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VOLUME Si NUMBER 16 MARIST COLLEGE, POUGHKEEPSIE; NEW YORK 12601 MAY 1,1969

BABA MEMBERS: Aituro Mates, Gerald Rondon and Haywood Smith helped with the maintainence of the the black weekend.

Babas Black Arts Week End Stresses Seperation Theme

This is a new t i m e for propagating an atmosphere of Enlightenment for some and deeper understanding of the facts for others. For it comes in a time of a Black Cultural Renaissance; caught and fighting between "the man's" media and community dissatisfication. . . .

ft*Adding - i t s ; " t h i n g ••to "the movement last April 1 8 , 1 9 , and 20, the Black Afro-American Brothers Association (BABA) presented. Marist with it 's most p o l i t i c a l and con t rovers ia l weekend ever held. BABA invited separatists and intergrationalists, mil i tants and moderates and urbanites with suburbanites. The Black Cultural Weekend became a

. Black forum, for its youth, to listen and talk, make music and

by Woody

dance, to reflect and hope, to think and act.

Ronny Pearson, president of BABA, gave the opening address of the weekend which promised to be quite an exciting affair. Ronny, wearing a leopard spotted daiseekee, affixed with a BABA patch, spoke on his organizations

~roler~He "commented"-6n-~ the association charter, calling for "complete mental, moral and physical separation from the ' White society."

The next speaker and keynoter was an impeccab ly dressed

. ex - se rv ice o f f ice r , Merwyn Reaves. His topic included mental separation from "the man", since it could be done by an individual easier than physically removing h imse l f - f rom an oppressive

Varol Is Elected Mock Senate Leader

Peter Varol, class of 1970, was elected unanimously to lead the m i n o r i t y p a r t y l e g i s l a t i o n through the Intercollegiate Mock Senate in Albany last month.

Varol and three other Marist s t u d e n t s ; Ronald Baumbach, Robert Miller, and John Tevlin f m s , a c c o m p a n i e d L o u i s Zuccarello, Assistant Professor of History, to the senate meetings.

' T h e four Marist delegates presented and pushed through the following amendment:

"To. amend Article XI, Section 3 of the Constitution of the State of New York in relation to l e g i s l a t i v e a u t h o r i z a t i o n , recognizing a local school board's authority determining the use of public school athlectic facilities b y s t u d e n t s e n r o l l e d in denominational schools". The bill, represented before students attending the session, was passed on a voice vote.

M a j o r i t y s c h o o l s , w e r e r e p r e s e n t e d by Russel Sage Co l l ege , State University at Farmingdale , Adelphi, R.P.I., Ithaca, Mt. St. Vincent, Junior College of Albany, Hofstra, State University at New Paltz, Auburn a n d t h e State University at Buffalo.

Minority Party schools were the State University at Albany,

Iona College, Siena College, St. Rose College, Marist College, Dutchess Community . College,^ College of Pharmacy, St. Joseph's C o l l e g e , . State University at Geneseo and Molloy College.

Some 20 bills were introduced during the session. Among the bills amended were Article IX, Section 2 which deals with the reappor t ionment of all local governments, the Civil Service Law to order the State Civil S e r v i c e C o m m i s s i o n to a d m i n i s t e r a psychological examination to all candidates for law en fo rcemen t posts, the Election Law in relation to filling of vacancies in the office of the United States Senator and the Public Health Law in relation to p r o v i d i n g f o r h o s p i t a l c o m m i t t e e s on vital organ t r a n s p l a n t s and defining its powers and duties.

Sills introduced by both parties i n c l u d e d " p a r t y bills" and " c o n s c i e n c e b i l l s . " P a r t y m e m b e r s either approved or abstained on "party bills" and voted according to their own feelings on "conscience bills."

situation. He then proceeded to i n d i c a t e spec i f i c a reas of separation in American History.

Surprisingly enough, the first d o c u m e n t he acclaimed was taken from a Black Panther publication. It was simply the prologue of the Declaration of Independence rejeuventated with inate vibrancy =~by- Black Culture amidst ' ceremonial Americana. Poised with a geritilesolemnity he read "When, in the course of h u m a n " e v e n t s it b e c o m e s necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have c o n n e c t e d them with another, and to assume amongthe powers of earth, the separate~and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them. . . " Quite an impact was made on the few startled^ whites who.were present as Mr. Reaves proceeded to document

- his case for separation. ' ••'/.•. Towards the conclusion of Mr.

Reaves speech, the subject of. Black Power evolved. Mr. Reaves

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Co-ed Report

Is Released

Paine College In a recent Communique to

t h e Dean of Men's Office, . Brother Italo Benin made the following observations into the Marist - Paine student-faculty exchange.

"Perhaps you may have been wondering about my silence. Silence always causes wondering,

jfor it itself may be wondering. •':But everything begins in silence,

as the expectation of being able t o be and say what reality promises. We always have to wait for reality to express itself before we can speak about it. In our case the reality with which 'we a r e c o n c e r n e d is t h e e x c h a n g e p r o g r a m between Marist and Paine College. Both of us are involved in it: you as t h e one w h o is officially encharged by Marist College and I myself as. a part of the reality of the program. And because now we are facing the.reality of t h e future" of this program, whether we should continue it or stop it, it is time for me to express my personal evaluation of it. I think you are expecting it from me, for only those who are wi th in reality can say what reality is."

Sometimes I wonder whether t h e Maris t Community (i.e. A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , F a c u l t y , S t u d e n t s ) has rea l ly a n y

expectation, £e. concern, about t h i s exchange ; program.. Its reality may well have slipped into the periphery of awareness of the life of Marist College, and f ina l ly i t may hav.e been forgotten. We may be looked u p o n as a paren thes i s , an accidental reality that somehow does not belong to the life of the College. Paine College . . . o h , yes, that Negro Southern College in Augusta where there are six guys from Mar i s t . College. Anything special about it? And -everything ends here in this vague awareness. This attitude, I think, may be caused by the reality of the program itself. It is a reality that has nothing fussy or showy about it, nothing that can attract attention besides the stirring of the moment. It is a silent reality and because of this, easily.to forget and to classify.as "ordinary". And we may look at it as we may look at a,person we see along a street, It is just

- a n o t h e r ordinary person, as though there is such a thing as an ordinary person."

We left Marist College without any fuss and. we arrived here without any fuss and we are living here without any fuss. We already knew, that we were going

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Awards Are Sighted At Language Week

Awards, were cited to three Mar is t - l a n g u a g e majors on Thursday, April 24 during the a n n u a l " M o d e r n Language Week," which began Sunday, April 20 and ended with a film from the Spanish Department on Saturday, April 25 . The awards were granted to Vincent-Bunora, Peter Frazziola, fms, and Joseph Sacino fms.

Mr..Bunora was cited for the most outstanding improvement in the Spanish language and for his significant contributions to the department's activities.

Brother Frazziola, Class of ' 7 1 , has, according to French

D e p a r t m e n t Cha i rman Bro. Be lange r , "demonstrated the best major field work in French this year."

B r o t h e r S a c i n o , a lso a sophomore, was cited for the a w a r d b e c a u s e o f h i s "outstanding achievement" in the Italian language.

Modern Language Week began with Pier Pasolini's film classic "The Gospel According To Saint Mark." t h i s 1964 Cannes Film Festival winner capturing the austerity of the Christ figure remained loyal to the words of St. Matthew while losing the

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T h r e e psycho logy majors, William Eckhoff, Norman Costa a n d W i l l i a m C o b e y have c o m p l e t e d a study entitled "Introducing Female Students I n t o a Previously,-\ All Male College: A Psychological Study of the Effects. On the Classroom Environment." Excerpts ' from t h e i r e x t e n s i v e r e p o r t are presented below.

SUMMARY AND . , CONCLUSIONS

It had been reasoned that the College should extend its services t o m o r e m e m b e r s . of t h e community at large, that the introduction of females into an a c a d e m i c i n s t i t u t i on would create a more mature social e n v i r o n m e n t , and that the academic environment within the classroom would be enhanced. However, since this had been mere speculation, for the most part, it was determined that c o n t r o l l e d e x p e r i m e n t a t i o n should be initiated to assess the e f f ec t s of f ema les on the classroom atmosphere when they

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Director Jim Britt contemplates casting for "Between Two Thieves" - the Theatre Guild's Spring production slated for May 8th. See page 4 .

PAGE 2 THE CIRCLE MAY 1,1969

Just Some Suggestions With this the last edition of The Circle for this academic year, it is

fitting that some last few suggestions be made. NUMBER 1: That the community aspect of Marist maintain itself, is our first strong suggestion. Due to recent events Marist almost seemed divided into two racist camps. A college is thought to be a place for searchihg-out the truth. Those who refuse to see the college in an academic framework cannot really serve the community here. Whether it be white students jeering blacks on the eve of a Black Arts Weekend, or BABA officers ignorantly refusing, admission of whites to their weekend events; the true spirit of the college is lost. BABA defined the purpose of the weekend to be "For the purpose of propagating an a t m o s p h e r e of enlightenment for some and a deeper understanding of the fact for others." When BABA members and every student here begin to use those words meaningfully we may be on the right track. '

NUMBER 2. Under discussion recently is the 'choice of a new administrator, which became an issue when Dr. Edward Cashin resigned last semester. The decision on the new post comes within about two weeks. With this in mind, we suggest our student representatives^ on the Ad Hoc Committee impliment their own thrust as much as possible. We also feel with the new post should come a new face.

NUMBER 3. The Campus Life Committee is still considering where to put the co-eds next year. To determine that the committee must know two things; (1) how many co-eds we wil lbe accepting for residence, and (2) the eventual ratio of men and women at Marist. Predicting that the college will accept forty resident women and setting the ratio at about 60/40 (men/women), the Campus Life Committee- is leaning towards Leo Hall. They feel Leo will be suitable to house all the women that are eventually accepted here, and they should begin living there next semester. However, The Circle feels integrated housing is a more desirable goal in many respects. Therefore we recommend the top of Champ (We can hear the Class o f ' 7 0 already).

