Stag - Vol. 06, No. 14 - May 12, 1955

              Class Officers Appointed For Next Year
- STORY BELOW
Vol. VI-No. 14 Published by Students of Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn. May 12, 1955
IElectiolls Results Tabulated,
Papandrea, I~bro., Doyle Win
aggresions around the vast So­viet
periphery."
Both Dr. Norman and Moder­ator
John Meaney agreed that
"our defense power in all serv­ices
should be commensurate
with the Communist danger eon­fronting
us," and that "it was
this deficiency which probably
compelled the United States to
b.ack down in Indo-China at the I
tIme of the French defeat at ICandidates for Senior officers, l.-r.: Papandrea, Delano, DeMarco,
(Continued on Page 4) Sheehan. Back row: .Conway, Smythe, Pavlik, Ryan.
N.F. Holds
'Worcester
Conference
Scene at recent Junior Prom held at Laddin's Terrace
Junior Prom Hailed By All,
Crowley To Be COlnmended
By DAVID F. BARRY
A hard fought campaign in the Junior class resulted
in the victory of John Papandrea over Joe Delano for
By DAVE McCARTHY the presidency of the coming Senior class. John has
The New England Region of served in various clubs and organizations on campus
the National Federation of Cath-olic
College Students held its during his years at Fairfield, including the Student
Ninth Annual Congress at Wor- Council.
ce3ter on April 22, 23, 24. Holy ~ Peter De Marco, recently
Cross was the host and most of Junior Sports Nite lelected as Prefect of Our Lady
the nearly five hundred dele- of Fairfield Sodality, received
gates and observers who attend- Biggest In History the position of Vice President of
ed were accommodated at the I The annual Junior Class the Class of 1956. Peter served
Hotel Bancroft.. . Sports Night, attended by one Ion the Student Council in the
The proceedmgs began :"'Ith of the largest gatherings in its past and was Vice President of
a. banquet and dance Fnday history, was held in Berchmans the Council for 1954-55.
mght. A~ the banquet, BIshop auditorium on April 27, 1955. For Treasurer, the class elect­Joh~
Wn~ht of Worcester gave Howie Wieland, fabulous pitch- ed Joseph Ryan. Joe has served
an m3plnng talk on the pla~e ing star ,of the Raybestos Car- on various committees during
of CatholIc college student~ lU dinals in Stratford, was the his time in Fairfield and was
socIety. A talk was also gIven guest speaker at the gathering.' chairman of the Winter Dance
The Junior Prom of 195,5 took place in Laddin's, by Mayor Kelly of Worceste~, Mr. Wieland told the crowd of of the New Haven Undergradu-
Terrace, Stamford, on the evem.ng of Apn.l 29. The I dwhot TprePsenIteTd outgotmg 'tPhretshI- m. terested l'Isteners 0f h'IS ate Club.
. . . en . au re!?on WI . e lengthy sports background Jack Smyth was elected Sec-mUSIC
of Frank Daley provIded the sweet dance mUSIC key to the cIty. HIS presentatIOn i whl'ch . 1 d db' g thr retary of the class. Jack has
. . . f thO "K t th C't f mc u e em a ee
that captlvated the SWIrlIng couples. 0 IS" ey 0 elY~ 0 letter man while at college, and contributed to The Stag and is
Although C h a i I'm a n Jack~ Chhur~hes led Tremont to kay spoke of the sport of softball in the holder of the University
Crowley received little help t at It must be h~ ~hurch keYJ general. He answered many mile run record. He has been a
from the weather man, the ,;ve- a sta\em:nt w IC provo e ,questions with the same speed member of the Track team for
ning was a smashing success. e~~a figr~ns'l . Iand ability that he has display- ithe past three years and has
Attendance was somewhat be- 1 ~ l~s P ;n':fy sess~~ncwas .ed on the playing field. ,held office in several campus
low the expected level but this a 30 be .on n aYd~lg . don- Perry Pilotti, a noted local Iorganizations.
dI"d not Impede the comp1ete I.'""re1s1s usmess wt ads Iscu.sset' as sportsma'n,.mtroduced the fea- JUnI.or ElectI.ons
enjoyment experienced by those I wed as ~~;~~c e 1 ~omma IOns tured speaker and told of the Last Wednesday was the cli-who
braved the storm. an
S
tconds I u IOna hC afntghes. . future of softball both in this max of a much-spirited and
a ur ay saw eac 0 e van- . . . 11 1 d . b "h
The prom was highlighted in ous Commissions and Commit- area and m the natIon and m, we -.p anne . CampaI?n y L e
a sense by the fact that it was t t' t t' partIcular dIScussed the Ray- candIdates ror Jumor offices
not entirely a Junior Prom since eesk bresen~~g refr~en a/v.e bestos te~m which has been a next year. Each candidate boast-it
was opened to the underclass- " wor s -tOPs. t ose 0 e re ItgId- power in North Atlantic soft- ed of his achievements, qualifi-men.
