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V O L . X X V I , No. 1—TEN P A G E S
P R O V I D E N C E C O L L E G E , P R O V I D E N C E , R.I., S E P T E M B E R 25, 1963
In the Future
SC Reconvenes;
Plans to Write
College History
Need for Library
Noted on Campus
By P E T E R U L I S S E
The September 23 meeting of
the Student Congress, first of
the school year, got off to a
start with the passage of two
major bills, one of which concerns a new project for the
development of a history of
Providence College in celebration of a 50-year anniversary in
1967.
The
project, suggested by
Joe Calabria and under the
direction of Linus Downes, in
cooperation with The Cowl, proposes to let the students themselves write the history of PC
since "it is the students themselves who actually lived the
school's history." Under the
current setup, following an organizational
period,
various
committees and sub-committees
will be instituted for the purpose of delving deeply, either
through back newspapers, yearbooks, or former
graduates,
into the background of the College. Membership on any of
the various committees will be
open to the entire student body
with an additional welcome to
students of the sophomore class
and especially of the freshman
class, the latter of whom will
have the time to complete the
project. Each of the committees will report monthly to the
Student Congress and anyone
interested in this project should
contact the Student Congress
or The Cowl.
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" A lack of funds is the only thing halting immediate construction of a new library building,"
agreed the Rev. Ernest A . Hogan, O.P., Providence College librarian., The plans are drawn. Father Hogan has
traveled to various libraries soliciting ideas of the
facilities the new library will incorporate.
FROSH W E E K P I C T U R E S
(See Pages 6 and 7)
Administration Revises System;
'Cut' and 'Late' Slips Eliminated
We can look to a library
building with a capacity for
some 300,000 editions. Within
a year there will be 100,000
volumes on the shelves. It will
hold about 1,200 students, better than half the college enrollment. There will be a microfilm department, a section for
recordings, a typing room, and
individual study sections where
students engaged in term paper
research will be assigned. In
addition it will contain a small
auditorium capable of showing
educational films to an audience
of 200, reference rooms, lounging space, and separate staff
and office quarters.
area. Thus, there is a "good
collection of Latin and Greek
works, because at one time students were required to study
a classical language." Because
of the new Russian language
students, the library now has a
growing collection of related
works.
Father Hogan also noted that
"intelligent use of the library
demonstrates further demand
for
more books and more
room."
Statistics prove that
once the student has used ' i e
library, perhaps for an assign-
The existing library contains
over 58,000 volumes available
for immediate use. However a
shortage of space requires the
keeping of 10,000 additional
publications
in
storage.
Through gifts and continual
purchasing, this total increases
yearly. In addition to printed
matter the library houses a
small collection of phonograph
records for language study, one
microcard, and three microfilm
reading machines, which eliminate the necessity of printing
many copies of graduate papers
completed for P.C. graduate
programs.
Attendance requirements at
Providence College have been
revised by the Committee on
Administration.
This action,
taken over the summer, was the
result of suggestions first offered by Delta Epsilon Sigma,
and then recommended by the
Student Congress and the Student Faculty Board.
Acting
upon suggestions from these
student groups, the Committee
on Studies adopted the present
Another bill of major signifi- regulations and forwarded them
cance concerns the new system to the Committee on Administration for approval.
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The new system calls not
only for a liberalization of the
number of allowed absences,
but reflects a whole new philosophy toward class attendance.
Formerly, no legitimate absences were recognized but
three were tolerated. Now, by
Along with the revision in
the
attendance
regulations
came the total abolishment of
the "cut slips" or "late slips"
which were previously available
at the Dean of Discipline's office. The individual professor
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In an attempt to present a
different type of social function
to the students of Providence
College, Robert Pirraglia, president of the junior class, has recently announced that plans are
being formulated to present an
intercollegiate folk festival in
Alumni Hall at 8 p.m., October
26.
Under the title "Festival '63,"
the
program
will
include
groups or individuals of both
amateur and semi-professional
status and will be judged by
representatives from various recording companies.
To qualify for this endeavor,
the individual or group must
submit a tape recording of not
more than ten minutes, or be
present for an audition on September 28. Time and place for
this audition will be made
known upon receipt of an application.
From among the auditioning
applicants will be chosen ten
finalists. These ten will compete before an audience in
Alumni Hall, the evening of
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Club," added Satkowski.
"As part of an arrangement
which will last for the entire
year, the Pembroke International Relations Club will sponsor joint seminars at Pembroke
College. This mutual arrangement will allow both clubs to
utilize the services of the best
professors from each college
for the betterment of each student.
"Evening speeches will not
be excluded. However, they
will be limited due to the
heavy sports schedule, and no
evening program will be scheduled on the night of a sports
event by the Providence College
International Relations
Club," Satkowski noted.
The club will post on its bulletin board in the rotunda of
Harkins Hall a complete schedIRC President Bernie Satkowski explains exhibit to inter(Continued, on Page 2)
ested PC students.
Junior Class Plans
First Folk Festival
For Late October
a graduated standard of 7, 6, 4.
and 3, absences for the senior,
junior, sophomore, and freshmen years respectively, total
class attendance is no longer
obligatory. For those students
with a 3.1 average for the preceding semester, unlimited legitimate absences are offered.
This is only restricted by the
requirement that all students
be present for announced examinations. In this way, freshmen become eligible for unlimited absences after the first
semester.
IRC Shifts Emphasis
To Daytime Seminars
By Lawrence A . DeJohn
"This year, the International
Relations Club has developed
its programs along the lines
best suited for the majority of
Providence College students,"
said Bernard Satkowski, club
president, during a recent interview. "Formerly, the club
was restricted to those who had
interest simply for international relations.
This year, the
club has shifted its emphasis to
provide its services for the entire campus."
"The main feature of the International Relations Club this
year will be a series of afternoon seminars held at the cafeteria annex. While a guest is
giving a lecture, refreshments
will be served to those attending. Invited to these seminars
will be the students of the Pembroke International Relations
Books on Thomistic philosophy and psychology and those
written by Dominicans or about
the order, form the library's
strongest sections; books for
FATHER HOGAN
foreign language students form
its weakest department. Father ment, his interest will be
Hogan emphasized that the de- aroused.
mand for books in a particular
Providence College students
field will cause the library to are not the sole users of the
strengthen its stock in that
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THE
2
Recent Additions
College Faculty Augmented
By Sixteen New Members
The Office of Public Information has announced the addition
of five priests and eleven lay
instructors to the Providence
College faculty for the 19631964 academic year. Included in
the new staff members are
eight alumni of the college.
the Rev. Joseph C. Johnson,
O.P., w i l l become members of
the theology dept.
Mr. Raymond W. Lavallee
who has spent the past summer
studying at the Sorbonne, will
join the French dept. M r . Lavalee, a 1962 graduate of PC reReturning to PC is Mr. Edwin ceived his M.A.T. degree from
P. Palumbo, a 1953 graduate Assumption College.
who served in the economics
The philosophy dept w i l l be
dept. from 1957 to 59. M r . Palumbo received his M . A . from augmented by the Rev. Richard
Boston College last June and R. Archer, and the Rev. Franw i l l be a part-time instructor i n cis C. Duffy, O.P., w i l l join the
political
science
dept.
Fr.
economics.
Duffy, who graduated from PC
The history dept. w i l l be in 1953, received his S.T.B. and
augmented by the addition of S.T.L. degrees from Catholic
three instructors including M r . University.
Patrick T. Conley a graduate
Mr. Paul J . Ring and Mr.
of the class of '59 who received
his M . A . from Notre Dame i n William B . Packard w i l l enter
1961, Mr. Paul T. O'Malley, a the physics dept. Mr. Packard
1960 graduate of PC, and Mr. a 1959 graduate of P C , w i l l be a
Richard T. Earley a graduate of special lecturer. Mr, Ring who
Holy Cross holding his M . A . received his B.S. from Boston
University and his M.S. from
from Notre Dame.
