Stag - Vol. 11, No. 08 - February 19, 1960

              Vol. XI - No.6 Published by Students of Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn. Feb. 19th, 1960
Fr. Mullin Directs
Groom Heads
Ibsen Cast
For March
BOB BRUNNER PLANS
SENIOR WEEK PROGRAM
Two stags, an afternoon pic­nic,
an evening beach party, a
formal commencement dinner­ball
and a jazz concert will
make up the Senior Week pro­gram.
B0b Brunner, a transfer stu­dent
from Tufts University, will
head the week's festivities, as­sisted
by Tom Shea and Jack
Quinn (of Winter Carnival
fame.)
There are no specific dates as
yet.
VOCATION DIRECTOR
TO SPEAK
During the week of Feb. 15
to 19th, inclusive, the Rev.
Francis X. Curran, S.J. is ap­pearing
on campus to talk to
students interested in religious
vocation. Father Curran is di­rector
of Vocations for the New
England Province of the Jesuit
Fathers.
Ski Trip Preview
Charm, Fireplace
And Also Skiing
On March 4th, 5th and
6th one hundred gentle­men
skiers, accompanied
by one hundred charming Sam Groom '61 has been se­(;
1 t k' ( dl lected to play the lead role in
s,r - ype s lers reporte y Ithe Drama Society's forthcom-from..
the colleges of New ing production of Henrik Ibsen's
Rochelle Good Counsel An Enemy of the People early
and Ma;ymount _ Tarry-I' t~is spri?g, ac~ording.to John
. 0 Regan 62, assIstant dIrector.
town-on-Hudson will be en- Mr. Groom, a native of Long­gaged
in many win t e r meadow, Mass., is not a new­.
sports, as they enjoy the comer to the dramatic stage,
J . Cl Sk' T . havmg held the lead role in the
unlor ass 1 np. Callboard Theatre (Springfield,
The Ski Trip, organized and Mass.) presentation of Evelyn
run by the office of the Junior v"laugh's Little Foxes. Last win­Class,
Joe Cannizzaro, Mike ter he participated in 20th Cen­Maher,
Bob DeCanio and Paul tury Fox's New Talent Program,
Coughlin, will be using Oak 'n studying under Ben Bard. A
Spruce Lodge (in South Lee, member of the AB course, he is
Mass.) as its base of operations. majoring in English. He plans on
Skiing, both night and day, a theatrical career.
dancing, horseback riding, hay The cast, which will be direct­rides,
novice slalom racing con- ed by Rev. Laurence Mullin,
tests and even a warm, quiet S.J., is as follows:
evening before a fireplace with Dr. Stockman-Sam Groom
the necessary additives (re- Peter Stockman - John F. X.
portedly from the colleges of Warburton
New Rochelle, Good Counsel Mr. Aslaksen-Paul Zeigler
and Marymount _ Tarrytown- Mr. Hovstad-Michael Fratan-on-
Hudson) are only a few of tuno
the many events designed to Mr. Billing-Hugh Burns
provide enjoyment every mo- ~orten Kiil-Hank O'Hagan
ment of the trip. EJhf Stockman-Roy Barnhart
The courageous Fathers O. . Villager~-Jam~s Walsh,.F~an­Nickerson
and Henry Murphy, CIS He~dncks, Vmcent OhvIero,
both S.J., will accompany the John 0 Regan. .
trip, acting as chaperones and I The Drunk-LoUIS Ma.zzaferro
general ambassadors of good- The parts of Catherme and
will. We have been requested Petra Stockman are yet to be
to notify the gentleman skiers I filled.
that the balance payment on Mr.. O'Regan stated that the
the Trip is due before March blockmg and stage moves. are
2nd. The whole happy expedi- alrea~y underway at p:esstIme.
tion begins at 3 p.m. on March It WIll be presented m Gon-
4th zaga Theatre on two weekends
. "around the end of March."
Lecturer Considers
Strike, Peril To U.S.
A group of local musicians gather 'round after classes.
JERRY O'KEEFFE WILL HEAD FESTIVAL
,Banjos, Guitars And :Ukeleles .Now
Provide New)And Noisy 'Kick' In Dorms
The central point of a Bel­larmine
Lecture, given by Mr.
Herman W. Steinkraus, retired
chairman of the board of the
Bridgeport Brass, in Gonzaga
Auditorium on February the
11 th, was the contention that
the usage of union striking pow­er
contributes nothing but dam­age
to the economy of the na-tion
and that this weapon of
Within the last five months, a great many of the labor will not truly solve the
students living within the hallowed halls of Loyola and difficulties between labor and
Gonzaga, have embarked on a new "kick." The boys management. In reviewing the
development of labor-manage-have
been shelling out thirty dollars or more to incor- ment relations, his topic for the
porate among their personal belongings banjos, guitars, evening, the speaker lamented
and ukuleles. the disappearance of the per-sonal
contact element in the
There was a time when one~--------------field.
could enter the dorms and only thing as a rare occasion, the Mr. Steinkraus in his amiable
on rare occasions hear the faint plucking is not faint, and it's not speech, which was well receiv­plucking
of guitar strings to just guitar strings but guitars, ed by a rather limited audience,
some popular melody. But now, banjos, and ukes added to the stated that strikes are "the re­one
doesn't even have to enter beat of congo and bongo drums sult of a failure, the failure of
the dorms, there is no such (Continued on Page 7) intelligent men to agree."
Speaker Blasts
Russia As 'Bluff' The annual spring revel, the
1960 Dogwood Festival will
"I believe Russia to be the feature Jerry O'Keeffe at the
reins.
biggest bluff in the history of Scheduled for the weekend of
man." A statement such as this April 29th, 30th and May 1st,
means very little if unproven the affair will include the usual
and unexplained. But on the
contrary, to explain and prove formal dance, picnic and jazz
such a statement makes for concert and rumors a possible
. . .. "beatnik" party following the
very mterestmg hstemng. It .. Th D S· t '
was to this theme through the plcmc.. . e. rama . OCle y s
1atter. means that Mr. R"IChard pthrOoductIOn wIll not be mcluded
Robertson, Press Aide to pres-I W
IS
hyelar. 1 t thO t· . . 1 e 0 ans a IS Ime are
Itdendt EIsenhower, recently lec- rather ske- tch y, Mr. O'Keeffe .ll1-
ure . I tends to 0011 Junior Class mem-
. On February 9, 1960, the aC-1 bers, who sponsor the week-end
tIve Young Repubhcan Club on for suggestions. Chairman Jerry O'Keeffe
campus again brought a person ---------------------------­of
national importance to our
camp~s. Before an audi.ence of Bellar·mlene Lec,turers Named 250 m Gonzaga AudItOrIUm, C -'
Mr. Robertson held what many
are calling one of the most in- In spite of a noticed slack in student attendance at the last
teresting lectures to be present- two major lectures held on campus, the Bellarmine Lectures
ed here. Committee, through Father Carr, S.J., announced the scheduling
The program started with the of the following lectures. On March 3rd, in a debate on Catho­showing
of a movie which Mr. licism and Liberalism, the Rev. William J. Kenealy, S.J. and a
Robertson had taken in Rus- well known conservative spokesman will appear in Gonzaga
sia in 1956. Being a member of Auditorium. The exact identity of the conservative is not yet
the first group of reporters ever established, but there is a possibility that it will be William
F. Buckley.
to enter Russia, Mr. Robertson On March 14, the Rev. Martin D'Arcy, S.J., the renown
was able/to show many scenes
of Russia that have never be- British philosopher, writer and lecturer, who is currently teach-ing
at Georgetown University will lecture on Fairfield's campus.
fore seen by Americans, show- The precise subject of his talk has not yet been announced.
ing women working on con- _
struction, beautiful abandoned
c h u r c h e s used as feeding
grounds for wildlife, farms with­out
any modern machinery, rail­road
stations without schedules,
its passengers waiting for days
-even sleeping at the station.
