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VOL. XXII, No. 11 — EIGHT PAGES PROVIDENCE COLLEGE, PROVIDENCE, R.I., FEBRUARY 10, 1960 10 CENTS A COPY FRIARS WIN 2nd N.I.T. BID Mullaneymen Frosh Plan Weekend; Invited Back To Tourney Committees Announced Reverend Aloysius B. IBegley, O.P., Athletic Di• Preliminary plans for the Johnston, just a few miles from ! rector, announced earlier annual Freshman Weekend the College. The unavailability 1 this week that Providence were an nou need today by of hotel space in Providence necessitated this move. College had received and Lombard Gasbarro and accepted an invitation to Maurice Bosse, co-chair- ¡ A committee will also be or- ! ganized to help plan rides for1 the National Tournament to men of the event. The resident students with day-hops. be held in New York March dates allotted to the week• Permission may be given for 10-19. end by the Student Con- ' freshmen resident students to press of the College are have cars on campus for the1 This marks the second May 13, 14, 15. The theme ; Weekend. successive year that PC, coached by Joe Mullaney, will be "Weekend on the Committees Announced has received such recogni• Riviera." The following is a list of com• mittee members for the week• tion. Providence became On Friday evening a Fresh• end. It was endeavored to have the fourth team to be tendered man Ball will be held at resident and day-hops equally a bid, and shortly after, Mem• phis State became the fifth. Rhodes-on-the-Pawtuxet. The or-1 represented on the commiltees. chestra for the Ball is still to: Any freshman who has not yet [ Discounting last night's en• be announced. The committee j registered for committees is counter with St. Bonaventure, will make its choice from1• urged to do so with the co- both the Friars and Memphis several New England name i! chairmen or any class officer. held identical 13-3 records. bands. The ticket committee is com• ART MASTERPIECE given to Providence College by an Earlier, Villanova, Detroit, Picnic and Dance Saturday posed of Maurice Loontgens, anonymous donor is displayed to two admiring students by and Dayton had been selected (Continued on Page 3) Saturday afternoon a picnic (Continued on Page 3} the Very Reverend Robert J. Slavin. (Story on Page Two) will be held for the freshmen and their dates. Several local i parks and beaches are under consideration for the location PURLOIN FLAGS of this event. On Saturday eve- ; Dorsey Band Drops Contract; Many of the students were ning an informal dance will be ¡ surprised yesterday when they held at PC with an orchestra approached the cafeteria and yet to be announced. saw the company flags of the Sunday morning, a Mass will Replacement Not Yet Chosen ROTC units at Brown Uni• be held in Aquinas Hall Chapel versity and the University of to close the weekend. After the I The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra der Agency of N. Y., has can- band at popular prices for the Rhode Island hanging over Mass, a breakfast will be served under the direction of Warren celled all of its engagements, Prom." the stairway. to the participants. Covington has cancelled its con for April, May and June, to; Co-chairmen John Mcllduf of The Pershing Rifle pledges, Plans are being made to tract for the Junior Prom Week• go to Hollywood to produce the the Junior Prom accommoda- as part of their training pro• end in favor of a Hollywood gram, had to "borrow" the house the girls invited by dorm music for the "Tommy Dorsey tions committee advises all jun- students from out of the state movie contract. Story" iors who are planning to attend Brown Navy flag, the Brown Air Force flag, the flag of the It the Colonial Motel which is The Dorsey band, which is Prom to rooms r Warren Covington's own con- J*. ( "*f™ £ Air Force Honor Society and located on Hartford Avenue, handled by the Willard Alexan• heir dates earl due to th tract calls for him to bow out . . >'f f the flag from URI. of any engagement at his dis- Iimited number of rooms avai1' ame Eighteen p 1 e d g es were cretion. The cancellation, there- ' selected for the task and they fore, was not the doing of the • In lieu of the Sheraton- were dividel into three six- band committee. Covington's Biltmore, the committee has ac- man teams. Freshmen Elect Graham And Wall New England agent, William ¡ quired the Colonial and the. ¡lllllllllillllllllillW Kerns, has severed his connec- Golden Gate Motels on Route tion with the band and promised i 6. Both of these motels have Carolan Club Representatives an early replacement for the enough room to accommodate prom. ! the expected large crowd. The After going a semester without freshman repre• • Biltmore has been reserved by Dance Is Announced sentatives, the frosh dorm students chose Joseph Wall Another NY. agency has also the Jeweler's Convention and 1 and Robert Graham to air the voice of the class in the entered the bidding and as- Brown's Spring Weekend, For February 20th sured the band committee the Co-chairman Dick Panagrossi Carolan Club. Elections took place on January 20 in choice of several top flight ¿ j h Mcllduf have re- Joseph Cianciolo, president Raymond Hall. * — an 0 n bands. This agency handles. quested Juniors to make their . of the Cranston Club, has Joe Wall, a business major many of the nationally known reservations at their rooms, announced plans for the from Medford, Mass., had this from Centereach, New York, bands and promises to provide Stephen Hall 113 and Aquinas "Winter Frolic" to be held on

to say after elections: wished to thank all the mem- one for a price considerably jjau 419 Saturday, February 20. Co- "I would like to take this bers of the class who voted for less than what was to be Coving- chairmen of the evett, Mel Stairman and Jim O'Leary. time to thank all the freshman him and stated that he would tons fee Fall River Club Gift members of the Carolan Club do his utmost to give the best have reserved the Valley The final selection will be Sec. Richard A. Costa has an- Club on the Lcdgemont for for their support and for their i to his.class, made on Wednesday by the band nounced that the Fall River great turnout on election night. | '-IT freshman dorm stu- the evening. Dancing will be any committee from a field of the Club has donated $50 to the I would also like to thank Pete d an idea or thinks of from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. ent nas five or six bands that have been library for the purpose of pur- Martin for his help in the last, something that will benefit the in the recently renovated offered, chasing books. club. most timely, snowstorm. dorm students, I certainly would Class president Charles Mc-, The choice of the books Only 75 tickets are avail• "As I have said before my y^e t0 near about it. After all, work is just beginning and I that's what representatives are Aree noted that the Covington will be left to the discretion of able. The price is $2 per cancellation, which at first had the librarian, Rev. Ernest Ho- couple. Tickets may be pur• hope to do all I can to be a ¡, ,r >• sam* j ;., ¡, worthwhile representative of the ! been a large disappointment, "islgan, O.P. It was also announced chased from Chairman freshman class." NinetyJtwo per cent of the beginning to take on the as-1 that this policy will be con- O'Leary, or one of the of• The second representative, ! freshman dorm students voted pects of a real benefit from the tinued throughout coming school ficers. There will also be a Bob Graham, a history major for the representatives. standpoint of obtaining a good | years. door prize awarded. 2 THE COWL, FEBRUARY 10, 1960

