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MARIST
Vol. IV. No. 8
Poughkeepsie, New-York
Mari st Broadens
Marist -In
local
Tutorial Program:
by Robert Ha~kett
Marist
is currently involved, along
with Vassar and Dutchess Community
College in a program which is of bene-
fit to the entire community.
Horizons Unlimited is a plan which
was instituted by the Poughkeepsie
School System, the Neighborhood Ser-
vice Organization and the various col-
leges in the area to help grade school
students who have special needs.
It
is
a program of individualized help and
cultural enrichment, designed . to help
. not only the youngsters who are under-
achieving, but also those who are han-
dicapped by a lack of cultural experi-
ence.
Participating in this program are
seven elementary schools: Columbus,
Ellsworth, Warring
and
Franklin of the
PougbkeepsieSchoolSystem, St. Marys
and Mt. C rmel also
of
Poughkeepsie
and Arlington. The number of students
involved in this program form the grade
schools is two hundred and fifty while
the total number involved is five hun-
dred. since there are
two
hundred and
i'ifty tutors from the three-colleges.
In order to accomplish these ends,
two
different courses of action are be-
ingpersued. Tohelp the under-achiev-
ing student, a system ·or individualized
study with a college student has been
initiated. This tutoring program has,
of
course, as its primary object aiding
the student
with.his
studies.
However
there is a secondary purpose involved-
it
is hoped that through the relationship
Mayor Waryas sends off Marist
delegation
to
Mock U. N.
dent
is
able to realize that there are
different ways of living, and
it
is hoped
·that in some way his views may change.
Secondly, the children are intro-
duced' into a world of culture, an envi-
ronment very possibly alien to them,
through special group programs
such
as attending plays and touring places
of interest. Included in these tours·
have been visits to the three colleges
· participating in the program: Vassar,
Marist and Dutchess Community Col-
lege. Last Wednesday;
as
some of you
may have noticed, the youngsters par-
ticipating in the progr~
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February
19, 1964
Horizons
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Four universities in Montreal, Can-
ada, forthesi.xthtimeinas many years,
convened the University Model United
Nations of February
5, 1964.
Marist,
along with twenty-two other American
colleges and universities. and fifty-
three Canadian institutes of higher ed-
ucation, represented, member coun-
tries of the United Nations. The six
· delegates from our college,. Ed Kriss-
ler, Pete Maronge, Walt Maxwell, John
: Passmore, Bill Townsend and Bill
Treanor, researched the economics,
social, political and religious aspects
of their country, Colombia, so they
could impress a favorable opinion
_not
only of their school upon the minds of
the other colleges but also so that each
individual would be able to express the
views of Colombia when necessary.
Upon arrival at the Laurentien Ho-
tel, in the heart of the windy, French
Canadian city,
Wednesday morning,
the delegates immediately began lobby-
ing
to gain support for the resolutions
which
were being presented by Colom-
bia in the Economic and Social Council
(EcoSoc) of the U. M. U. N.
A rather
ingenious method was used for obtain-
ing votes and to establishing their del-
egation
in
the minds of the other repre-
sentatives. Each member from the
country of Colombia was equipped with
numerous book matches advertising
lOOo/o
Colombian Coffee, Ute coffee of.
Juan Valdez.
This added a touch of
humor to the very serious and some-
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THE RECORD
The
RECORD
Editor: George E. Hallam
Asst. Editor: Gerry Marmion
Advisor: Dr. George Sommer
Awareness
&
Resolution
In the recent past this paper dedicated itself religiously to
the publication of popular orthodoxy and general opinions. It
praised punctuality and the scholarly virtues, eulogized mother-
hood and Democracy, commended children and cleanliness, and
it never missed an opportunity to clothe itself with convention
and all of the chief conjectural signs of predestination. In short,
it offended few, interested even less, and excited nobody. Con-
formity was glorified, and personal convictions were confined to
the daring criticism of such subjects as Communism, agnosti-
cism, and 'cafeteria food!' Sincerity was smothered in safety
and personality was choked in platitudes, and all the while no
one dared to challenge, chastise, or be corrected. The result
was that the unctious words died where they were born, having
communicated nothing.
In the past few weeks however, this lack of quality, virility,
and individuality has encountered unusually heavy resistance
in
the form of severe and justified criticism. The upperclassmen
have expressed their disappointment, and the night students
their disdain, while the members of the Faculty have appealed
and protested
in
plaintive tones of scholarly anguish. We agree
with them and you, for it is not our intention to defend the RE-
CORD.· It is our hope however, to expand its scope and to
im-
prove upon its quality.
Now, keeping in mind that we are both Marist students and
members of the twentieth century, we intend to voice our opin-
ions--which opinions may be wrong but will, nevertheless, be
. honest. Our hope is that these personal speculations and inter-
pretations will meet with critical responses from you, and that
the cc.a,,~,quent multi-colored totality will reflect more accur-
ately
thl<
true vitality of Marist. We are prepared to be either
praised or corrected, or humiliated· in the hope that you will
have both the conscience and the courage to do so. We .propose
therefore, to probe beyond the walls of Marist and to take _the
world for <mr province. We know that the student is both of
this w<>rl<l and
:fu
it, and we feel that as the student is, so should
the newspaper be. In the light of this belief we will concern ourc
selves not merely with the Student Council, but also with the
Ecumenical Council and, for that matter, any other council.
And, if honesty demands it, we are determined to combat ignor-
ance with controversy. This is what we resolve, and for its
success we are dependent upon your cooperation. To maintain
the former carelessness and indifference is to continue to be-
tray Marist, whereas, if we make a determined effort to im-
prove, we can once more declare 'CUM OPTIMIS LITIGARE' to
be the essential characteristic of both the Marist student and his
newspaper.
CORRECTION: Tom and Jerry's Laundry Service is
open from 10: 00 to 10: 30 P. M. from Sunday to Thursday
and not from 1: 00 to 10: 30 P. M. as in last week's
RECORD.
February 19, 1964
DILEMMA?
I thought I had seen the worst of it,
There certainly was no greater crime.
But then I turned from the "Daily News,"
To the latest edition of "Time."
CRITICAL COMMENTS
"High School papers are better
than the Record, but brothers run these
papers. Here at Marist the newspaper
is a student responsibility.
Students
should seize and exploit this opportun-
ity by producing a paper som'eone would
enjoy reading.
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Bro. Daniel Kirk
"I believe that student life should
be the basis of the paper.
However,
activities must have news value. They
should be interpreted and opinionated
even at the risk of controversy.
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Bro. Felix Michael
"The first step in revamping the
paper is to burn it.
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Dr. Roscoe Balch
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feel that the newspaper should
look, think, read and feel like a news-
paper and not a parish bulletin.
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Mr. Robert Lewis
Elections
The following students have been.
nominated for the 1964 Student Council
President - Thomas Heffernan
Jerimiah Sheehen
Vfre-President -
Edward Murray
Recording Sec. - Dennis O'Brien
James Waters
Corresponding Sec. - Walter Behrman
William Townsend
Treasurer - Allan Wiehn
John Zottoli
Senior Rep. - Gene Grall
Junior Rep. - Daniel Meyer
Edward Pelkey
Gerard Smith
Sophomore Rep. - John Burke
Walter Maxwell
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February 19, 1964
THE RECORD
On
The Rise
Of
The
Folk Idiom
by Lawrence Plover
Very few rational beings in our so-
ciety are unaware of the current bur-
geoning interest in what was previously
considered the music
.
of the Ozark
mountain range or the plains of the
West.
The pragmatic hordes of the·
contemporary entertainment field- -re-
cording companies,
booking agents,
publicity men, owners of''folk-oriented"
night clubs--call the phenomenon a
"boon." It is fairly simple to deduce
that they couldn't be happier with the
proceedings
,
especially
when one con-
siders their financial gains.
Those of us less ·immediately con-
nected with the folk music industry in-
evitably
ask, what? why? how? The
most difficult question to answer
is
what are the phantom components of
this entertainment form which grosses
millions of dollars annually? General-
izations are, in fact, always inadequate,
as
will be seen from some of the more
common
attempts to answer our first
question.