This was to insure :<'inanc- ous In ere. s groups presen e ball C.Ircles m. recent years. cat'IOns, anda"spIratIons on 'h L e
ial security which is :,0 neces- (Contmued on Page 6) FI'. Lyons, S.J., the Univer- various posters which lined '.he
sary to the Juniors as they enter sity athletic director, presented walls of the cafeteria and first
the very expensive Senior Year. CUTBACI7 IN MILITARY trophies to stars Jack O'Connell floor. The most hotly contested
The dance itself was a fitting '- and Bob Gerwien for scoring office was that of the presidency.
finale for the events of Junior more than 1,000 points during The two chosen candidates for
week. When the dread hour of BLASTED BY DR NORMAN their record-breaking careers at that office were Robert Imbro
One finally arrived, the enchant- • Fairfield. The basketball team and William Halligan; and after
ed couples left for the :nany and the cross-country team were the votes were counted, Bob
parties that were given by vari- Dr. John Norman, in a discussion of "Eisenhower's then presented with varsity let- Imbro was selected top man for
ous members of the classes. Military Program" over Station WNAB on April 23, tel'S for the past fall and win- next yea~.
The dates of the Fairfield men, assailed the President for "gambling with national se- ter's activities. A program of There IS no do~bt that Bob
besides being completely capti- sports movies followed. Len WIll serve the JUnIor Class ex­vated
by their partners, were curity for the sake of financial security," that "balanced Paoletta' was chairman for the cellently, both spiritually and
given favors consisting of tiny forces should have priority over balanced budgets in evening' imd was congratulated socially, because his activities
beer mugs engaved with the view of the fact that the Red peril has increased rather for a fine job. (Continued on P.age 6)
University seal. Bids engraved
in the form of formal invitations than diminished." Dr. Norman said he shared Gen.
were distributed earlier. Matthew B. Ridgway's concern over the Administra-
On the following Saturday, tion's proposal to reduce the size of the Army about
the Frosh-Soph picnic was held 25 per cent.
on Sherwood Island, Westport.
It was a beautiful day for an The Fairfield professor called
outdoor picnic but despite '~his attention to the fact that the
it was lightly attended. Beer impending atomic stalemate
was served to everyone that with the Soviet Union "has
wished it and soft beverages rendered our massive retaliation
were available for the girls. policy obsolete since both sides
Many softball games took place could soon retaliate massively
featuring faculty versus stu- to our mutual extinction." He
dents and students versus dates. favored the more recent concept
Th~t ev.enmg a Jazz Co~cert of "limited or measured retalia­:
vas held m the XavIer ~udltor-I tion" with conventional forces
mm. The Dukes of DIXIeland and' with conventional tactical
(Continued on Page 4) , 'atomic weapons to repel local
May 12. 1955
Exchange Editor
Donald Ga'briel, '57
Feature Editor
Arthur Conway, '56
Business Manager
Edmund Measom, '57
Photographers
Charles Umstatter, '55
Thomas Murray, '58
Wilbur Fomento, '58
...frt~i s
corner...
Club Hotel Editor
James Attolino, '57
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Thomas Sheehan, '56
By ART CONWAY
News Editor
David F. Barry, '57
Sports Editors
Robert Schreck, '56
Paul Nagy, '57
Make-Up Editors
John Crowley, '56
John Cagnassola, '57
Associate Editors
John Leonard, '55
John Buckley, '55
Bernard Joy, '55
"Thanks," I mumbled and continued towards my
date. Finally I reached her. "Well, sweetie, what did
you think of the. concert." She looked up at me with
those big blue eyes of hers, shrugged her shoulders, and
between chomps of gum, emitted an EH!
Shivers are running up and down my spine, yet I
remain calm. Quietly I walk away from her. I con­tinued
my way up the aisle towards my date. Suddenly
I felt a smack on the back of my shoulders which sent
me headlong onto the floor. I got up and turned to
face my assailant, who turns out to be only another
well-wisher.
The house lights dimmed, the audience sat hushed
in anticipation, there was a sound of musical chords
THE STAG
By JAMES ATTOLINO
ICampus Briefs
J.T.S.
Jazz band plays at concert held in Xavier Hall
We of The Stag want to wish those successful can­didates
for class offices our congratulations and sincere
wishes for a ban.Qer administration.
This failure of the student body to support differ­ent
functions of the school has been evidenced before,
but the Prom presents even a more concrete example
of the total disregard and disinterest the students hold
for campus life. The sooner this malady is remedied,
the better all concerned will be for it.
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This year a new precedent was established - From the lack of campus ac-that
of combining the Junior Prom with the Freshman- tivities scheduled :(01' the next
two weeks it looks as if ,:'!very­Sophomore
Prom. The proponents of this plan thought body is getting an early start on
it a good opportunity to enable all three classes to make studying for the finals, :30 I'll
more money with a combined dance, and at the same devote this week's column to
random remarks about our fair
time have a much more enjoyable evening. Another campus. Suffering under the emitting from the piano, suddenly the hall was filled
factor instrumental in the formulation of plans for a, white man's burden of oppres-I with eighty male voices blending into one powerful
combined dance was that, since all the underclasses are Isive heat my sense of humor has Iunit. The Glee Club once again thrilled the onlookers
. I h' th d t th ld become completely evaporated
relatlvely smal, avmg e ance oge er wou so I'll begin by hurling a few with their precision and close harmony.
