St Francis College - Motus Yearbook (Biddeford, ME)

Text from Pages 1 - 172 of the 1963 volume:

SAINT FRANCIS COLLEGE BIDDEFORD, MAINE E ..- ..: .m. . E... . y R MOTUS 1963 PETER G. JORDAN Editor-in-Chief DANIEL F. KEOHANE Associate Editor FRANCIS LEBEAU Literary Editor MR. ROBERT PARENTEAU DEDICATION A Christian educator must be a propelling force, a dynamic factor and a ministerial agent in the process of education. Through Christian love Robert Purenteou has given himself freely to us who were to him, as it were, other selves. Both in class and out, as a scholar and a person, Robert Parentecu has given unselflshly of himself in an endeavor to place us in direct relationship with the realm of being, truth, goodness, beauty, and with God. We the graduates realize that our internal and spiritual liberation through knowledge and wisdom, good will, and love was catalysed by the love and freedom of a per- son who is moved by the divine Spirit, Robert Porenteou. Volume IV of MOTUS begins with the various facets of Saint Francis life; in c: somewhat arbitrary order they are: Historical .................................................................................... 15 Religious .................................................................................... 20 Academic .................................................................................. 22 Cultural ...................................................................................... 24 Environmental ........................................................................... 26 The second section comprises the men who make up the College: Class of 1963 .......................................................................... 28 Undergraduates ........................................................................ 67 Campus Activities ...................................................................... 83 Social Events .............................................................................. 119 Faculty ...................................................................................... 144 Administration .......................................................................... 150 Index of Graduates .................................................................. 162 Index of Undergraduates ......................................................... 163 The history of the Class of 1963 is distributed throughout the Undergraduate section. Your attention is called to our contributors and patrons at the end of the volume. LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Dear Reader, You need not delve very far into this book to discover and appreciate the fact that it is difterent - different from past editions of MOTUS, and no doubt different from most other college yearbooks you may have read. More than anything else, it is the product of our dis- satisfaction with the past yearbooks. The Saint Francis College yearbook is a young publication ithis is only the fourth editionl, yet we hope that this years book will rank with the finest college annuals in the country. We felt that in previous years the product of the staff's efforts was more a collection of myriad photographs exhibing rows of smiling visages, whose functions in the College were unknown to almost everyone. Our intentions are hardly to convert MOTUS into a literary magazine, rather we are striving to eHect a more comprehensive image of Saint Francis College, that both the student and the less intimately acquainted visitor would recognize as representative. The five lengthy essays comprising the introductory section are designed to create an image of the College, its surroundings, history, students and general spirit, in the mind of the reader, that will influence his perusal of the remainder of the publication. We feel that this factor con- tributed to part of the ineffectiveness of past MOTUS editions: the lack of a clear and unmis- takable notion of what the College is and what it is doing. It would seem that without such preliminary definitions a yearbook would be merely a superficial account of certain extrinsically visible College activities and personalities, failing to permeate to the core of what might be termed 'college life. Besides departing from the photographic scrapbook conception of a yearbook, we have tried to improve our publication in other ways. Those of the readers who are familiar with post copies of MOTUS will notice that a new element of art has been introduced. Instead of slicing our pages up into a koleidoscopic complexity of photographs and captions, we have striven to maintain a neat page at all times, not only in our use of text, space and photography, but also in our choice of a fully legible modern typeface. The cover is symbolic of St. Francis College: the pine tree stands for the State of Maine, the Franciscan Father for the spirit of Saint Francis, and the whole is executed in the school colors, red for the background, with the gold outline of the ocean and the rocky coast of Maine representing our close geographical proximity to the sea. The potential monotony of the graduate section has been reduced through the use of in- formal photographs of each senior. The reader will also notice that the faculty section has been placed towards the rear of the publication; this, we thought, would maintain a consistently high level of interest throughout the book. In conclusion, I would like to express my most sincere gratitude to the members of the Editorial Board and the Staff, particularly to Francis Lebeau, without whose enthusiasm and work MOTUS could never have been composed. I would also like to thank our moderator, Father Frederick Belanger, O.F.M., who designed our cover, for his help and generous encouragement. And I would like to join with the two previous MOTUS editors, Marcel Bolduc and Robert Corcoron, in wishing the greatest success for all future editors and their staffs, for I realize that MOTUS '63 is only one in a series of innovations to come, in the attempt to achieve a fully representative yearbook for Saint Francis College; it is 'an ideal that will, I am sure, one day be realized. W Peter Grey Jordan Editor John F. Kennedy THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON January 12, i 963 Dear Graduates: It is with pleasure that I submit this letter to your annual. America has always depended on its institutions of higher education to produce the men who will take an active part in leading our Nation. Indeed, this need for well educated citizens is even greater today with the daily challenges of those who would abolish the basic human freedoms in which we believe so strongly. The citizens of tomorrow will face problems that were hardly conceived a century ago, and in dealing with them the graduates of America's Colleges and universities will be in great demand. So therefore, I would like to congratulate both yourselves on the successful completion of your college work, and your College on its tenth anniversary. I know that you all will strive to continue your education in the years to come, so that you may contribute your share to the growth of our Nation. With all good wishes, Sincerely, Mm John F. Kennedy 11 II M DIODESE DF PORTLAND THE BISHDP'S OFFICE :17 cuNansss STREET PORTLAND 6, MAINE To the Class of 1963 St. Francis College Biddeford, Maine Graduates: To attain your degree at St. Francis College with the conviction that you have earned it and are ready for more challenges on life's woy calls for an earnest note of congratulations. I am happy to join with your relatives, friends and well-wishers in this chorus of praise. We are proud that you have run the