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The
RECORD
MARIST COLLEGE.
Vol. lV,
No.
6
·Poughkeepsie, Ne,r York
The
Uollege Stlldents President
HE BROUGHT OUR GENERATION
TO THE WHltE HOUSE
Our President has been assassi-
nated. We now face a "new frontie.:-".
We have attempted to get insights and
views from the students as to the
assassination and the events that fol-
lowed it.
These are the views of
Marist College Students:
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"This is a great loss.
It
·
should
never have happened.
He will prob-
ably go down in history as one
·
of our
great
.
est presidents."
"In losing him - we are losing
part of us
.
"
"Yo
.
u hear about assassination but
you never think that they could happen
in our time."
"He was sincere and brought much
to the Presidency."
"Hemay_not have been the greatest
president but he was the most popular."
"He was one of the greatest men of
the twentieth century·"
"I
wish it had beeI). me. His was a
primary role, mine but a secondary
role
.
"
"No death
fn
th~ last
ioo
years has
had such
·
an effect:"
"He
·
had
so
much to do, it was a
tragic death. "
Lee Oswald
· "He sho\lldhave been tried in court."
'
·
'Hewasprobably the Lincoln Rock-
well type. If he was a true ComhlUnia:
-
he would have been content to stay in
Russia."
·
"He is one person who could have
been anywhere."
"His death was ironic. It was like
a T. V. Western."
"I would like to have heard what he
had to say."
Jack Rubinstein
"He knows more than he is telling.
There is a possible connection betwe_en
Oswald and Ruby. Dallas knows some-
thing."
,-,I didn't want him to kill Oswald.
I
wanted the crime to die.
I
wanted
Oswald to face up to it
.
There is inore
to it than meets the eye
.
"
"He is a perfect example of wbat
this country could become."
"It was a bad move . ."
"He should be tr~ed for 1st degree
murder."
"Regardless of what he thought, it
was not right. "
•
"They ought to put him
•
up f~r presi-
dent. I expected it, it was almost in-
evitable_.
I
am
_
sorry in a remote way
flince Oswald was not positively proven
gui
.
uy. ,_.
-
-
"Oswald killed the .President and
would have ,been
executed. If Ruby
isn't executed there is something wrong
with our justice."
"It was a shame.
I wanted to see
the due process of law put into effect,
but I guess it saved a lot of trouble."
"He is a
.
punk who will be made a
national ~ero
_
He is really a nothing."
"Ithinkhewastryingto get revenge.
He is as fanatical as Oswald but he
shouldn't be treated as harshly
.
What
he did was wrong but did not have as
severe
an
effect on the country."
"My first impression was that
.
he
was a patriot. "
"He made a big mistake."
"He was wrong in taking the law in-
to his own hands."
General
"JFK caused things to happen and
the world knew it, Johnson will cause
things to happen and nobody will know
it.
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"The hate in the United States is
barbaric
.
"
"Our prestige has declined and will
contti:iue to go down as long as the United
•states retains the attitude that caused
this atrocity. "
"There is a moral decline in the
United States.
Civilization is going
downward.
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THE RBOORD
IN
MEMORIAM
Question marks appear on the faces of all Americans. Mil-
lions ask the question "why?" Why has such an ugly and tragic
thing happened? Why has President Kennedy been assassinated?
Is it enough to say that "everything happens for the best" or
"what Will be will be?" One would hardly think so. The death of
President Kennedy means much more than mere "acceptance" of
a horrible tragedy. Rather, it demands a "realization"; area-
lization of the purpose for which he died, a realization that John
Kennedy died for a definite purpose, an American purpose. In
this realization lies the answer to the question "why?"
Stop and think of the happenings in the United States during
this past year. What stands out most vividly in American minis?
I cannot help but think that the trouble in Mississippi and the
whole of the segregation and civil rights problem is the answer.
Americans, seemingly trying to preserve our American heritage
and way of life, have been fighting amongst and against them-
selves. They have acted irrationally, irreligiously and cer-
tainly unlike true Americans. The American way of life, for
which they were supposedly fighting to preserve and foster, was
actually being trampled to death by their senseless gropings.
People (and this could be any American) tend to overlook the
things of most importance. America, we say, is a great coun-
_try. Everyone is proud to be an American. "We're democratic'
"We•~e got this" and "We've got that." True, America is great,
and we have got "this" and "that", but the real importance of
America is not found here. What is important about America is
that it be united, that it be of one mind, of one strength, and of
one loyalty. What is of prime importance is that the people of
the United States live their American heritage, working to-
gether for each other, for a greater and better America.
I fail to see that the people of the United States have been do-
ing this. It is all too evident that the whole of the segregation
and racial discrimination problem is symptomatic of'. a failure on
the part of some American citizens. It is illustrative of a gen-
eral attitude of some Americans which is far from the attitude
expected to exist in the heart of every true American.
The happenings in Mississippi were eruptive, but for how
long have these underlying feelings of "dividedness" existed in
the Ame·rican mind? How long will they laat? For how longwill
some citizens be preoccupied with the separation rather than the
intensified unification of our Nation? Is God pleased with the
people of our great democratic Nation? Have Americans been
loving one another or have they been merely loving ... ?
It is time some people came to realize that there is not only
much to be desired in America but that they are the ones to
bring about any betterment. Americans must start living for
one another as a "unity" of body, soul, and conviction. They
must rid themselves of the overly superficial mark of their
Nation and c_ome to realize that beneath this glittering idea of
America lies a REAL America, a nation of American citizens
each of whom should not be asking "what can America do for
me?
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but rather, "what can I do for America?" This is what
is important. This is the real America, a nation of citizens
dedicated to making the United States a more unified and sacred
country. This is the purpose for which President Kennedy diedJ
Has his death been merely a tragic passing, or does it bear
a deeper significance? Could it not be a totally dedicated way
of saying "fellow Americans, rise! • Rise and be true American
citizens, of one mind, of one strength, and of one loyalty?"
If somr, Americans merely grasp this truthlthink the ques-
tion of "wh:; •,•" will suddenly vanish from their perplexed faces.
Our Presit.ent• s life _and death will have taught us many things.
Bro. Ronald E. Diss, F. M. S.