Renselear Polytechnic Institute,
There are two new members has completed the requirements
in the English dept. The Rev. for his Ph. D. which will be
Thomas N . McPaul, O.P., a grad- confered by Brown University
uate of PC, received his S.T.B. in June 1964.
from the Dominican House of
Studies. Mr. Roger L . Pearson
Mr. Victor Basile, a 1961
received his B . A . and M.A. de- graduate of Fordham University
grees from the University of who received his M . A . from
Rhode Island.
Syracuse University, w i l l be an
The Rev. George B . Dyer, instructor i n the mathmatics
O.P., a 1960 graduate of the dept., and Mr. Kenneth C. Muncollege, who holds his S.T.B., roe w i l l join F r . McGregor's
S.T.L., and S.T. L r . degrees data processing section as a
from the House of Studies, and special lecturer.
Glee Club Plans Year;
Membership Increases
ing to Anna Maria College in
Paxton, Mass.; Ladycliff College i n Highland Falls, N . Y . ;
Regis College in Weston, Mass.;
Annhurst College i n So. Wood'
stock, Conn., and Caldwell College i n Caldwell, N . J . A few
concerts on campus with Anna
Maria College and Emmanuel
College are also being planned.
Rev. Leo Cannon, O.P., is the
director and Rev. Raymond St.
George, O.P., is the moderator.
The officers are:
president,
Charles Petrillo; vice-president,
Gene Horton; secretary, Mike
Dowley; and treasurer, William
Storey, III.
J i m Doyle and
Dick Wagner are the librarians,
Besides these definite trips, while Mike Cordon is business
the club is considering travel- manager.
The Glee Club of Providence
College held its tryouts on
Wednesday, September 18. Approximately 35 students were
accepted. This w i l l place the
total membership close to 60.
Two
concerts
have
been
scheduled for the first semester.
These w i l l be with St. Joseph's
College i n Hartford, Conn., and
Albertus Magnus College in
New Haven, Conn.
In the spring semester, the
schedule becomes heavier. The
club plans trips to such colleges as St. Elizabeth's i n New
Jersey, Marymount i n New
York, and Manhattan College.
Library...
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library.
A large amount of
books circulate through the
inter-library
loan
program
available only to professors. In
addition, the alumni and students from neighboring institutions such as Barrington Bible
College use the library.
Though "no college library
will have all the books students require," Father Hogan
believes PC's is "good for a
college."
The administration
regularly
provides
adequate
operating funds, which have
never been completely used
during a single year. He does
recognize that the saturation
point of the present location is
near at hand; the library would
have to expand to adjacent
rooms on the third floor of Har-
COWL. S E P T E M B E R 25, 1963
Soph President
Acclaims Picnic
Huge Success
The sophomore picnic which
took place at Lincoln Woods
last Saturday "was tremendously successful, demonstrating the
spirit of the class," said E d
Fitzgerald, president of the
sophomore class.
Refreshments were supplied
free of charge to the members
of the sophomore class and 1. Excuse me, sir. I'm conducting
their guests. Some 800 hot dogs
a poll for the college newspaper.
and 600 bottles of coke, plus
I wonder if I might ask you
other liquid refreshment were
a few questions?
consumed by approximately 400
Be my guest.
students. Three buses of girls
from Salve Regina, and girls
from Framingham State Teach
ers College, and St. Joseph's
Nursing School also attended
the picnic.
2. In your opinion, what are some
of America's most significant
achievements in the past
60 years?
Huh?
Horseback riding, football,
and dancing rounded out the
afternoon's activities. A hootenanny
with
Dave
Pione's
guitar took place among a large
group of students.
Dennis Finn and Tom Sheridan were the organizers of the
picnic.
Congress . . .
4. I'll rephrase the question. Since
8. Let me put it this way. During
1912, what developments can yon
the last half century what new
think of that have made the lot
ideas have led to important
of the working man easier?
benefits for the American people?
(Continued from Page 1)
Well, uh—there's the
two-platoon system.
of
appropriating big
name
speakers for the P C campus
this year. Besides setting up
a new program for Wednesday
night lectures to avoid a conflict among the various clubs,
the Congress is also i n the process of obtaining many nationally known speakers for the benefit of the student body. Known
figures such as Ambassador Rojas, who is scheduled to be here
Oct. 17, and James Meredith,
scheduled for Oct. 28, will open
the series of lectures which are
expected to number about five
for the school year. On the
days the speakers are to arrive, 5. Give it a by.
classes w i l l be suspended for
Well, speaking off the top of
that time period i n order that
my head, I might say
the entire student body be
stretch socks.
given the opportunity of attending.
A final b i l l was proposed to
set up a bus committee for the
purpose of sending students to
mixers at various colleges. The
bill, with the intention of working under the jurisdiction of
the
Social
Committee, was
brought up for the purpose of
providing P C students with
rides to various colleges so that
these colleges i n turn would
come to our mixers. This, it
was hoped, would help to eliminate the present situation of
high school students at strictly
kins Hall if nothing were to be college affairs.
Although the
done.
bill was deemed a good idea by
practically the whole Congress,
it was felt that the Social Committee itself had the capacity
to remedy this situation, and
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the b i l l for a special "bus comule of its activities for the first mittee" was thereby defeated.
semester. The first speaker is
scheduled for October 2, 1963.
Concluding
the
meeting,
He is Clive Chandler of the Louis Elmo announced that he
State Department, who will would like to publicly extend
speak on "Africa
and
the his deepest thanks to those stuWest." Further details will be
dents who voluntarily gave up
announced.
their time and energy i n tidThe club will provide an in- ing the directory committee i n
formation service for its mem- its mammouth task of typing
bers on topics related to inter- the student forms which were
national affairs. It has mater- sent to the printer. They are:
ial which might be used as Thomas Gilney, Terry Arizzone,
subjects for term papers. These
materials were on display at Dick McGuire, Daniel Lynes,
the International Relations Ex- David Conroy, Michael Murphy,
hibit during the first week of Roderick Noonan, Jerry Engel,
and Bob Fiondella.
the academic year.
I'm sure everyone would agree
they've been useful. But isn't
there something with a bit more
social significance that comet
to mind?
There certainly is. There's
Group Insurance, the
principle of which is to help
Now you're getting tricky.
provide protection for those
who need it most and can
afford it least Pioneered and
developed by Equitable,
It has proved most efficacious.
Today, the working man
and his family enjoy a broad
spectrum of protection
provided by Group Insurance,
For that reason, I would
most emphatically suggest
Its inclusion among the
significant achievements. But
I still think the two-platoon
system is pretty important
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PROVIDENCE C O L L E G E
Providence, R. I.
FRANK DEVLIN—Editor in-Chief
Managing
Executive Editor, P E T E R J . CONN
Editors: B I L L JOYCE,
Farrell
Sylvester
Business Manager, J E R R Y D E M A R I A
Feature Editor, M I C H A E L J . M c I N T Y R E
Associate Editor, R A Y M O N D LAJEUNESSE News Editor, ROMEO
Sports Editor, JOE REIHING
Photography Editor, Vin Boles
Copy Editor, PAUL FERGUSON
Circulation Manager, Charlie Reidy
BLOUIN
THE COWL, SEPTEMBER 25, 1963
Cut System . . .
(Continued from Page 1)
is made responsible for keeping the attendance records.
When asked about the new
attendance regulations, Dean
Lennon commented: "I feel
that this is following the trend
of the majority of colleges
across the country of placing
the responsibility on the student for his own academic
progress.
Each student will
have to assess his own intellectual resources as to whether
he should or should not use
number of cuts permitted him
Moreover, if he is prudent, he
will have to determine in some
way the reaction of the individual professor to any student
who uses all his cuts in the
particular course. Most professors like to feel that what they
have to say in class is so important that few students can
miss it without hurting themselves academically."