NUMBER 4. We wish next year's newspaper staff a successful year, and suggest they give no one an easy time of it. Challenges will keep this campus alive. Hopefully the 69-70 Circle will challenge aspects of the campus community, the nation, and the world.

NUMBER 6. Thank you. • - ,

Financial Bad News

Soviet Reflections

On April 24th we received the bad news on the Federal Student Aid Programs. In the general cut back in appropriations I'm afraid

'Congress took some of their f rus t ra t ions regarding college students, riots etc., out on these programs.

All three of our programs were cut back . A recommended appropriation of $40,905 for NDEA loans was cut to 520,594, our Work Study Program for the -Summer and Fall was cut from 535,600 to 521,043, and our

Initial Year EOG allocation from $30,000 to 515,381.

These cuts mean that we will only .have about 30 Work-Study jobs on campus instead of some 60 last year. It will be extremely difficult to secure a NDEA loan. Most of this money will have to

be used to match grants. We hope to be able to have enough l o a n m o n e y to br ing all applicant's need clown to the point where they can take out a higher education loan to make up t h e - d i f f e r e n c e between resources and need, but this, is uncertain. It does appear that we will have sufficient renewal EOG money to take care of all eligible applicants, at least for those who mee t the May 1st deadline. Initial grant money is very short.

W e h o p e t o h a v e a n n o u n c e m e n t s of a w a r d s mailed out very shortly after May 1st. Recipients are urged to return acceptance forms as soon as possible and in no case later than June 1 since aid money not accepted by that date will be reallocated. '

Some Words from Woody Slowly the policemen removed

the grey barricades on 37 St. that were blocking access to the Ave. of A m e r i c a s . Within minutes 1969's Peace Rally was r o l l i n g , over 100,00 people chanting and marching toward Central Park.

We were all there on that first rainy Saturday in April, Phil Ochs, Pageant Players, College's New Left, G.I.s' Parents. Jews and Gentiles with live coverage and courage provided by WBAI. N.Y.C. opened one of its main arteries for the peace rally, lining it with a honor guard every two paces.

"What do you want?" - Peace. "When do you want i t?" - Now. These were a few of the older maxims that echoed off glass canyon walls to find rest in sympathetic ears. Huge posters of Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy, and.Mohatma Ghandi dotted the march while flags of the NLF, UN, and USA flapped in the downdrift.

On the corner of E. 59 St. a man shouting orders to a CBS cameraman began to interview an eight year old girl (one of the ralliers). The kids are hip today.

They don't smile everytime you wave a buck in front of their faces . Horatio Alger, Nixon Capitalism. - Crap, no youth is go ing to take the - bow for 33,000 G-I's dead in Viet Nam not to mention the finale of over half a million Asiatics.

It was 63 St. and the marchers still came under rain, where heads peered out and down f r o m d u p l e x a p a r t m e n t s . ' Onlooking crowds grew thicker as we approached the main mall in Central Park. You could feel good knowing that so many New Y o r k e r s w i t h their scented b r e a t h c a r e d . P e o p l e with Brooks Brother's suits and many with blue denim jeans joined in waving their hands and forming the V of peace.

At Central Park no one heard any charismatic leaders or found out anything new. But it was good to hear just the same and . see ralliers milling about angry at the system. Not too angry to become self-defeating or too loud to become self-assuring, but se l f -consc ious and becoming effective.

•The group of students who made the monetary sacrifice in ' order to travel to Europe and the Soviet Union agree that it was worthwhile. Although the main purpose of the trip was to learn about the Soviet Union, two European stops were made: Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Vienna, Austria. Both cities are interesting and exciting and are worthy of course, of a complete tour for weeks. In addition these c i t i e s p r o v e d he lp fu l in comparing Europe with Eastern European Russia. ,

One always knows when he or she lands in the Soviet Union, soldiers board the plane and collect passports as we witnessed in Len ingrad . Leningrad by night, as is true of most Russian cities, is dark and dreary. There are no neon lights or bright advertisements, and most new buildings are prefabricated and monotonous. However by day Leningrad is a beautiful city w i t h n u m e r o u s canals and magnificant structures such as the Admiralty, the beautiful St. Issac's Cathedral, and Peter and Paul Fortress. The Hermitage Museum in Leningrad is indeed t r u l e y a t reasure house of objects of art with works of Da Vinci, Rembrandt, Raphael, Titian, Michaelangelo and the . French Impressionists.

In Leningrad the group was the guest of a poly-technical institute whose students for the most part spoke fluent English. These students were friendly and "polished" in American culture. The Russ ians acknowledged unquestionably the American s u p e r i o r i t y in w e a l t h and materialism but attributed it to

by John Zabatto e x p l o i t a t i o n by c a p i t a l i s t monopolists. The students were also eager for discussion about Viet Nam, China and Race. More a b o u t Russ ian society was l e a r n e d f rom t h e Russians f r e q u e n t l y i n i n f o r m a l , discussions at night, often over vodka. In Kiev, a few students met with Arab students from the s o u t h Y e m e n Republic and African students studying in the S o v i e t U n i o n . N a t u r a l l y conversation centered around race' relations, Arab-Israel War, and Viet Nam. From Leningrad the group flew to Moscow.

Moscow is the political and cultural center of the Soviet Union. In addition' it is the " r e l i g i o u s c e n t e r " since in Moscow rests the founder of Communism for Russia-Lenin. The cult of Lenin is indeed religious, there are Lenin streets, museums, theatres, buildings and libraries. The cult of Lenin is c r o w n e d b y t h e L e n i n Mausoleum which under heavy military guard, is located in Red Square.

In Moscow the group visited the Tretyokov Art Gallery which c o n t a i n s paintings from the t w e l f t h t o t h e t w e n t i e t h centuries - a veritable gold mine of Russian historical works. The group was fortunate enough to attend the magnificant Bolshoi Ballet 'at the Palace of Party Congresses, within the Kremlin and also the famed Moscow C i r c u s . A t r i p t o Moscow University proved interesting, the University is impressive but t h e dorms can't compare to Marist's! Within the University the buildings depicted news of Vie t Nam - showing recent

a n t i - w a r demons t r a t i ons , in C a l i f o r n i a and d i s p l a y i n g Vietcong soldiers shooting down American planes. From Moscow the group flew to Kiev, capital of the Ukrainian Republic. The t o u r v is i ted a Museum of U k r a i n i a n A r t , S t . Sophia C a t h e d r a l a n d t h e Kiev-Pechersky Monastery both rich in cultural and historical i n t e r e s t and its labrinth of ancient caves. The people of the Ukra ine are noticably better dressed and more western, even less stoic than the Russians. Also n o t i c e a b l e ,was the Russian g u i d e s a t t e m p t t o d e p i c t Ukrainian allegiance solely with Russian Leninist Communism and the lack of public display, of real Ukrainian identity.

Some observations about the Soviet Union and its society include the following random -selection: much of the hard labor is performed by women, p u b l i c t r a n s p o r t a t i o n is functional and attractive, slums w e r e n o t visible, very few Russians own cars, prices on many manufactured goods and luxury items are high, streets are c l e a n a n d t h e r e a re no discotheques.

The trip conducted by Mr. N o r k e l i u n a s w a s b o t h educational and enjoyable and there are rumors of another one next year.

The Daily News Outsells The Times 2 to 1 on The Marist Campus

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Concerned Parent Dear Sir:

I recently received the March issue of the Marist Alumnus paper. In it you requested those p a r e n t s who are considering sending their children to Marist to ask for a copy of the Circle. I would be pleased if you would be so kind.

Let me introduce myself. I am the father of John Murphy the class of '67. John is presently a lieutenant in the United States^ Marine Corps, serving in Viet Nam. John has three brothers and our- hope is that they go to college if they prove capable. • There are a few things which

came to -my attention in the Alumnus which I hope you don't mind my alluding to. One of the school's former students declared that the Marines were prevented from showing a film at Marist by a group of TAC students blocking the. screen. Since I am ignorant of the facts, would you in one of your future issues be kind' enough to answer some of the following inquiries. This Marine contingent. . .was it a landing party of some sort or had theybeen invited by a duly authorized administrator of the college? In the case of. TAC students aiding a priest pour blood on draft-card records, was there any prosecution in this case? Just recently, in Baltimore, some students, priests and nuns were placed in jail for similar violations. At any rate, what action did the college officials take in these matters? In your answer to the ex-student you attempted to defend the action of TAC by stating they were instrumental in raising funds for c h i l d r e n in Appalachia and Biafra! Such enterprise is, of course, commendable but I fail to see how that logically answers such serious allegations.

Your President, Bro. Linus F o y o u t l i n e d seven major problems at Marist (finance and personnel omitted) in that issue. The first six were I know serious

ones for the college but only of the . material nature. Lastly, it was suggested that a serious reconsideration of the place of religion on THE college campus take place. Like your ex-student, I too worry about my family. I -worry about whether there will be a place for the spiritual and m o r a l d e v e l o p m e n t on the

'.Catholic campus and I would en joy y o u r o p i n i o n as to whether there wi l lbe a place for

"such spirituality on the. Marist campus. • ; '" -."

Y o u r k i n d indu lgence is appreciated.

Yours truly, Mr. John J.-Murphy

In Flo yds Behalf

Dear Sir: Perhaps I shouldn't be the one

to write this letter, but I believe it is my responsibility.