Is folk music the bitter protest song
of a Pete Seeger or the bright, rollick-
ing 4/ 4 beat of John Stewart's banjo on
a Kingston Trio album? Is it the biting
satire of a Chad Mitchell social com-
mentary, or the sometimes subtle,
sometimes slapstick humor of Tom and
Dick Smothers? Should we call it the
wailing, distant voice of Miss Baez, or
the driving, raucous, good humored
sounds of the Clancy Brothers? Could
we possibly exclude the pessimistic
minor chords of Woodie Guthrie's pleas
for the migrant worker in "Pastures of
Plenty" or the nationalistic pride of
his. more fa·mous "This Land is Your
Land?" Is
it
the disheveled hair, den-
im pants,
and
dirty boots
of
Bob Dylan
Corner
or the tennis sweaters
and
tan bucs of
the Brothers Four? Is it anything de-
finable or absolute? I doubt it. To me
it is an entirely individual thing, and I
think it petty and foolish
for musicol-
ogists and self-appointed authorities to
publish pedantic articles decrying com-
mercialism and whatever terms they
can .invent. For the purist, there are
innumerable albums on the more ethnic
labels, such as Vanguard and Folkways;
and, quite obviously, there is more
than enough recorded material for the
more casual folk enthusiast. Conse-
quently, there seems to be no reason
for argument.
This brings us to our second ques-
tion- -why? Exactly what promoted
this fantastic interest and what is keep-
ing
it
alive? Numerous articles con-
cerning this idea- - some scholarly and
some absurd--have been written in the
last few years.
All, however, make
mention of certain" common knowledge"
facts about folk music's birth, or rath-
er, rebirth, on the American scene.
In 1948, a quartet spawned in the folk
idiom began its career by touring the
mine and mill areas of Pennsylvania
and West Virginia and the flatlands of
the West. They sang to, with, of, and
for, the
common
people and the com-
mon people loved them
.
Four years
later the group played Carnegie Hall to
anS. R. 0. crowd and the Weavers were
nationally known. They were as "eth-
nic" as the dictionary definition and
when a reporter said, "I love your act,"
one of them reputedly
growled,
"It's
not an act
,
son--it's real."
The American public now had some
conception
of folk music
.
Although it
con't. on page 5
Page Three
Student.Co unci I
by James Kocher
The Student Council meeting·. of
February 9, may be added to the list
of their current failures. However,
a
round of applause is due for that es-
teemed body for its attempt on Wednes-
day night to rectify Sunday's mistake
.
Lacking one active council member
and two others whose contributions are
negligible, and also the noticeable ab-
sence of several candidates for office,
whose presence was required, contrib-
uted to the failure of the meeting. If
the Beattles attract more of your
attention than does your aspired. office,
gentlemen, then please do not continue
the tradition of providing poor leader-
;;hip of the Student body.
Much to the consternation of the
loyal members, all appeared m Wednes-
:lay, including the candidates for office
(with a bit of warning). After long-lost
acquaintances were renewed, the Coun-
cil did accomplish several hours of
genuine work. Ninety-five percent of
this went to the correction and prelimi-
nary adoption of a revised Constitution
under which our present Council would
be remolded into a Student Government.
Pending further approval, a few
major changes will include: the division
of the Government into four branches;
the encouragement of the same from
nine to thirteen members and therefore,
!
a new total of two representatives from
each class; and finally the right to vote,
oy Seniors, in Government eiections.
In this instance, sincere congratulatirns
must be
e
xtended to the members of the
Constitutional Cornmittee, i.e., Dan
Rolleri, Dan Verrico, and Bill Treanor,
for the initial revision, and to the Coun-
cil in general for their methodical cor-
rection and approval.
Campus
By James Sullivan
Peace Corps Visits Campus
Reynard editors, Dick
Freer
and
Joe Sendra, have just completed the
senior yearbook photos, and are now in
the process of working on those of the
faculty members and campus organi-
zations.
If
all goes according to plan,
finished copies of the yearbook will be
delivered on or about September 1,
1964.
The Young American::;, soon to be
renamed the American
Forum,
plan to
continue their successful lecture series
of last semester during the Spring Term.
These lectures, given by various mem-
bers of the faculty, consist in discus-
sions of some aspect of either Commu-
nism or Democracy.
The Young Republicans, headed by
rotund Bill Treanor, have recently
challenged their Democratic counter-
parts to a series of political debates.
con't. on page 5
By Ted Flynn
On Tuesday, February 11th, Marist
was visited by a Peace
Corps
recruit-
ing team. This caused a flurcy of in-
terest and excitement. the first such
indication of student awareness wit-
nessed on the campus this school year.
The recruiters, Mr. Jack Reynolds,
a return volunteer from Thailand, and
Mrs. Fredrica Friedman, a writer for
the Washington Information Bureau, set
up a booth in the cafeteria, distributing
pamphlets and answering questions on
the various phases of Peace Corps
work.
Mrs. Friedman stated the necessity
of recruiting due to the shortage of vol-
unteers and the great demands for their
services. In Thailand alone, there is
a need for
600
more volunteers, al-
though there are 265 already stationed
there. A nation must make a request
for volunteers before they are sent to
the various countries and unfortunately
the demand far exceeds the supply.
What is to be gained from Peace
Corps work? Certainly it is not mone-
tary success; rather it is something
much more gratifying,
more worth
while than financial success.
This
wealth of accomplishment is subjective
as well as objective. It can be stated
succinctly as the Creative experience.
Here is a chance to teach and to learn.
The opportunity awaits the ordinary
individual, the farmer, the doctor, tea~
con't. on page 4
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Page Four
PEACE CORPS Con•t.
Mr
.
Jack Reynolds, and Mrs. Fredrica
Friedman explain the Peace Corps in the
Cafeteria.
cher and clerk to apply his various
skills, his ideas and values, towards
the betterment of humanity
.
Here is
the chance to aid a fellow human being
to become an active member of twen-
tieth century life, to make the "inch
by inch progress" towards a better
world.
The Peace Corps is not a crusade
for particular nations or causes, rath-
er it seeks to establish a humanitarian
relationship between individuals
:
the
laborer
,
the farmer, the common folk
,
the backwards peoples, the children.
This relationship was aptly described
by Mrs. Friedman in reference to the
Panamanian Crisis. Although the U.S.
Government provides protection for
each volunteer, and could fly them out
of their various stations literally in
minutes, there was no necessity dur-
ing this crisis. The people themselves,
the Panamanians, gave the volunteers
maximum protection. They went so far
as to lQck the volunteer in the municipal
jail,
with a 24 hour guard, in order to
insure his safety. In most cases the
P.
C. representativebecomesamemben
of the community, He is not considered
a "Gringo" capitalist, the stereotyped
image, but is seen as the true Ameri-
<!an.
By this person to person rela-
tionship, values can be exchanged and
interchanged, and the national image
of our U.S. can be seen in a true light,
that of a great nation interested in the
people of all nations.
What of the volunteers themselves?
Are they all beatniks, socialists or
radicals as
_
we are tempted to brand
any organization not fully understood?
Is it a "Kiddie Korps" as the popular
terminology goes? In ~ssence,
the
Peace Corps is made up of individuals,
and this is the only common demoni-
nator which seems to apply to the vol-
unteers,
their individuality.
They
THE RECORD
are from every conceivable race, col-
or, creed, background and environ-
ment and have a common social con-
sciousness, to help other human beings.
The P. C. doesn't want eccentrics and
the nature of the work would not appeal
to these elements. The beatnik I'm
sure would not want to work, much less
7'
days a week, without pay, at hard
labor, building a bridge, a road or an
outhouse
.
Of course, some of the vol-
unteers
II
go native"
,
and this is under-
standable, being exposed to other cul-
tures, and being able to draw upon the
good points of both their own in this
new environment,
_
in order to formu-
late a pattern of life
.
Mr. Reynolds went on to describe
his experiemces in Thailand as a volun-
teer.
