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Vol. IV, No. 13
IN VOCATION
Invocation ofthe Chaplain of the College,
The Reverend James A. Driscoll, O. P.,
at the
Inaugural Ceremonies for the
Student Government; April 15, 1964.
0 Almighty and Everlasting God,
Creator and Master of the Universe,
direct our minds and hearts today
as
we begin anew the great task that lies
before us.
Endowed as we are with precious
gifts of intellect and will to know and to
love yo
·
u and relate
all
things to you, let
us set about our work by imploring your
divine protection. and inspiration at the
beginning of our labors.
Many are the challenges, great
may be the difficulties. But let our en-
deavors to develop the true sense of a
Christian
community
on this campus be
implemented by our own personal de-
velopment in the virtues of Christian
manhood.
Through our
efforts
and
your holy grace may we develop a vi-
brant strength and intense loyalty to our
ideals consistent with our dedication to
the service of others.
May the goals
.
which we seek be unselfish and in per
feet harmony with the objectives of the
college, "to develop the whole man, the
truly educated man, the Christian man.
To this great task we dedicate our-
selves today. We ask for your divine
assistance that we may not fai
1.
We
ask for your blessing on our work that
what is begun today may be completed
in
accordance with your holy will.
Amen.
Reverend Father Driscoll delivers the
Invocation in front of Our Lady Seat of
Wisdom Chapel.
The
RECORD
MARI ST COLLEGE
Poughkeepsie, New York
April 22, 1964
New Student
Government Inaugurated
Justice William Trenor administers the Declaration of Intention to Student
Government President Thomas Heffernan in front of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom
Chapel.
Bro. Linus:
One
More
Step
In
The
Evolutionary
Process
by Peter Maronge
Inaugurations for the new Student
sive
·
group of incoming officers asking
Government were held after a Mass of
them to continue to help student life at
the Holy Spirit on April 15,
1964.
Marist grow.
It
was at this point that
Father Driscoll, who had offered the
he issued his warning. Speaking about
Mass, opened the ceremonies with an
responsible,
reasonable,
complaints
invocation to the Holy Spirit to guide
as well as actions, he made it clear to
the new officers along the right path.
this reporter, that unreasonable re-
Then Brother Linus Foy, the President
quests for rrorey, or irresponsible" com-
of the College, approached the rostrum
plaints" would not betaken with a smile.
to speak about the Student Government
Officers, duly elected by the student
as a body. A speech, that had tones-of
body, should be mature enough, to rec-
warning, was delivered to the twenty or
ognize that the college does have a cer-
so brave students in attendance. Broth-
tain limit to the funds it can distribute.
er Linus reviewed the last Council and
Marist does not have the coffers of
said that it was one more step in the
Rome.
It is up to these officers to
evolutionary process, a process which
"create a good climate of diverse yet
has not yet reached its omega point.
responsible opinion" and in this way
He congratulated the last Council for
aid the college in its struggle for rec-
its updating and revision of the -Consti-
ognition and maturity.
tution and for its ability to weather the
Immediately following his speech
stormy parts of.its term of office.
Brother Linus issued the Declaration
Hethenswitchedtothevery impres-.
Cont. on p. 7
Page Two
THE RECORD
The. RECORD
Editor: Gerry Marmion
Co-Editor: George E. Hallam
Asst. Editor: Peter Maronge
Advisor: Dr. George Sommer
Recently., Senator Fulbright criticized what might be called
thE\ fore.ign policy fj_xism of the United States .. J-le accused v.s
of failing tu actJust past policies to present conditions. Every-
thing IJ,is to be either black or white (no pun iµt~n<lied) b
_
efore
we act. We are unwilling to comprom
.
ise or to change. Thus,
there can be neither peace nor progress. Now, this problem,
it seems to us is not confined to government alone. Rather, it
is a national disease, a disease which can be traced back to the
time that ·"yellow journalism" made its• irut
~
al impact upon
American culture. However, before we treat the symptons of
the problem, it is perhaps advisable to illuminate the problem
itself by using the following ex
a
mple. A man commits a
murder and pleads guilty. Now, the Behaviorist factlon in
society would say that because of ignorance, environmental in-
fluences, personality factors and other provocative factors,
this man had to respond by committing murder; he should b
e
isolated, educated, rehabilitated and returned to society
.
On
the other hand, the "lex talionis", or executioner-element in
society w·ould pr
e
scribe death on the basis that this is the only ,
way to prevent recurrences and maintain order in society.
This latter black or white group is that which characterizes the
,najority of people in modern American society. This is the
life or death executioner-mentality which r
e
flects itself in our
conformity to the letter rather than the spirit of the law
.
It is
this easy answer, national attitude which is reflected in such
an instance as the Goldwater p
e
rcentage _in the Wisconsin
primary!
As we said earlier, this dis
e
ase, which now plagues the
Am
e
rican mind has its' chief causal factor in "yellow journal-
ism". Since that time, the molders of the public conscience,
our materialistic-minded media of communication, have either
ignored or worsened the probl
e
m. Today radio sells records,
television sells Hazel, and th
e
newspaper with the largest-
national circualtion sells pictures, Any attempt by the media
to sell ideas or educate the national .conscience is soon forgot-
ten. Even the dramatized sociology of television's East Side/
West Side was lab
e
lled'arty.' Now, I am not saying that we
·
should not damn DeGaulles "de jure" recognition of Red China
as did the courageous editors of that previously mentioned
picture-journal. I am saying that the public should be expected
to understand why.
.
How, then
,
can we correct these conditions? How can we
help the people to see not only the black and white, but the gray
also
.
? Relativism, the attitude most compatible with our plur-
alistic society, should not be monopolized by the intellectuals.
If we, as a people are to progress then all should see the gray.
The answer, then, is Peyre,; answer--education. And yet
it
cannot be the education that we underwent, (there has to be
something wrong with the education o, our society, when today!{
Northern Senators are receiving letters on the racial problem,
70o/oof which letters favor racial segregation!) It must be an
improved action-oriented education, an education that encour-
ages moral involvement, fosters post-graduate thinking, and
trains the people to remember that they are our foreign policy,
trains them to remember that they are the government.
April 22, 1964
Letters
to
the
Editor
CHEERS FOR THE SOPHOMORE
BROTHERS' PRODUCTION OF
"ADVISE AND CONSENT"!
The selection of the play was in it-
self a most excellent one; the case was
,:onsistently good; the direction was
brisk and imaginative; the setting -
tryptych style - enabled the action of
the drama to move at a fast pace from
the opening lines of act one through the
closing curtains of the final scene.
Most rewarding ·to this viewer was
the fact that the play itself (faithfully
reflected in this production) stirs up a
host of unanswered, perhaps unanswer-
able, questions about the "sub-machi-
nations" of our national politics.
Our thanks to the Sophomore Broth-
ers for the obvious investment of talent
and time which resulted in th
e
SP'lerior
performance of last Saturday evening.
M. Eileen Connolly Drennen
Department of History
.
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE EDITOR
OF THE RECORD ON "THE PILL"
This letc
e
r is writt
e
n not from the
stance of a Grand Inquisitor nor indeed
•with the ire of carping criticism. The
article entitled "The Pill at Vassar"
was written in a facile informative styl
e
insofar as it went. What concerns th
e
present writer is that it did not go far
enough. Th
e
article is both factual as
towhathappened at V:assar and theolog-
ically reflective as to the significance
of what happ
e
ned at that
··
dis
_
tinguished
center of learning.
From a Catholic
viewpoint in the experience of this
writer it should have been more exten-
sively and intensively theologically re-
flective.
This I humbly submit in view of the
widespread controversy regarding the
progestins which has now reached inter-
national horizons. I have in mind the
misstatements of what the Dutch episco-
pacy pronounced on this basic problem,
which have been corrected and the very
singular opinion of a Belgian theologian
in support of the pills for birth .regula-
tion in what he terms objectively valid
reasons for avoiding conception.
It should be brought to the attention
of Catholics that in 1958 Pope Pius XII
strongly condemned the use of pills for
contraceptive purposes as "gravely sin-
ful and Catholics who intend to use them
must be refused absolution and are in-
eligible to receive the Holy Eucharist.
11
Any method used to frustrate the gen-
erative powers of the conjugal act is
absolut~ly wronl{ and a violation of the
principles involved in the Church's
teaching on marriage.
The renowned
Moralist Father Connell teaches that
progesterone is a direct frustration.
The Jesuit moralist Father Lynch of
Cont. on p. 7
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Advise
and
Consent
Dormitory Style
Two students, upon hearing that
.
their room was to be used over the
Easter vacation, decided to post a list
of regulations in regard to the proper
·
use of the room. The following are the
Ten Commandments and what the stu-
dents found upon their return.
To Channey
&
Chimmey,
By way of preface, may I note that
the Ten Commandments
of
Room 407 are
more difficult to observe than the Ten
Originals.
Thanks for the use of your facilities
during the Retreat. Now, since the
bus
will not depart for another half hour,
you might be interested in how
the
407
Decalogue
·
was followed during
your
absence.
1.
Feed ~lligator
in to() drawer -
takes raw hamburger meat
3
times
per
weekem
-
also fond of human flesh -
:Re Careful.
Rl. Alliehasnothingtobeef about--
fed raw hamburgers twice a week.
Your suggestion of threetimes per
weekem was much too much. Lent you
know!
Now, however, continue with
usual diet as prescribed.
2. Do not slam door - tendency "for·
top bookshelf to collapse.
R.2. :::,u,·e enough! Top bookshelf
does drop when you slam the door.
3.
Do not look under pictures
on
bulletin board.
B.3. This was a tough one! I might
have failed here.
Fortunately, you
have no way of finding out. Be careful;
this could be
.
a frame-up!
4.
·
If
heat
faui;
to come up, kick
radiator 3 times - Landlord sometimes
for:gets t9. send heat up.
R
4. Had long talk with the Landlord.
He got all steamed up about the situation,
but he relented. Only two kicks
needed
nqw 3.11d_the ''heats on,-,-, -
5. If you are a light sleeper, do not
be afraid of headlights bearing down on
y_ou
in middle of night.
R5. No Problem!
I'm a heavy
sleeper, tossing in at 185 lbs.
s:
.
Wave red lantern (found in 2nd
drawer) 4times if train insists on toot-
ing
as
it passes by.
R6.
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11
Toots
11
Shor is noisy!_
7. Keep screens
and windows
closed inasmuch as low flying birds
frequent area.
R7. Spring has sprung
The
grass
has ds
I wonder where
The birdies is?
