Prom W;eekend -- Dan,ce and Jazz Conce,rt
- Story below
Vol. VI-No. 13 Published by Students of Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn. April 28, 1955
completed much of the groundwork
requisite for the success of
the Carnival.
Recently, the Student Council announced that
Jerry Malafronte, '56, had been appointed chairman of
the 1956 Mid-Winter Carnival.
DAVE BARRY
Bkjst., Sports Night
Begins Junior Week
David F. Barry Named
To News Editor Spot
It has been announced that
Tom Connors, a member of
the Stag staff and News Editor
of that paper f,or the past year,
has withdrawn from school 'and
has been replaced by David F.
Barry in that position. Tom was
an active participant in many
oampus activities and in particular
in Stag affairs. An A.B.
candidate majoring in history,
Tom headed the news staff and
authored the Pro and Con column
which appears as a regular
feature in the Stag. He also
served as Secretary of the St.
(Continued on Page 3)
Class, Student Council,
", N.F., Election Procedure
The office of the Election Commissioner of the
S.tudent Council has issued the following information
concerning the forthcoming election . . . Class officers,
Student Council, and N.F. Jr. Delegate.
-----------------<0 As previously posted, the Glee Club Council screened all the Sophomores
who sought the junior Hailed By delegateship. The names of
those men who were approved Bpt. Crl·t I·C as candidates by the Council will appear on the same ballo~
"Some of the best ensemble as the candidates for the Counwork
that I have heard in years cil. The entire school votes for
was performed Friday night by
the F'airfield University Glee the man who they feel best
Club under the direction of qualified to serve as Jr. Dele-
Simon Harak. gate.
Like the. Fairfield singers of On April 28, ,at the special
the past thIs group was flawless class meeting, the nominations
m releases and 'attacks. Not eve~ for class office will be held. AJJ.y
a blur. was detected. The van- i man may be nominated, it is
O.llS VOIce selectIons blended de-I well for the office-seeker to inlIghtfully
.and e:ren the soft quire of the Dean of Studies as
tones remamed splnted. to his academic standing for a
In general, however, the club deficiency in any subject may
has Improved J?-ost ~otably In disqualify the candidate. After
the delIcate vanatlOn m expres- the nominations, a secret ballot
SIO~. The nuances, as these gra- will be held and they will be
datIon~ of tone are c~e~" were tabulated by the Election ComexceptIOnally
good In Mala- missioner who will announce
guena" and "Goin' Home." . the results. The two men who
. The :young men w~re qUIte receive the highest total of votes
Impresslv~ In performIng vocal for each office shall be posted
stunts. It IS rarely that you hear the following day. Those men
75 vOIces p~oduce dramatIc then may campaign for the
eff~cts as rapId ~ a quartet. office, the election day to be
ThIS was accom~lIshed by the May 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:15
dIrector eXerCISIng complete p.m. The polls shall be in front
control o.f the chorus. In addI- of the cafeteria.
tIon, he mterprets the songs as F M
a soloist and produces a spon-. rom ay. 9 to 16, the nOJ?-taneous
effect. Mr. Harak should matlOn peno~ fool' potenbal
be highly commended on these Student CounCIl members sh~ll
particular points. take place. The ballots, reqUlr-
The Junior Class held a Com- The program was well bal- mg the n~mes of 2~ classmates,
munion Breakfast on campus 'anced with hymns spirituals may be pIcked up In the Dean
last Sunday to start the Junior popular, classical, ~nd comicai of Men's office as of May 9, and
tunes. The Campus Minstrels must be returned thereto by
Week festivities rolling. Very scored ,a big hit with their May 16.
Rev. Fr. J. Fitzgerlad, S.J., cele- clever arrangements of "Johnny Those who qualify for the
brated Mass at McAuliffe Hall Schmocker" and the "Toreador position will be listed ,on a bal9
a.m. Sunday, March 24, wish- Song" from "Carmen" by Bizet. lot and the election will be held
ed the juniors success in their Barbershop stype of singing was on May 18.
represented by the Bensonians. On this Council Ballot, then,
years ahead and in junior week. Soloist Ronald Skurat, a bari- clearly understand that one
A breakfast followed in the tone, and Arthur Einhorn, pian- should vote for the two positions
Xavier cafeteria with Rev. Fr. ist, are to be comended for their being sought . . . Council and
Healy, S.J., as the honored excellent performances. Mr. Jr. Delegate. A man may run
guest. Rev. Joseph M. Murphy, I~in~orn, the Club's accompan- for both positions, ,and it is so
S.J., was the guest speaker. Fr. 1St, IS talented both as a soloist recommended.
Murphy has been on tW? trips Iand accompanist. For the Council election, the
to t~e Near. E~st, one .wlth the As college clubs fo, Fairfield procedure to be followed is as
PontIfical BIblICal InstItute and compares favorably with the follows'
the other with the Boston Col- i best, and those who attended the Th . h
lege-Fordham Expedition. Fr. I "evening of song" will remem- F' e present member~ of t e
Murphy elaborated on these bel' it warmly." n Ieshman Class shall CIrcle the
trips in a very interesting talk MER Hit ames of the four men whom
. . 1'.. oss aw ey, gues they feel best qualified
CongratulatIOns go to Peter reviewer, is a resident of Hunt- .
DeMarco for making this first ington. He was supervisor of The present me~bers of the
event of junior week a success. music in the Westfield Public Soph Class CIrcle hve names.
