Stag - Vol. 11, No. 10 - March 17, 1960

              Hail To St. Patrii;I£"!AToast To Eire, Lads!!
Vol. XI - No.8 Published by Students of Fairfield University. Fairfield. Conn. March 17. 1960 1---- In Memoriam
Auditory Probl~msContribute
To Ineffective Discussion
The overwhelming reaction of
the audience was one of wonder
at the fact that an academy
composed of those students who
are supposedly superior in
philosophy should spend their
time beating the dead horse of
Cartesianism when so many im­portant
developments in phi­losophy
are being made today.
Summing up then, the dia­logue
waS' ineffective both be­cause
of the technical auditory
problems, and the overwhelm­ing
repetitiveness of the sub­ject
matter.
Newp,ort Y,outh Band,
Carmen M'cRae Will
Highlight Weekend
On March 7th, the Aquinas Academy presented A
Dialogue in Psychology with Rene Descartes. in Gon­zaga
Auditorium. Participants in the discussion in­cluded
Donald Buckley, J. W. Annunziata, Joseph Mona­han,
Anthony Carlo, Paul Zeigler, Dino Genga, Thomas
Ryan, James Masi, Dieter Wilkins, B. T. G. Cunning­ham
and Joseph Moylan.
The effect on the audience of~------------­juniors
and seniors was mini­mized
by the obvious lack of
spontaneity in some dialogues,
and an inability to hear the
others. Anthony Carlo's attack
on Descartes may well have
been strong and convincing, but
it was unheard by at least two­thirds
of the audience. The en­tire
nature of the dialogue was
hindered by Joseph Annunzi­ata's
weak defense of Cartesian
doctrines, particularly in his
opening remarks. His tendency
to be a straw man was not as
noticeable during the latter
part of the discussion.
On March 7th, Fairfield Uni­versity
lost a wiarm, sympa­thetic
and well-loved member
of its academic community. The
Rev. Francis X. Wilkie, S.J..
chairman of the University's Carmen McRae, accompanied by her own trio, and
Biology Department, died sud- the Newport Youth Band will highlight the"Jazz on
denly that Tuesday afternoon. Campus" concert to be held on Saturday night of the
Fr. Wilkie, a native of Bos- Junior Weekend. This announcement was made by
ton, came to Fairfield in 1948 to IJ err O'Keefl'e general chairman of the three-day gath-assume
the position of depart- . y, IT f th t
mental chairman. Prior to this ermg. These well-known persona l' le~ .0 e
h
denler-d
t h h . f h I tainment world are but part of the excltmg sc e u e.
~ e, e was c airman 0 t e ~ On Friday night, the week-
B10Iogy Department of Boston end officially begins with a
College. Father had also served University Presented formal dance. The locaton is
as biology instructor at Crim- Scholarship Grant still unsettled - the choices
well Preparatory, Lenox, Mass., being The Fairfield Inn, The
and at St. George's College in A check for $700, represent- Stratfield Hotel and the P~tter-
. . son Club. The dance band lS, as
Kmgston, Jamalca. He held a' ing an unrestricted grant from yet, unnamed. Three name
master's degree in biology and the Sears-Roebuck Foundation, bands head the list: the Kings- was presented recently to Fair-in
philosophy from Boston Col- field University at a brief cere- men, Joe Carroll, and Tony
lege. Having entered the So- mony in Loyola Hall. The pre~ CabboH. The selection of the
ciety of Jesus in 1929, he was sentation was made to the Very qUIeen atnd
th
hefr courlt FWillll t~kge
ordained on June 19, 1938 at Rev. J amesE.. F1'tzGeraId, S.J., phaced a teh orma'11. b 0 owmt-
I the umverslty's preSIdent, by t e ance, ere WI e a po~
Weston College. Joseph W. Dolan, representing formal party at Holy Tnmty
Father held membership in the foundation. HaSl!. d ft 'd
h A . A .. f atur ay a ernoon provl es
t e mencan ssoclahon or The grant is designed to the weekend-goers with a picnic
the Advancement of Science, cover the costs to the school of at Sherwood Island. Students
the Genetics Society of Ameri- education of a Sears Foundation and their dates will be enter­ca,
the American Institute of Merit Scholar enrolled at Fair- tained by the talented student
Biological Sciences, and the field for the 1959-1960 academic guitar- -and banjo-strummers ­American
Association of Jesuit year. Gerald F. McCarthy, '63, the kInd who love to volunteer.
Scientists. of West Hartford, is currently T~e "Jazz on Campus" con~ert
attending Fairfield under the WIll be held on that evenIng.
May he rest in peace with foundation grant. Mr. McCarthy The Newport Youth Band has
God. is a graduate of the Loomis taken the "Most Outstanding
School, and is majoring in iattraction award at he New­mathematics.
port Jazz Festival for three con­----------------------------
secutive years. The Newtonesof
Newton College of the Sacred
Heart will lend their choral
tones to thi fine jazz of the
evening. The concert will be
open to the general public and
will take place in the university
gym. Lest tradition be damag­ed,
a post-concert party will be
held. .
The sacrifice of the Mass, fol­lowed
by a Communion Break­£
ast, will be celebrated on Sun­day.
The final activity of the
weekend will be -the "Jazz Out­side
Concert," held in the out­door
shell on campu9 - Le. the
Prep football field. The band
for this engagement has not
yet been determined.
The cost of the tickets, in the
package deal, Mr. O'Keeffe esti­mates,
will be $23.50.
T-he official schedule and the
times for each occasion is as
follows:
Friday Night: F,ormal (9 p.m.
to 1 a.m.), Post-Formal Party
(1 a.m. to 4 a.m.)
Saturday: Picnic (12 p.m. to
5 p.m.), Concert (8 p.m. to 11
p.m.), Post-Concert Party (11
p.m. to 2 a.m.).
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Politkal Survey:
Sen. Kennedy
Vietorious In
Campus Poll
Due to its well known
curious nature, the Stag
has conducted a presiden­tial
preference for '60 poll.
Approximately (m i nus
awkward fractions) fifteen
percent of the student body
was polled. The locations
of the poll were both dor­mitories
and Xavier Cafe­teria.
John Kennedy, Sen­ator
from Massachusetts,
was top on the list with a
record of 84 votes. His
closestoppon€nt was Rich­ard
Nixon, who had 63
votes tallied in his favor.
The only other some­what-
major contender was
Adlai Stevenson with a to­tal
of 14 votes. Scattered,
single figured preference
was picked up by Hubert
Humphrey, Stuart Syming­ton,
Lyndon Johnson and
N e Iso n Rockefeller. Of
course, the pollster's plague
was also present (Le., "Un­decided,"
"Whoever the
Democrats nominate," "No
Preference," "President Ei­senhower"
and "D 0 n ' 1;
Care"). In a breakdown by
states, the following facts
were noticed: New York
leaned toward Nixon 26 'to
19; New Jersey also favor­ed
Nixon on a score of 9
to 8. However, residents of
the State of Connecticut
overwhelmingly preferred
Kennedy by a score of 50
to 25 (or 2 to 1). Massachu­setts,
with a small recorded
vote, favored Kennedy.
In regard to political af­filiation,
the division among
those polled was Republi­can
48, Democratic 72, and
Independents 55.
REV. J. L. BONN, S.J.
'Latina Lingua
Causa Amissa'
Ait Pater Bonn
Rev. John L. Bonn, S.J., when
asked by the STAG what he
thought about the value of
Latin, replied that he thought
this was a "stupid question."
This reporter mumbled a
heartfelt amen, since Father
Bonn has devoted hi,s life to
teaching the classics. De ques­tionibus
non est . . .
He said, "Latin as a require­ment
for the A.B. degree is a
lost cause. It has a value which
cannot be replaced by any other
subject. There is no replacing
discipline of any kind. I would
be for the dropping of Latin if
it were replaced by 'an equal
discipline, for example the study
of cIa s sic a 1, non-vernacular
Chinese literature in Chinese.
The only reason proposed for
its removal is practical expedi­ency.
Every place gives an A.B.
degree without Latin, therefore
it is expedient to drop Latin.
Not one other argument has
been proposed.
"The study of a dead lan­guage
is similar to the study of
poetry in that it possesses less
of the values of each separate
discipline, but it does possess
the values of all the disciplines.
Since it is not a living language
subject to change, it has a train­ing
in the logic of thought, in­dependent
of the overtones of
words, making it similar to the
discipline of mathematics.
"Its content is historical,
sociological and literary, nor
can I see how anyone who di­vorces
Western culture from its
roots can possibly be a scholar
in these fields.
"It is truism that every
teacher in every subject who
h'as a student who has been ex­(
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Page Two THE STAG· March 17, 1960
Truly yours,
G. Keorkounas
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
CLUB ATTACKED
To the Editor:
I was wondering what has
happened to the Public Affairs
Club of Fairfield University?
Since the presentation of the
films of World War II, I do not
believe the club has' sponsored
any other activities. I do be­lieve
that the student body at
Fairfield is interested in cur­rent
events.
In Article II Purpose, Section
1 of their constitution states:
"To promote interest in, and
provide information on, con­temporary
political, social, and
economic issues, s tr e s sin g
where appropriate, the Catho­lic
approach and answer to these
problems."
I believe there are many cur­rent
issues that the Public Af­fairs
Club may define in their
purpose of the enligtenment of
the student body. Are there any
problems which the Public Af­fairs
Club has defined? There is
a minor topic which the club
could explain. Is the club inter­ested
in the presidential elec­tion?
DESCARTES IS OLD HAT
To the Editor:
Today we had the University's
first philosophical discussion by
the Aquinas Academy. Certain­ly
such discussions aimed at in­tellectual
stimulation are worthy
of being made a tradition. Well
presented with its presented
program, it was mechanically
good. However, allowing for a
certain amount of professional
jealousy arising from being lec­tured
at by one's peer group,
from men whom we feel to be
no more qualified to lecture on
philosophy than we are, it
lacked much. The choice of sub­ject
for discussion was very
poor. The seniors have had that
question discussed and explain­ed
over and over again . . . I,
and I am sure there are many
more, can honestly say that I
knew everything the academy
said. There was' no further elab­oration
from material present­ed
in class. It was ,stultying.
George McKeefer, '60
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
JOHN F. X. WARBURTON
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SCIENCE FORUM
On April 2nd, NFCCS, in co­operation
with the Science De­partment
of the University, is
holding an all-day science for­um
here on Fairfield's campus.
The topic is "Radiation - Its
Uses and Abuses." This topic,
involved in our daily lives in
many ways (e.g. governmental
oplicies on testing, medical, the
future in the space age, etc.), is
one of extreme interest and im­portance.
EXCHANGE EDITOR
PAUL FARGIS
STAFF
F. Abbate, R. Badolato, T. Cuomo, N. Coll, R. Davis, R. Dowling, J. Distinti,
S. Dunphy, J. Flynn, M. Fratantuno ,T. Flanagan, J. Faulkner, F. Hendricks,
J. R. Heller, R. Jaros, W. Kramer, G. Kourkunas, C. Lamb, J. Monahan, J.
Morrison, R. Nalewajk, D. Preziosi, D. Reichelt, T. Ryan, R. Spring, B. Curley,
E. Anderson, T .. Phalen, R. Ritter, D. Browne, P. Rudd, C. Roland, E.
Fletcher, R. Biroschak, A. Westerfield.
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ZEIGLER BLASTS
EDITOR
was extended to the Junior
Class in order for them to post
retainers for the professional
participants of the Dogwood
Festival. The plans look very
good and it could promise to be
the biggest and best yet.
Forty dollars was given to
the NFCCS to pay the regional
dues. The conflict concerning
the National dues still stands.
A perpetual mass card and
flowers will be sent to the fam­ily
of Fr. Wilkie, S.J. "Resquiat
in pace."
With the 18th of March as
a holiday to round out your
Irish celebrations I would like
to wish everyone a Happy St.
Patrick's Day and may the
little people lead you to the pot
of gold. See you next issue.
NOTES AND VOTES
IN REFLECTION
Editorial.
Tom Ryan in the Council cor­ner
- We have acquired a room
for the mimeograph machine in
Gonzaga's lower, level. The
Manor is using the room as a
base of operations at present
but there is ample room avail­able
for our purposes. The
machine and room will be avail­able
within the next week. Keys
to the room will be issued to
several Council members 'and
may be obtained by the organ­izations
upon request.
. Fifty dollars was allocated to
the combined committee from
the Math, Physics and Mendel
Clubs to be used for a Science
Forum on April second. Speak­ers
'and discussion groups will
highlight the event.