I would like to defend some of my b r o t h e r ' s a c t i o n s and attitudes; There has been a few articles in the paper criticizing F l o y d because he has been i n c o n s i s t e n t . He v i o l e n t l y disturbed the cafeteria with a mob of ugly, long haired wierdos - freaks, and then was bold enough to put a table in front of our peace-loving marine films. •

At this point I would like to clarify myself. I "am not saying that Floyd is right and you are Wrong. In fact, I agree that Floyd is being inconsistent.

It seems to me that we (most members of the Student Body) are being inconsistent also but

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THE

& CIRCLE:'* Editor-in-Chief , Paul Browne Managing Editor Patrick McMorrow, F.M.S. Sports Editor ; Joseph McMahon Feature Editor. '.. Joseph Thorsen Photography Editor John LaMassa, F.M.S. Circulation..... L.David DeRosa Financial Manager ;..Thomas Bagar

News Staff: Tom Buckley, Nick Buffardi, Charles Clark, Phil Coyle, Richard Dutka, Phil Glennon, Jeremiah Hayes, Anne Berinato, Otto Unger, Bob Miller , Brian Flood

Feature Writers: Tim Brier, Vincent Buonora, Vincent Begley, Richard Gorman, Richard Bruno

Sports Staff: . William Baker, Joseph Rubino, Robert Sullivan and

George Bassi —

Layout:

John Rogener, F.M.S., Tom Tinghitella, F.M.S.

Typists: Laurence Basirico, Bob Gurskc

Photographers: Fred House, Tom Tinghitella, F.M.S., DanieL Waters, F.M.S

John Pinna, F.M.S. '

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Nohe Named As New 69 - 70 Circle Editor

Former managing editor Patrick McMorrow fms, advising John Rogener fms, who will replace McMorrow next semester.

Five Students Awarded N.Y.S. Regents Fellowships Academic Dean Brother John

L. O'Shea, has announced that three undergraduates ' and two alumnus of Marist College have b e e n n a m e d w i n n e r s and alternates of the New York State Regents Fellowship awards.

T h e undergraduate students r e c e i v i n g R e g e n t s Col lege T e a c h i n g F e l l o w s h i p s for Beginning Graduate Study are Richard M. Blair, 52 Hooker A v e n u e , Poughkeepsie, New York and John P. Dreiser, 78 Henry Street, Kingston, New Y o r k . L o u i s P. Rinaldi 26 Mansion Drive, Hyde Park, New Y o r k has b e e n n a m e d , an alternate for the Regents College T e a c h i n g F e l l o w s h i p for Beginning Graduate Study. Mr. Blair and Mr. Rinaldi have also been named alternates for the Regents College Fellowships for Doctoral Study in Arts, Science or Engineering.

The two graduate students of Marist College who have been named alternates for the Regents College Fellowships for Doctoral S t u d y in A r t s , Science or

E n g i n e e r i n g a re J o h n T. R i t s c h d o r f f , . 9 0 - 6 0 U n i o n Turnpike, Glendale, New York and R i c h a r d F . Shea, 925 H u t c h i n s o n River Parkway, Bronx, New York.

The purpose of the Regents Fellowship is to assist capable s t u d e n t s to pursue graduate study in order to help meet the growing need for persons with" d o c t o r a l training in college t e a c h i n g , i n d u s t r y a n d government.

The Regents Fellowship cover . a broad range of graduate study programs, including arts, science a n d e n g i n e e r i n g . S o m e f e l l o w s h i p s are awarded to c o l l e g e s e n i o r s w h o wil l comple t e their undergraduate study in June and will enter graduate study in September. Other fellowships are awarded to s tudents who are already in graduate school and need only a year or two to complete the doctorate. Certain awards are designed specifically for students who are able to continue their g r a d u a t e s t u d y only on a

They've Run the Good Race

by Tim Brier

Undaunted by the isolated gasps for b r e a t h and the alternating muscle spasms, the fearsome foursome, Br. Linus Foy , Mr. Thomas Wade,, Fr. E m i l e G u i l m e t t e , and Joe

. Francesse, broke the tape on the 120th hour to end Marist's latest mara thon. Sponsored by' the Class of '72 , the 120 hour e x t r a v a g a n z a was aimed at publicizing the Class "Give a Damn" Campaign.

Joining the four on the last lap was Thomas Walsh, originator of the run. When the Class was approached by the Appalachian Club for a small donation, Tom envisioned a week-long campaign t o r a i s e m o n e y for t h e worthwhile activities of the club. To publicize the campaign, he interested the Class in the idea of the marathon.

The response of the Class was

Br Hores Resigns The Circle learned today that

B r o t h e r G a b r i e l Hores has submitted his resignation from the Marist Brothers, effective June 1,1969. - Personal reasons were cited for the resignation.

Brother Foy said that Brother Gabriel's services as. an Assistant librarian in Spellman Library w o u l d b e re ta ined for the coming school year.

immedia te . Preparations were made and at 6:00 p.m. March 23 , the marathon began. In the .120 hours that followed, 110 members of the class ran in the event. Steve (The King) Burrell, alone, ran 40 miles during the week. Dan Cappio, taking a lead from brother Phil, ran 55 laps in a three hour period. As with the marathon of 1966, many others jogged along with the runners. O n e of t h e m o s t frequent s u p p o r t e r s was Mr. Jerome Reminicky who attested to the i n v o l v e m e n t of t h e entire campus community.

The' distance run brought the world marathon record back to Marist, but not without incident. A r c h - r i v a l S i e n a . Co l lege attempted to kidnap one of the r u n n e r s on T h u r s d a y eve. However, the attack repulsed, the run was continued without interruption.

The associated "Give a Damn" Campaign was likewise a success. Contributions approached S500. Distribution was to be divided evenly between the Appalachian Club and a needy Poughkeepsie family.

At 6:00 p.m. March 28, the marathon ended, but not before involving the entire community i n a r e n e w e d s p i r i t of p a r t i c i p a t i o n , and m o r e importantly, not before aiding a worthwhile cause.

part-time basis. A total of 350 fellowships

may be used for study at any a p p r o v e d universi ty in the United States, and the remaining 200 may be used only in New York State. Each fellowship will entitle the recipient to receive up to $2,500 a year for full-time study and up to $1,250 for part-time study, depending on financial need. If the amount of the fellowship, is less than the cost of tuition, a fellowship holder attending a college in New York iilate will be eligible t o receive additional scholar incentive assistance up to $800 a year.

The fellowship awards follow a c o m p e t i t i o n open to all qua l i f i ed New York State r e s i d e n t s . A spec ia l panel, composed of fellowship officers of graduate schools in New York State,»meet in Albany to review t h e q u a l i f i c a t i o n s of t h e applicants. Awards are based on test scores, academic records and faculty recommendations.

T h e t o t a l of 550 awards • i n c l u d e s 2 5 0 for beginning

graduate study leading to college t e a c h i n g , 100 for advanced graduate study leading to college t e a c h i n g , 100 for full-time doctoral study in the liberal arts o r e n g i n e e r i n g , and 100 s p e c i f i c a l l y for p a r t - t i m e doctoral study in science or engineering. In the event that a fellowship is declined by the recipient, the award will be offered to the highest ranking alternate.

NOTICE A car is desperately

needed to continue the

t u t o r i a l program at

Millbrook. The program

runs on Monday and

Wednesday evenings: work -

study benefits.

Contact Joseph De Tura,

S-313, Box 22. * * * * *

Circle Editor > Paul Browng announced ..today that Steven N o h e h a s b e e n n a m e d editor-in-chief of the 1969-1970 n e w s p a p e r . With t o d a y ' s announcement it was learned that John Rogener fms will take the number- two spot of managing editor, Phil Glennon and Steven Harrison will co-edit news, and Joseph McMahon will continue as sports editor.

A l though the post is still officially open, it is expected that Vincent Begley will accept the position of feature editor upon his return from Oxford, England. Current feature editor Joseph (Woody) Thorsen plans to study at Oxford next year.

Thomas Bagar will maintain his post of financial manager, and has announced plans to "extend advertising next year in the hope that the newspaper will pay for itself . '

Steven Nohe, former student government representative and p r e s i d e n t i a l candidate , will replace Paul Browne who is leaving for Bogota, Columbia w h e r e he will complete his junior year.

John Rogener fms. who has

worked in management of The Circ le s i nce Sep tember , is replacing Patrick McMorrow fms as managing editor. Brother McMorrow will begin teaching in Florida this Fall.

P h o t o g r a p h y e d i t o r John LaMassa fms, who has been assisted this year by yearbook editor Fred House, is leaving on a teaching assignment at St.

Helena ' s High School in the Bronx. Mr. House will begin

"training as a Naval air officer upon graduation in June.

Mr. Nohe, whose position as editor becomes effective today, w i l l b e g i n o r g a n i z a t i o n a l meetings with his editorial staff next week. He expressed interest in c l ea r ing up any budget difficulties of this year's paper, in order to begin planning for next semester.

Mr. Browne decided to stop publication with today's paper so that the 69-70 budget would not have to incur a deficit. Anyone interested in working w i th the 69-70 staff should write; "The Editor", Box 857 Champ.

A P I . and S.A.C. Progress

in Curriculum Study T h e c u r r i c u l u m s t u d y

undertaken by the Academic Policy Committee has been well underway for over seven weeks now; and, for the most part, m e m b e r s of APC and the Student Academic Committee r e p o r t t h a t al l a c a d e m i c departments and student services are presently involved in depth in studies and discussions on the c u r r i c u l u m and i t s .various aspects.

SAC m e m b e r s have been a t t e n d i n g t h e f r e q u e n t d e p a r t m e n t m e e t i n g s as representatives of the student body and also to remain aware of the general trend of the curriculum study.

In general, the student opinion discussions held in the form of floor meetings in the various d o r m a t o r i e s h a v e b e e n s t i m u l a t i n g and profi table. A t t e n d a n c e has been good although it certainly could be be t te r . Probably the greatest good being achieved is the fact that for the first time students

and faculty are meeting on equal grounds to communicate, and to get to know and understand one another. Each has made quite an impression u p o n t h e other.

