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\ Student"Academic Committee

pass-Fail System Proposed By SAG

By Pierre Gaudet

Bros. Edward Cajhin »Gerard Weiss and Linus -Foy convene in Brother Linus' office upon tlieir re­turn _from the Marist Brothers' Gereral Chapter'in Rome to discuss the effects of the Chapter'on the lives of the Brothers'in the United States. - _ ' , - -

Bros. Foy, Cashin, Weiss Return ^ From^ Marist iGerierafe

By Edward Synan - \

- - Brothers Linus-Foy, Edward Cashin and Gerard Weiss have returned from, Rome where they

.-had.rbeen attending the 'General Chapter meetings of the Marist Brothers. "Neither Bro.JFoy or Bro. Weiss were ..immediately available for interview,1 but Bro. Cashin willingly offeredhis'com-ments. „ '" -~i. - v

never looked.'so good,_'even with the 'memories of'the sights of Europe'still fresh in mind.\ He .said that he was pleased'at the

„ This* w'as -just the "firsts apparent health 'of the college., of a,^number- of studies.'- "Even'thevproblems'seeih heaUj

^.thy,»»;he rhotedf" "Another"^faiet he"found reassuring was the self -operating nature "of the college -

.its ability to operate smoothly, in -the'; absence of its president and fice president! - *-. C *" "

from^as far-xaway as Europe, Africa'and "Ceylon. V - -^-. Brother'' mentioned c„that the

General Chapter meetings ax'enot over, draft The "trio-will return to Rome next - September-,and, October to. attend the next session.'

According to Bro.c Cashin , the campus and_the Hudson Valley -„ Concerning'the effects of-the _________________,.__«_____>_«.

'. General Chapter upon the col- '- - .. . s f- '.- *~~'r lege, Bro! Cashin said that since SJTQ~ Fuffbef" ApOStolate the college j s involved in the <., ~ • r v . \, Marist j-jtradftion,*'the "chapters

- findings^will'be felt.-The spirit" of > updating' the/life of the bro-,-thers along Vaficanjn'guidelines has already b"een'implemented. ~ The new dress regulations of the brothers arid the increased'inte-gration of the-Student .Brothers

"into the student body are part of— this_agi6snamentb. - It, is hoped" that this will help the lessons of „*

1 Vatican II to become part "of the - life of. the students. - - " -

On November 6th, Brother ,-Bernard Jacques, James Croteau

and Joseph' Brosnan, .Student Government President informed Brother John O'Shea of the exist­ence and aims of the newly form­ed Student Academic Committee.

- During this meeting, several of the committee's suggestions were presented. Among these

."were a„two-fold-pass/fail sys­tem and the institution of a non-credit Theology course "in con­temporary theological thinking.

The pass/fail system would al­low up to 15 credits of noncore, non-major courses to be taken over "four years^witlf permission

~of~the course instructor^and the' v students advisor. :If the course , -is passed, three credits are given, "rbyt *the^c6ur se »is-*not rfigured-^ [Vinfo; the^cumlatiye average^ Jin "" the'case of failure, the course is

not entered into the student'sre-"-..cord.- Final exams would alsobe

put on a .pass/fail basis with a minimum" guarantee of a 6 - for passing." /This would improve the academic climate by putting the emphasfs on'comprehension of the course and not merely be­ing, able, to pass a course on a strength of cramming. Brother John O'Shea received this plan with interest and it is now being considered by the Academic Policy Committee.

The Student Academic Com-s mittee, .formed to" analyze and _discuss academic problems and suggest solutions, is operating directly under the Student Govern mtnt, and is headed by James Croteau and Brother Bernard Jacques, Student Government treasurer.

McDonald, '70

Elected Rec.

Sec. Of Council '_David-McDonald, class of'70,

was'- elected to the' position of Recording secretary^of the* Stud-" ent Council.- VTE& election took placVih the'Student Center last_ Thursday with but a" small voter" turnout. (-McDonald, running"un-^ opposed, beat out active_abstent-ions by a vote of 69 to 9. " *

The position was leftvacantby. _ the resignation of .Joseph Kill-een, '70, and McDonald was ap-pomted-by"Council President Joe Brosnan to fill the vacancy pend­ing .an election; McDonald will hold the post until the regular Student^ Government elections in March of next yeac»_

Asked of any-" plans" for "the future, Bro. 'Edward" said it was^ too'soon to say anything concrete." . -He-did mention the building of- i n« o t ^ e Brothers into public, new and smaller residences for schools and .perhaps phasing out Student Brothers which -would ^ schools they^presently own. give them experience in small The commotion -can be tracr community living. Healso hopes ed to the new attitudes'-that the for more collegiate involvement in Dutchess County and the com­munity by the faculty and the students. - - ,

Marists Look To New 7 Roles In Education

-.^By Bro. Brendan>Kenny - _ In a recent news conference ~-Tne present-rumors of com- -

on xttfe_Marist- Brother's -Lap- Pletely phasing out the present orte Indiana jProjectr'Brother school system are dubious., KieranBrenna,-Provincial,com-„ Rather there is going to be an mented on the Brothers' future .Jn t e n s i*e rerevaluahon^jaf die role-in-the teaching apostolate> program-Jn .light ,pf .Vatican' n : Quite-a^tir,was"caused over the" It"J*ilI'be_ an-attempt to; comply • broadcast" concerning *the*mov--mo r e readily with equal" ed-.

Brother sees the new dorm­itory regulations as being con­sistent with the guidelines being discussed in the General Chapter.

ucation of children without regard to their! financial -standards ,or religious'beliefs.' -Certainly the possibility' of^a finer education will be insured if-both 'an in-

MaristTromersAaVTtekifigaafter - t e n s ^ e - "-evaluation were to the first session of their Gen- -occui-and there was a hope of eral^ Chapter.' The-Brotheri' n e a t e r . cooperation with the aims-should be to seek out new government systems. .This co-areas.of education and fo-db what' operation seems to imply .that the layman is not able> He " 1S n o t ' should be the. vanguard,of lay activity, especially with regards to education. ->The"hope of ed-

These and other efforts over the -ucation, the Chapter urged, past few years to encourage-stu-dent responsibility have been\ formed along the guidelines^; Vatican II., -

One point stressed by Bro. Cashin was his desire to see the students benefit from tire international nature of the college community.. He noted that mem­bers of the faculty and several of the Student Brothers come

should not rest upon the owning. of, our own schools but rather on the effective juse of an existing educational system.-

The entire move of the Chapter was away from the security .of the 'middle class suburban schools into a lower class where * the influence of the Brothers would be more effective.

necessary for,, the Bro­thers to own the^schools, quite to_ the contrary the Chapter ad­vised-that the Brothers should, not be unduly cautious about sur­rendering the maintenance and/ "or the ownership of schools to the Government in order to insure the best possible teaching, sit­uations.

In the interests ofexperimental education by religious then,, the

jJrothers may well be teaching in public schools but as part of a program to explore the potential of religious teachers.

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Russian Stresses Peaceful Co-existence

By Steve Garger - | "' ", " "" 'r ^K~ ' Vladimir. Bykovi second secretary at the U. S. S. R. Embassy in Washington,' spoke "at Marist .on-Thursday, November 9th. Two hundredf students and faculty members heard his lecture'on Russian foreign>policy and"then"participated in a question and'answer period

-which followed. • - - . . - ' "The first subject Mr. Bykov p r e r

sented-jvas-the Vietnamesejvar. He admitted the war was the chief problem concerning world peace. The Soviet Union's policy in Viet­nam is ,that,'as long as escala­tion continues, Russia' will send aid and -render moral support to the North Vietnamese govern­ment. According to Mr7TJykov, ••keeping' up the war- will only further the boundaries of con­flict.

The secretary stressed that U. S.- u r s . S.R. relations should be based on peaceful co-exist­ence. - Presently, Soviet-Ameri­can relations are strained and "have been influenced with events in Vietnam." vMr BySov men­tioned that the Johnson-Kosygin talks atGlassboro was a step to­ward better relations. Placing the burden on U. S. shoulders, the Russian stated: "all is now up ot the U. S., we (the U.S.S.R.), are expecting deeds from you

Vladimir Bykow, secretary, at Soviet Embassy in Washington.

(the U.', S.), not only words."

