Stag - Vol. 12, No. 01 - September 30, 1960

              Better Late Than Never, (We Wish!)
Vol. 12 - No.1 Published by Students of Fairfield University, Fairfield: Conn. Sept. 30, 1960
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.,
Pulitzer, Prize winning au­thor
and a leading "brain­truster"
of presidential hope­ful
John F. Kennedy will
speak at the University gym
this Tues~ay. (Story Page 8)
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STAG QUEEN
OF THE WEEK
Presenting: Miss Scholly, '64, of
Marymount College, Tarrytown­on-(
a lovely) Hudson. N.Y.
The Greek letters Alpha Sigma Nu are not the letters in­scribed
on the beer mugs of the Arizona Area Club. Alpha Sigma
Nu is the National Jesuit Honor Society. At present there are
chapters in sixteen Jesuit Colleges.
-----------0 Alpha Sigma Nu chapters
consist of students who have
d;stinguished themselves in
scholarship, service, and loyalty
to the ideals of their particular
school. Their aims are twofold
in nature; first, to promote the
best interests of the college in
all areas of student activity and,
secondly, to band together
alumni who exemplify the
ideals of Jesuit education and
who will promote these ideals.
Membership in Alpha Sima Nu
is considered to be the great­est
honor a Jesuit college can
bestow on her sons. If this be
the case, why. wondered we,
doesn't Fairfield have its own
chapter of Alpha.
A call on Dean Healy reveal­ed
that the matter had come to
his attention and was under in­vestigation
by ·Mister Neil P,
O'Keefe, S.J. Mr. O'Keefe, a
member of Alpha Sigma Nu
himself, explained some of the
workings and activities of the
chapter to which he belonged.
These included arranging lec­tures
for the student body, set­ting
up an advisory board to act
as mediator between students
and faculty, obtaining special
seminars for advanced stud­ents,
and arranging for special
permissions for deserving up­perclassmel1
·
(Continued on Page 10)
Two important, though late­arrivin,
g, resolutions were pass­ed
during the recent National
Congress of the NFCCS. The
Congress convened in Louisville.
Kentucky. The statement of the
first resolution reads as follo,ws:
"The Seventeenth National Con­gress
of the Natio'nal F'ederation
of Catholic College Students
declares itself in accord with
the basic aims of the National
Association for the Advance­ment
of Color e d People
(NAACP) and con.gratulates the
Association on its successes in
the field of racial relations and
human rights, pa.rticularly in its
signilicant constitutional vic­tories
befo're the Supreme
Court."
(Continued on Page 10)
NF Endorses
NAACP Policy.,
Of Sit-Ins
(Why?: Ed.)
The discussions consisted of
periodic campus conferences of
representatives of the student
body, faculty, and administra­tion.
Later representatives of
the campus conferences met in
regional discussions to outline
the most important common
problems. It is hoped (and in
fact accomplished on many
campuses) that the clear defini­tion
of certain of the difficulties
presently plaguing the campuses
involved will lead to their sat­isfactory
solution. Among the
many and diverse problems
specified by these discussions,
this reporter has selected the
(Continued on Page 10)
350 Frosh Run Gamut Chapterless Memher, Dean Healy
Of Donna, Red Beanies, Investigate Alpha Sigma Nu Here
Regulations: Gazunga!
The following is the official
report of Freshman orientation.
Unfortun,ately. due to poor re­ception
and a general run-down
condition of the Stag's wireless
set, only occasional phrases
were gleaned, from the full. and
undoubtedly magnificent report.
While fragmentary, the report
will nevertheless add cubits of
enlightment concern,in,g this his­toric
series of events.
. . Freshman orientation
had its official kickoff on Sept.
10 ... The orientation. commit­tee,
en masse, retired to the
safety of a neighboring state to
fortify themselves . . . Such a
time ... by all that it has been
suggested that the excursion be
permanently incorporated ...
Sunday . . . the arrival of the
late Hurricane, Donna ... the
departure of the N.Y. Giants
. . . An "intricate" system was
devised to handle the incoming
baggage . . . Under orders to
clean out the trunk of said
vehicle, the bellboys dutifully
obeyed . . . The next fifteen
minutes was spent assuring the
(Continued on Page 10)
NFCCS Study Blasts
Catholic Education
A little over a year ago the National Federation of Catholic
College Students inaugurated a new policy radically departing
from previous N.F. functions. This departure, the national pro­grams,
were to have three distinguishing features. First, the
issues to be treated would be ones of universal concern. Second,
the study of a particular area would be made in depth and ex­tend
ov,er a considerable period of time. Third, the most signifi­cant
aspects of the program would be conducted on the indi­vidt&
ll campus, and as many students as possible would be in­vited
to take part in the study.
The first of these programs,~~--------------
the National Aca~emic Program ninety-three. Fairfield failed to
;-:,as set forth by ItS founders as participate, as did most of the
an attempt to define the prob- colleges of the New England
lem areas in American Catholic Region
Higher Educatoin and to make .
the Catholic college student
aware of his responsibility, both
as student and graduate, to do
all in his power to alleviate the
problems and aid in their solu­tion."
A volume titled The
Campus Reports was issued last
spring and summarized the early
findings of the campus discus­sions.
A second volume, Prog­ress
and Prospects. including re­gional
conferences, was distri­buted
at the National Congress
in August.
Fifty-eight colleges partici­pated
in the first semester (1959)
discussions and their findings
are distilled in the former pub­lication.
By the end of the year
their. number had swelled to
The beginning of another school year has found many changes
here at the University. Certainly notable among these are the
additions to our faculty.
The new Department of Psychology under Father T. Mc­Grath,
S.J., has brought the ·greatest number of new instructors
to Fairfield. Dr. Alexander Tolor of' Newtown taught at the Uni­versity
of Hartford and Bridgeport U",before he came to the Uni­versity.
He received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from New York
University.
Dr. Donal G. Murphy of~>--------------
Green's Farms is another one St. Vincent's Hospital in New
of the new psychology profess- York.
ors. Dr. Murphy studied at (Continued on Page 9)
Princeton for his bachelor's de­gree,
Fordham for his M.A., and
received his Ph.D. from Colum­bia.
During World War II, he
was an I&E training officer in
the Army. Before coming to
Fairfield, Dr. Murphy taught at
Lifeless Newspaper Reflects
Educational Failure: Mr. Nagy
Among the additions to the faculty force here at the Uni­versity,
one prof represents a new innovation. He is Mr. Paul
Nagy. Mr. Nagy is the first layman on the staff of the Depart­ment
of Philosophy. He is also a graduate of the University and,
having received his Master's in Philosophy from Boston College,
is now working toward his doctorate at Fordham. Mr. Nagy
teaches Freshman courses in Logic and Epistomology. He was
recently interviewed and expressed some interesting views on
the teaching of Philosophy and the University in general.
Interviewer: Mr. Nagy, you~>---------------
hold the unique position of be- youth and a younger teacher
ing the first layman to teach .. ..
Ph'l h t th U' 't can serve to enkmdle thIS SPIrIt, 1 osop y a e mverSl y. .
What do you feel the advan- thIS ques~ for truth; youth would
tages might be, over, say, a be .mor~ mclmed to take a more
priest's teaching the subject? actIve mterest. To sum It up I
Mr. Nagy: I honestly don't think t~at layme~ have to take
think there's any distinction. I an act!:re 'Part.m PhIlosophy;
believe, though, younger peo- that PhIlosophy IS no :r:e~t pack­pIe
should take a more active age :of fact~, but a hvmg, dy­part
in the teaching of Philoso- namlC subJect; ,and !hat a
phy. Philosophy is not a "dead" younger man would st!.mulat.e
subject; it is something alive. youth more to a drnamlc att!­I
believe the spirit of Philoso- tude towards thmkmg.
phy corresponds to the spirit of (Continued on Page 10)
New Psych Department Claims
One-Third Of F acuIty Additions
Page Two THE STAG Sept. 30, 1960
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To be published, the list that is, next week. that is, next issue. Withheld
this week in the interests, honor. and in respect of the students concerned.
REPORT ON THE BUILDING PROGRAM
First of all, the policy on building and financial affairs is
made by the Rector and his board of advisors.
Canisius and Gonzaga Halls were opened only three years
ago, and the gymnasium only two years ago. Therefore just as
soon as the debt incurred is brought down to a low enough level,
new buildings can be financed. The plans include: another dorm
and subsequently a new faculty residence. The fate of the old
residence has not yet been decided, but one possibility is that it
will be turned into a student union building.
About the question of financing:
If a benefactor could be found in Connecticut who would be
willing to sponsor a new building, we would be most happy, we
meaning the faculty as well as the students. For the contributions
that our alumni are making in business and industry in Connec­ticut,
we have hopes that both business and industry will realize
that it is to their advantage to help in the education of the stud­ents
here at Fairfield University. Certainly we can be proud of
what we have, but we are not content.
Reported by Fr. McCabe, S.J., to John Scott, '64, Stag reporter.
Maybe the Treasury Department has something on me. Did
I once lead a child astray by reading him passages from "Bitter
Lemons?" Did I corrupt a boy scout troop by bringing them to
see, "Godot?" Is my lecherous past known even to the govern­ment?
Or, is it perhaps that the Treasury Department is being arbi­trary?
Are they not quite competent judges of literature? Are
they violating my rights as a citizen?
Excerpt from the Sta.g Editor·
in-Chief's remarks to a meeting
o,f the Class of '64:
"The usage of the space re­served
for 'Letters to the Editor'
fulfills the important need of
Government Seizes Property Of
Stag Feature Editor As 'Obscene',
Official Protest To Be Lodged
The legion of admirers who follow this column will no doubt
be pleased to hear that the proprietor is in danger of leaving
these sunny climes because of his alleged violation of section 305
of the Tariff Act of 1930.
On my desk is a letter from the Treasury Department, Bur­eau
of Customs, informing me that section 305 deals with, "the
prohibition from importation into the United States of obscene
or immoral articles." The letter goes on to tell me that the mer­chandise
will be destroyed unless I object immediately. (It goes
on to imply that no matter how much I object, "destruction" is
to be the end of my bonny, bonny books.)
Hold it, T-Men.
Stop, Untouchables.
I object.
I object violently, even passionately. to the destruction of
books which 'are on sale in this country, "Black Book," "Molloy,"
"Malone Dies," "Unnamable." All these books are by authors
of more than a little repute, Durell and Beckett. I can buy any
one of them downtown. Are they corrupted by the long voyage
overseas?
Interview Report:
JFXW: Overjoy
NFCCS: Fading
Recently, (all STAG items are
assuredly recent) John Faulkner
dropped into the STAG office.
Ordinarily, this event alone
would have made us overjoyed.
But due to the present near­cha~
tic state of relations be­tween
the University and the
NFCCS, ·and, due to the fact
that Mr. Faulkner is Senior
Delegate for the Univers.ity's
campus chapter of NFCCS (no,
we will not define the term) ...
well, you can imagine our over­joy.
The following is a direct
and verbatim report of the in­terview
Mr. Faulkner dropped
into. (NB. The term national
means the National Federation,
"region" means the New Eng­land
Region of this group of
Catholic College Students, and
"campus unit" means us - the
student body of the University.)
Question: "Mr. Faulkner,
what is, and what is the cause
of, all this fuss and bother over
NFCCS?"