Pr«vidence College Editorial Office NIT BID... Von Braun May Appear Here (Continued from Page 1) Space Age figure Dr. Wernher Von Braun may be signed by the NIT directors, of whom MEMO FROM THE EDITOR: for a speaking engagement at Providence College, according to Kenneth Norton serves as a special three-man Congress committee investigating the chairman Norton and his selec• Last semester this writer over• matter. tion committee were no doubt heard a hall-walker wondering out loud . If Von Braun is available to appear on Sunday night. influenced by the tremendous about the academic staying power of one March 9, the student government has secured Administration showing put on by the Friars approval to sign a contract for the appearance. The scientist's in last year's tourney. member of the varsity hoop squad. The Boston booking agent will inform the committee of Von athlete in question won't ever make Braun's availability within two weeks. PC fans will recall that the summa cum laude, but his grades have been The noted German-born physicist made headlines during Mullaneymen scored upset vic• respectable. I also happen to know that I the past few years for his role in the U. S. Army's rocketry tories over Manhattan (coached by the same Norton, incidental• he got them the hard way—the honest program. He is now connected with the National Space Ad• ministration. ly) and St. Louis before falling way. That wasn't what his detractor prey to St John and NYU. St. Campus clubs would be asked to underwrite part of the John went on to win the claimed. expense of securing Von Braun's appearance if he proves tourney by defeating Bradley available. The College Administration has agreed to under• The issue of favoritism to athletes in the classic's final. is obviously one of the growing pains write the balance of the cost. Arrangements for the projected appearance are being This year the Providence that this college will have to look conducted by a three-man committee composed of Robert Op- club will be tabbed as a team squarely in the eye. Once the minor pel, John Hurley, and Charles Goetz. The committee is oper• to be reckoned with and it is leagues are forsaken, these excruciating ating as the representative of the Student Congress. quite possible the Friars will be seeded by the tournament of• conflicts of interest between million- Assuming that the engagement does prove possible, ad• ficials should they finish the dollar sports publicity and academic mission to the lecture would be free to PC students and local season in a commendable collegians, according to Oppel. fashion. Such a possibility could purity start lurking around the corner hinge on the outcome of the of every report card. Holy Cross encounter scheduled Present students here at Smith for Alumni Hall on Feb. 23. Hill are among the first to realize the Returning veterans of last general heightening of PC prestige via year's NIT quintet will include Fr. Slavin Feted In Capitol Captain Lenny Wilkens. John the press and airwaves. It's curious Woods, Space Egan, Dick how even a college's philosophy depart• Whelan, Den Guimares. Tim ment can bask in the reflected glow that Moynahan, Bob Gibson and By Washington Area Grads Dick Holzheimer. Added to issues from the gymnasium. But that's the these will be newcomers Jim primrose path to fame, son. Ask them at Father Slavin, President of i House majority leader. Both Hadnot, Dick Leonard. Tom the College, was feted at al Green and McCormick are Nyire, Tom Folliard and Bob Notre Dame, Holy Cross, etc. They've dinner held in his honor in recipients of honorary degrees Siembida. been there. Washington, D. C, Feb. 5. The j from Providence College, dinner at the Presidential Arms position of toastmaster Wilkens amazed the New Still, we can be proud that the The Yorkers with his defensive Hotel was attended by 350 per- was assumcd by Jack Fanning, people here realize that academic in• sons. Father Slavin was pre- i ted with the skills and accurate shooting who is assoc a and won a place on the mythical tegrity can't be put up for sale at even sented with a Revere Bowl in NLRB The prcsident of the appreciation and acknowledge- | Association of the all tourney team. Egan scored the most irresistable price. A fortune A umni ment of his services to the Col- Washington area is Robert Gol- fifty-three points in the first e two tournament games, includ• in renown isn't enough to buy a penny's ' Be. den. Golden, a member of the ing a game-winning twenty-five worth of self respect. If a The dinner was sponsored by class of '48 spoke briefly, foot jumper with six seconds player's F were allowed to equal another the Alumni Association of the The president of the Parent- remaining in the opener. man's C, it would be time to admit that Washington area. Tt was attend- Alumni Association which was ed also by parents of the stu- represented at the dinner is Woods rebounded fiercely both the A.B. and B.S. add up to plain dents from the Washington area Dan F. McKinnan, '40. The Sec- and almost single-handedly off• b.s. who are now attending Provi- retary is M. J. McLoughlin, set severe height handicaps in dence College. class of "42. every game. Guimares, Holz• I don't think anyone can make an Senator Thomas Dodd and The big news of the evening heimer, Gibson and Moynahan unreasonable favoritism charge stick his wife attended the dinner, was the fact that PC won the all played admirably in fill-in at Providence College. I wouldn't be The senator, a member of the Colby game. Mrs. Paul Connol- roles while Whelan was incapa• citated by a knee injury. able to document a definite instance of class of '38, spoke briefly. The ly, wife of Paul Connolly, Honorable Senator Theodore Alumni Secretary here at PC, Hadnot will provide much outraged Justice. Would you? Francis Green also spoke, listened to the game on WPRO needed height when Providence CHARLES J. GOETZ Green is the senior senator radio and then relayed the re- 1 collides with the top-flight com- from Rhode Island. Congress-, suits and scores of individual j petition to be met in the NIT, man and Mrs. J. W. McCormick players to her husband in Wash- ! The tourney will be held in SC Committee To Report were in attendance; he is the I ington via telephone. , Madison Square Garden. HOMECOMING WEEKEND On NFCCS Issue Tonight PC is preparing for the "biggest Home- St. Michael's College, of Winooski, Ver- The special committee of the standing committee, according coming Weekend ever" on February 12, 13, mont. The varsity game will be proceeded Student Cangress to investigate to Don Bucklin, chairman of and 14. The largest pre-registration ever by a freshman game with the Newport the relationship between the the special committee, would be recorded and the overwhelming demand Naval Base team. After the game a re- Congress and the National Fed to organize a speakers bureau, for tickets for the basketball and hockey union with refreshments and informal eration of Catholic College Stu- This bureau would be composed games indicates capacity crowds for all dancing will be held in Alumni Hall, dents will recommend that the of students willing to speak to events. On Sunday. Mass will be celebrated in Congress lead the way in the any club regarding a topic intellectual, cultural, and social, in which they are well versed, For the first time since the beginning Aquinas Chapel for Alumni and their development of the student on Another suggestion of the of the annual Alumni Weekend, members wives. It will be followed by a "Dutch an extracurricular plane, by special study committee is that of the senior class have been invited to Treat" brunch in Alumni Hall, using the facilities offered by the Congress make the Senior participate in the activities of the week- The majority of the ticket orders were the NFCCS. Delegate of NFCCS a voting end. received and the bids mailed out by late The Committee will report to member of the Congress. There The program will commence Friday eve- Friday afternoon. 170 couples had regis- the Congress tonight. Its sug- [ 's a bill to this effect on the ning with a reception by the College Ad- tered for the formal dance (Alumni Hall) gestions are the result of two .table now. ministration in the Guild Room of Alumni to be held Friday evening, 450 bids had lengthy meetings at which the I The study committee mem- Hall. After this the alumni will be feted been sent out by the staff for the Faculty- role of student government and bers, besides Bucklin, were the role of the NFCCS in ! Thomas Grady, Thomas O'Her- with a lobster dinner in the cafeteria. Alumni dinner Saturday evening in Alumni campus affairs were examined, ron. James Carroll, and Charles At 9:30 dancing will begin in Alumni Hall. The basketball game Saturday eve- One ti the recommendations ^e''b'- Hall to the music of Vin Capone and his ning seems to have the most attraction is that the Congress establish Orchestra. This will be the first Ball ever for the men and their wives, since 1300

