The Record, April 3, 1962
Media
Part of The Circle: Vol. 2 No. 15 - April 3, 1962
content
RECORD
MARI
ST
COLLEGE
Vol. II, No. 15
Poughkeepsie,
New York
April
3, 1902
Dr. brafton
&base
Discusses:
"Fact
and
Fancy
of
Radiation Hazards"
Fr.
Tos Lecture
on Bfble;
The
Titan
Received
To Write
for Encyclopedia By Enthusiatic
Audience
by GEORGE
HALLAM
Father
Aldo j.
Tos,
instructor
in
Sacred
Scripture
here
at Marist
seems
to have his work cut out for him.
Be-
tween teaching
at Marist
and Our Lady
of Lourdes
High Schoo],
Father
leads
a
variedandpressinglife.
Recently
being
asked
to give a series
of three
lectures
to an adult
study
group
he
travelled
down to Irvington,
New
York.
There
at the Church
of the
Immaculate
Con-
ception
the lecture
series
was
started
on March
11th with ·a lecture
on "Chris -
tian Approaches
to the Old Testament",
the subsequent
lectures
being
"Chris-
tian Approaches
to the New Testament"
and "The Bible
and The Christian
Life".
The
group
which
was
addressed
by
Father
was formed
by the
pastor
of
the Church,
Monsignor
Robert
Brown,
whose
purpose
was
to
acquaint
the
parishioners
with the Bible
in modern
Catholic
views
and have
this
group
act
as a core to spread
it through
the
rest
of his parish.
An
honor
has
come
to Father
Tos
in that he has been asked
by the Catho-
lic
Youth Encyclopedia
to write
eleven
articles
with
a total
content
of · 3, 000
words
in his field
of Sacred
Scripture.
The Encyclopedia,
which is being spon-
sored
by Cardinal
Spellman
and being
published
by McGraw
Hill
Book
Go.,
Inc.
has asked
Father
to write
on the
following
subjects:
Rachel;
Rebecca;
Sara,
Bar
Cochba
Simon;
Berossus;
Holiness;
Issac;
Jacob;
Jehu;
Joseph,
Patriarch;
Pontius
Pilate.
The encyclopedia
will be a ten volume
work mQstly
for the use of high
school
students.
Another
part of Father's
life
is be-
ing on the Executive
Go,mmittee
of the
Religious
Teachers
Conference,
which
is an organization
of all the high
school
Religion
teachers
in
the New York Arch-
diocese
and whose purpose
is to help in
the teaching
of catechistics,
by the use
of study days and by articles
in the or -
ganizations
• newspaper
Promise.
On Wednesday
and Thursday
even-
ings,
March
28th
and
29th
the
Night
School Student
Council
presented
seve-
ral
films
in
the
college
auditorium.
These
films
initiated
a community
cul-
tural
program
which
is to_ be continued
next year,
Short
subjects
added variety
to the program.
The first
two, Marching
the Colors
and Serenal
were of an abstract
quality
where
color
and symmetry
were
used
to express
the mood of the musical
ac-
companiment.
The third
film
gave a
view of Venice
not only as it stands
to -
day but also
as it stood
in the Middle
Ages when it was a magnificant
city of
pomp and glory.
The mainfeatureofthe
program
was
The Titan
which
showed
the
life
of
Michelangelo
through
his
sculpture
and
his art.
The film
leads
us
from the
earlylearnings
of the great
artist
under
the patronage
of the Medicis
up to his
work on the dome of St. Peter's,
which
was one of the last works
which he under-
took.
Throughout
the film the flavor
of
the time
of the Renaissance
was
aptly
brought out in the art of not only Michel-
angelo
but also
the other
great
artists
of this period.
The views
of the works
of Michel-
angelo were
given new meaning
in their
handling
which is -unhurried.
The
nar -
ration
of Frederic
March
also
gave to
the film a certain
insight
into the char -
acter and temperament
of Michelangelo.
The large
audience
who came
from
far
and wide
around
the
Poughkeepsie
area
were
full of acclaim
for the film
and many expressed
an interest
in see-
ing future
films
of this cultural·
content.
Other
films
will be shown
in April
and
May,
Mr.
Ruggeri,
Chairman
of the
program,
announced,
as a result
of the
favorable
response
to this initial
offer -
in .
£REW
MEETS
at St. John's
Sunday
April
8
by DENNIS ST. JEAN
&
JAMES PENNELL
Are the effects
of fallout
as bad as
people think?
Does radiation
mean cer -
tain death?
These are some of the ques -
tions
whic]l.
were
asked
last
Friday
night by Dr.
Grafton
D. Chase
in his
lecture,
"Fact
and Fantasy
of Radia -
tion Hazards."
The lecture
was main-
ly concerned
with clearing
up many mis -
conceptions
which
people
have
regard-
ing the atom.
Dr.
Chase
pointed
out
that people
were once afraid
of the auto -
mobile,
but that they have
learned
to
live with it.
This,
he said,
we must
do with regard
to the atom as well.
Dr.
Chase
received
his
B. A.
in
chemistry
from
the
Philadelphia
Col-
lege of Pharmacy
in 1943.
Upon gra-
duation,
he entered
the
armed
forces
and served
until
the close
of the
war,
He went back to school,
and in 1951 he
received
his M.A.
in chemistry
from
Temple
University.
From
the
same
institution,
four years
later,
he recei-
;redhis
doctorate
in physical
chemistry.
In his lecture,
Dr.
Chase
stressed
one
predominant
thought,
that
what
everyone
usually
thinks
of in terms
of
radiation
danger
is more
often
than not
fantasy,
and that it isn't
so bad after
all.
He quoted numerous
facts,
and by means
of slides
he explained
that
of all
the
radiation
we receive,
only
3% comes
from radioactive
fallout.
There
are,
he said,
many
natural
causes
of radiation,
the earth,
houses,
and to most
everyone's
surprise,
the
numan
body
itself.
According
to the
diagrams
which he presented,
20% of
all the radiation
to which
we are
nor -
mally
subjected
comes
from
sources
within our bodies,
in
the form
of
potas -
sium
40,
carbon
14, and radium
226,
By quoting
these
figures,
Dr.
Chase
dispelled
many
false
notions
which
people
have
concerning
radiation
which
we receive
from
fallout
as a result
of
nuclear
testing.
