Stag - Vol. 10, No. 06 - January 22, 1959

              Carnival Queen Finalists Announ,ced
Vol. X - No.6 Published by Students of Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn. January 22, 1959
MISS MARY RAEDY MISS ANGELA IACURCI MISS DONNA MELLIN MISS JUDITH SKELLY MISS ANN REDENTE
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JOHNCROAI{E WALI{S OUT ON NA'TION_L\.L NFCCS
SESSION; DEMANDS NF FOCUS ON COLLEGE LIFE
John Croake, New England NFCCS President, re- . h I· D·· cently represented the region at a national executive Freew ee lng ISCUSSIOnS meeting in Chicago. John, believing that the purpose
Of F h "F ~~ of the NF is to promote student life in all phases" Purpose ros orum was unable to hold with the excessively altruistic mo-tions
of the national chairman and in protest bolted
An idea that grew out of a run of the mill dis- the convention. \
cussion between two Fairfield freshman on the -------------:S> In an interview with a Stag
intellectual atmosphere of the school has sprouted and reporter concerning this execu­is
now ready to blossom as the "Bellarmine Forum." Varsity Football Team tive session, Croake spoke frank-
The two energeti.c .y.oeung,..; Proposed To Counc:col ly of the Catholic Federation.
I
Speaking of the group's primary
men are Vin Carrafiello, the The "Forum" is strictly infor- In the most recent Student function, he said that it should
busy president of the freshman mal and will go a long way in Council meeting a movement "aid in the development of capa­class,
and Don Preziosi, origin- stimulating thought on imp01'- was started in conjunction with ble Catholic college graduates
ator of The Stag's X-4 tant subjects. an article that appeared in the through work in apostolic and
feature. They were talking The members of the faculty, November 6 issue of The Stag. academic fields." Realizing that
over the various clubs and ac- especially Father Bonn, have The movement was to recom- this aim is not at present being
tivities in the school and felt been overwhelming in their mend that the administration fulfilled, the delegation leader
that, in toto, these failed to support of the forum. Take a look into the possibility of the went to the conference hoping
stimulate the intellectual tone look at some of the names and formation of a non-subsidized to turn the attention of the na­of
the school on a person to, titles of forthcoming forums; football team here at Fairfield. tional officers to this basic lack.
person level. They felt that the Father Bonn vs. Doctor Nor- This would be the initial step Student leaders on the national
Bellarmine Lectures were defi- man on Capital Punishment, in the formation of teams in the level had been specifically in­nitely
a step in the right direc- Mr. Walter Petry on American INew England area to compete formed of the delegation's objec­tion,
but why not go a step liberalism and Catholicism, Mr. on a football field in a non- tive through preliminary reports
further? So, the "Bellarmine Stewart on Progressive Educa- scholarship league. and requests from New Eng-
Forum" was born. tion and the Jesuit system. And The motion was made by land officers.
Just what is this "Forum"? (Can't on Page 7) student representative James Response from delegates rep-
The best word that its origina- V. Maher and was immediately resenting the nation's other sev-tors
could find to describe it CARNIVAL HIGHLIGHTS followed by an enlightening talk enteen regions, however, proved
.was "a glorified bullsession." on such a team by the Sports very unsatisfactory. After pre-
Members of the faculty will Friday, Jan. 30- Editor of The Stag. Larry Less- liminary, routine s e s s ion s,
give thell. ' opm.,lOns on d'Ifferent 9-1Da-ncFeortmo atlhaet mRiutszicBaolflroTohme ..:ng. Mr. Less'mg st ressed the Croake's motion, embodying his
subjects ranging from the social EI t C' I Q point that a league of this sort ideas, was presented to the body.
sciences to the aestheti~ a~ts. fa~.s... armva ueen is ~ot a money making organi- It requested that an adequate
Sometimes the teacher WIll glVe se ec IOn. IzatIon but rather a chance for amount of time be allowed on
his views on the subject and Saturday, Jan. 31 - more students to participate in the agendas of the regional
other times two members of the 2-5 p.m. ~ Jazz Concert.- intercollegiate athletics, and a presidents and national commis­faculty
will enter into debate Be~chm.ans . Hall, featurmg I bOOS.t to school morale. The sion chairmen's meetings for dis­on
a subject. Then the fun be- Kal Wmdermg Sextet. small expense of such a team cussion of basic federation
gins Whether one teacher or 8-12 - Informal dance at Notre would not cause any debt on policy. It further stated that
two: after they have presented Dame High School. the part of the school after a such discussion be directed to-their
views the floor will be Sunday, Feb. 1 - few years of its existence. For- ward action by the National
open to questions. And there 11 a.m. - Mass in Loyola Cha- mation of better college men Council and Congress to be held
are no aualifications as to the pel. Communion breakfast and more school unity are the in St. Louis in September or
views th-e audience takes, the follows. benefits to be derived from 1959. The motion's intent was
arguments they present, or the 2 p.m. - Glee Club concert in such a program. to determine concretely the Fed-time
they take to present them. Gonzaga Auditorium. (Can't on Page 6) (Can't on Page 10)
Two Seniors And
ThreeSophomores
Escort Finalists
Five of the prettiest girls ever
to grace a University formal
dance were selected in a two­day
voting of the student body
last Wednesday and Thursday
in balloting for the finalists for
the title of Queen of the Mid­Winter
Carnival. The selection
of this graceful court to lend
charm and beauty to the Mid­Winter
Carnival is the prior step
to the choosing of a Queen of
the Carnival on the night of the
formal ball.
It is the pleasure of the STAG
to announce exclusively that the
candidates elected as finalists are
Miss Angela Iacurci of Trum­bull,
Conn., Miss Donna Mellin
of Boylston, Mass., Miss Mary
Raedy of Terryville, Conn., Miss
Ann Redente of New Britain,
Conn., and Miss Judith Skelly
of Stratford, Conn.
Miss Iacurci, 19, is at present
a freshman at the University of
Bridgeport, majoring in English.
A graduate of Lauralton Hall in
Milford, she intends to become
a medical secretary. Angela's
escort to the formal at the Ritz
Ballroom will be Bill Allen, a
senior from Fairfield and a grad­uate
of the Prep. Bill, a major
in biology, devotes most of his
extra-curricular time to vocaliz­ing
with the Glee Club.
Donna Mellin, 19, is also a
major in English-at the Col­lege
of Our Lady of the Elms,
where she is a sophomore. Don­na,
a member of the college's
Glee Club, will be a familiar
face when the University Glee
Club travels to Chicopee later
this semester. Joe Carr, a sopho­more
math major from Worces­ter,
will be Miss Mellin's Car­nival
escort.
Miss Raedy, 20, a graduate of
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Page Two THE STAG
It has been a long, silent time since the last march­ing
line of Fairfield men paraded in full Irish pride
down New York's Fifth Avenue on Saint Patrick's
Day. This negative situation, distasteful to Irish pro­fessor
and student alike, may soon be remedied.
A proposal was made before the Student CounciL
meeting on January 12, to investigate the possibilities
of entering a Fairfield contingent into the coming St.
Patrick's Day Parade. We cannot too heartily support
this motion.
For the sight of a large body of Fairfield students
marching in a well turned out form.ation, wearing the
green with pride and showing the spirit of St. Patrick's
Day ranks in sentiment with any student effort in
furthering the good name of Fairfield.
For, if there were to be an argument in favor of
sending a contingent, it would consider the expense
of an athletic program sponsoring several sports, the
expense of a Glee Club, Dramat, Debating Society, and
newspaper. It would recognize the secondary purpose
of these efforts - the forwarding of the name of Fair­field
- and it would hold for the wealth of good publi.
city that being a part of the parade would bring at no
expense to the University.
There is, by way of remark, the personal satisfac­tion
that each one participating experiences. For being
a part of this parade of the green is as much a section
of Eastern college life as being able to take advantage
of the Shubert in New Haven or the restaurants of
Manhilttan.
We are looking forward to sending to New York
the most enthusiastic group of Fairfield men ever to
parade the green down Fifth Avenue.
WelL this issue is almost in print. The last of a
series of hopes, hard feelings, and, yes, some smiles on
publication day. Never thought the issue could come
out though - this being examination week, with all
its pressures.
It's a good feeling, this afternoon, that the paper's
all but tied up. It's as if I had bought a present ,and
that that purchase, and the presentation to take place,
were the fulfillment of an obligation.
It~s the sense of an obligation fulfilled - a neces­sary
obligation - that I want to express. Admittedly,
this isn't much. A hole left in the editorial page has to
be filled, and it's rather appropriate that 'it contain
something of a departing editor.
The realization of the practical experience of wo,rk­ing
with a concrete production, seeing it develop from
start to finish, is a bit of what I'm taking with me. There
has always been a certain dislike with me for working
with the abstractions of studies and seeing that increas­ed
knowledge represented often quite unevenly in a set
of letters called marks.
All the work - the plotting of articles and pic­tures.
the organization of a staff to be assigned the
work, the writing of about four articles for each issue
and re-writing twice as many, the laying out of the
paper on Friday nights, the working with the printers
to make all those pieces of type fit - all that is second­ary
to the satisfaction I've gotten from representing
the University.
That sense of accomplishment - the complete re­sponsibility
to the college, students, and the printer ­has
been the best reward of all. For that opportunity.
I thank the administration and the students whose work
both made the news and formed it into a newspaper.