He had two
·
different stations,
frist as a teacher in a university in
Bankok, and then as a member of a
Community Development project. While
in training, he was given
.
an extensive
language program, and cultural and
background orientation, but one can
only realize the true nature of the work,
of the people, and of the many prob-
lems, by being there.
The language
difficulties were overcome after a year,
but until he could talk fluent Thai, his
classes were taught through the use of
mimicry, pantomime and gesticulation
in order to get across a point. Mr.
Reynolds was forced to write and plan
his own courses and in the absence of
real text books, it was necessary to
prepare mimeographed texts.
There were no physical hardships
because
·
a teacher lived in a house and
ate palatable food. Yet, the volunteers
were beset by problems of a deeper
sort,
The job frustrations were enormous
and the cultural differences caused µn-
due anxiety.
Mr. Reynolds explained
that a "faux
pas"
could undo any gains
that were made. The Thai doesn't be-
lieve in dating, but have parties quite
often, At one party, Mr. Reynolds in-
advertently touched a girl's hand while
asking
her to dance,
which caused
great consternation
.
This is something
that is never done
.
Another problem was in getting the
people to adopt new attitudes and out-
looks.
After convincing a village to
build a "privy,
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Mr. Reynolds related,
he had quite a struggle in getting them
to use it. He spoke of the advantages
to health and sanitation, and they agreed,
but to use it was an entirely different
thing.
Mrs. Friedman concluded the inter-
view with a quote given in her speech.
Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, "In
order that I respect a man, I require
thathehaveparticipated in the passions
ofhistimes.
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The P
.
C. is our chance,
yours and mine, to participate in the
passions of our twentieth century world,
to help a fellow human being.
February 19, 1964
Mr. Dougherty
MR. DOUGHERTY NAMED DIRECTOR
OF DEVELOPMENT
by Kenneth A. France-Kelly
Last week, among all the new faces
to appear on campus, was that of our
new director of development, Mr. John
J
.
Dougherty.
In this position, Mr.
Dougherty is to direct the public rela-
tions of Marist and to assist the presi-
dent in planning and carrying out pro-
grams for the ever increasing needs of
the college.
Mr. Dougherty graduated from New
York University, where he received his
Bachelor of Science in education, and
then completed his graduate studied at
Fordham University concentrating in
sight conservation. He taught for five
years in the public schools of New York.
He was a faculty of New York University
camp at Lake Sebago, N. Y., and a lec-
turer in the graduate school of Safety
Education at the University
.
He was a
member of the National Red Cross
Aquatic School at Narrowsburg,
N.
Y.
In 1946 he was the fund raising director
for St. Francis' Hospital, Poughkeep-
sie. During the past eleven years he
has been associated with public rela-
tions and education at Western Printing
and Lithographing Company.
With Marist College again experi-
encing growing pains, Brother Linus
Foy brought Mr. Dougherty here to
acquaint the general public with our
college and then to solicit funds for our
new building fund drive. It is in this
vital position, as director of develop-
ment, that he will be able to assist
Marist and give to her something con-
crete and durable to show for his long,
laborious efforts.
Mr.
Dougherty's
job not only lessens the burden of all of
con•t. on page 5
February 19, 1964
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Art
Exhibit Reviewed
by Dennis Murray
One of the works of Alice Forman now
on exhibit in the Student Lounge
Alice Forman, one of 30 painters
under 36 years of age selected for the
Whitney Museum,
'Young America
1960' exhibition, is now demonstrating
her artistic wares in Donnelly Lou11ge
through February. The creditability of
FOLK Con•t.
was not
·
nationwide and
it
was most de-
cidedly vague, it was, nevertheless, a
tremendous improvement over the im-
age of a jug of corn liquor and
a
fret-
less five string banjo lying on the porch
of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
In 1957, the union of a Martin tenor
guitar, a six string
.
Goya, and a Vega
banjo,
in
the hands of three collegiate
Californians produced mass hysteria.
Their appearance on the cover of "Life"
magazine and nationwide television, the
sale of striped shirts, beige chinos,
string
.
ed instruments, and Tom Dooley
recordings boosted. considerably the
bank accounts of Dave Guard, Nick Rey-
nolds, and Bob Shane- -the omnipresent,
omnipotent Kingston Trio.
For all the
criticism
that was sub-
sequently leveled at the talented three
by both the sincere and the psuedo,
nine of their 18 albums to date have
sold over one million copies. The de-
parture of the ultra-liberal Guard and
his immediate replacement by John
Stewart (away back around album num-
ber 10) doesn't seem to have hurt their
popularity.
I personally watched the
SOLD OUT signs being nailed to the
gates of the 10,000 seat Forest Hills
Stadium when they appeared there last
August.
There are, at present, approxi-
mately 20 such groups, of assorted
shapes, sizes, and abilities, whose
names would be familiar to the major-
her work can be witnessed
·
by a
:,.v,,;:,,
series of gallery showings since she re-
ceived her Bachelor of Arts degree at
Cornell University.
Miss Forman' s work is a shocking
dramatization of conformity to non re-
alism. In an age of realists the For-
man works would be quickly discounted
as an irrelevant waste of paints and
plaster. With the turn of the century,
a new wave of Enlightenment swept the
world, and the 'new breed' was formed
which lacked the introspective and the
emotional.
Miss Forman' s creations
can only be acceptable in light of the
recent trends in culture, and even then
a new state of mind is required to ac-
cept them.
In
essence,
the paintings
are too old fashioned for the avant-
garde and too modern
for-
the conserva-
tives.
The success behind Miss Forman's
remarkable rise to notoriety is the
colorful, vague and chronic apportion -
ment of canvas with an
array
·
or paints,
plaster, and
even
bird seed.
The im-
pression is explosive, but the passing
of the shock waves leaves an intangible
feeling of disbelief bordering on awe.
In short, the Forman exhibit is as
successful as a literary work of a
third -grader, imitating James Joyce,
a creditable showing of our culture and
what remains to be desired.
ity
of
our readers
.
All are making
money--lots and lots of money--as are
the fourscore and seven or more indi-
vidual artists who will never be on re-
lief. There are, of course, many who
go unnoticed, often unjustly so.
If,
however, one plays
.
banjo because he
simply loves to play banjo, he is at no
loss whatever should he never gain rec-
ognition; hence I see the entire move-
'
ment as a healthy entity in itself. Cer-
tainly more people are invoived with
music today on a private level as a re-
sult of this "boom
.
"
The enthusiasm with which it has
been accepted by the college element,
could conceivably stem back to what I
feel is a reactionary movement on their
part, against the dress, habits and de-
meanor of the non-college group.
A
parallel" could be drawn
.
The most
dominant color in the non-college group
is black; black shirts, pants
,
shoes,
etc., seem to take preemi~ence over
any other single shade.
Most college
campuses, however, are tied together
in an extremely close way by the prev-
alence of white in the wardrobe; white
chinos and socks, tan hues, and pin-
striped shirts along witha beige rain-
coat can be found in the closet of most
male college students.
Where, in the
first group, the emphasis is on extrav-
agance, in schools, it is on economy.
The non-college people are whiskey
drinkers, they favor Italian shoes, and
drive Bonnevilles. Their more highly
TUTORIAL Con't.
to show them that this world, beyond
their own, does exist. It is in keeping
with the general theme of the program,
Horizons Unlimited.
Marist is just beginning to become
actively involved in the program and at
this time we have only fourteen tutoring
or who will be tutoring in the near fu-
ture. However we do have about twenty
additional
people signed up.
If there
is anyone who is interested in joining
the tutorial project, they should contact
BobHackettinRm. 213, Leo Hall. De-
spite
the fact that we arc not yet using
all
those who have signed
t,;>,
we will be
in the near future and since the pro-
gram is expanding at a rapid rate, we
are very interested in acquiring addit-
ional tutors. Any of you who
are
inter-
ested may rest assured that it is a very
satisfying and rewarding experience.
CAMPUS Con•t.
Booster Club president, Bob Gillen,
makes an appeal to the student body for
a
respectable turnout at the forthcoming
games.
Theatre Guild director, Mr. James
Britt
has completed casting for the
Spring Production, A Hatful of Rain.