A loan of five hundred dollars
STUDENTS AS
CHILDREN
To the Editor: To the Editor:
I shoUld like to agree h~artily For three years now, I have
Look, Look! We have letters at last! Splendid student body with the Stag's editorial cbm- ;qeen a student at Fairfield Uni­(
or "studentry" as Strunk would have it) keep those letters ment that all NFCCS"'cl'ktegates, 'ver-sity and for these years, I
coming. Perhaps, it would be a nice event if we also heard from and other representcitiVesbf have occasionally sat back and
the faculty. Meanwhile, man those writing desks and help keep Fairfield University's,:, student observed the student body. I
the STAG as close to student body opinion as is possible. As an body should certainlY\)e" held have actively participated in
aside, we would call your attention to the letter of the NFCCS responsible for any ,duties they many activities with this stud­delegate
and our reply to him on page 9. The outcome of the may assume. This' should' be ent body and, as a whole, I be­NFCCS
debate is of vast importance to the entire university. presupposed by any intelligent lieve these students to be im-
In this issue, you will find the heated replies of c,ertain student. mature, spoiled children. I
members of the Bellarmine Debating Society regarding their I \'/ould like to suggest, how- simply base my argument on
moderator's statements in our previous issue. We would point ever, that within their right to the conduct of said student
out that none of'the opinions recorded cast any aspersions upon have any representative be an- body on ski-trips, winter car­the
good faith or intent of Father Nickerson, S.J. They do reflect swerable to them, students have nivals, mixers and any other
a problem that is not unique to the debating society alone. That the corresponding duty to at- social gathering that they are
problem is this: What are the precise functions,duties and pur- tend and show interest in the given a chance· to "perform'.
poses of a moderator? As Fairfield University develops, this activities that are sponsored by Granted that the majority of
issue will become increasingly important. We, the' STAG. do such delegated organizations as the student body is not present
not have any pat answers to the difficulty. We do hope that Mr. the National Federation of at anyone of these affairs; how­David
Royston, the new president of the B.D. Society, will be Catholic College Students. Last ever, one quick trip through
able to solve his particular problem. In regard to the' general semester the campus unit of the either cafeteria at any dinner
problem, however, we would cast out these questions in an ~airfield N~CCS helped organ- hour will find students not only
effort to stir ·consideration of the issue and initiate a joint solu- Ize two regIOnal workshops.here attired in sweat suits or pa­tion,
i.e. on the part of both faculty and students. Remembering I at Falrfiel.d: One was a RegIOnal jamas, but gluttonously feeding
that any solution is useless unless the two mentioned groups are FamIly: LIfe Workshop concern- themselves with their hands.
equally involved, the line of questioning follows thusly: Is a mg bIrth "con~rol," a:~d the At any mixer, you will find cer­moderator
responsible to take an active participation in the club? other (unmentIOned m the tain groups of "boys" using vul­Should
he act solely as the controller of finance? Must he main- Stag's last issue) was a Region- garity as though it were the
tain an aloofness from the members or should he so involve al Mariology Workshop dealing number one means of conver-himself
in the activities of the club, 'or society, that the group with the basic. doctrines about sation. .
cannot get along without his presence? Should he take sides in Mary and theIr place on the If this is the type of student
controversial issues or financial disagreements that occur be- campus. I must regretfully ad- body that °is going to represent
tween the club's membership and! the facultylor managing forces ~it that after sufficient· adver- Fairfield, then I can see no rea­of
the University? Should his word be the last or the first? In tIsement (two weeks' notice son on the student body's part
other words, is the moderator's position one of consultant, tyrant, both to Fairfield's campus, and to complain that there are not
bursar, or another member of the club with a few added powers? to other New England college enough activities for them on
Well, what do you think? campuses), the attendance at campus. I believe it is time that
On page 9, you will find a humorous relation of the recent bot.h workshops b:y meI?bers of the children of Fairfield began
Ski Weekend. Without a.ppearing prudish (a privilege we lost FaI~field UnIVerSIty, In com- to realize that sweatsuits are for
long ago), we would wonder if all the boola-boola hell-raising panson to the numbers repre- the gym, razors are to shave
is typical of a mature group of collegians. This question is raised sented by other colleges, .was with, knives and forks to eat
in the light of a recent discovery that fun may be had without abysn:ally: small. EspeCIally with and that vulgarity belongs
leaning on the neck of a bottle. Who knows? Someday, someone shockIn~ IS the fact that no ~ep- nowhere! If and when the
might raise the issue of the maturity of the Fairfield student? r~sentatIve of the commUnIca- "children" do realize this, then
(And we do not mean the Prep) tIve organ for the students of again Fairfield can be proud
. . .. Fairfield University the campus of its men.
WhIle gazmg at the wonder of the lunar ehpse, a serIes of newspape 't
small, dark, and irritating clouds obscured our vision for a time. It I' rr'thwas dI:'resen . . t Name withheld, in student's
W d t th ti . . s a er Iscouragmg 0 interest by the Editor
e were annoye ~ . e presump ous clouds for hIdmg such hear and read about what the .' •
auburn ~eauty. In SImIle,. fond. readers, we would not have the NFCCS could do or should do
now-major, soon to .b~ mmor, Issues of cam~us controversy ob- and then to find that su h
scure you beyond vIsIon of the constant and wonderous growth theoret' d t 't th c
of this university. In fact, the contrasting of blackness with light ca ot I~ ;~~ e~~ 0 t e NrCCtS
seems to provide a better appreciation of the, light, the~ gn t' ~ 1mbe 0 tatc Idv~ . . . . Ir su ges IOns y a en mge
Hereby take notIce, readers of such VISIon! The next Issue and participating in the con­of
the STAG will come out on April Fool's Day. In memory of crete organ of the NFCCS the
the late Nicholas the II, the edition will be called "TEH TSAG." campus workshop. During the
On Monday evening, the University was privileged to hear second semester, the campus
the Rev. Martin D'Arcy, S.J., speak on "A Christian View Of His- unit of the NFCCS tentatively
tory." The subtly electrifying talk of this slight, dynamic man was plans to help sponsor at least
well attended-even a considerable number of students attended two activities - one on science
the lecture, one of the Bellarmine Series. Centering all history and one on the sacred liturgy.
around the coming of Christ and ,the response of the individual We hope that the exhortations
to this coming in an "act of love or hate" (i.e. the determination which we gratefully receive'
of the opposites of eternal life), Father D'Arcy presented a will be backed up by the ex~
weave of profound thought, scholarly examplification, and a horters with their own active
warm sense of humor. The coming of Christ, Father D'Arcy participation in the workshop
stated, is not merely a past event, but rather is ricochetting about activities that are made avail­us,
ever presently. Our favodte concept of the evening: Time able to them.
considered is spelling the opportunity to encounter Christ-the While I commend the Stag
spacing of the all important, history-moulding crisis of each for rather an informative issue
individual. I find that its Editorial Colum~
Despite our senses, we are in such a good mood, kind readers, lacks the logic and veracity that
that we even. feel the snow arounll here is melting. So much is present in the other news
for idealism. JFXW items. In particular, I have ref-erence
to a comment concern­ing
the "small, sealed group" ­that
acts as a "social club of a
superior clique." This portrayal
of the Fairfield campus unit of
the NFCCS' does contain' one
nugget of truth. But - it is a
small group only because, when
the Senior and Junior Delegate
invited students to join with us
in our work in the early part
of the first semester, the reac­tion
was negative. Regarding its
"sealed" quality and its seem­ingly
cryptic nature, I would
refer interes'ted readers to the
fact that the Senior and Junior
Delegates distributed literature
and b roc h u res concerning
NFCCS in the early part of the
year to the incoming Freshmen
and to the rest pf the students
by way of student mailboxes.
I' would add also that neither
March 17. 1960 THE· S TAG Page Three
G.S.,
A reporter has several unpleasant duties. High upon the
list of these duties is chatting with the commissioner on subjects
for which he has strong feelings.
"He didn't misstate facts. He said that George was protest­ing
the decision and that George was putting his hand to his
nose. If you want to connect the two that's your business." That,
by the way, is a direct quote. I emphasize that because it is
such a perfect example of hair-splitting that I might otherwise
be accused of inventing it. I could not invent that. No one
could say a thing like that unless they believed it. To me, that
statement alone proves that, whatever else he mayor may not
be, John Creed is sincere. John thereby claimed that no mis­statement
of facts had ever been given by the announcers. Such
loyalty to these announcers, by one who is· not in the employ of
the station, is to be praised. That's right, sports fans, despite
the words of the announcers who never- misstate facts "our official
statistician" is, not working for the station.
Enough of bitterness. Let us turn to brighter things, like
Carmen McCrae and the Newport Youth Band.
That's_ all for them, just wanted to get their names in, and
I couldn't figure out a way to do it. This is somewhat an out­growth
of the article on guitars and such which appeared a few
issues ago. The main reason given for this constant plinking,
planking, and plunking is the resurgence of interest in folk
music. With this in mind, it might be well to consider a few of
the people who are generally felt to be a few steps above the
Kingston Trio.
First on any list of folk music has to be the incomparable
Pete Seeger. His records with the Weavers' are examples of the
beauty that can occur when a group adapts to their material
rather than twisting the material to suit their own set harmon­ies.
Of his single albums, the best are probably With Voices We
All Sing and Industrial Ballads. The last is a bitter and moving
history of the struggle between labor and management, told
through the songs of the first union leaders.
Also recommended are Odetta, whose voice has finally been
adequately recorded on the Vanguard label, after several Un­succsssful
attempts for more minor companies, Josh White who
still manages to somehow stay on key despite the advancing
years, and the young singer, Leon Bibb, whose first appearance
on The Ed Sullivan Show was' so great that people thought they
had the wrong channel.
A word to the wise - avoid things that say "authentic," it
is folk song for "off-key" or "plays a dulCimer."
The Boat Is Sinking Fast As
Our Man Looks In Sugarbowls
By FRED J. ABBATE
Somebody once said that what this country needs is a good
five-cent nickle. If that's what the country needs, then what this
oampus needs is a scandal - not a big scandal, but just some­thing
to make Harvey look up from his game of Hearts once in
a while and say, "Oh, really!" I'm afraid this is the only way
we are going to drum up any interest about anything around
here. Originally we left the job to the NFCCS - not the scan­dal
the interest - but what started out as the Catholic Center
Pa;ty turned out to be the Daughters of the American Revolu­tion.
But all is not dead. Remember, they laughed at Arius!
There is' a terrific rumor moving at a rapid pace over these
fair grounds, faster than the Kampus Kop can write his shield
number on the windshield of a moving tricycle. It is being
seriously considered that those students who make the Dean's
List be given more than an honor certificate. Certain privileges
were what the suggestion had in mind - unlimited cutting of
classes or a partial rebate on tuition, things of this kind. The
suggestion is currently being placed in the hands of the student
body for evaluation and the possible widening of its horizon.
This is one of the more important things that must have student
enthusiasm and backing, and it's not too much to ask, I'm sure.
Therefore, it would be appreciable if you would let your inten­tions
and ideas be known when we come to call. If you are one
of these people who writes "Alfred E. Neuman" on the bulletin
boards, pleas~ forget about the whole last paragraph. And if
your hobby is stealing books out of the school library, then enjoy
a glass of aqua regia as you read on.
It seems somebody misunderstood my intentions in the col­umn
on mixers, if finding ground glass in my sugarbowl is any
indication of misunderstanding. I am not, nor have I ever been,
a hater of those schools which teach things to women. Why, just
a short while ago one of these nice people asked me why Fair­field
has. a chamois for its emblem! She made no mention of
Henri Bergson or RaveloI' anybody else. So there is at least one
who has something on the spheroid.
I would like to flake time out here to say a few words of
assurance: To those 38 people who asked me if I really believe
in "thIs stuff" (ontology) I would like to say that as far as I've
been able to find out it's legitimate. Maybe it isn't as concrete
as Money and More Money 132, and maybe you can think of
better things to talk about over your Vichy water, but quite a
few rubles in royalties have been paid to people who write about
it. So maybe you should take a second look.
Since the boat is sinking fast I would like to thank all those
people who made it possible
WORLDS
could be put were not his busi­ness
to worry about. The other
school held that a scientist has
a positive duty to withhold such
information when he knows it
can be put to disastrous use.
Recently, Edward R. Mur­row's
Small World dealt with a
subject that falls within the
scope of the problem - the con­tinuance
of atomic testing. Dr.
Edward Teller upheld the view
that it is suicide for the West to
stop tests or agree to stop them
before they can be sure that
such a ban would not be uni­lateral.
