Vol. II, No.
13
Mario
Ruggeri
Named
Committee
President
Mario
Ruggeri
has
been
named
President
of
the
Foreign
Languages
Committee
of
the
Mid-Hudson
Study
Council.
Mr.
Ruggeri,
who
teaches
Italian
and French
in Highland
Central
School
and Italian
here
at Marist
was
recently
elected
to the top post
on the
Committee,
The
Mid-Hudson
Study
Council
made
up of educators
in Dut-
chess
County
Schools,
was
organi2ed
to investigate
the latest
and most
ef-
fective
method
of teaching
languages.
ALUMNI NEWS
In preparation
for an Alumni
meet-
ing to be held on either
April
8th or 15th,
Brother
Andrew
Molloy,
recently
ap-
pointed
Alumni
Moderator,
has attend-
ed two
meetings
at
the
Iona
College
Alumlli Office.
At the
first
meeting
on Friday,
March
9th,
a discussion
with
Brother
Daly clarified
the position
of the Mod-
erator
with
respect
to the Alumni
or-
ganization.
Once the organization
is a
going concern
the Moderator
serves
as
a liaison
link between
Alumni
and Ad-
ministration.
Emphasis
is placed
on
the fact that the Alumni
is an organiza-
tion
run by the Alumni
themselves
for
the pursuit
of certain
self-determined
goals
which are in accord
with the by-
laws of a carefully
formed
constitution.
At the second
meeting
on March
19th
with Mr.
John Jensen,
Executive
Direc-
tor
of the
Iona
Alumni,
the
detailed
framework
of the
alumni
organization
was discussed,
Mr.
Jensen
has
been
responsible
for
the
reorganization
of
the Iona Alumni
structure.
As a result
ofhis
labors
the present
organization
is
extremely
active
and
efficient.
The
scope
of its activities
beliez
the
fact
that
the
Iona
group
is
only
eighteen
years
old.
The
results
of these
two meetings
will form
the basis
for
discussion
at
the initial
Marist
Alumni
meeting
which
will be held
on one of the dates
men-
tioned
above.
RECORD
MARI
ST
COLLEGE
Poughkeepsie,
New York
March
20,
1962
Young Democrats Hold First Seminar;
Albert Hecht Addresses Student Body
Evening
Student
Council
Plans Showing
of
11
The
Titan"
by JAMES
MOLONEY
The Evening
Division
Student
Coun-
cil is sponsoring
the
free
showing
of
The Titan and several
shorter
films
on
Wednesday
and
Thursday
evenings,
March
28th and 29th,
at 8:00 P.M.
in
the college
gymnasium.
The Titan
is a
11
comprehension
of the life,
the
spirit,
and the time
of Michelangelo
revealed
in a synthesis
of images
created
out
of
moving
camera
studies
of
the
artist's
works."
The three
shorter
films
deal
with various
artistic
techniques.
The
shorter
films
will
be
shown
prior
to The Titan.
The first,
City
Out
of Time,
is a colorful
view
of Venice
as depicted
by the painter
Caneletto
and
as it is today.
Second,
Serenal,
is a
flow of abstract
images,
pyrotechnics
of light
and color
that
stream
up and
down
the
screen
in accord
with
the
music.
Finally,
Marching
The Colors,
is
an
experiment
in
film
animation
visualizing
a well known military
march
in geometric•
abstract
patterns
of color.
The
pertinent
facts
about
the main
film,
The Titan,
are that it is narrated
by Frederic
March
and it won an "Os-
car"
for the best
feature
documentary.
The music
score
enhances
the produc-
tion by adding
a third
dimension
to the
film.
"For
art lovers
there
are special
aspects
of the
film
which
will
prove
thrilling
beyond
the fabulous
unhurried
camera
shots
of Michelangelo's
sculp-
tures
and painting
•••
Chirlandaro's
great
frescos;
the
Giotte
murals
at
Santa Croce,
Masaccio's
"Expulsion
from
Paradise",
Gozzoli's
frescos
in
the Medici
Palace,
Botticelli's
"Prima-
vera",
Fra Angelico's
paintings
at San
Marco.
The Ponte
Vecchio,
11 Duomo,
The Cam.panile,
the
crumbling
stones
of Rome,
all of them figure
in the film."
by JOHN BUSCEMI
The paramount
purpose
of this young
Democratic
Club is to
form
Americans
with
American
ideals.
We intend
to
achieve
this
goal by
creating
a moral
and
intellectually
superior
man.