THE PIONEERS
I saw them come
Into this new land,
Ueoember 11, 1963
This pioneer and his wife.
His face was young,
His hair disheveled,
B:is eyes burning with zeal.
She stood behind
As he staked his claim,
But their spirit was one.
He spoke with love
Of
the land he hoped
'l'o make the new frontier.
He worked with love
As he pushed his plow
Into the stubborn soil.
She stood behind
As he worked his fields,
But their spirit was one.
The spring was cold,
The summer was dry,
The earth caked and clodded.
When autumn came,
The harvest was poor;
His dream seemed defeated.
She stood behind
As he steeled to fight,
But their spirit was one.
He plowed again
With renewed vigor,
But barely budged the soil.
He sowed again,
Never losing hope,
But the wind took the seed.
She stood behind
As he forged new plans,
But their spirit was one.
A shot rang out
In the fields one day,
And spilled his blood to the ground.
A
shoot sprang up,
And then another;
Soon the whole field was green.
She stood behind
When they buried him,
But their spirit was one.
Bro. Rene D. Roy, F. M. S.
Editor: George E. Hallam
Asst. Editor: Gerry Marmion
Moderator: Dr. George Sommer
!
•ecember ll, 1965
:Le.tters.
to· thi&li.tor
Dear Sir:
Has Marist lost one of its greatest
assets already?
After attending two
other very highly rated colleges, both
academically and socially, my first
impression of Marist was not particu-
larly good. Since I was a day-hop and
workingpart time, it was very difficult
to get to know enough of my fellow class-
mates to enjoy a coffee break, "bull"
session in the cafeteria.
However,
after some acquaintances were made,
I was introduced to something new and
· different.
My experience with other
, schools led me to believe that the faculty
would take their coffee breakes in a
faculty dining room. I was wrong and
I was v&y much enthused to find many
faculty members participating in con-
versations with students.
The close
contact between the student and teacher
was something to be proud of.
I use
the past tense, because this year I find
it occurring less and less. They have
now made their own little "dining room"
by gathering in little groups and talking
among themselves.
Is Marist losing something few
colleges have as a resµlt of its expan-
sion? The situation here at Mari st is
analogous to the local grocery store
which grew into an impersonal super-
market. Will the student become known
by his student number instead by his
name? Marist has just gone through a
self evaluation as well as an outside one,
it
might be a good time to look at what
is happening to the close student-faculty
relationship.
Thomas W. Parker
AU H20--Disaster
America does not want _
or need a
man like Senator Goldwater as Presi-
dent in 1964. But, word has it that
Barry has the backing of many young
Americans. If this is true, our youth
either lacks good common sense or
simply desires a radical change; not
just in the White House, but in Ameri-
ca and Americans themselves.
If
this
is false, then Goldwater backers are
making a big thing out of nothing.
However, the recent acceptance of
a "Young American for Freedom" Chap-
ter on Campus demonstrates the enthus-
iasm of our way-out Marist men, who
crave an extremist in the White House.
Don't we all admit that it was an ex-
tremist who took our beloved out of the
White House! In a sense the connection
is remote but let us not forget that ex-
tremism is a product_ of our society and
if it is not controlled it will control us.
With Goldwater as President, nuclear
war will be inevitable. Let me illus-
, trate: The Sioux nation pr~dicted that
they would win a great war with the
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'white man, although they were at peace.
But when a friendly liberal _.Colonel was
replacedbythe "go get him man", Gen-
eral Custer-well .... we know the re-
sults. Sure, eventually we defeated the
Indians, but in a nuclear age there is
only one button
to
be pressed and just
as Custe,r did it, so too Goldwater
would do it, only to the detriment of
America. Is this what we want?
Ed Krissler
To Whom
it
May Concern:
I've had it! The food served here
is just too much to endure and I think
it is about time someone registered a
complaint, The money that goes toward
room and board should certainly merit
better cafeteria service than we' re now
receiving, and I, for one, strenuously
object.
To what, some indifferent Clyde
may ask? I object first to the low_ grade
slop that is dished out here . under the
misnomer "food."
It
certainly indi-
cates a lack of consideration for our
poor stomachs on the part of our ven-
erable culinary staff.
Their indiffer-
ent attitude on the whole is displayed,
likewise in the careless, negligent, un-
sympathetic actions of a few of our serv-
ing girls at the food counter, who, in
my own opinion, seem altogether bored
with their work and the responsibilities
of their job.
To expect good service
around our cafeteria is to expect the
impossible, since" service with a smile"
was a motto that got the Mealtime
Management "reject."
I hope to see more consideration
for the students at Marist, students
who are paying hard-earned money for
food that should taste like food; service
that should be more co-operative and
efficient; and I consider any deviations
as shortcomings. It doesn't take much
for the cafeteria staff to show consid-
eration and I look forward to the day
when I can pass a decent remark about
Marist meals. The most I can hope for
is that others help carry the protest,
and, together, in one shout, we can
hope to change the deplorable mealtime
situation that now exists.
Harold T. Malone
Candor Corner
Q. -
Would you object to high school
students reading J. D. Salinger's, The
Catcher in the. Rye, as part of their
education? -
- -
Pete Hanley, '64 - I would favor
· high school students reading a book
such as this, because it tends to give a
true description of the world and life
irdt. People tend to preach a different
: world than actually exists. Their world
is too puritanical- - -too moral and too
legal.
£age?
Salinger's book and other by Rob-
bins,· Steinbeck and the like, capture
the spirit of human nature and present
life in reality. They give us the world
as it is, not as people would like it to
be, or as people say they would like it
to be.
Ed Parr '64 - I would object to a
high school student reading this novel,
because he couldn't appreciate its
literary aspects or view it from a
proper perspective. The reader would
necessarily glorify Caulfield' s language
and idolize his actions.
Bill Driscoll, '65 - I wouldn't ob-
ject to a high school student reading
J. D. Salinger's, The Catcher in the Rye,
because
of
o ~ significant reason--
these students being naturally curious
about sex and all its implication, are
going to want to read it anyway, so I
think it would be far better to have them
read it under the guidance of a teacher.
