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RECORD
MARI ST COLLEGE
Vol
IV, No.
4
Poughkeep9ie, New York
November
13,
1963
7 Receive Woodrow Wilson Nominations
Se1 iors
Honored
for
Excellence in Scholarship
Seven
Marist
College students
were
recently nominated by the
faculty
for
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowships.
The nominees consisted
exclusively
of
scholastics; Br. •Richard Couto (History};
Br. RobertEnglert (History);
Bro.
Paul
Furlong
(English); Br. Jam
e
s Heaney
(English);
Br.
Ronald Mulholland (Ris-
tory); Br. Rene Roy (English);
and
Br.
John Ryan (History).
The
Fellowship
Foundation was
established
to
attract more
qualified
men and women to the
teaching profes-
sion, especially on the
college
level.
Humanities
and social
science
majors
are
primarily
aided because of the needs
of colleges. Those students, the Foun-
dation contends,
whose intellectual
pursuits are in the field of
science
have
a vast
amount
of other fellowships from
which to draw.
Fellows are selected for
their
out-
standing intellectual promise
and
must
be eligible for graduate work in
the
1964-65 terms. This means they must
have graduated from or will graduate
from college by June 1964
.
College
graduates in our Armed
Forces are
eligible only if free to enter graduate
school at the beginning of the Academic
year.
Emphasis is placed particularly
.
on
the quality of a candidate's preparation
for the advanced study.
His
·
under-
graduate foundation
must be well
rounded, solid and meritorious enough
to warrant his aspirations for a Ph.D.
degree. These men must have a work-
ing knowledge of foreign languages and
also write a detailed account of their
past intellectual accomplishments plus
their future desires concerning ad-
vanced education.
Each candidate, if selected by the
Reviewing Committee, can receive a
living stipend of $1500 per year in ad-
dition to his free tuition and fees.
If
married, tie is allowed an extra $500,
and
$400
for·the first two children re-
spectively and $200 for
each
additional
child.
The fact that these
seven
men h
·
ave
been nominated is in itself a great
honor. He must pledge to give serious
thought to a
career as a
college pro-
fessor and to undertake a full time pro-
gram of graduate work. These pledges
mean that each "scholastic candidate"
shows his devotions to his profession
along with a
desire
to increase his
knowledge.
W
e
hope that this desire
will be fulfilled
and
that their devotion
will increase. I personally extend my
best
wishes to the Brothers
and
wish
them the best of luck in this competition.
Civil Rights Program
Held at
f
assar
The Vassar College Committee for
CivilRights sponsored
an
informal pro-
gram
on Saturday, November 2 on the
Vassar College Campus.
Representa-
tives from twenty-six colleges were
presenttohear talks by members ofthe
various student groups in the Civil Riglts
struggle. The purpose of this meeting
was to generate
enthusiasm
for the
fu-
ture symposium on IIThe Negro Revolt:
Contemporary Attitudes,
11
which will be
held at Vassar College on December 6
and
7, and will be sponsored by Vassar,
Marist, and other local colleges.
The principle speaker of the evening
was Timothy Jenkins, former National
Students Association National Affairs
Vice-President, whose topic was "The
'Freedom Vote' in Mississippi.
11
Mr.
Jenkins explained the difficulty involved
in
persuading the Mississippi Negro to
register to vote, because of the social
and economic pressures applied by the
white community
on
Negroes who have
attempted to register in that state in the
past.
He admitted that the peculiar
Mississippi way of life,
which has
e
volved over a period of many
decades,
amt which is supported
by
the Missis-
sippi Constitution, can not be changed
immediately, and without sacrifice or
effort;
but, he made
a
plea for
active
student
support
of
the Civil Rights
groups-
-particularly the Student Non-
violent Coordinating
Committee- -which
are presently
working in Mississippi.
Representatives of campus
Ameri-
cans
for Democratic Action,
a
nd the
Northern Student Movem
e
nt,
spoke
briefly
on
the activities of their organi-
zations.
The theme of the
evening
was
the need for
more active
support
of the
Civil
Rights
struggle
by
the Northern
white
student.
Albe1·tus MiJl!nus Lecture
"Realism in Science"
On the 15th of November at 8:15
P.
M.,
Father
William
A.
Wallace, 0. P. will
deliverthe fourth annual Alb
e
rtus Mag-
nus lecture entitled "Realism
in Sci-
ence" at
the Marist College Gymnasium.
Father Wallace is a memb
e
r of the
History of Science Society, the
Philos-
ophy
of
Science Association, th
e
Boston
Colloquium for the Philosophy of Sci-
ence,
the Albertus
Magnus Lyceum
and the Sigma
Xi.
His present po-
sition is
Staff Editor for the Philosophy
section of the New Catholic Encyclo-
pedia being prepared at The Catholic
University of America in Washington,
D. C. He is also the author of several
books on the Philosophy of Science.
Father Wallace's research
entailed
studies of Magnetic and Acoustic Field
Theory, and in Ultrasonics.
He re-
ceived
his B. E. E. at Manhattan Col-
'lege in 1940, his M.Sc. in Physics at
the Catholic University of Amerxca
in
1952 and his Ph.D. in the Philosophy
of Science at the University of Fribourg
in
1958.
Father Wallace has been a regular
Newman lecturer at M. I. T. and has
lectured extensively at universities
and colleges throughout the New York
and New England areas.
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To-,
THE RE
.
CORD
Editor: George
E.