course and have merited the crown. Not only should you now be cultured gentlemen of the world, but more than that, we who are concerned with Christian character look to you to give our faltering world an example of Christly manliness, a proof of high moral idealism and solid Fidelity to all that you have learned and resolved during your fruitful years at St. Francis. May you be c: credit to St Francis College, to the Church and always to your own convictions. This is my prayer and hepe for you all. Yours sincerely in Christ, WAWWJ Bishop of Portland Most Rev. Daniel J. Feeney 10 Very Rev. Augustine Sepinski, O.F.M. CURIA GENERALIS ORDINIS FRATRUM MINORUM PROT N R31 as 1 - ROMAtGYD - VIA s. MARIA MEDIATRICE,25 January 28, 1963 Graduating Class- 1963 St. Francis College Biddeford, Maine Dear Graduates: The year 1963 marks an important milepost in the history of Saint Francis College: it is now thirty years since the Franciscans first come to this area, ten since the State of Maine has granted Saint Francis 0 college charter. Both because of my present position as Minister General of the Franciscan Order, under whose direction the College operates, and because of personal association, since it has been my good fortune to visit Saint Francis College in the post, 1 welcome the opportunity to offer the Friars my sincere congratulations for their diligent efforts to date and to express the prayer and the conviction that even greater success awaits the College. The year 1963 also is of particular significance to you who upon graduation must seek to establish your proper station in life. It is my prayer that you will always keep before you the precepts that have been instilled into you during the past four years and that you will endeavor, whatever the circumstances in which you Fmd yourselves, to translate them into action. May the Blessing of Saint Francis strengthen you now and in the years that lie ahead. Yours devotedly in Christ, WWWW Fr. Augustine Sepinski, OF..M Minister General QICnifeb $iaies $enaie COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES RICHARD H. RUSSELL, 6A.. CHAIRMAN HARRY FLOOD BVRD, VA. LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, MASS. JOHN STENNIS. MISS. MARGARET CHASE SMITH. MAINE STUART sYMINGToN. Mot FRESCOYY euvn. CONN. HENRV M. JACKSON, WASH. 1t 51 FNN HEALL. MD. SAM 1. ERVIN. JR., N.C. IARNY GOLCWA'I'LR, A011 STRDM THURMOND. S.C. CLIFFORD P. CASE. NJ. CLAIR ENGLE. CALIF. E. L. BARTLm. ALASKA HOWARD w. CANNON. NEV. ROBERT C. IYRD, W. VA, HARRY L. thGATE, JR.. CHAEF CLERK Januar The Class of 1963 y 23' 1963 St. Francis College 605 Pool Road Biddeford, Maine Dear Students: The year of 1963 is certainly an outstanding one in the history of Saint Francis College. The history of which the College should be very proud and on the occasion of this triple anniversary, I wish to extend my congratulations and commendation to your Fine institution; your excellent faculty and you the students IMcny Saint Francis College Flourish in the years ahead in its goal toward higher. earning. With best wishes. Sincerely yours, t Margaret Chase Smith United States Senator Margaret Chase Smith X: h f A t ' 12 Very Rev. Fulgence Boisvert, O.F.M. DAX CT BOHLJM PROVINCE SAINT-JOSEPH LES PEREs FRANCISCAINS 3113. AVENUE GUYARD MONTREAL za. QUE, CANADA ABMINIIYIATION vlovnucIALI' February 1, i 963. To Saint Francis College: The triple anniversary which St. Francis College celebrates this year fills with ioy every religious of the St. Joseph Franciscan Province of Canada. With legitimate pride, they see therein the glorious fulfillment of a family undertaking. What a wonderful transformation since the humble beginnings of the first Canadian Franciscans Clt Biddeford in i933! In contemplating the marvellous fruits which the devotion, competence and steadfastness of so many of our brothers and their precious collaborators have produced, we all experience a very deep sense of satisfaction. May thanks, then, be given to God for the abundant blessings which he has showered on this institution. But also, may praises go to the clearsighted and persistent workers who, for thirty years, have assured and are continuing to assure the proper functioning of this worthy undertaking and who, todoy con- fident more than ever in the future, prepare enthusiastically even more astonish- ing results for tomorrow. As present superior of the St. Joseph Franciscan Province of Canada, I feel honored and happy to present to the entire personnel of St. Francis Coilege, in my name and that of my religious, Our esteem and admiration, the assurance of our interest and our most ardent good wishes for uncecsing progress. May heaven grant that this undertaking so dear and already so meritorious answer ever more adequately the desires of the Church and the growing needs of the oncoming generations. May it always be c1 beacon to spread for and wide, along with the more than ever necessary education, the most pure Franciscan spirit which the world so badly needs. QMWWW. Fr. Fulgence Boisvert, O.FM. Minister Provincial gfnifeh Safafes $enaie WASHINGTON, D.C. EDMUND S. MUSKIE MAINE January 1963 Class of 1963 St. Francis College Biddeford, Maine Dear Friends: Your graduation year is one of special significance to your olmo mater and yourselves. This is 0 high point in your own careers marking the end of years of prepara- tion and the beginning of years of opportunity for service. It is a noteworthy year for St. Francis College marking a triple anniversary for the Franciscan Fathers, your high school, and the College. As you leave St. Francis, you will carry with you the benefits of Fine academic training, but more important you will have the example of your teachers who put faith and service ahead of personal gain. Your lives will be successful if, in the years ahead, y0u live up to the traditions of this school and if you put into practice the ideals you have been taught here, I ioin your teachers and friends in wishing you well in the years to come. May you grow as St. Francis continues to growt Sincerely, Edmund S. Muskie, U.S.$. Edmund S. Muskie 13 14 John H. Reed STATE OF MAINE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR Al' 1; l'STA JOHN H. REED GOVEQNOR The Graduating Class Saint Francis College Biddeford, Maine Greetings: It gives me great pleasure to extend the official greetings of the State of Maine as well as my own personal best wishes to the members of the graduating class of Saint Francis College. The year 1963 is indeed a significant one in your College's history, marking 05 it does the Tenth Anniversary of the chartering of this institution, the Twentieth Anniversary of the first high school graduation and the Thirtieth Anniversary of the coming of the Franciscan Fathers to Biddeford. Maine is proud of its fine institutions of higher learning and the contributions which they are making continually to prepare our young people to assume positions of responsibility in a changing world. I am confident that the 1963 graduates of Saint Francis College are well prepared to meet the challenges of adult life and that you have profited by the excellent opportunities which this fine College has oftorded you to gain greater knowledge. I wish each member of the graduating class of Saint Francis College every success in his future endeavors. Sincerely, M$L John H. Reed Governor 3a. f'wwi m x 77- ; OJ L. 0' 220 'f utthL-r: The Flood House, which stood on the present front lawn, circa I910. This structure was remodeled in 1938 for use by the high school; it was removed in I950. The Right Reverend Monsignor Arthur M, Decary, PD. It was Monsignor Decary, the pastor of Saint Andre's