·
vol. .2 No. 6
by Richard Epp
On March second the students
of Marist will go to the polls to
choose their
.
representatives for
the Student Government. There
is a total of thirteen students
running for eleven different of-
fices. There are nine uncontested
offices including those of Treas-
urer, Corresponding Secretary,
Recording Secretary, and the
two representatives each for the
Class of '67, the Chss of
'68
and
the Class of '69.
The two presidential candid
-
ates are Robert Johnson and
Walter Maxwell. Mr. Johnson,
who was the president of both
his
.
.
freshman and sophomore
·' ......
-,
.
classes
·
and" who is the current
Corresponding Secretary of the
Council,
·
made the following
.
statement when asked what was
the most important issue in his
campaign:
"Liberal,
flexible
·
ideas
ate
most important.
In-
stead of harping on petty regu-
lations like the Penal and Litter
Codes, the Student Government
should concentrate on better
cultural and social activities. The
Student Government must first
care about what students want
and 11eed. By-Laws and Parli-
menary procedure are second
-
ary
."
Mr
.
Maxwell, present Treas-
urer of the Student Government
·
and a member of the Council
for three years responded this
to the same question: "The Stu-
drnt Government-any govern-
ment depends on a mutual inter-
play of ideas. These ideas are
MARIST COLLEGE
STUDENT GOVERNMENT:
!/11,
(!a,u,
'J/Ol4'.u
' k l ~
expressed only through an effect-
ive participation on the part of
the <itudent and the willingness
of the Student Government to
ackntJwledge his participation.
And the latter is a prerequisite
for the former."
student research are all worthy
goals for the
V. P.
and the whole
of the Student Government. Not
only in club activities, but in
his whole college life
students
must be allowed to grow."
The onlv candidate for Treas-
urer
of the Council is George
McKee, a sophomore member of
the judiciary and vice-president
of the Debate Society. He ex-
pressed his reasons for running
fox.this office
.
whic;h he\Vi
1
1
g;ain
unopposed as follows: "Form-
erlv the Tre~surer's oost has
been the center and the svm-
bol
oI
the bureaucracy and the
red tape which has symbolized
all of Government since the ad-
option of our new constitution.
It will be my hope that as treas-
urer I will be able to serve as an
agent for cutting through this
red tape rather than using the
position
to create more obstacles
for the students."
Robert Scott,a sophomore, is
running unopposed for the pos-
itioin of Corresponding Secrata-
ry and was not availble for com-
ment. Niel Bisbee, a freshman,
is
the only candidate for Record-
ing Secratary and did not wish
..
to. make
.
a statement.
The two candidates running
The
two
vice-presidential
candidates are William Urkiel
and John Zottoli. Mr. Urkiel,
who was named Man of the
Year as a sophomore and is now
the presidert of his
.
cl~ss, )1ad
the
·
following to say about the
vice-presidency when
_
asked
a-
bout major campaign issues:
William Meagher Wins Honorable
Mention
In
Woodrow Wilson
Fellowship Foundation
"The vice-presidentTs principal
function centers around the
word 'cooperation'. He must
work with the president not in-
dependently of him, sharing
·
the
work load while increasing the
unity and efficiency of the
Council."
Marist -CoU~ge
is
still very young, but it is growing at
a
rapid
Mr. Zottoli, a former Treas- pace.
I~ is no longer a "small-town" college; it is beginning to gain
urer of the Council and a mem- some national recognition.
It is mostly through student accomplish-
her of the Fluer de Lis, made ment that this national recognition has come about. One of our
this reply when questioned a- students who has contributed enormously, to the academic growth
is
bout maior issues in his cam- Mr. William Meagher and for his achievements, he has been award-
paign: in what ways can the ed Honorable Mention by the Woodrow Wilson Na-tional Fellowship
vice-president help make Marist Foundation.
a college for adults? Sh1dent
Mr. Meagher was one of 774
voting members on the Aca- nominations for this Fellowship
demic Policy Committee and the from the Region III
_
which con-
Student LifeCommittee, greater stitutes the Northeastern U.S.,
personal freedom for the stu- , excluding New York City and
dent's: social and club activities, Eastern Canada. Out of the 774
and emphasis on independent nominations, Bill was among 604
who accepted it, and like Bill,
102 others were in English.
After accepting the nomina-
tion, an interview
must take
place, but not all of
the
103
were interviewed. Approximately
50, including Bill, did manage to
ha~ an interview. Stemming
from this interview, were the
Fellowships and Honorable men-
tion. Approximately 20 received
the Fellowship and a{)proxim-
ately 20 received Honorable
mention. Mr. Meagher was a-
mong the latter group.
In
the last six years, Marist
College has had only two stu-
dents who qualified for the Fel-
lowship and received Honorable
mention. The other student, be-
sides Bill, was Bro. Dominic
Apostoli in 1962; This year Mr .
.
Meagher was one of six from
Marist who was nominated.