Jerseyites Propose
New Regional Club
Dissatisfactions with the previous attendance regulations
Last Friday a proposed conhave promoted discussion for
some time. Previous activity stitution for a new regional
of the Student Faculty Board club, the New Jersey Club, was
resulted in double "cuts" for submitted to the legislative
seniors in the second semester committee of the Student Conof last year. Impetus for the gress for approval.
recent revision was provided by
The idea of initiating the club
resolutions passed by Delta Ep- originated among a number of
silon Sigma at a closed meet- students who reside in the state
ing held last March. Rev. An-of New Jersey. "Because of the
thony A Jurgelaitis, O.P.. Dean recent growth of students from
of Discipline, and Rev. Thomas New Jersey, these groups felt
R. Peterson, O.P., assistant that it would be advantageous
Dean of Studies, participated in to organize a club representing
the discussions at the meeting. the Garden State," a club
spokesman said.
Rev. F M. Jelly, O.P.. a native
of New Jersey, has been approached and asked to moderate
the new club. The initial meeting was held last night. The
club will swing into full operation as soon as the legislative
committee of the Congress gives
final approval.
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9
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR:
As the upper-classmen returned to PC
from their summer vacation, they found a
great many changes at the College—the
front of Aquinas Hall was being ripped up
in order to construct the two new r e s i dence h a l l s ; the freshmen occupied only
one floor in Aquinas; and The Cowl office
had been moved.
However, the change which was, one
might say, received with the most fanfare was the new attendance system. The
revised "cut system" displays the confidence of the administration in the maturi t y of the Providence College student
community. A more r e a l i s t i c approach to
the conduct of the attendance system has
been long awaited. Now that the College
has appraised the problem, found the old
method to be wanting, and revised i t , the
students must also show a r e a l i s t i c a t t i tude toward their r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s .
What are these responsibilities and
how are they to be met? This question is
probably the most important one that
could be asked here at the beginning of
the academic year. Basically, the duty of
each student consists in Justifying the
confidence of the administration. Seniors have been granted seven absences per
semester in each course; juniors, six;
sophomores, four; and freshmen, three.
Unlimited absences are granted to a l l
those who were placed on the Dean's List
for the previous semester. The students
of PC, confronted with what might well be
called a novelty, must recognize, however, that i t does not oblige them to take
each and every cut to which they are ent i t l e d . It is inconceivable to me how
any student could take seven absences in
each course and s t i l l achieve the academic level of which he is capable. It
i s , I believe, unnecessary to remind ourselves that cuts, though they are often
necessary, should be used sparingly and
taken only after serious consideration
and weighing of the merits of attendance
or absence.
While the students view the new cut
system with a welcome eye, there remain
many members of the faculty who greet this
innovation as nothing more than pure
f o l l y . As the students must face up to
their responsibilities as maturing c o l lege students, so also do the faculty members have the responsibility of following the mandates of the administration.
A r e a l i s t i c approach and a ready sense
of cooperation between faculty and students w i l l Justify the confidences of the
administration in the students.
After
a l l , don't both the students and the
faculty have the same purposes here at PC?
FRANK DEVLIN
THE COWL, SEPTEMBER 25, 1963
4
Editorially Speaking
Welcome . . .
We may very well be the last in line
to extend welcomes to the members of
the Class of 1967, and our welcome will
certainly not be the most profound and
serious that you have received, but we'll
try.
Freshmen — members of the Class
of 1967 — welcome to PC from The
Cowl! You have now embarked on a
trip which, though it will last only four
years for those who persevere, will have
a lasting effect upon your future. Those
four years seem quite long and seem to
project so far into the future that you
do not wish to even consider them. However, four years at college are poorly
spent if they be begun without planning
or without purpose other than the attaining of your sheepskin. For all that
they are worth, The Cowl has some suggestions.
gained through college except academic
knowledge, you will hardly be prepared
to enter the world of responsibility and
complete independence that follows college. Our answer to this is that you
should and MUST do something. Not so
much that your marks suffer, but
enough so that you can become not
merely a student, but more a part of
your college. For PC is now your College.
First, as you were told by your moderator — "get in the swim." Probably
one of the most lamentable aspects of
college is the student who graduates
with nothing other than 132 or more
credits. A college education is more
than an education. It is an adventure,
and well it should be. For most of you
it will be your last preparation for the
business world. If nothing has been
One of the worst practices in any
college is "wasting time." If each student in the Class of 1967 used his time
as efficiently as possible and properly
directed his energies, that class would
be the best to graduate from PC.
Also, might we suggest that while
you are busy with those facets of college life outside the academic realm,
you also adopt a realistic approach to
your courses. As improtant as extracurricular activities are, your first duty
is to the classroom. However, there is
no reason why most of you cannot do
well in class and still participate in nonacademic affairs.
Take a hint, freshmen, and start
now. Plan now. Get organized now. Use
your time right and "get in the swim
of things.
Sorry . . .
The screeching of brakes! A daily
occurrence in front of Donnelly Hall can
be heard throughout the campus. So
far we have been fortunate enough that
nothing more serious than this has
occurred. However, we must project
ourselves into the future, and recognize
the potential dangers at the exit from
the parking lot onto Donnelly Drive at
the entrance to the Student Congress
office.
Even at 15 miles per hour, quite a
bit of damage can be done by two cars
colliding outside Donnelly Hall, not to
mention the possibilities of injury to
students crossing the drive at this point.
A stop sign for both those leaving the
parking lot and those coming down
Donelly Drive is what the Cowl suggests and what should be done.
An old adage says "better safe than
sorry." Let's not be sorry.
A Start . . .
Once again, the Student Congress
of PC has convened, and we find ourselves asking the perennial question:
what was done and what will be the result? The annual fiasco which has been
called the "Student Congress" may, for
the first time in several years, produce
something other than chaos.
this SC's ability to plot future courses.
For, this history would take approximately three years to complete and
would be projected so as to be prepared
in final form for June, 1967, the fiftieth
anniversary of the granting of the College charter.
SC weekends, ID cards, inept financial
management, and misconducted meetings have all but destroyed the recent
student administrations. With careful
planning, rational decisions and a little
prudence, the Student Congress could
become a respected tool of the student
community.
Plans for an enlivened speaker's
program is something which has long
been a subject of discussion, but which
has failed to be acted upon in the past.
Some "known" speakers are certainly
in the offing, and, if they speak at PC
under the auspices of the SC. the reputation of the Student Congress will
definitely be enhanced.
The first meeting of the SC for the
1963-1964 academic year bore all the
earmarks of a good administrative
gathering. The proposal that a thorough
history of the College be attempted and
that it be started immediately displayed
The Student Congress still leaves
something to be desired as an effective
student government, but signs point to
the possibility of it's emerging from the
declining period of the past several
years.
Test Ban Ratification
Could Be Disastrous
vakia, Poland, the Baltic naBy RAY LAJEUNESSE
IN September 1963 the Unit- tions) as part of the psycholoed States has been asked to re- gical preparation for an aggrespeat the reckless vesture in ap- sion.
peasement that culminated in
The President and his aides
the "Peace in Our Time" agree- have breezily defended the
ment signed in Munich on Sep- Treaty as merely "a first step."
tember 30. 1938. The new A first step toward what? ToTreaty of Moscow, like the Mu- ward "complete and general
nich Pact, was born of a long- disarmament," to quote the
ing for peace; and the one. like Treaty's preamble, a formulathe other, must prove tragically tion that originated, significant
illusory because: It ignores the ly. in Khrushchev's 1959 speech
nature of the Enemy, and it at the UN? Or—another Sovietforgets that the surest guaran- invented formulation—as a step
tor of peace is our own toward "reducing the cause of
strength.
world tensions?" But such reaThe high-powered campaign soning. If advanced seriously,
to discredit opponents of the falsely assumes that world tentest ban treaty—reminiscent of sions are caused by armaments
the shameful attacks on Win- or, what comet down to the
ston Churchill in 1933—has same thing, are caused by mudone much to intimidate dis- tual Soviet American distrust.
sent
Nevertheless, a hearing
The truth of the matter,
for the voices of prudence and
principle is a national impera- clearly visible except to political ostriches, is that the chief
tive.
cause of world tensions is and
Opposition to a test ban and has been for twenty years
treaty has stressed the chance the Communist determination
that the Communists would to dominate the world—a de"cheat." That chance is a near sign for which the Soviets
certainty. Communists always have sought to prepare the free
cheat in any agreement with world by just such evasions as
the intended victims of the rev- the Treaty of Moscow. That beolution; for Communists, nego- ing the case, the Treaty—far
tiating and signing and violat- from being a step toward the
ing treaties are only special reduction of tensions—it desmodes of warfare.
tined over the long run to inEven so, "cheating" In the crease them by jeopardizing
narrow sense of conducting our military superiority and
weapons tests is not of pri- blunting our will to resist.
mary Importance.