Lord Bertrand Russell
said, in effect: It's either the risk
of suicide now, or the certainty
of a rather lengthy and gory
process of genetic self-destruc­tion
later - take your pick.
Russell says that we must
simply trust the Russians to
keep their word, a proposal
that would be hilarious if the
question were not so important
as to exclude humor. Dr. Tell­er's
opinion that atomic testing
spells no great danger to the
human race is comforting when
(Con't on Page 8)
By MIKE FRATANTUNO
There are many secrets, hidden and waiting for the curious
seekers, within the ivy-covered barbed wire' fences of Fairfield
University. The weather is starting to become a trifle milder
(it only rains every other day now) and more students are ap­pearing
on the grassy lawns (somebody ought to pick those guys
up and give them some coffee). If you walk around the bodies,
in a constant battle against our famous Fairfield 90 m.p.h. Winds,
your are bound to discover things that you have overlooked.
Here are some helpful hints to tell you what to look for:
a) McAuliffe Hall - there is one, you know. For two years
I thought that the printer of the catalog was a comedian . . .
take a two-day supply of food, a compass', and a guide from the
Prep.
b) The Island - anyone here can tell you of the Island which
separates the road between Xavier and Loyol!a. It is circular,
and filled with grass. It is an eyesore. But the legend of the
Island is a strange and mysterious one. I have heard stories of
when the island was hollow, and contained water. Underneath
the water there lived several beautiful mermaids, with their
evil rulers, the Grumble People. During the day, the pool was
peaceful and serene, but after lights out, the maidens were sent
out to lure victims from the dormitories. Their songs wafted
across the campus (battling our famous 90 m.p.h. winds). The
mortality rate among the students was quite high (as you might
imagine), but finally, one day, a big dump truck came and filled
in the Island with dirt. The Grumble People were never heard
of again, but legend has it that the mermaids esoaped to the
Pond. So, if you hear strange music from that direction, put on
your Mike Nelson suits and go calling ...
c) Concert Shell - take a close look at this; there is another
legend connected with it. About ten years ago, an ocean beast
called the Saenau, was' menacing the Fairfield Beach area. It
seemed to love music. It fed on radios, musical instruments"
and the like. The people became terribly afllaid to go near the
beach, and the town lost much of its summer business. In des­peration,
a call went out to Fairfield University, and several
of the healthy strapping students came and did away with the
beast, bringing back his huge shell as evidence. The University
was overjoyed, because they had need of something to keep the
famous Connecticut springtime rain off graduation ...
d) Gonzaga Mural - the scholars who did in the Saenau are
pictured somewhere in this beautiful picture of campus life of
a few years ago. Study it closely and note all the .changes ...
note all the similarities . . .
In your springtime wanderings, take in these sights of your
school, and any of you discover the secret entrance to the huge
Jesuit underground oil well under the University, let me know.
* * *
Deep Problem Dept.
Freud was German; so was Hitler.
Freud made mistakes; so did Hitler.
Freud admitted his mistakes; Hitler drove a Pontiac convertible.
SCIENCE
By BOB BIROSCHAK
Time was when scientists
never really had to worry about
the results their work produc­ed,
the possible dangers hidden
in the apparent gains. I suppose
the inventor of gunpowder felt
a twinge of conscience when he
wondered exactly what he had
wrought, and what effect - for
weal or woe - his brainchild
would foist on the other mem­bers
of this world.
The problem of the scientist's
moral responsibility for what
his brain produces is not so
simple any more. Today every
great stride in nuclear science
contains, virtually at least,
weapons that could do Us all
in, in a matter of days. A tele­vision
program titled Open
Mind was devoted to the prob­lem
not so long ago. The con­clusions
reached by the emi­nent
scientists who composed
the panel couldn't have been
wider apart. One group insist­ed
that the scientist as a seeker
of truth had no right to with­hold
potentially dangerous dis­coveries
and the distorted uses
to which these discoveries
JAZZ '60
By
E. WELLINGTON ANDERSON
As is evident from such fine
recordings as "Blowing the
Blues Away," "Have Blues,
Will Travel," "Blues by Bas·ie"
etc., the "Blues" continue to
provide inspiration for jazzmen
and is therefore deserving of­special
consideration.
Although the blues did not
come into public notice until
after the First World War, they
are at the center of the jazz
tradition and date back to the
earliest days of jazz. From 1917
on, blues, near-blues, and non­blues-
called-b 1u e s penetrated
our popular music through and
through. Almost everyone, for
example, has heard W. C.
Handy's "St. Louis Blues:' Un­fortunately,
most people think
of the blues, as any popular
music which is slow and sad.
Actually, they are a separate
and distinct form of jazz, and
when a musician says, "Let's
play the blues," he means some­thing
quite specific.
Exactly what is "The Blues"?
According to jazz authority,
Leonard Feather, the blues "de­notes
a particular musical for­mula
on which melodies and
improvisations have been based
since the earliest days of jazz.
Indeed, as has been shown
through the example of
'Frankie and Johnny,' it has
its roots in antecedents that
predate jazz by many decades."
If one were to try to trace the
history of modern blues singing
one would have to begin with
the indomitable Bessie Smith"
from Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Her career as a recording artist
began early in 1923; within a
year or two there were stam­pedes
at the shops where her
records were sold every time a
new coupling was released.
Compared with the other im­portant
blues singers of her
day, she was "a giant among
midgets." Fortunately, Bessie
Smith was not the only blues
singer capable of casting a spell
on her listeenrs. Through the
years, the blues was sung by
such "soul-tellers" as "Lead­belly"
Ledbetter, Big Bill
Broonzy, Ethel Waters, Jimmy
Rushing, and eventually, Billie
Holiday, the rugged and rasp­ing
"Lady Day:' whose tone
and phrasing "made even the
tenderest love son g sound
caustic and thankless," whose
personal bitterness toward the
world led to narcotics, and a
gradually deteriorating voice of
which but few magnificent
shreads still remained at the
death. Wrote her biographer,
William Duffy, "By the time she
found fame and fortune as a
jazz singer, Billie was emotion­ally
exhausted, spent. At the
age when other kids were pick­ing
out graduation dresses, Bil­lie's
future was already behind
her."
Today, blues, both vocal and
instrumental is again experi­encing
a strong revival, as is
evidenced by the increased em­ployment
of such modern "soul­ists"
as John Lee Hooker and
Ray Charles. But the blues, true
blues, has never really. left
jazz, and I hope that it never
will. Its 12-bar structure is as
much a reflex to the jazz musi­cian
as the bell was to one of
Pavlov's dogs. Whenever any
group of musicians that have
never met before assembles,
the blues is the pattern most
likely to provide the immediate
and compatible meeting ground.
VARIANTS • • •
Page Four THE S TAG March 17, 1960
C.I.S.L. REPORT
The Connecticut Interstate
Student Legislature is an active
club. Meeting weekly, the mem­bers
spent the entire year plal~­ning
for the mock legislature
this March. They attended
mock-mock meetings, held spe·
cial meetings, learned tile many
details of parliamentary pro­cedure
and the ways, in which
Connecticut's State Legislatue
functions.
Under the leadership of
George Lallos, Senior De](~gate,
and Vincent CarafiellJ, Junior
Delegate, the group IS 1110rlerat­ed
by Fr. William Hohmann,
S.J.
This year at Hartford, the
club succeeded in electing Don
St. John as Speaker of the
House. Besides chairmanship­election
activities, the delega­tion,
a well functioning u:1i~,
successfully passed a bill that
would reapportion the state
s,enate and house SO that a n,ore
equal representation by popu­lation
might be achieved, Fair­field's
second bill, one dealing
with more stringent and dIec­tive
laws concerning sarnbliQg,
was passed in the Senate, but,
due to lack of time:, dH.l not
reach the House. F0urtecn of
this year's delegates WIll return
next year.
The Young Republicans, un­der
the leadership of Bill
Scully, plan to have Republi­cans
Mead Alcorn and Senator
Bush deliver lectures during
the second semester. The club
also plans to undertake a special
survey in aonnection with the
local elections. This survey will
consist of circulating a ques­tionnaire
among the town's
populace to determine the type
of politician they would prefer
to have in office. The survey
will concern itself with the
qualities which the people feel
should be present to the holder
of such an office.
BBA~s Arts
Evaluated
gradue has an adequate oppor­tunity
in industry?
Most felt that a Fairfield
graduate has a satisfactory busi­ness
opportunity due to the fact
that industry prefers to employ
a man with a well-rounded edu­cation.
They also believed that
the public relations department
was doing an adequate job, con­sidering
the youth of our school.
N.C.
mentally retarded is not too
smoothly handled by Arthur
Mannion, who uses a loose style
and a reliance on emotional
phrases ruo establish his points.
This type of presentation tends
After reading the advanced proofs of the Winter issue of to distract ,the reader and re-
NEW FRONTIERS, I am now confronted with the task of judg- duce the impact of a very grim
ing the efforts of its contributors and thereby placing myself situation. However, his sincer­among
that unfortunate group of men who laughingly refer to ity and sense of urgency show
themselves as literary critics. In general, I feel that NEW through his stylistic difficien­FRONTIERS
has improved slightly upon its previous issue. While cies, and the resul<t is a strong
the poetry has slipped somewhat, the short stories are better appeal lior understanding of this
and the articles show the most progres,s.
, . io~-------------- problem.
Some of the Improvement can In 'two of the three areas dis-be
attributed to this year's new 0 ccaSI.Ona11y TI' no exhl'bI'St a Icussed, art'IC1es and poet ry, our
policy of accepting contribu- weakness for punning and small Iown university writers have
tions from outside the UniveT- jokes which is rather distract-' equalled or excelled the outside
sity. However, I question the ing, even though this is well contribUitors in quality. Only in
wisdom of a practice .which within the scope of the satire. ficti'on has the difference been
could eventually seriously de- This, as an allegory, is a source marked. The total effect has
I
bilitate constructive literary of strength in ideas, but a source been one of improvement with
activity at the University. The of weakness in regard to its outside sources, BUT not sub­editors
adopted this policy in being, an objective form. stantially so; and the corre­order
to improve the quality of The poetry issue is of a gen- sponding deprivation of space
the magazine. But, they side- erally different nature, and ac- for more Fairfield writing has
stepped the real problem: that tually the best effort is the not been ade.qua~ely ~ompensa.t­the
troubles of the magazine famous poem in Spanish by ed f?r by thIS slIght mcrease m
derive from conditions at the Pedro Calderon de la Barce! qualIty.
University which cannot be The two English translations NEW FRONTIERS has made
rectified by turning to external fade before the original, but the defir:ite progress, but it may
sources. This is an internal traditional treatment by An- pOSSIbly be only a temporary
problem: how to promote better nunziatta definitely outclasses g'ain if the policy of outside
writing and writers right here the rendition in modern free contributions gets out of hand
at the University. This is what verse, by Preziosi. The tone and/or serves to discourage
concerned the original founders and magery of the former are so~~ of our writers from sub­of
NEW FRONTIERS, and what more in keeping with the orig- mlttm.g work. I could b~ wron:g
prompted them to stay within inal Spanish. J. F. X. Warburton on. t~llS stand, but I thmk t~llS
the University in their search has contributed two light, plea- opmIOn ~eserv.es some attentIon
for material. sant, and quite inconsequential and conSIderatIon by the staff of
As I progress through this exercise. Preziosi in "Tuscan NEW FRONTIERS and the peo­review,
I will demonstrate some Reflections" tried hard to estab- pIe of the Fairfield college
of the disadvantages in accept- lish a mood but falls down on community.
ing outside contributions. In the too many hyphanated and com- George P. Lallos
area of fiati,on, the outstanding bination words. "Rosy Fingered
story, by comparison, is written Dawn" by M. Kiernan is an
by Riley Hughes, an instructor approach to hangovers which is
at Georgetown University. Mr. not particularly appealing to
Hughes has employed careful me .If I want to suffer from a
craftsmanship in making a hangover, I'd rather do it in an
psychological study of the ef- inal1ticulate manner. I liked
fects of childhood experience Anderson's "Nightmare Day," an
on the human pers'onality. An interpretation 'of the beat gen­undertone
of abnormal hatred eration which is rather confus­and
guilt-laden remorse grimly ing as to its sources but some­penetrates
a surface masking of what pleasing in its pictorializa­nostalgic
recollection. Yet, de- tion. As for our two outside
spite its excellence, "The Power contributors: Emilie Glen scores
of Charlemagne" suffers from moderately in Sledding Hill and
an excess of explanation and a Jeannette Chappell doesn't score
disjointedness of narration, at all with "Destination Un­which
indicates that Hughes chartered." She accomplishes a
was not too careful in carrying sense of disunity swiftly and
out certain lines of develop- irrevocably in only 31 words,
ment. Hughes' story is not ,that somewhat of a record.
