~ECORD
MARI ST
Vol. IV, No.
3.
Poughkeepsie, New York
Parent's Weekend Is
"T
arri
er
s
" S
ensat
io
n
al
THETARRIERS
Final Inspection
was
passed
and
with a
flourish
of kisses, handshakes,
and
farew
e
ll
waves Parents Weekend
ended.
\
Saturday started with several sport-
ing
events which
took place
on
ca
mpus
.
Fordham swept
the three
crew races of
the day
over Iona and
Marist,
while
on
the soccer field
they
were
being beaten
by a strong Bloomfield
team. The
only
win of the day happened off campus at
Adelphi
where the Cross Country
Team
-
swept over
th
eir
opponents.
The
eve
ning
presented a
different
picture and was a sure
win
for both
the
parents and students attending.
A fin
e
meal,
prepared
by Mealtime Mana~e-
In S
u
n
day Co nee
r
t
ment, delight
e
d the group. Russ Gil-
more
and his band set the mood for the
evening
while students danced
with
their
dates
-
-and their mothers.
Sunday
came early
with Mass at
10:
30
followed by a Communion Break-
fast
.
Inspection
of
the rooms fo
ll
owed
this
.
In the
afternoon
The Tarriers
entertained with a
fine repertoire of
folk
music
which
was thoroughly en-
joyed by both
parents and students
alike.
Special
"
thanks" for the fine
weekend
shou
ld
be
given
to those
who
gave their
time as
w
a
iters
on Saturday evening and
Sunday morning,
as
well as to thos
e
who
helped in
many other
ways
.
COLLEGE
October 30, 1963
Best Ever
Bro. Linus Has
Paper Published
It
has recently been
l
earned that a
paper in mathematics written by Brother
Linus
Foy, F. M
.
S., President of
t
he
College,
has been accepted for publica
-
tion.
The
second issue of
1964 of
Communications
on Pure and
Applied
Mathematics will
include among its
articles a study
derived
from Brother
Linus's
doctoral dissertation
ent
itled
"St
eady
State
Solutions of
Hyp
er
bolic
Systems of Conservations Laws with
Viscosity Terms." Brother Linus
com-
pleted the
thesis
for his
doct
orate
in
mathematics from which this
article
was developed
la
st November at New
York University,
and
a paper was
read
from
it
at the annual meeting
of
the
Mathematical
Associat
i
on
in
Chicago
in
January of this year.
Dr. Sommer
Receives Honor
Dr. George J
.
Sommer,
Associate
Professor of English and
English
Department
Chairman
at Marist
'
College will be included in
the 1963-64 revised edition of The Di
-
rectory
of American S c h o l a ~
national publication of which includes
biographies of
l
eading
scholars
in
America.
Dr. Sommer
received his A.
B. from
Manhattan
College in 1948, his A. M.
from New
York
University
in 1953 and
his Ph.D.
from
Fordham University
in
June
of
1963.
He
taught at
Manhattan
College
from 1952 to 1957 before
coming
to
Marist. He resides with his wife
Ann,
_
and three children at Greentree
Park in Hyde Park, N. Y.
















Page 2
THE
.
RECORD
October 30,
_
1963
"We
have usurped many of the powers we once ascribed to
God. Fearful
and unprepared, we have assumed lordship owr
life and death of the whole world of living things. Having taken
God-like
pow
er
s, we must seek in ourselves for the responsi-
bilit
y
and the wisdom we
once
prayed some deity might have.
So
that today, St
.
John the
Apostle
may well be paraphrased.
In
the
e
nd is the word, and the word is man, and the word is
with
man."
.Tohn Steinbeck
Alth
ough John Steinb
e
ck touched upon the fact of modern
man's movement
away from God in free
countries,
his state-
ment is
un
co
mplete.
For not only has modern man moved
f
ar
th
er and
farther from God, a segment of the, for
example,
Tw
e
nti
et
h
Century
American atheists, has
sought
to
exclude,
Him
comp
l
e
tely from
every
phase of human life
.
In
1929,
the
Am
eri
ca
n
Association
for the
Advancement
of Atheism pub-
lished the following
demands:
"
Th
e
United
States not being a Christian nation and
its
god
less Constitution requiring a secular govern-
ment,
th
e
American
Association for the Ad.rancement
of At
h
e
ism demands:
1.
