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MAY 10. 1963 Brian Dunn Valedictorian The Rev. James H. ~oughlin, S.J., Dean of the University, announced on Wednesday to the STAG that Brian Dunn has been named Valedictorian for the 'Class of '&3. Brian is ·the son of \J;r. and Mrs. Raymond F. Dunn -<If Winsted, Conn. The ValedicI tQrian hail been on the Deen's List during his four years at the university and was active in the Cardinal Key Society, Intramurals, and various class functions. He was co-chairman of both the Dogwood and Winter Oarnival, and is on the staff of the yearbook. Mr. Dunn will graduaie Magna Cum Laude, and will attend Rutgers graduate school in the Fall where he has received a teaching assist ·aIlltship. Upon completion of Graduate studies, Brian plans to teach mathema~ics. THE FOUR PREPS See Page N1De for Queen Contest FlnallsSs BRIAN DUNN Four Preps In Concert Sunday; Quee~Contest FinalistsChosen The Dogwood Festival Willi Promising Vocal Group" of 1958 present the Four Preps in con- in the Cashbox Magazine poll, t S d M 12th f and others such as "Down by cer on un ay, a! ,ro~ the Station," "Cinderella" and 2:~0 to 5:30 p.m. In ~he maIn "More Money for You and Me." gym. Harry Downie, the local ~heir night club appearances disc jockey on radio station have taken them to such naWLOC will serve· as master eyf tionally known nightspots as the ceremonies. Cocoanut Grove and the -Dunes Ticket prices will bej$3.00 per Hotel. They' have made college person ,for genera~ admission appearance!' all over the United seats, and $3.50 per person for States. reserved seats. Tickets may be Queen's Cootest obtained in Loyola cafeteda The Queen's Contest finalists during the eveni.ng meal, in were selected by stl,ldent vote Xavier cafeteria daily from 9 to (Con'. on Page 9, Col, 1) 1, at the door, by calling the I;:;;;;;;:;;;;;;:;;;;;;:;;;;;;:;;;;;;:;;;;;;:;;;;;;:;;;;;;:;;;;;;:;;;;;;:;;;;;;:;;;;;;::; Public Relations Office, or by calling CL 6-0503_ Page Directory Opinion Poll "" Page 2 The F'our Preps have distin- EcUtorials " Page 4 guished themselves irt the popu- ~vi:w~~:'" Meiiagui~'" =:::: lar music field wi,th their hit Latin America " Page 7 songs, "26 Miles," a million- Club News " Pag. 8 Queen FlnallsSs Pag. S seller, "Big Man," which gained Constltutlon Pag. 10 the Preps recognition as "Most ..S._P_OI'_t_s._._._,,_._.._._,,_._."_"_"_P_ag_"_13_-_16.-. Senior Pledges Average $98 SAM- To Survey Town of Fairfield Bob Foy, vice-president of the senior class and chairman of the Class of 1963 Senior Class Gift Drive, has informed the STAG that 'the class has pledged $23,100 to the school. This, is an average of· $98 per pledge with. 66% of the class contributing. A scroll with the names of the donors was presented to the Rector of the school on Sunday, May 5, during the SeniorParents weekend. Thil? is the second year that the pledge system has been used at Fairfield. Under this system, the members of the senior class pledge to contribute $90; $120, or $180 over a three year period. In return, -the school erects a plaque in the memory of the class.. The new Research Center is to be dedicated to the Class of '63. Chairman Foy is pleased with the results and wishes to extend his thanks to those who helped him in the drive, and to all who contributed. School of New York University in the Fall. He has been awarded a scholarship of $850. Published by Students of Fairfield Uni~ersity. Fairfield, Conn. ------------------- THOMAS FITZGERALD Thomas Fitzgerald Salutatorian Valedictorian, Salutatorian Chosen; Senior Class Gift Totals $23,100 '1 Fr. Coughlin, S.J., has announced that Thomas Fitz·gerald, an accountig major, is the Salutatorian for the Senior Class. Tom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. FitZigerald, Sr., of Whtte Plains, New York. Tom was Business Manager of the STAG and the Manor. ·He was last year's tre'asurer of the Student Council, and ser.ved this year as the Recording Secretary of the Council. He has been on the Dean's' List for three years, and will graduate cum laude from the University. He will deliver the Salutory' address at Class Day on June 9 in the gymnasium. Tom will attend the Law On Wednesday, May 1, Rev. George S. Mahan, S.J., announced plans for a statistical survey of Fairfield next Fall by the University Chapter of the Society for Advancement of Management. The survey will be conducted in conjunction with the University's Bureau of Business Research. Granted a stipend of $800 by the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce and Town Plan and. Zoning Commission, the student chapter under the guidance of Robert F. O'Neil of the Business Department, will investigate the town's market appeal in comparison · with its neighboring towns, the flow of traffic in the town, and the public's opinion concerning the fate of the Sherman Avenue School. In announcing the project at S.A.M.'s Annual Banquet, Father Mahan cited the University's great pride in the accomplishments of its organizations and graduates over the years. In particular he noted S.A.M.'s recent undertakings, which included a movie meeting April 22, . sho~s as the Pe~ry Como, Ed featuring American Management SullIvan and Tomght Shows. Association training films and In addition, Mr. Flatley and I discussions led by distinguished the Senior Class Officers hClve local leaders. Also the newly inreserved the entire Merritt Park- stituted Frank B. Gilbreth, Manway Motor Hotel as the hub of ager of the Year Award, was "unscheduled" Senior Week ac- presented at the Banquet to tivities. Motel reservations will Leete P. Doty of Sikorsky Airbe accepted only after a $5.00 de- craft. "It is with great pride that posit has been placed on a Pack- we of the University's Adminisage Deal at the Xavier Ticket tration take note of such posiBooth which will open May 13, tive contact with our neighbors," DAMITA JO at 8:30 a.m. " . : 'said Fr. ·Mahan·. ' Student Council Accepts New Constitution Damita Jo Headlines 'U.S. '63'; Senior Week Plans Completed Vol. 14 - No. 15 Joseph M. Flatley, General afternoon at "Shell Shock" are Chairman of Senior Week, has Sneaky Pete and the Playboys annou~ce~ that Dami!~ Jo, night featuring Caveman Pkce direc~ club SIngIng star, wdl be the f . ' featured performer at "U.S. '63" rom the SurfsIde Lounge. the climax of the social portion In August, 1962, Dami~a. Jo of Senior Week scored one of the most bnllIant At the same time Mr Flatley successes ever witnessed at the announced t hat the Fortunes Copacabana in New York. The smash success at the Winter Car~ reviewers heaped accolades on nival, will again entertain' by ?er, compa~in~ her with the .b.est popular demand on Friday night. In show bUSIness, an~ hadIng Scheduled to entertain Saturday her as the most dynamIc, young !singing sensation to come on the American entertainment scene in quite a spell. Best known for her smash hit "I'll Save the Last Dance for You," she has become a power: ful headliner in such' leading supper clubs as the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas" the Diplomat in Miami Beach and the Latin Casino in Camden; N.J. She is an equally strong attraction on television, having/appeared on such The Council's three - m 0 nth project of drafting a new constitution was completed last Tuesday evening when the student representatives reviewed and accepted the new document. Climaxing a series of lengthy meetings, last week's vote enables the Council to forward the constitution to. the administration for approval. In February the Student Council divided its membership into: three committees, each of which • was to formulate one of the' three branches' of the new government. From that time until Saturday, April 26, the Council's twenty-three members designed a tentative structure. Ten days ago the officers and three committee chairmen undertook to coordinate the committees into an operationaf constitution. At the meeting last Tuesday the final draft was composed.. Primary elections for classes will be held on May 13. The final elections will be on May 15. Vote for Student Council representatives will be held subsequent toapproval of the constitution by the administration and the student body. If the new constitution is rejected by the Student Association it will be dropped completely and the present form of government will continue to govern next year. Gerry McCarthy has stated that "the Council realizes the brief period of time we have to work with in order to complete the necessary arrangements if this government is voted in. So I encourage any student thinking of running for office in the executive branch to become thoroughly acquainted with the constitution and consider right now the students he will have to appoint to office." Page Two THE STAG May 10. 1963 . plno (Author of "I Was a TeefI-age Dwarf', "Th£ Many Loves of Dobie GiUiB", etc.) HOW TO SEE EUROPE FOR ONLY $300 A DAY: NO.3 When all of you 'go' to Europe during your summer vacation, • you will certainly want to visit Spain, where the tall corn grows, The first thing you will notice upon entering Spain is the absence of sibilants. In Spain "s" is pronounced "th" and thereby hangs a tale. Until the reign of Philip IV-or Guy Fawkes, as he -was sometimes called-Spaniards said "s" just like everybody else: Philip IV, however, lisped, and Spaniards, having an ingrained sense of propriety and not wishing to embarrass their monarch, decided that everybody should lisp. This did indeed put Philip IV very much at his ease, but in the end it turned out to be a very bad thing for Spain. It wrecked the sassafras industry-Spain's principal source of revenue-and reduced the nation to a second-class power. this is a Fairfield elevator key ••• color it UBIQUITOUS Campus Coloring BOQk \ by martin Piretti Awarded Fellowship' Robert Louis Piretti, '63, has been awarded a three year National Defense Graduate Fellowship for study in Mathematical arid Quantitative Economics at Fordham University. The Fellowship provides a stipend of $6,600. . Mr. Piretti will graduate from Fairfield in June. He is on the Dean's List and active in the Bridgeport Area Club and the M~rketing Club. Georgetown students' sit-in was keen, since a few years ago I had the opportunity to play a minor role in a similar demonstration at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. The aim of this agitation was the integration of the town's restauJ'ants, and although considerable resistance to integration was initially displayed by (Con't on Page 7, CoL 3) • • • (Printed with Permission of 'nte Commonweal. the weekly journal of opinion edited by Catholic laymen.) The doctor teaches the cours' in 'American Literature ever~ Henry J. Jacek, '63, of Derby other year, has a freshmar has been named an alternate for, class, teaches Victorian poetry a three year $10,000 fellowship and handles the Seminar for at Georgetown University GradEnglish majors which is consid- uate School. If he does not reering Modern Literary Criticism ceive the three year National this year. Last, year the topic Defense Educational Act fellow-ship, he will receive a $2600 was development of the Ameri- University teaching / fellowship can Novel, and in 1963-.64 it will in the Department of Governtake up the modern short story ment. He will also receive free and methods of bibliography. tuition in the University SumDr. McInerney also teaches in mer School beginning in the the graduate department. summer following the effective While pleasantly regular in date of his award. He will regismost of his activities, the doctor tel' September 17, to study l1as become nearly as well American Government under the known this year for his occa- orientation of Political Behavior. sional unannounced "quizzes" as He was also named an alterhe has always been known for nate for a regular departmental the pipe he smokes. His poetry Iassistantship at Fordham Uniclass hopes the pipe will out- versity Graduate School in the I live the quizzes as an identify- Department of Political PhHos-ing mark. lophy and Government. Is This True Of Fairfield? ACatholic Campus Viewed FACULTY' PERSONALITY' Offered to Jatek '63 AIternateGU Grants· Two Months Later, a Dead Issue on Campus SIT-IN AT GEORGETOWN DR. THOMAS McINERNEY . FRANCIS E. KEARNS On the evening of February ed for his Ph.D. at the Univer- 12th. fifteen Georgetown Unisirty of Washington while teach- ver~lty students - fourteen ing at the Jesuit University of' whites and ·one !'legro :-. were Seattle arrested for stagmg a slt-m de- . monstration at a diner located Dr. McInerney is originally in Arlington, Virginia, a short from Lynn, Massachusetts, and walk across Key Bridge from his fi,el~ of specialization is the university, campus in WashAmerican literature. Thus, with ington, D.C. At first it appeared family connections and the that the incident would offer a roots of American literature 10- 'dllamatic answer to the frecated in the East, Dr. McInerney quently heard charge that Cathand his family decided to return olic students are indifferent to here after fourteen years in problems of racial justice. But Seattle. the demonstration was met with Dr. McInerney considers the casual indifference, if not outlast three-quarters of the 19th 'right fear, by students, faculty, century to the golden age of and administrators alike, and American literature, and be- now, two months later, the Arlieves that the courses offered lington sit-in is a dead issue on at F,airfield cover this area the Georgetown campus. closely. My own interest in ,the 'Studying poetry in a relaxed classroom a,tmosphere is not one of the fringe benefits listed for English majors in the University catalog, but it is desirable, This quiet approach to rational analysis is the one used by Dr. Thomas McInerney, now in his second year at Fairfield. He is like a Perry Oomo, only with tests and term papers. Dr. McInerney s-pent one year at Holy Cross under the Navy Pr~gram, and was transferred to DaI'ltmouth where he took his B.A. Finishing as a civilian, he went to Boston College for his Masters, and work- • FOR SPORTS FASHIONS • FOR SCHOOL FASHIONS • FOR DRESS FASHIONS " @1963 Max Shulman * * * Let us not, however, take our leave of smoking pleasure. Let us keep enjoying those fine Marlboro Cigarettes-rich, golden tobacco-pure white Selectrate filter-soft pack or Flip-Top box-available in all fifty States of the Union. As a result, Spaniards were all forced to turn to bull fighting in order to keep body and soul together. Today, wherever you go in Spain-in Madrid, in Barcelona, in Toledo, in Cleveland' -you will see bulls being fought. For many years the bulls have sought to arbitrate this long-standing dispute, but the Spaniards, a proud people who 'use nothing but Castile soap, have rejected all overtures. It is therefore necessary for me to explain pull fighting to anyone who is going to Spain. It is also necessary for me to say a few words about Marlboro Cigarettes because they pay me for writing this column; and they are inclined to pout if I ignore their pr~duct. In truth, it is no chore for me to sing the praises of Marlboro Cigarettes, for I am one who fairly swoons with delight when I come upon a cigarette which gives you the full, rich taste of good tobaccos plus the pure white Selectrate filter, and Marlboro is the only smoke I have found that fulfills both requirements. Oh, what a piece of work is Marlboro! The flavor reaches you without stint or diminution. You, even as I,' will find these statements to be happily true when once