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RECORD
MARIST
COLLEGE
Vol,
II
No,
S
Poughkeepsie,
New York
November
21, 1961
Five
Nominated
for
Wilson
Fellowship
Numerous Other
Awards Auailable
" . •
\1
1
t
d
h
oyJAMES
MOLONEY
.
oenHrs
"e et e
y
At present
the college
offices
are
uate in large
supply.
making
available
on the bulletin
boards
Graduate
schools,
themselves,
are
information
concerning
graduate
schools,
the first
source
of awards.
The
usual
especially
the financial
aspects
of con-
aids
offered
are
fellowships
consis-
tinuing
education
to the
master's
or
ting of free
tuition
and assistantships
doctoral
level,
Fellowships,
scholar-
consisting
of free
tuition
plus
a mone-
ahips,
and assistantships
are
current-
tary
stipend
for working
under
super-
ly available
to the
Mariilt
College
grad...
(cont.
on p.
3)
450 Commuter Cars Fill Pa·rking
tacUities
by GEORGE
HALLA.t.t
College
authorities
have
reported
that
450· car
stickers
have
been
aold
for the use of commuter
student.
The enrollenint
at Marist
is
ap-
pro:ir:imately
800 in the day
and
even-
ing school.
Of this
number
there-
are-
o,:iiy
100
bouden.
the rest
couu'nut-
:lng
to ·
and from
■cbool.
This one
statistic
■hould
indicate that
Marist
be-
longs
to
the commuter
as · well
as the
boarder.
Recently
a question
was
a~ked of
·Brother
Daniel_ Kirk,
Acting
Presi-
dent of the College.
A peraon
who had
heard
of the new dormitory
planned
for
Mariat
asked
the
Acting
President
if
Mariat·
College
was
exclusively
a
boarding
college.·
This
seems
to
be
an erroneoua
impression
of many
of
the people,of
this
area.
People
do not
aeem to realize
that though
we
do have
boarding
facil~ties
on the
campus
and
are
building
new
ones,
Mari■t doe■
aerve
the a~demic
need•
of the . area
If
one were
w loolt
iato
one or two
cmmnuter
■tudent■
as
well.
Marlat
Marist
parking
lots
■ome
afterncion
or
ha■
two
large
parking
areas
for
the
evening
ancl
see the multitude
of
='!'s
convenience
of
tho■e
bi
die.
area
who
that are lined
up
t:bere he would
realize
wish
to
commute
baclt
and forth
be""
without
a
doubt
that
Mari■t
is
also
a
tween
the_ college
and
home.
The·
.. cornrnttter••
college.
Depart ■ eat
Beads
by
THOMAS McANDREW
Five
seniors,
scholasticau.y
tops
in
their
fields,· have. been nominated
by the
Marist
faculty
for the Woodrow
Wilson
1Fellowsh}p
Grant.
The
Grant
awards
1
to those
students
who have the intention
of teaching
on the- college
level·
free
tuition
at the University
of their
choice,
plus a
$1500 stipend,
The
grants
a.re
good for a period
of one year
and are
awarded
throughout
the nation
to more
than
I, 000 students.
The
students
nominated
and their
respective
fields
are:
in
English,
Brother
Vincent
Poisella;
in
History,
1
Brother
John
Wilcox
and
Brother
i
Dominic
Apostoli;
:µi
Mathematics,
Mr~
James
Callahan
and
in ·physics,.
Brother
"Vincent
Hall.
The
chair-
men
of the
various
deparbnents
· act
as
nominators
and·
include
Brother
Richard·
McCarthy,
Brother
Linus
R.
·Foy.Mr.
George
So:ouner,
and Brother
Joseph
Gregory.
The students
nominated
are required
: w
fill out an application
which
calls
for
biree
ietters
of recommendation
an!l a
I. 000 word self-evaluating
essay.
The
essay
is
0
the pritnary
consideration
of
the-judges
and is,
in the words
of Mr.
.James
Callahan.
"the
most
difficult
thing I ever
wrote
in my life".