There
are three
kinds of radiation-
alpha,
beta,
and gamma.
If
the source
of the radiation
is outside
the body,
our
greatest
danger
lies in _being struck
by
gamma
rays.
These
are
electro-mag-
(Cont.
on P. 4)
Page
Two
THE RECORD
The
RECORD
Editor:
James
Callahan
Asst.
Editor:
James
Moloney
Advisor:
Br.
Cornelius
Russell
Feathers,
Crabs, And All That ...
".,,
Can you row?"
the Sheep
asked,
handing
her a pair
of knit-
ting needles
as she spoke,
"Yes,
a little--but
not on land--and
not with needles---"
Alice
was beginning
to say,
when suddenly
the needles
turned
into oars
in
her
hands,
and she found they were
in a little
boat,
gliding
along
between
banks:
so there
was nothing
for it but to do her best.
"Feather!"
cried
the Sheep,
as she took up another
pair
of
needles.
This
didn't
sound like a remark
that needed
any answer:
So Alice
said nothing,
but pulled
away.
There
was something
very
queer
about
the water,
she thought,
as every
now and then the oars
got
fast
in
it,
and would hardly
come
out again.
"Feather!
Feather!"
the Sheep
cried
again,
taking
more
needles.
"You'll
be catching
a crab
directly."
"A dear
little
crab!"
thought
Alice.
"I should
like that."
"Didn't
you hear
me
say 'Feather?"'
the Sheep
cried
angrily,
taking
up quite
a bunch of needles.
"Indeed
I did,"
said Alice:
"you've
said it very
often--and
very
loud.
Please
where
are the crabs?"
"In the water,
of course!
11
said the Sheep,
sticking
some
of the
needles
into her hair,
as her hands
wer full.
"Feather,
I say!"
"Why do you say 'Feather'
so often?"
Alice
asked
at last,
rather
vexed.
"I'm not a bird!"
"You are,"
said the Sheep:
"you're
a little
goose."
This offended
Alice
a little,
so there
was no more
conversation
for a minute
or two,
while the boat glided
gently
on, sometimes
among
beds
of weeds
(which
made
the oars
stick
fast
in the water,
worse
than ever),
and sometimes
under
trees,
but always
with the
same
tall river-banks
frowning
over their
heads •••
••• They hadn't
gone much
farther
before
the blade
of one of the
oars· got fast
in the water
and wouldn't
come
out again
(so Alice
explained
it afterwards),
and the consequence
was that the handle
of it caught
her under
the chin,
and,
in spite
of a series
of little
shrieks
of "Oh,
oh, oh!"
from
poor Alice,
it swept her
straight
off the seat,
and down among
the heap of rushes.
However,
she wasn't
a bit hurt,
and was soon up again:
the
Sheep
went on with her knitting
all the while,
just as if nothing
had happened.
"That
was a nice crab
you caught!"
she remarked
as Alice
got back into her place,
very much
relieved
to find herself
still
in the boat.
"Was it? I didn't
see it, " said Alice,
peeping
cautiously
over
the side of the boat into the dark water.
"l wish it hadn't
let go --1
should
so like a little
crab
to take home
with me!"
But the Sheep
only laughed
scornfully,
and went on with her knitting
••••
Lewis
Carroll's
Through
The Looking
Glass
can be many
things
to many people.
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. Buscemi,
W.
Gorman,
T. McAndrew,
J. Mitchell,
H, Oberle.
Sports:
W. Herbst,
Ed.,
J,
Dworak,
T. Macken,
J. Pizzani,
Make-up:
G. Smith,
Ed.,
D. Donoghue.
E.
Heller,
J.
McLaughlin.
Circulation:
J. Pizzani,
Mgr.,
D. Rolleri.
Photography:
J. Coombs.
April
3, 1962
INT RAMU
RA
LS
by JAMES
PIZZANI
With the closing
of the
basketball
season,
the
intramural
program
now
plans
a six
team
intramural
softball
league.
Today the Don House
has
cap-
tured the football
crown
while the Manor
House
the basketball
crown.
The league
standings
were as follows:
House
Won
Lost
Manor
Park
5
4
0
1
Senior
3
2
Guard
1
4
Hudson
1
4
Don
1
4
The
softball
loop
will
commence
Monday
afternoon,
April
2nd with
Don
House meeting
Guard House
at Shamrock
Field.
All games will be played
on Mon-
day,
Wednesday
and Friday
at
3:30
at
Shamrock
Field.
Winner
of the
softball
loop
will
re-
ceive
a large
team
trophy
to be placed
in the lounge.
The
schedule
will
run
from
April
2nd to May
18th.
Director
of
Athletics
Brother
William
Murphy
also has laid pians
for tennis
and track
intramural
teams.
Crew
on River
Twice
Daily;
6:30 AM and
3:30 PM
The shells
finally
got into the water
last
Wednesday
as the Red Foxes
began
to step
up their
workouts
in prepara-
tionfor
the meeting
with St. John's
Uni-
versity
on April
8th at Travers
Island.
For
over
a week
the oarsmen
had
been
on tenterhooks
waiting
for
the
floats
to be placed
in the river.
Since
February
15th,
the crew has been
work-
ing out on the rowing
machines
so that
when the Hudson
appeared
clear
of ice
last
Thursday,
there
was
a mounting
wave of excitement
over
the prospect
of
getting
into the shells.
Finally
the floats
were
placed
in the
river
and the R.;d Fox launch
immediate-
ly went down to the Poughkeepsie
docks
and hauled
them into position.
On Wed-
nesday,
March
28th,
three
boatloads
of
oarsmen
set
out
along
the
historic
"Regatta
Row".
The
next
norming
at
6:30A.M,,
theywerebackonthe
Hud-
son for
a pre-breakfast
workout
until
8:00
A.M.,
and
will
continue
their
twice -a-day
schedule
until
this
Friday.
"These
early
morning
workouts
are
the
boys'
idea,"
said Coach
Joe Catanzaro,
"They
asked
me
if they
could
get
two
sessions
in every day until the St. John's
races.
I could hardly
say no in the face
of their
enthusiasm."
At present
the varsity
boat
consists
of G. Smith
(coxswain),
J.
Callahan,
(stroke),
M.
