Vol. XI - No.4 PU'blished by Students of Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn. November 20, 1959
Glee Cluh Offers
Large Schedule
Of Performances
This year's Winter Carnival Weekend, inspired by
chairman Jack Quinn and his industrious Carnival
Committee, even at this early date, hints at being the
most successful Carnival weekend in the school's
history.
The weekend festivities, thisS>-------------year,
will begin on Thursday, I Music for the formal this
Jan~ary 28.' wlt.h a ,stag party, time will be supplied by the
durmg WhICh tIme It IS ~oped I"big" band of Ronnie Drumm,
that a gala atr~lOs~here WIll be recently hailed by the Springcreated
and mamtamed thrOUgh-I field Republican as "a g t
out the weekend. The location new band" The Drumm 0 h
rea
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f th O ff" t d . rc es
or . IS a aIr IS, as ye , un e- tra presently holds the title,
termmed. I "Best New Dance Band of
! 1959," this title having been
bestowed upon it by the American
Federation of Musicians.
Downbeat. magazine has labeled
the group as an "excellent
new sounding dance band.
Sammy Kaye described it as
By now it is more or less tak- "One of the greatest bands I
en for granted that, each suc- have ever heard." The dance
ceeding year, under the direc- will be held at the Ritz Balltion
of Mr. Simon Harak and room in Bridgeport.
the moderation of Rev. John Highlighting Saturday afterMurray,
S.J., the Fairfield Uni- noon's jazz concert will be the
versity Glee Club is bigger and dixieland music of Stan Rubin
better than ever. This year will a name in jazz very familiar t~
be no exception to the afore- those who appreciate fine dixie
mentioned rule. In fact, there styling. The Rubin group was
are signs now that this year heard and enjoyed. by those in
will be even more favorably attendance at last year's Junior
eventful than was expected Weekend, The committee is
previously. also looking into the possibil-ity
of acquiring, in addition to
The concert season will open R b
this year with a combined con- u in, groups which specialize
cert ·with the Glee Club of St. in prog.ressive jazz and calypso,
Joseph's College, in West Hart- ~~~~~f~~:~lh' i;~~op~e~::d,c~~i
ford on Friday, December 11, supply ample heat to Berchand
on Sunday, January 31, the
Glee Club WI'11s'mg at the M1'd- mantsh Aubditorium, . should the W' t C ' 1 h wea er e suggestIve of a need
m er arm,:a. er~ on camp- for Sterno or more convenient
us. The remammg SIxteen con- substitutes. Following the con-certs.
are as follows: "cesrt ua bpuffept ,er and m. -
.FrIday, February. 12 - como, formal dance will be held, the
bmed concert WIth and at location for which to be anGood
Counsel College (under nounced at a later date.
cons~deration). In keeping with Carnival
.Fnday, Februa~y 19 - com- tradition, Mass on Sunday in
bmed concert WIth the Wom- Loyola will be followed by a
en'~ Gl~e ~lub of St. John's Communion breakfast. And by
Umv.erslty, m New.York, way of terminating the week-
Fnday, February 26 - South- end in good ent~rtainment
ington,. Conn., sponsored by those who enjoy final chorai
the Kmghts of Columbus (date music will attend a Fairfield
tentative). University Glee Club ('oncert
Sunday, February 28 - Gon- in the gymnasium.
zaga Auditorium, a concert for The Carnival Weekend thi,>
the Sisters of ~he Bridgeport year will include two especi-and
Har~ford DIOcese. ally interesting innovations.
Then, m March: Area clubs and other school
Friday, March 11 New organizqtions have been noti-
Hav~n, spo?sored by the Bel- fied of an ice carving contest
larmme Gmld. in which any may take part.
Saturday, March 12 - West- The winner will receive a
on College, Weston, Massachu- trophy with name inscribed
setts. which will be displayed i~
Sunday, March 13 - Boston, the gym 'and used for the
a combined concert with the same p~rpose in succeeding
Glee Club of Emmanuel Col- years. Also, in addition to the
lege. customary favors distributed at
Wednesday, Marc:h 16 - Old the formal another benefit will
Saybrook, Conn., sponsored by be made available to the beaux
Saint John's Parish.' and his femme. A photograph-
Wednesday, March 23 er will be on hand to snap
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Highl)1' Recommended Ban,d
To Play At Winter Carnival
Intercollegiate Glee
Club Festival To Be
Held At Fairfield
On Saturday, April 9, and
Sunday, April 10, The Second
Annual Intercollegiate Glee
Club Festival will be held here
at Fairfield, Nine eastern colleges
will participate:
Assumption College, (Worcester);
King's College, (Wilkes
Barre); LeMoyne College, (Syracuse);
Providence College,
(Providence, R.I.); St. John's
University, (New York); ,St.
Peter's College (Jersey City);
University of Scranton; Seton
Hall University, (South Orange,
N.J,); Fairfield; and the College
of the Holy Cross, (Worcester).
The STAG will carry announcements
of the details on
a later date.
Dean Names Honor Society Memhers
Seated: Thomas Martone; standing (left to right): J. Masi, E.
Donovan, J. Annunziatto, D. Genga, J. Moylan; not pictured:
J. Monahan, P. Ziegler.
Sophomores Sponsor
Harvest Dance Tonight
The hotly argued Cardinal Key Society will be
active campus organization within the next week.
Today the election commit-~-------------tee,
s'pons~red by the student those students who submitted
councIl, WIll vote on the ap- ... .
plications given in by sopho- letters of applIcatIOn, gIvmg
mores, juniors, and seniors their weighted scholastic averwishing
membership in the so- age, their extra-curricular acciety.
tivities and their reasons for
. The election con:mittee, con- wanting to be a member of the
sistIng of the p:esldents of t.he Key. The senior class will have
Sophomore, Jumor, and Semor sixteen seats, giving them a
classes, the heads of the ?tag, voting majority, the junior class
Manor? Glee Club, R~sIdent will have ten, and the sophoCouncIl,
Student Cou~cIl, the more class four. In addition to
Prefect of the SodalIty, and the voting members there will
two members of the, faculty, be four non-voting members,
F~thers Roo?"ey and Nlc~erson, the president of the student
wIll be actIve only thIS first council, and the presidents of
r~ar. 1Alt~ student .mttembers .of the sophomore" junior and
.e .e ec IOn commi ee .are n~- senior classes.
elIgIble for membershIp thIS
year. After this year the mem- The chairman must be electbers
of the Key will be their ed from the senior members,
own election committee. the vice chairman from the
The Cardinal Key has been Ijunior members, the secretary
established to give recognition from the seniors ,and the treasof
scholastic ability and extra- urer from the juniors.
curr~cular ac.hievement to those While the Key is an honor
most deservmg of the reward organization, it will also be one
on the, FaIrfield campus a.nd of the most active and hardest
through. them to fost~r. an m- working organizations on campcr~
a.se m student actIVIty and us. One of its first tasks will
spint. be to sponsor a huge rally be-
T.he Key will cons~st of thirty fore the Holv Cross-F.U. basvotmg
members, pIcked from ketball game.' At the same time
it will run the booster club for
thE' games which the student
council is' handling until the
Key is ready to take over.
In the long range, the Key
will s p 0 n s 0 r intercollegiate
dances, run the Freshman Orientation
Week with the help of
the Junior class, participate in
the dedication of Canisius Hall,
Gonzaga Hall, and the gym(
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The sophomore class will
sponsor an off-campus dance
tonight, November 17 to be
held at the Holy Trinity Greek
Catholic Hall on Fairfield Avenue,
Bridgeport. Class president
Lou Zowine is general
chairman for the affair. The
Blue Notes of Brooklyn, New
York, have been signed to furnish
the music. This will mark
the second Fairfield appearance
for the Gotham band. They
played at last year's sophomorejunior
dance and were favorably
received. Dan Brown and I
Steve Carberry are in charg~' of'
general arrangements. Shaun
Sullivan heads the poster committee
and Wayne Ganim is
chairman of the refreshment
committee. Dave Jones is handling
ticket sales.