a standing committee consisting t held in Alumni Hall, The event is formal. rickets were requested. 750 alumni an- of the five NFCCS delegates LENNY ALL-EAST AGAIN Saturday afternoon the Veridames of the noimced their intentions of attending the

and the vice-president of the _ _ _„ _ ,. m,_ College have scheduled a reception and en- post game reunion. C<,U Student Congress. This commit- , The Eastermt e nC «' tertainment for Alumni wives in Harkins These figures are far from complete, al- tee would study various XFCCS ""f _S' 'r? î Hall. During this entertainment the men though they are indeed impressive. Many programs and make recommen- that L»n» likens will attend the annual business meeting to last minute requests were anticipated; dations to the Congress coo- ¡" ¡¡5 ¡¡ *" ««k- s d hear Father Slavin's report on the status there are probably 10 or 157t who have cerning their implementation J» i'lf u ;"'s Jfi un> of the College. not yet sent their order büt who will do so. The Congress „™id then chan- [° \ ft " H"- *» nel anv accepted programs to kMls hM *•» »"!¡ ? At 5:30 Saturday, the faculty dinner The great demand necessitated that will be held in Alumni HalL The group tickets be distributed on a priority basis, the campus organization best 5" r "™" "» fit to implement them. j£j '» ">< •* will then proceed to the gymnasium to Those who wished to buy for the whole The first program of the ' watch the Friars basketball team tackle weekend were taken care of first. THE COWL, FEBRUARY 10, 1960 3

Valentine Whims, Capers; PC Wallets Lighter

By DAVE DONNELLY, JR. Venus, queen or goddess of In some Scandinavian coun• mail and postal services made often the cards arc accompanied Although the name for the beauty. tries and in Holland there was \ the sending of valentines very by gifts of candy and flowers. day comes from a saint, and that Other historians believe that a prcedent a few hundred years : popular in the U.S. Some poked Candy is usually sent in heart saint happens to be the patron our customs can be traced back ago for girls to arm themselves ! fun at the idiosyncrasies of the shaped boxes; while the most of lovers, it is rather unlikely to the time when people first with switches early on the recipient; most were filled with popular flower for the day is that St. Valentine started off associated Februray 14 with the morning of the 14th. The first tender endearments and senti• the traditional harbinger of the morning of Feb. 14 by send• coming of Spring. On this day man they "tapped" (more like• ment. Spring, the violet. ing randy and kisses to his best the birds were supposed to ly beat into submission) was to A collection in the New York girl. choose their mates for the sea• be their valentine for the year. • Museum of Art shows that it One local merchant is featur• As a matter of fact, most of son, and the people followed In England in the fifteenth ! was not uncommon for valen• ing several ten pound boxes of St. Valentine's friends were suit. Even today there are some century the Duke of Orleans tine's to be two feet square and 1 candy for gifts this year. He either in the catacombs or in "henpecked" husbands who call wrote, the first rhymed letter to cost upwards of $25. They quite unwittingly displayed his prisons; he ministered to the themselves "bird-brains" for to be called a valentine. The were extremely ornate. Even candy back to back with a needs of Christians in the time having sent a Valentine's Day first valentines were handmade, today one can spend a small for• counter full of dietary aids. This of pagan Rome. card. but the custom did spread rapid• tune on a single card. seems to be negative salesman• ship. The customs that we cele• During Shakespeare's day in ly. During the gold rush of the A shop in Providence told brate today go back to the time Merry Old England the first 1850's many miners thought The Cowl that they carried cards ¡ Whatever the outcome oí Val• of old Rome, according to some girl a man saw on the morning nothing of spending over a hun• ! costing upwards of $7. They, entine's Day, we just hope that historians. The ancient Romans was to be his chosen for the dred dollars to send mes• ! said they sold many to college I none of the PC men forget that year. She also could claim a sages of sentiment to their be• used to exchange presents on J men. Our comment, "Ilmmm, I it is Sunday. They might be the day after "Ides Februarii" kiss from him on the spot. loved. j what college?" getting special delivery letters (February 14). They did this There were not a few who Just little more than a hun• ! The custom of sending cards in honor of Juno, the mythical sighed with relief when this dred years ago, the advent of ! and presents in the U.S. has j with rings enclosed February Roman queen of the Gods, and custom passed into oblivion. color printing and improved i survived over the years. Veryl 15.

