Stag - Vol. 10, No. 05 - December 12, 1958

              Vol, X - No.5 Published by Students of Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn, December 12. 1958
Blue Blazer Selected
As Post College Garb
More than forty seniors have
placed orders for blue blazers,
decrying the scarlet blazer, de­signated
the official garment by
the Student Council, as imma­ture
for use in later years of
graduate school.
Senior class president, Bob
Healy feels the red blazer is
definitely here to say, but points
out that only 60 men out of an
enrollment of over 1000 ordered
the blazers last year. The red
blazer was first adopted five
years ago.
Asked his own feeling about.
the controversial red garb, Mr.
Healy said he admired its "dis­tinctiveness
among so many
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Picture yourself skimming down the snow-covered
slopes of one of the Berkshires finest resorts; going on
an old-fashioned hayride; ice-skating on a placid pond,
and dancing to the strains of soft music. These are
some of the highlights of the Junior-Sophomore Winter
Weekend.
The outing will leave Fair-$-------------­field
on Friday morning, March
sixth and arrive at Oak n'
Spruce sometime in the mid­afternoon.
Upon. arrival, you'll
begin the weekend by checking­out
your ski equipment and,
for those in need, ski instruc­tion.
Female companionship for
the dance on Friday night will
be afforded by students from
New Rochelle College who have
been invited to accompany the
"Men in Red" on this excursion.
Saturday will bring a continu­ation
of winter sports during
the day and in the evening,
after a· delicious steak dinner,
there will be a hayride follow­ed
by another informal dance.
The final touches to a perfect
evening will be added by the
showing of a movie at midnight.
After }Jass on Sunday, there
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rHE TEAM OF THE YEAR:
These are the "Little Earps" who won the intramural football
tiile this season; knee'ling: Buzz GaJ."rity, Bart Parnessa. Sam
Mowad. Mike McDonnell. Pet.e Pistillo; standing: Fran Kane.
Tom Caragliano. Gene PurceU. Pete York. Frank Sullivan. Fr.
Hohmann, S.J" Joe Scanlon. and Jack Toal.
The men responsible for the administration and cultural development of all
Jesuit colleges along the Atlantic coast, the Eastern Province Deans of Jesuit Col­leges,
will gather on the Fairfield campm during the days of December 21 and 22
to discuss current problems in the Jesuit educational system.
-------------------------,-----~The main business of this
annual executive convention
will be the reading of three
papers by authorities in the
fields of languages, mathemat­ics,
and philosophy'. Rev. Vin­cent
Leeber, S.J., of the Uni­versity
faculty, will be one of
the three speakers. "The Place
of Modern Languages in the
Liberal Arts Curriculum" is the
title of his paper.
The fact of such a top-level
meeting of executive personnel
here is, to be sure, an honor
to be greatly appreciated by the
University. That this is the sec­ond
youngest Jesuit college in
the East is a measure of the rep­utation
the college has achieved
in such a short time. The col­leges
to be represented are:
Boston Colege, Canisius (Buf­falo),
Fairfield, Ford ham,
Georgetown, Holy Cross, Le
Moyne, Loyola (Baltimore), St.
Joseph's (Philadelphia), St.
Peter's, University of Scranton,
and Wheeling College.
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Of PlaUers and Girls
Beautiful nine inch dinlner
plates with scenes of the Fair­field
campus on them will serve
as appropriate favors for the
couples attending the Mid­Winter
Carnival this year.
Also, the Queen's escort will
receive free tickets to all events
during the week-end plus a
ticket to the post-prom party of
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Roach, Roger Gerrity, Gene
Purcell, Ned Brimo, Dick Cum­mings,
Bob Shepard, Desi Sulli­van
and Mike James.
Those who wish to help in
the large number of jobs avail­able
are urged to watch the
bulletin boards or to see one of
the Chairmen or Mr. Kane
himself.
-----------------<~ The theatre in which comedy
is handled by amateurs, is often
the sweaty battleground where
brash and visibly nervous lay­men-
actors yell out lines which
they have convinced themselves
are hilarious, to one-night audi­ences
of friends who feel them­selves
bound by the embarass­ing
interval of silence to laugh
politely and uncomfortably as
the fulfillment of a strict social
obligation. This situation, not
unknown even to. Broadway,
creates a mounting tension of
affected politeness that is reliev­ed
only by the anticipation of
the smell of street air and a
feeling of successftil escape as
one heads up the aisle after the
last curtain.
Happily, the evenings of No­vember
21 and 22 at the Notre
Dame Theatre provided an ex­perience
quite the opposite of
this. For Mr. Robert Emerich
and Mr. Frank Barrett, in asso­ciation
with Rev. Lawrence
Mullen, S.J., had prepared a
piece so exquisitely packaged
and generally acted with per­ception
that an evening of re~
laxed laughter was the reward
for the price of admission.
The play, episodic with ten
scenes in its three acts, was held
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An Evening At The Theater _ Shangri-La
Our Review Of".4ugust Moon" Snow - Land And Log Cabins
Await March Vacationers
Holiday Dance .>'\t By WILLIAM .KRAMER
Governor Clinton
James Chairs Affair
The Metropolitan Club will
hold its annual Christmas dance
at the Governor Clinton Hotel
on Friday evening, December 26
from 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. The
facilities of the Governor Coral
Room have been reserved for
this affair. This hotel was chosen
for this function because of its
midtown location and its access­ibility
to all facets of transporta­tion.
Mike James, the chairman of
this function promises that the
dance should be the climax of
the winter season. The Coral
Room which is located on the
lower level of the hotel is de­signed
in sea green and the
dance floor is situated below the
seating arrangement.
Music will be provided by the
Bob Richardson Orchestra, a
popularly known organization
in the supper clubs in the
Metropolitan area.
The entire student body is
cordially invited to attend this
function. Tickets may be ob­tained
from Mike James.
East/eirn Seabo/ard Jesuit D,e,ans Convene Here
~ Honor Given To Fairfield For First Time
l"es Elgart's Band Selected
As Core Of January Carnival
Fairfield's Mid-Winter Carnival will be highlighted
by the nationally famous Les and Larry Elgart Band.
The University of Pennsylvania Six Pence will be one
of the two jazz groups at the Jazz Concert of the week­end.
Paul Kane, Chairman of th€~-------------­Mid-
Winter Carnival, recently
announced to the Stag that the
famous 17 piece Les and Larry
Elgart Band will play for the
Formal Dance of the Mid-Winter
Carnival. This is the same
band which records for Colum­bia
Records and is one of the
most popular big name bands
in America. It will come to the
Ritz Ballroom, where the big
dance will be held, following
engagements in the Massachu­setts
area. A vocalist will also
be appearing with the Elgart
Band at the Carnival, which will
take place on the week-end of
January 30.
The University of Pennsyl­vania
Six Pence, one of the
most familiar college jazz bands,
is one of the two bands which
will head the billing at the Jazz
Concert on Saturday afternoon,
January 31. The Six Pence play­ed
in Bermuda during Easter
vacation college trip last year.
The second band has yet to be
chosen, but under consideration
is Phil Napoleon of Greenwich
Village fame. He has played at
Ed Condon's and other spots
around the village. The Jazz
Concert wil be held either at
Berchmans Hall or at the Notre
Dame High School in Bridge­port.
The Six Pence may also
play at the Informal Dance
scheduled for Saturday evening
at the Notre Dame High School.
Plans for the Communion
Breakfast following either the
10 or 11 o'clock Mass on Sun­day,
February 1, include a
breakfast consisting of eggs,
toast, juice and coffee in 'Loyola
Hall cafeteria.
Concluding the activities will
be a Glee Club Concert, taking
place in Gonzaga Auditorium
Sunday afternoon.
Worth noting is the fact, as
Mr. Kane pointed out, that the
Ritz Ballroom can comfortably
accommodate between 900 and
1000 people in comparison to
the Long Shore Country Club,
where 350 couples would be a
packed house. At the Ritz, tables
will be set up with all the privi­leges
we have had at past Car­nivals.
The large ballroom is the
home of all the big name bands
who visit the Bridgeport area.
Mr. Kane has also announced
his committee chairmen. They
are: George McGauley, Mike
MacDonnell, Paul Fear,Tom
Page Two THE STAG December 12. 1958
This time of Advent always presents a great prob­lem
to editorial writers looking for a new angle of
expression. So often in the college rags. all that is said
is a poor imitation of an idealistic sermon. Perhaps it
is the limited insight of the student writers that is re­sponsible
for the plethora of platitudes. Perhaps it is
the character of the time. involved with the great my­tery
of the Faith. involved with two thousand years of
tradition. clothed completely in the realization that we
can in no way hope to fulfill the spiritual and emoiional
anticipation of this profound birth of an infinite ,God.
And so. rather than attempt to create something ori­ginal
which would suffer in the light of a cold stable.
we can but wish all who read these lines the warmth
and joy' of this time of Jesus born anew.
'The Catholie~s Role In
Secular Government
By PATRICK WAIDE
From the two standpoints of antiquity and grass roots sup­port.
the Federal Constitution of the United States differs sharply
from every other written fundamental statute. However. to the
U.S. Catholics. our Constitution should mean more than these
distinctions from the constitutions of other nations. It is precisely
because of the document that we can live in, peace of conscience.
not despite the laws. but because of them. In this country the
legal status of the Church has been uniformly satisfactory. She
has not had any unpleasant experiences with our modeTn gov­ernm.
ent. as have occurred in the past with the governments of
Italy. France. and Germany to mention a few. and which she is
presently encountering with the government of Mexico.
It is to the charter of religious freedom which the Constitu­tion
grants. that Catholics owe so much. In our day of easy com­munication.
the possibility of exeding Catholic inOuence is limit­less.
Perhaps the try is by a position in the Federal Government.
Here the example. the beliefs. and the principles of the various
statesmen are given national coverage and analysis. The potential
good that a devout. scholarly and conscientious Catholic could
b~ about in a federal office is unlimited. However it does not
follow immediately. that because there is reHgious freedom it is
easy for a Catholic (or anyone else for that matte,r) to secure a
post in the national government. Similarly it would be impossible
to state that once a Catholic had obtained a federal office that a
favorable Catholic influence would be nurtured.