The purpose of the Fellow-
shins is to attract men and wo-
me~ to -the profession of college
teaching. The Foundation ann-
u::tllv awards fellowships to 1.000
pros'l)ective first-year graduate
students, and honorable mention
. to another 1,500. Woodrow
Wi~-
son Fellows are chosen from a-
bout 11,000 candidates nomin-
ated by college faculty members
in the United States and Canada.
Through funds granted by the
Ford Foundation, a Fellow
is
fully supported for one academic
ye:ir at a U.S. or Canadian grad-
uate school.
March 1; 1966
unopposed for the two. positions
of representative of theClassof
'67
are Edward Hammond and
Thomas Matarazzo. Mr. Ham-
mond, who is the current rep-
resent of the Class of '67 and an
active member of the History
Club, had the following state-
ment to make: "The key to a
Government is continued inter-
est and moderation both on the
part of those being elected and
on the part of those doing the
electing."
Mr. Matarazzo, a member of
the Fluer de Lis and an active
participant in the Foot Ball Club,
had the following to say:
"I
hope
to
promote a better relationship
between the Student Govern-
ment and the Student Body."
The two candidates running
unopposed for represenative of
the Class of '68 are Daniel Ku££-
( Con't Pg. 4: GOVERNMENT}
Winter Weekend
Successful
bv Dennis Lflmmens
A light snow fell all through
Saturday afternoon, covering the
collngys_ide with
~
delicate
.
veH
.
of snow. This unexpected snow-
fall
added to the excitement
of
our Winter Weekend.
The Weekend began on
Fri-
day, February 18th; and lasted
through Sunday the 20th. On
Friday, a semi-formal was held
in the cafeteria. The music was
supplied by a group known as
the "Classmen". They played the
latest songs, and we even danced
to an occasional polka. There
was a "s~t_!lp" at each table, and
hors-d'oeuvre were served.
Saturday saw everyone leave
for Ski-Minnie' Lodge, where
the ski slopes were made avail-
able for our use. For those who
didn't care to try their luck at
skiing, the lodge supplied free
transportation to Lake Minnewa-
ska, where they could go sled-
ding, tobogganing, horse-back
riding, and iceskating. After an
invigorating afternoon everyone
came back to Ski-Minnie' for a
buffet dinner. Afterwards, a fire-
side dance and hootenanny was
held in the upper lounge.
On Sunday afternoon, from
1:00 - 5:00 open-house was held
for the guys and gals, as well as
parents. They were shown a-
round the camnus and taken on
a tour of the dorms.
After the weekend came to a
close and things began to settle
down, it was the concurred onin-
ion of evervone who oarticinatea
in Winter Weekend that this was
bv far the best social event of
the year.











































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~IAIUST COLLEGE
·
de and Chicken Delight but the
A UNIVERSITY OR A
.
COUEGE?
·
·
·
problem was that he put them
·
:
·
· all in the same pot and the re-
.
.
.
;
.
· ,.
.,,
suits would have the "johns'.'
by Jack Roche
In the last issue or the
Circle
.
~
wrote an article entitled
"A
University · Or
A
College?"
I
should have labeled it Part
I but
I
didn't know then that I'd be
writing a supplement to it.
In it
I compared Marist
.
to a large
University. As days pass by I
find more and more that
I have
to add to show people the benefit
of attending a small college.
Take the other day for exam-
ple. I had to do a small report
on a topic in Early Modern His-
tory. Just coming up here, my
library was quite limited and
I couldn't find anything on that
topic. So I ventured over to the
library in order to search for my
project, but to my stupidity I
went over on \Vashington's Bir-
thday at
7
P.M. and found the
library closed. Now
I was wor-
ried for the report was due the
next day
.
\Vhere was I going to
find it? I went next door to see
if
my neighbor had any old
his'tory books but he didi:i"'.t.
Then he went to some other
room to look for a book, but no
luck.
Rusk Speaks
ATLANTA, Ga. (CPS) - - A
crowd estimated at 10,000 sat
in
.
drizzling rain in Atianta:'s
new
·
stadium to hear Secretary
·
of State Dean Rusk tell them
that peace reste'd with Hanoi,
not in Washington.
This was the big
rally orom-
ised by a group called Affirma-
tion Vietnam. The grom) was
originated on the campus
of
Emory University and spread a-
cross the state so that
it
reached
54
campuses.
The sponsors of the organiza-
tion announced Saturday ( Feb.
12) that they now plan to or~'ln•
ize a nationwide series of rallies
in support of U.S. foreign policy.
"We want to show foreign
countries that Vietniks and peace
marchers don't speak for
the
great majority of college stu-
dents," Rema
M.
Sutton
·
Jr., an
Emory senior, told reporters be
-
fore the rally. He
.
is general
chairman of the organization
.
Secretary Rusk praised the stu-
dents for organizing the rally
and· pledged. that the United
States would not "retreat from
its commitment to South Viet-
nam." "The int(e.rity of t~
pledged word of the United
States is the principal pillar of
peace around the world," the
secretary said.
·
Sutton said that with the big
rallv behind it, the organization
would now commit its staff and
"resources" to helping "colle~es
in other states organize similar
rallies."