These preliminary discussions are rapidly coming to an end. Weekly reports on each meeting have been presented orally t o A P C b y the student representatives as well as the r e c o r d e d m i n u t e s of each discussion. These, in turn, will go before the entire faculty for their consideration early in May. Every suggestion made by every s t u d e n t is incorporated into these reports.

Any student, not having had the opportunity to attend one of these meetings and who would like to submit suggestions and opinions, is inivted to contact any member of SAC as to future d i s c u s s i o n s o r may submit w r i t t e n s t a t e m e n t s . SAC members are: Ed O'Neill, Ron

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H o l l y w o o d g loss of t h e spectacular.

The following night hosted a panel discussion on "Russia In 1969." Mr. Casimir Norkeliunas, Assistant Professor of Russian at Mar i s t , w h o recently led a sojourn with 40 students into t h e Soviet Union, gave the k e y n o t e a d d r e s s . M r . Norkeliunas expressed dismay over the stark conformity in Soviet housing structures and p e r s o n a l dress. He said he d i s c o v e r e d a t r e m e n d o u s communications gap between the East and West due to the p r o h i b i t i o n o f W e s t e r n p u b l i c a t i o n s o n S o v i e t n e w s s t a n d s . T h e e v e n i n g c o n c l u d e d w i t h G r i g o r i C h u k r h r a i ' s " B a l l a d of a Soldier."

Dr. Anna Balakian, author on s u r r e a l i s m in the arts and Professor of French at New Y o r k University, offered an illustrated lecture on Tuesday encompassing the entire spectre o f s u r r e a l i s m . W e d n e s d a y witnessed a travel and study abroad discussion presented by

Bro. Belahger. Students Ed Lyle and Stephen Johnson offered their favorable opinions on the tutorial programs in England while Gerald Gretzinger covered s t u d i e s in Spain and Louis R ina ld i offered insights into Roman culture.

To the ears delight of many, the singing troubadors of the fo r e ign language department entertained the audience with folk song renditions in French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish. After a few bows and encores the awards for language excellence were passed out. The Thursday night festivities were topped off by Marcel Pagnol's human drama"Marius:*>

At its conclusion on Friday the Spanish Department reeled "Los Olvidados." One of Luis Bunuel's best, the film frames adolescent delinquency and its deserts under the hot Mexican sun. Attendance at the Modern Language Week showed outside interest for Marist to be very high. After each event coffee and refreshments were served.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR from 2 from 1

just the contrary to Floyd's way. We let the marines enter and utilize the cafeteria yet when the Pagaent Players attempted to. do the same they got food thrown at them, curses thrown at them, etc. Now I ask you, who are you ca l l i ng inconsistent? We can complain about those "freaks" running around on the cafeteria tables, yet we can sit there and throw food at them.

Granted, Floyd is inconsistent and also that the Pagaent Players were (if I may use the term) wrong in doing their skit on the tables. But how can we criticize them when we have to criticize ourselves first (which most of us have failed • to do). Can we honestly answer which of the two evils are the lesser? (the throwing of the food or the standing on the food). I don't believe we have the authority to justify the answer.

I guess I could go on forever a n d ever citing examples of inconsistency on both sides. But it seems to me to be a endless argument.

Before I close I would like to ask why is it Floyd that is mentioned in all these articles? I know for a fact that he wasn't the only one who participated in these acts. Is it right to criticize Floyd alone? No, of course not. So y o u see the others are inconsistent also.

Of course, this is by no means a way to justify Floyd's action. It is just a comment to show us that we must look at ourselves first.

Love & lilies, Dennis Alwon

Thank You Dear Sir:

I would' like to take this o p p o r t u n i t y t o p u b l i c l y acknowledge and thank Mr. A n d r e w P a v e l k o for t h e c o n t r i b u t i o n f r o m h i s department of tools which will b e of immeasurable help in Appalachia. These- tools were b r o u g h t d o w n t o E a s t e r n K e n t u c k y during our Easter r e c e s s by Marist Volunteers. Thanks to the efforts of Mr. P a v e l k o and o t h e r vi tal ly c o n c e r n e d depar tments and people, the Easter Volunteer movement was totally a success.

Sincerely, Brendan Mooney Pres. Appalachia

Reaction

Concerned Student Dear Sir: . •"

I hear that this will be the last . issue for a while so I had better say this now while I still can. Ever since I came here (way back in 1965) I have seen faults in Marist College. I have tried my best to rectify these faults p r i m a r i l y in t h e field of academics and experience has taught me that 90% of the battle is convincing the faculty and administration that the students are sincere.

The problem is this. There is a certain minority of students and faculty who are working like crazy to make Marist into a better place to live and study. This work is very discouraging. Why should these people work so hard for a majority who couldn't cararc less? Why should people fight for the privilege of having a cold beer while you're sitting in your room, when the lawns outside are converted into a garbage dump for empties? Why should seven men sit and work over the summer and every week since then to develop a curriculum which will allow the s t u d e n t tremendous academic freedom, when we know that the majority only want to take t h e ea s i e s t " g u t " courses possible or teach without being challenged?

Wel l , my answer to these

questions is that some people still have faith in students and faculty. Some" people care about what their degree will look like in 10 years. Some people don't want Marist to fold.

I think we owe these people, students and faculty, a great deal of appreciation,, because these people aren't complaining1 or cont inual ly down-grading the college, they are trying to build it up. And the interesting thing is that they would be the last ones to want praise for their work.

Sincerely, Dan Mahoney

The Other Side Dear Sir:

Recently the Circle published a series of articles on pacifism written by one of our more liberal students.' He is to be congratulated on his efforts. No doubt a good deal of time and t h o u g h t accompan ied "these articles. Thus we were presented with the pacifist side of life. I feel obliged to present the other side of the coin to trie Marist community .-• W h e n t h e rea l ly l i be ra l element in American Society better known as the "hippies" first made their appearance the main contribution they had to offer us was face reality." This caught the attention of many Americans for they thought we had been living up to things ever since we first became a nation. It would appear that if anybody is n o t facing reality it is the hippies!

This radical group wants peace and love, as everybody else does. The difference lies in the fact t h a t t h e y w i l l s ac ra f i ce e v e r y t h i n g else in order to obtain it. All through History man has desired peace but there was always some factor "which prevented him from achieving it; usually aggression of some form or another. Today there is still an aggressive element in society. How can we just walk away from this? I don't believe we can. . • •

The big issue at present is of course the Vietnam conflict. It m a y b e true that American politics and imperialism play a part but certainly not a very important one. We must look at the war from a human point of view. Let's remove the political elements from both sides and see what is left. There exist people in an area called South Vietnam who are being invaded by "what one may rightly term animals. T h e i r a c t s of terror, their intentional slaughter of women and children cannot be called human in any sense of the word. We in America with many more resources than the people of South Vietnam have come to aid these tortured people.

It is undisputable that this great land of ours does have its problems. But I don't think that serves as a basis for a passive rebellion. We must reconsider the value of that all important m o t t o , " i n un ion there is s t r e n g t h . " L o o k a t t h e tremendous progress the people of I s r ae l have made. Even though they were outnumbered during the Mideast war of '67 they won the respect of six n e i g h b o r i n g nations because THEY WERE UNITED.

Thus I would urge you to r e -eva lua te your position in regard to life in America. We are trying for peace. Today there is a stronger demand for it from everybody, not just pacifists. Society is definitely approaching the period when war will cease to exist. But we can not speed it up. Human nature must run its cou r se . Man must learn the importance of justice before he can enjoy the fruits of peace.

Let us remember the words of t h e l a t e J o h n K e n n e d y , " A m e r i c a faces chal lenges

greater than any which it has faced before. This is no time for complacency. This is no time to abandon the optimism which has characterized this nation since its birth. This is a time for boldness and energy. Too often a project is undertaken in the excitement of a crisis then it begins to lose its appeal as the problems drag on and the bills pile up. (In this situation the Vietnam war) But we must have the steadfastness to see every enterprise through. Our goal is not the victory of might but the-vindiction of right, not peace^at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom."

Thus I would urge you to apply your mentality and your e n e r g y t o w a r d solving the. problems we have instead of creating new ones. When that period of uncertainty does pass and when pur present endeavors are completed, wouldn't you like to feel that you were one c o n t r i b u t e d to their success rather than one who encouraged -despair and'defeat. -• ^

James J. McLoughlin, Class of 1972

Co-ed

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are introduced into a previously all male College."

The experimental findings do not show conclusively t ha t the introduction of females"into an all male institution directly result in a m o r e pos i t i ve social atmosphere, a more intellectually r i ch environment, and more p a r t i c i p a t i o n w i t h i n t h e classroom on the part of the students. However, the results do indicate a trend on the part of the coeducational classes to judge the p l e a s a n t n e s s , i n t e l l e c t u a l atmosphere, and participation in the class to be higher on a rating scale than the all male classes. This we found to be encouraging a n d h a v e m a d e s e v e r a l recommendations for . an even more effective evaluation."

INTRODUCTION "The' day division of Marist

Co l l ege , Poughkeepsie, New York, . has been non-coeduca­tional since its founding in 1946. I n t h e F a l l o f 1 9 6 8 approximately fifty females were admitted, both as advanced status transfers and freshmen, to the all male student body. The reasons for instituting the coeducational policy were quite varied. One reason or at least a result was to increase the enrollment, and s i m u l t a n e o u s l y b e t t e r t h e College's finances, so as to tap another source of income from t u i t i o n w i t h o u t a d d i n g

significantly to expenditures. Selecting females would enable the Admissions to select from higher grade students rather than to add lower grade male students. Thus, by accepting commuting f e m a l e s t u d e n t s t h e Administration could both retain its level of academic requirements to admission candidates and add s ignif icant ly to its financial resources."