Leading roles were captured oy Dennis
(Bobby D.) Feeney and Marist's own
Bette Davis, Carol B. Dzuiban.
Play
dates for the show are scheduled for
sometime after the middle of April.
The newest organization on campus,
The Young Americans for
Freedom,
fighting to achieve student recognition,
has inaugurated a lecture series to be
given by faculty members.
President,
Walt Maxwell also hopes to stage a
series of debates with various campus
clubs.
DOUGHERTY Con't.
the college• s aepanments so that they
can devote more of their time to their
original functions, but also this new
position thrusts him, as our
.
official
liaison, into the mid-Hudson associa-
tion of colleges.
As men of Marist we welcome
Mr
.
Dougherty and wish him all the success
possible, _for truly on h_im rests the bur-
den and responsibility ;of the
·
future of
Marist College.
educated peers, t-
,~
wever, drink beer,
wear thjck-s,~~--
'
~or~•ovans,
-
and own
Volkswagons.
·
O,tr nrst group will
listen to little
else
but "rock 'n' roll,"
while the latter buys--you guessed it--
folk music.
My contention is that the college
student, quite unconsciously wants to
distinguish himself- -because of a psy-
chological need to be a member of a
peer group-
-from
his less educated
counterpart in the most obvious ways
possible: his appearance, his likes and
his dislikes.
The initial plunge into
folk music is, I feel, initiated here,
and from this point, the charm and
beauty of it develop his love of it to the
varying degrees.
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Page Six
·rHE RECORD _
February 19, 1964
Marist Dumps Brooklyn Poly.
U.N.
Con't.
···Marist) was never.
a
verbal straggler.
In Basket bal I
89-69
Besides winning a wrestling match
against Brooklyn Poly, Marist also
posted its fourth victory of the basket-
ball campaign with an 89-69 romp.
It
was Marist almost all the way. as the
BlueJay•swereBlue and the·Red Foxes
saw Red.
After a slow start Bernie· Dooley
. and Den O'Brien took ·control: Showing
the way with an assortment of shots
they quickly led the Foxes on a parade
which stopped awhile with a 44- 33 in-
termission lead.
'l'he second period wasn't much
different. With Coach Wade substitut-
ing at will, the Marist squad kep·t rol-
ling along. Most of the scoring• was
divided four ways, Bernie Dooley 25,
Den O'Brien 24, John Quellet 15, and
Jim Wright 14. Where was Ringo?
MARIST
FG
FT
Dooley
12
1
O'Brien
11
2
·Ouellet
7
1
Wright
7
0
Finucane
2
2
Daly
1
0
Murphy
1
0
Petrie
0
1
41
7
BROOKLYN
FG
FT
Maklina
10
5
Babounaki
9
1
Avoy
2·
4
Chenetz
3
1
Leuchs
2
0
Perrgialli
'2
0
SEellmar
1
0
29
11
Ovens • 2 Bea ts
Faculty
by Brian Johnson
TOT
25
24
15
14
6
2
2
1
89
TOT
25
19
8
7
4
4
2
69
In
one of the few spectacular games
of the century the faculty butchers went
down to the Ovens #2.
The students were the first to score
butthefaculty with Mr. Jack Kelly tak-
ing the lead soon came back and man-
aged to sit on top. The half-time score
showed the faculty up 17-14.
A strong surge in the second half
by the Ovens team put them ahead a-
gain. The faculty scored last but too
late as the · buzzer sounded with the
Oven's #2 team winning 32-26.
The faculty team makes up in
I,.
Wrestling
26-6
The Marist College Wrestling Team
posted its first victory in the history
of the school as they ripped Brooklyn
Poly 26-6 on Feb;r-uary 11.
Each Blue
Jay opponent felt the weight of the Red
Foxes.
In the 123 pound class .Pat Cullum
won a forfeit to post 5 points before the
ref's whistle signaled the start of the
match.
Jack Burke in the 130 pound
class lost his first varsity match by a
decision for Brooklyn's opening 3 points
The fans witnessed Dick Meres of the
137 pound class
post
a 3 point decision
to give our grapplers an 8 to 3 advan-
tage.
Mike Hackett, fighting in the
147 category, dropped a decision as
Brooklyn saw its last 3 points posted.
Halfway through it was Marist 8- 6.
When the heavier men started bat-
tling there was no stopping the Foxes.
Bab Langenbach under the 157 pound
classification won on a decision. Roc-
co Pietrafesa rattled his 167 pound
opponent, in the best match of the eve-
nign, with a pin in 5: 40 to rack up 5
more points. In the 177 pound match
John Williams played with his counter-
part for 32 seconds before pinning him.
Dave Hefie pinned his man for the final
5 points in the evening's finale.
FACULTY TEAM
Mr. Kelly
Mr. Sullivan
Dr. Sommer
Mr. Doran
Mr. Lewis
Bro. Molloy
Bro. Carolan
Mr. Skau
Mr. Thomas
OVEN'S #2
Jim Clancy
Bill Zabicki
Mike Flynn
Pete Riehing
Alan Craviciki
Bob Cailhan
Jim Pi7,anni
Jay Boyer
Bob Mcquire
From the beginning they established
themselves as the arbitrator between
the U.S. and the Latin American na-
tions and were often chosen to voice the
ideals of Latin America before the
Assembly. Marist took a backseat to
no one, Georgetown, the Air Force
Academy, Princeton and Yale included.
Each delegate ~ought hard to forget that
he was an American citizen while at-
tending the sessions of the U. M. U. N.
and the success ~chieved in this aspect
was what enhanced Colombia's and con-
sequently Marist' s position in the minds
of the other delegates.
Work, debate and lobbying high-
lighted the events during the· four days
with certain other incidents such· as the
assassination attempt made upon the
Peruyian delegate, the stealing of the
GermanflagandRussia's falling asleep
at one meeting, breaking the monotony.
During the evening, from 9 o• clock on-
ward, the time was the delegates own.
There were various parties throughout
the hotel, at which he could dance, with
the many, intriguing female ambassa-
dors, lobby, or just relax and enjoy
himself. Each delegate was quizzed
many times by both French and English
Can?-dians about college life in the
States and many discussions ensued,
comparing the U.S. A. and Canada ac-
cording to politics, society, and sex.
The easy going, i~telligent French Ca-
nadians were more than receptive to
American ideas and their interest was
matched by the Marist representatives.
Saturday saw the close of the U. M.
U. N. Colombia felt, as did each dele-
gation, the letdown after it was all
over. However the close was not abrupt
bgt was rather a flouri~h. A dance at
the Ritz Carleton united East and West
in friendly conversation, dinner and
song. The dance itself ended with an
ominou13 political overtone which could
be felt by.each delegate from the States.
As the band played "On Canada," each
and every person stood; however when
. the strains of "God Save the Queen" be-
gan there was not a French Canadian
standing. It was their way of protest-
ing the fact that they are a Common-
wealth nation and to express their sym-
pathywith the F. L. Q., a radicai group
advocating the secession of Quebec.
This protest returned everyone to the
realization of their ideologies and al-
though the festive atmosphere was not
seriously damaged, it was a sign that
the U. M. U. N. had truly come to an
end .
weight for what it lacks in the talent
department. The start4}g five are Mr.
Kelly,
Mr.
Lewis,
Mr.
Sullivan,
Brother Carolan and one of the several
other.honorable faculty. The roster has
~ell b~l_anced teachers but their play-
mg ab1hty on the court is sometimes
questionable. Their job is at forecourt
and at the key of the class. The lectur-
ing five make a good showing of their
athletic ability but as yet have not
walked away with ·a victory. Jack (the
shot) Kelly and Bob (the cooz) Lewis
. aid. the team considerably.
The ball
hanciling and defensive work of Mr
Sullivan is not to be overlooked.
The·
"competitive."
·rr
the· students take the .
sharpshooting of
Mr.
Lewis and Broth-
court as a get-even place, they are
er Carolan represent ·the future of the
sadyl mistaken:
The faculty can and··
faculty.
does play a rough game
when_
it
needs •
It
must be noticed that the faculty
to.