Jim Kochen, '64 - A high school
senior should not only be slick enough
to capably evaluate this book and its
comment on society, but he should also
be sufficiently mature in his analysis of
Caulfield to detect his erroneous atti-
tudes and recognize his faults. How-
ever, it might also be generally borne
in mind that anyone who is adversely
affected by the reading of a book, is
morally obliged not to further indulge in
such literature.
Mike
Fitzmartin,
1
65 - I
think
senior high school students should read
Aeatcher in the Rye as part of their
education, since they can, with a mature
attitude, consider and judge the book
in regards to its style, theme, content
and character portrayals.
Nelson Lundberg,
1
64 - I could not
commit myself to classify The Catcher
in the
~
to a specific age group, for
I feel it is the individual reader who
decides what merits a book may or
may not have.
There is a ·certain "shock of recog-
nition" ·the teen-age reader encounters
for he is faced with similar dilemmas.
Also the older person may, or may not,
possibly will, or might never have the
experiences as set forth by Salinger. I
further feel because conflicts which a-
rise in life overlap (another person hav-
ing similar experiences), it is good for
one to find out how another person
grapples with his dilemma.
I feel literature is like flour in a
sieve - - the finer grains falling through,
the coarser ones remaining. In this
analogy, what is considered good and
bad literature can be established, but
the merit of a book in it~ final analysis
depends upon the individuals approach
and what he has gained.
Joseph Greco, 164 - Ir" the purpose
of school is to formally educate and
introduce as many facts of life as pos-
sible to the student, then each and
every possible academic tool which can
lead to this end must be employed.
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4
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·
Marist Loses
to
Kings
93-60
Gai
-
ns
Moral VictoryW~ileGoingDown
71-54
tolona
·
Marist opened the
1963-64
basket-
ball campaign with a
93-60
loss to
Kings College of Wilkes-Barre, Penn-
sylvania on the road.
Kings was in the lead throughout the
game and held a
46-31
intermission
bulge. During the second-half both
Fred Weiss and Denny O'Brien were
fouled out of the game giving the Mon-
archs a free hand on the backboards.
Prior to leaving on fouls Weiss and
O'Brien had cached in
14
points each.
Tom Hamm paced the Kings attach as
he pumped in
12
shots from the floor
and another
6
from the charity line for
a total of
30
for the night
.
The next games for Marist are also
road games against Yeshiva on Decem-
ber
11
and Siena on December
14.
Purpose
in
Life
A recent letter of Our Holy Father
·
brought to our attention the tremendous
need of the Church today for religious
and priestly vocations.
There is so
much to be done! The harvest is there;
where are the reapers?
Why, when
:
.
the need is so great, do so few, in
comparison to the need, answer the
call to the religious state? Essentially
the religious life is a life of charity, a
life of giving. Our present generation
seems far more interested in getting
than in giving. Is this the answer then--
a·1ack of generosity?
Before stepping from the high
school classroom to the
college
campus
we asked ourselves; "What do I want
to be?" The answer to that question
resulted in our coming to college. We
are here now,
_
and supposedly we are
taking the means to reach our goal.
At this time we might ask ourselves
another far more meaningful question,
"Why?" "Why did I decide on my pres-
ent vocational choice?
11
If we cannot
answer that question our existence can-
not have any real purpose. What are
the answers
_
that may be given to the
above question? They are many, but
to get very basic one answer alone is
necessary. Through this vocation in
life I intend to best workout my eternal
salvation. The thought that led Saint
Francix Xavier to the heights of sanc-
tity immediately comes to mind. "What
does it profit a man
if he gain the whole
world and in the end suffer the loss of
his immortal soul. Thaddeus Stevens
had a different way of putting it. As
he lay dying, he was being flattered by
his friends. His dryly humorous re-
Cont. on
page
5
MARIST
Barisonek
Daly
Davidson
Dooley
Murphy
O'Brien
Ouellet
Weiss
Wright
KINGS
-
Moffitt
Cusano
Rupinski
Hamm
Andes
Lazorcheck
Pieczyuski
Roberts
Wireback
·
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2
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0
7
3
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24
FG
3
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5
12
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2
2
2
36
FT
2
0
2
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2
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93
Y
... A~.F .
.
Receives. Charter
Recently, the Marist College Stu-
dent Council approved the formation of
a new school organization: The Marist
College Chapter of the Young Ameri-
cans for Freedom.
Mr. Walter C
.
Maxwell, the president of the Marist
Y. A. F. was instrumental both in form
-
ing the group and getting the Student
Council to approve it.
After much discussion by the Stu-
dent Council, Mr
.
Donald Murphy
the
Senior Representative of the
Student Council, moved and Mr. Will-
iam Townsend, the Council Sophomore
Class Representative, seconded that
the Council grant the Marist Y. A.
F.
a
temporary charter.
With all but one
abstention, the Council then voted to
approve the Marist College Chapter of
the Young Americans.
The officers of the Y. A. F. chapter
at Mari st are President Walter C. Max-
well, Vice-president Kenneth Galbraith,
and Secretary-Treasurer Albert J
.
Hartwell
.
The Purpose of the Marist Y. A
.
F.
as explained by Mr. Maxwell is ~o edu-
cate both the members and non-·membes
of the Y. A. F. about conservative politi-
cal theory and to further the ideas of
the Sharon Statement through construc-
tiv~ political activities.
The Sharon Statement, which was
drawn up at Sharon, Connecticut, is the
official political credo of the Young
Americans for Freedom. Highlights of
this document are:
i•we, as young
conservatives, believe: that foremost
among the transcendent values is the
·
individuals use of his God-given free
Cont. on
page
5
·
·
December 11, 1961>
,
TO
-·
PICS
=
oy
Biil Treanor
"I'm a citizen who is a Republican,
not a Republican who is incidentally a
citizen,
11
Since we stated our recommenda-
tion of Governor Romney in our last
•·
,
riting, one may wonder whether or
not this "modest, honest moderate" is
qualified for our praise
.
It is our firm
belief that the Governor has at least
partially succeeded in the above stated
aim and has definitely succeeded in the
general ambition to h2lp his fellow man.
To support this conviction, we shall
offer a brief account of his activities
prior to his seeking the
office
he now
holds and give greater emphasis to his
results in that office.