Church, who invited the Franciscans to Biddeford. Inscribed in the marble of the temple to Apollo at Delphi are the words: KNOW THYSELF. The deep insight embodied in these words is typical of the wise Greek mind. This temple is 2500 years old and its ruins bear witness to its age, yet the applicability of this mandate has extended from age to age. It oppties to us as well as it did to the Greeks who developed a perfect balance be tween spirit and mind. Man is o microcosm, a universe unto himself, and in knowing himv self thoroughly he will know all else. The Saint Francis College motto Lucens et Ardens evidences its objective in education: to enlighten the mind and to kindle within the will noble ideals. We at Saint Francis College are pursuing courses in the Groeco- Judoic-Christian tradition which are geared to that end. Scnt Francis is a four year liberal arts College whose aim is to give the student both the cultural background necessary for an adequate understanding of his posture in our contemporary society and to give him a knowledge of the truths as they are derived from the various faculties. Throughout its ten year history, Saint Francis College has endeavored to integrate the vari- ous arts and sciences in a manner most bene- ficial to the students. The great classic teach- ers have always held that education to be complete must be intellectual, but also moral. Reverend Father Justinien Mercier, O.F.Mt the Franchcan fdary and Rs hrn supedov The founder of Decary Hall, circa 1914. True education is the art of developing and cultivating the various physical, intel- lectual, aesthetic and moral faculties. It is a bringing to fruition of the rationality and the unimality of the human being. Man is man and he who wouid deny his animality would err grievously. But for the great thinkers man has always been some- thing more. It is his spiritual nature which places him above the animal. Only an insti- tution which recognizes these spiritual dimen- sions can hope to pierce through the confines of materialism to the world of true morality and true education. Such were the aims of Saint Francis Col- lege when the State of Maine chartered it as a four-year liberal arts college in 1953. At that time, the trustees, their associ- ates and successors of the Franciscan Fathers of Maine were constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of Franciscan Fathers of Maine. The corporation was further em- powered and authorized to establish, main- tain and conduct at Biddeford an institution of higher learning to be known as Saint Francis College, and to provide in that College instruction in such languages and in the liberal and useful arts and sciences, including, but not limited to, courses in the humanities, sacred sciences, as the trustees of that corporation would determine; and to grant and confer at and through the College the academic degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science. First high school graduates, circa 1943. Saint Francis High School, I940. The majority of human institutions have had very humble beginnings. They are products of their age, formed to meet certain needs. 80, too, our College, now in its tenth year is of similar origin and was founded to meet a certain need, the higher education of the youth of today. Invited to Biddeford by Fathers Zenon and Deccry, who were then serving Saint An- dre's Parish, two Franciscan priests and a Franciscan brother began their opostolate in Biddeford, Maine on November 30, 1933. In finding a new settlement in Biddeford, these men were following in the apostolic tradition of their Order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the thirteenth century. The conquer- ing spirit of Saint Francis, common to his sons, brought to our continent its first missionaries with Columbus. The names of Le Caron, Hennepin, Juan Perez and Junipero Serra hove immortalized the missionary labors of countless Franciscan pioneers. Until 1937 the Franciscan priests served as chaplains of local convents, assisted the parish priests in their pastoral work and preached retreats in the area. They founded Saint Francis High School in an endeavor to meet the needs of the Catholic youth of the area. The High School enjoyed a rapid growth and was soon considered to be of high caliber. The First graduation was in 1943, at which time the administration judged it expedient to extend the educational program to include the First two years of college. 17 18 9 Presentation of the College Charter, 1953. left to right: Mr. Harold D. Carroll iApostolic Syndich Reverend Norman Thibodeau tHigh School Principal,,- Reverend Frederic Belanger v'fxrst CoHege Presidentl; Governor Cross; Mr. Napoleon Nadeau xBiddetord representative in the Maine Legislature1. Foundation at the new building, circa 1949. From a humble missionary settlement, estab- lished in 1933 on the banks of Saco Bay, Saint Francis, by 1943, had grown a iunior col. lege. Further development was inevitable and the year 1953 witnessed the granting of a Senior College Charter. It is for these reasons that we the graduates of 1963, feel it neces. sary to include this section in MOTUS 1963: to celebrate this triple anniversary of Saint Francis College. World War 11 ha1ted plans for the erection of new living quarters and a gym. Only through a community etctort, in the Iiterai sense of the term, was Saint Francis able to overcome the dimcultiest Neighboring houses were obtained and converted to serve academic purposes. During these same trying years the Fathers, Brothers and students channeled their physical energies to the leveling and landscaping of the athletic Field and the campus. Construction of Saint Francis Hall began in 1948 and was completed in 1950. This new hall served many purposes. 1t provided housing for 200 students, served as a dining room, included twelve classrooms and a gym- nasium. With these added facilities, Saint Francis College was empowered by the state legislature to grant the degrees of Bacheior of Arts and Bachelor of Science. In the sixth month of 1954 Saint Francis First awarded diplomas to its graduates. Because of the rising cost of maintaining both College and High School and because of the urgent need fOr higher Catholic education, the Franciscan Fathers decided to devote all of their resources to expand the College and de cided to eliminate the High School. Saint Francis College High School had its last grade uation in 1960. The new development program which was drawn up in 1961, under the guidance of educational consultants, underlined the urgent need for more land in order to assure ade- quate expansion. The College acquired the adjoining Stella Maris property and adjacent parcels of land thus extending the campus to 130 acres along the Saco River. After underv going considerable remodeling this summer, Stella Maris Hall now houses the Friary, the Library and the Administration. The necessity for this expansion is witnessed by a Rockefeller Foundation report on educa- tion which states in part: Education and col- lege administrators are greatly concerned with what they describe as, 'the coming tidal wave of studentsf This it is estimated will, within a decade or 50, deposit six million students on the doorsteps of the Nationis institutions of higher learning. There are some three million college students today, and most institutions are at a peak enrollment. The report con- tinues, America's well being and security directly depends upon our capacity to culti- vatetexcellence in our educational institutions. Based upon the Findings of an exhaustive study by the Education Researches Services, Inc., the Franciscan Fathers administering