you light a Marlboro. Marlboros come to you in soft pack or FlipTop box, and are made only by the makers of Marlboro. But I digress. Let us return to bull fighting. Bulls are by nature bellicose creatures who will keep fighting till the cows come home. Then they like to put on pipe and slippers and listen to the "Farm and Home Hour." However, the Spaniards will not allow the bulls any surcease. They keep attacking the bull and making veronicas-a corn meal pancake filled with ground meat. Bulls, being vegetarians, reject the veronicas . and then, believe you me, the fur starts to fly! To be perfectly honest, many Spaniards have grown weary of this incessant struggle and have left their homeland. Columbus, for example, took off in three little ships-the Patti, the Maxene, and the Laverne-and discovered Ohio. Magellan later discovered Columbus. Balboa also sailed to the New World, but he Was silent on a peak in Darien, so it is difficult to know what he discovered. / Well sir, I guess that's all you need to know about Spain. So now, as the setting sun casts its rosy fingers over El Greco, let us take our reluctant leave of Spain-or Perfidious Albion, as it is jocularly called. Aloha, Spain or Perfidious Albion, aloha! .John Terapane '63 In my opinion the science departments of Fairfield University have developed most in the past four years. The Physics and Chemistry departments have made notable gains in available equipment through val' i 0 u S I grants. Progress has also been' achieved in the required courses of study. The Chemistry Department recently changed the entire curriculum, dropping several courses and instituting others to bring the curriculum up to date. Irs Your ·BestBet I is shown by Campion Hall. Last but not least its development is shown in its rising reputation. Steve Francis '63 'In the four years I've been at Fairfield I think that the University has made the biggest ad~ vancement in the calibre of the students enrolled. Each year the standards for enrollment have increased. I think that this is the most important improvement that can be made, especially in a school that is growing as fast as this one. By BOB BOLLO In this final issues of the STAG, we thought it appropriate to give the Seniors a chance to express their opinions on the developments they witnessed while at Fairfield. QUESTION: In what area do you think Fairfield University has developed most in the past four years? ANSWERS: Thomas Fitzgerald '63 Fairfield's greatest development has been, I, think, in the area of admissions. The number of applicants has increased each year, a.nd the requirements for, admission have become more de~ manding. In short, it is "harder" to get into Fairfield University than it was four years ago. . .Jim Radigan '63 I believe that Fairfield's biggest development in the past four years has been its reputation. I think this can be attributed to its alumni and its increasing ability in varsity athletics. David Piskorski '63 The greatest improvement visible to me since I've been at Fairfield is the increasing enrollment of higher calibre students with each incoming class. The school has also become better known due to the spread of its academic and athletic reputa-; tion. . Phil Pusateri '63 Fairfield has come a long way in its academic possibilities WITh the addition of new courses. Improvement was sighted last year with the broadening of its lec~ ture series. I~s physical growth ... ...J STUDENT OPINI01VPOLL May 10. 1963 THE STAG Page Three . (,. \ , .... : I 258 Broadway . at Warren Street Whichever lies ahead when school iets out, you will want to look your best. Most likely source: our RP Shops ... where young men's fashion, good taste and reasonable prices work in happy combination. From our exclusive natural shoulder tropical suits and sport coats ... shirts, sports anq beachwear ... you will find everything you need for summer at Rogers Peet ! mixed the yeast with dough, the yeast became the catalyst and caused the dough to rise. So too, are you Catholic students the yeast of the world. You cannot remain isolated if you wish to become the catalyst of society." Sodality;Installation~ Lawle·ssPref~t o~ ~ eM.m and ~~ Ali.rtct 1874 fR~@m c6mpfUUJ . In New York: WHAT·S AHEAD ••• JOB OR JAUNT? Fifth Avenue at 41st street Fifth Avenue at 48th street ms EXCELLENCY WALTER J. CURTIS Boston: Tremont St. at· Bromfi~ld St.. Washington: 14th & G Streets. N.W. fore attempting ref 0 r m on a larger scale. In speaking of the students the Bishop said, "you are the yeast of the Church." His Excellency then made an analogy between the yeast he bought for his mother, as a small boy. "The yeast was wrapped in silver paper, .but when my mother removed the silver' paper and Bishop Curtis Celebrates Mass; Delivers May Day Address C1 9-5846 . PURCHASE SEMINARY GUILD MOTHER'S DAY CARDS IN THE LOYOLA OFFICE Clampett's also extends its best wishes to ihe Class of '63 and reminds you that we have gift certificates for any and all such occasions as graduation. Grad. Fellowship Accepted By David Emilia' '63 His Excellency Walter J. Cur- David A. Emilia, '63, of tis, Bishop of Bridgeport, celeBethel, Connecticut, has accept- brated a Pontifical High Mass in ed a three year National De- the gym on Friday, May 3 in fense Graduate Fellowship for honor of .St: JoseI,>h and the . . - Blessed Vlrgm. ThIS Mass, an full time· g:aduate study. 10 annual ceremony at the Uni- Nuclear PhYSICS at Northeastern versity, is known as the May University in Boston, Mass. Day Mass. Students from the The Fellowship is offered by ~rep a~d the Univ~rsity joined . 10 offermg the Sacrifice. the. Department of Health, Edu.- BI'Shop Curt'IS spoke on the catIOn and Welfare. It leads dl- spirit of revitalization present in rectly to a: Ph;D. and provides the Church and manifested in a stipend of $2,000 for the first the Ecumenical moYement. -He The Sodality of Our La<ly of year, $2,200 the second year, said. that it was necessary to look Fairfield has elected officers for $2 400 the third year and the beneath ~he bUb~les of contro- next year, and has held its An- '. . . . . versy whIch receIve so much at- ·nual Communion Breakfast and remiSSIon of tUItIOn. tention. There is a deeper and Reception of Candidates. Mr; E.milia is in the Bachelor mQre important spirit within the of Science course with a major Church; it is personal reform The officers who were c.hhosedn which must be accomplished be- at a recent meeting are: RIC ar in physics. While at Faim.eld Lawless '64, prefect; Robert La-he was on the Dean',g List and pinski '65, vice-prefect; Rob~ was active in the Math-PhysicS ert Bethke '64, secretary; Kevin club, the Student Tutor Society, Ecclesine '64,- Treasurer; and James C. Moore '64, Instructor of the Bridgeport Area Club, and Candidates. . was co-chairman of the 1963 Sunday, May 5, the Sodality Science Forum. received its newest members. After Mass celebrated in Loyola Chapel, the Candidates were accepted into the Sodality. Robert Beeman '66; Edward Butler '66; Thomas Cutolo '65; George Donoghue '66; Michael Fix '65; James Jackson '65; Mark Kelly '66; John Magenheimer '66; Charles Obol '66; William Philie '66; Charles Riley '66; Thomas Schlueter '66; Edward Schuck '66 and Peter Valuckas '66; are the new members. Next on the program for the day was the Communion Breakfast; Rev. Thomas McGrath, S.J., was the speaker. At 11:15 a panel discussion was held in Gonzaga Auditorium. The panel, commemorating the Fourth Centennial of the Founding of the Sodality of Our Lady (15631963). David Gianetti '63 spoke of the history of the Sodality, Joseph Cirasuolo '63, the future of the Sodality movement, and Kevin Ecclesine '64, the present purpose and functions, of the Sodality on campus. Each speaker outlined problems and positions the Sodality faced, will face or faces now. 1555 POST ROAD ,~ ",'. \' I I J. \.. l,. .. '" • # • \ Attention School . Organizations: CLAMPETTS SPORT CENTER Have you got an award to make? A trophy to present? Clampett's Sport Center offers a complete selection of plaques, trophies and ribbons to choose from. at a reduced price for YOUR organization. ~ . .', Fr. Walsh &Forum On Theology: Prof-Student ,Ratio, Revisi~ns Nuclear Physics LabOratory Located In Xavier Hall 'BUM'BOAT' BEST New Fro n tie r s, Fairfield's literary journal, recently an-nounced the winner of the publication's first short story contest. . Jay La Croix, of the Class of '65, submitted the winning entry entitled "Bumboat." This is the story of a poor immigrant woman, who is forced to the realization that her son will never attain the high goals which she has set for him. Richard Lawless, co-editor of New Frontiers, described the story as '!very well written." Mr. Lawless also expressed disappointment in the number of en-tries submitted. La Croix described the story as "easily written." Much of the short story was based upon actual experiences in his home town of Newport, R.I. "Bumboat" has been published in the Spring issue of New Frontiers. L ~--------------.. '641t1anor Selects Netv Publisher Thursday April 25, the Aca- 9-Method of Theology as demic Forum met to consider Faith; Theologizing in the "The Theology Curriculum at Faith· Fairfield University." Present Commenting then on the Thewere Rev. James A. Walsh, S.J., ology Curriculum at Fairfield, Rev. Thomas A. Johnson, S.J. Fr. Walsh recalled the tendency and Rev. Oliver E. Nickerson, of teachers to present a "waS. J. representing the faculty, and tered dow n seminary course." the six permanent student mem- However, he noted at the same _ bers. time, that increasingly more em- Acknowledging the opportun- phasis is being given the hisity to further understanding, Fr. torical approach, by which it is Walsh emphasized his depart- hoped the student can grasp the ment'si desire.·to continually im- doctrine more easily. He cauprove its pte~ntation of Christ's tioned though, against the popumessage, and welcomed any sug- lar tendency to "capsulize" sub- Jeff Clairmont, :9iisiness. Man- gestions the Forum might wish ject matter for easy digestion. ager of the 1964 Manor, has an- to formulate. He then pointed "Theology is a science, and as nounced the selection of the out the continuing efforts of the such it must be approached as year book's publisher, and offi- Jesuit Educational Association to a discipline." For this reason it cial photographer. meet the needs of the nation's is necessary to proceed from The New York publishing firm college mind. Culminating ef- truths easily perceived to those of Bradbury; Sayles, O'Neil, forts to date, was a national con- bathed in mystery. Hurley, and Thompson, was cho- ference held at Los Angeles last Asked what some of the cursen from among eight such firms summer on theology. and philos- rent obstacles to the departinterviewed. The selection was ophy, which Fr. Walsh attended. ment's goals were, Father Walsh based upon quality and price. From that conference, the' fol- cited the severe shortage of theThe Manor's new publisher is al- lowing themes for theology were ology teachers. This has resulted so employed by such colleges as promulgated as essential: in at least one theology class of Brown, Amherst, Fordham, and I-Theology of the Layman 108 students, requiring the use of Vassar. 2-Theology of Society a loudspeaker. When . asked if The '64 Manor's official pho- 3-Theology of the Incarna- competent laymen could be em-tographer is Warren Kay Van- nation ployed, Father Walsh remarked tine, of Boston. The Junior por- ~Theology of Culture that such men were scarce, but traits were scheduled to be tak- 5-Theology of the Primacy hoped some might be found in en during the week of April 22. of Charity in Christian the near future. All. but twenty-five were com- Moral Life . Questioned as to possible re-pleted. The remainder will be 6-Theology of the Trinitar- visions in light of the Los An-taken in the fall. ian Character of Catholic geles Conference last summer, Proofs of the pictures taken Spirituality Father Walsh announced that a will arrive this week. The Jun- 7-The Location in History "major revision" is underway at iors will be able to order extra of God's Self-Revelation Fairfield, which will streamline copies of these on May 17 and 8-Liturgy as the Re-enact- the current offerings in .favor of 18. The photographer will also ment of the Saving Event Theology electives. . cover the Dogwood Festival and I;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~ other Junior Class eyents. SENIOR EUGENE SCHNEIDER points out new apparatus for physics nuclear laboratory. Fairfield's old bookstore in Iers, scintillation counters, and a Xavier Hall has found a new use. neutron howitzer which produces This room, now filled with vari- a beam of neutrons and makes ous instruments which to the objects attificially radioactive. layman . are just complicated In the future, the Physics Degadgets, has become a new addi- ~artment hopes to open an op-\ tion to the Physics Department tics lab also. _-a_nuclear physics lab. -----------------:------------....:.--'-- Fr. W. F. Burns, S.J., Chairman of the Physics Department, has opened up this new nuclear physics lab by making use of a grant of $12,000 from the Atomic Energy Commission. The new facilities improve the lab work available to undergraduates in atomic and nuclear physics and give the students an opportunity for individual research. The instruments iJ1clude five different types Of scalers which automatically count radioactivity. There are also geiger count~ Page Four THE STAG Editorial Commentary: OUR EXPERIMENT IN DEMOCRACY The proposed three,' branch government. soon to be~ presented to the studen,t association. has incorporated in itself a good deal of power on Jhe camp#s. The /present constitution which would be cast away for the new plan was signed in 1960. and has been only intermittently engaged in student life. The new plan. while revolutionary. appears to fill our governmental void. and has been structured along the' lines of the Federal Constitution. ,This new constitution is aimed at ac'commodating for the shortcomings <$f the old-the three branch syste,m lends itself to a greater representation of student life and problems. Through the assumption of judicial powers' and stronger conttol of student extra-curricular activities. the government would become a farreaching unit of organization.~_This power extension works in the realm of both regulations and finances, and. as illustrated in other college rxperiments with the tri-branch form. the power of the purse prom.: ises to invest the Council with extraordinary influence. The student requires some form of representation. and the three branch government is the best and most functional solution that presents itself here. However, the STAG perceives in the constitution the presence of the solution to a more serious student difficulty than the execution of campus government: \ There is inherent in the program an obligation on the part of individuals to perform the duties involved in self rule; and we must prepare ourselves to take on the task of making critical decisions (as regards social and judicial codes. monies, etc.) and to be more acute in the criticism of our own work. The ratification of the constitution by the student association would announce our engagement to the responsibilities which this type of program places before us. While we' appreciate the achievements which the proposed constitution would bring to the University, the shortc;omings of the past hang 'over this new endeavor as a cloud of fear. The present constitution (pending suspension) cannot fulfill the increasing needs of Fairfield. Yet, its full potential has not been totally realized because ,the powers vested by it have never been fully executed. Due ~o its broader scope and increased responsi1?ility the proposed plan' appears to be enormous; but not, so enormous that it is unwieldy. It is a gigantic machine which demands a follow-up by the student association to our vote of confidence. The proposed constitution is the plan needed at Fairfield; it is our duty to see it properly executed. B. S. S. Requirements ~ L_E_n_'ER_S_T_O...;..