When asked to comment upon Sino-Soviet relations, Mr.Bykov pointed out that the external policy of China as directed by Mao Tse Tung is'adverse to the Soviet Union's idealogy. The secretary

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Editorial Responsibility 1 -A I

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Business"

vT6 T h% classroom and .includes" more than formal academic subjects.^

Cordially yours,-' L.C. Zuccarello Instructor,' Dept. of History

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Whether a "maxim or not, neither of which can be satisfactorily , - i

validated, it has long been said that "history repeats itself." And to be certain, a series of chronological events at the U have become redundant. ,

Last year, The Circle presented an inning-by-inning review of the National versus the American Leagues in the change of deanery.^ at MOTH. Reaction to that particular editorial became we^might term "typical." Great dump, good show; you really put 'em in their place. And that was that.-Noformal reaction from(the student bodyK no criticism, no support. In essence, noj intellectual response.,

Our last editorial has met the same fate./ Wow! What a job you_.

did on him; .it's about- time;i and;all the,otheiv trivial appellations,of-_a_iiQrin3i^timentgiity..;i-Unforturiat'ely, the hopes 'expressed by Mr'. t, Zuccarello in his criticism (arid we • thank'him for his concern)J/ that "others from-, the student body*vwould be writing" have been, with one exception, in vain. /,' • /

We of -The Circle do hot attempt to solve campus problems. Rath­er, we air our views,in the hopes that they will be taken for serious-consideration by the entire community, and ultimately debated into some sort of resolution. It would appear that our hopes are as fruit­less as those of Mr. Zuccarello. It has been our opinion that The^Cir-cle- should become the battlefield of campus controversy. Granted, issues are presented in a biased atmosphere. It is evident that slant­ed opinion results with the interaction wejare seeking. However, a

"reaction by, four individuals is far-from our goal. If MOTH fails to voice its opinions, we might as well engage in personal,correspond-" ence with individual members of the community because we have failed to stimulate the campus as a whole. - " - T

If we' were to spin pearls of wisdom, The Circle would,-in effect, .become little more than a directive which would find itselfin the cir­cular file. We., are, by.no means, infallible. Consequently, campus policy cannot be formulated in the student press. We can, however, offer-"positive suggestions," but fear that they will cover-just so

' many inches-of print. We would rather see these suggestions rise from the entire community as a:representative feeling of the major­ity. .

The last issue,- regardless of its reception, was not intended as a / 'smear.; ' We. admit our guilt for-any inferences of personal insult -to the Business Manager and hope that he will accept our apology for those passages. The editorial did not aim at personaJity,-but,as a' result of diction and particular analogies, it appeared that character -reference was the goal. In criticizing-the operation of the Business' Office, we -failed to walk the- line of strict objectivity, but we still

maintain the two instances cited'as being .worthy of criticism! -

The Circle, most definitely, has placed its not-so-sacred neck on the chopping block in an attempt to stir, student interest in MOTH. Any of the black and white criticisms offered were presented in the

. hopes that the entire community .would pick lip where we, had left off. The reaction to opinion was r'ealized^nly after we fell into^the pool of the" yellow press.,. To those faculty" members who took the time to criticize us, we offer our thanks. -Tothetstudent body, who either couldn't be bothered to criticize or didn't possess' the mentality to offer such criticism, we offer our condolences. 'If the student is as responsible as he imagines himself to be, there should have been formal reaction to many points in our last edition. We can assume from the lack of student response, that the faculty are the only members of MOTH capable of maintaining'what-we call "res­ponsibility." ' • . "

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The long and the short of it is that a true communal atmosphere will never be" attained at Marist while the student body refuses to contribute. If The Circle is to convey student opinion, it falls to the individual to-either criticize or support the written word. If

v such a response cannot.be attained, The Circle will be received as a vehicle of entertainment, as was our last, for the student body.

We are not attempting to rationalize the manner of our presenta­tion of issues in past editions. Our negligeneeMs- plainly visible. We are, however, calling upon the student body *to interest itself in campus activities and deficiencies as much as the faculty whom we criticize. Don't permit the chips to fall where they may; pick

-them up. -

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the latest issue of The Circle," ,1 feel impelled- to write this " letter. I hesitate to write for fear that it will be interpreted as a<pro forma defense of the establishment, or the - power structure. (What-else do-you expect a faculty member, to say?) '.I hesitate to write it because it

• may be interpreted by some as divisive. - It would be my hope that* as I write this letter,others

;from the student body would be writing similar letters — let­ters of protest against the lack of. humanity that has been dis­played by some of the articles appearing in the "Circle" lately.

Before getting to the point (and I will get to it), let me say that: 1. I do believe in freedom of the press and constructive criticism; f2. I do realize that you live here and that problems which may

' seem less significant to me may be of great importance to you. -

Academic freedom and free- ' jdom of the press are sacred rights which must be jealously guarded, but they have never been broad enough to condone the irresponsible smearing of individuals.

While it may be "true that the commitment of some people to Marist is not as great as is de-sirable,~"it is also true that the Marist community includes many students interested in the adven-

* hire"" of education for more than its status1 value, draft {deferment.

! benefits^ or^future"earning power;,; it includes ' faculty and admin- '

. istration members who have ded- * icated their professional careers' to the realization of educational

- excellence at Marist. -Rather than engage in.broad­

side attacks,primarily negative' in tone and demoralizingin their< effects on dedicated people, ini­tiative and imagination should be applied to positive discussion, debate and conclusions relating to the problems which confront us here at Marist _and' to the problems which beset our fel-, low human beings outside of Mar­ist. f " - - -

. Among the most significant goals, of "Martst, is its attempt to establish a truly unique sense " of• community; a sense of,com­munity In which all members of the cbllegecomm.lmity share res- " "ponsibility'for "tlie fulfillment of each-tindividuar""member -of the'

' community ^and for the 'collect-; ive betterment of the whole. Es­sential to- the; development of-this.is a' spirit of cooperation-and constructive criticism.

Disagreement -with policies and practices may be a,natural . result of ja student's responsi­bility to critically evaluate cam-^ pus-life. However, rights to, ; protest and to criticize do not result in - a -right to smear in- • dividuals, impugn their integrity -or to launch any other attack on their personalities. '

Let us end these persdnal at­tacks on people and instead, de­vote: the "articles in The Circle to demonstrating Marist's com-— mitment to community. Let crit­icisms of'policy continue, but let us add positive suggestions for solving problems. Let us," in short, return to articles rep­resentative of the serious con­cerns of the academic commun-i tv* ^ " -

It is my "hope that apologies will be accorded where apolo­gies are due. It is my hope that we would then resolve to-move ahead together in a truly Christian spirit and get on with the adventure of education, which -extends beyond the confines of the

Sir:- ." . ' - -I have deliberately waited until

now, November 7, to write you in reference to your scurrilous ar­ticle on Mr." Campilll. I waited

.hoping the'time would allow more objectivity on my part. < ' . _

If this is the era of'student pow­er and student responsibility, it is sadly labeled. With power must go the responsibility for one's words

. anddeeds.Since "Power corrupts . . . . " I must assume you have tas­ted the heady wine of thaf power and do not yet wish to take your head out of the jug. . --1 deal with Mr. Campilll daily

on financial matters and have yet to find him wanting in ability or concern in any situation. - An unsigned article,-i replete with half-truths and" insinuations is no 'example,., of responsible jour­nalism. I continue to find in these articles of attack a lack of objectivity and a pleasure in the use of words without refer­ence to idea. You are form with­out substance, and your descent into the realm of personal ven­detta does you no great good as an image of a newspaper. This does seem to be in character, for you did not offer the cour­tesy of a reply 'to a previous letter I had written. "

I would hope that in your search for power you come to realize that responsibility is the • operative word and not license.

<• - .- '•.-; -•.•.•>-J H.'Goldman ">- *- - • ""-' - / : ' "' ' / - -Ed. Note: Had Dr. Goldman ad­dressed his-previous letter-' to the-editor, rather than Mr. Casey, an answer^woul'd have .Been in order. ^However,-.we complied with Mr; .Casey's request-to keep private the xeroxed copy we re­ceived. " ~ -

Student Speaks Dear Sir: - . ^ -> It is with deeppersonal concern .that I have watched the Circle ap-- proach- a form ot writing that belongs neither on this or any oth-

,e r campus. Of courseVJDrefer­ring to the appearance of personal

- jyendettas" ih'the past two issues of ' OUR paper. £The .first -was an attack on that-favorite scapegoat, .Mr» Wade,- an-article that-pro­vided but one fact, character as­sassination still can find a home

in',moderno.]ourhalisiri(?). - After reading - this^flagrant- abuse.. of; "justice, 'I .'thought' I'd witnessed ; the zenith of. that style;of writ-. . ing. However,'-' your, editorial, which since-it was/unsignedrl "-

.'assume to be* the policy of OUR. .paper, of-November-3, was sg, lacking in common decency that" I no longer could'refrain from •-writing, my thoughts. Your at- , tack" on Mr. Campilli was little more than editorialized slander. -'-While you were busily, gather-" ing facts (?) for this prlze'win-ning article," did you ever stop

"to investigate the problems and • pressures under -which Mr. Cam­pilli has had to work? You make running a business office for a college, whether'large-or small,

—sound like the snap job of the cen­tury. Maybe if you ever got around to offering some positive sugges-gestions, you might mention the need for a! larger and better equipped staff for the Business -

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At sometime during the course of my education - maybe it was the /

second grade, I believe; it was mentioned that ..'proper' names were capitalized, but I'm sure this mistake was typographical, for I don't believe evenyouwould be childish enoug^ to resort tov-this form of denunciation. Also, wasn't it ever mentioned to you that editorials, while being neg-' ative, should attempt to offer a positive -approach towards the , solution of a problem? -- Now;- let's look at one of your facts,'Homecoming, from the oth-_ er side of'the coin.' Kick bad guy Tony out-'of the picture, andhow many, other people do you know

X with'the-iratiativeland interest to "undertake the project? Of course, *

<•" this again was another of- those - snap jobs taking neither; time nor

-~effort.~*The outlook presented in .-your editorialjnade good sense 1! , Hit Campilli below, the belt; that'll

settle .the problem; maybe we can do v away with Homecoming.

