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Vol. XI - No.6 Published by Students of Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn. Feb. 19th, 1960
Fr. Mullin Directs
Groom HeadsIbsen CastFor March
BOB BRUNNER PLANSSENIOR WEEK PROGRAM
Two stags, an afternoon picnic, an evening beach party, aformal commencement dinnerball and a jazz concert willmake up the Senior Week program.
B0b Brunner, a transfer student from Tufts University, willhead the week's festivities, assisted by Tom Shea and JackQuinn (of Winter Carnivalfame.)
There are no specific dates asyet.
VOCATION DIRECTORTO SPEAK
During the week of Feb. 15to 19th, inclusive, the Rev.Francis X. Curran, S.J. is appearing on campus to talk tostudents interested in religiousvocation. Father Curran is director of Vocations for the NewEngland Province of the JesuitFathers.
Ski Trip PreviewCharm, FireplaceAnd Also Skiing
On March 4th, 5th and6th one hundred gentlemen skiers, accompaniedby one hundred charming Sam Groom '61 has been se(; 1 t k' ( dl lected to play the lead role ins,r - ype s lers reporte y Ithe Drama Society's forthcom-from.. the colleges of New ing production of Henrik Ibsen'sRochelle Good Counsel An Enemy of the People earlyand Ma;ymount _ Tarry-I' t~is spri?g, ac~ording.to John
. 0 Regan 62, assIstant dIrector.town-on-Hudson will be en- Mr. Groom, a native of Longgaged in many win t e r meadow, Mass., is not a new.sports, as they enjoy the comer to the dramatic stage,
J . Cl Sk' T . havmg held the lead role in theunlor ass 1 np. Callboard Theatre (Springfield,The Ski Trip, organized and Mass.) presentation of Evelyn
run by the office of the Junior v"laugh's Little Foxes. Last winClass, Joe Cannizzaro, Mike ter he participated in 20th CenMaher, Bob DeCanio and Paul tury Fox's New Talent Program,Coughlin, will be using Oak 'n studying under Ben Bard. ASpruce Lodge (in South Lee, member of the AB course, he isMass.) as its base of operations. majoring in English. He plans onSkiing, both night and day, a theatrical career.dancing, horseback riding, hay The cast, which will be directrides, novice slalom racing con- ed by Rev. Laurence Mullin,tests and even a warm, quiet S.J., is as follows:evening before a fireplace with Dr. Stockman-Sam Groomthe necessary additives (re- Peter Stockman - John F. X.portedly from the colleges of WarburtonNew Rochelle, Good Counsel Mr. Aslaksen-Paul Zeiglerand Marymount _ Tarrytown- Mr. Hovstad-Michael Fratan-on-Hudson) are only a few of tunothe many events designed to Mr. Billing-Hugh Burnsprovide enjoyment every mo- ~orten Kiil-Hank O'Haganment of the trip. EJhf Stockman-Roy Barnhart
The courageous Fathers O. . Villager~-Jam~s Walsh,.F~anNickerson and Henry Murphy, CIS He~dncks, Vmcent OhvIero,both S.J., will accompany the John 0 Regan. .trip, acting as chaperones and I The Drunk-LoUIS Ma.zzaferrogeneral ambassadors of good- The parts of Catherme andwill. We have been requested Petra Stockman are yet to beto notify the gentleman skiers I filled.that the balance payment on Mr.. O'Regan stated that thethe Trip is due before March blockmg and stage moves. are2nd. The whole happy expedi- alrea~y underway at p:esstIme.tion begins at 3 p.m. on March It WIll be presented m Gon-4th zaga Theatre on two weekends
. "around the end of March."
Lecturer ConsidersStrike, Peril To U.S.
A group of local musicians gather 'round after classes.
JERRY O'KEEFFE WILL HEAD FESTIVAL
,Banjos, Guitars And :Ukeleles .NowProvide New)And Noisy 'Kick' In Dorms
The central point of a Bellarmine Lecture, given by Mr.Herman W. Steinkraus, retiredchairman of the board of theBridgeport Brass, in GonzagaAuditorium on February the11 th, was the contention thatthe usage of union striking power contributes nothing but damage to the economy of the na-tion and that this weapon of
Within the last five months, a great many of the labor will not truly solve thestudents living within the hallowed halls of Loyola and difficulties between labor andGonzaga, have embarked on a new "kick." The boys management. In reviewing the
development of labor-manage-have been shelling out thirty dollars or more to incor- ment relations, his topic for theporate among their personal belongings banjos, guitars, evening, the speaker lamentedand ukuleles. the disappearance of the per-
sonal contact element in theThere was a time when one~--------------field.
could enter the dorms and only thing as a rare occasion, the Mr. Steinkraus in his amiableon rare occasions hear the faint plucking is not faint, and it's not speech, which was well receivplucking of guitar strings to just guitar strings but guitars, ed by a rather limited audience,some popular melody. But now, banjos, and ukes added to the stated that strikes are "the reone doesn't even have to enter beat of congo and bongo drums sult of a failure, the failure ofthe dorms, there is no such (Continued on Page 7) intelligent men to agree."
Speaker BlastsRussia As 'Bluff' The annual spring revel, the
1960 Dogwood Festival will"I believe Russia to be the feature Jerry O'Keeffe at the
reins.biggest bluff in the history of Scheduled for the weekend ofman." A statement such as this April 29th, 30th and May 1st,means very little if unproven the affair will include the usualand unexplained. But on thecontrary, to explain and prove formal dance, picnic and jazzsuch a statement makes for concert and rumors a possible
. . .. "beatnik" party following thevery mterestmg hstemng. It .. Th D S· t 'was to this theme through the plcmc.. . e. rama . OCle y s1 tt . th t M R" h d productIOn wIll not be mcludeda er means a r. IC ar thORobertson, Press Aide to pres-I W
IShyelar. 1 t thO t·
. . 1 e 0 ans a IS Ime areIdent EIsenhower, recently lec- th k- t h M O'K ff .t d ra er sec y, r. ee e ll1-ure . I tends to 0011 Junior Class mem-. On February 9, 1960, the aC-1 bers, who sponsor the week-end
tIve Young Repubhcan Club on for suggestions. Chairman Jerry O'Keeffecampus again brought a person ---------------------------of national importance to ourcamp~s. Before an audi.ence of Bellar·mlene Lec,turers Named250 m Gonzaga AudItOrIUm, C -'Mr. Robertson held what manyare calling one of the most in- In spite of a noticed slack in student attendance at the lastteresting lectures to be present- two major lectures held on campus, the Bellarmine Lecturesed here. Committee, through Father Carr, S.J., announced the scheduling
The program started with the of the following lectures. On March 3rd, in a debate on Cathoshowing of a movie which Mr. licism and Liberalism, the Rev. William J. Kenealy, S.J. and aRobertson had taken in Rus- well known conservative spokesman will appear in Gonzagasia in 1956. Being a member of Auditorium. The exact identity of the conservative is not yetthe first group of reporters ever established, but there is a possibility that it will be William
F. Buckley.to enter Russia, Mr. Robertson On March 14, the Rev. Martin D'Arcy, S.J., the renownwas able/to show many scenesof Russia that have never be- British philosopher, writer and lecturer, who is currently teach-
ing at Georgetown University will lecture on Fairfield's campus.fore seen by Americans, show- The precise subject of his talk has not yet been announced.ing women working on con- _struction, beautiful abandonedc h u r c h e s used as feedinggrounds for wildlife, farms without any modern machinery, railroad stations without schedules,its passengers waiting for days-even sleeping at the station.The films also showed newapartments with thirty familiessharing two kitchens and onebathroom and pictures takeninside the Kremlin, a placewhere no American or European had ever entered beforewith the exception of WinstonChurchill.