-.T._'H_E_E_'D_{~_O_{l 1 Latin & Greek For vs. A.B. PATRIOTISM Mendel Club MF.M8ER ft- John Kappenberg '64 Faculty Day Chairman ADVERTISING JOHN CRAIG SPORTS PETER GARRY Aniatant Sporta Editor Jeff Campbell To the Editor: A very special word of thanks is due the 36 biology majors whose efforts' made "Faculty Day" an event that both the Biology Department and the Mendel Club can be justly proud of~ The expense of the evening was nominal and included only the cost of their 86 invitations to the faculty. The 6 interested faculty,guests who attended could see that the evening represented many weeks for each student in planning and preparation in order that their guests might share an enjoyable and truly profitable experience. Their project was, in part, a means of discouraging the notorious student apathy, so often criticized. have agreed on a "closed. season from snatching' from May 1 to September I, Wild said. The agreement applies to faculty staff members with the rank of assistant professor and up. An earlier 1959 agreement ran from June 1 to September 1. It is university policy, he said, to require all faculty members to do some teaching "because we are not a research institution; the students are all-important." Dean Wild considers curricula secondary to teachers. "Our policy is not making a change unles related to something basic. A change in curricula shoul~ build on the university's strength." Special Newa Gil Cass EDITORS LAYOUT ROBERT MAZZOCHI PHOTO RQBERT VUOLO JOSEPH CARD FACULTY MODERATOR REV. RICHARD COSTE~O, S.J. STAFF ,Sincerely, Peter S, Sztaba '66 \ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF VINCENT R. D'ALESSANDRO EDITORIAL BOARD PRODUCTION - JAY L. LA CROIX PERSONNEL - RICHARD M. LAWLESS BUSINESS - JEFF CLAIRMONT CIRCULATION - THOMAS EHMAN, ROBERT BOLLO EDITORIALS - James C. Moore, Gene Massey, Peter L. Goss, John Scott, Dale A. McNulty Published bi-weekly; by Students of Fairfield University during regular university -year, except during holiday and examination periods. The subscription rate is two doIlars and fifty cents per year: address - Box 913, Campion HaIl. Repreaented for National Acl"ertblDg by NatioDal AdvertblDg Service, Inc, Office: Campion 101-102, Phone CL 6-1011, Ext. 307 (Editor:;: CL 9-9162) Pboto: Dennis Dickinson, Roger Messier, Leonard Pietrafesa, Alan Saginario, Gregory Wilinski Newa: William Burns. Claude Frechette. Sean Maloney, John Pecka, Thomas Schleuter, Edward Shuck, Kirk Stokes, Harry Rissetto, Maurice O'Sullivan Layout: Sean P, Maloney. Guy Caputo, Dennis Dickinson, Richard Meehan Featur..: Gary Ambert, Gary Bombardier, Kevin Ecclesine, Leo Paquette, Martin Pino, William Garland, Richard Lawless Sporta: Walter Donnelly TrBJlSPOrtatloD: James Davidson Plan For Faculty-Facility Upgrade NEWS THOMAS CALDERWOOD• .TB. FEATURES DAVID S. AURAN'DT Aaabtant Newa Editor Thomas Cook To the Editor: What good is a car without gasoline? And what good is a bicycle without wheels? We are faced with a problem here at Fairfield, similar" but of much greater consequence. Gas for our cars is not missing, wheels for our bicycles are not missing, but the flag' of the United States is. It's not that we don't have a flagpole, but no one on the staff has the initiative to put it up. Let me be the first to volunteer. EVANSTON, Ill. - (I.P.) - What Northwestern University is doing to build its faculty and facilities and to upgrade its curricula and students was explained recently by Payson S. Wild, vice president and dean of faculties. "The stature of a university depends on the quality of its faculty and students," he said. The best courses are ineffective Wlithout top-notch professors and receptive students, Wild added. "_We are out to retain the best qualified men and women as we posibly can." Ruthless Competition He pointed out that there is ruthless competition for the best teachers. The University of Chicago and the Big Ten In our opinion. the B.S:S. program is in every way similar to the A.B. program with the exception of the courses in Latin and Greek. In point of fact, the A.B. prpgram demands "a minimum of two years of Latin." so that technically the only difference in the two degrees may be two years of Latin. A student in B.S.S. may major in the same subject as a student in A.B. and yet he will not receive the same degree. We recognize the value of the classical program offered at Fairfield. and the value of the ancient languages in obtaining a broad liberal arts background. We feel that the students who pursue such a program should receive special recognition for their efforts. The STAG proposes that this recognition be giv,en by titling their degree A.B. Classics. The students in the B.S.S. progr: am are receiving a liberal artseducation and we feel that the -title of their degree should reflect this fact. comments of student discontent. He challenges students who want freedom to come up with some strong leadership of their own. "How long have we waited for student leadership to or,ganize an honor system that really works - to outlaw once and for all, the widespread cheat~ ing that tarnishes academic life on most campuses, and this one too?" he asks. He says much the same thing that President Blanding said at Vassar last year, i.e. any student who .feels hampered by being expected to observe the state law regarding drinking and promiscuity should seek education elsewhere. Father Hesburgh also dares to say something we find most refreshing: "Your primary role as students here is to Jearn, not to teach. Students who think otherwise should go out, found their own universities, and then take lessons from their students. This, in fact, is the s<id anatomy of most South American universities. It is also the reason that they do not amount to much, as universities." The argument about student freedom should, and will go on. We believe it is asking a lot of a college to supervise the behavior of young people between 18 and 22. On the other hand it is ridiculous for students to expect to be able to do in college rooms or on college campuses what they would be arrested for doing in a hotel room or a public park. But the Hechingers came back to the age-old answer. Responsible, behavior by young people in any community is something their parents have to settle with them before they leave home. ' ~ '""~ ..... ,f'''t. "'I. .... ~ "'•• ~ '. ~ .... " .. '\:, .... !" "'9-"'. .. ,,-v .,;~.~.~,'!".'.,.."'""l~~,~-.""',""!.""!,""!.l"'l"'."l",.,.~~"~!"_,.._"" _!"!'!'~""!""'i_'!""!!----------~---' Campus Freedom Or Responsibility? REQUIESCAT IN PACE The Edltors IUlcl staff of the STAG .xpreu their aympatby to: Re". J'obD P. Murray OD the cleatb of bb brotber, - MartlD PlDo '65 OD the death of b1a fatber. DomlDlc Toto' '64 OD tbe death of b1a grlUlclfather. Michael aDd. K.vID GIUlDOD OD the deatb of tbelr father. The question is often raised. "Should those in the Bachelor in Social Sciences Program be receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree for ,the courses taken?" It is obvious that many students would favor such a move. (Note: Student Opinion Poll, April 10 issue.) It is the' opinion of the STAG that the University should seriously 'consider the extension of the A.B. program to include many students 'now in the B.S;S. curriculum. In 1960 the Jesuit Educational Association set up conditions for an A.B. degree without Latin. Therefore it is no longer valid to argue that Latin is a requirement for an A.B. degree in all Jesuit colleges. The Fairfield catalogue states "The curriculum in Social Sciences is in many ways similar to the Bachelor of Arts program; with the exception of the work, in the ancient languages. it is liberal education without Latin or Greek." (Reprinted from the Holyoke TrllDKrlpt--Telegram) The question of student freedom in coilege, thrown before ,the public through student protests at Vassar College last year. is being seriously discused on many campuses with some interesting results. It may bring forth a new awareness of the social changes caused by.the education explosion. Fred and Grace Hechinger, who write for the New York Times and who have just published a book about teenagers, have pointed to the fact that many parents expect a residential college to maintain supervision of their children, while at the same time student bodies include married couples, mature graduate students, and students who live independently off campus. It is also true that college students are older than they were a generation ago because elementary education starts later. Once there were 'few college stu- ' dents over 21 in the undergraduate ranks. Now there are many. Changing admission standards, putting heavy emphasis on academic ability and less on ability to pay tuition, are affecting the social climate, too, as intellectualism with its focus on individuality overcomes the upper - class conformity of the old raccoon coat set. Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, president of Notre Dame, has met a student protest over censorship of the college news magazine with some pungent May 10. 1$63 THE STAG Page Five Inaugurated; Key Society Cardinal Key Society include: 1. The first inter-collegiate mixer 2. Tours of the campus for prospective students and their families 3. Greeting visiting athletic teams 4. A 'blood bank 5. Sports rallies 6. Ushering at all campus events 7. Record hops after basketball games 8. Chartering buses for away basketball games 9. A senior parents weekend' 10. A soda concession at basketball games (Con'! on Page 8, Col: 3) By WILLIAM BUlIBS In a lecture sponsored by the C~isius Academy, Reverend John J. Castelot, SS, warned of questioning the proven historicity of the Gospel and also of demanding a twentieth century historical approach from the evangelists. During his discussion "History and the Gospels" .Fr. Castelot first outlined some of the problems currently .under discussion. Basically the issue is contained in the concept of divine inspiration combined with human work producing the varied yet integrated style of our Gospels. The tradition of a meaningful interpretation of the Good News rather than a biographical history of Christ's life was emphasized. In what he described as the main area of his discussion, Fr. Castelot developed a series of principles leading to his definition of the Gospels as the inspired interpretation of the Christ event in the light of Pentecostal Faith. Here he noted the flexibility of the evangelist's versions to fit many circumstances yet a remarkable similarity in meaning applied to certain sections, especially the Passion. With the evidence gathered from analysis of their linquistics, geographical references, and religious atmosphere in comparison with the Dead Sea Scrolls we may be assured of the Gospels authenticity. Because of the sincerity and awareness of their authors we may be assured of their historicity. But above all, Fr. Castelot explained, we must view the gospels not merely in the light of history but in th light of inspired and interpreted history. How About Your Summer Plans? Council Of Keys Proposed By FU Catholic philosophy and, second, that since perfection is restrict.t ed to religious, there is no theology of marriage, work, or the other so-called secular realities. These conditions have promoted a negative attitude towards the Church especially in the face of laxity among Catholics toward social injustices and in such areas as the United Nations. Mr. Sharper recommended that there be a re-thinking of the essentials of the Christian life. This re-thinking would emphasize the Sermon on the Mount as a charter rather than as counsels, so that the model of the Christian life becomes not what is licit but what is Christ-like. Realizing that such concepts might seem idealistic Mr. Sharper commented that "Perhaps the highest idealism is the greatest prac;;ticality." On April 6, 1963, the first Council of Keys was inaugurated. The purpose' of this council, as proposed by the Cardinal Key Society of Fairfield University, was to afford an opportunity for Key societies to exchange ideas on organizational structure and operational techniques. After a brief tour of the campus and a baseball .game which the members of the Council attended, official proceedings be~ gan at 7:00 p.m., in the University Conference room. The Cardin ·al Key Society, acting as host, initiated the conference. During the conference a history and report of activities were g.iven by each of the Keys. Some of the activities of the Canisius Academy Lectures' Castelot Renders View On Gospels Linked To Histon·T Sharper: Code or Commitment MR. J. O'CONNELL, MR. P. SCHARPER, AND FATHER WALSH discuss the lecture hosted by the Canisius Academy. . Leo Paquette ONION PATCH THE Pruning Time Now that the Cardinal Key Society has held its annual elec. tions and has welcomed new members, the time is right to abolish the Key. Now no doubt this statement will cause some anger among Key members" I make it with no .malice of forethought, however, but only after much consideration. The abolition of the Key is only a logical consequent of the growth of Fairfield University, and the maturing of her student body. When the University was in its infancy, the student body could hardly be expected to elect a representative group of its fellows to effectively co-cordinate student government and services. An organization of responsible students, such as the Key members are, was an excellent temporary measure to provide services for the student body and its functions. Now, however, that the University is maturing, there is !!o reason why the students cannot elect their own officers and representatives to carry out these functions through the proper organ, the Student Council. This is no't to say that the students would necessarily elect different types of individuals to the Council than those who are in the Key. As a matter'of fact, many Key members are in the Council. But the question is one of emphasis. For some time we have heard complaints about the ineffectiveness and powerlessness of the Council. One of the main reasons·for this has been the divided duties and divided loyalties of the two organizations. Whether the Cardinal Key has more theoretical power than the Council or not, the fact remains that the Key is a much more active group. Now you might. ask why I, who profess to be in favor of increased meaningful activity in every way at Fairfield, now propose to abolish what is perhaps the most ·active campus On Tuesday, April 30, the first club. The reasons are simple. The abolition of the Key will not layman ever invited to speak for do away with the activities assumed by the Key. It will merely place these activities within the realm of the proper organ, the the Canisius Academy Lecture Student Council. Under this proper organ, these activities will Series, Mr. Philip Sharper, dishave the opportunity to multiply. cussed the aspects of morality in And what