It Is our
own renunciation of testing that
Khrushchev needs the Treaty
is more serious.
of Moscow. Having signed it
The Joint Chiefs of Staffs, as with one hand, he hopes it will
well as other spokesmen for the create a fog ("The Spirit of
armed services,
have made Moscow"?) around the world,
clear that as a purely military while, with his other hand, he
proposition the Treaty of Mos- keeps pushing—In Cuba, with
cow is detrimental to the inter- missiles and submarines, subests of United States security. version schools and propaganda
Some military leaders have mills, munitions depots and
gone on to remark that the mil- radar monitoring stations; in
itary disadvantages are "out- British Guiana, where the first
weighed," in their opinion, by Communist toehold on the La"political" factors—such as the tin American continent is formpossibility of "reducing the ing; In Venezuela, where tercauses of world tensions." rorism and sabotage are on the
Whether such conclusions were increase; In Berlin, where the
extracted by pressures from wall is beefed up dally, and
their civilian commanders is Communist guards are still
not necessary to decide; the shooting unarmed civilians; In
point is that these political Laos, where Averell Harriman's
questions are not within the troika regime is pulling the
field of military expertise. The country straight towards Commilitary judgment, to put themunist takeover; in Russia and
matter briefly, is: 1) outer- East Europe, where thousands
space testing is almost as hard of Congolese and other Afrito detect as underground test- cans are being trained for the
ing, and may well become the next round of rebellion in Afrimost important kind of testing; ca; In Yemen, where Soviet en2) atmospheric testing is of gineers are rolling out an airthe utmost importance now—to strip as a staging point for
explore and match recent Rus- Africa and points west; on
sian attainments, we must be Africa's Golden Horn, where
prepared to test; but most de- Soviet experts are building a
cisively, we must be prepared new port for Soviet "trawlers,"
to test to achieve a break- submarines, warships; and in
through at the critical frontier the United States, where the
Party
has anof military technology, the anti- Communist
nounced as its top priority efmissile missile.
fort an increase in the racial
But even these vital tech- turmoil and violence now afoot,
nological and strategic consid- North and South.
erations are not the most important danger.
The crucial
The Senate should have takdefect of the Treaty of Moscow
is exactly what the Administra- en notice that the worldwide
tion now puts forward as its aggression of the Communist
primary justification: that it bloc fa accelerating at this mowill "build up confidence." Just ment; that the Treaty of Mosso. It will nourish in Western cow serves Khrushchev by dispublic opinion a fraudulent guising bis real work, which
confidence in the good will and can be observed and measured
peaceful intentions of the ene- by anyone who cares to look;
my. Promotion of such confi- and that ratification of this
dence—far more precious an treaty helps to undermine the
adjunct of their operation will of the West to survive.
than anything a nuclear test seRatification of this treaty is
ries might bring—is the real like the soft stance before Hitmotive of the Communists in ler, not a step towards peace,
signing the treaty.
It is a but a step toward weakness and
variant of the old Nazi-Com- war. In a word, the Senate of
munist routine of signing a non- the United States should have
aggression
pact
(Czechoslo- defeated the Treaty of Moscow!
THE COWL, SEPTEMBER 25, 1963
Focus
Civil Disobedience and Prayer;
Individual Versus the Majority
By FRANK D E V L I N
Harvard
Law School,
Paul
In his famous essay, On the Freund, as urging that the reDuty of Civil Disobedience, cent prayer decisions must be
Thoreau states his belief that universal and binding. It seems
his task "is to see, at any rate, that both Professor Freund and
that I do not lend myself to the Journal columnist have prothe wrong which I condemn." posed that it was "rightful"
There may or may not be wis- civil disobedience for those opdom in this declaration of poli- posing the use of prayer in the
tical philosophy. That is not public schools of the United
my task here.
Rather, I in- States, while on the other hand
tend to use this as somewhat it is not reasonable for school
of a starter in a consideration boards in states other than
of a column which appeared in those involved in the decisions
The Providence Journal last to continue their prayer recitaThursday.
tions in the classrooms in their
This column, Max Freedman: districts. This writer may be
World Focus, dealt, in part, wrong, but it seems to me that
with the school prayer deci- these two respected gentlemen
sions and the resultant "civil are not only aiding and abetdisobediences" by many school ting the secularists, who unforboards throughout our nation. tunately abound in our nation
Mr. Freedman cites the distin- today, but they are also appearguished professor of law at ing to claim that the individual
had a right to civil disobedience whereas the majority is
forced to lend itself to the
wrong which it condemns.
More important than the
opinion of a Maryland atheist,
a Pennsylvania Unitarian, or a
small group of Long Islanders
is the "general welfare" and
the moral fibre of our nation
"as a whole." The many supporters of the Supreme Court
decisions are undermining the
very traditions upon which
these United States were based
and have thrived. For they
have voiced the opinion that
disregard for these decisions
carries with it a concomitant
moral guilt. They accuse the
various school boards of scandal, a scandal shown to the
youth of the nation by their
(Continued on Page 8)
On Campus
with
Max Shulman
(By the Author of "Roily Round the Flag, Boys!" and,
"Barefoot Boy With Cheek.")
T H E D E A N Y O U SAVE M A Y B E YOUR O W N
Colleges are complicated and bewildering places, filled with
complicated and bewildering people. Today let us examine
one of the most complicated and bewildering—yet fetching and
lovable—of ail campus figures. I refer, of course, to the dean
of students.
Policeman and confessor, shepherd and Beer, warden and
oracle, proconsul and pal—the dean of students is all of these.
How, then, can we understand him? Well sir, perhaps the best
way is to take an average day in the life of an average dean.
Here, for example, is what happened last Thursday to Dean
Killjoy N . Damper of the Duluth College of Belles Lettre*
and Pemmican.
At 6 a.m. he woke, dressed, lit a Marlboro, and went up on
the roof of his house to remove the statue of the Founder
which had been placed there during the night by highspirited undergraduates.
Sober, Penetrating Book Considers
French Army Mutinies During W W I
By JANOS D E C S Y
. . . to the democracy of the
D A R E C A L L IT T R E A S O N , by industrial age. Since the failure
Richard M . Watt, New York. of the French Revolution of
the nation has never
Simon and Schuster, Inc. 1789,
quite been able to put itself
1963. Pp. 344. $5.95.
back together again. Its comThis is a provocative, fascin- ponent social groups have been
atingly readable and brilliantly unable
to establish
among
documented book by a sober themselves such a concensus of
and intelligent thinker. It is outlook as is essential to the
a story never before told with support of stable government.
such depth and penetration. Consequently, since the French
R. M . Watt's book really deals Revolution there has been no
with three themes: with the stable government. Yet a "sort
mutinies in the French Army of genius" in the French has
in the spring of 1917 and "the kept the country going through
suppression which cut them the long decades of political
off."
Finally he presents us chaos; and when it was about to
with his moderate, objective collapse in 1917, and actually
and balanced study of two men did collapse in 1940, only the
"who rose to greatness and forces of allied nations rescued
saved France from collapse and it after years of desperate
defeat: George Clemenceau and struggle and helped it to reconHenry P. Petain."
struct itself.
pid succession, each pretending
to govern during its few days
in office while the civil service,
largely on its own, somehow
managed to keep the essential
national service moving. France
was without unity, without continuity.
Col. Elting rightly stated in
his introduction to the book
that "Had this book been written thirty years earlier, the
likelihood of France's collapse
in 1940 could have been foreseen. French history has shown
few Clemenceaus, and a political system which insisted on
cherishing a Cailaux, a Malvy
and a Laval can only be termed
irresponsible at best."