There are many reasons presented by non-Catholics why a
Catholic should not be elected or appointed to national office.
I only wish to enumerate some of them here and not to judge
their relative merits. Listed chiefly. however. is the Catholic
position on Church-State relations. civil liberties. censorship. and
.religious training in the public schools. On the question of a
, Catholic as president or in a highly prominent government post.
there are many Catholics also who do not want such a reality.
They feel that a Catholic's mistake in national policy would be
blamed on the Church. and the extensive work that has been
done for interfaith harmony would be reversed into a. revival
of anti-Catholicism.
.Just as there are r~u¥;ed good precinct leaders to gamer the
votes for their political candidates. national or otherwise. so also
there are needed good Catholics in political office on the local
level. of Christian ideals and solutions are to be used in the le,ad­ership
of our country. The Catholics in the city or state govern­ments
are in closer contact with the grass roots opposition to any
Catholic influence on government. There. competency and exam­ple
in asserting the Catholic beliefs and principles involved will
coDiribute much to basic understanding and a further develop­ment
of our leadership as a nation.
We can indeed enter government on a much smaller scale.
but an equally important one - the local Board of Education.
Because a Catholic's child is not in the public school system it
doeS ilot follow that he should not be actively interested in it.
On the. contrary. the common good of the students in the public
s~obls must be advanced. and Catholics should do their share in
bringmg' about this furthe.ring of the common good.
, . 'It ·is evident, that there is a wide possibility of Catholic par­*
iQiwo'i1 in government. from the local Board of Education all,
.~. way' up to the Presid,ency. Each Catholic should realize the
'Jl~sity to.. participate in government. morde,r. to.,Christian~ze
our'inlltiiv#ons.and to maintain order' ,in· our •society.
Larry Kelly
Bob Kaulbach
Walter Naedele
Geoffrey Stokes
FEATURE EDITOR
EXCHANGE EDITOR
BUSINESS MANAGER
STAFF
By PETER NEGRI
EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Art Funk
Brian Lawler
Larry Lessing
NEWS EDITOR
SPORTS EDITOR
Philip K. P. Swanson
PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
PATENTS SAFEGUARD
CREATIVE DEMOCRACY
B. Anderson, R. Crowley, J. Distinti, S. Dunphy, J. Grady,
R. McCarthy, J. McNan,rara, R. Nalewajk,' P. Negri, L. Ockey,
R.. O'Neil, T. Phelan, D. Preziosi, H. Prol).ovost, D. Reichelt
J. Reilly, E: Rizy, J. Stewart, D. SUllivan, J. Tiscornra,P. Waide:
LAYOUT - R. 'Cagnassola, M. Kiernan . -,'
An Open Letter
To The Students
During this University's short
existence many traditions have
been estabished. For example, Our country is, today, the greatest material power in the
red blazers, prayer before and world. The progress we have made during our relatively brief
after each class, helping the history has not been surpassed by any nation from the beginning
missionaries. It is on this last of history.
tradition I wish to dwelL No, .I Many factors have helped us into this position. Fundamen­am
not seeking money; the stu- tally, it is due to the aggressiveness, energy, and initiative of our
dent body has an opportunity citizens working in an atmosphere of free competitive enterprise
eyery W;dne~d~~ morning to where the rights of the individual are recognized as fundamental
gIve to t e mIte ox. 'and in which private property receives the full protection of
I am asking you, the students, our laws.
to save cancelled postage Our patent laws are one of the major reasons why we are
stamps. How can stamps help enjoying our material advantages. These laws protect the inven­the
missionaries? Millions of tor, giving him an incentive to create new and better goods and
people throughout the world methods which contribute to our high standard of living. The
collect used postage stamps as purpose of these laws, as stated in our Constitution, is to promote
a hobby; maybe you do yourself. the progress of science and the useful arts. The law makers real­Stamp
dealers, who sell stamps ized that for all the work and expense involved in promoting
to collectors, buy large quanti- progress a price must be paid. That price was a seventeen year
tles of postage stamps you period of exclusive enjoyment by the inventor of the fruits of
would natural~y throwaway. his genius.
One of the pnmary sources ~f Our first patent act of 1790 recognized the rights of the inven­supply,
for . t.hese dealers IS tors to receive a property right as a result of their labors. This
CatholIc. relIglOus ord~rs and first enactment also protected the public by requiring that the
co~mumtles. The JeSUIts have subject matter of the patent request not only be new, but that it
theIr New England stamp opera- must be sufficiently useful and important to justify the grant. In
tlon . at Weston, Massachusetts, 1836 Congress set up the Patent Office for administering the
makmg several thousand dollars patent legislation pertaining to the granting of patents and exam­each
year, every. pen?y, of ines all patent applications. The purpose of the Patent Office is
WhICh goes. to theIr miSSlOns. to grant patents to those entitled to them and to screen out those
The scholastlcs at Weston sort, that are of public knowledge.
bag and sell the stamps collected It should be understood that a patent is not a monopoly in
from all areas of New England the sense that it takes anything away from the public that it has
which, on the market, bring up a right to enjoy, but to the opposite, it releases the inventor's
to ten cents a pound. original knowledge and lets the public freely use it when the
Where can we as students find patent expires.
stamps? The easiest and most Patents promote competition rather than restrict it, since
obvious place to find them is on they act as an incentive to give the public goods of improved
the letters we receive at school, utility and convenience that actively compete to gain the public's
(especially the dorm students). favor. And not only is it true that patents increase competition
There are many other places in their own fileds, but also related fields. For example, the
where used stamps can be had. development of the internal combustion engine required im­Maybe
one of your parents in a proved fuels, therefore opening up fields of invention for both
business office where hundreds improved engines and better petroleum products. As autos were
of letters are received daily; a powered by improved engines using improved fuel, their in­better
source could not be had. creased speed demanded more and better roads. This necessitated
It is possible that you have a better road construction, opening up large scale research On both
stamp collection at home in road materials and road construction.
which you have lost interest or Since the beginning of the century there have been nearly
in which there are many dupli- 2,000,000 new inventions subject to patent grants. And there are
cates. We can put these to good about 65,000 new applications a year.
use. Partially completed stamp There can be no doubt that a large number of these inven­albums
are particularly useful tions would never have been developed, and few would have
because these will be completed been disclosed if it were not for the protection and individual
and sold separately for a high reward that our patent system grants.
price. Why has the American patent system so successfully produced
We do not ask you to visit half the large number of inventions which have contributed mater­a
dozen business establishments ially to our strong technological position in the world? In the
and start them saving stamps first place, our patent system is the most liberal, the most demo­for
you, even though it is an cratic, system of any system in any country. Anyone, whether
excellent idea; but only to save a citizen or not, can apply for a patent and he will be granted
the stamps you receive on your one if he imparts knowledge in an inventive sense and follows
correspondences and have your our laws regarding patents.
families do likewise. Your and Out to our patent system the standard of living, as in the
my few stamps multiplied by past, will undoubtedly be improved and our benefits will spread
those saved by the other thou- throughout the world.
sand students in the University -----,------------------------­can
mean a large contribution
from us to the missions.
There will be large manila
envelopes mar ked "Mission
Stamps" in every building on
campus into which we are ask­ed
to drop our stamps. Any al­bums
to be contributed can be
left in Father Murphy's office,
third floor Canisus, or in Father
Lyons' office in Xavier.
What has no value? The com-mon
one, two, and three cent
stamps, any damaged stamps,
metered postage - all of these
are worthless. Foreign stamps
are much in "demand. Among
U.s. stamps, the "commemora­tive,"
usually a large stamp, has
high value, "NATO," "Over­land
Mail," etc. Air mails, bne
half cent; one and one half cent,
four cent to five dollar stamps,
and precancelled stamps' (those
with the city and state'· printed
on them), are al$o ,Of :·value.
When tearing the stamps from
the envelopes leave about One
half inch of paper 'around them.
Help our missiOnaries to save
souls ~si.t\l'e"sta:lnpg and sup­port
he' mite~box, P. Negri
EDITORIAL • • •
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By RAY N ALEWAJK
Page Three
CAMPUS PERSONALITY
Three cheers for A.B. Greek! - Croake, Sullivan, and Wash­burn.
John Croake, Desi Sullivan, and Larry Washburn live ~t
Chez Triumvirate, 222 Loyola Hall. I found it difficult to find th~s
English major trio there. It nearly took a. cloak and dag~er aff.alr
to interview them. You see, they are qUlte busy. John IS trym~
to keep twenty thousand NFCCS mer.nbers. under ~ontrol. Des.l,
as associate editor of the year book, IS trymg to llve up to hIS
promise that there will be a year book this year, while helping
John on the executive committee of NFCCS. Larry also had to
spend some time in his lead role in "Te~house of the August
Moon." While wondering how three can hve as cheaply as one
in 222, I visited them by appointment and found out their most
inner thoughts. Those who have ears let them hear.
John Croake is the president of New England's only repre­sentative
body of American Catholic college students, in short,
NFCCS. Being chief executive for twenty-five Catholic colleges
in this region, there is little time for playing golf. Since he has
no chief secretary, he must hop around New England on week­ends
instead of going home to New Jersey. John has to answer
more letters than his Congressman. After all his hurrying and
scurrying John still often wishes he had been a member of the
Debating Society. That is one thing he always wanted to do.
Before John's influence runs out at graduation he will make
an app·eal to the Administration for a better cur~icular pl:ogram.
Before going on to Desi Sullivan, I would llke to pomt out
the answer given to me by these three men to this questio~:
Which activity should be the most important on campus? Unam­mously
they answered, the Sodality. They all stressed the point
that this is the greatest cumulative effort OD campus. It has the
highest motive and receives the least attention.
Desi Sullivan lives in Mineola, Long Island. Actually I
couldn't get all the information I wanted from him because I
had to barge into 222 while he was in his sick bed. Despite his
illness Desi still managed to make a few statements for the press.