I
For the first time in the .his- Schools for forty years and The present Jr. Class circle
. tory of the school a combIned served as chairman of the seven names.
JERRY MALAFRONTE (Contiuned on Page 3) Music Department of W.S.T.G. (Continued on Page 6)
The Junior Prom will be held tomorrow, April 29,
at Laddins Terrace in Stamford from 9 to 1. The music
will be supplied by Frank Daly, and the house band.
Miniature beer mugs will be given as favors and, as is
customary there will be no flowers. The price of the
bid is $6.00.
The Prom this year differscS I
from those of past years as it is cert refreshments will be served.
open to all classes. In fact this is The committee for the Junior
the first time in the history of Prom who served under the
F al.l'fieId that there w ill be one acrhea:IrmanshIp of Jack Crowley
joint Prom for 'all underclasses. Juniors: Frank Bergen, Hugh
The profits, or losses, will be Boyle, Frank Garvin, George
shared 'on the following basis: Kelley, Donald Kerwin, George
50% to the Junior class, and Lacovara, Albert Pellegrino,
25% each to the Freshman and Andy Perrella, Joseph O'Brien
Sophomore classes. and Tom Sheehan.
Another feature introduced Sophomores: James Attolino,
this year is the Jazz concert John Cagnassola, Arthur Pavwhich
will be held on Saturday I'lucick, Dave McCarthy, Harris
from 7 - 11 ,at Xavier Hall. The Russell, and Walter Shanley.
committee has engaged Bob Freshmen: Chris Boyl, Dick
Mason and his Dukes of Dixie, Finnigan, Larry Laitres, James
who are at present appearing in Masterson, James McGovern,
Boston. The price of admission and John Redgate.
is included in the price of the The committee regrettably
bid and a fee of $1.00 will be announces that the models who
charged to those who wish to posed for the posters will be
attend the concert. At the con- .unable to attend.
Jr. Prom Tomorrow Night~
Capacity Crowd To Attend
The news of Jerry's nomination
to the coveted post was
well received by the student
body because of Jerry's outstanding
record 'of participation
in campus ,affairs, Having served
as a member of the Council for
the past two years, Jerry has
also taken an active part in the
affairs of the Sodality and Business
Club. In 1954 Jerry was
chairman of the F.'rosh-Soph
Prom and during his years at '
Fairfield has been a member of
several informal d,ance committees.
Plans are already being formulated
for the coming year's
Carnival. Jerry plans to put to
the student body the question
of whether to hire a "big-name"
band or not. This, however, depends
entirely on the wishes of
the students. Because of the
success of this year's Carnival a
full weekend's activities will
again be included in the plan.
Although rather early for definite
plans, Jerry has ,already
J. MALAFRONTE HEADS
1956 WINTER CARNIVAL
Page Two THE STAG- April 28, 1955
Exchange Editor
Donald Gabriel, '57
Business Manager
Edmund Measom, '57
...fr~~iS
corner...
Anything on a hill is a pluff
But H.C. and B.C. are on hills
Therefore H.C. and B.C. are bluffs.
EDITOR·IN·CHIEF
Thomas Sheehan, '56
News Editor Feature Editor
David F. Barry, '57 Arthur Conway, '56
Sports Editors
Robert Schreck, '56
Paul Nagy, '57
Make-Up Editors
John Crowley, '56
John Cagnassola, '57
Photographers
Associate Editors
John Leonard, '55 Charles Umstatter, '55
John Buckley, '55 Thomas Murray, '58
Bernard Joy, '55 Wilbur Fomento, '58
Club Noles Editor
James Attolino, '57
Charlie Schaefer defeats Joe Fazio to win Ping Pong Championship
of school.
The adversaries to this gem are:
Ju-Ju Attolino - but he doesn"t take philosophy,
so he doesn't count.
Father Molloy - But I don't understand him.
ODE TO A COUNCIL
MEETING
By ANDREW PERRELLA
Benediction celebrated at Senior
Retreat held before Easter
Vacation..
SODALITY
Somewhat overdue is our expression of merited
praise for the deep spirituality which has quietly, but
effectively, permeated our College this year through the
instrumentality of the Sodality of Our Lady. No longer
is the idea of a Sodality connected with the elder ladies
of the Parish, or nice, but rather effeminate oung men
engaged in pious works. Manly leadership, working
first on themselves, and then on others, has characterized
this organization.
After a virile Retreat, the Sodality began its program
with First Friday Masses in our own building.
This idea was followed with Masses for Our Lady on
her feast days; for the faithful departed of Fairfield; for
our own assistance during examinations, and every day
during Lent in Room 212. In our own' Xavier Hall,
The motive of all these endeavors is simply to come
closer to Jesus Christ through His wonderful Mother.
From the'moderator, prefect, on down to the last candidate,
all are working in a selfless way, not seeking personal
glory or special advantages, but self-sanctification
and then to help their fellow-students. 'l'.ruly, we can
be proud of our Sodality, Which follows the great traditions
of this Jesl1it student organization, founded over
400 years ago al?-d still producing men of solid piety
devoted to the Mother of God.
By ART CONWAY
There has been talk about nicknaming Fairfield U.
as the "Hollow." This is deduced from the fact that
.Bustin College is called "The Heights" and Holly Cross
With only half the members is called "The Hill". This is as any philosophy man
there
The meeting opened with a knows a fallible argument. In fact, most any of our men
pr,ayer. who have to hike up North Benson Jtd. will heartily
Presiding, of course, was Presi- concur with our statement.
dent Coiley, Thesis:
Who yelled at the men to "Get If Fairfield is on a higher elevati<m than Holly
here 'oiley!"