Taxation of
church
property
.
2
.
Elimination
of
chaplains
and sectarian institu-
tions from public
payrolls.
3.
Repeal
of
laws restricting the rights of Atreists
and
enforcing Christian morals
.
4
.
A
bolition of the
oath
in
courts
and at inaugu-
rations
.
5.
Nonissuance
of religious proclamations by cltef
exect1tives.
6.
Erasure
of the superstitious inscription, "In O:>d
We Trust" from
our coins
and the removal of
1he
churc
h flag above the national flag on battlesltps
.
7.
Exc
lusion of the Bible as a sacred book from the
publi
c
schools.
8.
S
uppression
of
the bootlegging of religion thrrugh
d
ismissing pupils for religious instruction during
s
c
ho
ol
hours.
9.
Secularization
of marriage, with divorce upon re-
quest.
10.
R
epeal of
anti-evolution, anti-birth
control,
and
censor
ship laws
.
"
While these
demands
give a
good
picture
of atheism's de-
sire
to
free mankind
from any notion of God,
even
these are in-
suf
fi
c
i
e
nt t
o
adequately
repres
e
nt
the beliefs and
desires of
modern
atheists
in
America
.
As
atheism has
grown and
spread
into
m
any
sections of American
lif
e
sin
ce
1929,
its precepts
h
ave
furth
er evo
lved.
Father
Igna
ce
Hepp
in his book Atheism
i
n
Our
Tim
e
s
says
that
the n
e
w
atheism
does not bother to de-
bate with Christianity.
It
self-confidently proclaims the death
o
f
God, and man's
fr
eedom
from
supernatural authority.
It
·
seeks
to build "a
radically
natural
civilization.without
reference
to
any
k
ind
of
transcend
e
nc
e".
Editor: Geor1e Hallam
A■st.
Editor: ~rr,r,JIU"mion
Moderator: Dr
.
Georie Somm.-r
Thus, we have in America, a gi,oup whose beliefs are dia-
-
metrically opposed to the Judao-Christians standards upon
which the religious beliefs of most Americans are founded.
However, atheism has become woven into the fabric of Ameri-
can society. and even in its position as a minority group in a
complex society, its
_
constitutionally guaranteed rights must be
portected, eventhough it~ views are not popularly accepted.
However, we, at Marist, do not have to stand still
.
As educa-
ted Americans we are in position to see
·
the advances that
atheism has made in our society, and its ultimate destination
.
The question facing each one of us is, what shall we do?
To do our part in the battle against atheism, we must
sharpen all
·
the intellectual tools at our disposal
.
We need to
possess a working knowledge of the precepts of atheism, the
core
of
which has been previously presented. In line with this,
a
_
mature
·
and working knowledge of our own beliefs is essen-
t\al for success. Accepting the fact that atheism has become
more and more prevalent in our society, and that some mears
.
must be taken to combat
it,
the educated of our society mu st
take the proper steps to
codify
in their own minds,the beliefs
from wfiich stems their opposition to atheism. Only then, can
an intelligent and successful fight be waged.
This fight is yours, students and faculty of Marist College!
The clergy. and other Christian opinion molders cannot wage
-
the battle alone.
If
this is the extent of Christian participa-
tion, the fight will be a failure.
It
can only be successful i1
every Christian, educated or not, does his part
.
The student
body and faculty of Marist College can register an
effective
protest merely by visiting the chapel.
The protest may be
intensely internal, as in private prayer, or it may be in the
form, a well prepared public statement. Whatever the mode
of expression, all must do their part.
If
not, they and their
society will be the losers
.
A Godless society is the worst
imaginable heritage a person can leave his children.
Thus,
stuaents and facuity, simply by doing your part- becoming
aware of the world around you, preparing as best you can the
intellectual tools you will need in a polyglot society. and
above all, praying, and awakening in others an awareness of
the danger our society is in, can we hope to preserve a
spiritually healthful society for our progeny
.
The choice is
yours\
Features
:
Gerry Marmion, Editor
;
Joseph Sendt-a; Edward
Douglas
;
Peter Maronge; William Meagher
;
Ted Flynn
;
Ed
Parr; William Treanor; Rodger Caloa; Daniel Meyers
;
Gus
DeFlorio; Joe Cavano; Tom Duffy, John Falcone; Joseph
D'Onofrio
.
