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The
RECORD
MARI ST COLLEGE
Vol. IV No.
10
Poughkeepsie, New York
March 111964
Faculty
t.,
Okays Unrrioulum Change
Student Union
and
New Dorm
by Kenneth France-Kelly
Within this decade, within the next
five
years, even within the stay of
some of us here at Marist, the face of
.
our Alma Mater will be changed dras-
tically. With the appearance of a third
residence hall on campus, the naed for
a permanent place .for student functions,
large enough to accommodate simul-
tameous meetings of more than one
campus organization at any given time,
has arisen. This new dormitory and
student union complex will be known as
Champagnet Hall
The main purpose in building
a
stu-
dent union building is to add to the over-
all college spirit by binding
the
bonds
of interpersonal relationship tightly
together. Through the use of the new
auditorium, the spacious fireplace
lounge, the panoramic cafeteria, and
the outdoor, enclosed court, the stu-
dent body will become more school-
centered and less class centered, more
mutti-centered and less self-centered.
The student union will be a three
story edifice. In the basement there
is planned a rathskeller, snack bar,
and party-room which will run the com-
plete length of the building on the river
side.
The ground floor- will consist pri-
marily of the cafeteria. There will al-
so be a number of small rooms adja-
cent
to the outdoor court, on this floor.
A
ard
room, T. V. room, game room,
and
photo lab will be located there.
The Student Government will have an
office and a meeting room there too.
In a room close to this one each campus
organiaztion will have a file for their
own records. The one "business" es-
tablishment on this floor will be the
barber shop.
(Clnt. on page
4)
Load Lightened;
_
_
_
Freedom
____
For Jtudents
_ by Robert Hacket
The curriculum revision proposed
to
the faculty by the Academic Policy
Committee was adopted on February
28.
The revision is
the
result of a self-
study undertaken by the college, with
the help of questions
raised
by visitors
from the Middle States Association of
Colleges.
The Committee found that the cur-
rent curriculum presents obstacles to
DEPT.
Rel.
Eng.
Eng.
Hist.
Math.
Econ.
Psych.
Chem.
DEPT.
Theol.
Eng.
Psych.
Math.
Chem.
Health
THE OLD
TITLE
Catholic Belief
Composition
Intro. to Lit.
Medieval History
Col. Alg. or Trig.
Price Theory
Intro. to Psych.
Principles of Chem
THE NEW
2
2
3
2
3
2
2
4
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TITLE
CR.
==
3
Literature
3
Intro
.
to Psych.
3
Col. Alg. or Calculus
3
Principles of Chern.
4
Physical Ed.
1
the general objectives of the college,
which include fostering an "intellectual
encounter" and a "liberal educational
experience." Although the changes will
attempt to remove these obstacles,
they will not represent a radical break
with the present curriculum; rather,
"the content of the core curriculum
has been retained with certain modifi-
cations."
Generally, the revision is aimed at
fewer requirements, and more freedom
and flexibility fro the student within
the
curriculum.
Specifically the change
is concerned with reducing the
'
over-
load and avoiding the confusion caused
by the excess of two credit courses and
removing the problems of inflexibility
in
required
courses.
To reduce the overload, the re com-
.
rnendation was made that the
emphasis
in the curriculum be shifted from two
to three credit courses, and that all
departments be urged to change their
major offerings from two to three cred-
its. This increase in the credit-value
of the courses will enable the student to
fulfill his credit requirements by tak-
ing five or, at the most, six
courses,
thereby eliminating the practice of un-
dertaking seven, eight or nine courses
a semester in order to acquire enough
credits for graduation.
Such a move will permit more time
for outside and library work,
and
allow
the student to acquire greater depth in
courses. Moreover, it would seem to
be more in line with fostering the pre-
viously mentioned ideals than the cur-
rent outlook which seems to encourage
dilettanteisrn.
The number of credits of required
courses has been reduced from almost
3/ 4 to 1 /2 of the total number of cred-
its needed for graduation. In addition
to this reduction of the core, there has
also been an increase in the number of
electives; together these changes will
allow the student greater freedom in
planning his course of study.
In
conjunction
with this greater free-
dom in choosing courses, provision has
been made for closer cooperation be-
tween the student and his faculty advis-
or. The advisor will help the student
to choose courses allied to his major
field but the student will still be free to
choose courses he finds "broadening."
In effect, the advisor will suggest a se-
(COnl. on page
3
:)
March 11 1964
The Record
Editor: Gerry Marmion
Co-Editor: George Hallam
Asst. Editor: Pete Maronge
Advisor: Dr. George Sommer
Ccnrnurity,
Commitment,
And
Conrnunication
People in general, and students in particular, are given to
approaching the printed word with a certain amount of detach-
ment, doubt, and in some instances
,
cynicism. They automati-
cally presume the writer to have selfish, unrevealed, and there-
fore dangerous ends in mind. For the sake of this editorial then,
we ask our readers to surrender, at least temporarily, the
above attitudes. Now, at this point, it is perhaps advisable to
make the following qualification. This following material has a
merely microcosmic, if nevertheless integral, relationship to
its awesome title. The title, then, is significant insofar as
this article proposes to question those indifferent individuals
who go through four years of college without ever making any
real, social, or intellectual contribution to the student body as
a whole.
I am talking about th
e
student who makes an art of avoiding
meaningful communication, the person who hoards his knowl-
edge
,
the one who receives without ev~r giving, ---the student
who buries his 'talent'. He is the type of student who conforms
to a society which tells him that it is c.-:,nsidered weak for him
to publicly admit either the limitations of his humanity or the
dimensions of his perpl
e
xity. And yet, he knows that some of
us must think and communicate if all of us are to advance. He
knows that man has the need and the ability to communicate.
He also knows that, as a member of the community and in di-
rect proportion to his education, man has th
e
moral obligation
to do so. And yet, this student ignores that obligation! Now,
we refuse to believe that he has undergone so much formal, in-
tellectual, gymnastics without experiencing a single, informal,
insight. Perhaps, he is simply unaware of the basic problems
of his humanity.
Perhaps he has never privately inquired, "Who am I? What
am I doing here? How can I change? What can I be? What
should I be?" Perhaps, he has never heard himself answer,
"The school teils me. The Church tells me. Tradition, so-
ciety, art, and metaphysics - - they all tell me; but still I am
not satisfied.," Perhaps then, he has never realized that these
are the questions and answers which constitute the condition of
humanity; that these are the questions which characterize the
mutation of being which all of us inherited from Adam; that it
is -precisely this problem which unites us in the brotherhood of
man.
The great tragedy, then, is that we should be ashamed of
it; that we refuse to talk about it as though we were parents,
and our humanity a retarded child
.
We say that it is a tragedy,.
for the' condition can be alleviated through a common awareness
·
---through communication. Why, then, do these students re-
fuse to communicate? The answers to this question and to the
other questions lie within themselves. Meanwhile, the moral
obligation remains; the Record waits ....
NOTICE
Due to the fact that we are moving our
headquarters, no issue of The Record
will bl:! published next week.
Page Two
Intellectual
(?)
Life
at Marist
Bro. Brian O'Callahan
From inter- student conversaiions,
·
from faculty-student discussions, and
from observation of general student re-
sponse, it has become apparent that the
problem of student apathy is still a re-
ality at Marist College. Attendance at
lectures, response to intellectual and
social
.
efforts like The Mosaic, The
Record, and other campus organs, the
· absence of active History
,
English, and
Science organizations are some of the
more obvious manifestations of student
indifference. Ted Flynn, in last week's
Record, noted that the Peace Corps was
the first indication of student awareness
witnessed on the campus this school
year." There is evidence that some
resident students have never taken out
a book from the library. The difficulty
in initiating an interesting and intelli-
gent discussion has been lamented by
a few more motivated students. These
examples of and by themselves are
obviously not conclusive testimony,
but they do indicate the road to a just,
if revealing, estimate of student atti-
tudes.
The causes for such an attitude,
which I describe, for want of a more
universally understood word, as apa-
thetic, are myl'iad and not solely trace-
able to student
r
oots.
First, the col-
lege is young
;
cultural programs, such
as lecture series and departmental or-
ganizations, are not fully expanded;
there are financial limitations as well.
Secondly, the organizations in exis-
tence still do not have behind them
years of tradition and capable perfor-
mance to motivate them to improvement.
Thirdly, we find most of the students
in Sophomore and Freshmen years, the
formative years, unconscious of a re-
sponsibility to assume leadership at this
time in any organization or field. The
proverbial "they" is presumably car-
rying the intellectual ball. Fourthly,
and speculatively, there may be a sub-
_merged, but nevertheless real, student
discouragement and indifference result-
r
ing from the fact that the student Broth-
ers do seem to have the "index market"
pretty well cornered.
This last point
should, I think, rather than discourage·
the student, stimulate him.
Finally, probably the most baneful
source of student indifference, under-
lying mahy of the others, comes from
a student misconception, a distortion,
of the purposes of the college life.
What has been referred to as "short-
term goals" and "the cash value" of
education is the overriding concern of
(cont.
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page
4)
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March 11, 1964
change ...
quence of electives which will follow a
pattern and which may include a minor.
However, this minor will not be re-
quired for graduation and will be quite
flexible.
There has also been a revision in
.::ompulsory courses, which makes it
possible to correlate the curriculum
with the student• s previous background,
eliminating possible repetitions.
For
example, the science and ~ath require-
ments for arts• students has been set
at a total of twelve credits, which may
be taken in different combinations.
If
a student has had an adequate back-
ground in either science or math, he
will be allowed to take the majority of
credits in the area in which he is least
prepared. The arts' student, rather
than being forced to take one year of
life science--v.hich includes a semester
of biology and one of psychology-- or a
semester each of chemistry and physics.
Other areas in which changes have
been made to eliminate :::-epetitions are
history, foreign language and English
composition.
The latter will be re-
quired only of those who rlemonstrate
deficiency in writing.
There will no
longer be a blanket requirement of two
years of a language. Rather, the num-
ber of required language credits, from
six to twelve, will be determined by the
quality of the student's high school
preparation.
Gone also are the three required
years of history and the one of econom-
ics. In their place is a three semester
course concerning the development of
an Atlantic Community, followed by, if
the student wishes, a semester of eco-
nomics.
In religion and philosophy the num-
ber of required credits will be reduced
from the current sixteen of religion and
fourteen of philosophy to twelve of each.
The Committee, in lowering these re-
quirements, does not want the students
to feel that these courses are being de-
emphasized; rather, it hopes that the
reduction of requirements will remove
the prejudice that has existed against
certain courses in the past, simply be-
cause they were compulsory.
It
is
hoped that this reduction will create a
proper intellectual atmosphere in which
the student will. be concerned with the
deeper problems of life and a search
for truth, and will freely elect courses
in religion and philosophy.
Resulting from all ·these changes
is a total four-year program better
suited to the students' needs and pref-
erences
.
.
It is one which will concen-
trate on breadth in the first two years
and depth in the final years. It is, to
quote Bro .
.
Edward Cashin
·
, "a move-
ment towards greater freedom, and
will therefore demand greater respon-
sibility on the part of the student and
his advisor."
The Rec©ln!ll
Letters
to
the
Eiltar
A STATEMENT OF ClLMllilPl[C'A'lrJIOillir
In the March 4th iss1111e
af
'll1llll!!:
U-
CORD I wrote a letter
1!o
ttlhle
slhillll!emts
of this school which evollrecdl.
apite a
W
of interest among vario1111S
~
am
unrest among others.
I stated that the
Collllllcil
-embers
and the Secretariat were
Z111'2Jre
of
1lllBe
fact that exact figures
and
records
of
parking and littering fines were not be-
ing kept.
At this time
I wouhl lilke to
acknowledge the fact
1lhat
the
words
which I used did not
COWllOte
precisely
what
I
intended to convey. In
fact. be-
cause of my poor usage.
my
<J?ioion
was misinterpreted.