A c c e p t i n g female college students from the community at large in Dutchess County would further the stated goal of the administrat ion to extend its services to more people in the c o m m u n i t y which it serves. Secondary to this, the College would be extending a service tp-its male enrollment by initiating an atmosphere which approaches real life more closely than an all male campus."

to live a "humble" reality in which the expectation is only from within the person: We. did n o t e x p e c t , . or we quickly l e a rned how .no t tp expect anything from outside'us, from t h e o t h e r s , f r o m t h e environment. Whether or not we would be paid attention did not really matter as did not really matter whether or not we would be accepted.or the place would fit to us. For we did not come here to find "happiness" as a nice lady pettily wrote in the Augusta newspaper after our arrivalhere. The reason why we came here was only an "inner," personal reason or motivation, justified only by ourselves.. And I think, if the program is going to continue, it will be possible only if there are people who are determined only by ah inner jus t i f ica t ion . If one expects justification from the outside realit'y, then the program was dead even before it started.-If one is looking for the "bet ter" o u t s i d e onesel f , t h e n this program has no reason to be for the Marist students and faculty. If one comes here trying to escape reality to find himself in a n o t h e r r e a l i t y , t h e n this

• program is going to reserve a bitterdisillusion; as it is in every case when a person tries to find himself outside himself. For we give , meaning to reality, not reality to us ."

I am stressing this point, for if t h e p r o g r a m is go ing t o continue, the only justification for its existence can be only an inner justification. To continue it just because we started it (i.e; we do hot want to recognize our failure) or because we,get a grant from the government and this program is meant as, a mean to receive and use money, we'd bet ter : forget it. I can see only one reason to come down here:

.. to have a human experience, to share a human experience, ready to pay the price for it. And the justification of this experience is to be found in its own nature: in its being a human experience, as. such priceless and the highest, if it is true that man is still the highest value of this world. For by coming here one finds only human reality, the human reality

. of Negro people. One may ask: what kind of reality'is it? Well, h u m a n . p e r s o n s ' c a n b e u n d e r s t o o d only through a direct experience. To talk about it, does not -make sense. This is

• why there is a reason to come down here and one must be ready to pay the highest price for it for it is the highest value."

Yesterday I. talked to Dean

Rece about the future of the exchange program. He asked me whether or not it is worthy to continue. Usually we answer this p r o b l e m by looking at the results of it. The results justify the answer. If the results are p o s i t i v e then the answer is positive; if the results are a f a i l u r e , then- the answer is negative. But everything depends on. what we mean by "result", especially by "positive" result. Too often we do not understand the positive meaning of a failure, and too often by positive result we mean to improve what is in the sense of building up on what is, as though to destroy what is, is not an improvement. We take for granted that what is has a right to be ."

If o u r p r e s e n c e h e r e is u p s e t t i n g , c r ea t i ng tension, uneasiness, disruption, conflict, unrest, etc., then for those who like peace and quietness, i.e. the status quo of things because t h e y themselves fit perfectly into it, as a resultant and victims of it, our experience and our being here is negative and they are very happy to see us going away and not to come back any more. The future of the program much depends on how many here at Paine are looking at our p r e s e n c e here in this light. Unfortunately, I sense that this is the strongest attitude toward us here, which shows to what extent this place is conservative and how much it heeds to be s t i r red up by injecting new blood, destroying the inbreeding process that it is undergoing. But th .e c o n t i n u a t i o n of t h e e x c h a n g e p r o g r a m will be meaningful and welcomed by all

• those who care about the life of this place. Seen from'this point of view, the tension that bur presence .is creating* here, is ; a positive, result; It, brought many

; things into light, no" matter how painful." -.-;•; r

But there is also another "side to be analyzed. We ourselves, the six from Marist, may be asked .whether or not this has been a positive experience, worthy to be continued. Once' again the

- answer to this question depends on how we look at it, and what standard of values we take as the criterion for the evaluation. This place offers only one challenge: a human challenge. Besides this there is not much left for a person from Marist, whether student or faculty member. Here t h e r e is n o t a c a d e m i c ^ or

. intellectual challenge, no social life, poor physical facilities. One

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Gagnon fms, Ed Timmes, Bob. Sullivan, Bob Ulrich, Art Matos and George Roarty.

T h i s i s c e r t a i n l y a n opportunity that should not be p a s s e d b y . We have t h e advantage of having a faculty, which is open and interested.

T h e S t u d e n t A c a d e m i c Committee is also in the process o f p r i n t i n g a p a m p h l e t concerning courses and academic opportunities available through the Associated Colleges of the Mid -Hudson Area , Col lege Proficiency Exams and State Programs. This material will be compiled and made available to the students before the end of this semester.

Having temporarily completed t h e s t u d e n t discussions on curriculum, the SAC will resume i t s o p i n i o n p o l l o n de-emphasized final exams and will commence a correspondence program with numerous colleges which will carry on through the summer recess in the hopes of studying their cum'culums and grading systems.

CORRECTION

In the previous edition

Ken M c K i n d r a was

erroneously said to have

part ic ipated in early

integration movements in

the South.

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Rusty

Callow

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Deucher Elected As President of G.A.P. The Appalachia workers on

April 17, held the election of its new officers. Brendan Mooney presided over the meeting for the last time as president.

"Brendan" who will be going to Spain next year, founded the club and is chiefly responsible for the reaction on campus. His post of. president was passed over to Bill Deucher, who has worked hard all year for the club. Although he is a freshman, he gained valuable experience by working closely with Brendan all year. It was due to this fact that Bill Pacciorie, Joe Rubino, and Nick P i c c i o h e , al l declined nomination, for president.

Much is expected from Bill, and all feel confident, he is capable and willing. The club's executive board was completed with Anne Berinato being voted t h e Recording Secretary, the first woman to hold an executive position, and Jerry Eisenman the Corresponding Secretary, Bob "Sy" Yuirch became the new Vice-President and Pat Cherry was made second Vice-President and p r e s i d e n t a l advisor by

appointment; . The Appalachian Reaction in

its first two years has been, c lose ly i d e n t i f i e d with its f o u n d e r and ex -p res ide r i t , Brendan Mooney. Much credit is due to this man, who brought a dream to the Marist campus and e x t e n d e d this dream -to his colleagues. His work proved that an individual effort can improve conditions for fellow men and t h a t e a c h m a n h a s t h e o p p o r t u n i t y , if n o t t h e obligation, to become involved with humanity.

The club will now have to expand, under new leadership. Bill Deucher and his officers have a tough job with Brendan's absence, but their unity in the same dream will enable them to continue the movement on the campus as long as a number of s t u d e n t s have interest and concern for the conditions of o t h e r men, the Appalachian Reaction will always be found on the Marist campus.

Stearns Receives Award byBrianFlood

Vincent J. Stearns, trustee of T n e Marist Appalachian Club Marist College and co-owner of .** a branch of the Christian S tea rns Insurance Agency in Appalachia Project of Garrard Poughkeepsie, was presented a County, Kentucky. This project plaque Thursday evening April i s u n d e r t h e d i r e c t i o n of 2 0 a t Mar i s t C o l l e g e , in Reverend Ralph A. Betting and a p p r e c i a t i o n for se rv ices n a s been in operation for seven r e n d e r e d t o t h e M a r i s t years..

V o l u n t e e r s work as camp counselors, teach Bible school, work on construction projects and conduct experimental farms All work and all projects are directed to alleviate poverty.

Mr. Stearns is also a member of t h e Presidential Advisory Board at Marist College.

Diane DiGrandi stresses a point to Bill Castillane as part of the cast looks on.

Theatre Guild To Present "Between Two Thieves"

Appalachian Club. The plaque was presented to

Mr. Stearns by club President ; Brendan Mooney., "..,'

Xast year through the efforts of Mr. Stearns $650 was raised for the Appalachian Club to carry on its work in Eastern Kentucky.

P r e s e n t l y Mr. S t ea rns is conducting a campaign among the- people of the community. He is asking their support for a worthy project to "defray the expenses" necessary for work to be done in Kentucky.

Remarking "It is an honor for me t o work for you", Mr. S t e a r n s p l edged t o r a i se approximately $4,000 for the club.

T h e o b j e c t i v e o f t h e Appalachian Club is to help the desti tute and poverty-stricken people of the eastern region of K e n t u c k y . Volunteers from Maris t and o t h e r co l leges sacrifice summer, Easter and Christmas vacations to carry on this social work.

On Thursday evening, May 8th, the Spring Production of the Theatre Guild, "Between Two Thieves", will open at the Campus Theatre. Showings will b e p r e s e n t e d F r i d a y a n d Saturday (May -9th & ;10th) at 8:30 p.m. and Sunday (May H t h ) a t 2 : 3 0 p . m .

The cast includes a number of seasoned Marist performers as well as a group of promising new T h e s b i a n s . Bill C a s t e l a n e , M e r w y n R o m e y n , J i m Steinmeyer F:M;S., Ken Carlson and Bob Warren F.M.S. will all be returning to continue their careers on Marist's Stage.

The new c o m e r s include

by James Steinmeyer, F.M.S.

Debbie Elder, (who has had previous experience with- the Dutchess County Community Players,) Mike Kelly F.M.S., Rick Flynn and Brian Nerrie.

A number of actresses from the Poughkeepsie area are also participating in the drama. These include Diane DiGrandi, a long time Guild member, Kathleen Kerby and Mrs. Ursula Bernard, a Poughkeepsie housewife and a member of the Dutchess County Community Players.

The p lay presents to the a u d i e n c e "a s t r ong religious p a r a d o x . It again pits Jews against Gentile, Christian against P a g a n , B e l i e v e r a g a i n s t

non-believer, man against man. The question of religious belief, c o m m i t t m e n t and its social i m p l i c a t i o n s a r e w o v e n throughout the play. It calls into question man's basic belief in a God, if that belief does not affect a positive change in his person and his relationship with others.