The ailments of the French
internal politics that so greatly
weakened the country were
deeply-rooted in the past and it
So far little has been written
A people which, in one hun- seemed that the nation was unof the mutinies of 1917 and the dred and fifty years, had aston- able to regenerate itself. "Poscorruption as well as incompe- ished the world in every field sibly the historian is wise to
tence which brought the French of
achievement, which pos- content himself with echoing
nation and its misused, coura- sessed every form of glory, in the philosopher and not being
geous soldiers near the break- war and in peace, had yet either disappointed or suring point. The public and the failed to find institutions that prised. (A suggestion by D. W.
students of history had only a united the French nation and Brogan) 'The world is the best
vague idea about the tragic gave them a political way of of all possible worlds, and
story.
Documents concerning life worthy of their genius, everything in it is a necessary
it have been suppressed by their courage and their legiti- e v i l . ' "
succeeding
French
govern- mate hopes.
The author came very near
ments.
Thus, they
became
that
much-waited
France's experience in the providing
available only recently.
20th century had been disil- book, a story of the French
This impressive work shows lusioning and deadening. Af- Army's mutiny. Had he writus that not the French army ter nominally winning the First ten his book with a detailed
but the "high command and the World War, the French found background, analyzing carefulcivilian government had failed the fruits of victory turning to ly the causes and the nature of
their
army."
Desperately ashes in their mouth. A para- French's failures and chronic
wounded on the battlefield, the lyzing resignation to failure weaknesses far rooted in their
Third Republic condemned it- spread through the French soci- history, his work could have
self as no previous regime had ety so that it was morally, pol- been a splendid experience for
done.
It had lasted longer itically, and even militarily un- the historian and for the perthan the Revolutionary crisis prepared for the assault that it ceptive students also. However,
had bred, lasted because it had had long seen coming. As a it would do nicely for college
no doctrine. Two decades la- national society it lived from students interested in getting
ter, in 1940, it was destined to day to day, but without an aim, the most recent viewpoints on
commit suicide because it had without hope, with nothing to this, for so long mysterious subno "living principle." The gen- look forward to. The defeat of ject.
erals despaired as easily as in 1940 which imposed a second
1870. but there was now no great humiliation, like that of 1Brogan, D. W., The French
Nation from Napoleon to PeGambetta in reserve. It seems, 1871, shows more the condition
tain, New York, Harper and
indeed, that only a "providen- of spiritual vacuity than the
dreadful reality of 1917. ExistRow, 1963, p. 302.
tial miracle" saved France.
entialism,
which
involves
an
es2
Ibid., p. 302.
Here is a nation that nourishes the pride of a great past sentially cynical preoccupation 3 Halle, L J . De GauUe by
Twilight, an article in "The
while standing on the threshold with the immediate present, beNew Republic," Washington,
of a future which it is unable came the rage among French
Feb. 9, 1963, p. 11.
to face. France has never been intellectuals. France continued
able to adjust herself as the to offer the world the spectacle 4 Brogan, op. cit., pp. 302-303.
United States and Great Britain of farcical governments in ra- 5 Halle, op. cit.. p. 12.
3
4
1
2
5
A t 7 a.m. he lit a Marlboro and walked briskly to the campus. (The Dean had not been driving his car since it had been
placed on the roof of th« girls dormitory by high-spirited
undergraduates.)
A t 7:45 a.m. he arrived on campus, lit a Marlboro and
climbed the bell tower to remove his secretary who had been
placed there during the night by high-spirited undergraduates.
At 8 a.m. he reached his office, lit a Marlboro, and met with
E . Pluribus Ewbank, editor of the student newspaper. Young
Ewbank had been writing a series of editorials urging the
United States to annex Canada. When the editorials had
evoked no response, he had taken matters into his own hands.
Accompanied by his society editor and two proofreaders, he
had gone over the border and conquered Manitoba. With great
patience and several Marlboro Cigarettes, the Dean persuaded
young Ewbank to give Manitoba back. Young Ewbank, however, insisted on keeping Winnipeg.
A t 9 a.m. the Dean l i t a Marlboro and met with Robert
Penn Sigafoos, president of the local Sigma Chi chapter, who
came to report that the Deke house had been put on top of
the Sigma Chi house during the night by high-spirited undergraduates.
A t 10 a.m. the Dean lit a Marlboro and went to umpire
an intramural softball game on the roof of the law school
where the campus baseball diamond had been placed during
the night by high-spirited undergraduates.
A t 12 noon the Dean had a luncheon meeting with the
prexy, the bursar, and the registrar, at the bottom of the campus swimming pool where the faculty dining room had been
placed during the night by high-spirited undergraduates.
Marlboros were passed after luncheon, but not lighted, owing
to dampness.
A t 2 p.m., back in his office, the Dean Lit a Marlboro and
received the Canadian Minister of War who said unless young
Ewbank gave back Winnipeg, the Canadian army would march
against the U.S. immediately. Young Ewbank was summoned
and agreed to give back Winnipeg if he could have Moose Jaw.
The Canadian Minister of War at first refused, but finally consented after young Ewbank placed him on the roof of the
metallurgy building.
A t 3 p.m. the Dean lit a Marlboro and met with a delegation from the Btudent council who came to present him with
a set of matched luggage in honor of his fifty years' service as
dean of students. The Dean promptly packed the luggage with
all lus clothing and fled to Utica, New York, where he is now
in the aluminum aiding game.
i w M U shuiman
0
The makers of Marlboro, who sponsor this column, don't
claim that Marlboro is the dean of filter cigarettes—but if*
sure at the head of the class. Settle back with a Marlboro
and see what a lot you get to like!
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THE COWL, SEPTEMBER
25,
1963
THE COWL, SEPTEMBER
25, 1963
Photos
by
Jim
Foley
Frosh
Week
THE
8
—
Dean's
The office of the Dean of the
College lists the following students on the Dean's List for
the second semester of the
1962-1963 academic year:
Class of 1966
Stephen
B.
Andrews,
Robert W.
Bailey Richard J Beattie, Eugene D
Betit. James E Bradley. Thomas J
Brega. Patrick M Brophy, Harrell W
Broughton, Barry J Callahan, Michael
P. Cessario, Michael A Cicero. Michael
S. Condon, John M Cooke, George B
Cowen. Lawrence W Cray. Thomas J
Deely, Robert P. Doherty. Peter M .
Donnelly. Peter J, Driscoll, Edward O.
Fitzgerald. Jr., Joseph W. Flynn, Joseph M . Foley Jr.
David P.
Fresrickson
Robert J .
Fusco
Richard A. Gagne. P h i l l i p J .
Gallagher. Thomas P Gannon. Robert
A . Garawski. Edward J Golden. Jr.,
Donald P. Greco, Norman Gross. Peter
B. Gwozdz Michael C Hagstrom, Paul
L Hallowell. Daniel J . Hickey. James
E. Holden, Bryan J . Hughes, Thomas
A . Jantz. Kenneth P. James. Thomas
W.
Jodziewicz,
Lawrence R. Kane.
David B Kelish John W K i r k .
Richard A. Kwas, Paul H. Laplante,
Donato
P.
Lauria,
Edward
J.
Lewis.
Egidio Lunardi, William M. Maguire
David H. Maine. Louis G. Mainelli,
Vincent J . Marottoli. Thomas J. M a r tino Charles P. Mattina, Stephen A.
McBride.
George P.
McCabe,
Jr.,
Thomas P. McCormack. Michael J,
Mendillo. Robert R. Michaud, John J .
Montana, Anthony J. Neves, John H .
Nissen. James K . Nolan, John F. Nolte.
James W. Noonan, Robert E. Noonan. Kevin J . O'Dea, John T
O'Neill,
Jonathan D . Pione, Robert J . Poelking,
Jr., Hugh D . Prior. Dennis J . Quinn,
John L Reynolds, C a r l A. Romanovlch.
Jeffrey S. Rossbach, Roger M Rossomondo. Gerald M . Saluti, Edward J .
Sare, Thomas J, Steffanci, James H .