. (Seems I heard mention at a S.G. " meeting that we'd have" a fall Weekend next year, not a Home-

. coming?-- Boy, that should really - fix Campilli!) -- " ' U

• Next edition why don't you at-' tack^me?, Want a starting point?"

Call me an. administration man,7

.or if you're willing "to face the truth," just say I've learned to respect the character" of a man.

'Down South we-call it an inter­est in-justice and human decen cy!! I'm plenty fed up with hear-" ing members of this community gripe'about any and everything, but failing*to offer a single con­structive,'thought. - Of,course

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THE CIRCLE

TIMOTHY P. SLATTERY ^ _---V v, .r.Editor in Chief

Bro. Michael Flynn - ...Managing Editor

^ '. T ' " „J.G. 6»Connell

...News Editor

Bob Jakob Feature Editor .

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Vince Begle'y . ^ , .—.tJSports Editor-

Mike Ryan . ~ ' - Y.. Photo~Editof, " . . . . .

' Bob Burke .T.Circulation Manager

MartyHaggerty . ' — "— v - ...Business Manager

NEWS REPORTERS: Paul Browne- asstl. editorTony.,Barker Bro. Frederick "^Brand," Roger. Connell, iDave,' De Rosa,' 5>teve Garger, s- Pierre Gaudet, Bro.-Brenden Kenny, Robert Mefden-bauer, Steve Nohe, Merwyn' Romeyn, Thomas Scott, Edward Synan. FEATURE WRITERS: Pat Casey, Pete Heide-nreich," Dick Kieby, John Magan, s.'J. Jim Morrison. SPORTS WRITERS: Joe McMahon, Bill Paccione, Joe Rubino, Joe Thorsen,. Tone. Weigand. v COPY'AND LAYOUT STAFF: Bro., Robert Buckley, Stebe Krom,. Virice Lombardo, Bro. Patrick McMorrow, Art" Norman. PHOTOGRAPHERS: Bro. Kevin Buckley, Bro John La Massa. ' CARTOONIST: Dom Bbllella - ' ' -

Letters' should be addressed; c/o The Editor, Box 857 Cham-pagnat

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^ Mutt Takes To MOTH ^ Marist's- adopted "Stain", with trophy in hand,, imitates his new masters and catches up on some study. " •

MOTH'S Mirrored Look (An inter-room correspondence):

WeU, Tim, the atomic muck-rakers of C-910 sort of got cruc­ified, huh?"What's worse for the

xego.is that .we most likely des­erved it. Just a profound thanks to those members of the community who took.time.out to,remind the" Tombstone "Epitaph that it was slowly becoming the Daily News.~ So, smarting from our - well-" deserved kick-in the fern, and' remembering that the,emotion

.of the moment doesn't make for the epitome" of journalistic en­deavor, here we go again.

(Signed) The other side

- of the room) -In ,the last issue of the Intra-,

mural Invective, we gave a sort Jbl bleak picture for .the future,

here at the ul But all is„not so bad in thfe viand of MOTH; at least not in the-area of faculty-student "relationship (mid-term grades notwithstanding).—.Many

' positive' steps * are being taken ., In this area toward the realiza­tion of some sense of commun­ity. The Campus Life Commit­tee has been reorganized and there-will be, in the near future^ (maybe even at the time olthisV issue), a Sfnew" committee, com­posed of * an, equal number of.

* students, and/faculty, with equal voting rights, which will discuss' many topics about day-to-day life-here at the U. Judging from both the faculty and students who will be on this reorganized commit- " tee, it looks like this will be a big step toward establishing a constructive faculty-student for-

" urn on campus affairs. " The' ole S.G. hasn't been sit­

ting on its collective haunches either. The newly formed aca-

Mietnic committee, with Bernie Jacques as chairman, has al­ready made significant prog­ress toward the introduction of

' some pass-fail courses into the curriculum, maybe everi"as early" as next semester.- Furthermore," they are suggesting sbme'new ex­perimental courses^ in some

. fields, and everything that they

have' suggested so far has met with favorable reaction from the powers that be. .,"•

They are making one other ' suggestion to the FPC, and^l hope that it is given a favorable nod. It asks that every depart- -

1 ment' be- required 'to- hold at least one coffee hour a "month, so that" interested students can

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meet with interested faculty n^embers and just B.S. in a re­laxed atmosphere. This^pro-posal, when and if it goes through,

. will probably have the most wide­spread effect on establishing re­lationships with the faculty and toward developing a much more cohesive college community,, since-, the classroom situation "is . probably, the worst way of. getting acquainted with the fac­ulty.

So, putting the abovemention-ed things together, it looks like a safe_bet to say, at least in this one area; things are getting bet­ter all the time. -.

v Obviously,* the weekend of the Providence game proved that one of the most concrete tangible ex­pressions of school spirit (name­ly, athletics; more particularly, football) isn't exactly dead. - In

Jfact, maybe it was even a little too alive, but that's another~story. For those who spent their $3.50 for a ticket entitling them to par­ticipate in an exciting, scenic, stimulating New York Central

Jxain ride (you only live once!) hope that you enjoyed your selves^

_JWe got our money's worth up here.. When this issue comes out, thexCanisus game will also be in the past, and I hope that many of you guys passed up .another nifty,

keen train ride (don't ruin a good thing) and were at Riverview Sat­urday. And this Saturday, come on up to Sienna and watch the Vikings do" the same thing to the Indians as the last issue of Ye Olde Tab­loid did to campus personalities.

- ^The •" ' movie; "Repulsion" proved to be one of the deepest psychological studies ever pre­sented here at the U. It showed, all on the. wide screen of the Champagnat Rialtor that the main character was a little out of her mind, that the director maybe has a little bit of a warped mind, and that nine-tenths of the MOTHmen audience had none at all. \

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'don't like around the campii, whether it be something-we said; or something somebody else said, or just something you noticed, or even something that you like, why don't you write us and let every­one know what you think? Itwon't cost anything, and it will help toward creating' a much more open attitude of discussion here in MOTHtown. So let us know what you think. Just mail a let­ter by campus carrier pigeon to the-CIRCLE, Box 857, Champag­nat. (And try to get it in by the Wednesday after the previous issue, deadline, you know)

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In spite of a valiant effort by Doc. Goldy, the MOTH A.C. has its budget sliced by the economic cleaver, and the intercollegiate athletes are faced with the prospect of performing without athletic supporters. . > "

The MOTH maintenance engineers^Andy's Gang to the aver­age MOTH'er) have received the Lady Birdliward for beautifying local junk yards each now has' his own wreck on campus.

.....The-leaning tower of Po'keepsie (Champagnat Hall) wiU soon break completely from the Student Center and become the largest tourist'attraction since Brady Foods. " MOTH has a chaplain! - - - - - , -

.....MOTH-is the first in the Hudson. Valley to offer a B.A. in .Zoology. - Core requirements include Mixers 102 and Frank's 114; while major courses include such toughies' as Football Games 306^ Campus Movies 310, and Post-Exam Unwinding 411. Even though graduation requires an original paper'on Total Debauchery, interest continues to rise, and attendance Is usually-100%.

MOTH feetsball was mentioned recently in a national weekly. This tidbit was met with delerious silence from the Development Office, .which seemed engrossed in the Po'keepsie Journal's want ads. . ' - With the passing of Md-terms, the arrival ot snow, and the imminence of the holiday season, a vast majority of MOTH'ers have fallen into a sleeping stupor and show signs of life only .when nature and/or the Derby calls. ' This column may appear again!!!?

A New Lottery John Magan, S.J.