Combining these scenes instory-like fashion, Mr. Robertson gave a clear picture of "Lifein Russia Today." He mentioned how there are no roads fivemiles from Moscow and peoplelive in dirt and slums threeminutes walk from the mainstreet in Moscow. Mr. Robertson went on to say that Russialacked railroads, buses, streetcars and most every other modern facility. The people areprovided with free televisionsets by the state but this is because it serves as such an extensive medium for propaganda. In the second phase of thisprogram Mr. Robertson was addressed directly by the audience.
A number of questions wereasked by the audience of whicha few of the more interestingones are repeated below.
Q. How do classrooms compare with American classrooms?
A. "Physical c h a r acteristicsare the same - education is notany better - If you want to bea doctor and the State finds youhave the aptitude they push you
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEFJOHN F. X. WARBURTON
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PHOTOGRAPHY EDITORART FUNK
FEATURE EDITORGEOFFREY STOKES
financing of these services andthe means with which greatersupport could be obtained fromstudent bodies.
On Friday evening, the delegates attended a lecture byMr. Thomas McNally, a member of the Federal Mediationand Conciliation Service. Mr.McNally spoke on the difficulties he was confronted with atthe recent Ion g s h 0 r emen'sstrike. Mr. Allard Lowenstein,a well-traveled U.N. official, addressed the convention on Saturday morning. His topic wasthe exploitation. of Africanlabor. The remainder of the daywas spent in discussion groupsbetween various "Key" delegates. The conference wasformally closed with a banquethighlighted by an address fromthe Very Rev. William A. Donaghy, S.J., President of HolyCross College.
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Statement Of Jesuit PresidentsPuts Emphasis On Responsibility
Key Conference Considered Success
The following are excerpts from a statement released to thepress by the Conference of Presidents of Jesuit Colleges andUniversities, held at Boston College, last month.
"Far from decrying the larger place occupied in today's education by the scientific and mathematical disciplines, Jesuit education will continue its traditional emphasis upon these subjectsamong students and will strive to increase appreciation for thesenecesaary bases of life in the space age . . . The research andtraining provided through physical science laboratories, technical schools, schools of the healing arts, and engineering colleges on campuses stretching from coast to coast are coordinatedby the national Jesuit Research Council of America with headquarters at Detroit ..."
"The Jesuit universities and colleges of America .. currently enroll 118,000 students ..."
"The astonishing conquest of matter, energy and space giverise to a spiritual bewilderment in which man can lose his senseof purpose. To maintain equilibrium the school must guard theintegrity of the philosophic and humanistic disciplines whichmake the student aware of his spiritual origin and destiny."
"It is all too evident that the American moral fabric isbeing severely strained by the material advances that have runahead of our responsible use of them."
"American higher education during this decade . . . mustassume responsibility for making students aware of their newneighbors (nations and people emerging from a feudal society)and their needs. The Jesuit colleges are making this awarenesspractical through more intensive programs in foreign languagesand international relations ..."
SPORTS EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGERTOM UNGERLAND BOB CROWLEY
EXCHANGE EDITORPAUL FARGIS
STAFFF. Abbate, R. Badolato, T. Cuomo, N. ColI, R. Davis, R. Dowling, J. Distinti,S. Dunphy, J. Flynn, M. Fratantuno, T. Flanagan, R. Fleurant, J. Faulkner,F. Hendricks, J. R. Heller. R. Jaros, W. Kramer, G. Kourkunas, C. Lamb, A.Mannion, J. Monahan, J. Morrison, R. Nalewajk, D. Preziosi, D. Reichelt, T.Ryan, R. Spring, B. Curley.
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In The Stag'sOpinion ...
NOTES AND FOTESTom Ryan in the Stu den t
Council corner-Fr. John Ryan, representing
the Bellarmine Guild, informedus that the tickets for this year'scar raffle will be available fordistribution within the nextweek. The raffle will take placeimmediately after Easter.
The Juniors, in the person ofFrank Murphy, requested thattheir Ontology final be switchedto the morning of March 17th sothey may enjoy one of the bestdays in the year-3 cheers forthe Little People!!!
A much needed motion waspassed which calls for a medical doctor at all home inter-collegiate sporting events. This willbe taken up with the administration.
The returns from the WinterCarnival are not fully completedbut Mr. Quinn promises a fullreport for the next meeting. Theold mimeograph machine in thePublic Relations office will berepaired by the Council andmay be used by other organizations obtaining permission. Weare now looking for a room tokeep it in.
The last motion calls for thestenciling of all new constitutions which are submitted forapproval. This is to make eachmember fully aware of the contents of the entire constitution,not just those parts read to usby a Legislative Committee.
That's about it for now exceptto say that I fully agree with thejudges and the people who attended the Winter CarnivaL"The Queen was a beauty!"
The following items arenoted, in passing, by THESTAG to be of importance andtherefore, logically, worthy ofmention:
That the Student Council,due to the efforts of FrankMurphy, and others, is attempting to have the date of the Ontology Final (for Juniors, only)changed from March 18th (theday after the internationalsaint, St. Patrick has been honored) to the morning of the17th. Surely, all the Gaelickings smile down upon this effort and THE STAG hopes fora favorable answer from theoffice of the Dean.
That the Council is also investigating the possibility ofprocur:n\, the services of a medical doctor at all home intercollegiate sporting events, heldat home. Some might wonder ifwe are not breaking a NCAArule in regard to the presenceof a "qualified" trainer, whoshould be at every game. THESTAG soon hopes to find thistrainer and interview him.
