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VOL. XXXII, No. IS PROVIDENCE COLLEGE, PROVIDENCE, R. I. MARCH 4, 1970 Eight Pages Crawford New Editor, Buonaccorsi Is Exec.

James Crawford, a junior which will offer students a History Education major, has greater public voice. The pri• been named editor-in-chief of mary objective of the Cowl will the Cowl for the 1970-71 aca• be to promote student interest demic year. at the College." A resident of Westbrook, Richard Buonaccorsi has been Conn., Crawford is the present chosen as the Executive Editor assistant sports editor of the and will be in charge of formu• Cowl. He joined the staff in his lating editorials along the sophomore year in a reporting guidelines established by the capacity after having served as five-man-editorial board. the sports editor of his Xavier High School newspaper. William Miller and Neil Mac- Crawford feels that his major Neil will be managing editors task as editor, in addition to in charge of the page opposite serving on the editorial board, the editorial page. This page will be in the administrative is used to express opinions Roy Clark (1) ponders a question, while Congress President, Ralph Paglieri, and protester functioning of the paper. other than that of the Cowl Steve Oleksyk, (r) look on. Concerning possible improve• editorial board. The rest of the ments of the paper Crawford staff will be named in the next states, "We hope to add some few weeks when Crawford as• new and inventive columns sumes control. Marra, Parillo Resign As Congress Disrupted By BILL MILLER claimed to be the beginning of on the parietal issue. The un• The planned order of business a "rump congress-in-exile," signed letter was passed off as of the Student Congress meet• senior Roy Peter Clark came out "bordering on the irrational." ing was delayed for more than strongly against the compromise The final subject of debate three hours Monday with a dis• introduced at what one student was a letter to be sent to Roger ruption of eight students who called a "secret meeting." The Pearson of the English depart• came out for the resignation of Rump congress then proceeded ment which demanded an the present Congress members. to stand in a three hour debate apology be made to the Con• against members of the Con• gress. The incident stemmed When the emotional fiasco gress. from an article in Tuesday's was over and the smoke cleared, Providence Journal in which Mr They also issued a formal Richard Marra, '72, and Stephen Pearson was quoted as saying statement of their intentions Parillo, '71 had resigned. The that the parietal demands were and policy which stated that the group which disrupted the meet• those of "a minority of the stu• student power struggle at Prov• ing claimed to be speaking for dent body." The letter will be idence College had been themselves in demanding that sent; the proposal having been "seriously undermined by the the Congress consider a new passed by a vote of 18 to 6. pernicious perfidy of the Stu• "swing to the left to balance There was debate about the let• dent Congress towards the stu• the position of the Congress to ter in which senior Geof dent in their recent compro• where it was before last Gneughs, speaking against the mise." They further stated that Wednesday's compromise." In proposal, questioned the logic Newly Appointed Cowl Editor, Jim Crawford. they could no longer tolerate speaking for the group, which of trying to answer every reac• "such cowardly capitulation." tion to the Congress' position Also participating in the disrup• on parietals, although he agreed tion and the debate were seniors that Mr. Pearson was "a buf• Eric Roth, Steve Oleksyk, Joe foon." Edmundson, Frank Belloni, and Virginia Woolf Seminar FeaturesMik e Trainor. The meeting ended Monday with the "de facto" situation It wasn't until eleven o'clock still in effect. It is up to the in• Opening Set that normal order was rein• dividual dorm governments to stated. President Ralph Paglieri implement the situation in their Libby, von Braun reassured the Congress that that respective dorms, however, this the disruption represented by will be done with the full back• This Friday Two eminent space scientists, age of ancient mineralogical, no means a majority of the stu• ing of the Student Congress. Dr. Willard F. Libby from archaeological, and prehistoric dents and that although the de• bate was long, the incident The Geneslan Players' sec• UCLA and Dr. Wernher von plant and animal remains. He should be put in its perspective. ond semester production of Braun of NASA will take part also made a notable contribu• tion to the technique of meas• "Who's Afraid of Virginia in the Fiftieth Anniversary The disruption and emotional• 300 Coeds uring faint radioactivity in all Woolf" will open this weekend Lecture Series' two-day science ism of the students seemed to be living matter and participated in the Friar's Cell, located in seminar on March 4 and 5 at the culmination of frustrations in the development of atomic the basement of Stphen Hall. Providence College. created over the pareital issue Participate in energy during World War II. Performances are scheduled Dr. Libby, a Nobel Prize in that the students are "tired Dr. von Braun, recently ap• of compromising to conces• for March 6, 7, and 8, all of winner and presently the Di• Demonstration pointed NASA's Deputy Asso• sions." They yielded for what which will be held at 8:30 p.m. rector of the Institute of Geo• By MDXE DONAHUE physical and Planetary Physics ciate Administrator for Plan• was hoped to be the last time Performances are also sched• In open defiance of Provi• ning, will conclude the science when they proceeded to pass a at UCLA will open the seminar dence College rules, approxi• uled for the following weekend seminar and the Fiftieth Anni- proposal extending the deadline at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, mately 300 young ladies en• on March 13 at 8:30 p.m., versity Lecture Series at 8:00 for Fr. Haas to respond on the March 4 at Harkins Auditorium, tered the dormitories Saturday March 14, 6 p.m., and March 15 p.m. on Thursday, March 5, at compromise, of last Wednesday with a lecture on "Space Chem• night to protest the parietal sit• at 8:30 p.m. Alumni Hall with a lecture on until this Friday at noon. istry." uation on the P.C. campus. "Education in the Spage Age," The drama, written by Ed• A professor of Chemistry at Also brought up at the meeting which will include a twelve Coming in buses from Salve ward Albee, will feature John UCLA, Dr. Libby was awarded was a letter which has been sent minute film and various color Regina, Albertus Magnus, and Archer '72 as George, James the Nobel Prize for Chemistry lo the homes of certain students slides of the Apollo moon mis• Cardinal Cushing and in car• Haag '73 as Nick Williams, and in 1960. He served on the and student leaders from a sions. loads from Regis, RIC, and Mt Bonnie Smith, a student at the Atomic Energy Commission group called "Students for a St. Joseph College, the girls Roger Williams School of Nurs• from 1954-59 and from 1960-62 Responsible for developing Decent Society." There was no entered en masse under Stu• ing, as Martha. The Rev. Leo and has taught at the Univer• and launching NASA's large discussion on the contents of dent Congress direction for R. Pelkington, O.P., will direct sity of Chicago and Columbia space vehicles, Dr. von Braun the letter, read by sophomore what promised to be an inter• the play. University as well as UCLA. came to the United States from Edward Kelly, which question• esting affair. ably alluded to the "command• Tickets for all performances While at Chicago, Dr. Libby Germany in 1945, under con• Floor parties, held in Chapín, ments of God" While it comical• are priced at $1.25 for students invented an "atomic clock" tract to the U.S. Army. He di- Stephen, Joseph, Guzman, Aqui- ly slashed at the student's stand and $2 for non-students. technique for determining the (Continued on Page 6) ( Continued on Page 6) 2 THE COWL MARCH 4, 1970

'Rump' Action is Deplorable

Last Monday's Student Congress we feel that any student (no matter how meeting was disrupted by a group of radical) has the right to make his about 10 students who claimed that their opinions heard. But we cannot condone intention was to present a radical posi• the disruptive nature of their approach ; tion on many of the issues facing the and we call into question the wisdom college in its current crisis. Condemning of proposing the resignation of the cur• the recent compromise of the Student rent Congress. Congress, these students proposed a At this particular stage of the philosophy of encounter with the admin• crisis, there is a greater need for stu• istration, and made a formal proposal dent unity than ever before. We can ill that the present Student Congress re• afford disruption within our own ranks if we are to have any hope of attaining sign and make preparations for the real participation in the policy making election of a new Congress. processes of our College. The COWL The COWL can agree to some of the urges all students (day-hops, dormies, points made by these "radicals," es• radicals. Congressmen) to try to unite pecially with some of their hypotheses their efforts toward the achievement of A Point of Order. Maybe? concerning the paltry state of student some real progress in the struggle for power on the PC campus. Furthermore, student power.