On the
judgment
of the application,
about
2~
of
all the
competitors
are
chosen
to
appear
before
a scrutinizing
board
of
interviewers
whose
range
of queetions
can
,include
almost
anything
in
the
liberal
·arts
field~ .One-J1alf
of the ·stu-
dents
selected
for
the
interview
are
awarded
~e grant,
and of the reat
ap-
·
proxunately
half
of . those
receive
bo~orabl~
mentiol!!
.
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Page
Two
THE RECORD
The
RECORD
Editor:
James
Callahan
Asst.
Editor:
James
Moloney
Advisor:
Br.
Cornelius
Russell
Response
and
Responsibility
At least
eight members
of the Guard House,
and in fact many
more,
had agreed
to participate
in the intramural
football
program.
Last
Wednesday,
three
of them appeared
for a football
game,
a
game which had been scheduled
as early
as six weeks ago.
The truly unfortunate
circumstances
are not that these men
have
shirked
a responsibility
but that they have acted just as the
student
body for the most part has always
acted.
Their
inacti,on
can only be condemned
as being typical.
Irresponsibility
towards
fulfilling
commitments
extends
far beyond this program,
an ath-
letic
one in which student
participation
has generally
surpassed
that of other
activities.
For example,
the Literary
Club,
still
trying
to get its Quarterly
off the ground,
has failed
to receive
anything
approaching
a sufficient
quantity
of written
material
suitable
for publication
from a group of English
majors
at least
as large
as the group mentioned
above.
The English
major
should
be writing
not because
he must but because
he has something
to
say and in fact he cannot
write
unless
he has something
to say.
Norbert
Wiener,
in his book,
The liuman
Use of Human Beings,
says,
"Properly
speaking
the artist,
the writer
and the scientist
should be moved by such an irresistible
impulse
to create
that,
even if they were
not being paid for their
work (and at Marist
they certainly
aren't),
they would be willing
to pay to get the
chance
to do it'{but
at Marist
they don't have to).
This is another
aspect
of the problem.
Here we are not deal-
ing with student
irresponsibility
as much as with student
incapa-
bility,
with intellectual
as well as social
immaturity.
Irrespon-
sibility
moves
in the direction
opposite
to that of apathy
also.
There
are probably
just as many
students
who have committed
themselves
very unrealistically
to too many activities
and find
themselves
being hounded
by club presidents,
editors,
intra-
mural
house
captains
and the like.
A re-evaluation
of the student's
interests
and goals and an
increasing
sense
of responsibility
are necessary
if the quite
realistic
dilemma
that has been presented
to the faculty
advi-
sors
and student
organization
heads
is _to _be properly
resolved.
The Administration
may soon become
hesitant
m giving what
has been an abundance
of financial
and moral
backing
to any and
all student
endeavor.
Thanksgiving
It is fitting
indeed
and just,
right and helpful
to salvation,
for
us always
and everywhere
to give thanks
to You,
0
Holy
Lord,
Father
Almighty,
Everlasting
God, Who with your Only-begotten
Son and the Holy Spirit
are one God, one Lord;
not in the unity of
a single
person,
but in the trinity
of a single nature.
For that
which we believe
on Your revelation
concerning
Your glory,
that
same
we believe
of Your Son, that same of the Holy Spirit,
with-
out difference
or discrimination.
So that in confessing
the
true
and everlasting
Godhead,
we shall adore
distinction
in persons,
oneness
in being,
and equality
in Majesty.
This the Angels
and
Archangels,
the Cherubim,
too, and the Seraphim
do praise;
day
by day they cease -not to cry out as with one voice.
From
the Preface
of the Mass
THE RECORD
is published
every
Tuesday
of the school
year,
exclusive
of
vacation
and examination
periods,
by the students
of Marist
College.
Features:
J. Moloney,
Ed.,
G. Hallam,
Asst.
Ed,,
J. Brennan,
J. Busc~mi,
W. Gorman,
T. McAndrew,
J. Mitchell.
Sports:
W. Herbst,
Ed.,
J. Dworak,
T. Machen,
J. Pizzani.
Make-up:
G. Smith,
Ed.,
A. Campilli,
P.