The hall was dedicated in
September and the Soph dance
is the first school function to be
held there. Chairman Zowine
told the STAG that the class of
'62 was "sparing no expense"
to make the dance a success.
He said that at least 200 couples
are expected.
:- j)ro~eeding along Fairfield
'Ave,nue (U.S. 1), a right turn
tak,ep. one block past Saint Ann's
$ChQ<;>1 in Bridgeport will bring
'O!;lJo. the esplanade, Signs mark
the rest of the route to Holy
Trinity Hall.
Cardinal !{ev Appointments John Rielly Fills
T B A 01 d 0 M d Placement Post
o e nnOilllCe lIOn av
01 It was recently announced
an that the position of Public
relations and Placement Director,
vacated by Mr. Frederick
Tartaro, will be assumed
by Mr. John P. Reilly of
Spring Hill Avenue in Norwalk,
Mr. Reilly is a 1951
graduate of Fairfield University
and is also a graduate of
the Fa,irfield Prepar'atory
School. Fo,r the p'ast five years
Mr. Reilly has been a staff
repoder with the Norwalk
Hour, a daily newspaper. The
new director's father is the
former mana,ging edito,r of
the Bridgeport Post and Telegram.
Mr. Reilly will assume
his new duties on the 23rd
of November.
Page Two THE STAG November 20. 1959
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Bill Kramer
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Assorted Truths
In The Guise
Of Folk Ballads
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ACTIVITIES CALENDAR
MARGINALIA
Cardinal Key Elections
Sophomore Dance: Harvest Holiday - Holy Trinity Bridgeport
Frosh Intercollegiate: gymnasium
Movie: Rock a' Bye Baby, Gonzaga Theatre
Students Council Meeting, Xavier Hall
Dance: Met Club in New York -
Catholic Charity Ball, Hartford
MOONLIGHT AND NOSTALGIA
Nov. 20
Nov. 20
Nov. 20
-Nov. 21
.Nov.24
Nov. 27
Nov. 27
With the inauguration of the honorable mention list here at
Fairfield, the men who were always just below the high
honors and just above the average students will finally receive
the recognition they rightly deserve. This program however
must be taken with "a grain of salt" by those men who are
capable of achieving this and the higher honor.
Of itself the list is a fine achievement and something to be
striven for. It must be remembered, however, that it's only a
plateau to the Dean's List. The object is to make this just a
prelude to the higher honor, not the supreme end all honor to
be attained in your undergraduate education.
by JOE MONAHAN
In the bountiful harvest of Catholic journalism today, one
of the hardest things to find is good movie criticism. (Really
this includes good theatrical criticism, but that's another story
for another day.) At least such has been the case until now. '
The song heard from the first I have always wished that somewhere between Catholic
level: Among the struggling covers, I might meet the ideal critic: someone with the taste
and little-known activities of (and basic good sense) of the New Yorker's Mr. McCarten, the
the University, the' Bellarmine urbanity of the Times' Mr. Crowther, and the diabolical faceDebating
Society exists. Having tiousness of Time's Mr. X("the anonymous group sneer," somerecently
returned from tourna- one has called it). But I scanned the Catholic pages without
ments at Brown University and much success: either the critics' outlook tended to be prudish
Marymount, at which the teams and certainly lacked imagination, as in the case of the diocesan
valiantly strove, and gathered newspapers and the wide-circulation Cat.holic "pulp" magazines
partial reward, and after a vic- (and I maintain they're no better than any other type of "pulp"
tory over U.B., the Society finds magazine), or the reviewers went "arty," neglecting entertainitself
in a not-unaccustomed ment values and rambling on about "aesthetic effect" and "atmoscircumstance.
It is important to phere." But neither seemed particularly worth reading, or even
note that the present condition interesting, for that matter. So I went my sad way, resigned to
of the B.D. Society is not un- the fact that probably the only stimulating movie criticism I'd
common to other activities on come in contact with would emanate from the pulpit on certain
campus. The problem as simply Sunday mornings.
stated: they lack financial Then recently, reading that ambitious and imaginative magawidth,
length and depth - zine, JUbilee, I was given new hope and confidence in our good
money. Alas, poor, restricted old Church Militant (Dept. of Critical Arts), by the film criticism
debators. And, it needs must of Mr. Wilfred Sheed. Mr. Sheed is the son of Frank Sheed and
follow, poor University (thusly Maisie Ward, both authors and publishers of Catholic books.
deprived of such excellent pub- But this is no case of nepotism., Mr. Sheed has what it takes:
licity, as the B.D. S. affords, in imagination, wit, keen perception, sound judgement, and a crisp
the important collegiate circles literary style. Just as an example, take this paragraph (from a
of the eastern coast. But do not longer review of the movie "Blue Denim" - one which prodespair!
Cast your intellects no voked much popular controversy):
further! Debating has always, The focus of "Blue Denim" is fixed unwaveringly on that
and traditionally, been a func- all-American bore, the earnest teenager - not the merry slacker
tion highly regarded by Jesuit or car-thief that we read so much about, but the fellow who
colleges and universities. Humm. writes incessantly to the papers to say that teenagers are maligned
The chant perceived at the and misunderstood: his model is not Jimmy Dean or any other
second level: Would I could call roisterer, but someone more like Little Orphan Annie, who wants
your attention - and, perhaps, to be loved - and understood. In this instance, the star-crossed
even your attendance - to the lovers (Brandon de Wilde and Carol Lynley) are obviously
Student Council. In the circle of asking to have their noises patted by somebody. How do such
praise, I would place the care- nice kids get in trouble, asks the movie. The fact is, of course,
ful selection of the blazer out- that they usually don't. If they do, the bonus of demonstration
fitter for the University, the is on the teller of the tale. The movie vaguely suggests that the
generally satisf~ctory settle- II parents hav:e been none t0.o understanding - but then, how much
ment of the Cardmal Key's con- understandmg do these kIds need? Generally speaking few genstitution,
and an increase in the i erations can have been better understood than this one'; certainly
Council's response to the will none has ever made more fuss over any small failures on this
of the Student Body. The time- score.
rushing urges and deciding Here the reviewer has stated both his case and the movie's
interpretations, out of Xavier in a few delightfully destructive sentences; but there is also a
cafe smoke, issuing forth from serious note (summed up later by: "But if the movie isn't preanother
county, I would consid- pared to tell us, for instance, what kind of morals the kids really
er in a some what different have, it had better drop the whole subject; and drop, while it's
circle. AND, in view of the about it, the distasteful business of boasting about its own frankabsence
of the Bellarmine Lec- ness").
tures for this semester, another Mr. Sheed's column appears regularly, and I recommend it
alas, I would urge Council con- strongly. Jubilee's October issue contained an excellent report
sideration of a suggestion made on Ingmar Bergman (I may still publish mine - that's no threat
to the Council for the spending t6 Mr. Sheed, though); and the July issue said the last word on
of their $1000-plus balanced "The Nun's Story."
budget. The suggestion is this: Keep up the good work, Mr. Sheed!
that the Council establish a
teinporary "Speakers Fund"
from which any non-political
organization on campus may
draw to present contemporary
lectures ,of importance to the
Most of our students have other organization. Pamphlets .St}ldent Body. For further d~noticed
the pamphlet racks in cost money. For the first time talIs, see y.our Student CounCIl
Xavier Cafeteria, in the corri- in five years,' the C.T.S. is very representatIve. .
