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VOL. Ill No. 3 ' MARIST COLLEGE. POUGHKEEPSIE. NEW YORK 12601 Nowmbtr 28, 1966

Neyvi Scientific Theory Disclosed At Lecture ?

" 'On Tuesday night/November -15, the annual-Albertus Magnus-lecture for Science was held in the Campus Theatre. The guest .lecturer was Dr. Clyde L. Cowan. His topic came as a surprise to the audience. Dr. Cowan had been expected -to speak on "neutrino activity and its relationship to the movement < of celestial bodies." "As ' it turned ^oilt,' he spoke on^'anti-matter andthe Tunguska Meteor," his hobby and the topic on which he has recently^published a paper. Dr. Cowafr "was <.well-qualified to speak on trie topic since he spent eight years working at the Los

J Alamos Atomic Jesting sight and for the past eight years he has been a professor-of physics at both Georgev Washington Uni­versity and Catholic University m Washington; i - P , r

t - \ ' i * Dr. Cowen^commenced- his^ treabse-by^statmg^that-Ius^talk-

was^'a" theory^andjwouldcsound ^'j

place. -.With a renewed interest in mis mystery scientists were able to conclude from the way t the surrounding area lay ravaged" that the explosion" took place _ five-kilometers above "ground -zero''_ and that it was equivalent to a thirty megaton hydrogen I Tfte QueSf fOf i : bomb. - _ -

FACULTY REVIEWS ATTENDANCE POLICY

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Irresponsible

Student Attitude?'!

A survey of faculty opinion on the responsible attendance policy -has recently'been undertaken by Bro. Brian Desilets under the auspices of the Academic Policy Committee. The purpose of the survey is to determine whether or not, in the faculty's opinion, the attendance system as it is now structured is working.

- in "connection with the sur­vey on attendance policy pre­sently being undertaken by the" Academic Policy Committee,1

the "Circle" has interviewed several faculty members and

" studentor The purpose was to obtain-a small sampling of opinion which, it is hoped, will •

• be fairly-representative-of tanitss £L' ,Un£ on the whole.

J The survey asked the teachers to estimate' the percentage of students cutting their lectures. -It also invited any relevant com-.ments.

Bro. Brian extimated that abit "over one-third" of the faculty did not think that the present arrangement was adequate. The majority, however, favored the present policy. There were also several who were in favor, with reservations. -" * _

'^JDnel'ofr'the^prlmaxy goals of '" ' " was "~to. determine1

of cuts with grade index.

Bror Brian emphasized that irresponsible activity on the part of a few students should not cause the entire-system 'to be scrapped. However, those few who are taking advantage of a "good thing" should be detected and held to task for it. Brother laid stress on the point that dis­covering who cuts is not the idea behind the survey, the purpose is to find out if a source of poor grades is'across-the-board ab­

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strange^part-thisn'' 'natural' \ -pfienomendn was s that -it "all took'place in a* matter

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'explosion' ^ r ^ __ it'had be~en alchemical or nuclear. reaction? The '"possibility jof "a. meteor was ruled out since there

' had been"no trace of a ^..crater and"the^ "comet-theory^'-proved

"""false because a comet is eom->-•*- posed'Of frozen chemicals which - would have caused a" regular,

chemical'reaction and discharge t that, wpuld have, lingered in the ~V stratosphere'. Therefore, icient-^ -ists were puzzled for .many years " "on the naturei'ofr this happening. . It .was^not until the 1930's, when

Dirac postulated'that this could*-* ,havebeen an qccurance^involv-*„ ing* "anti-matter^did the'~piece

- of <-the' 'puzzle.-'start tcHall into

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^ Napplis And Koza j - E lec t ions were-held"'on j ^ Wednesday^Nov; 16, for the posts Z of Recording Secretary.and Trea- " t , surer of i the* Class of 1968." In ~ "'the,race for Treasurer, vacated"

_ - by„Pefe Heidenreich," at present the ^Treasurer of the Student Government, Joe Napoli defeated -John^Goeggel 70-43 with three abstentions. 'The Recording Se­cretary contest was uncontested,

; with Burt Koza receiving 68 votes < - with 48 abstentions and several

write-in candidate' votes. The ^ former Recording Secretary,

' * "Rich Gugliemd^ is now one of the Junior Representatives to the

- ^Council ofv the Student - "Government.

anti-matter .combined, theywould "annihilate,each other andxelease -a tfemendous^antount.of engergy. _,

mystery' < taken only

one hundred grams'orfa fistfulL of fanti-matter\,to"cause this 30" 'megaton,spectacle. * - _- f \.^ \ s

"Currently, Drttowan is trying -to verify this-theory by studying

.The amount of radioactive carbon '* cioxide that was.in the airjat

, that-time" smce .this, would-be *a"" -by-product of this feaction.iThe" waycthat this Is^bemg done is by ^ studying the rings of pittiis'trees/'

" that were ifound in 1908 and'com-^ -.pare this radioactiyeuC02"to that v "of the 'pas't^ind'present.\Once-, '.; this"'-is^ dorie then "science^ Willi,

be one'step closer to explaining, "this andJ otter happenings.in na^

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Mr. White' looks at abientee-lsm as, a "two-way street."

.The:student may be at fault, but rit is also possible that.the '

-teacher is not sufficiently sti- """ " mulating.,. " - » -- ^

BroT Gerard Weiss, chair-'maii of the Modern'Language

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r = — _ .-•.,-. ... _ u>.< -4r^£atHe^gEaJfakl~r3tignri3nt>P „ li^lnadequate71ia^.th,•; .ppl_wy,;waslapprovedJast wmter f 5 hot yieldmgbenefujialf^lfy "the'faculty m'plenary session. -

/'this'end; a further -Any"1 changeior?modification will-bemg "held "-obtain ";be %ade by.the same jiody/after

specific'information.' ThV r consideration^ of-the"" Academic / "' Policy Committee's report. The '

results' of-life.second "survey should be in Jby December 1st.

are bemg asked to indi­cate' whiclf courses- are' subject

'to"most frequent-cutting — ma­jors, electives, lor7core. -They will also be requested to list how- much eactf each student has cut, nammg all those 4 who have cut aTparticular course more than four .times. The reason for this is an attempt to correlatenumber

" -The members of the". Academic Policy Committee' are Brother B_rian,"lMr. .Edward -'O'Keefe, Brother Joseph Belanger , Brother Gerard W,eiss~and Dr,

- George Hooper

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iYoutnful Artist IVIuses ^ver ;Studciiit "Brainwashins''

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!- .One significant fact about these - elections was that this, was the ^ first election on campus m which

tbe.Student Brothers voted. Their ' small turnout can easily be at­tributed to the very quiet and

> almost *'non-campaign' ^cam-pilgn by the candidates.

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Opeii House

. Scheduled Bro. John Boscd,-Director

of the 'Academy Street' resi­dence" of the Student Brothers,-has announced a day of open-house. It" will-begin at-2 p.m.' on Thursday, December 8th,-and continue through the after­noon.-All students and faculty-members-are invited to visit the house "at 110 Academy Street, and tour it freely. Since' the .eight Brothers have moved in, they h%ve spent much of their - time renovating the house and -improving the grounds.-It now seems well •on its way to success in an experiment to test the practi­cality of having, small houses replace the large institutional' type residences in which many religious communities now. reside.

"i /'On- Monday, November 4, ar -Mr? "Alex "Miller, spoke' at,a~,,

< four; o'clock Lep.Lounge meet-- -"ingJon ."Matf'and-Artan the

--Twentieth 'Century." -He^had been'jnvitedbysbphomore.Jim"

"'.Sullivanf^K**,^ ~c-^- \ ~- ---C" Z"~ *->''•« "^'' ' ~" "- •" Miller^ "a^.year.-bid gr'a—, -

duateJof/both". N.Y.U.--and > .; Cooper JJniop^brdught a port- s \ folio of his own paintings and

added to' the lecture by making ';--useof impromptu sketches btf • 'a blackboard. He expounded on - the universally'accepted the- ~

ones of art, and he spent some " ---time^ giving, his own views.