This one-time president of the Young GOP remembers his
greatest honor as being elected president of his sophomore class.
When the height of his influence here at Fairfield ends with
a diploma, Desi's request will be that the students of Fairfield
support their campus activities more than ever before.
He also said that there was one thing in particular here at
Fairfield that he wished he could have had, not only for himself
but for everyone. That wish was a movement by which the stu­dents
could become more familiar with contemporary Church
problems and movements. He said that he didn't, and too many
other students didn't, know enough about them.
After answering the question about which activity should
be important on campus, I pushed them farther and asked which
activity should stand next to the Sodality as far as the temporal
welfare of Fairfield stands. John and Desi answered the Public'
Affairs club because the students here are going out into the
world and don't know enough about what is going on in the
world. Larry said, however, that the Student Council should be
next because it represents Fairfield students the most and affects
them the most. That reminds me of what someone else said,
"People deserve the government they get."
I wish I could have noted -down everything that Larry
Washburn told me because he was very enthusiastic during the
interview. He can take a good rest at home in Manhattan during
the holidays after a strenuous effort in "Teahouse of the August
Moon," in which he "spoke trippingly on the tongue and did not
mouth it as many players do." The thing he likes most about
dramatics is that he can entertain people.
Just like John and Desi, Larry also looks back on four years
and sees something missing. He told me very plainly that he
wished he could have been a "full time" student. There was much
reading that couldn't be done. He felt that in his preparatory
state here he wished he had more time to prepare for the future
life of action.
Larry's wish for Fairfield: "Fairfield has set a pace and a
goal; I only hope it can keep on progressing and reach that goal."
THE STAG
By DON PREZIOSI
For those of you who missed
the Dramatic Society's "Tea­house"
several weeks ago, little
can be said except that you
missed a superb (- and that's
the only way it could have been
described) performance.
But for a certain nine of us
from third floor Gonzaga, the
humor in the play was milder
than it might have been, owing
to the fact that the trip to Notre
Dame HS was an experience I'm
sure will be remembered for a Desi Sullivan,· John Croake, and Larry Washburn take a pause,
long time to come. for The STAG. during an evening's work.
There were nine of us in the
'56 Ford - 3 in the front and 6
in the back (l was in the front,
thank the Lord) - as we cruis­ed
northward on Park Ave. in
Bridgeport. None of us had the
slightest idea where Notre Dam.e
was, except for the fact that It
was somewhere on Park.
Suddenly there loomed ahead
a complex of ultra-modern
buildings, joined to a large
church-like edifice at the center.
Some voice in the back of the
car said that Notre Dame looked
like that, and asked those in the
front if there was a large park­ing
lot on the side. There was.
Then we saw a number of peo­ple
standing outside, as they
usually do before curtain time.
We all piled out (and I do
mean piled) of the car, admiring
the handsome exterior of the
building. We waded thr~)Ugh tI:e
Continentals and Cadillacs m
the parking lot, and made our
way for the lobby of the build­ing.
As we entered, and checked
our coats, we were greeted by
friendly "Good evenings" from
a number of people standing
around (rather odd for a theater
crowd).
After standing around with
our hands in our pockets for
fifteen minutes, one of us finally
got up the nerve to ask someone
where we are to give in our
tickets. The reply: "You boys
don't need any tickets - it's
free!" (now this was odd). Then
I noticed a religious articles
case, so I strolled over to ad­mire
the St. Christopher medals
and the rosaries. Only they
weren't.
While I was scratching my
head, gazing at the Stars of
David and the candleholders,
someone in the group let out a
muffled scream as he noticed
the "Happy Hanukkah" sign
overhead. Suddenly we realized
that we weTen't in Notre Dame
HS' not at all. Our suspicions
we;e confirm~d when we saw
the Young Israel medallion in
an adjacent room.
Someone sheepishly asked a
kindly looking woman if this
was Notre Dame HS. It wasn't
(we KNEW that by now). Sur­prised,
she turned to one of us,
and asked if we were the Lu­theran
delegation. We weren't
(we knew THAT even more
than we knew where we were).
Politely, we retrieved our
coats, and made for the park­ing
lot, turning down invitations
by various people to see the
sanctuary. At the time you read this column, room 222 will be empty
We got to Notre Dame HS on except for the huge picture of a little known Czarist which is an
time for the curtain. Se here's heirloom of 222. But Messrs. Croake, Sullivan, and Washburn are
a lesson forRJ., P.O., W.B., out doing what has to be done, thinking about what should be
RG., V~D., RD., L.A., and done, and hoping for what might be done.
One might also, at this time
of the year, enjoy n~ading some
of the poetry of Robert Frost.
This "country-boy who made
gOQd" has, I think, done won­derful
things about autumn life
and landscapes. Get his books-
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turn to the sports page, which
will be far more exciting, in its
way.
But not more exciting than
Grandfathe,r' Stories, by Samuel
Hopkins Adams is, in its way.
The "Grandfather" referred to
in the title is Adams' own, and
the book retells experiences
aged in the memory for two
generations.
In many ways, the stories
here have the same flavor as do
those of Mark Twain's youth,
when life was all adventure.
Adams' grandfather tells excit­ing
tales of ghosts and visiting
circuses, and of town politics
and country feuds. But is no use
to try and describe the effect of
this book: it creates an atmos­phere
all its own. There is
nothing more enjoyable to read
now, when winter is nearly
upon us.
It might also be added that
Samuel Hopkins Adams died
two weeks ago. Although lie was
a serious historian and biogra­pher,
I think of it is a tribute
to his talent and humanity that
he could give us such a book as
Grandfather Stories... .. ..
By JOE MONAHAN
do, John."
Mike, and Tom."
do, gentlemen."
.4n Idle Mind
"For some foolish reason or
other, this time of the year fills
me with a deep, sentimental
nostalgia for what we call (not
having them to treasure as ex­perienced
realities) "old-fashion­ed"
things. There's really no
way to explain why it happens;
but somehow the leaves crackl­ing
under foot in bare woods,
the orange of a late afternoon
(at four-thirty its almost dark),
and the smoky dusk which fol­lows
- and school and bonfires
and ·a hundred things - all
make me wish that I could just
take a long walk and rernem·
be "r.
The above passage (quoted
from an old chronicle, the ·only
surviving copy of which I have
in my possession) certainly pro­vokes
the sentiment "Now
there's food for an idle mind
. . . ah, but what is there to
remember? Life wasn't very
exciting when I was a boy."
Well, that's silly. In a way that's
the only time when life really
is exciting. And I can prove it.
This is the time of year (maybe
even of life - but I hope it will
come later too), to read remini­scences
and enjoy, in the second
best way (the first is through
our own experiences) youth all
over again.
"Obviously you're about to
recommend some books." Yes;
so if you've forgotten how to
escape into the world (as well
as out of it) by a book, you can
A few days ago a college acquaintance of ours visited Fai~.
field University. He attends a secular college:. the ty~e where It
is said. everyone loses the,ir certitude. He, IS a qUle,t type o,f
person. the kind which most of us would say reads too much.
That evening at dinner. we introduced George to some, of
our friends.
"John, I would like you to meet George."
"Hi, George."
"How do you
"This is Ray,
"How do you
"Hi, George."
"Hi, George."
"Hi, George."
"This is a very beautiful campus:' said George. "The whole
atmosphere seems peaceful. and very conducive to learning."
"Yeh, did you see the duck pond?" . .
"Ah ... no, Ray, I didn't! But I did see the auditorium.
There's a beautiful mural there."
"Yeh, it's pre-tty all right. Too bad they didn't allow any
women in the movies."
"Should they?" said George.
George then noted. "I also read the last issue of your literary
magazine ... I believe it's called New Fron1ie~. You.seem t~
have some ~romisin0" writers, from the few stones I did read.
'Oh, yeh," said Mike. "I read a pretty good story in there,
about an idiot. I think."
"What did yuh read that for," said Tom. "Don't you know
it's blaspheeemous?"
"I didn't find that," George smiled.
"You shouldn't of even read it anyway." John interjected.
"il's only for intelleduals ... the phonies. , . you know!"
"I don't understand:' inquired George. "What do you mean?"
"I me'an," said John, "that nobody understands the stuff, so
anybody that pretends they do is a phoney."
"Hey Ray," laughed Tom, lemme tell you about' the blast we
had the other night. Boy, did we get smashed. I would have clob­bered
you, but I guess I passed out. That morning hangover is
what gets ya."
The next day at the table Ray turned to us and said:
"Whose your odd-ball friend?"
'December 12, 1958
Page Four THE STAG December 12, 1958
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The Valley Area Club of the benefit of its area scholar­Fairfield
University will spon- ship fund. Dancing from 9 p.m.
sor a Christmas dance-party on to 1 a.m. to the music of the
Saturd~y.evening, Dec. 20, 1958 B.h:vthm Kings. All students are
at the American Russian Hall, I invited.
Mike McDonnell, Dorm Council p,resident, has informed the
STAG that these attractive sketchings of las,t year will be done
again, to add the holiday spirit to the dorm entrances,
SKI TRIP.
(Con't from Page 1)
will be a snow sculpturing con­test
and slalom races. Then in
midafternoon we bid our fond
farewells to a weekend well
spent as we set our course for
home.
Does all this sound too goo.d
to be true? Well, we have been
assured of the veracity of these
claims by co-chairmen Joe
Charlow and Bill Kramer. They
go even further by saying that
they don't care if it doesn't
snow because just fifteen min­ut2S
away at Bousquet is the
world's largest snow-making
machine.
The social director of New
Rochelle· College has informed
us that eighty to one hundred
girls are going to attend.
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fluence Mary should have on
students as regards their: life
of grace, studies and social life.
The day was rounded out by
a talk from Rev. William Don­oghy,
S.J., President of Holy
Cross. He stressed the intellec­tual
assent to revelation as being
the vitalization of our faith and
the subsequent source of our
Catholic Action. Following this
talk, a summary of all discus­sions
was lead by Miss Pat
Flaherty, the regional Vice Pre­sident.