the policies of Saint Francis desire to improve the amount and quality of all facilities in order eventually to accommodate the number of students t800l which will permit development of a sound, fully accredited liberal arts under- graduate curriculum. They desire to do this and yet remain small enough to retain the friendliness, intimacy, and devotion to purpose of a small college. In order to attain these goals, from the standpoint of added physical facilities, a ten year program has been drawn up during which time the following new buildings must be con- structed: nine residence halls, a library, class- room buildings, on arts center and auditorium, a monastery and chapel, and a gymnasium and field house. We the members of the class of 1963 have much to hope for in the future of our school. We shall never forget our soiourn at Saint Francis during which time we took on new physical, moral, social, intellectual and spirit- ual dimensions. We are proud to belong to the history of Saint Francis College. We shall be forever thankful to the Franciscans who have dedicated their lives to make such an institu- tion of higher Catholic learning accessible to us. We are grateful also to the other faculty members who gave of themselves in an eftort to transmit to us the richness of the cultural and social tradition into which we were born. We thank all of our teachers for giving to us the independence, as it is spoken of by Aristotle, which is granted to men by intelli- gence and wisdom as the perfection of a human being. The class of 1963 hopes that in the near future the day will come when Saint Francis College will have taken its place among the foremost institutions of higher learning, wherein, to quote John Henry Cardinal New- man, All branches of knowledge are, at least implicitly, the subiect matter of its teaching; that these branches are not isolated and in- dependent one of another, but form together a whole or system; that they run into each other, and complete each other, and that, in proportion to our view of them as a whole, is the exactness and trustworthiness of the knowl- edge which they separately convey. -FRANCIS P. LEBEAU Current plan for Future development, June 1962. Construction of the new building tSaint Francis Ham in 1949. 19 20 Commenting on the apathetic curriculum of Theology on too many Catholic college cam- puses, a friend of mine once said, If theology is the reason for setting up separate colleges, then the Catholic college, no m'atter how strong it may be in the humanities and sciences, fails if its theology fails. This statement in no way implies that educa- tional experience should be made subservient to the development of virtue. Saint Francis Col- lege or any other Catholic College will be able to justify its existence as a Catholic college only by first being a good college. Although God has destined that we someday become citizens of heaven, the fact remains that He also has willed that, while on earth, we live as citizens of earth bringing all things under subjection by the sweat of our brows. Only if the inculcation of virtue and the transference of knowledge be brought to a harmonious blend will any Catholic institution develop psychologically whole and spiritually holy individuals. Education essentially prepares man for what he must be and for what he must do here below, in order to attain the sublime end for which he was created. The Theology curriculum must catalyze the conquest of the internal and spirit- ual freedom to be achieved by the individual Christicn-the man who must think, fudge and act constantly and consistently in accordance with right, reason and faith in Christ. For many students, fulfilling their Easter duty and attending Mass on Sunday is the extent of their participation in a religion which they find not too inconvenient. For altogether too many the power of the living Christ has been vulgarly and gratuitously debased to the pose ture given an ordinary historical figure. Catholie cism has become merely a part of their social inheritance devoid of belief in a personal God. Yet a Catholic college graduate must be con- ditioned by the dogmatic norm of his Catholi- cism. He must be able to extricate himself from the flagrant materialism that is so characteristic of contemporary American society. He must be able to pierce through the isolation of scholarly theses on disciplinary measures of the Councils, the penitential practices of matrimonial law or administrative organization, to the world of union with God through worship in Christ. As in other Catholic colleges, the theology program at Saint Francis College is presently being challenged by these very pressing de- mands and it will prove itself equal to the task only if, in the spirit of Christ, it adapts itself to the modern intellectual atmosphere which has undergone significant changes. The challenge confronting the community of scholars at. the Second Vatican council is quite the same as that confronting the Division of Theology at Saint Francis: they must be committed to the scientific investigation of truth and to the maintenance and extension of knowledge and its application to life both private and public. Although there is need of improvement in the Religious Program, to say that Saint Francis has been completely by-passed by the spirit of ecumenism would be to greatly belie the actual situation. To some extent we can measure the opportunities given by Saint Francis to the stu- dent to mature in a directly religious way. In addition to the four year theology curriculum which undeniably includes much of the philos- ophy courses, these opportunities are many and fruitful. The principal organizations devoted to the students' spiritual development are the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Future Priests Club. However these' groups are select and total membership is relatively small. The gen- eral opportunities attorded the entire student body are the daily services in the student chapel including Mass, confession and the weekly serv- ices with Benediction and the Way of the Cross. Also the religious on the faculty provide especial advantages for personal friendships, frequent consultations and casual discussions. As a natural consequence of the present Ecumencial Council and from the awareness of the need for Christians of all denominations to commit themselves continually to the search for knowledge which makes action possible, Saint Francis College sponsored a Symposium on April eighth and ninth entitled The Christian In the Modern World. Under the able organizational quarterbacks David DeTurk and Alfred Poulin, Jr., the Symposium stimulated thought concern- ing the role of the Christian in our world and gave impetus to the burgeoning Catholic- Protestant dialogue in the New England Area. The representative and appreciative attendance left no doubt that Saint Francis College had the potential to become a foremost institution of theological concern and had succeeded in foster- ing and maintaining an ecumenical spirit, the Spirit of Christ. We, the graduates of 1963, hope that Saint Francis College will always remain united to Holy Mother Church in her attempt to foster an ecumenical attitude which accepts the Testa- ment's teaching on Baptism that all who are validly baptized are members of the Mystical Body of Christ. Dialogue about and examination of the common heritage of our pluralistic society will inevitably lead to the union in worship of all confessions to the same Truth. The joy derived from what We share will enable us to come closer and closer in the love which is Christ. Saint Francis College will succeed as a Catholic college if it otters the student opportunities for scholarly theological pursuits and aftords him the opportunity to worship God in a vital and personal dialogue. In this way it will give him, what we the graduates are thankful for, a posture in the great Graeco-Judaic-Christian intellectual tradition and the illumination of his role in its development by the fire of Pentecost. e FRANCIS LEBEAU. 