Carney and Schaeffer and Tre- Cross or Bustin College, ~en it should not be \called
mont, T. Paul the "Hollow".
Were the only Seniors who Proof:
showed up at all. Evident fwm the deep, dark annals of Epistemology,
Those who were missing had from which few return.
good reason, Minor: Spring Fever, of course, result
Christ comes in Person to our classroom. Each Sodalist of the season. But Fakfield is on a higher elevation than H.C. or
felt that if he was to be a true son of Mary, he must IThe Jun.iors were strong ,and B.C.
I
many In number Proof:
begin with the Firs.t Rule, namely his own sanctification Excepting Art Conway, at home Being as such is transcendental - this has nothing
before he would be able to help his neighbor, for no one' in deep slumber. to do with the problem, it's just to impress my Philoso-can
give what he didn't possess. Therefore, the Sodal- A~~ ~o~~end expounded motion phy prof. Fairfield is quite a distance above the Sound
ity program included solid talks on mental prayer and Secretary George rubbed his and commands a view of Long Island. Neither H.C.
the examination of conscience. Fifty men attended a tired hand with lotion. nor B.C. can make this statement. Sure we are -
Day of Recollect-.wn on the Feast of the Immaculate And when two men argued on b d k th t a point of order every 0 y nows a.
Conception, the end of the Marian year. Also, in con-' Joe Fida became "boreder" and Therefore Fairfield should not be called the
junction with the Bellarmine Lecture series, the Sodal- "b d " "Hollow". ore er.
Walt Shanley said, "My, how Now that my point has been proved I would like ,to
ity opened our eyes to the glorious splendor of the quickly Joe tires!" attempt to explain away the old myth of our two broth-
Byzantine-Slavonic rite, praying for the one fold of And this brought a laugh from 11 Sophomore George Myers. er co eges.
Christ. Then Rourke's wan face lit up
with a glow
As Coiley announced,
"N.F.C.C.S. TIle e d s more
Sodalists gather around Our Lady's statue in Room dough."
19 each morning at 9:00 a.m., to begin the day with the The boys listened as T. Paul
talked about money,
Rosary. Once a week, 40 Confraternity of Christian Then took to the motion like a
b 'fi h bee takes to honey. Doctrine mem ers sacn ce t e· evening to impart re- Gilbertie was the only Frosh to
ligious instructions to young people in Connecticut show
And the rest of the Council CYOs. The Sodality Mission Crusaders, aided by new wanted to know,
and timely postures, have already collected over $700 for "Where is Sitka', where is
Doherty,
the missions. A Stamp Drive is bringing in more mis- Where is Bartnick, the guy call-sion
revenue. The Liturgy Committee inaugurated a ed Shorty?"
A discussion followed on Class
Dialogue Mass last December 8, and are preparing a Elections
Missa Cantata for the Sodality Communion Mass on And dates were set for primary
selections
May 1st. The Sacred Heart group has aided this devo- When the session carne to an
tion in countless ways. While spiri,tuality is not a com- end
The weary, slowly homeward
modity to be peddled by high pressure salesmanship, wend.
still the fresh and constant signs put out by the Publicity I told you what happened, I'm
not yella,
men helped our f.ailing memories. The Catholic Truth Your roving
Section produced perhaps the most noticeable forward _P_e_r_re_I_Ia_. _
step with a new six foot pamplet rack. Its selections
aided everyone to further his knowledge and understanding
of our Faith. The monthly Flos Campi is one
of the outstanding Sodality papers printed in our,
colleges. I
April 28, 1955 , THE STAG Page Three
•
VICEROYS
The Viceroy filter wasn't just whipped up and rushed
to market to meet the new and skyrocketing demand
for filtered cigarettes. Viceroy pioneered. Started
research more than 20 years ago to create the pure
and perfect filter.
Smokers en masse report that filtered Viceroys have
a finer flavor even than cigarettes without filters.
Rich, satisfying, yet pleasantly mild.
Viceroy draws so easily that you wouldn't know,
without looking, that it even had a filter tip ... and
Viceroys cost only a penny or two more than cigarettes
without filters!
Yes, only Viceroy has this filter composed of 20,000
tiny filter traps. You cannot obtain the same filtering
action in any other cigarette.
Besides being non-mineral and non-toxic, this cellulose-
acetate filter never shreds or crumbles.
women smoke
. 20,000 TINY
FILTER TRAPS •••
plus Richer, Smoother Flavor
than any other
filter cigarette?
Why do more
college men and
•
1.
2.
3.
That's why more college men and women smoke VICEROYS
than any other filter cigarette ... that's why VICEROY is the
largest-selling filter cigarette in the world!
'5.
4.
By JOHN McCARTY
At the Flix
DAVE BARRY
(Continued from Page 1)
By JOHN SMYTH
JR. SPORTS NIGHT
(Continued from Page 1)
:
PRO AND CON
buffet supper land the junior
sports night were held together
last night. As honored guest
speaker there was a member of
the New York Knickerbocker
basketball ieam, who gave a
very informative talk on the
game, after a very interesting
movie which was well received
by all. Awards were given to
the two year lettermen on the
basketball team and jackets to
the senior members of the team.