Five students from Fairfield
attended the w 0 r k s hop day:
John Croake, Regional Presi­dent;
Desmond Sullivan Region­al
Publicity Director; La r r y
Washburn, Family Life Commis­sion
Chairman; Peter York, a
member of the campus unit; and
Paul Zeigler, the Junior Dele­gate
from Fairfield.
Stresses Father's
Position As Leader
On Sunday, November 23, Mr.
Arthur Riel spoke at a Family
Life Workshop held at Holy
Cross. His talk on the "Respon­sibility
of the Catholic Father"
centered around two main points
- that the Catholic male should
"adjust to the idea of the cross"
and that he should be a leader
within the family and in the
community. He should realize
that fully following Christian
ideals is extremely difficult in
today's society. He should fur­ther
endeavor "to see that civil
society is a friendly place for
his family to live in." For the
college graduate this going out­side
the family circle involves
leadership. in the work of his
da,ily profession and the accep­tance
of other obligations such
as the improvement of public
morals.
Larry Washburn, Commission
Chairman, conducted the discus­sion
as part of the N.F.C.C.S.
Religious Affairs Day held by
John Kellogg, Holy Cross s·enior
delegate for the New England
Region. .
More than 100 students attend­ed
the day's talks and discus­sions
which included a talk by
Rev. Edward Stanton, S.J., spon­sored
by the Marian Commis­sion.
Fr. Stanton stressed the in-
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December 12, 1958 THE STAG Page Five
Beat Providence
into the Floor!
35 Stags Sign
For Bermuda Trip
By MICHAEL T. KIERNAN
Four-Point Program Pumps
New Life Into Bpt. Club
The officers of the new Bridgeport Area Club are 1. to r.: Lou
Zowine Treasurer: Larry Laitres, Vice President: Dave Royston,
Secretary: Bob O'Ne·ill, President.
Sponsor Sporting Goods Drive For Orphans
Setting an unprecedented pace towards regaining
its position as one of Fairfield's leading organizations,
the revitalized Bridgeport Area Club has taken four
definite steps forward.
Thirty-five Fairfield men have
signed up for the gala second
annual trip to Bermuda, con­ducted
during the Easter holi­days
(March 29 - April 5), ac­cording
to an official of the
newly formed Bermuda Booster
Club.
Bob Healy, chairman of the
affair sponsored by the senior
class, reported that 105 girls
from various Catholic colleges
in the area make up the re­mainder
of the group. The girls
hail from New Rochelle College,
Our Lady of Elms College
(Chicopee, Mass.) Ladycliff
and Marymount in New York
and St. Joseph's Colleges in
Brooklyn, N.Y. and West Hart­ford,
Conn. Six houses hav"
been reserved at Bermuda for
them.
The trip, costing $144 (trans­portation,
room and board) re­quires
a $10 deposit. The coed
assemblage will leave on a
Monday morning via two Pan
American Clippers, returning
the following Sunday afternoon.
Highlights of this event­packed
week will include boat
trips, inter-collegiate athletic
competitions, numerous beach
parties and dances featuring
both calypso and jazz bands and
the selection of a queen for the
week.
The Booster Club, whose
one-dollar membership cards
went on sale earlier this week,
last year sent Miss Alice Am­brose
to represent it during the
7 day-6 night event. Miss Am­brose,
secretary to the Univer­sity's
Placement Office director,
Frederick Tartaro, was chosen
at last year's senior post-Winter­Carnival
party.
Boasting an impressive 310
members last year, the club
plans to build up membership
again this year to enable an­other
free trip to be awarded.
---------------(1) The newly elected officers
have written a new constitution,
inaugurated a paid membership
drive, held a successful dance
over Thanksgiving, and joined
the Knights of Columbus in a
sporting goods drive for orphans
in Italy.
The annual election was held
on November 4 in Xavier Hall
with over 50 area students pres­ent.
Within two weeks, the
newly elected president, Bob
O'Neil had presented a new
constitution t.o representatives
of the Student Council for
evaluation. With their approval,
it is expected to be ratified at
the next. general meeting of the
club.
One clause of the new consti­tution
opens membership to
students from adjoining areas,
an unprecedented move. This
is done for an area where an
organization to represent that
area is not in existence. The
Danbury-Bethel area is a handy
example.
The Bridgeport Area Club
boasts a great potential in its
nominal membership of 259
students. To tap this large num­ber
of students, a paid member­ship
drive has been set up, with
Jack Quinn appointed chair­man.
At deadline the club has
over 70 paid members who are
actively interested in the club's
future.
To get off to a good start pub­licity
and interest wise, it was
decided on Nov. 15 to hold a
Thanksgiving Dance on Sat.,
Nov. 29. Quick and efficient
work on the part of the officers
enabled tickets to go on sale the
following Monday. Despite the
fact that it had to vie with the
Intercollegiate Ball and the
New Haven Area Club dance
on Thursday, and a New Ro­chelle-
Albertus Magnus dance on
Saturday, the affair was a tre­mendous
success, drawing 200
people.
The drive to collect sporting
goods for Italian children, in
co-operation with the Ignation
Council, is the sort of joint
action between University or­ganizations
that has long been
needed.
A committee of club members
is currently at work on plans
for the Christmas dance, set for
Saturday, December 27.
Music Notes
last minute shop­ping
won't be a
bed of roses . .
but we'll help you
every way to get it
done quickly and to
your satisfaction.
Gala Shopping Nights!
open till 9 p.m.
Merry Christmas To All!
Paintings of Last Christmas?
By BERT ANDERSON
and JOE DISTINTI
ALBUMS: ... this week's
top-selling album, "Only For
the Lonely" finds Frank Sinatra
in a mellow mood excellently
backgrounded by Nelson Rid­dle's
fine Orchestra ... Colum­bia
is now offering the double
album - Percy Faith "The Co­lumbia
Album of Victor Her­bert"
- Andre Kostelanetz "The
Romantic Music of Tchaickov­sky."
In the Faith-Herbert pack­age,
there's a blending of the
old master of melody and the
new master of the rich, instru­mental
technique . . . Della
Reese ("That Reminds Me") has
come up with a beautiful Christ­mas
album, titled "Amen" . . .
the Ray Anthony Orch's "Danc­ing
Over the Waves" contains
some pleasing, old melodies like
"Intermezzo" and "Beautiful
Lady" dressed up by new ar­rangements
to a romantic and
danceable beat ... if you like
the TOM DOOLEY disc, you'll
enjoy the album from which it
was taken, "The Kingston Trio"
... don't forget to buy the won­derful
Johnny Mathis Christmas The Tale of Chicken Big Al~~~C~:n.~o~u;~i~.Wooley of
By WILLIAM CURLEY PURPLE P E 0 P L E EATER
fame, has a good seasonal fol-
Once upon a time, in the far off land of Foo, there lived a low up in SANTA and THE
big and powerful chicken, who was quite widely known for the PURPLE PEOPLE EATER (who
excellent cakes she baked. At county fairs, her cakes took blue else?) . . . Tommy Edward's
ribbons, and people came from far and wide to sample them. The IT'S ALL IN THE GAME has
excessive time and pains she took to achieve such excellence had reached the million mark for
formerly forced her to bake only one cake a year. But this year MGM ... looks like the Big
would be different: this year she would bake two. Bopper bops again in LITTLE
(Author's note: This may refer to the Dramatic Society of RED RIDING HOOD ... the
Fairfield University, but is not necessarily so intended.) experts predict that NEL BLU
"Who will help me gather the flour and salt and sugar and by you know who, will sell a
spice, to make a cake that is really nice?" she said, for making world wide total of 7 million
two cakes needed many helping hands. records!' ... the theme from
"We will!" said six young ducks and a bunch of yearling the United Artist's release, I
calves, for their barnyard spirit was truly unexcelled. WANT TO LIVE, done by a
"And who will help me make the batter and frosting, and group called the Jazz Combo,
. grease the pan, so this cake will be praised throughout the land?" which the "king" of baritone
she said, for this was to be her best cake, and everyone had to sax, Gerry Mulligan, could be
help. another jazz sleeper hit . . . I
'''We will!" said six young ducks and a bunch of yearling GOT A FEELING and flipper,
calves, for their barnyard spirit was truly unexcelled. LONESOME TOWN, skyrocket-
"And who will help me heat the oven and bake the cake and ing to the top ten for young
spread the frosting, for heaven's sake?" for such a luscious piece Rickey Nelson . . . COUNT­of
pastry could not be made alone. DOWN by the Sonny Moon
"We will!" said six young ducks and a bunch of yearling Orchestra could be a big hit if
calves, for their barnyard spirit was truly unexcelled. it gats good play by the deejays
The cake was finally finished and . . . the Platters have another
Set out for all to see; beauty in SMOKE GETS IN
But d'ye think she's give her helpers some? YOUR EYES for Mercury ...
Of course not! No siree! drum-beat of FEVER is infused
She sliced some off for friends of hers, in Peggy Lee's new platter,
The rest went up for sale, "Sweetheart" . . . the TEEN
And the six young ducks and the yearling calves COMMANDMENTS is tripled-
Were sold their pieces - End of Tale. starred with Paul Anka, George
F;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;H;;;;~amilton IV and Johnny Nash
on ABC-Paramount . . . top
disc in London at present is
BIRD DOG by Everly Bros....
A local singing group, Dick
Grass and the Grasshoppers,
may have a national hit in their
ridiculous, MR. JOHN LAW.
INCIDENTALS: ... Ricky
Nelson has joined the ranks of
the singing cowboys in his first
movie "Rio Bravo" starring
John Wayne . . . the record
industry reports that pop singles
are losing money because peo­ple
now wait for the hit record
to appear in an album and then
buy it. (Example: "Johnny
Mathis Greatest Hits")
Stereo set owners should be
interested to know that RCA,
realizing the arising competi­tion
from tape cartridges, has
dropped the price on the stereo
reel tapes to stimulate sales. The
price ranges from $4.95 for a
600 foot reel to $15.95 for an
1800 foot reel. Previous prices
ran from $6.95 to $18.95 ... for
some cool swinging sounds, dig
"Peter Gunn" on the view-box
man, like that show is really
something else!