The films also showed new
apartments with thirty families
sharing two kitchens and one
bathroom and pictures taken
inside the Kremlin, a place
where no American or Euro­pean
had ever entered before
with the exception of Winston
Churchill.
Combining these scenes in
story-like fashion, Mr. Robert­son
gave a clear picture of "Life
in Russia Today." He mention­ed
how there are no roads five
miles from Moscow and people
live in dirt and slums three
minutes walk from the main
street in Moscow. Mr. Robert­son
went on to say that Russia
lacked railroads, buses, street­cars
and most every other mod­ern
facility. The people are
provided with free television
sets by the state but this is be­cause
it serves as such an ex­tensive
medium for propagan­da.
In the second phase of this
program Mr. Robertson was ad­dressed
directly by the audience.
A number of questions were
asked by the audience of which
a few of the more interesting
ones are repeated below.
Q. How do classrooms com­pare
with American classrooms?
A. "Physical c h a r acteristics
are the same - education is not
any better - If you want to be
a doctor and the State finds you
have the aptitude they push you
(Continued on Page 6)
Page Two THE STAG Feb. 19th, 1960
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
JOHN F. X. WARBURTON
~tllq
PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
ART FUNK
FEATURE EDITOR
GEOFFREY STOKES
financing of these services and
the means with which greater
support could be obtained from
student bodies.
On Friday evening, the dele­gates
attended a lecture by
Mr. Thomas McNally, a mem­ber
of the Federal Mediation
and Conciliation Service. Mr.
McNally spoke on the difficul­ties
he was confronted with at
the recent Ion g s h 0 r emen's
strike. Mr. Allard Lowenstein,
a well-traveled U.N. official, ad­dressed
the convention on Sat­urday
morning. His topic was
the exploitation. of African
labor. The remainder of the day
was spent in discussion groups
between various "Key" dele­gates.
The conference was
formally closed with a banquet
highlighted by an address from
the Very Rev. William A. Do­naghy,
S.J., President of Holy
Cross College.
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MICHAEL T. KIERNAN
Statement Of Jesuit Presidents
Puts Emphasis On Responsibility
Key Conference Considered Success
The following are excerpts from a statement released to the
press by the Conference of Presidents of Jesuit Colleges and
Universities, held at Boston College, last month.
"Far from decrying the larger place occupied in today's edu­cation
by the scientific and mathematical disciplines, Jesuit edu­cation
will continue its traditional emphasis upon these subjects
among students and will strive to increase appreciation for these
necesaary bases of life in the space age . . . The research and
training provided through physical science laboratories, tech­nical
schools, schools of the healing arts, and engineering col­leges
on campuses stretching from coast to coast are coordinated
by the national Jesuit Research Council of America with head­quarters
at Detroit ..."
"The Jesuit universities and colleges of America .. cur­rently
enroll 118,000 students ..."
"The astonishing conquest of matter, energy and space give
rise to a spiritual bewilderment in which man can lose his sense
of purpose. To maintain equilibrium the school must guard the
integrity of the philosophic and humanistic disciplines which
make the student aware of his spiritual origin and destiny."
"It is all too evident that the American moral fabric is
being severely strained by the material advances that have run
ahead of our responsible use of them."
"American higher education during this decade . . . must
assume responsibility for making students aware of their new
neighbors (nations and people emerging from a feudal society)
and their needs. The Jesuit colleges are making this awareness
practical through more intensive programs in foreign languages
and international relations ..."
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TOM UNGERLAND BOB CROWLEY
EXCHANGE EDITOR
PAUL FARGIS
STAFF
F. Abbate, R. Badolato, T. Cuomo, N. ColI, R. Davis, R. Dowling, J. Distinti,
S. Dunphy, J. Flynn, M. Fratantuno, T. Flanagan, R. Fleurant, J. Faulkner,
F. Hendricks, J. R. Heller. R. Jaros, W. Kramer, G. Kourkunas, C. Lamb, A.
Mannion, J. Monahan, J. Morrison, R. Nalewajk, D. Preziosi, D. Reichelt, T.
Ryan, R. Spring, B. Curley.
LAYOUT - R. Cagnassola
In The Stag's
Opinion ...
NOTES AND FOTES
Tom Ryan in the Stu den t
Council corner-
Fr. John Ryan, representing
the Bellarmine Guild, informed
us that the tickets for this year's
car raffle will be available for
distribution within the next
week. The raffle will take place
immediately after Easter.
The Juniors, in the person of
Frank Murphy, requested that
their Ontology final be switched
to the morning of March 17th so
they may enjoy one of the best
days in the year-3 cheers for
the Little People!!!
A much needed motion was
passed which calls for a medi­cal
doctor at all home inter-col­legiate
sporting events. This will
be taken up with the adminis­tration.
The returns from the Winter
Carnival are not fully completed
but Mr. Quinn promises a full
report for the next meeting. The
old mimeograph machine in the
Public Relations office will be
repaired by the Council and
may be used by other organiza­tions
obtaining permission. We
are now looking for a room to
keep it in.
The last motion calls for the
stenciling of all new constitu­tions
which are submitted for
approval. This is to make each
member fully aware of the con­tents
of the entire constitution,
not just those parts read to us
by a Legislative Committee.
That's about it for now except
to say that I fully agree with the
judges and the people who at­tended
the Winter CarnivaL
"The Queen was a beauty!"
The following items are
noted, in passing, by THE
STAG to be of importance and
therefore, logically, worthy of
mention:
That the Student Council,
due to the efforts of Frank
Murphy, and others, is attempt­ing
to have the date of the On­tology
Final (for Juniors, only)
changed from March 18th (the
day after the international
saint, St. Patrick has been hon­ored)
to the morning of the
17th. Surely, all the Gaelic
kings smile down upon this ef­fort
and THE STAG hopes for
a favorable answer from the
office of the Dean.
That the Council is also in­vestigating
the possibility of
procur:n\, the services of a med­ical
doctor at all home inter­collegiate
sporting events, held
at home. Some might wonder if
we are not breaking a NCAA
rule in regard to the presence
of a "qualified" trainer, who
should be at every game. THE
STAG soon hopes to find this
trainer and interview him.
That Mr. R. Richardson,
speaker for the Republican
Club on Feb. 9th expressed the
belief that Russia is "the big­gest
bluff in history." THE Two Fairfield Uniiversity
STAG congratulates Mr. Rich- Cardinal Key delegates attend­ardson
on this novel approach! ed the Eastern Intercollegiate
In a recent interview with THE Key Association Con fer ence
STAG, John Crane, President of .held at Holy Cross College
the Cardinal Key, issued a earlier this month. Attending
statement to the effect that he the conference were Lou Par­hoped,
with the coming of re- ent, STAG MANAGING EDI­drafting
of the Key's constitu- TOR and Bob MacMurray, Vice­Eon,
the "secrecy clause" would Chairman of the Cardinal Key.
be removed since he saw no Also present at the Conference
need of its existence. Thus, Mr. were delegates from Hobart
Crane diplomatically dampened College, Northeastern Univer­reactionary
fires. sity, Boston College, Fordham
University, Wesleyan, Univer­sity
of Massachusetts, Columbia
University, Brown University
and the host college, Holy
Cross.