Hallam
Asst. Editor: Gerry Marmion
Moderator
:
Dr. George Sommer
lt
:
!IC.ORn
···
"Those who can't"
Just as there are baseball, basketball and football seasons
in
each year, so also it appears are there intellectual seasons- -
periods when the American mind returns to, and grapples with
the problems of the preceding years. Late Summer and Early
Fall constitute one such season, for that is the time when the
Group Intellect turns to the problem of education. It is a time
when the Press grows rich on diverse opinions, a time when
teachers strike and a Conant criticizes, a time when
an
excited
populace is blinded with the challenge of controversy and the
sweat of confusion. But, like other seasons, this season also
passes away. The participants recuperate, the politicians relax:,
.
the Press retires, the people lose interest and the problem is
dropped. The enthusiasm of the
'63
season has settled, and now
that it is November perhaps we can discuss objectively some of
the elements of dissatisfaction from which this annual contro-
versy arises
:
Most critics, including Mr. Conant, claim that American
teachers do not receive the proper preparation for teaching.
These critics place most of the blame for this deficiency upon
the administrators and educational programs of teachers' col-
. leges and universities. We tend to agree with this but perhaps
a more profound reason for the present conditions lies in the
fact that the teaching profession is not attracting the better in-
tellects. Mediocre students hood the field of Education while
the
branier ones pursue technological careers.
This, then, is the fault of our American culture, a faultthat
can be traced back to Ben Franklin. It is the fault of a status-
conscious, materialistic society .whereby success is measured
in terms of financial reward. We cannot then blame the bright
adolescent who says, "I am interested
in
electronics, but I
would much rather be
an
electronics-technician than
an
elec-
tronics-teacher, because the technician gets paid much more."
We cannot accuse him of pragmatic reasoning, nor can we blame
him for remaining with his choice. He is a victim of his culhre
and environment.
We can however alter the culture which makes him think
this way. We can, and we should correct his environment. We
can make teaching as financially attractive as technology. In
doing so, we would not only be serving our children with better
teachers but also providing our country with brighter citizens;
for it is, after all, not so much our machines as our children
which wEl determine the future of these United States.
As students, we can do very little to alter the course of cul-
ture. As graduates and voters however, we can support each
season those teachers who
·
picket for more pay, for then we will
know that each pickets plea is raised not so much out of justi-
fiable personal demands as it is out of patriotism. This, my
fellow students, is what we can do for our country
.
Features: Gerry Marmion, Editor; Joseph Sendra; 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; B_rian John~on
Make-up: Jim Sullivan
&
Gerry Johannsen, Editors; David
Umoghue; Dick Freer.
Circulation: John Guiliano, Manager; Thomas Troland: Chris
Hynes.
November 13, 1963
NOCTURNE
Dear George,
Last week
i
was sittin around on
Saturd~y rriornin with nothin to do but
hit the olbooks which I wasn't feeli,n up
to,
'
so
I werit down to the school to see
what this here student council that
·
I
bear of once in a while is like.
Well,
let me tell you, it's a good thing I went.
Those crazy guys was handin money
around like it was nothin.
What had
happene<i was that they had some money
left over, in the ol' sock, from last
year, so they decided to give it to what
they call "audio visual aids." I wisht
that
I
had heard of what they were doin
sooner cause I would have sent in my
application _ for some of that money.
They pad somethin like
1200
dollars to
blow, and what with this and that, they
hadrequestsfor
2600
dollars. You can
see that
.
its a long stretch between the
two, and they were arguin back and
forth about how they was goin to divide
up- the sp"oils.
It
seems that some of
the professors who was askin for the
money had sent in fancy brochures to
explain why they needed it and what
they was goin to do with it if they got
it, and there was even a couple of guys
actin as personal representatives for
some of the moochers.
Just like nothin, bang, bang, they
decided to give
500
bucks to the Chem-
istry department. I argued against it
cause that was one of the courses that
I fail
e
d last year, but they went ahead
anyway.
-
Then, quick as a flash, they
vote
150
bucks to the English Dep
a
rt-
ment
.
That really rubbed me raw
cause, if you remember wh
a
t
I wrote
in
my last letter, it was one of those
guys that had the nerve to suggest that
I
get a little more English somewhers
else before I took their crummy Fresh-
man comp. course. Anyway, once they
got started theywas like runaway steers.
There was no holdin em back.
300
bucks
went to the Bilogy department for cur-
tains in one of the calss rooms,
50
bucks
to the Math
.
Dept
.
for some blocks to
play with, I think they called em some-
thin fancy like "geometrical cuboids,
11
12~ bucks to the Education Dept
.
for a
tape recorder so some of them bags of
wind could bear how they sounded,
I
guess, and fifty bucks someweres else.
I
can't remember just where cause
I
was so excited at seein all that money
thrown away that I had to get a drink of
water.
That's about it for now George.
This college is a breeze just like I tol
you
it was gonna be. Next week they
are givin the exams so I
am
huntin
around to see whose textbooks I can bcr-
row. I don't know why some of these
guys go right out and blow
all
their
.
dough on textbooks when all you have to
cont. on p. 3
November 13, 1963
Letters
to the Editor
Students:
I was recently fortunate enough to
read the Oct. 30 issue of The Record.
Of special interest, was the article con-
cerning the catholic intellectual and his
knowledge of atheism.
Since I
am
a
graduate of a catholic university, I was
pleased to see your concern with the
inadequate backround of young catholics
concerning atheism. Permit me to car-
ry
this thought a bit further.
I am now doing graduate study at a
secular university, and, as a catholic,
I am daily confronted by questioning
students. To a large extent, they
represent the sincere and well informed
non-catholic ntellectual. These rren are
. both informed and inquisitive.
They
have keen and c~itical minds.