Page Six THE STAG December 12, 1958
[( of C Confers Third
Degree On 21 Stags
On Sunday, November 23, the
third degree was exemplified for
Fairfield's Knights of Columbus
candidates. The meeting was
held at the Father .Coleman
Council of Fairfield and the de­gree
was conferred by a team
of men from the Stamford,
Conn. Knights of Columbus.
The candidates had received
their first and second degree on
previous dates and in receiving
this final degree were recogniz­ed
as full-fledged members.
Members of the incoming
group who were awarded de­grees
were: Daniel D'Alessio '59,
Robert Cook '61, Joseph Dis­tini
'61, Vincent Gamba '61,
Kenneth Dubus '62, Denis
Gannon '61, Richard Lund '61,
David Kmetz '60, James Heller
'61, Michael Kelly '61, Leonard
Graves '62, Frank McGowen
'59, Edward Lyons '62, Michael
McDonnell '59, Ralph Okenquist
'61, Gerald O'Leary '60, Bart
Pannesa '59, James O'Brien '61,
James Czarzasty '61, William
Brady '61, Antonio Clementino
'62, Charles Lops '61, James
Maher '59, Guy Lardizonne '61,
Gerald Sargeant '61 and Joseph
Sargeant '59.
Credit for a well done job
This, my friends, is what the goes to Wally Carriero, the
well-dressed Fairfield man will chairman of the Membership
wear to University basketball Committee, and those who as­games
this season. That is what sisted him. Applications for
Joe MacMurray (above!. sopho,- membership to the Ignatian
more class preside,nt believes, at Council of Fairfield University
least. The' accoutrement consists will be accepted from Freshmen
of a date tucked under his arm and upperclassmen at a date to
(she's a doll), a genuine Sea- be announced early in the sec­gram's
tummy-warmer, and the ond semester.
new red feH hats currently be- A general meeting of all K.
ing so,ld by the same Mr. of C. members will be held on
MacMurray. December 3.
QUEEN CONTEST.
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his choice. The Qu€en's
hasn't been selected at the mo­ment.
The selection of the hon­ored
girl will be made at the
formal dance.
Arrangements have been
made with the Bridgeport Her­ald
for pictures of the Queen to
be placed in the color pictorial
section of the paper along with
a write-up. Paul Kane is also
attempting to secure time on
Channel 8, WHNC-TV in New
Haven for a televising of the
picture of the Queen.
Hank Pronovost
IDLE MIND ...
(Con't from Page 3)
either Nodh of Bosto'n or The
Road Not Taken - to see what
I mean. A very interesting com­mentary
on the work of Robert
Frost has been published re­cently.
It is called The Dimen­sio:
ns of Robed Frost, and it is
by Reginald Cook. Of course,
the individual poems present
few problems in the basic com­munication
of meaning; but Mr.
Cook presents an interprfta­tion
of the significance of Frost's
work as a whole which is defi­nitely
worth reading.
* * *
And, since we must have
music to celebrate autumn, let
me recommend Brahms' Second
Symphony as recorded by Tos­canini,
or the appropriate sec­tions
of the Four Seasons by
Vivaldi (many excellent ver­sions
available), or if your mind
is broad as well as idle ­"
Autumn Leaves," as played, in
two admirable recordings, one
by Michel Legrand (I Love'
Paris is the title of the album),
the other by Errol Garner.
A booth at the laboratory offers a private, partitioned area for
individual concentration.
The Man WhoThinks for Himself Knows
YE~D NoD
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Would you be inclined to follow
the latest style in clothes regardless
of how it looked to you?
If you actually saw a "flying
saucer" land, would you run for
your life?
ONLY VICEROY HAS A THINKING MAN'S
FILTER .•. A SMOKING MAN'S TASTE I'
5. Do you believe it unwise to eat
at irregular hours, even
though you're hungry?
8. Would you feel badly if you
thought nobody at all knew
where you were?
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The fact is, thinking men and women
don't let themselves get pushed and pulled
by all those filter claims. They know what
they want in a filter cigarette. And they
know only VICEROY gives it to them. A
thinking man's filter, a smoking man's taste.
Makes sense.
Should you smoke VICEROY? If you think
for yourself-chances are you do already!
*[f you have answered Yes to two out of the
first three questions, and No to five out of the
last six . .. you think for yourself!
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9. Are you confused by the clamor
of conflicting claims so many
filter cigarettes are making
these days?
1. If the salaries were equal, would
you rather be a college professor
than a movie star?
2. Would you rather borrow money
from a bank or institution than
from a friend?
4. Do you think it's foolish
to daydream?
3. Would you rather have tests
sprung on you than be warned
about them in advance?
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December 12, 1958 THE STAG Page Seven
Fairfield. Conn.
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A Letter From A '58
Grad Illustrates The
Color Of Army Life
Of course, one of the most
interesting aspects of Army life
which you come across every so
often is the ability to serve
your country as a proud patri­otic
K.P. Being a K.P. nowadays
is the closest thing to actual
combat. For instance, the other
day I was selected to carryon
the fighting tradition of glorious­ly
fallen K.P.'s. Armed with the
most modern of military tactical
weapons - the semi-automatic
mop and the nuclear broom ­I
attacked the mess hall early
in the morning. Before long I
found myself engaged in furi­ous
combat. While resisting the
assault of four huge greasy pots,
to my right flank I was attack­ed
simultaneously by a rather
dirty floor from below. It took
me all day to handle the situa­tion
but I succeeded in repell­ing
the enemy. Not without in­jury
to myself, however, as I
received a very bad case of dish­pan
hands. But true to the spirit
of an American fighting man, I
laughed at my wounds and re­turned
to my barracks whistling,
"When Caissons Go Rolling
Along."
in mind, that exact question
was asked; "necessary for
what?" The answers were firm
and clear, for once. The obliga­tion
is not one of assumed bur­den.
It is in fact not an obliga­tion,
but one of the privileges
of free citizens. If the negative
attitude of American "patriot­ism"
can be eliminated, perhaps,
college men will see that op­portunities
are present in the
armed services. It was felt that
the ideal aim, for the entering
service man, is twofold: that he
shall contribute an amount of
benefit to the armed services
and his country, and that he
shall take a positive attitude
toward the service and will gain
in intellect and character-build­up.
(This is, of course, the obvi­ous
attitude of any intellectual
towards all fields of life.)
Do not, however, regard these
expressed opinions as a major­ity
report of the student counciL
Many shrugging shoulders have
been encountered here at Fair­field.
This article is not an at­tempt
to resolve the issue of
military service after college.
It ig an expression of ideas on
the topic. And expression is
something Fairfield University
badly needs. Other thoughts on
the subject, negative or even
more positive than this, ate
welcome. "Letters to the Editor"
is the place to send them. Free­dom
of speech is an intellectual
obligation for the colI e g e
student.
the reserves. The man who
enlists spends two years in
the active service, unless he
is accepted for Officer Corps
SchooL This latter eveJ;lt re­quires
him to spend an ex­tra
year in the active serv­ice.
The renowned "six­month"
plan is quite limit­ed
in acceptance of applica­tions
and is therefore ex­tremely
difficult to get into,
at the present time. This
plan requires only six
months of active service.
These are the facts, soldier.)
By JOHN F. WARBURTON
Fact - (Under existing
law, every physically and
mentally qualified man, be­tween
the ages of 18% and
26, faces an obligation to
perform at least six years
of military service. This
time requirement may be
performed by fulfilling vari­ous
combinations of active
and reserve duty. If a man
is drafted, he must spend
two years active service in
the branch of military work
that he is assigned to by the
government. The rest of his
required time is fulfilled in
Armed Service For The College Grad
Is It A Necessary Waste Of Vital Years?
The STAG'S inquiry is into benefits in learning, while in the
the opinions of the college man armed services. However, an
about these facts. Does he con- appreciation of the whole na­sider
military service, after four tional military - defense picture
years of college, a boon to his will be the result of one's mili­character
development and edu- tary experience. Perhaps, for
cation or does he regard it as many men this appreciation
one big waste of time, financial- does not come until much later
ly and socially? What is his re- in life. The present law seems
sponse to the question, "Is this the only method of solving our
fulfillment of obligation too high defense problems. Bearing in
a price to pay for patriotism"? mind the potential energy re-
The opinions contained here- sources and military policies of
in are not only those of the the Soviet Union, the least we
specifically named, but also can do is to match them in
those of others who volunteered military might."
their views, at several after- The final direct quotation on
dinner sessions on campus. May this topic is that of Jack Red-
I serve notice that any mistaken gate, Student Council repre- I J_oe__C_h_e_s_te_r
impressions, conveyed by the sentative and a member of the
quoted interviews, must be Marine Platoon Leader Pro­blamed,
as usual, on this gram:
reporter. "Definitely, military service
Randy Harper (President of is an asset. All service men,
Student Council): particularly college men, should
"It does not seem likely that try for a commission. The prin­the
college man is going to ciple of leadership is given to
learn a great deal more in you through officer training and
his two years of active serv- exams. Formally, the student
ice. Therefore, the educational will not use the subject-knowl­profit
will not balance off the edge he has acquired during
investment of the time and college. Of course indirect ap­other
sacrifices made in military plication of college knowledge
service after college. I think should be present in all phases
this generally applies to military of the graduate's life. Moreover,
life either as an officer or as a the student, in military service
regular enlisted man. After the will gain a good deal of intel­four
years invested in college, letual development in such pro­and
perhaps another two in grad grams as C.LC. or O.C.S. Re­school,
an additional two years member that the American
from one's life is a definite nation is against voluntary serv­crimp
in starting a career. ice. How else can we maintain
"But, each able individual our present defense position
still has the obligation to con- except by the present law?"
tribute to the protection of the The following are various
society he lives in. No distinc- views gathered at after-dinner
tion can be justly made on the talks in Loyola HalL The main
basis of economic, educational theme that resulted from the
or social standing as to the ex- probing of this reporter was
tent of the obligation to the how much the American citizen
individuaL In other words, there appreciates the value of patriot­can
be no distinction between ism. The obvious lack of patriot­college
men and non-college ism in America was considered
citizens. In my opinion, the six- as deplorable. It was felt that
month plan is the ideal one." military service could and
When question about his should be of value to the stu­opinion
of the law, as it stands dent entering it. However, it
now, Mr. Harper said that he would be the individual who
was in agreement with it. decided whether this time was
Next, this reported proceeded wasted or profitable. The oppor­to
Senior John Conroy to obtain tunities are there. The bad opin­his
views. Here is Mr. Conroy's ions of military service of our
statement. nation probably could be traced
"In the world of today, of to the previously - mentioned
two hostile camps, everyone has lack of patriotism. The draft is
his duty to perform as an looked on by a majority of peo­American.