Sweetland,
Edwin
F. Tinsworth, M a r t i n
P. Tristine, Peter Ulisse, Thomas E .
Walker, John F. Walsh. Ernest Zebrowski, Jr.
List —
bault, Francis J . Augustine. Anthony
M Bastia. Robert J . Baumer. Richard
P. Boldrighini, David Bowen, Harold
P Brent. Stephen A. Burke,
William
E. Butler. Edward J Byrnes. James
W Callahan. Michael J . Canavan, Carl
J
Cappadonna, Robert R
Cardosi.
Thomas C. C a r m e l l , George J Casale,
John P. Cello. Robert A. Chaput, Ronald M . Chaput, Gilbert S. Ciunci, Richard K. Cole, John A Collins. Michael
E Conlon, Paul J . Coppola. Raph A .
cover. Paul P. Cull. Kenneth
A
Cwikla.
Kenneth T. Daly, John A. DeFeo,
Joseph L DiNoia. H Robert Dion. Jr.,
William C. Dixon. Robert J . Donofrio.
James S, Donohoe. Terrence A. Doody.
William
J
Doran,
III,
John A.
Douglas. Michael F Dowley. Keith P.
DRAXL,
James P. Dube. Michael J
Dziob
Robert C. Eaton. Louis D
Fabrizio.
Anthony H
Filippini,
John
M
Gilchrist. Leonard M
Gonasun.
James M Haley. Henry J Hanley. Jr..
Paul W. Haracz. Edmund A Harrington, Jr.. Walter J Haug, Richard W.
Hemming. Thomas J . Holstein, Gary
J. Hyde, Thomas P. Illuzzi. Ronald L
Johnsen, Robert H . Katzen.
Pieter J.
Ketelaar
Jr., Robert J .
Labrie. Jay J . Lambert. Joseph L ' A n nunziata. John D. Lanoue, Herbert A.
Lloyd. Clark R. McCauley, Thomas P.
McCreesh, John J . McElroy. Robert J .
McGrath,
Clifford
W.
McGuire,
Jr.,
Joseph J . McManus. James M . Mahood.
Robert G. Meyers. Frederick J . M i l more. James F. Morey, James A
Moyna, Henry W. Mullaney, William
J Murphy. Kevin P. Myers. Richard
B. Nerf. Peter T. Nigri, Peter F Nolan.
John D. Norton, Jr.. K e v i n M O'Connell, John D O'Callaghan, Thomas J
O'Grady, Anthony V. Parlato Richard
M Peters. Richard F .
Piascik
Rogert K
Pirraglia,
Gregory
J,
Plunkett, James A. Register. Paul C.
Reuss, John C. Richardi, Joseph E.
Roberts. Gerald R . Ruest Michael A .
Ruggiero, Theodore F . Schaff, C a r l S.
Sivo, Thomas J . Skala, Gerald T.
Slevin, Joseph E . Slota, H a r r y W.
Smith, William R. S m i t h , Ralph J .
Class of 1965
Charles V. Altonian, James L . Alves, Spohn. David M . Sugermeyer, James
Edward T. Angler. Francis X Archam- R. Sweeney, Victor A. Texeira. Mi-
Festival...
(Continued from Page 1)
October 26, and will be alloted
twenty dollars each for travel
expenses.
First place prize
will be one hundred dollars,
while fifty dollars will be
awarded to each of the two
runners-up.
During the week of September 8 letters announcing the
festival were sent out by the
festival committee to one hundred and ten colleges in the
Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts area. According to
Pirraglia, responses thus far
have been promising.
The Saturday performance
will be conducted in a "hootenany" style, that is, seated on
the floor. Tickets are available
on most southern New England
college campuses and can be
purchased through the student
social organization at one dollar apiece. At Providence College tickets may be obtained
by writing to "Festival '63,"
Box 101, Friar Station. The
number of tickets available is
limited.
Haskins Rexall
Pharmacy
Focus...
COWL, S E P T E M B E R 25, 1963
(Continued from Page 5)
disregard of the Supreme Court
decisions.
However, it is a
matter of prudential judgment
as to whether this intentional
opposition by the school districts is. more scandalous than
would be an abolition of all
prayer in the public schools.
Recent demonstrations by
students at
Newport High
School in Newport, Kentucky,
have exemplified by actions the
feelings of the majority of
adults and students in this
country. Their support of the
use of prayer and the Bible in
the schools is heartening, but
their reason for demonstrating
points up a lamentable state of
affairs in this country—"the
adults have not done anything.''
The entire prayer controversy points out even further the
real need for some type of
moral discipline and education
in the schools of the United
States. If a few "different"
people, an infinitesimal percentage of the American population
can compel the highest court of
our nation to ram another secularist idea down the throats of
the great majority of the citizens, only a deluded people
can be to blame. It is, and
chael D . Thimblin. Michael G Toner.
Paul J Trainor, Horace J . Travassos,
Raymond D Trudell, Victor B Tuma.
Angelo A. Ucci, Andre p. Vaillancourt,
Richard J . Varanelli, Gerard J . Ventura, Anthony J . Zelano.
Class of 1964
Robert G . Anastasoff. Raymond A
Beauregard. James F . Belliveau, Albert Berard. Richard J
Bernardo,
Bernard J . Casey. Thomas F. Cawley.
Edward P Ciafardini, John Cicchitto.
Jr., Christopher M Cimarusti. WlUtani
H Clendenen, Peter J Conn. Frank
B. Connolly. John E . Connors. Frank
T Cooney. Angelo J Coppola. Ronald
D. Coyle. Robert W. Curry, Leo J .
Dailey, Francis J . Devlin, Edward G.
Donato, Jr., Lines E . D o w n s
John Eagleson. Louis V. Elmo, Frederick L Ewing, James P.
Farrelly,
Robert W.
Fiondella,
Edward Fitzgerald. Jr., William P. Forster. John
R. French. Jr.. Richard A. Gabriel,
Donald B Gibbs. Charles H
Giuntini,
Richard H . Giza. Robert J . Hartwig,
Richard J . Heckmann,
Stephen R.
Herald. Donald F. Hillman. Walter D .
Hopper. Lubomyr Jachnycky. Stephen
J. Joubert, William L Joyce. Donald
P. Kamm
Martin
P
Kantrowitz,
Joseph T.
Krzys Jr.. Roger L Laferriere. Paul
A. L a m a r i n e , Conrad
L
Lariviere,
Frederick S Lenz, Jr.. Anthony R.
Leone. Robert J . Lloyd, Howard A.
London, Michael M . McCarthy. John
E. McGowan, Jr , Michael J . M c i n tyre. John V. Medeiros,
G
A.
Mulligan, Thomas M Mulvey. Francis
X . Murphy. Jr., Normand R. Noel.
Peter D . Nolan. A l l a n S
Noonan
Francis J O'Connor, Richard D Pellegrino
Paul C Perron. George E . Pozzetta.
Raymond A. Provost. David J . Rabadan. Robert L Rosati Dennis A Ruest.
Joseph M . Ryan. Allyn J . Scerbak.
Robert M . Stutman. Thomas D . T h i bault. James J . Tobin, Sameul E . Toto,
Peter J . Trinchero. Joseph R Tutalo,
Joseph J Twaronite, Robert K Walsh.
Paul C. Whitehead. Bruce G . Wilbur.
Thomas F Wilder, Michael A. Zaccaria, Robert M . Zarcaro. Thomas P.
Zimmerman.
The new Company K staff,
Providence College Pershing
Rifles, has assumed its duties
for the 1963-64 year. The new
staff of Company K , with Capt.
Joseph S. Kendy P / R in command, includes: 1st Lt. Robert
G. Kraus, Executive Officer and
Drill Team Commander; 1st Lt.
Francis T. H i l l , Adjutant; 1st
Lt. Henry St. Germain, Operations Officer; 2nd L t . Joseph
McMullan, Supply and Finance
Officer; 2nd Lt. Joseph Gallo,
Public
Information
Officer;
W / O Norman Jalbot, Chief of
the Adjutant Section; and Lawrence Burns, First Sergeant.
last through December 6. at
which time the pledges will be
inducted into the National Society of Pershing Rifles.