If the odds have been against you in betting-on Marist foot-

_hall, and if the draft card which gets you into Frank's or Friv­olous Sal's won't serve as proof of sufficient age to warrant your buying a New York State Lottery ticket, you might investigate the possibilities of the Champagnat elevator lotteries. ^ r -

Anyone can play "it and most . anyone who uses the Champagnat elevators is subjected to all the trials of the game.— whether he bets on it or not. You need not even be a licensed driver, and you need no gasoline-station cou­pons to match up. The only tiger-in-the-tank to bother you is your own impatience to get upstairs or down when someone has thoughtfully pushed all ten buttons as he was getting off,

guaranteeing, of course, that, the car will stop at every floor even though it is presently empty. The rules of the game are the simplest. Just stand on any med­ian floor of the building(but even this is not essential, as any floor, at all will do) check the dials that tell you where the cars are at the: moment. If you wish to go up, you may presume that both of them are at the 9th floor; and if, on the contrary, you are interested in

- going down, both most certainly are on G. It would seem that either Westinghouse who in- •; staUed .them or the New York -State Dor mitory Authority* which, holds the mortgage on them, has arranged it: that way.'.••/-.But no matter; That's exactly how the Champagnat elevator lottery lias become a possibility. Bet the fellow who is as frustrated as you are as he waits for the next car up or down (by this time he probably doesn't - remember which it happens. to be) which one is to come first..-*. .....

After pressing the proper but­ton (most people seem to press both just to make sure something happens) it takes the computer (or the little, man in the pent-

> house) more seconds than it is • \ supposed to take a computer to

give the initial response;; Yet, if you perseyere,you will sure­ly get some reaction. One of the dials will, inevitably, move; "more probably} both will jump (this is the point at which you get the feeling that you are in a Las Vegas casino (vicarious­ly, of course). -The ^motion is almost bound: to be in the dir­ection opposite Uo. that in which, you are aiming, yet you are still

in the play; for depending on cir­cumstances (e.g.; those who are playing the game inside the ele­vator cab) the other dial will likewise move indicating the sec­ond car is going in the opposite direction (opposite, that is; not-to the first car, but to the dir­ection In whichyouare desiring to go). Cybernetics has it. all worked out;; worked out, that is , against you. If it works normal­ly well, the first car to reach your floor will pass.'youby,with-

~ out so much as waving as it goes. The Westinghouse man, who

repairs the^> machines, says, "They are supposed to work that way." Yet he never did indicate exactly why. Pat Casey unques­tionably would blame it on Tony Campilli in the business office, or, in his less imaginative mom­ents, on Dean Wade; Moreover, he probably has an entire-file to document the accusation..

In any case, "that's the way , if is supposed to. work" and that

creates all the more gamble(in-„creasing the odds obviously) when

you play elevator lottery that your competitor will winiThe one thing

in your favor is the likelihood that one or more feUows in "his" car wiU stand at the floor above , or below you holding the door ; \ for a friend who has just start­ed- taking a shower. Charity rates high here. The door-hold­er is completely convinced that he is acting according to the golden rule, the rules of this game, common sense, and a few more things besides, as he spends himself in- such- thoughtful ac­tivity. Or perhaps he's wrest­ling with a friend as he makes sure that every new hold he.tries, holds the elevator door from closing. Meanwhile, of course, he is oblivious of the fact that others are as anxious as he to get to the long tables in the li­brary at Donnelly, or more like­ly, the still longer one at the Derby.

If luck is really with you, the 'phone on the fifth floor will ring just, as the car gets there and the feHow who is waiting there for the elevator will be prompt- , ed to answer it, but not before giving ,a soiil-rending plea for the occupants to "hold the el­evator ."It's a caU for "George,-I don't know his last name, but \ he's going out with a girPnamed Nancy and I'm calling for her." (So help nie,. this is an exact transcript of a call which came, in on Saturday lasi)

This delay grt/es your car a chance to get to (your floor, and

.if winning a lottery is all that's ; on your mind, youfll walk away with the prize. But as for going anyplace, let's: face it, the car is fullJ One of the occupants wiU kindly remind you^ "The other car is on the way." i

Meahwhile; no doubt, your bet­ting opponent hasidecided to ex- -ereise his legs and has reached

-the lobby with little thought of paying off his bet. Presuppos­ing you were interested in going • down, you'U break even, more or less,-if. you follow his example. But if it; was the ninth floor you • were wanting, remember "pat- . ience is a" virtue" and can be exercised by waiting for the Champagnat elevators.

Loyalty Oath

Overruled WASHINGTON (CPS) — In two

major decisions today, the Su­preme Court overturned aMary-

yland loyalty bathtfor.state em­ployees and refused to consider

' the case of three Army privates • who have said they will not serve in Vietnam because the war there is illegal.

The decision in the Maryland ; case, as in past loyalty oath cas-\ es, dealt only with the "wording of the oath and not with the con­cept of loyalty oaths in general. It therefore does not set a pre­cedent for the Invalidation of all government loyalty oaths. ;.

In. the case of the three sol­diers, the court ruled by a 7-2 vote that it had no jurisdiction over the question of the war's

- legality. Justices Douglas and Stewart dissentedi suggesting mat the court should hear the pet­ition from the soldiers.

•-Neither justice indicated, any position on the question of the war's legality, but they said the court was avoiding the issue by refusing to hear the case.

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Marist Joins In Hoot, Mixer, Football And Fun _ Several colleges participated

in the activities of Intercollegiate Weekend, November 3rd to the 5th. Initiating the weekend was a folk concert at Mount Saint Mary College. Ten different colleges participated in the musical com­petition. Winning the .$50 dollar award was, "The Shape of Things", from Brooklyn Poly-tech and Manhattan College. Rep­resenting Marist at the concert was Pete Walsh and Paul Rose. Also adding to the excitement of the evening were four members of Marist's Singing Brothers.un-der the alias of "The Collage".

x Saturday night Providence fell to the Vikings 21 to 15. follow­ing the game a mixer ensued. "Yesterday's Papers; provided a well executed array of songs. The dance ended at 12:15, 45 minutes ahead of schedule.

Sunday touch football games between Ladycliff'and-the Mount, and Marist and Manhattan were initiated. After the games re ­freshments were enjoyed by all.

These weekends were coordin­ated at Marist by Doc Dougherty and Tony Bastian. They Rope that such weekends will be continued in the future.

Bros. John Ritchdorff, Edward Jennings, Thomas Nolan, and Alex Senes formed the group, "The Collage," to entertain at Mount St. Mary during Intercollegiate Weekend.

Tom Scott (L) and Pete Walsh entertain their audience with a rendi­tion of "Bamboo".

-"Paul (Rose-'7D and Carol" offer alight heartedselectionof Peter, Paul and Mary tunes on Mt. St: Mary stage._ v -

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also stated that the U. S. "takes" China more seriously" than does Russia. The communists do not see Red China as a great threat to continued world peace. * The Soviets feel that when Mao dies, the situation will change for the better. The secretary was op­timistic "that both American-Chinese and Russian-Chinese relations will become better in

* the future.

The question was. raised as to whether the~ Soviet Union could accept the re-unification of Ger­many in the future. Mr. Bykov explained that the U. S. S. R. was wary of Germany. In this cen­tury, Germany has started two wars, both on Russia's borders. In the Second World War, 20 mil­lion Russians died. Also, he com­mented that in West Germany, which calls itself a democracy,v-the Fascist Party takes part in elections, while the communists cannot participate. The Soviet Union does not want the rise of another Hitler. Another ,fear Russia has of a re-united Ger­many is that in the event of an­other German-instigatedconflict, the U. S.,_as an ally, might be drawn in, perhaps starting World Warm.

should withdraw as soon as pos­sible from the'occupied territor­ies." He predicted that unless Israel withdraws there will be an-

, other war and tersely comment­ed, "next time the Israelis won'jt-be so lucky."

He touched- upon numerous others areas whjle answering the questions ..brought before him. One' point mentioned concerned religion. * Mr Bykov. stated that -constitutionally -all -beliefs were

• tolerated and "The government does not encourage nor does it suppress religion." Finally, Mr.

. Bykov challenged the U. S. to cease bombing in Vietnam and

"observe the"results.