That Mr. R. Richardson,speaker for the RepublicanClub on Feb. 9th expressed thebelief that Russia is "the biggest bluff in history." THE Two Fairfield UniiversitySTAG congratulates Mr. Rich- Cardinal Key delegates attendardson on this novel approach! ed the Eastern IntercollegiateIn a recent interview with THE Key Association Con fer enceSTAG, John Crane, President of .held at Holy Cross Collegethe Cardinal Key, issued a earlier this month. Attendingstatement to the effect that he the conference were Lou Parhoped, with the coming of re- ent, STAG MANAGING EDIdrafting of the Key's constitu- TOR and Bob MacMurray, ViceEon, the "secrecy clause" would Chairman of the Cardinal Key.be removed since he saw no Also present at the Conferenceneed of its existence. Thus, Mr. were delegates from HobartCrane diplomatically dampened College, Northeastern Univerreactionary fires. sity, Boston College, Fordham
University, Wesleyan, University of Massachusetts, ColumbiaUniversity, Brown Universityand the host college, HolyCross.
The primary reason for theconference was to establish aset of concrete rUles and normswith which the various "Keys"might work in common. Also onthe agenda of topics to be discussed were the services rendered by Key organizations, the
JFXW
Editorial
During the past month. some perturbance concerning theacademic and mbral problem of cheating on examinations wasexpress~d on ihe national and collegiate level. Among othersconsidering the problem worthy of important space were theSaturday Evening Post of January 9th. the Educational Digestof Januarv. the editorial column of The Anselmian (the collegenewspaoe~ of St. Anselm's College in New Hampshire) and ina Professor Jacob's book "Changing Values in College." Interestedin the problem's t:lossible relationship to Fairfield University, wedecided to consuii a cross-section of our own student-body opin.ion concerning attitudes towards and habits of cheating. Itmight be well noted that Professor Jacob releases the opinion.based uoon survev evidence. that 40% or more of the studentsin a cori"siderable ~umber of colleges admitted frequent cheatingpractices.
Observations recorded from this University's group yieldthe conclusion that cheating has gradually worked itself into thepractices of a large number of students of Fairfield University.Due to the limitations of our own survey. we are not in a position to state. nor do we believe. that it is a majority habit ofstudents here. .
The oroblem. here at Fairfield. lies in the marked change inattitude toward the theory' and supposed necessity of cheating.The discussion must proceed on two levels. Primarily. on themoral or ethical plane. it is clearly recognizable that no condonment exists which will rationalize or justify the action ofcheating.
However. on the practical and temporally-limited plane. letus examine carefullv the causes of such rationalization as presently occurs. It se~ms to us that foremost in causation is thestrengthening overemphasis given to the value of the academicmark. Note that this overstress is not peculiar to Fairfield University. but is. rather. a nationwide situation. The followingfactors are observed in the post-college life of the Americanstudent. (1) The emphasis upon the academic grade as almostsole indicator of the graduates aptitude and knowledgability this is quite prevalent in the modern business world. (2) Theg~ad-school viorld's stress upon marks as the only legitimatemeans of admission. Not even considered is the scholarship,grant. etc. drive wherein the student merits only by his collegiategrades. (3) Add to this. the customary parental urge that student·son bring home report cards full of splendidly high marks. Often.this is the onlv acceQted proof that son is working and meritspraise. (4) La~tly. d""o we- not often find the entire estimationand judgment made of a student by an instruct·or or professorbased strictly upon his academic marks on quizzes. tests andfinal exams?
We are not trying to justify the cheating student or makea weeping plea for mercy. Nor are we calling for an increasedvigilance on the part of exam proctors. We are saying that thereis a definite pressure. overly exerted. and resulting problemsthat lie behind the student adoption of cheating practices. Thevigilance of a proctor is not the cause. nor has it direct con,nection with the problem.
The solution to this educational problem of cheating mustcome from a re-evaluation. by the student. of the purpose ofattending college: it must arise from our society's ceasing toregard college as merely four years to be trained to get a betterjob: and it must come from the higher educational forces in oursociety. in that. they be aware of and practice the importantdistinction between true knowledge and a test paper crammedby rote memory and essay-improvisations.
If there is not a re-evaluation of the purpose of college andthe precise imt)ortance of academic grades. then cheating is onlythe borrinnina of a serious problem for American education (and.thus. for Fairfield University).
ON CHEATING
"The function of the Resident Council is to protect the interests of the resident student body and act as a mediating bodybetween the administration and the student body." Thus spakeTom Ryan, President of the council. The reason that he madethe small speech, or at least the reason that it is being published,is the increasing number of complaints about the ResidentCouncil heard in the dorms. After the rather stirring list offunctions, the next question had to do with the fulfilling of thisfunction. It was rather nicely hedged, but a reason was givenfor the hedging, that criticism of a body over which a memberof the administration has full power of veto might be interpretedas criticism of the entire administration. This struck me as a validreason for the hedge, in some instances, (not in others like theSunday papers) so we moved on. The whole problem of theveto power naturally led to the question about cooperation onthe part of Father McCormick. To this, Tom s,aid that, "Therehas been cooperation in augmenting new ideas, but as for changesin the established order, next to none." One example of a newmatter can be seen each Wednesday in Loyola. (Examples ofestablished order may be seen every night at 11 :15.) A smalltime out was taken in the interview for Tom to lament the lackof funds. It seems likely that the council would have more fundsif the individual delegates would make at least some effort tocollect the dues. Whether this hesitancy is the result of shyness,personality, laziness, or a reaction to the odd handling of theStudent Assessment Tax is a problem that the officers of thecouncil are considering now (and should have been consideringlong ago.) Tom also told me that the paper problem will besolved. Congratulations, it has taken them only five months toarrange that delicate matter. G. S.
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By MIKE FRATANTUNOFriends, it is once again that time of year when we start to
look forward (at those bleak, vacation-less days and weeksahead) and try to find an outlet for our "youthful exhuberqnce."Spring is not far away, but before we envision convertibles full
THE STAG
Dante Academy ReadsPurgatorio In Italian
During the present schoolyear, as Part of the three-yearcycle of reading and analyzingthe Divina Commedia, the Dante Academy is studying thePurgatorio. The Academy, under the moderation of Fr. Vincent F. Leeber, S.J., and thepresidency of Joseph Annunziata, class of '60, is conductedon a seminar basis, meetingeach Wednesday during the fifthperiod in room CI03. The various sessions of reading andresearch are conducted by eachof the members in turn, andare lectures treating one or agroup of cantos.
JOE CANNIZZARO BRINGSHOME THE CODFISH
A select group of Fairfieldgourmets dined in aristocraticfish, while their excluded confish, with their excluded confreres endured the cuisine oftheir beloved Pierre.
The twenty-eight pound beauty was reeled in by Joe Cannizzaro, Junior Class president,with the assistance of Tony Cuomo and Bob Brady, also juniors. The trio were aboard thefishing vessel, Victory off SandyHook, N.J., when the catch wasmade.
APRIL RAMBLER RAFFLEBENEFITS STUDENT BODY
Fairfield students will beasked to support the annual carraffle sponsored by the Bellarmine Guild.