outstanding, yet, it surpasses the I Th t' 1 'd th t
other creative work in the mag- 1 e ar IfC es pro~I e
th
. e .mos
. 1 d b p easure or me In IS Issue.
azme. Can ta ente, ut young J K d F 11 t th
11 erry nu sen, a e ow a e
un'dergraduates. rea y compl'ekte Un·IVerS]'ty f V' g' . 11 0 Ir Inla, exce s
WIth the experIence of men 1 e ' t' 1 . fi t'
Hughes? m ,an ar IC e ?n SCIence CIOn
Geoffrey Stokes has written a and t?e machme. H~ combI.nes
A recent survey, compiled by story "Alice" which is also a lUCId style. and WIde topIcal
the Business Club attaches ". . knowledge WIth s'ome very pro­proof-
positive to the present concern~d WIth psycholog.lcal vocative ideas. In the aoademic
BBA system at Fairfield. Sev- and SOCIal problems. ~s. a pIece field two articles by Fairfield
era1 hundred companies, repre- of un,dergrad.ua1te dwrItmg, bthe unde' rgraduat es on Camus and
t · t' f A story IS certam y a equate, ut B k tt h fi h 1 h'
sen mg a cross sec IOn 0 mer- in comparison with "The Power ec e s ow ne. sc 0 ars Ip
ican business, were contacted of Charlemagne" it is distinctly and some sharp mSIghts.
and asked to fill out question- unimpressive. Stokes tries for a John Faulkner's treatment of
naires. Regarding the problem subdued and restrained treat- a story by Albert Camus ,and
of specialization and diversifica- ment of a touchy theme, but its relation. to his philoso?hy
tion, 47% of the companies con- winds up with a slow paced was partIc~larly arrestmg.
tacted preferred the latter over piece about two rather uninter- Though ,I dIsagree on. some
the former, wp.ile only 33% of small pomts I must admIt that
esting people. However, Stokes, YOUNG GOP SCHEDULES
those contacted preferred the exhibits real abili1y in some of Fau~kner has extracted t~e es- ME.AD ALCORN. SEN. BUSH
former. Twenty percent indicat- the conversations and the gen- se~'tIal notes of a. very dlffi~ult
ed a preference for both. eral ideational content. The phIlosophy and hIS conclUSIOns
The question often arises of greatest drawback to the work have a solid basis in the wor~s
whether the advantage gained lies in the author's failure to of Camus. Geoffrey Stokes dId
in acquiring a liberal arts back- display real control over his well in, his attempt -to :fiormulate
ground is not more than offset characterizahons and plot de- a conSIstent pattern of thought
by the "loss" incurred by the velopment. There is no real from the exta~t wor~s of Sam­omissions
of courses in specific suspense emotion or excite- uel Beckett. HIS conCIseness and
procedures. The answer is a ment. ' clarity in this article ar~.in
vehement "NO!" Of all the com- In a different medium Rich- sharp contrast to the turgIdIty
panies contacted, 64% had aJrd Tino has written a' clever of his fictional effort.
formal training programs. The' and pertinent allegory on the John Klimas has written an
average length of these pro- foibles of man and his society. informative and timely discus­grams
is 11.5 months and equi- The ideas expressed are not sion about ,the dangers of radio­valent
to another year in col- particularly new or startling. active fallout, and T. Ungerland
lege during which the company The play is more a socio-philo- has produced an adequate de­orientates
the applicant with its sophical tour de force, than a scription and analysis of -the
established policy and pro- dramatic piece. The dialogue is principles and applications of
cedures. C.A.L. lively and the pace is quick. solar energy. The suhject of the
Latest Of Stag 'Surveys CRITIC SEES NEW RRONTIEiRS
Fi,nds BBA Curriculum Faulty IM~ROVEn AND YET SLIPPING
The STAG has continued its
student survey on the various
curriculums by interviewing
students from the BBA course.
Here are the results of that
survey.
1. What is the attitude of the
average "BBA man tow'a,rd
exrta-curricular activities?
The general consensus was
that the BBA students were just
as active as any other group in
the school. However, one junior
pointed out that the business
students should become even
more active because participa­tion
in extra-curriculars not
only allows the individual to
efficiently budget his time, but
also offers him the opportunity
to express hmself. Both of these The following is an eviua­traits
are a tremendous asset tion of the reactions triggered
to the future businessman. off when business and philoso-
2. Which major in the BBA phy are mentioned in the same
curriculum do you believe to be breath, It would seem that lib­the
strongest? eral arts and business courses
Accounting was definitely the are to be completely separated.
favorite. Most men held this be- But should they be so divorced?
lief because they felt that many
of their other courses were The peruSial of a program
more theoretical than practical. leading to a Bachelor of Busi­The
reason for this being that ness Administration degree is
most business firms ground the !ntended not only to educate the
graduate in the practical aspects student for the business world,
of industry by subjecting him but also to train him for iife.
The man
to a training program. with a broad liberal arts back-
3. What has been your most
beneficial course? <;round is f,ar superior to the
Although the answer to this narrow minded specialist. The
question often varied according liberal arts man is not a mere
to the particular student's ma- tool, a piece of woodwork.
jor, Business Law and Statistics To label the activities which
were quite popular. Also the compliment the BBA program
vast majority believed that all as "extra-curricular" would be
of their accounting courses a grave misnomer. These activi­were
definitely informative and ties serve as an integral part of
worthwhile. the overall plan, bridging the
4. What general comments do gap between the theoretical and
you have on your course? the practical and developing a
About one thi,rd of the men serious interest in the prob­though't
that their courses were lems of business. They provide
very good. One junior held that a neutral ground on which stu­the
fact that Fairfield trained dents and businessmen can con­their
students in liberal arts as vene and discuss problems com­well
as in business enabled the mon to both. The Business Club,
student to receive a well-round- which recently incorporated, the
ed education. Another voice Collegiate Marketing Club and
stated that the accounting and the newly formed chapter of
other laboratories were certain- the Society for the Advance­ly
wo-rthwhile. Most agreed that ment of Management are among
the new system, whereby philo- the most vigorous clubs on
sophy is spread over a four campus. Business dinners, speak­year
peroa, is an excellent plan. ers, and special surveys are in­However,
the majority of the dicative of the activity of these
men interviewed, felt that their clubs,
curriculum definitely could be
improved. One senior boldly
asserted that the students
weren't being worked hard
enough. It was his wish that
more outside work, such as
term papers and business pro­jects,
should be assigned. Quite
a few contended that many of
the textbooks were vague and
verbose. Another man felt that
it would be quite beneficial if
experienced businessmen were
invited into the classrooms to
speak on pertinent matters. Two
others expressed their opinion
that the rhetoric courses should
be intensified. A number felt
that the other business courses
should strive to be as academic­ally
proficient as the accounting
department. While the vast ma­jority
enjoyed rtheir philosophy
and history courses, many felt
that their theology courses left
much to be desired. One senior
thought that the theology
courses were well divided, but
their weak point was the fact
that the exams were far too
objective and consequently fail­ed
to motivate any serious in­tellectual
thought.
5. Do you feel that a Fairfield
March 17, 1960 THE STAG Page Five
BE rUERE!
were scheduled. The reason be­hind
the inability of vhe society
to obtain money cannot be
focused anywhere else than up­on
the fault of the moderation
the society has received. (This
marks the end of Mr. Stokes ...
his interview, that is).
A meeting of Connecticut
Education Clubs was held at the
University of Hartford. The
Public Relations Chairman of
our club, Jay Simpson, cooper­ated
with the delegate from the
University of Bridgeport in
planning a tentative schedule
of activities between the two
schools. The agenda includes the
following: a guidance program
for the Future Teachers Asso­ciations
of the area high schools;
run by the Education Clubs of
both universities.
EDUCATION CLUB
find, him. As for publicity and
organization, this is the first
year in a long time that the
school has had two varsity
teams. Unfortunately, the sec­ond
team could not be main­tained
because of lack of funds
to support two teams. Fr. Nick­erson,
during the interview in
the March 4th issue of the
STAG, said that Father H.
Murphy had asked for a list of
planned debates. To plan a de­bate,
a basic requirement is at
least an elementary knowledge
of funds available. In other
wordS', we oan't schedule de­bates,
till we know we have the
money to fulfill these committ­ments
we make. Fr. Nickerson
has constantly refused to obtain
funds until debates have been
scheduled and even then has
never made any guaranteed as­surance
or promise to get the
money, even when these debates
by Drama Society members. ties. Mr. Blair plans to locate
Designed as a speaking stage, a 3,000 watt moveable I>potlight
Gonzaga's boards present a in the projection booth as well
challenging problem to the crew as two auxiliary strings on the
who wish to subordinate - if first and second arches over the
not eliminate - the "picture stage. Spotlights fixed to tow­frame"
effect such a stage' ers on either side of the stage
usually affects. While the will follow actors during the
Broadway production of this "crowd scene."
play achieved this effect by Mr. Blair plans to use mostly
using a stage eight inches from color "gells" on his lights.
the floor and omitting support- (Gells are pieces of colored cel­ing
sets, Production Designer lophane which fit over the spot­O'Hagan
explains "We already light achieving different dra­have
the bottom of the picture matic effects with various tints.
frame, whether we want it or For example, Straw and pink
not. Gonzaga's three-foot stage colored gells are used to high­and
protruding apron (a rem- light makeup and make it look
nant of Glee Club ,concerts) more realistic.)
make sets a necessity. If we Richard P. (for Peter!) Picardi
didn't use some sets the effect stands ready to leap to the
would be a runway at Minsky's." frenzied call "Props!" in his role
LimiJtations also necessitate a as Property Master. In addition
"highly mobile and highly com- to obtaining larger properties
pact" set. In ract, the local as furniture, Mr. Picardi draws
group has condensed the usual everything from tobacco humi­three-
set staging into one mut- dors to tin horns' (pun!) from
able set. Mr. Honan explained his bottomless olive-colored
that the set was designed solely trunk. Declares Mr. Picardi,
to reinforce the actors and cover "The job of Property Master
any dialogue breaks which was considerably lessened by
actor might make ·and destroy the generosity and helpfulness
the spell. States Mr. Honan, of the area businessmen of
"We sincerely hope that the Bridgeport, Westport and South
set's design will help create the Norwalk who provided the 19th
atmosphere of a typical 19th century furniture, set pieces and
century Norwegian town." other appurtenances for this
Much of the weight of a suc- production."
cessful production technically, Rounding out the production
will fall on the shoulders of crew are Michael Roccasalvo and
Walter B. Blair, lighting tech- Paul Heimbuch, functioning as
nician. The Connecticut Sym- Assistant Technical Director and
phony has donated more than a Master Scene Painter, respec­dozen
auxiliary lights to aug- tively.
ment the present lighting facili- M.T.K.
IBSEN'S 'ENEMY' - MAIL 30 THRU APU. 2
ment that he was misquoted,
either Mr. Stokes or Father is
wrong in their views of the
situation. Those people who
have a first hand knowledge of
the facts of which Fr. Nickerson
spoke, seem to hold Mr. Stokes'
view. In reference to "last min­ute
approaches" i.e. in the mat­ter
of the Harvard tourney; on
the evening of Nov. 16, we ap­pwached
Fr. Nickerson, S.J. 'and
gained tentative approval to
travel to Harvard. The Harvard
tourney did not take place until
the first weekend in February.
This is not the last minute.
From the interview, one gathers
the impression that Father Nick­erson's
g.re3lt interest and par­ticipation
was thwarted by the
members. However, he did not
attend one meeting 'of the So­ciety
during tlIe past year.
When we wanted to see him,
we had to seek, or attempt to
"Three weeks to rehearse and
rehearse, two weeks - could it
ever be worse?" So goes the
standard song of play producers.
The slOW moving days of charac­ter
blocking and faltering,
script-dependent speeches have
been replaced by the feverish
activity of whipping the Drama
Society's s p I' i n g production,
Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the
People into polished form for
opening night less than three
weeks from now.
Behind the 'outward signs of
progress in ,the "budding Barry­mores"
under the direction of
Rev. Laurence J. Mullen, S.J.,
moves a compact corps of men
in charge of the technical aspect
of the production. Under the
iT,on hand of Technical Director
Eugene Honan '62, the group is
responsible for sets, properties,
lighting, sound and ,coroUary
production essentials. Right­hand
man Hank O'Hagan '61
explains the type staging to be
employed as "realistic without
being detailed and yet not ex­cluding
any essential details."