'dor outside Loyola' Chapel, and much in the red. Students have A tuneful note gleaned m bethe
small one in Gonzaga been taking phamphlets without tween levels: T~e commen~ary
Lounge. paying for them, and it isn't the ~m the NFCCS, m the pre.vIOus
The purpose of the pamphlets usual 2% who are formulators Issue of the STAG,. by thIS redisplayed
in these places is to of tl;1eir own laws. The Catholic porter,. was not aImed to be
'offer help in' a' variety of sub- Truth Section can only operate pro-.natIOnal NFCCS. The c:onjects
to the students of Fairfield if all the students of Fairfield clusIOns reached were establIshUniversity.
The range of titlj=!s University pay for each and ed afte: the Fall council of NF
vary from strictly spiritua ones every phamphlet they take. had fimshed. Aahahaa. .
t6 the Catholic view on labor, Booklets that are finger-stained A ~eal resounded a~ the thIrd
economics, history, etc. They or dog-eared by casual and l~v~l. Recorded here IS a recogtend
to increase' our konwledge thoughtless readers 'can't be mtIOn that the streams of
in the Faith and in other fields 'sold. Therefore the Catholic fin~nce .do not flow around the
closely connected with the Truth Section appeals to the Ur:lverslty as profus~l! as they
Church. honesty of all Fairfield students, mIght. The recogr:ltI~n even
The Catholic Truth Section so that the range and variety extends to the realIzatIOn that,
of the Sodality is responsible of worthwhile pamphlets may for t~e. prese~t, such profusefor
this service. Unfortunately, not suffer or be curtailed by ness IS ImpOSSIble. But, then, a
the C.T.S. is not subsidized by light-fingered individuals. We wond.er occurs..Does such a
the Administration or by any appeal for a "conscience-fund." sparsIty of. o~~amzed and spon___________________________
sored actIVItIes and events
logically follow from the previous
statement of fact? If we,
Fairfield University, are going
to be compared to Holy Cross
or B.C., does not the comparison
apply to faculty and administration
as well as to the
student body? A brief reading
or the studentnevy-sp,aper, 'from
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A note of congratulations to the logicians of the Junior
Class who made such an impressionable appearance last week
at the final logic specimen. Having witnessed two previous specimens,'
this one seemed by far to be composed of the most capable
students of the last three years. This just goes to prove the
fact of the rising academic standing that our school is achieving
with the passing of each year.
Everyone who can afford sneakers or doesn't mind playing
in his socks, has found his way from the <tId windy courts of
Xavier to the floor of the new practice gym. Open to the students
of the University until 3 o'clock, it leaves the outdoor basketball
courts veritably d'eserted.
It's true that you don't receive the benefit of fresh air and
sunshine, but where else can you dribble a basketball to a Lester
Lanin beat. The piped in music is a good idea. It gives the gym
a certain supermarket atmosphere, rather than the feeling that
you are standing in the middle of a big, sweaty locker room.
The new athletic building is constantly under criticism from
every side, some of it probably well founded; its too small; why
did they put that permanent wall in? etc. Well the gym certainly
isn't a Vic Tanny's or a Madison Square Garden, but it sure
looks swell. Having attended the Prep School, I can still' recall
the war crys that went' up each year for the construction of a
gymnasium. While a freshman there they held one of their many
fund raising raffles and encouraged us with the promise "you
boys will be able to enjoy the gym when you're seniors, so go
out and sell those tickets." Well eight years later, the administration
finally came through. In fact to an even greater degree
'than any of myoid classmates expected. We don't need a field
house at Fairfield yet, but we have needed a home court on campus
for a long time.
So before you knock it down' again; go back and take a more
appreciative look. R. O'N.
Editorials
Since a week ago Sunday night, with the appearance of
another Jesuit Institution on the program College Bowl, there's
been talk in some circles about the possibility of Fairfield men
making the same debut.
We, of the Stag, are in favor of this idea and would like to
see something constructive done in respect to this understaking
before this like all other' big ideas "fizzle out." We hope that
the administration and student body convene for the purpose
of fostering this endeavor. If we were fortunate enough to receive
a bid to appear, it would add both to the prestige and scholorship
Jund of the University. J. McN.
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Once upon a time there lived a little red man, just
a common red man, nothing out of the ordinary. For
the greater part of the week, the little red man lives
in the rolling hills of someplace or other. At the moment,
the foothills are draped in gold, red,and orange
colors; all the birds are stopping on their way south;
the wind is getting sharp, and pretty soon the snow
will be getting caught in the screen windows.
Things are just about getting down to brass tacks
for the little red men - summer's just' about talked out
with all its great jobs and its greater women, and the
little red men have resigned themselves to living out
the bleak winter months to come.
Oh, but there will be things to do - the annual
things - like moving the Community Chest sign
around town, waiting in the bushes for the U.B. guys
with the paint cans - you know, the ordinary things.
Then, there are the extra special things - like pingpong,
football, basketball, cards, and hide-the-day-hopin-
your-closet.
THE STAG
From This Corn,er Lore To The Lorn
Novembel" 20, 1959
By RAUL THE WISE
By MIKE FRATANTUNO DEAR RAUL: I am a writer
"This is th~ classroom; I work here; I'm a blue- for my school newspaper here
at Medusa College. A few weeks
book. There are times when I am a yellow-book too, ago I wrote an article that was
and it is during the winter and during the late spring a bit controversial, and as a
months. At these times, my color changes from dismal result people have been threat-ening
to throw acid at me, or
blue to a bright and cheery yellow, and my covers plant me in cement at the bot~
almost burst with the extra paper.I contain during the tom of Medusa Creek. On two
mating (or rating, if you prefer) season. different occasions someone has
taken a shot at me. Do you I have been involved in more scandalous predica- think I should kill myself?
ments at one time or another, that I could fill thousands Prometheus J. Bounde
of books just like myself. There are literally hundreds DEAR PROM: Don't be ridic-
. ulous! Why should you kill
of methods which students have concocted (with my yourself, if so many people
help) to "retain knowledge" during an exam. Some- want to do it for you?
times that can be a lot of fun, for example, the "blue- * * *
beak switch." That is when I am hidden in a jacket DEAR RAUL: Recently I was
chosen as delegate to the
pocket and switched for the exam book when the proc- N.F.C.C.S. by my class. Is this
tor turns his back to sneak a few dr,ags on his cigarette. good?
h I b k b th Perplexed On other occasions, w en am an exam 00, 1'0 er DEAR PERPLEXED: That all
sheets will be quickly placed within me, these being depends what N.F.C.C.S. stands
thoroughly filled with information. Many times I am for. '" '" '"
shaken out or torn to pieces by the proctor for harbor- DEAR RAUL: The Student
ing such felons. One of the trickiest plays of my recol- Council of my school has a surlection
is the "bluebook No.2 con". This consists of plus of money and has asked
one of us being completely filled with all the informa- for suggestions from the student These men live under some crazy rules, too! Like
tion known by a student (except the major part of the ~Ood~do~ik,:h:; ;::a~~ ~~~ ist~r~ take, for instance, the ones about the "new gym." You
exam), and e~ding on the last page of No.1 bluebook of suggestion to show that I'm can't wear the same shoes inside that you wore outside.
in the middle of a sentence, with a notation on the last a member of the student body. These are rules that can't be broken, because the new
page of "See book No.2 for rest of exam." Book No. 2, What should I say? Anxious gym is a spanking new baby, that can't be marred in
of course, leaves with the student, and the professor DEAR ANXIOUS: Why don't any way (not even by giving it a name). The big probthinks
he has mislaid the second book, and marks ac- you suggest that the Council set lem in running a dance, n8W, is to get all the girls off
cordingly. Aside from all this, the most interesting aside a fund for lecture ex- the bus and onto the dance floor without them wearinG penses. This fund could be used 1 h b
part of my life is that when I am manufactured, I con- by the major clubs on campus t 1e same s oes outside as they'll wear in the new gym.