22 By the end of the Fifties criticism of Catholic higher education had become so incessant as to be almost trite. A century of silence was broken only by a few perspicacious and daring indi- viduals, and, when the initial shock subsided, Catholic educators settled down for a truly criti. cal appraisal of their system. They found that the accomplishments of Catholic higher education were quite momentous. Five generations of a predominantly immigrant minority group had constructed a huge system of schools on 267 campuses, including 31 uni- versities, enrolling 322,000 students. These schools graduated countless doctors, lawyers, teachers and businessmen. Their alumni were successful and respected members of almost every community. At the same time, however, this educational system had failed in the attain- ment of one goaI-excellence; too often it had even neglected to adapt such a goal. Where, asked the critics, are the Catholic scholars? Where are the leaders in the arts and sciences? The answer often was that they did not exist at all. The critics asked, where was there a Catholic college or university which could compare with the quality of the finest secular colleges? The answer again was that such an institution did not exist. Saint Francis was affected by this discussion no less than any other Catholic college. Yet be- cause of the brevity of its educational experience, Saint Francis was excused by most critics as a school that had not yet matured. This, in a certain sense, was true. However there must come a moment when a careful analysis of Saint Francis' stature in the field of education is not only required, but necessary. If Saint Francis is a different college in 1963 than it was in 1959, this change is evident in many segments of the life of the school. The curriculum is one of Saint Francis College's strong points. Solidly liberal arts, the College eliminated courses in business administration and account- ing several years ago, and has structured its courses around four divisions, namely Humani- ties, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and Mathe- matics, as well as Theology and Philosophy. Among the outstanding features in the curri- culum are several new courses. One of these, Modern Christian Literature, was instituted as an inter-departmental course utilizing the full resources of the Division of Humanities. With four professors, the course first explored the state of contemporary man through a study of Romano Guardini, Nicholas Berdyaev, Teilhard de Char- din, Karl Adam and Thomas Merton. The con- centration was then shifted to modern French authors, especially Leon Bloy, Charles Peguy, Paul Claudel, Georges Bernanos and Julien Green. The instructor in American Christian Literature varied the approach to include writers whose points of view are influenced either con- sciously or unconsciously by the divine redemp- tion of man. Thus the course was abie to consider writers such as Nathanael West and William Faulkner. The section of English Chris- tian Literature focused mainly upon Gerard Manley Hopkins and T. 5. Eliot. Although the course exhibited a need for better organization, it did stimulate student response and the Division of Humanities is to be congratulated for its initiative and vision. Two other courses are worthy of special note. The first is the directed study in French Literature, offered on alternate years. Thanks to Mr. Paren- teau, the course provides an opportunity for ex- tensive reading in the field of French Literature without the pressure of classes and exams. The other is the General Mathematics Honors Course which allows capable students to complete fresh- man mathematics in one semester, and thus be able to start Analytic Geometry and Calculus the second semester. The major weakness of the curriculum is that it does not provide enough opportunities for in- dependent study under guidance, nor does it in- clude enough accelerated programs for the more capable students. The result is often that courses are geared to the average student, and are unable to stimulate the full potentialities of the more gifted student. The academic atmosphere at Saint Francis has obvious assets and deficiencies. The close rela- tionship between students and faculty members provides an extraordinarily fine opportunity for discussion and individual help. A number of the classes are still small, and this permits a close student-teacher relationship in the classroom. A wide range of periodicals kept up to date in the library reading room, away from the noise of the dormitories, and improvements in the library itself have made the develoPment of an aca- demic atmosphere easier. Unfortunately, these assets are sometimes coun- ter-balanced. Considering the ninety student economics and sociology courses, it is to be hoped that the trend is not away from small classes. College men are sometimes referred to and treated as boys in other areas of college life. Some courses are watered down to meet the needs of these boys. In a few instances, especially in Philosophy and Theology, free thought is discouraged. Philosophy is often pre- sented as a depository of long established abso- lute truths rather than a search for truth or even a love of wisdom. The Theology is embedded with scholasticism, and most teachers ask little more than the doctrines be memorized. The alert student is tempted to see the learning atmos- phere as narrow and parochial while feeling that he is under suspicion if he attempts to change it. Still, it would be a mistake to think academic liberalization would solve Saint Francis College's ills. Much needs to be done with the student body itself. The majority of the students would not respond to a free intellectual atmosphere, nor would they know what to do if they were placed in one. This leads us to some interesting observations concerning Saint Francis' future. The leaders of the College community have permitted them- selves to become so engrossed in the plans for physical expansion that they have permitted their plans for academic excellence to take second place. Despite the presently competent faculty, the College rendered more dimcult the higher quality of. the student body through yearly increases in the costs without an effective scholarship-relief program. Perhaps if the Col- lege shifted the emphasis of its academic pro- gram to one of quantitatively low but academic- ally high standards, physical expansion would aImOSt take care of itself. The Class of 1963 feels that it has profited intellectually by its soiourn at Saint Francis Col- lege, but it also feels that many avenues are open so that other classes may derive more benefit. - EMlLE TALBOT. 