MEMO- Maturity is Compromised I FROM THE EDITOR Central to the current uproar among compromise be accepted by Fr. Haas, students over the handling of the and only at such time that it is accept• Although the Student Congress passed a compromise parietals issue is the compromise ed, the declaration of de facto parietals parietal proposai last week, the reasons for it have not been will be lifted. made clear as yet. measure approved by the Student Con• Nonetheless, one clause of the com• The compromise passed called for an extension of the gress on February 25. promise stands out as blatantly incon• present open house hours so that they would be from I p.m. One widespread misconception is sistent with the entire tenor of the Con• to 12 a.m. on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It also pro• that the Congress, by approving the gress argument for parietals. It appears vided that each dorm government could decide its own compromise, has thus abandoned its that the parietals issue is essentially a hours within this framework, but any decision would be previous declaration of de facto question of administrative recognition subject to the approval of the Committee on Resident Life. parietals. In actuality, however, the fact of student maturity and responsibility. In an interview with Ralph Paglieri, the Student Con• that the Congress has submitted the By agreeing to the compromise pro• gress president said that the major reason for the compro• compromise proposal to Fr. Haas for vision which allows for open doors dur• mise was that the Congress felt it was going down a "dead consideration has no bearing on the ing parietal hours as well as adminis• end street" and that the students could be the ones to get present status of the de facto parietal tration supervision of the parietals, the hurt. He also said that the Congress hoped to avoid a dis• situation. This fact is emphasized in the Congress has seemingly voided its in• ruption and at the same time gain faculty support so that it original text of the de facto parietal sistence on student maturity; in effect, would be very difficult for PC's president to turn down the bill, which states that "a de facto sit• the Congress has paved the way for a compromise. uation of parietals will exist until a parietal system which would in no way suitable agreement (to the student assert the underlying principle that the Paglieri also said that it was the Congress' intention to body) can be reached." Apparently, the administration must accept student ma• put as much pressure as possible on Father Hass and the Congress now feels that it has devised turity. It is our contention that the Administration. Thus, a proposal which could gather sup• a "suitable agreement," and should the Congress has compromised too much. port from both the faculty and some members of the Ad• ministration would cut Father Haas' support and be better for all those involved. Another reason for introducing the compromise was a feeling among several congressmen that there were very im• portant matters, such as corporation restructure, curriculum Alumni Failed to Study Case reform, and coeducation, which should be dealt with this year, Paglieri said. Because of this, disruption was to be avoided. Within the past two weeks William the original proposal of the Student As for the timing of the compromise, the SC president Lynch, president of the Alumni Associa• Congress was never read as a part of said that it was better to propose it as soon as possible so tion, appeared in a taped interview on the consideration, and no Congressmen that an answer could be received within a short period and WJAR-TV in which he stated the were brought into the discussion to without time being wasted. Alumni position on the issue of represent the student opinion. Paglieri also commented that he supports the compro• parietals. According to the statement We can only condemn the decision of mise "reluctantly." He said the Congress felt it had gone by Mr. Lynch the Alumni fully sup• the Alumni to make a public policy about as far as it could in the situation and now were try• ports Fr. Haas' stand against the estab• statement on such an important issue ing to get what they could. He still feels the original pro• lishment of parietals on the PC campus. without giving that issue proper con• posal is best for all concerned, but it was unachievable. Although the COWL disagrees with sideration. There is much confusion WILLIAM M. BUCKLEY the Alumni position, our real gripe con• existing over this particular issue, and cerns the criteria upon which such a de• the irresponsible actions of the Alumni cision was made. In fact, the decision Association have only succeeded in of the Alumni Association to support further confusing things, and increas• Fr. Haas was made last year (Feb., 69) ing the tensions within the College THE COWL when the issue was first raised. Indeed, Community. Providence. R. L Publlahed ndi full week of school during tba academic rear bj dene* College. River Avenu* and Eaton Siraat Providcnoa. R I. 02B1» Second elaaa poaLage paid Providence R I rate la «3 50 par mmr Editor-In-Chief WILLIAM M. BUCKLEY A Good Idea From DES Executive Editor FREDERICK DAT Managing Editor* THOMAS P. BR UN NOCK SOT PETER CLARK On March 10. Delta Epsilon Sigma recently released Curriculum Study Re• ft—rlitri Editor MICHAEL TEA I NOR will sponsor a meeting for the students port is of the utmost importance to all EDWARD P. SKÍBER and faculty of the Business and Eco• members of the Providence College com• Sports Editor Pestare Editan iKBT s. Mccrrru. RATOOND A. CBECÍAX nomics Departments. The idea behind munity and a proper understanding of OPT Editor» JIM BDIXrVAN, ITU «Ami - ,, ,.,,, JOUI BTEIJ.MACW this meeting, and others which will be its implications is essential. BaalneM Ha—gai R held in the coming weeks, is to acquaint JAME» CRAWFORD All departments are scheduled for a rwtocrsptj Editar ntAN'R mirra all interested parties in the new curricu• meeting and they will be open to all in• Orralattaa M*a**e* TTMOTTfT F TWO M AO R lum report and also to provide an in• MICHAEL lEorOT. ROBERT DaCOIJJRII terested persons. The Cowl urges all REV BEX J AMI* I PAT. Of. formal atmosphere in which an ex• students and faculty members to attend aiMiaDfriB voa »*arWo»uw. ADvtimaiNa w* A^ change of ideas about departmental at least one of these meetines and we matters can take place. National Education*! ÀJvortiain» Servio*- J¿ also wish to congratulate DES for help• A OrvtdaOM O-» We feel that these meetings will be ing to lay the foundation which makes of great benefit to the students, for the these meetings possible. f —O U«^««o« A—. Hmm Y»~, H. V. lOOtT 11 THE C0W1. MARCH 4, 1970 'And Three's A Crowd' 'Rump Congress' Faults By TOM LYONS found that it was entirely an Perhaps unknown to a few is To say that the de facto par• absurd question. But that's the fact that bad press re• Decision of Congress ietals of Saturday night were what an all-male environment leases have been depicting P.C does to you. (See page 4 of (Ed. Note: The following Is a the autocratic system. Unfort• an unqualified success would as ready to send down buses the Congress Coed Report). text of the statement deliv• unately the Student Congress be, at the best, not quite true. to help Salve's parietal pro• posal To the congresswomen, ered by the "rump congress" seems to have interpreted Its But despite the four inches of The TOW of the freshman the releases only hurt the pre• at the Monday evening meet• "until a suitable agreement can falling snow, loose knit organi• who remained on campus had sently favorable student—ad• ing of the Student Congress). be reached" clause as an ex• zation and publication and the a rough time, as most of the ministration relations and sta• cuse to weaken the student pos• fear of the "gross-out" atmos girls who undertook the bus ride from Albertus Magnus. tus of their emerging parietal To avoid a misrepresentation ition by making a one-sided phere, cited by a number of Cardinal dishing and Salve legislation. The girls who did of our aims, the rump congress compromise and u ndermdning girls, the night acheived its Regina made their way to the come, came unofficially as stu• wishes to express its views to the original, strong position. purpose. upperclass dorms. "But you dents in support of student the student body. What is most discomforting For one picturesque winter knew what you were in for rights at PC Even then as one The Student Congress, about the Congress' compromise evening, Providence College when you applied here." candidly asked, "Oh, didn't you through its recent compromise is the atmosphere of d is pair experienced a vitality of blar• know? PC is number two be One particular college girl bill, has abdicated the position and dejection which surrounded ing lights, people (men and hind Holy Cross anyway." from "Albie Mag" spoke well of leadership of the student its passage. In spite of the fact women and boys and girls scuf• for her group. "Hi." said with body and can no longer hope to that the Congress' own poll fling from dorm to coffeehouse Whether parietals stay for a wink, "how do you like'em?" present itself as an effective showed 77 % of the resident to dorm, with mixed strains of good and bad. or go for good, Oh. I guess they're all right," instrument in dealing with the students solidly behind the or• voices and music punctuating she sighed soulfully. "but those realists in the comic ele administration. We feel that iginal proposal, the Congress