is more important, each and every student at the twentieth century. Fairfield University will be able to feel that these are his activi- In keeping with his title "Morties, and that he has at least a small role in supporting them. ality-A Code or Commitment," As it stands today, the Key is a society alien to the overwhelm- Mr. Sharper distinguished being majority of the student body. It is the only sanctioned exclu- tween the morality of the act sive fraternity on campus. How can the average responsible and that of the intention. Moralstudent be expected to support the Key, and yet watch his own ity conceived as commitment, Student Council flounder? consisting of growth in perfec- No matter what any member of the Cardinal Key' says, no tion of the Christian life, he stamatter what any member of the Student Council says, the stu- ted, has been concentrated withdents of Fairfield cannot serve two masters. The time has· come in the religious orders so that to consolidate the power and efforts of the student body into certain chosen members have one responsible organization, the Student Council. been called to the perfection, but that layman have appeared to The Cardinal Key has served well in its role. But it is now be second class Catholics. Much time for the Key to step down from the stage, and gracefully bow out. Its members, keeping the greater good of the University of the guilt for this lack of in mind, as they always have in the past, should vote to disband. communication, Mr. S h a r per And the Student Council should step up its efforts to assume its placed upon Catholic education role as the voice and pOwer of the students. which seems to have empha-sized outward conformity to the Even th~ best of trees is in need of careful' pruning, and dictates of the law. He feels that one brandi. must be cut off to make room for another. So it is 'such misplaced stress has prothat the Key must make way for the Council. duced two tragic results: first, Quote of the week: "You cannot serve both God and that the morality based upon ad- Mammon." herence tc the code has come to Bellarmine Raffle The Bellarmine Guild in conjunction with the Cardinal Key Society will rame off a 1963 Ford Thunderbird. The drawing for the car will take place at 11 p.m. on May 25 at the Annual Baza·ar. The receipts from this raffle will be added to the undergraduate Scholarship and Welfare Fund ,which aids students attending Fairfield Prep and Fairfield University. George Cincotta, general chair- . man, stated: "Last year the University students were prafsedby the Bellarmine Guild for' their excellent work. I anticipate an eIDIS!Ux ftJlj!....iolU1J.js~ye.ar/' . • ·STUDENT COUNCIL ASKS VOTE YES NEW STUDENT COUNCIL CONSTITUTION (Paid Advertisement) If you are looking for: HIGHER THAN AVERAGE EARNINGS SALES EXPERIENCE WITH A NATIONAL CO. SALES TRANSPORTATION FURNISHED AN ESTABLISHED TERRITORY You will be interested in' our organization - GOOD HUMOR CORPORATION SEE OUR SALES MANAGER: GENE McMAHON TODAYl ROOM 3 - PLACEMENT OFFICE BETWEEN I - 4 P.M. Gene will help you decide if GOOD HUMOR is the place for you. Page Six .. THE STAG May 10. 1963 the Gary Bombardier Reviews: The Glass. Menagerie; Fairfield University Playhouse ~>------------------------------ Martin J. Pino . The "Colonial spattering" was Mr. Emerich's own idea. He had done some of this work in his own home and thought it would be quite effective in the Playhouse lobby. The technique of application is relatively simple: the floor was painted a solid black and then the pain (red and white) was flecked with a fullsize paintbrush. The theme of the lobby is early American enhanced by the graceful lines of a convex mirror and complementing Chandelier. Mr. Emerich's mother donated the money for the Chandelier, and Mr. Emerich selected the style. The Playhouse proper is finished in jet-black. This color was selected not'· only for its restful effect on the eyes but also to conceal extensive piping which criss-crosses the ceiling of the building. The curtains are of red 'Velure and were designed in accordance with the specifications of Mr. Emerich. The first tier of the raised platform is removable making it possible to seat spectators on the stage allowing for a theatre-inthe- round presentation. There is only one 'criticism-the tiers of the raised platform must be carpeted as soon as possible. The Playhouse is in exceptional good taste. And, most important of all, the Playhouse is quite functional. ASPECT' by Richard M. Lawless Univ. Theatre YOU'LL GO UP, up on a broomstick, over Blue Mountain with seventeen gentlemen callers. You ugly-babbling old-witch. THESIS During and after -the recent Cuban CrISIS, the question of news management by the nation's leaders was raised. The policy of strategically announcing known facts generated much discussion and almost unanimous condemnation. Abstracting a moment from the emotion-charged elements of tha·t situation, wasn't it strange that the question has gone the way of all wonder-news, and that people who did raise the question were usual analyists and commentators who are paid to do this? Running, or rather, walking true to form, the American public did not respond to the supposed danger of. being told (indirectly) what to think and when to think it. Though some people were justifiably worried about the immediate danger of Russian missiles aimed at this coun.try, this is the reasoll they were angry, not beCause news had been held back from them as citizens. The possible thesis arises from this situation: persons of a country should not be told of something that leaders are far more capable of handling. It would be easy if this thesis were merely abstract, but it isn't. This has been done, notably in the Cuban situation, and probably will be done again. In the opinion of some, thIS is what the Amerkan people need, even deserve; because they are notoriously unconcerned with what they cannot see either as an immediate danger or an immediate good. American democratic processes, say some cynics, are a myth anyway and are only seen as true by the politically naive. To say the least, this .gives some food for thought, and perhaps even a little fear for one's status as a citizen. But then, gentle reader, this is merely politics and couldn't possibly concern you. Everyone knows why we elect leaders to think for us. Four years ago, Fr. Mullin attended the presentation of Ibsen's play-Enemy of the People. The theatre was a bistro offBroadway. There. and then the Fairfield Playhouse was conceived. For· Father Mullin thought if they could present this so well in an old cafe how much better the old garage at Fairfield would serve the Thespian arts. The garage was open to the elements on· all four sides, and if you look at the floor alongside the walls of the playhouse, you will see the tracks on which the sliding doors of the garage rode. The ticket office now occupies the space given formerly to the gasoline pump. If the theatregoer keeps these facts in mind, his appreciation of the Playhouse will be greatly increased. Father Mullin went through the necessary channels and then approacheQ a number of architects, the majority of whom envisioned expanding the walls, lifting the roof, etc. Finally, John Phalen .of Fletcher-Thompson Associates, submitt~d a series of sketches from which the present playhouse plan was taken. The general over-all ~sign and decor of the Playhouse is due to the skills and devotion of Mr. Robert G. Emerich. He chose the wallpaper for the lobby and he, himself, papered the walls. The floor of the lobby is quite distinctive and original. Glass Menagerie Staging Staging can be lauded for effects that are close to what Williams himself asks for in keeping with the presentation of a memory. It is regretable, though, that the music dies and goes out, and that the lighting tires all too soon. The greatest flaw of the whole produc.tion is that it nearly becomes a comedy; witness: the audience's reaction to Amanda's lines. The haunting music effectively produced the desired irony at the start, but for s 0 m e reason it dies and what should be sad becomes nearly hysterical at moments. With this one drawback the risk is run of a tragedy that is not a tragedy at all. All in all, let it be said that . if anyon~ passed this production up, he shall be anathema for missing an outstanding portrayal . and presentation of one of Wil'/ liams' best tragedies. All are to be congratulated. (Congratula-tions.) D.S.A. 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Faced by. this challenge I would like to examine In red, white, black, and Tenthe role our civil liberties play in the struggle with communism. nessee Williams, Fairfield UniI feel they play a significant role - a role which for some reas~m has been largely underestimated and concealed from the p~bllc. versity has opened its very own Our Founding Fathers were men who were willing to sacri- playhouse. Has anyone been unfice their lives for the cause of freedom, and when the time came impressed? I don't think so. Mr. to establish a government for the American colonies they incor- Robert Emerich and his players porated this love of freedom into the Constitution. In the Declaration of Independence they had said: "We hold these truths to be have, with a good measure of self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are en- success, brought The Glass Medowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that nagerie to this <;ampus. One who among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Hap~iness." is familiar ~th off-Broadway Now in the Bill of Rights they enumerated, these unallenable rights which man derived from God. And for one hundred and and the many successful Sumseventy- five years all men have benefited from these rights. mer playhouses may' find him- It is interesting to note that the Founding Fathers considered self. at home here for an enjoycivil liberties necessary to a republican form of government. able evening. Though it is an They wisely recognized that without freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, equal amateur production there is an protection of the laws, and other civil liberties, men would not air that is not unprofessional. be able to govern themselves intelligently. The question co?'- From the theater itself to the fronting Americans today is whether these fundamentals still performance of the individual hold true. Do we as Americans still believe in the ideals of the Constitution? For if we are not willing to renew our faith in actors the entire spectacle is of . the Constitution then our cause will certainly be lost. a quality that Fairfield is not Unfortunately there are among us those who dismiss these accustomed to. civil liberties as legal technicalities which should be disregarded Characten when their use endangers our national security. They claim that national security comes before civil liberties. They are wrong! Four in character, The Glass They are wrong b~cause national security and civil liberties are Menagerie is stronger for its wothe opposite sides of the same coin. We will never have national men and not enough can be saii security without civil liberties because national security involves about Susan Hyra's Laura, and choices: Should we rely on C'ur nuclear deterrent or should we build non-nuclear conventional forces? Should foreign aid go Vera Myers' Amanda. Mrs. Hyra only to our allies or should it also go to non-aligned nations? limps about the stage a far more If we are to make intelligent choices on these and other issues delicate thing than the all too affecting our national security, we need to know all the facts solid pieces of her collection, and and opinions available. We need above all to keep our minds open to new ideas. The Bill of Rights is the guardian of our carries the play to success. Laura security as well as our liberty. We should encourage debate and IS the tragedy and Susan Hyra dissent, for as President Kennedy has said: ". . . If we should is ,the perfect Laura. Her moveever abandon these basic American traditions in the name of ments and words and expression fighting Communism, what would it profit us to win the whole are the high moments of the eveworld when we would have lost our own soul?" The challenge ning. The quiet, fawn-like shyof communism is basically this: Can a nation such as ours with ness and fear of Laura are intersuch freedom and diversity meet the single-minded onslaught of preted flawlessly throughout, so communism while still maintaining our civil liberties? I believe that Williams himself, I feel, we can. Communism suffers from the fact that it has but a single could not but be pleased with mind, and if this mind goes wrong then the whole system comes the effect. tumbling down. We can and will meet tp.e challenge of commun-ism if and only if we maintain our civil liberties. The United Structure States has survived in the past because our ideas were wiser The structure of the play is and more enduring. New ideas are abov~ all what we need at built upon consecutive episodes :his time. Basically what I have been trying to say is that the revealing to us incidents of old concept that national security comes before civil liberties memory - the memory of Tom is wrong, and that we will never have national security unless primarily, and within his recolwe uphold our civil liberties. As I mentioned before, however, lections, the memory of his there ar~ those who would dismiss civil liberties as legal tech- mother, Amanda. Vera Myers is nicalities, and they are becoming more vocal. I would like to Amanda and at times her pormention just a few of our civil liberties which are coming under trayal of the reminisCing mother attack. comes off too strongly. I say "too The Fifth Amendment provides that no person shall be com- strongly" because she is funny pelled to be a witness ag~inst himself, but increasin~ly today to the point of obscuring the sadany p~rson.who takes the FIfth ~mendment b~fore a g~vernment I ness and depression of Laura's commIttee IS presu~ed to be gUIlty of somethm~. In hIS attempt situation. This is not however to brand the CommIttee for a Sane ~uclear Pollcy ~ ~ommum~t due to a lack on the p~rt of Mrs: front, M~. E. J. ~cCallum, Jr., P~esldent of the CItizens Antl- Myers because despite such in- Commumst CommIttee of Connecticut, stressed the fact that of . '. th t twenty-three witnesses from the Greater New York SANE com- co~vemences as e mos unmittee, twenty-two took the Fifth Amendment. I asked him what ~Ieldly c~stume-bathrobe, she he felt this proved and the ,best answer I could get was: "If it IS outstandmg. doesn't prove anything to you, then nothing I can say will." His The others of the cast are attitude was that of a man who feels civil. liberties are legal James Majoros and Robert Edentechnicalities. I would point out that many an innocent person bach. There are times when only have had their reputations blown to bits by the innuedoes of a the resonant tone of Mr. Majoros Martin Dies or the exaggerations of a Joe McCarthy. As Wendell can be heard and when Mr. Willkie has said: "Equal treatment under the law means exactly Edenbach can be heard much too1,..