Art Objects Given To PC;Selecte d As Speaker , Carrolll Named Managing Ed. Private Showing Tomorrow Editorial Positions Filled; The Very Rev. Robert J. Slavin, O.P., announced today that the school will hold a small private showing-1 I Seniors To Remain On Staff of several art objects in bronze, oils, prints and char-1 By David Donnelly coal studies that have been donated to the school. Charles J. Goetz, newly appointed editor of The The showing will be held in"- Cowl has announced editorial appointments to the staff the art gallery tomorrow after- j be shown has been granted on for the coming semester. All appointments have been noon and evening. The Friars , a long term loan by Mr. and ¡ I approved by the moderator, and are effective imme- Club will usher and members Mrsj . John P. Brennan of North of the Art Club will assist in ]Providence . I diately. hospitality. Three bronzes of particular ! Dale P. Faulkner, retired ed-, One of the paintings of prime ¡interes t that will be on display ! itpr, will serve as undergrad• Bernard Madden and freshman uate advisor. Faulkner has interest is a large four by arl e a small crucifix, a cossack, I Frank Mazzeo. Madden will been active on The Cowl since seven foot Madonna recently £an d a Cleopatra. serve as sports editor while his freshman year. bestowed upon the college | The crucifix is of Byzantine J Mazzeo will be sports assistant. anonymously. This Madonna,'styls e and was given to Rev. I The post of managing editor Mattos, White Elevated painted by Mazzola, a Renais- jDanie l M. Galliher, O.P., by the ¡ is to be filled by James Carroll, Arthur Mattos and Peter sanee artist, is very regal but, \lat e Rudolph F. Haffenreffer. a junior. He has served The White have been elevated from extremely motherly. This -Th] e Cossack was formerly tht Cowl as sports editor earlier rank and file news writers to 1 motherly characteristic also ap- propertt y of Rev. Leo S. Can- THE VERY REV. R. J. SLAVIN this year. Carroll succeeds the positions of copy editors. Goetz. Sophomore Paul Hana- They are both freshmen at PC. pears in the three other Ma- tnon' s mother while the Cleopa• Achieves New Distinction donnas that the school will ttr a was donated by Misses Mary way will continue in his present Nick Peterson will continue show. ian d Helen L'Abbe. The Very Reverend Robert capacity as business manager. in his present capacity as An oval Madonna of more as• Prints and charcoal studies Slavin, O.P., President of the O'Herron To Contribute photography editor. William pect, donated by a former stu- j by Carl Merschel, a professional College, will be the main speak• Thomas O'Herron, former Rypl will assume the post va• dent, is hanging on the wall op- artis, t in ceramics and prints in columnist and editorial assist• cated by Richard Plamondon, er at the annual United Fund posite the large Madonna. (Chicago , and by Rev. John ant has been elevated to the that of circulation manager. A third Madonna, donated to yWalc h of St. Luke's Studio, Ok• Dinner Feb. 18. position of contributing editor. Robert P. Grathwol and Peter the school during World War ] lahoma City, Okla., will be The dinner which will be held O'Herron gained campus note Costigan will serve as editorial I by Archbishop Nicholas of showns . with his weekly column, "The associates. Both Costigan and at the Sheraton-Biltmore Hotel, Cincinnati, is small but detail• An oil of the Immaculate Lighthouse." Grathwol have long been asso• ed. It appears to have been a ] is for the purpose of presenting ciated with The Cowl, both as Heart and several charcoal John H. Casey and David F. final study for a much larger ; writers and in an editorial studies by Sister Mary of the "Outstanding Citizenship" Donnelly, Jr., a junior and piece. This painting, which was , writers and in editorial capaci• Compassion, O.P., of the Blue awards to employees of plants freshman respectively, will shipped from Rome during , ties. Costigan wrote the week• Chapel, Union City, N. J., will continue in their capacities as World War I, arrived but the . and members of social groups ly column "Notes From the also be shown. associate editors. Their appoint• documents did not and it is who have met the'requirements Sportsdesk." The only representative in ments were made in Novem• believed that the ship carrying ( necessary. the line of modern art is a ber. Recruits Needed the documents was sunk. The largest number of awards There is still an urgent statue of the Virgin in La The sports department will Another Madonna that will :Liqu e glass. presented since the inception need for good writers and be headed by sophomore typists on The Cowl staff. Any The school is also very proud of the United Fund Campaign in this state, ninety-nine, will student wishing to join can of the objects on long term register at The Cowl office any loan from the Boston Museum. be given this year. Special FROSH WEEKEND... citations will be presented to a morning during the 10:20 The museum has loaned Quat• German Society break. The office is located on (Continued from Page 1) trocento furniture and a number of Rhode Island based Naval units for their exception• There will be a meeting of the first floor of Harkins Hall Andy Sayko, Mike Berlin, and Spanish St. Dominic of the cen-j adjacent to the Print Room. tury of Ferdinand and Isabella.1 al contributions to the fund. the German Society on Mon• Dave Lalor. Charles Verde is day, February 15 at 7:30 p.m. Previous journalism exper• chairman of the Program Com- in room C7, Alumni Hall. A ience, high school or otherwise, , mittee. 45-minute motion picture en• is not required to join The ; Ron Southward and Jack titled "Introducing Ger• Cowl staff. Wilkinson are in charge of the Marines Here Feb. 8-11 many" will be shown. invitations for the weekend. It is a NATO film con• The publicity committee is cerned mostly with economic staffed by Dave Russel, D. F. life in present-day Germany Donnelly, and Ray Burke. Offer PLC Program and post-war reconstruction, receipt of his degree will be and carries an English com• D. F. Donnelly, Paul Georges, Captain Francis X. Quinn mentary. John Trainor, Joseph Wall, and from the Boston office of the commissioned a Second Lieu• Copies of the proposed Pat Quinn compose the commit• Marine Corps Officer Selection tenant in the Marine Corps. Constitution will be distri• tee which will select the queen Office will be in the lounge Students enrolling in this pro• buted for the members* of the weekend. Dan Lalor and adjacent to the Cafeteria on gram have no drills, military perusal and opinions. A Ray Burke make up the pro• Feb. 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, 1960. classes, or other formations dur• forum, which will serve as gram committee. He will discuss the Platoon ing the regular school year. Leaders Class, ground or avia• a basis for a Constitutional Decorations for the weekend tion, for freshmen, sophomores, Students entering the Officer Convention, will be held. are in the hands of Frank and juniors, and the Officer Candidate Course will, after re• At the last meeting there D'Angelo, Walt Campbell, and Candidate Course for seniors ceiving their degrees attend ten were only a few people David F. Donnelly. Paul Mc- and graduate students. weeks training at Quantico, Vir• present who are taking a Namara is the freshman in ginia, and upon successful com• language other than German. In the PLC program the stu• charge of refreshments. Ed• pletion of this training will be Anyone taking a different ward Trainor will act as sched• dent will attend two six-week commissioned a Second Lieu• modern language also is in• ule coordinator for the week• summer training courses at vited. end. Quantico, Virginia, and upon tenant in the Marine Corps. THE COWL FEBRUARY, 10 1960 EDITORIALLY SPEAKING AROUND TOWN ' On Campus With Max Shulman A Reminder. . . (Author of "I Was a Teen-age Dwarf", "The Many By Donald Procarcini Loves of Dobie Gillis", etc.) The black-bordered "In Memoriam" box appearing Movies: in this issue will be a weekly occurrence in The Cowl During George Gersh• until either the Student Congress or a grass-roots move• win's lifetime Porgy and ment from within the student body puts a little life into Bess was generally written THREE WHO PASSED IN THE NIGHT the school Alma Mater. off as a feeble attempt at Last year, as everyone knows, 1,210,614 undergraduates dropped If PC's sense of pride is weak, perhaps at least opera by a misguided song• out of college. 256,080 flunked; 309,656 got married; 375,631 its sense of shame can be awakened. Thus far this writer. Needless to say. ran out of money; and 309,254 found joba, Aa you haw, of year, the volume of excuses for inactivity has complete• since Gershwin's death course, observed, this accounts for only 1,210,611 out of ly drowned out any attempts to make the song both Porgy has come to be con• 1,210,614. What happened to the other three? heard and hallowed on campus. sidered as his finest and Well sir, to find the answer, I recently completed a tour of most mature effort. American campuses where I interviewed 40 million students Du Boise Heywood's simple and sold several subscriptions to The Open Road for Boy*, and tale of the love of the crippled Porgy for the floozie Bess pro• it pleases me to report that I can now account for those three vided Gershwin with a fine li• elusive undergraduates. In Memoriam bretto, infinitely more challeng• The first was an LSU junior named Fred Gaugin. He was This Box Commemorates The ing than the usual inane musical comedies of his day. He lavished extremely popular, always ready with a smile, fond of folk PC Alma Mater all his attention on this work, dancing and pralines, and last semester his Chi Psi brothers converting his undeniable melo• unanimously elected him treasurer of the fraternity. This proved dic gifts to a new, more exacting Whose Demise is The Product art, the composition of a folk an error. Gaugin, alas, promptly absconded with the money Of The Apathy Of Providence opera. and went to Tahiti to paint. The fraternity is bending every College Students And Their He blended his own peculiar effort to extradite Gaugin, but Tahiti, alas, is currently observ• Elected Representatives Jewish-jazz idiom with on in• ing the feast of Dipthong, the Sun-God, a five-year ceremony tensive study of Negro rhythms during which all the islanders wear masks, so nobody, alas, can and styles into a carefully Bay for certain which one is Gaugin. It should be interesting to see how many times wrought and highly original whole that miraculously avoid• that black box will have to be printed. Anyone like to ed being contrived and artifi• make a guess? cial. In the opera he brought forth a message that transcended the mere plot line, a message of the striving and yearning of the hu• One Per Customer. . . man spirit in the face of Fate With each passing week, the editorial board is And as an interpretation of the hopes and fears of mortal men, made the recipient of more and more complaints about the opera could scarcely be the basketball ticket policy. We are more than glad to more poignant and certainly not air the valid complaints of the student body, but it is more sincere. hardly our desire to feed the flames of a growing anti- The new movie of this master• athletic department hysteria. piece has admirably recreated Wc have and will continue to oppose the funda• this opera. The movie possesses mental principles of the present ticket distribution rare depth and beauty, lacking plan. I'nffrt'tunately, however, it seems that the stu• only the typical Hollywood The second missing undergraduate is William C'ullen SijíafooB, dent opinion and that of the powers-that-be are acres floss. A great deal of credit is apart on (his issue, with all prospects indicating that due to a uniformly excellent Oregon State freshman, who went one day last fall to a dis• cast. Sidney Poitier brings "never the twain shall meet." • reputable vendor named A. M. Sashweight to buy a pack of pathos and understanding to the Marlboros. Mr. Sashweight did not have any Marlboros be• Within the basic framework of the present system, tragic role of Porgy. He is cause Marlboros are only sold by reputable vendors. However, we are nevertheless forced to concur with the athletic matched only by Dorothy Dan- department as far as the administrative procedure of drige's finely etched portrayal he told Sigafoos that he had another brand which was just as ticket sales is concerned. A little reflection plus a dash of Bess. good, and Sigafoos, being but an innocent freshman, l>elieved of simple arithmetic brings home that fact that the The two other stars, Pearl him. one-ticket rule is necessary if every student is to be Bailey and Sammy Davis, Jr., Well Bir, you and I know there is no other brand ns good u allowed the opportunity of attendance are very fine. The scenery is Marlboros. That fine filter, that flavorful flavor, that pleasure, superb; the orchestration bril• Tickets for friends and dates, desireable as they that joy, that fulfillment—are Marlboro's and Marlboro's alone. liant. might he, would mean the "bumping" of any student All of this was quickly apparent to young Sigafoos and he Also in Providence this week who didn't happen to be in the forefront of the ticket is a skillful and exact produc• flew into a terrible rage. "As good as Marlboros indeed!" he rush. tion of Douglas' novel The Big shrieked, kicking his roommate furiously. "I am going right Fisherman. Howard Keel was back to that mendacious Mr. Sashweight and give him a thrash• surprisingly well cast as Simon ing he won't BOOH forget!" With that he seized his lacrosse bat Peter. The movie is in remark- and rushed out. (t'ontinued on Page 5) Mr. Sashweight heard him coming and started running. Now Mr. Sashweight, before he became a disreputable vendor, had taken numerous prizes as a cross-country runner, and he thought he would soon outdistance young Sigafoos. Hut he reckoned without Sigafoos'e Btick-to-itiveness. At last report the two of them had passed Cleveland. When they reach the Atluntic Seaboard, bad Mr. Sashweight will get his lumps from Nigafooe, you may be sure, and I, for one, am glad.