- Walter Naedele
Walter Naedele
Geoffrey Stokes
FEATURE EDITOR
EXCHANGE EDITOR
Larry Kelly
BUSINESS MANAGER
Bob Kaulbach
QUEEN FINALISTS
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STAFF
EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Vin Carrafiello
Brian Lawler
Larry Lessing
NEWS EDITOR
SPORTS EDITOR
Philip K. P. Swanson
PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Art Funk
B. Anderson, R. Crowley, J. Distinti, S. Dunphy, P. Fargis, J.
Grady, W. Kramer, A. Mannion, R. McCarthy, J. McNamara,
R. Nalewajk, P. Negri, L. Ockey, R. O'Neil, T. Phelan, D.
Preziosi, H. Reichelt, J. Reilly, D. Sullivan, J. Tiscornia, P.
Waide, L Washburn.
LAYOUT - R. Cagnassola, M. Kiernan
Gwynedd Mercy Junior College
of the Young Republicans; Vito in Gwynedd Valley, Penn., is
DeMarco and Bill Sangiovanni, now employed by the Bristol
the co-founders of a social club Savings Bank in Bristol, Conn.
that has hopes of helping finan- Prominent in student activities
cially-pressed Fairfield students while at college, Mary was a
with the profits it garners from prefect of resident students,
its activities; George Tolmie, served on the Student Council,
appointed a publicity director and took part in the Glee Club,
of the Public Affairs Club: the Prom Committees, and the
they're just the beginning. Drama Club. Miss Raedy will
Very soon the other clubs dance to the music of Les Elgart
will feel the effects of freshmen next Friday night with Rodney
participation and leadership. Jaros, a sophomore economics
Our class's contribution will major from· Terryville.
continue to grow as we remem- Ann Redente, 18, a secretarial
bel' that to serve the community major at Bryant College in Prov­is
to serve our own best in- idence, will be escorted through
terests. Fairfield's Winter Week-End by
Intellectual: This means more yet another sophomore, Joe
than the ordinary teacher ex- Charlow of New Britain. Miss
hortations of twenty-four hours Redente, a vocalist in Bryant's
of study a day. For there is no Glee Club, and a member of
reason why egg-head-sophis- the campus Newman Club, plans
ticates should consider Fairfield to be a private secretary after
University inferior to any other graduation day. Charlow, a busi­American
college. It may lack ness major, is best known as the
Harvard's Harry Widener Me- Treasurer for the Class of '61;
morial Library but it has the the Treasurer for the Hartford
same raw potential _ its stu- Area Club also, he is a member
dents. This facet of our program of the Knights of Columbus, Ig-natian
Council.
can shape up in many ways: a Miss Sklely, 19, is the third of
really substantial increase of the group to distinguish herself
support for the Bellarmine Lec-tures
and Public Affairs Club's as an English major. She is in
Lectures; ape tit ion for a the sophomore class at Trinity
College in Washington, D. C.
school-financed and school-ad- While a senior at Lauralton Hall
ministered record library; more in Milford, Judy gained honors
representation of Fairfield at as a candidate for Queen of
neighboring colleges' work- Bridgeport's summertime Bar­shops
to get our point of view num Festival. Dave Toomey,
known as well as theirs (this Miss Skelley's escort, is a senior
goes for Yale and Columbia's physics major, and the top start­invitations
too.) We don't have ing pitcher on the University's
to apologize for Fairfield. We baseball team.
have something to give that The finalists will be on cam­some
of our sister colleges fail pus this week-end, when they
to have. (This goes for Yale' will be the dinner guests of the
and Columbia, too.) contest judges. The judges, Rev.
With this synthesis of our John Donoghue, S. J., Rev.
social and intellectual programs Christopher Sullivan, S.J., Mr.
we shall achieve in the next Carmen Donnaruma, Mr. Mario
four years something that every Guarcello, and Mr. Kenneth
class prior to ours has failed to Kunsch, will make their private
achieve. Our goal may be choice for the title of Queen at
overly ambitious one. But even this dinner. The 'name of the
if we reach part of it-we shall girl who will reign over the
have accomplished something. Week-End as 'Fairfield Univer-
As your class president, I sity's Winter-Carnival Queen
take pride in the small part I will then be announced at the
have in furthering our hopes formal dance on the evening of
ready to be turned into reali- January 30.
ties. With anyone of these five
In closing I would like to ·charmingly beautiful girls as
thank Walter Naedele for this queen, the Winter Carnival of
opportunity. 1959 can be nothing less than a
success. W. N.
Letters To And Concerning
The Student Body
To my fellow students:
Since shortly after the begin­ning
of this semester, when un­foreseen
personal involvements
and obligations rendered it im­possible
for me to devote ade­quate
time to the performance
of my duties, Mr. Walter Nae­dele
has most diligently and ably
served you as Editor-in-Chief
of THE STAG.
For his great personal service
to you and to me, and most of
all for his unselfish and dedi­cated
acceptance of the burdens
attached to managing and edit­ing
THE STAG, I wish to pub­licly
express to Walter my sin··
cere and heartfelt thanks.
My only regret is that I was
not able to more fully aid Walt
in furthering the interests of
THE STAG and those of the stu­dents
of Fairfield University
during this semester.
Sincerely,
PHILIP K. P. SWANSON
Fellow Students:
The Class of 1962 of Fairfield
University has entrusted me
with a very serious responsi­bility-
to serve as its president
and represent its best interests
on the Student Council. During
my election campaign I tried to
meet each resident and off­campus
boarder and speak to
them personally. I also mailed
some ninety-two postcards and
dialed about fifty phone calls
to commuters. In either case I
discussed one overriding issue­one
definite plank on which I
based my campaign. That plank
was class unity. Now that I have
been honored by election, I ac­cept
my classmates' confidence
in me as a mandate to see that
my pledge to work and, if nec­essary,
fight for class unity-is
kept.
The divisive displays that so
often mark the behavior of the
upperclassmen is not going to
toucjl. the Freshman Class. I
will make sure of that. I am
150ing to work not for the in­terests
of some fashionable
clique but in the best interest
of all. I don't care whether
you're an alumnus of Fairfield
Prep or Brooklyn Prep, wheth­er
you live on the campus or
off of it, whether you're a B.A.
or B.S. student. I am going to
deal only with members of ---------------------------­Fairfield
University's class of
1962-period.
Fortunately, however, the
members of our class have al­ready
evidenced an ease at get­ting
along together and cooper­ating-
so keeping an eye out
for class unity will be largely a
negative, watchdog sort of role.
Yet since our college is young,
with a tradition still to be made,
oositive programs will be of
first importance.
Social: This means more than
just the ordinary promise of
more dances. For the college is
a communal society. To a great­er
or lesser degree we feel our­selves
freed from home re­straints.
We live socially-inde­pendent
lives in the college
community. So as citizens of
this community we are going
to make sure we take an active
part in it. Freshmen are going
to see more and more of their
number elected to responsible
positions in the activity clubs
and exercising their right to
innovate traditions. Lou Zo-
I
wine, the new treasurer of the
Bridgeport Area Club; recently­chosen
executive board member
EDITORIAL • • •
January 22; 1959 THE'S TAG Page Three
B~ JOE MONAHAN
The roar of the crowd. the fierce adulation for the star,
the wild applause, the Ihrongs pressing around Iheir favorite,
demanding still more speclacular displays - sounds like the
baseball season, doesn'l it? Well, I'm not going 10 jump that
gun. AClually, I'm reminiscing aboul a very marvelous concert
I al1ended in December al Carnegie Hall.
When Ihe singer appeared on the slage, Ihe audience ex­ploded
inl0 somelhing approaching an ovation. This before she
had sung a nole. A similar ovalion followed her firsl group of
songs (';hich contained the only lwo songs in English - the
resl were, for Ihe mosl part, in German). After Ihe laler groups,
Ihe audience was so ardenl in its applause Ihal Ihe soprano,
was persuaded 10 do encores - seven in all. Al Ihe close of the
conc~rl, the audience rose 10 Iheir feet, cried "Bravo!", pushed
inl0 Ihe aisles, crowded aboul Ihe stage 10 admire the beautiful
artisl as she look bows wilh memories 10 lreasure for a long,
long lime.
This memorable artisl's name is Elisabelh Schwarzkopf, and
such a concerl proves Ihat she is undoubledly Ihe greatest
soprano of our age. She is also probably Ihe mosl beautiful
woman in music today: young, dark-haired, graceful, and ele­ganl.
Such excellenl physical characleristics (wilh which, alas,
all OlJera sinqers are nol blessed1 undoubledly conlribule to her
perfo"rmance.~ Bul in Ihe final a~alysis, Ihe grealness of the wo­man
lies in her artislry - il is so much a part of her nature,
Ihat she is able 10 become song. This mighl sound extreme,
but il is true. Take, for inslance, her rendition of Goethe's
ballad of Mignon, "Kennsl du das Land:' sel 10 music by Hugo
Wolf. There was no question of Miss Schwarzkopf's "acting out"
this noslalgic and poignanl plea. In her performance, Ihe music
exisled, as fullv and in Ihe only way Ihal music does, exist:
in the fusinq of lwo inlellects, composer's and performer's, to­gelher,
creating something concrele -and ordered in its realily.
And I mean so concrele Ihat such barriers as language and un·
familiarily were swept away; and one was confronted wi-th
a sincerity of feeling - a sense of perfecl expression-which
conveyed experience vividly and movingly.
Schwarzkopf's voice alone is so beautiful, thal she has in­stant
appeal to anyone who is al all fond of! music, whelher his
knowledge of il be greal or small.
There is no doubt aboul it; Elisabelh Schwarzkopf is a
singer of unforgel1able artistry and appeal. Don't miss Ihe chance
10 meet her.
by DON PREZIOSI
SUPPORT THE MISSIONS
WHICH SUPPORT THE
FAITH.