"Between Two Thieves" offers no conclusion. Only it promises heightened awareness. For an individual concerned with his own religious convictions, with the fate of organized religions and with the relationships of people with varying convictions, it is a must.

The Student Body extends its sympathy to the family of Francis Buckley, father of Robert Buckley, Class of 1970.

Benin from

The Christian Appalachian Workers held a "beer blast" at the Creamery to raise funds for their summer program.

must be ready and expect to be an o u t s i d e r h e r e , unasked, unwanted and not belonging to this place. It would be very w r o n g if we expect to be a c c e p t e d and wanted, just because we have come here as an act of charity to be rewarded. One choses to come here, one is not asked, therefore one must be ready of not being accepted. This being an outsider is the greatest suffering one must be ready to pay. Time will appear empty, long, dull. Left on his own, one will be forced to look . into oneself, alone within one's own emptiness. A deep boredom will creep into one's life very soon. And the need to go out of oneself, to find someone will become stronger and stronger, but seldom one will be able to relate to the others beyond the skin of life. Then one will understand the alien society in which we are living because of the racial prejudicies. Then we will understand how in our social relationship we did not go beyond the color of the skin. One is angry for not being

accepted for what one is and not Ibi the color of one's skin. You wish to cry and shout that you are with them, like them, one of them and this is the reason, why one has come here. But you are white, no matter how much they try to be kind to you or you try to be kind to them. It looks impossible, silly, the fact that we do not succeed in overcoming this racial prejudice, only if we forget how much suffering they have to undergo and they are undergoing because of their skin. The white saw only the skin in them and they failed to see the human person, why do we mind if they see only the skin in us; if they look suspiciously at our being human beings once we failed to see them as human

beings? After all we see the way in which we are and if the white society did not succeed in seeing in them a human reality it may well be because the white were not human at all. Why then this pretension of being treated like human beings when we showed that we are not human? And today we are not better than hundred years ago just because our unhuman seeing is hidden by a mask and we call it social equality."

This is a great lesson we are learning here. I really think that o n e c a n u n d e r s t a n d and therefore overcome, the depth" of social alienation caused by the racial prejudice, only if one experiences a little bit, just a little bit, the tragic suffering that other human beings underwent because of their skin. Then we can feel the humiliation and degradation of being reduced on ly to skin. And why. to w o n d e r if t h e i r skin now b e c o m e s their new identity, since they were reduced to it and since they had to pay so much for it? Now for them it is a real value, just because they paid so much for it, whereas our whiteness is not a value or an identity because we did not pay for it. We just happened to be white and it is as stupid as everything that just happened to be. And most of all it is stupid if we claim upon it as our own value when i t is not . The reason w h y t h e w h i t e s c a n n o t understand the Negroes it is because they never experienced what they did experience. Paine College may give a chance to the Marist Community to experience a little bit this suffering, and I am sure it will cause a deeper human understanding. This is what we learned here and we will never forget it, as we will never regret it ."

Answer: shall we continue the program? Yes! But are there people ready to pay for the experience?"

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Two Fakes Later

Award This Peas And Carrots

by Joe Rubino

As long as I've been viewing and talking about sports on. campus this year, I thought it might be a good idea to give out a few awards to some athletes whom I think deserve them.. They're not costing me anything so I may as well give out as many as I can think of.

R e m e m b e r , however, that these are my choices, and .they are going to athletes whom, I b e l i e v e , b e s t f i l l t h e qualifications of that award.

T h e f i r s t i s t h e Best Ail-Around Athlete. This goes to an athlete who not only is good in two sports, but who excels in. t w o s p o r t s - Bill McGarr, football and wrestling. . .

T h e s e c o n d is t h e Most Improved Athlete. This goes to someone who, after being a sub» offensive end his freshman year, turned into the best defensive back on the team this past, season - Dean Gestal, football. . .

The third is the Comeback Athlete of the Year. This goes to a great runner who has always had the ability, but has always been hampered by injuries. This year, however, he had a terrific year, rarely finishing as far back a s second - Phi l C a p p i o , cross-country and t r ack . . .

Next is the Most Consistent Athlete. This is an athlete who, game after game, never turned in a bad performance. When the rest of the team broke down, he was always there to hold them t o g e t h e r - I s i d o r e Sabeta, soccer.

Next is the Most Underrated A t h l e t e . T h e bes t way to describe him is the way Coach Petro did earlier in the year, "he is the type of ballplayer that no one notices but the coaches." He i s n ' t f l a shy , b u t the final statistics show the true facts -Ray Manning, basketball . . .

The sixth award is the Most Dedicated Athlete. This award, I feel, could go the the whole crew team, because in this sport, w i t h o u t ded ica t ion you ' r e nothing. The recipient is a man small in size, but big in ability -Jini Walsh, crew. . .

The seventh award is to the Most Courageous Athlete. He was courageous this year because he p l ayed c o n s t a n t l y with

- in jur ies ; he was courageous because he had to lead his team, and he wouldn't let his pain keep him down - Tom Dowd, football. . . .

The next award-is the .Most Sportsmanlike Athlete. It goes t o a b a l l p l a y e r who never complained. He didn't throw s o u r grapes when he wasn't p l a y i n g , he didn't complain when he was hurt, and he didn't.. c o m p l a i n when an official's judgment went against' him. He was always patient, unselfish, and he did the job - Mark Schmid, basketball. - The ninth award is the Most V a l u a b l e A t h l e t e . It is an understatement to say that this athlete was the most valuable. Without him, his team was just a b u n c h of ballplayers - Ken Thompson, basketball. . .

The last and highest award is t o t h e ATHLETE OF THE Y E A R . This athlete, besides being consistent, besides being s p o r t s m a n l i k e , besides being d e d i c a t e d , bes ides be ing v a l u a b l e , h a d . m a n y other important, but rare, attributes that characterized his actions. H e h a d l e a d e r s h i p and confidence in himself and his team. His"performances were, to say the least, electric. He was the athlete of the year - Bill Moody, wrestling.. .

It should be interesting to see who the coaches choose for Athlete of the Year. Bill Moody and Kenny Thompson are strong contenders, but I think the coaches will lean toward" either Jim Conroy or.Phil Cappio. Conroy was "Mr. Everything" on the gridiron this fall, arid Cappio has broken every school record from the half-mile to the marathon. I think Conroy, being a Senior, will probably get the n o d . . .(last year's winner of this coveted award was John Forbes, a t rackman). . .Last week I had the privilege of competing in the 73rd Annual Boston Marathon and. I would like to pay a compliment to the people of Boston for the way they support this classic. The people lined the streets on both sides all the way from Hopkington to Boston just to cheer on the 1200 runners, a n d t h e a p p l a u s e b e c a m e thunderous'' each time they saw one of the few women who had snuck in unofficially. Little kids were always running up to us. w i t h c u p s o f w a t e r or "gatorade", or an orange slice, a chocolate bar, or a wet sponge. One even sprayed us with a hose. What it all added up to was that everyone was running not so much to beat each.other but to break 4 hours, and conquer the Boston Marathon. . .Speaking of Boston, take a wild guess at who the Marist track team ran into in the Queens College Locker room a few weeks back. . .The Queens College track team?. . .No, but that 's not bad for a wild guess. Would you believe the New York Knicks, getting ready for a p r a c t i c e session before their upcoming fourth game of the series wi th . the Celtics. We said w e ' d let t h e m run as our freshman team, but they all wanted scholarships.'

While most of the team was wa tch ing Nate Bowman and Dick Barnett clowned around.

In Perspective

Jim "Bubba" Walsh At Saturday's President's Cup

regatta Jim Walsh rowed in the 2 seat and the Varsity finished a strong second behind the very powerful St. Joe's crew. Nothing would have satisfied Bubba more than a victory in this, his last home race, but St. Joe's was not to be foiled.

Bubba has come a long way s i n c e h e p l a y e d va r s i ty basketball at St. Patrick's High S c h o o l in Newburgh. As a f r e shaman he rowed- in the second boat for most of the year. Then in the spring he got a real break when someone on the J.V. got injured and he was asked to fill in. He showed then, as he does today, that he can handle a stiff responsiblity as he made the big jump to the J.V. and rowed in the Dad Vail.

One of the races that Jim will never forget is the President's Cup of 1967 when Jim was in the J.V. boat. They came within one second of victory in that race, losing to Trinity because they started their sprint too late. Bubba remembers passing the Trinity shell two strokes after the finish as they were fading at the end and Marist was gaining.

Last year at the Dad Vail, Bubba was the only Junior rowing in the Varsity boat, ho ld ing d o w n the 3 seat position. Now, as a Senior, still only. 5 '1I", ,17S lbs, Bubba is the co-captain of the team.

In his four years as an oarsmen, Bubba has observed a definite trend of progress in Marist Crew. Each year the teams have improved noticeably, and Jim considers this year's Varsity as the best yet.