This staging is intended to re­flect
the mood of "one of mod­ern
theatre's first realistic
plays," as opposed to the photo­graphic
exactness of a natural­tstic
staging. (A year ago, Detec­tive
Story was staged in the
latter method.) Mr. Honan em­phasized
that while in previous
years Mr. Frank Barrett of New
York had supervised set direc­tion,
this is the first year that
a set had been "designed, engi­neered
and built" exclusively
"ENEMY. ENEMY!" TENSION BREAKS INTO UPROAR. A stark moment in the coming
production.
In the previous issue of the STAG, an interview
with Fr. Nickerson, S.3., concerning the present lull in
debating activities, was recorded. Fr. Nickerson is mod­erator
of the Bellarmine Debating Society. In logical
order, therefore, the STAG consulted three varsity de­baters
and members of the society. The STAG does
not take sides in this issue, but merely believes the
student body should be kept informed of the topic. The
resulting objective (from the STAG's viewpoint) inter­views
brought forth a completely different view on the
controversy. Here are those interviews.
Fred Abbate: Would like to~>--------------­see
the Society get back on its Society's members) represent
feet, regardless of whose fault Fairfield University as a team
its decline is to be attributed to. in important ·competition. Even
Stresses that the society mem- with insufficient finances, still
bers have worked hard in pre- no moderators have gone with
paration for debates this sea- us to the tournaments, as other
son. Also emphasizes that due schools we competed with did.
to the absence of any coaching Even when money was obtain­and
particularized 'attention of ed for expenses, it was quite
the moderators, the members inadequate. There is very little
accomplished whatever has been coaching or interest of the mod­accomplished
solely by their erators especially in regards to
own methods. Funds are not tourneys and their preparation,
the whole story .But, since the and particularly true this year.
general opinion seems to be The article (referring to the
that they are, we (the members) interview with Fr. Nickerson)
have had to go to several de- seems to imply that the mem~
bates practically fundless - bers of the society have not
that is, use of own cars, major- gone to the moderators for
ity of meals paid by individual, finance. ("This is not true," ac­not
the subsidizing, etc. We cording to Father Nickerson,
have had to organize debate "The main reason the team
trips at the last minute because hasn't ,received proper funds is
of this very fundlessness and that 1Jhey have not taken the
the uncertainty that it brings. proper means or gone through
In regard to Fr. Nickerson's the proper channels"). Modera­mention
of publicity, the fol- tion seems to assume the role
lowing should be noted: pub- of intermediary between the
licity costs money; those few members and the administration
debates th3lt we have been able of the University, 'and that's all.
to schedule have received com- Mr. Royston does not think that
plete coverage in the student the idea of stuqent support is
newspaper. We (the members one of real importance - for,
of the Society) have drummed realistically, he doesn't believe
up as much interest in the club that the school, almost any
as is possible. The University school, can be gotten to back
must deal with first things first. the team or to enable the mem­That
is to say, first build up a bership. The interest of students
team through coaching and co- in debating here at the Uni­operation
of the moderators and versity wanes after the first two
then worry about publicity and years of debating have been
other large designs. The So- acoomplished. Yet, if a member
ciety's fundlessness is not due was aotive and had two years
to a l<ack of spirit on the part experience, he would remain a
of the student membership of member if he felt he could
the organization. But then benefit the organization, within
neither is it completely the fault the limit of his power. In regard
of the moderators. to the matter of lack of organ-
David Royston: The lack of izatio?: the ~ue~tion remains is
funds is only part of the prob- ~he. dlSorgamzatIOn between the
lem. The last three tourna- Ir:dlvldual members of the so­ments
Bellarmine Debate has Clety or between the club's
attended, I't has done so on a membe.rs.and the club moderat-minimum
of funds. We (the ors. Wlthm the core of tI:e de­baters
themselves, there IS and
has been good organization, for
we have had to run the entire
show ourselves.
Mr. Royston definitely ad­mits
the lack of cooperation
between the society and the
moderator. In those debates we
have attended, we have done
well, therefore the members
must have organized them­selves.
Mr. Abbate: It would seem
from the tone and writing itself
of the previous interview of Fr.
Nickerson that the problem is
entirely the fault of the student
members. This he objects to
being published as the unvar-nished
truth.
Mr. Royston. Both Abbate
On and Off and Royston that harmony be­tween
the club and its modera-
. tor must be established.
the Campus Geoffrey Stokes: The first im-pression
given by the article DRINK PEPSI (Fr. Nickerson, etc.) was that
Father had been misquoted.
Since he has made no state-
Probing On Debate Issue
Brings An Angry ,Other Side
Page Six THE STAG March 17. 1960
Stag Reviews Compulsory Mass Student Lectures On Relations
Rafael San Miguel s!>eaks on North American relations with
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will contain Dr. John Ba­rone's
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Ethical
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SENIOR CLASS FORMS
BERMUDA BOOSTER CLUB
Aldous Huxley wrote a novel spring were noted to clifTer "nd
"Brave New World" in which thus resulted an attempt to dis­embryos
were determined to cover some means of separatmg
become either "future sewerage these factors. Chemical Hleans
workers or future Directors of to inactivate one type of factor
Hatcheries." Since most of us were found to inactivate buth,
know of the seeming clairvoy- since their physiological activi­ance
of Jules, Verne and the ties were so closely relateu. A
amazing insight of George 01'- physical separator also failed.
well in writing "Animal Farm" Finally, a Russian scientist, V.
and "Nineteen Eighty-four," we N. Schroder, plJaced the sperm
criticized Huxley's work with a cells in a vessel which contaif'.­shaky
"get serious, Aldous." Ied a positive and a negative
However, recent scientific dis- electrode. Sperm placed .in tLis
covery has conclusively shown vessel separated and .mlUlated
that Huxley might have possess- to dIfferent, l.e. OPPOSl~~: p~les
ed the uncanny ability that both of the charged system. ;:'uC t~~en
Verne and Orwell displayed. proceeded to collect. the sperm
The immediate consequences of at. the anode and msemll~ated
the following article are unques- It mto a doe. T~e doe produced
tionably beneficial to mankind; ~ll male offsprmg. Insemmat­but
the intelligent reader should mg the sperm collected at the
develop an acute unem:ines3. as cathode mto all)t~er doe, Schro­he
considers possible l'ut~'.re im- del' found that thIS ?oe produced
plications. all female. Expenmentmg for
, 10 years, the over-all rate of suc-
For over four thousanG years, cess was 80% in controlling the
man has attempted to ~cemct sex of rabbits. The probability
or ~ontrol the sex of theIr off- that her results' were chance
spr.mg. For exam[.'le, Ar,stotle happenings are negligible. Th0
c~almed th~t placmg the n13r- 20% error is accounted £01' by
nage bed m a Horth-south dI- crude techniques, which are be­rectIOn
favor.ed the. conceptIOn ing improved each day.
of ma~es. It I~ a~azmg L? n.ote !he immed~ate practical ap­that
the chIef. was conect plIcation of these experiments
about half the time. would lie along the lines of al-
Needless to say, the Russwns leviating mankind of it" burden
not ~nly claim but actualiy take of sex-linked hereditary defects,
credIt for the modern advar~ce- such as hemophilia. An af~in:al
ments made in the contwl of breeder would reap untold ad­offspring-
sex. The eXjJ2nn:.ents vantages from perfection o£ ti.e
performed in this cOiltrol are above method. He could pro­comparatively
simple to relate, duce mostly heifer calves mis­although
the thou"ands' of ing only enough bulls £~r re­physiological
processes which production usages. Moreover
occur during the actio;,;) involv- sex control would be arl effici­ed
will most likely never be ent tool in breed im1>l'ovement.
discovered. Sci e n t i st s have This last statement doesn't re­known
for years that there is quire profound thought, but
a genetic mechanism in the obviously does necessitate much
sperm by which sex is deter- precaution.
mined. The factors in deter- R. MacMurray
mination of male or female off-, ;;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In order to lower the cost of
Senior Week, the Senior Class
has organized a BERMUDA
"BOOSTER CLUB." Each ticket
sells for one dollar and the win­ner
is entitled to either a free
trip to Bermuda or the cash
value of the prize - $141. The
drawing will be held on this
Sunday, March 20th.
111ethod To Control Sex Found
Sodality Members
Both Pro And Con
In the following Stag inter­views,
the opinions of two
members of the Sodality of the
University are expressed con­cerning
their affirmative or
negative stand on compulsory
Mass attendance, required for
dorm students. Both men in­terviewed
are upperclassmen
and campus residents.
1. This person took a nega­tive
(i.e. con) stand upon the
issue. It is his belief that re­ligious
activity should not be
forced upon the individual. He
felt that the campus students,
by the time they have reached
the college level, should be
sufficiently spiritually formed
to thus eliminate the need for
compulsive orders in religious
events·. He, of course, recog­nized
tht the encouragement
for Mass attendance should be
continued and is quite natural.
The matter of Mass attendance
being a volitional one, he saw
no justification or value in forc­ing
the will to an action. He
felt that the increased Mass­absence
campuses reflect the
resentment by the students of
the use of force. Compulsory
Mass attendance, he stated,
amounts to a proscription. For
what should be a private mat­ter
to the individual has been
turned into a public, group
project. He expressed hope that
a maturer method would be
substituted concerning the spir­itual
welfare of the dorm stud­ents
in place of the "Prep­school,
negative" manner of
present.
2. This person asserted an
affirmative (i.e. pro) opinion on
the matter of the interview,
compulsory Mass' attendance.
He noted a definite apathy on
campus toward religion, using
examples such as attendance at
Daily Rosary, the sharp deciine
in Holy Hour attendance, Sta­tions
of the Cross .etc. He felt
that the s'ame lack of attendance
at Mass would occur if the Mass
were made a completely op­tional
(on weekdays, that is).
Since the response of the Ca­tholic
students on campus has
amounted to a near-refus'al in
the matters mentioned above
(Holy Hour, '. Stations, etc.) we
seem to feel that the response
to Mass during the week would
be parallel. In discussing the
increased rate of Mass-absence
campuses, this person mention­ed
the fact that only Low
Masses are celebrated for the
students. He felt that if High,
sung Masses and the dialogue
Mass were revived, student at­tendance
would rise and the
campus list would decrease in
size. He noted the important
part of discipline towards a re­ligious
frame of mind, which
he believed was part of the
Jesuit education of the well­rounded
man. This Sodalist ex­plained
the phenomena where­by
the student will rise early
to study for an exam, yet is ter­ribly
unwilling to rise to go to
Mass. He seemed to feel that
this was a disproportionation of
natural values and reflected the
eagerness toward tangible, not
spiritual gains.
Cross-Section
Opinions Split
The following are verbatim
statements of eight representa­tive
juniors and seniors who re­s~.
de on campus to the question,
"Is compulsory Mass a good or
bad thing from the student's
point of view?"
1. For two years I thought it
was good, but I've since chang­ed
my opinion. If the Jesuits,
who have geared the curriculmn
to a proper understandmg of
the Faith must still force stud­ents
to go to Mass, they have
admitted of their own inade­quacy
as teachers'.
2. It provides no real train­ing,
as threats have often prov­en
an ineffective methoD. of do­ing
so, and places Mas,; 0n a
natural, rather than " sl.lper­natural
level.
3. Compulsory Mass for stu­dents
twice a week is an excel­lent
practice. I think the super­natural
value of the Mass far
outweighs any supposed restriL­tion
of our liberty.
4. Those who wouldn't go,
merely sleep downstairs, those
who would are unaffected, and
the majority see Mass in a bad
light.
5. Can't do anybody any
harm, and might do some a
great deal of good. I am not
sure just how compulsory it is.
True, there is a penalty involv­ed,
but there is still a free
choice as to whether or not the
student will attend or take the
penalty.
6. Although it is edifying to
see SO many "forced" worship­pers
receiving the Blessed Sac­rament
each morning, I feel
that the harm done by the sy,,­tern
far outweighs its merit:>.
Since inattention at Mass undel'
the proper conditions could be
a mortal sin, either of irrever­ance
or scandal, I feel that com­pulsory
Mass is actually an oc­oasion
of sin for many students.
The crux of the matter is whe­ther
or not the benefits for some,
outweigh the occasion of sin
offered to others. In my opin­ion,
they do not.
7. Mass should be a personal,
not a community obligation.
The present system reduces
Mass to the same level as mak­ing
your bed. This being so.
there is something wrong with
the system. It causes irreverance
by lowering the level of the
Mass to the point where it
seems just another of the thou­sand
childish disciplines the on­campus
student is subjected to.
8. (in concluding his affirma­tive
statement) As we have
mentioned, many of the stud­ents
are tired or lazy enough
not to mind a night's campus.