The University receives ashare of the profits. Proceedsfrom last year'S event went tosuch projects as the purchasingof new books for our libraryand the forming of scholarships.Although the Student Council'sfinal plans are still incompleteat the moment, students can receive their share of tickets inample time for the' late Aprilraffle.
ST. IVES GUILD
On the evening of February12th, Edward J. Caldwell, aBridgeport attorney addressedthe members of the St. Ives Prelegal guild. Mr. Caldwell, a Fairfield University graduate and amember of the Connecticut StateSenate, talked to the prospective lawyers on his own experiences in law school, attemptingto insert those prerequisiteswhich he deems important tosuccess in this field. On Friday,February 26th, the St. Ives Guildwill present Attorney JohnFray, who will address the guildin the second of a series of talksto be sponsored by the club thissemester.
Faction Theory Reveals Moderate JAZZ '60Commuterism As The True View By
E. WELLINGTON ANDERSONBy FRED 1. ABBATE
. . . the dates for the 1960I'm going to talk about something that nobody is aware of Newport festivals are in - the
at the Dresent time. When I am finished I will be accused of three day Folk Festival fromstirring- up prejudices and revolutions, but this is not my pur- June 24th to 26th; and thepose. For I will talk about something which I think is good now, Jazz? Festival from Thursday,but was not so a little while ago. June 30, through Monday, July
As a great many of us know (those of us who have been 4th. . . wasn't surprised whenhere a while) there are two kinds of people in this school: those Maynard Ferguson's swingingwho live here and those who don't live here. The latter we shall new band finished second onlycall commuters, and the entire summation of these people's ac- to Count Basie's in the recenttions we shall correctly call commuterism. Downbeat Reader's Poll ... but
Commuterism is further subdivided into three major schools: how did Pepper Adams ever0) Extreme Commuterism. These people keep one foot in the place second on baritone? ...classroom and one foot in the Jaguar. They have lunch in their dug the Billy Taylor Trio recars, study and sleep in their cars, and in general love their cently at a new uptown jazzcars. They join no school organizations, but come stampeding spot, "The Prelude." Excellent! of gorgeous townies, let us turn around and take a brief look atout of their last class and point their cars in the direction of . . . the more I dig Ahmad Ja- the first semester exams. . .wherever it is they want to go so badly. mal. the more I think he sounds As most of you know only too well, It has been an mcreas-
(2) Nihilistic Commuterism.· This school rejects every prin- like Randy Weston-and I don't ing trend of recent times that the exam sc?edules are a sourceciple of the first. You will find these gentlemen sleeping in like Randy Weston ... Charlie 10f pam to both s~udent and teacher. We realIze that the person(s)dormitory closets at night or playing pinochle in the luggage Mingus' new thing for Colum- who are responsIble for concoctmg the schedule has a great taskroom. They participate in every school club and seldom go to bia, "Mingus Ah UM," is a gas! to perform, for. it is vi~tually impossi?le .to please everybody.classes. Generally, their averages are about 3. But they know . . . but "Blowing The Blues But let. us examme a tYPIcal-type exammatlOn schedule:everyone in the school. Away" by the Horace Silver ThJ..ll~ and Do 11 . Monday, 1:30 P. M.
(3) Moderate Commuterism (the true view). The men hold- Quintet is truly something else! WrItmg Words 11 ..Thursday, 1:30 P. M.ing this position try to balance the above two. They have lunch . . . have heard nothing but Memory 11. . .. Monday, 1:30 P. M.in a building, do their sleeping at home (or at least in class), and raves about Miriam Makeba, the Advanced RatIOnal PhYSIOgnomy 198 . Tuesday, 9:30 A. M.don't mind staying around after last class to attend a meeting. young singer from South Africa, Completely Complicated Calculus 462 Tuesday, 1:30 P. M.of one of the few clubs they have chosen to join. They still have who made her debut at the Vil- Volumes and Volumes of Readmg 947 Tuesday, 7:30 P. M.friends who live in the dormitory, but they do not live with lage Vanguard last December. . . Now, even the casual viewer will note with disdain t~atthem. In addition, they see their families regularly. maybe if we ignore Jonah Jones T&D 11, ·a rather easy ~ourse, IS the first, and you have an entIre
The trend, I am happy to say, seems to be away from the he'll go away ... Cannonball's weekend to study for It. Your next exam occurs on Thurs~ay,
first two schools of thought, at least away from the first one. new quintet is currently break- and so you may hav~ two days to study for WW 11. There :s aAdmittedly, we come to school for an education and not for ing everything up each evening three day study perIod for Mem. 11, al~o. But then, all brIghttogetherness. But education is not the function of the class- at New York's Half-Note-es- and early at 9:30, you take ARP 198 (whIch cover~, as one mIghtroom by itself. Making a few friends, joining and learning from pecially when they play the Imagme, qUIte a field). You have hardly had tIme to recoverall the interesting clubs, yes, even going to Winter Carnivals great Bobby Timmons tune, when you are blasted with CCC 462, which completely ~hatters
is all part of the picture. Gentlemen, we are not going to spend "This Here" (p l' 0 n 0 u n c e d: you~ morale, and the V&_VR 947 exam takes place whIle youour post-graduation days in our precious automobiles but with Dish'eah _ or somethin' like are m deep shock.. .real, live people. that) from their great "In San Now, we realIze that the Ideal SItuatIOn m a umverslty IS
On the other hand it's nice to go home once in a while. It's Fran~isco" album also I the one in which Joe College can walk into an exam without anytrue that Joe College gives his everything for the Halls of Ivy, just received nev.:s· that the ~ecent review and get a 99.987 on the test, re~ying on ?is experbut he doesn't feature the idea of mopping them for the rest of great Kingston Trio edged out lence, know-how, and well formed study habIts. But It seems ahis life. There must be a moral question involved here - like the Dukes of Dixieland Bobby Igreat many students do not fall into the above category, andliving in the dormitories and not paying board and room. To Darin Pat Suzuki and Alexan- these are sometimes completely stoned by a schedule. It doessome it's collegiate to crawl around campus begging for food and d' K' g th'a person not seem unreasonable that some of the burden of the examsshelter, but this isn't a seminary for mendicants. :~ti~~ o~n th~S we~~ ~~ "Rock~Icould be lifted .off the student. ,After all, the exam period is not
As a corollary to this whole discussion we might add that d G de" aga i e a test of phYSIcal strength (wno can stay awake the longest),much of the "factionalism" seen around, say, election time is anIN ;~R~ONrr: "J:z~ At Town but it is a comp~ehen~ive and cumulative account of a student'sdue to an identification of commuterism with the extremes. The Hall" an evening of modern knowledge m hIS varIous. courses. The teachers themselves nocar-lovers show very little interest in the University or the jazz' was presented at W. 43rd dou~t are .aware of the pItfalls of the ~ystem, an? must act ac-student· body; the "men who came to dinner" are just a little too St 't t h lilt J cordmgly m the composmg and correctmg of theIr exams. And
h f 1 t t k M d t · . th k d h d ree concer a as anuary .muc or peop e 0 a e. 0 era IOn IS e ey, an t e tren 30th and naturally this review- t?US e-yen they are under needless pressure. WIth proper con-we hope will continue to scuttle in this direction. er ~as in attendance. slderatlOn, most exa~s could be spac~d at least a. day apart, to
What's that? Proof of the thesis? That is the true view which Formally the concert opened allow for recupera~lOn and preparatIOn. ~ am no~ adverse tocan be subtly indicated as such in parentheses. But moderate 'th th' d' . t' t longer semester holIdays, but they lose theIr effect If one has to
t . b btl' d' t d h . th WI a ra er Isappom mg se d 1" .commu erIsm can e su y mIca e as suc m paren eses. by the Bill Evans Trio. Music- spen liS tIme sc.out:n~ up retake money.Therefore. . . 11 h 't b I But, once agam It IS that part of the year when we look
: y't oweve\ I 1 ~gan s~me I forward, and thank such men as George Washington and St.