ensure a large crowd. A week~nd could now be plan- javelins in the direction of the Yet this did not just happen by chance or accident,
ned with all the .classes sponsormg the dance. student body. Bound by the th t h f tl d]' d the as
rules of civilized conduct I am a eac song was so per ec y e .lvere, re w
The chairman, with the purported support of the not free to indulge in the blunt months of practice, months of sweat, months of memor­three
classes and expecting a capacity crowd, proceeded vituperation so deserved in this izing each song. All this to carryon the already famous
ahead and rented a large place for the dance and also Icase. The l~ck of co-operationhin name of the Fairfield University Glee Club.
school actiVIties shown by 'C e .
contracted a jazz band to play for t'h~ students on the majority of the student body Finally after one and a half hours of singing, the
night following the prom. The mmlffium amount of has long been a tar~et f.or many Club ended the concert on the notes of the Mighty
students required to make the week-end a financial jokes, b~t, in realIty, It IS. far Battle Hymn. After the final chord there came a tre-
. . h from bemg a humorous Sltua-· ,
success was 140. Only 125 bIds were sold - 62 m t e tion. School social functions as mendous ovation for the Men of Fairfield.
Junior class, 38 in the Sophomore class, and 25 in the well as extra-curricula academic f hId d d f th t t' d
Freshman class. ones have been marked :Eor ',00 A ter t e concert, escen. e rom e sage, l:re
long by a general apathetic at- and soggy, but happy. Then It happened, an old lady
The total number of students in the J uruor class is titude on the part of the :3tu- full of enthusiasm and smiles rushes up and exclaims
144 164 in the Sophomore class, and 197 in the Fresh- dents. Since this attitude is :,.0 in a voice quivering with excitement, "Oh, what a won-
,- h widespread throughout the Um- -
man class. Out of 504 students possibly attending t e versity, let us abolish these derful CHORUS you boys have." Ouch, maybe for
dance, only 125 showed up for the Prom and even less activities until some future 'dme some people this means nothing, but for us in the club
appeared at the jazz concert. It is unfortunate, for when the Men of F.airfield have it is a blow.
this weekend was reputed to have been the best ever Iachieved the matunty nece:sary
. for the success of these :mnc- "Yes, ma'am," I say, "we in the GLEE CLUB ap-at
school. I tions. 'Too long, have too :(ew preciate your sentiments."
The general apathy of the student body evidenced hard-working individuals borne "Oh, yes," she contl'nues, "and please tell the rest
' _. the entire load for a sluggIsh
at this dance was disgraceful. I know the excuse for student body. The reward has of the CHORUS BOYS."
not attending is that we didn't have enough money, but been little more than catcalls
th f t · that if the non-attending students had a genu- and charges ~f ;,elfish usurpation
e ac IS of the functIOns of leadershIp.
ine interest in their :respective .classes and the school, I sincerely trust that the newly
they would have acquired the money someway and ~~~c:eff5_5cia~il1o~~:r~r;~; c~~~
attended the dance. sideration to these n:atters ne.xt
Fall when constructmg a 30cla)
calendar for the coming terms.
Deprive the students of the
many opportunities they have
been offered. Let them scream, "You're in the CHOIR, ain't ya," he says. "I can
moan, and howl for a few I months. Let them suffer the tell from that red scarf you got acr.oss yo.ur shir,t. You
social barrenness of an inactive CHOIR BOYS are a great group of smgers. I am t never
student body. Their reaction to heard such a good CHOIR before."
the preceding demands will
finally prove for all time wheth­er
we are a University or a
sub-division of the Prep.
And now a small advertise­ment,
WANTED DESPERATE­LY
- one student with suffi­cient
strength, bravery, and
fortitude to take a drink :Erom
the malaria breeding water
fountains in the COrridors of
Xavier.
Another fiasco about which
something should be done
is the Student Council. The
Council could by applying itself
oroperly be of great value, and
be held in high esteem by the
Student Body. Instead of spend­ing
long hours squabbling
among themselves ·about the cor­rect
procedure with which to
show the administration how to .
run the school, they should de­vote
their energies toward pro­moting
the general welfare of
the students. Don't talk about
oUr problems but do something
about them! Actions have al~
ways spoken louder than words.
Maybe with the new elections
the incumbent members will
work towards this goal, and
make next year's Student Coun­cil
one that we will all be proud
of.
A recent report from press correspondents in Berlin
over the attitude of Catholics towards the Liberal-So­cialist
movement seems to have omitted the main reason
for their uprising. It appeared to the reporters that
the Catholics were acting against what seemed to be a
purely democratic move on the part of the Liberal­Socialists
to further the progress of an all-out campaign
for a public school system like ours. Actually what the
Catholics were rebelling against was the endeavor of
the Liberal-Socialists to reduce the subsidies granted
by the state for Catholic Education.
Formerly the state had allowed an equal subsidy
to be granted for the education of a child regardless of
whether he chose a parochial or public school. When
this fact is taken in view of the 943,000 Catholics com­pared
to 712,000 others, it becomes obvious that the
Liberal~Socialistswere scheming to abolish the influence
of Catholic educational policies. The real truth is that
the Liberal-Socialists, who are admittedly anti-religious
and obviously totalitarian wish not only to reduce
Catholic education but also impede the operation
altogether. When this is seriously considered, it be­comes
evident that they are trying to exert the influence
of Socialist ideology into the Catholic atmosphere. By
this operation they seek to draw Cathohc parents and
their children away from the education which the
Church has so prescribed, and established a statewide
public school system infused with principles and pre­cepts
suited to their own liking.