Granted it is not al- pIe, it was felt, as a necessary
ways a pleasurable time, while eviL But if one were to inquire
one is going through it. The exactly what .it was necessary·
necessity of the length of two for, the majority of our nation's
years is that in any shorter citizens would either give a
time the military would not pe shrug, . u t t er i n g profoundly
able to make and maint<ljin ':That',s the; Vi:ay. things are"; or
skilled and well-trained armedjJ1,~y.:WOMlf,l.. }nu~ble off .. some
service personneL The inveH:.t~t!e.,P2~1~~E?asethat the¥. had 1227 Post Road. Fairfi~ld
ment of time and sacrifice to neard spoKen by some kmdlyOpp. Posi. Office ;'~'\~
the. individual will not be bal- old father. 'n
anced' by his appreciation or At a particular session I have ..:.0:... ,;.,, ,
Spalla's Barber Shop
1561 Black Rock Turnpike
(Tunxis Hill Cutoff)
The language room and its guardian.
Versatile Language Complex
Second To None Nationally
Language study, a dull, tedious effort on the part
of most students and teachers, has finally come out of
its doldrums. Its entry into the progressive world
can be summed up in two words: language lab.
The advent of tape recorders .~
and other electronic equipment sophomores and juniors. IN
has brought about a revolution THIS PAST QUARTER THE
in language teaching. Now, the FRESHMAN LAN G U AGE
teacher has a new tool to work ESTIMATES WE R E THE
with. He no longer has to spend HIGHEST IN THE HISTORY
tedious minutes in the classroom OF THE SCHOOL. The admin­trying
to correct one individual's istration thinks that it was a
pronunciation at the expense bit more than just a coincidence.
of the rest of the class. With Vassar Follows Our Lead
the languag~ lab eac~ ~t~dent How does our lab stack up to
gets ~fty mmutes .of mdIvId~al those of other colleges? This is
attentIOn a w~ek m pronuncIa- a spot where F.U. is the shin­tIOn
and speak~ng, more than he ing light. Government reports
would receIve m a full semester on education show that there
of classroom study. are two hundred fourteen col-
How does the student actually leges and universities using lan­get
help from a tea.ch~r that l:e guage labs in some form or
can't see and who Isn t even m another. Among these are Co­the
room? The teacher makes a lumbia and Dartmouth whose
tape of the lesson, leaving spaces lab is about the same ~s ours,
for the student to repeat the and Yale, whose lab is not as
phrase after him. The student, good as ours. Vassar College
after doing the whole tape, sent their whole language fac­plays
"?ack th~ tape witl: the ulty to Fairfield to look at our
two VOIces on It. Just ?y lIste~- lab. Now Vassar is going to put
ing he can see the mIstakes m in an exact duplicate of our lab.
his pronunciation as compared F.U. now has twenty-four booths
to the teacher's. with the possibility of doubling
A lesson isn't the only thi~g the present number in the fu­that
he can lIsten to. The FaIr- ture. This could be easily done
field lab is one of the most flex- by putting booths in the adjoin­ible
in the world. Records, p~ays. ing classroom and running them
movies, and TV can be pIped by remote control from the
into the lab. The student can master console. Then we could
see the movie and listen to the teach about ten languages as
dialogue in the native tongue compared to the six now. Thus,
without disturbing any of the F.U.'s lab is second to none.
fellows studying another lan- What then in a nutshell does
guage. He can listen to plays the lab do f~r the student? We
and readings by some of the put this question to Father
world's most famous actors. Leeber, S.J., the head of the
The language lab opens up a modern Iangauge department,
new world to the interested stu- and he gave us this answer.
dent, a world where he can hear "The lab helps the student in
and learn to speak the language three main ways: 1.) Oral com­with
t~e same intonation that prehension; the teacher reads a
the natives have. . story and asks questions; the
But how many students WIll pupil answers. This way the
this help? If it only· helps a few teacher can tell if the student is
it's not ~uch go?d. Right· n?w getting the story or not, and
the lab IS helpmg the.entire can help him. 2.) Aural compre­freshman
class and many of the hension; the student can hear
plays in the original language
and hear the true intonation
and the use of idioms. He can
get the true meaning of the
words which he couldn't get on
his own. 3.) On the advanced
level, simultaneous translation
and reading. We could translate
just like the U.N. Of course all
this is in addition to the fact
that it corrects pronunciation."
So the student's marks and
the teacher's enthusiasm prove
that the language lab was well
worth the ten thousanddoUars
that" it cost.
Page Eight THE STAG December 12, 1958
Ser-
COMING MOVIES
Dec, 13 - No Time for
geants.
Jan. 4 - Sayonara
Jan. 10 - East of Eden
Cleveland Cana Sodality, of
which he and his wife are mem­bers.
In the workshop discus­sions
on the professional Sodal­ity
apostolate, there were six
professions expertly dealt with.
They were the legal, education­al,
business, communicatio,hal,
scientific, and medical profes­sions.
The conferences on the
parish Soladity apostolate cov­ered
men and women's parish
Sodalities, The informal discus­sions
on college Sodality living
afforded the delegates an oppor­tunity
to exchange ideas' on
specific Sodality problems on
campus.
Just put two words together to form a new
one. ThinkliBh is So easy you'll think of dozens
of new words in seconds! We'll pay $25 each
for the hundreds of Thinklish words judged
best-and we'll feature many in our college
ads. Send your ThinkliBh words (with English
translations) to Lucky Strike, Box 67A, Mt.
Vernon, N. Y. Enclose your name, address,
college or university and class.
SPEAK THINKLlSH! MAKE $25
functions of that group. He cited
the work of St. Ignatius' Sodal­ity
as proof that the parish
Sodality idea would work. Com­menting
on this Fr. Rothlauf
said that the parish Sodality
which involves all classes of
society makes for a sound
Catholicism,
Miss Ellen Usher and Mr.
Thomas Monahan, Prefect of
New York Professional Sodality,
spoke on the professional So­dality.
Miss Usher spoke of a
method of Catholic action em­ployed
by the New York Pro­fessional
Sodality. It consists in:
(1) research, (2) discussion with
others" (3) lectures to others,
(4) publication of findings, (5)
action.
A Lieutenant Zenk and his
wife dealt with the Cana So­dality.
Lt. Zenk spoke on the
o/'p '/. l'L ~. .. .. &JIp ..
Product of ,CHW~Jo~- c/utIa£ec- is our middle name
English: WITLESS FOOTBALL PLAYER,> ••",
Thinklish translation: In three-ring circles, this fellow's known as "Mr.
Funnyman" (largely because his name is Horace P. Funnyman). When he
does his smoke-ring act, the tent's in stitches. Naturally, this world-famous
puffoon chooses Lucky Strike. "I like t~e honest taste," he says. A canvass
(or tent poll) of the Big Top shows that this is no freak sentiment.
Get the genuine article
Get the honest taste
of a LUCKY STRIKE
English: CLOWN WHO BLOWS FUNNY SMOKE RINGS
lowed a workshop discussion
broken up into sections under
Professional Sodality Aposto­late,
Parish Sodality Apostolate,
and Cana Sodality Apostolate.
The Congress concluded with
informal discussions groups
covering various aspects of
"College Sodality Living."
Fr. Frederic P. Rothlauf was
moderator of the initial panel
discussion. In his preliminary
remarks, he called for an em­phasis
on the intellectual func­tion
of a professional Sodality.
Speaking on the parish Sodal­ity,
Dr. Charles O'Regan",. of St.
Ignatius' Parish Sodality in
New York City, described the
ERNEST EB
ISCH. AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL
C I GAR E TT E 5
.... T.C...
SOD~t\LISTS ATTEND CONGRESS
ON POST-GRAD CATHOLIC LIFE
On Sunday afternoon, Novem­ber
23, seven Fairfield Sodalists
attended the New York Arch­diocesan
Union of College and
Nursing School Sodalists Con­gress.
They were Pat Waide,
Fred Miller, Joe Moylan, Jack
Seery (Prefect), Jim O'Connell,
Pete Negri, and Bob Michael.
The theme of the Congress
was, "Towards Post - Graduate
Sodality Living." Accordingly,
special emphasis was placed on
parish, Cana, and professional
Sodality life. The Congress was
divided into three main sections.
First there was a panel discus­sion,
entitled "Post - Graduate
Sodality Apostolate." Next fol-
AUGUST MOON
(Con'l from Page 1)
together admirably by the
charming peasant wisdom and
consequent resignation to fate
of Mr. Tom Morrison in the role
of Sakini.
The personal rapport that Mr.
Morrison was able to effect be­tween
the audience and the
story of Tobiki village only
heightened the appreciation of
his part in the story as a tool
of introduction and reaction.
The role of interpreter for the
audience was played with an
understanding of the character
and forgetfulness of self. The
words of humor given to the
character of Sakini came from
the lips of Mr. Morrison as from
the intrinsically warm personal­ity
of Sakini himself, and they
came with a naturalness that
winked at the consequent, and
quite consistently consequent
laughter.