When they want, they even draw
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The
-RECORD
MARIST
Vol. IV. No. 8
Poughkeepsie, New-York
Mari st Broadens
Marist -In
local
Tutorial Program:
by Robert Ha~kett
Marist
is currently involved, along
with Vassar and Dutchess Community
College in a program which is of bene-
fit to the entire community.
Horizons Unlimited is a plan which
was instituted by the Poughkeepsie
School System, the Neighborhood Ser-
vice Organization and the various col-
leges in the area to help grade school
students who have special needs.
It
is
a program of individualized help and
cultural enrichment, designed . to help
. not only the youngsters who are under-
achieving, but also those who are han-
dicapped by a lack of cultural experi-
ence.
Participating in this program are
seven elementary schools: Columbus,
Ellsworth, Warring
and
Franklin of the
PougbkeepsieSchoolSystem, St. Marys
and Mt. C rmel also
of
Poughkeepsie
and Arlington. The number of students
involved in this program form the grade
schools is two hundred and fifty while
the total number involved is five hun-
dred. since there are
two
hundred and
i'ifty tutors from the three-colleges.
In order to accomplish these ends,
two
different courses of action are be-
ingpersued. Tohelp the under-achiev-
ing student, a system ·or individualized
study with a college student has been
initiated. This tutoring program has,
of
course, as its primary object aiding
the student
with.his
studies.
However
there is a secondary purpose involved-
it
is hoped that through the relationship
Mayor Waryas sends off Marist
delegation
to
Mock U. N.
dent
is
able to realize that there are
different ways of living, and
it
is hoped
·that in some way his views may change.
Secondly, the children are intro-
duced' into a world of culture, an envi-
ronment very possibly alien to them,
through special group programs
such
as attending plays and touring places
of interest. Included in these tours·
have been visits to the three colleges
· participating in the program: Vassar,
Marist and Dutchess Community Col-
lege. Last Wednesday;
as
some of you
may have noticed, the youngsters par-
ticipating in the progr~
.
w~r; t
~
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m
,
COLLEGE
February
19, 1964
Horizons
larist Part ici,ates
11
lick U
1ite~
N
1ti11
s
Four universities in Montreal, Can-
ada, forthesi.xthtimeinas many years,
convened the University Model United
Nations of February
5, 1964.
Marist,
along with twenty-two other American
colleges and universities. and fifty-
three Canadian institutes of higher ed-
ucation, represented, member coun-
tries of the United Nations. The six
· delegates from our college,. Ed Kriss-
ler, Pete Maronge, Walt Maxwell, John
: Passmore, Bill Townsend and Bill
Treanor, researched the economics,
social, political and religious aspects
of their country, Colombia, so they
could impress a favorable opinion
_not
only of their school upon the minds of
the other colleges but also so that each
individual would be able to express the
views of Colombia when necessary.
Upon arrival at the Laurentien Ho-
tel, in the heart of the windy, French
Canadian city,
Wednesday morning,
the delegates immediately began lobby-
ing
to gain support for the resolutions
which
were being presented by Colom-
bia in the Economic and Social Council
(EcoSoc) of the U. M. U. N.
A rather
ingenious method was used for obtain-
ing votes and to establishing their del-
egation
in
the minds of the other repre-
sentatives. Each member from the
country of Colombia was equipped with
numerous book matches advertising
lOOo/o
Colombian Coffee, Ute coffee of.
Juan Valdez.
This added a touch of
humor to the very serious and some-
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Page Two
THE RECORD
The
RECORD
Editor: George E. Hallam
Asst. Editor: Gerry Marmion
Advisor: Dr. George Sommer
Awareness
&
Resolution
In the recent past this paper dedicated itself religiously to
the publication of popular orthodoxy and general opinions. It
praised punctuality and the scholarly virtues, eulogized mother-
hood and Democracy, commended children and cleanliness, and
it never missed an opportunity to clothe itself with convention
and all of the chief conjectural signs of predestination. In short,
it offended few, interested even less, and excited nobody. Con-
formity was glorified, and personal convictions were confined to
the daring criticism of such subjects as Communism, agnosti-
cism, and 'cafeteria food!' Sincerity was smothered in safety
and personality was choked in platitudes, and all the while no
one dared to challenge, chastise, or be corrected. The result
was that the unctious words died where they were born, having
communicated nothing.
In the past few weeks however, this lack of quality, virility,
and individuality has encountered unusually heavy resistance
in
the form of severe and justified criticism. The upperclassmen
have expressed their disappointment, and the night students
their disdain, while the members of the Faculty have appealed
and protested
in
plaintive tones of scholarly anguish. We agree
with them and you, for it is not our intention to defend the RE-
CORD.· It is our hope however, to expand its scope and to
im-
prove upon its quality.
Now, keeping in mind that we are both Marist students and
members of the twentieth century, we intend to voice our opin-
ions--which opinions may be wrong but will, nevertheless, be
. honest. Our hope is that these personal speculations and inter-
pretations will meet with critical responses from you, and that
the cc.a,,~,quent multi-colored totality will reflect more accur-
ately
thl<
true vitality of Marist. We are prepared to be either
praised or corrected, or humiliated· in the hope that you will
have both the conscience and the courage to do so. We .propose
therefore, to probe beyond the walls of Marist and to take _the
world for <mr province. We know that the student is both of
this w<>rl<l and
:fu
it, and we feel that as the student is, so should
the newspaper be. In the light of this belief we will concern ourc
selves not merely with the Student Council, but also with the
Ecumenical Council and, for that matter, any other council.
And, if honesty demands it, we are determined to combat ignor-
ance with controversy. This is what we resolve, and for its
success we are dependent upon your cooperation. To maintain
the former carelessness and indifference is to continue to be-
tray Marist, whereas, if we make a determined effort to im-
prove, we can once more declare 'CUM OPTIMIS LITIGARE' to
be the essential characteristic of both the Marist student and his
newspaper.
CORRECTION: Tom and Jerry's Laundry Service is
open from 10: 00 to 10: 30 P. M. from Sunday to Thursday
and not from 1: 00 to 10: 30 P. M. as in last week's
RECORD.
February 19, 1964
DILEMMA?
I thought I had seen the worst of it,
There certainly was no greater crime.
But then I turned from the "Daily News,"
To the latest edition of "Time."
CRITICAL COMMENTS
"High School papers are better
than the Record, but brothers run these
papers. Here at Marist the newspaper
is a student responsibility.
Students
should seize and exploit this opportun-
ity by producing a paper som'eone would
enjoy reading.
11
Bro. Daniel Kirk
"I believe that student life should
be the basis of the paper.
However,
activities must have news value. They
should be interpreted and opinionated
even at the risk of controversy.
11
Bro. Felix Michael
"The first step in revamping the
paper is to burn it.
11
Dr. Roscoe Balch
11
!
feel that the newspaper should
look, think, read and feel like a news-
paper and not a parish bulletin.
11
Mr. Robert Lewis
Elections
The following students have been.
nominated for the 1964 Student Council
President - Thomas Heffernan
Jerimiah Sheehen
Vfre-President -
Edward Murray
Recording Sec. - Dennis O'Brien
James Waters
Corresponding Sec. - Walter Behrman
William Townsend
Treasurer - Allan Wiehn
John Zottoli
Senior Rep. - Gene Grall
Junior Rep. - Daniel Meyer
Edward Pelkey
Gerard Smith
Sophomore Rep. - John Burke
Walter Maxwell
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THE RECORD
On
The Rise
Of
The
Folk Idiom
by Lawrence Plover
Very few rational beings in our so-
ciety are unaware of the current bur-
geoning interest in what was previously
considered the music
.
of the Ozark
mountain range or the plains of the
West.
The pragmatic hordes of the·
contemporary entertainment field- -re-
cording companies,
booking agents,
publicity men, owners of''folk-oriented"
night clubs--call the phenomenon a
"boon." It is fairly simple to deduce
that they couldn't be happier with the
proceedings
,
especially
when one con-
siders their financial gains.
Those of us less ·immediately con-
nected with the folk music industry in-
evitably
ask, what? why? how? The
most difficult question to answer
is
what are the phantom components of
this entertainment form which grosses
millions of dollars annually? General-
izations are, in fact, always inadequate,
as
will be seen from some of the more
common
attempts to answer our first
question.