Mr. Faulkner: "The bother is
that in any organization one
must pay dues. The dues assess­ed
by the National NFCCS ex­ceed
that which Fairfield can
afford and, also exceed the
benefits derived by the student
body from that (IE National)
organization. Two years ago,
The National increased their
dues from lOc per student to
50c per student. The ensuing
improvement and expansion of
service has beeR great but not
commensurate with the 500%
dncrease in cost. Last year, be­cause
of the vast adjustment to
be made by the colleges of the
organization (NFCCS), Fairfield
and other member institutions
were given a year's grace in
payment. Now it becomes evi­dent
that eventually we will
either have to pay on the basis
of 50c per student, or alter, if
not sever, our affiLiations with
the National Federation."
Here, Mr. Faulkner pauses.
Here, Mr. Faulkner continues:
"Certain interested figures on
campus have suggested to the
Student Council that I as Senior
Delegate in the seasonal regional
meeting with delegates of other
campuses, and' Regional offi­cials
be bound to a course fav­oring
an immediate Regional
secession from the National or­ganization.
While this course
may eventually prove the most
effective manner of action, I
believe that at present there are
other alternatives which can
and should be investigated and
I stated such to the Student
Council. By the appearance of
this issue of the STAG, this
situation should be more clear­ly
defined, as a Regional Coun­cil
Meeting will have been held
on October 8."
Question: "Mr. Falkner, would
you define and briefly explain
the terms "other alternative" in
your prevdous statement?"
Mr. Faulkner: "One approach
that might seem better, in view
of the fact that sentiment on
all regional campuses does not
precisely mirror that of Fair­field,
would be to persue a pol­icy
whereby each school unable
to pay the dues would drop out
independently and if a sufficient
number were to do so to recom­bine
- if desirable - into an
independent regional organiza­tion.
This would more accur­ately
reflect the reality that
though NFCCS is a creature of
the Student Governments, the
(Continued on Page 8)
Editorial:
SOON
As we contemplate the underlying attitudes that seem to
have determined the behaviour of the student body during the
past three years, (our inadequate term of knowledge), we are
constantly perturbed (again) by the reappearance of a disas­trous
trait: non-involvement. A pseudo-intellectual buddy of
ours, J. Shepherd by name, quite accurately termed this trait
as "creeping meatballism."
The Windmill-charging editor shall now try to avoid such a
classification (tho' even he caunot entirely escape his environ­ment):
How amusing was the narrow escape of "Caesar" from . . .
Fortunately, we can now urge your attendance of the lecture
on Tuesday by Mr. Schlesinger.
Concerning THAT "Great Debate" Series: While Mr. Ken­nedy's
arguments are true-as far as they go--and are truly
marred by his delivery; the perpetuation of complacent na­tional-
egotism by his lop·ponent, .plus Mr. Nixon's despe,rate
yearning to adopt the Daddy image, is nothing but sickening.
You disagree? Are you physically unable to write letters to the
Editor?
Having considered, or buried, NFCCS, we logically turn to
the Student Council. (As logically as the thought that Mr. Schles­inger,
Jr. is Caesar). Aside from the personal enthusiasm of the
Council members themselves (or, perhaps, the lack of it), it is
hard to be overjoyed when considering the coming prospects of
the organization of student government. Its patent ineffective­ness,
due to financial and constitutional reasons, its lack of in­terested
and concerned support by the general Student Body,
and its 'complete inability (or fear) of any regulation of the
social activities of the members of the Student Association, all
these factors lead to the conclusion that the maintenance of this
organization is in no other field than farce!
Is all this sadness due to the air of death in autumn?
J.F.X.W.
AFTERTHOUGHTS
Somewhere, long past, someone made a dreadful mistake.
Foolishly, he decided that the academic year should begin in
the first moments of autumn. To add the unavoidably tedious
initiation of regimented study to the dim burning of trees and
the sad dance of dead leaves is ... a mistake, at best. But, let
us leave the sad tales to the last.
This autumn in the sloped countryside is able to relate its
quota of pleasing and happy-ending tales (the ends being proxi­mate,
of course). We choose to ignore the damning a~titudes
issued by the happy party's' latest spokesman, and particularly
his rib-severing comments on "growthmanship." It seems one
can always tell when the happy party is around, for the air
rings with their theme "Everything is going splendidly every­where."
The present stage of growth of the University is un­doubtedly
a tale worthy of praise and admiration. Outstanding
aspects of this story of progress are: the impressive broadening
of the Psychology Department; the laudatory development of
the tennis courts, the sponsoring of various lectures on political
topics (but it seems that, so far, the student-organizations are
the heroes); etc. And, lest autumn be angered, we are pleased
to officially announce the arrival of three (at last count) white
ducks,. in. the. pond.
From hence, in our anthology, we turn to a tale that, at
press time, has no end. As the STAG arrives among you,
studently, the Student Council is in the midst of its collection
of the annual assessment tax. Official membership in the stu­dent
Association has the following utliitarian values (in the
good sense of the word utilitarian - it has one, you know): Dis­counts
at basketball games, social events, local stores, and the
ability to vote in the student elections. But, being such an odd
animal, the STAG prefers to think that the student body will
wholeheartly support the Council in order. to insure that student
voices are heard by the Faculty and Administration.
Alas, the tale of the Student Council is not a simple one.
Many new characters have entered upon the scene. (a) The
Council' derives necessary support from the profits of the Winter
Carnival, but it seems likely that the Carnival has been regu­lated
into either deep red, or nothingness. (b) The new regu­lations
are a thing in themselves that cause us no end of pertur­bance.
Why? Well, we recognize the excellent intentions moti­vating
the regulations. Yet, we realize that the new rules will
be a definite dampening (we were going to say blow, but de­cided
to be moderate) to the social life of the University: e.g.
Witness the Bizarre. And then again, how can we say that the
new regulations are oppressive when we behold the events in
New Haven? (If you don't understand the last cryptic, ask a
Junior) Wither goest thou, Student- Body?
The last (at presstime) factor in the Council tale: The effect
that the Council's committee and their suggestions for rule
modification will have on actuality, Le. the Dean of Men. But
this aspect you know now better than we (do).
So much for the perturbed. Now for the enraged. As all
good. stories should, the next tale has a moral.
To The Tablet (of the Archdiocese of Brooklyn):
Our editorial apologies for the remark of the STAG on
May 13th on last term. While our parathetically phrased remark
was NOT libelous, we did not wish to imply that we held your
well-established paper in low regard.
Does the stulentry wish to know the moral? We caunot tell
... unless someone were to write a letter to the editor.
J.F.X.W.
Sept. 30. 1960 THE STAG Page Three
THE POETIC EXPErRIENCE
Abbate Serves The Public, Like
The Neighborhood Hashish Pedlar
without Euclid and Descartes,
The complexities which arose
from these contributions to liv­ing
have been advantageous.
Simplicity is merely one of the
many norms by which things
may be valued. It is an admir­able
yardstick in this day of
grotesque embroidery when
even homes are not left un­touched
by the sense of person­al
ugliness which people seem
bound to apply to their posses­sions.
Simplicity is an admir­able
yardstick but hardly the
ultimate one.
"Well, what does the poet
give us?" you must be asking
unless your interest has wan­dered
by this time. The answer
is a poem. "Geometry and
physics are things that can be
put to practical use. What can
anyone do with a poem?" There
are five things that one can do
with a poem. Besides the obvi­ous
retort to that last question,
one can write, print, read, think
about, and experience a poem.
Most of us are excluded from
the first two activities by pre­ference,
predisposition or just
plain inability. Most of us have
a relative proficiency in the
next two and, with the proper
stimuli (examinations) are will­ing
to display that proficiency.
(Continued on Page 8)
This column has traditionally tried to be of public service.
We have never stated that it is milder than any other column,
or that it waxes ridiculous in half the time, or that it is burned
publicly by more educators than any other column. Rather, we
have preferred to take the silent path, the middle path, the true
view. ' All our efforts have been geared to you, Quirites - to
'show you the best path to follow, to indicate direction. How
well we know the problems of impetuous youth! Let us, there­fore,
show you the path to mediocrity.
In the interests of science we have been feverishly research­ing
some of the major clubs around campus. After numerous in­terviews,
experimentation, bribes, and value judgments, the staff
,and I are ready to report our findings: We feel that the clubs
mentioned here afford the most benefit to the student (if he will
only take the trouble to find out where they are).
(1) The Junior Police. This club holds its meetings in some
pretty odd places. At times they convene behind rocks, at times
you will find the members crouched behind rear bumpers. The
club issues little yellow membership cards, and the dues are only
one dollar per card. (You see, you can join up as often as you
want.) Their program is similar to the Civil Air PatrOl, only at
eye level.
(2) The Flying Tigers Debate Squadron. A group which saw
a lot of action in the forties, this organization has been relatively
inactive ever since. However, I understand they are going to get
together for a reunion this year, and the club's new name will
be the House of Lords. They are debating a topic of tremendous
national importance: Resolved, that the United States shall enter
World War I. The fate of many hinges on the outcome!
(3) Society for the Advancement of Social Darwinism. Here
is a club with a peculiar history. It had to stay underground for
years, but it has now come into its own. Currently, they ani
engaged in several Labor Rackets Committee investigations. This
is the only club on campus with an unconstitutional constitution.
Former title: The Business of the Country is Business Club.
(4) Citizens for the Restoration of the Italian Frontier. Ac­tually,
this organization was formed quite by accident. It grew
out of small discussions in the cafeteria, but the invective be­came
so voluminous that a central authority was needed to cata­logue
it all. It is dedicated (as are its opponents) to the spirit of
good, clean insult. At present, the club project is an investiga­tion
into the validity of the biography of Eliot Ness.
(5) The World Area Club. Now meeting in Manhattan.
(6) The Club to End All Clubs. Membership is limited to
faculty members only.
As Juvenal and Oscar Levant are my witnesses, I have not
tried to be satirical or sarcastic in any way. A portion of this
program might be on film. F. J. Abbate
It is better that those who cringe at the word "poetry" leave
this unread. We are all philosophers in the serise that we follow
our personal philosophies. We are all scientists in the sense that
we put to practical use a thousand different scientific principles
each day. But everyone is not a poet. This is not as catastrophic
as it may seem at first glance. If we were all poets, who would
publish us? For that mater, who would read us?
We have in common a num-~>--------------­bel'
of things, among them
birth, death and that in-between
time, life. We all live that life
in a world of realities (Scholas­tic
realities if you like but,
nonetheless, realities). Into these
realities come the poets with
their menagerie of nymphs, and
pagan gods, classical illusions
and flights' of rhetoric. These
meddlesome individuals pro­ceed
to perform such awful op­erations
on existence that it
almost cries out with the pain.
They steal the pulse of living
things and fractionally distill
the inanimate and offer in their
writings this throbbing viscous
fluid for our consumption. Some
of us become acclimated to the
dosage and even develop an
habitual craving for it. Others
find it, at best, palatable and
still others are convulsed by the
very thought of it. It certainly
seems that we would have been
better off without Gutenberg
making things easier for that
blasphemous, lecherous, hedon­istic
bunch of phrase-makers.
Everything would be so much
more simple. But wouldn't
things be simple if the wheel
hadn't been invented, or fire
discovered? How easy physics
would be if Pascal and Newton
had never been born. And
mathematics would be a cinch
Admission Policies:
Are They Adequate?
Today, tomorrow, and in fu­ture
years, someone is looking
or will look into a college cata­logue,
business reference, or a
letter of recommendation and
read a name. Immediately fol­lowing
that name will be A.B.,
B.S., B.S.S., or B.B.A. F AIR­FIELD.
Perhaps higher degrees
from other universities will fol­low
that degree. What we want
to know is how much import­ance,
prestige, and significance
will a degree from Fairfield bear
for the man who carries the
title after his name.