As a young man of twenty-one, he
spent two years as a Morman missio-
nary in England and Scotland, return-
ing to the United States in
1929
to con-
tinue his education at the University of
Utah and George Washington University.
After this he successively
served
as a
tariff specialist to Massachusetts Sen-
ator David Walsh; a lobbyist for the
aluminum
industry;
a manager of the
Automobile Manufacturers Association;
and as part of the war effort he was
instrumental in forming the Automo-
tive Council for War Production. How-
ever, Mr. Romney's present career
began in
1948
when he joined Nash-
Kelvinator, the predessor of Ameri-
can Motors, and became the company• s
President in
1954.
Not only did he
demonstrate his organizational and
"get-it-done" abilities in this corpora-
tion by saving it from bankruptcy but
he has also been influential in initiat-
·
ing and implementing improvements in
areas of more immediate civic inter-
est. For example, in
1956
he and
many others became extremely aware
that there were serious deficiencies
in the Detroit school system
.
To help
remedy these conditions, Mr. Romney
organized and directed the Detroit
Citizens
Advisory
Committee
on
School Needs with such effectiveness
that of the
182
proposals offered all
but a few have been incorporated into
that city's school system.
Working with this accomplishment
as a basis, George Romney and the
"Citizens for Michigan"
considered
i
tackling the economic problems of
·
their state, which meant trying to
solve the existence of a state debt of
85
million dollars. One of the first
steps taken towards the goal of eco-
nomic stapility was the rev1s1on and
up-dating of Michigan's out-moded and
out-of-date constitution. Success in
this area was finally reached after the
Governor• s election.
Thus we have some of the many
examples that show the organizing and
C.ont. on page
5
l
·December
11, 1965
Weigbt
I
;It;
ng_
Neecfs
Members
Mr. Swetz, who has been trying to
organize a weightlifting team for the
past three years, now sees that the
time for the fulfillment of his plans is
close at hand.
The weightlifting club
from which the team members are se-
lected, has already elected the follow-
ing officers: Bob Savoy, President;
Mike Ward, Vice President; and John
Palombo,. Sec-Treasurer.
Intercollegiate competition is being
arranged so that weightlifting will be
put on a varsity status. As of now the
team has
5·
or
6
very good lifters, but
it is in need of more active members.
All are welcome-and experience is not
necessary, for novice lifters will be
trained and coached.
PURPOSE
Cont.
sponse contained a note of timeless
wisdom: "Ah gentlemen, it is not my
appearance that I am concerned about
just now, but my disappearance" .
The man who accepts God's gift of
a religious vocation has answered the
question why. The man embracing the
religious vocation has also thought of
the '}Uestion asked of Saint
Francis
Xavier. The religious has recognized
the priceless value of salvation; how-
ever, the religious is not only satisfied
with saving his own soul; he wants to
save the whole world; he wants. to win
all men for Christ.
The religious life is not an easy
choice to make. In many respects it
goes completely against everything the
world stands for. Where the world is
looking for wealth, the religious accepts
poverty. Where the world seeks license,
the religious binds himself by obedi-
ence. In a world taken up - or better
still, being dragged down - with carnal
pleasures,
the
religious
chooses
chastity. The religious life requires
sacrifice, but what life does not? If
there is anything worth while to be
attained, the element of sacrifice will
be there.
The world is looking for new and
different ways of finding pleasure in
the hope of discovering happiness. The
religious seeks God and in finding Him
discovers happiness. Where the world
looks for happiness in getting, the re-
ligious finds happiness in giving. While
the world seeks the possession of
material goods from this life, the re-
ligious strives to be good.
True love is manifested in giving,
not in receiving. Man has been given
one life by God; this is the manifes-
tation of God's love for him.
To
many more, He offers the additional
gift of a religious vocation. In union
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Y.A.F.
Cont.
will, whence derives his right to be
free from the restrictions of arbitrary
force; that liberty and political freedom
can not long exist without economic
freedom, that the genius of the Con-
stitution- -the division of powers - -
is summed up in the clause which re-
serves primacy to several states, or
to the people,
in
those spheres not
specifically delegated to the federal
government; and that American foreign
policy must be judged by this criterion:
does it serve the just interests of the
United States."
TOPICS
Cont.
general executive ability of Governor
Romney. However,
can he lead a
nation?
To answer this very valid question,
I propose that we consider just some of
the very many statements and actions
he has taken.
In
the first place, we have our be-
ginning quote to which he adhered so
strongly that not one piece of campaign
literature. ever mentioned his party
affiliation. Secondly, he is a man who
believes that there is in this country
more than just rights, -- "I don't talk
about states' rights; I talk about state
responsibilities.
11
Here is a man who
believes in the necessity that on every
point there has to be give and take.
Page
5
However, everyone of these things
i'> .ninor and insignificant when viewed
in relation to one very important point.
This point is his concept of what our
Federal System of Government really
is.
In
his race for the Governership,
he stated:
11
1 believe
in
the deathless
freedom of the individual, and the
sacred right of individual choice. I
believe that these basic fundamental
freedoms of individuality are
in
immi-
nent danger of being smothered within
the drift of our social, economic and
political institutions toward impersonal
organization control. I believe that
one of the greatest dangers in our
society comes from the concentration
of excessive power
in
business,
in
unions, in the Federal Government. I
am convinced that Michigan is about to
see a bold new dimension
in
public
affairs: th_e return of their state govern-
ment to genuine citizens' control.
11
Is this return to the real purpose
of our system too much to ask? The
people of Michigan thought not, and we
believe that
if
the pe.ople of the United
' States were allowed to choose between
the present trend of government inter-
ference and control
in
all fields with
the true notion of state responsibilities
and our Federal System, they would un-
doubtedly choose the latter. Thus we
believe as do many others that when
Romney won
in
'62 it was the knocking
on the door
in '
64.
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RECORD
MARIST COLLEGE.
Vol. lV,
No.
6
·Poughkeepsie, Ne,r York
The
Uollege Stlldents President
HE BROUGHT OUR GENERATION
TO THE WHltE HOUSE
Our President has been assassi-
nated. We now face a "new frontie.:-".