By E. ANDERSON 8z
J. DISTINTI
By RAY NALEWAJK
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Music Notes
CAMPUS PERSONALITY
Conversation between
and Euryalus
(or,
A Freshman Looks at Upcoming I
Exams) The followinq is a confidential report from the files of the
What are vou worried about? Dean of Resident-Students: -
You kno~ you'll get by. I This is the Universily. I work here. I'm a student
know just what you're going Friday nig.ht. Janu~ry ~6. 1959....
through, and brother, it isn't The mght b~gms. If one IS campussed. at 8:00 p.m.:
worth it. Don't get all nerved 8:00-Check m to Father C~ffre~ . '.• I down. 4 to go.
up about nothing. After all 8:15-Got back 10 T.V. set Just m hme to calch Ihe mIddle
you have a copy of last year'~ commercial on "Trackdown" ... left T.V. room .••
Greek exam. 8:40-SteaUhily sneaked into Gonzaga auditorium to see the
E Y h b t t 'll I 't h lp movie ... what a snap ... the reason it was so easy
When Arthur Einhorn sits down to play the piano, he does . ea, u s 1 can e . b h' . F 'd I f ~
worrying. Suppose our Quin- IS ecau.se ~ ere IS no mOVIe on rl ay . • . orgo~ •••
not read E. G. B. D. or F on a scale, but rather the A, B, C's of tus Q makes out a new one I 8:42-left audltorlum . , .
realty. He'is an old hand at music; so the tones come naturally. for th'is year? Then I'll real-, 8:45-decided 10 take short-cut to Loyola •.. through the
But he must pay attention to his new interest in real estate. ly be up the Tiber pond ...
Whether young Einhorn will become a house trading Iturbi or . k' 9:00-check in to Father Caffrey have nasly shark bite
a piano playing land baron depends on where the lots lie and ~. Ah, don': worry, Id; o~r on arm ... 2 down. 3 to go .
the bands play. Dear 01 magI~ter doesn. t 9:10-Father Caffrey gets me band-aid from Nurse's office ••
Right now though, Art is gathering an education in double even have the tIme. Take It I 9:55-Hemorrhaging ceases ...
time with an English major and an economics major. He is from a guy w~o k~ows;. all 10:00-carried in to Father Caffrey ... 3 down. 2 to go ..•
satisfying both sides of his nature, the aesthetic side and the Q.Q..has on h!s mI,nd n?ht i 10:15-arrive back at T.V. room in time 10 catch middle
practical side. It's: interesting to note that his interest in music now IS that tnp he s takmg commercial on "The Lineup" . . . disgustedly leave
and reality run a parallel course along with his majors in college. I to ~thens nex:t year to study T.V. room ...
Resourceful Art keeps his fingers running and his toes I EpIcurean phIlosophy. 10:30-gather some friends and we playa very windy game
tapping while playing the piano, organ, and accordion. He also, E. Aw, g'wan. of basketball in our "new" gym ...
teaches some children up in New Haven the rudiments of Chopin I' N. I'm tellin' you the truth, kid. 10:50-friend and I share a fifth of uncut Ronson lighter
and Franck every day after school. I had the dear man last year fluid ...
Arthur .loves music, especially after taxes. To some, music and it was the same way. lI:OO-stumble in to Father Caffrey ... 4 down. I to go •••
is an art, to others it is a pastime, and to others it is a way IE Yeah, but if he gives a new lI:IO-slumble in to huge ditch next to Gonzaga Hall •.•
of life. But to our Einhorn it is all three rolled into one 'one and I flunk it, I'll be very dark in there ..• a sobering experience • . •
including mak:ng a living. Few realize what a commodity sent back to Latium. And 1I:30-friends retrieve me ... "con" me inl0 going off the
music is: look into Les and Larry's wallet sometime. Arthur you know what' that means. campus ... hop in car and take off ..
soberly takes this into consideration with ~is musical .fo~a~s IN But kid, I'm tellin' you again 1I:40-go "down th~ road" and have a few beers and a
into the Catskills in New York and Wheelmg, West Vlrgmla . _ look, Quintus gave the ste~k .. " a plz~a ...
where he has recently played. same exam last year. And 11 :58---<arrlve qUIetly m fron~ of, Loyola •.
Besides playing with several bands in New Haven, Art oc- you expect him to change 1I:59-Fr. Caffrey shoots me m rlght leg wllh Swedish hunt-cas:
onally solo's at cocktail parties. As he keeps time with now? ing rifle from handy window •..
the clink of the glasses, he blends his music with the chatter E I ,. ht N' 12:00-limp in to Fr. Caffrey, all done ...
of the crowd. It doesn't make much difference whether anyone . ffuess lOU re rl~ '~sus; Trial was held in Resident Student Office. Loyola Hall. in
listens ,or not, since Art has his musician's union card tucked at ~r . a 'h YO~ ave
th
ee~ and for Fairfield Universily ... prisoner was given an indefinite
safely in his pocket. ~ u ~ng e!~ethonger dan t' number of niqhts such as this "to ponder world problems and
Arthur is not a Babbitt at the keyboard because he enjoys ou now a ems an ou s h 1 h' I' IN VINO VERITAS!
playing the classics for himself and his friends. Actually he of the academy. I'm sorry I ea IS eg ••• _
has found a safe location between radical artistry and rabble- doubted you. . . A ldl M· d
rousing plunking. N. Aw, forget it. You're still n e... tn
After graduation Arthur will fold his manuscripts in the just a kid, anyway. Now go
New Frontiers office and move into a music studio where he in there and fly through that
will teach the ki'ddies more music while he learns more about test. Here take mv medallion
selling and developing. It is almost certain that Arthur's first Ascanius gave ~e when I
client will have to buy a piano with the house, killed that Retulian scout,
It seems that if Art ever has to bury a talent in the ground, take it for luck.
it will be in the best soil on the best land around. Energetic E. Gee, Nisus, you're really
Einhorn will see that something grows, too. clever. The answers are
carved on the back. Gee,
Nisus.
Well, Euryalus is he I pin g
RCA Victor has released an the Christmas vacation I did uncle Marcus now on his farm
album titled "The Music of some research. in Latium. And it's too bad,
Peter Gunn", based on the TV Here are the results. really. He had such great po-serI
·es. One of the tunes is Some twenty years ago, these tenlftial. Moral? Decide for your-called,
"The Brothers Go To were among the most popular _se__. _
Mother's." ... "The Children's songs of the year: A FOGGYI
Marching Song" by Cyril Sta- DAY; I CAN DREAM, CAN'T SPLASH; IT'S ONLY MAKE
pleton's orchestra could very I?' THE LADY IS A TRAMP' BELIEVE, and so on down the
easily become the country's NICE WORK IF YOU CAN line.
next top disc ... at latest re- GET IT; SEPTEMBER IN THE Can you imagine anyone of
ports, the fabulous Jonah Jones R A IN; TOO MARVELOUS these becoming a standard?
has three of the ten top selling FOR WORDS, and WHERE OR Can you picture a singer step­jazz
albums. His "Swingin' on WHEN. There were quite a few ping in front of an audience,
Broadway", "J u m pin' with more of that caliber. ten years from now and singing,
Jonah", and "Muted Jazz" are Ten years ago - 1948 _ the "You know what I like" or
occupying ,the second, fifth and standard had already fallen off, "Splish, splash, I was takin' a
tenth spots respectively , . . but still hitting the popularity bath"?
Erroll Garner, continuing to lists were such as ALMOST Yet people ask why the sud­break
records as a solo concert LIKE BEING IN LOVE; ASK den success of the LP business.
artist, is set for Carnegie Hall ANYONE WHO KNOWS; A If we had to rely on the singles
on Jan. 23 , .. the fifth best- FELLOW NEEDS A GIRL; that are being issued today for
selling non-fiction book in the BUT BEAUTIFUL; BEYOND our musical diet, the mental in­country
is none other than Pat THE SEA and THERE BUT stitutions undoubtedly would
Boone's "Twixt Twelve and FOR YOU GO I. become even more jammed
Twenty". Now let's take a look at the than they are.
TANGENTS: Recently I was big songs of the past year. We _
discussing, with a few friends, were blessed with such gems
the lamentable state of the mu- as QUEEN OF THE SHOP; I
sic heard on the air today and GOT STUNG; ONE NIGHT;
it was agreed that most of to- BIRD DOG; C HAN TIL L Y
day's songs are trash. During ILACE; LITTLE STAR; SPLISH
Page Four THE STAG January 22. 1959
CISL Prepares
Convention Bills
Every year about the begin­ning
of March, civic-minded
student representatives of eigh­teen
or so colleges in the State
of Connecticut gather at the
golden-domed Capitol Building
,n Harftord to join the "mock
I
Legislature" which traditionally
has been called the Connecticut
Intercollegiate State Legislature
(C.I.S.L.) since its first session
in 1948.
Playing the role of a full
body of Sen"ators and Assembly­men,
for two days the students
go through the motions of gov­ernment
from the election of the
body's officers (such as Speaker
of the House, Majority and Mi­nority
Leaders) to committee
hearings, recommendations, and
the passage of bills. The stated
purpose of all this is to stimu­late
"further interest in govern­ment,
and to offer the experience
necessary for a practical under­standing
of it;" but through
newspaper coverage and other
publicity many persons see in it
a poll of collegiate opinion on
current issues in Connecticut.