Sports: John Barry, Editor; Dennis O'Brien
;
Brian Johnson
Make-up: Jim Sullivan & Gerry Johannsen,
Editors;
David
llbnoghue
;
Dick Freer
.
Circulation: John Guiliano, Manager
;
Thomas Troland; Chris
Hynes
.
Photography: Paul Keister.



















October
30,
1963
Letters
to the Editor
To the Editor
How do we justify this action? Have
our memorie
.
s of past actions been re-
pressed? Are we blinded to the results
of
this present Presidential proposal?
What were the number of dead and
wounded Americans during the Korean
War?
How many servicemen have been
placed on the casualty list during the
action in South VietNam?
How many
women hav;e oecome widows because of
the "neighbors'' with whom we are plan-
ning to do business. Count the number
of people who are enslaved by these
"business associates.
11
The cries for
a reasonable policy
should be echoing
in our
ears.
Our times should be labeled for
posterity as the Golden Age of Hypoc-
risy.
InteHigent American leaders say
"We should
sell our surplus wheat to
Russia
because
it will
save
the taxpayer
money. There
are
people starving in
Russia
so
therefore humanitarian
ideals
dictate this sale."
These statements
contain
some
truth but the next time a
fleeing
East German
is shot at the wall
or
an
American
soldier is beaten in
VietNam, then let our intelligent Ameri-
cans
insist that feeding an enemy is
justified
for
humanitarian
and
economic
reasons.
I
am
furious.
I defy any man who
considers himself a rational
being
to oon-
done this action by the President.
Enraged
Ignatius
Dear
Editor:
If
I
may
be
so
bold to answer Mr.
T
.
reanor'
s
question
which
appeared
in
the
previous
issue
of
the Record, yes,
there is
a student Council. Mr.
Trearor' s
statement was just
but there is one
point I
would like
to
clarify.
Since you were
kind
enough
to admit
to the
existence of
the
Student
Council,
I
would
like to
point out
that we have
bi-monthly
meetings
at which all
elected officers and class
representa-
,
tives
congregate
to discuss such mat-
ters
as allocation of
the
all important
money
of the activity
fees.
Four years ago our
by-la..vs were
changed so that
all
clubs and
organi-
zations
c
ould
have
a voice on
the Coun-
cil.
This
voice is especially
important
when any particular organization
re-
quests an amount of
money
equally
$2.
50 per student
to run
a
newspaper,
and
I
use
that
word with
many reserva-
tions.
I
would
like
to see you
at the next
Council
meeting.
Perhaps there, yru
may
justify the requested financial in-
crease
to
continue
running the news-
paper. You did not attend the last meet-
THE RECORD
ing for unknown reasons.
If
you do not
understand the inability
of
some Coun-
cil members to attend all the meetings- -
well we are all a little narrow minded
at times.
In closing, I again extend to you
my invitation.
Sincerely yours,
Dan Verrico
EDITOR:
Maybe Mr. Verrico feels
that his attendance at meetings depends
on whim. He fails to recognize that he
has responsibilities to every student in
this school to attend.
If,
in expecting
Council members to do their job, I am
narrow
minded,
then I admit my fault.
I thank Mr. Verrico for clarifying (?)
his position.
NOC.TURNE
One night, last week after a late
class, I had the opportunity of joining
a group of our Evening Division fellows
in the cafeteria. It was one of those
coffee and bull sessions that are usually
restricted to classbreakfs. The conver-
sation turned to teaching, and the merits
of that profession. Most of the fellows
worked at a small machine shop down
the road, and planned on using their
degree to further themselves in their
present occupation, but a few of us had
vague
aspirations
ofbecomingteachers.
The
majority
took the position
(quite vociferously), that the rewards
of
teaching
were wholly inadequate for
the time and effort expended in prep-
aration for the position. Our defense,
initially, rested on a more abstract
plane, but comments such as fostering
intellectual encounters, dedication to
the welfare
of
hum
·
anity, and reciprocal
interchange of ideas, were scoffingly
countered
with the bluntly materialistic
argument of status and compensation.