For those of us who have just
arrived at Fairfield and for
those of us who are going to
leave Fairfield, most have come
here, knowing that we would
receive a good education and
that our degree would hold a
certain amount of regard in, at
least, the confines of the north­eastern
section of the United
States. However, what is going
to happen in the next fifteen
or twenty years on this campus?
Although there is no actual
threat now, it is possible that
through administrative negli­gence,
faulty policies, or a stud­ent
apathy a degree from Fair­field
could degenerate into a
token of a mere four year resi­dence
in Fairfield County. With
this possibility always lurking
over any institution, what con­cerns
us at this time is what is
being done to prevent such a
thing from happening here at
Fairfield. While we may say
that we have a right to such an
inquiry for ourselves, it is more
a duty to those who have
already successfully received
degrees from Fairfield and de­pend
on its reputation in their
field. Whether we like it or not,
there is an increasing pressure
in society that wants to know
where you went to school.
In the long run, our impres­sive
buildings. verdant lawns.
and gracious sincerity won't
give us prestige. What kind of
people we let into the school
will. With that in mind. we turn
to the admissions branch of
Fairfield and ask who are we
letting into Fairfield and why.
(Continued on Page 10)
BIZARRE??
"I know that the first date
dance of the year, 'Bizarre Tam­asha',
will be as exciting and ex­otic
as the name suggests." With
these words William FItzgibbon,
Junior Class president, described
his class's dance which will be
held on October 14 at the Holy
Trinity Hall in Bridgeport. This
affair, which will feature as its
theme "Off Beat," will be open
to the entire school for the triff­ling
price of $2.50 per couple.
Mike Maloney and Bob Mal­strom
are the co-chairmen of the
Junior committee which has
complete charge of the dance.
Assisting them are: Richard
Badadato, tickets, Dennis En­right,
refreshments, Don aId
Preziozi, publicity, and Garry
Muller, decorations. The com­mittee
has also established a
blind-date bureau and a ride bu­reau;
anyone interested in these
services should contact David C.
Jones.
Official permission for "off
beat" attire in connection with
the theme of the dance has been
granted. The Junior committee
hopeS' that it will be a complete­ly
casual evening.
JAZZ '60
By E. WELLINGTON ANDERSON
Summertime in recent years has become somewhat of a "jazz
festival time" in and around the United States, and last summer
was no exception. The majority of these festivals was quite
successful and furthered the flight of jazz in its long quest for
recognized maturity and respectability. However there were a
few notable exceptions - the debacle at Newport, R.I., last
July 7, 8, 9, being a prime example.
Musically the Seventh Annual Newport Jazz Festival, as far
as it went, was (surprisingly) quite rewarding. Those that were
sufficiently interested to go inside Freebody Park or even sit at
home and listen to the concert tapes over CBS Radio (me) would
have noticed that the festival programmers, probably having
t;aken heed of the recent severe criticism and forewarnings of
di:~aster, has avoided booking such non-music "acts" as Chuck
Berry and Big Maybelle or even such non-jazz "performers" as
Pat Suzuki, Mahailia Jackson, the Kingston Trio, Ahmad Jamal
and were presenting what could easily have been the best jazz
festival of the summer.
The Newport Youth Band raised the festival curtain Thurs­day
night and were followed by the powerful and crisp-sounding
Cannonball Adderley Quintet. The latter's appeaarnce began, to
use the jazz argot expression, "the official action." Highlighting
their set with trumpeter Nat Adderley's "Work Song," the group
argued well for the expected quality of the festival. Also Dave
Brubeck's erratic quintet (with beautiful alto work by Paul
Desmond) and the popular Nina Simone Trio gave much-better­than-
usual performances.
Friday night's performance belonged exclusively to the new
Gerry Mulligan Big Band - or so it seemed. The Louis Arm­strong
,and Dizzy Gillespie groups were also listed on the pro­gram,
but musically never quite made it. Although it poured
rain (the beer came later) for the entire duration of the concert,
the newly formed Mulligan Band didn't sound at all disturbed.
With some very good (probably Mulligan and Al Cohn) arrange­ments,
"Sweet and Slow," "Blueport" and the ever-popular
"Walkin' Shoes" proved excellent vehicles for the Mulligan bari­tone
and the Bobby Brookmeyer valve trombone.
The last concert, Saturday night, was good - but not nearly
good as it could have been. By this time the would-be "jazz
buffs" were suffici~ntly "juiced up" and those that couldn't get
into Freebody Park had gathered at its gates causing a small
riot. Needless to say, this affected the playing of the musicians
on stage and even Oscar Peterson, a veteran concert performer
and an excellent pianist sounded noticeably disturbed. To quote
John S. Wilson in "Downbeat" magazine, "the tragedy and irony
of this year's festival is that such a successful effort should have
been destroyed by people who didn't know and, in most cases,
didn't care whether the festival was good or bad."
The catastrophe at Newport was also tragic in the fact that
it could have been avoided. The festival had been warned years
ago about its policy of deliberately aiming at "bigness," of book­ing'
non-jazz attractions solely to insure a large audience, of con­doning
a lax atmosphere in the town and thus attracting an ele­ment
of collegiate goodtimers who were more interested in the
"chicks" and drinking all night on the beach than in good jazz.
Just last year, after the former Newport fiasco, George Hoefer
had this to say about the festival, "the crowds th'lt filled the
street of quiet little Newport, R.I., on the night of July 4, 1959,
were frightening to see. Drunkenness was common, rock 'n' roll
blared from the radios of bumper-to-bumper convertibles, there
were fights, a policeman was hurt (teenagers threw b'eer cans at
him), and more than a few women. One from what might be
called the respectable hard core of Newport attendees said,
"There'll be a murder before morning. I'm sure of it; you can
feel it in the air! As it happened there wasn't."
At this writing, from all reports, the Newport Jazz Festival
is officially dead - and perhaps a good riddance. However, the
million or so dollars that the town is alleged to take in per fes­tival
provides a great temptation to "try again" and thus I would
not discount the possibility of there being another Newport fes­tival
next year, perhaps under a different sponsorship. But,
again I shall have to agree with the authority, John S. Wilson,
"if the jazz festival returns to Newport next summer, it is obvi­ous
that it will have to be in a very different atmosphere. For it
is now known that one small town cannot contain a bacchanal
and a festival simultaneously."
This Was Supposed To Be John Lynch's Spot
(His Picture Is Below). It Would Be Here,
But He Is At The Moment Busily Exploring
Things. Next Week: Lynch Among Mummies
Page Four THE STAG Sept. 30. 1960
Government Offers Wilson
Grants For Grad Studies
Drs. Barone, Klimas, Ross
Merit Research Grants
SCLA Conference Reaps Results;
Sodality Plans Lecture; Films
Biological and chemical re­search
projects at Fairfield Uni­versity,
together with univer­sity
programs aimed at expan­sion
of undergraduate and grad­uate
scientific studies, have
been supported by ·a total of
$21,968 !in grants from national
agencies in recent months, the
University announced today.
The figure, Fairfield U offi­cials
stated, represents six sep­arate
grants to three professors.
They range in value from $225
for diabetes research to $8,346
for studies in the chemistry of
thiamin and vitamin B-1.
Dr. John A. Barone, associate
professor of chemistry, and a
graduate of Purdue University,
has received $15,936 through
two grants since last December.
The National Cancer Foundation
awarded him the $8,346 sum for
continued research on new
chemicals which can substitute
In the living system for the
natural vitamin B-1.
Specifically, he is concerned
with the preparation and pro­perties
'Of fluorinated pyrimi­dines
and purines, which study
was initiated under the auspices
of the National Science Founda­tion
earlier in 1959.
It was the National Founda­tion
which gave Dr. Barone his
other grant during the ten
month period, of $7,590. This
was intended to 'support under­graduate
participation in the
doctor's research work, especial­ly
his study of nucleic acids
vital to cell growth ,and develop­ment.
Dr. John E. Klimas, Jr., assist-
An election campaign prom­ising
rich rewards for the suc­cessful
candidates gets under
way today as thousands of fac­ulty
members from universities
and colleges in the United
States and Canada begin to
begin to nominate college sen­iors
for Woodrow Wilson gradu­ate
fellowships.
In announcing the opening of
the competition for the acade­mic
year 1961-62, Dr. Hugh
Taylor, President of the Wood­row
Wilson NationalFellow­ship
Foundation, estimated that
well over 9,000 students will be
nominated by the closing date
of October 31.
Designed to reduce a nation­wide
shortage of qualified col­lege
teachers, the program an~
nually awards 1000 fellowships
for first year graduate study at
any university of the recipient's
choice in the United States or
Canada. Candidates are elected
only after rigorous screening
and personal interviews by one
of fifteen regional committees
of educators. Each elected fel­low
receives a $1500 stipend for
living expenses plus full tui­tion
and family allowances.
The program is open to col­lege
graduates mainly in the
humanities and social sciences.
Both men and women are elig­ible,
and there is no limit on
the age of the candidate or on
the number of years he may
have been out of college. Those
who receive awards ,are not
asked to commit themselves to
college teaching, but merely to
ant professor of biology at
Fairfield, has received three
grants worth a total of $5,682.
Sigma Xi, the national organ­ization
for the encouragement
of scientific research, awarded
Dr. Klimas $225 for research
involving diabetes, with which
he has been concerned .since
preparing his doctoral thesis on
the subject at the State Univer­sity
of Iowa in 1957.
This week, the Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare
provided Dr. Klimas with $3,621
for a three year program fur­thering
his research into the
problems of glucose 'absorption
and glucose tolerance in the life
span of rats, his specific studies
in diabetes.
The Atomic Energy Commis­sion
also has granted Dr. Klimas
$1,836 to set up a graduate
course in r,acLiation biology.
Dr. Donald Ross, 'Fairfield
University associate professor
of biology, was awarded a Sig­ma
Xi grant of $350 during the
first part of the year, to con­tinue
his research into the
metabolism of insects.
Dr. Ross, whose research in­terest
lies in the area of enzyme
chemistry, has been using the
grant to further his study of
the two protein metabolizing
enzymes in the Japanese beetle.
This is part of an overall pro­gram
to define the metabolism
of insects. .
In severai of the research pro­grams
noted, undergradutes at
Fairfield are employed as assist­ants,
gaining valuable bask
training helpful to their later
graduate and doctoral studies.
"consider it seriously" as a pos­sible
career.
The program, designed to en­courage
college seniors to study
for advanced degrees with fac­ulty
jobs as their goal, is ad­ministered
by the Woodrow
Wilson National Fellowship
Foundation under a $24,500,000
five year grant from the Ford
Foundation.
Dr. Hans Rosenhaupt, Na­tional
Director of the Wilson
Fellowship Foundation, in ,an
analysis of the past years' activ­ities,
reported that the highly
selected grants have been
awarded to graduates from 560
different colleges. Almost 90
per cent of all the 1000 Fellows
in 1959-60 continued study after
the first year, and more than
75 per cent of all Fellows even­tually
end up in academic posi­tions.
Of tl;J.e nominated candi­dates
who failed to win Wood­row
Wilson Fellowships more
than 80 per cent, Dr. Rosenhaupt
said, went on to graduate school
anyway, often with financial
help from other sources. Every
candidate for the award must
be nominated by a faculty
member.
Nominations are made by the
Woodrow Wilson representa­tive
on campus, Father Mc­Peake,
the chairman of the
Faculty Committee 'On Gradu­ate
Fellowships. If you are in­terested,
see Father McPeake
in his office, Canisius 216.