The third missing undergraduate, also named Sigafoos, is a Bennington sophomore named Celeste Sigafoos and, ironically, A year ago today on the cam• pus. Father Slavin was an- Bhe never intended to leave college at all. She was merely going I nouncing his four year cxpan- home for Christmas on the Natchez, Mobile, and Boise Rail• I sion program. Parts of it have road, and during the night, alas, her upper berth slammed shut 1 already been realized—Raymond on her. Being a Bennington girl, she naturally did not wish to Hall. make an unseemly outcry, so she just kept silent. The next In '58 this week, PC upset morning, alas, the railroad went bankrupt, and Miss Sigafoos Assumption College; Tony ¡ Abbott was scheduled to play ¡ today is lying forgotten on a siding near Valparaiso, Indiana. j at the Military Ball. Fortunately she has plenty of Marlboros with her. Three years ago today, Hiss CIM Mai " ' I Judy Grey was selected queen \ • • • • of the "Homecoming," accord- ! And how about the rest of you ? Do you have plenty of ; ing to The Cowl. John Notte, i Secretary of State was feted by Marlboros? Or if you like mildness but you don't like PC students. niters, plenty of Philip Morrises? H mm? Do you? Back in 1941, the Pyramid — THE COWL — Published weekly «acta full week of school during the aca• Players were planning a demic year by Providence College, ProMdence. R.I. Second- Dance Chorus. The Winter class portage paid at Providence, R.I. Festival, now a thing of the CHARLES J. GOETZ. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF UNDERGRADUATE ADVISOR, Dale P Faulkner. MANAGING past, was planned for the EDITOR. James E. Carroll: BUSINESS MANAGER, Paul Hann- weekend, way; CONTRIBUTING EDITOR. Thomas O'Herron. i PC students with the world ASSOCIATE EDITORS, John Casey, David Donnelly; SPORTS ED- were mourning the death of ITOR, Bernard Madden. COPY EDITORS. Arthur Mutu» Peter White PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR. Nicholas Petersen; SPORTS Pope Pius XI on February 10, ASSISTANT, Francis Mazzeo; PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANT, 1939. Construction was being Ralph Kuhn. CIRCULATION MANAGER, William Rypl. continued on Aquinas Hall. EDITORIAL ASSOCIATES, Robert P. Grathwol, Peter Costigan. THE COWL, FEBRUARY 10, 1960 5 WALDORF Around Town ... PC Students Offered Bermuda Trip (Continued from Page 4) Mr. March has received critical plaudits throughout the country ably good taste avoiding all the in his role as the lonely young For the tenth successive year, pitfalls encountered when sex man. Providence College students are and religion are mixed, being offered a chance to spend To the Editor: j At the Art Theatre is that On Thursday, Feb. 23, the their spring vacation in Ber- The athletic department of wonderful spoof of everybody world world famed Boston Sym• , muda. Plans this year call for a this college is obviously for• and everything American from phony under the direction of special college week program getting that the unfailing sup• Eleanor Roosevelt to foreign Dr. Charles Munch will present ¡ during the Easter vacation. port of the student body has policy. The Mouse That Roared. its fourth concert of the season been an essential factor in the ! Students will fly round trip rise of our basketball team to At the Avon is a sophisti• at Veterans' Auditorium. from Providence leaving Hills- cated British whodunit, Sap-, grove airport on Thursday, ¡ national prominence. As thanks phire, with a savage and decid- April 14th, using the new Pan-for our contribution, we are now having our ticket supply I cdly unsophisticated ending. Am jets out of Idlewild Inter• cut to one per student. This Theatre and Concert: national airport in New York. Plans tentatively call for lunch means that we are deprived of This Friday and Saturday, the bringing a date, friend, relative. Theater Guild of R. I. will pre• that noon at Elbow Beach, Ber• muda. The traveler will be I wife, or fiancee to the games sent Hal March in the romantic in order that more outsiders comedy Two for the Seesaw. booked at Montgomery Cottages in Warwick, close to the beaches may have seats. and new hotels. The all-expense To prevent hoarding, a limit of two tickets per student might VINCENT'S PRESCRIPTION PHARMACY ; trip for one week is being be reasonable. But by imposing offered at S169. the outrageous one-ticket limit, Coordinator of the trip is the athletic regime is hacking "THE BEST IN DRUGS" Louis C. Fitzgerald, special in• its own roots. Let's face it: structor in advertising whose of• basketball as a college sport fice is in Antoninus Hall. Stu• should be primarily for the stu• VINCENT N. CIAVATTÁ, Reg. Pharmacist dent representatives are John dents, not primarily for the Gorman, '60 and James Ryan, public. Did not the students' 564 Admiral Street GA 1-6003 '60. money help to build Alumni Hall? Did not their money and united cheers help to buiid the pedestal our team occupies. If their efforts are forgotten al• ready, the future of PC basket• ball is dark. As a senior, and a man in• terested in the future welfare of the college, ! respectfully suggest to the Administration that the athletic department be instructed to consider the stu• dents first in the distribution of tickets, and to allow them to buy two tickets apiece to any home game. Big-time basketball can be a monster; let's not let it happen here. Yours sincerely. James M. Kelleher (See editorial)