The primary reason for the
conference was to establish a
set of concrete rUles and norms
with which the various "Keys"
might work in common. Also on
the agenda of topics to be dis­cussed
were the services ren­dered
by Key organizations, the
JFXW
Editorial
During the past month. some perturbance concerning the
academic and mbral problem of cheating on examinations was
express~d on ihe national and collegiate level. Among others
considering the problem worthy of important space were the
Saturday Evening Post of January 9th. the Educational Digest
of Januarv. the editorial column of The Anselmian (the college
newspaoe~ of St. Anselm's College in New Hampshire) and in
a Professor Jacob's book "Changing Values in College." Interested
in the problem's t:lossible relationship to Fairfield University, we
decided to consuii a cross-section of our own student-body opin.
ion concerning attitudes towards and habits of cheating. It
might be well noted that Professor Jacob releases the opinion.
based uoon survev evidence. that 40% or more of the students
in a cori"siderable ~umber of colleges admitted frequent cheating
practices.
Observations recorded from this University's group yield
the conclusion that cheating has gradually worked itself into the
practices of a large number of students of Fairfield University.
Due to the limitations of our own survey. we are not in a posi­tion
to state. nor do we believe. that it is a majority habit of
students here. .
The oroblem. here at Fairfield. lies in the marked change in
attitude toward the theory' and supposed necessity of cheating.
The discussion must proceed on two levels. Primarily. on the
moral or ethical plane. it is clearly recognizable that no con­donment
exists which will rationalize or justify the action of
cheating.
However. on the practical and temporally-limited plane. let
us examine carefullv the causes of such rationalization as pre­sently
occurs. It se~ms to us that foremost in causation is the
strengthening overemphasis given to the value of the academic
mark. Note that this overstress is not peculiar to Fairfield Uni­versity.
but is. rather. a nationwide situation. The following
factors are observed in the post-college life of the American
student. (1) The emphasis upon the academic grade as almost
sole indicator of the graduates aptitude and knowledgability ­this
is quite prevalent in the modern business world. (2) The
g~ad-school viorld's stress upon marks as the only legitimate
means of admission. Not even considered is the scholarship,
grant. etc. drive wherein the student merits only by his collegiate
grades. (3) Add to this. the customary parental urge that student·
son bring home report cards full of splendidly high marks. Often.
this is the onlv acceQted proof that son is working and merits
praise. (4) La~tly. d""o we- not often find the entire estimation
and judgment made of a student by an instruct·or or professor
based strictly upon his academic marks on quizzes. tests and
final exams?
We are not trying to justify the cheating student or make
a weeping plea for mercy. Nor are we calling for an increased
vigilance on the part of exam proctors. We are saying that there
is a definite pressure. overly exerted. and resulting problems
that lie behind the student adoption of cheating practices. The
vigilance of a proctor is not the cause. nor has it direct con,­nection
with the problem.
The solution to this educational problem of cheating must
come from a re-evaluation. by the student. of the purpose of
attending college: it must arise from our society's ceasing to
regard college as merely four years to be trained to get a better
job: and it must come from the higher educational forces in our
society. in that. they be aware of and practice the important
distinction between true knowledge and a test paper crammed
by rote memory and essay-improvisations.
If there is not a re-evaluation of the purpose of college and
the precise imt)ortance of academic grades. then cheating is only
the borrinnina of a serious problem for American education (and.
thus. for Fairfield University).
ON CHEATING
"The function of the Resident Council is to protect the inter­ests
of the resident student body and act as a mediating body
between the administration and the student body." Thus spake
Tom Ryan, President of the council. The reason that he made
the small speech, or at least the reason that it is being published,
is the increasing number of complaints about the Resident
Council heard in the dorms. After the rather stirring list of
functions, the next question had to do with the fulfilling of this
function. It was rather nicely hedged, but a reason was given
for the hedging, that criticism of a body over which a member
of the administration has full power of veto might be interpreted
as criticism of the entire administration. This struck me as a valid
reason for the hedge, in some instances, (not in others like the
Sunday papers) so we moved on. The whole problem of the
veto power naturally led to the question about cooperation on
the part of Father McCormick. To this, Tom s,aid that, "There
has been cooperation in augmenting new ideas, but as for changes
in the established order, next to none." One example of a new
matter can be seen each Wednesday in Loyola. (Examples of
established order may be seen every night at 11 :15.) A small
time out was taken in the interview for Tom to lament the lack
of funds. It seems likely that the council would have more funds
if the individual delegates would make at least some effort to
collect the dues. Whether this hesitancy is the result of shyness,
personality, laziness, or a reaction to the odd handling of the
Student Assessment Tax is a problem that the officers of the
council are considering now (and should have been considering
long ago.) Tom also told me that the paper problem will be
solved. Congratulations, it has taken them only five months to
arrange that delicate matter. G. S.
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Library Rare Bool{ Display
Features Bellarmine Volume
By MIKE FRATANTUNO
Friends, it is once again that time of year when we start to
look forward (at those bleak, vacation-less days and weeks
ahead) and try to find an outlet for our "youthful exhuberqnce."
Spring is not far away, but before we envision convertibles full
THE STAG
Dante Academy Reads
Purgatorio In Italian
During the present school
year, as Part of the three-year
cycle of reading and analyzing
the Divina Commedia, the Dan­te
Academy is studying the
Purgatorio. The Academy, un­der
the moderation of Fr. Vin­cent
F. Leeber, S.J., and the
presidency of Joseph Annun­ziata,
class of '60, is conducted
on a seminar basis, meeting
each Wednesday during the fifth
period in room CI03. The va­rious
sessions of reading and
research are conducted by each
of the members in turn, and
are lectures treating one or a
group of cantos.
JOE CANNIZZARO BRINGS
HOME THE CODFISH
A select group of Fairfield
gourmets dined in aristocratic
fish, while their excluded con­fish,
with their excluded con­freres
endured the cuisine of
their beloved Pierre.
The twenty-eight pound beau­ty
was reeled in by Joe Canniz­zaro,
Junior Class president,
with the assistance of Tony Cu­omo
and Bob Brady, also jun­iors.
The trio were aboard the
fishing vessel, Victory off Sandy
Hook, N.J., when the catch was
made.
APRIL RAMBLER RAFFLE
BENEFITS STUDENT BODY
Fairfield students will be
asked to support the annual car
raffle sponsored by the Bellar­mine
Guild.
The University receives a
share of the profits. Proceeds
from last year'S event went to
such projects as the purchasing
of new books for our library
and the forming of scholarships.
Although the Student Council's
final plans are still incomplete
at the moment, students can re­ceive
their share of tickets in
ample time for the' late April
raffle.
ST. IVES GUILD
On the evening of February
12th, Edward J. Caldwell, a
Bridgeport attorney addressed
the members of the St. Ives Pre­legal
guild. Mr. Caldwell, a Fair­field
University graduate and a
member of the Connecticut State
Senate, talked to the prospec­tive
lawyers on his own experi­ences
in law school, attempting
to insert those prerequisites
which he deems important to
success in this field. On Friday,
February 26th, the St. Ives Guild
will present Attorney John
Fray, who will address the guild
in the second of a series of talks
to be sponsored by the club this
semester.