PWh~lnl y J mmJu es a ell' dW tehn Patrick (?) for thinking of us during the long haul.I y oe ones rep ace e
trio's d l' U m mer and demonstrated quite facilely why he isconsidered the high priest ofmodern jazz drummers. Unfortunately, I hadn't "really" dugPhilly Joe before - but afterhis rousing set I realized thatalmost every new drummer I've The main library is exhibiting seven old books onheard, from Cliff Jarvis to Bil- a variety of subjects. Father Francis Small S.3., librarly Higgins, is patterning his ap- ian, said that the donor or donors is unknown, and thatproach after Philly Joe.
Next, after a Symphony Sid the volumes were found in the library's stock.Torin introduction, the brilliant An English dictionary, dated~>---------------Modern Jazz Quartet showed us, 1671, attracts. muc~ intere~t. The such pro-American sentiment onthe audience, just how beauti- words a~e prlI~ted m EnglIsh and the British side of the pond.ful and how true a great art defined m Latm as was the cus- This work was printed on Fleetform is this thing we call "mod- tom <?f the time. !" handwritten Street, London where many ofern jazz." When the set regret- notatIOn on the tItle page notes Britains large dailies are nowfully came to a close, it was that although the author claims printed.obvious to all present that as to write completely, there are J Th C 11 d '
d.. " . . ames ompson a en er s,
far as a group soun m Jazz IS mIstakes and. omlsslO~s. "The History of the Unitedconcerned - the MJQ is years The collectIOn contal~s a He- States for 1796" ublished inahead of its time, and still pro- brew grammar compIled by . ' pgressing! Saint Robert Bellarmine, patron 1797 gIves an acco,unt of the
After a short intermission, of Fairfield University. This federal ~overnments developthe amazing Ornette' Coleman work was published by the ment ~urmg that year.Quartet came on with their Plantin Press in 1606. The Plan- PrevIOusly, there was an exnew (and I mean "new") sound. tin printing house was one of hibition in the Newman libraryWhile the audience had seemed the best in Europe and was of Newm~n books and memoraunanimous in its praise for the located in Antwerp, Belgium. balIa. ThIS materIal. ",:,as doMJQ, the Coleman-Cherry com- A small book, printed in nated by Rev. :VlllIam J.bo literally "broke everyone up" England, in 1775, one year be- FIe t c her.. of Samt Thomas-that is, right in two. Very sel- fore the American Revolution Church, FaIrfield.dom did more than half the sympathizes with the American Father Small said he is drawaudience clap after any of 01'- cause. Titled "A Defence of the ing up a list of needed books,nette's way, way out (like real- Revolution and Address of the which will be purchased withly gone) solos. Altho\Jgh I American Congress" in Reply the $500 appropriated by thethought Coleman to be some-I to Taxation ~o ~yranny. It was student council to enlarge the
(Continued on Page 7) unusual at thIS tIme to find any English section of the library.
Feb. 19th, 1960
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WINTER CARNIVAL IN REVIEW
Feb. 19th, 1960
The Source of Sound Music Two Queens, Two Dolls
Her Majesty, Miss Virginia Burke
Nothing like a table of good cheer! Welcome! - Lost Your Coat Check, Buddy?
These amendments have beenmade to the constitution of theStudent Association concerningthe elections of Class officers.These amendments have beenpassed by the Student Counciland were initiated by Mr. Ganimof that body. They are publishedhere that the Student Body,when voting their ratification orrejection, may cast a well informed vote.
"Nomination forms shall be madeavailable to the members of the Association (i.e. the student body) duringthe nominating period as designatedby the Council. The nomination formsshall require:
A. 30 names for the office of President'
B. 25 names for the office of VicePresident
C. 20 names for the office of Secretary
D. 20 names for the office of Treasurer
E. The same signature may appearon more than one form, but notmore :than once on anyone form..
F. Current class officers are eligiblefor re-election.
Completed forms must be submitted to the dean of studies accordingto a deadline set by the student council then in session. A list of nomineesfor each respective office of eachclass will be posted on the bulletinboards and published in the studentnewspaper prior to a primary election.Published if possible according tothe publication schedule of the newspaper. A primary election. the dateof which is to be designated by theCouncil in session. shall then be held.The voter shall check off two nameson the primary ballot. The two menwith the greatest number of. votesin the primary shall be considered ascandidates for the final run-off. Incase of a tie in the primary, if thetwo tied opponents have tied withthe greatest number of votes of allthe nominees they shall be consideredthe two candidates for the final runoff. However. if a tie ocurs betweentwo nominees directly following thenominee with the highest number ofvotes a primary tie run-off shall beheld between the two tied opponents:the nominee in 'Such case winning thehighest number of votes in the primary tie run-off shall be consideredthe second candidate for the finalelection (subject to the election commissioner). The final run-off shall beheld one week after the primary election. The candidate receiving thegreatest number of votes shall becon.sidered the winner. In case of atie in the run-off, i.e. final election,the tie shall be broken by a simplemajority of votes cast in the classelection in which the tie occurs. Thispertains to any of the four officers.
All candidates must meet the requirements established by the Deanof the College. All elections both theprimary and the run-off (includingtie-breaking elections) must entirelycomply with Article III Section I ofthe By-Laws with the exception thatno class officer candidate rather thanStudent Council candidate. shall atany time be in charge of the votingbooth. Election returns will be postedon the next school day following theelection day and published in thenext issue of the school newspaperfollowing the election day:'
Manor ProgressEd Rizzi, Editor of the 1960
Manor, reports that the yearbook should be out by midApril. Part of the work is already at the publishers and therest is nearing completion.
Underclassmen this year willbe able to purchase the yearbook at a new and lower priceof $7. A deposit of $3 to RobertStubbs of - the Business staffwill reserve a copy.