I
did
DOt
wish
to
imply that any sort of' secretive
con-
spiracy existed betweentheCmmmciland
the Secretariat as to the
keeping
of
in-
exact records.
I merely wished
1to
make it known then,
as
I
do
now.
that
I
thought the system to
be
ineffective,
and that other members held
similar
opinions.
Any apparern1!:
accusation
of
misconduct or slander
IDD
any
part of
any member of the CouncilortheSecre-
tariat was unintended
and
regretted
if
so interpreted.
In direct reference
to
the
Secre-
tariat, Mr. Treanor, in my
letter. I
in no way, whatsoever. intended
to
imply that Mr. Treanor was
part
of
the
group that
I mentioned
ie
the
follolring
paragraph that appeared
in
my
letter.
who I felt were responsible for
the
po-
litical slander aimed at me. All
those
who interpreted it as
such.
I
wish
to
publically clarify my
stand
and in
no
way do
I question the :integrity
of the
Secretariat.
Respectfully
yours.
Jeremiah
Sheehan
CCJl'.ll.
CID
page
1
The
Phantom
·
H8ISe
THE PHANTOM
HORSE
produced
in 1956 by the Daiei Studio of Japan. de-
feats its intended aim. Most of
the
good Japanese films, prior
to
this
pro-
duction were period pieces.
and
for
fear that an unrealistic image of
Japan
was thereby being fostered.
The Phan-
tom Horse was produced with a modern
theme. It defeats its
intended
aim
be-
cause it also is a periodpiece.
ltis
an
excellent representation of
the
period
when Japan, still recovering from the
shock of the war, attempted
to emulate
American customs. The
result was
an
oriental imitation of a grade B Holly-
wood movie of the order of National Vel-
vet.
The deficiencies of the film out-
weigh its advantages,
and
while its
Page Three.
m m ~ t i c
p]l!Jlt,
stt:ilied
(Kabuki.}
dllarader delmeatroos.
and
curious
jtwsltaposilion
o!fhe
ancient and
the mod-
e=
bold
little
interest for the Western
viewer. Nevertheless there
is
much
that
can
be admired in the
film.
The
producing
studio
is
knownforitsexcep-
tional camera work. and here, it fo-
cuses
on the contemplative on the
arrangement of perspective, and on
chia.roscurist emphasis of shading and
color tonation.
The next film, scheduled for April
5.
is
"Forbidden
Games."
It
is
a
story
about
a
6
year old french girl and
the effect that she has on a provincial
family.
The setting is World War
II.
It
is
an excellent film. dealing with the
gamut of social and familiar attitudes of
a representational French peasant f
ami-
ly.
ra
Presidell:y
Popular
William Townsend
The
tingling abrogation of Student
Council elections scheduled for March
the sixth b r o ~ exclamations
of
sur-
prise and wonder from the mass of
Marist's student population.
Most ex-
plicitly stated, the cause of the cancel-
lation is to permit a review of Council
financial affairs and audit these
in
ac-
cordance with the College Business
Of-
fice.
At the present momeut. another
straightened nail secures the Council
election plank. Tradition bas ordained
that the sole Vice-Presidential candi-
date
withdraw
his nomination petition
as
was witnessed during last year• s
campaign.
:Fae~ with this repetitio~s
dilemma. the Council's election com-
missioner re-opened nominations for
this
post after Mr. Edward Murray's
personal withdrawal was submitted to
his office.
An enthusiastic response
followed f,t"Om the Junior Class. and
where formerly only one campaigner
occupied the ballot slip, now there are
five active petitioners for the student
vote. Edward Krissler, Paul Maher.
Lawrence Plover.
and John O•Neil
have each deigned to place their names
on the election ballot. Yet, the ensu-
ing hours have seen the renewal of Mr.
Murray•
s petition and he is once again
knitting a campaign sweater of high
triumphal hopes.
Unquestionably.
a
primary shadows the path of these five
in
their quest for the Student Council
post
and the approaching Wednesday
may well be the day of truth for the two
whose political light shining
in
times
of trial was not bright enough to tri -
umph.
The final student vote, the balloting
via
an official voting booth situated
in
Adrian Lounge, is anticipated for the
March 11, 1964
Intellectual .. .
the average college student at ivlarist.
For most, college is not much more
than an enjoyable sojourn, character_:
ized by good times and ... accumulatj.on of
enough marks, credits, factual infor-
mation, reputation, and know-how to in-
sure a "successful" and secure adult
life.
Could it not be that the college
experience is a bit more than this?
. that its true nature might be more ac-
curately described as a confrontation
with life, with ourselves, and with the
'world in which we live? Could it not
be that the college experience is spe-
cifically designed to give each student
the opportunity to arrive at an under-
standing of what he is - his identity -
and of what particular brand of living
will make him· as an individual most
happy, and of what useful and beneficial
part he is to play in the social com-
munity. Thus, to profit from the col-
lege experience the student has to un-
bolt the door of his securely enclosed,
circumscribed room of living,
and
allow
the
fresh air - the ideas, the re-
sponsibilities, the love - of the rest of
the house and of the rest of the world
blow through his room, aeratingly and
refreshingly.
These are just some of the many
causes which coordinately have created
the situation as it stands now.
It has
been noted of late that the faculty, as
a group and individually, is open to
suggestion from student sources, is
interested in steering student enthusi-
asm into profitable channels, in coop-
erating in raising the intellectual and
cultural level of both the college and
the Marist student. It remains for the
student now to make the opening gambit.
Man is a social animal. He is not
made to live alone. Furthermore~ re-
ligion and the natural law tell him that
he is responsible for the welfare of his
fellow man. An old philosophical axiom
states: Nemodat quod non ha
.
bet. "One
cannot give what ~doesn'tiiave.
11
A
further dimension is thus added to the
college student'
_
s thinking: not only is
his own happiness and satisfaction in-
volved in intellectual and social activ-
ity, but also the welfare of his fellow
man. The Civil Rights question today,
·
the Federal aid to Catholic education
problem, the realignment of world pow-
ers, and the moral issues involved in
these and other problems should con-
cern the responsible college student.
Even more importantly should he be
concerned with the local community's
moral and social situations, the welfare
not of proverbial "mankind," but of each
and every person within his reach
.
Here is the realm of the greatest hu-
.
man happiness, that point at which the
individual; out
ofa
loye, employs his
.
already acquired and ever-acquiring
l<nowledge and experience in the service
'of
his fellows.
·
It
is, I think, wise to stop here.
The Record
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CHAMPAGNAT HALL: The Ultimate in College Dorms.
'The first floor,
and probably the
most luxuriously decorated of the
floors,
will have a large fireplace,
lounge (with three different levels sure
to enhance social activity), a periodical
library, a study
:room,_
and a lecture
hall. A gallery lounge will run the en-
tire length of the inner court and will
be used as an interact smoking room
for the auditorium. Probably the most
promising of the halls in the student
union building will be the auditorium.
This will enable better theatrical pro-
ductions to be presented and will also
p~ovide a spacious hall for visiting lec-
turers. The rest of this floor, which
_
vice pres ...
following Friday though anything could
happen to alter Jhis
ch
_
oic~ date .. While
you stand forsaken behind gray curtains
casting your ballot and left to the ratio-
nal controls of your mind, there is no
claustrophobia and no shock; you are
safer in a votinit booth than in a. grave,
so vote! I thank my ghost wroter for
the reminder that next Friday is ''Fri-.
day_ the Thirteenth. "
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To.reach these horizons is not the task
of a day or year. The important thing
is that each and every one of us
-_
re.i_ljzes
that it is a task - that
it
is his task as ,
·
an individual created by and responsible
to God - tbat· life
·
is not simply the •
search for pleasure and personal secur- ,.
ity: "success," in short, that life is a
personal commitment to dedicated liv-
.•
ing and that only in struggling toward the
·
realization of our potential will we find \
peace and satisfaction in living.
overlooks the courtyard will be devoted
to faculty offices, seminar rooms, and
the Dean•s•Office.
Therefore the new student union
should mpt be looked on as just another
building oflounges, offices, a cafeteria,
and an auditorium; but should be seen
as a meams to an end. Througlthe use
of that building, in the closer relation-
ship of the students to
each
other, new
·
life will be breathed into that, dying
frame of an unspirited student body.
New meaning for "at home" social and
athletic function.s as well as inte
_
r col-
legiate ones will be the aim and goal of
Champagnat Hall.
Congradulations . .
We, of THE RECORD,
extend
our
congratulations to Dr. George Sommer,
who is the second faculty member to be
asked to give a summer graduate
course
outside the college. He has accepted
Manhattan• s offer to teach a course in
Chaucer. Again, congratulations Doc-
ter.
Thanks
Thanks are
in
order to Mrs
.
Ann
Sommer and Mrs. Carol Sullivan for
their help in our time of crisis. With-
out them, it is doubtful that we would
have had the past issue of
the
Record
published as quickly as it was. Occas-
ionally, things happen that slow ~p the
. publishing of the paper, and without
these two women, we would have been
lost. Sincere thanks from the staff of
the Record.
March
11, 19 64
COUNCIL
NCTfES
by Peter Maronge
"Mr. President, may
I presume we
are open for new business?
11
-
the ques-
tion of Mr. Treanor was to b8gin the
second shock the Cbuncil has e)tlerienced
in two weeks. He proceeded t~ call to
the attention of the Council, the letter
of Mr. Jeremiah Sheehan, published in
the last issue of THE RECORD. "As a
student,
I am formally requesting the
resignation, from this Council, of Mr.
Sheehan, and his withdrawal from the
nomination on the grounds of dereliction
of duty, by his own admission." Mr.
Treanor disregarded the
personal,
slanderous remarks directed against
him and his integrity at this time and
directed his and the Council's attention
at the second paragraph of the letter.
Here, Mr. Treanor said, Mr. Sheehan
publically admitted in writing, that he
and other members of the Council knew,
for a long time that "exact records" of
fines were not being kept. Again accus-
ing Mr. Sheehan of dereliction of duty
according to Article 5, Section '/ of the
by-laws of the Constitution, Mr. Trea-
nor said
"If
he (Mr. Sheehan) does not
wish to submit his resignation, I ,call
upon this Council to impeach him."
Silence, absolute silence peryaded for
several minutes.
Mr. Rolleri, then
asked that the room be cleared of all
non-council members, except the repre-
sentative of THE RECORD.
The President had two choice~ in
this matter and although he made the
only choice he could make in his mind,
his decision left a delicate question
open to rumor. He felt that the closed
meeting would protect the integrity of
the two men but as such the possibility
for wild rumors was left wide open.
Had the students been allowed to remain,
perhaps the "stories" that would be
spread would have been more factual
because each could formulate the facts
in his own mind .•
As the doors closed, Mr. Sheehan,
was granted the floor to defend himself.
He polled the members to clarify this
statement in this paper, that he and the
•other members of the Council knew
that the exact records were- not being
kept. However, the result of the poll
-1ackfircd and Mr. Sheehan was "found
guilty" of a slight exaggeration.
The
discussion was long and tedious, with
each member voicing his opinion of the
matter.
However, the "mysterious"
meeting was far from emotionless.
Since Mr. Sheehan had refused to re-
sign and no .member of the Council was
willing to ask for an impeachment vote,
Mr. Treanor then claimed slander on
Mr. Sheehan's part. Heated words en-
sued, words which showed the obvious
emtoions of both men and words that
are better left unsaid.
Mr. Rolleri must be congratulated
fhe Record
for the way he handled this meeting.
Acting as the Chair should act, he kept
order, asked questions to clarify points
and efficiently kept the discussion ·
drawn to the point in question.
Was Mr. Sheehan impeached? No,
because no motion was made to im-
peach him. Was the question resolved?
No.
Eventhough an agreement was
reached,
and Mr. Sheehan clarified
what he meant by publishing a statement
which would vindicate Mr. Treanor,
there was no formal clearing of Mr.·
Sheehan of the charge of dereliction of
duty.