---------------------------.. what it says; whether the man before the tribunal is a crook, a well and times when a more Democrat, a Republican, a Com1?unist or a businessman." consistent and dynamic portray- The Fourth Amendment provIdes that people shall be secure al is desired Tom's drunkenness in their perso?,s, houses, papers, and effects, against ~nreasonable .was e3Peci~lly well done, but search and seIzure. Last year Robert Kennedy submItted to Con- his character runs into some flat gressa bill whioh would have give~ his Justice Department al- spots as does that of the Gentlemost complete freedom to place a wIretap on any person's phone man Caller suspected of criminal actions. Fortunately the bill did not pa~s, . but the fact that such a high ranking official should introduce a bill which clearly violates our civil liberties is a sign of the intensification of the assault upon our liberties. The two preceding examples are only a very small part of the attacks under which our civil liberties are coming. I have tried to bring out two points in this article: (1) National security cannot exist without civil liberties. (2) Civil liberties are under a vicious attack today. It seems logical to me theI;efore that if you are interested in the survival of the United States you must ·be interested in the survival of civil liberties. Therefore it is in our interest at all times to be tolerant of those with dissenting opinions. By doing this and by supporting civil liberties you are helping your country to win th~ Cold War. This positive act of yours can be your important contribution to our struggle with Communism. May 10. 19&3 THE STAG Page Seven OUTLOOK ON LATIN AMERICA Czamanski Lecture CAREER . --BLAZERS AGENCY Career Blue" has supplied College Graduates to most of the glamour as well as the the intellectual elite companies in the New York area. Specialist in the placement over 15 years With Offices at 5 West 46 Et. and 35 West 43 St. In New York City . (Career Blazers has just completed a report on available opportunities for female liberal arts graduates. Send self-addressed envelopes for your free copy.) Invites you to stop in during your vacation to discuss coreer possibilities. Ainerican view of college years as a time set aside for' what is.-in our society the extraordinary privilege of a great deal of unearned leisure. "But the students are expected to pay a price for their privieges in the form of good behavior," Rieff observes. "To be idealistic and, above all; to try to carry that idealism into demonstrative political action is to take unfair advantage of one's special situation as a student. It is to perversely reject the pleasurable and cozy isolation from the real adult world ... which has been arranged by a great deal of adult effort and expense." Perhaps apathy is not the maj'or reason for the avoidance of (Con't on Page 9~ Col. 1) Fund. The Business Club expects to add to this project each year, eventually' attaining a well-balanced and diversified portfolio. The stocks were selected by the Investment Committee with the advice of Mr. David Smith, Executive Vice-President of the brokerage firm Smith, Ramsay imd Co. The final selections of the committee were approved by Mr. Thomas Fitzpatrick, moderator of the club. Business Club' Buys Stock Fairfield Laundromat CLOTHES WASHED - DRIED AND FOLDED REASONABLE RATES 1227 Post Road Fairfield Opp. Post Office hierarchy's frequent pronouncements against segregation and repeated calls for the laity to take an active part in the struggle against racial intolerance. Indeed, during the same week the Georgetown demonstrators were carrying out their sit-in, Archbishop O'Boyle of WaShington, D.O., was calling on Catholics of the Diocese to direct their Lenten sacrifices and prayers to the apostol<ates of racial justice. One of the reasons for student apathy at Georgetown is, obviQusly, the generally pragmatic and circumspect view -of education adopted by today's college students, regardless of whether they attend secular or Catholic colleges. In spite of a certain enthusiasm for such projects 'as the Peace Corps, the average student realizes that as a future member of the diploma elite he. will step easily into a managerial position in our affluent society: he displays no particular .penchant for rocking anY'body's boat. Thus at Georgetown it is a matter of local pride that the school has one of the few student bodies wealthy enough to field a polo team, and sports car ownership is a major student s'tatus symbol. Lack Of Commitment Moreover, a lack of commitment seems to be whtat is expected of the student by the adult world. Writing in the October, 1961 issue of Ha11per's, Philip Rieff points out the On April 5, the Business Club under the direction of the Financial Chairman, Louis DeRosa, purchased stock' in three major corporations listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The acquisition included stock of American Telephone and Telegraph, Martin-Ma,rietta Co. and Montgomery Ward. This is the initial purchlj,se of securities made possible by a loan from the University Development CATHOUC CAMPUS VIEWED (Con't from Page 2, Col. 3) the average North Carolina student, that goal was soon achieved. Its attainment could be directly attributed to the activity of student leaders and faculty members, on the one hand, and to the agitation carried out by local church groups, on the other. Thus, 'while the student newspaper was edItorializing 'for integration of the restaurants, the YMOA and other religious clubs were gathering student support. Moreover local Catholics played a vigorous part in the inte.gration eff·ort. A Newman Club offi' cer helped to draft an appeal to the restaurant owners which was signed by every priest, minister and rabbi in Chapel Hill; a Catholic math professor served as co-chairman of a committee of townspeople and faculty members working toward integration; and the local Newman Club chaplain conducted a special discus:;ion series on the social encyclicals. Apathy At Georgetown, on the other hand, the general reaction was one of apathy: neither The Hoya, the student newspaper, nor The Courier, the student news magazine, commented editorially on the Arlington sit-in; when a motion to commend the demonstrators was introduced. in the Student Council, a vote was postponed indefinitely. The university's Student Personnel Officer issued a press release stressing the university's non-involvement; and a student-faculty petition calling for the administration to support the demonstrators' moral position met with considerable resistance and has as yet elicited no response from the administrati¥e office to which it was directed.. The indifferent response at Georgetown is puzzling, particularly in view of the American On Thursday, May 9, Mr. Wolfe Czamanski, instructor in Russian and German, spoke before the German Club. Mr. Czamanski chose for his topic FATHER MAHAN VIEWS one of the many exhibits at the th erelationship of the early Mendel Club faculty night. Germanic peoples of Central ~Europe with the Slavic peoples The Mendel Club, in an effort ty and their families; seven fac- in the east. In particular Mr. to acquaint the faculty with the ulty members attended. Czamanski discussed the simicurriculum and facilities of the According to John Kappen- ditions. The German Club meets University's biology/course, ini- burg those who attended gained in Canisius Hall, room 106, at tiated an annual Faculty Night an iUSight into the expanded 3:15 p.m. All members of the on April 30. scope of activities in our scienc~. faculty and students were in- Exhibits were set',up in Xav- departments~ vited. ier Hall demonstratIng the various science courses the biology major takes during his undergraduate years. .Experiments in physics and chemistry, and demonstrations of the various biological specimens examIned o:Y"the students were the planned "highlights" of the evening. Thq chairman of the Faculty Night was John Kappenburg '64. The event had been in planning since last October. The 'actual setting up of the exhibits took about two days. Eighty-one invitations were mailed to members of the facul- Mendel Club Initiates' Annual 'Modern Marriage 'Facuh Ni -ht- 7 of 81 Atte"nd ,S~ject Of. Talk y g, Wednesday, May 7, Mon-signor George A. Kelly, Director of Family Life Bureau, Archdiocese of New York, concluded the Canisius Academy lectures with a lecture entitled "The Layman F,aces Problems of Modern Marriage." He stated, in a society where marriage is becoming merely an empty social custom it takes real heroism to practice christian virtues. The' Monsignor called Marriage a vocation, one just as demanding as the Priesthood. A question and answer period followed the lecture. Kevin Ecdesine Gary Ambert The Catholic Church in Latin America - One of the largest "problem areas" which faces the redemptive work of the Catholic Church today is Latin America. One third of the world's Catholic population lives in this area - - about 200 million people, a population which, at its incredible rate of growth, will be some 600 million in about fifty year~. Facing the fact that this area might no longer be 90% CatholIc but rather another "lost territory," Latin American hierarchy, . priests, and laymen are slowly becoming more aware than ever of the social message of the Church. It is perhaps hard for North American Catholics to understand how countries which are 85%'and 90% Catholic could be such vulnerable areas to the advance of communism. This situation becomes more easily understandable when we see the REAL Catholic Church of Latin America. It is a poor, traditional, and very human Church - one limited by past failures, abuses, and political involvements. Spiritually, this .Church has failed in .its mission to "teach" all nations. Its CatholIcs are not good CatholIcs by and large. The immense range in the practice of Catholicism goes from intensity and devotion that is heroic to an indifference that is difficult to conceive. Startling Statistics A formal three year, forty-five volume' study by a large team of social scientists has produced the rather painful spiritual and social data which gives the Latin Church much to worry about. The report shows that many Catholics are ignorant of fundamental truths and do not practice what they say they believe. An Argentinian parish of some 25,000 people boasts that 100% of its parishioners are baptize!!; but only 13% attend Mass. This example is high when compared with the one precent practice of some workers' parishes in Santiago, Chile. Devotion is superstitious to a great extent, Baptism is regarded fanatically while Marriage is treated with a profound cynicism. Father Roger Vekemans of the Bellarmine Center in Santiago, Chile is a man closely -associated with these problems. He is a Beigian Jesuit who heads up a seventeen-man brain trust of social scientists which is considered to be one of the most influential in South America. In explaining the highly personal relationship the Latin 'American Catholic feels toward his God, he states: "He may neglect the needs of the real world, not through selfishness or any other whim, but simply because he is constitutionally incapable of seeing the reality of the world around him. And what is the source of such conditioning? Largely, it is the "mystical" tradition of the Hispanic Church, which concerns itself with another world, and not this one." This statement serves to illustrate why social doctrine has not been advanced more vigorously. The relationship of the Church with the upper classes becomes clearer when we realize that a good number of the clergymen come from this class. For other clergymen, the relationship is intellectual since the- hacienda of the aristocrat is the only place where the priest can come in contact with another educa~ed man. This linkage with the aristocracy has caused many to thmk that -the Church is rich - the contrary is true. Latin American churches find it very hard to support themselves. The weekly collections are far from enough to finance the works of the Church. The Church .properties, in many countries confiscated during the Independence Movement, hardly serve as sufficient sources of income. In many parts of Latin America today, such as Chile, the Church leads in Agrarian reform thus sacrificing about 1A!. of its income in order to avoid embarrass-ment and implement reform. . Stay and Starve? • Bishops and priests have been subject to the pressures of the rich since these are the only real supporters of most parishes. These people have boycotted collections, in some cases, in order to make their wishes prevail. Monsignor Ivan Illich, a multilingual and intense New Yorker who heads the Center for InterCultural Formation at Cuernavaca, Mexico; refers to this situation with these words: "We can't antagonize too much certain classes of people. We have to do what we can not to produce a vacuum. Under these circumstances, it's a miracle that the Church is doing what it is at all." Redemption Without Reform Whether dependence, tradition, or inclination has been the reason for the Church's lack of vigor in the social field - this lack has been co~tly. Socialist and labor leaders have judged the Church's silence as approval of dictatorships and extremely unjust social and economic situations. To the practical mind of the masses this explanation is the most logical in contrast to the active struggles against tyrannies by Communists, Socialists, and even some Christian lay people. The result is hostility and anti-clericalism drawing the masses toward faith in Communism or some other seemingly "just" ideology. Against this backdrop the Church in Latin America has emerged recently as .a leading proponent of liberal reform. Pressure has ,been applied - at great risk - on the oligarchy to raise wages, reapportion lands, and lead reforms. Church lands have been sacrificed to spur .land reform. Rural syndicates and city labor organizations have the Church as founder or chief sponsor. Young priests are moving to depressed areas that were neglected before. And great attention is being paid to the necessary reforms which the Church itself is considering in the Ecumenical Council. Liturgy in the vernacular would have much more meaning to a people who can't read missals much less understand Latin. A restructuring of schools to aid the poor as well as the rich is being considered. The introduction of a married clergy to a area long famous for a great shortage of priests would be helpful. One priest for every 4,800 is hardly enough. A Church which is so traditional and conservative in character cannot and will not change overnight, but the new elements . active today in the Latin American Church are trying to make it into the champion rather than the enemy of redemption. These elements are young, well-educated, and broadly-traveled clergymen, dedicated and intelligent bishops and priests, as well as the NEW ELITE - laymen dedicated to the reorganization of. Latin America according to Christian principles. Recent examinations of Latin America by Church officials have shown the formation of this laity to be perhaps the most important aspect of the remaking of the Latin Church. Where there is a will there is a way, but this road is a tough one and one that cannot be built without a great deal of grace. Here is where the prayers of the Church Militant throughout the world will do their part to save what at times appears to be a hopeless and too long neglected ~. condition. May 10. 