And,
they are searching for catholic inte-
llectuals. They are searching
for
catholics who have a sensitivity to
world affairs, to social problems, to
other religions and to the individual and
his freedom. But the question arises:
How does one achieve a sensitivity?
In The Record, you have suggested
that one must possess
a
working
knowledge of various precepts.
Can
you at Marist find this working knowl-
edge within the classroom? Most likely
not! Can you then find it within the
library? Are unlimitea sources avail-
able to you? Perhaps not! We
as
young catholics are therefor
e
faced
with quite a problem.
We are on one
hand confronted with an overwhelming
opposition and on the other hand ar
e
confronted with a certain inadequacy
of facilities, a certain restriction of
sources.
This is the problem! Unfortunately
I hesitate to offer the logical solution.
Perhaps .an enumeration of topics will
instead, be more helpful.
1.
Of currentinterestto the non-cath-
olic, is the position of the Vatican on
the persecution within Vietnam.
2.
The non~catholic is concerned
about the purpose of marriage. Is
it
only to raise children?
3. The non-catholic
will often askhow
censorship has effected our sources of
information. How many catholics have
read works concerning planned parent-
hood? And yet, we profess complete
faith in opposition to this concept.
4. How about rhythm, its effects, is
it effective? Does it have any psycho-
logical effects?
These are only a few of the possible
areas of which the non-catholic will
expect you to be thoroughly informed.
Don't disappoint him!
Sincerely,
Anthony Panella
522 Montclair Ave.
Bethlehem, Pa.
THE RECORD
Mr.
·
Editor:
In
my one year at Marist, I have
noticed a visible expansion in number
of students, courses and clubs.
This
isgoodandcanbe beneficial. However,
it seems that our increase in activities
has produced a disease or rather an
epidemic here on campus, "contagious
apathy". It appears that only a certain
group of students are actively partici-
pating in campus activities.
I realize
that day-hops may have transportation
problems; yet
,
without too much trouble
I can be active to a extent in some ac-
tivities and support the social activities.
This produces a feeling of participation,
a feeling of belonging and a feeling of
contribution.
Those students who are not able to
participate, for one reason or another,
I feel, are in the minority; yet every
function sees the majority refusing to
move themselves or push themselves
to do anything either by working for or
attending these events.
Attendance at
social events, to most college students,
is an integral part of campus life. Why,
then, this non
-
attendance, I don't give
a damn attitude?
There is also something wanting in
the numbers who will organize and work
for these affairs. It is always the same
group that does aU the work. What will
µappen
if,
at sometime, these men be-
come discouraged and adopt the preva-
lent attitude? Where will the college
be then?
Perhaps the answer lies in curtail-
ing the amount and frequency of our
social activities.
This will just g{ve
the non-"doers" and gripers, so preva-
lent here, something more to complain
about. However, maybe, just possibly
it will fire them enough so that there
will be some action negative or positive,
from them. Once there is action and the
needle of participation has pierced the
skin, the apathy in the blood may dis-
appear and in its place there will be the
feeling of belonging, of loyalty, and
action so necessary to each man. This
could bring to Marist
,
the spirit that
each small college should have,
a
spirit which builds not only th·e school
but also the men graduating from the
school.
Sincerely yours,
Pete Maronge
Nocturne continued
do is wait a while until they get used to
the pictures on the covers, then you can
borrow em and they forget all about em.
Last year I didn't even do that, but, if
you remember, I didn't make it through
·
half of my courses, so this year I
a.in
goinall out. I'll write and let you know
how it works out.
Your friend,
Chuck
Page
3
TOPICS
by Bill Treanor
Unless the Congress acts by Novem-
ber 30th, this country will be econom-
ically destroyed! This is hard to believe,
but with a little explanation we shall see
how and why this may occur. Under
existing law the legal debt of the nation
reverts to $285 billion dollars on this
·
date unless Congress acts. For each of
the last three years the same situation
has resulted, with Congress raising the
ceiling
.
on the debt a bit each year.
Thus, our legal debt stands at 309 bil-
lion dollars, with the administration re
-
questing an increase of at least 6 billion
dollars. This will raise the maximum
indebtedness to an all time high of 315
billion dollars.
Evidently this careless and irres-
ponsible behavior on the part of our
leaders in Washington cannot and must
not p
e
rsist. How can we stop it?
By
acting today to change that leadership,
we will insure that in January
,
1965,
sober, mature and responsible men will
be leading our nation.
To find better leadership, we must
obviously look to the party which is on
the "outs", since the "ins" with their
substantial control of both the legis-
lativ
e
and
executive
branches of our
government, have not only failed to
solve our dilemma, but have added to
it
.
In looking at the prospective Repub-
lican candidates, we have reached a
conclusion, whi
c
h,
if
accepted by most
Am
e
ricans, would be our salvation
.
One of the primary candidat
e
s is
our "part-time" governor. I realize
that this may not be completely fair to
Mr. Rockefeller, but since his s
_
econd
inaugeration ten months ago, it would
be interesting to note the amount of
~ime he has spent in our state on matters
other than raising state "fees".
How-
ever, thisthefateofmankindis at stake,
not only that of 16 million state residents.
The activities and decisions of ''our
mai
in Washington" affects the lives of every
free man in this world, and thus we have
the added responsibility of not only
choosing an adequate leader for our-
selves, but also for all men who desire
to be free. With this in mind, we can
only conclude that Mr. Rockefeller's
best move last week, when he announced
his intentions in regard to 1964, would
have been to decline to seek the office
of President, since his policy would be
nothing more than a continuation of our
present lack of policy.
Our second possibility is the amiable
Senator from Arizona, the Honorable
Barry Goldwater.