Special trophies were given to
Bob Gerwien land Jack O'Connell
for their accomplishment of
1,000 points scored. An award
was given also to Charles
Schaefer for winning the ping
pong tournament at school. In
Ene for congratulations, also, is
Lenny Paoletta for making this
event a success.
Before the United· States com-I project for "a greater Asi'a co- I Blackboard Jungle (MGM)
mits itself to a war with China prosperity sphere." Today a
over Quemoy and Matsu it "Greater Asia" ruled from Hollywood tackles the probwould
be well to consider who Peking would be just as disturb- lem of juvenile delinquency in
would be the real gainer from ing to the U.S. as a "Greater the latest "movies .are better
such a conflict. Asia" ruled from Tokyo would
Those who favor war put have been in 1942. than ever" propaganda barrage.
their case on the argument that The concern of the U.S. is to Starring Glenn Ford, Anne
Communist China is the most prevent this Japanese-Chinese IFrancis and Louis Calhern, the
expansionist power in the world union which is similar in situa- flicker depicts teen-age life at
today; that this expansionism tion to the 1942 incident, with North H' h MIT d
will be a' rising threat to the the exception that Japan then I Ig. anua I"a e
national interests of the United tried :0 dominate China. Today School, Large CIty, U.S.A.
States; that the threat might the U.S. hopes to prevent the After an atomic introductory
very soon be as great as the one Chinese domination of Japan rendition of a rock 'n roll numwhich
Japan constituted on the by defending the independence bel' by Bill Haley and the Com-day
of Pearl Harbor; and that of Jlapan. That task will become t th I t f ld 'th R' h
the only prudent course for the more and more difficult as e s, e ~ 0 un 0 s "':1 ~cUnited
States is to do with this China continues to expand in ard DadIer (Ford) bemg hIred
danger what Winston Churchill population, military experience, as an English teacher at the
proposed to do with Russian and power. trade school. Da-di-er, by the
Bolshevism in 1917, "strangle it Those who are opposed to our. way beats out other ho f I
in its cradle." war with China rest the basis f 'th . . pe u s
This is a. persuasive argu-I for their argument on the fact or . e Job by unmIstakably
ment all the' more persuasive that Moscow would benefit most quotmg from "Henry V." Other
when' it is considered that China I from a war between the United teachers are introduced to him
and Japan exert a powerful States and China. As they pic- at a pre-school faculty meeting
magnetic ).attraction .upon each ture the problem, the United including the c . I h' t
other and that a union of the States is the immediate and t h . ymca IS ory
two brought about by China now China the long-term danger to eac er (LOUIS Calhern) who
would be just as undesirable Moscow. What could be more compares the school to a garfrom
the U.S. point of view as advantageous than a conflict bage can; and a beauteous novthe
union of the two which which would pit these two dan- ice who holds her figure much
Japan was trying to put to- gel's against each other while better than her textbooks. Anne
gether in 1942. After all, it was Moscow remained out of the Francis, as Dadier's under-the threat of the Japanese con- conflict? standing, yet cautious wife also I
quest of China in 1942 which To the above view it can be figures in the sordid tale. '
provided the underlying cause added that if the United States The audience does not want
of the Pacific War. Had Japan, does not act now on China, for lack of action as Dadier is I
been willing to let China retain l\1oscow will be forced to do so jumped, kicked, socked, slash- BECAUSE ONLY VICEROY GIVES YOU A PURE,
its independence that war cer- in order to prevent further ed, mauled, and hammered, i.e..
tainly never would have been threats of ~hinese. expan.:>ionism the "~le blood and guts" rou- NON-MINERAL, NON-TOXIC FILTER WITH
fought. U.S. reSIstance to a to the SOVIet Umon WhIch are hne, mtermittently throughout .
Japanese-Chinese union to be correspondingly greater than to the film. Needless to say, the 20 000 FILTER TRAPS IN EVERY FILTER Tipi
brought about by Jlapanese force the Umted States. pendulum slowly swings the ' •
of arms was the real reason for What is your position in re- other way as this educational
Pearl Harbor. Japan struck to gard to these two schools of warrior via playing the "regubreak
U.S. resistance to its thought? lar guy," showing cartoons to
prove a point, and exhibiting
some classy judo, wins the
plaudits of both faculty and
students. A good measuring rod
Robert Bellarmine Debating of the outcome is directed to a
Society. Negro chap named Miller; at
first a complete tyrant holding
Succeeding him is Dave the respect of the class, but who
Barry, a former member of the later, under the tutelage of
news and feature staffs. Dave Dadier, eventually realizes that
contributes the regular Library he could become another Paul
Notes column appearing in the Robeson rather than a garage
Stag. and presently serves as mechanic, and thus he brings
Treasurer of the St. Thomas his classmates into tow. NaturMore
Debating Society and ally, there are a few die-hards
Secretary of the New Haven to contend with, but they are
Club. As a Sodality candidate, quickly dispersed to reform
he is a member of the May school; land the picture ends on
Reception Committee and the a happy note, aided by a few
Catholic Truth Section. He has last chords from Bill Haley and
also actively represented the his crew.
University in the C.I.S.L. and Unfortunately, "Blackboard
is a member of the Eduoation Jungle" leaves much to be desirClub.