For no logical reason it seems to this writer that
private school education is, in general, being subordin­ated
to public education. Although it is granted that
public:: tax supported schools have many advantages
when compared to parochial schools, still one must con­sider
the advantages of a parochial school whether it be
Catholic or Protestant. The main advantage of a
parochial school is to have the child receive the fun­damental
doctrines of his religion which are essential
to the American way of life. But, as it seems, many do
not realize this necessity, especially evident when one
considers the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to
uphold an enactment of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
not long ago. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed with the
Wisconsin Supreme Court in stating that a private, non­tax
supported school was not as important to the gen­eral
welfare as a public school. The case originated a
year ago when City Building Inspector Sid H. Sinar of
Wauwatosa, Wis., refused to issue a permit for construc­tion
of a Lutheran high school in a residential zone of
Wauwatosa. Inspector Sinar held the city's zoning law
had barred the school construction. The zoning laws
would allow the building of a public school in the area,
but not a private school.
The Wisconsin Lutheran High School Conference
took the case to Circuit Court, where the decision of the
building inspector was overruled. The case was taken
to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which upheld the
building inspector. The Wisconsin high court decision
held that public and private schools serve different in­terests
and that the public school has a "virtue which
the others lack, namely, that it is located to serve and
does serve that area without discrimination. The pri­vate
school imposes on the community all the disadvan­tages
of the public school, but does not compensate the
community in the same manner and to the same extent."
To the above quote it may be added "Does not
religious education compensate the community in any
manner?"
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On Sunday, May 1, at Hamden
High School, Fairfield and AI­bertus
Magnus College of New
Haven combined their Glee
Clubs in presenting an "After­noon
of Song" for the public of
that area.
The opening of the program
found the two clubs together
on the auditorium's stage, poised
under the direction of Sister M.
Cloephas O.P., the director of
the girl's organization. The two
clubs had practiced together :(or
only a short time but '~hrough
an alert perception of the nun's
direction they did a very iine
four part arrangement of
"Emitte Spiritum" and "The
Lost Chord." The curtain closed
briefly and reopened on Fair­field's
Club singing their open­er,
"Think of Me." "Sing Me a
Chantey With a Yo Heave Ho"
and the "Old Road" followed as
the club executed :its :cabled
precision in following the de­mands
of Mr. Harak.
Albertus held the :,tage next
and offered a rendition of "Panis
Angelicus" and "Humoresque."
The girls of the Glee Club and
Sister Cleophas are to be com­mended
for their cohesion and
versatility so necessary in a sing­ing
organization.
In a program of this sort the
individual singing groups and
3010ists are usually ,~nthusias­tically
awaited. Each of the
groups, the Neumes of Albertus
and Fairfield's Bensonians and
Campus Minstrels, ;,atisfied this
enthusiasm with their noted
renditions. "The Toreador" by
Fairfield and "Basin Street
Blues" by Albertus were the
favorites. Miss Maureen Reidy,
a beautiful soprano, did a par­ticularly
good arrangement of
"Caro Nome Chi 11 Meo Cor."
The curtain came down with
a tremendous ovation :(or the
last two combined songs:
"Goin' Home" and "Battle Hymn
of the Republic." Both :3chools
summed up an artistically pro­fessional
afternoon with the
thunderous strains of "Battle
Hymn," under the direction of
Mr. Harak.
One hour after the concert
had ended there were :.3eventy­five
hungry young gentlemen
working feverishly over a buf­fet
supper. What more could a
famished Glee Clubber ask :cor
after a concert than a six course
dinner served with grace and a
smile?
Refreshed and restored by ;"1
fine meal, the Fairfielders pro­ceeded
to Student Building on
the Albertus Magnus grounds to
relax and enjoy themselves with
dancing, refreshments and
socializing.
THE STAG
IGlee Club Concert
With Albertus Magnus
By JOHN SMYTH
PRO AND CON
May 12. 1955
May 12. 1955
*
Jottings
*
By DAVID F. BARRY
Library
By SAL GILBERTIE. Jr.
The most thought-provoking book that I have read
in some time is Civilization on Trial by Arnold Toynbee.
It offers several theories that stun the reader at first
and then leave him somewhat regretful that he was so
parochial in his historical outlook as to have never
thought of them himself. For a non~Catholic, Mr.