the darkness from inside the there's more room at Yale, ment who had a small taste the compromise bill will do no decided they had no support large brick buildings a few only the Yale Prom is this of parietals, at worst, proba• thing to further the cause of and the best they could do was call home. weekend." And three's a crowd. bly detected a trace of im student power at PC and, in to secure a compromise that is more an insult than an innova• For that night, the campus, When Salve's single bus ap• pending domesticity in the air. effect, will permit the admin tion. if one didn't look too closely, peared on the horizon two And at last, after the dust Lstration to escape the situation resembled the scene found at fellows leaning out of Stephen has settled, we may finally with merely a minor concession We have made our position other schools on weekend jaunts Hall slowly pulled back in understand the relevance of and no loss of its own power. clear and call upon any stu• The anxiety of what-do-I-do-when "It's the gross-out attitude a the vague footnote on the of The only way student power dent who believes in his own she's-in-the-room seemed to dis• lot of girls don't really appre• ficial school stationary. "Lead• can come to PC is at the ex rights to join us in fighting for sipate as time wore on, and ciate." one said bitterly, "and ership and Responsibility in a pense of the Corporation and them. the Administration. The "de those who were so fortunate now their revenge is sweet." Changing World." Eric Roth facto" bill passed by the Stu Frank Beltoni dent Congress several weeks Myles Walsh ago was a direct challenge to Foreign Students View PC Michael Trainor

By ROBERT MclNTYRE its Physics Department seems to much of the normal student Jack Reed: Temporarily (Ed. Note: Francis Jacob, Kang be much better. PC needs better life, I enjoy socializing with the Mannsik, and Apostólo Merguz- professors and a more experi• priests and faculty, and in many his are foreign students current• mental approach to physics. The of those student activities which He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother ly enrolled at Providence Col• present laboratory is old and in are not incompatible with my In my ceaseless quest to another beer will ya?" lege. Jacob, a native of Pakis• sufficient. culture. polarize and inflame people "What makes the commuters tan, is an English Education Jacob: I was allowed to The Foreign Students' Ad everywhere. I found a suppor• more mature, sir?" ma j o r in the C lass of 1970. choose those courses which viser Office has done a lot to ter on the faculty of Minnie- "Well, for one thing they're Mannsik is a graduate student in would have relevance to the ed• bring the foreign students to• haha College in Rollo, Ohio home every night and can get physics from South Korea, and ucational system in Pakistan. gether, to make them feel good, There's been a bit of a furor sage council from good old Merguzhis, from Bolivia, is a Because of this fact, I have not and to help them adjust to there over certain dormitory mom and dad These wise guys freshman economics major. In a had a chance to see many of the America. Fr. Shanley has shown rules and the commuter branch on the campus think that be• recent interview, the three stu courses that people say are bad a real personal interest in try• of the student body has given cause they're away from home, dents expressed their views of I usually had good teachers — ing to help us. their dorm cohorts the "it they have a right to an op• Providence College and Ameri• my biggest problem was in doesn't concern us so knock inion. Any moron can tell you Merguzhis: There is a real can education in general.) philosophy because I had never it off" treatment This in it• that a kid should do what difference, I think, in the atti• O. How does your expecta• studied it before. self, is logical enough. Marie mommy and daddy say until tudes of American and Latin tion of PC compare with the Antionette said "let them eat they're twenty-five. That's the American students. The Amer• way you have found it? The English Department at cake" and that shut up those only way to achieve maturity. PC is very good, much better ican students seem more con Merguzhis: My expectations French troublemakers, didn't cerned with finding values in 9 "Now another thing, these than I expected. it about PC were very close to the the face of his technological so commuter students hit that true situation., I think, since 1 Mannsik: We use the Amer• ciety; ideas are his primary in The faculty supporter I men campus in time for their first had done some research about ican system in Korea, but there terest. In Latin America the tioned is one Mr. Ringo Pots• class and are out right after the college before coming here. is much more competition primary concern is about the their last one Now, aren't they among students there, especial• dam. In the finest Spiro Agnew As I expected it is very quiet; practical problems of the coun he settled the issue once and in a better position to judge there is an atmosphere of study ly to go abroad. One needs a try. The Latin American stu• important campus problems Ph.D. to get a good job. for all by declarmg that com and a good academic quality. dent's approach to problems is uter students were better than objectively without all these Studies are more specialized Merguzhis: American societ> more revolutionary and im• dorm students anyway. The misconceptions that confuse here than in Bolivian schools is easier for economic success patient; he is ready to use vio• following is part of Mr. Pots these people who live it twen• and there is more opportunity and thus American students can lence if necessary to achieve his dam's interview which was ty four hours a day. What I for specialization. The general take it easier. In Latin America ends. held during a wine, woman mean is that the little time liberal arts background given in there is more competition and song commuter bop at a most of my boys spend on cam• the freshman year here is very among students because it is Q. Are there any suggestions chic downtown eatery. pus, an issue would have to be good, too. more difficult to "make it." Al• you would like to make about pretty damn vital for them to though the American system PC and the foreign students "First off let me say that know about it. Let those Mannsik: I was not exactly here? these guys that want girls in claimjumpers do all the hol• sure what to expect from PC, doesn't challenge the student as much, one can give himself a their rooms don't know what lering they want about little but I have been somewhat disap• Jacob: Students coming to college is all about. Now, if personal challenge and use the things, we know what's impor• pointed with it. PC should be well-informed they don't want to entertain American system very well to about PC's requirements to see tant. Jacob: Although I had cer• women in a downstairs lounge achieve it. if they have any relevance to tain problems with what degree under the guidance of an adult "Did you say claim-jump• his country. I was lucky enogh I was to receive from PC, I have O. What about the social life chaperon, then I think they ers?" to be allowed to shape my learned a lot about education, at PC and American culture in got something other than so• schedule along those lines and I "You better believe it which was my main purpose for general? cializing on their minds. Ex- think that every foreign student (belch)! Hey Sammy, another coming here. Thus, though Ï Mannsik: Social life is very cuse-me You leaving, Billy? should have this opportunity. beer and get one for Miss knew little about PC before lacking at PC and it is rather Well, you and the miss better America there, too! Fine de• coming here, I was able to take lonely for us. I think that PC Also, foreign students should not park for more than an cent kids-we were at the col• the courses that I needed. should go coed as soon as pos• be allowed to take English as a hour-ha, ha, ha.-Oh. lets see lege first, we built it, it's ours! sible. foreign language. There should where was I? O. What do you think about These little twerps come in As far as American culture is be a special English lab for new the academic quality of PC, es• "You said the dorm students and think they can take over! concerned, it is more advanced foreign students. pecially with regard to your had something more than so• Well, just let them try. Why than Korea from a scientific Q. Do you have anything else own country's educational sys• cializing on their minds." can't they spend their time point of view. While there are you would like to add? tem? "Yeh, that's right. That's getting an education like these cultural differences from Korea fine commuters. Don't go yet Merguzhis: As I said before Jacob: In many respects 'cause dorm students are less they don't upset me. Billy, have another drink be• I like the way American educa• America is the most advanced mature than commuters. fore you hit the road. Yes tion allows for more specializa• Merguzhis: I would also like country in the world. If we They're only interested in sir, these commuters are the tion. With regard to PC specifi• to see PC coed, but I am not in could have even more coopera• booze and sex, not good clean backbone of the whole spine• cally, I do not have a broad base complete sympathy with parie• tion between the foreign stu• fun like the commuters have. less college!" from which to judge, but the tals. I see the problem as a dents and the American friends Hey Johnny, if you let go of economics course I have had is Kantian dilemma, the purely than we foreign students would Susan long enough to get some "Yes sir, any moron will tell very good. reasonable versus the practical. gain much, while at the same fresh air, bring me back me that." time giving our knowledge to Mannsik: As a graduate stu• I'm afraid that parietals would be a Pandora's Box. the Americans with whom we dent the only courses I have associate. taken at PC have been Physics Jacob: I enjoy social life in courses and I have found them America to a limited extent. Mannsik: I would like a girl 'Yes Sir, any moron will fell me that.' to be rather poor. From what I Thus while my native culture — blonde hair, black eyes, and have seen of Brown University, keeps me from participating in a miniskirt. 4 THE COWL MARCH 4, 1970