tain no knowledge, but at the end of my life, I am filled ~~stth;l b~7;;in~ t~p-~~~~~p~~~ But th.e ~ittle red men are quite proud of their
even to my blue covers with information on every pIe to your school to lecture on I campus, bmldmgs, new gym, and administration. As a
subject imaginable. But I am sure that most of you topics of interest. ..In ;act, I Imatter of fact they're so proud of the new gym th.at
are faml'll'ar with my many uses in the home, the dorm, understand that Fallfield s Stu- thev rank it to the ground wl'tho t fi d' t
dent Council is considering a J. . U ever n Ing au
an& the classroom, so I will tell you of some of my ad- suggestion somewhat similar to, anythmg about it. Like, f'r instance, the reason why
ventures after you hand me in at an exam. this. You'd better bring a few! it's pampered is that it isn't even ours yet. If the little
I am passed in to the teacher (sometI·mes st udents mgaelelotinnsg,ofhobwlaecvker.cofTfeheereto's tnhoe II red, man wer~ t a buy a l'l~t'1e red J.acket (or blue, but
place me on the bottom of the pile, in vain hopes that telling how l",on~ it* will last. let s not get mto t~at agam?, and. i~ wasn't fitted cor-the
prof will be exhausted when he marks me, and rectly, they wouldn t accept It untlllt was perfect. The
give them 100 rather than 10). The student s Ieave, edDaEAjoRb wRAithULth: eI PhoasvteOeffcicceepat-t gym I. sn't fi111.Shed yet, but they don't link that up with
and the teacher stuffs me into an already stuffed brief- Pottawatomie for the Christ- the probability that the administration hasn't signed
case, and lugs it to his Bonneville convertible, where it mas h?lidays: However, ~otta- for it yet.
. th th bU k t seat in a carefree manner. As watomie UmversIty~ :vhICh I
IS rown on e ce. Iattend, does not begm Its vaca- The little red men blast away with both barrels
we speed along the Thruway, the wmd rustles through tion until December 24 at 9:30 and say the gym is inadequately furnished. One glance
my pages and makes me feel good about helping man- p.m. I must have more time tells them it's not finished, but they blast away anyway.
. k d t kId F' 11 th Ibecause I need the money
kmd on the roc y roa a nowe ge. ma y, e car What should I do? The architect said the gym would be adequate, and
stops and the briefcase is picked up and very roughly Dileto adequate it will be _ when it is finished!! (Incident-carried
into the Villa. The others and I are emptied DEAR DILETO: You should 11 'f th
t h d k .d s and shouts by the teach do one of two things: First, you ~ ~,l . ere are any little red men still reading this,
on 0 a uge es., amI cur es . 1 - could forget about the job _ in It IS recommended that they contact their Student
er about the SIze of classes today. It IS Novemoer, which case youwill get thrown Council representatives and make recommendations as
1959. We are left in the same spot for quite a while, out of school for not paying to what YOU want in the g:ym. The administratl'0'l1
th t h . b being the moderator of the local your fees. Secon~ly, y~u could ~
as e eac er IS usy qUIt school _ 111 WhICh case doesn't want to put things in that we'll complain about
Hot Rod Club at school, and spends all of his spare time you wouldn't have to work for later, so the decision is left to the Student Council.)
working on his new Boeing 707 in the back yard. Every any tuition in the firs; place
day, however, as the teacher passes by, on his way The chOIce I; ue t~ you. . So theyttle red men gripe and will gripe, yet life
from the game room to the stereo room, he will glance DEAR RAUL: Last week I WIll go on m the rolling hills of you know where. F'ootat
us hatefully and mutter something about the size of accepted an invitation to go to ball or no football, new gym or no new gym, Padre Pio
classes today. About tli.e end of January, 1960 (if the a mixer at a girl's college. But or no Padre Pio, a dime to play ping-pong or no dime
I had a miserable time. Every- t l' btl b .
world still exists) on a weekday (since his weekends one was stepping on my feet 0 p ay pmg,pong, oos er c u or no booster club red
are all tied up: he is a ski instructor at Stowe) his but- the punch made me sick, I tor~ bermudas on the cheerleaders or no, life goes on' and
ler will remind him that grades are due in. the office. my new coat, and somebody we can only bed down for the winter with the hope for
stole my car. I got so mad I l' .
Dolefully, he ·calls several friends, and tells them he made some remarks to one of an ear y sprmg.
will be unable to referee the polo match, and then he the girls there, to the effect that
sets out to correct the exam within me. He looks at her old college stinks. Do you
think I was justified? F . fi ld L d the name ·on my cover, marks a number on it, skims Ruined air e ann romat
through my pages, mutters something about the size DEAR RUINED: You certain-
of people in the c1asses today, marks anumber in his ly were not justified! Do you realize you could have ruined
green book, and then tosses me into a pile on the patio. relations between your two
That night, he invites several friends to the house, schools? * '" *
and has a wild patio party, using myself and the others DEAR RAUL: I am a memas
the cheery fire. As the fire curls my edges brown, bel' of the Campus Police at
and melts my shiny staples, I feel good that I have spent Crestfallen College. For some 1227 Post Road Fairfield
my short l1'fe h elp' m. g mank'Ind on the rocky road to I.mreea,socnalpl eompele ntahmroews isntonneeswas-t Opp. Post Office
knowledge. . . (Continued on Page Four)
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The Business Club of Fairfield
University is busy carrying
out' the numerous plans
which have been previously
listed in an earlier edition of
The STAG,
Foremost among these plans
is the incorporation of the
Business Club. In its essence,
the incorporation calls for the
club's becoming a legal entity
in itself. Legal details are being
taken care of by Mr. Stephen
O'Brien of the University
business staff. Once completed,
the plan will allow the Club
to acummulate funds and then
begin purchasing stocks on the
various exchanges, The purpose
of this trading is to give the
business student a deeper insight
into the complexities of
Wall Street. Once started, the
organization will assume the I
status of the corporation, that
of being perpetual in existence.
That is, that the students in
GLEE CLUB ...
(Continued from Page One)
Westport, at Assumption Parish.
Friday, March 25 - Ansonia,
Conn., sponsored by the Valley
Club.
In April:
Friday, April 1 - Waterbury,
sponsored by the Waterbury
Club. I
Wednesday, April 6 - Stamford,
sponsored by the J. M'I
Wright Technical School. .
Saturday, April 9, and Sunday,
April 10, The Second Annual
Intercollegiate Glee Club
Festival. at Fairfield University.
Wednesday, April 27 - Hartford,
combined concert with the
Glee Club of St. Francis Hospital.
Friday, April 29 New
Haven, combined concert with
the Glee Club of A1bertus Magnus
College.
And:
Wednesd1.loY, May 4 - Bristol,
sponsored by the Boy's Club
of Bristol.
BELLARMINE ...
(Continued from Page Two)
either H.C. or B.C.) yields an
image of the student body and
its activity. But it also yields
an image of the other end of
the academic balance. Do the
images, both images, reflect
equally here at Fairfield? IT ntJt,
why not? The improvement. of
the University and its development
are not solely the responsibility
of the student body. And I'
the stream of finances are not
the only method to development.
This reporter is guilty of
a fault in the above. He is talking,
mainly, of intellectual
development! Hohooo.
WINTER CARNIVAL ...
(Continued from Page One)
them in their glad rags for
the purpose of providing them
with a 5 by 7 color remembrance
of happy moments spent
during a successful Winter
Carnival Weekend, January
28-31, 1960.