Toynbee has a sincere appreciation of the Papacy. One
of Mr. Toynbee's theories is that Christianity is the
body of a cart and civilizations are' the wheels. As
civilizations rise and fall and rise anew, Christianity
continues to progress forward. The culmination of this
progress is the unifi~ation of the world in a Universal
church, and of all the Christian sects prevalent today,
Mr. Toynbee looks to the Catholic Church as the only
one capable of sustainlng its existence and ultimately
triumphing. He states that Catholicism, through the
armaments of the Mass, the hierarchy, and the Papacy,
While on the subject of thought-provoking books,
may I here enter a plea for more and varied reading by
the student body. The summertime is an excellent
period in which to catch up on that list of books almost
everyone intends to read at some. future date. It is
a highly profitable pastime to read. Books repay you
for your courtesy in many varied ways: in professional
advancement, in pleasure, in knowledge for its own
sake, and in a grasp of the great world and man. Too
many men at Fairfield, not majoring in history or
English, reach their final years in college without any
background in these cultural areas. If an appreciation
of the great works of literature, say; for instance, Thack­eray,
Dostoyevsky, or Cervantes, do not aid you in
monetary profit and gain, they will aid you in interior
experience and intellectual rewards. Man is capable
of too many adventures in living to neglect the enrich­ment
of his soul through cultural studies.
Rod and Gun are beginning to come in." Bob
pulled in eighteen medium­sized
flounders about a mile
from Penfield Lighthouse last
The trout in Fairfield County Saturday and he elaims there
have been very obliging to the will be plenty more in a couple
student fishermen here at F.U. of weeks.
"Everybody an his brodder While we're on the subject of
caught trout this year." Brown good news for salt water fisher­trout,
brook trout, rainbow men - have you heard? - the
trout, none of them had a stripers are running again! That
chance if a Fairfield University means it's time to shine up the
man was near the water with old plugs and oil up those salt
a fly rod in his hand. Bill Glover water reels. Don't wait; do it
'58, famous bait-fisherman heads· now!
the list of successful anglers
with a fifteen inch brook trout.
That's a "nice fish" in anyone's
language.
Stan Sista has taken his share
of rainbows out of the Housa­tonic
... all wet flies. Jack
Begg also reported taking two
twelve inch brookies out of the
East Branch of the Aspetuck
River in New Milford.
Bob Madden '56, has the right
idea about trout fishing. Bob
takes his girl friend along with
him. You might say he's mixing
"pleasure" with "pleasure." ? !
For those nimrods who haven't
touched their rifles all winter
long are just "itching" to do so,
now's the time! There are plen­ty
of "little" woodchucks
around just waiting for someone
to put their "little" heads into
the crossbars of a telescope and
squeeze the trigger.
While you are waiting for
that chuck to come out of his
hole you also have a good
chance to down a passing crow
or two; or maybe even a fox ...
or maybe a deer ... or a buffalo
Good news for salt water ... or ... oops! Me and my
fishermen! Bob Sabo, F.U.'s Iwild imagination. I'd better stop
of-fish-ial salt water fishing au- before I'm turned in for inciting
thority, reports "the flounders Ipoaching.
PROM
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rocked the audience with solid
renditions of dixie and swing,
both old and modern versions.
It was very well attended in·­eluding
many who had not been
at the Prom or the Picnic. Some
of the faculty came to ::;ee
whether jazz had changed since
their younger days. Although
some of the students raised the
question of whether they had
jazz in the last century or not,
the attendant :caculty members
seemed to enjoy the hot music.
THE STAG
IDeMarco Unanimous
Choice For Prefect
On Tuesday, April 26, Peter'
DeMarco was unanimously
elected prefect of the Sodality
of Our Lady of Fairfield. The
election was a tribute to the
ability, energy, and unselfish
; devotion '~o the furtherance of
Catholic Action of Mr. DeMarco.
Elected to the position of Vice­Prefect
was Donald Shea.
Also, the position of Secretary
is to be filled by John Prender­gast
and the Treasurer for the
coming year is to be Sal Fama.
John Onofrio, outgoing Pre­fect
paid tribute to Fr. Murphy
for his outstanding job as Mod­erator
of the Sodality. John told
the group that without the guid­ance
of Fr. Murphy, the Sodal­ity
could not have prospered as
it did. Mr. Onofrio also :oraised
the members of the Sodality for
their Christian endeavor and
dedication in making the past
year a fruitful one in that many
more members took part in which Protestantism prematurely abolished within it­activities
of the Sodality than self is the only society with the strength to overcome
ever before. Ithe 'pressures 0 f the n.s.mg and fa11I' ng 0fseclu ar'CIVI'1I' za-
I
D.R. NORMAN tions. Mr. Toynbee's volume is available in the History-
. (Contmue~ from Page 1) Related Fields section of the University library. When
Dlenblenphu. h fi' h" .
I
Moreover, Dr. Norman pointed you ave .ms ed It, you WIll find yourself WIth a far
Qut, "it was very doubtful '~hat different view of the history of man than you previously
~ an .adequate American defense possessed.
polIcy would bankrupt us. In
any case, without a secure'
America, there would be no
American economy left to save,
so that security should take
precedence over finance."
Dr. Norman expressed hope
,and gratification over recent re­ports
from Washington that
military leaders were more op­timistic
that the Administration
might be willing to correct the
imbalance between atomic "00­tential
and conventional ar~s,
and he attributed any such
prospect to widespread critic­isms
and to Gen. Ridgeway's
influence.
A member of the Bridgeport
National Guard's 283rd AAA
Battalion, Battery B, Dr. Nor­man
urged qualified men who
wished to contribute to the
nation's defense to join the
Guard by consulting Capt.
Adam Voytek or Warrant Offi­cer
Louis Forte.