Faction Theory Reveals Moderate JAZZ '60
Commuterism As The True View By
E. WELLINGTON ANDERSON
By FRED 1. ABBATE
. . . the dates for the 1960
I'm going to talk about something that nobody is aware of Newport festivals are in - the
at the Dresent time. When I am finished I will be accused of three day Folk Festival from
stirring- up prejudices and revolutions, but this is not my pur- June 24th to 26th; and the
pose. For I will talk about something which I think is good now, Jazz? Festival from Thursday,
but was not so a little while ago. June 30, through Monday, July
As a great many of us know (those of us who have been 4th. . . wasn't surprised when
here a while) there are two kinds of people in this school: those Maynard Ferguson's swinging
who live here and those who don't live here. The latter we shall new band finished second only
call commuters, and the entire summation of these people's ac- to Count Basie's in the recent
tions we shall correctly call commuterism. Downbeat Reader's Poll ... but
Commuterism is further subdivided into three major schools: how did Pepper Adams ever
0) Extreme Commuterism. These people keep one foot in the place second on baritone? ...
classroom and one foot in the Jaguar. They have lunch in their dug the Billy Taylor Trio re­cars,
study and sleep in their cars, and in general love their cently at a new uptown jazz­cars.
They join no school organizations, but come stampeding spot, "The Prelude." Excellent! of gorgeous townies, let us turn around and take a brief look at
out of their last class and point their cars in the direction of . . . the more I dig Ahmad Ja- the first semester exams. . .
wherever it is they want to go so badly. mal. the more I think he sounds As most of you know only too well, It has been an mcreas-
(2) Nihilistic Commuterism.· This school rejects every prin- like Randy Weston-and I don't ing trend of recent times that the exam sc?edules are a source
ciple of the first. You will find these gentlemen sleeping in like Randy Weston ... Charlie 10f pam to both s~udent and teacher. We realIze that the person(s)
dormitory closets at night or playing pinochle in the luggage Mingus' new thing for Colum- who are responsIble for concoctmg the schedule has a great task
room. They participate in every school club and seldom go to bia, "Mingus Ah UM," is a gas! to perform, for. it is vi~tually impossi?le .to please everybody.
classes. Generally, their averages are about 3. But they know . . . but "Blowing The Blues But let. us examme a tYPIcal-type exammatlOn schedule:
everyone in the school. Away" by the Horace Silver ThJ..ll~ and Do 11 . Monday, 1:30 P. M.
(3) Moderate Commuterism (the true view). The men hold- Quintet is truly something else! WrItmg Words 11 ..Thursday, 1:30 P. M.
ing this position try to balance the above two. They have lunch . . . have heard nothing but Memory 11. . ..Monday, 1:30 P. M.
in a building, do their sleeping at home (or at least in class), and raves about Miriam Makeba, the Advanced RatIOnal PhYSIOgnomy 198 . Tuesday, 9:30 A. M.
don't mind staying around after last class to attend a meeting. young singer from South Africa, Completely Complicated Calculus 462 Tuesday, 1:30 P. M.
of one of the few clubs they have chosen to join. They still have who made her debut at the Vil- Volumes and Volumes of Readmg 947 Tuesday, 7:30 P. M.
friends who live in the dormitory, but they do not live with lage Vanguard last December. . . Now, even the casual viewer will note with disdain t~at
them. In addition, they see their families regularly. maybe if we ignore Jonah Jones T&D 11, ·a rather easy ~ourse, IS the first, and you have an entIre
The trend, I am happy to say, seems to be away from the he'll go away ... Cannonball's weekend to study for It. Your next exam occurs on Thurs~ay,
first two schools of thought, at least away from the first one. new quintet is currently break- and so you may hav~ two days to study for WW 11. There :s a
Admittedly, we come to school for an education and not for ing everything up each evening three day study perIod for Mem. 11, al~o. But then, all brIght
togetherness. But education is not the function of the class- at New York's Half-Note-es- and early at 9:30, you take ARP 198 (whIch cover~, as one mIght
room by itself. Making a few friends, joining and learning from pecially when they play the Imagme, qUIte a field). You have hardly had tIme to recover
all the interesting clubs, yes, even going to Winter Carnivals great Bobby Timmons tune, when you are blasted with CCC 462, which completely ~hatters
is all part of the picture. Gentlemen, we are not going to spend "This Here" (p l' 0 n 0 u n c e d: you~ morale, and the V&_VR 947 exam takes place whIle you
our post-graduation days in our precious automobiles but with Dish'eah _ or somethin' like are m deep shock.. .
real, live people. that) from their great "In San Now, we realIze that the Ideal SItuatIOn m a umverslty IS
On the other hand it's nice to go home once in a while. It's Fran~isco" album also I the one in which Joe College can walk into an exam without any
true that Joe College gives his everything for the Halls of Ivy, just received nev.:s· that the ~ecent review and get a 99.987 on the test, re~ying on ?is exper­but
he doesn't feature the idea of mopping them for the rest of great Kingston Trio edged out lence, know-how, and well formed study habIts. But It seems a
his life. There must be a moral question involved here - like the Dukes of Dixieland Bobby Igreat many students do not fall into the above category, and
living in the dormitories and not paying board and room. To Darin Pat Suzuki and Alexan- these are sometimes completely stoned by a schedule. It does
some it's collegiate to crawl around campus begging for food and d' K' g th'a person not seem unreasonable that some of the burden of the exams
shelter, but this isn't a seminary for mendicants. :~ti~~ o~n th~S we~~ ~~ "Rock~ Icould be lifted .off the student. ,After all, the exam period is not
As a corollary to this whole discussion we might add that d G de" aga i e a test of phYSIcal strength (wno can stay awake the longest),
much of the "factionalism" seen around, say, election time is anIN
;~R~ONrr: "J:z~ At Town but it is a comp~ehen~ive and cumulative account of a student's
due to an identification of commuterism with the extremes. The Hall" an evening of modern knowledge m hIS varIous. courses. The teachers themselves no
car-lovers show very little interest in the University or the jazz' was presented at W. 43rd dou~t are .aware of the pItfalls of the ~ystem, an? must act ac-student
· body; the "men who came to dinner" are just a little too St 't t h lilt J cordmgly m the composmg and correctmg of theIr exams. And
h f muc or peop1e t 0 tak e. M0 derat I·On I.S the k ey, and th e trend 30rtehe ancodnncearturaally tahsis raenvuieawry- t?US e-yen they are under needless pressure. WI.th proper con-we
hope will continue to scuttle in this direction. er ~as in attendance. slderatlOn, most exa~s could be spac~d at least a. day apart, to
What's that? Proof of the thesis? That is the true view which Formally the concert opened allow for recupera~lOn and preparatIOn. ~ am no~ adverse to
can be subtly indicated as such in parentheses. But moderate 'th th' d' . t' t longer semester holIdays, but they lose theIr effect If one has to
commuterI.sm can be subtyl'mdI'cated as such m. parentheses. bWyI thae rBaill eEr vaInssapTproimo. mMgussice- spend 1li"S tIme sc.out.:n~ up retake money.