Rather,
the meeting bogged
down in a question of semantics, which
replaced the first problem of Mr. Shee-
han's dereliction. Consequently, when
Mr. Sheehan admitted that his choice of
words was poor, and since Mr. Treanor
had made the problem a personal one,
the question of dereliction was dropped
and nothing was concluded. Therefore,
the question still stands, "Should any
Student Council member, who hears
any rumors concerning any phase of
th_e Council's function, and refrains
from introducing them to the Council,
be accused of dereliction of duty?"
It
is the RECORD'S position and opinion
that if the rumor is serious, serious
action must be taken against any mem-
ber who knowingly and willingly hides
a rumor which would in any way dis-
grace or harm the Council.
However,
it
is also our opinion that interpretation
of words can be dangerous and that
damaging accusations can be falsely
made because of misinterpretation.
Mr. Sheehan and Mr. Treanor felt that
they were in the right in doing what they
did but there was just not enough evi-
dence to warrant the impeachment of
an officer of the Council.
The whole
matter was handled well and a solution,
agreeable to both men was reached. In
the words of Mr. Morrissey "The Coun-
cil will continue, no matter what the
criticism.
11
Other business that was conducted
and concluded includes: the suggestion
that the question of senior suffrage be
placed before the student body for a
poll on Wednesday, March 11; the de~
cision that the Council allot itself
$100
for the "traditional; traditional, tra-
ditional" Council dinner; the fact that
the nominations of the Vice Presidency
are opened; and the bringing to light of
a heretofore unknown by- law of the
Constitution which stipulates that writ-
ten requests must be made before any
tape recording can be made of a public
Student Council meeting.
CORRECTION
The following statement appeared in
the March
4, 1964
-issue of THE RE-
CORD: "John Zottoli, who is also run-
ning "for Treasure:·, stated that although
he knows, 'little about Council opera-
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tions (and) little about what the treas-
urer does, I believe that I can do the
job well and that one indication of this
is past experience'. "
The above statement is hereby re-
placed with the following one: "John
Zottoli, who is also running for treas-
urer has stated: 'By going to most of
the Council meetings, I've learned a
little about what the Council is and a
little about how it works. Learning
these things has made me interested in
serving on the Si.udent Council at Mar-
ist.
1
"
F'ederal Aid
•by James G. Hennessy
The School
Bill
of
1961
provided
that all choldren, whether they attend
private or public schools, were to be
included in the formula to determine the
amount
of Federal educational aid.
However, the aid would have gone to the
public schools only, and children en-
rolled in non-public schools would not
have benefited.
So long as these children are ex-
cluded, it violates logic and justice to
count them for the purpose of increas-
ing the aid which goes to public schools.
It is my firm conviction that any
Federal aid to education should give
equal opportunities to every American
child, regardless of race, color, or
religious belief, and should preserve
the parent's freedom of choice in edu-
cation.
Today, as never before, because of
the Soviet threat, the national interest
requires that every child be educated
to his highest potential. In the Ameri-
can-Soviet battle of the classroom, we
cannot afford to deny better educational
opportunities to seven million potential
scientists and leaders in other fields
because in addition to secular subjects
they receive some religious training.
Some of the opposition to Federal
aid to non-public schools has been
based on the grounds that it would be
unconstitutional. With this I do not
agree.
At the present time, the Federal
Government already has a large num-
ber of programs which grant aid to stu-
dents attending private schools. In
fact, on the college level, all of the
Federal programs include students who
attend private or church-related insti-
tutions. Among these are the National
Defense Scholarships and the GI bills.
Also, there is a statute which provides
educational benefits to page boys of the
Supreme Court and Congress,
and
which permits the boys or their parents
to choose the schools they wish to
attend.
(cont. on page · ) .
March 11, 1964
aid ...
if
these programs do not violate the
Constitution,
how
can Federal aid to
non-public schools at the primary and
secondary level be unconstitutional?
In the Constitution, the words "educa-
tion" and "school" are not even men-
tioned.
10WN
t
CAMPUS
Dennis Murray
The Sophomore Hootenanny should
be a resounding success, not because
of any exceptional planning on the p~rt
of the officers, but because of a series
of befuddling circumstances concerning
Student Council elections. Noteworthy
to mention is the seemingly unexpected
arrival of a host of candidates who pre-
viously were unaware of their p~owess.
With the cancellation of Council elec-·
tions, the Sophomore class can
expect
a fatter and more bountiful treasury.
Spring Weekend should be the ~igh-
light of the Spring Semester.
Without
an aware and active student body, we
can expect a colossal failure. With
hard work from everyone, not the same
persistent few, wecouldpresentamem-
orable occasion, and establish a prece-
dent to look forward to in future years.
Every class, club, or group has a
minority of consistent prodding workers,
with the possible exception of the Soph-
omore class which has had the inadver-
tent ability to show new faces
with
the
old as each event is pro_duced.
~ey
are unique when compared to other
campus clubs or classes in this manner,
but they still remain similar in that the
smae old hard core is founf in the cen-
ter.
The Freshman class has a vast un-
tapped
·
supply of labor which should be
utilized.
Through working on Spring
Weekendyouwillgiveyourself as much
satisfaction as you give to others.
Smooth functioning committees working
in advance will produce an event of the
first magnitude.
St. Patrick's Day is wellonitsway.
It
seems almost paramount in the mind
of the college student to get drunk, plas-
·tered, or smashed. The mere mention
of this medieval saint's name recalls a
•widespread variation of stories, which
would kindle the sparks of a bull ses-
sion and produce an inflamed conver-
sation lasting until dawm.
It
is
very
inappropriate for this
holiday to fall wihtin the season of Lent.
Regardless of the fact that this is a sea-
son od prayer and perperation, only a
violent earthly catastrophe could qui:!ll
the rebellion of every Freshman between
·Dublin and Peking on this day. It is un-
fortunate but this previously unnoticed
religious' holiday· is becoming tradit-
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I
May
Be
Wrong
But
by Bill Treanor
Although you will know the outcome
of the Presidential primary in Ne_w
Hampshire by the time you read this
column, permit me to make a few _ob-
servations concerning this occasion.
There are, as you know, a number
f declared and undeclared candidates
~eeking the blessings of the Republicans
of New Hampshire. Among the declared,
we have Senators Goldwater, and Mar-
garet Chase Smith,
also Governor
Rockefeller and former Governor Har-
old Stassen. If this were not enough,
the voters are also asked to consider
the other notables in the party who
have been proposed for a "write-in"•
Among these "dark-horses" we find
former Vice-President Nixon, Ambas-
sador Lodge and Governor Scranton.
Now the problem arises for the
voter as for whom he shall cast his bal-
lot.
It
has been said that this primary
is now unimportant due to the large
m1.mber of candidates and so no clear-
cu{ decision can be reached as a result.
Well
in
our humble opinion, we would
like to take exception with this reason-
ing and maintain that not only can a con-
clusive decision be reached but that a
conclusive decision will be reached.
Our reasons for believing that a
conclusive decision will be reached is
that many of the "political commenta-
tors'' have forgotten or just will not con-
sider the results of the 1956NewHamp-
shire Presidential primary. In that
year, as you recall, ther;, was
~
con-
centrated effort
re~
rnrle 1D dump "\oce-
President Nixon from the ticket. How-
ever, what was the reaction of the peo-
ple of New Hampshire and of th~
1
co~-
try? There was an enormous w:1te-
in" for Vice- President Richard Nixon.
In
fact this unexpected vote was so
shocking that shortly thereafter Presi-
dent Eisenhower was more or less
"forced" into endorsing his Vice-Pres-
ident for nomination.
What then are our beliefs as to
what will happen?
It is our contention that the people
of New Hampshire will split between
Senator Margaret Chase Smith and
Richard Nixon with a minority of the
·
votes going to Senator Goldwater and.
Governor Rockefeller.
The reason
that Senator Smith will garner a sub-
s~antial number of votes and possibly
ionally a time for liquor crazed Freshm-
en- -who are usually German, English,
or some other nationality trying to par-
ticipate- - to release their emotions at
, the expense of the solemnity of the Le-
ten tradition.
"outdraw" the former Vice-President
is that she is almost "a member of the
family" since she comes from the
neighboring state of Maine.
Now we
cannot deny the possibility that this
will not happen in regards to the Sena-
tor especially if we consider the late
President Kennedy's race in Wisconsin
against Senator Humphrey.
Concluding then, our opinion is that
the New Hampshire primary of March
10th will be conclusive because it will
acc;mplish the following points:
1.
·
Ambassador Lodge, Governor
Scranton and former Governor Stassen
will be eliminated from the race for
the Republican nomination.
2.
Senator Margaret Chase Smith
will enhance her position for seeking
the Vice-Presidency and may even car-
ry the votes of this state to the conven-
tion.
3
Senator Goldwater will see the
begidning of his defeat by not being able
to carry the East.
4 _ Governor Rockefeller will run
very close to Senator Goldwater.
5. Richard Nixon will come out of
the primary as the real winner, although
he may not have the conventi_o~ votes
themselves, he will have pos1ho~ en-
hanced in the eyes of all Republicans
and persons of the other parties to such
an extent that he will go on to be named
:1ot the nominee but the next President
of the United States.
Ciuil Rights
by 1 arry Plover
"How many times can a man turn
his head, and pretend that he just does-
n't see. The answer, my friend, is
blowing in the wind - the answer is
blowing in the wind ... " Dylan.
I wonder what number of us have
ever been forced to sleep fully clothed
through a winter for the absence of a
heating system in our home or apart-
ment? Have any of our families been
kept awake nightly by the
scraping
sounds which seem to come from the
ceilings, and the walls, and the floors-
the sounds long since identified
with
the scampering of rats here and there.
Must some of us walk to a public toilet
to care for bodily needs due to a chron-
ically deficient olumhin1r svstem. Have
wt:
Elver through necessity, been com-
pelled to use a dangerous kerosene
(cont. on
page
7
>
March 11,
1964-
Peyre
on Camus and
Malraux
Last Tuesday evening, Henri M.
Peyre delivered a lecture entitled The
Concept of Man in Cmaus and Malraux.
The fundamental problem, in which both
Albert Camus and Andre Malraux are
so bound up, is the apparent absurdity
oftheworld. Man is always confronted
with crisis and is endlessly experiencing
transition. This universal problem can
omly be properly surmounted by the to-
tal usage of all resources.
It
is through
literature that we can commence to e-
liminate this enigma from the earth.
Andre Malraux, in earlier years,
was a middle class, well educated
adventurer who today, is France's
Ministre. d'affaires culturelles. His
beliefs, as to the actions fo man, dem-
onstrates that man blends the theoreti-
cal with the real. The
iclP."R
of man
must be lived, not thought
.
He is con-
vinced that man must wage war with
evil everywhere. In his political con-
tacts he found that in an autocracy the
voice of religious and literary freedom
is
either
hampered or suppressed, for
they constantly threaten the success of
that government.
With that in mind,
tnan, to rise above this, must have a
concrete
goal
with which he can identify
himself and be committed to.
Hie
et
nunc there is always a dual dilemma,
for
the
intellectual, between thought
and action.
The basic problems con-
fronting man
are
two: man's substitu-
tion for
1
ack of absolutes, ahd man's
ability
to supplant myths in place of
these absolutes. He says that in our
modern age progress and success
are
increasing but at a decreasing rate.
But how does man, in Malraux's opin-
ion, remedy this? Through cult of the
individual,
in greater inter-personal
communion between the great and the
small, by recognition of history, and
with
·
man's desire to be iiberated from
his fatalities, man can overcome the
incongruous problems facing him in the
world today.
Albert Camus was a native of North
Africa and was born in to the poorest of
families. As an Atheist, he blutly re-
jected sin and boldly denied any God,
Yet without Go~ he had a burning de-
sire
fo
happiness, even though he was
not happy. His problem too, was cen-
tered around the absurdity of life.
His
me~sage was simple: clearsiuhtedness
and solidarity, a
solidarity without
grace and devoid
·of
hope.