The U. S. S. R. is strongly against Israeli "aggression." Mr. Bykov suggested, "Israel

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^Continued" fromj>age 8- ' ful conversion attempts followed both Marist scores.' \

In the third quarter Tom Dowd threw a fine block which allowed Bill Dourdis to scamper 60yards for a touchdown. Again O'Reilly's conversion was successfu. How-~ ever, The Friars scored again with Fullback Jim Saucjrunning it in from the ten yard lims. When the' Viking defense halted the Griffins again, the "Big Red" \

Wits vs. , Brawiu

The Marist- faculty, nervous after having" watched the Bus­iness Club during one of- its workouts, v are | scheduled to compete against the club" in a,> football game Sunday afternoon/ Nov. 19. r- . -

Sure of an easy victory over" the' faculty, the Business Club" is urging a.big attendance.-It will be a battle of wits-versus brawn,*? said Jini Zoeller, a club officer, when asked to comment. ~ "We hope,to show the faculty" that intelligence can T)e used-in_ the form of strategy." ,

This wilLbe one of many events sponsored~by the Business Club for the purpose of generating in-" erest in the organization;^

offense of the "Marist" Vikings pushed over eight more points on a "scoring toss'-ftpm Conroy to, Andy, Her zing .land a two point' conversion by Tom,Howard.vThe final minutes of play saw "the Vikings "Purple Hill Squad" end the final Canisius threat and move, the ball well offensively before the final whistle gave" a 29-12 victory to Marist. *

- Center' Don Jillisky and Tail- s back Bill Dourdis called Canis­ius "the hardest liitting team we've faced all year/ '

Faculty Coyers Three-> ; Aspects OfKarl Marx

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KarrMarx was'Jthe topic "of a mostrinteresting and stimulating discussion "held last Wednesday evening in 'the- Campus -Center ~ -Theater.- > Following upon "an idea initiated- by Brother Gerard "-Jacques, three members of the faculty embarked upon" the task of-covering such a* controversial figure from-three different asc^ pects: , _ ' = - " - v „ " - " - -

~ Brother Kevin Donohue started the discussion with a clear in­

terpretation of the philosophical Marx. Mr. John Kelly followed

- with a deep and extensive a n ­alysis of Marxian economics. Mr., Zuccarelio then discussed Marx in his' historical context. "~-

The first question-in the dis­cussion was directed ~at Bro. Kevin, and the questioning quick­ly became philosophical. With Bro, Benin and JMXV Casey of the Philosophy Department join- -

t_ing-the discussion, it soon be- ' came- as interesting as ' i t was informative." Tb'e questions were very well handled, especially by Messrs. Kelly and Zuccarelio, who were a little ouside of their fields. - _

-- In his discussion,~Bro. Kevin spoke of Marx's concepts of lab­o r and alienation. He brought out a very practical example of his concepts'of dutj, rest and alienated labor in the life of a

Marist student/ The power of negativity, legitiamte and illeg- " itimate" alienation, and reconcil-, iation within Marx were other a-spects discussed. ' - c. - '

- M r / Kelly, discussed thcMar-xianjeconomic System,-and most of its-flaws-and contradictions. Necessarily so, it was very.deep in economic thought/so complete comprehfnsion _was very dif­ficult Very well presented, the discourse^ coeritered on Marx's

"three theories: - "Theory" of Disproportionality;" "Theroy of Underconsumption or Overpro­duction;" and the "Theory of Falling Ratejof Profit".

The stress by Mr. Zucca­relio was on Marx.'int time and enviromnemt. The concern for the poor .and starving in his time was strongly" pressed and devel­oped. Contrast was made be­tween his theories and those of the Utopians, Social Darwinist and Socialists.

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Look Homeward Angel

Jean McGough prepares for makeup prior to dress rehearsal. Jean is the play's "Miss Brown".

Pat Maher checks out his lines with Carol Spina during rehersal break.

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The Marist College Theatre Guild- premieres tonight' with "Look Homeward Angel", the Pulitzer prize play by Ketti Frings adapted from Thomas Wolfe's famous novel. They re­

p o r t that this is one of the most absorbing and meaningful'plays

, they- have ever attempted, and ("they hope it will duplicate, here,

the unbroken string of successes-•, lti'has-achieyecteverywBferejKhasjf " -beenv"sh^wn '"-'begirinirig,x.with'the *

_ almost ^unprecedented critical -J approval it gained«when it opened in'New York. "" * " v _

"Look Homeward) Angel" is a play,about the Gant family, people of enormous vitalityr each por­trayed at a crucial point in his life. They are people locked to­gether. " In 'them there is sen­

suality, .superstition and mean­ness, but alsojoetic idealism

- and an engulfing will to live that ' outlaws complacency. In parti­

cular, it is tiie story "of seven­

teen-year -oid Eugene Gant (the name Thomas Wolfe used for . himself in his autobiographical

'novel). As critic Brooks At­kinson wrote in his review of the pfay for the New York Times; "It raises the homely affairs of an obscure middle-class fam­ily to-the level of vigorous lit-

-erature.^Look Homeward Angel' is a'marvelous play, a^triumph- _

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Bro." Stephen Lanning, Director of Look Homeward Angel, (R), 'discusses a change in script with Guild's Co-director, James Britt.

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Looking around the campus lately and doing a little snoop­ing, I've come to the general-" ization that things are really booming, or at least in the plan­ning stages.- With all the fine crystal-balling on construction, growth, academic additions, the future is still a little dim. You see: we're having some trouble with supporting athletics finan­cially; occasionally (but not of­ten) we hear the rumbling of our underpaid faculty; and last year (fiscally speaking) we went in the red for some $191,000.00 — that*s a lot'of zerosl The plans look good, but considering the cost vis-a-vis the financial propec-tus, Pm left sitting pointedly on my hindermost point!

Taking-all this personally, I ask myself, as well as the school, "quo vadis" (where are you go­ing)? It looks like Pm going to be an alumnus next June, which is great, but Pm going to have to start working too. Of course, I don't mind that too,

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too much, but where does that leave Marist with" its,vast ex­pansion and half-vast- budget? Nowhere! " What Pm/ driving at is that

Marist ought to have a Job Place­ment Office.* This office would require full-time, trained lead­ership, not just an.EOA sec­retary under the Office of the Registrar — and-we»re not go­ing to entice a highly' qualified man in this field to" assume the, job for a $5,000 yearly pittance.-This is not a job for students to be handling (po slighj intended' for the phenomenal work being done by the Business Club, or Dewey Newman). •- , ' Of course, staffing and equip-( ing such an office would repre-i sent a good investment by the;

< Administration, but the dividends would be fantastic! Should I, as an alumnus, find myself in de­cent financial waters a few years hence, and part of my success should be built upon a position

. secured for mo by the above pro-'

posed office, I would give more than passing consideration to di­recting s o m e tax-deductible funds to ole'alma ma.JThenwe could have top academic ratings, scholarship 'offers, field houses,, and maybe "even / some great homecoming traditions! j -..

- ' -- The. sooner this cherubic com­munity- g e t s somej "business' smarts," the better this college is going to be. Marist is no long­e r ' a Normal-School, and more, and more grads are looking- to~ corporate 'business for career opportunities. "The arithmetic' is easy — who makes 'more, teachers or businessman? So lef s really get serious — not just because every other college

,in the country has a placement office, but because we, as an in­stitution,^ care about what hap­pens to our grads and about what becomes' of the-leadership, •brains, initiative arid ambition of eyery guy who walks through the door!

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

' .., * > ; By Patrick fWrCasey>; ; ;

Among., the multifarious thoughts that crossed'an Idle Mind this-week were the following: x - «• \ ,- " - ^ - ' /_-\, ->• •

How in the world does one respond jto a charge"," made by a seem­ingly well-educated Director of Athletics, that the use of '/ex-coach" ' is an-"affront to the entirejcoaching stafPVI, of-coiirse/would pre-, fer to take the whole thing as a'very sophisticated put-on." However, if the Coach insists, I-suppose I'll have to point out that there was certainly no malice intended, either towards'Mr.Wadeor the athletic department. And if anyone^drew an untoward' inference, allow me to reassure them that although not much of an athlete myself, far.be it from-me-to disparage "any sportual ^endeavors on the part of my

/contemporaries! _ . *!-" -> ' ' * - ' • Speaking, as they/-say, of sports,-* Pd like.to mention that having

. followed (on a rather'intimate basis) the meteoric rise-of our Foot-- ball' Club to their present^ position of "number two in the circuit,

they have everyone's best-wishesfor success in Saturday's game a-gainst Siena. - ' . *-. " -' r - , ^ s

- However, as one" who remembers the Brown Derby as a quiet little Italian Restaurant, I must register]a little protest against the

'conduct of our-fellow students there on weekends. Enthusiasm, especially over victorious encounters in athletic contests, need not spill.over into' alteration of,the premises or additional work for the installers of plate-glass windows in neighboring buildings. - -

It gave' me no little pleasure to read that Life, Time, Newsweek, the Times Magazine, et. alia" have officially declared the Chippie" movement to be dead. Having long believed the entire phenomenon to be a creation solely of the aforementioned'periodicals, lt.certain-ly follows, I think, that they have every right to declare its demise.

As a parting shot, I wonder if anyone could give me'some sort of rationale behind Marist College having the only campus in the'world that has as its focal point a parking lot?

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we're all perfect; it 's just the administration and faculty who are at fault. ' - .