side of Fr. Haas must certain• SDS ly be helping to assuage the emotions of the administrative To the editor: Letters to Editor side. Last Thursday my parents slimy organizations tike yours, is essential only when conduc• ity, then your present stand is I keep trying to explain to received a letter from a group sending libelous, crude and ig• ted by and as responsible ma- to be applauded. Providence Col• myself how Father can keep who ambiguosly called them• norant statements through the Cure individuals. If responsi• lege should continue to stand his "cool" throughout these selves "Students For A Decent mail for the obvious purpose of bility and maturity are not a on its provincial foundations, horrible times, and then I re• Society." The letter was an al• alarming people. They are even part of a government there is and not fall prey to the hedon• member that after all he is a leged evaluation of t he alco• more "fed up" with your lidi- istic values of these other in• priest, a man who has dedi• holic, fornicating, pot-smoking no need for government, since crous attempts to convince us stitutions. However, the stu• cated himself to God for life Providence College student. It only chaos will evolve. that you are doing all that you dents at Providence College are even if that life may include denounced the students body I strongly support Father are in the name of "God and mature and responsible. Thus, criticisms, disparagements, or as a group of delinquents who Haas and the corporation of His Just Laws." the refusal of the Board of even threats from those God were trying to corrupt the Providence in their action of Trustees and you as President has entrusted to his care. Christ Christian tradition and destroy If your group is going to mail February 16th. I agree with to adopt a parietal program is fought the same type of battle the laws of God. I could go this letter out to the parents of Father Haas in his basic argu• incomprehensible, and I affirm on earth. further, but why waste ink. all of the students, I would ment to the students that PC. that a reversal of current policy warn the student body to call With the letter was one of was founded on certain princi• is essential for further com• Like Christ, you carry your home and tell their parents the columns that I wrote for ples and these principles should munity development. cross like a man. Father Haas, that they're going to hear from The Cowl which had typewritten be continued, he present stu• and I pray that God will allow some fanatics and to pay no at• on it: "After three years of col• dent body knew what these Sincerely yours, you to continue doing so. May tention, To the Students for a lege, aren*t you proud of this principles were when they en• Harry C. Struck it get lighter each day! Decent Society, I say put up or garbage?" In as much as they rolled at Providence College If praying is not passe among shut up. If you don't have the left no name or mailing address, as we did when we were stu• your students, I would suggest nerve to mention your names, I'll answer them here. dents. If they do not approve that they too pray that God I don't want to hear what you've of these principles they should al Big Stick I welcome all comments on got to say. will allow you to retain your my columns pro and con, when not be at P.C. or at least they "cool" and that you will never they are presented intelligently The last line of your letter should act as mature college Dear Sir: be caused by them to regret and the person commenting has to the parents says: students and attempt to make May I, as a member of a the day that you were blessed enough courage in his convic• "He is your son — is he their feelings felt in a mature family who donated money to with a priestly vocation. worth saving?" I think that help found Providence College, tions to sign his name. If cer• responsible manner. Actions Fr. Haas, I for one (and I tain parties insist on sending could be more appropriately such as the "sleep-in" held on draw the attention of your read• asked of vour parents. ers to the charter granted by know I certainly am not alone) anonymous and crude com• February 16th are only de• respect and admire you for Jack Reed '70 the General Assembly of Rhode ments, however, I would appre• stroying the image and good what you have done for Provi• ciate it if they would send it Island, in 1917, for the found• name of our great Alma Mater, dence College. To use a cliche, to mi' and not my parents. As ing of Providence College. and this destruction should not "you have put PC on the map." for "garbage," I hate to dis• be tolerated by the Adminis• The late Most Rev. Matthew appoint you my ambiguous Appalled tration or the Alumni. Harkins, Bishop of Providence, A Providence College "Decent Society," but. while my asked for money and help from Secretary John M. Minicucci, II parents don't always agree with the people of this diocese, to To the Editor: Class of 1967 what I write, they do not con• As a recent graduate of Prov• start a Catholic college. Wheth• sider it "garbage" Furthermore idence, the Class of 1967, I was er you and your readers are they are "fed up" with neither very disturbed to read of the aware of it. Catholic students PC Places the columns nor with me. If Student Sleep-in at Providence From B. C. stood very little chance for ad• anything, they are "fed up" with College in the Evening Bulletin mission to Brown University Last in on Monday February 16, 1970. and some of the other better (Ed. Note: The following is known colleges and universities. 9 This type of irresponsible stu• the text of a letter to both dent demonstration is most Fr. Haas and the COWL con• It was at great sacrifice that 'Times Poll difficult for me to accept since cerning the issue of parietal pledges were made and filled Providence College ranks the only benefit of such action hours). by the hard working people of among the least competitive this state. The charter for is a negative one. What has colleges in the nation according Providence College defines the this demonstration accom• Dear Father Haas: to the 1970 edition of the New college as one organized for plished?? York Times Encyclopedia Al• I am a sophomore at Boston "the promotion of virtue and It is particularly disturbing College, and I have been reading manac. to me since my four years at piety and learning." about the dissent at Providence In a survey conducted by James Providence College were most College in reference to the stu• As near as I can ascertain Cass and Max Birnbaum, au• fruitfull in every respect. I was dent's demands for parietals. My no one went out on the high• thors of the Comparative Guide fortunate to have served as association with Providence Col• ways and byways to beg your to American Colleges, and pub• Class President of my class lege is a limited one. Admit• fellow dissenters to come to lished in the Times Almanac, for four years and as such also tedly, this association does not Providence College. You asked PC received the lowest pos• served on the Student Congress qualify me to knowledgeably to attend it, therefore you sible ranking on a scale of five for these four years. During my comment on the situation. How• should consider it a privilege possible grades. four years at P.C., the student ever, as a resident student at a and abide by the rules and reg• Colleges and universities body made several strides to• similar college, I feel that I am ulations set by the Very Rev. were rated by Cass and Birn• ward greater student self-gov• cognizant of the effects of a William P. Haas, O.P., and his cWfych One baum "according to the de• ernment and greater student parietal program. staff. If you do not like things involvement with the admini• monstrated academic potential is the As a dorm student at Boston as they are, pick up your goods stration in both curriculum of the student body." The index College, 1 have been exposed to and chattels and get out of planning and dormitory privi• provides a relative guide to a parietal program for one and Rhode Island, we do not want ^Baalist?leges. Thes e accomplishments you, nor your likes, to spoil the the academic competition a stu• one-half years. Intrinsically, it were made as a result of many dent will meet in seeking ad• is a very good thing for the good name of Providence Col• meetings with the College's ad• mission to an institution and, It's easy to tell a Paulist. Just students, as it adds a tremen• lege, Don't go away with any ministrative officials and rep• after matriculation, in pursu• talk with him. dous spirit to the community. ideas you will be missed, there resentatives of our Student are thousands ready to apply ing a successful collegiate car• The