Camus
touched on politics and portrayed him-
self as
the
messenger of humi)ity. With
this in mind he boldly pointed out that
any man, thinking himself a soteriolog-
ical superior to others, invariabl; be-
comes a megalomaniac.
Knowing,· then the ideologies of
Malraux 'llld Camus concerning their }
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concept of man, we see them as men
united on the idea of crisis and tran-
sition which makes for the apparent
a surdity of the world t0day.
civil rights ...
heater in our living rooms, knowing full
well the number of deaths resulting
from them in the past.
I think not
gentlemen.
But some people do.
Yes, some
live in apartments with constant sub-
freezing temperatures, a deadly fear of
vermin and water faucets which, long
ago, 'froze solid.
These people are
closer to us than we might like to be-
lieve. They are closer than th~ sagging
log shacks of the Southern negro - clos-
er than the depression -torn areas of
Virginia and Pennsylvania - closer still
than Brooklyn's Bedford Stuyvesant and
Spanish Harlem's Cypress Avenue.
They are closer, in fact, than the
Mid Hudson Bridge.
We know this - all of us but those
who simply will not know.
- But we
turn our heads and pretend not to see.
because it is so much easier not to see-
so much nicer. Yet, we
call
ourselves
·Christians and we attend Mass and we
take God into ourselves. Would Christ
have ignored?
"What can I do to Help?", is the
question so often
asked,
by both the
sincere and the
cynic.
I wish the for-
mer would come and
ask,
because I do
have an answer.
There is something
we can do
.
There is a
good deal
we
can do, and we can begin right now.
We can tour these slum
areas
with pen
and paper and
a book
listing prerequi-
sites for public housing. We can note
violations and
report
them to the State
HousingAuthority. We
canbringnegli-
gent landlords to
court,
forcing them to
improve the
existing conditions
and
abolish abuses. We can help.
There are,
to
my knowledge, 43
people from Vassar already organized
for this purpose.
I plan to make the
number 44.
I shall make no promises
nor shall I hint at the prospect of du-
plex apartments on lower Main Street
within two years. What I can do - what
you can do - what~
can
do, is try.
Byzantine Liturgy
by Joseph Greco
On the evening •of February 27th
the students and faculty of Marist Col-
lege were able to view and partake,of
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the
Slavo-Byzantine Rite in the College
Chapel.
The Mass was celebrated by
Fr. George Maloney S, J. of the Rus-
sian Center at Fordham.
The Byzantine Rite differs signifi-
cantly from the Roman Rite, due pri-
,marily
to the different! geographical
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areas from which they arose, and there-
fore afforded those unfamiliar with it
an opportunity to get an insight irito the
Eastern
mentality in respect to the
liturgy.
.
The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom,
m the Byzantine Rite, is composed of
three main sections: the Proskomidia,
the Liturgy of the Word, and the Litur-
gy of the Eucharist.
The name Proskomidia is of Greek
origin and means "to bring" or "to of-
fer".
This is the introductory part of
the Liturgy and includes the vesting of
the celebrant and preparatory prayers
as well as the rubrics which occur at
the side altar during preparatory
prayers.
In the Liturgy genuflection does
not occur and is replaced by "bows'',
usually in a sequence of three.
During the preparatory prayers at
the side altar, a large leavened loaf
~ith the words" Jesus Christ conquers"
1s cut
a,nd
blessed by the celebrant.
This bread,
called the "Lamb" is
placed on the paten and is then ''pierced
by a "lance." The celebrant then pro-
ceeds to
.
pour wine and water into
a
chalice in reference to the 1/iospel of
St. John, ile., "One of the soldiers
opened His side with a lance.
and
im-
mediately there came out blood and
water" (19: 34).
Following this, particles from the
"Lamb"
are cut
and arranged to
repre-
sent the universal Church. These are
then covered by an asterick (a curved
piece
of
metal).
The Proskomidia is
concluded by the Offeratory prayers.
The Communion follows
and
is re-
ceived standing with the hands folded
across the breast.
Final prayers are chanted in Eng-
lish (as were most of the prayers which
preceeded).
Unlike the Roman Rite which uses
incense only for particular services
the Byzantine Rite uses an abundance of
incense throughout the entire Mass.
Another striking feature of the
Byzantine Rite is that most of the Mass
is sung
alternating
from celebrant to
congregation.
All of this,
along
with
multi
-
colored vestments worn by both
celebrant and server, add to
the
rich-
ness of the Eastern Rite.
letters •• .,
Dear Mr
.
Editor:
"What is that ole lady down there-
esome kinda fanatic or somethin?"
This was a question asked at a re-
cent Student Council meeting by a stu-
dent inquiring about the coming Marist
Day at Manhattanville College in White
Plains.
The student, who had been
<
co~.
on
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March 11, 1964
Varsity Season Ends
by Larry Lane
The Marist College Varsity basket-
ball team ended its season on a sorry
note, bowing to Kings College 91-81.
Lourdes Gym was the stage wh~re the
curtain was brought down on another
campaign, and the few remaining loyal
supporters were treated to
a
sometimes
exciting, sometimes dull, and often
very ragged basketball game.
Wally Barisonek scored Marist' s
first field goal at the 2:
59
mark and
procr-,Pded to score nine of the first ten
points for the home force.
Early
in the
half Wally picked up his fhird personal
foul and was soon replaced by newcomer
Gary Henderson with 12: 15 remaining.
In the
next five minutes Kings
started dominating the boards, putting
their fast break into gear
and
spurting
from a 16-12 deficit to a 29-23 lead
.
The home forces hit a cold spell which
saw
them score only four
points
be-
tween the seventeen and twelve minute
marks
.
Kings capitalized on this and
went
on a spree which
gave
them a
twelve point bulge, 39-27.
Sloppy
play,
occasional baskets, a few personal and
missed foul shots prevailed
as
the first
half ended with Marist trailing 4 7 - 33.
Marist hit four quick baskets as the
second half opened, cutting the gap to
47-41. After Kings edged ahead52-43,
Marist went on a rampage *hich was
climaxed by Bernie Dooley's long set
which
gave
Marist the lead 55-54 with
12 minutes and 3 seconds left to play
.
Marist pulled farther ahead 61-56 on a
jumper by Barisonek, but this was the
end for our forces·. Tom Finuca,ne
and John Murphy, who were outrebound-
ing taller opponents for the whole sec -
ond half, soon felt the .strain battling
opponents three and four inches taller
Kings
·a
gain began a fast break that the
Marist
·
men couldn't handle.
Kings
grabbed the lead at 62
a
61 and thereaf-
ter gradually pulled away from the Red
Foxes.
Wally
Barisonek' s
twenty - four
points led the Marist scoring. Bernie
Dooley threw in nineteen and John Mur-
phy thirteen. Tom Finucaine and John
Ouelett each had eleven points as ihe
long season came to a close.
SPORT CORNER
by Jerry LaForge
and
John O'Neil
With
the basketball season rapidly
coming to an end, many teams are
jockeying for post season t~urnament
posts
.
Unfortunately Marist won't be
in the N. I. T. this year.
The season
was not as bright as expected but the
calibre of opponents increased showing
the way for a well rounded schedule to
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come. It is the general consensus that
losing to the likes of LeMoyne, Iona and
Siena does more
to
project
the
Marist
College image (young, Catholic and
growing) than winning over Berkshire
Christian, Vassar College, and Kris-
sler Business School. Congratulations
.are in order for
the
men who €::ercised
perseverance and determination and
stuck with it .. It's easy for everyone to
stick with a winner --only men stick
with a loser - -Hat's off!
The season
was long and at most times dishearten-
ing but in no way does it reflect the
capabilities of the team members.
We like DePaul in the National In-
vitational Tournament this year---also
predicting Army to pull as quick an
exit as it did i,ts
entrance---UCLA
Na-
tional Champs----Loyola of Chicago
NCAA tournament champs.
Congratulations are in order to Mr.
Mike Shultz and his wrestling team.
The team gets stronger as the sport
progresses---
Turning to Spring Sports- - - -our
crew team looks very promising accord-
ing to John St. Denis - someoftheteam
has been working out all summer and,
in general, everyone seems in good
shape.
With the right "tide" we could
see the team undefeated going into the
Presi.dents Regatta with victories over
Purdue, Iona, St. Johns and American
International- - - - - - Plover, Becchetti,
Chiriatti get in shape!
· intramural Scene----The faculty
seems to be making more noise in the
classroom than on the basketball court-
"What Hoppen
?"
·
-
We like the Varsity
Club over the "educators"
in
the post
season classic held in the cardboard
coliseum- - -Golf and baseball are now
on the sports calendar- - - -Good Luck:
- - -I"irst crew meet is March 25th
vs Purdue---Baseball season is right
around the corner with the stadium
opening on April 14th.
fetters .. _
I
'
seated throughout the meeting, with his
feet on the back of a cushioned chair, in
Donnelly Hall lounge,
·
was challenging
1
the competence of Mrs: Dow, Manhat-
(
tanville' s Social Director.
Anyonewhohas ever met Mrs. Dow
and knows the trials of such a position,
wouldnothave shown such a lack of re-
spect for this woman. Attractive, sil-
ver-haired Mrs. Dow is one of the mo~t.
charming and sociably warm personal-
ities I have
ever
encountered.
In my opinion the above incident
was serious, not because Mrs. Dow or
anyone else outside that room will ever
know what was said, but because this
outspoken ignorance and lack of respect
for basic social manners seems to be
the Marist Image at Manhattanville.
In recent weeks I have observed
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three other embarrassing "Marist Mo-
ments." I recently saw a Marist Fresh-
man
wandering around
M' ville' s
campus
in
a
drunken stupor. Another student
from our college publically announced
in front of three seniors from Holy
Cross and four M'ville girls that he was
an agnostic, and furthermore was proud
of it.
·
The third" Marist Moment" ,vas re-
corded
at
Manhattanville's Winter Week-
end. A dinner dance party at
a
leading
West~hester country club was the high-
light of the weekend and all was going
well.
·
The dance orchestra decided to
take a 10-minut~ break and a group of
M'ville girls entertained with
a
medley
of songs
.
The performance was enjoy-
able,
but would have been even more so
if
the Marist
-
students had not been the
only guests who remained seated and
caused a noticable ·distrubance through-
out the show.
Mrs. Dow, seated only
a few yards away,
show·e<I repeated
signs of
annoyance.
Another Marist student.
who only
a few weeks
ago,
heard
a group
of
M' ville girls discussing his own
and
his friends" bad manners, rose to the
occasion to defend the name of his
school. He stepped forward with
great
,
courage and said,
"If
you don't like
it,
:
. you can go to hell. " (I understand from
reliable sources that she DID NOT like
it, (nor him), and considering that I
saw her a few hours later, she, appar-
ently, did not follow his suggestion. )
Luckily, Marist Day was a success,
both on the part of Mrs. Dow and her
charming
girls and on the part of a fine
group of Marist students.
With
stu-
dents like those attending Marist Day
this past Sunday, (Feb. 29), possibly
the future of the "Marist Image" at
Manhattanville will improve.
To insure ourselves of more
suc-
cessful days with Manhattanville, we
have two alternatives: we can either
allow only a chosen few to attend such
functions or we can educate our ignor-
ant element as to what is and is not
socially acceptable.
Considering the same Marist slobs
represent us elsewhere just as badly
as they do at l\llanhattanville, the first
proposal would make it necessary to
lock the undesirables up in their rooms
until June.
Proposal number two is the answer.
It means introducing students to the
basic manners he should have learned
at
home.
If
he does not know enough
to eat soup with a soup spoon
and
not
drink
it
like coffee, then teach him.
If
he lacks the courtesy to stand up when
a girl approaches his group, then make
it known to him. But
as
long
as
he re-
presents our college, we must, if noth-
ing else, pray for him.
Respectfully submitted,
Terry Robarge
4.10.1
4.10.2
4.10.3
4.10.4
4.10.5
4.10.6
4.10.7
4.10.8
RECORD
MARI ST COLLEGE
Vol. IV No.