CARDINAL KEY
(Continued from Page One)
nasium, none of which hq,ve
been formally dedicated as yet,
and serve as guides and hosts
to visiting dignitaries and teams.
Much credit for the foundation
of the Key must be given
to the entire student council
which participated in six and
four hour sessions to get all
opinions and arguments concerning
the Key, and especially
to John Crane and the members
of his activities committee,
and to Joe McNamara and
his legislative committee for
their relentless work.
LORE TO LORN ...
(Continued from Page Three)
paper articles, ignore me, and
do other degrading things. What
do you think is the reason for
this?
Badge 714
. DEAR 714: Maybe it's your
, wothpaste.
November 20, 1959 THE STAG Page Five
Sodality collects money donated
by the students to be used
as aid for foreign missions.
Over the past five years the stu-
. dents have sent a total. exceeding
five thousand, five hundred
d'crlla'rs to the Missions. By way
of itnprovement, the Missions
Section intends no further activity,
but, instead, it plans on
improving its methods of organization.
These methods will
be brought out and developed
in the near future.
The daily recitation of the
Rosary on campus is one of the
means used to fulfill the function
of Our Lady's Committee.
Its function is to develop a deep
devotedness and love for the
Blessed Virgin Mary. The Committee
is trying to increase the
attendance at these recitations
through publicity. Everyone is
urged to attend these recitations.
Rosary for campus students
is said at 7:00 P"., and
for off-campus and day students
it is said in' the morning.
The intended task of this
committee is to obtain funds to
finance the building of a shrine
to "Our Lady of the ·Way" here
on campus. The finances for this
operation will come solely
through the efforts of the Sodality.
The Confraternity of Christian
Doctrine was organized to
aid outlying parishes. Sodalists
assist neighborhood parishes
and their pastors in religious
instruction of Catholic students
who are· attending public
schools.
A new committee has been
added 'this year, namely the
Social Apostolate, which is to
be focused on the student body.
The new year will see this program
launched by Dan Comcowich
and Fred Miller.
The officers of the Sodality
for the present year were
elected last April. They are:'
Prefect - Joseph Moylan.
Instructor of Candidates -
Paul Ce~voni.
Vice-Prefect - James Devlin.
Secretary - Ray Martin.
Treasurer - Thomas Drohan.
Under· the direction of its
moderator. Fr. J. Murphy, S.J.,
the Sodalit.v has developed into
a st1"ong organization on campus.
Its h~l1) has been appreciated
in the 1)ast and is looked
forward to in the future.
to ean1
$100 (or more) in Spare Time
PRAY THE ROSARY DAILY
Loyola Chapel - 7 p.m.
Write for information: College Record Club
P.O. Box 1193. Providence 2, R.I.
by the
COl/LEGE RECORD CLUB
WANTED:
CAMPIJSREPRESENTATIVE
Fairfield Sodality' Forms
Ne'tu Committee This Year
In September, ,1948, Pope Pius XII wrote BIS
SAECULARI, an Apostolic Constitution on the Sodality
of Our Lady. In this document, the Holy Father reasserted
the high aims of the Sodality in regard both
to the Sodalists' interior lives and to their apostolate:
"The Sodalities of Our ~
Lady, as their Church-approved
rules proclaim. are
associations thoroughly filled
with an apostolic spirit. While
they spur on their own members
to holiness. sometimes to
the very heights. Sodalities
likewise labor under the direction
of their spiritual shepherds
to bring about the
C h r i 5 t ian perfection and
eternal salvation of others
also and to safeguard the
rights of the Church. Furthermore,
they develop tireless
servants of the Virgin Mother
of God and fully-trained
. propagators of the Kingdom
of . Christ." "
Since the dav of this promulgation,
these words have
been taken seriously by Fairfield
University Sodalists. The
ideals have always demanded a
definite spiritual life program
(the liturgy and sacraments,
mental prayer. sDiritual direction,
etc.) adapted to the conditions
of each student, and keyed
to Catholic Action in his
particular m·ilieu.
The various Committees and
Sections of the Sodality manifest
g, zealous apostolate. The
Sodality is operated mainly
through these committees and
Sections, which from a group
known as the Sodality Council.
The Council coordinates the
activities of these various committees
and Sections.
The Catholic Truth Section
has as its aim to spread Catholic
literature in pamphlet form
to the students. The racks of
pamplets seen on campus is the
work of this section of the
Sodality.
Six years ago, the Dactylology
Section of the Sodality was
formed under the direction of
Fr. Joseph Potter. The aim of
this section is to aid those people
handicapped with deafness.
The Section meets once a
month and communicates with
these handicapped people by
means of sign language. These
meetings consist qf two parts,
religious and social.
The Sodality paper. Flos
Campi, consists of articles of
interest pertaining to the Sodality.
A new format for the
paper is envisioned for 1960
which will be for the improvement
of the paper.
The Missions Section of the
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Radio Free Gonzaga has Formal Cerliiude·! ! !
The movie will star Ricky Nelson as the struggling
logician, Kim Novak as his girl from town,
Marlon Brando as the kindly teacher, and Walter Brennan
will play a desk.
The late slips are flying fast and furious in X-205
on Mondays and Wednesdays
Back to (shudder) Holy Cross. As I write this, it
has been less than a week since the Crusaders had their
intellectual balloon burst on TV. In spite of a secret
glee, I do have a certain amount of sympathy to them.
All this glee and sympathy, however, is no answer to
the question of how they were selected in the first
place. Possibly they threw a temper tantrum. It would
be well for the Council to look into this, as appearance
on a program of this type would do more to spread the
name of Fairfield than any number of new and nameless
gyms.
A couple of things keep poking their heads i
through the fog this week. The first and most important
of these is that the Student Council has asked for
suggestions as to how to spend the surplus in their
treasury. Since I have an inability to resist giving suggestions,
even when they are asked for, I'll present one
of three.
VARIANTS
By JOE DISTINTI
The word "sound" is beginning
to shimmer a bit these'
days. This word with its new
connotation partaking of both
the mystical and scientific
is as meaningless and essentially
snobbish as that foolishly
imprecise term "good music."
The only way to understand it
The one that leaps immediately to mind is that the
is to hear enough examples.
council take the money and throw a gigantic party. These you may find on many
Since it leaps right back out again it can be safely dis- hi-Ii recordings whose jackets
regarded. Drifting back down to reality, a very real employ the term frequently.
possibility for top-grade lecturers is seen. They could In the jazz field you will hear
the results of echo chambers,
come from any and all fields. I add the last because, multiple recording, odd micro-although
I am bored to tears by most scientific things, phone placement, filtering and
even I would undertake the long _and arduous trek other gadgeteering. Enthusiasts
do not listen to the music of
from Loyola to Gonzaga to hear Willey Ley, or some- their. favorite progressive jazz
one of his calibre, speak. The fields of entertainment ensemble; they "dig the excitwould
not be off-limits either. Alre'ady this year Rolying sound." It is beside the point
if these sounds are not organCross
has presented a reading by Sir Alec Gliinness. ized:4 to make expressive form.
They have also heard from Dr. Thomas Dooley, Harri- If they were, the re~ult would
be music and consequently a
son Salisbury, John Galbraith, and Foster Furculo. somewhat. old hat. That the
Closer, geographically, to home, Marymount has already "sound' 'enthusiast is little conpresented
Robert Kennedy and Mark Van Doren. If cerned about music is evidenced
by his delight in the grunts,
the Council allotted at least a substantial portion of squals, puffs and shrieks offer-the
money to this cause, our lecture program would ed by' certain discs recorded at
equal that of any school our size. menagerie, factory and airport.
Sound is ::. product of recording
- especially tape recording.