24 Culture is a rather ambivalent concept, and, to my mind, does not admit of precise and accurate definition. Even Webster's definition seems vague and non-committal as if any char- acterization of such an abstract term or concept could be at best but a passable substitute for its true and inherent nature, for what it really is in its totality. It is defined as the increase in knowledge and improvement in taste, resulting from education, refinement in manners, appre- ciation, thought, etc. And yet, this definition, valid though it may be on some points, lacks the force, intensity, vitality and drive both in its phrasing and in its description of that complex phenomena called culture. It had obvious lean- ings towards that misconception of culture so vehemently denounced by Matthew Arnold as that attutude prevalent among people who thought culture merely a desirable quality in a writer of belles-lettres. it should be obvious by now that we are searching for a more comprehensive definition of culture than a mere dictionary will afford us. What is culture anyway? Certainly it is no figment of our imaginations, but an actual omni- present reality, constantly evoked in everyday language in adiectival form to denote a particu- lar person or a prominent place. Indeed, culture is not merely a method or an ornate, super- imposed embellishment of the personality, but an attitude of the mind and spirit contrived to receive truth. This attitude of the mind is, by no means, a static or passive one, capable solely of receiving impressions but unable to produce them; rather it is a dynamic disposition, involving the whole personality. It is, in short, the whole personality in search of truth. But, to leave out analysis of culture at this point would be to greatly falsify its basic and essential nature through over-simplification. One may clearly perceive a dichotomy in the con- cept of culture. The passive aspect of culture may well consist in the personality being in- formed by truth, the continual acquisition of knowledge by the human mind. However, cul- ture also has an active aspect, plainly apparent in the humanistic and social responsibilities it performs. Matthew Arnold aftirms of culture that it moves by force, not merely or primarily Edith Stea rns Sandy Ives of that scientific passion for pure knowledge, but also of the moral or social passion for doing good. And it is this aspect of culture, to do more than merely perceive the truth that, in my opinion, distinguishes scientific learning from aesthetics. Scientific study is concerned primarily with truth solely for its own sake. Aesthetics, on the contrary, has an interest in knowledge only insofar as such data is able to transform and elevate the condition of man. It is not a heightening on a more material level either, but one on a definite spiritual plane. It is, in a sense, a lifting of the soul. Art eftects this spiritual elevation in man by allowing him to perceive and to sympathize with the beauty and truth embedded in actual and concrete creations of the human race, their creation, in turn, being ultimately attributable to God. In a way, one can truly say that, in its immediate cause and effect, culture is a product of man made ex- pressly for man. Of course, it is important to emphasize that a true and valid culture is an amalgamation of both aspects, one alone not sufiicing to complete the concept. The remainder of this article intends to devote itself to a discussion of culture as it manifests itself on our College campus. As Saint Francis College is characterized by the term liberal arts, my consideration of culture will be limited to the arts which have, in a traditional sense, been excluded to a study of literature, music, sculpture and painting. If we are to consider the cultural level at Saint Francis solely by the visible manifestation of facilities on campus necessary for the promotion and advancement of the above fields of artistic endeavor, we shall have to admit, in all honesty, that they are deplorably weak. Only two fine arts courses are offered to the students and even these do not run regularly, but are interchanged with one another each year. Furthermore, many students are unable to take advantage of these courses because of the perennial problem in Catholic institutions the inevitable theology- philosophy squeeze. The abundance of required courses prohibits the free and unrestrained selec- tion by the student of the more cultural-in-this- case, fine-arts course they may wish to pursue. As far as art exhibits on campus, the situation is drastically desperate. Except for a few point- ihgs in the Humanities offices, the College is bare, devoid of all canvases of creativity. Few Claude Gauthier Sculptures adorn the campus unless one con- siders the crudely chiseled statue of Saint Francis which stands stalwartly on the green in front of the main building. As yet, no adequate music room for the practice of instruments and choral recitations has been provided to alleviate the now cramped and pressing condition where both activities sometimes commence at the same time and struggle for supremacy. Nor is there any hall available, with the exception of the gym- nasium, for the rehearsal and staging of plays. All the weaknesses in our cultural condition must, however, be considered in their proper perspec- tive-that is-against the background of the his- tory of the College. Certainly, in an older institution, such a low ebb of cultural facili- ties would be outrageous, but in a compara- tively new college, such as Saint Francis, which is, at present, concerned with the major necessi- ties for a solid and firm edifice of learning: class- room buildings, chapel, etc., such a state of affairs is excusable. To estimate the cultural status of Saint Francis College, however, only by the number of facili- ties for such presentations on campus would be to greatly belie the actual issue. Ostensibly, it might seem that Saint Francis is, for all practical purposes, destitute, arid of cultural activity. But this is not the case! The presence of an active cultural concern on campus can be verified by the number of cultural programs sponsored either directly or indirectly by the College on campus or in the surrounding area during the past year. To name them all would be to con- sume more space than this article can afford, so I shall have to be content with the mention of the most important cultural advances of com- pus, hoping that the others will be given due credit elsewhere in the book. The Student Senate, as of this year, organized a Cultural Attairs Com- mittee, which has been of inestimable value in procuring various outstanding professionals in the arts to appear for special performances. This year, the Cultural Affairs Committee sponsored a concert series, which featured a rare diversity of artists: Claude Gauthier tPoet-Composerl, Edith Stearns tPianistl, Sandy Ives tFolk Singerl, and the Boston University Quartet. A special radio program of WIDE was held, in coniunction with the College every Wednesday evening for one half hour. The topics of discussion ranged from the image of Saint Francis College in the nearby tOWn of Biddeford to cultural contro- versies between members of the Saint Francis French Academy over contemporary French Catholic authors. The cultural highlight of the year was, how- ever, the April Symposium, entitled The Chris- tian in the Modern World. The Symposium saw such distinguished panelists and speakers as Paul Chapman, director of Packard Manse in Stoughton, Massachusetts, and Reverend Cantius Matura, professor of scripture and liturgy at the Franciscan House of Theology in Montreal, Can- ada. The Symposium also received other eminent persons to staff its panelist positions: Dr. Edward T. Gargan, professor of modern European History at Loyola University, the Reverend Daniel T. Honan, a poet-curate of Saint Joseph's Church in Brewer, Maine, and Dr. Joseph D'Alfonso, a senior member of the Bates College department of Philosophy in Lewiston. The literary world also made its appearance with such well known writers as the poet, John Logan of the University of Notre Dame and the novelist, Michale Novak of Harvard University taking part in the dis- cussions devoted