in the Bridgeport
Club for four years, and in the
Glee Club for three years, and
a member of the Debating Club
for three years. And as if that
were not enough he has man­aged
the baseball team for three
years, served on the s'chool
paper for two and a half cam­paigns
and has twice worked on
the committee for the annual
Glee Club Concert in Bridge­port.
We all wish Vinni'e a lot
of luck and success in the future.
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Red Stags
Beaten By
Friar Five
The Providence College bas,­ketball
team, although tabbed
as the underdog, tripped Fair­field
University's strong and
zealous courtmen in their an­nual
tilt before a good crowd at
the Waterbury Stat'e Armory.
It was the third straight vic­tory
of the campaign for the
Rhode Island Friars and the
defeat was the eighth of the
s'eason for the Stag men,
Providence jumped off to an
early start, paced by Ted Tedes­co,
who scored the first hoop,
and John Ritch. Each time Fair­field
tried to narrow the margin
the Friars ~eemed to pull away.
With 'eight minutes and five
seconds remaining before the
end of the first half Providence
had the advantage 25-17.
However Jack O'Connell, co­captain
of the Stags, kept his
team within close strikipg range,
pouring in three consecutive
baskets.
The Stags possessed major
control of the backboards due
to the constant jumping of Jim
Roche who grabbed 23 rebounds
off the boards. Ritch was the
efficient rebound man for the
Providence team.
Ritch and Frank Williams,
the latter a former Hillhous'e
High Schaal star, made use of
two consecutive steals and scor­ed
one basket a piece to round
out the first haif which showed
the Friars out in front 39-29.
The Red Stags commenced the
second half by winning the tap
off. However they 10SJt the ball
to Providence and Mike Pascale
began the scoring by pouring in
two points with a one-handed
jump shot.
Pascale sank eight fi'eld goals
and eight free throws for a total
of 24 points to gain the honor
of high scorer for the night
while Ritch and Tedesco con­tributed
to the cause with 16
and 23 points resp·ectively.
O'Connell was the high point
producer for the Stags hitting
the nets for 22 points and was
followed up by Ed Diskowski
and co-captain Bob Gerwien
who produced 12 and 10 points
in that order,
Stonehill
In their top offensive display
of the seaS'on, Fairfield piled up
a lop-sided 92-57 s'core over
Stonehill College. Jack O'Con­nell
was unbelievable as h'e
tossed 30 points through the
hoop on a spectacular assortment
of shots. The entire starting five
passed double figures as· Lan'e
scored 18, Gerwein 15, Diskow­ski
12, and Roche 10.
tively. O'Connell has now boost- Ir;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;';;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;j
ed his season total to 368 points ...--------------------------....,
surpassing the former Fairfield
U. record of 322 set by th'e
graduate Bob b y Markovic.
O'Connell at this writing is now
22 points short of the coveted
1000 point mark passed by Bob­by
Gerwien a week ago.
Jim Roche and Gerwein con­troHed
the backboards mostt of
the evening.
High man for the losers was
Leminager who rippled the
cords for 12 points. Goba and
Scallan were runners~up with
11 and 10 points respectively.
Sport News and Views
By PAUL NAGY
Fairfield Defeats Assumption,
Stonehill In Mass. Games
Co-captain Jack O'Connell
continued his hot scoring streak
by leading the Fairfield Univer­sity
basketball team to a 67-50
victory over the Assumption
College squad of Worcester,
Mass. The victory gave the
Stags a record of 10 wins and 8
defeats. Coach Hanrahan's crew
wound up their 1954-55 season
last week when they met New
Haven State Teachers College
and then the finale with the
Bridgeport University squad.
The Assumption win terminated
a highly successful week-end
trip as Fairfield defeated Stone­hill
College at North Easton on
Friday night (Feb. 18).
The Stags jumped off to a 17-7
lead in the firs,t ten minutes of
play and were never surpassed
thereafter. The half-time mark
showed the men in red leading
33-21.
The Red Stags were in the
lead an of the way due to the
expert shooting of O'Connell
who n'etted 27 points" followed
up by co-captain Bob Gerwein
and Ed Diskowski who connect­ed
for 17 and 12 points respec-
When the 1954-1955 basketball season was launched last
December, little or no comment was made about the new bonus
foul shot rule. But as the campaign progressed and its effects
began to take toll, rumblings of discontentment erupted from
coaches, players, officials, and anyone conn'ected with the college
game. Because of this new rule, games were won at the foul line
and not from the floor. The free throw was put on an equal plane
with the field goal, and coaches had their players working over­time,
practicing from the fifteen foot stripe.
The rule states that a successful conversion of a free throw
entitled the player to another try at the basket. Thus an ordinary
personal foul could mean two points for the opposition. The pri­mary
objective of this rul'e was to reduce fouling, so the NCAA
Rules Committee said. These gentlemen made a big mistake. The
bonus foul rule did not, in tany way, 'bring down the number of
fouls in a game. They should have realized that the foul is an
accepted part of basketball, that it is regarded as a need'ed break
in the game by players and fans alike.