Take a sound which we
have all heard millions of times
- the ticking of a watch, for
example. Record it on widerange.
equipment and play it
back. Sound will have become
"sound." The c l' eat ion of
"sound," then is partially a
matter of context. This is exciting
to many because, until
the new context drew their
attention, they never really
listened to any sounds other
than those of traditional music.
They had heard them to be
sure, but as signals, annoyances,
and so on, not as aesthetic
experiences.
When one can relax in his
It is too bad that due to the new system here at armchair and hear the rattle-
Fairfield, there will be no more Logic Spectacles. How- snake, the hippo, or fish many
ever, much of the laughing, rousing, good college fun fathoms down in the sea, there
. . .. ." is no question that the reaction
of the SpeCImen IS contamed m my new book, The will be somewhat different to
Decline and Fall of the Logical Mind," sub-titled "Tom Ithat felt on loc~ti?n. (These
Swift and his Electric Enthymeme," Copies are avail- sounds can be heard 111 Folkway
" . I Albums I"PX 120-125). The un-able
through the LIttle Old Book Shop around the usual thing is that people are
Corner" run by kindly old George Papageorge-. . . actually listenin~ to ~hese
sounds for aesthetic expenence
and they like it. The important
thing to remember about all
this is, that the listener is not
being transported in imagination
to, say, the American
Southwest to hear the rattlesnake.
If this could be done
successfully the listener would
hear the sound as a warning
and either reach for a club· or
run like ---. What happens
is that he is being given the
rattle without the snake or the
danger. The novel aspect is that
1i============================;11the sounds, taken completely
out of context become objects Ir---------------------------_.
of regard in and for themselves.
They need not be exotic. They
need only be recorded to become
what the . critics call
aesthetic objects.
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For Christmas ...
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• For those casual parties you may want a shaggy or boatneck
sweater or a smart knit shirt.
Having received the sum of
$1,300 as proceeds from the
Bellarmine Guild raffle, the
Student Council of Fairfield
University now has the problem
of estimating what is the most
worthy cause to which. this
(Continued on Page 8)
Stag Proposes
Solution For
Council Surplus
mailboat will arrive two days
early!!
Yogi Bear, a popular campus
personality, has been rumored
to be engaged by the Bellarmine
Lectures, due to the fact that
Yogi is quite inexpensive, as
a speaker.
New Frontiers does not have
formal certitude, according to
the Student Handbook. P 00 r
Frontiers!
The activities mail-system, run
through the office in Xavier, has
been reported to the Postmaster
General. It is rumored that such
a disaster occurred due to the
promptness and efficiency of the
system. It couldn't be otherwise,
could it!
as a whole and the particular
departments of it, would derive
from the seriously contemplated
considerations of the Student
Body. Also note that the
pointed-out problem could be
accompanied by suggestions of
methods and implementation for
solving, practically, the listed
problem. This is not, however, a
necessary requirement of the
submitted essays. All important
problems, brought out by these
essays, will be pursued by subsequent
investigation and news
- coverage in The STAGs of
the second semester. Although
the improvement of the conditions
at the University, and the
release of student difficulties
encountered in the University,
should both provide sufficient
incentive to make this project
a success, The STAG will offer
awards for the five top essays,
to be presented to the authors
of same. All submissions should
be made to The STAG office in
Gonzaga Hall, either through
or under the door.
As of the other morning, the
police-force of the university
was bolstered by the addition
of George Maloney, The official
ceremony was marked by the
replacement of a water-pistol
in place of numerous s c r e wdrivers.
(And we do not imply
that Mr. Maloney drinks.) In
his first official act, G e 0 r g e
evened up the score by tagging
health-bug T. Ryan for a twodollar
sum. Mr. Ryan's reply
was unexpected, to be sure.
We will not mention the slight
thefts that have occured, recently,
in the locker room of the
gym. This is intended to be a
humorous section.
Looked forward to, is the first
issue of New Fro n tie r s. If
dreams come true, the issue will
be out before Thanksgiving.
And in the holiday spirit, the
STAG wishes you all, faithful
readers a plentious Thanksgiving.
"Dear Editor and Underlings:
Would you please give us the
usual publicity and coverage to
the forth-coming Junior Class
play, to be presented on December
11th, in Gonzaga Auditorium.
Besides enlisting the moreor-
less literary efforts of Geoffrey
Stokes, Mike Fratantuno,
John F.' X. Warburton and
others, a vast number of actors,
extras arid armed guards have
been gathered. The writers have
assured me that the play will be
a series o'f humorous sketches,
having nothing at all to do with
anything in particular concerning
the sarcastic attitude of
some towards certain activities
and personages."
Thanks, and the usual fee is
enclosed.
!
A still struggling debating society,
the Bellarmine D.S. in
particular, has climbed another
step higher on a ladder, going
they know not w her e. At a
tournament, held on Nov. 14th
at Central Conn. State College,
the varsity team placed second
and the affirmative side scored
high enough to be judged second
best at the tourney. Val ian t
team!
Although the world will end,
the Math-Physics club is ignoring
all thoughts of despair. Soon
to be launched, a new-sized
rocket will be streaking across
Fairfield Univ.'s skies. Exact dimensions
are still top-secret.
Essay Contest
Starts Today
Debating Society
Beats Marymount
This issue and previous issues
of The STAG have reflected a
concern for the growth and the
need for more growth of Fairfield
University. Keeping in this
progressive spirit, The STAG is
sponsoring an essay contest that
will reflect the ideas and opinions
of the student body, concerning
the development of the
numerous aspects of the University.
The topic, of the essays
The Bellarmine Debating So- to be submitted, will be the
ciety has won the first two following: "The Aspect of Fairmatched
debates of its season. field University That Needs DeOn
Wednesday, Nov. 4, the velopmen( by Growth." In oraffirmative
and negative teams, der to qualify for acceptance,
Geoffrey Stokes and John F. X. the essays must include a deWarburton,
Dave Roystop WId tailed description of the parFred
Abbate, respectively, ticular aspect - in concrete
traveled to Tarrytown, N.Y., terms - and a sufficient statewhere
they defeated Marymount ment as to why this aspect
College in a debate of the na- should be developed. The latter
tional topic: "Resolved, that the part of this qualification would
Congress should be given the naturally include reasons to
power to reverse decisions of establish why this aspect should
the Supreme Court." be given preefrence over others.
One week later, the debators The essay contest will close on
switched sides and traveled to Friday, January 9th. The wordthe
University of Bridgeport, Iage of the submissions should
where they also emerged victor- fall between the limits of 750
ious. Including tournaments, the to 1000', words. Each essay
Varsity debators have compiled Isho~ld avoid sweeping generala
winning record. The Novice lzatlOns. However, more than
debators, Brian Gallagher and one essay may be submitted
Bob Ritter, Robert Jorlett and Iby each student.
Bob Melican, who have experi- It is perhaps necessary for
enced only varsity competi-. The STAG to list ,a detailed
tion this year, have not fared I emphasis of the importance of
quite so well. But their future this project or to enlarge upon
is bright. the benefits of the University,
Tom Ryan here in the Student
Council corner-since the
last issue there were two meetings.
The final amendments to
the Cardinal Key were passed:
All prospective members must
submit to the Dean of Studies
a letter of self-nomination containing
a list of his extra-curricular
activities and the reasons
why he is seeking entrance into
the Society. If he has a weighted
average of 75 and no complete
failures in the two previous
semesters his name will be
given to the special election
commission. This commission
will consist of the Presidents of
all Cardinal activities, the Presidents
of the Sophomore, Junior
and Senior Classes, Fr. Nickerson
and Fr. Rooney (representing
the administration). From
the prospective candidates they
will pick 16 Seniors, 10 Juniors,
and four Sophomores. The officers
of the Key will be elected
by the members accepted into
the Society. A Senior student
may hold the offices of President
or Treasurer and a Junior
may hold the offices of Vice
President and Secretary. The
deadline for nomination is Nov.