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Those who attended the Communion Breakfast the next day(or after they got up) shouldtake a bow a.t this point. It'spretty amazing that no matterhow many events are packedinto the Winter Carnival therewill always be a good turnoutfor this chance to show thatFairfield as a unit can rise toworthwhile occasions. Feeling alittle pride for this would dono one harm.
The Glee Club Concert effectively put the clincher on theWinter Carnival. As usual, theybrought forth a musically brilliant program under Mr. Harrack's able direction. There'snothing lik;e going home froma big week-end with our sav-.age breasts all soothed!
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to complain about Sidney's failure to arrive, so everyone gotalong quite well. I even sawpeople shaking hands withmembers of the Student Council!
Serenading melodies flowedfrom the clarinet of Stan theMan for a few fried momentsearly Saturday afternoon. Then.lingering memories of the previous night were dispelled andover a thousand manikins cameto life following the harkeningbeats of the renounced jazzgroup. Berkman's was soon converted into a fantasy Metropole.with each participant supplyinghis own butter milk for temporary i n t ern a 1 satisfaction.New Jersey's ans'Wer to theprominent Kingston Trio appeared along with the choristers from Rosemary College.raising the tempo until thecrack was heard and all weregone.
Saturday's Jazz Concert hadall kinds of surprises. Rubin'sTigertown Five started the session off in his always-greatfashion and kept up a tirelesspace. A few six-packs later hewas relieved by a much prettier group which engaged insome very close harmony. Thenthe Kingston Trio came on well, not really the KingstonTrio, but even the real oneswouldn't have been able to tellthe difference - and kept thecrowd in fantastic spirits. People even started to (ugh!) singalong. Rubin came back, Rubinplayed, the beer can walls cametumbling down, and Rubin wenthome.
The Dave Robertson Band,composed of our own students,made the scene next. Puttingthem on last was a great mistake, because they were goodenough to headline in my opinion. The committee should haveseen to it that they made theirappearance much sooner, at anyrate, when more would haveheard their well-polished andwell-played arrangements. Nevertheless, those who did stayreally enjoyed themselves (ifdancing every number is anyindication of enjoyment). And Iwish somebody who knowssomething about microphoneswould stop in Berchmans Auditorium one of these days.
The Dinner Dance? Somebody told me they thought thefloor was too crowded and thatit took too long to get served.Can you imagine a person likethis!
I can't remember the lasttime I went ice-skating at oneo'clock in the morning. The funny thing is (believe it or not)that it's the best time of theday to do it. Hats really mustgo off to Jack Quinn for thecoolest (oh!) idea of the Carnival. Of course there was onewag who kept skating aroundstealing other people's dates,but all knew him and expectedit.
Humor, Detail, SurrealismIn Winter Carnival Critique
THE STAG
The following review of the Winter Carnival 1960is a composite of the impressions of three staff writers.The more humorous opinions usually are issued by FredJ. Abbate, Lou Zowine's descriptions deal more withgraphic detail and the surrealistic account of the JazzConcet is that of R. Davis. We start off with the poeticMr. Abbate (the other two writers will chime in whenthe unity of time demands).
A little while ago the Winter~~------------Carnival happened. A littlewhile ago the Civil War alsohappened. In the minds of many,the events of the former willlive longer than any war couldpossibly live. For the Carnivalwas done on a much largerscale, cost more money and took
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fewer lives. One other thing nobody wanted it to be over.
The week-end really startedrolling to the music of RonnieDrumm. Mr. Drumm backed upjust about every claim themusic world made about him,prostrate saxaphone and all.The sounds were big and thearrangements classic, and itlooks like Drumm is really onhis way.
At 10:30 p.m.• when the lastfew couples had entered. themuch awaited moment arrivedfor the five finalists seeking toreign as Queen of the Carnival.Master of ceremonies. Joe Monahan. built up the climatic moment while toying with the sensitive nerves of the contestantsand handling his assignmentwith incomparable ease. Withthe large crowd ass e m b 1e daround the bandstand. Joe. timeand again. teased them by usingany means at hand to stall theproceedings. Eventually. he opened the envelope 'With the precious name inside: but he stopped. momentarily. then to tella joke he had been saving sincehis Freshman year. At last."without further ado:' Joe announced the name of Miss Virginia Burke. a senior from Manhattanville College.
Amid the glitter of flashbulbsand reeling of television cameras. Bob Lyons. chairman ofthe Queen contest. crownedMiss Burke. as her blushingescort. Tom Ryan. senior. looked on. The attractive Queenwas presented with a wristwatch and a miniature dolldressed as a queen. Miss Burke.as well as the other members ofher court. received corsages.
As usual the outcome of thequeen contest confirmed thegood taste of the voters. Thefunny thing about queen contests is that her escort is automatically king, and people as arule don't think this necessarily follows. But the real strokeof genius in the Friday nightsegment of the Carnival wasthe free picture system. Thishad two salient benefits; thepictures were free and wedidn't have to pay for them(except for $.25 which helpspay Arthur Summerfield).
What made the events of Friday night more enjoyable wasthe fact that they hardly endedFriday night. I speak here onlyof the Senior Class session, but(if hearsay will be admissible)the others were near-gassersalso. The band playing the gigat the Senior affair was verygood, although their sounds fellon a relatively small numberof ears. But around two o'clockin the morning no one is going
Like the man was swinging!
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And they played lively-like music, too
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Q. What is the attitude of thepeople toward Americans?
A. "People of the peasantclass worship Americans. Theybowed down and kissed ourclothes and tried to touch usas we passed. The main bodyof Russians are the peasantsand they love and respect theAmericans very much."
The last and final questionwhich I will mention hereproved to be the most interesting and the one which established exactly what Mr. Robertson feels towards Russia.
Q. Why should we Americans,a God-fearing country of highmoral conduct, fear the termor concept Communism?
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I believe this for a number ofreasons. While in Russia I sawa backward nation around thestreet corners from the modernpicture they tried to give Us I saw no trains, or any kind ofadvanced communication - Inthree weeks in Russia I neveronce saw a plane - I challengeany American to go to thesmallest city in the UnitedStates and stay there 45 minutes without hearing the soundof a plane engine.
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Winter clad tracksters arenow seen dotting the campussprinting on occasion and the~again, jumping the high andlow hurdles that line the cindertrack. These are the men training to represent Fairfield in theindoor competition this March.The majority of them, as canbe noted are veterans of lastfall's cross-country team, whichincidently was the most successful in the school's history.
Now they are preparing tobetter their previous records.As pre-season reports have it,Coach Ed Tamashunas willprobably rely heavily on theyoung sophomores: Jack Barry,recently named next year'scross-country cap t a i n, LouOckey, Shaun Sullivan and BobMcCarthy. Th e s e graduatesfrom the fall season haveproven their ability for endurance in the distance runs andwill no doubt continue to display their talent in that field.