Most' of the lecture", how--'ever, dealt'with what"Miller

„ consideredr an immediate issue --- art" of the Marist College Campus, of which he ^aid: ." . ' . . people have to learn moreabout art because they don't know what they're" missing. "Andr unfortunately, "" on the Marist campus, people don't know what they're miss­ing that much more." -

In a private interview with Circle reporters, Miller said that ". . . as a student body,

.you -must challenge, your- -- selves. The art on this cam­

pus, modern free expression,

' i s a vogue, giving a'cause to the mediocrity of "amateur paintings^ FoHowing'up on his "vogue" theory, Miller stated" that this brand of art is already

.on -its way out, citing artist Andrew Wyeth as an example of those whoare "goingBack to reality while still keeping" the "impact of mood in the work."

Focusing his directly on Mrs. Miller mused, " .

attention Fischer, . She has

brainwashed you. Art does not have to justify itself. Mrs. Fischer deals with the market, trying to paint in reality what-she only thinks she is painting. It lacks structure. It is push­ing excellence down, medio-

,, crityjup."^ :

Mr. Miller had not seen the exhibit in the sculpture court; however, the scene was de­scribed as well as possible and Miller was asked to com-

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ARTIST ALEX MILLER cMsi-Jtrs m « * • MrtstcMps in his betel* on coHttapon-ry art*

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7 THE CIRCLE

Leaves A Bad Taste . . - -J

To begin with, we think the football club deserves mentioning ~ not so much for their season, their games, or their wins and losses. • since they have already spoken well (indeed) for. themselves ,on that score — but for a certain questionable policy initiated this .year.

• And now that the season is over, we can criticize without endangering anybody's immediate, position.

It's about those posters, men, the ones that shouldn't have merited a space on the wall of an old bathroom in an older pub in the oldest section of Poughkeepsie. You remember the ones: "watch Vikings Defeat Fairfield University," and that lovely little ditty about Iona's . . . shall we say . . . hosiery. Hanging the posters on the walls of the halls of MOTH (Marist on the Hudson) took incredible audacity — kinda like installing a urinal in a confessional. Even an organization as yirile as yours can deport itself with a certain amount of dignity, no? /

On the other hand, while there has definitely been"an increase in > campus debauchery since September, some .wholesome activities

have been unjustifiably squelched by the authorities. ; i

Not long ago there- was a "song" on the charts that should never ' have been composed, assuming that it was ultimately composed. It . went something like this: "Wild thing, you make my heart sing/You I make everything groovy/Wild thing, I love you." Great hah? I

Well, in the true artistic spirit of Dryden's "Mac Flecknoe," Peter Dolny of the "The Banned" satirized the "song". "Wild thing, you are disgusting/You make everything ugly/Wild thing, you make me puke." !

! The word "puke" brought the administrative sky down around

Peter's temporarily wigged head as Dean Wade charged him to leave. For one reason or another, the Dean soon relented, requiring only a public apology of Peter.

The football posters hung for no less than one week each. Good grief. A dichotomy.

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A LITTLE LAUDING...

. Cn the more favorable-side, congratulations.to the Theatre Guild - for a fine production. Those.01 you who missed the show missed the boat. \ ' '

And while we're on the subject of "TheCircle" (shame on you Mr. Editor),' we'd like to mention some new and heartily welcomed addi­tions to the staff:

There's Joe -Vyotto, the though-inspiring-clever-semi-religious-almost-anti-retigious-poet-artist-cartooKist, who has been perplex­ing our readers for three issues now.'

" Joe O'Connell, all of a newswriter, an editorial critic, and a sharp journalistic "Nose", contributes a great deal to' '.'The Circle".

• -And finally, what made the last issue of "The Circle" "looklike a , real newspaper", was the skill and experience of Bros. Mike'Flynn

and Ray Heslin. It's nice to have someone who knows what he's doing.

...BUT NOT TOO MUCH »

Enough of the brighter side of MOTH life. No sense in breaking Circle editorial tradition. We still have more to say..

Amateur speculation says that there just may be another revision of the "responsible attendance" system which, by the way, is not working. In all too many cases, irresponsibility reigns supreme. This places the Marist higher-ups in a rather awkward position, because on the one side we have students complaining about freedom, while on the other we have parents of free-but-failing students complaining about., the system. The Student Body is "collectively cutting its own throat. /

- Oh, and we hear that besides feeding us whatever they're feeding us and charging us whatever they're charging us, Brady Foods (thanks to the N.Y.S. Liquor Authority) is now horning in on the pro­fits from mixers with beer.

'• Wonder how they'll manage to find bad beer to serve. . ,

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/ L e t t e r s To The Mditbr Praises

!Dear Editor:"- , 1 .' *' - '

Last Thursday while indulging in a cup of coffee my glance fell on

• a, school newspaper in the hands' * of ^a student across the. table. i Though unable to read" any of 'the ; print from the upside-down posi-| tion, I could; not help but muse ! aloud, "Now why can't the Circle ' look like that!" only to be startled by the quick .reply of the reader, "Brother, this is the Circle!"

, Rarely have I welcomed cor-l rection so happily! At long last, I the Circle has come into its own. ! Not only has the format and lay­

out acquired attractiveness and dignity, but thenewsworthiness of its content, the variety of the articles, and the marked reduc­tion of the editorializing in re­porting make for a'publication more worthy of the college.

Perfection is not necessarily

forces Brady Foods to pay exor­bitant milk bills thus reducing the

.amount of money available for r purchase of food. 'Does the food ' committee' think we are taking-

the- milk just to spite Brady Foods? I challenge anyone to prove any appreciable wastage of this milk. I don't Jcnow much about nutrition but I do know that the body will seek to compensate for "deficiencies.

' '-'An answer? Theoretically the Jfood committee should produce it. But there seems to be no answer forthcoming. Perhaps my fellow ' students can provide one?

*I-.do have several suggestions though. First the food committee had better take off its blinders and look around. The students put them in their posts in hopes of getting. something done, not in hopes of getting "nasty notes" in the mail. Second—this campus seems' to have a prediliction to­wards "meanin'gful'discussions" for what it's -worth let's get

.","~i, j.''-'-'-'~-S''''-'-"'' j---' -^' ledge, was non-existent; The can . didates certainly: made, no splash) in campaigning; which might indi­cate-that they'had no platform or didn't care toilet the .Student Body know of it. Therefore, I'm not surprised the/ 858 people didn't -participate,-ndw would the absence of the Student Brothers indicate ^much. more. It might rather! be a sign that they would like to have a choice of-candi­dates . before' they vote, know" whom the candidates-are, and what their, position is. v .

Sincerely, Bro. Denis Hever,

STAFF APPOINTMENTS:

Will Chair Admiss ions

a t a u i e d ; ' b r t f l i e " c i r d e " i n ^ t _ ^ y foods' representatives - C o m m i t t e e is outgrowing its adolescence. An added thrust in the direction of thoroughness' in copyreading to eliminate typographical and or­thographical lapses will further emphasize responsible journal­ism.

Congratulations to you and the revivified staff. I join the host of campus citizens who' eagerly anticipate the next issue.

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Dear Editor:

^ ,--oincerely- yours, ' Bro. JphnL.b'Shea ,AcademicD(£an. - ^

Congratulations to you and your staff on the excellent * job you're doing with • 'The Circle'"'i-The last issue is certainly the most pro­fessional-looking number Marist has ever had. More power to you. Keep up the fine work. ' *

Sincerely, Bro. Joseph L. Belanger

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' Congratulations for the excell­ent edition of the school news­paper!

I would have to "say that inmy five years this was by far the best paper I haveseenpersonally on the Marist'College campus. It'

• was' of - such" caliber that T would personally suggest that if you have any copies available to for­ward them to the Admissions Of­fice so that they might distribute them to various high schools.

I wish you the utmost success' for the .remainder, of the year" with the' newspaper and also ex­tend my congratulations to all those students who have worked so hard on it with you.

A paper- like this is probably the best means of communication on campus. Its taste, appearance, and style was of the highest order.