Coach Austin regards Bubba as "a fine leader and a hard worker. He makes up for his small size

by guts and determination." Jim is '4 inches smaller and 20 lbs. lighter than the rest of the crew, which shows that there still is a place for the good small man. Jim doesn't talk much but what he says is always listened to by

his teammates. After graduat ion , Jim is

considering coaching, but right now his big aim is a strong showing in the Dad Vail to top off an excellent rowing career.

by Joe McMahon ' • ' . • \ "'••

Dave DeBusschere was sitting in a trance reading a • book, and Walt Frazier.was getting some late-minute strategy from Henry Blums on,, how to guard Em B r y a n t . Obviously Henry straightened him but, but luck just wasn't with them. . .The way some people reacted to h a v i n g ; athletes register first, y o u ' d think the school was turning into an athletic factory. T h e main r e a s o n . for this privilege is to insure that the w h o l e team is together for practice each afternoon. Nothing drastic is going to happen, it is merely a step to improve the existing conditions. The basic philosophy of the administration is still the same - scholarships are not going to be given, because then students would be getting tooled, as they are at some b i g - t i m e s c h o o l s , it would

eventual ly -snowball into a must-win situation, and it would d e s t r o y t h e e x c e l l e n t opportunity for a student to develop into a good athlete by competing in a sporty because then the teams would be manned by established high school stars. But aside from scholarships, many steps can be • taken to improve the athletic! situation, and this privilege is. one of them. . .Congratulations to Ed Walzer, who was recently

. elected President of the Varsity Club. He will be succeeding Bob Andrews, who did an excellent job for athletics this year . . .See ya around the Big U, and Good Luck on Finals. "Peas and Carrots" will be returning again next • year, unless, of course, I can find someone crazy enough to take this job. . .Erp!! . . .

In Perspective

Bill Rowley Over the last four years, Bill

Rowley has rowed in many crew races, but this past weekend's P r e s i d e n t ' s cup regatta will probably always stick out in his mind. In front of a large home crowd of friends and relatives, Bill stroked the J.V. home first by a decisive margin. The victory had an extra touch of pleasure as it marked the first time a Marist team had ever won this race, and the satisfaction showed in Bill's face as he was presented with the winner's cup in the post-race ceremonies.

In high school, Bill had been a h u r d l e r at S t . Mary ' s - in Manhasse t , Long Island. He started out rowing crew as a member of the second boat in the fall of his freshman year, and was moved up to the first boat in t h e s p r i n g . - D u r i n g his Sophomore and Junior years, Bill rowed* in the J.V. boat, usually in the stroke position, and this year he has been back and forth between the Varsity and J.V.

Bill c o n s i d e r s these two present boats as the best he has seen in his four years. "The competition is so intense " said Bi l l , ' tha t many times the practices become races, and the J.V. boat usually holds its own."

Coach Austin had this to say about Rowley: "It has been a p l e a s u r e to '•" have Bill as a member of the crew for my first year. BL1 has rowed all four years and has worked real hard d u r i n g those years. He has" acquired considerable knowledge about the sport and has helped me in many ways to get my feet on the ground." '

The Dad Vail will be the c l i m a x of t h i s " p o l i s h e d oarsman's" rowing career, but after graduation Bill will be aiming to master a new career, as he will be attending St. John's Law School in the fall.

Rusty Callow

On Saturday

Black Weekend from I

put it as, "it is our own consciousness - we are not interested in defining it to anyonei" - For an ending, Mr. Reaves told his audience to pick up the Black press and find out what's happening. Mr. Reaves is a solution consultant for IBM.

An unexpected lecturer, Herman Ferfurson, who recently received notoriety in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville dispute spoke on the New Republic of Africa. Wearing a grey sports coat and black turtleneck Mr. Fergurson outlined the. brief history and e x p e c t a t i o n s of the New Republic. He felt that a country just for blacks was necessary because by the 14th Amendment, "we (blacks) were given no rights, but only obligations."

Recounting an incident at the first convention of the New Republic, held at a Baptist Church in Detroit, Mr. Ferguson dramatically told the audience how "the pigs" (police officers) method ica l ly fired on the representat ives . Af ter this account of the Detroit raid, Mr. F e r g u s o n enumerated the demands of his organization. Among them was a demand of five Southern statesj and two billion dollars as interest on the principal for his races'history of p icking c o t t o n . Continual

emphasis was placed on the geo-political control.

The last lecturer was Clarence McGill, head of Urban Renewal Project hi Beacon, N.Y. and president of the Ellenville chapter of NAACP. Mr. McGill related to his audience that a separate Black nation could be easily maintained and controlled. He felt it would be playing into the hand of white bigots and that it was "green (money) power" his community needed most.

The following day was barred to all whites, even those who registered for the whole weekend. Some of the lecturers on the 19th were Minister Louis Farrakhan of Islam Temple No. 7 N.Y. and Dr. Benjamin Johannan of Harlem P r e p a r t o r y S c h o o l w h o e n t e r t a i n e d ques t ions on Afro-American studies. The night was capped with a fashion show Uhuru - producer Richard Jefferson, and to conclude, a semi-formal dance featuring the Monte Carlo Band. Sunday witnessed fashions by the Black Panther Party, poetry readings, art ists and works from the Harlem Art Gallery. The Black Cultural Weekend was over, its hopes was to produce solidarity.

MAY 1,1969 THE CIRCLE PAGE 7

TRACK TEAM WILL END SEASON AT ALBANY STATE TWO CLOSE DEFEATS FOR TRACKMEN • . -

In its opening meet of the .;.., outdoor season, on April 12, the

track team fell to defeat at the hands of Queens College, 83-61. It was not a total loss, however, a s a n u m b e r o f f i n e

'performances were turned in. • The most outstanding races of

the day came in the distance events. In the two-mile Phil Cappio hit a phenomenal 10:00.4 to beat Herb Holman from* Queens . Holman led through the first mile in 4:56 as Phil stayed right on. his shoulder. Then, on the fifth lap, Cappio passed him and began pulling away. In spite of the fast pace Phil sprinted all-out on the final 220 in a near miss effort to break 10:00.

; Earlier in the meet, Holman and Cappio had battled it out in the mile with the outcome being reversed. Holman went out with a- blistering pace, and the two

^passed the quarter at 60 and 61 seconds. They were still together at the half in 2:10-2:11 , while at the gun the Queens man had a five yard lead in 3:21-3:23. Neither one was able.to pick it up on the last lap and they finished ten yards apart with 4:32.6 for Holman and 4:34.3 for Phil.

The 880 proved to be another tight race as once again "Iron Man" Herb Holman flew out in front and led the pack through the 440 at 60. Greg Howe stayed right with him and one second b e h i n d were Murphy from Queens and Bob Mayerhofer. Holman opened a slight lead on the backstretch and held it to t h e t a p e in 2 : 0 2 . 2 . Howe f in i shed a close second in 2 : 0 4 . 2 , w h i l e Murphy and

- Mayerhofer came in third and fourth at 2:07.5 and 2:09.7.

Wayne Saldinger gave Queens another victory as he turned in a 52.2 to win the 440. Marist,

... however, picked up second and third in this event as Steve K o p k i ran a 53.2 and Joe McMahon hit 54.8.

The 220 yard dash was a romp for Queens as they took the first three positions with Jacob 23.3, Murry 23.4, and Chait 23.5. Cha r l i e B u s t e r n a was close behind in fourth.

Busterna turned the tables in his favor in the 100 yard dash as he won by inches in 10.4.' Murry and Horowitz were second and third for Queens with 10.5 and 10.6.

The hurdles races were both won by Queens with Jay Chait taking the 440 intermediates in 63.2 and Joe Nappi clearing the 120 highs in 16.5. Ray Schmidt and Richie Measel took second

and third in the 440's, while Austin Randolph and Schmidt garnered the same points in the 120's. . . - .

Q u e e n s d o m i n a t e d the jumping events "as they swept both the long and-triple jumps. The winning leaps were 21' W' and 23* 2%", both by Steve Horowitz. Richie Measel sailed 19'. 10y4" for fourth place in the l o n g j u m p , whi le Aust in Randolph hit 27 feetx in the triple jump for another fourth. Both, no doubt, were tiring since they were competing in six events each.

The high jump was taken by Joe Nappi of Queens, at 5' 8", while Randolph and Measel took . second and third "with 5' 6" and 5' 4" respectively.

The pole vault was a sweep for Marist as Measel and Randolph m e r e l y had to clear the qualifying height.

The Blum brothers, Paul and Henry, teamed up to score 19 points in the throwing events. Henry won the discus (123'1") and javelin (148'), and took second in the shot (39'51/2") behind Quay from Queens who threw 41'8V4". Paul was second in both the discus (108'VA") and javelin (146'10") and also ran well enough to finish fourth in the two-mile with 11:42. Henry got into the running act too as he ran a speedy leg on the 440 relay. Joe Sommers helped them out by taking third to complete the sweeps in both the javelin (130'), and in the discus.

The final stage of the meet was the relays. In the mile, Queens ran a strong 3:32.5 to win sizably over Marist's 3:38.8. Kopki led off this foursome with a 53.5, and he was followed by Howe (54.5), Mayerhofer (56.0), and McMahon ( 5 4 . 8 ) . The absences of Ed Walzer (fractured foot) and Bill Kalish (Russia) were sorely felt both in this relay and in the individual 220 and 440. The 440 relay was won by Queens also with the margin being 46.5 to 49.5.

On April 19, Marist travelled to Fairfield University for its second meet. Again the team m e t defeat, this time by a margin of only 8 points, 76-68.

T h e meet was held under extremely adverse conditions as the track and the jumping pits were flooded from the early morning rain. This caused the times to be well off, because the runners had to stay in the third lane all the way.

Ph i l Cappio continued his ;

winning ways, taking both the mile and the two mile. In both of these races he was hard pressed by two Fairfield runners, O ' R o u r k e and O'Donoghue. However, Phil paced himself

asa m--

Jim Longo of New Paltz and Phil Cappio were rivals as far back as two season ago. Yesterday, the two met again, with Cappio emerging as victor.

each time until the gun, and then kicked out the last lap, to win going away. Bob Mayerhofer finished fourth in the mile, and Mike Bell was fifth. In. the deuce, it was Frank Lasko and Paul Blum who took the same positions respectively.