Seniors To Present
Films, Election Views
J. Cannizzaro, president of
the Senior Class, announced the
first item on that class's agenda
for entertaining and informing
the student body. This, he told
the Stag, is the showing of films
of the memorable Freshman­Sophomore
orientation Field
Day. These will be shown be­fore
one 'of our Oscar-winning
Saturday night film fall festiv­als.
The major event on the
yard long agenda is to be held
on Tuesday night Oct. 25. It is
to be a Political Seminar with
five Universi-ty professors par­ticipating.
The Seminar is de­signed
to help voters cast an
intelligent ballot in the Novem­ber
election. It will be sponsor.
ed by the class of '61 in co­operation
with the NFCCS
campus unit, 'of which John
Faulkner is in charge. The
topics 'of the Seminar will in­clude
political views of domes­tic
and foreign-policy problems
and the means by which each
party has handled them in the
pedod 1940-1960 and bey'Ond.
This event should give the pub­lic,
to whom the Seminar i,s
directed (Student Body is part
of the definition of public), a
chanoe to become more familiar
with and understand the candi­dates
and the issues. Messrs.
Peter, Norman, Donnarumma,
McCarthy and Lilianthal - the
members of the Seminar - will
also consider the importance of
the Presidency.
Fairfield Grads
Cop Study Grants
A Fairfield University alum­nus
has been awarded a grant
of $6,600 for studies at George
Washington University in Wash­ington,
D.C. The ,grant toward
three years of study for a doc­toral
degree was made to
Georges Rouleau, a June grad­uate
of Fairfield U.
The scholarship was one of
two major awards made to
Rouleau, who plans to continue
his studies in French literature.
He also received a Fulbright
grant to the University of Tou­louse,
France, Faculte des
Lettres.
He is the second Fairfield
University graduate to receive a
Fulbright award this year. Jo­seph
W. Annunziata, another
member of the class of 1960,
accepted a Fulbright travel
grant as part of his program of
graduate studies at the Univer­sity
of Paris. AnnunZiiata also
was awarded a French govern­ment
assistantship to teach and
study at Paris.
Approximately 900 grants for
graduate study abroad in 1960­61
are being awarded under the
International Educational Ex­change
program of the Depart­ment
of State.
CONFESSION
For theoonvenience of the
students, a confessional has
been installed in the Student
Counsellor's 'Office on the second
floor of Xavier. The confession­al
is constructed in such a way
that a man can come in off the
corridor, ,buzz Father Rooney,
enter and leave without having
to see 'or be seen by him. A
schedule of hours when Father
is available for confession or
consultation is posted outside of
the office.
Last month close to two thou­sand
Sodalists from college,
nursing school, parish, and pro­fessional
Sodalities assembled at
New York's Hotel Roosevelt for
the third annual Sodality Con­gress
of the Lay Apostolate.
The Congress, which ran from
September 1-5, attracted priest,
religious, and lay delegates
from all parts of the Eastern
United States and Canada, in­cluding
ten members of the
Fairfield University Sodality.
The Congress was divided in­to
General Sessions, in which a
speaker, usually Father James
McQuade, S.J., national pro­moter
of Sodalities, addressed
the assembled delegates on some
broad aspect of Sodality life.
These included the organized,
well-disciplined Sodality apos­tolate,
the Sodalist's commit­ment
to heroic sanctity, and the
need for a Mystical Body spirit­uality.
The delegates then broke
up into ten or twelve Special
Sessions, in which the opening
theme was discussed in some
of its more particular ramifica­tions.
Two Special Sessions
which most of the Fairfield So­dalists
found especially inter­esting
were on our responsibili­ties
to migrant Spanish Catho­lics,
and on the lay missionary
vocation. In conjunction with
the former, the campus group
plans to sponsor a lecture and
film on the Puerto Rican prob­lem
later in the year. We also
hope to step up our program
of teaching CCD classes to
Spanish - speaking children in
Bridgeport. John O'Reilly,
chairman of the CCD commit­tee,
urges any student with a
fair to good knowledge of
Spanish who is at all interested
Chemistry Club Plans
Full Scheduled Year
Robert Bianchi, president of
the Chemistry Club, has an­nounced
a full scheduled pro­gram
for the coming school year.
At the regular meetings, the
memlters will present papers
on various topics connected
with the science. Their sched­ule,
outside of the regular
meetings, include various visits
to chemical industries featuring
a visit to the Brookhaven Na­tional
Labo1"atory, movies, and
guest speakers from various
chemical industries. A special
tour of the University Labs for
Chemistry students· from the
Prep will be conducted by the
club members. One of the clubs
major projects for the year will
be a science forum in accord­ance
with the first such affair
held at the school last year.
The ultimate aim of this
clubs, says Bianchi, is "to bring
the chemistry student into con­tact
with the chemical world.
The articles delivered by the
student helps him prepare for
reports and theories he will pre­sent
before other chemists."
The various other activities of
the club acquaint the members
with the various areas of chem­istry
and gives him a chance to
see the chemist at work.
Plans have been made to
have the "Antanas Saulaitis,"
the club's newspaper, pub­lished
twice or probably four
times during the year.
This club is affili<ated with the
American Chemioal Society as
a junior member.
in such work to contact him for
further information. The large
number of Special Sessions de­voted
to the necessity and chal­lenge
of the intellectual aposto­late
is also noteworthy.
The major theme of the Con­gress
was "Soladists in a Decade
of Decisions," and in conjunc­tion
with this theme, a public
symposium was held on Sunday
night, September 4, on "The
Church F,aces the World in the
Sixties." The panel included
such noted scholars as Father
John LaFarge, speaking on the
area of Human -Rights; Father
Neil McCluskey, on problems
facing Catholic education; Fath­er
Calvert Alexander, on the
Mission Church; Father Joseph
McKenna, on social and political
problems; and Miss Mary Di­Fonzo,
on the apostolate through
international organizations. The
symposium was easily the high­light
of the Congress.
Besides the knowledge and
inspiration gained from the
various lectures, the Fairfield
Sodalists also derived a good
deal of practical benefit from
informal meetings with Sodal­ists
from other colleges, where
common problems and solutions
were discussed. Also worthy of
mention is the Queen's Ball, the
major social event of the Con­gress,
which was held on Satur­day
night.
Finally, it seems appropriate
to list the Fairfield Sodalists
who attended the Congress.
They were: Jim Devlin, Bob
Jorlett, Mike Kiernan, Dan
Browne, Frank McDonald, Andy
Sedensky, Mike Oates, John
O'Regan, Joe Cirasuolo, and Ed
Onofrio, in addition to Fathers
Murphy and Devine, S.J.'s both.
'FLOS CAM'PI' GOES
ON THE LAMB, CLEM
Addition of new features and
improvement of the old are
iamong the plans for the gen­eral
emendation of the Sodality
newspaper, "Flos Campi." A
primary new feature will be a
"Letters to the Editor" column
for the use of any student hav­ing
questions, comments, or
criticism concerning the Sodal­ity.
Letters to the editor may
be given to Fr. Murphy.
By the injection of humor
and by the augmentation of
more news features, editor Clem
Lamb hopes to make "Flos
Campi" more palatable to its
readers. Lamb also looks to an
expansion of the "Flos Campi"
staff, a factor he believes will
have a great deal to do with
the gradual improvement of the
paper.
SEPT. SWING SUCCESS
The Cardinal Key Society of
Fairfield University opened the
Fall social season with "Septem­ber
Swing" on Saturday, Sep­tember
24, 1960. The scene of
the mixer was The University
Gymnasium with a crowd of
well over 1,000 in attendance.
Music for the affair was pro­vided
by "The Plaids" of Nor­walk.
The gym was well decor­ated,
carrying out the theme of
the dance. Across the gym were
streamers of the autumn colors
and round the gym were silver
musical staffs.
During the intermission enter­tainment
was provided by Dan
Carney, '64, Irish tenor.
Sept. 30. 1960 THE STAG
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Write for Free Catalog
The Ignatian Council of the
Knights of Columbus, here at
the Univers'ity, will sponsor a
closed retreat at Loyola Semin­ary,
Shrub Oak, New York on
October 24, 1960. The retreat
master will be the Rev. F. X.
Curran, S.J. the vocational di­rector
for the New Eng1and
Province of the Society of Jesus.
Members and potential Knights
will attend the retreat.
Other activities sponsored by
the Council this year include:
Communion Breakfasts; Lec­tures
on current topics deliver­ed
by University professors for
the student body; and recrea­tional
and cultural programs for
the CYO students in the area.
A membership drive is now ln
progress with degree ceremon­ies
slated for mid-November.
quently, a discussion of the
topic at hand pursues. If any
question goes unanswered by
the lecturer or answer to which
cannot be found in the science
library, only then are the mas­terminds
of the biology depart­ment,
Dr. Ross and Dr. Klim'as,
consulted.
KNIGHTS' RETREAT
TO SCRUB OAK. N.Y.
C.I.S.L. To Bring
Back "Rack"
The CISL is a state organiza­tion
consisting of all Connecti­cut
colleges. Its purpose is to
better acquaint students with
parliamentary procedure and
have them suggest \bills that
they feel would be beneficial to
the general welfare.
Each school sends a repre­sentative
to the convention,
which is held in Hartford each
year around April, to present
two bills .that his school has
suggested. Previous to the con­vention
the schools meet among
themselves in what are known
as "mock-mocks." The purpose
of these gatherings is to put
parliamentary procedure into
practice, to discuss their plans
before they go to Hartford, and
finally to vote on them to see
their reaction.
At the next meeting, ideas
will be brought up on the topics
that Fairfield will suggest. The
general chairman Tony McCall
and the president of the CISL
Vinnie Carrafiello urge the stu­dents
to rack their brains in
search of a practical suggestion.
and we've got the selection to suit the man
Visit our New Men's Store for the smartest wardrobe
for campus or work ... and for the athlete that demands
the best. browse about our Sporting Goods Department.
BIOS LOGOS BOASTS
HONEST MR. FAMA
It's A Man's World
MATH SOCIETY
SMALL PROBLEMS
The purpose of the Bios Logos
Club as also the Mendel Club
is primarily to stimulate fur­ther
interest outside the class­room
in the field of biology.
The Bios Logos group limits its
subject matter to anyone aspect
of biology. The Bios Logos Club
composed mostly of Junior and
Senior restricts its membership
to the non-biology (science)
majors who have a deep appre­ciation
and interest in biology
and who don't necessarily wish
to pursue a profession in the
related biological fields. The
one prerequisite for member­ship
is that each semester the
individual must compose a paper
in any particular subject per­taining
to biology that is of
interest to him.
This club which was organ­ized
last year selected Mr. Sal­vatore
Fama 'as their moderator.
Mr. Fama, as he explained to
me, is just the "figurehead"
guiding the club's activities.
This group works on their own
incentive, selects their own
topics for discussion and lecture
and satisfies their own curiosi­ties
regarding this fascinating
subject. VVhen they meet every
other week, one member deliv­ers
his paper on his favorite
subject in biology and, subse-
One of the most profitable and
practical activities in the past
for the students here at Fair­field
has been Mr. Bolger's
"Mathematical Society."
This year as cin the past the
society will meet once a month
and 'at these meetngs discussions
are held after which problems
are assigned. Members of the
society volunteer to work out
solutions to these problems and
present them at the following
session. Following the solutions
to the problems given at the
previous meeting discussions
are held on such topics as
"Special Functions of Analysis,"
for example beta and gamma
functions, "Special Problems on
the Number Theory," "Pytha­gorean
Number Triplets," "Top­ology
and Complex Numbers"
and other pertaining to general
math and physics. The first of
the hour and one half meetings
will be held sometime this
month. The date will be posted
on the bulletin board.