NOTED SPEAKERS AT FAIR Baroness Maria von Trapp author of The Trapp Family Singers from which the Mary Martin musical "The Sound of Music" was adapted and Rev• erend William A. Lcising. O.M.I., famed flying missionary and author of the recently pub• lished Artie Wings will be the speakers at the Book Fair spon• sored by the Catholic Literary Guild of the Diocese of Provi• dence to be held Sunday, Feb• ruary 14 at 2 p.m. at the main ballroom of the S liera ton-B i It- more Hotel. A wide range of books will be displayed, including chil• dren's books, books of interest to the general public, Bibles, Missals and other religious volumes.

AED CLOTHING DRIVE The Rhode Island Alpha chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta is sponsoring a summer cloth• ing drive. The drive was in• spired by a recent talk by a Doctor-Priest known to many as Father "Luke." The clothes will be sent to Fr. Luke Turon in Pakistan. The closing date for the drive will be March 4. All do• nations can be brought to the Science office in Albertus Mag• nus Hall or to rooms 203 and As a college sophomore, you're nearing the mid-. ence. That's why employers often prefer men wbo served as 309 in Raymond Hall. commissioned officers. These men already have proven Halfway through college—halfway through Army ROTC. their capacity to shoulder executive responsibility. Now you face a major decision: Are the gold bars of a Second Lieutenant worth two additional years of study 2. Traditional rewards. ID every organization, greater respon• Rx HASKINS in advanced ROTC? sibilities mean greater rewards. Thus the traditional respon• That question is yours to answer now—before you sibilities and prestige of an Army officer are matched by material advantages. For example, if you plan to marry PHARMACY register for your junior year. As you explore the facts, soon after graduation—an officer's salary can be a distinct carefully weigh the traditional responsibilities and rewards advantage. A married 2nd Lieutenant earns a minimum of I YOUR PRESCRIPTION of serving as an Army officer .. . $355.68 per month—plus substantial fringe benefits. CENTER

1* Traditional ratpon«ibi!in«». To meet the command responsj- ' TWO REGISTERED Need more information? Check with the Professor of Mili• PHARMACISTS ON DUTY bilí tira of an Army officer, you apply the leadership prin• tary Science and Tactics at your college or university. ciples absorbed during advanced ROTC training. And your ALBERT F LILLA, B.S, Ph. G., executive potential grows as you gather leadership experi• He'll be glad to discuss your decision with you. Prop. 895 SMITH STREET *Last year, 14,436 sophomores answered "yes" to this question—and entered advanced Army ROTC. _6 THE COWL, FEBRUARY 10, 1960 Ice, Court Teams Win During Break Since the last issue of sters to host Princeton at the The Cowl, the Providence Auditorium. College varsity athletic The Mullaneymen used their forces managed to keep . home-court edge to best advan- \ tage as the outclassed Niagara's I hemselves busy both be• 1 Purple Eagles, 6*43. Capt Len fore and after the midyear Wilkens showed why he is con• break, with major encoun• sidered one of the best defen• ters with top-flight com• sive players in the country as petition taking place on the he held the nation's third-high court and on the ice. j scorer, Al Butler, to a mere : eight points during the approxi• Coach Joe Mullaney's varsity mately 34 minutes they faced basketball team played five each other. Against Lenny's re• games during this time. Lenny placement. Denny Guimares, Wilkens was named all-East for Butler was able to count only the third time and the Friars were rated among the top 20 • three more, for a season-low teams by both the AP and U.P.I. total of 11. Last but not least, PC was in• played his best vited to the National Invitation game of the year against the Tournament for the second con• 1 Purple Eagles, hitting on long secutive year. jumpers, setting up a number of fine plays, and playing an Coach Tom Eccleston's hoc• outstanding defensive game. But key forces, meanwhile, won Space's inability to play at a three of its four games, topping less than all-out proved * his Yale, Army, and the East's top- I downfall, as he took a bad spill ranked college sextet, Boston on his bum knee during the College, and losing only to second half, causing the knee to Princeton, by an 8-7 margin. act up and Johnny to miss the The icemen were the first to next two games. see action during the last fort• The pucksters did n't fare as night-plus-one-week. They trav• well that night. Although they eled to New Haven on Jan 20 scored seven goals, their de- and defeated Yale 9-4 for the , fense let eight get past them, first time since the start of the just enough for Princeton to PC-Yale series. I avenge its 5-2 defeat at the January 23 was the next big ! hands of the Friars earlier this day for PC athletics. In the 1 year at Princeton. afternoon the hockey team Bert Ferrie scored his first played at West Point, New two goals of the year in this York, where they won their game to lead the Friar offense. second game in a row, this time On Wednesday, Feb. 3, the defeating the Black Knights of I Mullaneymen took on cross-town the Hudson 3-2. Sophomore Bob rivals Brown University in their Transiskus was outstanding in second meeting of the intra- the nets for the Friars as they i state championship series. The handed the locals their third Bruins, paced by two of the Ivy loss of the season. League's top operatives, sophs That night, just one day short Greg Heath and Mike Cingiser, of a year after Johnny Egan led for the first 17 minutes of thrilled the Philly fans with his the game, but the Friars finally 39-point effort as he paced the broke through and went on to Mullaneymen to a four-overtime i a 65-54 victory. victory over Villanova, the Friars again visited Palestra and PC, without the services of again upset the home team, this Johnn Egan, were unable to time St. Joseph's, 64-63. contain the sharpshooting Heath during the first half, but finally After a layoff of a week and started clicking in the waning two days, both teams turned out minutes of the first half and on Februray 1 to greet visitors, went ahead. Brown was never the hoopsters to entertain Niag- again able to close the gap. but ra in Alumni Hall and the puck- their stubborn persistence kept the game a fairly tight one all the way. Hadnot and Cingiser added a little spice to the game late in Frosh Five the finale as they had a short tussle under the PC boards. Both were subsequently evicted Bop Bears from the game.