We have attempted to get insights and
views from the students as to the
assassination and the events that fol-
lowed it.
These are the views of
Marist College Students:
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"This is a great loss.
It
·
should
never have happened.
He will prob-
ably go down in history as one
·
of our
great
.
est presidents."
"In losing him - we are losing
part of us
.
"
"Yo
.
u hear about assassination but
you never think that they could happen
in our time."
"He was sincere and brought much
to the Presidency."
"Hemay_not have been the greatest
president but he was the most popular."
"He was one of the greatest men of
the twentieth century·"
"I
wish it had beeI). me. His was a
primary role, mine but a secondary
role
.
"
"No death
fn
th~ last
ioo
years has
had such
·
an effect:"
"He
·
had
so
much to do, it was a
tragic death. "
Lee Oswald
· "He sho\lldhave been tried in court."
'
·
'Hewasprobably the Lincoln Rock-
well type. If he was a true ComhlUnia:
-
he would have been content to stay in
Russia."
·
"He is one person who could have
been anywhere."
"His death was ironic. It was like
a T. V. Western."
"I would like to have heard what he
had to say."
Jack Rubinstein
"He knows more than he is telling.
There is a possible connection betwe_en
Oswald and Ruby. Dallas knows some-
thing."
,-,I didn't want him to kill Oswald.
I
wanted the crime to die.
I
wanted
Oswald to face up to it
.
There is inore
to it than meets the eye
.
"
"He is a perfect example of wbat
this country could become."
"It was a bad move . ."
"He should be tr~ed for 1st degree
murder."
"Regardless of what he thought, it
was not right. "
•
"They ought to put him
•
up f~r presi-
dent. I expected it, it was almost in-
evitable_.
I
am
_
sorry in a remote way
flince Oswald was not positively proven
gui
.
uy. ,_.
-
-
"Oswald killed the .President and
would have ,been
executed. If Ruby
isn't executed there is something wrong
with our justice."
"It was a shame.
I wanted to see
the due process of law put into effect,
but I guess it saved a lot of trouble."
"He is a
.
punk who will be made a
national ~ero
_
He is really a nothing."
"Ithinkhewastryingto get revenge.
He is as fanatical as Oswald but he
shouldn't be treated as harshly
.
What
he did was wrong but did not have as
severe
an
effect on the country."
"My first impression was that
.
he
was a patriot. "
"He made a big mistake."
"He was wrong in taking the law in-
to his own hands."
General
"JFK caused things to happen and
the world knew it, Johnson will cause
things to happen and nobody will know
it.
II
"The hate in the United States is
barbaric
.
"
"Our prestige has declined and will
contti:iue to go down as long as the United
•states retains the attitude that caused
this atrocity. "
"There is a moral decline in the
United States.
Civilization is going
downward.
11
:pe.ge 2
THE RBOORD
IN
MEMORIAM
Question marks appear on the faces of all Americans. Mil-
lions ask the question "why?" Why has such an ugly and tragic
thing happened? Why has President Kennedy been assassinated?
Is it enough to say that "everything happens for the best" or
"what Will be will be?" One would hardly think so. The death of
President Kennedy means much more than mere "acceptance" of
a horrible tragedy. Rather, it demands a "realization"; area-
lization of the purpose for which he died, a realization that John
Kennedy died for a definite purpose, an American purpose. In
this realization lies the answer to the question "why?"
Stop and think of the happenings in the United States during
this past year. What stands out most vividly in American minis?
I cannot help but think that the trouble in Mississippi and the
whole of the segregation and civil rights problem is the answer.
Americans, seemingly trying to preserve our American heritage
and way of life, have been fighting amongst and against them-
selves. They have acted irrationally, irreligiously and cer-
tainly unlike true Americans. The American way of life, for
which they were supposedly fighting to preserve and foster, was
actually being trampled to death by their senseless gropings.
People (and this could be any American) tend to overlook the
things of most importance. America, we say, is a great coun-
_try. Everyone is proud to be an American. "We're democratic'
"We•~e got this" and "We've got that." True, America is great,
and we have got "this" and "that", but the real importance of
America is not found here. What is important about America is
that it be united, that it be of one mind, of one strength, and of
one loyalty. What is of prime importance is that the people of
the United States live their American heritage, working to-
gether for each other, for a greater and better America.
I fail to see that the people of the United States have been do-
ing this. It is all too evident that the whole of the segregation
and racial discrimination problem is symptomatic of'. a failure on
the part of some American citizens. It is illustrative of a gen-
eral attitude of some Americans which is far from the attitude
expected to exist in the heart of every true American.
The happenings in Mississippi were eruptive, but for how
long have these underlying feelings of "dividedness" existed in
the Ame·rican mind? How long will they laat? For how longwill
some citizens be preoccupied with the separation rather than the
intensified unification of our Nation? Is God pleased with the
people of our great democratic Nation? Have Americans been
loving one another or have they been merely loving ... ?
It is time some people came to realize that there is not only
much to be desired in America but that they are the ones to
bring about any betterment. Americans must start living for
one another as a "unity" of body, soul, and conviction. They
must rid themselves of the overly superficial mark of their
Nation and c_ome to realize that beneath this glittering idea of
America lies a REAL America, a nation of American citizens
each of whom should not be asking "what can America do for
me?
11
but rather, "what can I do for America?" This is what
is important. This is the real America, a nation of citizens
dedicated to making the United States a more unified and sacred
country. This is the purpose for which President Kennedy diedJ
Has his death been merely a tragic passing, or does it bear
a deeper significance? Could it not be a totally dedicated way
of saying "fellow Americans, rise! • Rise and be true American
citizens, of one mind, of one strength, and of one loyalty?"
If somr, Americans merely grasp this truthlthink the ques-
tion of "wh:; •,•" will suddenly vanish from their perplexed faces.
Our Presit.ent• s life _and death will have taught us many things.
Bro. Ronald E. Diss, F. M. S.
THE PIONEERS
I saw them come
Into this new land,
Ueoember 11, 1963
This pioneer and his wife.
His face was young,
His hair disheveled,
B:is eyes burning with zeal.
She stood behind
As he staked his claim,
But their spirit was one.
He spoke with love
Of
the land he hoped
'l'o make the new frontier.