We
will steadily
defend
"In
God We Trust";
we
will investigate
the
weakness
of our
democracy,
so as to better
strengthen
our faith in
it;
and,
we will assume
our
responsibilities
as men
of
this
Demo -
cratic
Republic.
To
-actualize
the pre -
ceding
the
young
Dems
have
instituted
a
Seminar
program
through
which
speakers
active
in government
and poli-
tical affairs
will be invited
to lecture
to
the student
body.
This
is
in keeping
with the purpose
of their
club;
viz,
to
educate
the student
body in the policies
and principles
of
government
and
the
Democratic
Party.
The
first
lecture
was
given
on
March
13th by a prominent
Poughkeep-
sie
attorney,
Albert
Hecht.
He was
former
Deputy
Commissioner
of Hous-
ing for New York
State
and
presently
serving
as
Election
Commissioner
of
Dutchess
County.
Concurrently
he is
also
serving
as Chairman
of the
Dut-
chess
County
Democratic
Committee.
Mr.
Hecht
is a graduate
of Bard
Col-
lege and Fordham
Law School.
Basketball
Players
To See
N.1.T.
Semi-finals
The Marist
College
basketball
team
will journey
to Madison
Square
Garden
on Thursday
night,
March
22nd,
for the
semi-final
double
header
of the Nation-
al
Invitation
Collegiate
Basketball
Tournament.
They
will be visiting
it
interestingly
enough
in
the
role
of
spectators.
The trip has been planned
since
the
close
of our basketball
season
and will
be a reward
to the team
for their
ef -
forts
this
past
season.
The
tickets
were
secured
by
Athletic
Director
Brother
William
Murphy.
All the mem-
bers
of the
team,
Coach
Strba,
and
several
members
of the faculty
will at-
tend.










Page
Two
THE RECORD
The
RECORD
Editor:
James
Callahan
Asst.
Editor:
James
Moloney
Advisor:
Br.
Cornelius
Russell
Academic
Freedom
What thoughts
doe's the expression
"academic
freedom"
bring
to mind?
In considering
possible
answers
to such a question,
several
seemingly
un-
related
incidents
are recalled,
I remember
reading
of the collective
anger
of Harvard
students
last April
who defied
the administration's
decision
to
alter
the Latin-inscribed
degree
given at graduation
to one which most
Americans
could
read
and understand,
I also
recall
the petitions
of the
"gentler
sex" against
the prohibition
of wearing
bermuda
shorts
and simi-
lar apparel
to classes.
And of course
we all remember
the not-to-be-
forgotten
incident
at Columbia
where
the students
pleaded
with their
ad-
ministration
to allow Mr.
Van Doren
to return
to the faculty
of the Univer-
sity after
his role
in a reverberating
television
scandal,
The1e
examples
of students
unified
for a cause
can easily
be echoed
by
many
ofh.ers,
perhaps
closer
to home,
These
models
for our appreciation,
although
not sublime,
are nonetheless
praiseworthy;
and for this reason,
that these
students
were
living
college
life to its fullest,
that they were
convinced
of a cause
and were
ready
to sacrifice
for the cause,
even
against
the snap of the whip of possible
tyranny,
I am enthused
when I see students
united
for any cause,
But espe-
cially
when the cause
itself
is based
on good sound logic,
and not on mere
feelings.
Authority,
of course,
is nothing
to be sneer~d
at.
The Adminis-
tration
of any college
is ready
to assemble
together
with thoughtful
and
mature
college
men who wish to negotiate
on a problem
involving
possible
infringements
on their
freedom,
With these
general
thoughts
in mind I wish to transfer
any probable
conclusions
to the classroom
situation.
Professor
stands
before
seated
students,
The former
wishes
to unite himself
to the student
by imparting
to him the various
ideas
of a course,
The student,
ideally,
wishes
to be
united
to the teacher
in a bond of agreement.
At some
time
or other
the
expressed
thought
of professor
will conflict
with the unexpressed
thought
of student,
Student
therefore
has a right
and almost
a duty,
to declare
openly
his contrary
opinion
or conviction.
What occurs
after
this little
drama
of academic
freedom
in action
is up to the suavity
or open-minded-
ness
of the teacher,
Now the unity
spoken
of above
does not imply
that all other
students
be
"united"
with the student
who "opposed"
his teacher,
but rather
in a sen-
sible
contrast
of both views
so as to accept
either
one,
or reject
both.
The
union
is an intellectual
one,
intimately
associated
with the will to think
as
one pleases
- this side of Error,
The amorphous
student
who finds
no
interest
in the intellectual
activity
that is going on about him,
nor in the
opinions
and convictions
of his teachers
or his fellow
students,
is not at
all suited
for college
life.