On and Off
DRINK PEPSI
the Campus
Scientia Merges
In Math-Physics
Due to shortage of funds, the
members of the Math-Physics
Club will join forces, this year,
with members of the Chemistry
Club in the publishing Scientia.
which will become a pan-science
magazine.
These men are now engaged
in the process of canvassing the
area for bids on the actual
printing, and intend to present
their plans to the administra­tion
for its backing.
VVhile there will be no essen­tial
differences from last year's
pUblications, a more pronounc­ed
stressing of quality is going
to mark this year's issues. Two
issues are now planned, how­ever
one or two more than that
may be forthcoming.
A note for aspiring writers:
An "arms open" policy will be
practiced toward articles con­cerning
science in any way,
whether from the angle of
physics and chemistry, etc., or
from the angle of business or
philosophy, etc.
The Glee Club of Fairfield
University is preparing for an­other
successful season. The
members believe that their win
in the Catholic intercollegiate
Glee Club Festival last year will
not stop them from another
good year. Although many mem­bers
have graduated, a good
new crop has joined, that will
keep the organization in excel­lent
form.
The new officers for this
school year are Steve Dempsey,
president; Ed Kane, vice-presi­dent;
Carl Cofini, secretary, and
Bob Bitar, treasurer.
The club started the new sea­son
on Thursday, September 29,
with a concert in Hartford.
During the year, there will be
approximately 16 concerts in
which the Glee Club will parti­cipate.
Most dates are not defi­nite
at this time. Included in
these 16 ·are a trip to Shadow­brook,
the Jesuit seminary in
April and the highpoint of the
season, the glee club festival, to
be held this year at St. Peter's
College in New Jersey. The
members hope that they will
be able to repeat their victory
of last year and once again
bring honor to the University.
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If you were in the Loyola
cafeteria this past VVednesday
about 1:15 p.m., you may have
noticed a group of gentlemen,
in the far left corner, jabbering
back and forth in Spanish. This
was the Spanish club of Fair­field
University and the occa­sion
... the club's first meeting
this semester. Before any busi­ness
was transacted the mem­bers
took full advantage of the
location and enjoyed hot cups
of coffee and charlas. The con­versations
in Spanish were
quite impressive and it looks as
though the club is going to have
a very successful year. Good
luck, Spanish Stags!
End of article.
SPANISH STAGS
CHOMP CHARLAS
Yes, there is a radio club
here at Fairfield University, de­spite
the persisting rumors to
the contrary. It is a joint ven­ture
on the part of the fresh­men
and sophomores to keep
the campus informed. The club
held its first meeting of the
year on VVednesday evening
Sept. 28, at which the moder­ator,
Fr. McPeake presided.
The important topics discuss­ed
included: payment of a $l.
contribution, the possible future
purchase of a control panel and
a professional turntable and
the purchase of a fifteen watt
transmitter. Also a suggestion
was made to hold a show with
star attractions who will be
named at a later date. All of
the above will be discussed at
a later meeting with th excep­tion
of the contribution resolu­tion
which was adopted by an
overwhelming vote with only
one abstention. Therefore the
office of treasurer will be creat­ed
in the near future in view
of the adoption of the above
resolution.
The date for starting the
broadcasts has not yet been
decided, but the shows will go
on, using last year's equipment.
The shows will be on the air on
weekday afternoons except Fri­day,
and possibly on Sunday
afternoon.
After its first meeting, it
would seem that the radio club
is on its way to a fine year of
broadcasting for your listening
enjoyment.
Attention
Ted Mack:
*' *' *
* * *'
Teacher placement opportuni­ties
will be posted in the Place­ment
Bureau and Graduate De­partment
bulletin areas. The
Department of Education will
assist Education majors with
placement procedures.
WILL YOU DARE TO
SUPPORT YOUR
STUDENT COUNCIL?
Applications for the Foreign
Service Examination must be
submitted by October 24. The
exam is scheduled for Decem­ber
10. See Mr. Tartaro for fur­ther
information.
Ethical
Pharmacy
The Federal Service Entrance
Examination schedule is as
follows: Applications must be
filed by: November 3, 1960, for
the test that is given on: N0­vember
19, 1960; December 22,
1960, for January 14, 1961; Jan­uary
26, 1961, for February 11,
1961; March 30, 1961, for April
15, 1961; April 27, 1961, for May
13, 1961.
Seniors are urged to take
either the November or Janu­ary
exam. Consult data in the
Placement Bureau's "govern­ment
section" for complete
details.
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Approximately 30 companies
will be represented on campus
for interviews starting in Janu­ary
1961. A listing will be re­leased
in November.
"Placement Annual 1961" and
"Career" publications will be
distributed in November to
seniors who are registered with
the placement office. Both books
list t.he names and addresses
of personnel representatives
throughout the country, as well
as containing informative ar­ticles
concerning interviews,
resumes and procedures to fol­low
in order to obtain a posi­tion.
Mr. Tartaro will meet with
seniors in October to discuss
employment opportunities and
procedures. All seniors, includ­ing
those who plan to enter the
service or attend graduate
schools, should attend.
Sept. 30. 1960 THE STAG
'64 HITS CAMPUS
Page Seven
Page Eight THE STAG Sept. 30. 1960
At Stratfield Hotel Headquarters. about-to-canvass Dems pose
for the camera. all smiles.
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College Youth for Nixon­Lodge,
a national student organ- i
ization of Democrats, Independ­ents
and Republicans who favor
the Nixon - Lodge candidacies,
recently announced the appoint­ment
of John Morrison to its
National Steering Committee.
Mr. Morrison, a junior (BBA)
majoring in retailing at the
University, will advise the Na- I
tional Organiz·ation on its pro­gram.
The major purpose of the
organization is to offer Demo­crats
and Independents a med­ium
through which they may
work for the Nixon-Lodge ticket.
Mr. Morrison and approxi­mately
thirty other student
leaders comprise the Steer·ing i
Committee. t.
GOP Names
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INTERVIEW
(Continued from Page 2)
NFCCS regions are the creation
of the National F·ederation.
"Another possibility would be
the use of negotiation and threat
of secession to perhaps receive
dues concessions from .the Na­,
tional. Admittedly this is not
very promising and would only
forestall the eventual crisis.
There may of course be other
alternatives of which I am not
aware. At this point, I do not
feel that I am sufficiently in­formed
of the entire situation,
especially regarding the pres­sures
and limitations which
must be taken into account
should a new regional organiza­tion
be formed, to commit my­self
and the University to one
course of action."
EXPERIENCE
(Continued from Page 3)
The wild card in this poker
hand, the one which makes it
a full house instead of two
pairs, is the last experience.
Without this last we could as
easily be talking about a notice
on a bulletin board or a sign
over a lavatory. Because poetry
is art and not merely informa­tion
it offers us experience.
Not all art appeals to all au­diences.
Not all of us achieve
this exoerimental response to
art. And, among those who do,
the response is always unique
with the individual. The poetic
experience, then. is a personal
thing. It is not attained in uni­son
by a crowd as are many
basic emotions to which every­one
is subject. The effect, the
experience of a poem depends
upon the reader. The poem can
activate dormant memories and
create new relationships within
the mind but it cannot spon­taneously
generate someth'n1
material. It cannot directly "dis­turb
the universe." The effect
it does have is one in the men­tal
order. It can give a new or
different meaning to the world
of reality. It can add to the
mind's possessions. It can lead
to an increased or additional
mental function and demon­strate
the many possibilities for
attaining to reality that are in
the mind.
The poetic experience adds to
life. Like steak or wine. it is
not a necessity. But. just as
steak and wine bring to the
function of eating an enhance­ment.
the poetic experience en­hances
life itself. Just as the
human animal flavors variety in
his nutritional experience and
attempts to attain that variety.
he also leans toward a variety
of poetic experiences the attain-ment
of which only a varying State Senator Norman Hewitt,
degree of mental poverty pro- of the 25th District-Conn., spoke
hibits. before la gathering of Young
Democrats on the University
Our appetites and tastes vary. campus this past week. Among
Not everyone likes catsup on his the topics discussed, were those
roast beef. But within the of Party Neutrals, the Court
range of those variations lie Reform Bill of the 1959 session
corresponding varieties of spice of the General Assembly, and
and condiment which assuage the abolishment of county gov­even
the most exotic of them. ernment.
There is a similar variety in the
poetic experience. And al- Mr. Hewitt is running for re-election,
following his freshman
though we may never acquire a term.
taste for every sort and shuffle 1--------------­of
although we are limited, by
the enormity of it, from samp-ling
even just a little of each
kind, we may still find, in the
whole, a part which increases
the value of our own lives. All
the reading of poetry one can
do is worthwhile, if from it
there remains one phrase, one
idea which was able to extend
the human experience. R. Tino
Pa)~ The Tax
A. Schlesinger, Jr.
Speaks Tuesday
Thirty University students
embarked upon a voter ,registra­tion
drive. earlier this month. in
the Bridgeport area. This was
the start of the campaign activ­ity
for the University's "Ken­nedy
For President" Club. Led
by Sean Dunphy, chairman of
the group, the students worked
out of Democratic headquarters
in the Stratfield Hotel. Lew
Gladstone, state senator from
the 22nd district, and Bill Lav­ery,
'59, former president of
Fairfield University's Young
Dems Club, gave instructions
and materials to the students.
The group then proceeded to
canvass Father Panik Villege
with door-to-door information
on time and place of registra·­tion
for new voters. Father
Panik Village is a federal hous­ing
project, erected during the
Roosevelt administration. It
contains over 5,000 .residents,
most of whom are Spanish
speaking. The students took
names and addresses of those
who wished free transportation
to the polls. The club' pI-ans
similar electioneering through­out
October and early Novem­bel'.
On the previous Thursday,
the Kennedy-For-President .club
held its first general meeting in
Canisius. It was attended by
close to 100 students. Tabloid
distribution, pumper stickers,
and registration drives, in addi­tion
to the appearance of a na­tionally
known speaker are
among the club's events in
October.
Both the state and campus
units of "Kennedy For Presi­dent"
organizations (also known
as "Citizens For Kennedy") are
distinct from their respective
Democratic clubs - thus enabl­ing
independents and Republi­cans
to join. However, all are
working closely together. For
that reason, Bob Sherwood, '61,
president of the Univesity's
Young Dems Club, will not
sponsor a separate speaker pro­gram.
Officers in the "Kennedy For
President" club are Sean Dun­phy,
Tom Tierney, Paul Rudd,
Vin LaBella, Dan Browne, and
Gaston de Baern. Committee
Chairmen include: Geoffrey
Stokes, Gene Papa, Paul Rudd,
T. Tierney, Kenneth Agnello,
and John Faulkner. Mr. Walter
Petry of the history department
and Mr. Hichard Lilienthal, a
member of the government de­partment
are faculty advisors
to the group.
yoU SURE THINK.
FORYOURSfOLF!
MUST BE WHY YOU
SMOkE VICfOROY
I.
THE RIGHT TASTE BECAUSE
Viceroys got it. .
at both ends .
Sept. 30, 1960 THE STAG Page Nine
IN SPITE: Oif"
IT ALL,
PAY YOUR
COUNCIL TAX
NEW PROFS
(Continued from Page 1)
Mr. Vincent Murphy is an
assistant professor of psychol­ogy
and Director of Guidance.
Originally from Brooklyn, Mr.
Murphy now resides in Bridge­port.
He was graduated from
Columbia and from Fordham
Graduate School. Mr. Murphy
is currently a candidate for his
Ph.D. at Fordham. From 1946
to 1948, he served with the U.S.