He worked with love
As he pushed his plow
Into the stubborn soil.
She stood behind
As he worked his fields,
But their spirit was one.
The spring was cold,
The summer was dry,
The earth caked and clodded.
When autumn came,
The harvest was poor;
His dream seemed defeated.
She stood behind
As he steeled to fight,
But their spirit was one.
He plowed again
With renewed vigor,
But barely budged the soil.
He sowed again,
Never losing hope,
But the wind took the seed.
She stood behind
As he forged new plans,
But their spirit was one.
A shot rang out
In the fields one day,
And spilled his blood to the ground.
A
shoot sprang up,
And then another;
Soon the whole field was green.
She stood behind
When they buried him,
But their spirit was one.
Bro. Rene D. Roy, F. M. S.
Editor: George E. Hallam
Asst. Editor: Gerry Marmion
Moderator: Dr. George Sommer
!
•ecember ll, 1965
:Le.tters.
to· thi&li.tor
Dear Sir:
Has Marist lost one of its greatest
assets already?
After attending two
other very highly rated colleges, both
academically and socially, my first
impression of Marist was not particu-
larly good. Since I was a day-hop and
workingpart time, it was very difficult
to get to know enough of my fellow class-
mates to enjoy a coffee break, "bull"
session in the cafeteria.
However,
after some acquaintances were made,
I was introduced to something new and
· different.
My experience with other
, schools led me to believe that the faculty
would take their coffee breakes in a
faculty dining room. I was wrong and
I was v&y much enthused to find many
faculty members participating in con-
versations with students.
The close
contact between the student and teacher
was something to be proud of.
I use
the past tense, because this year I find
it occurring less and less. They have
now made their own little "dining room"
by gathering in little groups and talking
among themselves.
Is Marist losing something few
colleges have as a resµlt of its expan-
sion? The situation here at Mari st is
analogous to the local grocery store
which grew into an impersonal super-
market. Will the student become known
by his student number instead by his
name? Marist has just gone through a
self evaluation as well as an outside one,
it
might be a good time to look at what
is happening to the close student-faculty
relationship.
Thomas W. Parker
AU H20--Disaster
America does not want _
or need a
man like Senator Goldwater as Presi-
dent in 1964. But, word has it that
Barry has the backing of many young
Americans. If this is true, our youth
either lacks good common sense or
simply desires a radical change; not
just in the White House, but in Ameri-
ca and Americans themselves.
If
this
is false, then Goldwater backers are
making a big thing out of nothing.
However, the recent acceptance of
a "Young American for Freedom" Chap-
ter on Campus demonstrates the enthus-
iasm of our way-out Marist men, who
crave an extremist in the White House.
Don't we all admit that it was an ex-
tremist who took our beloved out of the
White House! In a sense the connection
is remote but let us not forget that ex-
tremism is a product_ of our society and
if it is not controlled it will control us.
With Goldwater as President, nuclear
war will be inevitable. Let me illus-
, trate: The Sioux nation pr~dicted that
they would win a great war with the
THE RECORD·
'white man, although they were at peace.
But when a friendly liberal _.Colonel was
replacedbythe "go get him man", Gen-
eral Custer-well .... we know the re-
sults. Sure, eventually we defeated the
Indians, but in a nuclear age there is
only one button
to
be pressed and just
as Custe,r did it, so too Goldwater
would do it, only to the detriment of
America. Is this what we want?
Ed Krissler
To Whom
it
May Concern:
I've had it! The food served here
is just too much to endure and I think
it is about time someone registered a
complaint, The money that goes toward
room and board should certainly merit
better cafeteria service than we' re now
receiving, and I, for one, strenuously
object.
To what, some indifferent Clyde
may ask? I object first to the low_ grade
slop that is dished out here . under the
misnomer "food."
It
certainly indi-
cates a lack of consideration for our
poor stomachs on the part of our ven-
erable culinary staff.
Their indiffer-
ent attitude on the whole is displayed,
likewise in the careless, negligent, un-
sympathetic actions of a few of our serv-
ing girls at the food counter, who, in
my own opinion, seem altogether bored
with their work and the responsibilities
of their job.
To expect good service
around our cafeteria is to expect the
impossible, since" service with a smile"
was a motto that got the Mealtime
Management "reject."
I hope to see more consideration
for the students at Marist, students
who are paying hard-earned money for
food that should taste like food; service
that should be more co-operative and
efficient; and I consider any deviations
as shortcomings. It doesn't take much
for the cafeteria staff to show consid-
eration and I look forward to the day
when I can pass a decent remark about
Marist meals. The most I can hope for
is that others help carry the protest,
and, together, in one shout, we can
hope to change the deplorable mealtime
situation that now exists.
Harold T. Malone
Candor Corner
Q. -
Would you object to high school
students reading J. D. Salinger's, The
Catcher in the. Rye, as part of their
education? -
- -
Pete Hanley, '64 - I would favor
· high school students reading a book
such as this, because it tends to give a
true description of the world and life
irdt. People tend to preach a different
: world than actually exists. Their world
is too puritanical- - -too moral and too
legal.
£age?
Salinger's book and other by Rob-
bins,· Steinbeck and the like, capture
the spirit of human nature and present
life in reality. They give us the world
as it is, not as people would like it to
be, or as people say they would like it
to be.
Ed Parr '64 - I would object to a
high school student reading this novel,
because he couldn't appreciate its
literary aspects or view it from a
proper perspective. The reader would
necessarily glorify Caulfield' s language
and idolize his actions.
Bill Driscoll, '65 - I wouldn't ob-
ject to a high school student reading
J. D. Salinger's, The Catcher in the Rye,
because
of
o ~ significant reason--
these students being naturally curious
about sex and all its implication, are
going to want to read it anyway, so I
think it would be far better to have them
read it under the guidance of a teacher.
Jim Kochen, '64 - A high school
senior should not only be slick enough
to capably evaluate this book and its
comment on society, but he should also
be sufficiently mature in his analysis of
Caulfield to detect his erroneous atti-
tudes and recognize his faults. How-
ever, it might also be generally borne
in mind that anyone who is adversely
affected by the reading of a book, is
morally obliged not to further indulge in
such literature.