They passed the screen test and are
presently heading west.
Bye, Bye,
Birdie!
Cont. on p. 5
·•i'HE
RECO_R_D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
P_a_ge _Th
_
ree
Terry
Sees
Castro's
No
by R. Terry Robarge
(Official U.S. Navy Photograph) The large building (background), formerly a Cub-
an bank, provides shelter from the sun for four Cuban Militiamen armed with mach-
ine guns who keep a daily vigil on U.
s:
Marines (in the smaller building) at the Nor-
thwest Gate of the Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The truck in the fore-
ground holds television cameras to watch for troublemakers as the daily Cuban wor-
kers pass in and out of the gate. The cameras would be used to testify to the world
where the responsibility fo any incidents would be placed.
On February
6,
1964 the once heav-
ily traveled Caribbean paradise of Cu-
ba, again became the latest internat=
ional "cold
war
hot spot".
It
was on
this day that the island's dictator, Fi-
del Castro, announced that the water to
the United States Naval Base at Guan-
tanamo Bay would be cut off unless 36
Cuban fishermen caught fishing in Flor-
ida waters were released. Only about
·f0ur
hours by plane from Marist Col-
lege campus., Democracy and Commu-
nism were facing each other
with
re-
newed hate.
It was only last week that I had the
opportunity to visit this particular
world focal point and especially the
base"sNorthwestGate where American
Marines ar,<l CubanMilitiamen face each
other seperated only by a fence, "the
latest Iron Curtain". (Only this time)
the evidence of a philosophy determined
to dominate the world is in our own
hemisphere.
At the Northwest Gate to
the base, two alert but seemingly un-
concerned Marines stood and explained
the situation to me.
The Marines ig-
nored the four Cuban militiamen who
·
stood with machine guns less than 50
yards away.
The Cubans were located
in a former bank building built by their
government to enable Cuban workers
from the base to change their American
earned dollars into Cuban money. 'Many
workers have reported that up to
l:JU
per-
cent of their
earnings
from the base
are
taken by the Castro government.
·Each·
morning more than
900
Cuban
workers pass through the Northwest
Gate to the base.
Prior to President
Johnson"s order to cut the base work
force (which resulted from the water
crisis) more than 2,500 Cuban men
and
women commuted daily from their homes.
Many workers lived in Guantanauno City.
about 40 miles from the base, and as
far as Santiago, 70 miles
away.
The
majority of the workers were good work-
ers
and were loyal and devoted to
the
United States. When the "cutback" or-
der came, the troublemakers and then
the slackers were dismissed.
Unfor-
tunately it was also necessary to dis-
miss mnay of the better employees.
Many times
in recent weeks as
groups of employees who had been dis-
missed were about to leave through the
gate they shook the hands of their for-
mer
employers
and with tears running
down their cheeks lifted their few po-
ssessions on their backs and sadly
trudged down the dusty road.
Some
stopped to wave goodbye again and
shouted back that they would return to
their jobs someday.
Because of the harrassment qf Cu-
ban militiamen,
about 200 workers
Cont. on p. 7
Page. ,'!'our.
.THE RECO~D
The
Win_-e
of
A
ff i
rm
a·t ion
b" Br. Paul Furlong
Looking to
all
the world
!ikt:
suc-
cessful ambassadores (a few pounds
(~) heavier and a few locks less, per-
haps), England's four shaggy Liver-
pudlians are once again on the soil of
their "sceptr'd isl.!c!'.'.
But still reso-
nant in .the ears
"of
American youth
(and all those young at heart!) is the
sound of their' solid god' avowal: "Love
you?" "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!"
This i:r;-ebled affirmative seems to
leave little doubt in the matter.
If
nothing else (and I'm sure I'm over-
looking something ... ) the Beatle creed
has left us with a positive approach to
the business of lovin! An American, I
suppose, would be inclined rather to
say: "Yeah, honey, I love yuh ... sure.
What I mean is, you're okay ... you
know?" Of course, this satisfies the
blushing belle, and at the same time,
leaves the sweating beau plenty of un-
committed breathing space. That is,
he hasn't really compromised his free-
dom, and reserves all rights to change
his mind.
Actually, it is not my intention, in
this brief essay, to discuss the vagaries
of the present-day love ethic, or even
to comment on 20th century moral con-
fusions.
What follows will, however,
take shape around the implied attitude
in the remark of the young suitor.
I
will attempt to do a little intellectual
spade work in several fallow campus
field.
I can imagine some nervous squirm-
ing already at the mere mention of the
word "intellectual".
Intellect,
it
seems, has become a bad word.
It is
a commonplace today that the alleged
intellectual student., whether on an
elementary, secondary,
or college
level, is regarded with raised-eye-
brow suspicion as some sort of freak.
It is usually the 'fella' who is never
kept after school, or the one to whom
all the teachers give their attention,
or perhaps it is the Brother who's
pocketed all the A's. This is a com-
mon, but quite fallacious, notion of
intellectuality. The student who pulls
in the good marks:has learned his les-
sons well, and has, upon examination,
given the teacher what he wants.
But
this is not really what constitutes an
intellectual. No more than we consider
the bearded "beat" poet cozied up in his
Coffee House booth to be an intellectual.
And, if I may hazard another category,
no more that we think (or should think)
of the scholar-pedant who, in the KTZ
Quarterly, writes (in his best "officia-
less" jargon) a 20-page article on "The
Multiple Uses of Camel Hair Among
,, The Nomads
Of
The Fertile Crescent, "
as being an intellectual.
Such evidences of "brain power at
work'_', although having some measur-
able value, fall far short of any claim
to full-blossomed intellectuality. Be-
cause we have been schooled to shy
away from any overt rationalism in o~
thinking, the case again!:Jt the Intellect
has been strong. We have preferred to
leave the difficult task of intellectual
work to the few "anarchists" that may
be around.
Yet, striking as it may
seem, we are all pa_rt of_ an intellectu~
tradition, a tradition w,1ose gnarled
·story has seen division within its own
house, and witnessed mutilation at the
hands of those infamous purveyors of
public cpinion. But to be aware of the
enemies of intellect, is to be aware of
what intellect is meant to be.
The intellect serves as the great
channel of communication. As Jacques
Barzun remarks, the Intellect is like
a ".wireless" tha~ permits the mind to
jump over connectives and communicate
truth. Its sublime purpose is to amp-
lify the force of what we might call
truth by giving it recognition and suit-
able embodiment. But we run the risk
of sterility and useless accumulation
of data unless we can aptly activate
what "intelligence" offers us in some
meaningful way. Intellect, then, stands
apart from the larger realm of mind or
intelligence as a personal ability to
effectively translate knowledge.
And
an "intellectual" is one who has the
skill of responding quickly to states of
knowledge and of articulating their
worth
in
some expressive fashion.
This interpretation seemingly tran-
scends those conceivable traces of
Intellect (good marks, poetry, 20-page
article•, and opens-up new avenues of
exploration and discovery.
But the
proce is is not an easy one. It requires
effort and much hard work.
And the
earne:Jt man (who, incidentally, is just
as interested as anyone else in what-
ever it is we define as happiness) is
willing to exert the needed energy and
fecundate his potentialities.
This en-
deavor of the human spirit, moreover,
is mottled with reversals and advances
that at once confuse and delight the
person. At that time when it appears
we have found a sure. foundation upon
which to construct a
knowledgeable
framework,
"ouw whole groundwork
cracks", as Pascal says, "and the
earth beneath our feet opens to abysses."
But an interesting thing to remark
here, appropos of this and in line with
a motif we find in Martin Buber's ide-
ology as expressed by one of his disci-
ples, Maurice Freedman, is the notion
that "there is no thing, relation, or
event
in
the world that does not reveal
an abyss when it is known, and
all
thinkingthreatens to shatter the stabil-
ity of the thinkel.'. _He who lives his life
in ge_nuine, realizes that knowledge
April 22, 1964
Good Guys
Or No
by- William Townshend
The complications of life find ex-
pression in the tossing sea of political
campaigns. The shock _treatment, the
mouth - to -
mouth ejaculations and
heavenly promises assume Ralaedio-
scc;ipic expressions in the brine-filled
political sea. Yet only one man wins
and he embodies the force of American
politics -- the force of moral principle.
On the level of college campaigning,
although the sophistication of the Na-
tional campaign is absent, the subtle-
ties are visible and the techniques very
much the same. There is the shock
treatment where suddently bushels of
printed matter appear with the intent of
flabbergasting? the electorate. There
is the singing of the praises and merits,
in an almost religious tone of each
worthy candidate. There is the promise
of the good to come if one or the other
is elected. Remarkably, the absence
of any one of these sounds the trumpet
of Jericho upon the transgressor.
But, there is one more important
requirement, a very necessary attri-
bute. The man who is to serve you
must be a good guy and, consequently,
the myth of the American political sys-
tem arises - - the myth of the single
equation between the "good guy" and
the force of moral principle. For if a
candidate is a good "guy" and deserves
a chance, the immediate presumptior
is he should receive the chance and the,
office. ( The past record of his worth-
ability can always be substantiated, in
truth or half-truth.) Soon the entire
campaign effort becomes one to im-
press the "good guy" trait upon thff
electorate by means of the usual cam-
paign techniques. In the end, this trait
rules the electorate, as the expressions
of a candidate's P.ast record are sha-
Cont. on p. 7
mu;:;i perpetually begin anew, perpetu-
ally risk all; and therefore "his truth
is not a having but a becoming. "
This business of thinking- - that
ceaseless stress to affirm our intellec-
tive attributes upon states or reality- -
must, then, be an activity of the entire
· person. Here is where Intellect cannot
act in isolation, but must rather be· part
of all those powers at one's command
(knowledge, emotion, love, interest,
joy, eagerness) which are called upon·
in the response of "thought". As Father
Stuhlmueller indicates, speaking about
theHebrewpeople of the Bibl_e, thought
for them was an "experiential contact
.of the whole person with a real fact ".
And so it is, or should be, with ;s,
Frequently, there is the danger of
,eparating thought from feeling, and of.
,ot recognizing the keen relation be-
·.ween intellect and affect.
If,
during
Cont. on p. 6
April 22,
1964
What is Spring Weekend?
by F.
J. McCormack
Spring Weekend is happiness and a
ticket is security, but like sex in mar-
riage there is more to
it.
Friday night the Theater Guild pre-
sents "A Hatful of Rain, " a shocking,
realistic, drama, concerning the ter-
rori:: of a dope addict and his family.