first thing you notice is There is much more to college Congress. These meetings were eer. The Almanac emphasized that he's contemporary. He than academics; I am sure that for admission. You would be conducted in a very orderly that the survey "is not a rating lives today, but plans tomorrow you are well aware of that. doing yourself, the college, fu• manner, with the overall best of colleges; whether a college with the experience and knowl• One of the greatest experiences ture applicants, and the good interest of Providence College is 'good' or 'bad' can be deter• edge of yesterday. That's a of my college career has been people who helped to make it being the utmost of both par• mined only in relation to an Paulist characteristic: the abil• my peer associations. These as• possible, a big service if you ties. Our numerous meetings individual students capabilities, ity to move with the times and sociations have developed to a packed up and left say, as of— with Father Haas and his ad• interests, and aspirations." to meet the challenges of each great extent through dormitory RIGHT NOW. ministrative assistants were era. life, of which the parietal pro• The claims that are being The schools which were never conducted in a "hostile gram is an integral part. The made that you are mature men evaluated were placed in one of A Paulist is also the mediator environment" as was the feel• impersonal atmosphere of class• are very much overestimated. five categories: A, most com• of his age: he tries to bring to• ing of Mr. Paglieri in his rooms and lounges are simply To the majority of the people petitive; B, highly competitive; gether the extremes in today's meeting with the Corporation not conducive to the develop• of this state you are "spoiled C, very competitive, D, com• world and the Church, the lib• on February 16th. The present ment of meaningful relation• brats" wanting all your own petitive, and E, somewhat com• erals and the moderates, the Student Congress, Mr. Paglieri ships. way and if you do not get it petitive. eternal and the temporal. was quoted as saying "a sub• your going to take your marbles Among other area institu• Next, he is very much an indi• stantial of people on the cor• Theodore Roszak, in his book and go home. Good, take your tions, the University of Rhode vidual. It sets him apart imme• poration feel students are ex• The Making of a Counter Cul• tops, your peggy sticks, lolly- Island, Rhode Island College, diately. He has his own partic• tremely irresponsible and ture, says that, "the contem• pops and all and get going. porary young hold themselves Salve Regina College, and the ular talents and abilities — and should be treated as such;" more personally responsible What Father Haas needs is a University of Massachusetts actions such as this "sleep-in," he is given freedom to use them. than the young used to be." good woodshed and a big stick. were all rated in the "E" ca• in my opinion are irresponsi• If you are interested in finding Are the students at Providence If the college doesn't have the tegory along with PC. Both ble, and therefore those who out more about the Paulist dif• College less mature and respon• money to build one I would be Boston College and the College are instigating and supporting ference in the priesthood, ask sible than the students at Bos• most happy to donate toward of Holy Cross received "highly such activities should be treat• for our brochure and a copy of ton College, Northeastern Uni• one. competitive" ratings, while ed exactly as such. our recent Renewal Chapter versity, Georgetown University, Are you man enough to pub• Brown University, Pembroke, Guidelines. In this same article the cor• Harvard University, Brown Uni• lish this letter? and Amhurst College were Write to: poration was quoted as saying versity, Newton College of the A disgusted Catholic, listed as "most competitive." that "student self-government Sacred Heart, Holy Cross Col• PC did not fare well in the Vocation Director (Mrs.) Ruth H. Madden is essential to good education lege and countless other colleges ratings in comparison with that presently have parietal pro• in community living . . .;" I area girls' schools. Albertus cpaulist, „ grams? The refusal of your ad• wholeheartedly agree or I Magnus College (New Haven) ministration to adopt a similar cFathetg would not have involved my• On Fr. Haas received a "D" rating, as did program leads one to this con• Room 300 self so totally in student gov• clusion. If you feel that you Regis College. Emmanuel Col• 415 West 59lh Slrett ernment activities while I was To the Editor: lege was rated "C", while New York. NY. 10019 have a singularly irresponsible a student at P.C. I also believe and immature resident commun• In these days of turmoil at another Boston school Sim• however, that self-government Providence College, the priestly mons College, received a "B". THE COWL MARCH 4, 1970 I Senate Committee Favors Coeducation "We believe that Providence tion. The poll was taken after alumni, faculty and administra• Among the most important ity. This ratio is favored over College should become a co• a request from the Corporation tors be established to work out queries posed before the faculty strict numerical equality mainly educational institution at the of Providence College had sug• the details of, and implement was "under what circumstances on social grounds. At the earliest possible date," states gested this venture in early Oc• the transition to, coeducation. should Providence College ad• average age of Providence Col• the Faculty Senate's Admissions tober, 1969. This task force should definitely mit women undergraduates?" lege students, women are more Committee on coeducation. In prefacing the results of the include a significant proportion The response to this question mature as a group than are In a report filed on February ten question poll, the Admission of women, even if some of them clearly pointed out that three- men. In order to achieve a 26, the Admissions Committee Committee, chaired by Dr. Paul must be recruited from outside fourths of the faculty favored balance socially, a surplus of published the results of a van K. Thomson, recommended the Providence College com• coeducation under circum• men is desirable." faculty opinion poll on coeduca• that "a task force of students, munity." stances of economic necessity. More than half of the faculty A question in the poll asked favor coeducation, even if it faculty members how a substan• is not an economic necessity. tial number of women under• graduates would effect enroll• The second question dealt ment in their respective classes. FRESHMEN with the minimum male-female The Committee stated that, "if ratio to be met initially. In sum• the total enrollment is limited ming up the answers given to to 3000, no insurmountable Tutorial Center this question, the Committee problems of enrollment in par• suggested that "a minimum of ticular departments are antici• WOULD LIKE TO HELP YOU HELP YOURSELF 15% of the total enrollment for pated. However, without careful We can offer you highly competent tutors in all disciplines. the first year be women. This planning and clear understand• should be composed of 40% of ing of the character of the Ed• Don't wait for final exams — APPLY NOW !! the freshman class and as many ucation Department by incom• transfer students to the sopho• ing women undergraduates, a serious difficulty could arise." Joseph Hall 101 Open Daily 9:30 A.M. - 10:00 P.M. more and junior classes as can be admitted under our stand• ards." Question #3 asked what the optimum male: female ratio should eventually be? Again in DES Sets the evaluation of the overall faculty response, the Committee Meeting recommended "a male:female ratio of 60:40 as a target, with allowances made for variations Dates from year to year in accord with changes in applicant qual- A meeting of students and faculty of the Business and Economics Departments will be /VVVIM^SWVVVVVWWWA held on March 10 to discuss curriculum matters. The meeting, the first of a series being sponsored by Delta Epsilon Sigma, is geared to the PEACE SYMBOL exchange of ideas concerning the curriculum of the two de• partments. It is significant that In Magnetized Plastic the Business and Economics Depts. are meeting together, for a recommendation that the two be combined was made in the Clings to Dashboard, Re• recently released Curriculum frigerator, Locker, etc.. 