Chiriatti
(bow),
R.
Mead
{no. 2),
J.
Doss
{no. 3),
E.
DiSanto
(no.
4). W. Herbst
{no. 5), J. Daley (no.
6),
A,
Campilii
(captain
and
no. ,7).
April
3, 1%2
Lighthouse
by THOMAS
HEFFERNAN
The tremendous
gap,
socially,
eco-
nomically
and politically,
between
the
underdeveloped
nations
and the West
is
both an affront
to the concept
of inter-
national
social
justice
and
a
serious
threat
to world
peace.
And;
it is
upon
this
gap the Communist
world
places
emphasis
in its
attempt
at world
con-
version.
Therefore,
the United
States
developed
a policy
of foreign
aid
which
has as its purpose
to raise
the people
socially,
to give support
to the
recipi-
ents'
economy,
and to stabilize
the
gov-
ernment.
Under
the Marshall
Plan the recipi-
ent nations
achieved
these
three
goals.
They
secured
them
because
there
was
a provision
for
adequate
funds,
which
were large
enouch
for them
to
become
self-sustaining.
Thus
when
the ailment
was cured,
the medicine
was
no longer
needed.
After
ten years
the main
ilrgument
concerning
foreign
aid
is
not
whether
it should
exist
but
how
it
should
be
supervised
and allotted.
The past
and
present
administrations
have
given
funds
to Tito,
the head
of
Yugoslavia.
This
allotment
allowed
Tito
to
gain
governmental
independence
and to alter
his ideology
from
that of Russia,
but he
still
retained
the essential
Communist
ideology,
and today
both
big
brothers
are together
again.
We give
this
sup-
port
because
we are
blind
to the
fact
that
all Communism
is our
enemy
and
that the cold war which we are now fight-
ing is as real
as the World
Wars.
The other
cry is that
foreign
aid is
draining
our gold supply.
This is a de-
lusion.
It is estimated
that
more
than
eighty
percent
of the aid returns
to us
in the form
of purchased
goods.
The
gold,
in reality,
rarely
leaves
the
Uni-
ted States
reserve.
The present
administration's
foreign
aid policy
to South America
is !mown
as
Alliance
for Progress.
What we fervent-
ly desire
by this policy
is to gain
allies
and sincere
friends.
We want
a close
relationship
and one without
secret
al-
liances
between
our allies
and our enemy.
Since
the recipient
sometimes
abuses
these
gifts by either
shear
waste,
graft
or improper
use,
the Kennedy
adminis
-
tration
has
set
a social
and
economic
standard
which
must
be met
before
a
fund is granted
and has required
a long
range development
plan of each
receiver.
Troubles
will be encountered
in the ac-
ceptance
of this policy.
The
Argentine
peso
is in danger
of devaluation.
The
leftists
are causing
trouble
in Vene.&uela.
There
is political
anarchy
in Brazil.
THE RECORD
by PETER
HANLEY
Brazil,
continuing
to
sieam
Ameri-
can assets
within
her
borders
is sche -
duled
to receive
a fat share
of the funds.
of Alliance
For
Progress.
The
United
States
is not expected
to made
any
ob-
jections.
Ciudad
Trujillo,
capital
city
of
DominicanRepublic,
was recently
over-
run with riots.
Very little
was
harmed,
save
a few U.S.
diplomatic
buildings.
Dominican
Republic
owes
her past
and
present
wealth
to
American
dollars
given
cum gratis
by Uncle Sam.
Yugoslavia,
ruled
by pro-Red
(to
say
the
least)
Tito,
has
received
a
healthy
supply
of American
jets
and is
having
his pilots
trained
in this country.
Washington
is of course
picking
up the
tab.
I surely
agree
with
?- program
of
foreign
aid to our allies
but raise
vio -
lent pr.otest
when the American
taxpay-
er's
money
is spent
recklessly
or used
to quell the whims
of one or more
Wash-
ingtonian
policy
makers.
Naturally,
alert
foreign
nations
will
scramble
to
establish
their
names
as a part
of the
United States
Foreign
Aid mailing
list;
to turn down fre~ money
or aid would be
both wasteful
and asinine.
It shoud be
seen then,
that the problem
existing
is:
Are
our
political
leaders
keeping
the
interests
of America
in mind
when
they
venture
to sepnd
our
resources
in for-
eign lands?
A study
of the
situation
seems
to compel
a negative
reply.
Is it too much
to ask then
that OUR
elected
representatives
made
a deeper
study as to where
they are spending
OUR
money
and in what ways
it is used.
Is
ittoomuch
to ask that these
representa-
tives
remember
that
friends
cannot
be
bought?
Foreign
aid was established
as a re-
sult of a loose
interpretation
of the Con-
stitution
and never
once has
it been
put
to a popular
vote of the people.
This
however,
is
not
my
major
argument
against
it.
If
controlled,
foreign
aid
can definitely
be considered
a worth-
while
defense
against
our
enemies.
I
instead
tend to think
that
in the hodge-
podge
of capitol
maneuvers
the situation
has gone a little
out of hand
and I for
one anxious
await
a detailed
investiga-
tion by one or another
American
agency
like the USIA (oops),
like the CIA (oops) •
----well
by some
American
Agency.
And,
there
is a great
reluctance,
by
South
American
nations,
to draw
upa
long range
development
plan.
These
all
appear
to be minor
obstacles
with
the
likely
probability
of being
solved
in a
few months.
Page
Three
Tanks
"Invade"
Campus
On Wednesday,
March
29th,
at ap-
proximately
11
A.M.,
two tanks
came
rumbling
down Route
9,
turned
left at
the Water
Works
Road,
and proceeded
to enter
the northern
end
of Marist's
cainpus.
This
was not an attack;
it was
merely
the
result
of
Poughkeepsie's
National
Guard
uni.t desiring
extra
prac-
tice in preparation
for their
fall' maneu-
vers.
They
received
permission
from
the College
to practice
the
stationary
operations
of the equipment,
such as the
loading
and unloading
of the
guns
with
dummy
shells.
This
will
continue
un-
til the unit goes on maneuvers
in Septem-
Fleur De L i
s
Plans
Panel
The
Fleur
de
Lis
has
announced
plans
for a panel
discussion
on "Travel
and Study Abroad".