Mike
Fitzmartin,
1
65 - I
think
senior high school students should read
Aeatcher in the Rye as part of their
education, since they can, with a mature
attitude, consider and judge the book
in regards to its style, theme, content
and character portrayals.
Nelson Lundberg,
1
64 - I could not
commit myself to classify The Catcher
in the
~
to a specific age group, for
I feel it is the individual reader who
decides what merits a book may or
may not have.
There is a ·certain "shock of recog-
nition" ·the teen-age reader encounters
for he is faced with similar dilemmas.
Also the older person may, or may not,
possibly will, or might never have the
experiences as set forth by Salinger. I
further feel because conflicts which a-
rise in life overlap (another person hav-
ing similar experiences), it is good for
one to find out how another person
grapples with his dilemma.
I feel literature is like flour in a
sieve - - the finer grains falling through,
the coarser ones remaining. In this
analogy, what is considered good and
bad literature can be established, but
the merit of a book in it~ final analysis
depends upon the individuals approach
and what he has gained.
Joseph Greco, 164 - Ir" the purpose
of school is to formally educate and
introduce as many facts of life as pos-
sible to the student, then each and
every possible academic tool which can
lead to this end must be employed.
•
Page
4
TW: RECORD
·
Marist Loses
to
Kings
93-60
Gai
-
ns
Moral VictoryW~ileGoingDown
71-54
tolona
·
Marist opened the
1963-64
basket-
ball campaign with a
93-60
loss to
Kings College of Wilkes-Barre, Penn-
sylvania on the road.
Kings was in the lead throughout the
game and held a
46-31
intermission
bulge. During the second-half both
Fred Weiss and Denny O'Brien were
fouled out of the game giving the Mon-
archs a free hand on the backboards.
Prior to leaving on fouls Weiss and
O'Brien had cached in
14
points each.
Tom Hamm paced the Kings attach as
he pumped in
12
shots from the floor
and another
6
from the charity line for
a total of
30
for the night
.
The next games for Marist are also
road games against Yeshiva on Decem-
ber
11
and Siena on December
14.
Purpose
in
Life
A recent letter of Our Holy Father
·
brought to our attention the tremendous
need of the Church today for religious
and priestly vocations.
There is so
much to be done! The harvest is there;
where are the reapers?
Why, when
:
.
the need is so great, do so few, in
comparison to the need, answer the
call to the religious state? Essentially
the religious life is a life of charity, a
life of giving. Our present generation
seems far more interested in getting
than in giving. Is this the answer then--
a·1ack of generosity?
Before stepping from the high
school classroom to the
college
campus
we asked ourselves; "What do I want
to be?" The answer to that question
resulted in our coming to college. We
are here now,
_
and supposedly we are
taking the means to reach our goal.
At this time we might ask ourselves
another far more meaningful question,
"Why?" "Why did I decide on my pres-
ent vocational choice?
11
If we cannot
answer that question our existence can-
not have any real purpose. What are
the answers
_
that may be given to the
above question? They are many, but
to get very basic one answer alone is
necessary. Through this vocation in
life I intend to best workout my eternal
salvation. The thought that led Saint
Francix Xavier to the heights of sanc-
tity immediately comes to mind. "What
does it profit a man
if he gain the whole
world and in the end suffer the loss of
his immortal soul. Thaddeus Stevens
had a different way of putting it. As
he lay dying, he was being flattered by
his friends. His dryly humorous re-
Cont. on
page
5
MARIST
Barisonek
Daly
Davidson
Dooley
Murphy
O'Brien
Ouellet
Weiss
Wright
KINGS
-
Moffitt
Cusano
Rupinski
Hamm
Andes
Lazorcheck
Pieczyuski
Roberts
Wireback
·
FG
2
1
3
1
0
7
3
6
1
24
FG
3
7
5
12
4
0
2
2
2
36
FT
2
0
2
1
2
0
1
2
2
12
FT
6
3
2
6
1
0
0
1
0
21
PF
5
0
3
3
l
5
4
5
1
27
PF
3
4
3
3
3
3
1
0
1
22
PTS
6
2
8
3
2
14
7
14
4
60
PTS
12
17
12
30
9
0
4
5
4
93
Y
... A~.F .
.
Receives. Charter
Recently, the Marist College Stu-
dent Council approved the formation of
a new school organization: The Marist
College Chapter of the Young Ameri-
cans for Freedom.
Mr. Walter C
.
Maxwell, the president of the Marist
Y. A. F. was instrumental both in form
-
ing the group and getting the Student
Council to approve it.
After much discussion by the Stu-
dent Council, Mr
.
Donald Murphy
the
Senior Representative of the
Student Council, moved and Mr. Will-
iam Townsend, the Council Sophomore
Class Representative, seconded that
the Council grant the Marist Y. A.
F.
a
temporary charter.
With all but one
abstention, the Council then voted to
approve the Marist College Chapter of
the Young Americans.
The officers of the Y. A. F. chapter
at Mari st are President Walter C. Max-
well, Vice-president Kenneth Galbraith,
and Secretary-Treasurer Albert J
.
Hartwell
.
The Purpose of the Marist Y. A
.
F.
as explained by Mr. Maxwell is ~o edu-
cate both the members and non-·membes
of the Y. A. F. about conservative politi-
cal theory and to further the ideas of
the Sharon Statement through construc-
tiv~ political activities.
The Sharon Statement, which was
drawn up at Sharon, Connecticut, is the
official political credo of the Young
Americans for Freedom. Highlights of
this document are:
i•we, as young
conservatives, believe: that foremost
among the transcendent values is the
·
individuals use of his God-given free
Cont. on
page
5
·
·
December 11, 1961>
,
TO
-·
PICS
=
oy
Biil Treanor
"I'm a citizen who is a Republican,
not a Republican who is incidentally a
citizen,
11
Since we stated our recommenda-
tion of Governor Romney in our last
•·
,
riting, one may wonder whether or
not this "modest, honest moderate" is
qualified for our praise
.
It is our firm
belief that the Governor has at least
partially succeeded in the above stated
aim and has definitely succeeded in the
general ambition to h2lp his fellow man.