Therefore. . . 11 h 't b I But, once agam It IS that part of the year when we look
: y't oweve\ I 1 ~gan s~me I forward, and thank such men as George Washington and St.
PWh~lnl y J mmJu es a ell' dWtehn Patrick (?) for thinking of us during the long haul.
I y oe ones rep ace e
trio's d l' Um mer and demon­strated
quite facilely why he is
considered the high priest of
modern jazz drummers. Unfor­tunately,
I hadn't "really" dug
Philly Joe before - but after
his rousing set I realized that
almost every new drummer I've The main library is exhibiting seven old books on
heard, from Cliff Jarvis to Bil- a variety of subjects. Father Francis Small S.3., librar­ly
Higgins, is patterning his ap- ian, said that the donor or donors is unknown, and that
proach after Philly Joe.
Next, after a Symphony Sid the volumes were found in the library's stock.
Torin introduction, the brilliant An English dictionary, dated~>---------------­Modern
Jazz Quartet showed us, 1671, attracts. muc~ intere~t. The such pro-American sentiment on
the audience, just how beauti- words a~e prlI~ted m EnglIsh and the British side of the pond.
ful and how true a great art defined m Latm as was the cus- This work was printed on Fleet
form is this thing we call "mod- tom <?f the time. !" handwritten Street, London where many of
ern jazz." When the set regret- notatIOn on the tItle page notes Britains large dailies are now
fully came to a close, it was that although the author claims printed.
obvious to all present that as to write completely, there are J Th C 11 d '
d
.. " . . ames ompson a en er s,
far as a group soun m Jazz IS mIstakes and. omlsslO~s. "The History of the United
concerned - the MJQ is years The collectIOn contal~s a He- States for 1796" ublished in
ahead of its time, and still pro- brew grammar compIled by . ' p
gressing! Saint Robert Bellarmine, patron 1797 gIves an acco,unt of the
After a short intermission, of Fairfield University. This federal ~overnments develop­the
amazing Ornette' Coleman work was published by the ment ~urmg that year.
Quartet came on with their Plantin Press in 1606. The Plan- PrevIOusly, there was an ex­new
(and I mean "new") sound. tin printing house was one of hibition in the Newman library
While the audience had seemed the best in Europe and was of Newm~n books and memora­unanimous
in its praise for the located in Antwerp, Belgium. balIa. ThIS materIal. ",:,as do­MJQ,
the Coleman-Cherry com- A small book, printed in nated by Rev. :VlllIam J.
bo literally "broke everyone up" England, in 1775, one year be- FIe t c her.. of Samt Thomas
-that is, right in two. Very sel- fore the American Revolution Church, FaIrfield.
dom did more than half the sympathizes with the American Father Small said he is draw­audience
clap after any of 01'- cause. Titled "A Defence of the ing up a list of needed books,
nette's way, way out (like real- Revolution and Address of the which will be purchased with
ly gone) solos. Altho\Jgh I American Congress" in Reply the $500 appropriated by the
thought Coleman to be some-I to Taxation ~o ~yranny. It was student council to enlarge the
(Continued on Page 7) unusual at thIS tIme to find any English section of the library.
Feb. 19th, 1960
Page Four THE STAG
WINTER CARNIVAL IN REVIEW
Feb. 19th, 1960
The Source of Sound Music Two Queens, Two Dolls
Her Majesty, Miss Virginia Burke
Nothing like a table of good cheer! Welcome! - Lost Your Coat Check, Buddy?
These amendments have been
made to the constitution of the
Student Association concerning
the elections of Class officers.
These amendments have been
passed by the Student Council
and were initiated by Mr. Ganim
of that body. They are published
here that the Student Body,
when voting their ratification or
rejection, may cast a well in­formed
vote.
"Nomination forms shall be made
available to the members of the Asso­ciation
(i.e. the student body) during
the nominating period as designated
by the Council. The nomination forms
shall require:
A. 30 names for the office of Presi­dent'
B. 25 names for the office of Vice­President
C. 20 names for the office of Secre­tary
D. 20 names for the office of Treas­urer
E. The same signature may appear
on more than one form, but not
more :than once on anyone form..
F. Current class officers are eligible
for re-election.
Completed forms must be submit­ted
to the dean of studies according
to a deadline set by the student coun­cil
then in session. A list of nominees
for each respective office of each
class will be posted on the bulletin
boards and published in the student
newspaper prior to a primary election.
Published if possible according to
the publication schedule of the news­paper.
A primary election. the date
of which is to be designated by the
Council in session. shall then be held.
The voter shall check off two names
on the primary ballot. The two men
with the greatest number of. votes
in the primary shall be considered as
candidates for the final run-off. In
case of a tie in the primary, if the
two tied opponents have tied with
the greatest number of votes of all
the nominees they shall be considered
the two candidates for the final run­off.
However. if a tie ocurs between
two nominees directly following the
nominee with the highest number of
votes a primary tie run-off shall be
held between the two tied opponents:
the nominee in 'Such case winning the
highest number of votes in the pri­mary
tie run-off shall be considered
the second candidate for the final
election (subject to the election com­missioner).
The final run-off shall be
held one week after the primary elec­tion.
The candidate receiving the
greatest number of votes shall be
con.sidered the winner. In case of a
tie in the run-off, i.e. final election,
the tie shall be broken by a simple
majority of votes cast in the class
election in which the tie occurs. This
pertains to any of the four officers.
All candidates must meet the re­quirements
established by the Dean
of the College. All elections both the
primary and the run-off (including
tie-breaking elections) must entirely
comply with Article III Section I of
the By-Laws with the exception that
no class officer candidate rather than
Student Council candidate. shall at
any time be in charge of the voting
booth. Election returns will be posted
on the next school day following the
election day and published in the
next issue of the school newspaper
following the election day:'
Manor Progress
Ed Rizzi, Editor of the 1960
Manor, reports that the year­book
should be out by mid­April.
Part of the work is al­ready
at the publishers and the
rest is nearing completion.
Underclassmen this year will
be able to purchase the year­book
at a new and lower price
of $7. A deposit of $3 to Robert
Stubbs of - the Business staff
will reserve a copy.
Page Five
Those who attended the Com­munion
Breakfast the next day
(or after they got up) should
take a bow a.t this point. It's
pretty amazing that no matter
how many events are packed
into the Winter Carnival there
will always be a good turnout
for this chance to show that
Fairfield as a unit can rise to
worthwhile occasions. Feeling a
little pride for this would do
no one harm.
The Glee Club Concert effec­tively
put the clincher on the
Winter Carnival. As usual, they
brought forth a musically bril­liant
program under Mr. Har­rack's
able direction. There's
nothing lik;e going home from
a big week-end with our sav-.
age breasts all soothed!
Class Officer Election
Amendments Proposed
to complain about Sidney's fail­ure
to arrive, so everyone got
along quite well. I even saw
people shaking hands with
members of the Student Coun­cil!
Serenading melodies flowed
from the clarinet of Stan the
Man for a few fried moments
early Saturday afternoon. Then.
lingering memories of the prev­ious
night were dispelled and
over a thousand manikins came
to life following the harkening
beats of the renounced jazz
group. Berkman's was soon con­verted
into a fantasy Metropole.
with each participant supplying
his own butter milk for tem­porary
i n t ern a 1 satisfaction.