On March 5th, 6th, and 7th
the Fairfield Delegation to
C.I.S.L. will go up to Hartford
to support the-Ii -candidate for
Speaker of the House, Bob
Kaulbach, and to present their
bills for passage in the Legis­lature.
The two bills being pre­sented
are Larry Washburn and
Frank Fullam's bill to mandate
the enforcement of the existing
law against literature of an ob­scene
nature, and Bill Lavery
The industrial management The old library has been all but vacant for the past year. Every and Vinny Craffillo's bill to re­program
was introduced at now and then we find a huge piece of machinery standing be- peal the Challenge Primary law.
Fairfield two years ago, and its fore Xavier. and we stare idly. The equipment received still Fairfield's delegation consists of
first students with this major stands idle. nul there is a sense of preparation about the future I eighteen men, including dele-will
be graduated in June. lab. now. gates and their alternates.
A reference library has been
added to the business set-up.
It will be placed in the room
between the accounting lab and
the workshop. It will contain
most of the information con­cerning
the machines and the
different types of technique in­volved.
One of the nation's few industrial .technique
laboratories on the college level will begin operations
here to enable industrial management students tore­ceive
first hand experience with business and produc­tion
problems.
INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT WORI{SHOP FILLS GAP
BETWEEN BOOI{ I{NOWLEDGE~ ACTUAL PROBLEM
In addition to the laboratory~>---------------­which
was in the planning and die operators that the lab
process for four years, exten- will exist; but to' enable the
sive field work has been ar- students to a~alyze" probl.ems
from an admIlllstratlve VIew­ranged
for the students through, point.
the cooperation of the greater I d t" 1 t
" -." n us na managemen ma-
Bndgeport mdustnes. jors will spend two hours a
The old library at Xavier has week in the lab, the time re­undergone
quite a change in 01'- placing one" of. their present
del' to house the industrial lab- courses. ThIS WIll suppl~ment
oratory which adjoines the cl~sses concerned. wIth mdus­Business
Office and the Ac- ~nal costs.. produc.tlOn and q':lal­counting
Laboratory. The com- IttYd controd1, "md0tlto~ land tIme
plete workshop will contain sur' an m us na procure­lathes,
drill presses, milling ma-; men.
chines, grinders, and a tool This is a unique feature of
crib. These are not scale size our business department. Bos­models,
but the actual equip- ton College is the only other
ment that will be encountered college in New England to offer
on the job. such a workshop, and a good
The primary use of the work- deal of advice has been gained
shop is for the industrial man- from them.
agement majors; however, it
must be shared with the ac­counting
majors who will use
it to determine cost studies, and
with the marketing majors who
will observe packaging and all
the other problems of the as­sembly
line.
The workshop was designed
in order to fill the gap between
book knowledge and the actual
problem that will be encount­ered
on the job. It is not to
make the students expert tool
Xavier Library Adapted To House Lab
January 22, 1959 THE STAG Page Five
Big Band Venture The
Best Entertainment
Paul Kane. the man who has
brought the most potentially
enjoyable week-end to Fairfield,
being interviewed by Bob O'­Neill.
The Gathering Of Nationally-I{nown Talents
For Carnival The Unique Worl{ Of Paul I{ane
I " •
Deans Told Neighbor - Like World One-Act Play Planned
In Forensics Festival
Directed by Simon Harak
ever since its founding in 1948,
the club enjoys one of the top
berths in Fairfield's extra­curricula
life. Its repertoire in­cludes
anything from current
Broadway hits to spirituals and
religious selections. Solo num­bers
and lighthearted renditions
by the Campus Minstrels and
the Bensonians to the music of ITesi Sullivan, Bob Shepard and Mike James of the Carnival
(Con't on Page 7) CommiUee talk over one of Les Elgart's hit recordings.
"Tops in Town"
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Fairfield, Conn.
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OutO·f State Trips Spread
Narne Of Fairfi'eld Farther
By MICHAEL T. KIERNAN
Fairfield's ambassadors of good will and song-the
85-man Glee Club-will compete in a two day compe­tition
to be held at the University of Scranton on
April 11-12. This announcement and plans to expand
the number of road trips made by the group, were
revealed in a recent interview with Jack Kelly '59,
its president.
The new schedule will find~>-.------------­warbles
in five states: Connec­ticut.
New York, New Jersey,
Massachusetts and Pennsyl­vania,
It is hoped by this ex­pansion
the fame of the club
will spread ,enabling further
growth.
Highlight of the season will
be the Jersey competition of
April 11-12 featuring eight male
glee clubs from the top Catholic
schools on the Eastern Sea­board.
Run under the auspices
of the Scranton University Glee
Club the two-day meet will
open' Saturday night with a
general concert of the combined
glee clubs. S,:nday, a Solemn Relations Need Language Fluency
High Mass will be sung by a . On Feb. 13th to 15th young
combined group in the scran-I ----. $> Thirty-five delegates from men and women from the twen- Paul Kane, Winter Carnival
ton Cathedral. • Jesuit colleges throughout New ty - five Cat hoI i c colleges chairman, took the reins this
Actual competition will be Debaters Lack Funds England, New York, and MarY-I throughout New England will year with one thought in mind:
held Sunday afternoon, each IF H d T 'land converged on Fairfield' gather here for the Forensics greater student participation.
club sI'nging two numbers. One or arvar ,ourney December 21 to begin a three Festival which is bem. g spon- Aggre"sslve m h'IS th'mk'mg,
number is standard for all eight There exists here in Fairfield day session of discussions of sored by the N.E. Region of the confident in his fellow students,
groups; one is at the discreti?n U. an organization that, perhaps, current problems in the Jesuit N.F.C.C.S. . he has offered the student body
of he club. The win.ners wIll spreads the school name farther d t' 1 t the best program of winter
be announced at a dmner. f 0 I- than even the glee club . .. e Tucha IOdna .sys temt.h f th Contestants for prizes in de- . 1 t' 't' to date e omman erne 0 e bating, ex tempore speaking, carnlva ac IVI les .
lowing the afternoon seSSIOn. That organization is the St. convention was the relation of When Mr. Kane submitted his
Schools r.epresented a.t the Robert Bellarmine Debating So- original oratory, dramatic decla- h S d t C '1 . The National Defense Educa- mation and one act plays will views to t e tu en ounci m
gathering mclude ,PrOVidence ciety, made up of a group of t'IOn Act fo1958na d sI'ml'lar make the weekend unique for seekI'ng the post of chaI'rman' College, St. John s College men dedicated to the art of per- J,egi.s1a'tI'On affect'mg the sch 001 its variety of entertainmept and they were cent ered a r 0 und the
(Brooklyn, N. YJ, Le Moyne suasive speaking. system'ast1 perta'med t 0 three high competitive spir'it. Bob Ly- h 0 tlydebat e d quest1'on of (Syracuse, N. Y.), Kings College The Society's president is the fi ld fl' d' d h th t h b'g e
C e s 0 earnmg Iscusse: ons and Steve Ryan, co-chair- weer 0 ave a I nam
(Wilkes-BarFe, Pa.), Holy ross, able Bill Margiotta, a tireless ph 1 h th t' d b d t P 1 f It th t h Boston College, Scranton Uni- worker who has debated some 0 osop y, rna emaRICS, aEnd men of the N,F. Forensics Com- abn odr no.ld abu . e t ah tsuthc modern languages. ev. - mission, have said that appro- a an wou e JUS w a e
versity and Fairfield. of the finest schools in the East. mund B, Rooney, preSI'dent f . 1 ddt k th 0 priate awards will be presented carmva nee e 0 spar e
THREE OTHER TOURS Fr. Donoghue is the moderator the J esUl't Educat'IOn Assocl.a- to the first-place winners in each student b d He al 0 o· ted 0 y. s p m
Mr. Kelly said the club, while and Fr. Nickerson is the coach. tion, addressed the assembled category, and that a trophy will out that a consiaerable amount
continuing to present its usual How does this society spread delegates on this topic, 'as it be awarded to the school with of money could be saved if the
number of concerts in the area, the name of Fairfield so far and affected colleges in general and the highest ove'r-all point score. I formal were he.ld at the Ritz
would take to the road for the so well? Here's one example. In Jesuit institutions in particular. Ballroom in Bndgeport rather
first time for a concert February the recent B row n U. debate Rev. Edward Sponga, rector The schedule for the week- than at the Longshore Country
8 with Mt. St. Vincent's in tournament Fairfield entered of Woodstock College, spoke on end, to come out a~ soo~ as co~- Club, and in turn this saving
New York. two teams, one affirmative and the place of philosophy in the ~estants fimsh regIstratIOn, Will could be allocated to the band.