Sincerely yours, Thomas Wade Dean of Students

Food Committee Dear Editor:v

- The recent bulletin of the food committee was a farce! A swine I may.or may not be, but hungry I am! And hungry I will stay until the swill they serve in the cafeteria is changed'to edible-food. -

The committee claims the "pilfering" of milk at lunchtime

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and the food committee together in the open, with the students pre­sent. Whether this will accom­plish anything I don't know.

- Famishedly yours, James Victory '69-

Voters Criticize Election Commissioner,

' c/o Letters to the Editor

I .write this letter as one en­tirely up-in arms .over-.spme. of > the" assinine /goings-onV of-tnis-

. campus, •- "spe.clf ic ally. -i;thel ^elections?'.' that were held,"on October 18th. It must take great intelligence to run atf'election the

tway. you" did./The balloting .was, probably-done in a dark room to allow as few people as possible! In regard to mat crack about the Student Brothers not attending, it would-have helped greatly if we had.known about it. Thank you' for--flooding the campus- with signs, to let us know who ran, what .day the elections, were held, and when petitions had to be in.

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* '-. With procedures like this stu­dent government becomes a joke. .for, it is not working-for the best'

,-interests of,. the • college/ but seemingly the aggrandizement of

.ca.few individuals. • ?t -* ' '

" * •'.'" - Sincerely, --' ' , - • , - - ~ Bro. Joseph 01ivet,'68

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, In response to an article in the Circle -concerning -the recent elections to the Student Govern­ment,'! have' a few remarks. To begin with, the' notices that two

.places had been vacated in the Student Government were so in­conspicuously posted .-that they' could hardly attract any atten­tion. Any notices as to "whom the candidates were,'to my'know-

Mr. Edward H. Germann, As-' sociate Professor of French, has -been named Chairman of the Ad­missions Committee of Marist College, according to Dr. John Schroeder, Dean of the Evening Division and Chairman of the Faculty. -

Mr .;Germann received his B.'A.' in,French Languageand Litera­ture from Dartmouth College, his

-M.A. in French Language and ' - Literature from/Columbia^Uni-" < versitjr;,and,'his(jCertificat,/ ^dlEtudes' "Fraacaises"^(Mentidnv

-•bieri) from theTJniversityof Bor^ "deaux, France.'' lV',-^ "V-"" *;"

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-, He, is a member of,the Ameri­can' Association of Teachers' of

-French and the Modern Language Association of America. Prior to present Chairmanship, Mr. Gerr mannwas a member of the Tea-

,cher_. Education. Committee-and the- Academic • Committee .-at' Marist College. -. _.- •

** Commenting on Mr. Germann's . appointment. Dr. John Schroeder

; stated: "With his many year's of experience • as; a -professor- at,.

-West Point,'in addition'to his two - year's at-Marist, the Admissions Committee has an excellent addi­tion^ to -its 'membersbip'and he. will serve as Chairman^' :- ""."'

"* -Mr. .Germann,- his-' wife arid . - four-children are now residingin-Staatsburg, NewTork: - , ' - - - -

Skau Named Mr. George H.-Skau, Assistant-,

Professor of History, has been named Chairman of the Program Committee at Mar ist College, ac- ' cording to Dr. John Schroeder,-Dean of the Evening Division and Chairman of the Faculty at Marist College. I

®~» THE CIRCLE ©-* THE CIRCLE, the official newspaper of Marist College.

Poughkeepsie Campus, is edited and published bi-monthly by and in the-interest of the_students of Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601. THE CIRCLE is a member of Collegiate Press Service. . - , ' ,

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Lbhden'66i JOHN M A G A N , S J . •v

/i. N rieirMmtnt XheRain

ftoridon Js a very.cosmopolitan^ " cityr7. There are -students" .here' * from everywhere'from Peking to-Pasadena, and all of us have be- -gun to take the rush-hour on the underground, (subway)' in our stride. China's teeming millions

• have nothing .on-Piccadilly line a5 5:30'p.m.. I spent'a half hour

' last nightwedged in an Indian's armpit by/a'steamingi sweating.' panting ; Irishman- — my feet. -touched the "ground- only twice. Upon arrival at my station (Manor -

~ House) I boweeviled by may down to the' floor and out only to be ' swept onto the longest excalator I have ever seen (at least 300' feet) on a journey to. oblivion.

I have- lost ten pounds since - my arrival. This is not the fault

of England's notoriously bad food — it isn't bad at all. But I'm used to Mother and Brady Foods — both of whom could take les-

, sons from a game keeper at the Bronx Zoo. England has master­ed the culinary arts by importa-

' tion. Even'the smallest, dingiest restaurants (my favorite) feature ravioli, ministrone, beef and ~~ chicken curry, and, despite Ru­dolf Hess, — stroodle.

It has started to rain again — ' please send pictures of the sun — Pete Petrocelli, 16 Portland Rise, London, N.- .4, England.

" £ w Man X)^ t h e Totem Pole

The time might be.7:30 a.m., 12:30p.m.or 6 o'clock in the evening or. any of: the other., hours .when the Brady Food Service is catering its' own brand of-gastronimical surprises and delights to some 880 Marist College boarders. -- •

TOLLS f "si?'

Someone in the food line/push- -ing from behind, as I'm trying to select my particular, portion of the day's piece de resistance, or possibly some loner at the table on which my fiberglass tray fin­ally comes to rest is bound to ask:' "Father, • do you teach here?" Upon being given a nega­tive answer; the next question-always is: "Then what are you doing here?" The answer'that "I am- tiie low man on the chap­lain's totem pole" seldom seems to "satisfy, so I have decided" to try to formulate a more exact appraisal of the situation, and make public the purpose of my existance here at Marist,

My letter of appointment reads: "We have booked the following job description: _

Title: "Assistant to the. Chaplain"

It goes on to state.-

. General Responsiblity: < '"The .creation of a vitally Christian atmo­sphere on the campus."

New York's A Fun City

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> In ;:'an-'attempts ttorboost • .its lagging": business,..the", Crystal

.Clubi }an' East'Side .night club, featured 'the-first, and possibly, last, bare breasted waitresses in New lYork- City., Following the trend that started on the West Coas t , the . club -hired two waitresses who were willing to expose 'their"- charms to" the clientele. ". . , ,

* From the announcement of its new>; policy,,, the bar-had been doing well; so well ,in fact that it could command a five "dollar minimum from its curious patrons. For the first few nights the place was completely re­spectable; clean old men, clean old women, clean young men and clean ,'young women could be seen -among the patrons. All ate, drank and-watched the novely of the bouncing girls;, there was no shock, everyone enjoyed the set­ting, and it was a nice quiet bar.

Before the novelty of the place could wear off "it began going downhill:'the clientele had chang­ed. Here there were two. mem­bers of the police department; there were members of the state liquor authority and-the city li­censing bureau. It was terrible. Where there had been enjoyment, there was-now mvffled talk, the townies had. taken over, the fun went out of the place. -Not only did the new patrons' bring the puritan spirit," but they also thought there was insufficient lighting (they wanted a better look]), topless waitresses were public nuisances, and that the club itself was a public distur­bance.

After they'had done their work, the police arrested the two girls on a charge of indecent exposure. They were taken downtown", book­ed, and fingerprinted.

Acting on a suggestion from Mayor Lindsay, License com­missioner Joel Tyler moved to ammend the depar tmen t ' s cabaret regulations to prohibit waitresses or barmaids "with breasts or lower part of the; torso uncovered." It is felt that

abuse*done to all those paying their five doUar minimum is Irreparable and that incidents such as -these must-be avoided in the future in order to insure.-against the corruption of night­club going adults.

- ' , , Mayor Lindsay had vowed to make New York a better place to live in. Pushers wiU be put off the, streets, bookies will be pro­secuted, waitresses will be fully clad. The streets of New-York will once again'be safe to walk at night. He has been do ng ,all" in his power to make New York the Fun City he has promised.

His idea of fun is different ' from that .of quite a few of the city's residents..

Bob Jakob

Artist's Views...

