Stag - Vol. 13, No. 04 - November 10, 1961

              Vol. 13 - No.4 Published by Students of Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn. November 10, 1961
Newly-elected Frosh officers give STAG photographer the evil
eye; I. to r. Bob Batch, BiII Hegarty, Tom McGoldrick, Mike
Griffin.
New York, N.Y. - Prime
Minister Jarwaharlal Nehru of
India will address severa'l hun­dred
U.S. student ,leaders to­morrow,
November 11, in Nerw
York ,at a 'two-day (Nov. 10 and
11) U.N. 'Conference spo11JSored
by the Collegiate Cound,l for ,the
United Nations, according to
Joan Clark, National Director of
the CCUN. Special arrange­ments
have been made for New
York area students to attend
the sessions November 11.
Prime Minister !Nelhru will be
one of many f()trej,~l1/ and Ameri­(
Cont'd on Page 10, Col. 3)
Mr. Nehru Addresses
Collegiate Conference
w. 1\lass. Club
Holds Open House
The contract ror building the
new ?ormitory has been given
to the E&F Construction Com­pany
of Bridgeport. E&F won
On Saturday, January 6, an the contract by bidding $200,­Open
House will be held by 000 below their nearest com­the
Western Massachusetts Area
Club of Fairfield University. petitoI', Rev. George S. Mahan,
'TIhts iiS Jthe 'firSit !Such program S.J., announced last Friday.
to he -offered. According to Father M a han, executive
Mr. Dunphy, the opportunity assistant to the President, said
will help to spread the name of
}i'airfield around western Massa- that the contract will be signed
chusetts and give the parents formally after E&F lets out the
end high school students a day various sub-contracts. As yet
to visit the school. there is no definite date for the
Invitations and catalogues are beginning of construction, al­being
sent to the Guidance De- though Father Mahan said that
partments of the area high construction would begin im­schools.
The day will be con- mediately upon the signing of
ducted by the members of the J the contracts.
Club. The program will open 300-Day Contract
with registration, followed by A three hundred-day' con-talks
ab?u.t. the sch.ool - fac- struction contract will be sign­ulty,
actlvltle.s, curnculu~, etc. ed. This will allow completion
The guests WIll then be gIven a of the building by September
guided tour of the campus. Rev'!1962. '
:Henry Murphy, S.J., Dean of ...
Admissions, will be on hand to The new bUIldmg WIll not
talk with the prospective Fair- (Cont'd on Page 6, Col. 3)
field students.
Dormitory Contract Awarded;
Construciion Completed Sept.
"HI, THERE SISTER!" Local surveyor inspects new dorm site.
The Z-shaped structure is slated for September completion. .
--------------<~>By KENNETH McCLUSKE,Y
Eliot Speaks At Yale;
Funds Stymie FU Bids
T. S. Eliot, renowned Eng­lish
dramatist, will speak at
Yale College, Thursday night,
Nov. 30.
In his Friday 3rd period
English survey course, Rev.
John Ryan, S.J., urged interest­ed
students to attend.
Due to the high fee of $2,000
for the one hour lecture, an ad­mission
price of $2 per person
must be charged, he said.
In response to a recent STAG
editorial, Fr. Ryan stated that
high cost is one reason for the
lack of lecturers at the Univer­sity.
Alpha Sig Offers
Forums, Contest
RICHARD J. BADOLATO '62
Tentative programs for the
academic year have been an­nounced
by the Fairfield Uni­versity
chapter of Alpha Sigma
Nu, the national honor fratern­ity
of Jesuit colleges and uni­versities,
and the Arts Forum,
one of its organizational units.
Besides bes'towing compliment
to its elected, the function of
Alpha Sigma Nu is to promote,
stimulate, and improve the spir­itual,
intellectual, and ,cultural
ideals of the Jesuit tradition.
Junior Members
Next spring, seven juniors
will be selected for membership
in the honor fraternity. Excel­lence
in scholarship, loyalty,
and service to the University
wHI be the determining factors
in the decisions. Because the
chapter is newly formed, two
alumni will also be chosen from
each of the past five graduating
classes, in order to bolster pres­ent
membership.
(Cont'd on Page 6. Col. 1)
SENIOR CLASS PARTY I'
"NIRVANA", a date dance
will be sponsored by the Senior
Class tonight as its second social
function of the year. The affair
will be held at Mary Journey's
Inn from 8:00 to 1:00 with danc­ing
to the music of Gene Hull's
Jazz Quartet. The sale of NIR­VANA
tickets at only $2.75 per
couple will be restricted to the
members of the Senior Class.
Tickets for the 1962 Winter
Carnival (Jan. 26-28) will go on
sale Monday, December 4 in the
ticket booth in Xavier Hall. The
three-day weekend, slated by
committeemen as the "newest
idea in college weekends at
Fairfield" is sponsored annually
by the' Student Council on the
(Coni'd on Page 11, Col. 5)
Seniors Plan
Gala Weeliend
Higher Quota Set
For Blood Drive
Tuesday, November 14, is the
date set for the Bloodmobile of
the Fairfield Chapter of the
American Red Cross to come to
Fairfield University. Under the
chairmanship of Gary Muller,
'62, and sponsored by the Cardi­nal
Key Society, the University
is preparing to break its previ­ous
record of 143 pints estab­lished
last spring.
In setting this mark, the
students nearly doubled their
goal of 75 pints based on only
65 pledges. The student re­sponse
prompted a higher quota
for next month's bank, reported
Red Cross and Cardinal Key
officials. According to Mr. Mul­ler,
an invitation has been ex­tended
to members of the com­munity
to register for the blood
bank all this. week. Last year's
(Cont'd on Page 11, Col. 4)
Four F,a]rfie1d Unive;rs]ty stu­dents
have boon l1/ominated for
Woodrow Wilson iNa:tional fel­lowsrups,
a'ccordirug rto :the ,Rev.
T. IEVle;rett M,cPea'1{Je, :S.J., cihak­man
of the 'F1aidi!eJ1d U -graduate
schola:rship program.
Named were Rkha:JXl Tuna
(116 Avery Avell1/ue, Mer,iden,
COl1ln.) , Donald A. Preziosi (1470
Parlmh!ester 'Roald, :Bronx, N.Y.),
P,au1 Schlickman (10 Rke S1Jreet,
Hudson, Ma:ss.),a'oo Ronald L.
Cappelletti, 43 Bennett Avenue,
W1artenbury). All a'De members of
the class of 1962.
CcmsidelI'aJti'On for the Wood­row
Wils'OTI 'awaJDds ,is baJSed on
scholastic achievement.
Spring Art Festival
Planned B)' Mr. Lukacs
McGoldrick Cops Presidency
In 'Open' Freshmen Elections
Earlier this month, the Stud-<%>-----------
ent Council conducted the S . Add
Freshman Class election in enlOrS war e
which Tom McGoldrick was W·l N . t·
chosen President of the Class of I son omlna Ion
'65. BiU Hegarty, '65, and Mike
Griffin, '65, the two successful
candidates on their four man
ticket, were elected Vice Pres­ident
and Secretary, respective­ly,
while Bob Batch was voted
Treasurer.
The Council declined to com­ment
on the relative vote plur­ality
of each of the candidates.
The Officers, as of yet, have not
conferred wi,th Rev. Donald
Lynch, S.J., the Class Moderat­or,
and have no definite plans
for the future.
Tom McGoldrick of Savan­nah,
Ga., graduated from Sa­vannah
Country Day School
where he was Publicity Chair­man
for the school's literary
magazine and a member of the
Varsity Club, participating in
football, soccer, and track. Tom
(Con't on Page 6. Col. 3)
In a disclosure to the STAG,
Mr. Palko Lukacs, professor of
Fine Arts at the University, an­nounced
tentative plans for a
spring Festival of the Arts to
be held here in late April or
early May.
The well-known artist told of
plans for "a week or two of the
arts, consisting of a concert,
lectures on the arts (possibly
combining with the annual
Shakespearean lectures), one or
two plays, and exhibitions by
local artists." .
As Mr. Lukacs put it, "Fair­field
County.is just lousy with
{Cont'd on Page 6, Col. l}
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REV. WILLIAM HOHMANN, S.J.
The faculty and students of
Fairfield University wish to ex­tend
their condole'nces to the
family of Mr. Charles H. Zieg­ler,
Sr.. father of Charles Zeig­ler,
'65, and Paul Zeigler, '60, of
38 Parker Avenue, Maplewood,
N.J. Mr. Zeigler passed away
on the morning of November
3rd.
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I I rather enjoyed the second book and his columns. My
I paragraph of his letter and I charge was a bit "fine" sound­recognized
that it did seem to ing, but from what I've seen,
present a fine outline of the the essence of it is true (hon­views
of a progressive conserva- estly).
tive. I will admit my basic I think the whole problem in
error of not distinguishing be- the dialogue between political
tween conservative and reac- elements in this country is that
tionary. At this point I will stop there isn't enough debate and
applauding and try to ·answer meeting, both sides produce
the subsequent charges which I their most rabid and unthinking
felt were quite petty and not proponents. Could they ever get
worthy of anyone representing together? We could try.
the conservative element on this As regards Mr. Sangiovanni's
campus. charge that a liberal (whom one
I fully agree with Mr. San- might call a working conserva­vianni
that we should respect tive) loses his tolerance and
our tradition and not scrap our questions the motives of others
constitutional heritage. But may (whom one might call a non-
I also point out that nothing is working conservative), I think
good if it is not the best for the it's true and will continue to
majority of the people of this "seream." I'll give an ex­country.
The social reforms of ample why. Medical care under
this country were not, as he im- social security has been pro­plies,
contrary to the principles posed as a dignified way for our
of experience, but merely tak- aged to pay for their medical
ing 'and staying within these to bills without losing their prob­create
a better country. But did ably small savings or without
they? There were many evils having to resort to charity.
that came as a result of them, Here is a clear-cut case of what
but they came in their admin- I feel is the smart-talking and
istration, and not as a result ambiguous line of today's con­of
the reforms themselves. I servative proponents. The great
have yet to hear a good solid conservative "cry" of loss of in­solution
to the problems which dividuality under our improving
occasioned these reforms from society is here shown to be just
any conservative; all I've heard about meaningless. As an an­are
sweeping generalities, which swer to the proposed medical
of course sound fine, but lack plan, they offer either a using
any base of constructive criti- of the mostly small savings of
cism. Until I hear some con- the aged or else charity. Either
structive ideas from that side way would lead to some form .
(and I do keep reading NA- of welfare and a loss of dignity
TIONAL REVIEW, hop i n g to the individual. This is what
against hope) and not just the they offer in lieu of a. plan
fancy semantics so prevalent, I (Cont'd on Page 6. Col. 5)
must consider this movement
not worthy of any serious at­tention.
I resent the implication that I
am like the individuals who
picketed a Goldwater rally call­ing
him a Facist. I will not
picket, merely giving much­needed
publicity to a man
whose political philosophy I dis­agree
with. I instead read his
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
To the Editor:
Allow me to express my
gratitude to Mr. Sangiovanni
for his articulate, though some­what
misleading letter in an­swer
to i}SPECT of Sept. 22nd.
I am at least glad to see a voic­ing
of an opinion from a mem­ber
of a group that seemed to
be silent. It seems, though, that
he missed the whole point of
the column, which was not that
of defending a liberal position,
but encouraging an open-mind­ed
active investigation of the
many-sided field of politics
without the hindrance of a po­litical
philosophy which by its
uncompromising nature limits.
However, in his rather super­ficial
criticism, Mr. Sangiovanni
blithely passed over the main
point of the piece, that of a
necessary open-mindedness in
the educational process. He dis­missed
this in a few meaning­less
sentences. I offered reasons
for my point. He did not. Is this
in any way significant?
things, for "the retirement of
federal government from all
social welfare activities in favor
of private charity" (and "if
necessary," of local authorities);
the immediate abolition of sub­sidies
to farmers; and 'a declaI1a­tion
that even though Negro
children in the South have the
moral right to go to the same
schools as white children, the
federal government oan and
should do nothing to help them
obtain this right.
How did this mood come
about? What has caused stud­ents
on a Catholic campus to
embrace ideals that are clearly
opposed to the social principles
of their Church? The answer
must be that the young con­servatives
either are not famil­iar
with the Catholic social
principals in 'a way that they
should, or being familiar with
them they choose to ignore
them.
This may be the easier course
to follow, but it is surely not
the Catholic way.
Sincerely yours,
Ernest Webby, Jr., '62
THE KNACK OF HACI(
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Communism is an external danger that demands from us
the utmost in vigilance and sacrifice. But let us not be blind
to the danger involved in policies of unbounded suspicion
and the use of ruthless methods in so-called anti-Communist
activities. If we become a nation of hate and distrust, then
spiritually we are like t~e Communist~. In figthing for the
faith, we have lost chanty. In defendIng our freedoms, we
have ceased to be free men. (John F. Cronin, SS.; in "Anti­Communism
and Freedom; AMERICA, Apr. 22, 1961.)
Editorials
To the Editor:
If the signs posted around
the school ;are any indication,
the wave of conservatism which
has inundated the secular cam­puses
of the country has finally
reached Fairfield.