Although
we are bound by certain
duties
toward
our God,
our society,
our college,
and ourselves,
we do have a freedom
to create
and to criti-
cize.
Samuel
Eliot Morrison,
component
of Harvard's
history
department,
has declared
that <l,cademic
freedom
"must
be exercised
in
a framework
of academic
discipiine,
which includes
good manners,
good taste,
and a
decent
respect
for the opinions
of the non-academic
world,"
Only when
these
elements
are violated
·does society
and college
studen{
conflict.
Manners,
taste,
and respect
may coexist
with a freedom
to speak,
and
are necessary
ingredients
for the recipe
of happy living
on campus,
Each
student
has something
to contribute,
and each member
of the
administration
and faculty
is ready
to acknowledge
this.
They realize,
as does Charles
Donohue,
English
Professor
at Fordham,
that "the
student
who comes
from
the non-academic
to the academic
world
brings
with him as an already
integral
part
of his person,
an ethical
and reli-
gious
formation
which the university
must
respect,"
Let us therefore
share
our possessions
with those
who collaborate
with us in composing
the college
society
and exercise
the freedom
that is ours
upon asking.
Brother
Vincent
Jude
This
is an example
of the quality
·of material
that appears
in
the
monthly
publication
of the student
brothers,
Perspective,
Ed,
March
20, 1962.
To
The
Edi
tor:
Although
.wrestling
made
its debut
here
at Marist
several
months
ago,
still
too few people
are
aware
of that
fact
and many
others
have
no idea
of
what
collegiate
wrestling
is.
Since
along
with basketball
and crew,
wrest-
ling
will
be
an
official
competitive
sport
next year,
I believe
the time
for
enlightenment
has come,
Let us begin
by disspelling
some
of
the
more
po~ar
misco~cep_tions,
Wrestling,
as we shall
know
it,
is not
the
circus
presented
on television,
These
farces
cater
to the
cruder
in-
stincts
of man
and may
be likened
to
the brutal
displays
of the Roman
Coli·
seum
-it
is
interesting
to
note
that
these
matches
are
considered
exhibi-
tions
not sporting
contests
by the N, Y,
State
Athletic
Commission.
Secondly,
wrestling
being
the
oldest
combative
sport
is the most
sophisticated,
unlike
the recently
popularized
sports
oi box-
ing and judo
whose
object
is to either
render
your
opponent
unconscious
or
disable
him
so that
he cannot
continue
the match,
wrestling's
main
aim
is to
outwit
your
opponent.
Wrestling
is a
physical
chess
game;
you vanquish
your
adversary
by out-thinking
him,
out-
moving
him and out-lasting
him,
True,
it is an individual
combative
sport
but
so designed
that injurious
holds
are
out-
lawed,
The
mechanics
of
the
sport
are
simple,
Teams
usually
consist
of eight
men
divided
into
pound
classes
from
123 pounds
on up.
Each
member
com-
petes
as an individual,
attaining
points
towards
team
achievement.
A match
may be won by either
pinning
your
op-
ponent
or
totaling
more
points
than
him (points
are
awarded
for
each
suc-
cessful
movement}.
Wrestlers
wrestle
three
rounds,
three
minutes
each;
the
first
round both men
are
on their
feet,
the
second
round
one
man
is
on his
hands
and
knees
with
his
opponent
kne~ling
next
to
him
with
one
arm
around
his
waist
and
with
the
other
holding
his
nearest
arm,
in the third,
the advantage
is reversed,
Holds can
be broken
down into four broad
classes;
take-downs,
pinning
holds,
escapes
and
counters.
For
an
enumeration
and
description
of the various
holds
I refer
the _interested
reader
to Wrestling
by
H. A. Stone available
in our library.
Avoiding
the sport's
obvious
physi-
cal
benefits,
one
might
question
the
worth
of wrestling
in an intellectual
en-
vironment
such
as college.
Wrestling
develops
an
acute
auareness
of
the
most
remote
external
activity,
an
un-
surpassable
self-confidence
(a hesitant
wrestler
is a contradiction}
and an abi-
lity to think and
react
fast
in imposing
situations.
All necessary
requirements
for any form
of successful
endeavor
in
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on p.
3;









March
20, 1962
INT
RAM
UR.A
LS
Playing
like
champions,
the Manor
House literally
ran
the Seniors
off the
court
by an overwhelming
score
of
50-21,
The game had no sooner
start-
ed when
it turned
into
a rout
The
Manor
House
attack
centered
around
team
work
and used
the fast
break
as
a very
effective
weapon.