to Modern Christian Literature. Also contributing to these controversies were Dr. John Lindberg, instructor of English at the Uni- versity of Maine, and Robert Parenteau, acting Head of the Division of Humanities at Saint Francis College. Other names should, perhaps, be mentioned here but the limitations set on this article have already been exceeded, and prevent their inclusion. In conclusion, we are acutely aware of our deficiencies in the cultural sphere at Saint Francis, and these weaknesses have been al- luded to in hopes of their improvement and rectification. However, at the same time, we are also profoundly conscious of the advances that have been eftected during this academic year. A dissatisfaction with our cultural status is Finally a fundamentally good symptom; for it indicates that there will be increasing and multiplied efforts at bettering our condition, and thus our institution. Indeed, it is only when we become satisfied with culture that we lose our grasp of this elusive concept, sometimes relin- quishing, losing it forever in a surfeit of com- placency. - JEROME WYANT. Mr. DeTurk goes on the air for Saint Francis College. 25 26 The academic, religious and cultural essays are concerned with the inner growth and dyna- mism of the microcosmic world which is Saint Francis College. The task of this essay is to describe the aggregate of all external condi- tions and influences affecting the life and de- velopment of the College. The environmental essay will'deal with the physical aspects of Saint Francis which is historically rich and scenically beautiful. Because a people is determined by the geog- raphy of its country we shall concern ourselves, First with the geographical posture of Saint Francis College and then with the historico-social content in which it is situated. Positioned at the mouth of the river Saco, the College shares more than a programmatic picture of the movements and the tides of the sea. The creative student becomes heir to the reveries and emotions which the sea inspires in someone sen- sitive to the vastness and melancholy mystery of its varied beauties. The recently acquired Saco Bay-shore is also quite awe inspiring. This land, where Cham- plain made an historically significant landing, is rich in atmospheric color. It is a land of mystery, silence and the infinite, of the passing cloud and the sunlit shimmer of the waves' subtleties. Saint Francis College is constructed on a beau- tiful land, strong and rock-ribbed, with nothing of the soft and lush about it. Rough ledges thrust out into the sea, shedding from their backs great rollers that pound in from the North Atlan- tic in smothers of foam and spray. In a world which views nature as a Franken- stein, as a monster capable of infTicting the most dreadful retribution upon its creator, the College otters its students a needed respite: an encounter with unadulterated physical nature, full of unfettered, vagrant, roving spirit and a chaotic ferment, drawn straight from the deepest well springs of the cosmos. Intuition is freed from the bonds of time and space and is garnished with an enchantingly refreshing uncivilized character. The vertiginous rhythms of the maiestic Saco and the enchanting orchestration of the shifting tides hold absolute appeal for the aesthete as they meet at the estuary in an intense, febrile and cogent melodic phrase. Nature has indeed smiled benignly on the sons of Saint Francis of Assisi, the man who saw God in every aspect of creation. It is impossible for the student to delight in this beautiful country without being influenced by its traditions. Only familiarity with the struggles that shaped an area can fully satisfy the mind and heart. Today is iust a moment in Time, a bridge between the long past and the veiled future. The historical essay has eprOred the past in order that we can at least appreciate the import of the bridge of Time on which we stand. For the student at Saint Francis this means the opportunity of be- coming a citizen par delegation in the early Franco-American world. Biddeford and Saco, beyond Kennebunk and the only two large cities in southeast Maine, are always thought of and spoken of together. Al- though they are separate cities on opposite banks of the Saco River, they form an industrial complex, most of the industries being in Bidde- ford, while Saco is predominantly residential. The chief industry is the manufacture of cotton goods, and the largest mill is the Pepperell Man- ufacturing Company. Though there are modern shopping and service centers in Biddeford and Saco, these two cities are in the throes of a cultural lag. The class of 1963 hopes that a group of people at Saint Francis will follow the lead of Mr. David DeTurk, who saw all too clearly that it was the duty of the College to initiate the surrounding community to the arts. Mr. DeTurk worked on behalf of the Cultural Affairs Committee in an endeavor to bring performers of a classical calibe-r to the city. Aware of the burgeoning interest in folk song within the New England area, he sought to stimulate interest in folklore in Biddeford. His weekly radio program over WIDE, the performers he invited to Biddeford, the folklore course which he taught at the Col- lege; all of these were endeavors to cultivate appreciation of the beautiful in art. It has been frequently pointed out that Bidde- ford and Saco, settled in the 1630's, are actually wealthy in folklore. In 1615 Samuel de Cham- plain landed and explored the property on which Stella Maris Hall is now built. The Historical Society at Saint Francis has repeatedly unearthed arrow heads and other items of archeological interest on the site. Colonial Saco impresses the eye by the gra- ciousness of its old houses and the peace of its tree-arched streets. The old Saco Jail, built in 1653, still stands and is a museum today. On Main Street in Saco is the York Institute, housing a goodly collection of Colonial costumes and furnishings, paintings, Maine minerals, Indian relics and historical documents. The first court in Maine-and some say in the United States- was originated in Saco during 1640. All this territory was explored by Richard Vines during that winter he Spent at Fortune's Rocks near Biddeford Pool. Both locations are now summer colonies, rather quiet and aban- doned during the winter. The graduates of 1963 realize that their Alma Mater enjoys ideal geographical and historical postures. At the onset of the 1963-64 academic year the physical aspect of our campus will in- clude Saint Francis Hall, Stella Maris Hall, the Student Center, a gymnasium and two new dormitories. By the following year the number of dormitories will have risen to five. In the past, the task of blending these constructions in with nature and tradition has been assigned to Brother Bonaventure, who has spent many long and busy hours on the campus. To him we are thankful, and we are hopeful that in the future Saint Francis College will bring to full fruition the tremendous potentialities inherent in her soil. - FRANCIS P. LEBEAU. 27 GqKAiDUACES A cantor spoke to me and I turned asking him, What does this mean? I have found myself wondering while my mind is attacked and pummeled. This, he said: 'Among men there are good and evil and among the good there are those who try to excel and those who can do no better. But both live with their souls. And among the evil, there are those who create vileness and revel in it, and those who do evil yet woe and gnash their teeth weeping their weakness, Beware this last man, for he is indeed evil for he makes a mockery of conscience and secures his weakness by boosting,of a greater weakness. The cantor was gone. And I ran from that place. 