Campus Personality
Riot Act Read On New Dorm
Regl;tlations For Boarders
Page Four
By next September some 200 students will take up
residence in Loyola Hall, among these, 100 will be stu­dents
now living off campus, 25 will be transfer stu­dents,'
who necessarily have to board in, the other 75
will be incoming Freshmen. Sixty-four of these Fresh­men
have already been admitted and the rest are re­minded
that the room deposit must be paid by June 1,
or they stand a chance of being left homeless and out
in the cold.
Before entering each student~------------­will
be required to fill out an Irooms unless they have secured
~laborate medical rep.ort so t~at permission from their prefect to
m case of sudden Illness .he be elsewhere. Permission to go
~tuden~ can be taken to a doct?r home on weekends will depend
ImmedIately. The report WIll on the co-operation of the in­give
the medical staff a fairly dividual. Certain penalties will
complete medical study of the be attached to those students
patient. who miss Mass, or continually
Just inside the main entrance disobey rules and regulations.
a house manager will be located Those students living in '~he
m order to check students m and Dorm will experience a wonder­out,
sort student mail and ke~p ful companionship and sense of
a elose eye on the students,·m belonging to the university.
general. Each floor will have a They will experience a :culler
prefect in charge of the men on appreciation of the education
his floor. His task will be to they are receiving. All will 5nd
grant late permission should he Dorm life completely different
see fit, to make sure each stu- from anything else they have
dent is in his respective room undertaken.
at the proper time, and to drive
the more lazy down to daily
mass and handle disciplinary
problems.
Next year within the first
week of school every ::;tudent
will be photographed and issued
identification cards complete
with picture. This move is de­signed
to keep the "day hops"
from invading the dorm for
warm meals, etc. The meals in
the Dorm will probably be serv­ed
cafeteria style.
The boarders will have com­plete
freedom during the day in
that they may come and go as
they please. But after the eve­ning
meal, probably from 7:30
to "lights out," 11 :00, the board- Candidates for Junior offices. I.-.r: Imbro. Halligan. Barry. Shan­ers
will have to be in their ley. Back row: Joyce. Measom. CaUandella. Fama.
May 12. 1955 THE STAG Page Five
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I{ulowiec Pitches and Bats
Stags To Will Over Hillyer
Led by the five-hit pitching of veteran Johnny
Kulowiec, the Fairfield University baseball team ob­tained
-revenge for an earlier defeat this season by
defeating Hillyer College~ 5-1, at Hartford Municipal
Stadium.
It was the third victory in' while triking out 11 batters.
four starts for the Red Stags and Fairfield, aided by two Hillyer
the victory also ended Hillyer';; miscues, wrapped up the victory
three-game winning streak. In with three runs in the fifth inn­addition
to his superb pitching, ing. Jack McLean reached 11rst
Kulowiec also shared batting base on an error and ;;cored
honors with '~he always effective when Tagactac lined his double
Pedro Tagatac as both drove in down the third base line. Fred
all Fairfields runs. Little Taga- Lane hit a sharp grounder '.0
t.ac connected :for a double and third and was called out on a
two singles while Kulowiec and close play at first base. Lane,
Tom Kearney garnered two hits I while arguing the decision, drew
each off two of the Hawk's the first baseman's attention and
hurlers. the hustling Tagatac ·:rossed ·.he
Hillyer's lone run came off plate with Fairfield's :3econd
Kulowiec in the first :Erame run.
when Joe Johnson led off with The Stags tallied another :.un
a walk, stole second, and o::ross- in the seventh on a :,ingle by
ed the plate when Dick Griffin Art Pavlucik a pair 'Jf :;nfield
lined a single to ':enterfield. outs, and Kulowiec's single '.0
Griffin was thrown out trying to right field. :i<'airfield :'egistered
take second on a throw to '~he its final run in the eighth frame
plate as Fairfield ·::atcher .Toe after Kearney singled and raced
Moretti pegged a perfect ;;trike all the way to third on McLean's
that nailed the runner. From grounder when he noticed that
there on, Kulowiec was in com- no one was covering '~he bag.
plete charge, allowing only ITagatac's infield hit scored
three more hits and no runs Kearney.
Tagatac Leads Stags
In Team Batting Avg.
Track Team Seeks
First Meet Win
Coach Ed Tamashumas' track
squad has passed the half way
mark in their current campaign
and are still seeking their first
win. The failure of some mem­bers
to attend the meets has
severely hindered the team in
its bid :'01' victory.
One shining light has been
able to penetrate the d.arkness
of defeat. His name is .Jack
"Wrong-way" Smyth who has
yet to lose a race in eight at­tempts,
having won double vic­tories
in the mile and two :miles
in each of four meets. Jack has
been shattering the old :;chool
standards in these events every
time he runs. He has broken .Joe
Miko's mile record of 5:01.6
with clockings of 4:59.8, 4:55.5,
4:53 and 4:48.7. He smashel his
own record of 11 :22 for the two
miles with times of 11:21, 11:18,
11 :06 and 10:52. It is a pretty
safe bet that Jack will drop
these marks still lower by the
time the season closes on May
21 against Bridgeport. His run­ning
is featured by his "lap­kick."