The theater goer will have an opportun-
.
ity to relax and appreciate this
,
trau-
matic experience in its full import at
an after-theater party.
There is more to it. Saturday, the
gala President's Regatta
will take place
on university lake (the river).
Drexel
Tech, Trinity, C. W. Post, and Iona,
will compete with the Marist Crew.
After the race, the dorms will
serve as a haven from the hot tropical
sun. (so make your bed)
Following a
re],axing afternoon,
everyone will be just in the mood for
stepping out.
Frosh and Soph are to
dine and dance in the cafeteria, while
upperclassmen in dinner jackets report
to Norrie Point Inn.
Tropical heat being with us again on
Sunday, clams, steaks, corn, ad in-
finitum will be served at poolside.
Sunday night, "parting is such sweet
sorrow." after room check the spring
weekend of
1964
will officially close.
But, what is over?
A romantic
interlude with the "special" girl? Y
e
s,
this and more, the work of a select few
has been brought to fruition.
These
people, volunteers, have given freely
of their time and sweat, in the fulfill-
ment of your year long dream
.
.. a sue
·
cessful weekend. They know, when it
is over, the triumph of success or the
disappointment of failure.
Ther
e
is more to the marriage of
your twenty dollars and that ticket
than the security of a good time. It is
a vote of confidence to the people who
worked so hard. You are telling them
that you are behind them and willing to
do your part to make their dream of
success a reality.
They have worked hard for you.
Do your share. Support Spring Week-
end.
Announcement
Walter Allen, Visiting Professor of
English at Vassar College, will lectur
e
at Marist on Wednesday, April 22, in
Adrian Loun
g
e at 8:
15.
His topic will
be "English and American Literature;
A View from the Mid-Atlantic."
Dr.
Allen, a prominent critic and novelist,
is also the author of The English Novel
and the just released The Modern Novel.
It
will prove to be an interesting lecture.
THE
RECORD
Page Five_
His
Lingers
On
by William Driscoll
The day was April
5, 1964,
the sky
1952
Republican convention.
was dark in the pre-dusk New York---
Aside from all this fame and for-
an ominous foreboding of things to
tune he received, he somehow succe
e
-
come.
Suddenly a bulletin came over
ded in remaining above everyone else.
the radio: "General of the Army Doug-
Thus, because of egoistic tendencies,
las MacArthur died at
2: 37
P. M. this
he J;iad an aloof attitude toward capitol-
afternoon after a month long illness".
hill politics. MacArthur, nevertheless,
A tear couldn't help but swell in
was something of a God-like figure to
this reporter's eye as I heard the
all Americans; he seemed like a char-
announcer, in a somber, staid voice
acter out of a nineteenth century novel
review the past life of one of the most
or a Greek tragedy.
MacArthur had
revered men ever to walk the face of
the type of personality which either
the earth.
attracted hero-worshippers or arch-
The attitude wasn't one of sudden
rivals. Maybe this is good; perhaps
shock, like the atmosphe1·e that so
this is where his greatness was; per-
characterized the Kennedy death, nor
haps this is what gave him the coura
g
e
was
j.t
one of profound sadness that all
to tak
e
the bold, daring steps he so
of us found ourselves in, during the few
often took, while an army officer.
weeks following it.
It was more, one
H
i
s death, though, is too near at
of deep reverence, almost to the point
hand, to categorically say what his role
of awe at the thought of one ending his
in history will be--we are all to caught
life so fittingly--he just faded away.
in this to say what his effect was on
If one is to discuss the contributions
America and the world
.
W
e
can only
of Douglas MacArthur he should look
say how he effected us, and he effected
at them through the perspective of his
all Americans deeply. I think, form
e
r
philosophy of life--duty,
honor and
President Herbert Hoover expressed
it
country (the motto of West Point). But
much better than I ever could: "H
e
was
apart from the trite idioms that usually
one of th
e
world's outstandin
g
military
accompany the death of a national figure
commanders. He was also a stat
e
sman
all these overused praises gain some
for peace. The world is a fin
e
r place
semblance of truth when used about
for his having lived in it and for th
e
Douglas MacArthur.
He was in all
standards of courage and charact
e
r he
senses of the word a p
a
triot, whether
set. Truly, his watchword was: Duty,
wading ashore to establish a beachhead
honor, country. He was a gr
e
at man,
at Bataan or making a speech at the
a
great gen
e
ral and a great patriot.
11
ADVISE
&
CONSENT Cont.
8. Wear rubber shoes when turn-
ing lights "on
&
off'' (lost 2 room-mates
already!)
RB.
Losing two livewires must have
been a shocking experience. Why don't
you try re-volt-ing?
9. Do Not Tou
c
h candy on bulletin
board. -
- - - - - -
.
R9.
This was another tough one!
Was stronglytemptedtotouch the candy
"just for licks" - but, as you can see;
one more victory for our side.
10.
Jump softly into bed - the bed-
bugs have been very friendly to us this
year.
Rl
O.
Now, I
realize what you
meant. Cheer up; you won't be bugged
by this problem if you maintain the
statuo quo; shift, however, to a non
seq;:i"fturand they'll put the bite on you.
Certainly a thought to chew on!
There you have it! Eight for me
with two even - winner by a decisive
decision.
Incidentally, I'm one of those for-
tuante ones who never get distracted.
Nevertheless, since someday my num-
ber might come up, doe you think you
could possibly get a hold of a small
holy picture or statue or something-in-
expensiv
e
, of course-so that when the
n
e
xt R
e
treat comes around, I'll be pre-
-
par
e
d to recollect my thoughts in s
e
-
conds flat, should the need arise?
There must have been one around h
e
re
which I could have easily" ::gJropriat
e
d,
11
butwinceyou'vemade me so Command-
ment-minded, I decided to walk the
straight and narrow.
AnyVjay,
I'm
sure that you would prefer to rely on
the old Finish ed proverb, "I'd rather
do it myself!" -
They' re putting a bus in my ear
about the buzz. Time to depart.
Good luck with the final exams and
have a pleasant summer.
Bro. Kevin Dominic, F. M. S. ,
B.S., M.A., S.P.Q.R., Q.E.D.
Sincerely,
Chonney
& Chimmey
Page Six
AFFIRMATION Cont.,
our school years, we have accompanied
the mere "telling" of the teacher with
an attitude of passive listening, then
any desire for active emotional involve-
ment has emerged stillborn.
On this
score, we can all at one time or an-
other utter "mea culpa".
The learning process is, indeed, an
endless task, and one that deserves our
untiring vigilance and endorsement.
But the real joy and gratification in all
of this centers around the awareness
that our learning is a deeply personal
thing. To know in a personal sense de-
mands multi-viewing. {In this connec-
tion, I am reminded of Henri Peyre' s
use of the term "horizontal" unfolding
which he felt was indigenous to a gen-
uinely lived existence. ) Implicit in this
viewpoint is the desire to seek out the
mysteries of th€ universe, to become
aware of other vantage points, to nur-
ture back to life that marvelous sense
of wonderment that was so much a part
of our childhood, and which seems to
have been cast off somewhere along the
way to "adulthood." In a sense, I sup-
pose it would not be too embarrassing
to intelligently think of our
II
adult" po-
sition somewhat in terms of what Father
Stuhlmueller calls "mature childhood".
In
our sophisticated way we so often
analyze all the beauty (and even all the
ugliness) out of things, and dutifully
fall back on pre-digested, tailor-made
experience. If we recall, Christ urged
his followers to "become as little chil-
dren" , for it is in this attitude sicut
parvuli that paradisaical joy is best
experienced.
There is the tendency among us to-
day, it seems, to hesitate before the un-
known; to recall our powers in the pre-
servation of what we call dignity or
righteousness.
We "editorialize" our
experience and bask in the security of
"containment". We suffer from what
Jacques Barzun has called a "digest
complex", which cultivates a love of
ease in intellectual matters. The di-
gest anticipates collective judgment and
ferrets out what will be distasteful and
objectionable. The residue that leaks
out, very often, is hardly worth pass-
ing on.
And midst this anxiety for
brevity ( or a kind of
II
just-the-facts-
m' am" mentality) we find today's re-
version to the formula, the "technique",
the cliche, as adequate modes of thought.
But are we being just to ourselves
when we rest satisfied with passing off
mere repetition as true thought?
In
discussing the "Modern Theme"
Ortega y Gasset reminds his readers
that each generation finds itself in the
position of asking whether or not it can
remain content with the values, ideas
and institutions of the former genera-
tion, when these very same values may
possibly have little relationship with
current exigencies. Each generation
chooses whether it will adhere entirely
Cont.
on·p; 8 ·
THE RECOR]?.
1-1.pril
22, 1964
Lit tie
Visitors
(Journal Photo) Thomas Troland and Hobert Hackett, two participants in the
Horizons Unlimited Program instruct pupils in art appreciation.
by Robe1·c ftackett·
In conjunction with the Horizons
. Unlimited program of cultural and aca-
demic enrichment, thirty students from
Violet Avenue Elementary School visi-
ted Marist on Tuesday, April fourteenth.
This is the first school from the Hyde
Park district to be included into the
Program, and only Marist students will
be tutoring in this school. Such
a
stip-
ulation will enable us to concentrate
our activity, and help us eliminate many
problesm,
such gs transportation,
which previously hampered our work.
This was the first meeting of the
students and tutors; its purposewasnot
only to acquaint these students with
each other, but also to familiarize them
with the college.
On arrival the students were sepa-
rated into small groups to be given a
tour of the campus. At four o'clock,
all returned to the Large lecture Hall
to be entertained by the New Eastern
Trio.
The Chaperones who were on hand
were impressed by Marist's own Trio,
and Mr. Gittleman, the principle, ex-
pressed the hope of having them soon
come to the Violet Avenu.e School.
After the concert the students and
tutors were photographed at various
places on their tour. Many then visited
the Student Lounge where
an
art class
was in progress. Much interest was
emuna1ed by this class as it mirrored
in the photo shown above where two
tutors attempt to explain the painting
to a few of the interested youngsters.
Following this, it was time for the stu-
dents to bid farewell to Marist as a
completely successful day drew to a
close.
A letter was later received
from Mr. Gittleman expressing his
gratitude.
On Thursday, April
16
the tutors
will visit Violet Avenue school for a
short meeting with the faculty.
The
purpose of this meeting is to explain to
the volunteers the special problems of
these youngsters in order that the tutor
will be able to ascertain how he will
best be able to help the child. The pro-
gram began on Tuesday, April
14.
There are seventy-five children who
wish to participate in the Program,
however, we were able to supply only
20
tutors.