But would he still be lazy
enough not to mind, if he knew
that he'd be campused in addi­tion
to being forced to make up
that missed Mass? Or better yet,
pointing towards the adminis­tration's
sincere wish of having
its students- receive God's bene­fits
from at least two Masses
during the week, why not adopt
a plan so that as long as the
student went to any two Masses
per week, his obligation is ful­filled.
If not, he owes, one cam­pus
and one Mass attendance
for having failed in his obliga­tion.
Compulsory attendance at
certain weekday Masses has
been the topic of many student
"discussions" in the past. To get
at the reasons behind this regu­lation,
The STAG interviewed
Fr. McCormick. S.J.. Dean of
Men.
He stated that the basis for
such a regulation is: "Original
sin and its effects upon us
through our lives. As a result
of original sin and our own per­sonal
sins we tend to turn away
from God. The Holy Sacrifice of
the Mass is our greatest source
of strength in overcoming those
sinful tendencies. The Mass is,
or should be. the center of our
lives as Catholics. In the Holy
Sacrifice of the Mass we
acknowledge our weakness; we
receive the Life that transforms
our human weakness into di­vine
strength. It was such a
transformation that enabled St.
Paul to say: 'Now, not I but
Christ lives within me.' A trans­formation
like this is not the
work of a day, a week or a
month; 'it is a lifetime task."
"If it is true that our salva­tion
is the most im1)ortant pur­pose
in our lives, it is equally
true that our goal can be at­tained
only 'through Christ,
with Christ and in Christ.' The
Holy Sacrifice of the Mass en­ables
each one of us, weak and
sinful though we may be, to
offer ourselves with Christ to
Our Father and from Him to
receive the gift of His Divine
Son."
"The rule of compulsory at­tendance
is intended for those
who al'e less apt to appreciate
the meaning and value of the
Mass. It is hoped that, being
placed in the proximate occa­sion
of God's richest graces,
they will come to understand
the meaning of God's love for
each one of them. Because we
fail to appreciate God's love for
Us we fall short in our love for
Him."
"It is true that most of us are
opposed to rules. We like to
think that they cramp our
style. Instead of considering
them as means of helping us to
go along God's way, we look at
them as obstacles that keep us
from going our own way. In
rules we may see only a chal­lenge
to our freedom; yet in
ten rules God gave us the only
way to f;eedom and happiness."
"When we remove from our
religion The Holy Sacrifice of
the Mass, our religion is with­out
meaning, without value. So
too if we remove weakness and
wa~wardness from our human
nature the rule regarding com­pulsory
Mass is without mean­ing,
without value."
"But it is ,als'O true that if I,
in my weakness, am led to the
Fountain of Life and still die of
thirst, I have only myself to
blame for my death."
Dean Gives View
For Compulsion
K OF C ELECTS CZARZASTY
James A. Czarzasty, '61, was
recently elected temporary Wor­thy
Recording Secretary by Ig­natian
Council No. 4203 of the
Knights of Columbus. Mr. Czar­zasty
will hold this position un­til
April 6 when campus Knights
will elect a new slate of officers
for next year.
NO PLANS'
YOUNG DEMS SPORTS NEW
EXEC ADMINISTRATION
Along with the issuing of the
first edition of its newspaper,
"The Appeal," the Young Dem­ocrats
have ushered in a new
executive administrotion under
the auspices of Robert Sherwin,
its president. A tentative sched­ule
of speakers, including Stan
Kennedy, the district regional
director of the Democratic
Party, and State Senator Pick­ett,
is in the process of being
drawn up.
The new administration plans
no sweeping reforms, but will
attempt to hold more frequent
meetings and endeavor to ob­tain
"name" speakers to lecture
on controversial topics. The
club does not plan to have any
prime presidential oandidates
deliver lectures in the foresee­able
future.
In reply to an inquiry
interview by the Stag,
Father McCabe, 8.J., has
announced that there are
no immediate university
plans for expansion or
building conSitruction.
THE STAG URGES YOUR
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VALLEY CLUB SPONSORS
The Valley Club of Fairfield
University will present the Fair­field
University Glee Club in
its eleventh annual "Night of
Song," Friday evening, March
MATH CLUB FORMED 25, at the Ansonia High School
On Wednesday, February 17th, Auditorium. Simon Harak of
Fairfield's Mathematical Society Derby, in his thirteenth s-ea­held
its first meeting. The rea- son, WIll dIrect he concert.
son for the Society's existence Mr. Harak, .who spent se:reral
is the intellectual development Iyears as S.OlOISt for the NatIOnal
and mathematical advancement Broadcastmg company and later
of its members. Members in- Columbia Broadcasting System,
clude two seniors and ten jun- has won wide acclaim through­iors.
The remaining number is 01;1t the Ea~tern seaboard, for
evenly divided between the hIS conductmg of the Men in
sophomore and freshman classes. Red.
At this first meeting, the ma- Valley Club president, Dodd
jority agreed to hold all future Reichelt, '60, announces that
meetings on Wednesdays at proceeds will go to the scholar­1:
15. Also, Mr. Bolger outlined ship fund for area students who
the topics to be discussed dur- plan to attend the university.
in!! the year. The Valley Club was the first
area club to sponsor a Glee
Club concert and for over a
decade the annual concert has
been one of the group's major
actvities.
until four-thirty in Canisius
Hall. Any interested students are
welcome to attend.
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Marketing Club Receives Charter
The Marke.tin~ Club of Fair-j field. MO,re recently, the Market­field
UmversIty I~ a well e.stab- :ng Club conducted a tour thru
lIshed extra currIcular actIVIty, th C 1 b' R d C
having received its charter - e 0 urn Ia ecor s om-three
weeks ago from the pany plant. in Bridgeport. The
American Marketing Associa- manufactUrIng of records, from
tion. The purpose of the club the first impression to the fin­is
to join the practical and Ished produc~ was demonstrat­theoretical
aSipects of the busi- ed and explamed by the heads
ness world so that the student of each department that was'
of business at Fairfield will visited. An opportunity to ob­have
the benefit of seeing busi- serve actual production methods
ness at work. was afforded the students which
The Club has undertaken enabled them to learn more
various activities this year to ab.out production methods in
promote its aims. Mr. Michael thIS field.
Christiano, an insurance tax The Marketing Club has made
district manager in the Bridge- tentative plans for a trip to the
port area, addressed the club. Warner Packaging Division in
His speech along with the Bridgeport and hopes to include
discussion period which follow- a tour through an advertising
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March 17, 1960
The outcome of a year-long
nationwide hunt for future col­lege
teachers was announced
today when the Woodrow Wil­son
National Fellowship Foun­dation
made known the names
of 1259 winners of its fellow­ship
awards for 1960-61. The
awards carry a basic stipend of
$1,500 plus family allowances
and full costs of a year's gradu­ate
s,tudy at any university of
the recipient's choice in the
United States or Canada.
The winners. come from 355
universities and colloges in the
United States and Canada and
were selected from 8,800 appli­cants
representing 861 institu­tions.
They will study at 83 dif­ferent
graduate schools in the
United States and Canada. Most
are in the Humanities or Social
Sciences but there are also 224
scientists and mathematicians
among them.
The shortage of qualified
college teachers is one of the
most critical problems facing
American education today. It is
estimated that 30,000 new col­lege
teachers will be needed
each year during the next de­cade
to take care of the tidal
wave of college students expect­ed
in the sixties. The Woodrow
Wilson Fellowship Program was
established in 1945 to recruit
promising students for the col­lege
teaching profession and to
support them during their first
year of graduate study. In 1957
the Program received a $24,­500,000
grant from the Ford
foundation to increase the scope
of its operations and to inten­sify
its search for college
teachers.
During the past semester and
continued in the present term,
Mr. Walter M. Petry of the Fair­field
University History Depart­ment
has conducted several in-formal
seminars. The subject
usually treated by Mr. Petry,
presently a candidate for his
Ph. D. at Columbia University,
is modern day government. Re­cent
meetings have included
talks on the two parties in the
U.S., with their differences and
j~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I~asinmdilairniftliueesn, caendoftheCocnosnenrevcattiiosnms
and Liberalism on these two
parties. The European parties
have also been considered.
The procedure of the meet­ings
consists of a talk by Mr.
Petry with questions from the
audience - usually a combina­tion
of teachers and students.
The group meets every Monday
from approximately three oclock
THE S TAG Page Seven
-.----------;------------------------------------------;--------~-_.:..- F II h· One unusual feature of the THE BRAINS BEHIND THE SCENES THOMISTS ARISE! e OWS IpS Woodrow Wilson Fellowships is Care to hand in a spicier Mon-
Announced that students may not apply day morning philosophy outline
_ directly for the award - they to Mr. O'Keefe? St. Joseph
must be nominated by a faculty College of West Hartford solves
member. For this reason prac- Iyour problem with an April 7
tically all of the candidates are ,lecture by the noted French
superior students, and it is con- philosopher, lecturer and writ-sidered
an academic honor just er, Etienne Gilson on the sub-to
be nominated. But, since the ject "Whether The Existence of
Foundation can make only ap- God Can Be Demonstrated."
proximately 1200 awards annu- Professor Gilson is Director of
ally, there are each year, ac- Studies at the Pontifical Insti-cording
to the Foundation's Na- tute of Medieval Studies (Tor-tionaI
director, Dr. Hans Rosen- onto). He was born and edu-haupt,
a larger number of well- cated in Paris. The lecture will
qualified and deserving candi- be held in the College audi-dates
who do not receive fel- torium, starting at 8 p.m.
lowships. This year there were H. O·Hagan. nearest to Tragedy. enumerates details of set plan
1203 such candidates who were for "Enemy". ( See article. Page Five.)
given "Honorable Mention." A
list of their names, fields of
stu d y, and undergraduate
schools has been sent 0 the
deans of all graduate schools·
in the United States and Canada
and to the Foundation's repre­sentatives
on some 1,000 cam­puses.
It is anticipated that in
this way most of them will re­ceive
alternative awards either
directly from universities or
from other organizations.
Dr. Rosenhaupt said the past
experience of the Foundation
indicated that approximately
eighty per cent of all those
nominated for Woodrow Wilson
Fellowships eventually entered
graduate schools, most of them
with financial assistance. "This
shows that the importance of
the Foundation as an instru­ment
for the identification and
recruitment of prospective col­lege
teachers goes far beyond
the mere provision of 1200 fel­lowships
annually;' he said.
"We are confident," he con- HAVE WANDERLUST MORE FOR THE POETS
cluded, "that our awards, with From the NFCCS Travel Pro- The American College Poetry
the splendid fellowships pro- gram people, we have word of Society (Bo~ 24463, Los An­vided
by the government under a cool, little Mexican jaunt they geles 24, CalIf.) has announced
the National Defense Education are sponsoring. More formally: I,nat its third semesterly anthol­Act
and by the National Science For only $89, plus transporta- ogy of college poetry will be
The winners named today Foundation and many other 01'- tion costs to Mexico, you can I compiled this summer. Why
bring to more than 4,000 the ganizations, constitute positive be part of the NFCCS low cost, not try them. Contributions
total number of students started steps towards providing the economical, quality tour of must be original and by stud­on
the road to college teaching badly needed college teachers Mexico City and Acapulco. For ents (rather reasonable), deal­careers
by the Foundation, over for the 1960's. But, we must re- further information contact ing with any subject, not ex­3,000
of them since the Ford Imember that quantity alone is your nearest NFCCS delegate. ceeding 48 lines. For the pro­Grant
in 1957. not enough." lific ones, not more than five
1r==~~============~=======:nIMR.PETRY'S SEMINARS poems may be submitted by an
:ndividual. Use the self-ad-dressed
envelope method for
best results.
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Mr. O'Keeffe has also select­ed
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Chairmen, P. Fargis and F.
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Chairmen, L. Parent and B.
Gallagher; "Jazz on Campus"
Chairman, Geoffrey Stokes;
Communion Breakfast Chair­man,
R. Callaghan; Jazz Con­cert
Chairman, D. Royston;
Program Chairman, W. Scully;
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I therefore super­stitiously
believe that this in­terview
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of Latin as a requirement for
our Bachelor of Arts Degree.