The danger of this movement
lies not so much in the rather
small,. .though growing, .number
of students involved as in the
underlying mood of selfishness,
complacency, timidity and fear.
Reacting against today's perils,
they try hard to prove some­thing
to themselves, and since
it is always easier to be nega­tive
than positive, their ap­proach
is simply "anti." Anyone
that doesn't agree with their
mood is an "irresponsible lib­eral"
or a "socialist" or even a
communist.
Meanwhile, they show no
real concern to correct the very
evils which spawn communism:
racial discrimination, human
misery, social injustice.
The program of the "White
Knight of the Right," Barry
Goldwater, calls, among other
'Do the Ed1torr:
The ,anti-conservative article
prerpacr'ed by Riohard M. Lawless
Holden Caulfield (ef. J. D. Salinger' s CATCHER IN iJn ithe September 29 edition of
THE RYE) once summan.zed a month,s study 0 f t h e EgypI-T.HE STAtG' wafs fbatsed odn ana .. . " . mJsconcep Ion 0 ac s >an .
hans III the followlllg manner: The EgyptIans were an i,gno~ancie of the college age
ancient race of Caucasians residing in one of the northern student he was try,ing to itrIfiu-
sect.Ions of I\f . Th 1 11 k . h 1 €llliCe Mr Lawless stated that A nca. e atter as we a now IS t e argest th:e '.stude'nt 'does no·~, have the
continent in the Eastern Hemisphere. The Egyptians are ex- experience in rpolJi:hcal ideology
tremely interesting to us today for various reasons. Modern to tie hdmself dow:n ·to one basic
science would still like to know what the secret ingredients beldef~hYlet I cannott ~'elpthbut ob
h ·
-
. d d d seirve u e com'men arr'Ies TOUg-were
that the EgyptIans used when they ~rappe up ea lout your newspaper conce1rning
people so that theIr faces would not rot for lllnumerable cen- the actions of the Youno- Repub­turies.
This interesting riddle is still quite a challenge to modern lican and Democmtic ~lubs. If
science in the twentieth century." Fairfield UndV'errsity considerlsits
In addition to the piece's humorous implications and the sl,~udt'entths .~.xPlerieI1Jofedth~nok':lghtto
. h k' f h . h d 1m], ell' Ine ° \, on Ing 0 feelIng of h.orror at t e ,unmas lllg 0 ~uc a tlme- onore just one pol1tical party, why
exam technIque, Holden s answer provIdes for a moment should they not be old enough
of sadness. Through all of us have, at one time or another, to fuHow a movement that en­donned
the similar cape of the bluebook toreador, the move compass'es elements of both
was many times necessitated not so much by an ignorance parties?
of the subject but rather by an inability to communicate an The tendency in this present
idea within the confines of the blue-lined page. era ,is to get on the bandwagon
.. . Iheading toward the left bank.
. Having maintained the STAG. edltonal ·chalr fo~ a Any college studeillit who can
!rttle less than a year now, and havlllg observed the calIber understand the workings of a
of the average first draft copy submitted for publication in capiJtalistic society wm not be
these pages by my fellow collegians, I am convinced that influell'lced by just one socialis­Fairfield
has failed seriously in its endeavor to turn out New- tic ,iIliStaJllIce "that is dista'steful
man's "educated gentlemen." to him," hut ·by the vast apathy
. .. displayied by !the publIc whIle
Restncted to bare facts and depnved of hIS semantic their individual freedom is slow-shovel,
the average collegian must necessarily remain silent. ly being sur,rendered to a g,needy
A solution may be found in the lines of a recent letter 'bure~uorac~. The 6!ge of a p~r­to
the editor of "America." The writer, a dean of a large son .IS not Important ~Illl consld-
mI.dwestern graduate school, charges that f reshman composI.- 'eralt'Ito' lll 1to. the matt'hU' l'Ity oaf phtlISy . . b b f h d 'po I lea VIews - .IS was .' .
tron course~, are belllg taught y mem e~s 0 t e wrong e- ,proven in the last election.
partment. Most departments of Enghsh are departments The le,aders of con:s'ervatism
linguistics, comparative literature, Elizabethan literature or ,are appeali'ng to oollege lage
similar specialities. I believe that elementary composition and yOUith because th'ey IbeLieve these
"how-to-write" courses should be given by the department ;people ha,v:e the comprehensio!l'l
of journalism. This department is interested in the mechanics and ability '10 undelrsta'~d. t~.e
of writing. The department of English is improperly saddled ful~consequerIcesof ,a soclalLstIc
with the teaching of freshman composition." SOCIety. Th:e left !appeals to
. . . ., the p'roportl!onately uneducated
We agree exphCltly WIth the statement. . .r:- journalI.sm wOl1king mas,ses who do not
course which would teach the theory of compIlIng an artIcle WIllOW the essentials of economic
based on facts without semantic appendages, should be re- and political freedom.
quired at Fairfield. Temporarily, suc~ a curriculum could br Theoonservat~vehas not ISUC­instituted
on a lecture basis, emplOyIng the talents of area cumbed to the mherent mater­journalists
to this end. ia1ism 'Of~he age, but to the
MTK ilea,r of losi'lllg Ipolitic,al freedom
which is the only gua['antee of
a lef,tist movement. We in the
conse~;ati~e movem,ent do not
see the lack of leXl~elrienee in our
m'em;~s tha:t :M,l'. LaJwles:s so
readily visualizes. Instead, we
seeaconeerned, dy,n8Jmic group
of youll'lg people who 'believe in
the future of ,indh'1idual enter­prise
and who loathe ,the
ASPECT o!fthe leftists.
Yours truly,
Cadet J. Frank Frosch
EX0hange Ec1iJtm
The VMI Caidet
The Virgdnia Mi1i'1ary Institute
November 10, 1961 THE STAG Page Three
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At a recent diagnostic exam­ination
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Polytechnic Institute, a Fairfield
University graduate achieved
the highest score.
Marc Jalbert, of the Class of
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In a letter to the University,
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During the month of Novem­ber,
students are asked to re­member
the names of the de­ceased
placed on the altar of
Loyola Chapel. These are the
names of deceased Alumni and
students of the University and
their families.
These names were mailed in
by Alumni in response to let­ters
sent out by Father Fitz­Gerald,
S.J., president of the
lJnievrsity. "We have already
received over 250 replies to this
letter," Rev. George S. Mahan,
S.J., executive assistant to the
president, announces.
The names will remain on the
"Hal' throughout November, the
month of the Souls in Purgatory.
STUDENT DIRECTORIES
ON SALE
Student Directories contain­ing
the name, address and
phone number of all members
of the undergraduate student
body, as well as academic-social
calendar and a listing of dormi­tory
phone numbers, is cur~
rently .on sale for fifty cents in
the Xavier and Canisius Dean
of Men offices. The forty-page
booklet may also be obtained in
Loyola 322.
A series of three lectures by
a noted Catholic scholar will be
held at Yale University in Feb­ruary,
it was announced recent­ly
by Rev. James T. Healy, di­rector
of Catholic activities at
the University.
Rev. John Courtney Murray,
S.J., of Woodstock College, Md.,
will deliver three lectures on
February 12, 19 and 26 in the
law school auditorium. Fr. Mur­ray's
recent best seller "We
Hold These Truths," won him a
TIME magazine cover story.
The new series of lectures is
designed to present Catholic
scholars to Yale, and will be
original contributions to Catho­lic
scholarship in the fields of
theology, philosophy, Scripture
and history.
The series is being co-spon­sored
by the University and
More House.
Rev. Courtney Murray
J~ectures At Yale U.
Novemher Masses
For Deceased
7-Arts Presents
College Sing
Business 'Club Meets;
Selects New Officers
The Fairfield University Bus­iness
CI~b held its initial meet­ing
for 1961-1962 on October
18. At that time the new slate
of officers was introduced and a
tentative schedule was presented
to those in attendance. Com­mittees
and committee chair­men
were also selected. Mr.
Thomas Fitzpatrick and Mr.
Kenneth Kunsch will serve as
faculty advisors for the year.
The Board of Directors con­sists
of Stephen Varholy, Pres­ident;
Stephen Csontos, Vice­President;
Roger Theroux, Trea­urer;
William Bruce, Corre­sponding
Secretary; Theodore
Baldyga, Recording Secretary;
Frederick Leonard, Financial
Chairman.
The committees which were
selected and their respective
heads include: Legislative, John
Yaglenski; Program, Vi nee n t
Iosso and Charles Luciano; Or­ganizational,
Joseph Turecek;
Publicity, Bernard FitzGerald.
A dinner meeting has been
tentatively scheduled. -for Nov.
15. Mr. Jordan of the Business
Department will be guest speak­er.
A "College Sing" featuring
participants from Yale and
Fairfield Universities was pre­sented
Thursday evening, Oc­tober
19, in Gonzaga Auditorium
by the Seven Arts Society.
The participating groups in­cluded
the Campus Minstrels,
the "Do-Decs" of Manhattan­ville
College and Yale's "Bach­elors."
A large audience greeted the
selections enthusiastically. Each
group presented several selec­tions
that have made them
well-known.
James Rhatigan, chairman of
the show, reported that the pro­gram
was devised to give the
students a chance to hear the
groups, all of which have earn­ed
good reputations for their
performances.
The Seven Arts Society, a
student organization devoted to
the encouragement of the vari­ous
art forms on campus, is
planning five shows for the
coming year.
CKS Talent Nite
Planned Nov. 21
On Tuesday evening, Novem­ber
21, the Cardinal Key So­ciety
plans on staging its sec­ond
annual "TALENT NlTE"
in Gonzaga Auditorium.
At present, the CKS is search­ing
the campus for all sorts Qf
talent. musical and otherwise.
Any student or group of stud­ents,
who would like to contri­bute
to the night's entertain­ment,
are urged to notify the
Dean' of Men's office in Xavier
Hall, or contact Ned Coll, '62,
the chairman, in Loyola Hall. A
Key spokesman expressed the
hope that the affair will serve
as a social kick-off to the
Thanksgiving vacation and that
a substantial share of the stud­ent
body will attend.
Prizes will be obtained from
the nominal admission price of
ten cents per man.
A contract was signed this
week which will bring jazz­man
Stan Rubin and His Or­chestra
on January 26 to pro­vide
the music for the Stud­ent
Council's 1962 Winter Car­nival
Prom, it was announced
today by Richard J. Badolato,
general chairman of the social
triduum~
The group, one of the most
sought after in collegiate
circles for its "two-in-one"
combination of orchestra and
Tigertown Five, will be re­turning
for its third appear­ance
at Fairfield, although this
will be its first appearance at
a Fairfield Prom.
The formal, under the co­chairmanship
of Richard Pi­cardi
and Ronald Sullivan,
will be held from 9 p.m.' to
I a.m. in Westport's Long­shore
Country Club. In addi­tion
to the special prom favors
to be given out at the dance,
a 5 x '1 color picture will be
included in the price of the
six dollar ticket.
A pre-prom party will pre­cede
the formal dance in the
Westport club's lounge. Tick­ets
will be $3.00, according to
co-chairmen Dev Doolan and
Jim Rhatigan.
Conservative Club
Applies To YAF
The Conservative Club of
Fairfield University is seeking
admission to the Young Ameri­cans
for Freedom (YAF) move­ment,
according to Michael
Lawrence, '63, a spokesman for
the club.
The Conservation Club, organ­ized
last May, hopes to receive
word from YAF officials in the
near future. Until their accept­ance
is received, the University
group will remain independent.
It has been reported that sev­eral
members of the Conserva­tive
Club resigned, upon hear­ing
that the club would become
affiliated with the YAF.
Fairfield ASN Originates
Student Tutor Association
The Fairfield Chapter of<$'>-------------­Alpha
Sigma Nu is initiating a
Student Tutor Society. The
beneficiaries are sincere, scho­lastically
troubled students who
are not able to pay the cost of
private tutoring. The tutors will
be a selected group of under­graduate
students whose own
academic attainment and desire
to advance general learning
qualifies them for membership.
The Society will assign to the
one wishing to be tutored a
student tutor, who recently took
the course himself. Comprehen­sion,
study habits, and other
factors are checked during tu­toring
sessions.
The purpose of the Student
Tutor Society is to ·provide in­struction
free of charge to those
students who desire to improve
their scholastic standing and to
contribute to the scholarship
and intellectual atmosphere of
Fairfield University.
Those wishing to be tutored
should fill out the application
blank in the Dean of Students
office. Notification will then be
mailed out as to the name and
address of the tutor. The stud­ent
and tutor can then arrange
to meet at their mutual conven­ience.
The tutor will not do the
student's work but rather will
help him to understand the ma­terial
with which he is having
difficulty.
Letters of invitation to join
the Student Tutor Society have
been sent to the top students in
each of the courses of Senior,
Junior and Sophomore years.
Any members of those classes
who were not invited and are
willing to devote part of their
time to the academic improve­ment
of their fellow students,
should fill out the necessary
form in Father Healy's office.
More tutors are needed and
the only qualification needed to
tutor is the attainment of a
grade of "B" or better in the
courses you would like to. tutor.