We extend our sincere ed. One wonders whether the
wishes for good luck to Tom intent is to describe the probConnors
and also to Dave Barry ,lems of juvenile delinquency or
in his new position. Iwarn future teachers to tuck
-------------------.--------- m a few years of Army life before
practicing. There is no
doubt that this plot is being
enacted in many schools today,
that there are instructors like
the cynical history teacher, the
beauty queen fresh out of
teacher's college, the N.E.A.riddled
prindipal, and others
who have grown lethargic in
their futility. But the allAmerican
school depicted in
economic splendor, the "no
holds barred" all race approach,
the teacher who brought his
jazz collection to class - "it's
closely related to mathematics"
and the overall synchronizatidn
of detail were just too much for
this writer to stomach. It seems
that MGM is out to make a fast
Father Corridan. S.J.,:' famous Waterfront Priest. addresses stu. buck with "Blackboard Jungle"
.dents at recent Business. Club Dinner. rather than teach young Ameri-I
ca a well needed lesson. .
Page Four THE STAG April 28, 1955
Campus Personality
Activities:
Education Club - '53, '54, '55: New Haven Club, '52, '53, '54,
'55: Baseball, '52, '53, '54, '55: Intramural Basketball, '54: In·
tramural Softball, '53: Italian Club, '52, '53: Freshman·Sophomore
Dance Committee, '52: Athletic Association, '55.
of many religions to the common
natural law which in itself
has been a major accomplishment.
She also compared the
U.N. to a new born child with
sixty physicians prescribing for
it, which tends to explain some
of its ills.
The U.N. is also the scene of
an equalization of the small and
large countries which in some
instances brings about rather
thin relations.
On the lighter side of her
lecture Miss Zizzamia enumerated
the characteristics of the
various delegations and evolved
a thunder of applause in her
description of the British delegation
as being ,quite aloof with
the attitude of being at the U.N.
because it was the sporting
thing to do.
One interesting point she
made was the fact that the
small countries aren't particularly
interested in the struggle
of ideaology between the larger
nations, but are more concerned
with colonialism and its effects
within their boundaries.
In conclusion, Miss Zizzamia
used the words of Pope Pius XI
to corroborate her statement
that there can be no mediocre
Catholics in the world affairs·
the impossible must be striv~
for. The hope of the future lies
in a firm Christianity implanted
in world affairs.
By DAVID F. BARRY
Library
UN Topic. At
Campus Lecture
Fairfield University students
witnessed ,a first in the history
of Bellarmine lectures today
with the coming of a woman
lecturer to the campus, Miss
Allea Zizzamia, L.L.D. Her topic
was "Cross Currents in the
United Nations" and she has
proven herself well qualified to
speak on this subject, being a
representative of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference
assigned to the office of U.N.
affairs in New York. Miss Zizzamia
was recently the recipient
,oft he Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice
medal for her work in the International
field, and the
N.CW.C. She has just returned
from Montevideo where she attended
the eighth General Conference
of U.N.E.S.C.O. Here at
school We are best lacquainted
with her for her translations of
Ricciotti's "Life of Christ" and
"Paul the Apostle."
In her lecture Miss Zizzamia
quite naturally opposed the
assertion of many that the
United Nations has only succeeded
in compounding the
many problems ,of the modern
day world. She accomplished
this by pointing out that in the
U.N. is found the conformance
By JAMES ATTOLINO
This is going to be work try-ing,
to get up a column after Although the libra-ry has received several new
two weeks of basking in the
warm sun a la Y.M.C.A. (ultra books within the past few weeks, space and time limita-violet
style). There isn't much, tions forced us to choose one of them for review.
but we'll try. Since the whole Although it was difficult to pass by such books as School
schedule for SPRING PROM of Darkness by Bela Dodd, the reformed communist who
WEEK-END seems 'a little returned to the faith, we chose Why Johnny Can't Run
vague to the majority of the by Rudolph Flesch, Harper Brothers, New York, N.Y.,
student body we cornered the 1955, because of its wide implications.
chairman, Jack Crowley, to clue
us in on it. The goings-on start Why Johnny Can't Read is a startling indictment
with the Junior Promenade of our nation's schools insofar as reading is concerned.
which is being held at Laddin's Written in a rather breezy style, Mr. Flesch's volume
Terrace, Stamford, Conn., on
Friday, April 29th. The price of 'lambasts the vast majority of American educators and
the bid is $6.00 - when I recov- educational psychologists for their espousal of a learnered
with" the aid of smelling ing-to-read process which Mr. Flesch insists has desalts
I asked what are we get-ting
for our $6.00. The price cov- prived the child of his ability to read normally.
ers aprinted invitation, a minia- The book, addressed in particular to parents both-ture
beer mug with all the trim-mings,
admittance to the dance, ered by their child's inability to read, scores a telling
and admittance to the "Dixie blow in view of the alarming illiteracy rate revealed
Concert" which will be held at by Selective Service statistics, although it loses some
Xavier Hall Saturday night
from 7 to 11. Bob Measom from effectiveness because of its style and Mr. Flesch's tend-
Mahogany Hall, a f,amed jazz ency to become overly satirical.
palace in Boston, is playing at Rejecting the idea th~t the "look-and-see" method
the concert and, oh yes, refresh-ments
will be served. The same of teaching reading is the best and supported by inves-caterer
who mixed that delici- tigation, Why Johnny Can't Read produces more evious
punch at the Last concert dence ,to prove that the phonic method achieves '2"reater
has been called back to again ~
do the honors. On Saturday aft- results. M-r. Flesch, a believer in progressive education
ernoon those who are able can and the holder· of a doctorate from Teachers College,
go to the FRESHMAN·SOPHO- C 1 b' t t th t th G t It h 1 f MORE PICNIC out at Sherwood 0 um la, s a es a eve~ e es a sc 00 0 psy-
Island. The price is set at $2.00 chology bears out the validity of the phonic system
per couple, no stags, for all that while the "look-and~see" method is nothing more that
you could possibly consume. Pavlov's conditioned reflex experiments transferred to
Sunday has been set aside as a
day of recovery. a human level.