March 8 will find them in one negative. Both these teams A. B. curriculum; and Rev. mclude a full-scale ban~uet Besides this fact, the Ritz offers
Morristown, N. J. for an after- placed at the hal.f way mark in Raymond Swords, the chairman sClaltled forhthat
h
Saturldaydmght. accommodations for one hun­noon
concert with the girls of the final standmgs. Together of the mathematics department 0 eges t at ave a rea y en-' dred more couples than the
8t. Elizabeth's College. they beat such teams as George- t H 1 C g h' t lk tered contestants are: College of elegant Lon g s h 0 r e Country
A concert April 5 in Lenox, town, Morgan Sta~e. Boston Col- a 0 y ross, ave IS a .on Our Lady of the Elms, Holy Cl b
Mass. wI'll seem ll'ke old home l.ege, e.tc. ImmedIately follow- the new appr?aches ~o teachmg Cross Boston College Albertus u.
mathematIcs m the hIgh schools. M ' R' St J' h" Needless to say Paul was
week when the Stags serenade mg thiS tournament, the corres- Our own Fr. Leeber, assistant Hagt~usd el5JsA . -::rser: ~ I]n elected chairman and immedi-the
men of Shadowbrook and ponding secretary of the club professor of modern languages 1 ar .or p a~ ~na ana 0 - ately set into action a commit­its
rector Fr. Lawrence C. received invitations to the Har- delivered a paper entitled "Th~ ege m ax on, ass. . tee of aggressive workers who
Langguth, S. J. Fr. Langguth vard, M.LT., Barnard, Brooklyn Place of Modern Langua~es in .An.y student on th~s campus shared his views. In charge of
was Fairfield University's first Poly Tech, and othe: t~urna- the Liberal Arts Curriculum." wlshmg to comp~te m any of pUblicity, Paul Fear; entertain­dean
and later executive assist- ment~. B~fore the SOCIety s fine Fr. Leeber brought out the the a~ove categones should con- . ment, Gene Purcell; jazz con­ant.
This trip will also provide showmg m the Brown tourna- need of the knowledge of some tact eIther Bob Lyons or Steve Icert, Mike James; ticket sales,
an excellent opportunity to ment, how many of th~se sch?ools foreign language as vital to Ryan. Dick Cummings; finances, Ed
view the newly constructed had ever heard of ~alrfield: America's relation to the world. Borimo; Queen contest, Roger
facilities at Shadowbrook. ~o th~ough Deb~tmg SO~Iety, "We are", as he put it, "next- tion, as it affected Jesuit col- Gerrity; communion breakfast,
In announcing these additions FaIrfield s name IS mentIOned door neighbors to the world to- leges, and how these three Des Sullivan; design and dec­to
the touring schedule, Mr. from the cobblestone str:ets of day", and a fluency in the phases of education will be ad- oration, Tom Roach and Mike
Kelly explained that while it Boston to the sunn~ hIlls of tongue of our "next-door neigh- vanced because of that legisla- McDonnell; favors, Bob Shep­would
cut down considerably l\!aryland: The men m the so- bor" is a pre-requisite to under- tion.The fruit of these labors ard.
the study tl'me of members, the clety realIze the good that thoey standing him and his problems WI'11 become mam'fest as the Procuring the n.ght band
h andI·cap would ntob·e"koo great c. an tdho the sch. ool bty appearmt g (as well as his threats to us). J esUl't educat'IOna1 syst em rec- proved to be a very exasperat-th
t 't ld t b In 'ese varIOUS ournamen s. . ddt t th d
a, 1. cou no,. e overcome But yet, they have had to re- The best way to understand a ogmzes an a ap s 0 e a - ing job. Having contacted ten
b.y a SImple budgetmg of study fuse an invitation to the Har- nation's culture, manner of vantages to further education bands (names like Ellington,
tIme. vard tournament, the biggest in thinking, and national mental- which such legislation affords. Maltby, Dorsey, and Elgart),
the East, because of a lack of ity is through the ability to they finally struck a bargain
I
funds and support. To enter the converse with the native di- with Les and Larry for a re-
Brown tournament, the society rectly, or to read his literature ported $1750, but not before
had to ask the Student Council in his language. This need for E,th"leaI considerable price bickering.
bare minimum and had to pay men who can translate foreign I Paul approached the Student
for their meals out of their own works, journals, papers, etc., is h Council with this offer and con-pocket.
Now the Student Coun- most striking in the fact that P armaey vinced them that the band's
cil has no money at all, because literally hundreds of Russian price was very good. The Coun-of
the Carnival, so the debate scientific papers are collecting cil agreed and also set the price
society has nothing to work on. dust in some Pentagon office, for the pack9,ge deal at a very
Perhaps, in the future, the ad- for want of a translator. One 1260 Main St. reasonable $10.50.
ministration could work out a need not mention just how im- Thus Paul succeeded in his
suitable budget for this import- portant this phase of linguistics BRIDGEPORT efforts to bring a big-band
ant organ of Fairfield's publicity is now! sound to the Winter Carnival.
campaign. The three talks, then, re- In order not to place too much
(Con't on Page 6) volved around the new legisla- (Con'! on Page 6)
Page Six THE STAG January 22, 1959
REASONABLE RATES
Fairfield Laundromat
CLOTHES v
WASHED and DRIED
A new oevent was added to
the social calendar of Fairfield
U. last Saturday night-a Skat­ing
Party. According to com­mittee
member Larry Crane, it
was far more successful than
anyone, even the most optimis­tic
of those on the committee
consisting of himself, Dick Cum­mings,
Walt Beliveau, Bill Cur­ley
expected.
The committee, part of the
Six Point Program of the Igna­tian
Council, Knights of Colum­bus,
originally conceived of the
idea around Thanksgiving and
the plans were laid. A private
pond in Greenfield Hill was
chosen for its quiet and pic­turesquoe
setting. Then letters
were sent to the various girls'
colleges in the area. A few of
the schools responded but not
as many as were expected. This,
combined with a seeming lack
of interest on campus, made the
committee members a little
wary of its success during the
week preceding the event. .
Then came the night of the
party. An unexpected bus from
N'ew Rochelle arriv.ed with fifty
girls aboard. Another bus this
time from Good Counsel ar­rived
with an additional fifty..
A few carloads came from
Mount St. Vincent's and also
from St. Vincent's N u r sin g
School in Bridgeport. And fin­ally
the hosts themselves were
well represented with about
ninety moen.
The five minute shuttle ser­vice
between Loyola Hall and
the pond was carried off with­out
any confusion and soon
everyone was skating. When the
skaters got cold they huddled
around one of thoe bonfires which
enhanced the pond-bank. If th~y
were hungry they received some
pastry and good warm coffee
from Larry Kelly and his help­ers.
Finally w hen everybOdy
was tired, thoey retreated to the
bonfires and all harmonized in
a songfest.
Everyone who attended was
sorry to see the evening end,
and is looking forward to the
next one which will be held
sometime in thoe second semes­ter.
Bill Kramer
1227 Post Road Fairfield
Opp. Post Office
Greenfield Hill Skating
Party Was Warmly Welcolued
II A few of the guys and dolls taking a spell from the ice tha.t
Saturday night.
English: REFORM SCHOOL CLASS
JOYCE BASCH. PENN. STATE
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Eng IS • ..
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English: VALISE FOR A TRUMPET
DEBATING
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This year, for the first time
in about six years, the St. Thom­as
More Debate Society has been
reactivated. This group has up­wards
of twenty members and
will provide the necoessary flow
of talent to keep the parent so­ciety
on top of the debating
heap.
help the unity that our young
school needs.
The motion was passed unani·
mously by the Council.
Thinklish translation: To
smuggle loot, this fellow dons his
plunderwear. For str.eet lighting, he
wears a rumblesuit. He totes his
burglar tools in thuggage. The only
honest thing about him is the Luckies
in his pocket. (Like law-abiding folk,
he enjoys the honest taste of fine
tobacco!) In the old days, he'd be
called a robbin' hood. Today, this
churlish but altruistic chap is a
(good + hoodlum) goodlum!
Product of ~~d'~-"d'~isour middle name"
Get the genuine article
Get the honest taste
of a LUCKY STRIKE
The carnival will end on a
good note with the traditional
perform'ance of the Glee Club.
PUT IN A GOOD WORD AND MAKE $25
We're paying $25 each for the hundreds of Think­lish
words judged best! Thinklish is easy: it's new
words from two words-like those on this page.
English: INSECT·COUNTER
Eng/ish: MAN WHO STEALS FROM
THE RICH AN.D. GIVES TO THE POOR
CIGARETTES
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emphasis on the formal, the com-mittee
stressed the importance FOOTBALL TEAM
of the other weekend events by
adding new life to them. (Can't from Page 1)
The Jazz Concert now has The Council then appointed
two drawing cards. The Kai Mr. Lessing and Mr. Maher as
Winding Septet for the prog- the mediators between the stu­ressives,
and the Penn. Six dent body and the administra­Pence
for the fans of Dixie- tion in regard to the action to
land. This promises to be the be followed an this mdtion.
big surprise of the carnival. Something like this can only be
The informal also has the accomplished if full support of
the student body is had. This
Six Pence, with the added at- movement has been mentioned
t ract I·On af a profeS'SlOnaI dance to representatives of other I Art Mannio_n
team, and a dance contest. schools in the same situation I The Vet's Post-Prom Party,
Sunday will find the Com- and similar action is planned. I the oldest - the traditional­munion
Breakfast, serving ba- Again it is stressed that Post-Prom Party, is being
can and eggs after an 11 a.m. only full cooperation on the held this year at the K. of C.
Mass in Loyola. The guest part of the administration and! Hall close by Fairfield Cen­speaker
is Fr. Coughlin, Dean Ithe student body can make an I tel'. Make this $4.00 four hours
of the Graduate School of Edu- idea like this not only a hopeful a memorable par t of your
cation. dream but a pleasant reality, to Carnival week-end!
CARNIVAL
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GLEE CLUB
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accompanist Joe Luciano round
out the programs.
The club, cited by Hartford
Courant columnist T. H. Parker
as "one of the outstanding
choral groups of the region",
rehearses twice weekly in 2%
hour sessions.
Fr. John P. Murray, S.J. in
facuIty advisor.
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A United Europe Is Viewed By
A Former Guest Of The IRe
Algerian problem which may W·II L bo 0 M make it difficult for France to I a r r anagement
impliment her obligations in a
~eeratYco~~O~~~~tl~ri;~~an~~~ Capitalize On The Upturn?
ments.