PART
·
·
·
11
,
: tied up for hours.
,
Speaking of John's, there were ·
twenty-three guys by that name
in the school. Since there were
,
Later
I
asked
a
neighbor
'
only
''
eighfy guys altogether; call-
down the hall who was a history
ing
,
for :John was like signing
major to
hdp
me
.
but all his
your own death warrant. Either
·
books were at
.
ho1ne
.
Finallv I
nobody answered or everyone
pve up and figured I was licked.
came at once.
Bttt then anothei·
·
student whom
Saying the Rosary every day
I did not ask for he!p came into
was something that all looked
inv room and there .in his hand
forward to. The spiritual bene-
w;s a book borrowed from still
fits were considered important
another student with my topic
but the primary reason was to
all looked up.
It seems that just
finish before the clock stopped
by telling two people about my
striking six
P.M
.
The recorded
problem the
·
whole building was
tr:1ck record was seven minutes
trying to look up my topic
.
I
sat
flat but the time was questioned
there in amazement and said to
because part of the "Hail Holy
myself
,
·
"Boy
·
I'm glad I'm at
Queen" was forgotten. The Lit-
~farist!"
any of the Blessed Virgin was
treated with equal dignity and
Seminary- Secrets
I
Remember
Bob Matthews
"Pray for us" became "pay fus"
in . the rush to beat the second
hand.
Serious moments were also a
part of the five months I spent
there. I wish I could remembet
some of them. I will close for
now
·
and in the words of that
immortal Latin scholar, "Bonum
est hie nos esse."
Students
To
Visit
Troops In
Vietnam
"No drinking, dancing, dating,
or dozing but that is no reason
why you shouldn't enjoy your-
self while you're here to study
four years of Latin in nine
months."
I really think that it
was during that sentence of the
opening address given by the
Director of "Mr
.
Neri's School
WASHINGTON (CPS) ·• A
for 'Wayward Seminarians" that
group of students from three
I mentally repacked my bags and Washington universities has won
f
th
approval from the State Depart-
th0ught about
orgetting
e
ment of an idea to show soldiers
whole idea of becoming a priest.
,
Though the thought did culiniil-
··
··
in Vietnam that "students care.'
d
The students are organizing
a
ate in my departure in mi -Jan-
b
road show and will go to Viet-
uary, the five months in etween
were the most memorable of my
nam, at government expense, in
life.
either April or June. Final word
To explain how really great
from the State Department on
it was is to mention that the most
the script for the show and whe-
1
ther the group will tour during
exciting part of the day was mai
1
its break in April or immediate y
call -· and that was about as ex-
k
after graduation in June has not
citing as you could ta e. More
than once
I
had to be dragged
come through as yet.
to the first aid room after being
Two scripts have been pre-
cl
l ·
h
pared and the State Department
maulled bv the stampe
e
w uc
will decide which one is to be
was trying to reach the
,
stack of
mail that just happei
1
ed to be
used. One is a straight musical
behind me.
comedy on the "boy meets girl"
theme and the other is a series
Fun time consisted of going up
of shorts based on the "That Was
.
to the roof and watching the
the Week that Was" format.
guys from the Frat house next
door make out with their girls
The idea originated with Hob
on the mattress-ladened roof of
Johnson
,
an American Univer-
their house. This was good, clean
sity junior, who decided students
fun compared to the other hobby
"should do something" about
Vietnam. The idea came, he said,
of looking into the rooms of the
after a series of petitions
went
Sc;·-orit-, houses (two) ac•
·
oss
the slr~et with
a pair of high
-
around the AU campus last No-
d
vember.
powered binoculars ( which ha
been brought to school for the
Johnson took his idea to sever-
purpose of using them at the
al professors and one of them
Patriot home game;;).
presented it to Presidential as-
.
The rules were enforced but
sistant McGeorge Bundy. Bundy
referred the matter to the Viet-
ways were devised to more-or-
less bend them just a little.
If
nam desk of the State Depart-
ment and Johnson appeared be-
you made community :\lass, you
swung but the serving was the
fore· the Psychological Warfare
status point. The reason? The
Committee, the
multi-agency
Director disliked wine and used
group that handles such matters
relating to war zones
.
very little so the two servers
Auditions are now being held
split the remains and tied on a
to
fill
the cast of the road show
cheap drunk. It was a change of
d
l
at American, Geor1~1•town Uni-
p ace but not recommen
et
on
versitv
,
and Howard University.
an empty stomach.
A
cast of about
65
will even-
While I am on the topic of
stomachs, let me tell you that our
tually he chosen and
a
staff of
11 will also mak<
\
the trio.
chef was a combination Mama
Leoni, Chung King, Chef Boy-ar-
( Can't Pg. 3: TROOPS)
The Civilian Reiiew
Board
by
Jack Roche
What is Mayor Lindsay trying
to do, bring in more crime to
New York City? He is, with that
so-called Civilian Review Board
.
in the hospital.
Three months later you hap•
pen to pick
u,
.
>
the
Daily
News
at a newsstand and you read the
headlines "Thug Rapes 16-Year-
Old Girl." You
turn
to the story
and you recognize the thug from
the police sketch as the one who
attacked you. Why was he allow-
ed to be freed? You wonder.