Congratulations to Lippy For those who, as citizens, have an interest in our
Gregory and Casey Ry,an, who ., hId h . f "1 .
have been named co-managers natIOn s sc 00 s an t el'r al ure to produce really hter-of
the BRIDGEPORT CLUB, ate students, and those whose interest in education is a
softball team. With all the professional one, Why Johnny Can't Read will amply
money the BRIDGE,PORT CLUB . h ht . 1 f h .
has been making lately, I ima- repay you m t oug matena or t e tIme expended,
gine they're gettin~ quite ta sal- whether you agree with Mr. Flesch or not. It is not
ary. The VETERANS CLUB has designed for the professional educator but for the
gotten its constitution down on d thO d' ' "
paper and I·S pIanm.ng to hold a av. erage pers.on an ser.ves, IS en m aVOIdmg too
meeting shortly to have the hIghly teohmcal expresslOllS.
members ratify it. It is a shame
that the proposed VET'S CLUB
variety show had to be postponed,
but they're not to be
denied, ,and I predict that next
year they will stage their show
and it will be one of the best
events of the year. But for lack
of time we might have seen it
this year. The BUSINESS
CLUB's first annual Business
Machine Show offered an interesting
and enjoyable 'afternoon
to those who attended.
The EDUCATION CLUB has a
dinner scheduled for May 4,
1955 at Nu-Champs By the Sea
in Bridgeport. The cost is $2.75
a plate with food extra. An interesting
speaker has been lined
up, so if you have an extra $2.75
laying around, it would be a
good idea to attend. Is it true
that there is a movement afoot
to start ,a New Jersey Area
Club? I don't see why, since
New Jersey has so little to offer.
The column has been swamped
with requests by many individuals
to mention their name,
so being in an obliging mood,
we will do so. The following
have been nominated for the
Ugliest Student Contest: Frank
Bergen, Wes Gregory, John
Ryan, Ed Oaliendo, Pedro Tagatac,
Skip Vegilante, Steve Pulaski,
John Salling, John Catalani,
Charles Chiampi, Larry
Laitres, Ed Diskowski, ,and Bill
Flood.
Campus Briefs
A Letter To
The Editor
The "Package Plan" which
appeared in the last edition of
the Stag recalled to my memory
a story ,which I heard not
long ago in this section of New
England.
Joe Kaukey was the owner of
a baseball club called the "Men
in Blue." Attendance had fallen
severely and the owner was
confronted with the problem of
raising attendance in his park
to a successful level. He began
to think of various plans to
stimulate attendance at the
g,ames. After some profound
contemplation he reached several
decisions, which were, "I
will ask the employers in the
area to cut the working hours
so that the people can attend
the games, I will experiment
with several new devices designed
to increase attencLance,
I will release all the present
members of the team, and I will
get everyone to buy a season's
ticket and thereby ensure a successful
gate attendance."
Let us now view these different
ideas and see which, if any,
was adopted. The plan to cut
the working hours failed. He
didn't have time to think of new
devices. He couldn't sell the
players. Therefore, he sold
everyone a season's ticket.
TJle results? People came to
see the ball games even though
they had no interest in this type
of event, some that oame were
frustrated because they had
(Continued on Page 6)
N.F. At Worcester,
Tremont In Compass
The Ninth Annual Regional
N.F'.C.C.S. Congress held on
April 22, 23 and 24, saw the last
official meeting presided over by
President T. Paul Tremont. For
the past year, the little Senior
from Fairfield has made a name
for himself throughout New
England as well as at the National
Congresses as tan excellent
speaker and parliamentarian.
There is no doubt that he
will be successful in the future.
The "Compass," N.F.C.C.S.
Regional Paper, printed the region's
tribute to the retiring
president in its last issue:
"For the past year we have
been guided by the tireless
efforts of our Regional President,
T. Paul Tremont. His wellmerited
reputation for leadership
extends not only through
New England but throughout
the Nation.
"Let us view briefly some of
his accomplishments. On the
campus level, he has directed
the rejuvenation of spirit and
interest in N.F.C.C.S. and has
revived a sense of duty in all
personnel. On the regional level,
he has effectively accentuated
workshops, the worth of resolutions
and the value of a united
voice for over 200,000 Catholic
College students in New England."
There is no doubt that the
name of Fairfield was ,also enhanced
by Paul's accomplishments.
The familiar pipe, once
the scourge of the parking lot,
has become a symbol of an efficient
president for the
N.F'.C.C.S.
(Continued on Pflge 6)
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Action at recent Fairfield-Hillyer Game.