1963 DR. HAROLD BROWN Business Club's Dinner Finishes Year' ~4ctivities 'COLUMBIA UNIV. DOCTOR SPEAKS ON·MED. MISSION • • • lONewMembers Selected ByKey At the April 24 meeting Fra- I ternal Activities Chairman Jeffrey Clairmont presented the Knights of the Month award to Brother John Carway. John is in his third year with Ignatian Council and has served the council during the past year as Outside Guard and Council Activities Chairman. In the recent elections he was elected Inside Guard for the coming year. • • • THE STAG (Con'l from Page 5, CoL 5) 11. A raffle for a Prep schol-arship - 12. Sports banquets With the presentation of the Maroon Key, the Council of Keys had provided for a presentation of all the societies pre- The Cardinal Key Society of sent. A general discussion period Fairfield University has anfollowed during which Key nounced its new Junior and problems and difficulties were Freshmen members. discussed along with advice for tentative projects which the Chosen from the Class of '64 Keys were contemplating. Then were John Dalton, Jackson the resolutions of the Council Heights, New York; Steve were drawn up. They included: Adamowich, Terryville, Conn.; Joseph Clisham, Naugatuck, 1. That another Council of Conn.; Patrick Hurley, WinnetKeys be called next year ka, Ill.; Thomas Mettling, Tor- 2. That it beat approximately l'ington, Conn.; Louis LaVecchia, the same time of the year Bronx, New York. 3. That the location be either The new members from the Boston College or North- Class of '66 are James McDoneastern aId Stratford, Conn.; William 4. That the Cardinal Key So- McCarthy, Charlestown, Mass.; ciety be the medium for Joseph Burke, Ozone Park, New answering que s t ion s York; and Thomas Londregan, throughout the year. New London, Conn. pursuing his point, proposed that all the so-called neutral nations of the world should be forced to align with one block or the other. Mr. Diorio then scored the At the same meeting Grand United Nations for its lack of Knight Egan announced the effectiveness, proposing that as new committee heads for the United Nations army should in- coming year. Catholic Activities vade Cuba and that Russia will be headed by Brother Paul should be dropped from the U.N. Rooney, Council Activities by Mr. William Miller closed the Brother James McLaughlin, Fra-ternal Activities by Brother conference Saturday afternoon, Louis Krodel, Membership-In-. On' April 24, Alpha Epsilon after a luncl'leon banquet. Mr. surance Activities by Brother Delta, the international preMuller, a member of the United Thomas Connors, Public Rela- medical honor fraternity, sponStates Mission to the United Nations, stressed the importance tions by Brother Russell Keller- sored at lecture in Gonzaga audi-of youth's interest in thoe U.N. man, Youth Activities by Bro- torium by Dr. Harold Brown. Dr. their Paul Alogna. The new Brown, a professor of ParasitoContact Chairman is Brother logy at Columbia Physicians and Peter Sztaba, and the Editor of Surgeons Medical School, has the Ignatian Bulletin will be won international acclaim for Brother Gil Casso his work with the natives of South America. Dr. Brown spoke about a trip he made several years ago to Dutch Guinea with several of his students. An accompanying film strip portrayed the hazards of the journey and the conditions as they ex.ist in -One of the last primitive areas of the world. This trip, one in a series sponsored jointly by Alcoa Aluminum and Columbia Medical school serves to give the students actual experience in the diagnosis and treatment of jungle diseases. Their two month stay affords them an opportunity to do work at a settlement hospital and to make a field trip to a primitive village to carryon original research. In the final part of his talk, Dr. Brown related some of the problems encountered in Formosa where he went to reorganize the State Medical School there. The Business Club closed its activities for the year with a dinner' meeting at the' Hitching Post Inn in Bridgeport. The guest speaker of the evening i was Thomas J. Wall, President of Mersick Industries, Inc. For 13 years Mr. Wall was President of the Norwalk Hat Co. In 1954 he joined the Norwalk Tank Co., becoming its President. In 1959 Norwalk Tank Co. purchased C. S. Mersick & Co. The main topic of Mr. Wall's speech was his original, simple and practical plan for tax relief for small business. Basically, his proposal is to boost the present government surtax exemption beyond the $25,000 level now allowable. Mr. Wall's plan is designed to provide a more realizable profit for small businessmen. This would be accomplished by increasing the $25,000 surtax ex-' emption to $150,000 and then ;reduce the Federal normal tax NEWLY APPOINTED K of C: I. to'r.-Peter Szt&ba, Paul Alocna, on this by five per cent. The first Louis Krodel, Thomas Connors, lames McLaughlin, Paul Booney $150,000 would then be taxed by and Russell Kellerman. ' only 25% instead of the pre- I sent 30% tax rate applied to KofC Notes:' Banque·t, first $25,000 and an additional 22% on every dollar thereafter. Mr. Wall pointed out that big D C · business would also benefit by egree ommltteemen adoption of the sUrtax exemp- , ; tion theory, but the larger their earnings, the smaller their pro- The annual Knights of Colum- of Ignatian Council. Fraternal portion. bus banquet was held last night Activities Chairman Jeffrey "What the giant corporations at the Hitching Post Restaurant Clairmont presented outstanding must remember," said Mr. Wall, in Bridgeport. During the ban- attendance awards to many of "is that Big Business does dequet Past Grand Knight Lafitte the brothers. pend for both supplies and sales presented the Knights of the The banquet was followed by outlets on many small businessYear Award to Brother Daniel a Fraternal Party under the di- es, so that anything which helps Smothergill. He also presented rection of Brother Ciairmont. their suppliers or customers is the Outstanding Service Award Brother D'Alessandro, chairman of benefit to them in the long to the following knights: Bro- of the banquet was assisted by run." thers Vincent D'Alessandro, Brothers Gary Kwiatkowski and At the present time, move- Robert Foy, Joseph Kelly, Russell Kellerman. ment towards formulating the George O'Connell, William • • • proposal into a congressional Reidy and Daniel Smothergill. At the April 24 meeting of the bill appears to be making good Awards of Honorable Mention K 'ght f C 1 b th progress. went to Brothers Ronald Bian- m s 0 0 urn us e coun-chi, John Carway, Thomas Con- cil voted to appropriate travel- --------- nors, B. Jeffrey Clairmont, Wil- ling funds for Brothers Guy CaYam Hoeih.ler, John Koenig, puto and Thomas Cook, who Thomas McGoldrick, James Mc- will spend the summer in New Laughlin and Philip Pusateri. A MeXlico doing Lay Apostolate special award was given to Fr. work. T. E. McPeake, S.J., Chaplain CLUB 'NEWS The panel was then opened for questions from the students. Mr. Diorio as leader of the· minority group suggested that in today's power struggle between East and West, no country can truly remain neutral. Diorio, F.U. International Affairs Club Attends C.C.U.N. Conference Until the beginning of the academic year of 1962-1963, the Philosophy Club was called the ·St.. Thomas Aquinas Academy. It was moderated by the Rev. John D. Donoghue, S.J., presently teaching at Boston College. Membership was limited to Seniors. This year, Dr. Joseph Grassi became the moderator. Although the Aqumas Academy's stated purpose did include study- of "the modern philosophers," it was decided that a new name would encourage an atmosphere of free thought; the change was consequently made. Membership was opened to all undergraduate students. This year, to obtain a broader perspective on significant philosophical - problems of today, philosophers .from outside the University were invited to -address the student body and the faculty. Two speakers appeared, Professor McDermott of Fordham, and Professor Smith ,of Yale. Professor McCarthy of Fairfield's history department also spoke on the role of philosophy in history. To encourage student involvement with philosophy to a degree greater than attendance at lectures, some of the members will write research papers concerning present-day philosophical problems during the summer vacation. They are: Joseph Esposito, Victor Urbanowicz, and Frank Debrot, all of the Class of 1964. The papers will be read in the fall. The faculty and the student body will be invited to hear the readings and to comment and criticize. The theses of the papers will be posted well in ·advance of the reading. The club at present i.s considering affiliation with a statewide group of similar organizations. MR. ROBERT B. GORE Y. DEMS SPONSOR GORE FROM CORE Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., hosted the 1963 New England Regional Conference of the Collegiate Council for the United Nations, April 18- Elections Held By 20. !airfield U's .Internatio~al AffaIrs Club, plannmg an Affiha- Mendel Club, For tion with C.C.U.N. sponsored a '63 '64 Off· five man delegation to the con- - lCerS ference. The delegation, Neil Cavanaugh, Jam e s Diorio, On Tuesday, April 23 elec-tions were held for next year's Geor~ Donahue, Bob Donohue, officers of the Mendel Club. Tom and Maurice O'Sullivan, joined Kravis, a junior from Manhasset, forty-six fellow students from Long Island was elected Presi- coli e g e sand uriiversities dent. John Clune, also a junior throughout New England. was elected' Vice-President. Elected as Treasurer was Harry Friday afternoon a panel disRissetto, as Recording Secre- cussion on the role of the U.N. tary Mike Dogali and as Corre- was held. The participating :~~ing ~ecretary, Paul Gar- members Pierro Van de Bergh, a Professor of Sociology from Tom Leonard, this year's presi-dent, . stated that he felt the South Africa as Wesleyan U., club had progressed during this Gary Glenn, national director of year and expressed a desire that Accion, Nassanali AhJenmohemthe club would give its newly ed, a student from Kenya, and elected officers even more co- J.' D. Rhouma, the assistant to Q{lf!ration in the activities plan- the Indian Ambassador to the ned for next year. U.N., swept over cultural pat- Tom Kravis' program includes terns in underdeveloped nations, a visit to a medical school early and the sooial and moral reper-cussions of African and Asian next Fall, a meeting with vari- nationalism. Mr. Rhouma dis-ous pharmaceutical schools in cussed Ghandhis non violence the area in order to obtain scholarships and a Mendel Club. theories and equated India's pre-sponsored mixer. He also stated sent policy of neutralism to a that next year's biology major similar policy in the United freshmen would be contacted States during the eighteenth during the summer to interest and nineteenth centuries. them in the club's activities. Plans for next year also include the obtaining of advertisements for the Nucleus, the Mendel Club's':' publication, and more frequent issues of this publicat~ on. Page Eight "Non-violence is the moral jujitsu creating the greatest possible effect." Thus Mr. RobertBrookins Gore explained the theory of the Congress of Racial Equality toward reaction in.the face of social injustice during a lecture sponsored by the Fair.. field University Young Democratic Club. Mr. Gore, currently assistant director of Community Relations for CORE, emphasized that while CORE does exert direct action it does not believe that violence is at all effeCtive in settling any dispute. While the direct action employed by CORE often involves the violation of the law, it is felt th~t this 4'~erely civil disobedience or a:- c.'lallenge to the validity of a aA-tain form of legislation. In the positive aspect of Direct action, Mr. Gore cited the demollStrations and final boycott ca~ by a discriminatory hiring policy of Sealtest Company .lin New York. Also discussed were projects at the Waldorf Astoria and certain apartment buildings which defied the antidiscrimination clauses of New York Employment and HOUSIng Acts. The protection by most police departments, Mr. Gore described as atrocious. He recounted several incidents in his own experience attesting to a dauble standard of morality applied to majority and minority groups. In conclusion, Mr. GOre answered questions from the floor in the areas of communist infiltration, the Black Muslim Covenent and the southern voter registration drives. May 10. 1963 THE STAG Page Nine 1963 F,estival· Queen Finalists REFLECTIONS William Garland Next time monotony makes you feel drowsy while driving, working or studying, do as millions do ... perk up with safe, effective NoDoz tablets. Another fine product of Grove Laboratories. THE SAFE WAYto stay al~rt without harmful stimulants NoDoz keeps you mentally alert with the same safe refresher found in coffee and tea. Yet NoDoz is faster, . handier, more reliable. Absolutely not habit-forming. MISS MARYANNE DURSI MISS MAUREEN McNELLIS Catholics and the Sharon Statement Some Catholic Liberal pundits, by establishing a supposed contradiction between the -Sharon' Statement and Papal social teaching have sought to advise their co-religionists that ~hey had better abandon such organizations as the Young AmerIcans for Freedom and join the ranks of the peace demonstra,tors, increased federal welfare advocates, and Woolworth boycotters. They ask how could any self respecting Catholic join the ranks of the supporters of the laissez-faire loving Sharon Statement? (For the unini,tiated, the Sharon .Statement is the Young Americans f~r Freedom's statement -of principles adopted at Sharon, ConnectI-cut in 1960). . The passage often cited by Liberals when contending that Catholics must reject Papal social te;;lching in order to affirm the Sharon Statement is article eight. Article eight reads as follows: "That when government interferes with the market economy it tends to reduce the moral and physical strength of the nation; that when it takes from one to bestow upon another, it diminishes the incentive of the first, the integrity of the second, and the moral autonomy of both." This, contend the L~berals, is an en' dorsement of laissez-faire. Father Ralph Gorman, editor of the Sign magazine which is published by the Paulisls, has stated that on the basis of this statement, it becomes, in his opinion, close to impossible for a Catholic to be a member of the Young' Americans for Freedom because to do so one must reject Papal social teaching. The simple fact of the matter, which Father Gorman and his associates seem to overlook, is thatYAF members including members of the National Advisory Board, do not inte;pret this artiole as an endorsement of laissez-faire. Article eight presupposes government intervention in the economy and merely warns against, adverse' conditions created by its excesses. The statement does not say that the conditions necessarily follow any government intervention, but merely that such intervention "tends" in that direction. In other words, ,the Sharon Statement does not preclude federal action or intervention iIi the economy. It merely states that such actioh tends, Le., is inclined towards, certain undesirable results such as the reduction of the moral and physical strength of the nation and t~e lessen~ng of productive incentive and integrity. As Catholic members of the Young Americans for Freedom have pointed out, these probahle consequences must be taken into consideration when any in,tervention into the economy by the state is proposed. If the harm in these fields will exceed the positive good accomplished by the proposal, then the proposal is inadmissable, according to the Sharon Statement. Article eight of the Sharon Statement is not a case of an absolute prohibition but rather a requirement that the government must present a preponderence of evidence for its intervention