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(Continued from Page 1) which organized the evening's females are on campus in large nas and Meagher dorms, were fare, states in regard to the numbers Kelly stated. "Stu• By New Entertainers generally quite successful. Paul evening. "It was hard to de• dent behavior was excellent Jones, president of the Guzman termine beforehand how it Rooms and hallways were clean, dorm council, rated Guzman's would turn out. Overall, I feel, By WILLIAM BUCKLEY two semi-professional artists and there was not one incident party as "a tremendous suc• it was a success, but whether it f someone who has cut an album of vandalism and rowdiness " "The Wooden Naval never cess. Our party lasted until was successful or not ultimate• Jones agrees stating, "We sank, it was just in dry dock" or has performed with some ly depends on how Fr. Haas leading artist) for the weekend 12:30, and everyone seemed to proved what we set out to This is how Coffee House have a good time" Bill Baker. reacts to it." prove. When an all male Manager Kevin Hart evaluated performances. Last weekend was a good example of this, for Student Congress member and Fr. Haas meanwhile, was at healthy atmosphere becomes a the reopening of the Wooden resident of Guzman Hall, echoed little bit less male and little bit Naval last weekend. entertainment was provided by the Joseph Hall Dorm party. Bob Midwood, Janet Bonner, and Jones when he said, "Our dorm "He seemed impressed at the female, it becomes much Two months ago, the Naval Ken Lyon. All have performed party was a great success as atmosphere created by the dorm healthier." closed because of repeated dis• were the other dorm parties." in clubs and coffee houses in parties," stated Baker. "We "Special thanks are owed to turbances by rowdy, drunken He also noted that "There was the East. Miss Bonner was mak• hope that in light of this the the girls schools which showed individuals. The Coffee House ing her second appearance at a fair number of commuters administration now feels that up," according to Wysockt, is again open, however, and the Naval and was quite popular who felt that the dorm parties we are mature students and "especially Albertus Magnus with some changes that have with the audience. were good social affairs." that we can alleviate social which traveled two and one been made it appears that the Reaction to the administra• conditions through parietals and half hours by bus to come here. Naval could be more successful Urbaczewski feels the enter• tion was a large factor in the dorm parties." According to tainment this weekend will be Also I would like to thank the than ever. success of these dorm parties Jones, Fr. Haas was also in• excellent also. Friday night a individual dorm councils for and the social atmosphere that vited to the Guzman dorm Part of the change concerns group called "Medici" will be evening. Freshmen class Presi• party, "but unfortunately he their support in the organiza• the kind of entertainment to on hand. This group is com• dent Kelly says that "now we couldn't come, he did telephone tion of the dorm parties and be presented. As explained by posed of Doug Riley and Bob John Scarcella '71, Mike Mc Ted Urbaczewski, Entertainment feel that we have succeeded in his thanks for the invitation, Colona, who performs with the proving that the administra• Ginn '71, Bill Lennox '71, and Chairman, the Coffee House in however." Trinity Square Repertory Com• tion's arguments are incorrect" Bill Hill 73, for their help in tends to have at least one or pany. Basically, their act con• Perhaps the most amazing Ted Wysocki, head of the part of the evening was the getting the girls' schools to sists of songs and improvisa• Committee on Student Unity tions. Urbaczewski calls them attitudes of the students when "freaky." Also appearing Friday Von Braun . . . night is a jug band called the "Providence River Swimming (Continued from Page 1) Team." rected high altitude firings of All teams that have entered the Carolan Club Softball League captured V-2 rockets, was proj• On Saturday, perhaps one of ect director of a guided missile the finest entertainers ever to must have their Entrance Fee ($1.00 for Club Members development, and in 1950, was appear at the Coffee House will transferred to the Redstone Ar be present. The artist is Leonda, $2.50 for Non-Members) in Room 112, Stephan Hall before senal, where the Army centered a young lady with a Cherokee its rocketry activity. A native Indian heritage. She has re• or on the 13th of March if they still wish to play ball this of Germany, he received his corded an album entitled "Wo• Spring. The sooner the money is in, the sooner the league American citizenship while on man in the Sun" on the Epic this project in 1955. label. Leonda writes and sings will open play, since the money is needed to purchase the Until his new appointment. many of her own songs and Dr. von Braun was director of one of her many credits came equipment and pay the umpires. the George C. Marchall Space as the U.S. representative to Flight Center of NASA in the Polish Folk Festival, at Huntsville, Alabama, responsi• which she won the European ble for all of the Apollo moon- Press Award. missions. But Urbaczewski, Hart, and Special guests of the College Gino Lombardi, Wooden Naval will be present at both lectures. publicity director, all agree that Approximately six hundred rep• there is more to the Coffee resentatives from the science House than just entertainment, faculties of area high schools but it is necessary to have the and colleges have been invited right audience to accomplish to the Libby lecture and seven it. hundred-fifty Rhode Island high This "patch" "Last weekend's audience was school seniors will view Dr. von very receptive—the kind we've Braun free of charge. Dr. von been looking for," Urbaczewski Braun's lecture will serve to culminate the Seventeenth An• said. "We're trying 'to get a nual High School Science Day. very relaxed atmosphere in the which will be held on the PC Coffee House. We hope to pro• campus. vide a place where people from on and off campus can meet No tickets will be needed for Dr. Libby's lecture and tickets and exchange ideas, and at the for Dr. von Braun's may be same time enjoy some of the purchased at Student Affairs best talent in the New Eng• for $1.00. land area."

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"Traveling plays National Basketball League is before each game and this would Dick Van Arsdale so there was before halftime. an integral part in pro basket• because the New York Knicks cause him to loose his outside a vacancy available. Mike be• Obviously, Mike has had to ball and is considered with drafted him. This might not shooting rhythm and concen came the Knicks 12th (last) toughen up his defense from mixed emotions by the players. make a bit of sense until one tration." man, but the courageous Rior• his college days to meet the Most transportation is done by compares the Knicks with other Dedication, determina• dan was happy just to be a part bumps and shoves administered air and usually at night. A NBA clubs to see how Mike tion, hustle. These are the qual• of the pro scene. in the pros. He offers the fol• common sight is a player sleep• Riordan made his talents fit into ities which have brought Mike Overcoming a slow start, and lowing theories on successful ing until the afternoon and then the New York picture. Riordan, an average college ball• obtaining Dave DeBusschere in man-to-nian execution. eating breakfast." If Riordan had originally been a trade with Detroit, the Knicks player, statistic-wise, to his cur• "First you have to have de• With Mike Riordan on the selected by a wide-open offen• began to accumulate victories rent status. A married man liv• sire to play a tough defense. Knicks, Providence College can sive team (Baltimore Bullets) at a very high frequency-Mike ing in Flushing, L.I., a half-hour You must get good position now boast of four graduates in or a guard-heavy team (Detroit Riordan had a job to do during subway ride from the Garden, staying between the man and the NBA, (Len Wilkins, John Pistons), he probably would have the first half of the season, Mike would like nothing more the basket. While defending a Egan and Jim Walker) as well been lost in the shuffle and one highly comparable to a com than to be a member of a world man try to anticipate what he as two pro coaches, Joe Mul- never given a real chance to mon laborer. Holzman would in championship team "At this is going to do and prevent him laney of the Lakers and the prove his worth. But Mike was sert Mike into the line-up when point most (the players) are from doing it. Above all, have Sonics' Wilkins. M u 11 a n e y drafted in 1967 by New York, ever the Knicks were not in anxious to resolve the regular pride in your job of stopping guided Riordan during Mike's a team, at the time, planting serious team foul trouble. Even season and get into the play• your man from scoring, because stay at PC from '63-67, and once the seeds of a well balanced as a strategic fouler Mike be• offs," said Mike. "Much will the general public does not give said that of the four professional machine that would, in 1970. came popular among the grow- depend upon a lack of injuries too much credit to defense." Friars, he felt Riordan and establish itself as the club to ingly ecstatic New York hard and an abundance of rest for The Knicks, though, often vio• Wilkins had the least chance beat in pro basketball. Since court followers. the starters." late the principle of staying of making the grade. Mike was always a hustling Injuries to Cazzie Russell between one's man and the Mike Riordan. A ballplayer team player with a nose for But Mullaney knew Mike's (then a starter) and Phil Jack• basket by usuing a double team who has escaped the headlines defense, he made an excellent true ability inside out. He son, a valuable 68" forward, defense. "Defensively, we try to throughout his basketball career, impression on the then-coach. always assigned him the op- pressed Mike into the role of play a pressure style in which has finally received the ac• Dick McGuire, general manager ponent's toughest man to cover sixth man Holzman went with each man helps each other to clamation he never got. And Ed Donovan and chief scout in his combination defense, and his starting five nearly 75% of prevent (as much as possible) whether you be pro or anti- Red Holzman. felt that Mike had a much bet• the time thereafter, but Mike a good shot to be taken," Mike Knick, as a PC student you can ter outside shot than what he point with pride whenever Mike Actually