The most responsibility for asuccessful season hinges on thesen i 0 l' co - captains Phil Gallagher and Frank Connors .Both these men have seen fouryears of track competition atthe University and possess thepoise and confidence needed tospur on this young team. Eachin his own right is a powerfulrunner' and relied upon to pileup a good share of the team'spoints for the season.
Sprints, hurdles, and the highjump are the open berths on thenew team. However, there isexpectation that they will befilled by three experiencedtrackstel'S in the next fewweeks, namely: Richie Badolato,Pete Hauser, anp Pete Vath.
Track SeasonTraining Begins
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Stag Spotlight On Art Crawford
"Artie" Crawford, a six-foot-four, one-hundred-and-ninetypound Junior' from the Bronx, New York, is presently the"Stag's" leading scorer ·and rebounding wonder.
Artie is a graduate of St. Anne's Academy (now Molloy) inNew York City, and there he built the foundation for an exceptionally promising basketball career,
Since he came to F:airfield, Artie has developed a variationof shots, which deem him irreplaceable in his post position.His high for the season, thus far, is thirty-four points, which isjust three points short of the team's individual scoring record.Artie's major asset, however, is his extraordinary reboundingability. Ranked as one of the top "small school" rebounders inthe country, he broke his own ·previous high and the schoolrecord against A. 1. C" pulling twenty-eight down from theboards.
In a total of fourteen games, Artie has accumulated twohundred and fifty-five points, an average of better than eighteenpoints a game, and has scrapped for the possession of twohundred and fifty-one rebounds, a figure which also balancesout to eighteen a game.
Artie possesses the quality which is much desired by all ballplayers, and which is indeed the mark of a truly great ballplayer - namely, that of consistency. Frank Hendricks
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THE GERMAN CLUBFor the past few years the
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what miraculous and quite interesting (I can't say the samefor his counterpart on trumpet,Don Cherry), at the close of theset I happened to purposelyoverhear two women turn totheir Ivy-League companionsand say "That was horrible!"and "Like really bad!"
Then lovely Carmen McRaebrought things down to earthagain with her more than pleasant song stylings. Her interpretation of Erroll Garner's "Misty" was the best I've everheard (yes, I've heard JohnnyMathis') and when she sangBenny Golson's beautiful tribute to the late Clifford Brown,"I Remember Clifford" I thinkI noticed a few damp eyesamong the older women in theaudience.
Art Blakley and his muchheralded Jazz M e sse n g e 1'5
(minus Bobby Timmons andBenny Golson) came on to closethings with much noise. LeeMorgan seems already too advanced for Blakely's group,
Education Club members havevoted Jay Simpson '61 the newly-established position of membership chairman and public relations delegate to the StudentEducation Association of, Connecticut (SEAC.)
As a SEAC delegate, Mr.Simpson, who is also public relations chairman of the campusgroup, will join with de1egatesrepresenting other Connecticutcolleges to strive for harmoniousrelations between the variousstudent pedagogical chapters.
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group instruments, Everyoneseems to be interested in groupsinging, Folk songs and PopStandards, which are the majorundertakings, are easy to sing.Good voices are not a prerequisite, and it is a great source ofpleasure for the listener as wellas the participants. Those whohad been playing for a fewyears inspired others to take itup and through the process ofa chain reaction, inte-rest grewand is still growing to surprising proportions.
An interesting analysis as regards the fad for Folk Music,guitars, and group singing wasgiven by the participants. Forone thing, people are gettingsick and tired of modern musicand are turning toward folkmusic because it is more expressive, the lyrics are colorfuland exciting. and of course theyare easily adaptable to the guitar and group singing, On theother hand, it is a relief of tension gettin\~ together with agroup of fellows and singingand playing; for while doingthis the mind can't concentrateon anything else but what isbeing sung or played.
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and the harmonizing voices ofthose who don't play instruments.
Most of these would-be Kingston Trios have taken up theirrespective instruments since thestart of the school year whilethe few remaining have beenplaying from two to sevenyears. These talented youthshave not concentrated their artform on Fairfield alone buthave spread joy through musicand song to other locales. Forinstance Paul Rudd has just returned from an engagement atNew Rochelle's Winter Ca-rnival; Geoff Stokes has playedand sung at "Harold's" supperclub in Larchmont; Gary Ambert has played in a dance bandon a few occasions and RaphaelSan Miguel has serenaded anaudience with Latin AmericanMusic at Emmanuel Collegewhen two years ago they had aprogram of music from all overthe world and students fromdifferent countries, attendingschool in this country, playedthe music of their respectivehomelands.
Some members have madegreat contributions in the songwriting field; Ned Murtaugh haswritten, among other things""Epistomology" (sung for Fr.Sullivan on the last day ofclass) and "Bye-Bye Shanz,"while Bill Curley has writtenlove songs and songs of thewoods.
But why the sudden interestin these string instruments andwhat kind of music is being l( of C Raffleplayed? It seems that the fame A 1960 Webcor Stereo Hi-Fiof the King~t~n Trio and the set will be raffled April 6 byrIse of Rock n Roll groups con- the Knights of Col u m bus.tributed to the interest of this Tickets, selling at 25 cents, $1.00craze. Guitars and the like are Iper book of four, can be pureasy to play without a knowl- chased from Peter Grimes, Kenedge of mUSIC and they are good Dubuc and other Knights,
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Stags Rid-e. High 'In 6 Out Of 7T,o Tie Knights For League Lead
The Fairfield University Var-A.I.C. sity basketball team fell back to
the .500 mark as they droppedThe Sta:,s rolled to their third a 91-74 decision to the George
consecutive victory and eighth town University team at theof the season by defeating AIC Fairfield gym. At this point, the67-57. Fairfield, who was behind Stags' record is 5-5. .at the start, rallied to gain a33-31 halftime advantage and Playing before .a sold-outfinally iced the contest when crowd, the Stags stayed evenBobby Jenkins sank a timely with the Capitol squad untilhoop with less than two min- eleven minute mark in the secutes remaining. Although the ond period. With Fairfield leadAces scored one more field goal ing 54-53, both Art Crawfordthan the Stags, Fairfield was and Bill Shin were forced to thevictorious as a result of con- bench with four fouls each. Fairtrolling the boards and the foul field then lacking any potent reline. Leaping Artie Crawford bounding strength under thenot onlv led all Faireld scorers boards, their taller opponentswith 20 points, but also broke controlled the defensive boardshis own school record of 22 re- and shot accurately at their ownbounds by snatching down 28. basket to break up the game.Mike Touhy a 1so contributed Bobby Jenkins continued toto the victory by scoring 151 play his role as the "Stopper"markers, while Jenkins tossed by holding Brian Sheehan, {hein 14. Another factor in our Hoyas top scorer to 7 points.winning was the impressive Crawford led the scoring fornumber of Fairfield students Coach Bisacca's team with 17who made the long trip to' points. Mike Touhy and JoelSpringfield to cheer the Stags ICherrytree tallied 11 each in theon. losing cause.