to be admissable. In whichever direction the preponderence of good .will be achieved, this is the direction which must be followed. . .Lest this discussion of the principles of the Young Americans for Freedom seem completely academic, allow me to cite the example of Niagara University, a Catholic university in New York State: Father John Caine, Director of Student Activities at the University, has banned a YAF chapter there. Father Caine, while praising the· anti-Communist and pro-American policy of the Sharon Statement stated that the eighth tenet is contrary to sound Catholic principles. "This statement," he said, "as it stands, would oppose any legislation affecting economy by f~deral or stale government on the grounds that it would reduce moral and physical strength of the nation." Robert Bauman, national chairman of YAF replied in a letter to Niagra University's president: "It would have been more correct to say that YAF favors a free market economy with the least amount of government regulation authority and discipline on the compatible with public order. We would rather support sound Oatholic campus has resulted in programs of public welfare on the town, county or state levels a timidity which robs the Catho- than by a centralized federal government ... We approve and lic student of that sense of per- support military and economic assistance to free nations on a sonal responsibility requisite for selective basis." In addition to this, Professor Anthony Bous.caren significant' participation in civil of LeMoyne College, and a Catholic, has defended the Young rights agitation. As Justus Americans for Freedom; "YAF does not believe in unrestricted George Lawler remarked in The laissez-faire. Its emphasis on the dignity of the individual and Catholic Dimension in Higher personal initiative is little more than a reiteration of basic papal Education, "Within the school writings ..." this abuse of obedience may Those who persist in the campaign against Young Americans take the form of a suffocating for Freedom seem to be possesSed of a oasic misunderstanding uniformity and con for mit y about YAF. The tendency. has been, especially in such editorials which, while occasionally toler- as Father Gorman's editorial in the Sign magazine, to attempt ating free discussion, quite fre~ to associate YAF with the so-called "ultra-conservatives" such as quently interdicts free action, Robert Welch of the John ,Birch Society. This seems to be a even where prudence w<;lUld re- revival of the notion of 'guilt by association' which the Liberals quire it." inveighed against so vehemently in years gone by. Certain writers and commentators now, either deliberately or by accident, been One would suspect that the prone to associate many moderate conservatives with the more timidity of students at Catholic extreme right wing groups. colleges would, in the end, be It is to be hoped that the Administration of Niagra Univermore than balanced by the sity will reconsider its somewhat groundless objections to the stimulus towards personal com- Young Americans for Freedom and that it will permit some mitment found in the Church's young Americans to enjoy a little more freedom of action on the social encyclicals. But the truth campus in the future. of the matter seems to be that -------------------- _ these encyclicals are not being taught on the Theology Catholic campus. Referring to the theology courses offered at Catholic colleges, Father Murphy reports: "We give our young people standards by which they can examine their own consciences and come to moral conclusions about their personal lives. On (Con't on Page 13, Col. 3) faculty members in fifteen minute interviews with each of the finalists on Friday afternoon, May 10th, the aft~rnoon of the prom. The Dogwood Festival's outdoor picnic will be held at Sherwood Island on Saturday, May 11th. It will last from 1-5. Refreshments will be provided, including hot dogs and hamburgers. The price will be five dollars per couple. COIN OPERATED Open 24 Hrs. - 7 Days a Week 20e Wash - tOe Dry JIFFY LAUNDROMAT located directly behind A8cP liquor store on THE POST ROAD, FAIRFIELD, CONN. CLearwater 9·9082 MISS JOAN MAGNETTI MISS CAROL ANN BAGNELL or the student handbook. On the other hand, these publications deVote considerable attention to the type of clothing appropriate for a "Georgetown gentleman." Moderator Vs. Adviser III . is still the exceptional Catholic college which has a powerful student government, a student-directed honor council, or a genuinely ~free student n~spaper. In regard to student newspapers, it is still a general custom at Catholic schools to employ faculty "moderators" whose function is to exercise prior censorship. At the major secular campuses, on the other hand, the student newspaper is assigned a faculty "adviser" who may be consulted at tile discretion of the student editor. The lack of genuine authority given to student leaders on the Catholic campus was vividly illustrated in the recent incident at Catholic University involving the removal by the administration of the names of F·athers Murray, Kung, Diekmann, and Weigel from a list of speakers prepared by a student committee. The students were free to suggest speakers so long as they suggested the "right" speakers. , The unresolved problem of MISS TRUDY ALTADONNA MISS MARY ELIZABETH KNAVER OOGWOOD Gregory Walsh, '64; Trudy AI- (Con'! from Pagel, Col. 5) tadonna of South Ozone :Park, N.Y., escorted by Michael Felion April 30th.' Steve Adamo- cetti, '65; Maureen McNellis of wich, the queen's contest com- Waterbury, Conn., escorted by mittee chairman, announced the William Hoehler, '64; and Joan finaHsts. They are Mary Anne Magnetti of Englewood, N.J., Dursi of Larchmont, N.Y., who who will be escorted by John will be escorted by Floyd O'Connor, '64. DeAngelo, '64; Carol Ann Bag- Lt had originally been intendnell, of Wantagh, N.Y., who will ed to choose five finalists, but be escorted by William Schuck, a tie vote necessitated a sixth '65; Mary Eliz'abeth Knaver of .choice. The Queen will be chosNorwalk, Conn., escorted by en by a judging staff of three CATHOLIC CAMPUS VIEWED (Con't from Page 7, Col. 5) 1 . i "causes" on the Oatho IC camp-us. An even more important reason seems to be the general timidity and fear displayed by students at Catholic colleges. In discussing the Arlington sit-in with a class of some thirty sophomores, I discovered a geperal reluctance among them to express themselves publicly on a controversial issue. This same fear of controversy was underlined recently by Father Lau: renee Murphy, editor of World Campus, in an article in Ave Maria. According to Father Murphy, the student reared in a secular education "is more likely to involve himself, to make commitments, to make mistakes, to question" than is .the student on a Catholic ca;mpus. Clearly one of the major causes of this timidity on the Catholic college campus is the excessive concern by the administrators of such colleges with student discipline and obedience. Minds educated to view obedience as a matter of religious vow are not always the minds best adopted for setting standards of student conduct. At Georgetown, attendance at mid-week Mass was required of all students until quite recently. And one of the most frequent subjects of student complaint is still the mandatory dormitory curfew and bedcheck. Moreover, though student cheating is a growing problem at every American college, one finds little attention given to ethics of higher studies in either the school catalogues Page Ten Proposed THE STAG Student May 10. 1963 Constitulion J l The following is the complete text of th~ proposed Student Government. Constitution. The Student Council asks that each student retain his copy for future reference. PREAMBLE We the members of the Student Association of Fairfield Univer:;ity of St. Robert Bellarmine do hereby ordain and establish this constitution for the mutual satisfaction, protection, and fulfillment of the general well-being of our members spiritually, intellectually, morally, phsysically and socially. ARTICLE I: Executive Branch Section I-Purpose The purpose of the Executive Branch is to perform those duties which . are consistent with the Constitution and with any legislation that the Student Government may see fit to initiate. . Section 2-Organization " The Executive Branch of the Student Government will consist of: a. President--elected by the entire Student Body. b. Vice-President--elected by the entire Studnt Body. c. Trasurer--elected by the entire Student Body. d. Executive Chairman-appointed by the President. e. Executive Board-appointed by the President. Section 3-Qualiftcations for Oftice a. President must be: 1. a member of the Senior Class. 2. a member of the Student Association for two consecutive semesters prior to election. 3. subject to the regulations regarding participation in extracurricular .activities which participation will not be in excess of memb~rship without office in one major, one minor, and/or one social activity, excluding membership without office in any cardinal aCtivity with the exception of the Sodality of Our Lady of Fairfield University, and "ex-officio" membership in the / Cardinal Key Society. b. Vice-President must be: 1. a member of the Junior Class. >2. a member of the Student Association for two consecutive semesters prior to election. 3. subject to the regulation regarding participation in extracurricular activities, which participation is' not in excess of membership without office in one other cardinal, one major, one minor, and/or one social activity in addition to membership in the Sodality of Our Lady. c. Treasurer must be: I 1. a member of either the Junior or Senior classes. 2. a member of the Student Association for two consecutive sem-esters prior .to election. . 3. an individual who has completed a minimum of six credits in accounting (two semester course). 4. subject to those extra-curricular activity restrictions as specified above for the Vice-President. Section 4-Powers of the executive a. President shall: 1. conduct the full sessions of the Executive Branch. 2. initiate, with the powers at his disposal, those actions which are necessary for the enactment of this Constitution and the laws thereof. 3. represent the Student Government in meetings with the administrative authorities of the University or delegate'such representatives as he deems necessary to fulfill that duty. 4. have the power of veto of Article XVI in the by-laws of this constitution. b. Vice-President shall: . 1. assume the duties of the Presidency in the event that the President should become incapacitated or for any other reason is unable 'to assume the duties of his office. 2. preside over the convocation of the Legislature and call into session the first full convocations of that Legislature after its election in May and at the beginning of the fall semester. c. Treasure shall: 1. preside over all meetings of the Financial Committee of the Executive Branch. 2. be responsible for all financial reports, records and funds which pertain to the tSudent Government. 3. choose those members from the Student Association to serve as members of the Financial Committee of the Executive as members of the Financial Committee of the Executive Branch. 4. be responsible for the formulation of the budget. d. Executive Chairman shall: 1. assume the duties of Secretary of the Executive Branch. 2. preside over all meetings of the Eexuctive Board. 3. organize and execute those actions which the President deems necessary for the fulfillment of those duties allied to this Constitution and the laws thereof. 4. act as an advisor at all meetings of the Executiv~anch. e. Executive Board shall be composed of a Financial, Activmes, Griev-ance, Social and Correspondence Committee. Jr' 1. Financial Committee shall be: -:- a) presided over by the Treasurer of the Student Association. b) be responsible for formulating the budget. . ::: c) be responsible for the maintenance of the financial records of the Student Government. ._ 2. Activities Committee shall be: -~~ a) presided over by a chairman appointed by the Pr.~ident and approved by the LegIslature of the Student Go~nment. b) charged with the responsibility of fOI:mulating, ~din~ting, and regulating the activities of the several exttlFCurncular activities of the University. c) responsible for the formulation and publication of an Activities Calendar, which calendar will register the eVents of all activities for a consequent one month period of Article XIII of the by-laws of this constitution. d) shall tabulate and record the honor points of those students applying to the Honor Society. 3. Grievance Committee shall be: a) presided over by a chairman appointed py the President and approved by the Legislature of the Student Government. b) responsible for the application of measures considered adequate for the redress of Student grievances. 4. Social Committee shall be: a) presided over by a chairman appointed by the President and approved by the Legislature of the Student Government. b) responsible for formulating a social calendar for the University c.f. Article XII of the by-laws of this constitution. c) considered the representative of the Student Association in all intercollegiate social activities. 5. Correspondence Committee shall be: . a) presided over by a chairman appointed by the President and approved by the Legislature of the Student Government. b) responsible for all correspondence between the Executive Branch of the Student Government and all other agencies of the Student Association. and all the correspondence delegated to it by the President of the Executive Branch. c) responsible for the minutes of all Executive Board meetings. ARTICLE D: Legislative Branch Section I-Purpose-to insure for each member of the student community a just representation in the affairs of the designated Government of that community and to provide an opportunity for each member of the community to serve as a representative of his constituency. SeCtion 2-Organization-the Legislature of the Student Association shall consist of all duly elected representatives of the Student Association in accord with the procedures for election of representatives as stipulated in Article I, Section 2 a, b of the Bylaws of the Constitution. Section 3-Powers of the Legislature a. to determine, with the concurrence and approval of the University> Dean of Discipline, the disciplinary and social codes of the Student· Association. . b. to determine the needs of the student community and to act to fill those needs by legislative measures. c. to provide such funds as is necessary for the enactment of that same legislation. , d. to approve and/or censure the activities of all extra-curricular organizations except the Sodality of Our Lady of Fairfield and except where those activities are pertinent to the disciplinary and/or the social codes. e. to approve or reject all executive appointments to either the Executive Branch or to the Judici~ Branch. f. to determine' the rules of action for all branches of the Student Government. . g. to call before the Legislature, in committee, person or reports from any segment of the Student Association including intergovernmental and extra-curricular areas concerning matters of the common good except where those matters are considered by the Court to be pertaining to the disciplinary and/or social codes. h. to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers. Section 4-Ofticers a. The Vice-President of the Student Association shall preside .over all convocations of the Legislature. b. The President pro tempore of the Legislature shall be chosen by the Legislature from among the senior class representatives of the Legislature by a majority (50% plus 1) vote of the quorum present. 