Army counter-intelligence. Be­fore
coming here, Mr. Murphy
was Director of Guidance at
Canisius College.
Rev. Richard Rousseau, S.J.,
is one of our new Theology
professors. He received his AB.
and M.A at Shadowbrook in
Weston, Mass. He holds a Mas­ter's
in English from Boston
College and studied for his
S.T.C. at Esgeuhoveux, Lou­vain,
France.
Another new member of the
Theology Department is Fr.
William M. Brackett, S.J., of
Winchester, Mass. Fr. Brackett
attended Holy Cross and Weston
College from which he holds a
M.A and S.T.C.
Nearby Norwalk Hospital has
provided the Biology Depart­ment
with two new lectures.
Dr. Roy N. Barnett is Head
Pathologist and Director of
Laboratories at Norwalk where
he is also an instructor 'for the
School of Nursing. Dr. Barnett
saw service in World War II
as a lieutenant colonel in the
Marines. At one time, he was
an associate clinical professor of
Pathology at Yale University's
School of Medicine.
Dr. Barnett's colleague is Dr.
Marvin A Chernou. He is the
Associate Pathologist at Nor­walk
Hospital. Dr. Chernou
served with the Navy during
World War II and again during
the Korean Conflict (i.e., War).
He studied at New York Medi­cal
College and Miami Univer­sity.
He has taught at the Yale
University School of Medicine.
Some of our seniors may re­cognize
Mr. Richard Preto­j'todas
of the English Depart­ment.
Mr. Preto-Rodas is a Uni­versity
graduate, class of '58.
He has. spent the last two years
at Boston College Graduate
School from which he received
his Master's in Philosophy. Mr.
Preto-Rodas plans to attend
Michigan University for his
Ph.D.
(See Faculty Feature)
Are these gentlemen worknig
to pay their Council Tax?
Logical At
Harvard
"But that's too logical," the
Columbia prof. told the Acad­emy.
In four words, he summed
up the St. Thomas Aquinas
Academy. Under the modera­tion
of Rev. J. D. Donoghue,
philosophy students have de­veloped
their talents in this
field. To exemplify the challeng­ing
ideas they chose, their pre­sent
work is an Existentialism
'and Freudian psy,chology. In
their weekly meetings, they will
discuss these points in prepara­tion
for an assembly on
March 7.
The officers this year are:
Fred Abbate, President; John
Vaitkus, Vice-President; Bruce
Beaudin, Secretary, and Howard
Hickey, Public Relations. These
men will be joined, for the first
time, by Sophomores and Jun­iors
who can meet the member­ship
qualifications. The club is
small, for only the good stu­dents
thoroughly interested are
accepted. This year, the Aoad­emy
hopes to attend sympos­iums,
not only as spectators, as
in past years, but as partici­pants.
Yale, Harvard, and Bos­ton
College are on the agenda.
BIRTH CONTROL ITEM
Robbed from The New York Times (Monday, July 11, 1960):
A strong case exists for the abandonment of Roman Catho­lic
efforts to have laws enacted against contraceptives, a promi­nent
Catholic scholar declared. In a report, sponsored by the
Fund for the Republic and written by Norman St. John-Stevas,
an English lawyer and former lecturer here at the University,
the author pointed out that such legislation is practically unen­forceable.
Catholic efforts to preserve public morality, the report
concluded. "would be more constructive if confined to measures
commanding general support, such as the banning of sales of con­traceptives
from slot machines, or the restriction of sales to
adults."
Msgr. Francis F. Lally, director of the diocesan press for the
Archdiocese of Boston, commented that Mr. St. John-Stevas' po­sition
was one "That has been held for some time by some Catho­lic
theologians and writers."
Mr. St. John-Stevas stated that Catholic theology does not
require that contraception be banned by laws. "In practice such
law (banning the use of contraceptives) is unenforceable, and the
attempt to enforce it would involve intolerable interference with
the private lives of individuals. Private individuals and married
couples would be subjected to constant supervision, and the police
state advanced to a new point."
Catholics campaigning for maintenance of such laws gain lit­tle
for public morality, the author asserted. "They do, however,
increase the fear of Catholicism in the minds of non-Catholics and
increase the likelihood that when Protestants visualize the Church,
the image will not be that of a religious body but of a political
power structure."
THESE GUYS SLEPT IN MY BED??
FREEDOM
Stolen (almost whole-hog)
from The New York Times (dur­ing
July): The editor of
America, said today that free­dom
of the press was essential
and that in no way must "we
betray the fundamental liberty
of the sons of God."
The Rev. Thurston Davis,
S.3., continued: "We shall make
no effective progress at all un­less,
in our common efforts to
bring the light of Christ to the
minds of men, we advance in a
spirit of openness and freedom
that characterize the mind of
contemporary man.
"No matter what our circum­stances
are. we cannot default
in our loyalty to the essential
freedom of the sons of God. We
must stand for such freedom
ourselves in every line we pub­lish."
Fr. Davis then stated that in
order to use the responsibility
of the press, one must possess,
first, the freedom necessary.
"Without this essential freedom
(of the press), there can be no
authentic public opinion, for
wherever the press is muzzled,
public opinion has no means of
self-expression."
Conn. NEAC Nam
Oates '61 Delegate
sixty pages larger than any
previous yearbook. This is be­cause
of the increased number
of Seniors as well as the addi­tion
of an undergraduate section.
The associate editors, Dan
Kiley and John Vaitkus, are
now starting to correlate the
work of the various editors and
funnel it to the editor-in-chief
for final acceptance and/or
revision.
By the time that this article
goes to press the various year­book
staffs will be operating
and giving the editors more
ideas for the '61 MANOR. The
editors hope that anyone who
can fill a post on one of these
staffs is working on one or, if
not, will join one this week.
That's the yearbook situation
up to now. What the student
body can give the MANOR is
both creative and financial sup­port.
A. MANNION
MANOR Editor-in-Chief
Michael Oates, '61, president
of the Student Education Asso­ciation
of Connecticut, was
named a delegate to the organ­ization's
national convention.
Oates joined with the other
New England delegates in pre­senting
a panel discussion deal­ing
with the group's regional
conference plan which is unique
in the national program. Due to
the panel's success many such
state groupings will be set up
throughout the country. It is
felt that the regional plan will
fill the gap which has existed
between the state and national
associations.
The NEAC, which is for col­lege
students preparing to enter
the teaching field, gives to its
members an excellent oppor­tunity
to learn more about their
future profession. The mem­bers
meet future teachers from
every section of ,the state, work
with people already in the pro­fession,
and gain knowIedge of
professional practices and op­portunities.
President Oates
feels that if enthusiasm for the
goals and ideals of the associa­tion
can be instilled into each
member, "we will have our
most successful year. to date."
To make its program more
attractive to prospective mem­bers,
the campus chapter of the
SEAC, headed by Paul Slason,
'61, has planned an active pro­,
gram year with many guest
speakers, field trips and social
affairs. A membership drive is
currently being conducted by
the unit.
Preparations are now being
made for the members to attend
the third annual SNEA Region­al
Conference in New Hamp­shire.
The club's 'officers for 1960-61
include:
President,....Paul Slason, '61
Vice-Pres Cliff Marvin, '61
Secretary.. .Edward Burke, '62
Correspondence
Stewart Dubay, '62
Treasurer Henry Pronovost, '61
Membership Chairman
Jay Simpson, '61
DOES IT
REALLY MANOR?
They sat huddled around a
battered, army surplus field
desk, their allention drawn by
the prolific gestures of the
craggy browed speaker. He
talked in words, but the only
response was stoic silence.
Finally, from the far side of
the desk, a nattily dressed,
sharp tongued skeptic known as
the Skull, spoke, "All right,
Crowley, so don't talk to us
about how you're going to make
thousands. Go out and get the
money so that I can put tons of
art work into this book."
"No we'll use the money for
lots ~f four color pictures,"
s h 0 ute d the photographer,
known by the camera hanging
around his neck. Then he add­ed
"But if somebody doesn't
teil me what pictures they need,
we'll have a book filled with
the prettiest white pages that
you ever saw."
At that, bedlam broke loose.
"Wells" Fargis, the layout man,
pulled his head up from the
piles of thumbnail sketches,
graph sheets, and blueprints to
yell out, "Why, I told you a
month ago what pictures to get,
but that blasted editor and the
art editor keep changing the
theme. The next thing that I
know they'll want the book
dedicated to Lady Godiva and
her white horse."
A round of applause shook the
small room and someone yelled,
"Yeah, but where would we get
the horse?"
After the boom had subsided,
the brilliant literary editor, Big
Mac, spoke in his slow drawl,
"I don't think that that theme
about the Stag of Fairfield hold­ing
up our banner is too hot. I
mean, how can we fit the A.B.
course into the Stag in the red
sunset?"
And so it goes, night after
night. The little band of men
known as the editors of the 1961
MANOR rack their collective
brains to find ways to make the
'61 yearbook the best ever. And
from the midst of confusion and
chaos have come a few creative
sparks and accomplishments.
To get in a more serious vein"
here are some of the accom­plishmen,
ts and plans of the '61
MANOR up to this point.
The art and literary editors,
Bill Scully and Frank McDon­ald,
respectively, are currently
culling material on the general
theme, the Birth 'Of a Univer­sity.
The editors feel that this
theme will best exploit the
unique position of Fairfield Uni­versity
as a young school steep-I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ed in the, tradition and wisdom
of the ancients.
Thanks to the planning of the
layout editor, Paul Fargis, the
MANOR is about two weeks
ahead of the schedule set up
for it by the printer, Comet
Press of New York. Because it
will have a Spring Supplement
to take care of the Spring sports
and Graduation week, the '61
MANOR should not run behind
schedule as did its immediate
predecessor. The delivery date
for the book is tentatively
scheduled for the third week in
May, 1961.
To meet this delivery date
the MANOR needs money, lots
of it. To get this, Bob Crowley,
the Business Manager, has map­ped
,out an extensive campaign
of solicitation and advertising.
It is our hope that the entire
school will support his efforts
to finance the most ambitious
yearbook ever planned in the
history of Fairfield University.
From a bulk standpoint, it is
Page Ten THE STAG Sept. 30. 1960
NAGY
(Continued from Page 1)
C. A. L.
Pay the Tax.
Student Body
Unity Demands:
NAACP
(Continued from Page 1)
ALPHA SIGMA NU
(Continued from Page 1)
Alpha Sigma Nu is so set up
that the carrying out of its func­tions
would in no way interfere
with the activities of other or­ganizations
such as the Cardinal
Key Society, nor would any
student be precluded from
Alpha Sigma Nu because of
membership in an organization
such as the Cardinal Key.
There would be absolutely no
conflict between the activities
of the two because they would
be set up to complement each
other than to compete.
A return trip to the Dean's
office revealed that because
there was student interest and
that because the administra­tion's
outlook was favorable, a
letter would be sent to the na­tional
headquarters requesting
particulars on conditions for
admission. As of this printing
the situation remains as such.
However, barring any admission
requirements which Fairfield
would be unable to meet be­cause
of her rather recent in­ception,
the chances are better
than even for our being the
seventeenth chapter.
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Interviewer: Mr. Nagy, are
there more laymen teaching
Philosophy in Jesuits colleges?
Mr. Nagy: Besides myself,
one started to teach at Holy
Cross this year. And at Boston
College there is a nucleus of
younger laymen teaching and
have been doing so for about
twelve years.
Ind:erviewer: Being acquaint­ed
with three Jesuit colleges,
would you care to comment on
the students of Fairfield?