Further information concern­ing
the Student Tutor SoCiety
can be obtained from Stephen
Carberry, the President of
Alpha Sigma Nu.
POVERTY CAN BE FUN
Page Four November 10, 1961
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SOCIAL STATIONERY AND ENGRAVING
By RICHARD M. LAWLESS
Who and why is Man? Is he the highest species in a long
gradual process of evolution or a final degeneracy in a process
of descent or devolution? Is he and has he been progressing
or descending? The last hundred years of science, considered
the greatest, has mulled and investigated, collected and syn­thesized
and has offered a variety of answers to the ancient
basic questions of identity and purpose. But in the vast major­ity
of these well-founded answers in theory, the question of
God has been conspicuously left unanswered or immediately
dismissed as having no scientifioolly observable principles, and
hence probably non-existent. Where does this leave God, dead,
or impersonal?
The implications of the theories of the material evolution­ists
of the nineteenth-century produced as great, if not a great­er
psychological effect on the people of that period as did the
revolutionary theories of Copernicus in the fifteenth-century.
Coperniqan theory reduced the status of the Earth, and hence
Man, to a small part of a solar-systm. This reversed and dis­missed
the old conception that the Earth was the center of the
universe. Darwinian theory and its resulting co-theories further
reduced thf> s,tatus of Man, and worse, that of God.
The subsequent confused, desperate and often inane re­action
of some Catholic theologians left much to be desired for the
thinking layman. Darwin and his followers seemed to have a
point, a very good point; could the Church condemn outright
something which had too much of a ring of truth to be merely
theologioolly refuted? As the years passed, a need arose to
either refute i,t on its grounds or to admit it. Gradually there
came the admittance and finally the al'ticulate admission of evo­lution,
using it to present a greater picture of Man, perhaps even
surpassing Genesis in its admitttmce of the greatness of Man
under God, not disclaiming it as many anti-evolutionists feared.
This work is "The Phenomenon of Man" by Pierre Teilhard de
Chardin.
Chardin was a brilliant scientist, a Jesuit priest respected
by his fellows. for his outstanding work in geology, paleontology
and anthropology. His works were withheld from publication
during his lifetime by his superiors because of their controver­sial
nature. After his death in 1955 came the first publictltion
of "La Phenomenon Humaine." In 1959, Bernard Wall's ex­cellent
translation was published by Harper's and the English­speaking
world could now see this great work of science and
religion, with its emphasis on the former and its conclusion in
the latter.
Beginning with lifeless matter and tracing the development
of life, Chardin proposes two thresholds which life has crossed,
the first "consciousness" when the basic cell comes into exist­ence
and starts to reproduce and band together for protection,
and the second "reflection" where the life now realizes it has a
choice and wants to discover its direction, investigate itself and
look to a future. The life which crossed the second threshold
was Man.
The basic theory that Chardin uses throughout is that life
progresses with an ascent of consciousness and that the arrival
of Man on the scene produced a new and different division
in the varied species of life, the existence of a life of minds,
or what he calls the "noosphere." With the advent of the
noosphere, this new level of conscious and reflective exist­ence,
Man, running true to evolutionary form, turned inwards,
looking for answers to his basic quesions. So the duality of
the progression outwards and inwards was searching for some­thing;
in nature, a progression usually leads to something and
a struggling progression, such as Man was experiencing, usu­ally
moves towards a good. What was the good that Man, the
highest species was moving towards? In Chlardin's terminology,
the progression is towards an Omega point, an end point to
this search of life. This Omega point is at once the goal and
(oddly enough?) the sllart of life, the Prime Mover Ahead,
God. The extraordinary implication in this theory is that of
creation returning to its Creator. And the most gratifying (to
the modern mind) aspect is that this conclusion was through
a logical synthesis of scientific observation, and not through
theological analysis.
Aside from the religious ramifications of his work, Chardin
has stirred much notable comment from his secular counter­parts.
In his introduction to the English edition, Sir Julian
Huxley said, "He has forced theologians to view their ideas
in the new perspective of evolution and scientists to see the
spiritual implications of their knowledge."
This is an intellectually stimulating and spiritually re­warding
book. Because of the universally broad scope of the
theme, much of the book is only skeletal; nevertheless, the
reader is compelled to feel not only his place in the chain of
creation, but also his essential dignity.
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre, "The Phenomenon of Man:'
Harper, Five Dollars (Available in the University library)
Sr. Parents Weekend
Planned By C.K.S.
The president of the Cardinal
Key Society, Louis Ockey, '62,
has announced the selection of
Stephen Carberry, '62, as chair­man
of the Senior Parents
Weekend. Mr. Carberry worked
on last year's Parents Weekend
and he "plans to make this one
even more extensive."
According to the chairman,
this year's Senior Parents Week­end
will be held on May 5 and 6
and will include a cocktail
party, Drama Society presenta­tion,
Communion Breakfast and
Glee Club Concert. Accommoda­tions
for the parents will be
made available for the weekend
at reduced rates at neighboring
motels.
• Informal welcoming dance to start
the fun.
• College Day at the Beach ... the
biggest beach party of the year.
• All-day cruise to historic E'!t.
George. L\!llcheon, Calypso mUSIC,
Gombey Dancers.
.• Round Robin Tennis Tournament.
• College Week Golf Competition.
• College Talent Revue.
• Fun Festival with jazz concerts,
choral groups, dance contests.
• Barbecue Luncheon.
• Sightseeing.
• Special Golf and Tennis Trophies.
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Pre-Meds Score
Highest In Tests
THE STAG
Fairfield University, in a test
given to pre-medical students
last year, gained the highest
score. This test was given to ap­proximately
twenty-five colleges
and universities throughout the
United States.
This test was composed by the
University of California for the
Army Service Institute. The
purpose of the test was to sam­ple
the abilities of the pre­medical
students throughout the
country.
CEEB Requirements
Jump Thirty Points
This year, the required score
on the College Board Exams,
for admission to Fairfield was
raised approximately thirty
points, an administration spokes­man
announced today. Fol­lowing
a tradition at the Uni­versity,
the quality of entering
students has been raised each
year.
Though Fairfield, along with
other Eastern schools, admitted
less students this year, the
quality of admitted student has
been raised. The present Fresh­man
class of 310 men, of whom
over two-thirds were in the top
half of their graduating class.
The University received 3,111
requests for applications for ad­missions,
with 1,267 processed.
A total of 310 freshmen regis­tered.
with
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* * *
(Author of "I Was a Teen-age Dwarf", "The Many
Loves of Dobie Gillis", etc.)
The makers of filter-tip Marlboro, who bring you this col­umn,
are also the makers of non-filter king-size Philip
Morris Commanders, who also bring you this column. Have
a Commander. Welcome aboard!
Then one day came a phone call from an intelligent sopho­more
named Tom O'Shanter at a nearby men's college. "Blos­som,"
said Tom, "I want you to come down next week for the
barley festival, and I won't take no for an answer."
"No," said Blossom.
"Foolish girl," said Tom gently. "I know why you refuse
me. It is because you are poor, isn't it?"
"Yes," said Blossom.
"I will send you a railroad ticket," said Tom. "Also a hard­boiled
egg in case you get hungry on the train."
"But I have nothing to wear," said Blossom.
Tom replied, "I will send you one suit of cashmere, two gowns
of lace, three slacks of velvet, four shoes of calf, five socks of
nylon, and a partridge in a pear tree."
"That is most kind," said Blossom, "but I fear I cannot
dance and enjoy myself while back home my poor lame brother
Tiny Tim lies abed."
"Send him to Mayo Brothers and put it on my tab," said Tom.
"You are terribly decent," said Blossom, "but I cannot
come to your party because all the other girls at the party
will be from rich, distinguished families, and my father is but
a humble woodcutter."
"I will buy him Yosemite," said Tom.
"You have a great heart," said Blossom. "Hold the phone
while I ask our wise and kindly old Dean of Women whether it
is proper for me to accept all these gifts."
She went forthwith and asked the Dean of Women, and the
Dean of Women laid her wise and kindly old hand on Blossom's
cheek and said, "Child, let not false pride rob you of happiness.
Accept these gifts from Tom."
"Oh, bless you, Wise and Kindly," breathed Blossom,
dropping grateful tears into the Dean's reticule. "I must run
and tell Tom."
"Yes, run, child," said the Dean, a smile wrinkling her wise
and kindly old eyes. "And ask him has he got an older brother."
© 1961 Max ShulmsJl
It is no disgrace to bE' poor. It is an error, but it is no disgrace.
So if your purse is empty, do not skulk and brood and hide
your head in shame. Stand tall. Admit your poverty. Admit it
freely and frankly and all kinds of good things will happen to
you. Take, for instance, the case of Blossom Sigafoos.
Blossom, an impecunious freshman at an Eastern girls'
college, was smart as a whip and round as a dumpling, and
scarcely a day went by when she didn't get invited to a party
weekend at one of the nearby men's schools. But Blossom never
accepted. She did not have the rail fare; she did not have the
clothes. Weekend after weekend, while her classmates went
frolicking, Blossom sat alone, saved from utter despair only
by her pack of Marlhoros, for even an exchequer as slim as
Blossom's can afford the joys of Marlboro-joys far beyond
their paltry price: rich, mellow tobaccos, lovingly cured and
carefully packed, and an exclusive selectrate filter. Croesus
himself could not buy a better cigarette!
However, Marlboro's most passionate admirers-among
whose number I am paid to count myself-would not claim that
Marlboro can entirely replace love and romance, and Blossom
grew steadily moroser.
November 10, 1961 THE STAG Page Five
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3tudents is reported by Fairfield
University for the 1961-62 aca­demic
year, marking an increase
of 9 per cent over registration
figures last year, according to
an article in the Nov. "Fairfield
U. Alumnus." ,Included in the
total are 683 graduate students
in the Dept. of Education.
University students represent
22 states, the District of Colum­bia,
Puerto Rico, Cuba, British
West Indies, Virgin Islands,
Canada and Japan.
A total registration of 727
summer students also set a new
record this year, according to
University officials.
With nine laymen and three
Jesuits appointed to the faculty
of the College of Arts and Sci­ences
this year, the number of
faculty members increased to
79. The increase in laymen
brings to 41 the number now
on the undergraduate faculty.
The Grad Department of Edu­cation
now lists 97 faculty
members, including 56 laymen.
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PROFESSOR PETRY
•••• always
In a talk which he stressed
was not partisan but a look at
the facts, Mr. Petry said,
"America can solve its prob­lems,
but it will require effort
and hard work."
"Everywhere people are look­ing
about for simple solutions.
If something goes wrong, they
immediately blame it on big
business or say that the Com­munists
are at fault."
He pointed out the absurd
opposites that exist in our so-
Petry Lectures
On Liberalism
ciety. "We must cut taxes, but
increase our defense efforts.
We must stop all forms of for­eign
aid, but we must retain our
role as leader in the free world."
He felt that the American
tradition of liberalism must be
made applicable to the present
situation in the U.S. Presidents
and other political leaders of
the past who applied the aspects
of liberalism to their times were
villified as "wreckers of the
American way of life." "This is
absurd when these terms are
used to describe such men as
Jefferson, J a c k son, Lincoln, ~
Theodore Roosevelt, Wilson and " .
Franklin D. Roosevelt." . '.
"If the tenets of liberalism as . .' "
applied to our way of life is .':"~~::J':
dying, then our country is ~
headed for ruin. Our nation was 1--------------
The United States cannot turn Iconceived in liberalism."
its back on the world and re-treat
into a shell of imagin~ry
security, a member of the Uni­versity
History department said
in a prepared talk to an over­flow
audience of students and
faculty members at a meeting
of the Young Democratic Club
recently.
Mr. Walter Petry character­'
zed the times in which we live
as a "crazy century." "The 20th
century is one of instability and
'nsecurity," he said.
"We can no longer be isola­tionists.
We are stuck in the role
of a world leader. American is
at a stage when it must come
of age."
Summer Employment
Is Available In Europe
Summer jobs in Europe are
now avaHable to a,lmost every
American college student. The
Ameri'can Student I,rufQlI'mation
Service, known as ASIS, has
more than 3,000 summer jobs in
their files ,aWlaitil1ig appLicants.
In the ;past four Y'ears ASIS has
'succe~sfully placed ,thousands of
American college students in
varied summer jobs thI1Oughout
11 Eur01pean Countr1es. Jobs are
mostly unl>killed and many do
not requilI'e a knowledge of a
fore1gn l'a:nguage. M 0 nth I y
we'ges 'ran'ge Nom 1I'0om and
board in Spa,in to $150 for the
highest paid pos,i:tiol1JSi:n West
Gennany.
This 'co·ming summ'er thou­sands
of EUJropean, ,em'ploY'ers
will provide summer employ­ment
ror Amer.ican 'oollege stu­dents,
in 'OII'der to make it pos­sible
for young Americans on a
lJimited budget not onJy to see
EUJrope, but ,alIso to "live it."
Jobs include :fiactory work,
resolit work, construction worrk,
farm wo,rk, hospital 'Wo'rk, ohild
care, camp counselling positions,
and many 'othier,s. Students will
receive ,the ,same Walge,s alS the
EuropeanJs wi'th whom the,y are
working.