Senator Goldwater
would be an ideal candidate if our present
drifting had lasted for seven years, in-
stead of for only the last three. Yet wr
problem exists today, not as
it
could be,
but as it is, and hence we feel that at
cont. on
p.
4
Page 4
New Faculty Members
"Dynamic" is the word used by
Mrs. Eileen Drennen to describe very
succinctly her impression of Marist
College its students and administration.
"Dynan:ic" is also the word to describe
Mrs. Drennen.
Her very presence
seems to emanate an air of liveliness
and awareness which is transmitted to
those around her.
After two years at Barnard College,
majoring in English,
Mrs .. Drenn~n
gained admittance to The National Um-
versity of Ireland at Cork. She was the
first American to receive a degree from
U. C., which at that time did not wel-
come· the presence of Americans.
At
first seeking honors in English, she
was swayed to seek double honors in
English and History after hearing a
lecture by James Hogan, a history pro-
fessor and political theorist, who in the
days of conflict between Englan? and
Ireland taught class in his rebel uniform,
guns strapped to his hips.
Returningto America, Mrs. Dren-
nen received a master's degree in
Political Philosophy at Fordham Uni-
versity.
For five years she taught
Sociology and History at Marymount-
Manhattan and Tarrytown. Asked at this
point her opinion of teaching male stu-
dents as opposed to female, she quite
frankly said that it was much different
and more interesting.
Mrs. Drennen
noted that male students are more
opinionated and do not accept every-
thing taught them without proper ex-
planation, which is much more stimu-
lating and invigorating to student and
teacher alike.
Concerning Marist, she was over-
whelmed with its dynamic aspects.
Marist was actually "bursting its seams"
with new ideas in the process of deve-
loping as an institution.
.
Above and beyond her teachmg
role, Mrs. Drennen is the mother of
six children, five girls and a boy.
Certainly with a faculty such as ours
which includes people of the calibre of
Mrs. Drennen, Marist will continue to
· grow dynamically.
Welcome to Marist
Mrs. Drennen, teacher, scholar, house-
wife, and we' re secretly told soon to
THE RECOR~
be a '1den mother" in the Boy Scouts
forthe younger generation of Drennens.
Lithuanian born,
Mr.
Casimir
Norkeliunas has come to Marist as a
Russian and German Teacher and a
qualified man in his field.
Upon completing his secondary edu-
cation at Crosby High School in Water-
bury, Connecticut he entered the U:1i-
versity of Bridgeport and graduated
m
1960
with a major in English and a minor
in German. Next he studied the Russian
language and its literature at the Ford-
ham University Institute for Russian
Studies under a National Defense For-
eign Language Fellowship. He received
his Masters Degree in
1962.
After work-
ing for a half year as a junior executive
at Bloomingdale Department Store in
New York City, hewenttoteachGerman
at Virgil and Truxton High School in
up-$tate New York.
The introduction
of a Russian course which shows the
intellectual progress the college is mak-
ing, brought Mr. Norkeliunas to Marist.
Stating his opinions of the college,
Mr. Norkeliunas feels that Marist is
inwardly and outwardly promising. He
believes that the student body, judging
from those with whom he has come in
contact, is very hard working.
Size,
he says, has a great deal to do with
Marist' s attraction. Here a student has
a much better chance for individual help
in a subject and also a feeling that he
belongs.
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November 13, 1963
Sports Spot
D.O'BRIEN -
- J.BARRY
Hidden in the shadows of the other
teams here at Marist is the Cross
Country track squad. This team has
been doing very will in their meets and
count a victory over Adelphi among
their triumphs. The team, under the
direction of Mr. Sullivan, consists of
Corny Whalean,
Paul Mahar,
Rick
McKay, Frank DiBeridino, Joe Ploeger
and Joe McGee. Ed Moltzinger? No,
he couldn't handle it. The team• s sea-
son ended November
2
with a meet
against Monmouth College.
The Sailing team, led by Tracey
Flanigan, carried the Marist banner
highas they brought home the M. A. I.
S
A.
championship from a regatta at Kings
Point.
John Williams, co-captain of the
Wrestling squad, is working hard at
getting the grapplers
into winning
shape .... Basketball practice officially
started on Friday, November
1, with
Barron Tom Wade at th"e helm. Watch
for veterans Jerry Laforge and Wally
Barasonick who worked out all SU!Umer
in a gym ( or so it's been said-0' Brien) ...
Topics
Continued
this time Senator Goldwater could not
achieve the desired ends of good govern-
ment as efficiently and effectively as
would other possibilities.
Our reason
for this is that such a radical change
from our present liberalism and pseudo-
intelleciualism to a purely til:tra-conser-va-
tive policy of government, would have a
devastating effect on the morale of not
pm; u our own nation, but also that of our
neighbors.
Our third possible candidate is
GovenorWilliam Scranton of Pennsyl-
vania. Although the governor possesses
the necessary requirements for making
an excellent Chief Executive, we feel
that his reluctance not to be a candidate,
since much of what he desires to accom-
plish in his home state is yet to be done,
should be acknowledged.
Thus, we
must search on, while recognizing trat
Pennsylvania has a dedicated man to
serve her.
Hence, we come to the last major
possibility, and he is the man whom we
feel can best accomplish for us what
the Phi Beta Kappa keys have failed to
do. This man is the modest, honest,
moderate from Michigan,
Governor
George Romney. To evaluate the Gov-
ernor, and substantiate the reasons for
our belief in him at this time, would
not permit us to do him justice. As a
result, we shall perform this sole task
in our next writing.
Editor: We would be most glad to hear
from anyone holding these same- opin-
ions or contrary opinions, if there be
any.
4.4.1
4.4.2
4.4.3
4.4.4
MARI ST COLLEGE
Vol
IV, No.