Giving evidence of their con• sistent improvement as the sea• RIFLE TEAM . . . son progresses, the Providence College freshman basketball (Continued from Page 8) team crushed Brown Univer• Northeastern. This is the first sity's freshmen 79-52 at Alumni year that the Huskies have been Hall last Saturday. in the New England League and The victory was the Friarlets they are currently on top with a eleventh straight and was 7-0 record. Providence is rated achieved over a club that they sixth with a 4-4 mark beat earlier in the year 61-59 The four teams in between on a basket by Ray Flynn in are: University of Connecticut, the closing seconds. 6-1; Coast Guard Academy, 5-1; In this encounter, it was a University of Rhode Island, 5-4; different story as the balanced and Boston College, 4-3. forces of Jackie Allen put four men in double figures and led throughout the contest. Vinny Ernst was high scorer with 20 points closely followed by John Jenkins with 18. Earlier in the week, the PC frosh set a new single game freshman scoring record as they scuttled the Quonset Naval Air Station 126-62. This broke the old team record of 108 set against Leicester Junior College during the 1956-57 season. Tonight the frosh play Leicester, whom they defeated earlier this year, at Leicester. THE COWL, FEBRUARY 10, 1960

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The SPORTSDESK of JIM CARROLL HIS NAME IS LENNY WILKENS. He came here rather unheralded from Boy's High in Brook• lyn. Fortunately for Providence College basketball adherents, he won't leave unheralded. Last year he was the backbone of the de• fense which finished fourth in the nation in total points allowed. At the end of the regular sea-

son he was the Friars second ready ln Ncw York versus St

highest scorer and had been John.s he heW the ce]ebratea

tabbed as a definite threat to Tony Jackson tfj one fieid goai

Space Egan s claim on All-East in the fina, nalf m addUion to

honors. Towards the end of the a five minute overtinie. season, he was the key figure in the handcuffing of St. Bon- Agai n st Georgetown, he aventure's as PC scored twenty-five points. In dumped the high flying Bon-1the Palestra against St. nies 53-50 and won an invite to Joseph's, he stole the ball three the NIT. consecutive times in the final • • • , minutes to secure a one point ctory MADISON SQUARE GAR- " °v,er !he 2S*¡f"%2 DEN was the seene of the next, ", wa?, «h v,c'^. J*.1!"* series of hero.es by the current catapulted the Sm.th-H.Uers „ - , . f „ . into the national spotlight. Providence captain. He was somewhat overshadowed in the j He limited Niagara's famed first tourney encounter with Al Butler to two field goals and Manhattan by a thrilling finish. ! eight points in thirty-four This finish was capped with a minutes of man-to-man basket- clutch hoop by Egan, which ball. With every succeeding climaxed a brilliant perform- game, the talented senior ance by the Hartford flash. demonstrated his natural in• still the Boy's High product st'nct and ""canny basketbaU finished with eighteen markers | know-how. and a creditable amount of re• bounds and steals. Using that j THIS YEAR the Friars will contest as a springboard, he , once again be in the NIT. And went on to bigger and better this year they will be led by things against bigger and sup- the same fellow who time and posedly better teams. St. Louis again has brought them from was the next opponent for the the brink of defeat to the pin- Black and White. nacle of success. This fellow • • * has proved to be the core of LEADING THE talent-laden Coach Mullaney's vaunted de- Billikens was a two time All- [ fense. which has stymied so American who is now doing ¡ many great teams,

quite well for the professional He has been the captain of

St. Louis Hawks, playing along- a team which rose from the side such stalwarts as Cliff oblivion of a three game losing

Hagan and Bob Petit. His name streak earJy jn season to a

was Bob Ferry, although no one p]ace among ,he top twenty

remembered it by the time our teams m thc country. Chances

hero had finished his night's are that ne wiU a]so )ead that work. same team in a late season

The New York native really ¡ surge wnicn thjs yeaT will not

put on a show for the home falu¡r in ,he setm.finals. town fans. Thirty-one points,. thirteen direct steals, innumer-1 HIS NAME IS LENNY WIL- able deflections and an almost KENS. complete bewilderment of Ferry were his major contributions to WPRO-TV TO CARRY a stunning, double overtime up- HOLY CROSS GAME set of the highly favored Billi- u/pRO Television Inc., a kens. Providence station, has an-

His performances in later plans to te|evise the

tourney games against St Johns pc^jy Cr05S game February

and NYU won him a place on ^ ¡Q Mamni Ha„ Gymnasium,

the All-NIT team and he later ThJs w¡1, ^ thp (jrst game evef

garnered All-New England, All- televised Uve from Alumni Hall.

East and honorable mention Came t¡me a 8 30; broadcast

All-America honore. time u 8.15

THIS YEAR the lithe defen- j Chris Clark, WPRO sports di- sive ace is again the second j rector, has broadcast all PC highest scorer. In addition, he games on radio both home and has had several outstanding away this year. The series has games which have won him All- been sponsored by a local bank East recognized four times al-1 and automobile dealer. 8 THE COWL , FEBRUARY 10, 1960 PC Shaded By One In Three Overtimes Captain Lenny Wilkens led Providence Col- ing Providence an 87-84 lead. Baskets by the not and Egan to a 62-58 score with less than two lege in a gallant yet fruitless attempt to end a Stiths put the Bonnies ahead and then came the minutes remaining, with the Bonnies in charge, ninety-two game winning streak as the Friars final two hoops by Holz and Tom Stith Wilkens theri scored after a steal and it was bowed to St. Bonaventure University 90-69 in a Dick Whalen grabbed an early lead for 62-60. The Indians could not hold the ball against three-overtime marathon battle at Olean. PC with a basket after only fifteen seconds the amazing Wilkens and Len again stole it. Fast- Wilkens played what was probably the of play. The Bonnies then stormed back with breaking with Hadnot, the Providence captain game of his life as he scored thirty-four six points before the two minute mark. fed Jim for the tying hoop with 34 seconds left, points and continually kept the Friars in con- Midway in the first half, the Friars shot from In the first overtime, Wilkens and Hadnot tention with his sensational defensive ability. a 23-21 deficit to a 29-23 lead and increased the managed to keep up with Tom Stith. who scored He was primarily opposed by the Bonnies' lead to 32-25 before Whitey Martin sparked an all six points, and the period ended 68-68. In brilliant Tom Stith, who registered 46 points. Indian surge which resulted in a 36-36 tie at half-• the second extre session. Martin and Wilkens Rightfully, Stith scored the decisive basket time. Space Egan led PC scorers in the first half swapped baskets before the Bonnies ran off six with approximately fifteen seconds left in the with ten points despite being hampered by three in a row for a 76-70 lead with a little over two contest. Earlier, Rich Holzheimer had hit on his early personals. Playing on his injured leg with minutes remaining. third consecutive shot to regain the lead for the reckless abandon, Egan ended up with Moynahan and Hadnot made it 76-74 but Providence at 89-88. He also scored the first two eighteen points for his best game of the year. Martin countered with two foul conversions hoops of the final period, one giving PC an 80 Providence moved ahead early in the second for a 78-74 count. Two clutch foul shots by 78 lead and the second tying it at 82-82 after half. Sparked by Wilkens' nine points ,the Friars Egan narrowed the margin to 78-76 and then Tom Stith had twice hit on jumpers. moved to a 50-42 lead. The Indians then came the indomitable Wilkens look over. Stealing Sam Stith then gave Bonaventure the lead back as Providence proved incapable of holding the ball, he drove the length of the court only to see Wilkens tie it once more. Egan, after the lead. Just after the ten minute mark. Bona- and tied the score with but four seconds re- being fouled, sank the first and missed the venture led 54-53. After a scoring lull on both inaining. The dramatic third overtime proved secmid, but put in a jumper on the , giv- sides, the Stiths and Martin dueled Wilkens. Had- the Friars' downfall however.

