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SUBSCRIBER'S ADDRESS All The Way To The THE COWL NCAA Vol. XXX, No. 19 PROVIDENCE COLLEGE, PROVIDENCE, R. I., MAY 8, 1968 TEN PAGES Fire Hits Grotto Young Friar Diamond Men Loss at $2,000 Drive For NCAA Tourney Arsonists are believed to The fire was confined to the have been responsible for a fire Grotto sacristy and the organ Providence College is back in able that this year's Fabulous The Friars swept two straight which broke out in the sacristy which is housed within the the winner's circle again. The Friars (spring edition) will fold from the Eagles and split with of the Providence College War sacristy. The organ, valued at sophomore-studded baseball in the clutch. Two imposing the pitching-dominated Crusad• Memorial Grotto Thursday eve• over $2,000, was completely de• team is off to the fastest start factors add to this optimistic ers. ning, May 2. stroyed. Extensive damage to since 1965, and the 7-2 record prediction. The second is the rapid emer• Mr. William E. Cummings, the rest of the sacristy and to compiled thus far seems to in• The first is that the Friars, gence of Coach Alex Nahigian's Director of Security, reports the articles set aside for worship dicate a prospective NCAA Dis• with the exception of two up• super-sophs, five of whom are fire was discovered by a campus was also reported. Observers at trict Playoff invitation. coming doubleheaders, have regulars. It is rare to place so security guard shortly after the fire were beset with the While it's true that many met, according to expert con• much of an emphasis on untest• distinctive odor of quantities of 11:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams have had success in the sensus, the two toughest teams ed sophs in anything other than incense which were burned in alarm for the first was sounded beginning only to finish quite on their New England schedule. a rebuilding year. Besides, the fire. No official estimation it 11:06 p.m. at the fire box dismally, it is highly improb• Holy Cross and Boston College. these sophs played on a frosh of the total cost of damage ocated on the corner of River team that could be categorized caused by the fire has yet been as ordinary at best. Thus, New and Eaton Streets. Moments issued. ^ater three Providence fire en- England has been taken by sur• fines arrived on the scene Investigations conducted im• Morrisey Bill Under Debate; prise at the amazing success of Awhile awaiting the arrival of mediately following the incident the young Friars, but it is no Jie fire apparatus, the security have shown the fire to be of an surprise to the baseball follow• juard attempted to control the incendiary origin. Vandals had ers here. Funny, how many key olaze using a portable ex• stripped the metal screening off Representation Key Factor players could fall into season tinguisher. the ventilator located on top of long slumps, but this is the rea• The Student Congress meet• minority group representation, the Grotto mound and ignited son for the disappointing fresh• ing of May 13 will witness a in this case the commuter stu• the fire at the lower level in man record. These sophs were, vote on a major bill introduced dents, even if no member of some unknown manner. It is in reality, a potent hitting at• by Joe Morrissey. this group is elected, can only Coskren Talks suspected that a pack of burning tack. They're proving it now. The bill calls for the elimin• cause apathy on the part of the matches or some other inflamed You've got powerful Nick ation of the clause in the Stu• minority and discontent on the object may have been suspend• Baiad manning first base with At College dent Congress Constitution that part of the majority. ed from the ventilator via an classmates Rick Kane, a slick states that at least one resident extended length of rope or wire. The apathy, Morrissey ex• fielding shortstop, and Mike student and at least one com• plains, will be the result of the The fire is currently under muter student from each class Gabarra, a cocky but talented minority candidate not cam- investigation by an inspector must be among the active mem• thirdbaseman, joining him in from the Providence Fire De• bers in the Congress. (Continued on Page 7) (Continued on Page 8) partment and detectives from Congressman Morrissey said the Providence Police Depart• that his primary motive for the ment. According to Mr. Cum• bill is that "as the clause now mings, it is doubtful that the stands elected Congressmen ap• fire could have been set by pear to be representing fac• Circulated Petitions Force youngsters, in view of the ap• tions, not the