Plans
are
to have
the panel
made
up of the faculty
from
the language
department
and
the
stu-
dents
of Marist.
The
date
which
has
not yet been
approved
by the
Student
Council
would
be Tuesday,
April
10th,
it 8:00
P.M.
This
panel
discussion
is
in
conjunction
with
National
Foreign
Language
Week.
Guest
Speaker
Named
For Parents
Day
Mr.
Donald
B. Miller,
Administra-
tion Manager
at the IBM Product
Devel-
opment
Laboratory
will
be
the
guest
speaker
at the
second
annual
Parents'
Day to be held this Sunday.
Mr.
Miller,
who holds
a Bachelor
of Science
degree
from
the University
of Rochester,
and a Master
of Business
Administration
degree
from
Columbia,
is a member
of the Education
Depart-
ment
at the
·IBM
Laboratory.·
He
is
.also
a member
of the Society
for Engi-
neering
Education
and Chairman
of the
Board
of the Arlington
Rotary
Club.
Parents'
Day
will
start
at ten
o'clock
with a Mass
and Benediction
of
the
Most
Blessed
Sacrament
at Our
Lady Seat of Wisdom
Chapel
with
Col-
lege Chaplain
Rev.
Janies
A.
Driscoll,
O. P.
as Celebrant.
A buffet
brunch
will
be served
at Spellman
Library
at
which
time the parents
will be address-
ed by Mr.
Miller.
James
Coombs,
Stu-
dent Council
President
will act as toast-
master
with
Brother
Paul
O.
Stokes,
FMS,
College
Dean and Brother
Daniel
Kirk,
FMS,
Acting
President
also
scheduled
to speak.
Tours
of the campus
will take
place
at one o'clock
with
a showing
of the
Marist
Theatre
Guild
presentation
of
Two Blind Mice
to follow
at two.
Par-
ents,
students
and
faculty
will
meet
after
the play for an informal
social.
Chairman
of Parents
I
Day this
year
is John R. Christie,
a freshman
English
major
from
Wappingers
Falls,
N. Y.
Page
Four
Track Team
Daily
Full-Scale
Begin
Workouts
by JOHN DWORAK
In the
field
events,
Pete
Hanley,
Pat O'Leary
and Mike
Mangiameli
are
throwing
the discus,
shot,
javilan
and
hammer,
There
had
been
tentative
plans
for a mile
relay
team
to be sent
to the Penn Relays
but the lack
of pro-
per training
time halted
this.
The distance
running
is being
done
by Ed Moetzinger
who has been
working
out on his own the whole winter.
George
Hallam,
Joe Ianelli,
Pat Berardi,
·Paul
Nigra,
John St.
Denis,
Bob
Graziano
and Bob Van Aernem
are all participat-
ing
in
the running
events.
Graziano
is
particularly
intent
on the
sprints.
Terry
Macken
has
been
working
on the
high jump and Greg
Tucci
is out for
the
shot put,
Brother
Richard
said
that
this
spring's
workouts
will
be aimed
at the
The Marist
Coilege
track
team,
un-
der
the direction
of Brother
Richard
McCarthy,
has begun its first
full scale
workouts.
The team has been
hamper-
ed
by
the
cold weather
and only now has
a definite
plan of training
been
worked
out.
Brother
Richard
has
been
enthused
by the response
of the students
but was
hasty
to note
that
he
encourages
all
people
interested
to come
out,
Experi-
ence is not a requirement.
THE RECORD
The school
has made
arrangements
for the team to work out at the Arlington
High School
track-till
suitable
facilities
are
completed
on the campus.
These
handicaps
have not deterred
the interest
however,
At the
present
time
there
are about fifteen
men
out and they
are
participating
in all major
events
except
the hurdles
and pole vault.
that this practice
will condition
the
men
to a more
strenuous
program
in
the·
fall.
(Cont.
from
P. I)
netic
waves
very
similar
to X-rays.
Once radiation
has penetrated
our bodies,
alpha
particles
become
the most
dan-
gerous
and gamma
the least
dangerous.
This is because
alpha
particles,
which
are
not able to penetrate
matter,
be-
come trapped
inside
our bodies
and ex-
pend their
energy
there.
Gamma
rays
on the other
hand,
are
able
to pene -
trate
matter
very
easily.
They
pass
right
through
our
bodies,
and little
harm
is done,
if
any,
i,f their
energy
is
absorbed
by the body.
The next topic with which Dr,
Chase
concerned
himself
was
the
biological
effects
of
radiation.
The
genes
or
trait-bearing
factors
in our body can be
distorted
by radiation
in such a way as
to produce
offspring
which we call "mu-
tants".
These
mutants
have
some
de-
fect in their
physical
make-up,
however
slight,
which
may
be attributed
to the
Psst!!
Look
Here
April
3, 196Z
·
effect
which
radiation
has
upon
our
genes.
These
mutants
are not "freaks"
because
the damage
which
is
done
to
the genes
is usually
not of the nature
to
produce
any
drastically
distorted
or
misshapen
physical
characteristics.
The
real
trouble
lies
in the
fact
that
thesemuted
genes
continually
reproduce
others
like
themselves
which
presents
a real
problem
in the natural
course
of
events
in human
reproduction.
One
factor
which
accounts
for
a
rise
in
radiation,
and these
mutations,
is the explosiQn
of multi-megaton
bombs.
This
gives
rise
to
the
question
of
whether
or not atmospheric
testing
of
nuclear
weapQns
should
be
resumed,
Dr.
Chase
said
we must
consider
the
over -all
good
and
not
the
welfare
of
just
a few individuals,
Very
few per•
sons
die from
radiation
due to fallout
each year,
The lecture
was
given
in conjunc -
tion
with
the traveling
exhibit
of the U,S,
Atomic
Energy
Commission,
entitled
"Atoms
in Action".
The exhibit
is
cur -
rently
being
displayed
in the
Cardinal
Spellman
Library
and
is
open
to the
public.
Everyone
who attended
the
lecture
came
away with a clearer
understanding
of the real
facts
concerning
radiation
and radioactive
fallout.
Many
miscon-
ceptions
and false
notions
were
dispel-
led,
and the talk
most_ certainly
was
a
valuable
insight
into the real
problem
of radiation.