Why wasn't there any policeman
to come to the girl's rescue?
Maybe the answers lie in the
Civilian Review Board. Maybe
the reason the thug was released
was because he cried "police
brutality" to the Review Board
and maybe the reason he wasn't
caught again was because the
policeman who caughtthe assail-
ant before wasn't there again
because he was fired for shooting
· Imagine yourself in this posi-
tion. You're walking down one
of
the worst sections of New
York
City at
11
at night. You have to
walk this route even though you
are petrified. And sure enough
all of a sudden from an alley a
"Gigundo" thug jumps out at
you, drives
a
knife into your
stomach, take, your wallet, and
scatters
.
A police car, just turn-
ing the corner, spots the fleeing
thug and sees you lying there in
pain with a knife towering from
your belly. One policeman gets
out of the car to attend to you
while the otl1er races toward the
thug. The driver of the patrol
car stops, fires into the air, and
warns the assailant to halt; he
doesn't. The cop takes aim and
fires into his leg downing the
6
foot
4
giant. Both you and the
thug are taken to N<:w York
Hospital where he is listed in
fair condition but You are in
.
the thug in the leg the first time
.
critical condition.
·
· In a week the thug cries "pol-
ice brutality" and causes the
policeman ~ho fired the shot to
be released from his duties.
It
seems
the
policenian
was
brought before the Civilian Re.
view Board. The thug is released
after a month but you are still
Why, why, why? I'll tell you
why: Mayor Lindsay, that's why,
and that idiotic Civilian Review
Board
.
My father is a policeman
in
New York City. Is that new pol-
ice commissioner going to fire
my father for doing his job?
God forbid if mv father has to
shoot a murdere·r. He'll be up
against the Review Board. Is
this a way to run a police force?
The hell it is. But what is Gracv
Mansion doing about it? Not};.
ing, unless you call the firing of
Vincent Broderick
a
solution; I
don't
.
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
by Jim Sullivan
The
conflict between
Sir
Thomas More, Chancellor of
Englana, and young King Henry
the Eighth over the latter's pro•
posed divorce from Catherine of
Aragon serves as the main plot
line around which the Theatre
Guild's
spring
production,
A
Man
For
All
Seasons
,
is centered.
The play, written by Robert
Bolt, presents to the audience
.
a study in individual emotional
contrasts and behind-the-scenes
political intrigue as Thomas fin<ls
himself drawn between loyalty
to his king and maintaining his
religious ideals. The choice for
More
-
is obvious; however, the
commitment to that choice pre-
sents a somewhat more complex
situation
.
Thomas Cromwell in
his lust for power sees in the
downfall of More a chance for
his own advancement. With this
in mind he goes about the task
of creating evidence of More's
judicial corruption while at the
same time turning the few re-
maining friends of the Chancell-
or against him (More).
Characters
such as Hichard
Hich, William Roper, and Car-
dinal Wolsey are the proverbial
"reeds shaken by winds." Seeing
that
opposition to Henry can
only hurt them and their ambi-
tions they meekly line up on the
side of power and attempt to
persuade More to follow suit.
The Duke of Norfolk, though
easily led, stands somewhat apart
from the above. He, like More,
is drawn between two poles,
loyalty to his friend or loyalty
'to
the crown. Eventually, though
he too succumbs and acknow-
ledges Henry's Act of Succes-
sion and divorce but his friend
ship to :More causes him to make
no little effort in advising Tho-
mas to do same
.
More·s wife and
daughter, though loyal to him,
seem unable to fathom the rea-
son for his steadfastness. They
too attempt to persuade him
but to no avail.
Perhaps the most interesting
character of the play is that of
the Common Man. In re
a
litv,
he plays a host of parts but mo;e
often than not he stands apart
from the action and serves as a
commentator on the preceding
and/or subsequent happenings.
His role as commentator
is
close-
ly allied with that of the Stage
Manager of Wilder's
Our
Town.
The cast of the play is as
follows:
Thomas More .... Jim Yardley
Duke of Norfolk ..
jol'
Towers
Richard Rich .. Mike ~fcDonald
William RoJJer David Thompson
Cardinal Wolsev .
.
Alex Arcno
Alice ( More's ~ife) .. Carolyn
Nelke
Margaret (his clau~hter .. Carol
Thomas Cromwell Tim Sullivan
Signor Chanuys N1ilson r,.fa.,hour
Henry VIII .... Bruce Magner
Thomas Cranmer Bill Townsend















































March 1. 1006
MARIST
,
SPEAKS
On March
·2,
1966,
the students of Marist will be able to put to
use one of the greatest freedoms of a democratic society: the free-
dom of choice. The choice is, of course, election of those students
who
will represent them on the Student Government in the up-coma
ing school year.
Ti.ere exists, however, more imposed offices than tru1y e!ected
ones, for the simple reason that once again the students h:lVe por-
trayed that "I don't give a damn" attitude as to who represents
them.