In addition to an opportunity
to perrona,lly ,get to know "the
man behind the 'oounter" im
EUJrope, a summer job in Europe
can defray the ,Clost of the trip
by 'as much as 50%.
The ASIS recently announced
that it has la.UJncood an expan­sion
prO'gram desi,gned to IJJII'0­vide
better ol'ganiz'altion IHnd
servic:e by ,its Pl,fljceme'l1Jt De­partment.
A nJew, lJalrge, 'al1id
oentrally ,located offke has ,been
opened on LuX!embou['g's busi­est
sweet, the Avenue de la
LiJberte. It was also announced
that the ,ASIS P:loacement staff
has 'belen doubled ,and pla'ced
under new m1anagement.
~or LUiI'ther jlnd'ormation and
complete details, write to ASIS,
22 Avenue de la Liberte, Lux­emboUJrg.
A recent report disclosed that
the University gym was built
upside down.
The "Lucky-Pacs" of Peter
Connolly, '62, and John Scan­lon,
'63, were chosen last Fri­day
as first and second prize
winners, respectively, in the
first Philip Morris Contest, ac­cording
to Michael T. Kiernan,
PM campus representative.
A portable phono-radio unit
and a transistor radio were
awarded as prizes to the two
men whose cigarette packs were
among the over 5,000 Marlboro,
Philip Morris, Parliament and
Alpine packs submitted for the
drawing.
Mrs. Catherine Olson, secre­tary
to the Rev. Joseph Mc­Cormick,
S.J., Dean of Men,
drew the winning packs in
ceremonies held in Loyola TV
Lounge last week. Mr. Kiernan
and PM district supervisor Rich­ard
Levy represented the ciga­rette
cornpany at the drawing.
Mr. Kiernan announced that
a similar drawing would be
held in the TV Lounge on Dec.
6. Three transistor radios will
be awarded at that time.
(Cont'd on Page 6, Col. 1)
Lucki-Pacs Chosen
Contest Next Mon
Men's Shop - Main Floor
he committed suicide soon after.
Previous to his interrogation by
HUAC, he was investigated by
the FBI and completely cleared
of being a risk to "security."
Uses Illegal Methods
The Committee uses illegal
methods to "convict". Through
"guilt by association", 110 Cali­fornia
teachers were subpoenaed.
The public was info-rmed before
the hearing (scheduled for June,
1959), and hysteria editorials in
the third-rate newspapers smear­ed
the teachers thoroughly. Be­fore
their students, friends, fel­low
teachers, and general pub­lic,
the 110 teachers were stig­matized
- without a shred of
supporting evidence. And yet,
HUAC claimed to have moun­tains
of evidence. On June 11,
the day before the scheduled
kangaroo court, Chairman Wal­ter
stated that more time was
needed to collect evidence, and
postponed the hearing for Sep­tember
1. Then, on August 13, a
second postponement was ord­ered.
The following day, the im­patient
and irritated San Fran­cisco
populace expressed its
growing displeasure with the
tactics of HUAC in vehement
newspaper letters and editorials.
The Chronicle pointed out that
"anyone who has ever been in its
(HUAC) spotlight is more than
likely to bear its mark the rest
of his life. On August 18, the
American Federation o-f Teach­ers
likewise censured HUAC.
Finally, and still without proper
legal evidence, the Committee
threw in the sponge.
Evidence Called Worthless
The State Attorney General,
upon examining the HUAC evi­dence
later, called it "worth­less".
Despite this, 110 teachers
might have lost their jobs and
the California schools would
have been the ones who suffered.
This is not an isolated incident;
it is the normal HUAC pattern.
The Committee consciously
tries to influence elections. The
announcement of plans to call
a union leader before the Com­mittee
came on the eve of a hot­ly
contested collective-bargain­ing
election. Chairman Walter
admitted that his purpose was
to put the union o-ut of business.
The advance notice that the un­ion
leader would be subpoenaed
had its effect, however. The un­ion
attacked by smear lost the
election.
The job of HUAC is constitu­tionally
one for the Judiciary
Committee. It costs the taxpay­ers
huge sums each year. Never
let it be doubted that this Com­mittee
has broken more records
than Babe Ruth. It has spent the
most money, called the most wit­nesses,
published the most pages,
visited the most places, ruined
more lives, and is responsible for
the least legislation of any com­mittee
in Congress.
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HORIZONS
November 10, 1961
By TOM TIERNEY
"The House Un-American Ac­tivities
Committee is the most
un-American thing in America,"
said Harry Truman. Franklin
Delano Roosevelt said previous­ly,
"It (HUAC) is sordid, flag­rantly
unfair-and un-American."
In the recent campaign, Presi­dent
Kennedy stated, "The legis­lative
investigations . . . have
too frequently been used by the
Nation and the State as a means
for effecting the disgrace of pri­vate
persons."
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(Cont'd from Page 2, Col. 5)
AMERICA EDITOR TO SPEAK
Rev. John LaFarge, S.J.,
founder of the Catholic inter­racial
movement and associate
editor of "America," will speak
in Stamford, Conn., on Wed­nesday
evening, November 15.
whereby someone could, for a
very small amount, protect both
his life savings and his individ­uality.
Come now, let's be hon­est,
yourself!
If the "materialism" that Mr.
Sangiovanni charges of the
Roosevelt administration is giv­ing
bread and a job to those in
need, if caring about others is
wrong (as opposed to ignorance
of conservatism), if the non­strictness
of liberalism allowing
a healthy dialogue is wrong,
then and only then will I help
to topple the tower of liberal­ism.
If these things are right,
well ...
ELECTION
(Cont'd from Page L Col. 1) The leading independent dail-reSI'des
'on campus aIong WI'th Iies,. free of . the dicta.ted editohri.al
T B b -B t h f Sh t polIcy WhICh dommates c am
~easurer 0 a COOl' publications, have come out
HIlls, New ~ersey. Bo? graduat- against the HUAC and have ad­ed
from MIllburn Hlg? where vocated its abolition. These pa­he
was Student CouncIl Treas- pel's: The New York Times, The
urer and played baseball and Washington Post, The San Fran­basketball.
cisco Chronicle, The New York
Vice President Bill Hegarty, Post, and The St. Louis Post­an
alumnus of St. John's Prep, Dispatch.
lives in West Hempstead, N.Y., Congressman Scherer of Ohio,
and is a member of this year's 'a member of the John Birch
Frosh basketball team. Besides Soc i e t y and HUAC, con­basketball,
Bill played baseball siders Operation Abolition a Red
and was a member of the swim- drive that includes not only
ming team while in prep "hard core" commies but also
school. He was president of his all its supporters. Ergo, all sup­class
for four years and vice- porters of Operation Abolition
president of the student council are either commies or commie
in his senior year. Bill was also dupes. This must necessarily in­a
three year member of the St. clude the three presidents men-
Thomas More Honor Society. tioned abo-ve.
Secretary Mike Grffin, of CommiUee Wastes Money
Levittown, N.Y., attended Cha- The Committee wastes huge
minade High in Mineola, N.Y., sums of money. In 1945 HUAC
and was sports editor of the expenses were $50,000. At that
yearbook. He played baseball time there were 64,000 known
and was a cheerleader. communists in America. During
1959-60, there were fewer than
10,000 known communist mem­bers;
expenses for that period
was $624,000. An expensive way
of providing communists with a
platform for propaganda, propa­ganda
tied in with attacks on
an admittedely un-democratic
committee, a committee with an
outrageous disregard fo-r basic
civil liberties.
The Red scare is the best vote­getter
of all. Committee mem­ber
after Committee member (as
seen in the recent film, "Oper­ation
Abolition") got up to add
his own insults and irrational
attacks on the students of San
Francisco, thus assuring his fa­vorable
position in upco-ming
electio-ns among the less perceiv­ing
portions of the population.
The Committee unjustly ruins
Sincerely, reputations and causes personal
Richard M. Lawless frustration. Dr. William Sher­wood
of Stanford, a research
scientist doing important work
in cancer, and recognized by
many as close to a "break­thro-
ugh" in the curing of that
disease, was so antagonized and
frustrated by unfounded Com­mittee
accusations in 1957, that
mean the end of off-campus
boarding. At the present there
are three hundred and forty
students living off-campus. The
new dormitory will accommo­date
only two hundred and
seven students.
The new building is to be
Z-shaped with three floors of
student rooms. The first floor
will contain a conference room,
TV room, Recreation room, book
store, laundrette, mail boxes
and administrative offices.
The present chapel and dining
hall will continue to serve all
the students.
1916 POST'ROAD
(Next to Rudy's)
DOR'M
(Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 5)
FU SCIENTISTS AT DUKE
Two Fairfield University fac­ul!
j;y members attended a week­end
symposium on education
for medical practice and science
at Duke University last month.
RepresenUngFainfi,e}d U at
the event sponsolled by the
Duk,eMedical Center welle Dr.
DOllJa,ld J. Ross, ,chailI1man of the
department of biology, and Dr.
John E. Klimas, Jr.
knowledgeable and responsive!
audience will enliven the dis­cussion.
Programs of entertainment
and information include, in
December, a performance of
Vivaldi's "Gloria,"by the United
Congregational C h u r c h of
Bridgeport. Sen i 0 r Samuel
Groom will read from the New
Testament, and "Christmas in
Art" will be discussed. In 1962,
the film "Oedipus Rex" will be
shown, accompanied by a com­mentary
on the Greek Theater.
A chronological concert of the
evolving modes of d'ance style,
the "History of the Dance,"
will be presented by Miss Eliza­beth
Farrel of New York City.
The Musical Arts String Quartet
will perform, with an introduc­tion
to music of the Baroque
period. Twelve-year-old piano
virtuoso, Richard Oppenheim,
will make his public debut in a
concert of Be~thoven, Chopin,
Mozart, and Debussy. Other
projects, two of which concern
architecture and the craft of
poetry, are in the incipient
stages.
Prose &: Poetry Contest
The "Comitatus Literati," a
prose and poetry contest spon­sored
by the Arts Forum, will
be a prominent activity of the
ye·ar. There are four divisions:
1) the play, which may be of
any length; 2) poetry; 3) the
short story; and 4) the editorial­thesis,
a work on any topic,
whose purpose is exposition,
criticism. or concentration of an
original conclusion of thought,
or an original approach to
theme. The paper may also be a
clinical study. It should be no
lE:ss than 1.000 words. The win­ning
pieces in each division
w ill be awarded a ten dollar
prize, and promise of publica­tion
in the nationally circulated
"New Frontiers," the University
literary magazine. Winning
plays will be presented by the
Dramatics Society. Will i a m
Ndini, president of the Arts
Forum, said that definite details
concerning the contest will be
published and advertised this
month. The contest will be open
to both the public and students
of Fairfield University.
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"KNOWING LOOK"
YOlT CAN COUNT
READ'S UNIVERSITY
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CONTEST
(Coni'd from Page 5, Col. 1)
Mr. Connolly, a candidate for
a Bach€:lor of Business Admin­istration
degree in Industrial
Management, is vice president
of the S.A.M. chapter on
campus.
Mr. Scanlon, who was a class
officer in his freshman year, as
well as a member of the frosh
"Red Stag" basketball squad, is
majoring in English toward a
Bachelor of Social Science de­gree.
1225 Post Road
(Opp. Post Office)
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LUKACS
(Cont'd from Page L Col. 1)
artists." He pointed out that the
organizational work rested main­ly
with the students, but that
he would be glad to ask fellow­artists
for contributions.
ASN
(Cont'd from Page L Col. 3)
After launching its program
with last month's talks on the
actor's approach to Shakespeare
by Hiram Sherman and Patrick
Hines, members of the acting
company of the American
.Shakespeare Festival in Strat-ford,
the Arts Forum of Alpha
Sigma Nu has scheduled events
of varied artistic endeavor for
the remainder of the year. The
Forum seeks to develop an un­derstanding
and appreciation of
all the arts through its presen­tation
of lectures and seminars.
Art Exhibit
A revolving art exhibit is
now in negotiation, which
would put on display each
month the works of looal ama­teur
and professional artists, as
well as artwork by the students
and faculty of the University.
The school library would serve
as a temporary gallery.
A gr!'lat books club is being
established for the students and
patrons of Fairfield University.
Monthly, a faculty member
will informally treat of a topic
and two or more books related
to it. Books under discussion
will be announced well before
the meeting" date, so that a
November 10, 1961 THE STAG Page Seven
THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANIES
SALUTE: BILL PIGOT
Now Playing In New York
Six years ago Bill Pigot graduated from college with an
engineering degree. Today he is responsible for the
performance of 12 microwave relay stations, numerous
communications cables, and other equipment. He also
supervises the work of some sixty transmission specialists.
Prof. DonnarUlnma
Keynotes CYO Rally
A FaiI1field Univ,effility pro­fessor
deliver,ed the keynote ad­dress
of the .AJrohdiocese of
Haa-t:flolI1d's 11th annua,l obse:rv­ance
of Catho'lk YOUith Week
Novem1ber 5, in the Bushnell
Memorial auditorium.