Mr. Nagy: Yes. I think the
students here have a more seri­ous
and mature attitude to­wards
study, and have more of
the spirit of education.
Interviewer: Mr. Nagy, how
do you find Jesuit Universities
in general?
Mr. Nagy: Repeating myself,
they seem to have more of the
true spirit of education, a solid
foundation in the arts and
sciences, integrated by Philoso­phy
and Theology, producing a
harmonious and comp,lete edu­cation.
Interviewer: Mr. Nagy, as a
former editor of The Stag,
what role do Y'ou think a col­lege
newspaper should play on
campus?
Mr. Na,gy: In general, it
should reflect, more than any­thing
else, the actual personal-
The other resolution passed ity 'of the student body; it
by the National Congress is en- should best identify the stu­titled
"Concerning 'S-it-In' Dem- dents' thinking about their
onstrations" and reso'lves itself school and the society in which
to this basic statement: "The he lives.
XVII National Congress of the IF A COLLEGE NEWS·
National Federa.tion of Catholic PAPER IS DRAB, MEDIOCRE,
Students wholeheartedly en. AND LIFELESS, IT MAYBE
dorses the non-viole,nt action, AN INDICATION OF EDUCA­employed
by Students in 'Sit- TIONAL FAILURE ON THE
In' demonstratiOins. The COn,- PART OF THE SCHOOL.
gress affirms the p,rin.ciple that Interviewer: Fin a 11 y, Mr.
no student ma,y be denied his Nagy, how do you feel about
right to an education as a result' the future of the University?
of his free and responsible e'x- Mr. Nagy: I think 'Fairfield
pression of an opin~on • • ." In shows the most promise of the
a statement of principles in the three Jesuit colleges in New
same resolution, the Congress England. Geographically, it is
expresses itself thusly: "The the only Jesuit college in south­recognition
of human dignity ~rn New England. But the most
by society requires that those Important reason is that Fair­serving
the general public ha,ve field is a young school and is
the moral obligation to serve fighting for recogni.tion and
all members of that public identity. The Fairfield man is
equally, regardless of race. A not proud of his school for the
student has the right of the, traditional reasons, especially
peaceful pursuit of social justice stepping into a very old school
without fear of academic pe,n'. where traditions have been
aliy." made; at Frairfield, the student
takes an active part in creating
traditions. This is a young
school,and the struggle for
identity is evident and there is
a certain freshness about the
school. This young spirit makes
Fairfield unique.
R. M. Lawless
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In a recent interview with
Rev. George Mahan, S.J., we
were told certain facts concern­'
ng admission policies. We re­late
them now so that students
and others may evaluate the
"investment" in coming to Fair­field.
Accordin to Fr. Mahan, each
year it is more difficult to be
accepted at Fairfield. Our stand­ards
have moved upwards
steadily since the beginning of
the school. A concrete example
is the fact that in the past five
years our College Board accept­ance
scores have risen one
hundred points_ Our preference
is for the student who has a
score of five hundred or more.
Admissions Crackdown
(Continued from Page 3)
Council
Don't Miss:
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Senior Forum,
and Supporting
FROSH
(Continued from Page 1)
tellectual community between
science and the arts is traceable
to our educational process ­one
sore spot, science survey
courses.
mother of our fledgling that the
committee was unaware that
the golf clubs ... weren't sup­posed
to be brought up.
"A special word of praise is
due here.
"Stag night was enlivened by
the wit and talents of some of
Fairfield's 'old pros' ... A new
word coined by Fr. Durst . . .
S.J. added to his growing list
of Durstonianisms one of
the University's ex, Joe Mona­han,
left many sides sore with
his comic insights and
Coach Bisaca elaborated on the
eternal struggle between alum­ni
and coach . .
"Friday night was dance night
and again. . superb job was
done ... The underwater theme
was carried out in minute de- To what kind of a student do
tail ... The sports program was we cater? Of our present fresh­filled
Immortal Mudville man class, one-third came from
· .. were similar in spirit when the first quarter of their class,
: .. the sophomores had won ... one-third came from the second
"Frosh week culminated in quarter of their class, and one­Sunday's
Communion breakfast third came from the third quar­and
the President's reception Ite: of their class. We don't ad­
· .. The Communion breakfast mIt anyone from the last quar­wa~
executed . . . according to !er of their high school graduat­relIable
sources, very economic- mg class.
ally. .Despite minor catas- Besides proof of intelligence,
trophIes In the overworked personality reports achieved
elevator from high school principals are
"A final word of praise -. .. studied. However we can't
"Chairman Robert Bercham always guarantee that our most
did an exceptional job ... The brilliant freshman will not
chairmen of various co:mmittees, flunk out. We can't weigh his
the men on the commIttees and academic motivations. Never­
· . . brooms or hung tinsel . . . theless, we try to groom our
are. all..to be commende,~ on most promising men' for par­theIr
dIlIgence and effort. ticular graduate schools noted
for their excellence in a par­ticular
field thereby increasing
our own prestige.
I Does Fairfield have the pre­rogative
of being really selec­tive
or do we just take in a
group of fairly bright men and
hope for the best? Last year we
received fourteen hundred ap­plications
and accepted three
hundred and forty-one students.
There is in that ratio a choice
of one out of four. Also, those
one out of four come from six­teen
states, Puerto Rico, the
Virgin Islands, and Canada giv­ing
the class a cosmopolitan
appeal.
Next year, it will be even
more difficult to be accepted at
Fairfield. Consideration will be
given almost entirely to those
in the first half of their
graduating class. Those in the
third quarter will find accept­ance
more difficult next year.
Also, efforts are being made to
secure applications from as
many top five percent students
as possible.
It is natural for us living so
close together here to see our
own shortcomings and at the
same time forget our advant­ages.
But Father Mahan assur­ed
us that Fairfield is receiving
more consideration from people
living farther and farther away
from this section of the coun­try.
Naturally the report from
this inquiry may not satisfy all.
But it is a fact that we are mov­ing
ahead each year and re­ceiving
an added "dividend" of
prestige on our future or receiv­ed
degrees from Fairfield.
R. Nalewajk
7. Theology and Philosophy:
- Theology is almost consist­ently
the weakest course in the
American Catholic college cur­riculum.
Courses are well out­lined,
but far too frequently not
on a level with the students'
other college courses. Firm
knowledge and critical judg­ment
is usually lacking in the
students. A climate of inquiry
is only s,uperficially fostered,
while passivity is even encour­aged
in some schools. Many
students will desire a firm chal­lenge
in Theology and a sur­prising
number would like an
increase in semester hours.
- Philosophy is to often
mere memory work and limit­ed
to a few selected philoso­phers.
8. Two other problems:
- The gulf between some
student bodies, faculties, and
administration is rarely crossed­by
mutual understanding, ap­preciation
of viewpoints, and
respect.
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olic College newspapers there
is little challenging thought and
even less consideration of con­troversial
issues.
J. Faulkner
NFCCS Senior Delegate
Nf'CCS STUDY
(Continued from Page 1)
following as worthy of special
note.
1. Of purpose:
- The purpose and function
of the Catholic College in Amer­ica
today is ill-defined and
poorly understood or misunder­stood
by a large number of stu­dents
and parents and by some
colleges and faculties.
- Many Catholic Colleges
fail to organize their limited re­sources
to an end of quality and
depth in a limited sphere and
instead achieve a haphazardly
broad mediocrity.
- Most students do not have
clear or theoretically desirable
educational objectives and their
motivations for obtaining an
education are often ill-advised.
-2. Within the curriculum:
- Many courses (especially
the so-called "survey courses")
excessively sacrifice depth for a
superficial breadth.
- The varied quality of high
school backgrounds seriously
hampers freshman and sopho­more
development.
- Over competition and ser­ious
overemphasis of marks
have greatly reduced the edu­cational
value of courses.
- The majority of students
seem to desire to be challenged
and stimulated to academic ex­cellence,
but left to themselves
most will not strive for this ex­cellence.
Too often, for a variety
of reasons (some of which to be
cited here) this challenge is
never issued.
- Too often, to raise aca­demic
standa..tds means merely
to demand more work or to
tighten grading.
3. Intellectual apathy factors:
,- The general American
Catholic culture.
- Freshman orientation pro­grams
overstress non-academic
and social facets of college; fail
to orient freshmen to the life of
an intellectual community.
- F I' e s h men orientation
should extend for nearly a
whole semester, not the usual
week or two.
- A large percentage of
'd_ayhops," especially tho s e
working after school, saps the
vigor of campus intellectual
life.
- Too few students tend to
have too much to do in co-and
extra-curricular activities.
4. Teachers:
- Far too often overburdened
by secondary obligations, they
frequently are unable to pre­sent
stimulating courses and
must resort to merely dictating
notes.
- Frequently teachers are
assigned courses in which they
have no particular interest or
competence.
5. Students:
- There is too much cheat-ng.
- Student government, for
various reasons, often fails to
realize its true purpose and is
often led by those who are not
themselves serious students.
- The student is far too oft­en
uninterested in important
areas (such as world affairs)
which do not enter into his pro­fessional
training.
- There is too much ration­alization
and tradition sur­rounding
the organizing and
disbanding of certain clubs.
- Too many students are in­tellectually
lazy.
6. Science and the arts:
- A schizophrenia of the in-
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Beginning college life without the benefits of Freshman
Orientation could have proven quite frustrating. The purpose of
Freshman Orientation, in my opinion, was to impart to our class
of '64 a wise perspective, a healthy atmosphere, and a worthy
set of standards, each of which is necessary for attaining success
in college. Each of the various activities managed to teach us,
although we may not have realized it at the time, one of the
principles of a happy college life. In this, its purpose, Freshman
Orientation did not just succeed, but succeeded overwhelmingly.
I, myself, had a hell of a week and I won't soon forget it.
Although a measure of the success of the week belongs to
our Freshman class, which has the prospect of becoming a great
one, by far the greatest plaudits belong to those Juniors, who
worked hard, and on their own time, to help us make the transi­tion
from high school to college. Let me add, too, that none of
those men lacked any of those qualities which they hoped we
would achieve through their program.
T..Molloy, '63
but rather in the week taken
as a whole. It gave the. fresh­men
some idea of the friendli­ness,
the spirit of cooperation
found on the campus. Freshmen
saw Fairfield as 'a school that
had traditions but wasn't tradi­tion
bound. A school where new
ideas are always encouraged.
A school which welcomes ex­pansion.
On Saturday, ,September 17,
admist the loud roars of both
teams and spectators, the climax
to a perfect week was held. As
the sun rose high in the heavens
the two squads enter the arena.
The class of '63 was out to
avenge its terrible defeat one
year before. The class of '64
was out to prove that it is one
to be reckoned with.
Then a silence, Paul Rudd,
chairman of the affair, walks on
the field. In his right hand the
gun which would officially start
the program. The crowd grows
tense as the teams warm up.
You can see, in the faces of the the frosh were off to an early
contestants, the tension grow. lead, could they hold it?
The sun goes off: the final~ of
the 100 yd. dash, won by Jim The 440 yd. dash, Larry Lon­Phelan,
frosh. The crowd is gua, soph, the mile Peter
stilled as a beanie is raised to Garry, frosh, shotput, Bob Hut­the
tune of the Men In Red. ter, soph, the points are mount-
From then on it was a matter ing. Next the high jump, could
of time, the tension wore off, the frosh hold their lead, Bill I'- ..l!
•••••••••••••••, Fabbri, they were doing it,
broad jump, Rich Kmiviech,
frosh. The frosh had the lead
32.5 to 31.5.