10
Poughkeepsie, New York
March 111964
Faculty
t.,
Okays Unrrioulum Change
Student Union
and
New Dorm
by Kenneth France-Kelly
Within this decade, within the next
five
years, even within the stay of
some of us here at Marist, the face of
.
our Alma Mater will be changed dras-
tically. With the appearance of a third
residence hall on campus, the naed for
a permanent place .for student functions,
large enough to accommodate simul-
tameous meetings of more than one
campus organization at any given time,
has arisen. This new dormitory and
student union complex will be known as
Champagnet Hall
The main purpose in building
a
stu-
dent union building is to add to the over-
all college spirit by binding
the
bonds
of interpersonal relationship tightly
together. Through the use of the new
auditorium, the spacious fireplace
lounge, the panoramic cafeteria, and
the outdoor, enclosed court, the stu-
dent body will become more school-
centered and less class centered, more
mutti-centered and less self-centered.
The student union will be a three
story edifice. In the basement there
is planned a rathskeller, snack bar,
and party-room which will run the com-
plete length of the building on the river
side.
The ground floor- will consist pri-
marily of the cafeteria. There will al-
so be a number of small rooms adja-
cent
to the outdoor court, on this floor.
A
ard
room, T. V. room, game room,
and
photo lab will be located there.
The Student Government will have an
office and a meeting room there too.
In a room close to this one each campus
organiaztion will have a file for their
own records. The one "business" es-
tablishment on this floor will be the
barber shop.
(Clnt. on page
4)
Load Lightened;
_
_
_
Freedom
____
For Jtudents
_ by Robert Hacket
The curriculum revision proposed
to
the faculty by the Academic Policy
Committee was adopted on February
28.
The revision is
the
result of a self-
study undertaken by the college, with
the help of questions
raised
by visitors
from the Middle States Association of
Colleges.
The Committee found that the cur-
rent curriculum presents obstacles to
DEPT.
Rel.
Eng.
Eng.
Hist.
Math.
Econ.
Psych.
Chem.
DEPT.
Theol.
Eng.
Psych.
Math.
Chem.
Health
THE OLD
TITLE
Catholic Belief
Composition
Intro. to Lit.
Medieval History
Col. Alg. or Trig.
Price Theory
Intro. to Psych.
Principles of Chem
THE NEW
2
2
3
2
3
2
2
4
·
TITLE
CR.
==
3
Literature
3
Intro
.
to Psych.
3
Col. Alg. or Calculus
3
Principles of Chern.
4
Physical Ed.
1
the general objectives of the college,
which include fostering an "intellectual
encounter" and a "liberal educational
experience." Although the changes will
attempt to remove these obstacles,
they will not represent a radical break
with the present curriculum; rather,
"the content of the core curriculum
has been retained with certain modifi-
cations."
Generally, the revision is aimed at
fewer requirements, and more freedom
and flexibility fro the student within
the
curriculum.
Specifically the change
is concerned with reducing the
'
over-
load and avoiding the confusion caused
by the excess of two credit courses and
removing the problems of inflexibility
in
required
courses.
To reduce the overload, the re com-
.
rnendation was made that the
emphasis
in the curriculum be shifted from two
to three credit courses, and that all
departments be urged to change their
major offerings from two to three cred-
its. This increase in the credit-value
of the courses will enable the student to
fulfill his credit requirements by tak-
ing five or, at the most, six
courses,
thereby eliminating the practice of un-
dertaking seven, eight or nine courses
a semester in order to acquire enough
credits for graduation.
Such a move will permit more time
for outside and library work,
and
allow
the student to acquire greater depth in
courses. Moreover, it would seem to
be more in line with fostering the pre-
viously mentioned ideals than the cur-
rent outlook which seems to encourage
dilettanteisrn.
The number of credits of required
courses has been reduced from almost
3/ 4 to 1 /2 of the total number of cred-
its needed for graduation. In addition
to this reduction of the core, there has
also been an increase in the number of
electives; together these changes will
allow the student greater freedom in
planning his course of study.
In
conjunction
with this greater free-
dom in choosing courses, provision has
been made for closer cooperation be-
tween the student and his faculty advis-
or. The advisor will help the student
to choose courses allied to his major
field but the student will still be free to
choose courses he finds "broadening."
In effect, the advisor will suggest a se-
(COnl. on page
3
:)
March 11 1964
The Record
Editor: Gerry Marmion
Co-Editor: George Hallam
Asst. Editor: Pete Maronge
Advisor: Dr. George Sommer
Ccnrnurity,
Commitment,
And
Conrnunication
People in general, and students in particular, are given to
approaching the printed word with a certain amount of detach-
ment, doubt, and in some instances
,
cynicism. They automati-
cally presume the writer to have selfish, unrevealed, and there-
fore dangerous ends in mind. For the sake of this editorial then,
we ask our readers to surrender, at least temporarily, the
above attitudes. Now, at this point, it is perhaps advisable to
make the following qualification. This following material has a
merely microcosmic, if nevertheless integral, relationship to
its awesome title. The title, then, is significant insofar as
this article proposes to question those indifferent individuals
who go through four years of college without ever making any
real, social, or intellectual contribution to the student body as
a whole.
I am talking about th
e
student who makes an art of avoiding
meaningful communication, the person who hoards his knowl-
edge
,
the one who receives without ev~r giving, ---the student
who buries his 'talent'. He is the type of student who conforms
to a society which tells him that it is c.-:,nsidered weak for him
to publicly admit either the limitations of his humanity or the
dimensions of his perpl
e
xity. And yet, he knows that some of
us must think and communicate if all of us are to advance. He
knows that man has the need and the ability to communicate.
He also knows that, as a member of the community and in di-
rect proportion to his education, man has th
e
moral obligation
to do so. And yet, this student ignores that obligation! Now,
we refuse to believe that he has undergone so much formal, in-
tellectual, gymnastics without experiencing a single, informal,
insight. Perhaps, he is simply unaware of the basic problems
of his humanity.
Perhaps he has never privately inquired, "Who am I? What
am I doing here? How can I change? What can I be? What
should I be?" Perhaps, he has never heard himself answer,
"The school teils me. The Church tells me. Tradition, so-
ciety, art, and metaphysics - - they all tell me; but still I am
not satisfied.," Perhaps then, he has never realized that these
are the questions and answers which constitute the condition of
humanity; that these are the questions which characterize the
mutation of being which all of us inherited from Adam; that it
is -precisely this problem which unites us in the brotherhood of
man.
The great tragedy, then, is that we should be ashamed of
it; that we refuse to talk about it as though we were parents,
and our humanity a retarded child
.
We say that it is a tragedy,.
for the' condition can be alleviated through a common awareness
·
---through communication. Why, then, do these students re-
fuse to communicate? The answers to this question and to the
other questions lie within themselves. Meanwhile, the moral
obligation remains; the Record waits ....
NOTICE
Due to the fact that we are moving our
headquarters, no issue of The Record
will bl:! published next week.
Page Two
Intellectual
(?)
Life
at Marist
Bro. Brian O'Callahan
From inter- student conversaiions,
·
from faculty-student discussions, and
from observation of general student re-
sponse, it has become apparent that the
problem of student apathy is still a re-
ality at Marist College. Attendance at
lectures, response to intellectual and
social
.
efforts like The Mosaic, The
Record, and other campus organs, the
· absence of active History
,
English, and
Science organizations are some of the
more obvious manifestations of student
indifference. Ted Flynn, in last week's
Record, noted that the Peace Corps was
the first indication of student awareness
witnessed on the campus this school
year." There is evidence that some
resident students have never taken out
a book from the library. The difficulty
in initiating an interesting and intelli-
gent discussion has been lamented by
a few more motivated students. These
examples of and by themselves are
obviously not conclusive testimony,
but they do indicate the road to a just,
if revealing, estimate of student atti-
tudes.
The causes for such an attitude,
which I describe, for want of a more
universally understood word, as apa-
thetic, are myl'iad and not solely trace-
able to student
r
oots.
First, the col-
lege is young
;
cultural programs, such
as lecture series and departmental or-
ganizations, are not fully expanded;
there are financial limitations as well.
Secondly, the organizations in exis-
tence still do not have behind them
years of tradition and capable perfor-
mance to motivate them to improvement.
Thirdly, we find most of the students
in Sophomore and Freshmen years, the
formative years, unconscious of a re-
sponsibility to assume leadership at this
time in any organization or field. The
proverbial "they" is presumably car-
rying the intellectual ball. Fourthly,
and speculatively, there may be a sub-
_merged, but nevertheless real, student
discouragement and indifference result-
r
ing from the fact that the student Broth-
ers do seem to have the "index market"
pretty well cornered.
This last point
should, I think, rather than discourage·
the student, stimulate him.
Finally, probably the most baneful
source of student indifference, under-
lying mahy of the others, comes from
a student misconception, a distortion,
of the purposes of the college life.
What has been referred to as "short-
term goals" and "the cash value" of
education is the overriding concern of
(cont.
00
page
4)
,
i
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l
i
March 11, 1964
change ...
quence of electives which will follow a
pattern and which may include a minor.
However, this minor will not be re-
quired for graduation and will be quite
flexible.
There has also been a revision in
.::ompulsory courses, which makes it
possible to correlate the curriculum
with the student• s previous background,
eliminating possible repetitions.
For
example, the science and ~ath require-
ments for arts• students has been set
at a total of twelve credits, which may
be taken in different combinations.
If
a student has had an adequate back-
ground in either science or math, he
will be allowed to take the majority of
credits in the area in which he is least
prepared. The arts' student, rather
than being forced to take one year of
life science--v.hich includes a semester
of biology and one of psychology-- or a
semester each of chemistry and physics.
Other areas in which changes have
been made to eliminate :::-epetitions are
history, foreign language and English
composition.
The latter will be re-
quired only of those who rlemonstrate
deficiency in writing.
There will no
longer be a blanket requirement of two
years of a language. Rather, the num-
ber of required language credits, from
six to twelve, will be determined by the
quality of the student's high school
preparation.
Gone also are the three required
years of history and the one of econom-
ics. In their place is a three semester
course concerning the development of
an Atlantic Community, followed by, if
the student wishes, a semester of eco-
nomics.
In religion and philosophy the num-
ber of required credits will be reduced
from the current sixteen of religion and
fourteen of philosophy to twelve of each.
The Committee, in lowering these re-
quirements, does not want the students
to feel that these courses are being de-
emphasized; rather, it hopes that the
reduction of requirements will remove
the prejudice that has existed against
certain courses in the past, simply be-
cause they were compulsory.
It
is
hoped that this reduction will create a
proper intellectual atmosphere in which
the student will. be concerned with the
deeper problems of life and a search
for truth, and will freely elect courses
in religion and philosophy.
Resulting from all ·these changes
is a total four-year program better
suited to the students' needs and pref-
erences
.
.
It is one which will concen-
trate on breadth in the first two years
and depth in the final years. It is, to
quote Bro .
.
Edward Cashin
·
, "a move-
ment towards greater freedom, and
will therefore demand greater respon-
sibility on the part of the student and
his advisor."
The Rec©ln!ll
Letters
to
the
Eiltar
A STATEMENT OF ClLMllilPl[C'A'lrJIOillir
In the March 4th iss1111e
af
'll1llll!!:
U-
CORD I wrote a letter
1!o
ttlhle
slhillll!emts
of this school which evollrecdl.
apite a
W
of interest among vario1111S
~
am
unrest among others.
I stated that the
Collllllcil
-embers
and the Secretariat were
Z111'2Jre
of
1lllBe
fact that exact figures
and
records
of
parking and littering fines were not be-
ing kept.
At this time
I wouhl lilke to
acknowledge the fact
1lhat
the
words
which I used did not
COWllOte
precisely
what
I
intended to convey. In
fact. be-
cause of my poor usage.
my
<J?ioion
was misinterpreted.
I
did
DOt
wish
to
imply that any sort of' secretive
con-
spiracy existed betweentheCmmmciland
the Secretariat as to the
keeping
of
in-
exact records.