To support this conviction, we shall
offer a brief account of his activities
prior to his seeking the
office
he now
holds and give greater emphasis to his
results in that office.
As a young man of twenty-one, he
spent two years as a Morman missio-
nary in England and Scotland, return-
ing to the United States in
1929
to con-
tinue his education at the University of
Utah and George Washington University.
After this he successively
served
as a
tariff specialist to Massachusetts Sen-
ator David Walsh; a lobbyist for the
aluminum
industry;
a manager of the
Automobile Manufacturers Association;
and as part of the war effort he was
instrumental in forming the Automo-
tive Council for War Production. How-
ever, Mr. Romney's present career
began in
1948
when he joined Nash-
Kelvinator, the predessor of Ameri-
can Motors, and became the company• s
President in
1954.
Not only did he
demonstrate his organizational and
"get-it-done" abilities in this corpora-
tion by saving it from bankruptcy but
he has also been influential in initiat-
·
ing and implementing improvements in
areas of more immediate civic inter-
est. For example, in
1956
he and
many others became extremely aware
that there were serious deficiencies
in the Detroit school system
.
To help
remedy these conditions, Mr. Romney
organized and directed the Detroit
Citizens
Advisory
Committee
on
School Needs with such effectiveness
that of the
182
proposals offered all
but a few have been incorporated into
that city's school system.
Working with this accomplishment
as a basis, George Romney and the
"Citizens for Michigan"
considered
i
tackling the economic problems of
·
their state, which meant trying to
solve the existence of a state debt of
85
million dollars. One of the first
steps taken towards the goal of eco-
nomic stapility was the rev1s1on and
up-dating of Michigan's out-moded and
out-of-date constitution. Success in
this area was finally reached after the
Governor• s election.
Thus we have some of the many
examples that show the organizing and
C.ont. on page
5
l
·December
11, 1965
Weigbt
I
;It;
ng_
Neecfs
Members
Mr. Swetz, who has been trying to
organize a weightlifting team for the
past three years, now sees that the
time for the fulfillment of his plans is
close at hand.
The weightlifting club
from which the team members are se-
lected, has already elected the follow-
ing officers: Bob Savoy, President;
Mike Ward, Vice President; and John
Palombo,. Sec-Treasurer.
Intercollegiate competition is being
arranged so that weightlifting will be
put on a varsity status. As of now the
team has
5·
or
6
very good lifters, but
it is in need of more active members.
All are welcome-and experience is not
necessary, for novice lifters will be
trained and coached.
PURPOSE
Cont.
sponse contained a note of timeless
wisdom: "Ah gentlemen, it is not my
appearance that I am concerned about
just now, but my disappearance" .
The man who accepts God's gift of
a religious vocation has answered the
question why. The man embracing the
religious vocation has also thought of
the '}Uestion asked of Saint
Francis
Xavier. The religious has recognized
the priceless value of salvation; how-
ever, the religious is not only satisfied
with saving his own soul; he wants to
save the whole world; he wants. to win
all men for Christ.
The religious life is not an easy
choice to make. In many respects it
goes completely against everything the
world stands for. Where the world is
looking for wealth, the religious accepts
poverty. Where the world seeks license,
the religious binds himself by obedi-
ence. In a world taken up - or better
still, being dragged down - with carnal
pleasures,
the
religious
chooses
chastity. The religious life requires
sacrifice, but what life does not? If
there is anything worth while to be
attained, the element of sacrifice will
be there.
The world is looking for new and
different ways of finding pleasure in
the hope of discovering happiness. The
religious seeks God and in finding Him
discovers happiness. Where the world
looks for happiness in getting, the re-
ligious finds happiness in giving. While
the world seeks the possession of
material goods from this life, the re-
ligious strives to be good.
True love is manifested in giving,
not in receiving. Man has been given
one life by God; this is the manifes-
tation of God's love for him.
To
many more, He offers the additional
gift of a religious vocation. In union
THE RECORD
Y.A.F.
Cont.
will, whence derives his right to be
free from the restrictions of arbitrary
force; that liberty and political freedom
can not long exist without economic
freedom, that the genius of the Con-
stitution- -the division of powers - -
is summed up in the clause which re-
serves primacy to several states, or
to the people,
in
those spheres not
specifically delegated to the federal
government; and that American foreign
policy must be judged by this criterion:
does it serve the just interests of the
United States."
TOPICS
Cont.
general executive ability of Governor
Romney. However,
can he lead a
nation?
To answer this very valid question,
I propose that we consider just some of
the very many statements and actions
he has taken.
In
the first place, we have our be-
ginning quote to which he adhered so
strongly that not one piece of campaign
literature. ever mentioned his party
affiliation. Secondly, he is a man who
believes that there is in this country
more than just rights, -- "I don't talk
about states' rights; I talk about state
responsibilities.
11
Here is a man who
believes in the necessity that on every
point there has to be give and take.
Page
5
However, everyone of these things
i'> .ninor and insignificant when viewed
in relation to one very important point.
This point is his concept of what our
Federal System of Government really
is.
In
his race for the Governership,
he stated:
11
1 believe
in
the deathless
freedom of the individual, and the
sacred right of individual choice. I
believe that these basic fundamental
freedoms of individuality are
in
immi-
nent danger of being smothered within
the drift of our social, economic and
political institutions toward impersonal
organization control. I believe that
one of the greatest dangers in our
society comes from the concentration
of excessive power
in
business,
in
unions, in the Federal Government. I
am convinced that Michigan is about to
see a bold new dimension
in
public
affairs: th_e return of their state govern-
ment to genuine citizens' control.
11
Is this return to the real purpose
of our system too much to ask? The
people of Michigan thought not, and we
believe that
if
the pe.ople of the United
' States were allowed to choose between
the present trend of government inter-
ference and control
in
all fields with
the true notion of state responsibilities
and our Federal System, they would un-
doubtedly choose the latter. Thus we
believe as do many others that when
Romney won
in
'62 it was the knocking
on the door
in '
64.
Have you met our
man on campus yet?
Better see him soon,
if
you want to save
money and see the world.
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with Our Holy Father pray that those
to whom a religious vocation is
offered may have the courage, the
charity, and the generosity to accept
God's gift.
.!.'age
6
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