4
Poughkeep9ie, New York
November
13,
1963
7 Receive Woodrow Wilson Nominations
Se1 iors
Honored
for
Excellence in Scholarship
Seven
Marist
College students
were
recently nominated by the
faculty
for
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowships.
The nominees consisted
exclusively
of
scholastics; Br. •Richard Couto (History};
Br. RobertEnglert (History);
Bro.
Paul
Furlong
(English); Br. Jam
e
s Heaney
(English);
Br.
Ronald Mulholland (Ris-
tory); Br. Rene Roy (English);
and
Br.
John Ryan (History).
The
Fellowship
Foundation was
established
to
attract more
qualified
men and women to the
teaching profes-
sion, especially on the
college
level.
Humanities
and social
science
majors
are
primarily
aided because of the needs
of colleges. Those students, the Foun-
dation contends,
whose intellectual
pursuits are in the field of
science
have
a vast
amount
of other fellowships from
which to draw.
Fellows are selected for
their
out-
standing intellectual promise
and
must
be eligible for graduate work in
the
1964-65 terms. This means they must
have graduated from or will graduate
from college by June 1964
.
College
graduates in our Armed
Forces are
eligible only if free to enter graduate
school at the beginning of the Academic
year.
Emphasis is placed particularly
.
on
the quality of a candidate's preparation
for the advanced study.
His
·
under-
graduate foundation
must be well
rounded, solid and meritorious enough
to warrant his aspirations for a Ph.D.
degree. These men must have a work-
ing knowledge of foreign languages and
also write a detailed account of their
past intellectual accomplishments plus
their future desires concerning ad-
vanced education.
Each candidate, if selected by the
Reviewing Committee, can receive a
living stipend of $1500 per year in ad-
dition to his free tuition and fees.
If
married, tie is allowed an extra $500,
and
$400
for·the first two children re-
spectively and $200 for
each
additional
child.
The fact that these
seven
men h
·
ave
been nominated is in itself a great
honor. He must pledge to give serious
thought to a
career as a
college pro-
fessor and to undertake a full time pro-
gram of graduate work. These pledges
mean that each "scholastic candidate"
shows his devotions to his profession
along with a
desire
to increase his
knowledge.
W
e
hope that this desire
will be fulfilled
and
that their devotion
will increase. I personally extend my
best
wishes to the Brothers
and
wish
them the best of luck in this competition.
Civil Rights Program
Held at
f
assar
The Vassar College Committee for
CivilRights sponsored
an
informal pro-
gram
on Saturday, November 2 on the
Vassar College Campus.
Representa-
tives from twenty-six colleges were
presenttohear talks by members ofthe
various student groups in the Civil Riglts
struggle. The purpose of this meeting
was to generate
enthusiasm
for the
fu-
ture symposium on IIThe Negro Revolt:
Contemporary Attitudes,
11
which will be
held at Vassar College on December 6
and
7, and will be sponsored by Vassar,
Marist, and other local colleges.
The principle speaker of the evening
was Timothy Jenkins, former National
Students Association National Affairs
Vice-President, whose topic was "The
'Freedom Vote' in Mississippi.
11
Mr.
Jenkins explained the difficulty involved
in
persuading the Mississippi Negro to
register to vote, because of the social
and economic pressures applied by the
white community
on
Negroes who have
attempted to register in that state in the
past.
He admitted that the peculiar
Mississippi way of life,
which has
e
volved over a period of many
decades,
amt which is supported
by
the Missis-
sippi Constitution, can not be changed
immediately, and without sacrifice or
effort;
but, he made
a
plea for
active
student
support
of
the Civil Rights
groups-
-particularly the Student Non-
violent Coordinating
Committee- -which
are presently
working in Mississippi.
Representatives of campus
Ameri-
cans
for Democratic Action,
a
nd the
Northern Student Movem
e
nt,
spoke
briefly
on
the activities of their organi-
zations.
The theme of the
evening
was
the need for
more active
support
of the
Civil
Rights
struggle
by
the Northern
white
student.
Albe1·tus MiJl!nus Lecture
"Realism in Science"
On the 15th of November at 8:15
P.
M.,
Father
William
A.
Wallace, 0. P. will
deliverthe fourth annual Alb
e
rtus Mag-
nus lecture entitled "Realism
in Sci-
ence" at
the Marist College Gymnasium.
Father Wallace is a memb
e
r of the
History of Science Society, the
Philos-
ophy
of
Science Association, th
e
Boston
Colloquium for the Philosophy of Sci-
ence,
the Albertus
Magnus Lyceum
and the Sigma
Xi.
His present po-
sition is
Staff Editor for the Philosophy
section of the New Catholic Encyclo-
pedia being prepared at The Catholic
University of America in Washington,
D. C. He is also the author of several
books on the Philosophy of Science.
Father Wallace's research
entailed
studies of Magnetic and Acoustic Field
Theory, and in Ultrasonics.
He re-
ceived
his B. E. E. at Manhattan Col-
'lege in 1940, his M.Sc. in Physics at
the Catholic University of Amerxca
in
1952 and his Ph.D. in the Philosophy
of Science at the University of Fribourg
in
1958.
Father Wallace has been a regular
Newman lecturer at M. I. T. and has
lectured extensively at universities
and colleges throughout the New York
and New England areas.
Page 2
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To-,
THE RE
.
CORD
Editor: George
E.