It was not until well into the
second act that the high-point
of individual hilarity for the
night was reached. For, although
the major burden of the work
fell to Mr. Morrison, Mr. Dave
Barrett and Mr. Joe DeCicco,
it was the craning pantomime
and effete over-acting of Capt.
McLean as played by Mr. Larry
Washburn that stole the show
and secured the gratitude of the
audience for a well-spent eve­ning.
Moving with extreme agil­ity
among some of the richest
lines of the show, Mr. Wash­burn
showed himself knowl­edgeable
in the ways of timing
when, having warmed himself
to the audience with his quizz­ical
and pseudo-psychiatric in­terview
of Mr. Barrett, he pro­ceeded
to whip the audience
again and again to laughter,
rakishly wielding the double
entendre with telling effect. Mr.
DeCicco, employed as the board
off which the meaty lines were
bounced, was highly competent.
On occasions, however, Mr.
Washburn's enthusiasm ran on
lines into lingering laughter,
and lost any reaction.
Among the other players, Mr.
Barrett was enjoyable in a role
in which he tended to roam little
from a set interpretation. That
interpretation, of a taut, harass­ed
bottom-of-the-heap type, he
used well in the hilarious piled­jeep
scene and shirt-pulling
episode. He also showed skill in
developing the character so that
a serenity was felt once he be­came
a robe-wearing part of
Tobiki. However, on both nights,
that interpretation of tautness
unnecessarily lingered late into
the play, specifically affecting
the sadness of the scene of the
dismantled teahouse.
Mr. DeCicco, skillful in his
facial reactions, tended to move
but slightly within th~ fi;ame­work
of a blustery colonel. The
heights of frustrated anguish
that Mr. DeCicco did reach
within that straight-line inter­pretation
were, however, warm­ly
received.
We wish to bow, with all
others, toward the crews we
met on Friday night, dirt smat­;
t,ered and weary-eyed from ex­treme
selfless effort.
And, in evaluating the play
we witnessed, we wish to take
note of the exquisite delicacy of
blending between the richness
of color in costume and paints,
the subtlety of lighting, and the
fineness of pantomime that al­lowed
the teahouse scene to cre­ate
an experience of sensuous
pleasure long, to linger in the
memory..
Walter F. Naedele
December 12, 1958 THE STAG Page Nine
"Little Earps " Romp In Championship Match
By JOE McNAMARA
Dorin Basketball
Plans Progress
As the Fairfield quintet takes to the boards against
some of the best competition in the East this season,
they'll be performing as one of the most impressive
teams in the history of the school. To lead them to
victory, the team has chosen as co-captains two men of
prominent reputation in eastern basketball circles.
---------------<~ Half the reign goes to 6' 5",
230 lb. Frank McGowan.' Frank,
a senior from Hamden, Conn.,
combined consistent shooting
and aggressive playing to win a
starting berth on each Stag Five
for the past three years.
A graduate of Hamden High,
he came to Fairfield an all-state
basketball player with a bright
future in college ball. During
his sophomore year, he compiled
30 points against Fairleigh
Dickenson and averaged 12:5
points a game last year.
Confining his talents not only
to the basketball court, for the
past two years Frank has been
the starting first baseman on the
Varsity Nine. Graduating this
June, he hopes to combine
teaching and coaching in the
years to come.
The other half of the title is
held down by Ed Diskowski.
Ed, who showed great promise
in his freshman and sophomore
seasons a few years back, re­turned
to Fairfield last year to
hold down the right forward
position and live up to previous
expectations.
An aggressive 6 ft. 190 lb.
senior from Bridgeport, Conn.,
Ed played his high school ball
with Harding High during
which time he helped them win
the state championship. As a
s'erviceman stationed in Ger­many,
he played both basket­ball
and football on the base
team.
Last year he put on one of
the most impressive point pa­rades
in the school history by
scoring 33 points in a single
game against St. Michael's in
Vermont to upset the team
which eventually became one
of the finalists in the small col­lege
N.C.A.A.
With this his last year at
Fairfield, Ed will be looked to
by the student body' to lead
what may be J!'a:irfieJd's most
successful team and y-pon grad­uation
leave behind an outi,..
standing record to be preserved
in Stag basketbalL,arm.als.,,~·"'-J
mountain-climbing.
The Dartmouth Outing Club
has brought fame to its college,
skill and pleasure to its mem­bers.
But former Dartmouth
president Ernest M. Hopkins
may have put his finger on its
greatest accomplishment when
he said: "The Outing Club has
turned Dartmouth's greatest
liability - winter - into its
greatest asset." .
The article, "They Study Ad­venture,"
by Evan Hill, is con­densed
from Ski Magazine.
- Re'ader's Digest
On November 18 the captains
of the new basketball league
wre called together by Commis­sioner
John Creed to choose their
teams from the more than 125
men who signed up. The league
will run from Dec. 9 to approxi­mately
Mar. 24, after which a
play-off of the top teams will
take place. Thanks to the kind­ness
of Mr. "Red" Baker the
school has been able to use
Wakeman's Memorial gym from
five to seven each night 'til
Easter.
From this corner the top play­ers
on each team seem to be the
following: "Watoose" McGivney
has Joe Carr and Willie Gerst­ner
to back him up. Mike Kelly
picked Jerry O'Keefe as his top
draft choice, and they make a
fearsome duo. Moe Ross picked
two seniors, Scanlon and De­vine,
to strengthen his crew.
Gerry Ferris is hoping that Red
Healy and Skip Feehan will
lead his team to the title. Buzz
Garrity selected Mike McDon­nell
and Gene Purcell as his two
top guns. Tad Dowd has Gib­bons
and Richards. Bob Lyons
had first pick and chose "Butch"
Tracy, last year's Most Valuable
Player in the Boys Club League,
to lead his team. Brian Lawler
-------------- had Loughlin and Reynolds and
on a bonus pick got Tom Unger­land
to help his team. Last but
not least in the senior circuit is
John Tiscornia's crew, led by
John Murray and Jerry Falvey,
hoping to win the title which
Tiscornia's team won last year
in the Boys' Club League. This
is a pretty balanced league and
it should be interesting to see
whIch team holds the title on
March 24.
Not too much is known about
Frosh teams. The captains are
the Messrs. Browne, ColI, Doyle,
McCrosson, Rudd, and. Moloney.
missioner.
On Wednesday, December 3,
the Connecticut Audio-Visual
Education Association met for
its annual session. Fairfield act­ed
as host for the gathering of
CAVEA members. The confer­ence
is a state-wide organization
composed of numerous teachers
and educational supervisors.
The purpose of this meeting
was to run a clinic for those
interested in learning the meth­ods
employed in the use of
Audio-Visual education. Pro­fessor
Leo P. Rosenthal of Fair­field's
Graduate Education De­partment
handled the arrange­ments
for this year's conference.
The conference was divided
into nine groups, and each
group was instructed in the
various aspects of modern
Audio-Visual Education. The
use of tape recordings, slide
projections, and similar me­chanisms
was .shown and ex­plained
to the conference groups
by representatives from com­panies
producing these educa­tional
aids.
Grad. Dept. Plays Host
To CAVEA Gathering
Vote Of Thanks to Diskowsl{i, McGowan, Captain
Fr. Caffrey, J.C. F· f· ld" H Q. t t
As Fairfield closes the doors aIr Ie s 00p Uln e
on one of the most successful
intramural programs for campus
residents to be undertaken in
our young school's history, The
STAG would like to give public
thanks to the men who made
this possible.
For the past two years the
intramural program has been
one of the most efficiently mod­erated
activities on campus.
Standing quietly on the side­lines
each afternoon this fall,
dressed in either a white Fair­field
jacket with an enormous
golf hat of the same color or for
those extra cold days a long
black overcoat and a pre-war
imported beret the color of
which blends in nicely with the
coat, was one Rev. Augustus
Caffery, S.J. Without his initial
revision of the intramural pro­gram
and his constant help this
would not have been possible. Frank McGowan, Coach Bisa,cco, and Ed Diskowski during an
The head of the intramural afternoon practice at the Brass Recreation Center. program is a title held by a
man who is known to his fellow
students for his hair-splitting
refereeing and his magnificance
in the arts of whistle-blowing
and arm-waving. Such a man is
John Creed. A B.S.S. student,
John is a big factor in Fair­field's
rise to sporting power.
As statistician of Stag basket­ball
and baseball teams, his
services are valued by all who
are connected with either sport.
We would like to give our
thanks for a job well done to
both Fr. Caffery and the Com-
This winter college students
in the greatest numbers ever
will hurry from Friday classes
to the nation's ski hills. For
their outdoor fun they'll owe a
vote of thanks to a Dartmouth
grad who loved winter and dis­liked
poker.
Back in 1909 Fred Harris,
then a 20-year-old Dartmouth
junior, .grew tired of listening
to his poker-playing buddies
gripe about winter. He wrote
the student newspaper suggest­ing
a ski and snowshoe club.
Sixty students responded and
the Dartmouth Outing Club,
first in the nation, was under­way.
Harris was elected presi­dent,
possibly because he own­ed
the only pair of skis on
campus.
In the years since, reports an
article in the December Read­er's
Digest, DOC members have
been responsible for a host of
outdoor firsts. They constructed
the nation's first rope tow for
skiers; they invented the first
ski lacquer; they engineered
some of our outstanding ski re­sorts;
and, almost a half-century
ago, they held the nation's first
collegiate ski meet. Today
Dartmouth's Winter Carnival
attracts some 5,000 visitors
annually.
Although DOC men concen­trate
on having fun, their skill
is sometimes put to more dra­matic
use. One group of stu­dents
led a 26-hour search for a
five-year-old girl who was lost
in a dense New Hampshire for­est.
They found her. Another
time, Dartmouth c 1 i m b e r s
threaded up the side of a 1226­foot-
high volcano to rescue a
marooned parachutist.
Today's Dartmouth Outing
Club is broken down into sev­eral
special units. Experts teach
students such outdoor skills as
how to survive in the woods,
how to fight forest fires, how to
hunt, trap, fish. Club members
make their own packboards and
snowshoes. Other units concen­trate
on hunting, salling, even
Support The Missions
A Kelly back has good form bu.t the charging o,f Jack Toal gives
an indication of the way the "Earps" won.