Eleven out of. a possible thirteen offices or seats
.
on the Council will
be filled by a candidate simply because no other student had the
courage to oppose him. But then again, maybe
it
wasn't a lack of
courage, but rather just a lack of interest, which iii my opinion is
the true answer.
·
Not to belittle the qualifications of the candidates running, but
rather to make aware a small fact, I sincerely feel that there are on
this campus other students whose qualifications of leadership far
excel those of the present candidates. But these students are the
ones who are first to yell when the Council does something wrong
( or helter stilJ, something to their disliking). They are the ones who
scream for impeachment, yet do nothing about it. They have a per-
sonal dislike for some, if not all, of the Council members, but refuse
to
"get
the lead out" and run fol' office when election time rolls a-
round. This seems to have become a trademark of the Marist stu-
dent; he is all bark and no bite, all talk and no action. And next year
these same students will again be the ones who will scream
yet
will
continue to be uninterested in helping the Student Government
better iself. These students should be awarded a muzzle for
their
mouths and a bone to chew on; or, to be more realistic, a pack
of
matches for their firewood.
By reading the campaign propaganda that does nothing short of
litter our beautiful campus, we find that' only the offices of Presid-
ent and Vice-President have opposing candidates. They are,
for
those who claim they don't know, Walter Maxwell and Robert John-
son for President and William Urkiel and John Zottoli for Vice-Pres-
ident. These men have, in the past, proven to the school and to the
students that they are leaders in the true sense of the term. They
are all men who can initiate, produce, and get a job done. It is a pity
that they must oppose one-another for their respective positions.
The four of them should all be on the Council, working together to
better it and prevent it from falling into decay, which seems to be
happening at the present time. There should be less emphasis
.
on
rules and st:ltutes and more on initiation and action. The Council
should be what it is supposed to be: a Student Government run
FOR the students and by the students.
In the past, the Council has been run by the students, but can
ii
be truly stated that it was run FOR the students? It seems highly
unlikely, That is why I propose that Messrs. Maxwell, Johnson,
Urkiel, am~ Zottoli be given seats on the Council by student acc1a-
mation. Let the winners of their respective races sit as the winners
normally would, but also permit the losers to have a seat AND a vote
on the Council. In this way the Council may not be its own instru-
ment of destruction.
'
With this attitude of indifference towards the Council, there
also exists the same feeling towards the cCJllege newspaoer,
CIRCLE. In each c:1se only a handful of students do the required
work and
even
fewer do extra work Neither organiza.tion can func-
tion properly without the proper help. A few cannot effectively
perform the duties of many. For this and other reasons ( which are
personal) I herebv submit in this open editorial my resignation as
Editor-in-Chief of CIRCLE, at least until such lime as vou, the stu-
• dents, show that vou truly w:>nt a newspaper and are willing to help
it function
as
it
should
- - effectively.
GAJ
What is
"red
tape"? The dictionary defines it as "formal and
tedious, and hence delayed, official procedure" and
it
is generally
considered to be any over-beaurocratic procedure; anything that
tends to
"bog-down"
the action of a governing body.
One of the candidates for the Presidency of the Student Govern-
ment has made the slogan "Reduce Red Tape" one of the bywords
of his campaign. My question is ho,v can he reduce something that
really never existed in the first place? The real reason for this Coun-
cil's being "bogged down" was not red tape, it was a general; confu-
sion brought about by an informal and often haphazard government;
it was not the worship of the great god ·:Procedure", it was the lack
of effective leadership. True, procedure did do its part in contrib-
uting to the general chaos, as the one or two individuals who tried
to demand :1dherencc to it didn't help much in remedying the ~itua-
tion.
·
However, a strong leader and an effective system of order
could have prevented this.
·
It
is surprising that this c~ndidate didn't recognize this fa~t, for
he often protested this la(;k of order and procedure; now,
~~
1s bla-
ming those very things that were absent for all the Cou11c1I s prob-
lems
.
Y ct, if someone with more of a sense of direction and the qual-
ities uf leadership w:is at the head of the Gov<'rnrnent, things would
have gotton done.
As is well known, l am supporting this candidate's opponent.
Since I mys<slf will serve on the Council under the winner of this
race, I felt that I should choose the man I would mnst like to sec
occupying the presidential chair.
l
believe that a program of leader-
.,hip
and a willingness to work are much more constrnctiv<' and
be,wticml to the student body tlnn promises and repeal.
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''OFF THE TOP ... "
by
Joe O'Shaughnessy
In the
past
week I've heard
rumors in the general trend of
--.Mllr■
"Kosik got
his
walkin' papers",
that Dr. Frank is currently en-
during his second and last sem-
ester here at the "graveyard of
Christianity". Whether or not
this is
true I don't
know, since
the Academic Policy Committee
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has been somewhat lax
of late
~
in notifying me of its
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proceed-
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ings, but
it
nevertheless got me
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,
thinking, again, about the man
WHal l-lappel\sTo
Your
who, for better or worse, has
~
STuD£HT GotJERtl
~e:,,11!
lived up to the purpose for which
J-,,,
f\J."xoT~rLL
some say he was brought here,
i/
to excite controversy.