"If so, it will also be removed
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posed to Latin vehemently as­serts
that student's superiority,
of parishes accommodated by
the committee has dropped from therefore they advocate that it
the original ten parishes and be dropped.
one thousand students to the "Those who advocate the
present number. teachin~ of the humanities. in
The CCD committee meets translatIOn seem. to be ~uffenng
bi-weekly to report progress from an educ~tIOnal time lag.
and discuss difficulties which IIt has long 'smce been recog­arise
in the classroom. Mem- nlzed that matter and thought
bel'S are aided by periodic talks I' co~tent alone, whether in tra7ls­by
members of the University latIOn or paraphrase ~o not gIve
faculty concerning technique, a proper ~ep~esentatIOn of the
delivery, discipline, etc. Source abst::act slgmfioance, let alone
material is readily available to the mtegrated concepts. "SCIENTIA" PEBUT
CCD teachers in the commit- "No one can possibly have a Today the p~blication of the
tee's own "growing" library and scholar's knowledge of English Math-Physics Club will appear
in a specially-prepared biblio- without a knowledge of its under the well-illustrated cover
graphy of pertinent source roots, and I am not referring to of "Scientia." When the maga­books
in the University library. linguistic comprehension or the zine departs (rom the strictly
Captain Jorlett retains four j'argon of such trades as the informative article, and plunges
substitute teachers and four fields of law and medicine, but into areas' of philosophical and
"observers" or apprentice teach- by which I mean Latin, Greek, humanistic portent, it tends to­ers
as a reserve force to rein- German and French with a ward a naivete as to implica­force
any casualties. smattering of that jargon jocose- tions (e.g. the treatment of
The committee also maintains ly called Anglo-Saxon. Ergonomics). On the whole, the
an itinerant panel which visits "Some years ago I was asked magazine represents b l' i g h t
t~e C",,:,O classes for corollary to present a paper to the Jesuit Ihopes for the club's journalistic
dIS·cussIOns. Educational Association, put- endeavour.
Sodality's C. C. D. Organizes
Religious Programs For CYO
Religious instructions are pro­vided
for more than two hun­dred
high school CYO (Catho­lic
Youth Organization) mem­bers
in the Bridgeport area by
an eleven-man corps of Uni­versity
Sodalists, captained by
Robert Jorlett, '62.
The group, formally titled the
Confraternity of Christian Doc­trine
Committee, is part of the
campus Sodality's social apos­tolate
work and conducts week­ly
sessions in four parishes:
Holy Family, St. Pius X and
St. Thomas in Fairfield and Our
Lady of Providence. Our Lady
of Providence parish is located
in a Spanish-speaking neighbor­hood
so that one of the three
classes taught is in Spanish.
In a STAG interview, Mr. Jor­lett
emphasized that the task
of his committee is a temporary
one, Le., to conduct classes only
until the pastor of the parish
can draw teachers from the
ranks of his parishioners to
take over the instructions. It is
for this reason that the number
SCIENCE WORLDS.
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contrasted with Russell's call
for a test ban at all costs, with
God knows what results. But
the nagging question of whe­ther
we are slowly but surely
killing the human race, or at
least mutilating it, is not so
simply answered. Whether the
amount of fallout has reached
danger proportions, or is fast
approaching it, depends upon
which authority's figures you
read. The AEC says we have
nothing to worry about. Dr.
Linus Pauling says he possesses
figures which give us plenty to
worry about, particularly in the
increased fallout of Strontium
90. Since Strontium 90 is
chemically much like calcium,
plants in calcium poor soil ab­sorb
it into themselves. When
such vegetables are eaten,
Strontium 90 enters the body
and lodges in bones, with po­tentially
disastrous effects to
bone marrow.
Even granting that in the
over-all view fission byproducts
ejected into the atmosphere are
not present in alarming
amounts, accidental' overdose
deposits have occurred, and
the worst part is that the effects
cannot now be properly gaug­ed.
For example, the Public
Health Service studied samples
of water from a river in Colo­rado
near which a uranium re­finery
was located. The samples
were polluted with radium
wastes 160% above the maxi­mum
level officially considered
safe for health. Even more
alarming, scientists found that
vegetables growing in the river
valley, fed by irrigation from
the river contained not only
radium but great amounts of
Strontium 90 - in some vege­tables
tested, 1200% above the
maximum level set by the AEC.
Many say that these are the ex­ceptions
to the rule. They are.
But the truth is no one really
knows exactly what concentra­tions
of radioactive materials
really cause damage, since the
world has had only 15 years to
observe their effects, and their
most devastating effects upon
human reproduction may be
long ranged.
Things were a lot simpler in
the good old days.
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March'17; 19,60 'rHE ST~G Page Nine
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J.F.X.W.
K OF C NEWS
Kenneth Dubuc, D e put y
Grand Knight of the Ignatian
Council No. 4203 of the Knights
of Columbus, announces that
Second Degree ceremonies will
tated when the student body is not
deriving the benefits it should from
NFCCS, and when the campus unit is
ignoring what we feel are imperative
responsibilities.
BIOS LOGOS
The Bios Logos, a new discus­sion
club under the direction of
Mr. Salvatore Fama, is compos­ed
of approximately ten mem­bers
who wish to further their
knowledge in Biology.
Meeting bi~monthly, on Mon­day
afterno'ons at three, the
activities will follow this
scheme: A member will deliver
a paper on a particular phase
of Biology that has interested
him. Following this will be a
question and discussion period
of the matter presented, which
will conclude the meeting.
Stag ,Spotlight On Pat I(elly
R. Ritter
than a few notices on bulletin
boards; i.e. the campus radio (Radio
Free Gonzaga), having a speaker at
every class meeting to inform about
coming programs, using the art of
conversation, and making sure of
publicity in the STAG. Now in ref-erence
to that last point, and to Mr.
Zeigler's comment on STAG cover­age:
The student newspaper proceeds
with a limited staff. It cannot possib­ly
be directly represented at all the
functions and events that occur. The
STAG has time and time again urged
club presidents to submit advance
notices of events they will be hold­ing.
Otherwise, they must take their
chances of STAG intuition. During be conducted for about forty
our editorship, 'lfe have not received aspiring Knights next Thurs-one
advance nobce from NFCCS.. I .. .
We thank Mr. Zeigler for his pralSe day m Xavier Hall. First De­t~
at w:e were a "rathe,r .•. informa- gree ceremonies took place last
bve" Issue.
Regarding the fourth paragraph of week, while the Third Degree
the Senior Delegate's letter: In re- I'S s'cheduled to be held at
futing "small" and "sealed:' Mr.' .
Zeigler lists one invitation and one Father Coleman CounCil, Un­distribution,
both of whic~ occurred quowa Road Fairfield on Sun-in
the early ~art of the hrst semes- , ,
ter. Why give up so easily, so soon? day afternoon, March 24.
Surely, the delegates must value stu- , ,
dent body participation more than Art 0 Leary, 60, has been
that! In Mr. Zeigler's refutation of named March's "Knight of the
"social club:' the mention of the M th" f " t t d'
Fall Council meeting is made. It J. on or ou s an mg serv-might
be of i~terest to note that we, ice" to the Council.
before becommg we, were sent by
the STAG to that Council mee'ting Ignation Council will hold its
and spent three days in the midst of F'fth AlB t A '1 28 it all. We speak from experience I nnua an~ue, prI .
when we call the general attitude of Plans are as yet Incomplete.
the New England region a "social
club." And, lovers of journalism,
Epistemology has taught us that the
sense speak true.
We would bring to notice one point
from the Senior Delegate's last pa~a­graph.
The tone of address to those
who "seem to lack the real know­ledge"
is one that we have run across
many times in our dealings and cov­erage
of NFCCS. "There are so many
ponderous issues that you, student
body. could not possibly fathom; how
can you possibly advise we, all­knowing."
This fictionalized quota..
tion was unfortunately quite typical
of the altitude of the TRIMUVIRATE
who controlled last year's NFCCS·. It
is tragic to see it re-appear. For. it
seems to us, it is nothing but a. so­phisticated
cover-up of irresponsibil­ity
of representational duties.
As to our sincerity: We are deeply
concerned with NFCCS because of
Us potential of being one of the most
important and most beneficial activi­'
ties on campus. We are deeply irri-
The Longshoreman - Hero of the UB Playoff
In the process of maintaining a winning season, Fairfield's
team often had to rely on "pressure" ball players. Constantly
answering the need of scoring under pressure was the pride of
Miller Place, Pat Kelly.
Pat began his basketball at Xavier High School, New York
City, where in his senior year he was chosen on mJlny second
team all-city selections. Coming to Fairfield in 1956 he played
first under Jim Hanrahan and then finished his last two years
under the present coach, George Bisacca. Possessing a deadly
shot from the corner, Pat has constantly put Fairfield in com­mand
of many tight ball games. After three years of varsity
competition Pat views beating UB for the third straight time
and scoring thirty points for the first time in his career as his
greatest thrill in college basketball.
Basketball does not seem to be the only sport Pat excels in,
Reports from the intramural softball league list Pat as a steady
outfielder and a menacing threat at the plate.
Jokingly referred to as the longshoreman, Pat, an A:B. Eco­nomics
major, hopes to join the International Longshoreman
Association as a union official. Graduate school looms in the
future as an alternative.
Pat comes from a family of five. As to the prospects of
another Kelly in the Fairfield line-up in the near future, Pat
reports that football at the present is the big sport for his younger
brother. Fairfield may have seen the last of the Kelly clan;
nevertheless the contribution thus far has been needed and
appreciated.
ZEIGLER ...
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of Fairfield's NF delegates have
been secretive about discussing
NFCCS to genuinely interested
people. lam sure that both of
them would have enjoyed hav­ing
a social whirl in NF; an
examination, however, of the
time spent by them at Council
Meetings (in the Fall and Win­ter),
will show that no time was
spent in social activity. Rather,
business meetings, started on
Friday evening, and continued
through Saturday (and Satur­day
night) to their conclusion
on Sunday morning. As for the
NF's being a "superior clique,"
I'm sure that the flattery of the
Stag's editor is appreciated; but
in fact this is just not true. I
would suggest that lovers of
journalism arise and cast their
treatises in Epistemology at
those who present ill-construed
opinions as verifiable - and
supposedly verified - facts.
I would like also to make this,
an open letter to all those stu­dents
who are genuinely inter­ested
in the National Federa­tion
of Catholic College Stud­ents,
of which they are a mem­ber.
I explicitly invite them to
barrage the Senior and Junior
delegates with questions about
the function and purpose of the
NFCCS. Despite the sensational
treatment that this organization
has been given of late by those
who seem to lack the real
knowledge and sincerity to
speak for NFCCS, we hope that
a calm and reasonable explana­tion
can be given to offset any
preconceived notions that Fair­field
students might have.
Paul R. Zeigler
Senior Delegate, NFCCS
NEW HAVEN AREA CLUB
DANCE·
The, New Haven Area Club
of'Fairfield University 'will
sponsor an Easter Dance at
Yale University's St. Elmo's
Hall, April 24, Tom. Martone
and Charles Brooks will organ­ize
and run the date affair to
be held from nine until one
a.m. As yet, just what band
will provide the music is un­decided.
. PAUL BEST
. HEADS RUSSIAN CLUB
Paul Best was elected chair-man
of the newly-organized
Russian Club at the club's first
meeting held earlier this month.
Richard DeAngelis will assist
Mr. Best, functioning as vice­chairman.
Jack Leary and Michael
Smerznak will serve as secre­tary
and treasurer, respectively,
with Mr. Wolfe A. Czamansky
acting as faculty advisor. The
new slate will hold the reins
for the remainder of' the school
year.
A member of the lay faculty,
Dr. Daniel Buczek will speak
on the relationship between
Russian and Poland throughout
history at the first regular
meeting, April 6.
(EDITOR'S REPLY: Allhough de­lighted
with Mr. Zeigler's response
and his concern for the student
, newspaper, we believe that, in the
interests of EpistemologicliJ treat­ises,
the following comments
should be made:)
In regard to Mr. Zeigler's first pa­ragraph:
It is the ST'AG's position
that among the duties of the NFC'CS
campus delegates is the obligation to
keep the Student Body closely in­formed
of the activities of the re­gion,
the national and the campus
unit. It is also our belief that deci­sions
and policies of the delegates
should be direct reflections of the
opinions of the Student Body.
Our thoughts arising from the sec­.<>.
nd paragraph: Student interest can
'only' be 'obtained 'by the presentation
of interesting programs. "Sufficient
advertisement" involves much more
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"track." Though these pioneers
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reproach, they suffered fewer
injuries percentile-wise than
those skiing on the home trails.
The weekend casualties totalled
14, 11 of which inflicted the
fairer sex.
The alert cottage-dwellers',
noting the impending despair
of the injured damsels, saved
the weekend by staging a con­soling
"Post-Pre" party Satur­day
evening, which WOH prece­dence
over John Payne on the
Sante Fe Trail, and continued
well into the morn to overlap
the previously planned "Pre­Post"
party. Since it-us party
was co-ed, Bubbles, acting in
accord with his emlsen ative
tendencies, refrained from a
repeat performance of the
night before.