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ment if he could. He seemed less concerned with what the exhibit looked like than with what it actually was. He ex­plained that in 1920, this kind of thing was called "found art," ' consisting .of articles "found around the house," so to speak. It was to be an ex­tension of man (which, he added, is what' all art is, anyway) symbolizing man painting. Miller seemed ra­ther emphatic in his opinion of "found art" in stating that it was " . . . a lot of crap, but if people swallow it, it be­comes the artistic voge that it is."

Miller's paintings are own-_ ed by (mostly) professors and

clergymen from Florida to Michigan j and are hanging in such places as St. John the Divine, Christ- Episcopal Church, and St. Andrew's in New York. He has' had three one-man show in New -York City, and is presently.working on - a fourth. He also started the exhibits in St. Peter's Episcopal Church in N.Y.C.

FATHER MAGAN

Under the heading of "Specific duties'.' are listed such things as: "The celebration of Mass daily as scheduled by the chaplain." As I and probably the majority of -Catholic students here would pre­sume any priest on campus or elsewhere would offer Mass each day, with or without a job des­cription from the academic vice president, this detail hardly an­swers the question nor does ;it particularly give the raison d' etre for my presence in any po­sition on the Chaplain's-totem, pole — nor in the MaristCoUege organization;

i What' then do I do? * % » • . ,11' , . ,

It is - more than a lyric leap between the "Job" description and the actual state of.things, so lyrical in fact that neither a song' nor even an entire opera could ever dojjustice to the reality.

For some three weeks I occupi­ed as an office a room on the Northwest corner of the cafeteria while commuting daily to and from St. Andrew, some three miles up river fronvthe college. Being newly ensconced here at the time it was not unexpected that I could hardly say I was rushed by students-coming into talk out problems.: One more than usually frequent^ visitor, however, was the Maitre d"„of the cafeteria, himself no student but an employee of the Brady organization. For weeks he had been scheduled to leave Marist College to take up the manage­ment of the food set vice at some / industrial plant on Long Island, though for some unspecified rea­son he resembled the student who never wants to graduate but sim­ply stay on ad infinitum and to grow old" under the protective aegis of Alma Mater. ;>

As he was residing in the Proc­tor's room on 3rd Champagnat, the only logical place for me to

"take up resident in the college, he was effectively my enemy No. 1. As long as he stayed on cam­pus,-1 of necessity stayed off. The idea was obviously to dis­lodge him but to do so in such a manner;. that neither the State Police, my own conscience, nor the administration of the coUege could complain.

Fortunately, after some two weeks, he came to realize my situation and one day asked frank­ly: "Do I have the room you are supposed to occupy." I had no

" later native to answer with a polite but apologetic "affirmative. He took the hing and by the weekend Marist's gain was presumably Sperry Gyroscope's loss, for that erstwhile home of tiiejjnited Nations in Lake Success is sup­posedly his destination.

BY Richard Epp

Jones Beach is a nice place to swim at, but I wouldn't want to work there again next summer. Jim Meehan works down at Jones Beach as a toll foreman, and I've worked with him for two summers.

• He's only sixty-two years old, buthe looks at least eighty. His fingers are bent and twisted, and his voice cracks when he speeks. He can hardly hold a pen to write, but makes a great show of his dexterity by flipping his cigar across the room into the wastepaper basket. He is rather fat around the waist, and except when moved by dire necessity, he just sits at his desk m fron of the big windows of the Wantagh Tolls office holding a tiparillor cigar in his deformed hand and looking out idly at the collectors. •

N If a collector rings the foreman's bell for a roll of quarters, old Jim Meehan justs sits there unmoved or opens the window and shouts in his old, cracked voice, f'What are you ringin' that bell for now! I told you I don't want you ringin'that damned bell! Can't you see I'm busy!" Meanwhile ten or twenty cars have backed up at the toll

'booth; and the patron waiting for his change is threatening to write to the Parkway Commission. However, James is very proud of his position at the tolls and even keeps aCivil Service Employees Asso­ciation plate on his car with the motto "We serve."

On days that old Jim is foreman at Wantagh, there is a race to see which collector can get to work earliest. The one who arrives last is always asked to mop the floor and the remains in the office build­ing for the rest of the day to serve (as Jim's assistant and personal companion. To.be his, assistant merely means that you mustperform : any of his duties that require him to; move from his chair. However, to be his personal companion means eight hours of his uninterupted monologeu. There have been many days duringthepast two summers when I have had to sit and listen, to such exciting tales as "James Meehah's Trip to the Gulf of Mexico and Back" or "James Meehan and His Days on the Blimp" or "James Meehan and His Days in the Optician's Shop" — not only once, butJmior three times; each!

I think I shall walways feel a! heavy tiredness come over me whenever I recall those summer afternoons at the tolls when old Jim would start to say,- "When I first started work here at the beach . . . " or "When I sold that pair of sunglasses to Milton Berle . . ." or "When I few the blimp back in . . ." and all of it being interspersed with his old guttural laugh ~ "Hegh, hegh, hegh, hegh, hegh."

As if James Meehan wouldn't.be .'enough for anyone, the Long Island State Park Commission shower's its toll employees with many other little amusements. First! there is the mysterious extra-axle charge.' On each and every toll booth is a little white sign reading Extra-Axle 35£. Of course' no one knows what an extra axle is — including me. I spent all. last summer trying to sell straightened paper clips as extra-axles. I evenoffered a free ten-day home trail. Still there wereno buyers.

Then there are the Jones Beach programs. Each and every patron must getacharmingpink program witti a map of the beach* arid: a description of all the fun activities planned by that fun public re­lations; woman Mrs. Neilson: There's Circus Day, Boy's day, Girl's Day, Boy's and Girl's Day, Childrensi Day, Square dancing, dancing for squares, and, last and most certainly least, Greasy Lombardo's "Mardi Gras". All toll collectors are opposed to these programs. All patrons ,are;opposed to these programs. The Park Commission Hoves these programs. Therefore, into every grubby hand is brutally shoved a pretty pink program.

.- Ah yesl There's nothing like a hot Sunday at Wantagh Tolls with Meehan yeUing out the window, patrons littering the parkway knee-deep; in pink, programs, and my extra-axles remaining in the drawer unsold. • \

Profile:

Br. Richard LaPietra One of the most familiar

sights to us all is that of the ever-loquacious chairman of the Chem Department as he hustles . around the campus wearing his snappy beret, or his menacing Russian fur cap. And we will find that Bro. Richard La Pietra is a man of quite a varied and interesting background. . |

He graduated from what at the time-was known as Marian College, receiving his Br A. in Spanish in 1954. The next two yeras were spent in the work of teaching at St. Helena's High School in the Bronx arid simul- • taneously getting.his required

• undergraduate courses in che­mistry from Fordham Uni-

' versity. The years from 1956 - 1960 were spent at the Ca­tholic University of America working on his doctorate in

" electro-chemistry. The 1960-1961 school year was spent teaching at his alma mater in Washington and since then he

has been with us almost interruptedly. un-

There were, however, two - brief interruptions: the first occured in the fall of 1962 when Bro. Richard spent two and a half months filling in for another Brother in Kobe, Japan. He recalls that the Japanese people have a favor­able opinion toward Ameri­cans, that there seems to have been a. "wholesome transfer of American culture in many r e s p e c t s — for example, American dance forms, music forms, and dress in general." While discussing the effects of the war with a former army officer, now a school teacher, he got the impression mat "overaU, resentment (over the war) is minimal; a certain element of it naturally exists, but it is as little as you could

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/# Political Drama

Written By Vidal

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by PATRIC CASEY

Gore Vidal's drama, "The Best Man", an interesting view of backstage political machinations, was performed last weekend by the Theater Guild. Although severely handicapped by the lack of a formal drama department, -the Guild, under the direction of Bro. Stephen Lanning and Mr. James Britt, did an excellent job.

The play, a forceful and fast-paced drama, centered around two men competing viciously for their party's presidential nomi­nation. The stock political figures were all present: the aging ex-President, who's endorsement is vital to both, the candidates' wives, the campaign managers, and the usual coterie of report­ers and hangers-on.