NOT
25
BUT
50
OFF
n
All
Paperback
Purchases
BOOKSTORE
MARI
ST
COLLEGE
Vol. II, No. 15
Poughkeepsie,
New York
April
3, 1902
Dr. brafton
&base
Discusses:
"Fact
and
Fancy
of
Radiation Hazards"
Fr.
Tos Lecture
on Bfble;
The
Titan
Received
To Write
for Encyclopedia By Enthusiatic
Audience
by GEORGE
HALLAM
Father
Aldo j.
Tos,
instructor
in
Sacred
Scripture
here
at Marist
seems
to have his work cut out for him.
Be-
tween teaching
at Marist
and Our Lady
of Lourdes
High Schoo],
Father
leads
a
variedandpressinglife.
Recently
being
asked
to give a series
of three
lectures
to an adult
study
group
he
travelled
down to Irvington,
New
York.
There
at the Church
of the
Immaculate
Con-
ception
the lecture
series
was
started
on March
11th with ·a lecture
on "Chris -
tian Approaches
to the Old Testament",
the subsequent
lectures
being
"Chris-
tian Approaches
to the New Testament"
and "The Bible
and The Christian
Life".
The
group
which
was
addressed
by
Father
was formed
by the
pastor
of
the Church,
Monsignor
Robert
Brown,
whose
purpose
was
to
acquaint
the
parishioners
with the Bible
in modern
Catholic
views
and have
this
group
act
as a core to spread
it through
the
rest
of his parish.
An
honor
has
come
to Father
Tos
in that he has been asked
by the Catho-
lic
Youth Encyclopedia
to write
eleven
articles
with
a total
content
of · 3, 000
words
in his field
of Sacred
Scripture.
The Encyclopedia,
which is being spon-
sored
by Cardinal
Spellman
and being
published
by McGraw
Hill
Book
Go.,
Inc.
has asked
Father
to write
on the
following
subjects:
Rachel;
Rebecca;
Sara,
Bar
Cochba
Simon;
Berossus;
Holiness;
Issac;
Jacob;
Jehu;
Joseph,
Patriarch;
Pontius
Pilate.
The encyclopedia
will be a ten volume
work mQstly
for the use of high
school
students.
Another
part of Father's
life
is be-
ing on the Executive
Go,mmittee
of the
Religious
Teachers
Conference,
which
is an organization
of all the high
school
Religion
teachers
in
the New York Arch-
diocese
and whose purpose
is to help in
the teaching
of catechistics,
by the use
of study days and by articles
in the or -
ganizations
• newspaper
Promise.
On Wednesday
and Thursday
even-
ings,
March
28th
and
29th
the
Night
School Student
Council
presented
seve-
ral
films
in
the
college
auditorium.
These
films
initiated
a community
cul-
tural
program
which
is to_ be continued
next year,
Short
subjects
added variety
to the program.
The first
two, Marching
the Colors
and Serenal
were of an abstract
quality
where
color
and symmetry
were
used
to express
the mood of the musical
ac-
companiment.
The third
film
gave a
view of Venice
not only as it stands
to -
day but also
as it stood
in the Middle
Ages when it was a magnificant
city of
pomp and glory.
The mainfeatureofthe
program
was
The Titan
which
showed
the
life
of
Michelangelo
through
his
sculpture
and
his art.
The film
leads
us
from the
earlylearnings
of the great
artist
under
the patronage
of the Medicis
up to his
work on the dome of St. Peter's,
which
was one of the last works
which he under-
took.
Throughout
the film the flavor
of
the time
of the Renaissance
was
aptly
brought out in the art of not only Michel-
angelo
but also
the other
great
artists
of this period.
The views
of the works
of Michel-
angelo were
given new meaning
in their
handling
which is -unhurried.
The
nar -
ration
of Frederic
March
also
gave to
the film a certain
insight
into the char -
acter and temperament
of Michelangelo.
The large
audience
who came
from
far
and wide
around
the
Poughkeepsie
area
were
full of acclaim
for the film
and many expressed
an interest
in see-
ing future
films
of this cultural·
content.
Other
films
will be shown
in April
and
May,
Mr.
Ruggeri,
Chairman
of the
program,
announced,
as a result
of the
favorable
response
to this initial
offer -
in .
£REW
MEETS
at St. John's
Sunday
April
8
by DENNIS ST. JEAN
&
JAMES PENNELL
Are the effects
of fallout
as bad as
people think?
Does radiation
mean cer -
tain death?
These are some of the ques -
tions
whic]l.
were
asked
last
Friday
night by Dr.
Grafton
D. Chase
in his
lecture,
"Fact
and Fantasy
of Radia -
tion Hazards."
The lecture
was main-
ly concerned
with clearing
up many mis -
conceptions
which
people
have
regard-
ing the atom.
Dr.
Chase
pointed
out
that people
were once afraid
of the auto -
mobile,
but that they have
learned
to
live with it.
This,
he said,
we must
do with regard
to the atom as well.
Dr.
Chase
received
his
B. A.
in
chemistry
from
the
Philadelphia
Col-
lege of Pharmacy
in 1943.
Upon gra-
duation,
he entered
the
armed
forces
and served
until
the close
of the
war,
He went back to school,
and in 1951 he
received
his M.A.
in chemistry
from
Temple
University.
From
the
same
institution,
four years
later,
he recei-
;redhis
doctorate
in physical
chemistry.
In his lecture,
Dr.
Chase
stressed
one
predominant
thought,
that
what
everyone
usually
thinks
of in terms
of
radiation
danger
is more
often
than not
fantasy,
and that it isn't
so bad after
all.
He quoted numerous
facts,
and by means
of slides
he explained
that
of all
the
radiation
we receive,
only
3% comes
from radioactive
fallout.
There
are,
he said,
many
natural
causes
of radiation,
the earth,
houses,
and to most
everyone's
surprise,
the
numan
body
itself.
According
to the
diagrams
which he presented,
20% of
all the radiation
to which
we are
nor -
mally
subjected
comes
from
sources
within our bodies,
in
the form
of
potas -
sium
40,
carbon
14, and radium
226,
By quoting
these
figures,
Dr.
Chase
dispelled
many
false
notions
which
people
have
concerning
radiation
which
we receive
from
fallout
as a result
of
nuclear
testing.