The 880 saw Marist finish first and second for the first time in their short history. Greg Howe took the lead on the first turn and held it through a fast first q u a r t e r , w i t h L a m b from Fairfield right.on his shoulder. Joe McMahon was in third place about two seconds back with another Fairfield man. At the 660, Howe still had the lead, while McMahon, twenty yards b a c k , started to sprint, and passed Lamb before the final turn. Howe won easily as he came in strong and McMahon held his advantage down the final straightaway to clinch the one-two finish by fifty yards.

Steve Kopki turned in a fine race in the 440 to garner the second place points, as Martens of Fairfield copped a narrow victory. Frank Lasko finished fifth in this race.

The sprints seemed to be the area where Marist was hurting the most as we were shut out for the second week in a row in the 220 yard dash. Martens, Kiley, and Reid ran 1-2-3 to gain nine points for Fairfield.

The only bright spot among the dashmen was Bill Kalish who

t o o k second p l a c e in the h u n d r e d . Fa i r f i e ld had no trouble taking the 440 relay.

T h e mile r e l ay , however, showed that Marist was much stronger in everything from the 4 4 0 t o t h e 2 mile. While Fairfield had a hard time getting 4 men for the relay, we had six r u n n e r s , all a b o u t equally capable and ready, - Kopki, M a y e r h o f e r , Ka l i sh , Howe, McMahon, and Cappio. The first four ran and won easily by 8 seconds.

The hurdle events were both won by Fairfield as Goodwin w o n t h e 1 2 0 h ighs and L a n d m e s s e r t o o k t h e '440 i n t e r m e d i a t e s . Ray Schmidt took second in the" high hurdles while Richie Measel picked up three points for a similar placing in the 440's.

H e n r y Blum had another o u t s t a n d i n g day w i t h the t h r o w i n g events, scoring 13 points, as he won the shot and javelin, and placed second in the discus. Tom Coohey took third in the javelin and John Hallahan added one more point for Marist in the shot put.

Richie Measel and Paul Blum merely cleared the qualifying height in the pole vault to gain the valuable points of a shutout.

After the mile relay the score was tied 63-63, and it was necessary to have the long jump and triple jump, despite the muddy pit and flooded runway.

Richie Measel and Tom Cooney put up a gallant mud-covered fight, but Fairfield's outstanding leaper, J.C. Dennis, proved to be too much as he won both events. Measel and Cooney took second and third in the long jump and Measel got third in the triple jump. This gave Marist 5 points, while Fairfield took the other 13.

Phil Cappio and Joe McMahon competed in the 73rd annual Boston Marathon on April 21st. T h e r a c e , w h i c h s tar t s at Hopkington and ends in Boston, covers a distance of 26 miles, 385 yards. Out of the field of twelve hundred, Cappio finished 159th in 3 hr., 10 seconds, while McMahon was 512th with a time of 3 hr., 47 min., and 50 seconds.

At the Penn Relays, Marist's mile relay finished seventh out of nine in their class. Kopki led off this foursome with a 54.4, followed by Mayerhofer (52.8), Howe (54.9) and Kalish (53.4) for a total of 3:35.5. The Sprint Medley was outclassed as they were put into open competition, and the only highlight was the 880 leg turned in by Phil Cappio -2 :01 .8 .

Victorious in Saturday's President's Cup race was the Marist Junior Varsity shown above. For details see page 8.

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J.V. 1st In .Ithaca

JOE RITZ STEVE SEPE MIKE ARTEAGA WILLIAM STAUDLE

ST JOE'S CREW TOPPLES MARIST VARSITY On Saturday morning at 11:00

the Marist College Junior Varsity Crew swept its way into a new dimension of rowing history by attaining our first President's Cup victory over the lona and

..Ithaca college crews. Although lona had recently become the Grimaldi Cup and Hughes Cup champions; over Villanova, Holy Cross, and Notre Dame, their attempts at keeping defeat off the records -were thwarted by t h e outs tanding performance made by the Marist J.V. eight. , Through Saturday's victory, Marist 'J.V. crew has set the" precedent our crews have been battling for, for the past seven years. Let us now consider the curse of the broken, mirror a', thing of the past, and take pride" in the identity "reflected" by this time honored event.

It took 6:05;for the J.V. to " p i e c e things together" and m a k e a new home for the Presidents Cup trophy. lona finished in 6:21 under ultimum rowing conditions,, leaving no

'question as to where superiority resided. The following are the victorious members of the race; J o s e p h Mc D e r m o t t , John C l a n c y , Rick Reusable, Jim M c L o u g h l i n , Mike Camardi, R i c h a r d G o r m a n , S teven . Pa l ensca r , Bill Rowley, and

•Coxswain . James Leary. The trophy was accepted by the stroke man Bill Rowley, James Leary and proud coach William A u s t i n w h o has worked unse l f i sh ly ha rd all season towards this long awaited goal.

In the Varsity event Marist came in a strong second place against St. Joseph's, a crew that is no doubt one of the toughest competitors an opposing crew team can encounter. Thusly, the Varsity eight proudly claimed second place honors with every intention of moving up into the lights on their next competitive o p p o r t u n i t y . • Rowing in the Varsity shell which clocked a 5:34.3 in the race behind the winning 5:22.8 was Steven Sepe, J i m Walsh, J o e R i t z , Bill Staudle, Bernie Mc Govern, Joe R y a n , M i k e A r t e g a K and C o x s w a i n ' P e t e r Masterson. Captain Mike Artega, and Cox'

, P e t e Masterson accepted the" trophy-in behalf of the team. -

v Lastly considered in the racing o r d e r of events, the Marist Freshman Crew fell just short of a victory against Sti Joseph's. Freshman squad. It was a tough race, with both boats bow ball to bow ball/for about the first 800 meters. Despite the fact that they lost however, Coach Bill Lenehan and his crew made up of: S teve D ' A r i e n z o , Dan Ca ppio, Ron Pdlumbo, Peter L a c o m b , Pau l O l e n , ' Mat t O 'Br ian , . Marty Torrey, John -Weiss , and C o x s w a i n J o e Bevilacqua, are endeavoring to work that much harder to gain-the winners edge for that all important, next time.

The festivities of that day have s u b s i d e d ; t h e crowds have dispersed, and only remnants lay about the river edge to remind us of it all, but downstairs in the

by Richard William Gorman -

trophy case is a silver cup that stands as a symbol of human striving. It is tangible proof that Marist College Crew has made the past worth looking into.

PHILADELPHIA T h e vars i ty crew finished

fourth Saturday in the Kerr Cup Regatta on the Skulkill River.

Georgetown University won the 2,000-meter event in five minu te s , 50 seconds. Drexel T e c h was s e c o n d in 6:09, Wesleyan third in 6:10, Marist fourth.in 6:10.1, Massachusetts fifth in 6:10.8 and Williams last in 6:25.

Marist got off to a bad start a n d G e o r g e t o w n t o o k a two-boat length lead over the field. By the 1,000-meter mark, Marist was in second arid held the position until the last 20 strokes when the Red Foxes' shell "caught1 a crab." Marist's boat dipped and one oar went too deep. The time it took for the oarsman to regain his stroke, allowed the other two schools to

: pass.' ^ . U Mass won the junior varsity

race.in 6:41 with Marist third in . 6:48: Georgetown was second in .

6:46, Wesleyan fourth in 6:53, Drexel fifth in 6:54 and Williams sixth in 6:58.

Drexel won the freshman race . i n 6 : 5 5,- f o l l o w e d b y

Georgetown 6:58, U Mass 7 :01 , Marist 7:03, Williams 7:12 and Wesleyan 7:15. .

"I was disappointed in the varsity race," said coach Bill Austin. "We should have done

better. Our junior varsity did well against stiff competition. They'll be strong as the season progresses."

A u s t i n said the freshmen-rowed at a very low stroke, about 30> while the rest of the field was at 36. "We'll work on a higher stroke in practice this week," Austin said.

FLORIDA The crew team's Florida trip

was considered an overall success this year. Despite limited rowing time before the trip, the Marist oarsmen performed much better t h a n e x p e c t e d . Surprisingly, they beat most of the Florida s c h o o l s , w h o have b e e n practicing for the spring season

_ since January. The first competition was the

Miami Invitational Regatta held in Biscayne Bay on Saturday, March 29. The race course was cut short, to only 1500 meters, due to rough water conditions. The Varsity race was won by Columbia, followed by Brown; R o l l i n s , F l o r i d a S o u t h e r n , M a r i s t , Williams, Jacksonville and Tampa in that order. Brown won the J.V. race and Marist finished sixth. The start of this race was greatly hampered by windy conditions which caused Tampa's shell to collide, with the J . V . shel l immediately after leaving the- stake boat. As a result, Marist was at least a l e n g t h b e h i n d f rom t h e beginning.

, The oarsmen spent the next five days in Lakeland, Fla. and

practiced twice a day at Florida Southern College. On Wed. April 2, Marist competed in the annual Cyprus Gardens Regatta. The Varsity race was copped by Columbia, with Rollins taking second. Marist finished third, a h e a d of P u r d u e , Amherst, Florida Southern, the Citadel, and Buffalo. Columbia also won t h e J . V . race, with Purdue s e c o n d , a n d t h e n F l o r i d a Southern, Marist and Amherst. R o l l i n s a c t u a l l y d e f e a t e d C o l u m b i a , b u t t h e y were disqualified for switching lanes.

Coach Austin said that both teams performed well, but the J.V., who was right with the

* other shells for most of the race, seemed sloppy over the last 500 meters and fell behind.

I n c i r c u m s p e c t , t h e trip afforded the oarsmen valuable water time which was impossible on the ice-clogged Hudson. It was also an indication that if their progress is continued at the same fate they are going to be a number one team.

RUSTY CALLOW ON SATURDAY

DAD VAIL

SAT. MAY 10

BERNARD McGOVERN GREGNESTEROKE PETE MASTERSON JAMES WALSH JOE RYAN

FRESHMEN BOW TO ST. JOSEPH'S IN DUAL RACE