Concert: , -a vt,- "

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- - J - £ ' - .-.--'r £U5-r£ ./'-Excuse' me; but r don't believe' > we've ""met. -That being the case^ ;perinit.me to-introduce myself ' ---ll/am the Mafist College Glee /'Club. What' I find that hard to r believe! 'Never heard of me? Well then . . . " ~ - JC" ' - 5 T' ^

Although very young when I was born, I have proceeded to grow into a full fledged,organization. I am now composed of twenty-eight-men under the direction of Mr. W. McNary, music instructor for Poughkeepsie High School." My all-star executive board hosts Brorcypnan, moderator; > Mr; Robert Ward, president;" Mr. Joseph Puceta, vice-president; Bro. Martin Curtin, secretary-"

, emerge -from- Jhe: shadows * of~-L Room,l80C for myfirst.concerfcj', ' I^plan to foUowi this:upjn*the-' *, Spring Semester with the derer-, -

etta "Trial by Jury'.',- by Gilbert* -and Sullivan, and "A~ Survey of '

" the American;Musical Theater'Y As an extra added attraction, I plan to join voices with the stu­dent nurses from "St.- Francis'-

.Hospital in several of the afore­mentioned offermgs.

j 1 . -Nowjthat the-Gle'e Club h"as„ 'been formally introduced (al-*~. /though we-can seewyour-4isaprx ' pointment over the brevity of the autobiography)/ may we say that-

„we are .here-for you_and_the College _(if the-"seperation of /

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE F.M.S.)is flanked by convention and bis campaign manager, Dick

William Ret sell (Patrick Keilty.' reporter (Francis Crimmins,F.M,S.) Jensen (Joseph Towers).

The play's focal point lays in the analyses of the candidates' apposing ^characters.,, J.ara.e* Yardley turned in a stunning per­formance as the cynical, self-made Senator who will stop at nothing in his drive for the nomi­nation. He is a dynamic politi­cian; a man with,confidence only in himself. His opponent, played

^y-^Bro--Patrick Keilty,: is: the • unstable; HafVard-educated. in? tellectual with a.' concealed his-,

' tory of mental illness."He wavers between what is functional and' what is right, reluctant to stoop to the mud-slinging level-of his opponent. However, Bro. Kielty seemed, too articulate to be as glib as the role demanded, and he was overshadowed by Yardley's forcefulness.

The major issue became the ex-President's' indecision as to which candidate.was .'the best man'. Bro. John Sheehan ably handled this role, revealing him­self as the sly" old politico11 who cannot utilize his experience in this strange, modern environ­ment. Bro. James Schroeder was-excellent as the obsequious tale­bearer who precipitates the cli­mactic .confrontation. Linda Sam-marco and Bonnie MacLeod did well as the politicians' wives, caught up in the tempest around them. " - •

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The Yellow Rolls Royce

treasurer; and Bro. John Quinn,~ terms can be justified). If. you corresponding secretary. like to sing, on or off key, why

not stop m some Wednesday even-On the evening of December - mg at - 7:00 p.m. Room 180

12, at 8:30 p.m., I-am going to Champagnat? <• '

New French Club Founded

by Tim Slattery

Some of lis may well remem­ber, a photographic endeavor of yester-year entitled "The YeUow

' Rolls Royce." It seems a shame '- to have wasted the talents of such. , noted stairs as Rex Harrison, and'

'-ing^edf'Bergman,/in a poo'r~{at;,' temptyatj,a.modern day'epic in.

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• I would imagine that the pro­ducers 1 of this "masterpiece" had assumed to follow a general plot line.. Half way through the first reel, however, it becomes quite apparent that neither the producers, nor the audience for that matter,,had been able to even start to ponder the question of a plot of any sort.

' The premise under which the viewing public must labor is that the Rolls Royce is a phaUic sym­bol of unrequited love, a liber-ation,from' marital stress.

Ttye initial action is set in jolly old -England with Rex Harrison playing some type of dignitary. As, the story.goes, he happens upon hisifriendly, local, neigh­borhood" Rolls-Royce showroom and becomes infatuated with its

' latest addition to the stock pile. Being; the parliamentary man of decision that he is, Harrison im­

mediately purchases- the "yellow auto as an anniversary gift for his young and adoring wife..Un-fortunately for him,aviril,young up and coming member of the British diplomatic corps "man­ages" to seduce her, and sets the stage for the following hour and a half. . , , . ; . . , + - . .-.£-; ' s

Far be it from me to put Ideas!;' into the minds of the production

-and direction staffs of Hollywood, but it would appear that the choice ' of the British "doing it'Vinthe-first slot was made to "give the film an intellectual air'of sanc­tion. In any case, we leave the isle of aristocracy to trip our merry way across the continent, observ­ing an American gun moll with her amorous Italian suitor, and an

. American, filthy-rich widow"with her Yugoslav mountain, fighter of W.W. Ii; likewise, "doing it" in the back seat of the intrepid Rolls.

Credit is, amazingly enough, due for' the choice of someiactu-ally magestic scenes of nature used as background. Every cloud has a" silver lining, jind the scen­ery proves to be the closest thing. to that lining in "The Yellow Rolls Royce." ' , '

by Denis Hever F.M.S.

Lastyear, on the second floor of Champagnat, a unique experi-

~ ment m learning" was set up called "La-Maison Frahcaise." To most it-proved both socially and academically helpful. In light of this fact, it was; decided, to continue the "Maison"> again this-year; howeverra,failure in'com-

' munications-resulted <Jn' a'mint-, ^mal..response*,-- not''enough to' "warrant even a\wing of the'dorm. '. In order.to try. to keep the spirit

of the 1'Maison" alive,' several' ' interested students decided to createa basis for the future by founding a French club. The name; of the present club is the' '4 -14"^ (July 4" - July 14) and although" its 'recently received charter

Movie Sked Ingman Bergman's "Winter Light" - Dec/11. Robert Bresson's "The Diary of a Country Priest" Jan. 8'. ' . --Carl Dreyer's "Dav of

JWrath'l - Feb: 12/" Carl Dryer's "Ordet" -

„ March" 12 " ' . " Serger Eisenstem's "Alex­ander Nevsky" - April 2.-

" March Conelly's "Green ' Pastures' - April 30 "

"contains a clause reading, "ac­tivities will ordinarily J be held in English",'the club members voted By majority" at theL last meeting to adopt the French lan-

- guage as a basis for. communir .cation. - , - - ? - *

- **• Was/ the -change in ,language. unimportant? tNo,1". because^ the: club. Jwill' provide 'ant- informal^

, atmosphere.'in^which -a.student " cah'-.expandjaiid-jfoster a"-skill' ,",whicht, he, has-developed ;in\anr r ac adjemicj'envifonment.^The;,

future prograni^wilLmclude^suchr' "•" diversified "activities; as a^film-, '- program, /discussions;' lectures

by faculty "and guests, and ciiltur- r al trips. '"Le"Cercle Francais" ~of Marymount has already inquir- ,

- ed into the possibility of mutual '_ programs set in just such an

atmosphere. The members owe - it to themselves, toothers,andto-

Marist-to ainrat quality in what they do; the club will afford them one aid in this direction.

The members, who are drawn-not only "from French, but from other fields such~as English, His-' tory, and Physics, are looking forward to a new "Maisbn Fran-

- caise'Vrefmed through the bene- "" fit-"of their experiences of last year. Anyone mterestedin learn­ing more may acquire informaT

"• t io\ from Bro. Rene Delorme ~ * sg.,"tiie new President.

r Easter Vacation In Bermuda

March 25 - April 2 Sponsored By The Senior Class

Six Girls To Every Guy! Sold Out Before Feb Last Year

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THE WINTER of 1964 sow Leo Hall residents faced with the problem of removing a Volkswagon from their lobby. 1966, with the jet-set accent on motorcycles, saw this Allstate two-stroke in a Champagnat throne room. '- ' . - ' " '

Quo Vadis?