Oarm~ne F. Dorunl8Jr.um·ma, as­soci'ate
,professor of hiStory and
govemment ·aJt Fairfie1d U, ad­dressed
the CYO rully with rthe
Rt. Rev. Monsignor JlQseph iR.
Lacy, chancelloT of tihe arch­diocese,
presidi'ng. Approxi:rm3.:te­ly
3,500 CYO members par.tici­pated.
Professor Donnarumma, a res­ident
of Waterbury, and one
,of the iS,tate',s most ipopular ilec­turers,
led Waterbury's CYO
ftroup.
BELL TELEPHONE COMPANIES
Bill Pigot of Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company,
and the other young engineers like him in Bell Telephone
Companies throughout the country, help bring the finest
communications service in the world to the homes and
businesses of a growing America.
[Tniversity Holds
Science Seminars
,F1airfield Uni·versi1y wiU be
<host to a ser.iJes 'of six science
seminaTs conduoted by the
Weste.rn Conneobout section of
the Amleri,call1. Chtemiaall SoC'iety
for area hi,gh school students.
The series ibeg<arn Sa1urday
morning, Oct. 28, in room 19 of
Xillivier Hall. Programs llIre
soheduled f'or Nov. 4, 11, 18,
Dec. 9, a!I1d 16.
FeatUired at the sleminoaIT's will
be ,ex.peI1ts who will jja!ffiiliartize
the students with current trends
in science, with emphasis on
ohemistry. The semes is palTt of
the ,chemistry giI10UP'ts pro'gram
of pTomoting ,interes't in the
sdences among high school
Support STAG advertisers! students.
is The Threepenny Opera, still
in its marathon run at The
Theatre de Lys, 121 Christopher
St. (WA 4-8782).
An interesting evening can be
had at The Dramatic Workshop
in the Studio Theatre, Capitol
Theatre Building, B'wy & 51st
(JU 6-4800), where one-act plays
by Shaw, Pirandello, Williams,
Materlinck, and Kafka are pre­sented
free.
Many of these plays will be
sold out for the coming week­ends.
It is strongly suggested
that you write or phone well in
advance to travelling into New
York.
Jean Genet's The Balcony, is
at The Circle in the Square, 159
Bleeker St. (GR 3-4590).
Another of his works, The
Blacks, a witty, subtle study of
racial prejudice, is at The 51.
Mark's Playhouse, 133 Second
Av. (OR 4-3530). The Fantasticks
is at The Sullivan Street, 181
Sullivan St. (OR 4-3838).
An excellent revival of the Ib­sen
drama, Ghosts, with' Leveen
McGrath, is at The Fourth Street
Theatre, 83 E. 4th 51. (AL
4-7954). (This same company is
doing a series of Ibsen revivals).
Another revival is GBS's Misail­Hance,
at The Sheridan Square
Playhouse, 99 51. Ave. (CH
2-9609). Not to be overlooked
By DALE McNULTY
Broadway is now well into its
new season, and the problems
encountered by the pilgrimage
of new material to New York
are growing. An idea of one of
the major problems, that of lack
of theatre space, may be had
by glancing at the following list
of holdovers from last season.
Camelot is at The Majestic on
W. 44th St. (CI 6-0730). Carnival,
with Anna Maria Alberghetti
and Jerry Orbach, is at The Im­perial
on 45th St. (CI 5-2412).
Irma La Douce. with Elizabeth
Seal, is at The Plymouth, 45th
St. (CI 6-9156). Mary. Mary. the
witty essay on marriage foibles,
is at The Helen Hayes on 46th
51. (CI 6-6380), with Barbara
Bel Geddes. Michael Allison and
Margot Moser have the leading
roles in the renowned My Fair
Lady, playing at The Mark Hel­linger
on 51st St. (PL 7-7064).
The musical about the Trapp
Family Singers, with Martha
Wright and Donald Scott, The
Sound of Music, is at The Lunt­Fontanne
on 46th St. (JU 6-5555)
Tammy Grimes portrays The
Unsinkable Molly Brown at The
Winter Garden on 51st St. (CI
5-4878).
New On Broadway
There are a host of new and·
interesting offerings. Some open,
take one or two breaths, and die
the hard death inflicted by the
uncompromising New Yo r k
critics (but not before some of
the public has had a chance to
test them).
Among those that seem to
have endured, with varying de­grees
of success, are the follow­ing:
The Caretaker, a tedious Lon­don
comedy, saved only by the
abilities of Donald Pleasance,
Robert Shaw and Alan Bates,
is at The Lyceum on 45th 51.
(JU 2-3897).
Come Blow Your Horn is a
warm, modest comedy at The
Brooks Atkinson on 47th (CI
5-1310).
The French mime, Yves Mon­tand,
maintains his excellent
reputation and furthers the long
tradition of pantomime in his
one-man show, An Evening with
Yves Montand. at The Golden on
45th St. (CI 6-6740).
From Chicago comes a witty
review, From the Second City,
at The Royale Theatre on 45th
51. (CI 5-5760).
How to Succeed in Business
Without Really Trying is a rous­ing
success at The 46th Street
Theatre (CI 6-4271). Kwamina is
the new and vibrant Afro-Musi­cal
starring Sally Ann Howes at
The 54th Street Theatre (JU
6-3787).
The Israeli flavor of Milk and
Honey. at The Martin Beck on
45th (CI 6-6363), seems to have
caught on rather well. Southern
prejudices are the topic of Purlie
Victorious at The Cort on 48th
(CI 5-4289).
Noel Coward's gay, light musi­cal
with the rare 20's spirit, Sail
Away. stars Elaine Stritch at
The Broadhurst on 44th St. (CI
6-6699). Julie Harris stars in the
French farce, A Shot in the
Dark, ,at The Booth on 45th St.
(CI 6-5969).
Off-Broadway Offerings
Certainly not to be overlooked
are the fertile Off-Broadway
offerings; two by Edward Albee,
The American Dream and The
Death of Bessie Smith, are at
The Cherry Lane, 38 Commerce
51. (CH 2-3951).
Page Eight THE STAG November lOT 1961
"Spanky" CQlye explaining the fundamentals of football to his
over-awed high school sweetheart.
With the Int'ramu['al season now 'in full swing th'e
STAG sports editoJ; decided to drop by ,the spmwling
Fa'irfield UniveT1si;ty football fields alnd talk w!i1h orne
of 1961's top prospects. IIl!terviewed WaJS J. Barry
Coyle, a senior on~campus student from 1ilj;tle-known
St. Mary's High School in P.leasantville, New Ymk.
"Ba1rry, for th["ee yea'rs, you have proven yourself
the outs'tanding 'intmmuml performer here a't Fa,irfield.
But this i's Ithe year that counts, your final one as a Fair­field
intramural competitor. You aren't worlri>ed about
the so-called 'se:ni'or slump,' are you?"
"Quite fmnkly, Rod, I jus1 can't imagine any
change in my high tcalibre of pl'ay. Ws true that I did
drop below 220 pounds at one {lime during .the 1960
season; but that's in the past, and I made up for it with
my flawless pass-oa'kh:ing and great clutch int'er.cep­t'ions.
1'0 say thaJt 1 would 'slump' ,is simply out of the
question."
cc'Ba,y,ry, the spectat'oTis we'l:'e qui,te impressed watch­ing
'that broken field 'running of yours along 1he side­hnes.
It looks Eke you've already worked yourself
into 'top physical condi:tion."
"Yes, I have; but you f'a.'il'ed ,to mention thai I've
also cut down my dga'rette 'and beer consumpNon ­only
'one pack, and two quaTits a night. I'll flad, I'm ex­pecting
a greaJt year myself. It's only 'a malM'elT of 1ime
un1il I stalflt hitting that line with myoId explosive
pOWeT."
"You'·re a leader in the post-game festivi,ties, Barry,
having proven yourself just as Itough at rt:he bar as on
the field. W'e want Ito know how you do it. Doesn't
the rugged 'int'ramural competi.-tion interfere with your
social life?"
"Tirue, true, this does pose 'Somewhat of 'a prob­lem.
Our coach, Mr. J'ames P. O'Connor, has imposed
some stringent Itraining rules 'on our squad. For in­stance,
if we 'are caught in a bar, we have Ito buy for
brim, ,and that's a lot of beer, my fr,iend. But overaH,
I'd 'Say the 'C'nly real conflict ills wri.th my academic life
it's slumping 'right now (Editor's Note: "As
always")."
"Barry, this is ,really greaJt SpiTlilt the ball club is
showing out there today. I'm surre the £aim would like
to know whaJrt:'s filred up this t'eam."
"Rod, it's Coa'Oh O'Connor. He has what ~s called
the 'Incentive Plan,' fOT every l1;louchdown we score,
i,t's :flree beer f.or us; but if the opponents score, we do
the buying. I guess you can .see why we were so
happy 'after winning our fil1St game, 99-0."
Lou Saccone, coach of the
Notre Dame of Bridgeport High
School football team has been
named assistant coach at Fair­field
UniversitY,it was announc­d
today.
Saccone succeeds Emil Garo­falo,
who resigned because of
increasing business resopnsibili­ties.
Garofalo, a graduate of
Fairfield Prep and the Univer­sity
of Notre Dame, compiled a
great record by directing fresh­man
teams to 66 wins in 89
starts during his five seasons at
Fairfield U.
An outstanding athlete at
Bridgeport's C e n t l' a 1 High
School, the University of Wis­consin,
and the University of
Bridgeport, Saccone will serve
as assistant to coach George
Bisacca and will guide the Uni­versity's
frosh.
While at the University of
Bridgeport he was awarded 15
letters for athletic competition
and was known as "the Iron
Horse." He won all-state honors
five times in Connecticut as a
high school and college football
player. As a court star, Saccone
poured in 1542 points during his
collegiate career, tops in the
history of UB.
This year he has coached the
Notre Dame High School foot­ball
team to one of the top posi­tions
in the state.
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SNOW PLOWING - TOWING -. TUNE-UP SERVICE
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CORNER OF NORTH BENSON & POST ROAD
December
4-Mon. St. Peter·s-home.
6---Wed. So. Conn. State-away,
l.l-Mon, Y Sportsmen. Bpt.-home.
14-Thu. Boston College - away.
16-Sat. Adelphi-away.
January
3-Wed. St. Francis-home.
6---Sat. Amer. International-away.
IQ--Wed. Fordham-away.
13-Sat. U of Bridgeport-away.
17-Wed. Seton Hall - away.
February
6---Tue. Long Island U - home.
9-Fri. C.C.N.Y. - home.
12-Mon. Iona - home.
15-Thu. Hunter - home.
17-Sat. Assumption - home.
19-Mon. Brooklyn - away.
22-Thu. Fairleigh Dickinson-home.
24--Sat. U of Bridgeport - home.
26---Mon. Providence - away.
28-Wed, Rider - away.
March
3-Sat. Dixwell Community House­home.
Junior Donny Cook snags a pass from Junior Wayne Baldino
to the amazement of defender, Senior Brian Aherne.
CORTIGIANO'S
FRESHMAN BASKETBALL
SCHEDULE - 1961-62
The Fairfield Frosh cross
country squad this year has ex­perienced
some tough sledding
thus far. Lack of experience and
candidates has hampered the
team up to now. They have had
two meets with Queens and
Hunter, and with Iona College,
and they came out on the short
end both times.
The Fvosh harriers include:
Ray McDermott, Quentin Gree­ley,
Ed Fialek, Dick Kappen­berg,
Charlie Ziegler, Fred Saal­wachter
and Dermod Norton.
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Tickets For Baskethall
Available To Alumni
Season basketball tickets are
available for Fairfield U. alumni
for the 1961-62 season. In the
past some alumni have been
unable to purchase tickets for
certain individual games be­cause
of the heavy demand. The
season ticket plan remedies this,
since all who have these passes
are guaranteed admission.
During the entire year the
Stags, de fen din g Tri-State
League champs, will play 11
home contests. The price of the
,ticket is $12.50. a saving of
approximat~ly $4.00, over the
door price.
In the event the team gains
berth in a post-season tourna­ment
those with season passes
will have the first opportunity
to obtain tickets.
Prices of future season ticket
plans will be based on the
teams played, since the greater
the stature of the opposition
the greater guarantee which
they demand.
Checks should be made pay­able
to the athletic association
and directed to the alumni
office in Canisii.ls Hall. Tickets
will be mailed by Father Ma­han's
office.
With the basketball season
rapidly approaching, this year's
frosh candidates are gradually
being molded into a team by the
new frosh coach, Lou Saccone.
The team features only three
men taller than six feet, and an
average weight of 160 pounds.
Their schedule includes twenty­one
games: 11 at home, and ten
away.
The roster includes:
John Behringer, 5'6", from
Holy Cross H.S., Flushing.
Bernard Casey, 6'2", Spauld­ing
H.S., N.H.
Richard Delio, 6', De Paul H.S.
Jehn Gugle, 6'1", St. Charles
H.S., Ohio.
Andrew Meagher, 5'11", st.
John's Prep, Worcester.
William Hegarty, 5'10", St.