Hanley,
e:.
Heller,
K. Knapp,
R. Laliberte.
Circulation:
J. Pizzani,
Mgr.
D. Rolleri,
Nov. 21,
1961
NS
A Plans
Conference
for College
Editors
Applications
will
soon be available
for
the
Fourth
Annual
International
Affairs
Conference
for College
Editors,
announcedMrs.
Ruth Hagy Brod,
chair-
man of the Overseas
Press
Club Com-
mittee
on Youth and Student
Activities,
and Paul Potter,
National
Affairs
Vice
President
of the United
States
National
Student
Association.
The
three-day
conference
will
be
held February
9-12,
1962 and
is
expec-
ted to draw more
than
200
college
edi-
tors
to the OPC headquarters
in New
York City.
Over sixty members
of the
Overseas
Press
Club
will
participate
as speakers,
panelists
and
discussion
leaders
in the fourth
of an annual
series
of conferences
on international
news
coverage
in professional
and
student
publications.
Participating
students
will
have
an opportunity
to question
high
ranking
journalists,
experts
in
the field
of foreign
affairs,
about
in-
ternational
news
reporting,
and
about
future
employment
in their
profession.
Professional
newsmen
who partici-
pated
in
last
year's
conference
in-
cluded
James
Wechsler,
editor
of the
New
York
Post,
Robert
Considine,
columnist
and
foreign
correspondent
for the Hearst
Headline
Service,
John
L.
Steele,
chief
of
the
Washington
Bureau
of Time-Life,
and W. Averell
Harriman,
United States
Ambassador-
at-large.
A
special
feature
of the conference
is the presentation
of awards
for
the
best coverage
of foreign
news by dailies
andnon-dailies,
and for the best feature
on international
affairs
or foreign
news
in a daily and non-daily.
Besides
cash
prizes,
the winners
will travel
to Wash-
ington,
D. C.,
to meet
President
John
F. Kennedy.
Financial
support
for the conference
is provided
by Readers
Digest.
Scholar-
ships,
covering
housing
and part
of the
expenses
of travel
to the
conference,
will
be provided
for
all
editors
who
need them.
Applications
for the conference
will
be sent to all college
editors
by about
the first
of December.
USNSA
is
a
confederation
of
about
400
colleges
and
universities
and
is
dedicated
to
improving
stu-
dent
welfare.
.Among
the
projects
which
USNSA sponsors
is the
Univer-
sity
Press
Service,
which
provides
college
newspapers
with news
from
all
over the country
of special
interest
to
students
as
students.
Subscribing
papers
receive
two weekly
releases,
and fast-breaking
stories
are
wired
or
phoned
to the UPS office
in Philadel-
phia for rapid
distribution
to all
sub-
scribing
papers.



















Nov. 21, 1961
Faoulty
Me1Dbers
Attend
Leotnre
On Wednesday,
November
15th, four
members
of our faculty
drove
to Man-
hattan
College
to attend
a lecture.
given
by one of the most
outstanding
physi-
cists
of our time.
Dr.
Karl
Herzfeld,
Chairman
of the Department
of Physics
of The Catholic
University
of America,
gave a brilliant
exposition
on the sub-
ject
"Continuity
and
Discontinuity
in
Science
and
Philosophy.
11
Essentially
he holds
to the Aristotelian-Scholastic
view of matter
and motion
as
consis-
ting of discreet
particles,
or the quan-
tum
theory,
rather
than
to the
con-
tinuum
concept.
The members
of our faculty
who at-
tended
were
Brother
Joseph
Gregory
of the
Physics
Department,
Brothers
Richard
LaPietra
and Andrew
Molloy,
Chemistryprofessors,
.indMr.
Sommer
of the English
Department,
F;ELLOWSHIPS
(cont.
from
p. 1)
vision
for
approximately
twelve
hours
per
week.