Many of these students have been
unable to enter this program and wish
to include them, but to do so we need
agreatmany more tutors. Should any-
one be interested in joining the Program
they can see Bob Hackett in Leo
213.
It
is guaranteed that anyone who wishes
to be included in this rewarding project,
will be tutoring within a week after his
entrance into the program.
.
t\pril 22, 1!;164
INAUGURATION Cont.
'
of Intent to the Chief ,Justice of the
Court of the Student Government, Mr.
William Treanor, and the Associate
Justice,
Mr. Joseph Cavano.
Mr.
Cavano then issued the Declaration of
Intent to the non-executive members of
the Student Government. Mr. Thomas
Heffernan and Mr. Paul Mahar were
inaugurated by Mr. Treanor after which
President Heffernan spoke. He called
for unity of all under the new Govern-
ment, reminding those present to re-
member that the past, helps to make a
better future.
He said that this was to
be an era of movement, and an era of
success and above all an era of 'good
feeling'
.
The speech itself rung fa-
miliar bells in this reporter's ear and
one of our faculty members said,
"It
sounds like Lincoln's Gettysburg Ad-
dress."
Mr. Morrissey, Master of Cere-
monies, thanked the handful who did
show up for the ceremonies and ended
the Inauguration of 1964.
TERRY SEES CASTRO
3
NO Cont.
Sign on Gitmo, showing the water
condition after Castro decided to turn
it off.
chose to
e
xile themselves to the base.
U.S. personnel and Cuban exil
e
s hav
e
joined togeth
e
r in a great bond of com -
radeship to live in this isolated Ameri-
can community of
10, 000
inhabitants.
Both have become one working force,
oper
a
ting and using the base's public
utilities, police and fire departments,
a hospital,
churches, religious and
civic organizations.
Each and every Cuban sadly lookf'
down, what is probably the most mean-
ingful four miles of road, toward the
Northwest Gate and each admits he is
waiting for the day he can go back
t(
.
his home without fear.
Each one of
them is torn in his heart. He loves de-
mocr
a
cy and his fellow Americans but
he also lov
es
his home.. He remembers
his old friends and the relative he has
not seen for a long time.
The Cuban at "Gitmo" wonders if
the American really knows the heart-
break he feels.
Day by day. he feels
~BE RECORD
GOOD GUYS Cont.
dowed by its figure. Perhaps, this is
an appropriate measure of worth, who
can tell? --Yet, past a.,d present his-
tory points to men who were never
"good guys" and possessed the force of
moral principle and action to a greater
degree than any "good guy?. .
Any
Christ figure is a prime expression of
this man.
·
In time, the restraining force of
the good man's concern for his image
overrides his concern for the force of
moral principle. Take a look at the
power this concern for the "image"
possesses as exemplified in the actions
of elected officials. See them squander
their beliefs to t)le great god of the
good man image in an effort to spread
the greatest goodness over the greatest
possible area. They dare not to trans-
gress the path of their image demands
that they follow
.
It
is all well and fine
as long as the force of moral principle
follows their aspirations to retain and
better this good guy image; but human
events often transgress the raod their
image follows and it is more likely
their image will triumph to the now
crumpled walls of moral force- - the
only force for which America contends.
So, as the college campaigns are
ended or nearly ended, reflect upon
the elected elite and make sure they are
not mere
11
good guys" but men who will
act in the light of this force of moral
principle f-<?,r there is nothing else which
America so loves.
DRY CLEANING
AND
SHIRT SERVICE
OPEN SUNDAY to THURSDAY
10: 00
to
10: 30
FRIDAY
6:00
to
6:30
Room231 Leo
more and more certain that they do
know and will do anything in their power
to help him and his family
io
napprne:,,;.
To every Cuban I met, they des-
cribed Northwest Gate as "a gate to
poverty, to fear and to a world of Cas-
tro madness".
Campus
Corner
by James Sullivan
It is now official, the Council of-the
Student Government coupled with its
various sections and sub-sections has
a larger enrollment than the entire
Marist College Campus.
Overheard in a dingy, smoke-filled
cabaret: "You guys will eat your hats
wh~n I show up with that __
on April
5th." Word has it that this same per-
son made a bundle betting against him-
self. It's a real shame the Judiciary
wasn't able to get hold of some powdered
wigs for the inauguration ceremonies.
Congratulations to the Soph Student
Brothers for an excellent job done in
Advise and Consent.
~ f u l
of Rain has really shaped up
in
tfieiast1'vo
weeks, and promises to
be one of the best shows ever played
by the Theatre Guild. The men work-
ing on the stage to get it in shap
e
for
next Wedn
e
sday's Dress Rehearsal d
e
-
serve a heck of a lot of cr
e
dit and a
heck of a·lot of sleep.
Spring Weekend tickets h
a
ve not
been going as well as e
x
pect
e
d. It's
been a long time since we've had one;
let's support
it.
We haven't heard from our est
e
emed
competitors, the Radical Pr
e
ss, and
the Re-Record. As a result, just to
show what nice guys we of the R
ec
ord
are the
e
ntire staff wishes th
e
m con-
graf ulations on a job not so w
e
ll done;
it was a r
e
al nice try guys.
1
BTTERS TO EDITOR Cont.
Weston College explains that the i
de
a
of substituting the pill for rhythm is
totally invalid and impossible to r
e
con-
1
cil
e
with accepted theological principl
e
s.
This is also the opinion of Fath
e
r Ford
,
an eminent moralist at Catholi
c
Univer
-
sity
.
In summary the progestins may b
e
used for
1)
the curing of diseas
e
,
2)
the
prevention of miscarriage,
3)
the pro-
motion of fertility,
4)
the regul
a
tion of
the ovulation in the menstrual cycle, if
it
is conscientuously judged that an
e
ffect can be produced.
The pills may not be used 1) in or-
der to prevent conception, 2)
a
s a
means of inducing directly intended
sterility or abortion, 3) or when there
is no long
e
r reasonable hope for curing
disease or promoting regularity of
ovulation.
This letter is not written in the
vein of any suppression of op
e
n discus-
sion on what is indeed a complex issue.
f,ather it is written in the spirit of free-
dom of discussion in the hope that in its
nublication in The Record the common
Catholic teaching
will
be brought to the
attention of the students of Marist Col-
lege.
Kenneth F. Dougherty, S. A.
-AFF~RMATION Cont.
fo the structure set up by the
.
previous
generation, or whether it will effect
the creative genius inherent
in
its owr.
members, We might say, in these
terms, that every generation has its
own special vocation, its own "histori-
cal mission", as Gasset calls it, "11
has an organic capacity for certair.
deeply-rooted directions of thought. "
Along what roadways these direc-
tions of thought might lead us is another
question.
·
Yet, it is not really
impor-
tant whether we are led to a four-lane
expressway or to a well-worn cowpath.
At least a range of possibilities has
been explored, and out of the experience,
we who have gone through it, can bet-
ter assess the worth of both the "new"
and the "old".
Assuredly, the path is
·
beset with
risks--risks, perhaps, of reversal, of
personal hurt of costly effort. To tread
the wine press means to be s,meared
with the juice of the grapes. But where
in life are we free from the "danger"
of risk? The next step you take may
twist your ankle; you may fall down the
next flight of stairs; you might light the
filter end of your cigarette; and so on
and on .
.
Your guess is as good
as
mine
what myriad types of insanity would ac-
crue
from such a "banana-peel mental·
rHE RECORU
ity".
H
we believe, with Chardin, de
Kouy, Julian Huxley, and others, that
our universe is continually surging for-
ward- -biologically, cosmically, scien-
tifically- -then, unless we wish to lag
behind our own destiny, we must fabri-
cate individual and collective orienta-
tion toward future cosmology and sci-
ence. (Henri.Peyre, paraphrasing the
thought of Malraux on this point, urged
that we continue to forge our own
dreams. ) Thought is man's most fluid
possession.
And,
to again borrow
from Ortega y Gasset, "on what men
are beginning to think today depends
how they will live in the market-places
tomorrow."
It is my feeling that the Doctor of
Philosophy, the Master of Arts, The
Bachelor ofwhat~have-you, do not have
amonopolyon Intellect. An all-gener-
ous God, it seems, has planted in each
man ample potential for development.
Indeed, we are stewards as the Gospel
tells us, but our capacity for receiving
additional talents grows with
each
suc-
cessful rendering of accounts.
If
we
have assiduously compounded interest
on our initial
allottment,
what is to
prevent us from becoming millionaires
with the assets of experience?
Doctor Goldman stands beside the trophies to be awarded at
the Presidents Regatta this coming Saturday. Let's all be there
to support our team and show them we know their rowing for us.
t
Peter Lordi and u.11idennued New Paltz student seem to be
enjoying themselves after they took a little dip when their sail-
boat tipped this past Saturday on the Hudson in a meet with New
Paltz.
April 22, 1964
A tbletic Department
WI.ere Were
You
?
by John Barry
In each of the last two years, there
has been an attempt made to organize
au intercollegiate baseball team here
at Marist.
Both of these endeavors
were doomed to failure before they
could even get off the ground.
Why?
It is the same old story, lack of sup-
port! In an unusual reversal, however,
it was not the students who lacked the
foundation for the budding activity; this
year
alone
some 40 students turned out
for the trials. Our tremendous Athletic
Department, noted of late for its
effi-
cency, accuracy
and desire to expand,
h:is failed in each· instance to support
a student
activity
- yet they
cry
for the
student support!
Last year all of the
equipment
that
was provided for the team
cam~
from
money given by the Class of '66.
The
extent
of the team's schedule consisted
of games against the Student Brothers
club and members of the student body.
Even the team manager was
a
student.
This year no one has, as of yet,
provided
any new funds to purchase the
bare necesRities, balls and bats, for
the still budding baseball team.
The
team's manager, active in many stu-
dent activities, besides being a floor
proctor in the dorm, was forced to
leave the team because of pressing
graduation assignments. These are the
reasons for the failure of our so-called
baseball team this year. Will the same
excuse be presented in 1965 or will a
new
.
one be emitted to take its plac!c!?
Athletic Department and instrqctors
beware: remember apathy doesn't just
run in the student body: it is a two way
street. The faculty can have it, too;
this crawling disease isn't restricted
to those sitting in front of you in class.
Wouldn•t a good way to foster
.
school
spirit be to show some yourselves?
·
Instead of complaining, why not do
something about
it?
What do you stand
to lose by trying?