Is folk music the bitter protest song
of a Pete Seeger or the bright, rollick-
ing 4/ 4 beat of John Stewart's banjo on
a Kingston Trio album? Is it the biting
satire of a Chad Mitchell social com-
mentary, or the sometimes subtle,
sometimes slapstick humor of Tom and
Dick Smothers? Should we call it the
wailing, distant voice of Miss Baez, or
the driving, raucous, good humored
sounds of the Clancy Brothers? Could
we possibly exclude the pessimistic
minor chords of Woodie Guthrie's pleas
for the migrant worker in "Pastures of
Plenty" or the nationalistic pride of
his. more fa·mous "This Land is Your
Land?" Is
it
the disheveled hair, den-
im pants,
and
dirty boots
of
Bob Dylan
Corner
or the tennis sweaters
and
tan bucs of
the Brothers Four? Is it anything de-
finable or absolute? I doubt it. To me
it is an entirely individual thing, and I
think it petty and foolish
for musicol-
ogists and self-appointed authorities to
publish pedantic articles decrying com-
mercialism and whatever terms they
can .invent. For the purist, there are
innumerable albums on the more ethnic
labels, such as Vanguard and Folkways;
and, quite obviously, there is more
than enough recorded material for the
more casual folk enthusiast. Conse-
quently, there seems to be no reason
for argument.
This brings us to our second ques-
tion- -why? Exactly what promoted
this fantastic interest and what is keep-
ing
it
alive? Numerous articles con-
cerning this idea- - some scholarly and
some absurd--have been written in the
last few years.
All, however, make
mention of certain" common knowledge"
facts about folk music's birth, or rath-
er, rebirth, on the American scene.
In 1948, a quartet spawned in the folk
idiom began its career by touring the
mine and mill areas of Pennsylvania
and West Virginia and the flatlands of
the West. They sang to, with, of, and
for, the
common
people and the com-
mon people loved them
.
Four years
later the group played Carnegie Hall to
anS. R. 0. crowd and the Weavers were
nationally known. They were as "eth-
nic" as the dictionary definition and
when a reporter said, "I love your act,"
one of them reputedly
growled,
"It's
not an act
,
son--it's real."
The American public now had some
conception
of folk music
.
Although it
con't. on page 5
Page Three
Student.Co unci I
by James Kocher
The Student Council meeting·. of
February 9, may be added to the list
of their current failures. However,
a
round of applause is due for that es-
teemed body for its attempt on Wednes-
day night to rectify Sunday's mistake
.
Lacking one active council member
and two others whose contributions are
negligible, and also the noticeable ab-
sence of several candidates for office,
whose presence was required, contrib-
uted to the failure of the meeting. If
the Beattles attract more of your
attention than does your aspired. office,
gentlemen, then please do not continue
the tradition of providing poor leader-
;;hip of the Student body.
Much to the consternation of the
loyal members, all appeared m Wednes-
:lay, including the candidates for office
(with a bit of warning). After long-lost
acquaintances were renewed, the Coun-
cil did accomplish several hours of
genuine work. Ninety-five percent of
this went to the correction and prelimi-
nary adoption of a revised Constitution
under which our present Council would
be remolded into a Student Government.
Pending further approval, a few
major changes will include: the division
of the Government into four branches;
the encouragement of the same from
nine to thirteen members and therefore,
!
a new total of two representatives from
each class; and finally the right to vote,
oy Seniors, in Government eiections.
In this instance, sincere congratulatirns
must be
e
xtended to the members of the
Constitutional Cornmittee, i.e., Dan
Rolleri, Dan Verrico, and Bill Treanor,
for the initial revision, and to the Coun-
cil in general for their methodical cor-
rection and approval.
Campus
By James Sullivan
Peace Corps Visits Campus
Reynard editors, Dick
Freer
and
Joe Sendra, have just completed the
senior yearbook photos, and are now in
the process of working on those of the
faculty members and campus organi-
zations.
If
all goes according to plan,
finished copies of the yearbook will be
delivered on or about September 1,
1964.
The Young American::;, soon to be
renamed the American
Forum,
plan to
continue their successful lecture series
of last semester during the Spring Term.
These lectures, given by various mem-
bers of the faculty, consist in discus-
sions of some aspect of either Commu-
nism or Democracy.
The Young Republicans, headed by
rotund Bill Treanor, have recently
challenged their Democratic counter-
parts to a series of political debates.
con't. on page 5
By Ted Flynn
On Tuesday, February 11th, Marist
was visited by a Peace
Corps
recruit-
ing team. This caused a flurcy of in-
terest and excitement. the first such
indication of student awareness wit-
nessed on the campus this school year.
The recruiters, Mr. Jack Reynolds,
a return volunteer from Thailand, and
Mrs. Fredrica Friedman, a writer for
the Washington Information Bureau, set
up a booth in the cafeteria, distributing
pamphlets and answering questions on
the various phases of Peace Corps
work.
Mrs. Friedman stated the necessity
of recruiting due to the shortage of vol-
unteers and the great demands for their
services. In Thailand alone, there is
a need for
600
more volunteers, al-
though there are 265 already stationed
there. A nation must make a request
for volunteers before they are sent to
the various countries and unfortunately
the demand far exceeds the supply.
What is to be gained from Peace
Corps work? Certainly it is not mone-
tary success; rather it is something
much more gratifying,
more worth
while than financial success.
This
wealth of accomplishment is subjective
as well as objective. It can be stated
succinctly as the Creative experience.
Here is a chance to teach and to learn.
The opportunity awaits the ordinary
individual, the farmer, the doctor, tea~
con't. on page 4
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Page Four
PEACE CORPS Con•t.
Mr
.
Jack Reynolds, and Mrs. Fredrica
Friedman explain the Peace Corps in the
Cafeteria.
cher and clerk to apply his various
skills, his ideas and values, towards
the betterment of humanity
.
Here is
the chance to aid a fellow human being
to become an active member of twen-
tieth century life, to make the "inch
by inch progress" towards a better
world.
The Peace Corps is not a crusade
for particular nations or causes, rath-
er it seeks to establish a humanitarian
relationship between individuals
:
the
laborer
,
the farmer, the common folk
,
the backwards peoples, the children.
This relationship was aptly described
by Mrs. Friedman in reference to the
Panamanian Crisis. Although the U.S.
Government provides protection for
each volunteer, and could fly them out
of their various stations literally in
minutes, there was no necessity dur-
ing this crisis. The people themselves,
the Panamanians, gave the volunteers
maximum protection. They went so far
as to lQck the volunteer in the municipal
jail,
with a 24 hour guard, in order to
insure his safety. In most cases the
P.
C. representativebecomesamemben
of the community, He is not considered
a "Gringo" capitalist, the stereotyped
image, but is seen as the true Ameri-
<!an.
By this person to person rela-
tionship, values can be exchanged and
interchanged, and the national image
of our U.S. can be seen in a true light,
that of a great nation interested in the
people of all nations.
What of the volunteers themselves?
Are they all beatniks, socialists or
radicals as
_
we are tempted to brand
any organization not fully understood?
Is it a "Kiddie Korps" as the popular
terminology goes? In ~ssence,
the
Peace Corps is made up of individuals,
and this is the only common demoni-
nator which seems to apply to the vol-
unteers,
their individuality.
They
THE RECORD
are from every conceivable race, col-
or, creed, background and environ-
ment and have a common social con-
sciousness, to help other human beings.
The P. C. doesn't want eccentrics and
the nature of the work would not appeal
to these elements. The beatnik I'm
sure would not want to work, much less
7'
days a week, without pay, at hard
labor, building a bridge, a road or an
outhouse
.
Of course, some of the vol-
unteers
II
go native"
,
and this is under-
standable, being exposed to other cul-
tures, and being able to draw upon the
good points of both their own in this
new environment,
_
in order to formu-
late a pattern of life
.
Mr. Reynolds went on to describe
his experiemces in Thailand as a volun-
teer.