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E.C.: "When are we going to have a rifle team?"
Sports News and Views
By SAL GILBERTIE. JR.
NORWALK~BED~BOARD
HARTFORD LEAD LEAGUE
Smyth is ably assisted in ·.he
distance events by Harry '~uinn,
Bill Connell and Gerry Garvey.
The 440 and 880 are handled by
Tom Farrell, Al Purcell, and
Garvey and the sprints by Andy
Esslinger, Ray Brooks and Lu­cas.
Our weight men include
Bob O'Keefe, Dick Zysk, .Jack
Kelly and Hal Connelly. 'The
pole vaulting, broad-jumping
and high-jumping are in the
hands (and legs) of Pete Rackie­wicz,
Brooks, Dan Miko and
Murphy. Rackiewicz has upped
his own school standard for '~he
S.B.: "Is it true that ,a freshman math class com-I pole-vault '.0 11 feet.
puted the probability of the Dodgers winning the pen-j In addition to the Bridgeport
nant to be 0.00000001391 ??" meet, Fairfield will journey 'up
to New Britain for the Connecti-
T.C.: "Why can't the freshmen play on the base- cut Small Schools and Collegi-ball
team?" ate Track Conference :meets on
the seventh and fourteenth of
May respectively. Led by Jack
Smyth, they may surprise many
track fans.
J.M.: "When is the news about the Ping-Pong Cham­pionship
Play-offs going to reach the sports page of
The STAG?"
B.D.: "Why isn't Bobby Gerwien going to play bas­ketball
for Fairfield University next season? And if he
doesn't play basketball, does that necessarily mean that
he won't be on the football team?"
Most everyone claims that college freshmen know
little or nothing about sports. This theory troubled two
of our upper-classmen (whose names I will omit in order
to protect them), so they decided to ask some of the
freshmen if they had any questions about the sports
picture here at F.U. Here are a few of the questions
that were thrown at them.
Speaking of baseball, this year's F.U. team is one
of the best! A team such as this one deserves recogni­tion
and SUPPORT. The attendance at our home games
hasn't been too good. In fact, it hasn't been good at all.
Sure we're not playing big name teams, but neverthe­less,
for the class that we're in, our team is playing
excellent ball and merits the support of the student
body. BE at the next home game, cheering them on
to victory!
The big question nowadays is: "Will the Dodgers
keep it up?" So far, so good, but will they stay where
they are? I doubt it very much!! Snider, Furillo and
Campanella can't keep it up forever. The Dodgers
always seem to have the strongest team in the league at
the start of the season - but where are they when it
comes down to the final wire? Take their World Series
record as an example. Since 1903 they've been in seven
World Series playoffs and they haven't won one! Maybe
it won't be that way this year, but more than likely the
'55 season will come to an end with the Dodger fans all
crying, "Wait 'til next year!!!"
After another week's hectic softball war, the Hart­ford,
Bed and Board, and Norwalk teams have emerged
as the teams to beat. Excitement has even influenced
a few of our faculty to contribute their "professional"
talents to the rosters of the clubs.
STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS
WON
Norwalk 4
Hartford 4
Bed and Board 2
New Haven 2
Bridgeport 2
Veterans 1
Metropolitan 0
W·aterbury 0
Stamford ~ 0
Birdwatchers 1
Shades of the Brooklyn Dodg­ers
- the Fairfield nine is off
to a fast and furious start. Since
opening day, coach Joe Brosley's
club has suffered merely one
"off day." But - you ;,ee ­there's
a method in their mad- ~
ness. It seems that the ;,pring
athletes don't like the way the
basketball players have been
LOST getting all the glory - and
they're out to do something o about it.
o Judging by their three vic­o
tories to date, it seems that men
1 like Pedro Tagatac, who cur-rently
sports a .375 BA, .John
2 Kulowiec, with 24 strike-outs in
3 17 innings, and Ed Cerulli, lead-ing
the club with two victories
3 and no setbacks, will drive this
4 Fairfield nine to one of its best
2 seasons yet. But then, just as
with the Dodgers, only time will
1 tell
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On and Off
Stags Romp To
WTin Over Quinns
Behind·the five hit pitching of
Ed Cerrulli, the Red Stags
romped to a 10-0 victory over
Quinnipiac College at West
Haven. Cerrulli was brilliant in
his mound performance, hurl­ing
hitless ball for the last five
innings. He struck out five men
and issued only two free passes
as he gained credit for his Gec-I
ond win of the season.
Joe Moretti, Paul Williams, I
Fred Lane and Art Pavluvcik I
were the hitting stars for Fair-I
field. Moretti and Williams belt_
j
'
ed circuit clouts while Lane and
Pavluvcik cellected theree hits
apiece. I
In the third inning the Stags
scored when Jack McLean led
off with a single and took second
on a passed ball. Lane banged a I'¥.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
single that brought him across II
the plate but was cut down at
second trying to stretch his hit
into a double.
Moretti was hit by a pitched
ball in the fourth. Williams fol­lowed
with a 350-foot homer
over the right field wall. The
Stags added two more runs in
the sixth when Lane and Mo­retti
got back to back singles..
Lane scored 'from third on a
passed ball and Williams drove
Moretti in with another safety.