4.13.1
4.13.2
4.13.3
4.13.4
4.13.5
4.13.6
4.13.7
4.13.8
IN VOCATION
Invocation ofthe Chaplain of the College,
The Reverend James A. Driscoll, O. P.,
at the
Inaugural Ceremonies for the
Student Government; April 15, 1964.
0 Almighty and Everlasting God,
Creator and Master of the Universe,
direct our minds and hearts today
as
we begin anew the great task that lies
before us.
Endowed as we are with precious
gifts of intellect and will to know and to
love yo
·
u and relate
all
things to you, let
us set about our work by imploring your
divine protection. and inspiration at the
beginning of our labors.
Many are the challenges, great
may be the difficulties. But let our en-
deavors to develop the true sense of a
Christian
community
on this campus be
implemented by our own personal de-
velopment in the virtues of Christian
manhood.
Through our
efforts
and
your holy grace may we develop a vi-
brant strength and intense loyalty to our
ideals consistent with our dedication to
the service of others.
May the goals
.
which we seek be unselfish and in per
feet harmony with the objectives of the
college, "to develop the whole man, the
truly educated man, the Christian man.
To this great task we dedicate our-
selves today. We ask for your divine
assistance that we may not fai
1.
We
ask for your blessing on our work that
what is begun today may be completed
in
accordance with your holy will.
Amen.
Reverend Father Driscoll delivers the
Invocation in front of Our Lady Seat of
Wisdom Chapel.
The
RECORD
MARI ST COLLEGE
Poughkeepsie, New York
April 22, 1964
New Student
Government Inaugurated
Justice William Trenor administers the Declaration of Intention to Student
Government President Thomas Heffernan in front of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom
Chapel.
Bro. Linus:
One
More
Step
In
The
Evolutionary
Process
by Peter Maronge
Inaugurations for the new Student
sive
·
group of incoming officers asking
Government were held after a Mass of
them to continue to help student life at
the Holy Spirit on April 15,
1964.
Marist grow.
It
was at this point that
Father Driscoll, who had offered the
he issued his warning. Speaking about
Mass, opened the ceremonies with an
responsible,
reasonable,
complaints
invocation to the Holy Spirit to guide
as well as actions, he made it clear to
the new officers along the right path.
this reporter, that unreasonable re-
Then Brother Linus Foy, the President
quests for rrorey, or irresponsible" com-
of the College, approached the rostrum
plaints" would not betaken with a smile.
to speak about the Student Government
Officers, duly elected by the student
as a body. A speech, that had tones-of
body, should be mature enough, to rec-
warning, was delivered to the twenty or
ognize that the college does have a cer-
so brave students in attendance. Broth-
tain limit to the funds it can distribute.
er Linus reviewed the last Council and
Marist does not have the coffers of
said that it was one more step in the
Rome.
It is up to these officers to
evolutionary process, a process which
"create a good climate of diverse yet
has not yet reached its omega point.
responsible opinion" and in this way
He congratulated the last Council for
aid the college in its struggle for rec-
its updating and revision of the -Consti-
ognition and maturity.
tution and for its ability to weather the
Immediately following his speech
stormy parts of.its term of office.
Brother Linus issued the Declaration
Hethenswitchedtothevery impres-.
Cont. on p. 7
Page Two
THE RECORD
The. RECORD
Editor: Gerry Marmion
Co-Editor: George E. Hallam
Asst. Editor: Peter Maronge
Advisor: Dr. George Sommer
Recently., Senator Fulbright criticized what might be called
thE\ fore.ign policy fj_xism of the United States .. J-le accused v.s
of failing tu actJust past policies to present conditions. Every-
thing IJ,is to be either black or white (no pun iµt~n<lied) b
_
efore
we act. We are unwilling to comprom
.
ise or to change. Thus,
there can be neither peace nor progress. Now, this problem,
it seems to us is not confined to government alone. Rather, it
is a national disease, a disease which can be traced back to the
time that ·"yellow journalism" made its• irut
~
al impact upon
American culture. However, before we treat the symptons of
the problem, it is perhaps advisable to illuminate the problem
itself by using the following ex
a
mple. A man commits a
murder and pleads guilty. Now, the Behaviorist factlon in
society would say that because of ignorance, environmental in-
fluences, personality factors and other provocative factors,
this man had to respond by committing murder; he should b
e
isolated, educated, rehabilitated and returned to society
.
On
the other hand, the "lex talionis", or executioner-element in
society w·ould pr
e
scribe death on the basis that this is the only ,
way to prevent recurrences and maintain order in society.
This latter black or white group is that which characterizes the
,najority of people in modern American society. This is the
life or death executioner-mentality which r
e
flects itself in our
conformity to the letter rather than the spirit of the law
.
It is
this easy answer, national attitude which is reflected in such
an instance as the Goldwater p
e
rcentage _in the Wisconsin
primary!
As we said earlier, this dis
e
ase, which now plagues the
Am
e
rican mind has its' chief causal factor in "yellow journal-
ism". Since that time, the molders of the public conscience,
our materialistic-minded media of communication, have either
ignored or worsened the probl
e
m. Today radio sells records,
television sells Hazel, and th
e
newspaper with the largest-
national circualtion sells pictures, Any attempt by the media
to sell ideas or educate the national .conscience is soon forgot-
ten. Even the dramatized sociology of television's East Side/
West Side was lab
e
lled'arty.' Now, I am not saying that we
·
should not damn DeGaulles "de jure" recognition of Red China
as did the courageous editors of that previously mentioned
picture-journal. I am saying that the public should be expected
to understand why.
.
How, then
,
can we correct these conditions? How can we
help the people to see not only the black and white, but the gray
also
.
? Relativism, the attitude most compatible with our plur-
alistic society, should not be monopolized by the intellectuals.
If we, as a people are to progress then all should see the gray.
The answer, then, is Peyre,; answer--education. And yet
it
cannot be the education that we underwent, (there has to be
something wrong with the education o, our society, when today!{
Northern Senators are receiving letters on the racial problem,
70o/oof which letters favor racial segregation!) It must be an
improved action-oriented education, an education that encour-
ages moral involvement, fosters post-graduate thinking, and
trains the people to remember that they are our foreign policy,
trains them to remember that they are the government.
April 22, 1964
Letters
to
the
Editor
CHEERS FOR THE SOPHOMORE
BROTHERS' PRODUCTION OF
"ADVISE AND CONSENT"!
The selection of the play was in it-
self a most excellent one; the case was
,:onsistently good; the direction was
brisk and imaginative; the setting -
tryptych style - enabled the action of
the drama to move at a fast pace from
the opening lines of act one through the
closing curtains of the final scene.
Most rewarding ·to this viewer was
the fact that the play itself (faithfully
reflected in this production) stirs up a
host of unanswered, perhaps unanswer-
able, questions about the "sub-machi-
nations" of our national politics.
Our thanks to the Sophomore Broth-
ers for the obvious investment of talent
and time which resulted in th
e
SP'lerior
performance of last Saturday evening.
M. Eileen Connolly Drennen
Department of History
.
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE EDITOR
OF THE RECORD ON "THE PILL"
This letc
e
r is writt
e
n not from the
stance of a Grand Inquisitor nor indeed
•with the ire of carping criticism. The
article entitled "The Pill at Vassar"
was written in a facile informative styl
e
insofar as it went. What concerns th
e
present writer is that it did not go far
enough. Th
e
article is both factual as
towhathappened at V:assar and theolog-
ically reflective as to the significance
of what happ
e
ned at that
··
dis
_
tinguished
center of learning.
From a Catholic
viewpoint in the experience of this
writer it should have been more exten-
sively and intensively theologically re-
flective.
This I humbly submit in view of the
widespread controversy regarding the
progestins which has now reached inter-
national horizons. I have in mind the
misstatements of what the Dutch episco-
pacy pronounced on this basic problem,
which have been corrected and the very
singular opinion of a Belgian theologian
in support of the pills for birth .regula-
tion in what he terms objectively valid
reasons for avoiding conception.
It should be brought to the attention
of Catholics that in 1958 Pope Pius XII
strongly condemned the use of pills for
contraceptive purposes as "gravely sin-
ful and Catholics who intend to use them
must be refused absolution and are in-
eligible to receive the Holy Eucharist.
11
Any method used to frustrate the gen-
erative powers of the conjugal act is
absolut~ly wronl{ and a violation of the
principles involved in the Church's
teaching on marriage.
The renowned
Moralist Father Connell teaches that
progesterone is a direct frustration.
The Jesuit moralist Father Lynch of
Cont. on p. 7
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April 22, 1964
Advise
and
Consent
Dormitory Style
Two students, upon hearing that
.
their room was to be used over the
Easter vacation, decided to post a list
of regulations in regard to the proper
·
use of the room. The following are the
Ten Commandments and what the stu-
dents found upon their return.
To Channey
&
Chimmey,
By way of preface, may I note that
the Ten Commandments
of
Room 407 are
more difficult to observe than the Ten
Originals.
Thanks for the use of your facilities
during the Retreat. Now, since the
bus
will not depart for another half hour,
you might be interested in how
the
407
Decalogue
·
was followed during
your
absence.
1.
Feed ~lligator
in to() drawer -
takes raw hamburger meat
3
times
per
weekem
-
also fond of human flesh -
:Re Careful.
Rl. Alliehasnothingtobeef about--
fed raw hamburgers twice a week.
Your suggestion of threetimes per
weekem was much too much. Lent you
know!
Now, however, continue with
usual diet as prescribed.
2. Do not slam door - tendency "for·
top bookshelf to collapse.
R.2. :::,u,·e enough! Top bookshelf
does drop when you slam the door.
3.
Do not look under pictures
on
bulletin board.
B.3. This was a tough one! I might
have failed here.
Fortunately, you
have no way of finding out. Be careful;
this could be
.
a frame-up!
4.
·
If
heat
faui;
to come up, kick
radiator 3 times - Landlord sometimes
for:gets t9. send heat up.
R
4. Had long talk with the Landlord.
He got all steamed up about the situation,
but he relented. Only two kicks
needed
nqw 3.11d_the ''heats on,-,-, -
5. If you are a light sleeper, do not
be afraid of headlights bearing down on
y_ou
in middle of night.
R5. No Problem!
I'm a heavy
sleeper, tossing in at 185 lbs.
s:
.
Wave red lantern (found in 2nd
drawer) 4times if train insists on toot-
ing
as
it passes by.
R6.
·
11
Toots
11
Shor is noisy!_
7. Keep screens
and windows
closed inasmuch as low flying birds
frequent area.