He had two
·
different stations,
frist as a teacher in a university in
Bankok, and then as a member of a
Community Development project. While
in training, he was given
.
an extensive
language program, and cultural and
background orientation, but one can
only realize the true nature of the work,
of the people, and of the many prob-
lems, by being there.
The language
difficulties were overcome after a year,
but until he could talk fluent Thai, his
classes were taught through the use of
mimicry, pantomime and gesticulation
in order to get across a point. Mr.
Reynolds was forced to write and plan
his own courses and in the absence of
real text books, it was necessary to
prepare mimeographed texts.
There were no physical hardships
because
·
a teacher lived in a house and
ate palatable food. Yet, the volunteers
were beset by problems of a deeper
sort,
The job frustrations were enormous
and the cultural differences caused µn-
due anxiety.
Mr. Reynolds explained
that a "faux
pas"
could undo any gains
that were made. The Thai doesn't be-
lieve in dating, but have parties quite
often, At one party, Mr. Reynolds in-
advertently touched a girl's hand while
asking
her to dance,
which caused
great consternation
.
This is something
that is never done
.
Another problem was in getting the
people to adopt new attitudes and out-
looks.
After convincing a village to
build a "privy,
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Mr. Reynolds related,
he had quite a struggle in getting them
to use it. He spoke of the advantages
to health and sanitation, and they agreed,
but to use it was an entirely different
thing.
Mrs. Friedman concluded the inter-
view with a quote given in her speech.
Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, "In
order that I respect a man, I require
thathehaveparticipated in the passions
ofhistimes.
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The P
.
C. is our chance,
yours and mine, to participate in the
passions of our twentieth century world,
to help a fellow human being.
February 19, 1964
Mr. Dougherty
MR. DOUGHERTY NAMED DIRECTOR
OF DEVELOPMENT
by Kenneth A. France-Kelly
Last week, among all the new faces
to appear on campus, was that of our
new director of development, Mr. John
J
.
Dougherty.
In this position, Mr.
Dougherty is to direct the public rela-
tions of Marist and to assist the presi-
dent in planning and carrying out pro-
grams for the ever increasing needs of
the college.
Mr. Dougherty graduated from New
York University, where he received his
Bachelor of Science in education, and
then completed his graduate studied at
Fordham University concentrating in
sight conservation. He taught for five
years in the public schools of New York.
He was a faculty of New York University
camp at Lake Sebago, N. Y., and a lec-
turer in the graduate school of Safety
Education at the University
.
He was a
member of the National Red Cross
Aquatic School at Narrowsburg,
N.
Y.
In 1946 he was the fund raising director
for St. Francis' Hospital, Poughkeep-
sie. During the past eleven years he
has been associated with public rela-
tions and education at Western Printing
and Lithographing Company.
With Marist College again experi-
encing growing pains, Brother Linus
Foy brought Mr. Dougherty here to
acquaint the general public with our
college and then to solicit funds for our
new building fund drive. It is in this
vital position, as director of develop-
ment, that he will be able to assist
Marist and give to her something con-
crete and durable to show for his long,
laborious efforts.
Mr.
Dougherty's
job not only lessens the burden of all of
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Art
Exhibit Reviewed
by Dennis Murray
One of the works of Alice Forman now
on exhibit in the Student Lounge
Alice Forman, one of 30 painters
under 36 years of age selected for the
Whitney Museum,
'Young America
1960' exhibition, is now demonstrating
her artistic wares in Donnelly Lou11ge
through February. The creditability of
FOLK Con•t.
was not
·
nationwide and
it
was most de-
cidedly vague, it was, nevertheless, a
tremendous improvement over the im-
age of a jug of corn liquor and
a
fret-
less five string banjo lying on the porch
of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
In 1957, the union of a Martin tenor
guitar, a six string
.
Goya, and a Vega
banjo,
in
the hands of three collegiate
Californians produced mass hysteria.
Their appearance on the cover of "Life"
magazine and nationwide television, the
sale of striped shirts, beige chinos,
string
.
ed instruments, and Tom Dooley
recordings boosted. considerably the
bank accounts of Dave Guard, Nick Rey-
nolds, and Bob Shane- -the omnipresent,
omnipotent Kingston Trio.
For all the
criticism
that was sub-
sequently leveled at the talented three
by both the sincere and the psuedo,
nine of their 18 albums to date have
sold over one million copies. The de-
parture of the ultra-liberal Guard and
his immediate replacement by John
Stewart (away back around album num-
ber 10) doesn't seem to have hurt their
popularity.
I personally watched the
SOLD OUT signs being nailed to the
gates of the 10,000 seat Forest Hills
Stadium when they appeared there last
August.
There are, at present, approxi-
mately 20 such groups, of assorted
shapes, sizes, and abilities, whose
names would be familiar to the major-
her work can be witnessed
·
by a
:,.v,,;:,,
series of gallery showings since she re-
ceived her Bachelor of Arts degree at
Cornell University.
Miss Forman' s work is a shocking
dramatization of conformity to non re-
alism. In an age of realists the For-
man works would be quickly discounted
as an irrelevant waste of paints and
plaster. With the turn of the century,
a new wave of Enlightenment swept the
world, and the 'new breed' was formed
which lacked the introspective and the
emotional.
Miss Forman' s creations
can only be acceptable in light of the
recent trends in culture, and even then
a new state of mind is required to ac-
cept them.
In
essence,
the paintings
are too old fashioned for the avant-
garde and too modern
for-
the conserva-
tives.
The success behind Miss Forman's
remarkable rise to notoriety is the
colorful, vague and chronic apportion -
ment of canvas with an
array
·
or paints,
plaster, and
even
bird seed.
The im-
pression is explosive, but the passing
of the shock waves leaves an intangible
feeling of disbelief bordering on awe.
In short, the Forman exhibit is as
successful as a literary work of a
third -grader, imitating James Joyce,
a creditable showing of our culture and
what remains to be desired.
ity
of
our readers
.
All are making
money--lots and lots of money--as are
the fourscore and seven or more indi-
vidual artists who will never be on re-
lief. There are, of course, many who
go unnoticed, often unjustly so.
If,
however, one plays
.
banjo because he
simply loves to play banjo, he is at no
loss whatever should he never gain rec-
ognition; hence I see the entire move-
'
ment as a healthy entity in itself. Cer-
tainly more people are invoived with
music today on a private level as a re-
sult of this "boom
.
"
The enthusiasm with which it has
been accepted by the college element,
could conceivably stem back to what I
feel is a reactionary movement on their
part, against the dress, habits and de-
meanor of the non-college group.
A
parallel" could be drawn
.
The most
dominant color in the non-college group
is black; black shirts, pants
,
shoes,
etc., seem to take preemi~ence over
any other single shade.
Most college
campuses, however, are tied together
in an extremely close way by the prev-
alence of white in the wardrobe; white
chinos and socks, tan hues, and pin-
striped shirts along witha beige rain-
coat can be found in the closet of most
male college students.
Where, in the
first group, the emphasis is on extrav-
agance, in schools, it is on economy.
The non-college people are whiskey
drinkers, they favor Italian shoes, and
drive Bonnevilles. Their more highly
TUTORIAL Con't.
to show them that this world, beyond
their own, does exist. It is in keeping
with the general theme of the program,
Horizons Unlimited.
Marist is just beginning to become
actively involved in the program and at
this time we have only fourteen tutoring
or who will be tutoring in the near fu-
ture. However we do have about twenty
additional
people signed up.
If there
is anyone who is interested in joining
the tutorial project, they should contact
BobHackettinRm. 213, Leo Hall. De-
spite
the fact that we arc not yet using
all
those who have signed
t,;>,
we will be
in the near future and since the pro-
gram is expanding at a rapid rate, we
are very interested in acquiring addit-
ional tutors. Any of you who
are
inter-
ested may rest assured that it is a very
satisfying and rewarding experience.
CAMPUS Con•t.
Booster Club president, Bob Gillen,
makes an appeal to the student body for
a
respectable turnout at the forthcoming
games.
Theatre Guild director, Mr. James
Britt
has completed casting for the
Spring Production, A Hatful of Rain.