Sports News and Views
April 28, 1955
Rod and 'Gun ITagatac~s Double Decides
By SAL GILBERTIE, Jr. Stag~ New Britain Contest
The following is a description /
No hitters until the ninth inning, spitting in umpires' eyes, of the typical "opening day."
suspensions and expulsions, and once more baseball makes its THE TIME: April 16 - 5:59 Pedro Tagatac drove in the deciding ,runs with an
gaudy debut on the American sports stage. Again the baseball ex- A.M. . h h .
perts of Fairfield University assemble and after incessant wrang- THE PLACE: The banks of elg t mning single, his second hit of the game, as the
ling decide absolutely nothing except that a team from each a stream somewhere in Fairfield Fairfield University baseball team launched its 1955
league, not necessarily the best represntatives, will meet in the County.
October extravaganza. So also the sports department furnishes THE CHARACTERS: About campaign with a 6-4 victory over New Britain Teachers
a completely individualistic analysis with any conformity to final 5,384,933 enthusiastic trout- College at Alumni Field.
standing being completely governed by chance. fishermen. John Kulowiec and Ed Ce-@.-----------
In the National League, the race should narrow into a three The sun is just beginning to
team dog fight with the Brooks, Braves and World Champion rise over the horizon. On the _rulli, veterans of the Red Stags,
Giants competing for top honors. Of the three, the Braves, off banks of the stream the fisher- divided the pitching chores,
their last season's performance, appear to be best fortified in the men anxiously await the sound limiting the Blue Devils to 4
Pitching department. With a healthy Thomson playl'ng, they of the gun which will officially h'Its and striking out 11 batters
could go all the way. The Giants, with their fine hitting outfield announce the opening of the
of Mays, Mueller and Irvin, have the power. The question mark 1955 fishl'ng season, wh1'le m- the between them. Kulowiec, who
lies with the pitching In order to win, Maglie must be able to s~ream, (unaware of the grave pitched the first five innings,
continue his mastery 'of the Dodgers Antonelli must contribute dIsaster about to overtake was touched for five hits while
another twenty game winning seas~n and Gomez must hover them), the poor, innocent little fanning nine. Cerulli, who was I Hillyer ~olle~e defeated Fap-pretty
close to the 20 g'ame mark. Off their early season spurt, I trout swim happily around in given credit for the victory, field Umverslty, 12-6, at
the Dodgers should be the team to beat. Pitching, which has searc~ of food.
always been Brooklyn's chief worry, seems finally to have ma- ThIrty seconds to go fif- yielded only one hit in the last Alumni Field behind the steady
terialized. Second only to the Cardinals in team hitting last teen five four three four fmmes while striking out Ipitching of Len Burke, a little
year, and second also in fielding, the Dodgers ,are the best rounded two one SPLASH!! two. - southpaw, and Bob Lisbon.
club of the three. From here on in the descrip- Tagatac's game _ winning _ John Kulowiec, the Fairfield
The other five teams, all capable of upsetting the picture, tion of the s:ene is vivid. All double came after Jack McLean starter, lost his control in the
are headed by Philadelphia and St. Louis. Philadelphia has ?necan. see. IS water splashing -
Roberts, Ennis and Ashburn. That's just about it. St. Louis m all dIrectIons!! A few fisher- drew a walk followed by a fourth and was shelled from t·he
despite trading Ray J'ablonski is a powerhouse at the plate. Their men st~mble and others a~e double off the bat of George mound. Skip Vincent, a junior,
pitching is horrible, while the fielding is adequate. Cincinnati, pushed mto the ~tream. ThIS McGoldrick, breaking ,a 4-4 tie relieved him 'and also was
Chic'ago and Pittsburgh, while not world beaters are all capable I,adds to the s?lashmg! The. fish with two out. Up to that point treated roughly by the Hartford
of knocking off the top teams and probably will decl'de th,e pen-I are so surpnsed an,d. ternfied the Stags werIe 'table todobtain a s. Ku1OW-lec gave up onIy
nant winner. The final standings should read like this: the stream - causmg more
I-Brooklyn Ithat they are jumping all over only three hits off the strong two hits but six runs were
, 2-Milwaukee splashing. All types of fishing arm of New Britain's Ernie Sut- scored against him. Vincent was
3-New York equipment are being washed ko'Wski, but six base on balls reached for nine hits and six
4-St. Louis downstream along with the few and three Blue Devil errors kept runs in the six innings he toiled
5-Philadelphia fish:rmen .who stumbled .on Coach Joe Brosley's Red Stags on the mound.
6-Cincinnati ~elr :ay m. The water (aSIde on the run. Ed Haynes was the hitting
7-Chicago om emg splashed), has risen Fairfield built up ,a 3-1 lead .. .
8-Pl·..."..sburgh about two feet due to the dis-'In the fi rst two .Inn.Ings. S·Ing1es s"tart for Hillyer WIth fou-r hItS
Indications in the American League po'int tow,ard another placement caused by t~e 5,38.4,- by Tagatac and Joe Moretti, In five tnps to the plate, Kulounbalanced
race with Cleveland, New York and Chicago the 933 fishermen. At thIS..pomt added to a second base steal by Wlec ,and Fred Lane each conmain
contenders. The remainder of the league appears hope- ~bout 90% of the fish ongmally the ever-speedy Tagatac, pro- nected safely t,wice for Fairlessly
outc1assed. Cleveland's pitching staff, reputedly the best m the stream are dead! None duced a single r~,in the Stags' field.
in baseb~ll, sho~ld be bols~ered by the a~quisition of Herb Score, have I been c~ught, 'but ~O% ,are first turn at bat., New Britain. . .
outstandme; stnkeout artIst. The mam threat to Cleveland dead. Of thIS 90%, thIrty-one tied the score in the top of the HIllyer scored - tWice m the
supremacy is age. Their big men _ Feller, Garcia, Lemon and ?er cent were trampled to death next frame, but the determined first mnIng on two Walks, a
Wynn are not indestructibe and should begin to fade. Still, with, m the rush; 22% ":,,ere splashed Stags came right back in their single and an errol' and added
the. addition ?f Kiner and the power of Ros~n, Doby, Wertz 'and U
d
? °ln shore and dIed before th~ next turn at bat to score two one in the third. The Hartford
AVIla the Tnbe should repeat as pennant wmners New York lSP aced water reached them" runs on' a single by Paul Wil-\ .