The purpose of this pledge
period is to instruct the candidates in military discipline,
drill proficiency, and the National Society of Pershing R i fles. During this pledge period
and throughout the rest of the
year, candidates will participate
in regimental and battalion inspections which are part of the
annual rating system for the
best company award in the
Twelfth Regiment. These inspections are based on administrative work and proficiency i n
In Change of Command cere- d r i l l .
monies last May, a new tradition was established. Retiring
For the next ten weeks the
First Sergeant Francis Hill pre- pledges will take part i n milisented the sword "Auctoritas" tary, civic, and social activities
to the incoming First Sergeant, to round out their personalities
Lawrence Bums.
The sword as members of the Pershing
"Auctoritas," which was a per- Rifles.
sonal possession of Cadet H i l l ,
The military activities are
is now the property of the Com- the mainstays of the pledge
pany First Sergeant, to be program. The pledges will rehanded down traditionally by ceive instruction in the followhim to his successor.
ing military procedures: field
A smoker was held on the exercises, firing of the M - l rinight of Thursday, September fle, hand to hand combat, and
12, to introduce prospective bayonet drill.
members to Pershing Rifles, and
Pledges will also participate
the pledge period officially be- in collecting for the United
gan on Tuesday, September 17, Fund. This civic activity will
under the supervision of 2nd bring recognition to Providence
Lt. Gillette, Testing and Train- College and better the communing Officer.
This period w i l l ity at the same time.
must be the duty of each and
every responsible person to demand that this government return to the axiom that it rules
"by the consent of the governed." The words of the famous Supreme Court Justice,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.,
should be well heeded—"Great
Carolan Club president, A l cases like hard cases make bad bert Tinson, '64, outlined the
law."
club's plans for the coming
year at a gathering in Stephen
Hall Lounge recently.
Club members were invited
to attend a showing of the
N . I. T. championship game
highlights, plus a full length
On Sunday morning, Septem- movie entitled, "The Enemy Beber 29, the moderator of the low." After the meeting in A l bertus Magnus Science Hall, repre-legal club at PC, the Rev. freshments consisting of coke
Philip C. Skehan, O.P., will cel- and cookies were served in the
ebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the lounge of Stephen H a l l .
Mass i n Aquinas Chapel at 9
Tinson then talked about aca.m. for the members of the tivities which are sponsored by
club. A l l club members are the Carolan Club.
He anexpected to attend the Mass. nounced that horseshoe and
Other students are also welcome.
Carolan Club Announces Events
For College Residence Students
Pre-Legal Club
To Attend Mass
At the low Mass, Father Skehan wishes "to beg the blessings of the Holy Spirit for the
success of the club and its
members during the coming
year."
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that a mixer will be held during the year at either Halloween or Thanksgiving.
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Tinson also announced that
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may treat their dates to a dance,
buffet, and basketball game,
will be held again this year.
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THE COWL, SEPTEMBER 25,
1963
Track . . .
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competitive running over the
summer.
On Friday the team travels to
West Point to engage Army in
what should prove to be a stiff
test. Other tough meets coming up involve such teams as
Harvard,
Springfield,
Man-
From the golden afternoons of autumn to the soft
days of spring the PC scene is spiced by the glories of
the "wearers of the Black and White." Last year's triumphs are a mighty tough act to follow but it looks as
though the '63-'64 contingent of Friar gladiators will be
equal to the task.
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Univ. of Conn., Boston Univ. at
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The following observations are thoroughly, unquestionably unsolicited but could help to enliven the sometimes unhappy, but never dull, athletic scene on Smith
Hill.
I wouldn't be surprised i f :
Ray Hanlon's harriers turn out to be one of the
best-balanced cross-country teams in the East . . .
the hockey team has a good season in spite of a
schedule which lists only seven home games . . .
The basketball team picks up where it left off last
year—provided Joe Mullaney solves the backcourt problem and a rough early-season schedule . . .
the freshman harriers approach last year's frosh
team's feat of a 10-1 record and IC4A frosh champs—
they're loaded . . .
Watch Kovalski and Mooney
Bob Kovalski blossoms into one of the premier
forecourt operators in collegiate roundball . . .
the baseball team again rides into the NCAA
regional playoffs — on the strong right arms of Terry
Lomax and Ron Coyle . . .
Ray Mooney has a fabulous year now that he can
return to where he is at his best—right wing . . .
tennis is relegated to club status — it is pitiful
when a team has to be actively recruited from the student body . . .
efforts to form some kind of soccer team remain
abortive—there's a lack of co-operation at all levels,
especially at the top . . .
Larry Kish and Frank Brander team up to become
the best defensive duo in Eastern college hockey circles
—there won't be too many shots on the PC nets this
season . . .
the fifteen game winning streak run off by the
Friar hoopsters is quickly snapped — the schedule is
that tough . . .
the new intramural program, moderately successful last year, continues to expand toward its goal — a
comprehensive, popular athletic program for P C
students . . .
Dune Campbell has a battle on his hand for the
goaltender's job with Bob Bellamore now that Tom
Haugh has decided to drop out of school and try out for
Olympic team (whoever gave him that advice?) . . .
Ernst a Gate Attraction?
Vin Ernst makes it in the N . B . A . as its smallest
player and one of its bigger gate attractions — Celtics
owner Walter Brown knows how to butter his bread . . .
The two hockey games with Brown turn out to be
titanic struggles — the Friar hockey team would like
to prove a point; namely, that they are better than the
Bruins . . .
Jim Stone winds up in the backcourt this season
with Bill Blair filling in his spot in the forecourt . . .
This is Tom Eccleston's last season as PC hockey
coach . . .
the track team is expanded and strengthened and
some activity in the field events is begun — is another
sport on the rise at PC ? . . .
the frosh basketball team is talked up to be a collection of supermen in preseason predictions — then
turn out to be mere mortals, to everyone's surprise . . .
the '63-'64 season turns out to be as successful as
last season and all teams (with the possible exclusion
of Joe Mullaney's charges) best last year's extraordinarily successful campaigns — poor Joe Mullaney; his
job gets tougher every year. Can a team win too much?
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Intramural Council Outlines
Program For Coming Year
The intramural program at representative will be known as
PC initiates its new season be- the club Athletic Manager. The
ginning next week. Last year club manager shall be the conthe program was offered for tact between the Intramural
the first time on a club basis, Athletic Council and his club.
with an Intramural Athletic He is responsible for the eliCouncil being formed. This stu- gibility of the members of his
dent organization was developed team and for their conduct durfor the purpose of creating a ing athletic contests.
better intramural program at
The success of club intramuPC. The purpose of this coun- rals depends largely upon an
cil shall be to promote interest, enthusiastic and active group
contests and leagues i n competi- of club managers, who are
live athletics on the campus chosen by the clubs. This year
among the undergraduates, es- the club's representative to the
pecially, those not engaged in I. A , C. should be ready to give
intercollegiate sports.
of
his free time both to
The entire intramural pro- strengthen the development of
gram will be built around in- the I. A . C. and to stimulate
ter-club competition, so that in- more interest than last year in
dividual or team participation his club.
in any sport throughout the
The
satisfactory results of
whole year gains points towards
last year's program were due
the ultimate standing of the stumainly to only a few clubs who
dent's club in the Annual Intrashowed interest throughout the
mural Award. Last year's winyear. A t the beginning 19 clubs
ner of this award shall be anwere participating in the intranounced in the next issue.
mural program; at the end of
Through the I. A . C. it is the year only six were still achoped to develop a better inter- tive. To be successful the proest in the intramural program gram needs more competition,
here at PC by bringing the pro- less forfeits, and more individgram closer to the student. This ual student interest. Unless inyear the student board of the terest is shown throughout the
Intramural Athletic Council is year, clubs are denied their due
composed of President William recognition.