student body as a parent ease with which the van• whole." Morrissey claims that dals removed the screening from by giving one group, whether it the ventilator. be commuter or resident stu• Changes in Registration The fire is the most recent dent, a representative outright, Pre-registration procedure was committee gathered 342 signa• in a series of isolated acts of it seems like a handout, instead changed over the weekend after tures that night. vandalism at the Grotto. Previ• of requiring all candidates to petitions protesting it were cir• At breakfast the next morning, ously, votive lights at the foot engage in an earnest campaign of the altar on occasion have for election. culated among the student body. the petition was circulated been removed or destroyed. The petitions began circulat• through Raymond Hall and at The whole electoral process ing late Thursday night when eight o'clock the committee as• Fr. Thomas Coskren. Frequently vandals have also attempted to shatter the lights in our democratic system is four juniors, Marty McNamara, sumed a position outside of The Rev. Thomas M. Coskren, illuminating the Grotto statues based on majority rule, ex• Paul McGowan, Mike Walsh and Alumni Hall to acquaint day O.P., addressed a Delta Epsilon by hurling stones and various plained Mr. Morrissey. Morris• Mike Ryan, felt that the al• hops and faculty members with Sigma gathering on "The Un• other objects at them. In an sey said that any majority phabetical system which was the petition. belief of Believers," Monday effort to curb such acts of van• group which wishes representa• proposed was "unfair." A total of 957 signatures were evening, May 6, at Aquinas dalism, the security department tion in a democracy is given The "committee" drew up a attained by 11 a.m. and also Lounge. is considering erecting a fence the opportunity in a free elec• petition and then began to the names of 46 faculty mem• Fr. Coskren is presently on which will encircle the Grotto tion. circulate it through the dor• bers, including the heads of leave from the College to do mound. He believes that by giving a mitories late Thursday night. seven departments. doctoral work in Comparative Enlisting the aid of several The committee made an ap• Literature at Yale University other students, including Brian pointment to see Dr. Paul van and is scheduled to return to Mahoney and Mike Trainor, the (Continued on Page 3) P. C. for the next academic year. Many Problems Plague In his speech, Fr. Coskren dwelt on the challenge facing today's Christians in regard to their faith. He stated that, as P.C. Concert Bookings Christians, we must test, ex• By TERRY CREEGAN problems with this group, how• plore, and examine our own Many students at Providence ever. Their cost would be be• Christian experience. Along College have been asking them• tween $15,000 and $20,000. This with this questioning attitude, selves what the problems were would mean that the scale of "we must be prepared to face with the Spring Weekend con• the tickets would be about sev• the fact that we may discover cert. In a recent interview with en dollars per ticket. Also we large areas of unbelief." Bob Harty, Vice-President of would have to pay the agents In order that Christians avoid the Junior Class, he told this fifty per cent of the contract despair in the vital activities of reporter what went wrong. when he returned it. Next he thinking, loving, and doing, we tried to get the Jefferson Air• must rediscover what the Chris• In November he started nego• plane. He called them for about tian experience of faith is and tiations with agents from New five weeks and then they said how we can live it more fully. York. These men were out to no. The Temptations were next In effect, we must ask what we get what they could, and also on the list. They would cost be• believe. were very sarcastic. Because tween 10 and 12 thousand dol• Providence College can only For the answer to this prob• lars. They wanted a nine piece hold 3,300 people, the income lem, Fr. Coskren turns to St. orchestra at our expense and a would not be as large as in a Thomas Aquinas. According to five o'clock rehearsal for two bigger university. St. Thomas, our faith consists hours, also at our own expense. Mr. Harty first contacted the in a true knowledge of God The Four Tops wanted the same Paul McGowan solicits signatures for pre-registration outside agency and tried to retain the and in the mystery of the In- (Continued on Page 7) Alumni. (Continued on Page 7) Suprêmes. There were a few THE COWL, MAY 8, 1968 Campus Improvements Marked; Dr.

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