There
are three
kinds of radiation-
alpha,
beta,
and gamma.
If
the source
of the radiation
is outside
the body,
our
greatest
danger
lies in _being struck
by
gamma
rays.
These
are
electro-mag-
(Cont.
on P. 4)
Page
Two
THE RECORD
The
RECORD
Editor:
James
Callahan
Asst.
Editor:
James
Moloney
Advisor:
Br.
Cornelius
Russell
Feathers,
Crabs, And All That ...
".,,
Can you row?"
the Sheep
asked,
handing
her a pair
of knit-
ting needles
as she spoke,
"Yes,
a little--but
not on land--and
not with needles---"
Alice
was beginning
to say,
when suddenly
the needles
turned
into oars
in
her
hands,
and she found they were
in a little
boat,
gliding
along
between
banks:
so there
was nothing
for it but to do her best.
"Feather!"
cried
the Sheep,
as she took up another
pair
of
needles.
This
didn't
sound like a remark
that needed
any answer:
So Alice
said nothing,
but pulled
away.
There
was something
very
queer
about
the water,
she thought,
as every
now and then the oars
got
fast
in
it,
and would hardly
come
out again.
"Feather!
Feather!"
the Sheep
cried
again,
taking
more
needles.
"You'll
be catching
a crab
directly."
"A dear
little
crab!"
thought
Alice.
"I should
like that."
"Didn't
you hear
me
say 'Feather?"'
the Sheep
cried
angrily,
taking
up quite
a bunch of needles.
"Indeed
I did,"
said Alice:
"you've
said it very
often--and
very
loud.
Please
where
are the crabs?"
"In the water,
of course!
11
said the Sheep,
sticking
some
of the
needles
into her hair,
as her hands
wer full.
"Feather,
I say!"
"Why do you say 'Feather'
so often?"
Alice
asked
at last,
rather
vexed.
"I'm not a bird!"
"You are,"
said the Sheep:
"you're
a little
goose."
This offended
Alice
a little,
so there
was no more
conversation
for a minute
or two,
while the boat glided
gently
on, sometimes
among
beds
of weeds
(which
made
the oars
stick
fast
in the water,
worse
than ever),
and sometimes
under
trees,
but always
with the
same
tall river-banks
frowning
over their
heads •••
••• They hadn't
gone much
farther
before
the blade
of one of the
oars· got fast
in the water
and wouldn't
come
out again
(so Alice
explained
it afterwards),
and the consequence
was that the handle
of it caught
her under
the chin,
and,
in spite
of a series
of little
shrieks
of "Oh,
oh, oh!"
from
poor Alice,
it swept her
straight
off the seat,
and down among
the heap of rushes.
However,
she wasn't
a bit hurt,
and was soon up again:
the
Sheep
went on with her knitting
all the while,
just as if nothing
had happened.
"That
was a nice crab
you caught!"
she remarked
as Alice
got back into her place,
very much
relieved
to find herself
still
in the boat.
"Was it? I didn't
see it, " said Alice,
peeping
cautiously
over
the side of the boat into the dark water.
"l wish it hadn't
let go --1
should
so like a little
crab
to take home
with me!"
But the Sheep
only laughed
scornfully,
and went on with her knitting
••••
Lewis
Carroll's
Through
The Looking
Glass
can be many
things
to many people.
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. Buscemi,
W.
Gorman,
T. McAndrew,
J. Mitchell,
H, Oberle.
Sports:
W. Herbst,
Ed.,
J,
Dworak,
T. Macken,
J. Pizzani,
Make-up:
G. Smith,
Ed.,
D. Donoghue.
E.
Heller,
J.
McLaughlin.
Circulation:
J. Pizzani,
Mgr.,
D. Rolleri.
Photography:
J. Coombs.
April
3, 1962
INT RAMU
RA
LS
by JAMES
PIZZANI
With the closing
of the
basketball
season,
the
intramural
program
now
plans
a six
team
intramural
softball
league.
Today the Don House
has
cap-
tured the football
crown
while the Manor
House
the basketball
crown.
The league
standings
were as follows:
House
Won
Lost
Manor
Park
5
4
0
1
Senior
3
2
Guard
1
4
Hudson
1
4
Don
1
4
The
softball
loop
will
commence
Monday
afternoon,
April
2nd with
Don
House meeting
Guard House
at Shamrock
Field.
All games will be played
on Mon-
day,
Wednesday
and Friday
at
3:30
at
Shamrock
Field.
Winner
of the
softball
loop
will
re-
ceive
a large
team
trophy
to be placed
in the lounge.
The
schedule
will
run
from
April
2nd to May
18th.
Director
of
Athletics
Brother
William
Murphy
also has laid pians
for tennis
and track
intramural
teams.
Crew
on River
Twice
Daily;
6:30 AM and
3:30 PM
The shells
finally
got into the water
last
Wednesday
as the Red Foxes
began
to step
up their
workouts
in prepara-
tionfor
the meeting
with St. John's
Uni-
versity
on April
8th at Travers
Island.
For
over
a week
the oarsmen
had
been
on tenterhooks
waiting
for
the
floats
to be placed
in the river.
Since
February
15th,
the crew has been
work-
ing out on the rowing
machines
so that
when the Hudson
appeared
clear
of ice
last
Thursday,
there
was
a mounting
wave of excitement
over
the prospect
of
getting
into the shells.
Finally
the floats
were
placed
in the
river
and the R.;d Fox launch
immediate-
ly went down to the Poughkeepsie
docks
and hauled
them into position.
On Wed-
nesday,
March
28th,
three
boatloads
of
oarsmen
set
out
along
the
historic
"Regatta
Row".
The
next
norming
at
6:30A.M,,
theywerebackonthe
Hud-
son for
a pre-breakfast
workout
until
8:00
A.M.,
and
will
continue
their
twice -a-day
schedule
until
this
Friday.
"These
early
morning
workouts
are
the
boys'
idea,"
said Coach
Joe Catanzaro,
"They
asked
me
if they
could
get
two
sessions
in every day until the St. John's
races.
I could hardly
say no in the face
of their
enthusiasm."
At present
the varsity
boat
consists
of G. Smith
(coxswain),
J.
Callahan,
(stroke),
M.
Chiriatti
(bow),
R.
Mead
{no. 2),
J.
