Saint Michaels College - Hilltop Yearbook (Colchester, VT)

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Sitting: R. Diehl, R. Doherty, Mr. Don- oghue, W. Kennedy. Standing: T. Mur- phy, C. Bunnell, R. Larlgin, C. Stanke- Murphy, W. Dillon, M. Se E, Medlar, H. vich, I. Montanye, G. Shaughnessy, Randall. B. Smith, D, lennings, W. Keogh, O. ff f-,Alb-is at it 1 ne man 144,119 A weekly news publication Issued by and for the students of St. Mlehael's College, Wlnooski Park, Vermont VOLUME 4 NOVEMIER 4, 1950 NUMIER 7 EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Editor Managlng ldltor News Idlter Sports ldltor Ray Doherty lill Kennedy Ralph Diehl Dan Tarpey Make-up Editors lob Gellnas, A. J. Scanlon ldlterlol loard Tim Murphy, lill Liberator, Erald Medlar EDITORIAL STAFF Chub Helfrich, Joe Shea, lernle Smith, lob Leahy, Fran Hoben, John Mclntlre, Robert Proveneher, Charles Randall, Harry Daniels, Ralph Klstner, Dick Wall, Charlle Smith, Dan Jennings, William Keogh, Jehn Stewart, Roger I.eVasseur. Sta! Photographers Ward Maehesnoy, Jack Gardner BUSINESS DEPARTMENT luslness Manager Jack Montanye Advertlslng Manager Charlie Stankevieh Clreulatlon Manager Dick Johnsen Assistant Circulation Manager Treasurer BUSINESS STAFF John Pelletier David Mullin Ronald Sarasen Moderator - John Donoghue John Nadine Jack Dillon John Fitzgerald Liberator, D. Tarpey, I. ele, I. Mclntire, I, Shea, Helfrich, H. Daniels, C. Moderator, Mr. lohn D. Donoghueg Co-edi tors, Ray Doherty, William Kennedy, others oi masthead. Among those engaged in Student Activities perhaps the busiest crew is the Michaelma: staff. From the moderator right down to the cin culation statf, each member is hustling at h' job through the week so that the finished pr duct will hit the streets Saturday morning. lt has been the school's policy that the colleg newspaper should be student operated and ffl the benefit of the students themselves. ln thl light, Mr. Donoghue has assumed the positio of an adviser rather than that of a censor. Final responsibility for the over-all coordin tion of all the departments, lies with the Edito in-Chief. The headaches, late hours and har work make this job the equivalent of a seconf maior. Under the Editor stand the various depar: ments: News, Sports, Circulation, Advertisin Business, Editorial, etc., all integral parts of t paper. Behind all these cogs, of course, there mu be a central purpose, other than merely disse inating campus news, serving as training f journalism, or providing a medium betwe adminstration and student. The fundamental purpose ot The Michaelm even though not always realized, is that of ser ing as a campus spearhead for Catholic Actio Although the results are far from earth sha ing, the purpose remains, and gives value to t activities which follow from it.

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Knaves, Dennis Scanlon, French, Tony LeSau- ter, Choir, Herve Cfuay, Cflee, Albert Fecteau. During the year lohn Trotier replaced Thomas Welch as Sodality representative and William Kennedy replaced Ray Doherty for the Michael- man. Although there was often doubt, and some- times pessimism, the Council did accomplish much during the year. Most of these accom- plishments, or at least, the more tangible of them, were in the realm of Student Activities. Among the more concrete achievements in this field were the following: Freshman Week which is partly planned and run by the Council, was the most successful of the three such events which have been held to date. Club budgets were balanced to the fraction of a penny by a budget committee of lack Ter- enzini, loe Shea, lim Mcliown, lim Barry, and Iohn Barry. With nearly 332,000 less than in the preceding year, and several new clubs requir- ing allotments, the Council still permitted each club enough money to stage activities nearly equal to those of the preceding year. School dances were uniformly profitable. This was in contrast to the record of some pre- vious years when it was axiomatic that 'lgood dances ended up in the red. A system of checks and balances, devised by the Council, did much to prevent this in '50-'51, The Council seniors look beiittingly grave for their picture.- Sitting: I, Barry, I. Shea, T. Murphy, T. Lesauter, D.Mau- zerall. Standing: A. Fecteau, P. Boucher, R. Flanagan, R. Gelinas, W. O'I-learn, I. Trotier, R. Doherty, R. Delesus, D. Scanlon. Besides Student Activities, there is also an- other field in which the Council is supposed to operate: Student Welfare. ln '50-'51, Council members were continually plagued by the problem of what promotes the common good of the student body ? And how far can the Council, act as an official body which will rep- resent the students of the college before the ad- ministrationu? Debate on these questions reached its height after Operation Disaster, and again when the Council was considering a proposal by the Dean of Men that Council members co-operate in the activities of his office. Tim Murphy, right, listens as outgoing Council President Buck McMahon expounds on the duties of the office. Looking on is Fr. Moriarty, moderator of the Council dur- ing its first three years. There were, however, also tangible accom- plishments in this field. An example was the change in junior regulations which was secured by a committee from the Council. Another Coun- cil activity which could be classed under the heading Student Welfare, was that of mailing out copies of the 1950 Shield to students who had been drafted or had left college. In addition, the Council in '50-'5l: set up a loan fund to tide foe College over his penni- less periods, supervised the Sunday night mov- ies and made up the deficit out of Council funds, acted as a nominating body for Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities , and fin- ally, spent much of the year in attempting to have the library left open at noon time. ln all, it was an energetic and conscientious Council. It may, or it may not, have measured up to its own expectationsg but it performed its duties as best it could and made a valuable contribution to the school as a whole. U1 5

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Moderator, Prof. Harold M. Carry Delegates: William I. Hindle, William E. Kenney, Thomas E. Shields, Robert E. White. The National Federation ot Catholic College Students is an organization ot 80 '70 oi the Cath- olic colleges and universities in the United States. ln New England alone 22 colleges rep- resenting some 20,000 students are members of the NECCS. The basic aim ot the NECCS is to awaken college students in their responsibility in the Apostolate of the Laity, by training them in leadership and giving them opportunities for practical experience within the Federation. On a more concrete level, the Federation serves the member colleges by acting as a cen- ter oi information for exchanging ideas on stu- dent activities. lt also provides a channel through which the students can express their opinions on national issues. R. White, T. Shields, Mr, Carr, W, Kenney, W. Hindle. Fr. Higgins was a center ot attraction as delegates from all over New England gathered for the Industrial Relations Conference. N. 1-ff c..c. S. On St. Michaels campus the NFCCS has con- centrated on cooperating with the clubs already set up. Under this program the Labor Club took a prominent position among New England Cath- olic colleges, as head of the lndustrial Relations Commission of the Federation. Also active un- der this program was the Mission Crusade which set up a New England Mission Commit- tee. ln addition, the other campus organizations provided speakers and participated in the pan- els at the annual regional congress in Boston. To round out its activities in a busy year, the local NECCS unit continued its policy ot start- ing new clubs where the need was evident. Un- der sponsorship ot the NFCCS, a Confraternity of Christian Doctrine unit was initiated on carn- pus and a plan was drawn up for cooperation with the local Catholic Youth Organization movement. 51173