In the seventh from Pavluvcik
lined a singe to left field that
scored George McGoldrick and
Pedro Tagatac. In the same in­ning
Moretti hit his four-bagger
over the left field wall. The
Stags scored in the ninth to
climax a fine game.
DRINK"~PEPSI
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N.F.C.C.S.
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ELECTIONS
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Page Six
here on campus are well dis- Bishop Lawrence Shehan of
tributed in both field. He is on Bridgeport and a representative
the Family Life Committee of of Bishop Weldon of Springfield.
the N.F.C.C.S., the May Recep- In the afternoon there were
tion Committee of the Sodality, quite a few workshops which
and :furthers the principals of the observer could attend. Fair­Christianity
by his work in the field was proud to have its two
C.C.D. Also, Bob began early in presentations' among the best
the year to promote class iunc- attended.
tions by serving on the Fresh- The Falilily Life Commission
man-Sophomore Dance Commit- presented four talks on perti­tee.
It is clearly evident '~hat ·.he nent subjects to an audience of
Sophomore Class has a sound approximately two hundred.
and prosperous future in their Chairman Jim Rourke gave the
newly elected President. leadoff talk on the evolution of
Success of a president is due
in large part to his cabinet and modern marriage, comparing to­day's
problems and customs to
so the offices of vice-president, those of past generations. Tom
secretary, and treasurer were Fitzgerald followed with an
sought after by well-qualified interesting treatment of the
men. financial problems which con-
The vice - presidency was, .
awarde'd to Walter Shanley front Lhe youn~ marned couple.
ft dg' g tDB' II Gary CarneY.dlscussed ·.he van-a
er e III ou ave arry III - f' '1 d'
a very close contest. 'Walt will' ous cause" 0 Juvem e . ellll-be
the right arm of the Presi- :ruency: TV comIC books, n:OV"
dent next year and WI'11 eel'ta'ln- Ies, etc. The final talk was glVen
1y fill thI'S pOSI't'lOn adm'lrablyb.y ,Dave McCarthy, who spo' ke
Another close election saw on bIrth control, enumeratlllg
Michael Joyce defeat Ted Mea- the vanous means both accep~ed
som for the slot of treasurer. and not accepted, and glvmg Lhe
Mike is certainly the man of physlOlogical, psycholo~Ical, and
.. . ~ moral arguments agamst con-lonftehgi
-nty to handle ',he l'lnances t t' A t' . d 1 racep Ives. ques lOn peno
As s s~:::tary of next year's follo.wed, and the affair was well
Junior Class, the "people's receIved by those who attended.
choice" was Salvatore Fama A novel workshop was pre­who
is well known for his ex- sented by the Industrial Rela­cellent
work as Secretary of the tions Committee, who abandon­Sodality
this past year. ed the usual format of ;,peaker-discussion
for a more original
Sophomore Elections plan. They presented a drama-
After a very spirited cam-' tization of an actual arbitration
paign, the following men were case, the arbitrators being Mr.
elected officers of next year's Daniel Lynch, member of the
sophomore class: American Arbitration Associa-
William Doyle a resident .)f tion, and Mr, Joseph Murphy,
Meriden, was elected to the president of the same Associa­position
of President. Bill is a tion. Among those taking part
member of the Glee Club 30-' III the case were Chairmen Hugh
dality and is very active i~ the IBoyle and Gerry Garvey, .Tim
Central Connecticut Area Club. White, Sandy Capri and :Ed
He was former president of the Morey. Perhaps the highpoint
CYO in Meriden a position of the entire workshop was Sal
which should greatly help him IFama's portrayal of the "guy
in the task of leading his class. what shoulda got the job."
The vice-president's 'oosition The Fairfield delegation in-was
won by Paul Nagy, 'il. mem- eluded Jerry Coiley, Paul Tre­bel'
of the Glee Club, the Sodal- mont, Hugh Boyle, Gerry Gar­ity
and is also filling the post vey, Jim Rourke, Dave McCar­of
Sports Editor of the Stag. I.hy, Tom Fitzgerald, Gary Car-
Howard Hickey will be the ney, Jim White, Ed Morey, Ted
Sophomore Secretary. Howard Combs, Sandy Capri, Dick War­was
a member of the :B'reshman fie and Sal Fama.
basketball squad and ;,erves ac- Retiring Senior Delegate Jerry
tively with the NFCCS. He has Coiley has announced that Hugh
taken part in Metropolitan and Boyle will succeed him as Sen­Business
Club affairs and was a ior Delegate. Hugh was ,~lected
Committeeman for the Frosh- Junior Delegate to N.F.C.C.S.
Soph Picnic. ',a3t year and has also served as
For Treasurer, the dass o)f Industrial Relations Chairman.
1958 chose .Tames McGovern Dave McCarthy has been elected
who is also manager of the Uni- Junior Delegate for next year.
versity Glee Club and a mem- Jim Rourke w~lL~ain serve as
bel' of the Sodality..Tim also Family Life Chairman, Tom
serves the Fairfield Athletic As- Fitzgerald will be Alternate
sociation and the Bridgeport Delegate, and Jim White will
Area Club. serve as Publicity Director.