Of
course, we pointedout, whenyouare
talking of teaching, other thar
.
a some-
what morbid solicitude for your next
meal, you are not concerned with ex-
traordinary materialistic rewards. In
defense however, one of our members
reminded the opposition that teachers
often supplemented their incomes by
writing books. He also added, unneces-
sarily I thought, that if a teacher wanted
to make absolutely sure of a supplemen-
tary income, all he had to do was to
write a new textbook for his classes
every
year, requiring, of course, his
own text for the course.
Our reply, although not wholly satis-
factory seemed to be a competant re-
joinder to the materialist advocates,
who had nothing comparable to offset
our
position
on intellectual advantage.
At
this
point of the discussion, one of
the opposition members, who had been
silent
till now, really carried the day.
"I'll
tell you why you want to ba::oIIE
teachers," he said. "The reason is
Page 3
IMPRESSIONS
Haircuts are quite an ordeal in Paris.
They range in price from 4 to 20 francs,
which is approximately equivalent to
eighty cents and four dollars respec-
tively. The" coupe simple' is the cheap-
est style which entitles the customer to
a clii;ping with a hand machine (ClipJErs).
Naturally as one goes up in price one
gets more service. The" coupe grande"
is the end-all of service and treatment.
For twenty francs one gets hair cut,
washed, dried, shaped and set. No kid-
ding, this is in a men's shoppe too. The
setting is the most interesting part of the
job.
If
a man wants curly hair they use
rollers similar to those which sister or
your girlfriend uses; after these curlers
have been placed in his hair, he is put
under the dryer. Most men however who
·
go for the big time are content to sit
ui-
der the dryer for a set with a simple
hair net to hold the hair in place.
If
)OU
think I'm kidding, come over and see
vr
yourself.
The day I went for my first French
"coupe"
I was able to afford the eight
franc delux
($1.
65). This entitled me to
clipper and head shave treatment. This
is not the Buddist treatment, rather they
substitute a razor for our traditional
scissors.
Barbers are the same the world O\er;
they are all philosophers. This
one
dis-
cussed segregation problems in the
Urtted
States. I listened to all he had to"say,and
agreed with him. The razor which he
used was very sharp, and I did not want
to prove that the stories about fanatic
Frenchmen are true.
However, the best part of the Fren::h
arrangement is that usually the men's
barber shop is the second part of a lar-
ger establishment. The other segment
takes care of the ladies. They both use
The same door, and with the proper
synchronization, the beautiful blond
that you held the door for when you went
in, may be coming out, a more ravish-
ing redhead. Needless to say, barber
shops are very popular places in Fran::e.
deceptively simple. The plain fact of
the matter is that you are psycholog-
ically insecure."
(For a moment I
thought he was going to say that we were
neurotic.) "The strongest influence on
your decision to enter the teaching pro-
fession, although not necessarily on a
conscious level, is the prospect of hav-
ing to enter the business wo:r:ld, with all
of its attendant competition, as an alter-
native
to
remaining in school.
For
that's what
you
are really doing by team-
ing,
you know-~remaining in school.
It's a safe harbor for you."
His argument was fallacious. I had
him and I knew it. Barely able to sup-
press a smile of glee, I pointed out that
cont
.
on p. 4, col. 1































Page 4
,
·
NoCTiJ
RN
E
Cont.
we had already
.
entered the
business
world, having been some
years
out of
school; thus, we had faced,
and in
many
cases ove
.
rcome the competition that he
had mentioned.
He shook his head ruefully, and sad,
"With you fellows, the problem
may
be
deeper, although, to be sure, you may
onlywish to escape competition, having
had a
good
exposure to
it. "
(I
started
to roll up my sleeves,
thinking
that
he
was
surely going to call us neurotics
now.)
However, he
continued,
"Wit
h
you,
it's a
,
sign
of reversion
to an
earl-
ier stage
of Y.Our existence. In
your
in-
NATIONAL TEACHER EXAMINATIONS
TO BE
HELD ON FEBRUARY
15,
1964
College seniors planning
to
teach
school will
be
able to
take the
National
Teacher Examinations on
February
15,
19
.
64. This date for
the
annual nation-
wide
administration of tests for pros-
pective teachers was announced today
by
Educatio
nal
Testing
Service,
a non-
profit
agency
which
also prepares
Col-
lege Board and graduate
school
admis-
sions
tests.