R7. Spring has sprung
The
grass
has ds
I wonder where
The birdies is?
They passed the screen test and are
presently heading west.
Bye, Bye,
Birdie!
Cont. on p. 5
·•i'HE
RECO_R_D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
P_a_ge _Th
_
ree
Terry
Sees
Castro's
No
by R. Terry Robarge
(Official U.S. Navy Photograph) The large building (background), formerly a Cub-
an bank, provides shelter from the sun for four Cuban Militiamen armed with mach-
ine guns who keep a daily vigil on U.
s:
Marines (in the smaller building) at the Nor-
thwest Gate of the Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The truck in the fore-
ground holds television cameras to watch for troublemakers as the daily Cuban wor-
kers pass in and out of the gate. The cameras would be used to testify to the world
where the responsibility fo any incidents would be placed.
On February
6,
1964 the once heav-
ily traveled Caribbean paradise of Cu-
ba, again became the latest internat=
ional "cold
war
hot spot".
It
was on
this day that the island's dictator, Fi-
del Castro, announced that the water to
the United States Naval Base at Guan-
tanamo Bay would be cut off unless 36
Cuban fishermen caught fishing in Flor-
ida waters were released. Only about
·f0ur
hours by plane from Marist Col-
lege campus., Democracy and Commu-
nism were facing each other
with
re-
newed hate.
It was only last week that I had the
opportunity to visit this particular
world focal point and especially the
base"sNorthwestGate where American
Marines ar,<l CubanMilitiamen face each
other seperated only by a fence, "the
latest Iron Curtain". (Only this time)
the evidence of a philosophy determined
to dominate the world is in our own
hemisphere.
At the Northwest Gate to
the base, two alert but seemingly un-
concerned Marines stood and explained
the situation to me.
The Marines ig-
nored the four Cuban militiamen who
·
stood with machine guns less than 50
yards away.
The Cubans were located
in a former bank building built by their
government to enable Cuban workers
from the base to change their American
earned dollars into Cuban money. 'Many
workers have reported that up to
l:JU
per-
cent of their
earnings
from the base
are
taken by the Castro government.
·Each·
morning more than
900
Cuban
workers pass through the Northwest
Gate to the base.
Prior to President
Johnson"s order to cut the base work
force (which resulted from the water
crisis) more than 2,500 Cuban men
and
women commuted daily from their homes.
Many workers lived in Guantanauno City.
about 40 miles from the base, and as
far as Santiago, 70 miles
away.
The
majority of the workers were good work-
ers
and were loyal and devoted to
the
United States. When the "cutback" or-
der came, the troublemakers and then
the slackers were dismissed.
Unfor-
tunately it was also necessary to dis-
miss mnay of the better employees.
Many times
in recent weeks as
groups of employees who had been dis-
missed were about to leave through the
gate they shook the hands of their for-
mer
employers
and with tears running
down their cheeks lifted their few po-
ssessions on their backs and sadly
trudged down the dusty road.
Some
stopped to wave goodbye again and
shouted back that they would return to
their jobs someday.
Because of the harrassment qf Cu-
ban militiamen,
about 200 workers
Cont. on p. 7
Page. ,'!'our.
.THE RECO~D
The
Win_-e
of
A
ff i
rm
a·t ion
b" Br. Paul Furlong
Looking to
all
the world
!ikt:
suc-
cessful ambassadores (a few pounds
(~) heavier and a few locks less, per-
haps), England's four shaggy Liver-
pudlians are once again on the soil of
their "sceptr'd isl.!c!'.'.
But still reso-
nant in .the ears
"of
American youth
(and all those young at heart!) is the
sound of their' solid god' avowal: "Love
you?" "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!"
This i:r;-ebled affirmative seems to
leave little doubt in the matter.
If
nothing else (and I'm sure I'm over-
looking something ... ) the Beatle creed
has left us with a positive approach to
the business of lovin! An American, I
suppose, would be inclined rather to
say: "Yeah, honey, I love yuh ... sure.
What I mean is, you're okay ... you
know?" Of course, this satisfies the
blushing belle, and at the same time,
leaves the sweating beau plenty of un-
committed breathing space. That is,
he hasn't really compromised his free-
dom, and reserves all rights to change
his mind.
Actually, it is not my intention, in
this brief essay, to discuss the vagaries
of the present-day love ethic, or even
to comment on 20th century moral con-
fusions.
What follows will, however,
take shape around the implied attitude
in the remark of the young suitor.
I
will attempt to do a little intellectual
spade work in several fallow campus
field.
I can imagine some nervous squirm-
ing already at the mere mention of the
word "intellectual".
Intellect,
it
seems, has become a bad word.
It is
a commonplace today that the alleged
intellectual student., whether on an
elementary, secondary,
or college
level, is regarded with raised-eye-
brow suspicion as some sort of freak.
It is usually the 'fella' who is never
kept after school, or the one to whom
all the teachers give their attention,
or perhaps it is the Brother who's
pocketed all the A's. This is a com-
mon, but quite fallacious, notion of
intellectuality. The student who pulls
in the good marks:has learned his les-
sons well, and has, upon examination,
given the teacher what he wants.
But
this is not really what constitutes an
intellectual. No more than we consider
the bearded "beat" poet cozied up in his
Coffee House booth to be an intellectual.
And, if I may hazard another category,
no more that we think (or should think)
of the scholar-pedant who, in the KTZ
Quarterly, writes (in his best "officia-
less" jargon) a 20-page article on "The
Multiple Uses of Camel Hair Among
,, The Nomads
Of
The Fertile Crescent, "
as being an intellectual.
Such evidences of "brain power at
work'_', although having some measur-
able value, fall far short of any claim
to full-blossomed intellectuality. Be-
cause we have been schooled to shy
away from any overt rationalism in o~
thinking, the case again!:Jt the Intellect
has been strong. We have preferred to
leave the difficult task of intellectual
work to the few "anarchists" that may
be around.
Yet, striking as it may
seem, we are all pa_rt of_ an intellectu~
tradition, a tradition w,1ose gnarled
·story has seen division within its own
house, and witnessed mutilation at the
hands of those infamous purveyors of
public cpinion. But to be aware of the
enemies of intellect, is to be aware of
what intellect is meant to be.
The intellect serves as the great
channel of communication. As Jacques
Barzun remarks, the Intellect is like
a ".wireless" tha~ permits the mind to
jump over connectives and communicate
truth. Its sublime purpose is to amp-
lify the force of what we might call
truth by giving it recognition and suit-
able embodiment. But we run the risk
of sterility and useless accumulation
of data unless we can aptly activate
what "intelligence" offers us in some
meaningful way. Intellect, then, stands
apart from the larger realm of mind or
intelligence as a personal ability to
effectively translate knowledge.
And
an "intellectual" is one who has the
skill of responding quickly to states of
knowledge and of articulating their
worth
in
some expressive fashion.
This interpretation seemingly tran-
scends those conceivable traces of
Intellect (good marks, poetry, 20-page
article•, and opens-up new avenues of
exploration and discovery.
But the
proce is is not an easy one. It requires
effort and much hard work.
And the
earne:Jt man (who, incidentally, is just
as interested as anyone else in what-
ever it is we define as happiness) is
willing to exert the needed energy and
fecundate his potentialities.
This en-
deavor of the human spirit, moreover,
is mottled with reversals and advances
that at once confuse and delight the
person. At that time when it appears
we have found a sure. foundation upon
which to construct a
knowledgeable
framework,
"ouw whole groundwork
cracks", as Pascal says, "and the
earth beneath our feet opens to abysses."
But an interesting thing to remark
here, appropos of this and in line with
a motif we find in Martin Buber's ide-
ology as expressed by one of his disci-
ples, Maurice Freedman, is the notion
that "there is no thing, relation, or
event
in
the world that does not reveal
an abyss when it is known, and
all
thinkingthreatens to shatter the stabil-
ity of the thinkel.'. _He who lives his life
in ge_nuine, realizes that knowledge
April 22, 1964
Good Guys
Or No
by- William Townshend
The complications of life find ex-
pression in the tossing sea of political
campaigns. The shock _treatment, the
mouth - to -
mouth ejaculations and
heavenly promises assume Ralaedio-
scc;ipic expressions in the brine-filled
political sea. Yet only one man wins
and he embodies the force of American
politics -- the force of moral principle.
On the level of college campaigning,
although the sophistication of the Na-
tional campaign is absent, the subtle-
ties are visible and the techniques very
much the same. There is the shock
treatment where suddently bushels of
printed matter appear with the intent of
flabbergasting? the electorate. There
is the singing of the praises and merits,
in an almost religious tone of each
worthy candidate. There is the promise
of the good to come if one or the other
is elected. Remarkably, the absence
of any one of these sounds the trumpet
of Jericho upon the transgressor.
But, there is one more important
requirement, a very necessary attri-
bute. The man who is to serve you
must be a good guy and, consequently,
the myth of the American political sys-
tem arises - - the myth of the single
equation between the "good guy" and
the force of moral principle. For if a
candidate is a good "guy" and deserves
a chance, the immediate presumptior
is he should receive the chance and the,
office. ( The past record of his worth-
ability can always be substantiated, in
truth or half-truth.) Soon the entire
campaign effort becomes one to im-
press the "good guy" trait upon thff
electorate by means of the usual cam-
paign techniques. In the end, this trait
rules the electorate, as the expressions
of a candidate's P.ast record are sha-
Cont. on p. 7
mu;:;i perpetually begin anew, perpetu-
ally risk all; and therefore "his truth
is not a having but a becoming. "
This business of thinking- - that
ceaseless stress to affirm our intellec-
tive attributes upon states or reality- -
must, then, be an activity of the entire
· person. Here is where Intellect cannot
act in isolation, but must rather be· part
of all those powers at one's command
(knowledge, emotion, love, interest,
joy, eagerness) which are called upon·
in the response of "thought". As Father
Stuhlmueller indicates, speaking about
theHebrewpeople of the Bibl_e, thought
for them was an "experiential contact
.of the whole person with a real fact ".
And so it is, or should be, with ;s,
Frequently, there is the danger of
,eparating thought from feeling, and of.
,ot recognizing the keen relation be-
·.ween intellect and affect.
If,
during
Cont. on p. 6
April 22,
1964
What is Spring Weekend?
by F.
J. McCormack
Spring Weekend is happiness and a
ticket is security, but like sex in mar-
riage there is more to
it.
Friday night the Theater Guild pre-
sents "A Hatful of Rain, " a shocking,
realistic, drama, concerning the ter-
rori:: of a dope addict and his family.