Feb. 19th, 1960
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In a frequently wild, occasionally confused, but always exciting game, Fairfield edged visiting Villa Madonna College ofCovington, Ky., 68-65 on thehome boards.
Leading most of the way, theStags were kept under constantpressure by the accurate foulshooting of the California-boundRebels, and managed only aslim.33-31 half-time lead. Thelead changed hands frequentlythroughout the second half untilPat Kelly's jump shot put theStags ahead to stay with a minute and twenty seconds remain·ng. Bill Shin followed with twofouls to ice Fairfield's sixth victory of the season.
Art Crawford added eighteenpoints to his usual superb rebounding to lead all scorerswhile steady Tom O'Brien cam~off the bench to add fourteen.The visitors' balanced attackfeatured four players in doublefigures.
BROOKLYN COLLEGE
The Fairfield University Stagsmoved one notch closer in theirquest for the Tri-State title, bydefeating the Brooklyn Collegefive to the tune of 94-80.
Brooklyn Colle g e held thereins on Fairfield in the firsthalf by using a collapsing zone,forcing the Stags to shoot fromthe outside. Joe 1 Cherrytree,who gave his finest performanceof the season so far, tallied 21points, and led the outside attack, while Art Crawford andPat Kelly co.ntrolled the boards;Art with 20 rebounds and Patwith 14. Playing his usual floorgame. Bob Jenkins was thefourth Stag to hit double figures.
With an 8-point lead at thehalf, Fairfield, relaxing a bit ontheir laurels were stunned asBrooklyn College, led by BobStiriger, who tallied 38 points,closed the gap to a 66-66 tie.Quickly revived by the phenomenal shooting and rebounding of Art Crawford shooting12 for 13 from the floor andracking-up 28 points, the Stagsrallied to a 14 point final lead.
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UPSALA
Fairfield travelled to East Orange, New Jersey, last weekriding on a three game winstreak. But the home town Upsala Vikings had a streak oftheir own going, as they hadwon 11 straight. How they attained that streak was soon tobe shown to the Stags. In whatwas one of the poorest reffedgames of the season, Fairfieldlost 90-74. No one from Fairfieldfouled out of the game, but theStags had walking and palmingcalled against them at least 20times. Upsala is a big team anddominated the bo<irds. Backcourt man Ted Eckols led theVikings as he scored his 1,000collegiate point and ended upwith 20 points for the evening.The Stags' Art Crawford hit fora season high as he scored 34points, 28 of them coming in thesecond half. He was followedby Tom O'Brien and Pat Kellywho came off the bench tospark the Stags and score 9and 8 points respectively.
FAIRLEIGH-DICKINSON
Unsung Harry Hyra tallied13 second half points in hisbest performance of the season,as Fairfield pulled away fromstubborn CCNY 75-58.
Harry totaled 17 points inall to share Stag scoring honors with Art Crawford, whothough held to four baskets,hit 9 of 11 from the foul line.
C. C. N. Y.
Sporting a sparkling new offense, studded with fast breaks,the Fairfield Stags defeatedFairleigh-Dickinson of New Jersey, 78-69.
Go, go, go, was the word asTom O'Brien, Mike Touhy, BillShin, Bob Jenkins, Art Crawford, Joel Cherrytree and PatKelly shared the scoring honors, time after time, in whatseemed to be a pre-game lay-updrill. This victory kept Fairfield within striking distance(3-1) of Bridgeport University,who leads the ten-team TriState league with a four andone record.
In the Freshman game, FrankMcNulty's 16 points were of noavail as the Bridgeport AllStars, led by Ed Diskowski, defeated the yearlings, 69-55.
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The Stags made it three in arow when they trounced theBlackbirds of L.LU. 87-59. Thehigh-riding quintet took anearly lead and increased it toa high of 42 in the third quarter. Joel Cherrytree, with 21points, led the team to theirmost impressive win of the season. All members of the Fairfield squad saw action includingVinnie Alvino who contributed"7 points to the effort.
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By T. UNGERLANDCongratulations are in order for retiring sports editor Bill
Kramer who did an excellent reporting job on the sports sceneduring the last year. We only hope in the future to be able tosound as professional and polished as Bill has in the past.
Fulfilling the thoughtful prediction of the famous Daytoncoach, J. Blackburn, ("a lean and hungry ball club is always awinner"), the Fairfield University Stags fast broke their way totheir fourth victory in five outings. Top physical condition of thestarting players seemed to be the main reason, along with 40minutes of constant defensive pressure led by Bob Jenkins. Anumber of offensive innovations cons,isting of well rehearsed"picks" and "cuts", plus timely substitutions by Coach GeorgeBisacca have made the past few games a pleasure to watch andundoubtedly will make the remaining ones easy marks in thewin column.
In recent weeks, the N.C.A.A. officials have been seriouslydebating a new rule which has been titled "no harm, no foul".Such an alteration of the present system would be a blow to amedium sized team as Fairfield. Essentially, this new regulationwould state that unless the player who was fouled, lost possessionof the ball or missed an attempted shot, no whistle would beblown. The reason for the initiation of such a rule is obvious,to eliminate the time-consuming foul shot. In many cases, a foulcalled on a defensive man during a full court press is no morethan a slap on the wrist and a whistle for a violation at thispoint is anlfoying to both ballplayers and spectators. What mustbe considered, however, is a team of small or medium size whocould be literally pushed off the court by a stronger and tallerclub as long as there was no harm according to the referees. Itcould be accomplished without any violation of the rules on thepart of the more powerful club. From our impressions here atFairfield, it seems as though a worthy addition to the college ruleinstead, would be the new pro-regulation eliminating all foulshots due to defensive fouls in back court and simply assigninga personal foul to the player committing the infringement.
Now that the intramurals are underway, there is a steadystream of students wending their way to the gym nearly everyafternoon between 4:30 and 6:45. (Pity the teams that play the5:45 game-no dorm dinner). Both off-campus boarders and dayhops get their chance this season and upsets have been frequentand devastating. We also understand that John Creed's new "20Point Club" has replaced the Cardinal Key as the thing to be in,around campus.
A few highlights of the past week: Art Crawford broke theschool rebound record with 28 against A.LC. . . . Bob (Moose)MacMurray has donated his private pool table to the ping-pongroom in the gym. It should be installed within the next week.Joe Cannizzaro, Junior class president, has turned fishermanwith Tony Cuomo and Bob Brady. Joe hooked a large 28 poundCod fish off the Long Island Coast and Peter the chef did thehonors, Friday night.
JENKINS POPS IN ANOTHER TWO