Meanwhile, the pros came out with some new rules of their
own, the most prominent and successful being the rule which
gives the offens,ive team just twenty-four seconds in which to
shoot the ball. This provides for a faster, more efficient game and
eliminates any attempt at "fr'eezing" the ball. The other rule of
importance is the one which handles the problem of excessive
fouling quite effectively. For every personal foul over six com­mitted
by a team in one quarter, an additional foul shot is given
to the opposing team.
Not long ago college officials began eyeing these professional
rules with envy. Some college games were played under profes­sional
conditions at Madison Square Garden and the Boston
Garden for experimental purposes. The results were highly
favorable.
If an when the NCAA decides to adopt these rules or any
similar to them, new complications will arise. To limit a team in
shooting time means an additional clock besides the present one.
It also means that this clock or timing device will have to be in
the immediate view of the players on the court. The NBA uses
an intricate appparatus which is run by a skilled timer. They have
installed this device in the country's major arenas where pro
games' are played. When the NCAA makes new rules, they not
only hold true for its member schools but also for the nation's
prep and high schools, CYO leagues, YMCA, and other amateur
groups. To use this expensive clocking device in every band box
and local gym is entirely impractical. Recently Yale's Howard
Hobson, a member of the Rules Committee, came out with a
statement concerning this problem. Mr. Hobson said that these
rules would only be in effect for member schools of the NCAA.
Does that solve .anything? What about the small colleges? The
major developments are yet to come in this involved situation
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Campus Briefs
Since this past week has been
one of study for conditional ex­aminations,
there has been little
activity from the various CAM­PUS
CLUBS. The VETERANS
CLUB, which shows promise of
fast becoming the most activ2
club on campus" last week spon-sored
a Pre-Lenten Mardi Gras DEAN'S LIST
Dance. It was held at the same (Continued from Page 1)
place as the VETS CLUB previ-ous
success after the Carnival, Francis B. O'Rourke, Richard A.
the Hillside Volunteer Fire Co., Preto-Rodas, James A. Seden-
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a very fine time was had by
those who did attend. The VETS
CLUB has instituted a new idea
of including refreshments in the
price of the ticket and it seems
to have gain'ed a favorable re­ception.
It is a shame that the
attendance could not have been
greater so as to inspire confid­ence
in the readers of the club
to hold bigger and better events.
Another active group, the
BRIDGEPORT CLUB, has an­nounced
tentative plans for a
Communion Breakfast to he
held in the Xavier cafeteria
March 20th. Plaudits to Hal
Connelly and his committee,
made up of members of the
BRIDGEPORT C L U B who
showed that their hearts were
in the right place, when last I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I Sunday they volunteered their Ii
~ime and services to canvass
Beardsley Village for contribu­tions
to the United Heart Fund
Drive. Hal tells us that theiT
efforts netted $100. The
BRIDGEPORT CLUB members
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20.000 Leagues Under :lhe Sea
(Buena Vista)
Walt Disney captures the nau­tical
past from the adventurous
annals of Jules Verne in 20,000
Leagues Under the Sea. The
male dominated cast stars .Tames
Mason, Kirk Douglas, Paul Lu­kas
and Peter Lorre.
In the year 1868 Pacific waters
were being infested by a green­eyed
"monster" that was raising
havoc with trading ships of the
world. To possibly combat the
situation the United States
sends out an equipped vess'el to
comb ·the south sea in quest of
it. The ship is sunk by the
"monster," actually the "Nauti­lus,"
a demon shaped submarin'e,
and three survivors :3.nd their
way aboard her; a ,:ugged and
carefree deckhand (Kirk Doug­las)
a professor from the French
Museum (PaUl Lukas) and his
assistant (Peter Lorre).
Concluding events concern '.he
escapades of the trio with the
eccentric Captain Nemo (James
Mason), the structure and com.­plexity
of the submarine, the
vast and secretive beauty of the
sea, and a final struggle for
freedom..
"20,000 Leagues" bears the
usual seal of photographic per­fection
associated with Disney
films but discrepencies in char-I ;;;;;;;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~I;II
acter element brand the film "a
little better than average enter­tainment."
James Mason does
not seem to be the best possible
choice for such a slanted and
neurotic character as Captain
Nemo and Kirk Douglas is noted
to overdue in spots the part of
a burly sailor, Ned Land. On
the other hand Peter Lorre plays
excellently the part of a prac­tical
assistant to a museum pro­fessor
and continually wins the
hearts of the audience by his
hilarious antics.
Though in certain parts the
movie is distinctly colored with
a Hollywood tint, the photogra­phy
combined with a previously
well received plot is sufficient
to appeal to many.