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There are only two infallible
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people in the world - • the Pope
STUDENT GOVERNMENT:
by Bro. Paul Stok~
SUCCESS OR FAILURE?
in the Vatican and Frank Kosik
in the classroom, and on a given
day the good Doctor will give
you odds against the validity of
the former. In the classroom he
does not teach, but merely lec-
tures, for his statements are us-
The purpose of student government is two-fold: -to foster ma-
ually either lost on sleeping stu-
ture sell government among students by the assumption or responsi-
dents ( those who attend), or
bility and to represent the opinions and interests of the student body promulgated as jokes or jibe, at
to the entire college community.
the rest of the faculty ("Hey,
This ideal may never be fully realized but it must be the con-
d'ja hear what Kosik said in class
stant goal of both the elected officials and the student electorate.
today!?"). Perhaps i'.: he were
Student Government must be primarily concerned with the teaching a ocience, which he de-
overall scene of college life - academic, religious, cultural, social.
tests, the factor of there being
The impact of government will be felt when the officials and the no c1ass discmsion would not be
electorate broaden their scope of thinking and of activity to include so important, but he is not.
In-
all aspects of college life.
stead Dr. Frank is legislating
A newly elected Student Government is always eager to im-
politics, social criticism, and his
prove, to reform, to be the best possible. There seem to be only two
own particular philosophy, and
avenues open for progress. One is to do away with the Constitution, it is a profound pity that his
the by-laws, the procedural methods of past governments. The other views for the most part are ren-
is to pay greater attention to the details of government, to act upon
dered useless by the lack of both
all requests, to listen to everyone's opinion.
effective student questioning and
Both avenues lead to the destrnction of student government.
even more so by some mutur.l
The only sensible course is the middle ground of living with a
agreement of speaker and listen-
constitution without being a slave to it, of attending to very neces-
er.
sary details of government without being overwhelmed by trivia,
That Dr. Kosik will go seems
of making sensible judgements and decisions though some will both inevitable and necessary,
always dissent.
not, however, for the ~ood of
This cotirse does not allow for dramatic campaign oratory
but
Marist, but for the benefit of
it does allow government to function.
the man himself, a man who,
The responsibility for good government rests ultimately
with
very sadly, seems to derive no
the electorate - but the greatest indictment of the electorate is
pleasure or gratification from
that student government meetings can be comfortably held in a
life
in the society he belittles
room seating twenty people.
but cannot change with his phil-
The student body takes a direct part in representative govern-
osophy of outdated and miscon-
ment by voting on election day - but this is just the beginning. The strued idealism.
basis of good government is the continuing interest and involvement
Last week, in the grand tradi-
of the electorate in government all year long.
tion of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and
Much criticism has been leveled at the present Student Govern-
the Republican National Con-
rnent officials, but in all fairness it must be recognized that they
vention, Marist College with-
have been the first to realize the necessity for improvement, that stood a discussion of women's
they have taken the first steps toward progress, For ali
,
this - and rights with Mt. St. Mary's. Os-
more - the present government deserves our thanks.
tensibly labeled "What Can a
Soon the electorate will choose a new President. Both Presiden-
Liberal Arts Education Do For
tial candidates are well qualified for the position. Each has a mature Women?", the discourse of pri-
sense of responsibility - each is concerned with the future of Student marily sophomore-aged girls and
Government. Each has determined - and promised - efficient govern-
sub-teen minded guys did its
ment. '
best to arrive at nothing while
No matter who the winner is, he will fail - unless the electorate
providing
another
instance
is interested in good government every day of the year.
where freedom of thought was
Student Government at Marist has reached a critical point. It
brutally sacrificed to freedom of
will either improve through concerted effort or
disappear through
speech. After the fiasco, the
indifference.
memhers
.
of the group went
The choice is up to the electorate.
down to the cafeteria to enjoy
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MARIST COLLEGE
March l 1966
expecl~d
to
be,
'"We're
uot lak-
F
th
II
C
•u
·
.
b '66 8 Game sc
·
hedule·
·
ing the lorn out of love,
·
we're.
00
a
.
!
:
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.
·.
just making it more efficient."
What's New At St Johns' U.
.
.
.
,Oct.
22
Fairfield
Away
Oct.
28
Iona
Away
. With the c1:unbake on Saturdav,
.'
the weekend hopefully will rival
.
Spring Weekend.
'
NEW YORK (CPS) -- Strik-
.
ing faculty members at St. John's
Universitv have charged that the
institutio;1 has eliminated classes
or reduced enrollment in
60
per
cent of the courses they had
by Mike McDonald
With last years football
sea-
son now just pleasant and some
not so pleasant memories, the
i-
·
ootball Club is in
the
midst
of
preparing for this fall's 8 - game
season.