1. He will preside in the absence of the Vice-President of the Student Association. 2. He may also head one of the standing committees of the Legislature. c. The Secretary of the Legislature shall be elected by the Legislature from amongst the Jl,lnior and Sophomore representatives of the Legislature by a majority (50% + 1) of the quorum present. d. The Parliamentarian of the Legislature shall be chosen by the President of the Legislature from amongst the Senior class represenattives with at least one year's previous experience in the Legislature and approval by a majority of the quorum present. Section ~ensure a. Censure is defined as loss of voice and vote for the remainder of the legislative session. b. if any representative in the legislative branch is absent from five (5) Il?-eetings during anyone session he is liable to compulsory censure. c. notification of the censure will be published by the secretary along with an announcement that the members of the Association whom the censured member represents would be in order to recall the censured legislator and elect a replacement if a majQrity of them so desire. d. the method of recall and replacement is to be published as part the announcement. Section 6--Quorum-50% + 1 majority of the duly elected representatives of the le&islature constitutes a quorum. ARTICLE m: Judicial Branch Setcion I-Purpose-The Judicial Branch of the Student Government will have the responsibility of upholding, suspending, or modifying those penalties imposed by the Dean of Men with regard to the Disciplinary and Social Codes and/or like decisions of the Student Government. SeCtion 2-Organization of the Judicial Branch a. The Student Court will be composed of 1. nine justices appointed by the President of the Student Association, four of which shall be Seniors, three of which shall· be Juniors, and two of which shall be Sophomores; one of which Seniors will be designated by the President of the Student Association to preside as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.. 2. a clerk of the courts, and a court stenographer who shall be appointed by the President of the Student Association. b. The Supreme Court will be composed of 1. the Dean of Men, the Dean of Students (or a person designated by him), the Moderator of the Student Government as appointed by the President of the University, the Chief Justice of the Student Court, and one other Senior Justice of the Student Court as appointed by the Chief Justice of the Student Court. The Moderator of the Student Government shall preside as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. 2. a clerk of the courts, and a court stenographer who shall be appointed by the President of the Student Association. Section 3-Duties a. Chief Justice is: 1. to preside over all sessions of the Student Court or delegate said responsibility to a Senior member of the Student Court. 2. to determine the necessary quorum as specified in the By-laws (Article II, Section 3 a 3 of the Constition. b. The Clerk of the Court is: 1. to determine the calendar for particular sessions of the Student and Stlpreme Courts in accord with Article II Sections 3a5 and 3b3 by the By-laws of this Constitution. 2. to notify the appellant of the date and time of his court appear-. ance. 3'. to provide that information from the records of the Court and the Dean of Men's office pertaining to the case at hand. (COntinued on Next Page) i I [ THE 'STAG ~ .,. .. ~ * f .) _~ . , May 10. 1963 ' .,. t '" [ . , , ~ f ~ t " , • < Page Eleven. (Continued. from. Page 10•. Column 2) 4. to sufficiently promulgate these decisions of the Court which are applicable to the conduct and organization of the Student Association. ' 5. to administer the oath to all persons giving testimony before the court. c. The Court Stenographer is: 1. to record the proceedings of all sessions' of the Student and Supreme Courts. . 2. to be responsible for the maulfenance of all Court records. Section 4-Tenure of Office-All Justices are appeinted for the remainder of their matriculation as a member of the Student Association unless this tenure is terminated by personal resignation submitted in writing to the President of the Student Association. ARTICLE IV: Faculty Moderator Section I-The Student Government shall be aided by the services of a Faculty Moderator, designated by the President of the University to act as the official representative of the Administration with the government and as the counsellor thereof. Section 2-The Faculty Moderator shall have the right to veto any and . all executive or legislative actions of the Student Government when those actions are thought by him to be antagonistic to best interest of the Student Association. The Student Government shall hold itself free to put into effect any legislation or action not vetoed in the course of five school days. after the passing or initiation of said legislation or action. ARTICLE V: Amendments Section I-Amendments of this Constitution may be carried at any meeting of the Student Government Legislature by a two-thirds vote of those present; the amendment must have been proposed at least one meeting previous to vote. Section 2-The amendment when carried by' the Legislature will then be published in the student newspaper. Section 3-The proposed and publicized amendment will then be sub-mitted to the whole association for a vote. . Section 4-A strict majority vote (50% plus one of those votes cast by the members of the Student Association) is needed to make such an amendment valid and licit. ARTICLE VI: Adoption For adoption this Constitution and the Student Government By-laws must be approved by a majority vote of the present StUdent Council. It must then be recommended by the Dean of the College to the president of the University. Upon approval by the President this Constitution and the By-laws thereof must be approved by a majority (50% plus one) vote of the members of the Student Association voting, for ratification. Once ratified th~s Constitution and the By-Laws thereof become effective immediately superceding all the previous Constitutions and By-laws. BY LAWS ARTICLE I: Elections Section I-Executive a. All elections for executive offices shall take- place during the last week of April and the first week of May, such date to be determined by the Chairman of the Elections Committee of the Legislature. b. Primaries will be held one week prior to the general election. where there are more than three nominees for an executive office. c. All nominees for executive office are subject to the approval of ·the Dean of Studies and the Dean of Men. d. All nominees are subject to the campaign procedures as specified . by'the Elections Committee of the Legislature. Section Z-LePsIat~ a. Qualifications for office 1. Any student may .qualify for office in the Legislature if a) he is a fully enrolled member of the undergraduate community. b) he receives the necessary ten names on his petition for nomination, which names do not appear on another legislative nomination sheet, which ten names come from the nominee's contsituency division. c) he is not p.rohibited from running by any academic deficiency, as determmed by the Dean of the 'University and subject to the approval of the Dean of Men. b. Proportional representation 1. For freshmen a) One member for each fifty students shall be elected from the freshman class. b) The areas to be represented are: 1) the on-campus boarders 2) the off-campus boarders 3) the day-hops c) Each area must be represented in the Legislature by at least one representative from each of the four classes. d) Should the number of students in the freshman class be in . excess of a multiple of fifty, the class will be allowed one at-large candidate for every fifty members drawn from the total excess of day-hops, off-campus, and on-campus boarders. 2. For upperclassmen: '.' a) The number of representatives to the Legislature for sopho- . -mores, juniors, and seniors shall depend on that class' fresh-' man year representation regardless of the number of members presently enrolled in that class at the time of nomination. c. Election of officers 1. The election of all officers shall take place at the first meeting of the Legislature within two weeks of. its election such meeting to be called by the Vice-President of the Student Association. a) The procedure will be as follows: 1) nominations will be entertained from the floor. 2) a secret ballot will follow each set of nominations for each position. 3) the votes will be counted by the Vice-President and reported to the Legislature. 4) the elected will assume their positions immediately. d. All elections for upperclassmen shall take place on the same day as the Executive elections and shall be subject to the regulations as determined by the Elections Committee of the Legislature. e. All elections for Freshman representativs shall take place three weeks after tht: beginning of school in the Fall term and shall be subject 'to the regulations as determined by the Elections Commit-tee of the Legislature. . f. At the time of adoption of the Constitution these election dates and procedures may be waived by a majority vote of the quorum present of the existing Student Council. Section 3-C1ass Elections a. Elections for class officers will be held during the second and third weeks of May, such date to be determined by the Chairman of the Elections Committee. b.. Votes will be cast for Freshmen class officers during the fifth and sixth weeks after the resumption of school in the fall, such dates to be determined by the Chairman of the Electfons Committee. c. Nominees shall abide by the regulations concerning campaigning ~rocedures as specified by the Elections Committee and all regulatIons theretofore apertaining. Section 4-Elections Committee a. The Elections Committee of the Legislature: 1. shall be compOsed of all senior chairmen of the standing legisla-tive committees' . 2. shall be headed by a chairman appointed from the committee by the president of the Legislature 3. shall run all elections for office within the student government and elections for class officers . 4. sl!all receive all nominations two school weeks prior to date set for the general election . ' 5. shall determine, each year, the acceptable campaign procedures. 6...shall specify from which area a candidate is a representative two school days prior to the election by notice' or any other communicative means at his disposal and as is determined by a popular majority vote of the committee . 7. shall print separate ballots for each area, and each class and shall include on these ballots the at-large candidates. 8. shall check the registration of each voter to determine the ballot they are to receive 9. shall count all ballots, in committee, and present the results to the Student Association. 10. shall acquire the necessary voting machines for the general elections. ARTICLE B: Meetings Section I-Executive . a. The executive board will meet within two weeks of the acceptance of the board members by the Legislature as specified in Article V Section 1 of these By-laws. ' b. This meeting will be called by the President of the Students Association. c. All consequent meetings of the Board will be called by the President at· his discretion provided the time lapse between meetings does not exceed ten school days, in which case the Executive Chairman may call said meeting. d. Should the Executive Chairman fail to call said meeting' within the time presc!ibed in Article II Section Ie of these By-Laws, any member of saId board can, with the concurrence of the majority of that Board call said meeting. Section 2-Legislative a. The first meeting of the newly elected Legislature shall be called within two school weeks of the Spring elections by the Vice-President of the Student Association. b. The first meeting in the Fall term shall be call~ by the ViceP! esident of the Student Association within one week of the beginnIng of fall classes for all classes of the Student Association. c. The consequent meetings of the Legislature shan be called by the Vice-President of the Student Association every two weeks after the first convocation in the Fall term save during those periods of Christmas, Examination, and Easter recess in which case the Legislature shall adjourn until reconvened by. the Vice.-President of the Student Association. . d. A meeting will be constituted by a duly called convocation at which 50% plus 1 of the duly elected representatives are present and register their presence with the secretary, a quorum must be maintained for the commencement of business and the taking of vote. ~tion 3-.Judiciary . . a. Student Court 1. The Stud~nt Court will meet at least once every school week at the discretion of the Chief Justice. 2. The Chief Justice will preside over all meetings of the Student Court, save in those cases where it is determined by him to be impossible, in which case he will choose a senior member of the Court to act in his stead, such se1l,iority to be determined by the number of years the Justice served on the Court, which rule may be suspended during the first year after adoption of this Constitution. . . 3. The number of Justices presiding at any session of the Court ~ust be an odd number, five (5); ,seven (7), or nine (9), except m case of emergency, in which case the Court:may sit with a . minimum of three (3), Justices. 4. No Justice may sit on any case concerning an activity; person, or situation of which or with which he was or is personally involved. . 5. In a case where the Judge feels he cannot render an objective decision he may abstain from hearing the case. 6. Procedures a)' Appeals will be made to the Court by the appellant on a Court form provided by the Clerk for that purpose within three (3) days of the notification of the sanction. b) The Clerk will notify the appellant of the time and place of his tHaI. . c) The trials will always be closed (e.g. military) .. d) The appellant is allowed at all times, the right to counsel, such counsel not restricted to .the University- community. . e) Decisions of the Court will be handed down within one (1) school week consequent to the date of trial. f) Failure to appear before the Court will be considered' an admission of guilt. b. Supreme Court . 1. The Supreme C
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|Stag - Vol. 14, No. 15 - May 10, 1963
|May 10 1963
|The Stag, the official student newspaper of Fairfield University, was published weekly during the academic year (September - June) and ran from September 23, 1949 (Vol. 1, No. 1) to May 6, 1970 (Vol. 21, No. 20).
|A timeline for Fairfield University student newspapers is as follows: The Tentative, Nov. 7, 1947 - Dec. 19, 1947; The Fulcrum, Jan. 9, 1948 - May 20, 1949; The Stag, Sept. 23, 1949 - May 6, 1970; The University Voice, Oct. 1, 1970 - May 11, 1977; The Fairfield Free Press & Review, Sept. 10, 1970 - Apr. 24, 1975; The Fairfield Mirror, Sept. 22, 1977 - present.
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Brian Dunn
The Rev. James H. ~oughlin,
S.J., Dean of the University,
announced on Wednesday to the
STAG that Brian Dunn has been
named Valedictorian for the
'Class of '&3. Brian is ·the son of
\J;r. and Mrs. Raymond F. Dunn