New Jersey's ans'Wer to the
prominent Kingston Trio ap­peared
along with the choris­ters
from Rosemary College.
raising the tempo until the
crack was heard and all were
gone.
Saturday's Jazz Concert had
all kinds of surprises. Rubin's
Tigertown Five started the ses­sion
off in his always-great
fashion and kept up a tireless
pace. A few six-packs later he
was relieved by a much pret­tier
group which engaged in
some very close harmony. Then
the Kingston Trio came on ­well,
not really the Kingston
Trio, but even the real ones
wouldn't have been able to tell
the difference - and kept the
crowd in fantastic spirits. Peo­ple
even started to (ugh!) sing
along. Rubin came back, Rubin
played, the beer can walls came
tumbling down, and Rubin went
home.
The Dave Robertson Band,
composed of our own students,
made the scene next. Putting
them on last was a great mis­take,
because they were good
enough to headline in my opin­ion.
The committee should have
seen to it that they made their
appearance much sooner, at any
rate, when more would have
heard their well-polished and
well-played arrangements. Nev­ertheless,
those who did stay
really enjoyed themselves (if
dancing every number is any
indication of enjoyment). And I
wish somebody who knows
something about microphones
would stop in Berchmans Audi­torium
one of these days.
The Dinner Dance? Some­body
told me they thought the
floor was too crowded and that
it took too long to get served.
Can you imagine a person like
this!
I can't remember the last
time I went ice-skating at one
o'clock in the morning. The fun­ny
thing is (believe it or not)
that it's the best time of the
day to do it. Hats really must
go off to Jack Quinn for the
coolest (oh!) idea of the Car­nival.
Of course there was one
wag who kept skating around
stealing other people's dates,
but all knew him and expected
it.
Humor, Detail, Surrealism
In Winter Carnival Critique
THE STAG
The following review of the Winter Carnival 1960
is a composite of the impressions of three staff writers.
The more humorous opinions usually are issued by Fred
J. Abbate, Lou Zowine's descriptions deal more with
graphic detail and the surrealistic account of the Jazz
Concet is that of R. Davis. We start off with the poetic
Mr. Abbate (the other two writers will chime in when
the unity of time demands).
A little while ago the Winter~~------------­Carnival
happened. A little
while ago the Civil War also
happened. In the minds of many,
the events of the former will
live longer than any war could
possibly live. For the Carnival
was done on a much larger
scale, cost more money and took
I
fewer lives. One other thing ­nobody
wanted it to be over.
The week-end really started
rolling to the music of Ronnie
Drumm. Mr. Drumm backed up
just about every claim the
music world made about him,
prostrate saxaphone and all.
The sounds were big and the
arrangements classic, and it
looks like Drumm is really on
his way.
At 10:30 p.m.• when the last
few couples had entered. the
much awaited moment arrived
for the five finalists seeking to
reign as Queen of the Carnival.
Master of ceremonies. Joe Mo­nahan.
built up the climatic mo­ment
while toying with the sen­sitive
nerves of the contestants
and handling his assignment
with incomparable ease. With
the large crowd ass e m b 1e d
around the bandstand. Joe. time
and again. teased them by using
any means at hand to stall the
proceedings. Eventually. he op­ened
the envelope 'With the pre­cious
name inside: but he stop­ped.
momentarily. then to tell
a joke he had been saving since
his Freshman year. At last.
"without further ado:' Joe an­nounced
the name of Miss Vir­ginia
Burke. a senior from Man­hattanville
College.
Amid the glitter of flashbulbs
and reeling of television cam­eras.
Bob Lyons. chairman of
the Queen contest. crowned
Miss Burke. as her blushing
escort. Tom Ryan. senior. look­ed
on. The attractive Queen
was presented with a wrist­watch
and a miniature doll
dressed as a queen. Miss Burke.
as well as the other members of
her court. received corsages.
As usual the outcome of the
queen contest confirmed the
good taste of the voters. The
funny thing about queen con­tests
is that her escort is auto­matically
king, and people as a
rule don't think this necessar­ily
follows. But the real stroke
of genius in the Friday night
segment of the Carnival was
the free picture system. This
had two salient benefits; the
pictures were free and we
didn't have to pay for them
(except for $.25 which helps
pay Arthur Summerfield).
What made the events of Fri­day
night more enjoyable was
the fact that they hardly ended
Friday night. I speak here only
of the Senior Class session, but
(if hearsay will be admissible)
the others were near-gassers
also. The band playing the gig
at the Senior affair was very
good, although their sounds fell
on a relatively small number
of ears. But around two o'clock
in the morning no one is going
Like the man was swinging!
A pause in a stirring speech
And they played lively-like music, too
Feb. 19th. 1960
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allow you to study any other
subject but medicine."
Q. What is the attitude of the
people toward Americans?
A. "People of the peasant
class worship Americans. They
bowed down and kissed our
clothes and tried to touch us
as we passed. The main body
of Russians are the peasants
and they love and respect the
Americans very much."
The last and final question
which I will mention here
proved to be the most interest­ing
and the one which estab­lished
exactly what Mr. Robert­son
feels towards Russia.
Q. Why should we Americans,
a God-fearing country of high
moral conduct, fear the term
or concept Communism?
A. "I agree with you com­pletely
as 'I believe Russia to
be the biggest bluff in the his­tory
of mankind'."
I believe this for a number of
reasons. While in Russia I saw
a backward nation around the
street corners from the modern
picture they tried to give Us ­I
saw no trains, or any kind of
advanced communication - In
three weeks in Russia I never
once saw a plane - I challenge
any American to go to the
smallest city in the United
States and stay there 45 min­utes
without hearing the sound
of a plane engine.
"The biggest reason for the
fright in the minds of Amer­icans
towards Russia is The
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Winter clad tracksters are
now seen dotting the campus
sprinting on occasion and the~
again, jumping the high and
low hurdles that line the cinder
track. These are the men train­ing
to represent Fairfield in the
indoor competition this March.
The majority of them, as can
be noted are veterans of last
fall's cross-country team, which
incidently was the most suc­cessful
in the school's history.
Now they are preparing to
better their previous records.
As pre-season reports have it,
Coach Ed Tamashunas will
probably rely heavily on the
young sophomores: Jack Barry,
recently named next year's
cross-country cap t a i n, Lou
Ockey, Shaun Sullivan and Bob
McCarthy. Th e s e graduates
from the fall season have
proven their ability for endur­ance
in the distance runs and
will no doubt continue to dis­play
their talent in that field.
The most responsibility for a
successful season hinges on the
sen i 0 l' co - captains Phil Gal­lagher
and Frank Connors.
Both these men have seen four
years of track competition at
the University and possess the
poise and confidence needed to
spur on this young team. Each
in his own right is a powerful
runner' and relied upon to pile
up a good share of the team's
points for the season.
Sprints, hurdles, and the high
jump are the open berths on the
new team. However, there is
expectation that they will be
filled by three experienced
trackstel'S in the next few
weeks, namely: Richie Badolato,
Pete Hauser, anp Pete Vath.
Track Season
Training Begins
CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS
N'EXT WEEK
Interviews will be conducted
with all prospective candidates
of the campus chapter of the
Knights of Columbus (Ignatian
Council No. 4203) at 7 p.m. in
Canisius 201 February 29.
Applications, available from
any Council member, must be
turned in completed before the
February 29 interview.