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„ i-j- -L liave7n'ote'd"-fflie'. removal' of those 'structures'-in the Sculpture'

; Garden, which* feve? been deemed offensive' to^a^laige" part'of the

[• student ;body^ ana+;which,^in"the "campus vernacular^. have" been • knowrias "KiddieCity"-. Itwould "b"e> proper-to ordain the relative' application of'this -termt There had been considerable conjecture

* "on the part of ttiose_of a philoso­phic bent as to whether "Kiddie

- "City' would be considered to.be that which would be within-or

- without those glass walls whiclu ,seperate the Sculpture Garden

" from the cafeteria: a matter of interpretation as to the represeri"-' tationalism of the "Art" in ques­tion.

Which brmgs us to the pro-"

/. blem'-of interpretation!of the ire-" -'presentatibhalism. of that which', ^ 'takes-„"-place'f- in. the', cafeteria. 1"]Though":". Kiddie City" is no long-' "er-'in our .midst as a<physical

reality; its;essence has-been-ab­sorbed by certain individuals on

-, campus, --who would seemingly . insure the reign of "Kiddie City" 'by-their conUnuance• of its in-, herently childish motif, particul­arized'in the infantile-sport of food-rioting. . \~"

- NOVEMBER 5TH RIOT -

The' question' concerns the quality, not of the food, but of the consideration and responsibi­lity with regard to the-student

- society. The food, as far as in-; stitutional dining goes,' is good'

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and*, is "'improving (I consider ;"four years of Naval experience sufficient familiarity to make a" judgement here). That this is not the real issue is borne out by the fact that the most abusive food-riot-to date was that of the evening of November 5th, the occasion of of one of the best meals that has been served this year.

- - Now, if Brady's served me a fried spinach sandwich or the like, I would undoubtedly have cause to object. Yet, even under such extreme circumstances, I could never condone such wanton and vulgar regurgitation. - My reasoning (for those who deal with" reasons) is threefold: I have recent^ returned from 2-1/2 years in the Orient and have seen

too many people subsisting on too little to assent to such under­takings; I am aware that the public picks up the tab for vandalism and that my wallet is too thin to allow me to support such P.S.A.L. activities;' my objection to taking my dinner in a setting not dis­similar to that of a garbage scow

• is too strong to consent to light­'s heartedly tossing a scoop of 5 mashed- potatoes (horrendous, j though they may be) at myneigh-; bor's head!

HIGH ALTAR IS GONE

I am aware that such immature actions are not concomitantly those of the majority of the stu­dents on campus — the greater portion of whom are of a more stable emotional structure and have been reared in more con­genial atmosphers (i.e. they are more polite and considerate). I believe the Administration is of like mind in that there have been no retaliatory measures on its part.

So the problem- seems to be that a few individuals have dis­torted the meaning of campus liberality and student responsi­bility. The high altar of this minority sect — "Kiddie City-has been removed, but its ad­herents seem to have' chosen (a) to institute some sort of a cru­sade to promulgate their petu­lance, or, in the event of failure (b) to suffer the glorious self-martyrdom that every child dreams of.

POLICE STATE?

In essence, the theory of stu­dent responsibility is being chal­lenged by those who are the least responsible! To. the less sophoriioric of'thy student body there are three open courses of action available, equally dis­tasteful; (1) the Faculty and Ad­ministration enforcing the regu­lations and/or (2) the Student GoVernment assuming the role of policeman and/or hiring a cop!

Every society sets up a govern­ment to institute and administer rules so that the society may be protected from its individual membership and a police force

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of some sort is necessary to en­force those regulations. Thefspirit of the age holds the social situ­ation to be responsible for its ills such that the more acute political pressures of the day: are leveled against those who seek to maintain the peace, rather than- against those who would' break it.

Therefore, I see an exact cor­respondence between the desire to give over to the state the re­sponsibility for governing our lives and the hankering to hold the individual blameless for his excesses and the responsibility thereof..; In recognition of this factor and of the objections to the choices listed above, the Admini­stration has left the student body with an equitable solution; student responsibility— meaning, that we are responsible for our ac­tions and those of our colleagues who have not yet realized the

' burden of being responsible.

.:. .TO DO AS HE PLEASES. . .

i Individual responsibility pre­sumes an element of liberty, which Dean Pusey of Harvard University hasrdefined as "that freedom that entitles/the indivi­dual to do" as he pleases, so long" as it is not ah infringement upon his neighbor's right to do the same;" in a world -!- consider­ation, j '

Consideration would entail presenting one's culenary dis­satisfaction to the appropriate authority j - the Food Committee — rather! than dumping the con­tents of one's tray on the cafe-tefiafloor. i

^Henceforth;<•''; when we find the,; inhabitants - of / this • nebulous" ''Kiddie City''; lacking in consi­deration and encroaching on in­dividual liberties -- food riotirig,> wasting food, and vomiting in the cafeteria would fall into these categories. i- let us not condone their antics in laughter, bur rath­er grant them the martyrdom they crave by a scornful silence be­fitting their juvenile behavior or, in extreme cases, by politely, but firmly reminding these gentlemen . . . to be gentlemen...

WHERE FOOD RIOTS at one time ceme few ond far between, this year, opon entering the caf after any given meal, a stranger to MOTH would probably assvme rioting to be a doily extracurricular activity.

"NOW I'll lay me down to sleep . . . if there's a place in this vast neap." Coold it be that * e stedents responsible for the chaos in she cafeteria are most likely to have such NEAT rooms?

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Marist Radio TO Return

The Marist College Radio Sta­tion, WMCS (600 kc.) will soon be on the air. Under the.leader­ship of President Bill Scoura, Vice-President Bill Morse and Station Manager Walt Maxwell, WMCS has been completely re­organized. A new constitution has been approved and the Student Government has-granted a $200 allocation, with which WMCS has purchased some needed new equipment.

WMCS will be broadcasting from 7 P.M. to 1 A.M., Sunday through Thursday. From 7 to 8, rock 'n' roll and popular music will be on; from 8 to-9, show music; 9 to 10, discussions; 10 to 11, folk music; 11 to 12, either discussions or "Music to Study By"; 12 to 1, "The Midnight Oil Show."

The station was first organized by Mike Drake last April. Plans are to', go FM sometime'in the future; $5000 is needed before this will be possible. WMCS now boasts twenty-five members. Anyone is welcome to join.

Cowan Tells

Of Anti-Matter... Contineed from Pag* 1

The audience was left "up in the air" to draw their own con­clusion on this subject. It seemed funny walking out of the theatre

- wondering where in the nature of the universe this anti-matter might have come from4 and if there is more on the way.

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1. Once ensconced in room 334, the scope of the job description widened. Low students started finding the low man on the chap­lain's totem pole. And the sign on the door inviting students to come in at any hour of the day or night has caused some sonam-bulistic individuals to think it means that all interviews are conducted at 2 a.m; This de-finately is not so, and while the sign still means what it says:-Father Magan is at Marist Col­lege to be available to any stu­dent who wishes to see him-at any hour of the day or night" he would honestly prefer the day hours, realizing full well that the Sprit moves when and where He will and the students' desires and needs are more important than his convenience. However, he might point out that the fact that as the totem pole grows older, it is inclined to sink into me ground and the lowest man bri it thus becomes the first to bite the dust. !

t These things and others, such

as daily visits to Vassar Hospital to see students who have marred their driver's licenses with a broken leg! or smashed jaw and the loss of five -front teeth, to­gether with' visiting sick parents of students] and visiting with par­ents of sick students implement the "Christian" of the job de­scription. But I must admit that word "atmosphere" had me abit stopped until last Saturday, when a junior in need of a new atire had me at Barron's and Swartz's in Poughkeepsie, picking out ap­propriate; slacks, jackets and ties for him as he used the strength of my .Roman collar to convince the credit manager of both esta-

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blishments that he was worhty of a- charge > account. \ i n , t rue

' ecumenical-spirt, it was granted, • though, the Semetic gentelman 'in .question.idid not realize that' should the - student ( defautl; twenty-six cents is the extent of his liability; which they could col­lect from me. "Now, with twenty-six, cents to my name, and that in hock" until my friend pays'for his clothing, do you wonder why I say "I'm low man on the Chap­lain's totem pole' "> *

But come to think of it, It have not checked the financial resodr-

i ces of Fathers Robichard and I Duffy. But even if Father Duffy I claims he has but twenty-six j cents,-he's still better off than I ' am, for despite" the devaluation , of the pound, >and English penny being three times the size of ours is worth considerably more, and

i besides, there is not likely to I be a mortagage of the pennies I that he carries. But only the 'good Lord knows how a man his size could carry twenty-six of them.