Scores
on the National Teacher
Ex-
am
inati
ons
are
used by
many
large
school districts
for
employing new
teachers, and by
s
eve
ral
States for
granting teac
hing
certificates, or li-
censes
.
Some
colleges require
all
seniors preparing to
tea
ch
to take the
tests.
Lists
of school systems
which
use the
exami
nations
are being distri-
buted by
Ed
u
ca
ti
onal
Testing
Service
to
colleges educating teachers.
·
More than 400
testing
centers
have
b
ee
n set up
throughout the nation
for the
February
15
examinations. At the
full-
day
session, future
teachers may take
the Common Examination
s,
testing their
professional
knowledge
and
general
edu-
cational background,
and one or two of
the 13
Optional Examinatio
ns,
measuring
mastery
of
the
subjects
they expect to
teach. Prospective teachers should
con-
tact the school systems in which they
seek employment, or their colleges, for
specific advice on-taking the examinations,
according to Educational
Testing
Service.
Bulletins of Information containing
registration forms and detailed inforrn,.-
tion
about
the February 15 administration
of
the tests may be obtained from
college
placement offices,
school personnel de-
partm
.
ents, or directly
from:
Nat-
tional Teacher
Examinations, Educa
-
tional Testing Service,
Princeton
,
N. J.
Registration for
.
the tests
opens Novem
-
berl, 1963,
and
closes January 17, 1964.
Wed.
Fri.
Sat.
Sun
.
Mm.
Wed.
Fri.
Sat.
Sun.
Fri.
Sat
.
Sun.
Trurs.
Sun.
Tues.
Wed.
Sat.
THE RECORD
CAL
.
END.AR OF EVEN TS
Oct.
30
Varsity
Club Spaghetti Dinner
Nov.
1
Nov.
2
Nov.
3
Nov
.
4
Nov.
6
Nov.
8
Nov
.
9
Cross
Country: South Connecticut St. (A)
3: 30
All Saints Day -
Holiday
Soccer
&
Cross Country: Monmouth
(H)
2:
00
Sailing: Webb
Invitational
at Webb
Mid-Semester
Exams
begin
Film: "I'm All Right" Gym
7
:30
Sophomore Hootenanny
Junior
Semi-Formal
Sailing: MAISA Fall
Championships
at
Annapolis
Nov
.
10
Sailing: MAISA Championships
continued
Nov
.
15
Albertus Magnus Lecture: Rev
.
William
A.
Wallace, 0. P., Ph.D
.,
S.
T
.
D.,
S
taff
Editor in the area of Philosophy
for the New
World Catholic Encyclopedia Topic
:
The
Philosophy of Science.
Nov. 16
Riviera Holiday - Fleur de Lis
Sailing: War Memorial Trophy
at Annapolis
Nov
.
17
Film:
"The
Louisiana Story'' Gum
8:00
Nov. 21-23
Play: "My
Three
Angels''
Nov.
24
Sailing: MAISA Pentagonal
at Marist
Nov.
26
Film:
"Grap
es
of Wrath"
Nov. 27
Thanksgiving recess begins
after
la
s
t
class.
Nov. 30
Basketball: Kings College (Pa.) (A)
8
:
00
October
30,
1963
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·
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Some things
in
this world
just seem to
ge
t
you down
WHATS
THE
RUSH,
The Insurance
Institute for Highway
Safety recently urged
motorists
to "ask
yourself whether the few minutes--or
few
.
seconds--thatyoumay (or
may not)
save by taking
chances on the highway
are worth it."
Russell Brown, Institute
President,
pointed out:
"There are a lot of ways
to save a few seconds here
and
there:
"Drive
35 MPH thru a small town,
say
for
one mile, on a
road posted
for
3
0
MPH.
You
'11
save
17
seconds. Driv
e
thru
a bigger
town,
say
fiv
e
,
mil
es
.
You'll
save one minute and 24 seconds--
barrin
g
arr
e
st or
an
accident. Driv
e
65
MPH on the open road over
a
50
mil
e
stretch, where the posted
limit
is
60 l\.lPI-1,
and you'll save four whole minut
es
.
"The question still remains: Wh
at
will
,
you do
with
the few minutes
or
seconds th
a
t
you save?"


4.3.1
4.3.2
4.3.3
4.3.4