Variations
of this
occur
depending
upon
the
school
and
.even
upon the departmP.nt
within
the school,
It is
important
to remember
that
everyone
can begin
his preparation
by
maintaining
a good
scholastic
rec:ord.
However,
a 3. 0 index
or above,
while
it most
definitely
does
help,
is not
necessarily
essential.
Many
factors
enter
into the judging
of these
awards
which may offset
a few
points
differ•
ence in index.
Participation
in extra-
curricular
activities
is
considered
in
evaluating
an applicant's
qualifications.
Even the location
from
,which
the appli•
cant comes
may
influence
the decision
of the judges
since
there
is an attempt
made
to
distribute
these
awards
throughout
the country.
Those
students
wishing
further
in-
formation
on fellowships,
scholarships,
or assistantships
should
contact
either
their
faculty
advisor
or
Mr.
O'Keefe,
who is
in charge
of
preparation
for
graduate
study.
The
bulletin
boards
will
also
continue
to
serve
as
a
medium
for
communicating
informa-
tion concerning
graduate
schools.
The state
also grants
awards
to stu•
dents planning
for graduate
school.
The
New YorkState
Regents
Teaching
Fellow-
ship is an e-.cample.
This program
offers
250 awards
yearly
to students
who plan
to do college
teaching.
The
financial
reward
varies
.from
$500 to $2, 500 de-
pending
on need.
This particula~·-·grant
extends
through
two years.
However,
it may
only
be utilized
for
graduate
work in New York State
and by a resi-
dent of New York.
Federal
and
nation-wide
agencies
are a third
source
from
which
awards
may be obtained.
The National
Science
Foundation
annually
distributes
2500
awarde.
They
consist
of a three-year
stipend;
$1,800
the first
year.
S2.
ono
tAe second
year.
and
$2,200
fqr
tht
THE RECORD
Dr. Hooper Disc
us-ses
"Fruit Flies,,.
by JOHN
BUSCEMI
November
16,
1961
the
fourth
in
a series
of lectures
presented
by the
Literary
Club was given by Dr.
Hooper
head
of the Biology
Department.
His
talk
was concerned
with
his
graduate
work
at Princeton
University
with
Drosophila,
alias
"fruit
flies",
in
relation
to ecological
balances.
The problem
was
first
brought
to
light
in
1859 with
the
publication
of
Darwin's
"Thesis
On Natural
Selec-
tion".
In 1934
Gause,
working
with
Paremicum
that were
closely
related
postulated
that closely
related
species
cannot
exist
in the same
ecological
or
environmental
systems..
As
a
J"esult
of
his
study
he
made three
observations:
( 1)
The
weaker
of
the two would perish;
(2) or
it might
move
to
a new
environment.
This
is
called
geographical
displacement
and
finally,
(3)
the
anhnal
might
change
his food,
Using
fruit
flies
Dr. Hooper
set
up
the
condition
in
the
laboratory
and
limited
his
work
to
micro-
1copic
and physiological
labors.
The
Doctor
graphically
illustrated
his lec-
ture with instruments
which he had con-
structed
himself
out
of diverse
and
seemingly
unscientific
materials;
plei-
glass,
motion
picture
camera
parts,
metal
cylinders,
florescent
tubes,
wires,
etc.
Students
were able
to
observe
how
the flies
r·eacted
to the
man-made
envirorunents
after
the
talk.
third.
These
awards·
are
granted
to
students
in
all
scientific
·fields
ex-
cept those
striving
for
an
M. D.
or
D. D, S.
Another
federal
agency,
the
National
Institute
of Health,
offers
the
same
three-year
stipend
for
graduate
work
in the sciences,
including
social
sci.ences,
that relate
to fields
of health
and welfare.
The general
requirements
for obtain-
ing such awards· are:
a good scholastic
record
verified
by a transcript,
letters
of° recommendation
from
members
of
the faculty,
taking of the Graduate
Re-
cord Examination,
proper
applications,
ahd
meeting
the
deadline
date
which
usually
falls
somethne
between
Novem-
ber and January.