Doss
{no. 3),
E.
DiSanto
(no.
4). W. Herbst
{no. 5), J. Daley (no.
6),
A,
Campilii
(captain
and
no. ,7).
April
3, 1%2
Lighthouse
by THOMAS
HEFFERNAN
The tremendous
gap,
socially,
eco-
nomically
and politically,
between
the
underdeveloped
nations
and the West
is
both an affront
to the concept
of inter-
national
social
justice
and
a
serious
threat
to world
peace.
And;
it is
upon
this
gap the Communist
world
places
emphasis
in its
attempt
at world
con-
version.
Therefore,
the United
States
developed
a policy
of foreign
aid
which
has as its purpose
to raise
the people
socially,
to give support
to the
recipi-
ents'
economy,
and to stabilize
the
gov-
ernment.
Under
the Marshall
Plan the recipi-
ent nations
achieved
these
three
goals.
They
secured
them
because
there
was
a provision
for
adequate
funds,
which
were large
enouch
for them
to
become
self-sustaining.
Thus
when
the ailment
was cured,
the medicine
was
no longer
needed.
After
ten years
the main
ilrgument
concerning
foreign
aid
is
not
whether
it should
exist
but
how
it
should
be
supervised
and allotted.
The past
and
present
administrations
have
given
funds
to Tito,
the head
of
Yugoslavia.
This
allotment
allowed
Tito
to
gain
governmental
independence
and to alter
his ideology
from
that of Russia,
but he
still
retained
the essential
Communist
ideology,
and today
both
big
brothers
are together
again.
We give
this
sup-
port
because
we are
blind
to the
fact
that
all Communism
is our
enemy
and
that the cold war which we are now fight-
ing is as real
as the World
Wars.
The other
cry is that
foreign
aid is
draining
our gold supply.
This is a de-
lusion.
It is estimated
that
more
than
eighty
percent
of the aid returns
to us
in the form
of purchased
goods.
The
gold,
in reality,
rarely
leaves
the
Uni-
ted States
reserve.
The present
administration's
foreign
aid policy
to South America
is !mown
as
Alliance
for Progress.
What we fervent-
ly desire
by this policy
is to gain
allies
and sincere
friends.
We want
a close
relationship
and one without
secret
al-
liances
between
our allies
and our enemy.
Since
the recipient
sometimes
abuses
these
gifts by either
shear
waste,
graft
or improper
use,
the Kennedy
adminis
-
tration
has
set
a social
and
economic
standard
which
must
be met
before
a
fund is granted
and has required
a long
range development
plan of each
receiver.
Troubles
will be encountered
in the ac-
ceptance
of this policy.
The
Argentine
peso
is in danger
of devaluation.
The
leftists
are causing
trouble
in Vene.&uela.
There
is political
anarchy
in Brazil.
THE RECORD
by PETER
HANLEY
Brazil,
continuing
to
sieam
Ameri-
can assets
within
her
borders
is sche -
duled
to receive
a fat share
of the funds.
of Alliance
For
Progress.
The
United
States
is not expected
to made
any
ob-
jections.
Ciudad
Trujillo,
capital
city
of
DominicanRepublic,
was recently
over-
run with riots.
Very little
was
harmed,
save
a few U.S.
diplomatic
buildings.
Dominican
Republic
owes
her past
and
present
wealth
to
American
dollars
given
cum gratis
by Uncle Sam.
Yugoslavia,
ruled
by pro-Red
(to
say
the
least)
Tito,
has
received
a
healthy
supply
of American
jets
and is
having
his pilots
trained
in this country.
Washington
is of course
picking
up the
tab.
I surely
agree
with
?- program
of
foreign
aid to our allies
but raise
vio -
lent pr.otest
when the American
taxpay-
er's
money
is spent
recklessly
or used
to quell the whims
of one or more
Wash-
ingtonian
policy
makers.
Naturally,
alert
foreign
nations
will
scramble
to
establish
their
names
as a part
of the
United States
Foreign
Aid mailing
list;
to turn down fre~ money
or aid would be
both wasteful
and asinine.
It shoud be
seen then,
that the problem
existing
is:
Are
our
political
leaders
keeping
the
interests
of America
in mind
when
they
venture
to sepnd
our
resources
in for-
eign lands?
A study
of the
situation
seems
to compel
a negative
reply.
Is it too much
to ask then
that OUR
elected
representatives
made
a deeper
study as to where
they are spending
OUR
money
and in what ways
it is used.
Is
ittoomuch
to ask that these
representa-
tives
remember
that
friends
cannot
be
bought?
Foreign
aid was established
as a re-
sult of a loose
interpretation
of the Con-
stitution
and never
once has
it been
put
to a popular
vote of the people.
This
however,
is
not
my
major
argument
against
it.
If
controlled,
foreign
aid
can definitely
be considered
a worth-
while
defense
against
our
enemies.
I
instead
tend to think
that
in the hodge-
podge
of capitol
maneuvers
the situation
has gone a little
out of hand
and I for
one anxious
await
a detailed
investiga-
tion by one or another
American
agency
like the USIA (oops),
like the CIA (oops) •
----well
by some
American
Agency.
And,
there
is a great
reluctance,
by
South
American
nations,
to draw
upa
long range
development
plan.
These
all
appear
to be minor
obstacles
with
the
likely
probability
of being
solved
in a
few months.
Page
Three
Tanks
"Invade"
Campus
On Wednesday,
March
29th,
at ap-
proximately
11
A.M.,
two tanks
came
rumbling
down Route
9,
turned
left at
the Water
Works
Road,
and proceeded
to enter
the northern
end
of Marist's
cainpus.
This
was not an attack;
it was
merely
the
result
of
Poughkeepsie's
National
Guard
uni.t desiring
extra
prac-
tice in preparation
for their
fall' maneu-
vers.
They
received
permission
from
the College
to practice
the
stationary
operations
of the equipment,
such as the
loading
and unloading
of the
guns
with
dummy
shells.
This
will
continue
un-
til the unit goes on maneuvers
in Septem-
Fleur De L i
s
Plans
Panel
The
Fleur
de
Lis
has
announced
plans
for a panel
discussion
on "Travel
and Study Abroad".
Plans
are
to have
the panel
made
up of the faculty
from
the language
department
and
the
stu-
dents
of Marist.