I merely wished
1to
make it known then,
as
I
do
now.
that
I
thought the system to
be
ineffective,
and that other members held
similar
opinions.
Any apparern1!:
accusation
of
misconduct or slander
IDD
any
part of
any member of the CouncilortheSecre-
tariat was unintended
and
regretted
if
so interpreted.
In direct reference
to
the
Secre-
tariat, Mr. Treanor, in my
letter. I
in no way, whatsoever. intended
to
imply that Mr. Treanor was
part
of
the
group that
I mentioned
ie
the
follolring
paragraph that appeared
in
my
letter.
who I felt were responsible for
the
po-
litical slander aimed at me. All
those
who interpreted it as
such.
I
wish
to
publically clarify my
stand
and in
no
way do
I question the :integrity
of the
Secretariat.
Respectfully
yours.
Jeremiah
Sheehan
CCJl'.ll.
CID
page
1
The
Phantom
·
H8ISe
THE PHANTOM
HORSE
produced
in 1956 by the Daiei Studio of Japan. de-
feats its intended aim. Most of
the
good Japanese films, prior
to
this
pro-
duction were period pieces.
and
for
fear that an unrealistic image of
Japan
was thereby being fostered.
The Phan-
tom Horse was produced with a modern
theme. It defeats its
intended
aim
be-
cause it also is a periodpiece.
ltis
an
excellent representation of
the
period
when Japan, still recovering from the
shock of the war, attempted
to emulate
American customs. The
result was
an
oriental imitation of a grade B Holly-
wood movie of the order of National Vel-
vet.
The deficiencies of the film out-
weigh its advantages,
and
while its
Page Three.
m m ~ t i c
p]l!Jlt,
stt:ilied
(Kabuki.}
dllarader delmeatroos.
and
curious
jtwsltaposilion
o!fhe
ancient and
the mod-
e=
bold
little
interest for the Western
viewer. Nevertheless there
is
much
that
can
be admired in the
film.
The
producing
studio
is
knownforitsexcep-
tional camera work. and here, it fo-
cuses
on the contemplative on the
arrangement of perspective, and on
chia.roscurist emphasis of shading and
color tonation.
The next film, scheduled for April
5.
is
"Forbidden
Games."
It
is
a
story
about
a
6
year old french girl and
the effect that she has on a provincial
family.
The setting is World War
II.
It
is
an excellent film. dealing with the
gamut of social and familiar attitudes of
a representational French peasant f
ami-
ly.
ra
Presidell:y
Popular
William Townsend
The
tingling abrogation of Student
Council elections scheduled for March
the sixth b r o ~ exclamations
of
sur-
prise and wonder from the mass of
Marist's student population.
Most ex-
plicitly stated, the cause of the cancel-
lation is to permit a review of Council
financial affairs and audit these
in
ac-
cordance with the College Business
Of-
fice.
At the present momeut. another
straightened nail secures the Council
election plank. Tradition bas ordained
that the sole Vice-Presidential candi-
date
withdraw
his nomination petition
as
was witnessed during last year• s
campaign.
:Fae~ with this repetitio~s
dilemma. the Council's election com-
missioner re-opened nominations for
this
post after Mr. Edward Murray's
personal withdrawal was submitted to
his office.
An enthusiastic response
followed f,t"Om the Junior Class. and
where formerly only one campaigner
occupied the ballot slip, now there are
five active petitioners for the student
vote. Edward Krissler, Paul Maher.
Lawrence Plover.
and John O•Neil
have each deigned to place their names
on the election ballot. Yet, the ensu-
ing hours have seen the renewal of Mr.
Murray•
s petition and he is once again
knitting a campaign sweater of high
triumphal hopes.
Unquestionably.
a
primary shadows the path of these five
in
their quest for the Student Council
post
and the approaching Wednesday
may well be the day of truth for the two
whose political light shining
in
times
of trial was not bright enough to tri -
umph.
The final student vote, the balloting
via
an official voting booth situated
in
Adrian Lounge, is anticipated for the
March 11, 1964
Intellectual .. .
the average college student at ivlarist.
For most, college is not much more
than an enjoyable sojourn, character_:
ized by good times and ... accumulatj.on of
enough marks, credits, factual infor-
mation, reputation, and know-how to in-
sure a "successful" and secure adult
life.
Could it not be that the college
experience is a bit more than this?
. that its true nature might be more ac-
curately described as a confrontation
with life, with ourselves, and with the
'world in which we live? Could it not
be that the college experience is spe-
cifically designed to give each student
the opportunity to arrive at an under-
standing of what he is - his identity -
and of what particular brand of living
will make him· as an individual most
happy, and of what useful and beneficial
part he is to play in the social com-
munity. Thus, to profit from the col-
lege experience the student has to un-
bolt the door of his securely enclosed,
circumscribed room of living,
and
allow
the
fresh air - the ideas, the re-
sponsibilities, the love - of the rest of
the house and of the rest of the world
blow through his room, aeratingly and
refreshingly.
These are just some of the many
causes which coordinately have created
the situation as it stands now.
It has
been noted of late that the faculty, as
a group and individually, is open to
suggestion from student sources, is
interested in steering student enthusi-
asm into profitable channels, in coop-
erating in raising the intellectual and
cultural level of both the college and
the Marist student. It remains for the
student now to make the opening gambit.
Man is a social animal. He is not
made to live alone. Furthermore~ re-
ligion and the natural law tell him that
he is responsible for the welfare of his
fellow man. An old philosophical axiom
states: Nemodat quod non ha
.
bet. "One
cannot give what ~doesn'tiiave.
11
A
further dimension is thus added to the
college student'
_
s thinking: not only is
his own happiness and satisfaction in-
volved in intellectual and social activ-
ity, but also the welfare of his fellow
man. The Civil Rights question today,
·
the Federal aid to Catholic education
problem, the realignment of world pow-
ers, and the moral issues involved in
these and other problems should con-
cern the responsible college student.
Even more importantly should he be
concerned with the local community's
moral and social situations, the welfare
not of proverbial "mankind," but of each
and every person within his reach
.
Here is the realm of the greatest hu-
.
man happiness, that point at which the
individual; out
ofa
loye, employs his
.
already acquired and ever-acquiring
l<nowledge and experience in the service
'of
his fellows.
·
It
is, I think, wise to stop here.
The Record
P~ge Four-
If
.
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'
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u
;
tJli'
'
'
:I
new dorm ...
CHAMPAGNAT HALL: The Ultimate in College Dorms.
'The first floor,
and probably the
most luxuriously decorated of the
floors,
will have a large fireplace,
lounge (with three different levels sure
to enhance social activity), a periodical
library, a study
:room,_
and a lecture
hall. A gallery lounge will run the en-
tire length of the inner court and will
be used as an interact smoking room
for the auditorium. Probably the most
promising of the halls in the student
union building will be the auditorium.
This will enable better theatrical pro-
ductions to be presented and will also
p~ovide a spacious hall for visiting lec-
turers. The rest of this floor, which
_
vice pres ...
following Friday though anything could
happen to alter Jhis
ch
_
oic~ date .. While
you stand forsaken behind gray curtains
casting your ballot and left to the ratio-
nal controls of your mind, there is no
claustrophobia and no shock; you are
safer in a votinit booth than in a. grave,
so vote! I thank my ghost wroter for
the reminder that next Friday is ''Fri-.
day_ the Thirteenth. "
.
)
.
.
,·
.
.
.
·
-
.
'
.
~
.
- - -
.,;.,.,
To.reach these horizons is not the task
of a day or year. The important thing
is that each and every one of us
-_
re.i_ljzes
that it is a task - that
it
is his task as ,
·
an individual created by and responsible
to God - tbat· life
·
is not simply the •
search for pleasure and personal secur- ,.
ity: "success," in short, that life is a
personal commitment to dedicated liv-
.•
ing and that only in struggling toward the
·
realization of our potential will we find \
peace and satisfaction in living.
overlooks the courtyard will be devoted
to faculty offices, seminar rooms, and
the Dean•s•Office.
Therefore the new student union
should mpt be looked on as just another
building oflounges, offices, a cafeteria,
and an auditorium; but should be seen
as a meams to an end. Througlthe use
of that building, in the closer relation-
ship of the students to
each
other, new
·
life will be breathed into that, dying
frame of an unspirited student body.
New meaning for "at home" social and
athletic function.s as well as inte
_
r col-
legiate ones will be the aim and goal of
Champagnat Hall.
Congradulations . .
We, of THE RECORD,
extend
our
congratulations to Dr. George Sommer,
who is the second faculty member to be
asked to give a summer graduate
course
outside the college. He has accepted
Manhattan• s offer to teach a course in
Chaucer. Again, congratulations Doc-
ter.
Thanks
Thanks are
in
order to Mrs
.
Ann
Sommer and Mrs. Carol Sullivan for
their help in our time of crisis. With-
out them, it is doubtful that we would
have had the past issue of
the
Record
published as quickly as it was. Occas-
ionally, things happen that slow ~p the
. publishing of the paper, and without
these two women, we would have been
lost. Sincere thanks from the staff of
the Record.
March
11, 19 64
COUNCIL
NCTfES
by Peter Maronge
"Mr. President, may
I presume we
are open for new business?
11
-
the ques-
tion of Mr. Treanor was to b8gin the
second shock the Cbuncil has e)tlerienced
in two weeks. He proceeded t~ call to
the attention of the Council, the letter
of Mr. Jeremiah Sheehan, published in
the last issue of THE RECORD. "As a
student,
I am formally requesting the
resignation, from this Council, of Mr.
Sheehan, and his withdrawal from the
nomination on the grounds of dereliction
of duty, by his own admission." Mr.
Treanor disregarded the
personal,
slanderous remarks directed against
him and his integrity at this time and
directed his and the Council's attention
at the second paragraph of the letter.
Here, Mr. Treanor said, Mr. Sheehan
publically admitted in writing, that he
and other members of the Council knew,
for a long time that "exact records" of
fines were not being kept. Again accus-
ing Mr. Sheehan of dereliction of duty
according to Article 5, Section '/ of the
by-laws of the Constitution, Mr. Trea-
nor said
"If
he (Mr. Sheehan) does not
wish to submit his resignation, I ,call
upon this Council to impeach him."
Silence, absolute silence peryaded for
several minutes.
Mr. Rolleri, then
asked that the room be cleared of all
non-council members, except the repre-
sentative of THE RECORD.
The President had two choice~ in
this matter and although he made the
only choice he could make in his mind,
his decision left a delicate question
open to rumor. He felt that the closed
meeting would protect the integrity of
the two men but as such the possibility
for wild rumors was left wide open.
Had the students been allowed to remain,
perhaps the "stories" that would be
spread would have been more factual
because each could formulate the facts
in his own mind .•
As the doors closed, Mr. Sheehan,
was granted the floor to defend himself.
He polled the members to clarify this
statement in this paper, that he and the
•other members of the Council knew
that the exact records were- not being
kept. However, the result of the poll
-1ackfircd and Mr. Sheehan was "found
guilty" of a slight exaggeration.
The
discussion was long and tedious, with
each member voicing his opinion of the
matter.
However, the "mysterious"
meeting was far from emotionless.
Since Mr. Sheehan had refused to re-
sign and no .member of the Council was
willing to ask for an impeachment vote,
Mr. Treanor then claimed slander on
Mr. Sheehan's part. Heated words en-
sued, words which showed the obvious
emtoions of both men and words that
are better left unsaid.
Mr. Rolleri must be congratulated
fhe Record
for the way he handled this meeting.
Acting as the Chair should act, he kept
order, asked questions to clarify points
and efficiently kept the discussion ·
drawn to the point in question.
Was Mr. Sheehan impeached? No,
because no motion was made to im-
peach him. Was the question resolved?
No.
Eventhough an agreement was
reached,
and Mr. Sheehan clarified
what he meant by publishing a statement
which would vindicate Mr. Treanor,
there was no formal clearing of Mr.·
Sheehan of the charge of dereliction of
duty.