"Let he who is without sin cast the first^rock."-. '

Respectfully yours, Steve None ' -

Elections Dear Sir,

In past issues, we the students of Marist College have been be-

- rated and ridiculed by The Circle as being disinterested, apathe­tic, drinkers and/or bookworms. One does get tired of hearing such complaints until he'faces this apathy' in the realm of his own experience. I will try to be . as concise as possible in relat­ing such an experience.

On November ninth from 10:30 to 2:30, an election was held for theoffice of Student Council Re­cording Secretary. In said elec­tion exactly seventy-eight people voted. "This amounts to less than six percent of the studknt body! Furthermore, buried within this long list of voters one finds the names of only three members of s the Student Council, so i t would seem our local politicians were not exactly holding up their end.

.1, as Election. Commissioner, spent four hours sitting at 'the main desk in the Student Center waiting vfor seventy-eight peo­ple to vote. - - -

I thank those who voted and. hope such a performance does not repeat itself.

Sincerely yours, LEOMCHUGH"

P.S. Thanks for voting, Jim. t f

More "Business" I •>

Dear Sirs: I would like to make a few

, comments concerning the most mis-used word on the Marist c&mpus - responsibility.

At present, we are supposed-1;. t?.<5 proud possessors of a re -sr.or.iifcle attendance policy and a re^onsible dress policy. The sut/>:£s«-s of which.are apparent to anyone walking across the campus and looking into a class-

• room.-/ • - : / - - • - • ' It has also been assumed that

The Circle would fee a responsi­ble student publication, .Theres- .

ponsibiljty^...being emphasized since The^Circle has no moder­ator. (Were, none, available or were they refused?) Unfortunate­ly', Thel Circle has seen-fit to abuse this right.- It has allowed

'sensationalism;'emotional im­maturity and, irresponsibility to1

creep into its otherwise improv­ed paper. ' * /

The last-few' issues devoted space to a criticism of the Dean of Students, thev violence of which was uncalled for. A criticism of, the' Business "Manager con-

.tained personal insults by re­fusing to capitalize JMr. Cam-pilii's- name, by "inappropriate • references to other individuals and, .by'not signifying the au­thorship of the article. An ar­ticle on' school spirit resorted to vulgarity and profanity - no doufit necessary for literary im­pact! Finally, the paper felt it newsworthy Jo report that coeds at another institution were re­ceiving contraceptives through

the mail. Of course, no source for the^story was printed.

The same issue of the" paper (November 3) contains an article concerning s t u d e n t power. Power, gentlemen, involves re ­sponsibility,.as the article~itself points out. When I am aware that student responsibility exists then, and only then, will I sup­port student power. ' '

, I hope The Circle will, in the future, recognize its responsi­bility and take the leadership in this matter. If you refuse, then I can only guess as to who will be criticized next!

Sincerely, -. JOHN C.KELLY ' Chairman Bus.Dept..

Ed._Notej The coed article in question was. obtained from CPSand the exclusion of that organization's contribution was an-error in printing.

' The editorial policy of The Circle has been, since March '67, to exclude a signature. Dr. George Sommer moder­ates The Circle in an ad­visory c a p i t a l , l e a v i n g , with respect to our opinion,

, ultimate .decisions to the staff.. - -~.

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- I would like-to addcmy pro­test to the article which was' written last week in which the

author, who apparently prefers to 'remain anonymous;, rather ruthlessly castigated a member of .our ;administration, Mr. CampiliL•"_„ - , _ V y '•

•' I" so notjdeny-.thtbright-of an* -individual 'to express an opinion in private > or even in public,'birt the - least he could doovould be^ to identify- himself so that the

, opinion thereby expressed is takr en to be'his own anchnot that •of-Marist. College as_ a whole-I hope the-\person:who wrote this realizes that this paper.is read-bythe entire ^studentbody and -by unknown numbers off-campus and in many .different places all'over the country. The damage which is possible against, the. per son's reputation is very difficult to estimate. But I do not see how an individual can feel himself justified in making an enormous attack on a memb-erof the administration. ~*

There are many items in the article written by what I could consider an irresponsible stud-dent about which I am "not in­formed jand will not form a p e r ­sonal judgment. 'But there are a few about which I am know-ledgeabIe-_-in particular theitem

"concerning the purchase, of spec­ial furniture for the senior class­es in Champagnat Hall.' As Re-, sidance Director .last year, I personally discussed with Peter Heidenreich the movement of the seniors to Champagnat Hall. It was agreed, at that time .that the college could not afford to fur­nish the seniors-with special lounge facilities and that if the motion .were approved to' move from Sheahan to Champagnat Hall there should be no consideration , of special furniture.,. Since I am no longer directly invloved.. with the decisions taking place, I do not criticize the students for making.further appeals to ge this furniture."" However, I still believe that it is the sole right and duty of the Business Administration to decide whether Marist College can afford, this type of- luzury for the student. -I do not believe that the fur­niture, is really needed at the present time' and should be -classified as a luzury. -

Bro.Brian'H.Desilets.

NEW HAVEN (CPS) — The Yale University" faculty • has voted to replace numerical grading with a system under which students will be given one of four designations for their work— fail, pass, high -pass or honors.: ., - -. .j. - '

The new- system .will beglnnext , 'year and.continue on an experi­mental-basis; for arieast>five-years. "

-Yale's-present system makes use of a grading scale from; 40 to 100, with' 60 as the lowest pass-

•> ing "grade. - "The university at -present compiles'cumulative,

averages for each.student, but it will rip-'lbnger do so when the new system goes- into_ effect.

The. change -at Yale, is largely the result. of recommendations made by the faculty's Course of

. Study Committee, ..according t o . Strobe' Tallbottj-chairman of the,

. Yale Daily News.""Some student, -organizations have been working to end the"" numerical system,

. however. - • ? - . ' " <.•*- "" , —Derek Shearer, head "of the Student Advisory Board, said the, new system" ,"moves away "from-, the pseudo^scientific claims,of the numbers system." - He added

"that "It should make for an im­proved class 1 atmosphere, for

there^will be_no more quibbling about numbers. -There would, I hope,;, be more'concern.for the quality of a student's work in terms of his own ability.''

Still undecided is the question whether or not the-university's'' • two" academic honor lists— the dean's 'list/and ranking scholar designation -'- are'tobecontin-

'ued. Talbott is hopeful they will be abolished, but indicated that the new grading system will have important .consequences for stu­dents regardless of what is done about the honor l ists . '" , When students apply, tograd- -uate school in the future, accord­ing^ to Talbott, - **reconunenda- „ tions are going to be much more important than they have , been. Graduate, schools-are going to have to look much more closely

.at "what" faculty members say a-bout aVstudent's work." , -- .The new "system is also likely

"to end the campus-wide .competi­tion for grades. A student's per­formance will be compared- with the-performances of other stu­dents in his department.' At' present,'Talbott pointed out, stu­dents are ranked by grade aver­age in spite of the fact that some. departments give "generally high- -er grades than others.

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',^The Freshman Class is about to undergo its first blooding •in* campus politics. Class elections will be held on Tuesday, November 21st:\ At stake-are class offices of President, Vice-President, . Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary and Recording Secretary, as ^well - as two representative seats to the Student Councils. - - .s

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~ Ihuse elected . will assume their offices- immediately and their term will run until the regular Student Government and class elections in March of next year. The election is being con­ducted by the Student Government Election Commission, headed by Leo McHugh.' / - Should primaries be neces­sary, they will be held on Mon­day, November 20th, from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. On Election Day, the 21st, the poUsvwill be open' from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

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Little Symphony Debuts Monday

In Theater The Hudson Valley Little Sym­

phony will make its concert de­but in the Marist Theater on Mon­day, November 20th at 8:30 p.m. The Little Symphony, a part of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic Orchestra, was formed to dev-

. elpp an audience-for the Phil-harmonic while bringing class­ical ,niusic to* those com'muni-_ ties_ unable to accommodate the entire orchestra.'^ . . .The--program wiU- commence". .with, Overture to Messiah by .Gep'f ge.i.Fredrick^Handel.v Mr.

•**Kenne&^FrickerTwilf follow with v-,a,"solo of Sinfonia.Concertante

for;-Double-Bassr -Dr. Mildred 'Johnson ,ol .the Music,< Depart-1

„ inent Faculty,of Bennett Coll-_ege will-accompany on-the_Vlola.v

- After intermission, Symphony. ' No. l'in C Major by-Ludwigvon ' Beethoven will be presented by

- the.entire Little Symphony." "_ The prosrram 'is open-to the -

public, ai-well as the^students; tickets will be-on sale in the Cafeteria during lunch and din- ,

• ner'hours. ' They, may'also be purchased directly from the Dean of Students Office in the Campus Center. ; -r •-

- Seniors Fight ,

For .Own Lounge

In spite of recent raises in tuition, it seems that there was no possible way for Mr. Tony Campilli, busine'ss manager, to -allocate funds for a senior lounge.