The
last
requisite
is actually
l;he
easiest
to fulfill
but it
is alao the one
most
commonly
missed.
Thi!!
points
out the necessity
of acting
early
if one
intends
to
attend.
graduate
school,
Sophomore
or Junior
year
is
not early
for making
plane
for further
education;
on the contrary,
it
is moat
definitely
the correct
time
to formulate
ideas
of
preparation
for the future.
By Septem-
ber
of senior
year
one
■hould
know
which
graduate
schoole
he
intends
to
apply for,
the awards
he wiahes
to try
for,
and
the
applications
for
th.e.u
.!IJ!ouJ.4
all"~_a,',ly.he filled
out.
Page
Three
INT
RAM
URA
LS
PARK WINS IN CROSS-CO UNTR y
by William
Gorman
The Park° .House led by Ed Moetzin-
ger
scored
a decisive
victory
in last
week's
race;
Ed covered
the course
in
4. 58.
5 minutes,
Walt
Herbst
and
Butch
Lenahan
finished
second
and
third
respectively.
Others,
such
as
Mario
Rampolla,
Ron
Franks,
Frank
Swetz,
and Jim
Kennedy,
though
at
times
threatening
could
not
keep
up
with Moetzinger's
steady
pace.
The
race
began
outside
the
Gate
House,
circled
the property
and ended
at the Adrian
Lounge.
There v,,ere five strategically
placed
judges,
DonRolleri,
BobGillon,
Edmund
Heller,
Denny Tierney,
and Jerry
Shee-
_han;
these guided the runners
along their
routes.
The final tally
of points
were:
Par-k 10 and Senior
5.
DONS DUMP MANOR 24:.0
liy Terry
Macken
The
undefeated
Don House
intra-
mural
football
team rolled up an impres
-
sive
24 to
O
victory
over
the
Manor
House in last week's
gridiron
clash.
The
Dons wasted
no time in taking command
of the
contest
when
Jimmy
Pizzani
threw
into the end_ zone where
the pass
was snagged
by steady
Tom McDermott.
Minutes
later,
after the Dons' rugged
defense
had stopped
the
Manor
House
cold,
the same Don House pair
came up
with another
scoring
play.
This
time
speedy
half-back
Pizzani
caught
a shot
from
McDermott
for
the
score.
The
half
ended
with the Dons out
in front
12-0.
The Dons took the second
half kick-
off and marched
down
the field
to the
five
yard
line
of
the
Manor
House,
Pizzani
climaxed
the
drive
with
a
scoring
jaunt
around
right
end.
Near
the
end
of
the
game
Pizzani
tried
the left
side
on a bootleg
and
raced
into
the . end
zone
from
forty
yards
out behind
the
great
blocking
of Phil
Bruno.
and
Paul
Gardner.
The
Don
House walked
home with another
victory
under their
belts
and assured
of at least
a tie for first
place •.
Varsity CI u b Mass
To Open
Athletic Season
On. the First
Friday
of the
month,
December
lst,
the
Varsity
Club
·will
~ponsor
a dialogue
Mase
for the open-
mg of
..
the_.!lthletic
season.
Members
of the Club and of the athletic
squads
will
participate
in
this
corporate
act
of wor11hip,
asking
God to bless
their
efforts
and
to protect
them
.from
all
moral
and physical
harm
during
the
coming
season.
In
the
future;
Var -
aity
lettermen
will
wear
their
sweater11
to
this Mass
and be
grouped
according
to athletic
squads.
The Mass
will be celebrated
in the
Chapel
at ~Z:30
P.M.
Confessions
for
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;"Page Four
I .
THE RECORD
Nov. 21,
1961
Blood
Bank·
Planned
for Mari
st
Faculty,
Students, and Families
The
faculty
and
the
students
of
Mariat
Coilege
have been invited to join
in establishing
a College
Blood Bank in
cooperation
with St. Francis
Hospital.