Rather,
the meeting bogged
down in a question of semantics, which
replaced the first problem of Mr. Shee-
han's dereliction. Consequently, when
Mr. Sheehan admitted that his choice of
words was poor, and since Mr. Treanor
had made the problem a personal one,
the question of dereliction was dropped
and nothing was concluded. Therefore,
the question still stands, "Should any
Student Council member, who hears
any rumors concerning any phase of
th_e Council's function, and refrains
from introducing them to the Council,
be accused of dereliction of duty?"
It
is the RECORD'S position and opinion
that if the rumor is serious, serious
action must be taken against any mem-
ber who knowingly and willingly hides
a rumor which would in any way dis-
grace or harm the Council.
However,
it
is also our opinion that interpretation
of words can be dangerous and that
damaging accusations can be falsely
made because of misinterpretation.
Mr. Sheehan and Mr. Treanor felt that
they were in the right in doing what they
did but there was just not enough evi-
dence to warrant the impeachment of
an officer of the Council.
The whole
matter was handled well and a solution,
agreeable to both men was reached. In
the words of Mr. Morrissey "The Coun-
cil will continue, no matter what the
criticism.
11
Other business that was conducted
and concluded includes: the suggestion
that the question of senior suffrage be
placed before the student body for a
poll on Wednesday, March 11; the de~
cision that the Council allot itself
$100
for the "traditional; traditional, tra-
ditional" Council dinner; the fact that
the nominations of the Vice Presidency
are opened; and the bringing to light of
a heretofore unknown by- law of the
Constitution which stipulates that writ-
ten requests must be made before any
tape recording can be made of a public
Student Council meeting.
CORRECTION
The following statement appeared in
the March
4, 1964
-issue of THE RE-
CORD: "John Zottoli, who is also run-
ning "for Treasure:·, stated that although
he knows, 'little about Council opera-
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tions (and) little about what the treas-
urer does, I believe that I can do the
job well and that one indication of this
is past experience'. "
The above statement is hereby re-
placed with the following one: "John
Zottoli, who is also running for treas-
urer has stated: 'By going to most of
the Council meetings, I've learned a
little about what the Council is and a
little about how it works. Learning
these things has made me interested in
serving on the Si.udent Council at Mar-
ist.
1
"
F'ederal Aid
•by James G. Hennessy
The School
Bill
of
1961
provided
that all choldren, whether they attend
private or public schools, were to be
included in the formula to determine the
amount
of Federal educational aid.
However, the aid would have gone to the
public schools only, and children en-
rolled in non-public schools would not
have benefited.
So long as these children are ex-
cluded, it violates logic and justice to
count them for the purpose of increas-
ing the aid which goes to public schools.
It is my firm conviction that any
Federal aid to education should give
equal opportunities to every American
child, regardless of race, color, or
religious belief, and should preserve
the parent's freedom of choice in edu-
cation.
Today, as never before, because of
the Soviet threat, the national interest
requires that every child be educated
to his highest potential. In the Ameri-
can-Soviet battle of the classroom, we
cannot afford to deny better educational
opportunities to seven million potential
scientists and leaders in other fields
because in addition to secular subjects
they receive some religious training.
Some of the opposition to Federal
aid to non-public schools has been
based on the grounds that it would be
unconstitutional. With this I do not
agree.
At the present time, the Federal
Government already has a large num-
ber of programs which grant aid to stu-
dents attending private schools. In
fact, on the college level, all of the
Federal programs include students who
attend private or church-related insti-
tutions. Among these are the National
Defense Scholarships and the GI bills.
Also, there is a statute which provides
educational benefits to page boys of the
Supreme Court and Congress,
and
which permits the boys or their parents
to choose the schools they wish to
attend.
(cont. on page · ) .
March 11, 1964
aid ...
if
these programs do not violate the
Constitution,
how
can Federal aid to
non-public schools at the primary and
secondary level be unconstitutional?
In the Constitution, the words "educa-
tion" and "school" are not even men-
tioned.
10WN
t
CAMPUS
Dennis Murray
The Sophomore Hootenanny should
be a resounding success, not because
of any exceptional planning on the p~rt
of the officers, but because of a series
of befuddling circumstances concerning
Student Council elections. Noteworthy
to mention is the seemingly unexpected
arrival of a host of candidates who pre-
viously were unaware of their p~owess.
With the cancellation of Council elec-·
tions, the Sophomore class can
expect
a fatter and more bountiful treasury.
Spring Weekend should be the ~igh-
light of the Spring Semester.
Without
an aware and active student body, we
can expect a colossal failure. With
hard work from everyone, not the same
persistent few, wecouldpresentamem-
orable occasion, and establish a prece-
dent to look forward to in future years.
Every class, club, or group has a
minority of consistent prodding workers,
with the possible exception of the Soph-
omore class which has had the inadver-
tent ability to show new faces
with
the
old as each event is pro_duced.
~ey
are unique when compared to other
campus clubs or classes in this manner,
but they still remain similar in that the
smae old hard core is founf in the cen-
ter.
The Freshman class has a vast un-
tapped
·
supply of labor which should be
utilized.
Through working on Spring
Weekendyouwillgiveyourself as much
satisfaction as you give to others.
Smooth functioning committees working
in advance will produce an event of the
first magnitude.
St. Patrick's Day is wellonitsway.
It
seems almost paramount in the mind
of the college student to get drunk, plas-
·tered, or smashed. The mere mention
of this medieval saint's name recalls a
•widespread variation of stories, which
would kindle the sparks of a bull ses-
sion and produce an inflamed conver-
sation lasting until dawm.
It
is
very
inappropriate for this
holiday to fall wihtin the season of Lent.
Regardless of the fact that this is a sea-
son od prayer and perperation, only a
violent earthly catastrophe could qui:!ll
the rebellion of every Freshman between
·Dublin and Peking on this day. It is un-
fortunate but this previously unnoticed
religious' holiday· is becoming tradit-
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I
May
Be
Wrong
But
by Bill Treanor
Although you will know the outcome
of the Presidential primary in Ne_w
Hampshire by the time you read this
column, permit me to make a few _ob-
servations concerning this occasion.
There are, as you know, a number
f declared and undeclared candidates
~eeking the blessings of the Republicans
of New Hampshire. Among the declared,
we have Senators Goldwater, and Mar-
garet Chase Smith,
also Governor
Rockefeller and former Governor Har-
old Stassen. If this were not enough,
the voters are also asked to consider
the other notables in the party who
have been proposed for a "write-in"•
Among these "dark-horses" we find
former Vice-President Nixon, Ambas-
sador Lodge and Governor Scranton.
Now the problem arises for the
voter as for whom he shall cast his bal-
lot.
It
has been said that this primary
is now unimportant due to the large
m1.mber of candidates and so no clear-
cu{ decision can be reached as a result.
Well
in
our humble opinion, we would
like to take exception with this reason-
ing and maintain that not only can a con-
clusive decision be reached but that a
conclusive decision will be reached.
Our reasons for believing that a
conclusive decision will be reached is
that many of the "political commenta-
tors'' have forgotten or just will not con-
sider the results of the 1956NewHamp-
shire Presidential primary. In that
year, as you recall, ther;, was
~
con-
centrated effort
re~
rnrle 1D dump "\oce-
President Nixon from the ticket. How-
ever, what was the reaction of the peo-
ple of New Hampshire and of th~
1
co~-
try? There was an enormous w:1te-
in" for Vice- President Richard Nixon.
In
fact this unexpected vote was so
shocking that shortly thereafter Presi-
dent Eisenhower was more or less
"forced" into endorsing his Vice-Pres-
ident for nomination.
What then are our beliefs as to
what will happen?
It is our contention that the people
of New Hampshire will split between
Senator Margaret Chase Smith and
Richard Nixon with a minority of the
·
votes going to Senator Goldwater and.
Governor Rockefeller.
The reason
that Senator Smith will garner a sub-
s~antial number of votes and possibly
ionally a time for liquor crazed Freshm-
en- -who are usually German, English,
or some other nationality trying to par-
ticipate- - to release their emotions at
, the expense of the solemnity of the Le-
ten tradition.
"outdraw" the former Vice-President
is that she is almost "a member of the
family" since she comes from the
neighboring state of Maine.
Now we
cannot deny the possibility that this
will not happen in regards to the Sena-
tor especially if we consider the late
President Kennedy's race in Wisconsin
against Senator Humphrey.
Concluding then, our opinion is that
the New Hampshire primary of March
10th will be conclusive because it will
acc;mplish the following points:
1.
·
Ambassador Lodge, Governor
Scranton and former Governor Stassen
will be eliminated from the race for
the Republican nomination.
2.
Senator Margaret Chase Smith
will enhance her position for seeking
the Vice-Presidency and may even car-
ry the votes of this state to the conven-
tion.
3
Senator Goldwater will see the
begidning of his defeat by not being able
to carry the East.
4 _ Governor Rockefeller will run
very close to Senator Goldwater.
5. Richard Nixon will come out of
the primary as the real winner, although
he may not have the conventi_o~ votes
themselves, he will have pos1ho~ en-
hanced in the eyes of all Republicans
and persons of the other parties to such
an extent that he will go on to be named
:1ot the nominee but the next President
of the United States.
Ciuil Rights
by 1 arry Plover
"How many times can a man turn
his head, and pretend that he just does-
n't see. The answer, my friend, is
blowing in the wind - the answer is
blowing in the wind ... " Dylan.
I wonder what number of us have
ever been forced to sleep fully clothed
through a winter for the absence of a
heating system in our home or apart-
ment? Have any of our families been
kept awake nightly by the
scraping
sounds which seem to come from the
ceilings, and the walls, and the floors-
the sounds long since identified
with
the scampering of rats here and there.
Must some of us walk to a public toilet
to care for bodily needs due to a chron-
ically deficient olumhin1r svstem. Have
wt:
Elver through necessity, been com-
pelled to use a dangerous kerosene
(cont. on
page
7
>
March 11,
1964-
Peyre
on Camus and
Malraux
Last Tuesday evening, Henri M.
Peyre delivered a lecture entitled The
Concept of Man in Cmaus and Malraux.
The fundamental problem, in which both
Albert Camus and Andre Malraux are
so bound up, is the apparent absurdity
oftheworld. Man is always confronted
with crisis and is endlessly experiencing
transition. This universal problem can
omly be properly surmounted by the to-
tal usage of all resources.
It
is through
literature that we can commence to e-
liminate this enigma from the earth.
Andre Malraux, in earlier years,
was a middle class, well educated
adventurer who today, is France's
Ministre. d'affaires culturelles. His
beliefs, as to the actions fo man, dem-
onstrates that man blends the theoreti-
cal with the real. The
iclP."R
of man
must be lived, not thought
.
He is con-
vinced that man must wage war with
evil everywhere. In his political con-
tacts he found that in an autocracy the
voice of religious and literary freedom
is
either
hampered or suppressed, for
they constantly threaten the success of
that government.
With that in mind,
tnan, to rise above this, must have a
concrete
goal
with which he can identify
himself and be committed to.
Hie
et
nunc there is always a dual dilemma,
for
the
intellectual, between thought
and action.
The basic problems con-
fronting man
are
two: man's substitu-
tion for
1
ack of absolutes, ahd man's
ability
to supplant myths in place of
these absolutes. He says that in our
modern age progress and success
are
increasing but at a decreasing rate.
But how does man, in Malraux's opin-
ion, remedy this? Through cult of the
individual,
in greater inter-personal
communion between the great and the
small, by recognition of history, and
with
·
man's desire to be iiberated from
his fatalities, man can overcome the
incongruous problems facing him in the
world today.
Albert Camus was a native of North
Africa and was born in to the poorest of
families. As an Atheist, he blutly re-
jected sin and boldly denied any God,
Yet without Go~ he had a burning de-
sire
fo
happiness, even though he was
not happy. His problem too, was cen-
tered around the absurdity of life.