Many seniors feel the lounge is not a big cdncessibn to the class when it is considered that there are few privileges enjoyed by the seniors which are not granted to the other classes in the school. (There is virtually no curfew for any'students except Freshmen). At a senior class meeting,certain subtle hints were dropped con­cerning the lounge. If Mr. Cam­pilli could not allocate the funds, perhaps sjme members of the class could appropriate the chairs and sofa available in Shea­han Hall. The next morning, as the residents of the eighth floor

' awakened for-the day's activity, some were surprised to find that overnight ' the floor had been equipped with a lounge. The sen­iors, - bearing -no hard feelings,

> immediately named it the "An---thony Campilli M e m o r i a l ••Lounge." - - - ' - — -

.-• For about a week the lounge provided a convenient place to sit, and relax or play cards. It wasn't long, however, before the class was told that the lounge furniture in Sheahan Hall was donated by~the Federal" Govern-ment,.<while the furniture on the eighth floor was donated by the state.government. The seniors-, .were told by members^of the faculty and administration that it was simply impossible to mix federal furniture with state furn­iture, so the eighth floor lounge soon became a fond memory.

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Trick Or Treat" What's happening baby?! It's happening at the Rat. October

31st (Hallowe'en) -was a night of festive-activity and various forms of entertainment at the college rathfheUer. ' ~ _

Pete,Walsh-providedhis talented folk-blues renditions to add a -subdued atmosphere' in the rathskeller. Joe Francese, however; broke-into rthat atmosphere with a lively accordion performance.

"Later Brother Tom Nolan and Tom Scott coul^ be heard running "• through "some of Peter, Paul, and Mary's' songs - old and new. For- those who .remained in the Rat after the guitars and singers left, theysaw"a "golden-oldie". Laurel and "Hardy film. Evidently everyone had an enjoyable evening..

This novel '(since it hasn't happened before) occurrence in the Rat is one of many such happenings that will utilize* the rathskel­ler's facilities.

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Pete Walsh and Tom,Scott entertain Marist students and guests at Holloween Happening.

Marist Brother-

Outlines Plans

In Lecture Students at Marist have been

organizing in an effort to send volunteers into the poverty-^ stricken area of Appalachia. In order to familiarize students with the problems of Appalachia, . Brother Richard Couto lectured here on October 31st. Bro.Rich-ard, a Marist from Lawrence, Massachusetts, spent his past two summers working in Eastern Kentucky. He worked as a vol­unteer in the Christian Appala­chian Project. Bro. Richard ex­plained the isolation of the poor in Appalachia, and offered the Christian Appalachian Project is a possible solution to the complex problems of the destitute.

It would be this Project that the students from Marist could be­come involved in. There are two

• Freshmen here who have worked with Brother Couto in Eastern Kentucky. One of them, Brendan Mooney, has organized about 20. interested students. He is at the moment investigating meth-

i ods of financing this project. The cost of the transportation and

' possible salaries may be subsi­dized.

In volunteering to work for the Christian Appalachian -Project, a, Catholic operation, no funds are available for the individual volunteer. Meetings will be held continuously throughout^ this and

_next- semester.--—Anyone-who has 'not yet gone to a meeting, but is' • interested in working in Appa­

lachia, should contact Brendan. Mooney in Leo 421 or Paul Browne in Sheahan 204. . , -' ' The same students who ex­pressed' interest in the Appal-

\ achia Project^ have also been approached to do' social work

in the City of Poughkeepsie. A number of these students have agreed to do census taking and\. various other tasks in the low- • income areas of Poughkeepsie.

. Postulants From

Esopus Attend

Classes Here If you come across a fellow

who looks like a Brother, dress­es like a Brother, and yet doesn't respond - when _you call him "Brother," don't be too sur­prised. You have encountered one of the 27 postulants who come from. Esopus four times

' a week to attend classes here. As postulants, these men are

beginning the prescribed five* < years of training to become Mar­ist teaching Brothers. Their stay at the Esopus novitiate lasts for two years. In their first year there, they concentrate on col­lege work while studying vows and various aspects of the Broth­erhood. Following their novice year, they will complete the re­quired courses for a Bachelor's Degree at this college. w

In past years only a limited number of postulants were per­mitted to take courses away from the Novitiate. However, in the light of the new philosophy to make the Brothers a greater part of the lay world, all postulants are now given the opportunity to study at Marist. This semester the Arts majors are taking- Metaphysics and Modern Math,' while the' Science majors are taking Chem­istry, Physics and Calculus.

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Bro. Richard Couto adresses interested students on Appalachia pro­ject.

Growing Business Club Plans New Activities

The Business Club held a combination social and practical meeting in the Fireside. Lounge on Tuesday, November 8th. In­vited were all Business majors and members of the business department.

Head of the department, Mr. John Kelly, led a discussion that involved topics such as the pos­sibility of additional business courses being offered at the col­lege. Mr. Kelly reminded that

students that_90 liberal arts cred­its are required by the State for graduation," thus limiting their choice in business electives. He also 'informed the business maj­ors of the probability of an addi­tional business course to be of­fered next year.

STUDENT-FACULTY RELATIONS

Besides providing information in academic matters, Mr. Kelly feels these Business Club get-togethers can 'provide' useful student-faculty relations. The Business Club itself, which spon­sors these meetings, shares the same sentiments.

•• Jn addition to the meetings, the Business Club is responsible for speakers and representatives of firms visiting the Marist campus.

Encounters Offered At Cold Spring

Last weekend,! a priest, two brothers and ten students set 'out for Cold Spring with no spec-' ific moral purpose in mind. What they achieved as a group is great­er human insight;; as individuals, deeper understanding.

-At first mention, the Cold Spring' Weekend rings tones of Victorian retreat, \but in actual­ity it is an immediate human ex­perience. It gives a per son cour­age to know himself and those around him for both the intro­vert and the extrovert, through open discussion; gain insight, understanding, and purpose./

The College House at the old Juniorate, is opened every'week­end to any group of six to ten. Organized and coordinated by Br. Cyprian L. Rowe and Joe De Tura, the Cold Spring Week­end is a total human experience.

JVcahemg SHjeatre N. Chestnut & Academy St$.

Fri., Sat., Sun., Mon., Tues.

New Poltx, N.!iY. Tel. (914) 255 -1454

Nov. 17-21

"TWO FOR THE ROAD" Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney star in this delightful comedy which brilliantly dissects the erosion of marital bliss. Director Stanley Donen uses an effective sequence of juxtaposing the same people in similar places at various points in their lives.

- - Evenings 7:00 - 9:25 Sunday Matinee 4:00 P.M.

Theater will be closed Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 22,23. Re­open Friday, Nov. 24. Fri.,Sat., Sun. ' Nov. 24,25,26 "TAMING OF THE SHREW" Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, amid the splendor of 16th century England, star in one of Shakespeare's best known farc-

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. . ' Evenings 7:00 - 9:00 Sunday Matinee 4:00 P.M.

Mon., Tues.

"MORGAN" Eveiiings 7:00

Wed., Thurs., Fri., sat., Sun., Mon., Tues.

Nov. 27-28

9:00 p.m. Nov. 29-Dec.5

"TO SIR WITH LOVE" - ' Sidney Poitier stars in an excellent version of "Blackboard Jungle." Set in London, Poitier is faced "with humanizing his students into responsible adults. ,

Evenings 7:00 - 9:00 Sunday Matinee 4:00 P-.M.

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yilciSftelJJaw Hc^ififi^liW^ 1 h Wietory -" Riveryiew field saw the Vik­ings-overwhelm the'Friars of Providence.21-15 on Oct. 28, with fine> offensive blocking" and re7 leritless defensive persuit being the main factors-in the victory

• over the Friars. -,-*_>.'

Marist i scored ,. first when Quarterback Jim ConroyJscored^ from the one..TheVikingssecondv

score 'came "when Conroy- con-- nected on a 7 yard pass to Chris McNamaravWho made a sensa­tional diving catch.. In the final, minutes of play Jim Conroy threw his seventh touchdown pass of the season to. Andy Herzing and the game appeared to be out of reach," 21-8. However after Bill O'­Reilly's "successful" conversion attempt, Providence's^DickMar-

. tin put the Friars right back in the game with a 92 yard kickoff return to score. After a Bill Dourdis fumble the Marist de­fense, led by Captain Ed Hogg and Tonv Andrulonis, put an end to Providence's final threat.

The outstanding blocking of-offensive linemen Tom Dowd, Don

' - Jillisky,~Bill McGarr, Tbrn-Mc-^"' ' Kiernan/Don 'Rbnctdr and Franku"

Attonito was lauded by coacKRori ~ 'Levine.- -Blocking 'backs' Tom ' Howard and Chris McNamaraal- .