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Coach Emil Garafalo's fresh­men
hoopsters won their eighth
game in ten decisions by defeat­ing
the St. John's freshmen 64
to 53 recently in a preliminary
tilt at the Fairfield gym. The
young St1!gs put together a fine
team effort in outscoring the in­vading
Red Men from New
York,
Stag Spotlight On Art Crawford
"Artie" Crawford, a six-foot-four, one-hundred-and-ninety
pound Junior' from the Bronx, New York, is presently the
"Stag's" leading scorer ·and rebounding wonder.
Artie is a graduate of St. Anne's Academy (now Molloy) in
New York City, and there he built the foundation for an ex­ceptionally
promising basketball career,
Since he came to F:airfield, Artie has developed a variation
of shots, which deem him irreplaceable in his post position.
His high for the season, thus far, is thirty-four points, which is
just three points short of the team's individual scoring record.
Artie's major asset, however, is his extraordinary rebounding
ability. Ranked as one of the top "small school" rebounders in
the country, he broke his own ·previous high and the school
record against A. 1. C" pulling twenty-eight down from the
boards.
In a total of fourteen games, Artie has accumulated two­hundred
and fifty-five points, an average of better than eighteen
points a game, and has scrapped for the possession of two­hundred
and fifty-one rebounds, a figure which also balances
out to eighteen a game.
Artie possesses the quality which is much desired by all ball­players,
and which is indeed the mark of a truly great ball­player
- namely, that of consistency. Frank Hendricks
Recent member of All-East small .college squad
Hutter Paces Yearling
Win Over St. John's
THE GERMAN CLUB
For the past few years the
German Club has existed only I
as a name in the handbook. The
need for such a club was ob­vious
due t 0 the increasing
number of students studying
German. Therefore, last semes­ter
a reorganizational meeting
was held and plans were made
for the rest of the year. The
club is planning on publishing
a monthly German newspaper
and also on showing three Ger­man
movies with English sub­scripts
for the benefit of the en­tire
student body.
Education Club Names
Simpson Delegate
JAZZ '60
(Continued from Page 3)
what miraculous and quite in­teresting
(I can't say the same
for his counterpart on trumpet,
Don Cherry), at the close of the
set I happened to purposely
overhear two women turn to
their Ivy-League companions
and say "That was horrible!"
and "Like really bad!"
Then lovely Carmen McRae
brought things down to earth
again with her more than pleas­ant
song stylings. Her interpre­tation
of Erroll Garner's "Mis­ty"
was the best I've ever
heard (yes, I've heard Johnny
Mathis') and when she sang
Benny Golson's beautiful trib­ute
to the late Clifford Brown,
"I Remember Clifford" I think
I noticed a few damp eyes
among the older women in the
audience.
Art Blakley and his much
heralded Jazz M e sse n g e 1'5
(minus Bobby Timmons and
Benny Golson) came on to close
things with much noise. Lee
Morgan seems already too ad­vanced
for Blakely's group,
Education Club members have
voted Jay Simpson '61 the new­ly-
established position of mem­bership
chairman and public re­lations
delegate to the Student
Education Association of, Con­necticut
(SEAC.)
As a SEAC delegate, Mr.
Simpson, who is also public re­lations
chairman of the campus
group, will join with de1egates
representing other Connecticut
colleges to strive for harmonious
relations between the various
student pedagogical chapters.
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The Early Bird
Catches the Worm
group instruments, Everyone
seems to be interested in group
singing, Folk songs and Pop
Standards, which are the major
undertakings, are easy to sing.
Good voices are not a prerequi­site,
and it is a great source of
pleasure for the listener as well
as the participants. Those who
had been playing for a few
years inspired others to take it
up and through the process of
a chain reaction, inte-rest grew
and is still growing to surpris­ing
proportions.
An interesting analysis as re­gards
the fad for Folk Music,
guitars, and group singing was
given by the participants. For
one thing, people are getting
sick and tired of modern music
and are turning toward folk
music because it is more ex­pressive,
the lyrics are colorful
and exciting. and of course they
are easily adaptable to the gui­tar
and group singing, On the
other hand, it is a relief of ten­sion
gettin\~ together with a
group of fellows and singing
and playing; for while doing
this the mind can't concentrate
on anything else but what is
being sung or played.
None of the groups intend to
make a career out 0f their new
found talent but I'm sure if
the opportunity presented it­self,
they would not turn down
the money. But right now they
just consider it a hobby and a
source of activity for those dull
and boring moments which
seem to frequently crop up dur­ing
the course of the semester.
Ted Flanagan
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and the harmonizing voices of
those who don't play instru­ments.
Most of these would-be King­ston
Trios have taken up their
respective instruments since the
start of the school year while
the few remaining have been
playing from two to seven
years. These talented youths
have not concentrated their art
form on Fairfield alone but
have spread joy through music
and song to other locales. For
instance Paul Rudd has just re­turned
from an engagement at
New Rochelle's Winter Ca-rni­val;
Geoff Stokes has played
and sung at "Harold's" supper
club in Larchmont; Gary Am­bert
has played in a dance band
on a few occasions and Raphael
San Miguel has serenaded an
audience with Latin American
Music at Emmanuel College
when two years ago they had a
program of music from all over
the world and students from
different countries, attending
school in this country, played
the music of their respective
homelands.
Some members have made
great contributions in the song
writing field; Ned Murtaugh has
written, among other things"
"Epistomology" (sung for Fr.
Sullivan on the last day of
class) and "Bye-Bye Shanz,"
while Bill Curley has written
love songs and songs of the
woods.
But why the sudden interest
in these string instruments and
what kind of music is being l( of C Raffle
played? It seems that the fame A 1960 Webcor Stereo Hi-Fi
of the King~t~n Trio and the set will be raffled April 6 by
rIse of Rock n Roll groups con- the Knights of Col u m bus.
tributed to the interest of this Tickets, selling at 25 cents, $1.00
craze. Guitars and the like are Iper book of four, can be pur­easy
to play without a knowl- chased from Peter Grimes, Ken
edge of mUSIC and they are good Dubuc and other Knights,
BANJOS
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Stags Rid-e. High 'In 6 Out Of 7
T,o Tie Knights For League Lead
The Fairfield University Var-
A.I.C. sity basketball team fell back to
the .500 mark as they dropped
The Sta:,s rolled to their third a 91-74 decision to the George­consecutive
victory and eighth town University team at the
of the season by defeating AIC Fairfield gym. At this point, the
67-57. Fairfield, who was behind Stags' record is 5-5. .
at the start, rallied to gain a
33-31 halftime advantage and Playing before .a sold-out
finally iced the contest when crowd, the Stags stayed even
Bobby Jenkins sank a timely with the Capitol squad until
hoop with less than two min- eleven minute mark in the sec­utes
remaining. Although the ond period. With Fairfield lead­Aces
scored one more field goal ing 54-53, both Art Crawford
than the Stags, Fairfield was and Bill Shin were forced to the
victorious as a result of con- bench with four fouls each. Fair­trolling
the boards and the foul field then lacking any potent re­line.
Leaping Artie Crawford bounding strength under the
not onlv led all Faireld scorers boards, their taller opponents
with 20 points, but also broke controlled the defensive boards
his own school record of 22 re- and shot accurately at their own
bounds by snatching down 28. basket to break up the game.