Lavigne, Vice-President Robert
The Intramural Program at
Dugan, Secretary Jeff
Rayoffers every student a
mond, Treasurer Thomas Hal- PC
lee,
and Publicity Director chance to develop his health,
Val Lombardi. The entire pro- personality, and his mind. Now
gram operates under the capa- it is up to the students to take
ble
direction of Mr. Peter full advantage of such a proLouthis, the Director of Intra- gram.
mural Sports
The following is the schedule
When a regional club joins of the all season: tennis, registhe I. A. C , it then becomes tration Sept. 23-28; touch footeligible to have a representa- ball, Sept. 30; cross-country,
tive sit in on Council meetings Oct. 9 and 23; and swimming,
and vote in said meetings. This Oct. 14.
Capt. Shanahan Heads
Varsity Cross-Country
Returning for their third varsity cross-country season are
senior lettermen B i l l Lavigne,
Tom Sousa, George Knuettel,
Jim Harlow, John Hamilton and
team captain, Don Shanahan.
Hamilton, after a summer of
road races and Shanahan, following his fine performance in
the Boston Marathon, are expected to lead the senior members of the team.
Fusco, Richard Duggan, Paul
Foster and Jerry
Riordan.
Brown, following his record setting season as a freshman, is
expected to set a torrid pace
for the varsity team this year.
Brown can expect keen comlevel are Barry Brown, Bob
Joining these runners are two
Juniors back for their second
season with the hill 'n dalers.
They are John Douglas, leader
of the victorious 1961 freshman
team and Tom Durie, the
youngest finisher in last year's
Boston Marathon.
Up from last year's record
breaking freshmen squad are
several sophs whose performances should contribute much
to what already appears to be
one of PC's strongest crosscountry teams in years. Among
those moving up to the varsity
Athletic Cards
The Athletic Department reminds the students that Tuesday, October 1, is the D E A D L I N E for securing athletic ID
cards for the coming year.
These cards enable the student
to use the athletic facilities in
Alumni Hall and are necessary
in order to purchase basketball
and hockey tickets at student
rates. Cards may be picked up
at the athletic office on the
second floor of Alumni Hall.
DON
SHANAHAN
petition from his two roommates, Duggan and Fusco.
Leading the freshmen team
are Bob Powers, Ray VanEpps,
Mike McCarty, Mike Eaton and
Paul Harris. Powers, who was
Massachusetts state cross-country champ last year, and VanEpps, who broke Barry Brown's
high school records, are expected to lead the yearlings.
COWL, S E P T E M B E R 25, 1963
Thinclads Cop Opener;
Team Balance Decisive
Showing fine over-all strength, Providence's cross-country team opened its
1963 season with a 25-36 win over Central Connecticut here at PC last Saturday.
The visitors copped the first two places, but after that nine Friars came across the
finish line before the Blue Devils scored again.
In winning the race Jim Keefe of Central Connecticut set a new course record
of 22:13.3 for the 4.6 mile run.
Stan Blejwas of Providence had
set the old mark of 23:00 in
1961.
Keefe was last year's
New
England Intercollegiate
mile and two mile champion.
He was also a member of the
U . S. track team that faced
Russia over the summer.
First in for Providence was
sophomore Barry Brown. He
was followed by Bob Fusco,
Rich Duggan. John Hamilton,
Tom Durie, Capt. Don Shanahan, Paul Foster, J i m Harlow,
and B i l l LaVigne.
C O A C H R A Y H A N L O N —COWLfoto by Vince Boles
PC Nine Reaches NCAA Playoffs
Although the baseball season
has long been forgotten the performance of the Friar nine in
their first N C A A playoff is well
worth recalling.
First opponent for the P C
nine was the University of Connecticut headed by pitcher E d
Jones. In the opener at Storrs,
Conn., Jones edged Terry Lomax in a tight pitchers duel
4-3.
The Huskie moundsman
gave up eight hits while striking out seven and keeping his
earned-run average at a fine
0.31; he was aided i n the field
by three double plays.
In the second game, the
Friars turned the tables on
UConn and won with the identical score of 4-3. Frank T r u l l
got the nod for the victory
after
relieving starter Ron
Coyle i n the sixth. Wally Tafe
came up with two hits for the
Smith Killers.
Back at Providence, the F r i ars went to work on the Huskies winning decidedly 10-6 behind the solid hitting of Frank
Canning, Ray Choiniere and
Tafe. Canning knocked in three
runs and notched three hits.
The fourth inning was a real
big one for PC as they sent
thirteen men up to the plate for
eight runs and ushered two
UConn hurlers to the showers.
Traveling to Worcester, Mass.,
home of Holy Cross for the final
series of the District One Playoffs, PC ran into the pitching
of Dick Joyce and the slugging
of Tim Murtaugh. The Crusaders won both ends of the
doubleheader 11-0 and 7-4 before 1500 spectators at Fitton
Field to qualify for the N C A A
championships in Omaha, Neb.
In the first game Joyce scattered four hits, three of which
were gathered by Frank Canning. With B i l l Canning on the
mound for the Friars the game
was quite close for the first few
innings before the talented Murtaugh, son of the Pirates' field
general Danny Murtaugh, started blasting the ball.
In the finale. Friar Frank
T r u l l and HC's E d Widronak
faced each other on the mound
before Ray Caddigan came on
to relieve T r u l l when the latter
ran into trouble. The deciding
factor in this very close en-
counter was definitely Murtaugh who smashed a pair of
triples, and in both games
knocked in ten runs and chalked
up six important hits. Wally
Tafe was robbed of a long smash
into right field that could have
easily meant two runs.
The post season play of Coach
Alex Nahigian's charges left
the Friars with a mark of 12
and 8. Frank Canning with .333
and Lou DeGeorge with ,320
were the top hitters for the PC
nine. Terry Lomax (4-1) and
Ron Coyle (3-0) were the Friar
one-two punch on the mound
that enabled PC to finish with
one of their finest years on the
diamond.
Looking to the future. Coach
Ray Hanlon said last week that
he doesn't expect the team to
improve on its 7-3 record of
last year because of the tougher
schedule that has been planned
for this season. The squad will
be bolstered by several excellent sophomores up from last
year's freshman team that was
the finest in PC history.
The 1962 frosh team won 10
meets while losing only one.
They were New England Champions and IC4A co-champions.
In addition they took third
place in the National Jr. A A U
meet at Detroit last year.
Yet
Hanlon
is somewhat
p e s s i m i s t i c even with this
added strength plus the fact
that he lost only one front-line
runner, Stan Blejwas, through
graduation last June. He feels
that the sophs will have some
difficulty adjusting to the long-
Frosh Harriers
Take Opener;
New Mark Set
Providence College's freshman cross-country team opened
it's season Saturday by sweeping a triangular meet with Central Connecticut and Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Bob
Powers of Randolph, Mass., led
all runners over the 2.4 mile
route with a course record time
of
11.03. Sophomore Barry
Brown held the previous mark.
Mike Eaton (Rockport, Mass.),
Paul Harris (Poughkeepsie, N .
Y ) , A l Campbell (Warwick,
R. I.), and Mike FitzSimons
(Brooklyn, N . Y . ) , rounded out
the first five positions respectively. The scores were P C 15,
Central Connecticut 40, and
Mass. Maritime 68. Ray Van
Epps, a teammate of Brown's,
at Colonie, N . Y , and Mike McCarty, who finished 2nd in the
Harry Coates Memorial Run last
year, were unable to run because of injuries.
Coach Hanlon expressed satisfaction with the performance
of his forces, but indicated that
future
competition will
be
tougher. He said, "I w i l l be
pleased if the team finishes with
a .500 mark." Judging from the
past performance of the last
two freshmen squads, Mr. Hanlon w i l l field a representative
team.
BARRY BROWN
er distances of varsity meets.
As freshman, they never ran
over 2.5 miles, but they now
have to go distances between
3.8 and 5.1 miles.
Over the 4.6 mile course Saturday, sophomores placed 1-2-3
for Providence and it is possible
that the added distance problem
will not be as great as it
seemed. But there is still the
problem of stiff competition
and fewer days between meets
because of the expanded schedule.
In early workouts before last
weekend's opener, Hanlon noted
that the times were better than
they had been at that stage in
previous years. He attributed
this to the fact that several of
the team members had done
extensive competitive and non(Continued on Page 9)