Johns Prep, Brooklyn.
Joel Pascale, 6', Loyola H.S.,
NYC.
Daniel Patrissy, 5'9", Xaverian
H S., NYC.
William Schuck, 6', Chamin­ade
H.S.. L.I.
Robert Sullivan, 5'9", St.
Mary's, H.S., L.I.
Kenneth Waters, 5'11", Don
Bosco H.S., N.J.
Gre"!ory Wilinski, 6'4", Fort
Hamilton H.S., N.Y.
Saccone Named New Frosh Coach
As Emil Garofalo Resigns Position
Freshman TealTI ~ ~Forlner DB Star
Hard At Work Frosh X-Country Team Also Local Coach
Ey :;:;'OD DOWLING Falters In Two Meets
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Cavanaugh Clinches Title With
6-0 Win Over Duplessie
W
Cavanaugh 5
Greller 3
Casper 2
Duplessie 1
Nelson 2
Kelly 1
Hurley 0
Costello 0
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4)1
4;
Several key injuries have con­tributed
to the present stand­ings.
Roy Nelson received a
shoulder injury when he made a
last minute tackle to prevent a
touchdown. Pete Macy incurred
a knee injury in a game last
week, and will be out for the re­mainder
of the season. Guy Ca­puto,
a GrelleI' lineman, was lost
for the season as the result of
a car accident.
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As Season Nears End
Junior Paul Simko reverses his field in hopes of getting a block from Senior Brian Aherne to
thwart onrushing Senior, Paul McAneny. He didn't get the block as McAneny stopped Simko in
his tracks.
With the intramural season
drawing to a close, Pete Cava­naugh's
eleven has emerged as
the number one team. Paced by
QB Ken Waters, a spirited line
and end Jack Ploehn, the squad
has humbled all opposition. The
team has only two remaining
games; against Casper and Du­plessie.
They have yielded only
one TD thus far, and appear
came the hosts and the individu­al
winner was Jaime Oritiz of
Hunter, who completed the 4.2
mile course in 23:12. He was
closely followed by Peter Garry
who trailed by 30 yards and
finished in 23.20. Fairfield's
other finishers were the same
group as in the previous race.
Wednesday, October 25, was
the occasion for the Stags' third
meet of the year, and Iona Col­lege
provided the opposition.
The one-two finish of Barry and
Garry of Fairfield was offset by
a team loss by the tight margin
of 27-29. Jim Daly's return
helped this team performance.
The only win for the cross
country team thus far came as
a result of a default by the Uni­versity
of Hartford, whose small
squad was depleted by injuries
and forced to drop the rest of
their schedule.
The team completed its dual
meet schedule this past week
and the remaining meet is the
Oollegiate Track Conference
Championships on November 18,
at Van Cortlandt Park.
Fairfield's cross country team
has started slowly, but with the
return of some injured runners,
they hope to improve on their
present 1-4 record.
The season began on October
14, with a home meet aganist
Boston College. A combination
of many factors contributed to
Fairfield's shutout loss. A delay
in the start of the race and the
absence of Jim Daly, one of the
key runners, turned the tide in
favor of Boston College. Their
runners ,led by Larry Rawson,
romped across the finish line
five in a row before Peter Garry
crossed for the home side. Jack
Barry, suffering from a stitch,
Larry Longua, Mickey Kinney
and Joe Kearns were the other
placers for the Stags.
The next meet was again at
home on the following Satur·
day, October 21 and the oppon­ents
were Queens College and
Hunter College of New York
City. Both visiting squads over-
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SPORTS PERSONALITY
BILL SHIN
This week's Sports Personality, Bill Shin, is a six foot six
inch basketball player from Brooklyn, New York.
Bill first beg'an to play this sport at the encoura~ement of
Brother Walter, one of the teachers in his parish school. He must
have learned rather quickly, because when it came time to at­tend
high school, Bill went to St. Francis Prep (Brooklyn) on a
basketball scholarship. He starred with them for four years and
then Bill and one of his teammates (a fellow named Jenkins)
came up to Fairfield.
It didn't take his new classmates l.on~ to realize that Bill
was a good player; when he became the second high scorer
for the great (17 & 1) frosh team of '58-'59. In his sophomore
year, Bill experienced one of those "once in a lifetim~ sports
thrills": with practically no time remaining, he threw in a long,
long jump shot from the corner, thus enabling "The Stags" to
beat their arch-enemies, the University of Bridgeport. The rest
of the year was also quite enjoyable, as his ten points per game
helped Fairfield win the Tri-State League title. lllst year, Bill
suffered an injury during pre-season practice, and, as a result,
was somewhat hampered for the rest of the season. However, he
still produced several good performancs, including a sixteen
point, multi-rebound effort 'against St. Francis of Brooklyn.
Besides playing basketball, Bill also manages to study; this
is another one of the things he does rather well. He is one of
those admirable people who, when he has something. to do, has
trained himself to sit right down and get the work right out of
the way. As a result, Bill has kept a better than B average in his
B.S.S. EC9nomics course. At present, Bill is somewhat undecided
as to what he will do after graduation. He may either attend
graduate school for Business Administration, or attend :Law
school and enter into government service. If possible, he would
like to study in the Washington, D.C., area. In either case, "The
Stag" wishes Bill Shin all the luck in the world.
November 10, 1961
Slow Start Hampers
Cross Country Team
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cultural activities and to provide
extra benefits for members of
the Fairfield U. student associ­ation.
A'I1ran'gemeruts alre being made
with BraJl1don, AJrgus, United
World ,-and Cimlema Guild films
"to i,nsul1e la v,alTie'ty ·in the seri-es
of ,top film 'C1nt.erta;inments."
The studenit -council is also
pialilining -interoollegrat.e ,cu11ural
and educationa-l ;pTogTams on
ClJlternate Sunda\}' 'everungs, ac­cQ.
rdi:ng ,to Mr. Be[1oharrn.
FaiTh'1e-ld Univ'e-rsi ty's student
council ptI'esoe.ntoed the ,nrlS-t of lits
fOI1e~gn :film f.estival Iprograms
Sunday, Oct. 15, at 8:00 p.m., in
GOlnZJaga "_auditorium. The sltu­dent
,counoil president, Louis
Zowine, .announced "La Stl"adra"
,as the premielre.
The bi-weekly festival, under
the dire.cwon of Mr. Zowineand
Robell't L. Bercham, activilties
chairman of the council, is for
the purpose of supplementing
the University's social and
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Catholic Education, II: Philosophy
M'an suddenly becomes -conscious of himself and the world
whiJoh engulfs him, with the subsequEmJt eoro'1lary being tha,t he
rea-lizes thart: he ~Is not that world of uncontI1011able movements
and limages. ThJe wound of dk'hotomy is swift and painful, and
ories out to be helaled. GraduaLly, the creative mind :t:>egins to
hea,l that wound, aUempt!~ng to make l'eSlS feariul al1d monster­ridden
the outside wOIrld.
Goi'ng heyond anthropomorphic domestication, where man
sits down to -chait wiJth his stone bre,thren until they no longer
respond, the crClati've imagination seeks a sophiJstication and com­fort
only gotten from a recognition of truth. He seeks to recreate
witJhin himself (fmmer1y ,the subj-ect) the othernes-s of the uni­vell"
S€ (f.ornnerly the 'objoect) in an ordered, Televant yelt non­,
illusory cosmology.
The indiviJdual expe[;iences some similair baLS'ic journey as he
-approaches hiiJs own particular matUITity. Tihen, -as Genesis vividly
and rytlhmicaUy bI1ings the chaos undeT oontrol and evokes the
l~ght :firom >the d'a;rkiness of despa-k,the individual fuses the
d;i'chotomy of m,aJl1 'and uruverse, Isubject and obj·ect, witJh:in his
own i:ma'gination, m!aki!ng a thieI'a'rchy of Irevelan,ce to guide him
thiTough the chaOiS of sense to his ultim!ate end.
Unless ,the phi'losQPhy taught there rearrnn,ge its methodology
10 hegdJn with more than !alll acooemi'c nlod to darkness of ,the
WiaTVdering soul, the cosmology subsequently set up will he of
only superfidal relevanae to the individuatl 'studei1t. We enrt:er
college and 'are handed 'a predii~sted, fully wo['ki€'d out philoso­phy.
The traditional pedaJgiog1-oal effid~nlcy of Ibeg,in'IlIing inquiry
with an -answer or a syiSitem of 'aJns,wers (and d.eis'pi1Je dever wlPit­ing,
ourtex,t!bookis ,are stiU begi1Jlmng with answers) is handy fo'r
themstruotor, but sbfl!~ng for the inte,lJectual -and imag-inative
life of the student. PhlHooop'hy oLten degenIera1Jes into ·a ,gmnd
word-and-.mem'ory garne.
A student in this position necessarily regards the truth or
validity of the phi:loso,phioal system as somet'hliiIlJg "othelr," some­thing
ibeyond the formall question ,at hand (whi·ch is, of course,
memori~ation). In the fa<ce of the 'bamrenness of the methodology
('as 'Po~gna'n1Jly illustI1aJted in the il11aah~ne mvented art Boston
College a year ago to help aid the memory of the student in his
"letarn:ng philosophy"), these questions, often heard here, are
quite pertinenrt: "I<1::'s all _prolbalbly ''tIDue, but so what?"; "What
do€!S the diiJstinldJion between Xalnd Y hav,e l1Jo do wi-th me?",
and so on.
W;e must offer a ,giUide through the :student's searching
"through his OWin paJrticular wilderness. Perh-alps he may not yet
'ae readv t.o hegin his own journey. but at. least a usable RUide­post
would ,be 'thell'e when and .m it i,s n1eeded. The pertinaillcy
of the Scholastic sys-tem OaJrl only manifest itJs,~lf through its
I'eb~rth in 'each indivooU'al. Lf iJts mert:hodology Us not humanized,
it w~11 float ,aWiay. This iiliHoSQphy is nothing Ibut a ;pretty float­ing
s-tI1ucture oolessat the ,beglilnn'ing of its joulI1ney ilt 'recognizes
imaginati\"elyanid fully t-he darkness o.f "the Isoul when .confronrt:led
w,ith the ,cold chaos of mhe univems'e, orolSses !.!he :humlaJrl axis, -and
appeals to the creative faculties to share in its quest of re-ordering
lant. And if it cannot be received las high adventure, it is
worthless.
l\larine Recruiter
Here On Monday
calJ1 Joeaders who will join the
students in -examining the topic
"1961: UN Year of Crisis." Stu­dents
will be briefed on current
UN issues by members of
foreign delegatiolliS Ito the world
orgall1iz'arti'on, alJ1ld la repres-enta­tiIVe
from the United States.
Each studenrt: will have the
choi1oe of attending a -panel dis­cussion
on OIl1Ie of Ithree topi-cs ­The
Role oftJhe Non-Aligned
Naltiol1s in J.nteTnat~ona,1 Politics,
Mrkan Devel'Opment -and UN,
and 'The f'lroblem of Chinese
Representation.
Invitat<ions were sent by Dr.
Riapry J. Carman, dean eme!l"itus
of Columbia Univ,ersity and
honoraTy confeTence chairman,
to colle~ presidenrt:Js throughout
the OOUIJItry asking them to send
official T'epreselJ1tative.s. In the
m-eantime, COUN has been ;ahle
to s'ecure 'larger quarters for the
Brime Minister's Ispeech and the
Saturday panels and, 'in view of
this unique opportunJity for stu­dents
10me:et with this world
leadell', will open that Ipart of the
I cond'erenoe to a limited numbeT
of i'IlIt.eres,ted studenlts.
The Saturday /Sessions include
a UN tour at 9 a.m., Pirime Min­is'ter
:NehiTu's S1peech -a,t 11 :30
a.m., the pa'lIel S\essi-ons at 2
p.m. and thJe d1mIallsessi-O'n at 3:45
p.m. featuring ,a U.S. T'epr.esen!ta­tive,
to be announced, who will
pres'ent the AmeriCian vilew of
the cU1'rentcTisi-s facimlg the
world org;anizaotion.
The cost for mhe full day will
be $2.50. Thi€lI'e 'Win be an addi­tional
-ohalIige of $.50 f-or the
UIlIited NiatiolliS tour. Reserva­tiOlIS
aJl1d paymenrt: should be
made 'w~th the OOUN, 345 -Easrt
46th Street, (Oxford 7-3232) as
soon as possible.