The win for
the Manor
House,
captained
by Denny
Tierney,
was
their
sixth
in
a row
against
no setba<::ks,
Standout
players
for the champions
were John St, Denis
with
12 points
and
as many rebounds,
Larry
Plover,
Sam
Maneri,
DennyTierney,
andFrenk
Ne-
metz
with 14, 11, 8 and 6 points
respec-
tively.
Other
members
of the
Manor
House
who saw a great
deal
of action
during
the season
were
George
Hallam
and John
"The Budda"
Buscemi.
About
the only highlight
for the Seniors
during
the afternoon
was the fine play of Larry
O'Brien
who gathered
13 markers.
our highly
competitive
society.
Thus in closing,
let us hope that
the
apathetic
reader
now knows that
wrest-
ling is here
at Marist
to stay
and even
if he doesn't,
we will compete
next year,
we will wrestle,
we will
endure,
and
we will win!
Frank
Swetz,
Coach
Wrestling
In the past few l.ssues
of The Record
there has appeared
a series
of editorials
and letters
to the
editor,
concerning,
among other
things,
the administration
itself,
We have
vainly
scanned
the
pages
of the paper,
trying
to find some
sort of an article
by the administration
in which these
accusations
were
refuted,
or at least
acknowledged.
To our per -
sonal
chagrin,
we have
been
unable
to
find such an article.
Perhaps
the rea-
son for this conspicuous
silence
is that
the administration
has pleaded
guilty
to
these
accusations.
On the other
hand,
· it may
be
because
they
do not
think
that
these
charges
are
worth
the
time
and effort
to disprove.
After
all,
they
were
only made
by some
of
the
most
responsible
men on campus.
Your silence
may be interpreted
as
an admission
of guilt.
Therefore,
if
possible,
please
clarify
your
stand.
Two Amazed
Readers
It is not completely
clear
in your
letter
to whom
you are
referring
when
you speak
of responsible
men.
If
you
mean
Mr.
Herbst
and
his
comments
in his editorial,
these
comments
were
directed
not to the. Administration
but
to the students,
If
you mean,
on the
other
hand,
the writers
of letters
that
have
appeared
in this
column,
letters
in which
the Administration
was
criti-
sized
without
reasonable
substahtiation
of
claims,
the
newspaper
does not
guarantee
or even endorse
the responsi-
bility of the writers.
- Ed,
THE RECORD
Lighthouse
by JOSEPH
BRENNAN
The growth
of the peaCEl- movement
in the United States,
Europe,
and Asia
has
been
inextricably
bound
up in the
activities
of the United Nations.
Through-
out history
there
has been an awareness
for the necessity
of peace
in maintain-
ing steady
and stable
political,
social,
and economic
institutions.
The Greek
city states
tried
to arbitrate
their
own
disputes;
during
the
middle
ages
the
Catholic
Church
tried
to prevent
fight-
ing by a "truce
of God".
The Hansea-
tic League
was
a confederation
of free
cities
who wanted
to protect
their
in-
vestment
by forming_
reciprocal
trade
agreements.
Today,
with
the
dawning
of
the
space
age it should
be realized
that
war
is or should
be a thing of the past.
His -
tory,
I think,
has
shown
that
war
does
not and will not
settle
most
disputes.
In view of the catastrophic
consequences
of a nuclear
war the answer
would
seem
to be peaceful
negotiations.
What
do peaceful
negotiations
in-
volve?
It would seem
that in order
for
peace
to be brought
about
and effective
-
ly insured
that
it is necessary
to have
a world
organization
to insure
collect-
ive
security.
This
is
the
idea that
prompted
the
founding
of
the
United
Nations.
Who can say that
he does
not
want
international
peace,
cooperation,
and understanding,
based
on the princi-
ples of equal
rights
and self-determina-
tion
of peoples?
It
is unnecessary
to
defend
the
United
Nations,
for
we
realize
its importance
if we are to sur-
vive.
The Soviet
Union
and the United
States
are both aware
of the consequen-
ces that would result
from
another
war.
Today the United
Nations
is serving
as
an organization
were
people
meet
and
discuss
their
ideas.
It
is an organ
of
communication
far more
useful
and ef-
fective
for conveying
ideas
than the wars
that were
fought
not so far away or long
ago.It
would seem
to_ be very
suggestive
of the importance
of international
com-
munication
that Colonel
John
Glenn
ad-
dressed
the United
Nations
on his
re-
cent trip to New York.
Certainly
people
from
other
countries
were
interested
in
his
orbital
flight.