Wish Of Charlemagne ~ , The prospects for a United By PETER NEGRI
The Reality Of Spaak IPCI?lol'tll.iensg. of peaceful nuclear fa- Europe are good. Obstacles are I "The recession is definitely behind us but its scar will
serious but union will eventu~l-Iremain in 1959." The recession is over. It was short and not
The possibilities of a United Dr. Karp mentioned the out- ly come about. European umty sweet." These are some of the comments from the economists
Europe, gaining currency by the standing factors precipitating IS a European pr.oblem and U.S. and leading businessmen throughout the country. The economists
birth of the European Common I the enthusiasm for a United ~~~ourageme~t IS all ~hat. we are qualifying their optimism saying that business will have its
Market on Januarv 1 were dis_I Europe. The first was that trans- 0d DaccomplIsh at thIS tIme, soft spots-namely unemployment low capital spending
cussed by Dr. Bas-il K'arpIat the portation and Communication salD Br K'1arKp ' farm'mcome sI"lppmg, and the consu"mers' reluctance to loosen,
most recent lecture presented faciilties we r e greatly im- . r. aSI arp IS an educ~- their purse strings this year.
by the Public Affairs-Interna- proved. German occupation of tlOn consul.tant for Th~ Amen- Unemployment will continue higher than before the re­tional
Relations Club. have made the people realize can ~~m~lttee.on ?mted Eur- cession. Business has improved but not enough to absorb the
The talk of Dr. Karp pointed the need for cooperation. The f~c~ted eon °l~~~toe~ S5~t~C~~ are unemployed along with ~he new workers just entering the work
out the fact that we are bound coup d'etat in Czechoslovakia in N Y k T:s . reet force. Nearly four mIllIon are out of jobs and the immediate
up with the happenings of Eur- awakened Europe especially to is he:;ed ~r P leH°z;amza~~n prospect for a resumption of pay checks is not good. During
ope whether we want to be or the danger of its security. C 'tt Yo au 0 man. e the slump employers learned to be more efficient.
not. He stated that it is not only Psychologically the hope for a a~:r;:~a~~igreS ~~coura1eme~t Automation in industry is going ahead at such a fast slip
the scientific revolutions but the better world after the suffering vate organ~ t~SSIS a?ceWo tpn- that fewer workers are able to turn out more and more products
lza IOns m es ern II th t' MI' . .
political revolutions all around of two world wars has been a Europe that conduct pro rams a .e lme. any emp oyers fill mcreasmg busmess order~ .by
the world which are affecting basic element in the desire for in support of 't' d E
g
workmg those already on the payroll longer hours before hlrmg
U 'tdE''. a um europe. others.
us. In tracing the development a m europe. The actIVItIes of these groups' . .
of the desire for a United The European Defense Com- include conferen, cseems'Inars f' Th'IbS refl'utctabnce. to hIre IS spurred by the rising cost of Europe Dr. Karp pointed out munity would have greatly pav- exchange programs th t' ~ rmge ene 1 s usmessmen must pay workers. Employers pay
the influence of the Marshall ed the way for political unity vities and research 'p~~~cat:~ 1 each worker an average of $981 annually in "indirect pay";
Plan, which encouraged a basis Ibut .i~ failed because of French In th~ United States, the Co~~ therefore they can pay th~ir present workers a consiedrable
of international instead of na- 0hostIlIty based on fears of a mittee provides an information amount of overtIme before It becomes economical to add other
tional recovery, after the Sec- re~armed Germany, Dr. Karp service on European unification workers.
ond World War. saId. and encourages public discus- .In regards to thi.s lab~r unions feel that. if employers are
The Schuman Plan proposed Encouraged by COingress", sion of such measures as the get.tmg more productIOn. WIth fewer men the mcreased produc-in
1950 and enacted in 1952 ex-president Truman and Pres- Common Market Euratom and tIVlty should be shared m the form of higher wages. Business­which
proposed a European coai Iident Eisenhowe: added to the Free Trade' Area. It has men, on the other hand, are trying to regain their recession
and steel community of six na-; European enthUSIasm. As a sponsored speaking tours and losses. .. . .
tions, was the first real SteD third force in the world, a public appearances by leading The fore~as.t for an mcr~ase m mdustry spendmg for capital
forward for a United Europe. United Europe is most likely to Europeans, including Winston layout m bUIldmgs an~ eqUIpment is not healthy. This is based
The plan ended discriminatory add up to a stronger ally for the Churchill and Konrad Aden- on current. over-capacl~y, an after-effect of the expansion ex­freight
rates between nations U.S., since it would be more auer. The Com mit tee also penenced m pr~-reCe~SlO? yea:s. At the same time businessmen
and increased coal and steel independent. This is to say that awards a scholarship for gradu- are ~ore cautIOUS. m mvestmg their money for equipment,
production. a Europe which does not feel ate study at the College of Eur- watchmg technologIcal advances, and waiting for the bugs to
The Common Market initi- inferior in a partnership with ope in Bruges, Belgium. Ibe removed. ..
ated in 1955 was formulated by the U.S. will make a better Consumer spendmg IS one of the unpredictables. Many
an inter-governmental commit- ally. Two allies, both strong, FORU,M families are still affected by unemployment or lack of the
tee headed by Belgium's, Henri make for a better relationship, overtime pay they were accustomed to, making them hesitant
Spaak. This went into effect said Dr. Karp. (Con't from Page 1) about buying durable goods. These people who are unsure
Jan. 1st of this year. As for obstacles in the way the audience can argue with all about their jobs don't want to put themselves into any more
Another step was Euratom of a United Europe Dr. Karp of them. debt than is possible.
which was an agreement for the 0listed: Europe's past history, the Now another idea grows into On the other side of the fence, the threat of inflation which
a reality and the Fairfield U. is promised to resume in 1959, will serve as a stim~lus to
campus will grow in culture spending. With this threat of inflation people would rather
intellectual stimulation, and buy now than save for a higher-costing future.
knowledge. Thanks to the idea Farm income will go down in 1959 due to a decline in farm
of two students and the co-op- prices and lower federal price supports.
eration of the whole faculty,
Fairfield will continue to grow
intellectually as well as ma­terially.
Page Eight T. H ES TAG January 22, 1959
Going' All The Way
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while Ed Call's squad has also
racked up two victims handily.
Paul Rudd's team, which ap­peared
to be moving up the lad­der
with two victories after an
opening loss, had th'eir hopes
dimmed when Davy Jones was
lost for the season with a brok­en
leg. Ed Call's club also lost
their high scorer when Jim
Mooney joined Coach Emil
Garofalo's Freshmen team. A
Senior. The Freshmen have more even Frosh league is pre­played
a few more games than dieted as soon as the players
the upper circuit and two t'eams get accustomed to each other.
are tied for the crown. Jack The top scorers in this league
Doyle's club has knocked off Iso far are Danny Brown, Roddy
John McCrosson's and John Dowling, Gene Papa, and Jim
Brown's tea m s impressively Mooney.
Intramural'Team
Playoffs Close
Will It Go In?
After two and a half weeks
of intramural competition it
seems that this well balanced
league will not be decided until
the last game. In the Senior cir­cuit
"WAtoose" McGivnes' and
Tad Dowd's teams are leading
the pack with two victories
while John Tiscornia's team has
one victory. The best perform­ance
of a player so far has been
. the 32 points scored by John
Gibbons when he led Dowd's
team to a victory over Bob
Lyon's crew. To illustrate the
balance in the Senior division
you only have to point out that
the biggest point spread was the
eleven points when Buzz Gar­rity's
team whipped Gerry Fer­ris'
crew 44-33. The highest
point men in the Senior circuit
so far have been Gibbons and
Czarnota.
In the Frosh circuit t h'e r e
---------------<@>doesn'tseemtobethesame
the fast b r'e a k s 'amount of balance as in the
annual sea-faring An interesting point is the
fact that the students organized
this league last year and it has
been brought up to par by the
able guidance of John Creed
and Father Catlery. The mem­bers
of each team pay for the
use of the gym and for the im­partial
referees.
NEXT HOME GAMES:
ADELPHI - FEBRUARY 11;
RIDER, FEBRUARY 14.
Mike Mullen
SPORTS PERSONALITY
By TOM'UNGERLAND
While spending an afternoon Icoveted honor in the Metropoli­or
two in the Bridgeport Ar- tan Area. thinking on
mory where the varsity basket- Checking back over past re-I against our
ball team schedules their prac- cords at Fairfield we came across rivals.
tices, we were e~pecially pleased !"1ik~'s excellent scoring record This aggressive, high class
at .the outstandmg pl~y of one m hIS sophomore year. ~e m~n-I ball seeems to be nothing new
of ItS members. Small m stature aged to complement thIS wIth to the Mullen family however
but to~s in spirit, Mike Mullen, ~ great r:umber of assists, attest- We understand th~t Mike'~
a semor gu~rd on t?e team mg to hIS heads~up ball an.d fi~e Iyounger brother, John who is
re~lly puts ~n a day s work. ~eam wor~. Jumor year ~Ith ItS how a freshman at Fairfield,
MIke, who halls from the Bronx, mc~ease In school cur~Iculum'hopes to follow in th'e family
N.Y., was chosen ~he l?ost valu- (MIke IS an A.B. Enghsh rna-I footsteps. If so. he has big shoes
able player on hl~ hIgh sch?ol Jor, who hopes to att'end law. to fill and a hard fought repu­team,
St. Helena s. Watchmg school) we found Mr. Mullen Itation to uphold.
his top-notch ball handling and still holding down his position
smooth d'efense, it is obvious as the team's best "pressure
why he was also chosen honor- player." Those who were pre­able-
mention in the All-City sent at the recent Kings Point
Classic in New York-a highly game will recall Mike's quick
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2. Would you rather be (A) the designer of
the first successful space vehicle to the
moon, or (B) the first man to ride in it?