The theater goer will have an opportun-
.
ity to relax and appreciate this
,
trau-
matic experience in its full import at
an after-theater party.
There is more to it. Saturday, the
gala President's Regatta
will take place
on university lake (the river).
Drexel
Tech, Trinity, C. W. Post, and Iona,
will compete with the Marist Crew.
After the race, the dorms will
serve as a haven from the hot tropical
sun. (so make your bed)
Following a
re],axing afternoon,
everyone will be just in the mood for
stepping out.
Frosh and Soph are to
dine and dance in the cafeteria, while
upperclassmen in dinner jackets report
to Norrie Point Inn.
Tropical heat being with us again on
Sunday, clams, steaks, corn, ad in-
finitum will be served at poolside.
Sunday night, "parting is such sweet
sorrow." after room check the spring
weekend of
1964
will officially close.
But, what is over?
A romantic
interlude with the "special" girl? Y
e
s,
this and more, the work of a select few
has been brought to fruition.
These
people, volunteers, have given freely
of their time and sweat, in the fulfill-
ment of your year long dream
.
.. a sue
·
cessful weekend. They know, when it
is over, the triumph of success or the
disappointment of failure.
Ther
e
is more to the marriage of
your twenty dollars and that ticket
than the security of a good time. It is
a vote of confidence to the people who
worked so hard. You are telling them
that you are behind them and willing to
do your part to make their dream of
success a reality.
They have worked hard for you.
Do your share. Support Spring Week-
end.
Announcement
Walter Allen, Visiting Professor of
English at Vassar College, will lectur
e
at Marist on Wednesday, April 22, in
Adrian Loun
g
e at 8:
15.
His topic will
be "English and American Literature;
A View from the Mid-Atlantic."
Dr.
Allen, a prominent critic and novelist,
is also the author of The English Novel
and the just released The Modern Novel.
It
will prove to be an interesting lecture.
THE
RECORD
Page Five_
His
Lingers
On
by William Driscoll
The day was April
5, 1964,
the sky
1952
Republican convention.
was dark in the pre-dusk New York---
Aside from all this fame and for-
an ominous foreboding of things to
tune he received, he somehow succe
e
-
come.
Suddenly a bulletin came over
ded in remaining above everyone else.
the radio: "General of the Army Doug-
Thus, because of egoistic tendencies,
las MacArthur died at
2: 37
P. M. this
he J;iad an aloof attitude toward capitol-
afternoon after a month long illness".
hill politics. MacArthur, nevertheless,
A tear couldn't help but swell in
was something of a God-like figure to
this reporter's eye as I heard the
all Americans; he seemed like a char-
announcer, in a somber, staid voice
acter out of a nineteenth century novel
review the past life of one of the most
or a Greek tragedy.
MacArthur had
revered men ever to walk the face of
the type of personality which either
the earth.
attracted hero-worshippers or arch-
The attitude wasn't one of sudden
rivals. Maybe this is good; perhaps
shock, like the atmosphe1·e that so
this is where his greatness was; per-
characterized the Kennedy death, nor
haps this is what gave him the coura
g
e
was
j.t
one of profound sadness that all
to tak
e
the bold, daring steps he so
of us found ourselves in, during the few
often took, while an army officer.
weeks following it.
It was more, one
H
i
s death, though, is too near at
of deep reverence, almost to the point
hand, to categorically say what his role
of awe at the thought of one ending his
in history will be--we are all to caught
life so fittingly--he just faded away.
in this to say what his effect was on
If one is to discuss the contributions
America and the world
.
W
e
can only
of Douglas MacArthur he should look
say how he effected us, and he effected
at them through the perspective of his
all Americans deeply. I think, form
e
r
philosophy of life--duty,
honor and
President Herbert Hoover expressed
it
country (the motto of West Point). But
much better than I ever could: "H
e
was
apart from the trite idioms that usually
one of th
e
world's outstandin
g
military
accompany the death of a national figure
commanders. He was also a stat
e
sman
all these overused praises gain some
for peace. The world is a fin
e
r place
semblance of truth when used about
for his having lived in it and for th
e
Douglas MacArthur.
He was in all
standards of courage and charact
e
r he
senses of the word a p
a
triot, whether
set. Truly, his watchword was: Duty,
wading ashore to establish a beachhead
honor, country. He was a gr
e
at man,
at Bataan or making a speech at the
a
great gen
e
ral and a great patriot.
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ADVISE
&
CONSENT Cont.
8. Wear rubber shoes when turn-
ing lights "on
&
off'' (lost 2 room-mates
already!)
RB.
Losing two livewires must have
been a shocking experience. Why don't
you try re-volt-ing?
9. Do Not Tou
c
h candy on bulletin
board. -
- - - - - -
.
R9.
This was another tough one!
Was stronglytemptedtotouch the candy
"just for licks" - but, as you can see;
one more victory for our side.
10.
Jump softly into bed - the bed-
bugs have been very friendly to us this
year.
Rl
O.
Now, I
realize what you
meant. Cheer up; you won't be bugged
by this problem if you maintain the
statuo quo; shift, however, to a non
seq;:i"fturand they'll put the bite on you.
Certainly a thought to chew on!
There you have it! Eight for me
with two even - winner by a decisive
decision.
Incidentally, I'm one of those for-
tuante ones who never get distracted.
Nevertheless, since someday my num-
ber might come up, doe you think you
could possibly get a hold of a small
holy picture or statue or something-in-
expensiv
e
, of course-so that when the
n
e
xt R
e
treat comes around, I'll be pre-
-
par
e
d to recollect my thoughts in s
e
-
conds flat, should the need arise?
There must have been one around h
e
re
which I could have easily" ::gJropriat
e
d,
11
butwinceyou'vemade me so Command-
ment-minded, I decided to walk the
straight and narrow.
AnyVjay,
I'm
sure that you would prefer to rely on
the old Finish ed proverb, "I'd rather
do it myself!" -
They' re putting a bus in my ear
about the buzz. Time to depart.
Good luck with the final exams and
have a pleasant summer.
Bro. Kevin Dominic, F. M. S. ,
B.S., M.A., S.P.Q.R., Q.E.D.
Sincerely,
Chonney
& Chimmey
Page Six
AFFIRMATION Cont.,
our school years, we have accompanied
the mere "telling" of the teacher with
an attitude of passive listening, then
any desire for active emotional involve-
ment has emerged stillborn.
On this
score, we can all at one time or an-
other utter "mea culpa".
The learning process is, indeed, an
endless task, and one that deserves our
untiring vigilance and endorsement.
But the real joy and gratification in all
of this centers around the awareness
that our learning is a deeply personal
thing. To know in a personal sense de-
mands multi-viewing. {In this connec-
tion, I am reminded of Henri Peyre' s
use of the term "horizontal" unfolding
which he felt was indigenous to a gen-
uinely lived existence. ) Implicit in this
viewpoint is the desire to seek out the
mysteries of th€ universe, to become
aware of other vantage points, to nur-
ture back to life that marvelous sense
of wonderment that was so much a part
of our childhood, and which seems to
have been cast off somewhere along the
way to "adulthood." In a sense, I sup-
pose it would not be too embarrassing
to intelligently think of our
II
adult" po-
sition somewhat in terms of what Father
Stuhlmueller calls "mature childhood".
In
our sophisticated way we so often
analyze all the beauty (and even all the
ugliness) out of things, and dutifully
fall back on pre-digested, tailor-made
experience. If we recall, Christ urged
his followers to "become as little chil-
dren" , for it is in this attitude sicut
parvuli that paradisaical joy is best
experienced.
There is the tendency among us to-
day, it seems, to hesitate before the un-
known; to recall our powers in the pre-
servation of what we call dignity or
righteousness.
We "editorialize" our
experience and bask in the security of
"containment". We suffer from what
Jacques Barzun has called a "digest
complex", which cultivates a love of
ease in intellectual matters. The di-
gest anticipates collective judgment and
ferrets out what will be distasteful and
objectionable. The residue that leaks
out, very often, is hardly worth pass-
ing on.
And midst this anxiety for
brevity ( or a kind of
II
just-the-facts-
m' am" mentality) we find today's re-
version to the formula, the "technique",
the cliche, as adequate modes of thought.
But are we being just to ourselves
when we rest satisfied with passing off
mere repetition as true thought?
In
discussing the "Modern Theme"
Ortega y Gasset reminds his readers
that each generation finds itself in the
position of asking whether or not it can
remain content with the values, ideas
and institutions of the former genera-
tion, when these very same values may
possibly have little relationship with
current exigencies. Each generation
chooses whether it will adhere entirely
Cont.
on·p; 8 ·
THE RECOR]?.
1-1.pril
22, 1964
Lit tie
Visitors
(Journal Photo) Thomas Troland and Hobert Hackett, two participants in the
Horizons Unlimited Program instruct pupils in art appreciation.
by Robe1·c ftackett·
In conjunction with the Horizons
. Unlimited program of cultural and aca-
demic enrichment, thirty students from
Violet Avenue Elementary School visi-
ted Marist on Tuesday, April fourteenth.
This is the first school from the Hyde
Park district to be included into the
Program, and only Marist students will
be tutoring in this school. Such
a
stip-
ulation will enable us to concentrate
our activity, and help us eliminate many
problesm,
such gs transportation,
which previously hampered our work.
This was the first meeting of the
students and tutors; its purposewasnot
only to acquaint these students with
each other, but also to familiarize them
with the college.
On arrival the students were sepa-
rated into small groups to be given a
tour of the campus. At four o'clock,
all returned to the Large lecture Hall
to be entertained by the New Eastern
Trio.
The Chaperones who were on hand
were impressed by Marist's own Trio,
and Mr. Gittleman, the principle, ex-
pressed the hope of having them soon
come to the Violet Avenu.e School.
After the concert the students and
tutors were photographed at various
places on their tour. Many then visited
the Student Lounge where
an
art class
was in progress. Much interest was
emuna1ed by this class as it mirrored
in the photo shown above where two
tutors attempt to explain the painting
to a few of the interested youngsters.
Following this, it was time for the stu-
dents to bid farewell to Marist as a
completely successful day drew to a
close.
A letter was later received
from Mr. Gittleman expressing his
gratitude.
On Thursday, April
16
the tutors
will visit Violet Avenue school for a
short meeting with the faculty.
The
purpose of this meeting is to explain to
the volunteers the special problems of
these youngsters in order that the tutor
will be able to ascertain how he will
best be able to help the child. The pro-
gram began on Tuesday, April
14.