Riflemen Skaters Pin 5-1 Upset On High-Flying Eagle Sextet Try Latest Gauthier Shines 2 For Keough By FRANK MAZZEO, JR. closing minutes of the opening period, but Gauthier, who made Equipment Providence College's var• 32 saves and limited the visitors sity hockey team surprised to their lowest point production Providence College has Eastern collegiate hockey of the year, was equal to every received word that the Na• circles last Thursday night rush. when they trounced Boston tional Rifle Association, of Bert Ferrie brought the which PC is a member, College 5-1 at the R. I. Auditorium. house down in the second peri• has sanctioned the use of od when he scored at 2:33 while the new palm rest and butt- BC, rated the East's leading the Friars were shorthanded. plate, the latest equipment team going into the game, Ferrie stole the puck at the BC available to the rifle team. scored the first goal at 3:13 blueline and fired the boot- when Owen Hughes faked out heel into the nets from about The palm rest is made of the Friar defense and put the metal and wood, screws onto eight feet out as a BC defender puck past PC's goaltendcr Paul tried to ride him out of the the rifle at the balance point, Gauthier Hughes was assisted and can be adjusted to the Play. un the play by Red Martin and Joe Trinque and Ferrie did * height at which the shooter de• Ron Walsh. sires to hold the rifle. It helps a magnificent job of killing five the shooter by making the Jim Wandamacher got the of the six PC penalties. Dur• standing position more comfort• Friar attack rolling at 6:37 ing a third period penally. Trin• able, and also by making it when he took a backhand pass que gave a dazzling display of easier for the shooter to con• from Jim Gegear and put the stickhandling as he ragged the puck by Eagle goalie Jim GREAT SHOT!: But Gauthier got it, much to the disbelief of trol the swing of the rifle. BC defenseman Joe Jangro (5) who felt sure that he had puck right in front of the Logue. Friars' bench. The butt-plate, also made of scored, and the relief of PC backliner Puppy Gingell (rear). metal, has what is known as a PC scored three more times The victory was the third out "shutzen-hook." This hook, before the game was ten min• of their last four for the ice• abaut three inches long, fits be• utes old. and Bob O'Connor, gave the shot at 7:14. A Keough pass men and evened off their record tween the shooter's upper arm Joe Keough, with assists from Friars a lead which they never back to Bergen one minute and at 6-6. linemates Capt. Pete Bergen relinquished with a well-placed 33 sceonds later resulted and his body, thereby greatly A FEW FACTS AND FIG• increasing the steadiness of the 15-foot screen shot by the lat• ter. URES: Joe Keough is the lead• rifle. ing PC scorer with 26 points on When both of these aids are Joe Albert and Jack Mc- 15 goals and 11 assists . . . the used together, the right hand is Geough assisted on a goal by Friar bad boy is Jack Mc- left free for pulling the trigger. Keough at 9:24 while the Geough. who has spent 26 min• They are particularly useful for Trackmen Win In N.Y. Eagles were shorthanded. utes in the sin bin . . . the improving a shooter's off-hand BC made a vain rush to get Eagles play us again at their (standing) score. back into the game during the arena on Saturday, Feb. 27 • Sgt. Ronald W. Orchard, The Millrose Games held in ond leg of the relay. Pete coach of the varsity and ROTC Madison Square Garden was the opened up the gap to seven rifle teams, has announced that scene of the second outing of yards before giving the stick PC's ROTC rifle team finished PC's varsity track team. A to Ed McNamara. McNamara second in New England in the victory at Boston during the kept up the pace and Vin recent William Randolph Hearst previous week caused the lacono held the lead to give * DIAMONDMEN CALLED * Rifle Match. Only Norwich, a Coatesmen to be placed in a PC the victory. Alex Nahigian, new varsity feature good hitters all the way military school, finished ahead fast heat but the team proved baseball coach, announced Mon• down the line. of PC. First Army standings equal to the task. Colgate finished second and day that there will be a meet• have not been released yet, but Gus Scannapieco was the Boston University placed third. ing for all battery candidates Orchard expects his team to be leadoff man for the Friars. He The Coatesmen were not as for this year's varsity baseball high in the standings. managed to secure a five yard fortunate at the BAA Games in team on Friday, Feb. 12, in On Feb. 13 the Providence lead over the B.U. and Colgate Boston last Saturday evening. room C7 (Alumni Hall) at 3:30 Hockey Preview varsity team will fire against teams and passed the baton to They finished third to Syracuse p.m. The Providence College (Continued on Page 6) Pete Wallack, running the sec• and Bates in their event. hockey team will journey to Nahigian, who replaces Bob Andbver, Mass., to play Mer• Murray at the helm, comes to rimack college on Saturday, the college from nearby Tolman February 13. High in Pawtucket. where he The Warriors, now in their directed his team to the state fourth season of intercol• playoffs five times. Tolman legiate hockey, have beaten won the playoffs in 1957. only Tufts and Bowdoin this Alex expects to direct one of year while losing to Nor• PC's best teams ever this year. wich, Army, New Hampshire His pitching should be out• and American International standing this year as four good College. i hurlers from last year's fresh- Merrimack's scoring power jmen. Mike Trodden, Milt Bell, will be carried primarily by George Frese, and Jim Hodg- George Pollock and Tom kins, join Ron Doane. Jim Bren- Humphreys, who were the nan, and Win Fairbanks to Warrior's two leading scorers round out the mound corps. last season. Merrimack seeking to He also expects returning make a name for itself in big vets Don Mezzanotte and Joe time hockey, would like to Caffarella and sophs Al Izzi and 1 beat a name team, and the NEW RIFLE TEAM EQUIPMENT: Pictured (right), new rifle team equipmert recently Joey Evans to be the big guns Friars loom .s their immed• iate target. are the butt-plate (left) and palm-rest sanctioned by the NRA. for the team, which should