Made f.amous by his quick draw, Fr. Hohman
possesses another claim to fame in the persons of "The
Little Earp" football club which ran away with the
dorm intramural championship game against "The
Kelly Eight" last Tuesday.
The Little Earps, which gave~---------------
up only six points throughoutI. .,
the entire season, made their Wrnter Skr Outrngs
initial strike midway in the Started Back In 1909
first quarter. Right linebacker
Sam Mowad intercepted a Kelly
pass on the enemy 30 yd. line
and an end run by Pete York
brought it down inside the
twenty yard line. York then
uncorked an eighteen yard pass
to Mike McDonald who out­leapt
Dan Kiely and came down
with the ball in the end zone
for the Earps' first T.D.
Being forced to pass quickly
by ferocious line play on the
part of Mole Scanlon and Big
Bart Parnessa, Mike Kelly had
two more passes intercepted in
the second quarter by McDon­ald
and Scanlon. A penalty up­field
called back a combination
pass-lateral touchdown which
went from York to Cragliano to
Scanlon. The threat died with
the whistle ending the first half.
The second half opened as a
defensive game with heads-up
line play by Dagwood Loughlin
and Jerry O'Keefe which stalled
the Earp offensive momentarily.
A long pass from Pete York to
Joe Scanlon ended in another
Earp touchdown.
The feared Kelly offense
never seemed to get off the
ground. Throl,lghout the fourth
quarter Mike Kelly was forced
to pass quickly and the result
was that he had two drives end­ed
by the pass interceptions of
Gene Purcell. The game ended
with the final score Little Earps
12, Kelly Eight O.
The lineup of the champs is:
Ends, Mike McDonald, Joe
Scanlon; guards, Bart Panessa,
Buzz Garrity; center, Jack Toal,
Sam Mowad; LHB, Tom Grag­liano,
Fran Kane; RHB, Pete
Pestillo, G. Purcell; QB, Pete
York.
December 12, 1958
needed for acting. Set construc­tors
and set painters will be
required, also. Lighting, sound,
publicity, wardrobe, properties
are other departments in which
a fair number of men will be
required.
Gauss Academy
On the afternoon of Novem­ber
tenth, there came into exist­ence
a society long awaited by
the Mathematics Majors of Fair­field
University. Called the
Gauss Academy after the fam­ous
German mathematician, it's
the twenty-sixth extra-curricu­lar
activity of our growing
institution.
The purpose of the society is
to allow Math Majors to come
into contact with various fields
and topics in Mathematics that
they would not normally en­counter
in an undergraduate
course of study here at Fairfield.
The meetings will consist of
two phases: the lecture where
the subject matter for the next
meeting's assignment will be
presented to the members and
a discussion period where the
members will present their
solutions to the problems stated
in the previous meeting.
The main speaker will be Mr.
Robert Bolger, who is the orig­inator
and moderator of the
society. Later in the year guest
lecturers of noted reputation
will be cordially invited to
lecture.
The society will meet in room
206 in Xavier Hall on alternate
Mondays. Although membership
is restricted to Junior and Sen­ior
Math Majors, Mr. Bolger
extends a welcome to anyone,
especially Freshman and Sopho­more
Math Majors, who is inter­ested
in the theory and prac­tice
of higher Mathematics.
Conisius Acqdemy
This year Fairfield's Canisius
Academy has undertaken, for
its main project, the study of
the teachings of the late Pope
Pius XII. This topic was select­ed
because of the recent renewal
of interest in Pius XII as a
world leader and a teacher.
Each member of the Academy
will select and comment on one
aspect of the instructions of the
Pontiff. These aspects will, in
turn, be discussed at the bj­monthly
meetings of the Acad­emy.
Two Seniors have already
indicated topics they will exam­ine.
Pat Waide has decideded
to discuss the "doctrinal state­ments
and the opinions - of
Pius on the Blessed Mother. Ed
Chopskie will comment on Pius
XII and moral theology. Other
members are expected to select
their topics in the near future.
NEWS BRIEFS
We Extend Our Best Wishes for a
VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
Chemistry Club
1260 Main St.
BRIDGEPORT
THE STAG
Interest in the "Student Af­filiates
of the American Chemi­cal
Society" this year is at a
high in the Chemistry Club un­der
the able leadership of sen­ior
president Tony Champ and
faculty advisor Father Hutchin­son.
Enthusiasm has been cen­tered
around professional, as
well as student, lectures ad pa­pers
on scientific doevelopme[lts.
By LARRY LESSING Student talks this year have
been interesting as well as in-
We have reached that time of year when every- formative. John Bog n a r, a
one is wondering just how good is this year's basket- sophomore and a native of Hun-b
11 d a squa. We be1l·eve that we have a fine sma11 co1- "gCarhye,migcaavle EadnucaatnioanI yinsisHuonn-lege
team that should win the Tri-State championship gary, Before and D uri n g the
and at least get as far as Evansville in the NCAA tour- Communist Regime." Joseph Pe-nament,
small collebae division. We are, of course, dis- danoe, a senior, talked on "Glass-
.•. it IS expected that Catholics, blowing - Its Development and
regarding such possibilities as injuries, upsets, hard who claim to possess the true, use to the Chemist. Tony Champ,
feelings, complacency and similar allergies that have Faith, will express that belief' use to the Chemist." Tony
" .ruined many potentially fine squads. In our opinion in spiritual amicipation of the Champ, a senior, spoke on "The
. Divine Birth. Use of Academic Tiltes," a topic
the s~~son should (we hope) run in this manner: of much controversy in the
5 Chemical World today. Donald
NYAC - The Stags should be way up for this game, BLUE BLAZER ... Kiely, a junior, recently spoke
while the ex-college stars will not yet be ready for (Con't from Page One) on "The Processing of Natural
the season as their training does not put them into schools which have blue blaz- Rubber," and Alan Catalano, a
the condition necessary for a really tough game at ers." The movement to adopt ~.ophomore, ga.ve a talk ,?n
blue blazers was sparked by Spectros~opy m Cl:em1stry.
this stage Fairfi eld ., I A commg attractJOn of the
.. c?mplamts from semors Plan-\ club is a guided tour through
SETON HALL (PATTERSON) We haven't lost to nmg to attend graduate schools. th R h D t t f th
- They claim that while red is ~ esearc epar men 0 e
this squad in the past, so we don't believe that we sm'table for c011ege use, '1t W ould'IBb ndg16eport Brass Co. on Decem-will
on the 7th. Fairfield. not be fitting in grad school. I e~his' years first copy of the
HUNTER - This is the first leaaue aame for the Staas I"Condensoer", the Club's news-
. b b b EASTERN TEA.'MS .. , paper, has recently been pub-and
a must wm for them. It could be tough, but (Con't from Page 1) Ilished under the editorship of
Fairfield Bill Pellechia and assistant edi-
. ... As an illustration of the cha~- tor Al Karg. The paper featured
YESHIVA - ThIS IS a tough, Impertur~able team that acter of the annual meetmgs, 1t articles by several memboers of
doesn't fade under pressure nevertheless Fairfield. 1S noted that the meetJI~g, held the Club.
, last year at Fordham, d1scussed
PROVIDENCE - Last year's crack squad plus former new developments in educa- Drama Society
h · h h 1 All A . J hE' to tion and specia"[ problems rele- Ig SC 00 - mencan 0 nny gan, seem vant to them. The gathering at Mr. Robert G. Emerich, direc-point
to Providence. Holy Cross in 1954 discussed Itor of the Dramat, has announc-
.., the objectives of the liberal arts, ed that a lecture series, com-
BOSTON COLLEGE - ThIS IS the bIg one, the game college and the objectives of the I posed of four lectures on mod-the
Stags want the most, but on a foreign court, school of business within the ern drama, will soon begin with
after the Christmas lay-off we have to pick Boston Jesuit college. Rev. John R!an, S.J., chairman
, of the EnglIsh department, as
College. The Providence team that lecturer. The lecture series will
KINGS POINT - A scrappy squad that is usually Fairfield meets on Monday has be under t~e auspices of the
. a choker in their midst. His Drama Soc1ety and w1ll be
hurt by the loss of theJr Sophomore class each year name is Johnnie Egan, and in opened to the entire student
won't be strong enough to stop Fairfield. his first Me.tropolitan appear- body and tho?e in the area. An
. . ance _ in the Garden _ the added attractJOn to the lecture
IONA - ThIS IS a tough one as the Gaels have been whiz kid from Hartford shot an series will be dramatic readings
very successful against the Stags in the past but exceptionally poor four baskets b! members of the DraJ?a So-
on the baSI.S of last year's squeaker and Fresh'menf23 Th S c1ety from plays that w1ll cor- out 0 attempts. e t. I t 'th F th R ' 1
. . ,. . John's team which rode Provi- re a e W1 a er yan s ec-vlctones
of the last two years we 11 plCk FaIrfield. dence into the ground nullified tures. .
NEW HAVEN - ThI"S IS a t radI'tl'Ona1 game but'1f there the Fr'lar,s 0fefnS'lve WI"th a t'Ight Mr. 1Eme1nch commet'nllted thdat
. • .' -'0 defense severa pays are s 1 un er
IS no complacency It should be FaIrfield. ' ne. consideration for the spring
BRIDGEPORT - No game on the Fairfield schedule production.. .
Plans of mcreasmg the Drama
presents such a problem to the forecaster, but pure- EthI·caI Society's membership were also
lyon partisan grounds we'll say Fairfield twice. discussed. Those interested in
.... any aspect of the theater are
ThIS brmgs us to mId-semester exam penod and the ph urged to join. Among the differ-
,half way point in the schedule. To attempt to predict armacy ent departments, men will be
further at this time would be both meaningless and
futile. This season, ·however, should put Fairfield "on
the map" and prepare the school for its launching into
the big time next year. Next year's opener will be
against Holy Cross in the new gym according to a
recent alumni bulletin!
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