Leading roles were captured oy Dennis
(Bobby D.) Feeney and Marist's own
Bette Davis, Carol B. Dzuiban.
Play
dates for the show are scheduled for
sometime after the middle of April.
The newest organization on campus,
The Young Americans for
Freedom,
fighting to achieve student recognition,
has inaugurated a lecture series to be
given by faculty members.
President,
Walt Maxwell also hopes to stage a
series of debates with various campus
clubs.
DOUGHERTY Con't.
the college• s aepanments so that they
can devote more of their time to their
original functions, but also this new
position thrusts him, as our
.
official
liaison, into the mid-Hudson associa-
tion of colleges.
As men of Marist we welcome
Mr
.
Dougherty and wish him all the success
possible, _for truly on h_im rests the bur-
den and responsibility ;of the
·
future of
Marist College.
educated peers, t-
,~
wever, drink beer,
wear thjck-s,~~--
'
~or~•ovans,
-
and own
Volkswagons.
·
O,tr nrst group will
listen to little
else
but "rock 'n' roll,"
while the latter buys--you guessed it--
folk music.
My contention is that the college
student, quite unconsciously wants to
distinguish himself- -because of a psy-
chological need to be a member of a
peer group-
-from
his less educated
counterpart in the most obvious ways
possible: his appearance, his likes and
his dislikes.
The initial plunge into
folk music is, I feel, initiated here,
and from this point, the charm and
beauty of it develop his love of it to the
varying degrees.
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February 19, 1964
Marist Dumps Brooklyn Poly.
U.N.
Con't.
···Marist) was never.
a
verbal straggler.
In Basket bal I
89-69
Besides winning a wrestling match
against Brooklyn Poly, Marist also
posted its fourth victory of the basket-
ball campaign with an 89-69 romp.
It
was Marist almost all the way. as the
BlueJay•swereBlue and the·Red Foxes
saw Red.
After a slow start Bernie· Dooley
. and Den O'Brien took ·control: Showing
the way with an assortment of shots
they quickly led the Foxes on a parade
which stopped awhile with a 44- 33 in-
termission lead.
'l'he second period wasn't much
different. With Coach Wade substitut-
ing at will, the Marist squad kep·t rol-
ling along. Most of the scoring• was
divided four ways, Bernie Dooley 25,
Den O'Brien 24, John Quellet 15, and
Jim Wright 14. Where was Ringo?
MARIST
FG
FT
Dooley
12
1
O'Brien
11
2
·Ouellet
7
1
Wright
7
0
Finucane
2
2
Daly
1
0
Murphy
1
0
Petrie
0
1
41
7
BROOKLYN
FG
FT
Maklina
10
5
Babounaki
9
1
Avoy
2·
4
Chenetz
3
1
Leuchs
2
0
Perrgialli
'2
0
SEellmar
1
0
29
11
Ovens • 2 Bea ts
Faculty
by Brian Johnson
TOT
25
24
15
14
6
2
2
1
89
TOT
25
19
8
7
4
4
2
69
In
one of the few spectacular games
of the century the faculty butchers went
down to the Ovens #2.
The students were the first to score
butthefaculty with Mr. Jack Kelly tak-
ing the lead soon came back and man-
aged to sit on top. The half-time score
showed the faculty up 17-14.
A strong surge in the second half
by the Ovens team put them ahead a-
gain. The faculty scored last but too
late as the · buzzer sounded with the
Oven's #2 team winning 32-26.
The faculty team makes up in
I,.
Wrestling
26-6
The Marist College Wrestling Team
posted its first victory in the history
of the school as they ripped Brooklyn
Poly 26-6 on Feb;r-uary 11.
Each Blue
Jay opponent felt the weight of the Red
Foxes.
In the 123 pound class .Pat Cullum
won a forfeit to post 5 points before the
ref's whistle signaled the start of the
match.
Jack Burke in the 130 pound
class lost his first varsity match by a
decision for Brooklyn's opening 3 points
The fans witnessed Dick Meres of the
137 pound class
post
a 3 point decision
to give our grapplers an 8 to 3 advan-
tage.
Mike Hackett, fighting in the
147 category, dropped a decision as
Brooklyn saw its last 3 points posted.
Halfway through it was Marist 8- 6.
When the heavier men started bat-
tling there was no stopping the Foxes.
Bab Langenbach under the 157 pound
classification won on a decision. Roc-
co Pietrafesa rattled his 167 pound
opponent, in the best match of the eve-
nign, with a pin in 5: 40 to rack up 5
more points. In the 177 pound match
John Williams played with his counter-
part for 32 seconds before pinning him.
Dave Hefie pinned his man for the final
5 points in the evening's finale.
FACULTY TEAM
Mr. Kelly
Mr. Sullivan
Dr. Sommer
Mr. Doran
Mr. Lewis
Bro. Molloy
Bro. Carolan
Mr. Skau
Mr. Thomas
OVEN'S #2
Jim Clancy
Bill Zabicki
Mike Flynn
Pete Riehing
Alan Craviciki
Bob Cailhan
Jim Pi7,anni
Jay Boyer
Bob Mcquire
From the beginning they established
themselves as the arbitrator between
the U.S. and the Latin American na-
tions and were often chosen to voice the
ideals of Latin America before the
Assembly. Marist took a backseat to
no one, Georgetown, the Air Force
Academy, Princeton and Yale included.
Each delegate ~ought hard to forget that
he was an American citizen while at-
tending the sessions of the U. M. U. N.
and the success ~chieved in this aspect
was what enhanced Colombia's and con-
sequently Marist' s position in the minds
of the other delegates.
Work, debate and lobbying high-
lighted the events during the· four days
with certain other incidents such· as the
assassination attempt made upon the
Peruyian delegate, the stealing of the
GermanflagandRussia's falling asleep
at one meeting, breaking the monotony.
During the evening, from 9 o• clock on-
ward, the time was the delegates own.
There were various parties throughout
the hotel, at which he could dance, with
the many, intriguing female ambassa-
dors, lobby, or just relax and enjoy
himself. Each delegate was quizzed
many times by both French and English
Can?-dians about college life in the
States and many discussions ensued,
comparing the U.S. A. and Canada ac-
cording to politics, society, and sex.
The easy going, i~telligent French Ca-
nadians were more than receptive to
American ideas and their interest was
matched by the Marist representatives.
Saturday saw the close of the U. M.
U. N. Colombia felt, as did each dele-
gation, the letdown after it was all
over. However the close was not abrupt
bgt was rather a flouri~h. A dance at
the Ritz Carleton united East and West
in friendly conversation, dinner and
song. The dance itself ended with an
ominou13 political overtone which could
be felt by.each delegate from the States.
As the band played "On Canada," each
and every person stood; however when
. the strains of "God Save the Queen" be-
gan there was not a French Canadian
standing. It was their way of protest-
ing the fact that they are a Common-
wealth nation and to express their sym-
pathywith the F. L. Q., a radicai group
advocating the secession of Quebec.
This protest returned everyone to the
realization of their ideologies and al-
though the festive atmosphere was not
seriously damaged, it was a sign that
the U. M. U. N. had truly come to an
end .
weight for what it lacks in the talent
department. The start4}g five are Mr.
Kelly,
Mr.
Lewis,
Mr.
Sullivan,
Brother Carolan and one of the several
other.honorable faculty. The roster has
~ell b~l_anced teachers but their play-
mg ab1hty on the court is sometimes
questionable. Their job is at forecourt
and at the key of the class. The lectur-
ing five make a good showing of their
athletic ability but as yet have not
walked away with ·a victory. Jack (the
shot) Kelly and Bob (the cooz) Lewis
. aid. the team considerably.
The ball
hanciling and defensive work of Mr
Sullivan is not to be overlooked.
The·
"competitive."
·rr
the· students take the .
sharpshooting of
Mr.
Lewis and Broth-
court as a get-even place, they are
er Carolan represent ·the future of the
sadyl mistaken:
The faculty can and··
faculty.
does play a rough game
when_
it
needs •
It
must be noticed that the faculty
to.
When they want, they even draw
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