There are seventy-five children who
wish to participate in the Program,
however, we were able to supply only
20
tutors.
Many of these students have been
unable to enter this program and wish
to include them, but to do so we need
agreatmany more tutors. Should any-
one be interested in joining the Program
they can see Bob Hackett in Leo
213.
It
is guaranteed that anyone who wishes
to be included in this rewarding project,
will be tutoring within a week after his
entrance into the program.
.
t\pril 22, 1!;164
INAUGURATION Cont.
'
of Intent to the Chief ,Justice of the
Court of the Student Government, Mr.
William Treanor, and the Associate
Justice,
Mr. Joseph Cavano.
Mr.
Cavano then issued the Declaration of
Intent to the non-executive members of
the Student Government. Mr. Thomas
Heffernan and Mr. Paul Mahar were
inaugurated by Mr. Treanor after which
President Heffernan spoke. He called
for unity of all under the new Govern-
ment, reminding those present to re-
member that the past, helps to make a
better future.
He said that this was to
be an era of movement, and an era of
success and above all an era of 'good
feeling'
.
The speech itself rung fa-
miliar bells in this reporter's ear and
one of our faculty members said,
"It
sounds like Lincoln's Gettysburg Ad-
dress."
Mr. Morrissey, Master of Cere-
monies, thanked the handful who did
show up for the ceremonies and ended
the Inauguration of 1964.
TERRY SEES CASTRO
3
NO Cont.
Sign on Gitmo, showing the water
condition after Castro decided to turn
it off.
chose to
e
xile themselves to the base.
U.S. personnel and Cuban exil
e
s hav
e
joined togeth
e
r in a great bond of com -
radeship to live in this isolated Ameri-
can community of
10, 000
inhabitants.
Both have become one working force,
oper
a
ting and using the base's public
utilities, police and fire departments,
a hospital,
churches, religious and
civic organizations.
Each and every Cuban sadly lookf'
down, what is probably the most mean-
ingful four miles of road, toward the
Northwest Gate and each admits he is
waiting for the day he can go back
t(
.
his home without fear.
Each one of
them is torn in his heart. He loves de-
mocr
a
cy and his fellow Americans but
he also lov
es
his home.. He remembers
his old friends and the relative he has
not seen for a long time.
The Cuban at "Gitmo" wonders if
the American really knows the heart-
break he feels.
Day by day. he feels
~BE RECORD
GOOD GUYS Cont.
dowed by its figure. Perhaps, this is
an appropriate measure of worth, who
can tell? --Yet, past a.,d present his-
tory points to men who were never
"good guys" and possessed the force of
moral principle and action to a greater
degree than any "good guy?. .
Any
Christ figure is a prime expression of
this man.
·
In time, the restraining force of
the good man's concern for his image
overrides his concern for the force of
moral principle. Take a look at the
power this concern for the "image"
possesses as exemplified in the actions
of elected officials. See them squander
their beliefs to t)le great god of the
good man image in an effort to spread
the greatest goodness over the greatest
possible area. They dare not to trans-
gress the path of their image demands
that they follow
.
It
is all well and fine
as long as the force of moral principle
follows their aspirations to retain and
better this good guy image; but human
events often transgress the raod their
image follows and it is more likely
their image will triumph to the now
crumpled walls of moral force- - the
only force for which America contends.
So, as the college campaigns are
ended or nearly ended, reflect upon
the elected elite and make sure they are
not mere
11
good guys" but men who will
act in the light of this force of moral
principle f-<?,r there is nothing else which
America so loves.
DRY CLEANING
AND
SHIRT SERVICE
OPEN SUNDAY to THURSDAY
10: 00
to
10: 30
FRIDAY
6:00
to
6:30
Room231 Leo
more and more certain that they do
know and will do anything in their power
to help him and his family
io
napprne:,,;.
To every Cuban I met, they des-
cribed Northwest Gate as "a gate to
poverty, to fear and to a world of Cas-
tro madness".
Campus
Corner
by James Sullivan
It is now official, the Council of-the
Student Government coupled with its
various sections and sub-sections has
a larger enrollment than the entire
Marist College Campus.
Overheard in a dingy, smoke-filled
cabaret: "You guys will eat your hats
wh~n I show up with that __
on April
5th." Word has it that this same per-
son made a bundle betting against him-
self. It's a real shame the Judiciary
wasn't able to get hold of some powdered
wigs for the inauguration ceremonies.
Congratulations to the Soph Student
Brothers for an excellent job done in
Advise and Consent.
~ f u l
of Rain has really shaped up
in
tfieiast1'vo
weeks, and promises to
be one of the best shows ever played
by the Theatre Guild. The men work-
ing on the stage to get it in shap
e
for
next Wedn
e
sday's Dress Rehearsal d
e
-
serve a heck of a lot of cr
e
dit and a
heck of a·lot of sleep.
Spring Weekend tickets h
a
ve not
been going as well as e
x
pect
e
d. It's
been a long time since we've had one;
let's support
it.
We haven't heard from our est
e
emed
competitors, the Radical Pr
e
ss, and
the Re-Record. As a result, just to
show what nice guys we of the R
ec
ord
are the
e
ntire staff wishes th
e
m con-
graf ulations on a job not so w
e
ll done;
it was a r
e
al nice try guys.
1
BTTERS TO EDITOR Cont.
Weston College explains that the i
de
a
of substituting the pill for rhythm is
totally invalid and impossible to r
e
con-
1
cil
e
with accepted theological principl
e
s.
This is also the opinion of Fath
e
r Ford
,
an eminent moralist at Catholi
c
Univer
-
sity
.
In summary the progestins may b
e
used for
1)
the curing of diseas
e
,
2)
the
prevention of miscarriage,
3)
the pro-
motion of fertility,
4)
the regul
a
tion of
the ovulation in the menstrual cycle, if
it
is conscientuously judged that an
e
ffect can be produced.
The pills may not be used 1) in or-
der to prevent conception, 2)
a
s a
means of inducing directly intended
sterility or abortion, 3) or when there
is no long
e
r reasonable hope for curing
disease or promoting regularity of
ovulation.
This letter is not written in the
vein of any suppression of op
e
n discus-
sion on what is indeed a complex issue.
f,ather it is written in the spirit of free-
dom of discussion in the hope that in its
nublication in The Record the common
Catholic teaching
will
be brought to the
attention of the students of Marist Col-
lege.
Kenneth F. Dougherty, S. A.
-AFF~RMATION Cont.
fo the structure set up by the
.
previous
generation, or whether it will effect
the creative genius inherent
in
its owr.
members, We might say, in these
terms, that every generation has its
own special vocation, its own "histori-
cal mission", as Gasset calls it, "11
has an organic capacity for certair.
deeply-rooted directions of thought. "
Along what roadways these direc-
tions of thought might lead us is another
question.
·
Yet, it is not really
impor-
tant whether we are led to a four-lane
expressway or to a well-worn cowpath.
At least a range of possibilities has
been explored, and out of the experience,
we who have gone through it, can bet-
ter assess the worth of both the "new"
and the "old".
Assuredly, the path is
·
beset with
risks--risks, perhaps, of reversal, of
personal hurt of costly effort. To tread
the wine press means to be s,meared
with the juice of the grapes. But where
in life are we free from the "danger"
of risk? The next step you take may
twist your ankle; you may fall down the
next flight of stairs; you might light the
filter end of your cigarette; and so on
and on .
.
Your guess is as good
as
mine
what myriad types of insanity would ac-
crue
from such a "banana-peel mental·
rHE RECORU
ity".
H
we believe, with Chardin, de
Kouy, Julian Huxley, and others, that
our universe is continually surging for-
ward- -biologically, cosmically, scien-
tifically- -then, unless we wish to lag
behind our own destiny, we must fabri-
cate individual and collective orienta-
tion toward future cosmology and sci-
ence. (Henri.Peyre, paraphrasing the
thought of Malraux on this point, urged
that we continue to forge our own
dreams. ) Thought is man's most fluid
possession.
And,
to again borrow
from Ortega y Gasset, "on what men
are beginning to think today depends
how they will live in the market-places
tomorrow."
It is my feeling that the Doctor of
Philosophy, the Master of Arts, The
Bachelor ofwhat~have-you, do not have
amonopolyon Intellect. An all-gener-
ous God, it seems, has planted in each
man ample potential for development.
Indeed, we are stewards as the Gospel
tells us, but our capacity for receiving
additional talents grows with
each
suc-
cessful rendering of accounts.
If
we
have assiduously compounded interest
on our initial
allottment,
what is to
prevent us from becoming millionaires
with the assets of experience?
Doctor Goldman stands beside the trophies to be awarded at
the Presidents Regatta this coming Saturday. Let's all be there
to support our team and show them we know their rowing for us.
t
Peter Lordi and u.11idennued New Paltz student seem to be
enjoying themselves after they took a little dip when their sail-
boat tipped this past Saturday on the Hudson in a meet with New
Paltz.
April 22, 1964
A tbletic Department
WI.ere Were
You
?
by John Barry
In each of the last two years, there
has been an attempt made to organize
au intercollegiate baseball team here
at Marist.
Both of these endeavors
were doomed to failure before they
could even get off the ground.
Why?
It is the same old story, lack of sup-
port! In an unusual reversal, however,
it was not the students who lacked the
foundation for the budding activity; this
year
alone
some 40 students turned out
for the trials. Our tremendous Athletic
Department, noted of late for its
effi-
cency, accuracy
and desire to expand,
h:is failed in each· instance to support
a student
activity
- yet they
cry
for the
student support!
Last year all of the
equipment
that
was provided for the team
cam~
from
money given by the Class of '66.
The
extent
of the team's schedule consisted
of games against the Student Brothers
club and members of the student body.
Even the team manager was
a
student.
This year no one has, as of yet,
provided
any new funds to purchase the
bare necesRities, balls and bats, for
the still budding baseball team.
The
team's manager, active in many stu-
dent activities, besides being a floor
proctor in the dorm, was forced to
leave the team because of pressing
graduation assignments. These are the
reasons for the failure of our so-called
baseball team this year. Will the same
excuse be presented in 1965 or will a
new
.
one be emitted to take its plac!c!?
Athletic Department and instrqctors
beware: remember apathy doesn't just
run in the student body: it is a two way
street. The faculty can have it, too;
this crawling disease isn't restricted
to those sitting in front of you in class.
Wouldn•t a good way to foster
.
school
spirit be to show some yourselves?
·
Instead of complaining, why not do
something about
it?
What do you stand
to lose by trying?
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