The purpose
of the Blood
Bank
is
to
make blood available
in
times
of Medi-
cal emergency
to faculty
and
students
and
members
of
their
immediate
family
at
a
considerable
financial
saving.
The average
cost of blood
is
$40
a pint
with
an additional
$5
service
charge
for
the
technical
aspects
of
typing,
storing
and
transfusing
the
blood.'
Under the Blood Bank plan,
the
cost
is
reduced
to
the $5 service
charge
per
pint
of
blood.
The
$30
cost per pint is eliminated
because
the
hospital
takes
two pints
of blood from
the college
Blood Bank; one pint for
the
patient,
-the second
for the use of the
hospital.
The above plan is practical
with the
hospitals
in the Mid-Hudson
area
which
maintain
their ·own blood banks in coop-
eration
with St. Francis
Hospital.
These
Hospitals
are:
Poughkeepsie,
Vassar
Brothers
Hospital
Beacon,
Highland
Hospital
Castle
Point,
Veterans
Adminis -
tration
Hospital

THANKSGIVING
.IS
Cold Spring,
Butterfield
·Hospital
Rhinebeck,
Northern
Dutchess
Ho11pital
Newburgh,
St. Luke's
Hospita!.
Kingston,
.Kingston
City Hospital
Benedictine
Hospital
Col:'nwall,
Cornwall
Hospital
The use of blood from our Blood Bank in
Hospitals
other
than
the
above
is
feasible
but may not be financially
prac-·
tical.
Blood may be transported
to any
hospital
but the patient pays for all trans -
portation
and extra
sel:"vice charges
in-
volved.
Inmost
cases
these total charges
mayaverageoutto
~
than$30
a pint.
Thus it would be more
practical
to buy
the blood at the hospital
concerned
or ask
donors to travel
to the hospital
to donate
blood.
Resident
students
are considered
resi-
dents of Poughkeepsie
during the acade-
mic
year.
Therefore;
for
th.e four
years
they are at Marist,
they ~ould be
affiliated
with the hospitals.in
the Mid-
Hudson area.
Persons
~ligible
to r~ceive
blood
from the college
Blood Bank' are faculty,
students,
their
parents
and their . sis-
ters
arid brothers.
If
a
student
is
married,
his wife and children
are
eli-
gible but not his parents
or brothers.
or
sisters.
A
faculty
member
or a stu;..
dent who has not donated
to the bank ·
•is·
eligi!>le
to receive
blood
from
the
bank.
The Student
Council
may
with-
draw this eligibility
if
the faculty
mem-
ber
or
student
has
received
blood
a
number
of times
but has never
donated.
Faculty
and students
from
18
to 59
years
of age are eligible
to donate-.
Stu-
dents
under
21
years
of age must
ob-
tain
the
written
permission
of their
parents.
A married
student
under
21
needs
only his own written
permission.
The donor
must
be in good health,
weigh at least
110
pounds
and ·be free
of any chronic
iliness.
We
will be exa-
mined by a doctor
at the time
of dona-
tion.
This examination
includes
heart,
lungs,
pulse,
blood pressure
and hemo-
globin
count.
: Specific
foods
to avoid
during
the
time
before
donating
are
listed
on a separate
notice
available
'to
donors,
_Donors for the.Mirist
College
BloodBank
will give blood at St. Fran-
cis
on 'Wednesdays
between
Z:30 and
4:00
P. M.,
a schedule
of names
and
dates will be posted
by the Student
Coun-
cil.
Recipients
of blood from the Blood
Bank must first
obtain the )written
per-
mission
(or in cases
of emergency
by
phone) from
the Vice
President
of the
Student
Council
or the Dean •
HERE
- CAN CHRISTMAS
BE FAR BEHIND
For your
convenience.
we· have stocked
a variety
of
. unique
amt-
beautiful
gift suggestilms.
In
addition
we
· have a complete
supply
of
the proceeds
from which
will
go to· the
STUDENT
COUNCIL
SCHOLARSll.lP
FUND_
.
. Do
y11r
sbopping
early
at TH£ BOOKSTORE
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