Hallam
Asst. Editor: Gerry Marmion
Moderator
:
Dr. George Sommer
lt
:
!IC.ORn
···
"Those who can't"
Just as there are baseball, basketball and football seasons
in
each year, so also it appears are there intellectual seasons- -
periods when the American mind returns to, and grapples with
the problems of the preceding years. Late Summer and Early
Fall constitute one such season, for that is the time when the
Group Intellect turns to the problem of education. It is a time
when the Press grows rich on diverse opinions, a time when
teachers strike and a Conant criticizes, a time when
an
excited
populace is blinded with the challenge of controversy and the
sweat of confusion. But, like other seasons, this season also
passes away. The participants recuperate, the politicians relax:,
.
the Press retires, the people lose interest and the problem is
dropped. The enthusiasm of the
'63
season has settled, and now
that it is November perhaps we can discuss objectively some of
the elements of dissatisfaction from which this annual contro-
versy arises
:
Most critics, including Mr. Conant, claim that American
teachers do not receive the proper preparation for teaching.
These critics place most of the blame for this deficiency upon
the administrators and educational programs of teachers' col-
. leges and universities. We tend to agree with this but perhaps
a more profound reason for the present conditions lies in the
fact that the teaching profession is not attracting the better in-
tellects. Mediocre students hood the field of Education while
the
branier ones pursue technological careers.
This, then, is the fault of our American culture, a faultthat
can be traced back to Ben Franklin. It is the fault of a status-
conscious, materialistic society .whereby success is measured
in terms of financial reward. We cannot then blame the bright
adolescent who says, "I am interested
in
electronics, but I
would much rather be
an
electronics-technician than
an
elec-
tronics-teacher, because the technician gets paid much more."
We cannot accuse him of pragmatic reasoning, nor can we blame
him for remaining with his choice. He is a victim of his culhre
and environment.
We can however alter the culture which makes him think
this way. We can, and we should correct his environment. We
can make teaching as financially attractive as technology. In
doing so, we would not only be serving our children with better
teachers but also providing our country with brighter citizens;
for it is, after all, not so much our machines as our children
which wEl determine the future of these United States.
As students, we can do very little to alter the course of cul-
ture. As graduates and voters however, we can support each
season those teachers who
·
picket for more pay, for then we will
know that each pickets plea is raised not so much out of justi-
fiable personal demands as it is out of patriotism. This, my
fellow students, is what we can do for our country
.
Features: Gerry Marmion, Editor; Joseph Sendra; 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; B_rian John~on
Make-up: Jim Sullivan
&
Gerry Johannsen, Editors; David
Umoghue; Dick Freer.
Circulation: John Guiliano, Manager; Thomas Troland: Chris
Hynes.
November 13, 1963
NOCTURNE
Dear George,
Last week
i
was sittin around on
Saturd~y rriornin with nothin to do but
hit the olbooks which I wasn't feeli,n up
to,
'
so
I werit down to the school to see
what this here student council that
·
I
bear of once in a while is like.
Well,
let me tell you, it's a good thing I went.
Those crazy guys was handin money
around like it was nothin.
What had
happene<i was that they had some money
left over, in the ol' sock, from last
year, so they decided to give it to what
they call "audio visual aids." I wisht
that
I
had heard of what they were doin
sooner cause I would have sent in my
application _ for some of that money.
They pad somethin like
1200
dollars to
blow, and what with this and that, they
hadrequestsfor
2600
dollars. You can
see that
.
its a long stretch between the
two, and they were arguin back and
forth about how they was goin to divide
up- the sp"oils.
It
seems that some of
the professors who was askin for the
money had sent in fancy brochures to
explain why they needed it and what
they was goin to do with it if they got
it, and there was even a couple of guys
actin as personal representatives for
some of the moochers.
Just like nothin, bang, bang, they
decided to give
500
bucks to the Chem-
istry department. I argued against it
cause that was one of the courses that
I fail
e
d last year, but they went ahead
anyway.
-
Then, quick as a flash, they
vote
150
bucks to the English Dep
a
rt-
ment
.
That really rubbed me raw
cause, if you remember wh
a
t
I wrote
in
my last letter, it was one of those
guys that had the nerve to suggest that
I
get a little more English somewhers
else before I took their crummy Fresh-
man comp. course. Anyway, once they
got started theywas like runaway steers.
There was no holdin em back.
300
bucks
went to the Bilogy department for cur-
tains in one of the calss rooms,
50
bucks
to the Math
.
Dept
.
for some blocks to
play with, I think they called em some-
thin fancy like "geometrical cuboids,
11
12~ bucks to the Education Dept
.
for a
tape recorder so some of them bags of
wind could bear how they sounded,
I
guess, and fifty bucks someweres else.
I
can't remember just where cause
I
was so excited at seein all that money
thrown away that I had to get a drink of
water.
That's about it for now George.
This college is a breeze just like I tol
you
it was gonna be. Next week they
are givin the exams so I
am
huntin
around to see whose textbooks I can bcr-
row. I don't know why some of these
guys go right out and blow
all
their
.
dough on textbooks when all you have to
cont. on p. 3
November 13, 1963
Letters
to the Editor
Students:
I was recently fortunate enough to
read the Oct. 30 issue of The Record.
Of special interest, was the article con-
cerning the catholic intellectual and his
knowledge of atheism.
Since I
am
a
graduate of a catholic university, I was
pleased to see your concern with the
inadequate backround of young catholics
concerning atheism. Permit me to car-
ry
this thought a bit further.
I am now doing graduate study at a
secular university, and, as a catholic,
I am daily confronted by questioning
students. To a large extent, they
represent the sincere and well informed
non-catholic ntellectual. These rren are
. both informed and inquisitive.
They
have keen and c~itical minds.
And,
they are searching for catholic inte-
llectuals. They are searching
for
catholics who have a sensitivity to
world affairs, to social problems, to
other religions and to the individual and
his freedom. But the question arises:
How does one achieve a sensitivity?