You Haven't Finished Reading
the Paper
If You Haven't Read the Ads
The U.S. ,Miarime Oorps officer
seleotion tearrn wW visit this
service, and in some the image- campus on the 13t!]. and 14th of
screen is even missing entirely, Novemlber 1961. Marine office'!"s
w,ill be h~ll'e ,to interview inter­in
spite of the fact that it has ested students for both the
become a liturgical necessity. Iground and air offi,certraining
Armenian Liturgy 'programs. Thes'e progwams a'!"e:
The Armenian liturgy is "Platoon Leaders Class." Con-partly
derived from the Byzan- sisting of two, six-week training
tine rite. It is now used only periods fat Quantico, Virginia
by the Armenian people whose dur~ng the summer. There are
original country is now part of no m~littary -cLI1iUs, classes or
the U.S.S.R. The Armenians, other -acti\7]iti~,s dUirim-g the Tegu­shut
off from the centers of Lar school )'lear. Candidates 3Jre
civilization by the Mohamme- commiiS-sioned upon giTaduation
dan invaders developed their Dram colleg,e. The a'Ct~ve duity
own customs,' their own alpha- obligation is Ithree years fOor
bet, and use their own language g,round offi·cers ,and. four and
in the Holy Sacrifice. For cen- QIJIe-ha-lf yeaTS !for pIlots..Fr-~sh­turies
many of them lived all me[1,~o.phomOl1es and JunlO~s
over the Middle East, and many aTe ehgIbJie to a-pply for thIS
are now dispersed in other program.
parts of the world. Their na- ".Of!lcer Candidate Cour~e ­tional
church is separated from AvmtlOn Officers CandIdate
Rome but there is a small and Course: Open to seniors.OCC
scatt~red minority, about 100,- alnd AOC tmi~i'ng~s conduc~ed
000 of Catholics whose chief alHer g-]"!adualtlOll1 at QiUant~co,
cen'etr is Syria; a few thousand IVirginia and l~sts ten weeks;
are now in the United States. successful candIdaies are then
. . Icommiss-ioned. AOC's report to
Derived from St. Basil Pell1S'acola, FLOITida !fo[' fliight
Their liturgy is derived from training; OCC's remain at Quan­the
Greek liturgy of St. Basil as hoo f,olr furt.heiT trlai-ning.
used at Caesarea: mod~fied by 'I'he vis·iting officer s'electibn
other mfluences, mcludmg that team will furIllish full details on
of the West at the time of the thies,e programs during thelir
Crusades and later. visit, including elilgibmty ['e-
It is celebrated in the ancient quirements 'and how toini:tiate
classical form of the Armenian applic~rtJions. 'I'hey will be locat­language,
and is noticeable as oed in tJhe Xavi1er Ha.1l f,rom 9:30
having only one fixed anaphora. a.m. ,to 2:30 p.~. Students p['e­The
general "lay-out" of the isen'tly emollied :~n ihe.PI:C pro­service,
somewhat resembling g_ram -we 'c~~lIaiUy 'liI1vIted to
the Byzantine is that the choir stop I~y and VlSlrt WIth the officer
or people s.mgs'w.hIle the cele- seledlOTI 'team.
grant prays in a low voice, end- ---------
ing his players aloud, usually U.N.
at the invitation of the deacon (Conrd from Page L Col. 5)
("Sir, bless"). Solemn celebra­tions
are carried out with great
magnificence (as many as six
deacons may assist); "low Mass"
is often very closely approxi­mated
to western usages, espe­dally
in the matter of inaudi­bility
of the celebrant. Some
Catholic Armenian colonies of
old standing in Europe have
extremely remarkable customs
of worship, owing nothing to
their . proper rites except the
language.
A dissident Armenian church
is in some respects western in
appearance within, and Catho­lic
ones even more so: Catholic
Armenian and Latin churches
are generally hardly distin­guishable
from one another.
The sanctuary should be con­siderably
raised from the nave
and approached by two flights
of steps, one at either side; the
altar is narrow. with several
shelves and nu~erous candles.
The choir stands in a space in
front of the sanctuary.
(To Be Continued)
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Open 24 Hrs. - 7 Days a Week
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Brothers In Christ
Byzantine Liturgy Most Important
Of All Eastern Orthodox Rites
By ERNEST WEBBY, JR.
(Third in a series)
The first and by far the most
important of the Eastern Litur­gies
is that which takes its
name from Byzantium, the
earlier name for Constantinople.
It is the rite of the Orthodox
Eastern Church and is therefore
the most widely used of all
liturgies among non-Catholics.
After the Roman Rite, the
Byzantine Rite is the most
widely used among Catholics,
being the form of worship of
some 7 million souls.
There are twelve national
groups who follow the rite of
Byzantium. The two largest
groups are the Ukrainians and
the Ruthenians; between them
they include half a million
Catholics.
Many Languages
The Byzantine liturgy is cele­brated
in many languages.
Greek was its original tongue,
but Church Slavonic is now the
most important numerically. In
addition to these languages
Catholics celebrate it in certain
spoken tongues, viz., Rumanian,
Arabic and Magyar, and the
Orthodox in many others.
Apart from the liturgy of the
pre-sanctified gifts (called "of
St. Gregory- who- wrote- the­Dialogues"
and used twice a
week in Lent), there are two
forms of the Byzantine liturgy,
named after St. Basil and St.
John Chrysostom. They differ
but slightly, and that of Chrys­ostom
is by far the more often
used. Differences in celebration
from country to country are
o:flten only slight. This liturgy
had its present form substanti­ally
at the beginning of the 5th
century, whereas the Roman
Mass did not take its present
form until 200 years later, dur­ing
the 'pontificate of St. Greg­ory
the Great.
The Image-Screen
The characteristic feature of a
Byzantium church building is
the image-screen (eikonostasis)
between the sanctuary and the
nave; it is adorned with pic­tures
(eikons) of our Lord, an­gels
and saints, and is provided
with doors, on the north and
south side and in the middle.
The central double "holy doors"
are shut and curtained during
parts of the service (e.g., at the
Communion of the Priest). The
closing of these holy-doors is a
matter on which practice varies;
in many Catholic churches they
are left open throughout the
November 10, 1961 THE STAG Page Eleven
second floor
On and Off
the Campus
DRINK PEPSI
CARNIVAL
(Cont'd from Page L Col. 3)
weekend following final examin­ations.
The six-event triduum will
feature such innovations as a
masquerade party following the
Saturday jazz concert and a
"big name entertainer" on Sun­day
afternoon.
In addition to the usual pos­ter
publicity, a letter further
describing the January weekend
will be mailed to all members
of the student body during the
Christmas vacation.
In order to handle the flow
of anticipated ticket buyers,
the Xavier booth will remain
open on classdays (after Dec. 4)
from 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m.
As in past years the Carnival
committee has arranged a $20
"package deal" for those stud­ents
holding assessment cards
who purchase tickets for the
whole weekend. The prices for
the individual events are as
follows:
FRIDAY, January 26: Pre­Prom
Party - $3.00; Formal
Dance - $6.00; SATURDAY,
January 27: Jazz Concert ­$
4.00; Masquerade Party
$3.00; SUNDAY, January 28:
Communion Breakfast - $2.00;
Jazz Concert - $5.00.
The names of the "big name
entertainers" will be announced
in "Animal 0" on December 15.
A transitional spectacular
In a palette of colors
And a forest of styles
Each vibrating in Fall's
Brilliant array of colors
Created to compete with
The most colorful foliage
AUTUMN HUES!
FOR
FASHION GLORY
ready 10 wear
IJ.S. Navy Offieer
Visits Fairfield U.
HAIRCUTS
EVERY WBDNESDAY
ALL DAY
LOYOLA - 2nd FLOOR
GONZAGA
LIBRARY NEWS
7-ARTS PLANS TWO SHOWS
The Seven Arts Society
plans to put on two more
shows before Christmas vaca­tions.
The first of these will
be presented on Thursday,
November 16. The theme
will be "A Night of Jazz" and
will feature The New Eng­land
Modern Jazz Quintet.
The second, on Wednesday,
December 13, will consist of a
C K S twin bill featuring an im­promptu
drama group from
(Cont'd from Page L Col. 2) New York City and a solo act
blood bank was restricted to the by Conrad Pomerleau, who
student body and faculty mem- performs an impressive dra­bel'S.
matic rel;;ital from the works
of Edgar Allen Poe will be
Although 150 pints is usually presented.
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a college group, it is expected ..
that the community along with
the students and faculty mem­bers
will "rally 'round" the Car­dinal
Key with the hope of con­tinued
success in establishing a
great number of blood donors.
Soup and sandwiches will be
on hand for all donors, and a
steak dinner is being planned
by the University for those stu­dents
who eat in Loyola cafe­teria
that night. The Key Blood­mobile
will be set up in the
lounge of Loyola Hall.
Father Small reports that the
number of books to be found
in the library is increasing by
"leaps and bounds." If the cards,
in the card catalogue were lined
up one in front of another they
would measure over 100 "feet"
in length with as many ·as 100
cards to the "inch."
By WALT VATTER
Copies of Webster's Third A Nqval O;'ficer ,repi'23entative
New International Dictionary has been s'C:hedu1ed to visit the
may be found both in >the Sci- ~airfi:e1d University llleX!t Thurs­ence
Libary and the Canisius day, November 16th.
Hall Library, stated Rev. Fran- Lieutenant (j.g.) Bill Masters
cis A. Small, S.J., University will be present to discuss the
Librarian. Navy's OCS program with up-
This is the first new edition per-division men. The Navy
to come out in the last twenty- Officer Candidate School pro­seven
years and it contains gI1am provides an avenue where­over
100,000 new words or new by the college graduate may
meanings never before included earn an officer's commission and
in the unabridged Merriam- fulfill his obligated military
Webster. There seem to be dif- service in that capacity.
ferences of opinion, however, Applications are alcoepted any­on
the quality of this new edi- time following the junior year,
tion. and by applying, a man incurs
In an editorial printed October no obligatiorn. Furthermore, it is
12, 'The New York Times" possilble to -a'Pply fOT future OCS
panned it by calling >the dic- classes aocordin<; to the pers,:mal
tionary a "swell and esteemed convenience of I!:he applicant.
wordbook" apparently because Mil'. Mast€ln;; feels that "the
it has surrendered to the new outstandinlg feGitUire of the Navy
idea that whatever is currently progmm ,is the ibroa,d eX'p,eiI'ienc~
popular is good English. in ha1ndHng respO'I1Jslibility whioh
* * * P'l'OVieS to be e,n -asset whart:ever
Many students probably have 'the man may !1,lan to do lat€tI'."
noticed the antique cars pictur- Thrs rs lin addit,iO'ill >to ,the travel
ed on the bulletin board of the and salary adV'an1a:gels.
Oanisius Library, These pictures "The largest misooneeption,"
and many more will be found Mr. Masters 'adds, "is that the
in a new book called "Treasury '8Ippli<cant must h a v e 20/20
of the Automobile" by Ralph vision. Actually, a man's vision
Stein. . need only be corres11able to
Also of particular interest' 20/20 for him to qualify in most
and on display in the library is cas'es." "
one of the few known copies of In addl11?n to s~a duty, anum­"
Awful Disclosures" by Maria ber of s'Peclal aiSsFgnmenbs 1ll the
Monk. ThI'S I.S the cont roversl.a1 SCu' p'1plEy C.OI1.PS', M0ed,lcal BCO'I'PS,
nineteenth-century book which ·w'l'. l1Jgmeenlllg or·ps, .ureau
caused widespread anti-Catholi- of ShlP~, and Naval Intelh~ence
. . are ava]lab1e to those apphcants
~lsm by relatIng a num?er ?f possessing the specific eduoati,:m­Immoral
'proced~res practIced In al ,and/or professronal back­a
Canad~an ClOIster. The book ground requirements.
was a gIft from Reverend Ed-ward
Duffy of St. Joseph's Pa·r­ish
in Danbury.
* * *
By
RICHARD
TINO
THE
WHETSTONE
We are ,a .symbol-oriented people, we Americans. We know
how to construct them and how to use them. exploit them if
need be. We can run on symbols as a car runs on gas, devouring
a good portion, castIng off what's left as waste and, with the ex­ception
of a little smoke and noise now and then, never giving
.any indication that we are not moving under our own power.
We go and stop in a direct proportion to the amount of dollar
signs, traffic signals and numbers we consume each day. We
work and play and even rest to signs.
There is a tacit consent to this self-imposed slavery to sym­bols.
It is a consent which arises out of Pragmatism and Scien­tism.
It is less difficult. to handle the symbol for an aLpha
particle than to handle the helium nucleus itself and, in prac­tice,
the result of its symbolic manipulation is as useful and
productive as any amount of r~al handling might be. Doing it
the easy way, so long as it works, is the philosophy behind our
symbcl-oriented culture.
As long as ethical and moral systems remain an aggre­gate
of seeming platitudes they will also remain mere signs.
There is no involvement with a sign, no personal relationship.
We may frequently be led to confuse the sign with some
reality behind it. For the natural predilection of human na­ture
is toward reality and no amount of studied perversion can
deter it. But this confusion is not involvement: this is en­tanglement.
The sign itself is generally a reality-barren object
with reference to the thing for which it stands. And this is
its appeal. We no not ltave to relate it to ourselves in an or­ganic
manner. It need not become an intrinsic part of our
living. We may r:emain dilettanti and never have to soil our
hands or strain our minds and consciences as long as we can
keep reality a sign's length away from our never-ends..
If maturity requires an active participation in the flow
of human events, the dilettante has no claim to it. Superfici­ality
is merely a transition from childishness by way of
pettiness. The man who has loaded the walls, floors and cor­ner-
shelves of his mind with the cheap and gaudy minutiae
from the sham side-shows of the c-arnival he calls life will
find little room among the clutter, among the garbage to which
he has given such devotion, for the furnishings and fabrics of
mature living. This' life requires expansive and well structur­ed
furniture upon which the enormity of meaningful expri­ence
can be comfortably supported. Nonsense, bric-a-brac and
fragile values will not do.