An
energetic new Executive
Board has been elected and is
quickly getting down to the work
ot fielding a winning team. The
new executives of the Football
Club include; Bob Bailey - Pres-
ident, Pete Scofield - vice-pres-
idt!~, J>at Collum - Treasurer,
John Lynch-Secretary, Smokey
.McKierna~- athletic
diJector,
ittke McDonald - publicity man-
ager, anl(,
·
,Jim Harnes - socia\
director. Last years President,
Bob Finn is serving as an exper-
ienced advisor and Father Dris-
coll remains a 5teadfast admin-
istrative consultant.
Coach Ronnie Levine put out
a
call a few weeks ago for new
players which resulted in a spir-
ited crowd of forty newcomers
vying for
a
place in next
years
lineup. In the past
few
weeks
Coach Levine has been conduc-
.
ting a late afternoon class in
"Football 101" every Thursday
to acquaint the players with his
plans for next season.
Spring practice
will
begin in
mid-:'.\farch and
will
last for a-
bout four weeks, to be culmin-
ated in an exhibii.ion scrimmage
to be played on April 2nd.
The
fall
football schedu~e is
as follows;
Oct.
1
Oct.
8
Oct. 15
:'.\fanha~tan
Seton Hall
Siena
Home
Home
Home
l\o\'.
5
Calho!ic
U.
Home
Nov. 12 . Ade!phi
Away
Nov. 19 St. Francis Undecided
The weekend of Nov. 5th
will
be homecoming weekend wpen
.
the Vikings
will
play Catholic
Uni\'ersity
,
a:t
Riverview Field.
Of course, the problem of
financing the
·
team is a major
obstacle which must be over-
come before next
fall .
At this
time, the club is conducting
a
drive for the donation of the
$2
.
room key charge to the cause of
club football.
In addition, fresh-
men parents and otner MarJSt
associates will be asked to be-
.
come associate memoe1·s ot tne
Football Club. The club
·
is
also
hopmg to
get a grant 1rom tne
Student Government
this
year.
'lo nelp raise money,
tne
cmb
will spon~er a mixer on F1·iday,
May
14
and a clambake on Sat-·
uroay ~lay
15.
The mixer, which
is still in the development stage,
should
brighten up the "'dull
mixer" scene which we have been
experiencing as of late. The club
plans to have a computer mixer
along the lines of one held at
Georgetown last year. Instead
of purcha~ing a ticket you will
buy a questionaire anci
fill
it out.
It will ask your likes and dislikes,
your intersets, and the type of
girl you
like.
Your answers will
be transfered to an
IB:'.\I compu-
ter card. Then, in the wink of an
eve vou will be mached with
y~ur, ideal mate. Win, lose, or
draw, the evening should prove
to be very interesting to say the
least. The theme of the mixer is
LETTERS
To
·
the Editor:
Furthermore, I would like to
As
many of the students know,
comment on the upcoming elec-
1 was seeking support for my
.
tions. There has already been '
political
-
plans in this election too much talk of apathy, etc ...
just a few short weeks back. I
But, if you do not support; act-
would like to thank those from
ively or passively, either Bob or
whom this support flowed and Walt, then you are a failure in
I feel it only
fair to set the rec-
your personal and soci~l striving
ord straight as to why I am no
for exce1lence. In the
.
words of
longer seeking their help, en-
Bob Dylan, "there is no success
couragement, and votes.
My
like failure, and failure is no
plans have been altered and, as
success at aJl."
a consequence, I hopefully shall
This ma·, be our lai:t chance
graduate in ·January of 1967.
at having
a
real government OF,
This woul~ preclude my holding
-
BY,
-
and FOR the students of
the office
·
of Vice-President of
-
Marist College.
the Council.
·
Pete Higgins
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,
,
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Looking forward to the new
season Coach Levine remarked;
"We're going for an 8-0 season
this ,;ear and nothing less!" But
befo;e next fall there is much to
be d~ne. So, Men of Marist "Let's
~o
to
it!"
K of_ C In Boston
by Joe Towers
On the weekend of February
18th Marist College sent a dele-
gation of
11
members to a con-
ference of College Councils of
the Knights of Columbus, at
Boston College. Representing
Champagnat Council were:
Grand Knight-William Morris-
sey, Deputy Grand Knight-Jo-
seph Towers, Edward Sulkowski,
Ronald Morin, Richard Rivera,
Ronald LaSusa, Richard Wal-
ker, and John Skehan.
The conference involved three
discussion groups where the con-
dHio:1s unc.:er which College
Councils were operating were
considered. The delegation from
Marist proved versitile in the
many areas of discussion. The
general conclusion reached at the
end of these discussions was that
the college man and the college
Knight have a similarhy of aims
and working conditions. As a re-
sult of this conference the whole
outlook of the Knights of Col-
umbus both on this campus and
on others has been altered.
At the final meeting the dele-
gates presented
a
summary of
their impressions, in the form of
resolutions to be sent to the ~u-
preme office. Among new inno-
vations for the Marist Kni~hts
will be
a
series of guest speakers
at meetings. The first of these
will be l\.fr. Milton Teichman,
speaking on the contemoorary
Jewish concept of the Messiah.
Informal Discussions
To Be Held Soon
Around the shining new cam-
pus of Marist C.>llege there
is
a
new spirit. This can be clearly
seen in the beginnings of a new
series of informal discussions to
be held weekly. This series will
be looking for solutions to a pro-
blem which has been seen clear-
ly on this campus, namely,''What
is the student body doing to
taught.