Do }f)u Think for Yourself ?t::::Urr.E~~u:;;~~~,
":~:" %dJ l?>. 1. If you get stuck on a crossword puzzle, D D ~~ --~~~('~5. Would you prefer to play tennis with D 0 ? -q::.., U
A
do you (A) finally refer to a dictionary, A 'B ~),,,~,,.~~~ an.opponent you know to be (A) not A B
<./ or (B) leave the puzzle unfinished? o.,"?)~,,· qUIte so good as you, or (B) a
~ slightly better player?
\~ ~ r·, 6. In deciding whether to see a movie, D 0 . , are you more influenced by (A) what A B
\ a casual friend tells you about it, or
.' ';>: (B) what you know of the cast and story?
~.,~~ 3. If you were faced with two tasks, one
.
c-: .po \ pleasant and the other unpleasant,
~ ~ would you first do (A) the unpleasant
~ k\ ': task, or (B) the pleasant task?
I·.\\~ .
If you were a multimillionaire, would
you rather have (A) everyone know it,
or (B) only a very few know it?
pack or
crush­proof
@ 1959. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. box.
~.~.~. _.-~ 8. Do you take more notice of someone's
·,V ' (A) good looks, or (B) good manners?
, -
If you're the kind of person who thinks for
yourself . . . you use judgment in your
choice of cigarettes, as in everything else.
Men and women who think for themselves
usually smoke VICEROY. Their reason?
Best in the world. They know that only
VICEROY has a thinking man's filter and
a smoking man's taste.
*1f you checked (A) on three out of the first
four questions, and (B) on four out of the last
five . .. you really think for yourself!
9. When making your choice of a
filter cigarette, do you (A) act
on the basis of what someone
tells you, or (B) think it
through for yourself?
4. If you find you aren't doing well in
an activity, do you (A) concentrate
on it to improve your performance, or
(B) devote your attention to things in
which you do excel?
The Man WhoTh.enk·s Lor H.·mself Knows ONLY VICEROY HAS A THINKING MAN'S Tl - FILTER ••• A SMOKING MAN'S TASTE!
Page Nine
Down by 15 points in the first
half, Fairfield roared back in
the second half only to have
time run out against a supris­ingly
strong Yeshiva team. The
big factor in this upset was our
numerous personal fouls and
our poor foul shooting. Our
overall shooting percentage was
high, but foul shooting was· our
downfall. High man for Fair­field
was Harry Hyra with ·15
points and tied for second with
11 points were Eddie Diskowski
and Artie Crawford.
On December 15, the stags of
Fairfield University played host
to the powerful Friars of Pro­vidence
College. Led by their
sophomore star, Johnnie Egan,
the Friars were picked by pre­season
polls as the team to beat
~n the East Coast, but in the
forty minutes of play that fol­lowed
it was evident that Fair­field
was not the team to do it.
The main factor in the out­come
was due to a superior zone
defense on the part of Provid­ence
and poor outside shooting
on Fairfield's part, as is evident
by the fact that we made only
three of twenty-six shots in the
first half, thirteen for sixty-nine
for the whole game: an out­standing
19% shooting per­centile.
High man for the Stags
was Eddie Diskowski with 19
points.
FINAL SCORE: FAIRFIELD
32-PROVIDENCE 64.
Aided by the elbow of an unidentified Kings Point player, high.
jumping Pat Kelly nets two more as Vin Alvino watches.
The Bridgeport Brass Recrea­tion
Center was the scene and
the occasion was the annual
League battle between the Ma­riners
of Kings Point and the
Stags of Fairfield University.
Right from the opening buzzer
the Stags took a commanding
lead on three consecutive jump
By JOE McNAMARA
The lona Gaels swept to their tenth win in a row
over the Stags as they jumped off to an early lead and
then coasted to an easy 99-67 victory, in a contest at
New Rochelle on Jan. 13. George Carter with 28 points
and Jim Raysor with 2~ led the Gael attack, while
Artie Crawford with 14 points was high man for the
Stags.
The lona five raced off to a~-------""-----
quick 18-2 lead while complete- shots by Pat Kelly. Using their
ly dominating the first five min- height to great advantage, the
utes of the game. By halftime Men in Red dominated play at
the Gaels had rolled up a con- both ends of the court and in
vincing 53-32. For the rest of the final analysis out-rebounded
the game the Gaels managed the smaller Mariners 74 for
to continue their fine outside Fairfield, 52 for Kings Point.
shooting hitting at the fine rate They not only led in the re­of
56% of their field attempts. bounding department but also
FINAL SCORE: FAIRFIELD made 50% of their shots, which
99 _ IONA 67. is high score for the team
thus far this season. High man
for Fairfield was Frank Mc­Gowan
with 14 points; Pat
Kelly was a close second with
13 points.
FINAL SCORE: FAIRFIELD
82-KINGS POINT 56.
THE STAG
Stag Hoopsters Drop Thriller
To A Powerful B.C. Quintet
Red Hot Frosh Co Diskowski Crawford Account
Five Of Six Games For 2 WirZs In Holida Games
A fine Fairfield Freshmen Y
team has gotten away to a fast
start in winning 5 of their first
6 games. Their only loss was to
a tall, strong FOFdham five by
8 points in a fiercoely contested
ball game. The team has beaten
the St. Peter's and the lona
Frosh.
Leading the young Stags has
been former St. Francis Prep
star Bill Shin who has been
averaging 18 points a game. A
former toeammate for Bill, Bob­by
Jenkins, has also been play­ing
fine ball for the Garofalo
squad in the backcourt.
He has been backed by Mike
Touhy who is also averaging
double figures and by the fine,
scrappy ballplayer from New
Canaan, Mark Kelley. Devin
Doolin and John Mullen have
also been strong players during
the early season play.
By LARRY LESSING
January 22, 1959
What started out as one of the brightest seasons
in Fairfield's brief athletic history, has become one
of the darkest and strangest of any Fairfield sports
endeavor. It is nota season where there is any notable
defficiency in any department, but one where the
team shows an inability to play together.
Even here, however, no blanket statement can be
made, as many of the players have shown a strong
tendency to play with the others, only to be forced
by the lack of return passes to shoot themselves, re- Back
gardless of the untenability of the individual shots.
This leads to chaos and many missed opportunities.
At this stage of the season the Stags have taken 45,
shots more than their opponents, while losing 4 out I
of their first 7 games.
Three of the first four losses have been to so-called I
"big name" clubs, and a first half panic has been devas­tating
in each case. The other loss was to Yeshiva
in an important Tri-State game, it can be attributed
to an uncalled for spirit of over-confidence on the
part of the Stag players, which was at least partially
atoned for by the spirited rally in the closing minutes
which saw a 14 point Yeshiva lead disintegrate, becom­ing
two points in the last minute of the contest.
Farifield's wins had been so convincing that it
seemed the Stags couldn't lose to anyone, but
obviously this isn't true. What will happen during the
remaining two-thirds of the season depends on the
teams ability to function as a unit, its ability to get IThe happy grin on Den Dowd's
rid of those first half blues and its ability to break a face indicates he's glad to be
d L ' 1 '. .. back on the job after a nineteen
goo zone. et s ook at a few Important statIstIcs to day vacation afforded by the
get a better view of the season. Metropolitan newspaper strike.
The teams leading scorer and foul shooter is co- Den earns his extr~ money as
. .. . .,. campus representahve for the
captam Ed DISkowskl. He has hIt for 10 pomts, hlttmg New York Times and The Her-on
42 shots out 122 attempts for a percentage of 27 %. aId Tribune.
From the foul line Ed has hit 25 out of 32 tries. Eddie l-----------------------
has also been strong under the boards as he has
garnered 63 rebounds for an average of 9 a game and
third place on the squad.
Artie Crawford, whose fine play this season has
been one of the rays of light in an otherwise dismal After a long Christmas break, Fairfield's hoopsters
start, is the teams leading rebounder with 76. and also returned to the basketball wars against the powerful
its most accurate shooter having hit 22 out of 43 from Eagles from Boston College in the beautiful new B. C.
the floor. Artie is presently averaging 8 points a game. gym. The highly touted Eagles who had previously
Pat Kelly is hitting better than 9 a game, has hit beaten UConn and Holy Cross were expected, ac­29
out of 78 shots from the floor for an average of 35 %. cording to pre-game ,predictions to run away with
Joe Flanagan has hit 23 out of 64 from the floor the game.
which is also about a 35% shooting mark. Joe is the It appeared as if they were~
going to do just that as they the game open. Both teams then
teams second best rebounder with 69. jumped o~ to a 20-10 l~ad at traded baskets until the game
Frank McGowan has hit for 47 points rippling the ten mmute mark. ThIS was ended with the score 66-56.