19 and the election will take
place the next day.
The Council has organized a
MANINRED Booster Club for
the purpose of having an organized
cheering section. Red Der-bies
with STAG imprinted on ---
them will be sold for a nom- We are now engaged in a
inal fee but the biggest require-I search for the "Radio Club" (as
ment for the Club is strong validly listed in the Student
lungs! IHandbook). Anyone finding the
The long awaited decision as Club, or its remains, will please
to who will play at the Winter contact the STAG, for a prize.
Carnival formal has been an- ' ---
nounced.· Ronnie Drumm and Foreign News: the well-known
his 15 piece band will provide : --------------------
us with the musical atmosphere.
Mr. Drumm's band won second
prize in the "Best Dance Band
of 1959 Contest" and I'd say
that's a pretty big accomplishment,
but don't take my word
for it, take Sammy Kaye's word;
he says "One of the best dance
bands I've ever heard." Better
yet, don't take either of our
words - Come yourself and
hear him.
November 20, 1959 THE STAG Page Seven
Seeing as the Meninreds will soon take over this job from
us we want to try you out just once more. Let's have some real
noise this time - BEAT HOLY CROSSl
Another club,' the N.Y. Met
Club, has been added to the
list of those which sponsor social
activities on and around the
campus. This began pn November
fifth with a party at Mary
Journey's Inn.' This party, although
it didn't differ much
from its predecessors in the
matter of refreshments, had one
new and welcome innovation,
in that the best opposite sex we
have was invited to share in the
festivities.
Also on the Met Club's list of
successfUl activities was the
Halloween Dance held in Hollis,
Queens.
The financial and social benefit
to the club from these two
activities was so great that Bob
Monk, president, has plans for
many others, to be held during
the year. Final announcements
will be made later, but the beloved
"informed sourc~" has it
that not only will there be a
Thanksgiving Dance, but· also
that the club will combine with
the .. N.J. Area Club for a
Christmas dance at, of' all
places, the Waldorf.
Met Cluh Expands
Social Activity
From West Hartford, Gerry
McCartpy attended Loomis,
where he was a member of the
student council for two and a
half years.
John Scanlon hails from
New York City where he went
to St. Francis Prep, Brooklyn.
He too is qualified for his position,
having participated· in
student government at his high
school.
i Holy Cross, Georgetown, L.lU.
New Additions To Hoop Schedule
Anderson Leads Frosh Slate
Into The Student Council
Recently the freshmen elected
their representatives to the
Student Council. They are Robert
Anderson, Jeffrey Hughes,
Gerald McCarthy, and John
Scanlon.
Bob Anderson is familiar
with the workings of the University
and of the Council, having
attended Fairfield Prep. He
lives in Bridgeport and dayhops.
On the Activities Committee,
he helped to form the
freshman social committee.
Jeff Hughes comes to Fairfield
by way of Xavier High
School. He was a student officer
there for two years and so is
well qualified for council work.
He is on the grievance committee
and social committee for the
freshman mixer.
Bal"ry Wins In Triangular
Meet With. Adelphi, C.C.S.C.
Tracy, Aherne, Ross
Cop Junior Sport Day
On Saturday, November 7th,
the first annual Junior Sports With the gradual growth in strength and depth of
Day was held in our gym. Mem- h . . b k tb 11 t . '1 .
bers of the class of '61 competed t e unlVers1ty as e a eam, a SImI ar expanSIOn
in eight events ranging from can be observed in the scope of the basketball schedule.
:"21" to "out". Lanky Frank New opponents for the Stags~>---------------
Tracy, a favorite, won the first C
prize of fifteen dollars by scor- this year will be Holy ross, the "Cross" springs its Sunday
Georgetown, Long Island Uni-. . .
ing eleven out of a possible versity (L.I.U.), City College of punch wIth the much publIcIzed
fifteeen points. He finished first New York (C.C.N.Y.), and a 6'5" sophomore Jack Foley. Unin
the jump shooting contest little club from "down south," stoppable in high school, Foley
and second in the foul shooting
and "21" events. The second Villa Madonna. All of these has yet to prove himself in var-place
award of ten dollars went ball games are at home and sity ball and it is reasonable
there is no doubt that the new, ..
to Bob Aherne, who scored ten gym will see some of the best that he WIll lIve up to the hopes
points. Bob Ross received five basketball players that the East qt qis deft press agent. Also
dollars for finishing third. The
day was successful and a "good has to offer. keep your eye on Jim Brandt
time" was had by all. Congratu- Top on the list of newcomers for real power basketball.
lations to President Joe Can- ~eems)o be I:I0ly Cross. Sport- Georgetown is the next best
nizzaro and to John Creed, who ~ng 2 potentIal All-AmerIcans Iof the grou but with the er-did
a great job as statistician. In back court, Blaney and Shay, t' b d P _____________________________ : ra IC ran ,0f b a11 p1ayed by
that school, it is difficult to determine
how strong they really
are. Last year they defeated
Fordham, Syracuse, and Boston
College (B.C.), but dropped an
easy one to weak Seton Hall.
Lack of upper classmen on the
club will probably produce a
repeat (9-15) record for the
Hoyas.
L.I.U. and C.C.N.Y. are two
of the New York City schools
that were caught (and fined) in
the basketball scandal of 5 or 6
years ago. Both drew long suspensions
from Tournament Competition
and now completely
restaffed, they are on the comback
road. Both have. also joined
the Tri State League this
year and after much recruiting
their previous records (7-14)
L.I.U.; (6-12) C.C.N.Y. will be
reversed in the win-loss column
by the end of the season.
Last only alphabetically is
Villa Madonna from Covington,
Kentucky. Although they only
I
played .500 ball last year, their
Sophomore John Barry completed soggy Van Cort- typical Kentucky ga!Ue of tight
defense and long Jump shots
land Park cross-country r01,lte, in excellent timej to gain will be a great asset to them
first p1ace m. ,a tn'angu1ar:meet WI·th Cent ra1 Connect'I- on their Northern Trip.
. The best way to welcome
cut State and AdelphI College. these ball clubs to our c;ampus
But the harriers of C.C.S.,~ is with a ca9acity crowd at the
formerly New Britain, managed Connors in eighth ninth and game.
to grab se~ond, third a.nd four~h tenth places resp~ctivelY. ---------
place to WIn the meet In a ratIo '
of 26 - 33 - 66. AdelphI placed At the end of this meet, Fair-last
of the three schools. field's harriers held a 5-5 rec-
Lou Ockey was the second ord Barry's time was 27:31
man to cross the finish line for '. . '
Fairfield, in fifth place. He waS two mInutes better than hIS last
followed by Bob McCarthy, test on the Park's rugged
Jack Doyle and Captain Frank course.'
. FEBRUARY
1
1 - Villa Madonna, home .
3 - Fairleigh-Dickenson, home
6 - A.I.C., away
8 - Upsala, away
10 - Brooklyn, away
13 - C.C.N.Y.. home
15 - Long Island U.. home
17 - St. Peter's, home
20 - Hunter, home
22 - So. COIllIli. State College,
away
24 - Rider, away
27 - Bridgeport, home
29 - Providence, awar
Jun-Sen
(Circle One)
INTRAMURAL ALL-STAR TEAM
Back
Back
Back
End
Lineman
Lineman
Lineman
End ...