The
date
which
has
not yet been
approved
by the
Student
Council
would
be Tuesday,
April
10th,
it 8:00
P.M.
This
panel
discussion
is
in
conjunction
with
National
Foreign
Language
Week.
Guest
Speaker
Named
For Parents
Day
Mr.
Donald
B. Miller,
Administra-
tion Manager
at the IBM Product
Devel-
opment
Laboratory
will
be
the
guest
speaker
at the
second
annual
Parents'
Day to be held this Sunday.
Mr.
Miller,
who holds
a Bachelor
of Science
degree
from
the University
of Rochester,
and a Master
of Business
Administration
degree
from
Columbia,
is a member
of the Education
Depart-
ment
at the
·IBM
Laboratory.·
He
is
.also
a member
of the Society
for Engi-
neering
Education
and Chairman
of the
Board
of the Arlington
Rotary
Club.
Parents'
Day
will
start
at ten
o'clock
with a Mass
and Benediction
of
the
Most
Blessed
Sacrament
at Our
Lady Seat of Wisdom
Chapel
with
Col-
lege Chaplain
Rev.
Janies
A.
Driscoll,
O. P.
as Celebrant.
A buffet
brunch
will
be served
at Spellman
Library
at
which
time the parents
will be address-
ed by Mr.
Miller.
James
Coombs,
Stu-
dent Council
President
will act as toast-
master
with
Brother
Paul
O.
Stokes,
FMS,
College
Dean and Brother
Daniel
Kirk,
FMS,
Acting
President
also
scheduled
to speak.
Tours
of the campus
will take
place
at one o'clock
with
a showing
of the
Marist
Theatre
Guild
presentation
of
Two Blind Mice
to follow
at two.
Par-
ents,
students
and
faculty
will
meet
after
the play for an informal
social.
Chairman
of Parents
I
Day this
year
is John R. Christie,
a freshman
English
major
from
Wappingers
Falls,
N. Y.
Page
Four
Track Team
Daily
Full-Scale
Begin
Workouts
by JOHN DWORAK
In the
field
events,
Pete
Hanley,
Pat O'Leary
and Mike
Mangiameli
are
throwing
the discus,
shot,
javilan
and
hammer,
There
had
been
tentative
plans
for a mile
relay
team
to be sent
to the Penn Relays
but the lack
of pro-
per training
time halted
this.
The distance
running
is being
done
by Ed Moetzinger
who has been
working
out on his own the whole winter.
George
Hallam,
Joe Ianelli,
Pat Berardi,
·Paul
Nigra,
John St.
Denis,
Bob
Graziano
and Bob Van Aernem
are all participat-
ing
in
the running
events.
Graziano
is
particularly
intent
on the
sprints.
Terry
Macken
has
been
working
on the
high jump and Greg
Tucci
is out for
the
shot put,
Brother
Richard
said
that
this
spring's
workouts
will
be aimed
at the
The Marist
Coilege
track
team,
un-
der
the direction
of Brother
Richard
McCarthy,
has begun its first
full scale
workouts.
The team has been
hamper-
ed
by
the
cold weather
and only now has
a definite
plan of training
been
worked
out.
Brother
Richard
has
been
enthused
by the response
of the students
but was
hasty
to note
that
he
encourages
all
people
interested
to come
out,
Experi-
ence is not a requirement.
THE RECORD
The school
has made
arrangements
for the team to work out at the Arlington
High School
track-till
suitable
facilities
are
completed
on the campus.
These
handicaps
have not deterred
the interest
however,
At the
present
time
there
are about fifteen
men
out and they
are
participating
in all major
events
except
the hurdles
and pole vault.
that this practice
will condition
the
men
to a more
strenuous
program
in
the·
fall.
(Cont.
from
P. I)
netic
waves
very
similar
to X-rays.
Once radiation
has penetrated
our bodies,
alpha
particles
become
the most
dan-
gerous
and gamma
the least
dangerous.
This is because
alpha
particles,
which
are
not able to penetrate
matter,
be-
come trapped
inside
our bodies
and ex-
pend their
energy
there.
Gamma
rays
on the other
hand,
are
able
to pene -
trate
matter
very
easily.
They
pass
right
through
our
bodies,
and little
harm
is done,
if
any,
i,f their
energy
is
absorbed
by the body.
The next topic with which Dr,
Chase
concerned
himself
was
the
biological
effects
of
radiation.
The
genes
or
trait-bearing
factors
in our body can be
distorted
by radiation
in such a way as
to produce
offspring
which we call "mu-
tants".
These
mutants
have
some
de-
fect in their
physical
make-up,
however
slight,
which
may
be attributed
to the
Psst!!
Look
Here
April
3, 196Z
·
effect
which
radiation
has
upon
our
genes.
These
mutants
are not "freaks"
because
the damage
which
is
done
to
the genes
is usually
not of the nature
to
produce
any
drastically
distorted
or
misshapen
physical
characteristics.
The
real
trouble
lies
in the
fact
that
thesemuted
genes
continually
reproduce
others
like
themselves
which
presents
a real
problem
in the natural
course
of
events
in human
reproduction.
One
factor
which
accounts
for
a
rise
in
radiation,
and these
mutations,
is the explosiQn
of multi-megaton
bombs.
This
gives
rise
to
the
question
of
whether
or not atmospheric
testing
of
nuclear
weapQns
should
be
resumed,
Dr.
Chase
said
we must
consider
the
over -all
good
and
not
the
welfare
of
just
a few individuals,
Very
few per•
sons
die from
radiation
due to fallout
each year,
The lecture
was
given
in conjunc -
tion
with
the traveling
exhibit
of the U,S,
Atomic
Energy
Commission,
entitled
"Atoms
in Action".
The exhibit
is
cur -
rently
being
displayed
in the
Cardinal
Spellman
Library
and
is
open
to the
public.
Everyone
who attended
the
lecture
came
away with a clearer
understanding
of the real
facts
concerning
radiation
and radioactive
fallout.
Many
miscon-
ceptions
and false
notions
were
dispel-
led,
and the talk
most_ certainly
was
a
valuable
insight
into the real
problem
of radiation.
NOT
25
BUT
50
OFF
n
All
Paperback
Purchases
BOOKSTORE