His
me~sage was simple: clearsiuhtedness
and solidarity, a
solidarity without
grace and devoid
·of
hope.
Camus
touched on politics and portrayed him-
self as
the
messenger of humi)ity. With
this in mind he boldly pointed out that
any man, thinking himself a soteriolog-
ical superior to others, invariabl; be-
comes a megalomaniac.
Knowing,· then the ideologies of
Malraux 'llld Camus concerning their }
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concept of man, we see them as men
united on the idea of crisis and tran-
sition which makes for the apparent
a surdity of the world t0day.
civil rights ...
heater in our living rooms, knowing full
well the number of deaths resulting
from them in the past.
I think not
gentlemen.
But some people do.
Yes, some
live in apartments with constant sub-
freezing temperatures, a deadly fear of
vermin and water faucets which, long
ago, 'froze solid.
These people are
closer to us than we might like to be-
lieve. They are closer than th~ sagging
log shacks of the Southern negro - clos-
er than the depression -torn areas of
Virginia and Pennsylvania - closer still
than Brooklyn's Bedford Stuyvesant and
Spanish Harlem's Cypress Avenue.
They are closer, in fact, than the
Mid Hudson Bridge.
We know this - all of us but those
who simply will not know.
- But we
turn our heads and pretend not to see.
because it is so much easier not to see-
so much nicer. Yet, we
call
ourselves
·Christians and we attend Mass and we
take God into ourselves. Would Christ
have ignored?
"What can I do to Help?", is the
question so often
asked,
by both the
sincere and the
cynic.
I wish the for-
mer would come and
ask,
because I do
have an answer.
There is something
we can do
.
There is a
good deal
we
can do, and we can begin right now.
We can tour these slum
areas
with pen
and paper and
a book
listing prerequi-
sites for public housing. We can note
violations and
report
them to the State
HousingAuthority. We
canbringnegli-
gent landlords to
court,
forcing them to
improve the
existing conditions
and
abolish abuses. We can help.
There are,
to
my knowledge, 43
people from Vassar already organized
for this purpose.
I plan to make the
number 44.
I shall make no promises
nor shall I hint at the prospect of du-
plex apartments on lower Main Street
within two years. What I can do - what
you can do - what~
can
do, is try.
Byzantine Liturgy
by Joseph Greco
On the evening •of February 27th
the students and faculty of Marist Col-
lege were able to view and partake,of
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the
Slavo-Byzantine Rite in the College
Chapel.
The Mass was celebrated by
Fr. George Maloney S, J. of the Rus-
sian Center at Fordham.
The Byzantine Rite differs signifi-
cantly from the Roman Rite, due pri-
,marily
to the different! geographical
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areas from which they arose, and there-
fore afforded those unfamiliar with it
an opportunity to get an insight irito the
Eastern
mentality in respect to the
liturgy.
.
The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom,
m the Byzantine Rite, is composed of
three main sections: the Proskomidia,
the Liturgy of the Word, and the Litur-
gy of the Eucharist.
The name Proskomidia is of Greek
origin and means "to bring" or "to of-
fer".
This is the introductory part of
the Liturgy and includes the vesting of
the celebrant and preparatory prayers
as well as the rubrics which occur at
the side altar during preparatory
prayers.
In the Liturgy genuflection does
not occur and is replaced by "bows'',
usually in a sequence of three.
During the preparatory prayers at
the side altar, a large leavened loaf
~ith the words" Jesus Christ conquers"
1s cut
a,nd
blessed by the celebrant.
This bread,
called the "Lamb" is
placed on the paten and is then ''pierced
by a "lance." The celebrant then pro-
ceeds to
.
pour wine and water into
a
chalice in reference to the 1/iospel of
St. John, ile., "One of the soldiers
opened His side with a lance.
and
im-
mediately there came out blood and
water" (19: 34).
Following this, particles from the
"Lamb"
are cut
and arranged to
repre-
sent the universal Church. These are
then covered by an asterick (a curved
piece
of
metal).
The Proskomidia is
concluded by the Offeratory prayers.
The Communion follows
and
is re-
ceived standing with the hands folded
across the breast.
Final prayers are chanted in Eng-
lish (as were most of the prayers which
preceeded).
Unlike the Roman Rite which uses
incense only for particular services
the Byzantine Rite uses an abundance of
incense throughout the entire Mass.
Another striking feature of the
Byzantine Rite is that most of the Mass
is sung
alternating
from celebrant to
congregation.
All of this,
along
with
multi
-
colored vestments worn by both
celebrant and server, add to
the
rich-
ness of the Eastern Rite.
letters •• .,
Dear Mr
.
Editor:
"What is that ole lady down there-
esome kinda fanatic or somethin?"
This was a question asked at a re-
cent Student Council meeting by a stu-
dent inquiring about the coming Marist
Day at Manhattanville College in White
Plains.
The student, who had been
<
co~.
on
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March 11, 1964
Varsity Season Ends
by Larry Lane
The Marist College Varsity basket-
ball team ended its season on a sorry
note, bowing to Kings College 91-81.
Lourdes Gym was the stage wh~re the
curtain was brought down on another
campaign, and the few remaining loyal
supporters were treated to
a
sometimes
exciting, sometimes dull, and often
very ragged basketball game.
Wally Barisonek scored Marist' s
first field goal at the 2:
59
mark and
procr-,Pded to score nine of the first ten
points for the home force.
Early
in the
half Wally picked up his fhird personal
foul and was soon replaced by newcomer
Gary Henderson with 12: 15 remaining.
In the
next five minutes Kings
started dominating the boards, putting
their fast break into gear
and
spurting
from a 16-12 deficit to a 29-23 lead
.
The home forces hit a cold spell which
saw
them score only four
points
be-
tween the seventeen and twelve minute
marks
.
Kings capitalized on this and
went
on a spree which
gave
them a
twelve point bulge, 39-27.
Sloppy
play,
occasional baskets, a few personal and
missed foul shots prevailed
as
the first
half ended with Marist trailing 4 7 - 33.
Marist hit four quick baskets as the
second half opened, cutting the gap to
47-41. After Kings edged ahead52-43,
Marist went on a rampage *hich was
climaxed by Bernie Dooley's long set
which
gave
Marist the lead 55-54 with
12 minutes and 3 seconds left to play
.
Marist pulled farther ahead 61-56 on a
jumper by Barisonek, but this was the
end for our forces·. Tom Finuca,ne
and John Murphy, who were outrebound-
ing taller opponents for the whole sec -
ond half, soon felt the .strain battling
opponents three and four inches taller
Kings
·a
gain began a fast break that the
Marist
·
men couldn't handle.
Kings
grabbed the lead at 62
a
61 and thereaf-
ter gradually pulled away from the Red
Foxes.
Wally
Barisonek' s
twenty - four
points led the Marist scoring. Bernie
Dooley threw in nineteen and John Mur-
phy thirteen. Tom Finucaine and John
Ouelett each had eleven points as ihe
long season came to a close.
SPORT CORNER
by Jerry LaForge
and
John O'Neil
With
the basketball season rapidly
coming to an end, many teams are
jockeying for post season t~urnament
posts
.
Unfortunately Marist won't be
in the N. I. T. this year.
The season
was not as bright as expected but the
calibre of opponents increased showing
the way for a well rounded schedule to
The Record
come. It is the general consensus that
losing to the likes of LeMoyne, Iona and
Siena does more
to
project
the
Marist
College image (young, Catholic and
growing) than winning over Berkshire
Christian, Vassar College, and Kris-
sler Business School. Congratulations
.are in order for
the
men who €::ercised
perseverance and determination and
stuck with it .. It's easy for everyone to
stick with a winner --only men stick
with a loser - -Hat's off!
The season
was long and at most times dishearten-
ing but in no way does it reflect the
capabilities of the team members.
We like DePaul in the National In-
vitational Tournament this year---also
predicting Army to pull as quick an
exit as it did i,ts
entrance---UCLA
Na-
tional Champs----Loyola of Chicago
NCAA tournament champs.
Congratulations are in order to Mr.
Mike Shultz and his wrestling team.
The team gets stronger as the sport
progresses---
Turning to Spring Sports- - - -our
crew team looks very promising accord-
ing to John St. Denis - someoftheteam
has been working out all summer and,
in general, everyone seems in good
shape.
With the right "tide" we could
see the team undefeated going into the
Presi.dents Regatta with victories over
Purdue, Iona, St. Johns and American
International- - - - - - Plover, Becchetti,
Chiriatti get in shape!
· intramural Scene----The faculty
seems to be making more noise in the
classroom than on the basketball court-
"What Hoppen
?"
·
-
We like the Varsity
Club over the "educators"
in
the post
season classic held in the cardboard
coliseum- - -Golf and baseball are now
on the sports calendar- - - -Good Luck:
- - -I"irst crew meet is March 25th
vs Purdue---Baseball season is right
around the corner with the stadium
opening on April 14th.
fetters .. _
I
'
seated throughout the meeting, with his
feet on the back of a cushioned chair, in
Donnelly Hall lounge,
·
was challenging
1
the competence of Mrs: Dow, Manhat-
(
tanville' s Social Director.
Anyonewhohas ever met Mrs. Dow
and knows the trials of such a position,
wouldnothave shown such a lack of re-
spect for this woman. Attractive, sil-
ver-haired Mrs. Dow is one of the mo~t.
charming and sociably warm personal-
ities I have
ever
encountered.
In my opinion the above incident
was serious, not because Mrs. Dow or
anyone else outside that room will ever
know what was said, but because this
outspoken ignorance and lack of respect
for basic social manners seems to be
the Marist Image at Manhattanville.
In recent weeks I have observed
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three other embarrassing "Marist Mo-
ments." I recently saw a Marist Fresh-
man
wandering around
M' ville' s
campus
in
a
drunken stupor. Another student
from our college publically announced
in front of three seniors from Holy
Cross and four M'ville girls that he was
an agnostic, and furthermore was proud
of it.
·
The third" Marist Moment" ,vas re-
corded
at
Manhattanville's Winter Week-
end. A dinner dance party at
a
leading
West~hester country club was the high-
light of the weekend and all was going
well.
·
The dance orchestra decided to
take a 10-minut~ break and a group of
M'ville girls entertained with
a
medley
of songs
.
The performance was enjoy-
able,
but would have been even more so
if
the Marist
-
students had not been the
only guests who remained seated and
caused a noticable ·distrubance through-
out the show.
Mrs. Dow, seated only
a few yards away,
show·e<I repeated
signs of
annoyance.
Another Marist student.
who only
a few weeks
ago,
heard
a group
of
M' ville girls discussing his own
and
his friends" bad manners, rose to the
occasion to defend the name of his
school. He stepped forward with
great
,
courage and said,
"If
you don't like
it,
:
. you can go to hell. " (I understand from
reliable sources that she DID NOT like
it, (nor him), and considering that I
saw her a few hours later, she, appar-
ently, did not follow his suggestion. )
Luckily, Marist Day was a success,
both on the part of Mrs. Dow and her
charming
girls and on the part of a fine
group of Marist students.
With
stu-
dents like those attending Marist Day
this past Sunday, (Feb. 29), possibly
the future of the "Marist Image" at
Manhattanville will improve.
To insure ourselves of more
suc-
cessful days with Manhattanville, we
have two alternatives: we can either
allow only a chosen few to attend such
functions or we can educate our ignor-
ant element as to what is and is not
socially acceptable.
Considering the same Marist slobs
represent us elsewhere just as badly
as they do at l\llanhattanville, the first
proposal would make it necessary to
lock the undesirables up in their rooms
until June.
Proposal number two is the answer.
It means introducing students to the
basic manners he should have learned
at
home.
If
he does not know enough
to eat soup with a soup spoon
and
not
drink
it
like coffee, then teach him.
If
he lacks the courtesy to stand up when
a girl approaches his group, then make
it known to him. But
as
long
as
he re-
presents our college, we must, if noth-
ing else, pray for him.
Respectfully submitted,
Terry Robarge
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