Frosh-Soph
DECEMBER
JANUARY
5 - Holy Cross, home
12 - Assumption, home
14 - St. Francis, home
19 - Siena, away
5 - Yeshiva, home
8 - Adelphi, away
11 - Ion,a, home
13 - Boston College, home
16 - Bridgeport, away
28 -Georgetown, home
BASI{ETBALL SCHEDULE
1959 ·1960
By BILL KRAMER
Days are getting shorter, students are beginning to study
a little harder, and the basketball team is beginning to shape
itself into a closely knit unit. These signs only mean one thing
on the Fairfield campus - the famine is over and things will
soon begin to jump.
On this page you will find the basketball schedule. We would
like to take this occasion to publically congratulate the Director
of Athletics on a terrific job. During the four years we have been
here we have watched the schedule improve along with the
quality of ballplayers coming here and the team itself. This year,
as anyone can see, we have a schedule that will equal any school
of our size. Whether we will have a team of the same caliber
remains to be seen. (Personally this corner thinks we will and
then some.) To get back to the matter at hand we think that the
first cheer of this year should go to the athletic director for
giving the team a schedule by which it can worthily prove itself.
Speaking of cheers brings to mind another innovation which
is going will appear on campus soon - The Maninred Booster
Club. Aside from the name we think that this organization will
greatly improve the spirit which seems to be hiding somewhere
in the student body. We know that it is there let's see if the
"Meninred (??)" will lure it out. The basic requirements for
membership in this club are certainly not stringent. All that
is needed is a lot of school spirit, a pair of strong lungs, and be
willing to wear a white shirt and a red derby, which we presume
is the unif~)l'm of the Maninred. We don't think we will be going.
out on a limb if we say that the first two requirements have
been present at Fairfield for many years and that this year they
will be all the more present now that the team has moved on
campus. The third requirement which some of you may consider
the least important seems to us to be the most important.
The white shirts and red derbies will give Fairfield something
that has been lacking in the past-UNITY. Therefore this corner,
since we know that you will use your lungs and spirit regardless
of the Meninred, we urge you, the student body, to either get
completely behind this organization or don't even join because
a half-hearted effort will make not only you but also Fairfield
look ridiculous. We won't hope but merely assume that you
will choose the former.
Since we have talked about basketball for quite a while, we
would now like to turn to football. The intramural season will
almost be completed when you read this. Most of you have either
played in or watched intramural football games this year. Therefore
this corner would like to give you, the players and spectators
a chance to elect an All Star Team. Clip out the form below, fill
it out and place it in the envelope on the door of the Stag office
by Wednesday, Dec. 23.
Page Eight THE STAG November 20. 1959
Fr. Lawrence Mullin. S.J.• discusses the topic of alcoholism with
four interested students before his evening lecture.
(Continued from Page 6)
money should be donated.
President of the Council,
Ernie Garrity, has designated
John Crane, chairman of the
Activities Committee, as the
person to whom all suggestions
should be given. At the last
Council meeting. Mr. Garrity
urged all council members to
seriously ponder the question
and submit their suggestions to
Mr. Crane before this Tuesday.
The STAG, however, thinks
that this process of choice and
decision is b.eing done in too
small a scale if left to the discretion
of just the council members.
We believe that the entire
student body should be
able to submit their suggestions
and thus eliminating the old
cry of "The students who aren't
members of the student council
never have any say in the student
affairs. This -idea of our
representation is just talk and
nothing else."
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To slightly remedy that fact
I in this situation, The STAG
would like to offer a suggestion.
Namely, that all those who think
that they have any worthwhile
offerings to make in this dilemma
should submit them to their
respective student repres'entatives.
This idea should be' submitted
no later than Tuesday,
November 24th, in writing.
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DRINK PEPSI
reiterated that alcoholism is
"no joking matter" and is considered
by the American Medical
Commission a "serious
pathological disease." His closing
comments revealed that, in
the United States, the highest
percentage of alcoholics is
among those of Irsh-American
descent. France leads the countries
of the world.
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just as in the case of a habitual
heavy smoker - can make him
stop. The alcoholic, on the other
hand, can not stop, even if he
wants to desperately. In fact,
before rehabilitation by such
organizations as Alcoholics
Anonymous (AA) can be undertaken,
the alcoholic must admit
his powerlessness and submit to
outside help. Alone, he is helpless.
There are three definite traits
of alcoholism, varying in degree
with the individual: excess,
serious life problems, and compulsion
to drink.
Alcoholism is hard to spot in
its early stages and it is not until
this excess materializes, that
there is realization of the
disease's oresence. While it is
true that s 0 m e alcoholics
rarely get completely drunk,
they are often thoroughly un'
der its influence, even if seemingly
acting normal. There is,
however, a marked difference
in the "hangover" of the alcoholic
and the regular "morning
after the night before." The alcoholic
wakes with a case of
jitters, frequently, amnesia, and
the violent need for another
"belt" which immediately puts
him back under the imperceivable
influence again.
Serious life problems typify
the alcoholic's existence, beginning
with social embarrassment
to the ultimate end, "skid row."
These problems become more
complex as the disease progresses.
Although the specific causes
of alcoholism are still somewhat
of a mystery; whether the
potential alcoholic begins purely
as a "social drinker" or as
an "escapist" to relieve physical
or mental paint, a compulsion
to drink develops. This compulsion
becomes so great that he
can never stop permanently,
even when he desires. There is
no such thing as an "ex-alcoholic";
once an alcoholic, always
an alcoholic. Even after
years of abstinence, an alcoholic
can never safely take one alcoholic
drink. One glass of beer,
one alcohol-based medicine, one
wine-based sauce, can start him
back on his road of degradation.
Emphasizing this, Fr. Mullin
said, "the sign of an alcoholic
is the fact that he can
never drink moderately with
regularity. He can never, never
be a social drinker."
In the que?tion and answer
period that followed, Fr. Mullin
Year~s Lecture Series Opened
With Psychology And Alcoholism
By MICHAEL T. KIERNAN
(Number one in a series of
three articles)
"Alcoholism is the nation's
fourth greatest health problem,
affecting more than five million
Americans." This startling fact
was revealed in a recent lecture
"What is Alcolholism?"
the 'first of a three-part series
on "Psychology and Alcoholism"
by Fr. Laurence S. Mullin, S.J.,
a Professor of Psychology at
the University.
Since alcoholism involves
man's free will, Fr. Mullin began
his discussion by defining
free will as "the power given
certain prerequisites of knowledge
to act one way or another."
The condition of the persons at
the time of the judgment must
be considered (disregard) so
that fuIly free choice is impossible
when emotional, physical
and other similar factors
affect the judgment. Any disturbance,
ranging from extreme
fear or anger to drug addiction
and alcoholism, can impair this
essential faculty. "Alcoholism,"
stated Fr. Mullin, "is a disease,
if unchecked, progressively reduces
man to his lowest state,
a groveling, whimpering animal.
It is an attack on the dig-
.. nity of man."
The purpose of the talks is to
spread knowledge of alcoholism
with an ultimate end of truth
concerning this commonly confused
subject; to aid those estimated
25-million persons, who
while not alcoholics themselves
suffer helplessly, internally involved
in the problem because
of some relative or close friend.
Basing his talk on the recent
book of Fr. John Ford, S.J.
"Man Takes A Drink~"· Fr.
Mullin pointed out that alcoholism
is no respecter of people.
On every level, in both sexes,
in every type of family background,
alcoholism 0 c cur s .
More specifically: 3 out of 6 persons
between the ages of 30 and
55, those as young as seventee.n
and as old as 87, fall prey to thIS
ailment. Despite popular opinion
less than 10% of these alcoholics
are "skid row" types.
The vast· majority are still livi;;
g at home and working. An.
other "outdated, faulty belief"
cleared up was that alcoholism
is not the same as drunkenness
or excessive drinking. While the
person who drinks excessively
over long periods of time is
putting himself in grave danger,
strong enough motives -