_, so provided' fine protection for '• Quarterback Jim Conroy. *'""', -

A~ ~" '^ ' , - . -_- .-'A^Viking record was" set* for

~J; total offensefwith 515 yards. Bill -Dourdis „alsb - made the record

'. "books, bettering Lou 'Rinaldi's single'fgame'rushing mark of-198 "•" yards "with 218 yards in 44 carr- / ies'; Jim Conroy bypassed Gary Henderson's record of five touch­down passes with his sixth and .~ seventh scoring aerials this sea-

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The followingSaturdaythe Vik- . mgs faced formidable opposition^ in the Golden Griffins of Canisi- '

. us" College'at Riverview Fieldi t , Although? hobbled by urjuries.-thV _

Griffins "proved they had come to. Jsim Conroy hit Chris> McNamara play when they quickly "scored in ~ on a 20 yard scoring play. Con-the opening minutes of the game _roy dove over from the one yard on a Pat Gila touchdown. pass ~ line for out second touchdown to to Paul Sherington. The conver- bring a 14-6 lead into the second sion attempt was unsuccessful, half. Bill O'Reilley's success-

Bill Dourdis carries ball over for touch-down in last home game ,_against^Canisius. ' ' ^ - -

Spiked Shoe Club Formed Marist's firstscore came when Continued on page i

Harrier's Efforts Realized; ~ Track Team Chalks UD 18 Wins

"•"On Tuesday, Oct. n^on 'our home turf, Marist ran away with "an-18-44 romp„over New Paltz. Co - captains John Forbes and John Goegel provided the one-two punch with times of 25:03 an&25i 20 respectively. - Phil-Cappio placed fourth in 26:08. Rounding y out the scoring were Bob Andrews

N ' 27:15^and Brendan Burke727:40," finishing fifth and sixth.

-.The-spirit of homecoming was upheld on Saturday, Oct. 21 as we completely demolished -Sacred Heart. Forbes and_G6egel led "

" the way and finished..in-a,dead^ heat. -"' , ' - .

~ The following Saturday, at Van " Cortlandt Park; saw Marist finish

a disheartening'second out of six J" teams'in the/?. A.' CXonference - Champs. r Atean<split had been"

planned, which would have called for "the. top five to, go to the In^ vitational at Albany State. ~HowV ever, because of injuries to key runners,-only Forbes and Goegel-were entered, with Fonbes winn- '

' ~.ing an individual medal., Mean-' while, at Van Cortlandt, our hopes of success were^thwarted by a surprising Kings" College team.'

* With an 18-45 rout of Siena, < Marist returned-to'fhe'victory -

path on Wednesday^-Nov. 1st. In his last home meet John Forbes set a new course record with a

time" of 24:22 .""bettering his old mark by a margin ^of ^twelve .seconds. Goegel was second in 25:22. Andrews took fourth4n

-26;51, in "fifth" was" Mayerh'ofer-'with 27:30, and Burke was sixth in 27:37. Rounding out the" squad were , Gregi' Howe ' 27:54, Mike Bell 28;25,,Mike Andrew 28:52,

•-Mark DesMardin 28:53, Mike Moran ^29:08r Joe McMahon 30: 49, Art Quickenton 31:11, and Bill. Kalish 34:36.--For most of "the ' team^-this was their fastest race of the year. : _ . "

Pur., next 'encounter* was at Fairfieia/;on Saturday,*' Nqy.J4th.

.The ""result was'a 21-40 score-and our 18th victory of the season. „

The Jitting climax to an "excel- " lent season took place on .Nov.-11

"N.^\J.A. Eastern Championships." One of the entrees whom we rout-_ ed this-time was King's College who two weeks-agb defeatedjus in ;

* the Conference Champs."-Itwas a tremendous team effort all'the"

.. way by our eigttfrunners as it has ' been, all year our-whole team.

John Forbes"and John Goegel both won individual medals, taking 2nd .

. and 6th places respectively. Bob ' "Andrews climaxed a fine season '" bj-.. again 'giving "100% and finish-% ing as our third'man/-Brendan" Burke, in his last meet, ran a superb race by placing excep­tionally high jn ttte field, he-

provided -the- margin-which^ en­abled the "team to edge out the 3rd and 4th place *• contenders.

• Phil Cappio^t.outtremendously as he.hasdone*all season, even 'though hampered by injuries. Our

' three freshmeniin theracerMay-^ erhofer, Ho\v,e, and'Andfe"w"show-ed by their excellent performance

'that^Marist willjbe a strong team "in the future. , . /

"The "coaches also at this time -Seserve-a-word of'praise, Mr.. Robert Lewis.-for" guiding the

, Varsity-,to" another fine season, . and also Ed Walzer^ who taking over as coach or-4he first time,'

,_djd an'excellent "job in bringing -alongJhe freshmen'graduallyun-. til they wereready ta'shpw what'

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' A new addition to the Marist extra-curriculum has occurred recently-in the formation of the Spiked Shoe Club. The initial steps -toward fielding a Marist Track Team .were enacted last year under the able leadership of student coach Charlie DiSogra. However, since there is a great deal of work involved in support­ing a track team, especially when - cals are being processed which

enton, Executive Vice-President Bob Andrews, Administrative Vice President Ed Walzer, Secretary - Vm Winsch, and Treasurer - Bob Mennona.

-Numerous proposals have al­ready been approved by the or­ganization, and far more are still in the making. At present, de-

the sport is in its building stages,' it was deemed necessary that a club be formed which would carry

,on the job started by the original group last year. - f- <

-" The primary objectives of the club arey 1.- To promote and as­sist in any'track and field events held in conjunction with the Ath­letic Department of Marist Col­lege; and 2. To foster a spirited

-interest in "track " and" field throughout the entire college community.

, At the first meeting the elec­tion of officers took place. The outcome _of, the "voting' was as follows: President - Art Quick-

should be ready to sell around the Thanksgiving recess. A mix­er to be run by the club will be -scheduled for sometime in the spring. An intramural track meet has been 'agreed-upon for ap­proximately the first week of April. Tentative plans have been made for atrip to Madison Square Garden for either the Millrose

-Games or the IC4A»s. _

In order to successfully carry out the operations that are plann­ed a'multitude of workers is r e ­quired. Presently there are only about thirty members in the club. More-support is definitely need­ed, especially in the person of non-runners.

Red Foxes Add To Marist Victories - - * " ~ , * -> - i

By virtue -~of a six game un­beaten string," the'soccer_team closed., but tfLcfyear is"spectacu-lar fashion, and,as a result com-1

piled the first winning season in M«rjst,soccer,histroy. '

_ On Oct. 28, ;the JRed Foxes faced Southampton_af home; after, a,poor-first half they canrn alive, to^convef^t^two second half goals into a 2-0 win. Scoring for Marist w~ere Egdn" Olaffson cand~-Fred Clark. - Co-cap|ainCan McCleary led the'-standout' defensive per­formance. -> . _ " .

New members to track team show style for future seasons.

r" -, Four days later, on Nov. l / the-team again played at home, this <• time against Montclair State. Af-' ter'two"5 minute overtimes, the,

-• game ended in "a draw of 3-3. ^ I t , was an *action^ filled game -

throughout, ^we Jed 2-l.in the^ J fourth-period only to^see them" tie" it two all at the end of regu­lation play. The first extra ses-

. sion passed.to no avail, but with one minute left in"the final over­time -Montclair.- St. scored.' A Marist -defeat seemed inevitable until Egon" Olaffson drove a shot into the net on an indirect'kick with only seconds' remaining.

Nov. "4- saw the Foxes take to the road to face_Fairfield. This

.uneventful game"proved to be a - -2-2 standoff, but it_set the stage

for the main everit which was to come. '

At this point, the season stood even at :500 and the final clash

Bro.lsidore Sabata passesjsy opponent on way to goal.

. would make the difference be­tween a successful and anunsuc-

' cessful season., / » - "" - •" The final game of the year was

-played at home against Pace Col­lege. Dr. Goldman's Red Foxes were more" than ready for this game as they pushed Pace all over the field enroute to a 2-1 victory. -Jim Sereau in the first period and Denny Vemoia in die second period handled the scor­ing-tor Marist. The"contest was no - contest as Marist hustled right down to closing seconds. Pace's coach, staring in disbe­lief at the playing of the Marist

,booters, .was quoted as saying, "W,iere are these guys coming from, they're all over the field."

-Thus, the-' soccer team has closed outfits season with a r e ­spectable 5-4-3 record. Coach Goldman, ^ reflecting on the season, "admits that he was quite pleased with the squad's perfor­mance and he attributes their success to an overall team ef­fort. . - "

With 75% of thisyear*steam r e ­turning for play next year, it lodks like the Foxes can look for­ward to an even more successful season in'the immediate future.

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