Where
else
could
Glenn have
spoken
at one time
to prac-
tically
all
the
representatives
of
the
various
nations
of the world?
The
_unfortunate
thing
about
the
Unit_ed Nations
is that
its activities
are
often
hampered
by outdated
feeling
of
nationalism,
a nationalism
that involves
pride
in policies
and i~eologies
of past
eras
which are no longer
possible.
The
Young
Democratic
Club
feels
that the United
Nations
is beneficial
and
effective
in bringing
about better
under -
standing
and cooperation.
Some
of the
Page
Three
by PETER
HANLEY
The, present
administration
would
now have
us purchase
one-half
of the
$200 million
bonds
now
being
offered
for sale by the United
Nations.
Would
this "gift"
solve
the financial
problems
of the UN?
Is the
UN living
up to its
purpose?
Should
the United
States
decide
to
buy these
bonds
and in reality
give
a
gift of $100 million
to this
organiza-
tion,
they will do little
mo re than
pro -
lon_g its
death.
Of the
original
$100
million
deemed
necessary
to carry
out
its activities,
the UN has
collected
a
mere
$20 million.
Of this,
the United
States
has
paid
almost
50%.
It is not
very
hard
to come
to the
conclusion
that
many
nations
are
negligent
with
their
payments.
What
then
makes
us
think
that
these
nations,
the
entire
Soviet
bloc
included,
will
up and
pay
the necessary
fees in the years
to come?
Why do these
nations
refuse
to aid
in the
upkeep
of the_ United
Nations?
The purpose
of the world
organization
is to settle
international
disputes
on a
world
level,
thereby
ending
violence
and conflict.
With
this
in mind
I look
to the
corners
of the
earth
and
see
bloodshed
in every
hemisphere.
Hun-
gary,
Cuba,
Goa,
Quemoy,
Berlin,
Al-
geria,
Katanga,
Laos,
wherever
you
look the rights
of people
are
constantly
being
trampled
by the
instigators
of
tyranny.
In theory
the UN would be a wonder
-
ful organization;
helping
to better
the
plights
of unfortunate
people.
However,
as I watch
it in action,
I realize
that
in
order
to keep alive
it must
compromise
with too many nations.
It is my belief
that the UN has
ser-
vedonly
one group
of people--the
Soviet
bloc.
These
nations
have
used
the UN
as a loudspeaker
for
their
anti-western
propaganda
and are
presently
u,sing
it
to further
their
policies
throughout
the
world.
Proof
of this
can
be
seen
in
pro-Western
Katange
where
the
scourges
of the
UN forces
have
left
countless
thousands
homeless
and dead.
We must
not let this
agency
nourish
tyranny
throughout
the world.
We must
instead
strive
on an individual
basis
to
end the injustices
which
are
rampant
across
the globe.
In so doing,
we
will
not only
aid
the
impoverished
of
the
world
but will
also
raise
the image
of
the United
States.
great
names
that
have
supported
the
United
Nations
in the United
States
are
Truman,
Eisenhower,
Lodge,
Steven -
son,
and Kennedy.
All Republicans
and
Democrats
who have an understanding
of
the problems
of the world
see
the
im-
portance
of the United
Nations.










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Four
THE RECORD
March
20,
1962
Crew Continues Worlcouts; Elects Captain
On Tuesday,
March
13,
1962,
Tony
Campillii,
a 21 year
old
senior
from
Wappinger
Falls,
was
elected
Captain
of the crew
team.
He graduated
from
Wappingers
Cen-
tral
High School
in 1958 and went
on to
Dutchess
Community
from
which
he
graduated
in
1960.
He
pursued
his
studies
in Business
at Marist
and
will
be the first
Business
major
to graduate
from
here.
Tony
is
planning
to
be
married
in October
to Virginia
Di Santis
also from
Wappingers.
The
crew
has
been
working
out on
the machines
for three
weeks
anxiously
anticipating
a good
day's
row
on
the
river.
At present
the only drawback
is
the ice on the "mighty"
Hudson.
As
soon as the river
clears
Coach
Catan-
zaro has promised
the team
it will
see
Kingston.
The photo
on the
right
shows
the
team
in action
at St. Mary's,
which
has
been the sweepswingers
Hudson.
The "bow six" of the first
boat are
shown in action
at St. Mary"s.
From
left to right
they ar.e: Jim
Daley,
Tom McAndrew,
Ed Di Santo,
Walt Herbst,
Bob Mead and Mike
Chiriatti.
Out of the picture
to the left are
captain
Tony Campillii
and Jim Callahan.
SPSPS
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