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. Marist College offers.its stu­dents opportumbes'for wider personal- development ~by oper-. atirig/Junior Year study programs in foreign countries.

the necessary-crests..abroad..

- Students?- considering7. Third, 'Year.-Abroad should-consult.the Director of the Porgram early in; the Fall Semester of their Sopho- y more year: Applications must tie ' filed with himbefore December Im­

personal- arrangement-. Applicants'will be screened and. University of London, accepted or rejected by February,

15.^ Students admitted' into the r program must signal their- ac­ceptance byr paying part of the TYA fee at that time; this deposit. will be forfeited should the stu­dent subsequently withdraw from the program for unwarranted reasons.

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~ Marist runs its own pfograms /in England, France and Mexico through with the P Institute Catholique in Paris and the National University in Mexico -City. Besides these, Marist takes part in cooperative programs for study, abroad in many other university cities of the world, such as Rome, Madrid, Vienna, etc.

Third Year Abroad can be par­ticularly beneficial to qualified students in the Humanities. It is imperative for majors in Foreign Language intending to teach. Though Marist offers a major field only in French and Spanish, students wishing to major in Ger­man, Italian or Russian may earn

Juniors studying abroad this, year are JamesCroteau,English, at University College; _ "Peter -Petrocelli and Richard'Karol,, history, at London School of Eco­nomics; Peter Walsh, history, at Queen Mary College, all of Lon­don. Paul Perry is studying French at 1'Institute Catholique in Paris.- . '.

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BROTHER RICHARD LaPIETRA explains the properties of potas siem chloride to one of his chemistry stvdents. vity on campus this year /is his position as faculty coordi­nator tor the Cold Spring-weekends, which he feels are very profitable. "I personally found the one I went to had a more profound effect on me that many of the retreats I've been on. I was impressed by the frankness of both the stu­dents and the faculty members and got the impression that people really want to do good, even-though they don't always' know how to go 'about it. It also gave me a good oppor­tunity to reflect on my role in life, and on the difference be­tween what I say and think I am as compared to what 1 really am."

He subscribes very strongly to the principle behind the

Student Faculty Evaluation Committee, and is not yet certain of how useful the pre­sent one' will be. But he feels

-confident because even though they are "not quite certain as to specific objectives, their recent meetings show that they're going toward a formu­lation."

Speaking of* the students, he said that he would like to see "more students who are interested in learning for the sake of learning, more who really get excited over the intellectual discoveries they make." This seems to be an apt conclusion, because it is a good reflection of the man — one in love with learning, and : eager to give this love to I others.

faculty and Spanish teacher, said that he had noticed "a direct relationship between grades and attendance." Much of this, he pointed out, was due to the nature of language courses, which are basically skills which require a'good deal of practice before pro-L

* ficiency is attained.- He be­lieves that the College'owes it to the student:' to regulate his attendance m some-man­ner. Brother alio pointed out * that there is a necessity for each individual, to develop a sense of responsibility. He does not see how that sense could be developed if attend­ance were to be made manda­tory for the student through­out his four years of college.

A day-hop, Mr.PaulManka, emphasized that a student at-tneding school should attend-his classes. He pointed out that it is useless just to show up at exam time; he could not even imagine how this could be possible and the stu­dent remain m college.

One of our Chemistry pro­fessors, iBro. Richard La­Pietra, commented on the fact that science teachers gener­ally have things easiest at­tendance-wise, becuase it is almost essential to attend classes in their courses. He was very definitely opposed to any tampering with the final grade on the teacher's part because ofattendanceorlack

- of it. Brother strongly support­ed the idea of a "a mandate from within rather than-a mandate from without." That is, the student ought to be suf­ficiently motivated on his own, without any extrinsic goads being necessary to prod him along.

A Junior History major, who shall go nameless here at his own request, stated that he cuts quite a few classes. He through that the present sys­tem was excellent because it placed the responsibility for attending or not squarely on the student. The student should not have to-be afraid of an attendance record being held over his head. If he can master the subject material of a given course without attending lec­tures why should he be forced to go? If he cuts too much in a course which.he ought to at­

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Mr; Vincent Kotschar is -against the present attendance structure. While he behves that it works for a good part N of the student body, he thinks v

there .are too many, studentsj,* who-abuse their attendance ,'z privileges. Mr. Kotschar: is _ t~ especially opposed to the idea, that a student can do the work for a course on his own. Marks in his classes'- show that students-who cut too many lectures almost invariably get _ lower grades. Mr. Kotschar would like to see a policy of mandatory reporting to the Dean after three cuts. The Dean should know the facts in each student's case, and take appropriate action. If neces­sary, a letter would be sent to the student's parents of he would be removed from the course without receiving any credit.

Mr. David Thompson, was not sure,if the responsible attendance system worked for everybody. He also though that it would be legitimate for-the teacher to.consider the at­tendance record of a student when giving him a grade. The grade should be largely deter­mined by the "attitude the stu­dent has to the course."

' Finally, the man conducting, the, attendance 'survey? 'Bro. Brian Desilets of the Physics r Department,* pointed out that' a great' deal of the trouble ' arises when a student takes a course "where there seems to be a lack of motivation." Bro. ther wondered why'the moti­vation was lacking. Much of the cutting going on seems to be with arts majors in science courses, and vice-versa': This appears to reflect a lack of conviction on the part' of the students about the value of a liberal arts education. In any case, Bro. Brian noted, the -motivation has to come from the student and not from the teacher.

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~ - - s ' ' s >tr*> Marist Rebuilding Mid-Hudson Crew Tradition

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- Crew -in the" Mid-Hudson area has-" a great heritage: ;It< dates

j hack to the 1800*s when two single .shells'raced ona ten mile course,

."and has hosted such great teams , asrcalifornia,' Illinois," Washing-

,. ton, and Navy.1 There have been . races held before 80,000 people, 'and times' when "trains would schedule their, trips simul­taneously'with the races, so tha their passengers could pace the

''shells: Poughkeepsie meant the end of' a big career for some

v great .rowers, and aU eyes look-< ed to it1 as the crew Mecca of the United States.

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However, when the regattas left Poughkeepsie in-1952, the image of the great races began to fade, just as the initials of the schools who competed here began

' to fade on the rocks across the river as regatta row became de­serted. Then in 1960, a young in­experienced crew team from a young school came along and

- started to rebuild the tradition / that, Poughkeepsie had held for

so long. Starting slowly, Marist has" built its way up to a notable power in the East and has re­ceived recognition from some of the best crew teams in the coun­try. In order to complete the dream of people once again pomt-uit to Poughkeepsie as the place to-row, and Marist as the school to row against, an organization has been formed. The purpose of this organization is the further development of crew at Marist and in the Hudson Valley.

v The first action of this organi-, -zation, as usually, is the case^ swas-a,fund raising'drive; the - goals"of"which, afe.il-To^pur^

chase ~newf equipment"-"such as oars, a- new. four-man shell, arid a badly needed rowing tanlLj:. -a badly needed rowing tank. 2-To

.subsidize crews, whicii ' are travelling to'Poughkeepsie to row from'.as far, away as)Florida.

(3-To, develope -the President's 'Cup Regatta into a race of-the caliber of the Dad Vale and .the

. Rusty Callow Regattas.