As the track events conclud­ed,
all attention was put on the
greased pole. Could the inex·
perienced frosh take the well
drilled sophs? They did, coming
within inches of the top. Ru-mors
began to spread "the frosh This week, the "Spotlight"
are going to win." focuses on the class of 1964.
This group of men have cer­Then
to the most trying event tainly made an excellent so­of
the day, the Marathon - the cial, academic, and spiritual
run from the baseball diamond impression on this entire cam­to
the pond. The winner - Peter pus. While it is commonly re­Garry,
the proven miler had cognized that General Chairman
come through again. Bob Berchem and his entire
While at the pond, the weight committee did a terrific job of
event was held, the Tug-of-War, orienting the incoming fresh­won
by the class of '63, who men; it is also common know­surprised
earlier reports by not ledge that the Junior class re­resorting
to under-the-hat me- ceived the wholehearted sup­thods
this year. port of each and every fresh-
I ~;;;::;;;::;;;::;;;::;;;::;;;::;;;::;;;::;;;::;;;::;;;::;;;::;;;::;:;: Iman. The committee is also
II grateful to the Sophomore class
for the highly spirited per­formance
which they recorded
in their close victory over the
freshmen in the day of athletic
competition.
Now, in the very near future,
the Student Council will con­duct
freshmen class elections
and it is my sincerest wish that
as many members as possible
take the opportunity to run for
class office. I openly challenge
each and everyone of you to
either personally run for office
yourself, or actively campaign
for the candidate of your choice,
regardless of whether the ean­didate
lives on or off campus.
From all indications, it appears
that you are going to be mature
and intelligent enough to select
the candidates who campaign
the hardest, not the candidates
from the biggest corridor 0;
largest high school. MAKE the
candidates work to be selected
and NO ONE should be asham­ed
to try! I bet that your class
has the ability to conduct the
greatest election that this cam­pus
has ever seen.
could the new students have to~
dedicate the coming year to
Our Lord.
The climax was the Com­munion
Breakfast and the
President's Reception. The Com­munion
Breakfast added a
special unity to the freshman
class, w):J.ile the President's Re­ception
made the families of
the freshmen part of the Uni­versity.
I don't think anyone could
possibly criticize the job done
by the Juniors to make this a
successful orientation. All fresh­men
owe the Junior Orientation
committee a great deal. How­ever,
a few minor suggestions
might be made to help improve
this fine Fairfield tradition in
the future. First, a question­naire
should be filled out on
the first day asking in what
track and field events the fresh­men
participated in high school.
This would help organize the
freshmen for the Field Day. And
second, more emphasis should
be put on wearing the fresh­men
hats and name tags. Al­though
these seem silly on the
surface, still, they help to add
unity to the freshmen class.
Unfortunately this year, both
the hats and the name tags
disappeared aft~r the first
couple of days.
However, the secret of the
success of Orientation Week
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On the morning of Sept. 12,
at Fairfield, freshmen started
arriving from all parts of the
state - actually from all parts
of the country. Curiosity, anxie­ty,
and nervousness could be
detected in the maze of faces
that assembled in Canisius Hall.
However, on that memorable
day, they didn't have time to be
nervous. By the time they filled
out papers, received library
cards, parking stickers, and
books, their first day at Fair­field
was over.
The second day was much
more pleasant. The assembly in
Gonzaga Auditorium gave the
new students some insight in
regard to the opportunities
available to them. The activi­ties
displayed opened up many
hours of oleasure to any fresh­man
who' had the ambition to
sign his name.
That afternoon the football
tourney began. This was pos­sibly
the most successful part
of orientation week. There is
no better way for students to
get acquainted with their class­mates
than to enter in some
sort of competition together.
The only thing that needs to
be said about the stag night, the
mixer and the field day is that
they were great.
At the Mass of the Holy Spirit,
the freshmen saw the whole
school assembled together ­and
what better opportunity
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Sept. 30. 1960
HATE GRASS AMONG CINDERS
CROSS COUNTRY SCHEDULE - 1960
October
12 Wed. - Hartford - Home - 3:30.
15 Sat. - Boston College - Away
22 Sat. - Queens & Hunter - Home - 11 :00
26 Wed. - lana - Away
November
5 Sat. - Adelphi & New Britain - Home - 11 :00
8 Tue. - So. Conn. State - Home - 3:30
12 Sat. - Collegiate Track Conference - Van Cortland Park,
New York
Runners ready . . . timers ready . . . the gun is up . . . the
season is off! And leading the Cross-Country pack early in the
race ar the Juniors, Jack Barry, Capt., Bob McCarthy, and Lou
Ockey, all back with two years of Fairfield roads under their feet.
However, these three should keep a keen eye over their should­ers,
for we can see four strong Sophs coming up fast after a poor
showing in freshman year. Lary Longua, still in shape from
P.L.C. at Quantico, is fighting his way into one of the top five
positions, but his comrades, Ray Schuster and Tom Marra and
Mickey Kinney are only a few strides behind him. There will be
a close race \here. Bringing up the rear and bringing it up fast
are two new members, John Moore and Bob Drake.
Throwing these nine against their opponents - 1960 ver­sions
- we can see another winning season in the making, with
a definite improvement over last year's 6-3 record. Boston Col­lege
early in the season and Central Conn. State Teachers Col­lege
later, present the most formidable foes. The Stags last year
lost to B.C. by three points on our Campus. Running this year
in Boston the meet is going to be decided right down to the last
man. Not forgetting B.C.'s traditional strength, our money's still
on the Stags. As for Central Conn., this seems to be the year to
show them our spikes and take the laurels from their heads.
Taking the rose colored filter from the crystal ball, their are
a few shadowy clouds hanging over the 4.2 mile course. One
which the team will feel most heavily is the necessary loss of
Jack Doyle, one of last year's top finishers. Though his feet will
not be out running, his heart will. Added to this loss and equally
destructive are the holes left by Frank Hendricks and Shaun
Sullivan.
With these last three an undefeated season could have been
assured under guarantee, but it is difficult to predict, when deal­ing
with free creatures.
The Freshman squad, best in two years, is drawn from the
four corners, Jim Daley, a four year high school swifty from
Stepinlac, and Peter Gary from Chaminade, at the present are
organizing a record-wrecking crew. They have already signed on
Tom Smith from Conn., Paul McNulty from William Hall High,
West Hartford, and Johp Kappenberg from Holy Cross, L.L, N.Y.
A factor overlo.oked in records are support and organiza­tion,
more specifically, the Student Body. Without this even the
best team cannot move one number from the "loss" to the "win"
column. lana and B.C., both strong foes, saw how much student
support meant last year when they ventured into our backyard.
The students can do it again this year if they will get behind
their team. If we have them we cannot lose, an active Athletic
Department, a spirited stuQent body, and a team.
And as the cross-country Stags gamble across the weedy track.
and the sun esca!Jes behind a Resident-Council-less dorm. and
the Student Council sinks in a mire of regulations. good inten­tions.
and apathetic students. we bid a fondly brief and briefly
fond farewell to the growing University. Tune in next·issue. to
see. if ... the ducks in the pond have ducklings.
RETURNING VETS
SPARK HARRIERS
THE STAG
Diamond Dust
In Fall Sessions
The Fairfield varsity baseball
team has begun the fall train­ing
program in preparation for
the 1961 season. The first full
day of practice began on Sept.
27, and will continue for a few
weeks.
With 6 lettermen returning,
Coach Frank Feroleto feels the
team will not lack experience.
The pitching staff will be
sparked by two Sophomores, Ed
Skipiak and W~yne Baldino.
Coach Feroleto displays optim­ism
not only because of the
pit.ching staff, but also of the
good hitters and fielders he will
have next season.
Seton Hall, Holy Cross, Provi­dence
and Iona are a few of the
top colleges that will be en­countered
next season.
Fairfield University playing a
22-game basketball schedule,
opens its 1960-61 season !Decem­ber
, opposing Boston College
and closes March 2, against
Providence.
The Stags, Tri-State league
champions, begin defense of
their title December '9, playing
host to Rider College.
A year ago, Fairfield U. post­ed
a 17-9 record and reached
the finals of the NCAA small
college regionals before being
eliminated by American Uni­versity
of Washington, D.C.,
75-74.
In addition to BC and Provi­dence
College, other Eastern
powers on the slate include
Holy Cross, St. Peter's, Long
Island U., CCNY.. St. Francis of
Brooklyn, St. Michael's and
Iona.
No new teams are listed but
returning after absences on the
Fairfield U. schedule are St.
Michael's, C. W. Post, a divi­sion
of LIU, and Stonehill Col­lege
of North Easton, Mass.
Coach George Bisacca returns
for his third season of directing
the squad which will have six
veterans in Art Crawford, Bob
Jenkins, Bill Shin, Dick Panuc­zak,
Mike Toohey and Devin
Doolan.
The complete schedule is as
follows:
December-2. Boston College.
away; 6. St. Peter·s. away; 9.
'Rider. home; 14. Stonehill.
home; 17. 'Yeshiva. away; 21.
'Hunter. away.
January - 4. 'Brooklyn Col­lege.
horne; 7. 'Fairleigh Dick­inson.
away; 9. Iona. away; 11.
C. W.' Post. home; 14. 'Bridge­port.
home.
February-I. 'Adelphi. home;
7. 'Long Island U.. away; 11.
'CCNY. away; 14. St. Francis
(Brooklyn). away; 16. Southern
Connecticut State. home; 18.
Assumption. away; 21. St. Mich­.
ael's. home; 23. Holy Cross.
away; 25. Bridgeport. away; 28.
American International. home.
March 2 - Providence. home.
'Tri-State League game.
Page Twelve
By T. UNGERLAND
GIANT GRINS
Reminiscent of the "Kilroy" adage, we recently
noticed posted on certain doors in Loyola Hall, signs
proclaiming "Charlie Conerly and Frank Gifford were
here." The statement reminded us of the big event,
(the arrival of the New York Football Giants to train
at Fairfield) which took place during the summer and
really put us on the SP0l'ts map.
Fresh from their two week stay at St. Michael's
College in Winooski Park, Vt., the New York maulers
ran through plays and staged mock serimmages to pre­pare
themselves for their game with the Detroit Lions
at the Yale Bowl. The proceeds of the game went to
the Albie Booth Memorial Fund, in hanoI' of Albie
Booth, the one-time 140 pound substitute, turned All­American.
The game fittingly ended in a tie, 16-16.
A typical day for an individual Giant went some­thing
like this. Gymnastics and formation drills from
9:30 a.m. Ito 11:30 a.m. Lunch and a rest period until
2:00 p.m., when the old Giant movies were rerun and
mistakes were pointed out. Dinner bet-ween 5:30 and
6:00 p.m., followed by a "blackboard drill" which lasted
until 9:00 or 9:30. Free time, from the end of the
"chalkta,J..ks" until 11 :00 p.m., when a bed check was
made and a $50.00 fine levied by Coach Jim Lee Howell
on any man who wasn'F"in the dorm. Somehow, after
learning ,the above schedule, professional football seems
to lose much of the glamour the average person ima­gines
of it.
Rumor has it that the Giant owner, Mr. Jack Mara
and Coach Jim Lee Howell were very pleased and had
many fine compliments for the school a,fteir their two
week sojourn. Especially enjoyable, they claimed, were
their lodgings in Loyola Hall where the entire team
stayed and the accessibility of the field and gym to their
place of residence. Both men looked forward to return­ing
here next year and it seems that the people of
Connecticut have shown their interest by adding their
allegiance to the thousands of New Yorkers who follow
the Giants faithfully.