In The Record, you have suggested
that one must possess
a
working
knowledge of various precepts.
Can
you at Marist find this working knowl-
edge within the classroom? Most likely
not! Can you then find it within the
library? Are unlimitea sources avail-
able to you? Perhaps not! We
as
young catholics are therefor
e
faced
with quite a problem.
We are on one
hand confronted with an overwhelming
opposition and on the other hand ar
e
confronted with a certain inadequacy
of facilities, a certain restriction of
sources.
This is the problem! Unfortunately
I hesitate to offer the logical solution.
Perhaps .an enumeration of topics will
instead, be more helpful.
1.
Of currentinterestto the non-cath-
olic, is the position of the Vatican on
the persecution within Vietnam.
2.
The non~catholic is concerned
about the purpose of marriage. Is
it
only to raise children?
3. The non-catholic
will often askhow
censorship has effected our sources of
information. How many catholics have
read works concerning planned parent-
hood? And yet, we profess complete
faith in opposition to this concept.
4. How about rhythm, its effects, is
it effective? Does it have any psycho-
logical effects?
These are only a few of the possible
areas of which the non-catholic will
expect you to be thoroughly informed.
Don't disappoint him!
Sincerely,
Anthony Panella
522 Montclair Ave.
Bethlehem, Pa.
THE RECORD
Mr.
·
Editor:
In
my one year at Marist, I have
noticed a visible expansion in number
of students, courses and clubs.
This
isgoodandcanbe beneficial. However,
it seems that our increase in activities
has produced a disease or rather an
epidemic here on campus, "contagious
apathy". It appears that only a certain
group of students are actively partici-
pating in campus activities.
I realize
that day-hops may have transportation
problems; yet
,
without too much trouble
I can be active to a extent in some ac-
tivities and support the social activities.
This produces a feeling of participation,
a feeling of belonging and a feeling of
contribution.
Those students who are not able to
participate, for one reason or another,
I feel, are in the minority; yet every
function sees the majority refusing to
move themselves or push themselves
to do anything either by working for or
attending these events.
Attendance at
social events, to most college students,
is an integral part of campus life. Why,
then, this non
-
attendance, I don't give
a damn attitude?
There is also something wanting in
the numbers who will organize and work
for these affairs. It is always the same
group that does aU the work. What will
µappen
if,
at sometime, these men be-
come discouraged and adopt the preva-
lent attitude? Where will the college
be then?
Perhaps the answer lies in curtail-
ing the amount and frequency of our
social activities.
This will just g{ve
the non-"doers" and gripers, so preva-
lent here, something more to complain
about. However, maybe, just possibly
it will fire them enough so that there
will be some action negative or positive,
from them. Once there is action and the
needle of participation has pierced the
skin, the apathy in the blood may dis-
appear and in its place there will be the
feeling of belonging, of loyalty, and
action so necessary to each man. This
could bring to Marist
,
the spirit that
each small college should have,
a
spirit which builds not only th·e school
but also the men graduating from the
school.
Sincerely yours,
Pete Maronge
Nocturne continued
do is wait a while until they get used to
the pictures on the covers, then you can
borrow em and they forget all about em.
Last year I didn't even do that, but, if
you remember, I didn't make it through
·
half of my courses, so this year I
a.in
goinall out. I'll write and let you know
how it works out.
Your friend,
Chuck
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3
TOPICS
by Bill Treanor
Unless the Congress acts by Novem-
ber 30th, this country will be econom-
ically destroyed! This is hard to believe,
but with a little explanation we shall see
how and why this may occur. Under
existing law the legal debt of the nation
reverts to $285 billion dollars on this
·
date unless Congress acts. For each of
the last three years the same situation
has resulted, with Congress raising the
ceiling
.
on the debt a bit each year.
Thus, our legal debt stands at 309 bil-
lion dollars, with the administration re
-
questing an increase of at least 6 billion
dollars. This will raise the maximum
indebtedness to an all time high of 315
billion dollars.
Evidently this careless and irres-
ponsible behavior on the part of our
leaders in Washington cannot and must
not p
e
rsist. How can we stop it?
By
acting today to change that leadership,
we will insure that in January
,
1965,
sober, mature and responsible men will
be leading our nation.
To find better leadership, we must
obviously look to the party which is on
the "outs", since the "ins" with their
substantial control of both the legis-
lativ
e
and
executive
branches of our
government, have not only failed to
solve our dilemma, but have added to
it
.
In looking at the prospective Repub-
lican candidates, we have reached a
conclusion, whi
c
h,
if
accepted by most
Am
e
ricans, would be our salvation
.
One of the primary candidat
e
s is
our "part-time" governor. I realize
that this may not be completely fair to
Mr. Rockefeller, but since his s
_
econd
inaugeration ten months ago, it would
be interesting to note the amount of
~ime he has spent in our state on matters
other than raising state "fees".
How-
ever, thisthefateofmankindis at stake,
not only that of 16 million state residents.
The activities and decisions of ''our
mai
in Washington" affects the lives of every
free man in this world, and thus we have
the added responsibility of not only
choosing an adequate leader for our-
selves, but also for all men who desire
to be free. With this in mind, we can
only conclude that Mr. Rockefeller's
best move last week, when he announced
his intentions in regard to 1964, would
have been to decline to seek the office
of President, since his policy would be
nothing more than a continuation of our
present lack of policy.
Our second possibility is the amiable
Senator from Arizona, the Honorable
Barry Goldwater.