The use of such mental baubles, the toys of adult life, as
norms and standards by which to judge an act leads to an
irresponsibility and an evasion of reality which destroys the
personality in which they operate. Individuals "commit"
themselves to "principles" that cannot possibly develop in ethi­calor
moral directions. The "commitment" is a product of their
symbol orieru(·ation, and, as such, is of no more consequence to
them than the commitment of a child to the fantasy of his game
of cops-and-robbers. The "principles" are not really principles at
all: they are rationalized prejudices with no objective basis in
reality. To carry on inter-personal relationships with this false­ness
is an ethical travesty. When one can sweep the trash of
immaterial seemingness out of his mind and begin to furbish it
with consequential reality, maturity will recognize the reception
that is being prepared for it and will not hesitate to be received.
The geater part of maturity is acceptance, acceptance of
things as they actually are and abandonment of wishful fantasy.
But to accept is not to acquiesce. Mature acceptance implies an
active stoicism. To surrender to the force and direction of the
irrationality of reality is not maturity nor is the construction
of a false security based on ignorance. The choice between
these is merely "Do I choose to run before the press of the
world or do I choose to step aside and let that press pass pnd
leave me untouched by it and out of touch with it?'" Neither
choice involves maturity. Both are means of escape.
Maturity is not escape: maturity is confrontation. The lim­its
of one's vitality, energy and resources must be attained in
mature acceptance. Capacity and ability are plastic in nature.
Their limits are finite and fixed but they are seldom achieved.
Man's natural intellectual lethargy, coddled by infant omni­potence,
encouraged by the blatant inanities of an insubstan­tial
education and confirmed by the vacuity of his diurnal ac­tivities,
leaves these limits untried. There are no formul-as, no
standard patterns by which an individual may attain to ful­fillment
of either capacity or ability. Life, fortunately, is an
organic, rather than mathematical, entity. As such, it demands
a flexibility of operation beyond that which mathematics will
allow. We. may recognize paItterns and formulas, a code of
ethics or a moral law, upon which to base our judgments of
human activity, but this recognition is not motivation for action.
Ethics ~are as easily recognized as an acquaintance across the
street and just as easily ignored when it is convienient to do so.
Morals, although not quite so familiar to some as they might be,
are nevertheless ready to show their credentials should their
identity become a matter of anyone's concern. The patterns
established bv morals and ethics have as little use to the imma­ture
individu·al as does a man's skeleton without his flesh hang­ing
on it. Charity, honor, honesty and all the rest can remain
mere words unless there is some value attached to them by thE::
individual.
Dr. Klimas demonstrates diabetes research equipment.
November 10, 1961
In Mens and
Womens Dress
And Casual
Styles
~omthe Frenoo~vernm~tto
lieach and study iJn Paris.
A graduate .of Notre Dame
High School in WeiSt Haven, he
taught at the Lycee Ma:rx:eI ROiby
in St. Germaan-ervLaye, a Pari­sian
suburb. At the same time.
he studied 'a't the University of
Parlli towaJrd a master of a,rts
degree in French literature. Mr.
AnnU'nZiata a·Iso studied at Mid­dl~
bury CoHege duriJnJg the sum­meT
.of 1960, tabng additional
cOUirses ~n F,rench language and
liJtemture. Thiils ye'ar he receci.ved
his second cr!'ulhr,i'giht Igrr-ant and
wi,lI oOll'1tinue hLs studies toward
,a dJo.ctora teo
Whi'le at .F,airfieLd, Mr. Annun­ziata
was editor of the Ne·w
Frontier and president of the
Da,nte Academy, a discussion
goroup ,concern'ed with medieval
I1terature. He ,also was associ­ated
with the Glee Club, Sodal­ity,
arnd the HaMan .and French
Clubs. Named to ,the Dean's List
and the honor society, he receiv­ed
tihe F\.rench alnd Loyola
alWards at graduatiJOn.
Mr. Hepko, after graduation
frOiffi Fairfield, 'continued his
s.tudies at Boston 'CoJ.lege Law
School, and is associated with
the law firm .of Bepko and Bep­ko
in Bridgeport. He is married
and has three daughters.
His award ,is 'based on excep­tional
service to the Alumni
Association. In ~ecent years, Mr.
Bepko has Iserved two terms on
-the Alumni Boam of IDirectors,
being eleded Ito the office of
vice-president one year and
treasurer for two yeaJI"S.
He has :seiI'ved on the CLASP·
banquet ,and pi'cnic oOiffimittees,
l'eoepti<m oommlitiees forr alumni
at Glee Club concerts and the
i·nterc01J.egiate Glee Club festiv­al,
aJnd has been active as a
g;I1aJc1uate manl(lJg.eT of the Alumni
Glee Club. Mr. Bepko served as
oo-chairman of the Alumni
darnce and the hromeooming bas­ketball
game.
As an und~graduate, MT.
Bepko was 'a member of the
Glee Club, Sl!:udent Council,
'RedCross, S'Odal1ty Illnd the
ST,AG. He was president of ,the
Bridgeport club and was named
to the Honor Society.
Mr. Flannery was n.amed for
a citation forr an outstanding
Class ·of 1951 Miemorial Drive,
whiich he directed.
Mr. Welch and Mr. Paoletta
wi,11 be dted fOT ·the·ir services
as the ,edimI' ,of ','The Alumnus"
and banquet cha'irmarn, respec­tively.
A 'Permananet soroll remains
at the Un:iversiLty i'n honor of
the recLp'iJern.ts. Last year's ipre­,
seIllta,tions went ,to Dr. John
Kllmas and BronisibaIW Orlowski.
Rev. Murray Elected
Festival President
KNAPP FACTORY -RETAIL STORE
853 POST ROAD
(FAIRFIELD SHOPPING CENTER)
The Rev. Joh.n P. MUI1J."ay,
S.J., of Fairfield University has
been elected president of the
Catholic Intercollegiate Glee
Club Festival Association for
tl~e 1961-62 year.
~atheJr MUDray, the moderator
of I1he Fa'iTfie1d U Glee Club,
succE'eds the .Rev. Aidan C. Mc­Mullen,
S.J., of St. Peter's Col­l€,
ge, J,ersey City, N.J.
O'·,~er officers are G. Marston
If",dd'Ock of St. Peter's of New
Jersey, vci!ee president; Bironis
Voveris of King's College,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., seCTetary; and
the Rev. HeiI've S. LeBJ.anc,
S.C.S., King's Oo'llege, tDeaSUreT.
The 1962 F'estival win take
place 'alt K,i'ng's CoUewe, ,acooiI'd­in>
gto -Fa:theT ,Murray.
FamneJ.d U hlas won the niI'st
place ,awaerds dUlr1ng the past
two years.
. STYLE and COMFORT
REV. JOHN P. MURRAY, S.J.
S. Paoletta, '56, of Trumbull. The
awards will be made by James
'Stapleton, President of the Asso­ciation.
A highlight of the
evell'1cin>g wi'll 'be an address by
the Very Rev. James E. F.itz­ger,
ald, S.J., PTesident of the
University. The Associa.tion will
aLso host ;faculty members and
coaches.
A. magna cum laude ,gDaduate,
Mi·. .A<nnunziata wi.ll receive his
afwa,rd fOT bri,ngm,g honor to the
a,lumni with hi,s exceptional
scholastic achievements. Upon
h~s IgTaduation he was 'glmrnted
a FUiJ.bri'l?iht to France as part of
hi'S prQigra'm od' ,gr.adua'te studies
,at the University olf Pa,ris. He
.a1so recei·ved an assistantship
THE STAG
Alumni Assn. Presents Awards
A Mass marking the 5th an­niversary
of the Ignatian Coun­cil
Knights of Columbus willbe
celebrated at the McAuliffe
Chapel, Sunday, November 19
at 10:00.
Rev. T. Everett McPeake, S.J.,
will offer the Mass. Following
the Mass, the members of the
Council and their guests will at­tend
a Communion Breakfast in
Berchman's Hall. A prominent
speaker will address the group.
A member of the Supreme
Council will join in the cele­bration.
Bpt. Club Holds
Dance On Nov. 24
On November 24, the Bridge­port
Area Club of Fairfield Uni­versity,
will present its first so­cial
event of the year, an inform­al
Thanksgiving Dance open to
all members of the student
body.
The dance will be held at the
Holy Trinity Hall, 225 Scofield
Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecti­cut.
It will commence at 8:30
p.m.
Tickets will be $2.50 per
couple for non-members and
$2.00 per couple for members.
They can be obtained at the col­lege
bookstore or from the fol­lowing
students: William Fitz­gibbon
FO 7-3717, Thomas Con­nelly
ED 5-9020, Gerald Gazso
ED 5-0725, Kenneth Wadeka DR
8-3404, and James Lombard DR
8-0926 9r DR 8-2739.
William F'itzgibbon is the gen­eral
chairman, Thomas Connolly
is in charge of tickets; Gerald
Gazso, decorations; Kenneth Wa­deka,
refreshments; and James
Lombard, publicity.
Since the BAK has planned an
inter-collegiate dance it extends
an invitation to all friends of
Fairfield University students
who will be home for the
Thanksgiving weekend.
K ofC Breakfast
Marks 5th Year
The Falimeld U II' i v e r sit y
AJ.umn,i Association win honor
seve.r>a,J of its members at its
·annua,l banquet, November 25,
in Loyola Hall.
Mr. Gus Horvath, Jr., of 124
Black Rock AVelIllU€, Fairfield,
has been named ,general cha,ir­man
of ,the aff.ador. He Sltated that
awards will 'be presented to
Richard P. Bepko, '53, of Mil­ford,
as the Alumnus-of-the­Year,
and Joseph W. Annunzi­ata,
'60, of New Haven, as alum­ni
Man-of-the-Year.
Sipecial -citations aliSO will be
presented to Edward Flannery,
'51, of Stratford, John Welch,
'53, of Huntington, and Leonard
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1474 POST ROAD FAIRFIELD CENTER
MANOR DEPOSIT DUE
NOV. 30
Seniors who have not placed
ed at least a $5.00 deposit to­ward
the purchase of their
senior yearbook. "The Manor"
before November 30. will not
be allowed to purchase the
book. according to Manor
Business Editor. Kenneth E.
Dubuc.
In making the stateme·nt,
Mr. Dubuc emphasized that
the high cost of the book
makes it imperative that only
copies that have been paid
for be ordered.
Underclassmen wishing to
order copies of the yearbook
are bound to the same deposit
deadline. he said.
since variations in glucose util­ization
in humans are attribut­ed
to fiuctua1ions in the indi­vidual's
ability to absorb glu­cose,
the Fairfield U. biologist
seeks to establish whether or
not the absorptive capacity of
the albino rat for glucose
changes with age.
Dr. Klim·a:s will also conduct
rad.iallion realdm,gs m the local
a'I1e:a during the ne;xt ,several
months to detennime whether
there have been any appreciaJble
1noI1eases in backgroUinJd radia­tion.
11his count .is eregarded as
that wihich is "normally" in the
surroundings. This ,can be in­creased
by fallout.
Data on back'gTound eradi,ation
w.as .:t1eco.med at F'<l<i.Jnfield U. a
year ago. Readings itJhis week
indicate a slight increase OveT
the !Same period last year. Tests
aore being resumed to discover
what degr·ee recent atomic ex­plosions
in Russia' and seasonal
raiiIlS will ,affect DardJioadivity in
ths locale.
FAIRFIELD
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Dr. I{limas Awarded Grant
To Continue Diabetic Research
Dr. John E. Klimas, biology
departmeIJJt member, has been
awarded an addiibional $1,000
fOT IC1iaJbetes II1eseaTch by ·the
U.S. Department of Hea,lth,
E·dU'oation and WeJiare. Thi'S is
an eXJteooiJOn of the $1,621 grall'1t
made !by lihe· Pub1ic Health SeT­vice.
The awaI'd was announced
by Dr. John F. Sherman, deputy
dhiied' ofextDamUlr.aJ. programs of
the Na'roonal Institute of A;rth­rilhs
'and 'Metalbolic Dciseases.
The Faci~fie1d profiessor has
also received ial~d from the
Atomcic Energy Commission to
purchase radiation equipment
and Sigma X,i has supported iDr.
Klim'as' glucose nes'eaJrc'h.
The diaJbetes rese'aJroh .is being
conducted to lestablish whetiher
or not here are dependent vari­ations
in the common oral glu­cose
tolerance test when admin­istered
to rats at various times
during their life span. Also,
New Haven Club Plans
Thanksgiving Dance
The New Haven Area Club
will hold its annual Thanksgiv­ing
Dance. Nov. 23. Tickets for
the dance, which will be held
from 9 to 1 at the East Haven
Knights of Columbus Hall on
Dodge Ave., will cost $3.00 per
couple and include refresh­ments.
Plans are now being complet­ed
for a New Year's Eve Party,
a club spokesman said.
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