Mike Riordan's name came up with a few double commented. "Turnovers are fre• revealed during game condi• Riordan takes the floor as an was never even called during figure scoring nights, and the quently forced thereby setting tions. "Mike was a very good integral member of the New the 10 rounds of that y ecu s hard nosed, containing defense up our offensive breaks." outside shooter during York Knicks. collegiate draft. Instead he was every game. Riordan attributes his team's selected by both Boston and This year the Knicks have put success to outstanding teamwork New York in a meaningless it all together. They have set game after game, a style that agenda called the supplemen• the NBA record for consecutive is most compatible with his own. tary draft. New York finished victories (18) and have virtually "Most people are interested in Freshmen Athletes behind the Celtics in 1966 so clinched first place in the any secrets or formulas for suc• they were awarded the right to league's tougher Eastern Divi• cess." Mike stated. "There are Riordan. Most collegians se• sion. Riordan has increased his none, but we do try to do cer Experience Defeats lected in this draft or, as free scoring capacity to around 8 tain things each game. Offen• agents hardly ever make it past points a game, but has asserted sively, we like to move the ball By ED PAGLIA left in the game and coasted summer rookie camp, but Mike, himself even more in the Knicks and ourselves to capitalize on In a span of just two weeks home. The familiar faces of you a native Long Islander, figured pressure defense. our over-all speed and to find the Friar freshmen basketball know who, dominated the scor• forces ( 19-3 ) lost twice as many ing. DiGregorio was superla• playing in Madison Square Gar• When the Knicks beat the the open man. This latter prin• games as they had over the tive with 41 points, followed by den was a golden opportunity Royals this year for their 18th ciple best summarizes our play first two and a half months of King's 26, and Costello's 23. and he made the most of it. straight win, the incomparable — unselfishness." the season; dropping a game to Oscar Robertson had thrust Although Mike considers the They suffered their first de• The Knicks listed five guards the highly regarded quintet of Cincy in front with a superla• Knicks to be extremely well- feat of the previous two weeks on their roster which left no Dartmouth College and, then, tive 12 point first period. Mike balanced, he notes the team to Dartmouth College and tal• room for Riordan. Yet McGuire succumbing to U.R.I. The hock• was assigned the unenviable task relies very heavily on their ented James Brown, 87-73. The and Donovan liked Riordan's ag• ey team fared no better as they of stopping Robertson in the center, Willis Reed. Any injury early going was marred by the gressive play and kept tabs on continued in their losing ways second quarter, and he did just to Reed would greatly dim the heavy fouling of the Friars his progress and success at Al- by dropping four games in that that. The ruggedly-built guard Knick chances. front court stars, Costello and lentown in the Eastern League same period. that season. shut off "The Big O" complete• All is not peaches and cream King. Both picked up their When Mike reported to Coach ly for the first ten minutes of for NBA players on the road, Although the basketball team third foul early in the opening did lose two games during that stanza and were forced to the span, they did add four vic• bench. Despite the now appar• tories to the win column. At ent lack of board strength and Boston University the Friars fire power, the score read 39- Friar Thinclads Prep for NCAA; defeated B.U.'s freshmen squad 39 at halftime. by a score of 73-70. PC. em• ployed its zone defense through Although in the second half out the game and was able to the Friars only lost the services Individual Times Keep Improving come away with the victory. of Costello via the foul route, Scoring honors went to Ernie and that coming late in the By CHRIS SCHULTZ against teams from Brown, St. in the "injury riddled" ranks DiGregorio as he finished the game, Fran and Nehru were John's, and Boston University, of the Friars was another con• suffering the pangs of the early On February 21st, the thin• their time was just short of the sistent performance by the eter• night with 37 points. clads of Providence College ven• fouls. Their play was hampered N.C.A.A. qualification. nal light, Marty Robb. Marty In the third meeting between by their foul situation. As a tured into the wilders of up• smashed the New England U.R.I, and P.C., the Rams came state New Hampshire to run in The team was made up of result, Providence lost the record of 9:00 flat by Art Du- away the victors for the first game. King was the top point the New England Federation Rich Ursone, who ran a 1:57 long set in 1969. Marty's time time with an impressive 84-69 Championships. The meet was half mile to keep the Friars up producer for the Friars, finish• bested the previous record by a score. The Friars were quickly ing with 27. DiGregorio and hosted by Dartmouth University. front, Dan Beasley, freshman full 10 seconds. This coming headed as U.R.I, shot to a yearling Mark Ambrose, and Costello followed suit with 22 Captain Marty Robb, who had Saturday Robb will compete in comfortable lead and ended the and 21 points respectively. run a scintillating 8:06 for 3000 Tom Malloy. Beasley, a gradual• the I.C.4.A's in Madison Square first stanza ahead by sixteen meters at the Olympic Invita• ly improving sophomore, grab• Garden. points. After the initial on• As far as the freshmen skat• tional Meet on Friday, showed bed the baton from Ursone and slaught, the Friar freshmen ers are concerned and without Incidentally, Marty Robb has signs of fatigue as he won the continued the Friar's dominance were never really in the game. injured Gary Williamson, there with a nifty 51.5 quarter. Am• been selected the Cowl Athlete two mile in a respectable time In a tight "defensive" ball- seems to be no guiding light at brose followed in the three- of the Month due to his nation• of 8:57. game, the Friars managed to the end of the tunnel. The quarter mile with a fine 3:12, ally prominent performances du• freshmen six continued their Robb, though, was not the sneak by Leicester Junior Col• and "T" Malloy put the Friars ring February. decline by dropping all their only Friar who made his pre• lege, 107-90. The balanced team in front for good as he crossed In early February, Robb games. The worst defeat came sence felt. Junior Rich Ursone scoring of Providence College the tape with a respectable 4:21 placed second in the Billing's at the hands of B.U., as they and Sophomore "Tas" Amen was reflected in the tallies of mile Their winning time was 2-Mile Run at the BAA. Games buried the Friars, 14-2. The ran first and second respect• DiGregorio, Costello, and King 10:21.5. in Boston and set a new school score says it all as the B.U. ively in the 1000 yard run. Ur• as they scored, respectively, 33, record of 8:44. The following pucksters completely outclassed sone strided through in a 2:17 This past weekend the team 30, and 23 points. Wednesday he bettered the New P.C. Providence's scoring came with Amen a half second be• traveled to Starrs, Connecticut In another high scoring af• with a 4:21 on a slow, square- from Larry Charest, as he hind. Sophomore new comer for the New England Champ• fair, the Friáis downed Holy shaped dirt track. pushed through both goals. The Mike Durkay got off to a slow ionships. The only bright spots Cross College, 98-83. P.C. Friar sextet fared no better start, but finished strong in run• to the Friar campaign on Sat• opened in their familiar two- Two weeks ago the highly against Merrimack, the score in ning 1:18 in the 600. Mike urday at UConn were in the three zone defense, forcing the talented senior placed fifth in this one read, 7-3. placed third in his heat and 2-MileRun. Sophomore distance Crusaders to wait for the good the Olympic Invitational Meet fifth overall. star, Willie Speck, who has been shots. Holy Cross, employing a Against B.C., it was simply a driving himself through a rig• in New York, and then won the man-to-man defense, stayed matter of being outmanned by For the first time this year orous training schedule in pre• Eastern Federation Two Mile close to the Friars and trailed the Eagles. P.C. put forth a PC. entered a distance medley paration for the Boston Mara• by only four at the half, 42-38. real effort, however, it was in relay team in competition. The less than 48 hours later at Dart• thon, surprised the hometown mouth. Last Saturday, Marty In the first five minutes of the vain. Boston College's superior Friars were hopeful of achieving crowd with a first place in the second half, the Friars out- manpower, more than anything a time good enough to qualify unseeded 2-mile track. Speck's iced the cake once again by scored Holy Cross 14-2, that, else, spelled victory. The final for the N.C.A.A. Meet in De• time of 9:25 was his best per• setting a record at the New for all practical purposes, was was 4-2. With one game remain• troit this month. Though the formance thus for. England Championships in the the ballgame. P.C. widened its ing on the schedule, their re• medley contingent was success• lead to 23 points with 5 minutes cord stands at 3-11-1. ful in winning their event The only other bright spot 2-Mile Run. ti THE COWL MARCH 4, 1970 Height Finally Defeats Undersized Friar Team