Mike Touhy a 1so contributed Bobby Jenkins continued to
to the victory by scoring 151 play his role as the "Stopper"
markers, while Jenkins tossed by holding Brian Sheehan, {he
in 14. Another factor in our Hoyas top scorer to 7 points.
winning was the impressive Crawford led the scoring for
number of Fairfield students Coach Bisacca's team with 17
who made the long trip to' points. Mike Touhy and Joel
Springfield to cheer the Stags ICherrytree tallied 11 each in the
on. losing cause.
Feb. 19th, 1960
GEORGETOWN
VILLA MADONNA
In a frequently wild, occasion­ally
confused, but always excit­ing
game, Fairfield edged visit­ing
Villa Madonna College of
Covington, Ky., 68-65 on the
home boards.
Leading most of the way, the
Stags were kept under constant
pressure by the accurate foul
shooting of the California-bound
Rebels, and managed only a
slim.33-31 half-time lead. The
lead changed hands frequently
throughout the second half until
Pat Kelly's jump shot put the
Stags ahead to stay with a min­ute
and twenty seconds remain­
·ng. Bill Shin followed with two
fouls to ice Fairfield's sixth vic­tory
of the season.
Art Crawford added eighteen
points to his usual superb re­bounding
to lead all scorers
while steady Tom O'Brien cam~
off the bench to add fourteen.
The visitors' balanced attack
featured four players in double
figures.
BROOKLYN COLLEGE
The Fairfield University Stags
moved one notch closer in their
quest for the Tri-State title, by
defeating the Brooklyn College
five to the tune of 94-80.
Brooklyn Colle g e held the
reins on Fairfield in the first
half by using a collapsing zone,
forcing the Stags to shoot from
the outside. Joe 1 Cherrytree,
who gave his finest performance
of the season so far, tallied 21
points, and led the outside at­tack,
while Art Crawford and
Pat Kelly co.ntrolled the boards;
Art with 20 rebounds and Pat
with 14. Playing his usual floor
game. Bob Jenkins was the
fourth Stag to hit double figures.
With an 8-point lead at the
half, Fairfield, relaxing a bit on
their laurels were stunned as
Brooklyn College, led by Bob
Stiriger, who tallied 38 points,
closed the gap to a 66-66 tie.
Quickly revived by the phe­nomenal
shooting and rebound­ing
of Art Crawford shooting
12 for 13 from the floor and
racking-up 28 points, the Stags
rallied to a 14 point final lead.
THE STAG
UPSALA
Fairfield travelled to East Or­ange,
New Jersey, last week
riding on a three game win
streak. But the home town Up­sala
Vikings had a streak of
their own going, as they had
won 11 straight. How they at­tained
that streak was soon to
be shown to the Stags. In what
was one of the poorest reffed
games of the season, Fairfield
lost 90-74. No one from Fairfield
fouled out of the game, but the
Stags had walking and palming
called against them at least 20
times. Upsala is a big team and
dominated the bo<irds. Back­court
man Ted Eckols led the
Vikings as he scored his 1,000
collegiate point and ended up
with 20 points for the evening.
The Stags' Art Crawford hit for
a season high as he scored 34
points, 28 of them coming in the
second half. He was followed
by Tom O'Brien and Pat Kelly
who came off the bench to
spark the Stags and score 9
and 8 points respectively.
FAIRLEIGH-DICKINSON
Unsung Harry Hyra tallied
13 second half points in his
best performance of the season,
as Fairfield pulled away from
stubborn CCNY 75-58.
Harry totaled 17 points in
all to share Stag scoring hon­ors
with Art Crawford, who
though held to four baskets,
hit 9 of 11 from the foul line.
C. C. N. Y.
Sporting a sparkling new of­fense,
studded with fast breaks,
the Fairfield Stags defeated
Fairleigh-Dickinson of New Jer­sey,
78-69.
Go, go, go, was the word as
Tom O'Brien, Mike Touhy, Bill
Shin, Bob Jenkins, Art Craw­ford,
Joel Cherrytree and Pat
Kelly shared the scoring hon­ors,
time after time, in what
seemed to be a pre-game lay-up
drill. This victory kept Fair­field
within striking distance
(3-1) of Bridgeport University,
who leads the ten-team Tri­State
league with a four and
one record.
In the Freshman game, Frank
McNulty's 16 points were of no
avail as the Bridgeport All­Stars,
led by Ed Diskowski, de­feated
the yearlings, 69-55.
I
L. I. U.
The Stags made it three in a
row when they trounced the
Blackbirds of L.LU. 87-59. The
high-riding quintet took an
early lead and increased it to
a high of 42 in the third quar­ter.
Joel Cherrytree, with 21
points, led the team to their
most impressive win of the sea­son.
All members of the Fair­field
squad saw action including
Vinnie Alvino who contributed
"7 points to the effort.
Page Eight
By T. UNGERLAND
Congratulations are in order for retiring sports editor Bill
Kramer who did an excellent reporting job on the sports scene
during the last year. We only hope in the future to be able to
sound as professional and polished as Bill has in the past.
Fulfilling the thoughtful prediction of the famous Dayton
coach, J. Blackburn, ("a lean and hungry ball club is always a
winner"), the Fairfield University Stags fast broke their way to
their fourth victory in five outings. Top physical condition of the
starting players seemed to be the main reason, along with 40
minutes of constant defensive pressure led by Bob Jenkins. A
number of offensive innovations cons,isting of well rehearsed
"picks" and "cuts", plus timely substitutions by Coach George
Bisacca have made the past few games a pleasure to watch and
undoubtedly will make the remaining ones easy marks in the
win column.
In recent weeks, the N.C.A.A. officials have been seriously
debating a new rule which has been titled "no harm, no foul".
Such an alteration of the present system would be a blow to a
medium sized team as Fairfield. Essentially, this new regulation
would state that unless the player who was fouled, lost possession
of the ball or missed an attempted shot, no whistle would be
blown. The reason for the initiation of such a rule is obvious,
to eliminate the time-consuming foul shot. In many cases, a foul
called on a defensive man during a full court press is no more
than a slap on the wrist and a whistle for a violation at this
point is anlfoying to both ballplayers and spectators. What must
be considered, however, is a team of small or medium size who
could be literally pushed off the court by a stronger and taller
club as long as there was no harm according to the referees. It
could be accomplished without any violation of the rules on the
part of the more powerful club. From our impressions here at
Fairfield, it seems as though a worthy addition to the college rule
instead, would be the new pro-regulation eliminating all foul
shots due to defensive fouls in back court and simply assigning
a personal foul to the player committing the infringement.
Now that the intramurals are underway, there is a steady
stream of students wending their way to the gym nearly every
afternoon between 4:30 and 6:45. (Pity the teams that play the
5:45 game-no dorm dinner). Both off-campus boarders and day
hops get their chance this season and upsets have been frequent
and devastating. We also understand that John Creed's new "20
Point Club" has replaced the Cardinal Key as the thing to be in,
around campus.
A few highlights of the past week: Art Crawford broke the
school rebound record with 28 against A.LC. . . . Bob (Moose)
MacMurray has donated his private pool table to the ping-pong
room in the gym. It should be installed within the next week.
Joe Cannizzaro, Junior class president, has turned fisherman
with Tony Cuomo and Bob Brady. Joe hooked a large 28 pound
Cod fish off the Long Island Coast and Peter the chef did the
honors, Friday night.
JENKINS POPS IN ANOTHER TWO