While the cottage was the
nucleus of some spirited activ­ity,
the surrounding areas must
not be neglected. All the
planned activities were smash­ing
successes, while those not
planned were equally as suc­cessful.
Only those physical
supermen, one of them being
a certain "Cookyf' (as mjani­fested
by his cycling feats and
others), had time to oatch every
activity.
Credit for the success of the
weekend goes primarily to the
moderators, who made it so by
integrating the activities with
their own interest and partici­pation.
For this the Junior Class
cordially thanks Fathers Nick­erson
and Murphy.
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Plus Casualties: SI{iTrip'
.The second annual Ski Trip, sponsored by the
JuniorClass under' the' aegis of JoeCannizzaro and
crew, was launched with a fluffy deluge, as 100 Stags
and 100 Does burrowed to buses with all the necessary
accoutrements for a lively college ski weekend.
As the buses left the campus~>--------------­and
inched towards their des­tination
of Oak 'n' Spruce Ski
Lodge,. South Lee, Mass., spirits
soared and capacities dwindled.
Upon arriving at the Lodge,
the Stags slid along well-shov­elled
paths to their ,assigned
cottages, each jockeying for the
most sheltered nook or cranny
in which to harbor their covet­ed
ski-equipment.
Every "Boola Boola College
Weekend" includes a stag party,
and this one was no exception.
Billed as the "Post Curfew,
Pre-Breakfast Stag Party" by a
certain group of cottage dwell­ers
(each of which was obvi­ously
chosen to live apart from
the rest because of his own con­servative
tendencies), the party
started with some bubbling
conversation, and ended simply
with "Bubbles" - by chaper­onal
decision.
For those who survived Fri­day
night's frolic and Satur­day
morning's "post breakfast
pre-ski" party at the cottage,
skiiing was in order. For the
more experie'nced polished ski­ers,
Oak 'n' Spruce Lodge pro­vided
a bus to Bousquets, an
area marked out as ideal ski­territory
by the natives; while
the beginners were ushered to
the slope behind the main
lodge. Among the former group,
Jim O'Brien and Brian Lawler
displayed the nadir of form and
control, the former toppling
from trail to bush to trail cre­ating
a boom for the local sur­geons;
while the latter blithely
schussed expert slopes such as
"Dindo's Chute" screaming
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for his suits, slacks, shirt and other furnishings.
BOWLING LEAGUE
MEMBERS CHOSEN
CROSS TRIPS STAGLINGS
Emil Garofalo's Frosh reen­countered
the Holy Cross Cru­saders,
only this time faIled to
overwhelm them as they had
previously. The final score of
the contest was 80 to 75 with
the Cross freshmen on top. Nick
Macarchuk and Bob HuiLer tal­lied
20 and 18, respectively, but
their efforts were not enough to
stop the onslaught of the home
team.
The Resident Council's Bowl­ing
League got under way on
Wednesday, March 9. The league
is composed of fourteen teams
who will bowl every Wednes­day
afternoon from now until
the end of May. Those who
signed up for the league were
divided into classes and then
the teams were picked out of
a hat.
The Bowling League will use
the newly opened Circle Lanes
on the Kings Highway, known
as "Connecticut's most modern
ten-pin bowling center." But to
the late start of the league there
won't be enough time for a
complete schedule. However,
there will be a playoff in May
with trophies going to the win­ing
teams.
Saturday night's game was a
heartbreaker with Fairfield los­ing
75-74. It saw the Stags fight
from behind after American's
Little All-American Willy Jones
fouled out and close a nine­point
defiicit to 1 point with
seconds remaining. The Stags
made very few mistakes that
night but their biggest and the
one that broke their backs was
their overaggressive play. This
cost them the game as Ameri­can
scored their last 9 points
from' the foul line.
Again Joel Cherrytree led the
way for the Stags as he came
off the bench and scored 18
points. He was followed by
Bobby Jenkins, Tom O'Brien
and aPt Kelly who scored 16,
13, and 11, respectively.
This game closed out the
most successful season in the
school's history with the Stags
finishing up with a 17-9 won­lost
record. The seniors played
their last game for Fairfield.
Lawler 2-4
Jasmin 1-4
Cimiwera ' , 1-6
Dowd 0-9
The possibility of sponsoring
a sports banquet for the varsity
basketball team was discussed
by the Cardinal Key. The tenta­tive
date for the affair is April
12. It will take place - because
of space requirements - in the
rear gym. Prominent figures of
the sports world will be sought
as speakers for the event,
among them, Carl Braun of the
N. Y. Knickerbockers. Showing
of films obtained from profes­sional
clubs is' planned. All stu­dents
and alumni will be asked
to :attend this occasion to honor
our team. Tentative price: $2.00
per person. The sociai commit­tee
of the Key will make the
arrangements.
FROSH-SOPH
Senior Stags
The S tag s travelled to
Grymes Hill, Staten Island, to
take part in their first Small
College N.C.A.A. Tournament
on March 4 and 5. Their trip
was not to be completely in
vain as' they won their first
round game by completely
outclassing Drexel Tech of
Philadelphia and dropped the
second round and Eastern Cham­pionship
game by one point,
75-74 to American University of
Washington, D.C.
On Friday night the score
was 56-44 and this can only be
attributed to two very over­anxious
teams with the better
of the two winning. Joel Cher­rytree
led the Stags with 22
points, scoring 16 of them in
the second half. The win
enabled the Stags to advance
to the second round and meet
American U. in the Eastern
Small College Championship
with the winner going to the
National quarter-finals in Evans­ville,
Indiana.
BASKETBALL BANQUET
PLANNED FOR APRIL 12
March 17~ 1960
Standing: Vin Alvino. Pat Kelly. Joel Cherrytree. Sitting: Joe
Flannigan. Tom O'Brien. Not pictured. Harry Hyra.
Stags Win 56·44, Lose 75·74
In Small College Tourney
Hendricks 5-0
McCrosson ' . . . .. 4-0
Jones 4-2
Arnold 4-2
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THE STAG
Strong. Fighting
As Intra-Murals
Nears Closing
After two and a half months
of spirited basketball, the in­tra-
mural teams are still bat­tling
toward the final game. In
the high scoring Junior-Senior
league, John Gibbons' team with
wins over his two closest com­petitors,
Tom Ungerland (46-42)
and Frank Tracy (68-51) seems
to have clear sailing to the
championship. The stalwarts of
Gibbons' team are himself and
Walsh, while Tom Ungerland
and Bert Anderson keep Un­gerland's
team high in the
standings. Frank Tracy's team
with the valuable scoring assist­ance
of Jim Coffey and Jim
Keane and Jerry O'Keefe's
squad with Sam Groom and
Jerry Falvey throwing in the
points have yet to be eliminat­ed
from the number one posi­tion.
The only noise from the other
teams in the league has been
the scoring exploits of John
Dowd and FJ1annie Lee. The
three top scorers in the league
are: John Dowd (27 ppg), Fran­nie
Lee (26 ppg), and Bert An­derson
(25 ppg).
In the better balanced Frosh­Soph
league, the title is far
from coveted. Frank Hendrick's
"five," with Mike Corcoran and
Roger Lynch doing most of the
scoring, is out front by one
game. Joe McCrosson's squad is
in second place, having played
one less game, but are now with­out
the services of one of their
top scorers· and rebounders.
Rod Dowling. They are count­ing
on Bob Acquavia and Mc­Crosson
to take up the slack.
The championship should be
decided when these two teams
meet each other next week.
Three other teams who might
make it are Jack Doyle's, Ted
Arnold's and Davy Jones' but
all three have acquired two
losses each. Two freshmen,
Leonard and. DeGinnero, are
among the top five scorers in
the points-per-game average.
The top five are: Tom Leonard
(22 ppg), Mike Corcoran (20
ppg), Gary Ferugia (19 ppg),
Tony McCall (19 ppg), and Tony
DeGinnero (19 ppg).
The newest club on campus,
instituted this season, is the
twenty points-in-a-game club.
Requirements are a hot hand
and a hungry eye. The follow­ing
in both leagues have quali­fied:
FROSH-SOPH
Tony DeGinnero (25)
Tom Leonard (27)
Gary Ferugia (25)
Rich Badalado (24)
John Mullen (23)
Frank Hendricks ........•....... (22)
Rod Dowling (21)
Jim Mooney (23)
Brian McAuley (23)
Rodger Lynch (20)
Mike Corcoran (24)
Lou Zowine (20)
Luigi Sacomano (23)
Jim O'Connor (22)
John Blauvelt (20)
Dom Torillo (26)
Jay Behr (20)
Tony McCall (23)
JUNIOR-SENIOR
Gerry Ferris (20)
John Dowd (41)
Tony Ward (22)
Sam Groom ,.................... (24)
Ned Murtaugh (33)
Bert Anderson (30)
Jim Keane (20)
Jim Coffey .. (22)
Fran Lee .. (34)
John Tracy ' (25)
Gerry Falvey (20)
John Gibbons (33)
Tom Ungerland (21)
Kevin Walsh (20)
The standings as of March 3:
JUNIOR-SENIOR
Gibbons 6-0
Tracy 6-1
Ungerland ..........•............. 5-1
O'Keefe 4-1
Lyons ... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4-3
Murtaugh 3-3
What Was the Score?
Arnold (1 year men). 2) Fine
help from Fr. William Devine,
S.J., as Moderator, and Fr.
Thomas Lyons, S.J. 3) A win­ning
team. 4) Good support from
the students, and especially the
class of 1962. 5) and finally, the
new gym.
Mr. Simpson has received a
sweater for his services. His 2
year confreres have received
letters.
Cheerleaders Close
Successful Year On Wednesday, March 16th,
the North End Boys' Club All-
The Fairfield University "s" Star squad, coached by Pedro
Squad, known popularly as the Tagatac, met the Fairfield Uni­cheerleaders,
had what captain versity Freshmen in the an­Jay
Simpson considers an ex- nual Red Cross Benefit Contest.
cellent year. The event was held in the
Mr. Simpson has just com- Stags' gymnasium.
pleted his third year on the _
squad, having spent his first
year as co-captain, and his last
two as captain. Speaking as a
founder and charter member of
the cheerleaders, starting in his
freshman year, he considers, by
far, this year as the squad's
finest year. The squad's success,
he states,' is due to: 1) the spir­ited
men working with him ­Gene
Papa, co-capt.; Barry
Coyle, Davy Jones (all two year
men); Jack Morrison and Ted
Page Ten
By T. UNGERLAND
Having followed the Red Stags to the conclusion of
their most successful season (17-9) we cannot help but
look optimistically toward the future and its many
possible N.C.A.A. or N.I.T. Championships. However,
there is always one sad note at Ithe end of every year
and that is graduation. For several of the players, the
American University game was their last opportunity
to don the Cardinal uniform of Fairfield. Vin Alvino,
Joel Cherrytree, Joe Flannigan, Harry Hyra, Pat Kelly
and Tom O'Brien, as seniors, have concluded their col­lege
basketball careers. However, they can be assured
that the entire university is especially proud of them
(along with the rest of the squad and the coach) for their
final effort was by far their best. It requires a lot more
tharian abstract word such as scholarship to keep a
man practicing day after day, summer and winter.
SOIpe people might call it "desire" or "school spirit,"
personally I think "guts" is a more appropriate word.
One final question about basketball. Why wasn't
Art Crawford, who was averaging 19 points and 20 re­bounds
per game, mentioned in the All New England
picks? Bob Laemel of Bridgeport was awarded an
honorable mention. His average was 1 or 2 points
better than Art's but he was lucky to grab 10 rebounds
a game. Possibly not enough sports writers, coaches,
etc., have heard about him through the medium of the
newspapers. If it wasn't for the newspapers we would
never have heard of Oscar Robertson.
That seems to put the lid on the basketball season
and with April near at hand the baseball tryouts are
not far off. There will be no early workouts in the gym
as was originally planned, for fear that some unsuspect­ing
prepster may deflect a fastball with his head. How­ever,
with a timely break in the weather an.d some
hustle on the part of the veterans, Fairfield is capable of
taking its second Tri-State title in one year.
Because of the difficulties in obtaining the gym
during the season, the intramurals may be cut short
one or two games. However, to make up for this de­ficiency,
Commissioner John Creed has wisely an­nounced
a four-team playoff 'to be held in the last week
of March. The first and fourth place teams will face
each other and the second and third positioned clubs
will also exchange hoops. The two victors will then
meet before a capacity crowd and the basketball intra­murals
will be officially completed by April' I.