By JOE DELANEY strip, a margin coupled with the The deciding factor in this Last week, the non-function• numerous Friar steals that sunk game was the fine play of big ing clock at the Providence Col- the Pirate fortunes for good. men Cyril Baptiste and Joe leg e-U.R.I. basketball game told Collucci led all scorers with 18 Bergman. With Bergman pop• the whole story. Time had run points. ping in bombs from the corner out on the Friars' chances of The story at U.R.I. on and Baptiste having pretty going to the NIT. after losing Wednesday night was a case of much his own way on the to both Creighton 68-64 and the a fired-up Ram quintet that boards and underneath, the Rams 81-74. proved too quick for the Friars. Bluejays held six to eight point On Saturday night, the Friars The Rams, led by an inspired leads through the entire first rebounded from their doldrums Ron Louder who played in half despite the fine efforts of to drub the Pirates of Seton place of the injured Claude Collucci and Larranaga who Hall 93-76 before they closed English, took advantage of a managed to keep the Friars out their season against the two-man zone press employed close as they trailed by only Brown Bruins on Tuesday by Providence in an effort to four at halftime 34-30. night. The victory over Seton go ahead in the contest. With Baptiste, Mike Caruso Hall assured the hoopsters of Keaney Gym, which has been and Bresnahan hitting for finishing over the .500 mark a poor host this season with its Creighton, the home team could for the season after their bitter leaky roof and broken clock, never really gain momentum in loss at Kingston. was the unlikely site of one of the second half, especially since The Friars, who had six men the more key Ram victories in Johnson fouled out with eight in double figures for the first their long and hard fought se• minutes left. time this season, forced the ries with the Friars over the years. The victory marked the But with Larranaga and Co• Orangemen into a total of 25 Craig makes like a fullback in driving for basket in the first time since 1952 that Rhode lucci pouring in hoops with turnovers with their double- Creighton game. —COWTfolo by Frank Toher Island had swept both games deadly accuracy, the Friars al• teaming full-court press. While of the series against the Friars. most managed to pull it out the Pirates were making errors pulled the Friars to within one game from the foul line to kill The last time the Rams ac• With the Blue-Jays up by at both ends of the court, the point with time left before Bap• any chance of going to the complished this feat, they were three, Larranaga and Colucci tiste, a fine sophomore, iced the N.I.T. visitors were taking advantage led by none other than Frank of the opportunity on offense. Keaney. The Jerseyites actually made things quite sticky for the en- The Rams jumped out to an early five point lead on the shooting of Phil Hickson and Pucksters' Drought Continues; Dwight Tolliver. The Friars, meanwhile, could not solve the U.R.I. defense despite their ef• forts to work the ball inside. Terriers, Eagles Reveal Power With four minutes elapsed, Vic Collucci was inserted into the The sophomore-dominated son with an 8-9-0 league mark line-up and things began to The Friars defeated the War• Friar hockey team, overcoming The Larries defeated Providence happen. riors, 8-7 in the first game of adversity all year, finally ran in January, 5-2, and have also the season at Merrimack. 3-0 During the next eight min• out of gas and the possibility beaten tourney-bound Boston was the final tally in this one utes of the first stanza, Collucci of an ECAC tournament bid has College twice. Even if the as the home team simply could and Craig Callen conspired to all but ended. The Friars are Friars defeated Yale to tie St. not buy a break all night. The score the next 16 points for 11-11-2, and 7-9-2 in Division I, Lawrence, the logical move fine goaltending of the War• Providence. With Callen fight• after losing to Boston College, would be to take the Larries. riors' Jack Busalacchi pinned ing for short baskets under• 4-3, Merrimack, 3-0 and power• the first shut-out on the Friars neath and Collucci hitting con• Earlier the Friars came up ful Boston University, 5-1. The this year. sistently from the outside, the team met division rival Yale at with a superb effort against Friars held the lead until the home Tuesday. Boston College at McHugh For• ICE CHIPS: At this writing eight minute mark of the first um. The Friars carried the seven teams are in the ECAC BU captain, Larry Davenport, half, 27-26. Eagles into overtime before tournament. They include Cor• one of the finest performers in It was at this point in the losing in a December game, but nell, Boston University, Boston Eastern hockey, tallied the this time Boston College was encounter that Louder came off opening goal at 9:39 of the first College, Harvard, Clarkson, New the bench for the Rams and playing with its great All period. Bob Sterling made it Hampshire, and Brown. . . . turned the tide in their favor. American center, Tim Sheehy. 2-0, Terriers with a shot past Brown has an added incentive Louder combined with John Sheehy scored an early goal to Friar goaltender, Jack Sanford. with Coach Jim Fullerton re• Fultz to put the hosts up by help propel BC into a 3-1 lead tiring, effective this year. . . . two at the half 39-37. The score came at 13:32 of the at the end of two periods. second period. Winner of the Annheuser Busch Although the game had all Gerry Leschyshyn and Mike MVP trophy will be announced the appearances of a typical The Friars' lone goal of the Gaffney brought the scrappy in this paper next week. ... A barn-burner when the first half night came at 16:57 of the sec• Friars on even terms with the ended, Louder personally put ond period to draw the white talented Eagles on two third heart-warming gesture to a pop• any such thoughts away for clad visitors to within one. period goals. Battling the ular Friar was shown in Tues• Gary Wilkins scores against good during the next five min• Sophomore Jay Hildebrand, cen• Eagles inch for inch, the Friars day's Yale game—A group of Creighton's Joe Bergman. utes. tering a line with Mike Leonard were finally beaten with 9 min• seniors organized a raffle to —COWLphoto by Tom Maguirc He fed Fultz a beautiful pass and Chris Ciceri, scored on as• utes remaining when Mellor raise money so that Mike sists from Jean Boislard and tire first half due to the board for a lay-up, scored on a give tipped in a Paul Schilling shot Leonard's fiancee could be flown strength of rugged 6' 5" center and go, and then hit on three Leonard. for the 4-3 victory. in from Chicago for the game— more baskets underneath to The Terriers' John Danby Ken House and guard Mel Providence may have been a Mike's future bride had never give Rhody a fourteen point Knight. With Knight hitting broke the game open in the little flat in its home contest seen him perform in a Friar lead. Fortunately, the Friars consistently from the outside third period by scoring two against Division n's Merrimack. uniform. over the Providence zone, the were not dead yet. goals, at 10:57 on assists from Pirates countered a brief scor• In the next six minutes, Gary Mike Hyndman and Davenport ing spree by Jimmy Larranaga Wilkins and Ray Johnson com• and again at 16:14. The Friars to open up a six point lead bined their talents to score four• had been playing aggressive de• midway in the half. teen points and bring the visi• fense up to the midpoint of the At this point. Coach Dave tors within six. This was the final period but Dave Bolduc Gavitt smartly inserted sharp- closest the Friars could get of the Friars was whistled off shooting Vic Collucci into the since their two-man collapsible on a penalty at 10:41 and Dan• line-up. Colucci, inspired by his zone was thwarted by the Ram by scored 16 seconds later to many fans from nearby Newark offense. break the Friars' back. to cheer his efforts, promptly The chief contributors in this Providence had been utilizing poured in some long bombs to closing and deciding surge a new 3-2 defensive alingment give the Friars a two-point lead were Nat Adger and Fultz. Lamoriello had two forwards at halftime that they would nev• Free to work themselves loose forchecking in the Boston zone, er relinquish. underneath since the Provi• and three men lined up along With the lead cut to two dence defense constantly left the blue line. If the pass went with fifteen minutes left in the one man free, Adger and Fultz to either board or to the mid• second half, the visitors, led by constantly scored on easy tap- dle, the Friar on the line in the Gary Wilkins and Ray Johnson, ins and lay-ups to kill any Friar particular assigned area would opened up a seven point lead hopes of a comeback and re• go after the intended receiver. with fourteen minutes left to venge. Providence never got The close forchecking kept the ice the game Actually, the closer than seven as the Rams Friars in contention much of Providence quintet decided the won 81-74. the night. contest from the foul line since The Creighton game, which the Pirates resorted to fouling meant so much to the Friars, The Friars' tournament hopes the Friars in an effort to catch was a nip and tuck affair all have to be considered over and up. Providence outscored Seton the way as the hoopsters lost done with. At this writing St Eric Dixon battles Merrimack's Jake Morgan for pack. Goalie Hall 25-12 from the charity by four, 68-64. Lawrence has concluded its sea• Jack Busalacchi stands guard. —cowLpnoto by Tom Muulre