_the cords for a 28% shooting mark. Frank has also not to be the case. Magee, who seems to live off
k d if 46 b d After traIlmg 32-18 at the Fairfield as many well remem-pic
e 0 ,re oun s. half, the Stags ca~e to life and ber fro~ last year, was B. C.'s
Vinnie Alvino in the backcourt has been doing turned the game mto .a conte~;. high scorer, coming through
his best to move the ball but that is something that Paced. by EddIe DI~kowsk1s with crucial baskets when they
, ' long Jump shots, Artie Craw- . 'th 22 can t be done alone. Joel Cherrytree and Harry Hyra ford's stron,g rebounding, which needed and endmg up WI
points. He was followed in the
have been valuable back court shooters for the Stags even had the B. C. fans gasp- B. C. scoring column by the
thus far. Iing and Joe Flannigan's work- flashy sophomore Chuck Chev-
. horse play under the boards, r h h d 16
If the team can get together there IS still no reason the Stags roared back and out- a Ier, w 0 a .
why they can't take the Tri-State League, despite the scored the Eagles 17-10, making Coach George Bisacca's Stags
th 42 35 'th e'ght min were sparked by Co-Captain strong obstacles in their path, namely strong Adelphi e score - WI . I . - DI'skowskl', who was the game's
. ., .. . utes to go. Coach Dmo Martm
and even stronger FairleIgh DICkmson. DespIte the then signalled for a time out top scorer with 24 points, fol-squads
early misadventures the school is still solidly in .orde;- to settle ~is boys do~n. lowed by Joe Flannigan and
behind them and . will. be for the res.t of the season if IWIth time back m, two qUlck Art Crawford who garnered 12 hoops by John Magee and and 9 points respectively.
the team lIves up to ItS great potentIal. Chuck Chevalier of B. C. broke BILL KRAMER
Page Ten THE STAG January 22, 1959
Stationery, Read's Street Floor
headed by Randy Harper, Fair­field's
Student Council Presi­dent,
will examine the nature of
present activity in New England
and will propose efficacious
means to carry out the organi­zation's
primary functions.
In line with this plan of ac­tion,
the committee will meet
at Annhurst College, Putnam,
Con., on Febuary 20-22 with
delegates and officers represent­ing
the 24 member colleges. In
the words of the region's presi­dent,
the purpose of this Winter
Council is to "set down in con­crete
terms the federation's ob­jectives
and to examine its ad­ministrative
structure in the
hope that we can turn a nebu­lous,
top'heavy organization in­to
a valuable, functioning serv­ice
to our 20,000 member stu­dents
in New England."
Tom Ryan (1) and Mike Kelly
The Class of '61 will lose
one of its most popular mem­bers
at the Semester's conclu­sion.
Mike Kelly will enter the
Seton Hall Divinity School in
South Orange, N.J. In Septem­ber
of 1960 he will enter the
Darlington Seminary in the
Archdiocese of Newark.
Mike was in the B.S.S. course
and was planning to major in
Economics. During his Fresh­man
year he served on .the
Student Council. He was the
captain of Intramural football,
volleyball and basketball teams.
He will be most remembered
as the coach whose team lost
both the football and volleyball
championship in the playoffs.
A party was given for Mike
recently and he was presented
with a suitcase and a missal.
Sophomore ,~1.ike Kelly
Will Enter Seminary
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CROAKE AT CHICAGO
(Con't from Page 1)
eration's function and to chan­nel
the organization's activity
to realize that function.
Croake's fears, engendered by
dealings on the national level
since September of last year
when he attended the National
Congress in San Francisco, prov­ed
correct. The action was de­feated
by a 17-16 vote of the
membership.
Plans have been made, how'
ever, to carryon this introspec­tive
activity in the New Eng­land
Region. A committee of
student government presidents
has been set up. The group,
spised anyone more. The word
"socialism" probably never got
a worse beating than during
those years, 1932-34. Nor were
the Noew D e ale l' s in accord
among themselves; and this the
aut hoI' portrays excellently.
Within the walls of progress, the
social planners (exponents of
an .organic economy and a man­aged
society) vigorously did bat­tle
with the Neo-Brandoeis­Frankfurter
school (exponents
of decentralization and revitali­zation
of choice). Yet, somehow, ,.
they managed to get together
and fight the depression and un­employmoent.
At the same time,
they planned and built for a
better America with a new vigor
that seemed to rise from the
despair of the depression. Their
benevolent paternalism of gov­ernment
was hard to swallow
for some, and it didn't cure the
world and the nation o.f all its
problems in one easy term. But
it is rather hard to deny that in
many of their measures, they
attained the great object of the
institution of civil government,
a c cord i n g to John Quincy
Adams; "thoe progressive im­provement
of the condition of
the governed."
At times the author is a bit
enthusiastic 0 v e l' Roosevelt.
"The essence of Roosevelt was
his interpid and passionate af­firmation.
He always cast his
votoe for life, for action, for for­ward
motion, for the future."
Perhaps, says this reviewer.
But, at worst, he was a leader;
and it's comforting to know that
once in a while the president of
the U.S. is a leader in the true
sense.
by JOHN F. X. WARBURTON
much time and effort. It con­tains
a numbered list of every
picture taken, the date taken,
by whom it was taken and
what each picture portrays.
After being developed, the
photographers are then given a
chance to look over, judge, and
criticize their work done, by
the way, with their own equip­ment
valued at over $1,000. Art
then, with the aid of Father
Christopher Sullivan, picks the
best pictures from each assign­ment,
labels those preferred and
then turns them into the editor.
From the editor to the print­er,
and then finally THE STAG
is provided with those pictures
that save the thousands of
words. Besides developing ex­perience
in their art, this body
of photographers ;€lnjoys tak­ing
pictures and appreciates the
opportunity afforded them to
take part in the University's
activities.
BOOK REVIEW:
It was initiated this year by
Art Funk and Dodd Reichelt
for the purpose of having on
hand an immediate cross refer­ence
for any back pictures and
paraphenalia for future publica­tions.
This cross reference file
has saved the newspaper staff
Dodd Reichert developes pic­tures
for the next issue at his
home developing room in An­sonia.
The work for these pictures
starts when photography editor
Art Funk is handed a list of
the pictures wanted and needed
for the next edition. His first job
is to tax his imagination and
come up with a different type
of shot for each picture whether
it be action, formal or candid.
Often there are up to twenty
assignments for one issue.
He then selects one of his
five photographers for each as­signment.
Of these five there
are three freshmen: Sean Dun­phy,
Lew Ockey, and Tom
Phelan, and two sophomores:
John Reilly and Art himself.
All started their work on their
high school newspapers and
yearbooks. After Art tells them
exactly what he wants for one
shot on each assignment, they
In his second book in the "Age
of Roosevelt" series, "The Com­ing
of the Noew Deal," Arthur
Schlesinger, Jr. has performed
an enlightening service to the
college student. Most historical
textbooks used in college today
record little else than thoe blunt
facts, acts and dates of this
crucial period of American his­tory.
But this book, covering
the years 1932-1934, (the first
two years of the presidency of
Franklin D. Roosevelt), is· of
mol' e than academic interest.
The work is alive with the re­ality
of personalities, and the
personalities of men such as
F.D.R., Henry Wallace, Bernard
Baruch, Justice Louis Brandeis,
Herbert Hoover and numerous
ethers give the book a personal
quality that more than compen­sates
for the lack of academic­historical
insight.
"The Com i n g of the New
Deal" is important to the col­lege
student, this reviewer feels,
At a meeting of the !lhoto staff are (L to r.) Tom Phelan, John for two reasons. Primarily, the
Rielly, Dodd Reichelt, Art Funk and Sean Murphy. author records, honestly and
with accuracy, the events of a
Not many, here at Fairfield, realize the amount of period of history that is still
cloudoed with political or per-wcrk
that the photography staff of THE STAG puts sonal bias. These initial years
into each edition. Examples of their praisworthy work of the New Deal are now a
basic influence for many of our
are numerous, but are hardly ever seen by the student current govenrmental institu-body.
All we see is the momentary flash at a lecture, tions and political beliefs Ob­play,
sports event or some other occassion, and then, taining a clear and precise pic-ture
of these times is, thoen, of
a picture in THE STAG. But there is more to the importance for the college stu-before
and after of that flash than meets the eye. dent of today; even, for those
In its Nov. 6 issue THE STAG~ with the usual pseudo- acquain-contained
seventeen pictures, a are on their own for the rest. tanceship with the webbed field
big jump from the two that B' . of history. Secondly, for any
were seen in this year's first femg on theIr own mea~s American citizen, including the
edition and more than has ever ohey must get to and from theIr college student, the book con-asslg~
ment, whether It be at tains a portrait that is of abso­been
used previously by the Camsl~s Hall.or Boston COllege,llute importance. The country
paper. Those seventeen pictures take·. :helr plctL:reS, sometImes was, in the Li':;pression years, in
were selected out of fifty-nine a full roll, and then h~ve them the worst economic and social
taken. .n before t~e set deadlme. disaster of its life. The bottom
After b~mg taken, the. rolls of morale, prestige and power
3.re then gIven to Dodd Relc~elt had been hit by the U.S. gov­who
hand~es all the d~ve~opmg ernment. How did it manage to
and prmtmg. Dodd, wlthm the survive and rise again? The
space o~ two days must dev~lop plain answer is a leader, the
and pr:nt some fi~ty or sIxty president; "a tough, forceful and
pIctures for each Issue of the still profoundly enigmatic Pre­paper
and then. file the~ un?er I sident," says the author. A man
numerous headm,?:s. ThIS filmg who had lost his geniality that
system is on~ of the most im- he was once known for: yet
portant and creditable estab- Roosoevelt turned the Presidency
lishments of the photography from potentiality into actuality.
department. It is little less than inspiring to
know that once there was a
president who was a leader, and
it's a positive joy to these quar­ters
to hear that he was not
genial!
But Roosevelt and the New
Dealers were not the favorites
of all of the people. Our upper
class has, perhaps, never de-
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