.
"The figure,:; indicate that the
university has suffered a massive
shock ancl is-falling back on des-
perate expedients to cope with
the situation," Dr. Israel Kugler,
president of the United Federa-
tion of College Teachers said.
The union has been on strike at
St
.
John's since Jan.
4
as a result
of the dismissai of 31 teachers
without a hearing in mid-Dec-
ember.The dismissals were at-
tributed in some cases to "un-
professionril conducft on the
part of those who had joined
in demonstrations demanding a
greater voice in the university.
Dr. Kugler said that the union
·
was
going to challenge the
school's accreditation with the
Middle States Association of
Colleges and Secondary Schools.
A
meeting with representatives
of the association
will
be held
this week, he said.
Kugler said that the decision
was based on information which
indicated that the school ha:,
closed out
225
sections of a nor-
mal
379
offered in six basic sub-
jects in the College
.
of Liberal
Arts. Most of the striking tea-
chers are on the liberal arts fac-
ulty and taught these subjects.
A spokesman for the univer-
sity disputed these figures. He
said that "not one section had to
be cancelled because it couldn't
be staffed by a faculty member."
In another development, the
United States National Student
govern
itself?: This
group,
though informal, would like
to
seek the answers to the basic
problem of all campuses, stu-
dent -participation.
The discussions will be mod-
erated by Bro. Daniel Kirk. The
basic question will be divided
into the many facets of college
life: what is the purpose of the
school, the student government,
and the student newspaper?
What can be done with these
things - are they useless?
Weekly
discussions will be
held in the lounges of Cham-
pagnat and Leo Halls. They will
dwell on the many aspects men-
tioned above.
As it has been in the past the
Circle
has once again been
re.-
minded of its own shortcomings. The stude
.
nt body has once again
been called upon to examine its own: organ of communication.
But
this is only one phase of a much larger problem.
We have reached a very vital stage in the
·
history of this school.
Some would like to see us stand still in our present position, others
sug~est that we should expand radically to meet the coming on-
slaught of students. Still others point out those factors that are mis-
sin~ on his campus, those factors which make an active and success-
ful college
I would like at this time to call on all of the student body of
Mari9t Colle~e to ioin in grouos and begin a searching inouiry into
the verv nature of thi,; institution. I issue a challenl!e to
all
of those
who h:i:-ve complained about the letharltV to join the
CIRCLE,
the
Admini,;tration, and their feUow students in this examination
of
student life here.
J.
Skehan
Association has announced that
it is
establishing a speakers
bureau to provide speakers for
rallies in ~upport of the striking
professors. The speakers .~ure_au
will
-
be coordinated
by
a Justice
at St. John's Task Force"
.
the
association has sen~ to New York.
NSA held a rally in support
of .. academic
freeclom at St.
John's" on Feb.
21.
The
8
p. m.
ra1ly was held
in
the assembly
hall
at
Hunter· Colleo:e in New
York and included Mich<>P.1 Har-
rington; the Rev. Peter O'Reilly,
president of the St. John's chao-
ter of the strikine: union; John
Leo.
enit-"r
of r.,..m111nnwP..,J: and
Irving Howe, Editor of Dissent.
GOVERNMENT
ner and James Morrison.
Mr.
Kuffner, Corresponding Secre-
tary of the Class of
'68
and a
member of the Varsity Club,
had the following
comment:
"There is a general lack of know-
ledge of what is actually hap-
pening at the Council meetings.
I feel that it is the represenative's
job to carry this information to
the entire class, and this is what
I will strive to do."
Mr. Morrison, present Record-
ing Secretary of the Class of
'68
and the Managing Editor of the
Circle,
made the following s~ate-
ment:
"The
main purpose of a
Student Government, in my O;_Jin-
ion, is both to insure the well-
being of those whom it repre-
sents and to enhance the repu-
tation of the institution that
it
is
a part of.
By
strengthening
and, in many cases, a utilization
of the many means to achieve
this end, the Student Govern-
ment of Marist College can at-
tain this purpose. This is what I
feel must be done for our good
as students as well as for the
welfare of the college itself."
The two candidates running
unopposed for represenative of
the Class of
'69
are Floyd Alwon
and Stephan Curto.
·
Mr.
Alwon,
who was vice-president and so-
cial chairman of his high school,
had the followin£?; to say: "I am
sorry to see that there is such
disinterest among the student
body in regard to the Student
Council as evidenced by the-
number of uncontested offices
in this election. I hope to please
every member of my class with
my work on the Council."
Mr. Curto, who was the News
Editor of his high school news-
paper, said the following: "I
think that there are many things
which should be done for the
betterment of Marist Collt:ge.
A certain amount of apathy a-
mong the students can be seen
just by looking at the
.
number
of unopposed offices in the
Council. In particular, I believe
that a stronger and more influ-
ential student government, which
works with and for the students,
will
effect a greater unity and
sense of school spirit. Then will
Marist College get the name it
deserves."


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