W.Ith 'another front office tn.umph, has Bob Turley.to take,up the 16 01 we fight d t d th I' team broke the game 'WIde open to re r. ene ? ea - hams, followed by two succes- . h -
slack of Allie Reynolds and should be aided by Kucks, a young by the confusIOn an~ nOIse, and sive misp1ays on' the part ,of ~'1t four m the fourth and ~hree
fireballer, Chicago, the perennial dark horse, could possibly slip 33%. were so surpnsed 'an? so New Britain. m the fifth. They added smgle
under the wire, but only if New York and Cleveland fail to realiz'e te~r~ed that they. commItted I New Britain again evened runs in the 1ast two frames.
their potential. SUICIde. The r.emammg ten per matters at 3-3 with two runs in Fairfield tallied twice in the
Hoston looks like the best bet for fourth place and probably cent have hIdden ,themselves the third featured by Ed De- third innin on a walk t Jack
will be the only club to cause any real trouble for the leaders. under rocks and won t come out Mino's 375-foot triple. After the g 0
The remainder of the Ie-ague is in sad shape. for another hour, but finally ~ Stags took the lead with a sin- McLean, a smgle to Pedro Taga-
I-Cleveland a~ter most of the fishermen have gle run in the seventh, driven tac and Joe Moretti's triple. The
2-New York eIther gone home, been \~ashed in by Moretti, the Blue Devils Red Stags added single runs in
3-Chioago d?wnstream, Or drowned In ~he once more tied it up at 4-4 to the sixth ,and seventh frames
4-Boston dlspla:ed wate~ - t.he splashmg Iset the. s~age for. Fairfield's and :allied for two in the ninth
5-Detroit stops and all IS qUIet. "g,ame-wmnmg rally In the last on hItS by Lane, MorettI, Kulo-
6-Washington Suddenly someone yells, I half of the eighth. wiec and Williams.
7-Baltimore GOT ONE! I GOT ONE! I GOT
8-Kansas City ONE!" Everyone hears the voice
_____________________________ but no one can seem to locate
the fisherman. Finally he is
spotted half way up an overhanging
elm tree, and sure
enough, he seems to have a fish
on the end of his line. - But
wait! - Is it ,a fish?? - No! It's
only one of the fishermen who
was washed downstream! - Oh,
well, better luck next time!!
By the way, the above was a
fish-story, and like most fish-
I
-stories, very much exaggerated
and ALL IN FUN!!
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(Continued from Page 4) (Continued from Page 4)
The Regional Congress beg,an ,other more important things to
Friday night with a banquet at' do (e.g. homework) and these
which Bishop John Wright of people were forced to find new
Worcester gave a very interest- ways to budget their time in
ing talk. A dance followed the order to compensate for the
banquet and was attended by,all. hours spent at the games. So
There was also a meeting of the the methods many of them
delegaets from the various col- adopted to compensate for this
leges. Elections were held and lost time may be termed "the
Dan Flynn, Senior Delegate easy way out."
from Holy Cross, was elected The cast:
Regional President. Employers - The Jesuits
Saturday provided many in- Owner - Those who propos-teresting
workshops presented ed the package plan.
by the various commissions. Players and People - Stud-
Among the best attended were ents at Fairfield.
the Family Life and Industrial By AL AVITABILE
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Fairfield University.
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CLASS OFFICERS
(Continued from Page 1)
I Campaigning for all offices is
d~rgraduate Club. Bobby Ge~- urged, and may be conducted as
Wlen, who relIeved Bob Joy III the candidate chooses with the
the seventh inning, was the exception of the immediate vi-winning
pitcher. cinity of the polls on Election
Norwalk 19, Waterbury 11 Day.
Bud Conners gained his sce- ~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;,;;;;;;;;;;;;;~
ond victory of the year pitching
his club to a lop-sided victory.
The game was featured by the
heavy hitting of Swing Incerto.
New Haven 28, Vets 13
In the heaviest bombardment
of the week the New Haven
Club pounded out a 28-13 victory
over the Vets. Jim Riordan
pitched his first complete game
of the season. For the winners,
Daley, Stahl and Bossi were the
hitting stars.
Intramurals
Page Six
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After many difficulties a satisfactory
intra-mural Softball
League has been initiated at
Fairfield University. The league,
composed of eight teams, is fairly
evenly balanced.
The results of the first week
of play are as follows:
Norwalk 12. Bridgeport 4
Behind the four hit pitching
of Bud Conners the Norwalk
Area Club pounded out a decisive
victory over the Bridgeport
Area Club.
Hartford 20. Waterbury 19
Jim Roche's two out single in
the last of the eleventh scored
John Buckley from first to give
the Hartford Area Club a close
victory Over the Waterbury Un-
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