Senator Goldwater
would be an ideal candidate if our present
drifting had lasted for seven years, in-
stead of for only the last three. Yet wr
problem exists today, not as
it
could be,
but as it is, and hence we feel that at
cont. on
p.
4
Page 4
New Faculty Members
"Dynamic" is the word used by
Mrs. Eileen Drennen to describe very
succinctly her impression of Marist
College its students and administration.
"Dynan:ic" is also the word to describe
Mrs. Drennen.
Her very presence
seems to emanate an air of liveliness
and awareness which is transmitted to
those around her.
After two years at Barnard College,
majoring in English,
Mrs .. Drenn~n
gained admittance to The National Um-
versity of Ireland at Cork. She was the
first American to receive a degree from
U. C., which at that time did not wel-
come· the presence of Americans.
At
first seeking honors in English, she
was swayed to seek double honors in
English and History after hearing a
lecture by James Hogan, a history pro-
fessor and political theorist, who in the
days of conflict between Englan? and
Ireland taught class in his rebel uniform,
guns strapped to his hips.
Returningto America, Mrs. Dren-
nen received a master's degree in
Political Philosophy at Fordham Uni-
versity.
For five years she taught
Sociology and History at Marymount-
Manhattan and Tarrytown. Asked at this
point her opinion of teaching male stu-
dents as opposed to female, she quite
frankly said that it was much different
and more interesting.
Mrs. Drennen
noted that male students are more
opinionated and do not accept every-
thing taught them without proper ex-
planation, which is much more stimu-
lating and invigorating to student and
teacher alike.
Concerning Marist, she was over-
whelmed with its dynamic aspects.
Marist was actually "bursting its seams"
with new ideas in the process of deve-
loping as an institution.
.
Above and beyond her teachmg
role, Mrs. Drennen is the mother of
six children, five girls and a boy.
Certainly with a faculty such as ours
which includes people of the calibre of
Mrs. Drennen, Marist will continue to
· grow dynamically.
Welcome to Marist
Mrs. Drennen, teacher, scholar, house-
wife, and we' re secretly told soon to
THE RECOR~
be a '1den mother" in the Boy Scouts
forthe younger generation of Drennens.
Lithuanian born,
Mr.
Casimir
Norkeliunas has come to Marist as a
Russian and German Teacher and a
qualified man in his field.
Upon completing his secondary edu-
cation at Crosby High School in Water-
bury, Connecticut he entered the U:1i-
versity of Bridgeport and graduated
m
1960
with a major in English and a minor
in German. Next he studied the Russian
language and its literature at the Ford-
ham University Institute for Russian
Studies under a National Defense For-
eign Language Fellowship. He received
his Masters Degree in
1962.
After work-
ing for a half year as a junior executive
at Bloomingdale Department Store in
New York City, hewenttoteachGerman
at Virgil and Truxton High School in
up-$tate New York.
The introduction
of a Russian course which shows the
intellectual progress the college is mak-
ing, brought Mr. Norkeliunas to Marist.
Stating his opinions of the college,
Mr. Norkeliunas feels that Marist is
inwardly and outwardly promising. He
believes that the student body, judging
from those with whom he has come in
contact, is very hard working.
Size,
he says, has a great deal to do with
Marist' s attraction. Here a student has
a much better chance for individual help
in a subject and also a feeling that he
belongs.
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?
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INSURANCE
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November 13, 1963
Sports Spot
D.O'BRIEN -
- J.BARRY
Hidden in the shadows of the other
teams here at Marist is the Cross
Country track squad. This team has
been doing very will in their meets and
count a victory over Adelphi among
their triumphs. The team, under the
direction of Mr. Sullivan, consists of
Corny Whalean,
Paul Mahar,
Rick
McKay, Frank DiBeridino, Joe Ploeger
and Joe McGee. Ed Moltzinger? No,
he couldn't handle it. The team• s sea-
son ended November
2
with a meet
against Monmouth College.
The Sailing team, led by Tracey
Flanigan, carried the Marist banner
highas they brought home the M. A. I.
S
A.
championship from a regatta at Kings
Point.
John Williams, co-captain of the
Wrestling squad, is working hard at
getting the grapplers
into winning
shape .... Basketball practice officially
started on Friday, November
1, with
Barron Tom Wade at th"e helm. Watch
for veterans Jerry Laforge and Wally
Barasonick who worked out all SU!Umer
in a gym ( or so it's been said-0' Brien) ...
Topics
Continued
this time Senator Goldwater could not
achieve the desired ends of good govern-
ment as efficiently and effectively as
would other possibilities.
Our reason
for this is that such a radical change
from our present liberalism and pseudo-
intelleciualism to a purely til:tra-conser-va-
tive policy of government, would have a
devastating effect on the morale of not
pm; u our own nation, but also that of our
neighbors.
Our third possible candidate is
GovenorWilliam Scranton of Pennsyl-
vania. Although the governor possesses
the necessary requirements for making
an excellent Chief Executive, we feel
that his reluctance not to be a candidate,
since much of what he desires to accom-
plish in his home state is yet to be done,
should be acknowledged.
Thus, we
must search on, while recognizing trat
Pennsylvania has a dedicated man to
serve her.
Hence, we come to the last major
possibility, and he is the man whom we
feel can best accomplish for us what
the Phi Beta Kappa keys have failed to
do. This man is the modest, honest,
moderate from Michigan,
Governor
George Romney. To evaluate the Gov-
ernor, and substantiate the reasons for
our belief in him at this time, would
not permit us to do him justice. As a
result, we shall perform this sole task
in our next writing.
Editor: We would be most glad to hear
from anyone holding these same- opin-
ions or contrary opinions, if there be
any.
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4.4.2
4.4.3
4.4.4