The purpose is not to send Marist to Florida. It is not'to

- give-20 men from Marist a va­cation m the South-land at the

-.expense of their fellow members of the -student body; at most, it would give only minute help to the.trip. >"

This trip to Florida which has .been, so flagrantly-talked about

by' .some ' of -our*: -so-called B.MiO.C.'s, is coming out of the

'- pockets of the men who.are going -to,row at Rollins, Tampa State

Varsity keeps in shape after victory at Rhode island preparing for a big Spring.

and other schools. They are pay­ing their own way for the privi­lege of rowing for Marist Col­lege. So if you have never rowed in a shell for 10 miles everyday or had the delightful experience of having ice form on your fmgers at 6.-30 m the morning, just re­member that these men have never asked for anything for all the work they have put in, but

now it is'essential that funds be made available for their success.

The Friends of Marist Crew is this organization, sponsored by the Alumni with the expressed idea of furthering crew in Pough­keepsie and the Mid-Hudson Val­ley. »Your donation as a student member allows you to become more closely associated as a Friend of Marist Crew.

Booters Look to Future . ,The 1966 Marist CoUege Soc-'cer team has terminated its sea­son, having kicked, headed, and

- dribbled over and through the mud puddles'arid stones of the soccer field for the past stwo months. Despite a 3,-9 record, the-team

-, turned in a respectable showing, v which is evident in the fact that

'-the majority of the nine defeats were decided by one point.

After losing their first, four games, the red-shirted booters rebounded with a 2-1 victory over Danbury State. Their second vic­tory, a 3-1 decision over Newark State, was perhaps the finest' game of the season, as they con-

' sistently donunated the action, which, although not unusual, paid -off in the three goals, which were perhaps a bit unusual, due to the lack of a dependable scoring punch. The many low-scoring games throughout the season belie the ability of the Red Foxes to control and manipulate the ball. Their drives, seemed to fizzle

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Credit is .especiaUy due to the halfbacks-,'1 Fran^Leahy. John

"Seiverding, Chuck Howlett, and Floyd Holt,' wjtiose determined

( efforts frequently produced a hard-fought and ~ even match where a lop-sided humiliation seemed imminent. The lmemen. Bill Trunk, Gordy Walton, and Egon Olafson also deserve a pat on the back.

Dr. Goldman, although 'disap­pointed with the season in spite of the caliber of talent which the team displayed", is already thinking about next year, when a stronger and more experienced

- team, diminished only by the gra­duation of three starters, Gerard Shultz, Mike Miller, and Francis

-Leahy, will take the field for Marist. The -horizon is further brightened by the return of some very -promising freshmen, in­cluding Bob Palumbo, Tom Mc-Cleary, Tom Davan,Lee Kelmer,

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Champions Close Football Intramurals

The intramural football season turned out to be very successful, as it usually does. It tookthelast two days of the season to deter­mine the winner of League B. when the Woodjabeleeves, an all . student -brother entry, soundly • beat the Syndicate for domination 5

of "the league. In League A, -Spectre came out on top, .with-• Desolation Row m the runner-up spot.-

A play-off was necessary to --determine the second-place team -

in .League B, since the Touch­down Club and the Syndicate were tied for that spot with identical 4-1-1 records." The Touchdown Club beat the Syndicate 26-0 arid earned the right to meet the win­ner- in League A for a semi-final encounter, leading to a chance to play in the championship game. As it turned out, both teams from League A ended up meeting each other in the big game. Spectre, as. was . expected, successfully defended its championships of 1964 and 1965 .

Spectre Era Ends In Victory

BROTHER RICKY BAUER «»Hs aroend end In on in horn oral vic­tory "Men led nte Weedjabeleeves to Hie B-leogee championship.

The Spectre Dynasty that domi­nated intramural football for three years here at Marist came to a glorious finale on Thursday, November 10th, with the defeat of Desolation Row 32 to' 2 | and the capture by Spectre of its third ; football championship.

The final game of the Spectre ; Era was a fitting climax to the football careers of the Seniors, who played for all three years; i Frank Carbery, Tim Nagle, j Barry Lemly, Don Murphy Jiml Stanulis, Joe Wodzinski, and 3ob; Langenback; two years: Wally Abrams, .Joe Lallo, and John Casserly; and one year: Jim Scullen, Bro. Ray Armstrong,' and Charlie McDermott. They j were ably assisted this year by 1 John Moccio and Ed Lyle. v

i The era is over and the best; game of all may have been-the last, when the spirit, enthusiasm and drive that had distinguished

Spectre from all others showed in each and every play.

You couldn't help rooting for Spectre when they played because to do so was to root and push for

; good football played by good play­ers. To single out any one player would be unfair, for Spectre was a team and each man was a team

'player. As a team, their record is more than impressive, it's un­believable. ' . • \ -:-

In 24 games over a three year period, three of which were for­feits, Spectre lost only, once, to 'the Moonglows,inl964,byascore of 21 to 20. In the 21 games they actually played,. Spectre seored 535 points; their opponents scor-,edonly49. i

The drama of the Super Sports of the Spectre Dynasty is gone forever. and many, like myself, hate to see it go.

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RICK SCHNEIDER

Forward . . .-20-year old junior from Floral Park, N Y. . . . 6'1" . . . 160 lbs played three years at Holy Cross High School'. . s . co-captain of Marist Frosh squad .-.. played for Marist Varsity last year.

JOHN MURPHY

Center . . . 20-year old senior from Manhasset, N.Y. ". .'. 6'3" . . . 205 lbs . . .played two years at St. Mary's in Manhassett... while leading team m rebounds

"last year, John'averaged 16.3 -points a game"."..barring injuries, he^could join Fred /•Weiss in the magic .circle of Marist 1000 Pointers to wind up a successful four-year career.

ERNIE INC1TTI

Forward . . . 19-year old sophomore from Schenectady, N.Y. . . . 6'4" . . . 205 lbs . . . . played one year of varsity -ball at Linton High School . . . second best

* rebounder for Frosh team last year . . . looking much trimmer, Ernie could be a dangerous threat under the boards this year. _

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RICK D1PATRI rGuard . . \ 19-year old sopho­more from Camden, N.J.". . . 5'9" . . . 170 l b s . . . ^ averaged 10.9 points for Marist Frosh squad last year . . * honorable mention All South Jersey Paro­chial team in his senior year at St. Joseph's; . . a good defensive player with tremendous spirit.

Mr. Ron TPetro is an-anxious 5 man. He has to be --'hejrants to -field "a winning baskettiall;team

<this year'/Hehasthecredentials:* "B.S. m- Physical -Education, a. member* of "the 1962 and"" 1963 * Metropolitan All Star Team,-a -member - of the" 1963 Eastern j College" All Star„Team;T played three years of Vasity basketball at Manhattan College, set a scor­ing record at M~C. for-a 22 game . season, - and is one' of. the. six players from Manhattan to score 10,000 pointsr But with all this, he»is still an anxious mari^ Gett­ing to know the strong points-and shortcomings of-fifteen indi-viduals-in a matter of weeks is no small chore. But Ron feels that, with a little bit of luck and a lot of sacrifice and team spirit, Marist can have, an exceptional squad this year. _

- "Hustle is the key to our suc­cess.". "We.have to employ the fast break because - we have'

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' sacrificed height^for speed." So saiofErnie Incitti and John Strit­zl in exclusive interviews. Petro

- knows what hustle and speed can do for a team —he has played for1

-.and"" against .some of the best teams, in the nation". Jhe fast break-can devour an opponent on

-the' scoreboard and a'psyched spirit -can -break an opponent down on the court. Ron has con­fidence in his offensive and de­fensive strategy and confidence in his ballplayers." "

~ "This year's schedule will-in­clude 'a 'Christmas tournament' with Albany State, "New Paltz, and Sifena on December 27-28 at a site yet to be announced.

All home games will be played at Lourdes High School — the first being this Thursday against Danbury State -,-with the J.V. beginning at 6:30 and the Varsity following at 8:00. The remainder of the schedule can be found else-. where on page seven.

TONY POWJERS „

Guard . ..20-year old sophomore from Camden, N.J. . . . 5 ' 9 ' \ . . 164 lbs . . . elected to the aU South Jersey Parochial team after playing four years at St.

^Joseph's . . . an excellent play-'maker; Tony paced last year's Frosh squad in scoring and assists.

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