29 WILLIAM CARROLL AYER, B. A. Biology Gray, Maine Ambition: Wildlife Biologist Baseball 1, 2. Basketball 1, 2. Third Order I, 2, 3, 4. Biotica Society 4; President 4. Dean's List 1, 3, 4. 30 PAUL J. BEDNARZ, B.A. English New London, Conn. Ambition: Naval Career Glee Club 1, 2. Boat Club 1. 31 GEORGE N. BERGERON, B.A. French Biddeford, Maine Ambition: Teacher NORMAN BERUBE, B.A. Philosophy Lewiston, Maine Ambition: College Instructor L'Acodemie Fruncuise 4. 33 FRANCIS R. BIRMINGHAM, JR., B.A. History Bangor, Maine Ambition: Teacher His1oricol Society 1, 2, 3, 4. Dean's List 3. Friars Club 3, 4; Prod. Manager 3. Parents Weekend Chairman 4. 34 ARMAND BOISVERT, B.A. French Biddeford, Maine Ambition: Teacher Basketball 1. Moliere Club I. 35 JEAN- PAUL BOUCHER, JR., B. A. French Biddeford, Maine Ambition: Teacher Moliere Club 2. Glee Club 'I, 2. 36 ROBERT BRADY, B.A. Economics Biddeford, Maine Ambition: Business Economica 3, 4. Dean's List 'I, 4. 37 JOHN F. CALLAN, B.A. History Brentwood, L. l. Ambition: Diplomatic Service Baseball 1, 2, 4. Historical Society 1, 2. Town Club 3. MOTUS 1. JOSEPH CARPENTIERI, B.A. History Waterbury, Conn. Ambition: High School Teacher i'. Vii ' . Dean's List 3. Economica 3, 4; Vice-Chairman 4. Town Club 3, 4. 39 RICHARD CONWAY, B. A. History Trumbull, Conn. Ambition: Business Soccer 1. Sepian 3, 4; Feature Editor 4. 40 JOSEPH E. Cooney, B.A. Philosophy Newton, Mass. Ambition: Hotel Management Town Club 3, 4; President 3, 4. 41 42 Parents Weekend Co-Chairman 3. Canticle 4; Business Manager 4. SFC Medal For Leadership 1. Third Order 2, 3, 4. Symposium 4. Debate Club 4. Economica 3, 4. Student Senate 1, 2, 3; Sec. 3; Treasurer 4. Friars Club 3; Produc- tion Manager 4. Boat Club 1. Economics WILLIAM P. DIMOND, B.A. Ambition: Dorchester, Business Mass. PAUL DUCHEMIN, B.A. Economics Saco, Maine Ambition: Business Town Club 3; Secretary 3. Boat Club 1. Eco- nomica 3. Dean's List 4. 43 ROBERT C. DUNBAR, B.A. English Barre, Mass. Ambition: Social Worker Canticle 4. Sepian 3, Copy Editor 3. Schola Canforum 1, 2, 3, 4. Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Librarian 3. Friars Club 3, 4; Secretary, Treas- urer 3. Soccer 2. 44 RAYMOND R. DUPUIS, B.A. History Hartford, Conn. Ambifion: Business Town Club 3, 4. 45 ROCHID ELIAS, B.A. Mafhemafics Piftsfield, Maine Am bifion: College Professor Sepian 3, 4; Copy Editor 3, 4. Symposium 1. Dean's List 1, 2, 3, 4. Glee Club 'I. Friars Club 3, 4; President 3, 4. 46 PAUL JOHNSTON, B.A. Philosophy Central Islip, N.Y. Ambition: Teacher Third Order 1, 2, 3, 4; President 3. Schola Can- forum 1, 2. Glee Club 2. Sepian 3. Boat Club 'I. 47 PETER G. JORDAN, B.A. Philosophy Glen Ridge, NJ. Ambition: Musician - Teacher Friars Club 3, 4. Glee Club 1, 2, 3. MOTUS 2, 3, 4; Organizational Editor 3; Editor 4. Third Order 1, 2, 3, 4; Master of Novices 3, 4. Co- Chairmcn Parent's Weekend Dance 4. Chairman Christmas Ball 4. 48 DANIEL F. KEOHANE, B.A. Economics Dorchester, Mass. Ambition: Business Administration Sepion 3, 4,- Headline Editor 4. MOTUS 3, 4; I: Associate Editor 3, 4. Basketball 1. NFCCS 2; i Junior Delegate 2. Dean's List 1, 4. Economica 3, 4; Vice-Chairmcm 3. 1 49 50 Dean's List 1, 2, 3, 4. L'Academie Francoise 3, 4; President 4. Canticle 3, 4; Assistant Editor 3, 4. MOTUS 4; Literary Editor 4. Sepian 3, 4; Copy Editor 3, 4. Third Order 2, 3, 4. Schola Caniorum 2. Town Club 3, 4. Sf. Cure D'Ars Scholarship 3, 4. FRANCIS French Literature Ambition: P. LeBEAU, B.A. Holyoke, Mass. College Teacher WILLIAM B. MAGEE, B.A. History Brooklyn, N. Y. Ambition: F. B. l. Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4,- Captain 3, 4. Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4; Captain 3, 4. Third Order 2, 3, 4. MO- TUS L Historical Society 1. Town Club 3. Glee Club 1. Student Senate President 3. Parent's W e e k e n cl 3. Commencement Ball 3. Dean's List 4, 51 PETER L. MAKUCK, B.A. English New London, Conn. Ambition: College Professor Canficle 4. Soccer 2. Town Club 3, 4. 52 JOHN J. McCABE, B.A. English Bogota, N. J. Ambition: Lawyer Sepion 1, 2, 3, 4; News Editor 4. Soccer 2, 3, 4. NFCCS 4. Town Club 1. Dean's List 1, 2. Student Senate 1, 4. Debate Club 2, 3, 4; Cap- tain 3, 4; Secretary 2. Winter Carnival Chair- man 4. 53 MICHAEL L. PELLETIER, B.A. English Cape Elizabeth, Maine Ambition: Teacher - Coach Francis RED 4:. f ' KNIEHTS College Baseball 1. Baskefball 1, 2; Captain 3. Varsity Club 4; President 4. 54 EMILE J. PETERS, B.A. Economics Buffalo, N. Y. Ambition: Industrial Business Sepian 3, 4; Sports Editor 3, 4. MOTUS 3. Third Order 1. Symposium 4. Economica 3, 4; Chairman 3, 4. Friars Club 3, 4. Soccer 3. Varsify Club 4. 55 Sepian 3, 4. Dean's List 3. Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4. Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Co-Captain 4. Varsity Club 4. 56 JOHN E. PETERSON, B.A. Philosophy Newingfon, Conn. Ambifion: Law Afg' ' v 143;; MICHAEL POULIN, B.A. History Sanford, Maine Ambition: Teacher Dean's List 3. Town Club 3. Glee Club 1, 2. Scholo Canforum 'I. 57 EUGENE A. PREVlDI, JR., B.A. Economics Danbury, Conn. Ambition: Business Sepian 3, 4; Layout Editor 3, 4. Town Club 4. Economica 3, 4. Boat Club 1, 2, 3, 4, 59 Basketball Manager 1. 58 DENNIS M. REALE, B.A. English Buffalo, N. Y. Ambifion: Business Sepion 3, 4; Editor 3, 4. Soccer 2. Third Order 1, 2, 3, 4. Symposium 3, 4,- President 4. Glee Club 1. 59 WILLIAM E. SHADDOCK, JR., B.A. Economics Buffalo, NY. Ambition: Business Seoian 2, 3, 4; Business Manager 4. Soccer 2. Town Club 4. Boat Club 1, 2. 60 EMILE TALBOT, B.A. French Literature Ambition: Freeport, Maine College Professor Canticle 2, 3, 4; Assistant Editor 2, 3, 4. Se- pian 3; Feature Editor 3. MOTUS 1; Assistant Editor 1. Symposium 2, 3; Secretary-Treasurer 2, 3. L'Academie Francoise 2, 3, 4; Secretary- Treasurer 2, 3. Dean's List 'I, 2, 3, 4. Student Senate President. Election Committee 4; Chairman 4. Cultural Affairs Committee 4; Chairman 4. Friars Club 3. Student Member of the WIDE Radio Programing 4. Union St. Jean Baptiste Scholarship I, 2, 3, 4. Tuition Scholarship 1, 2, 3, 4. Delegate: Chicago Conference 3. 61 JOHN TKATCH, B.A. English Oneida, N.Y. Ambition: Lawyer Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Librarian 2; President 2, 3. Third Order1,2. Schola Cantorum 1, 2. Sepiun 2, 3. NFCCS 3. Christmas Ball Co-Chairmun 2. CCD Winfer Congress 2. 62 EDWARD S. TREBILCOCK, B.A. History Oxford, Maine Ambifion: College Professor Symposium 4. Dean's List 3, 4. Glee Club 3. Father Justinian Scholarship 4. 63 JEAN - PIERRE TROADEC, B. A. History White Plains, NY. Ambition: College Professor Dean's List 3. L'Academie Francoise 1, 2, 3, 4. 64 JEROME WYANT, B.A. English Wolcotf, Conn. Am bifion: Col lege Professor Canticle 3, 4; Editor 3, 4. Third Order 2, 3, 4. Dean's List 3. Glee Club 1. 65 JOHN A. ZAHOR, B.A. History Trumbullt Conn. Ambition: Teacher Sepion 3, 4; Circulation Manager 3, 4. Soccer 1. Scholo Cantorum 1. Glee Club 1, 2. Stu- dent Senate 2, 4; Treasurer 2. Friars Club 3, 4; Vice President 4. 66 UNDERGRADUATES 67 68 Freshmen: E. $oucie, E. Soscia, J, Sedera, A. Troinor, C. Vandeventerl L. Spitale. Sophomores: P. Cenci, W. VanLoan, M. Courchesne, P. Chovonelle, R. Casey, P. Plaszczenski. adult !!'u L ii- Ii III .IIII I711.- illll..llll a'vllll Elalll . Will! :1 3.4:, J w -aumuul LIIIII I Sophomores: P. Morrissette, R. Schuck, G. Sefranek, P. Murphy, R. Moore. On September 10, 1959, four years of college life began for the Class of 1963. Actually, it was not until after a few days had passed that the new freshmen could begin their first classes. There were seemingly endless meetings and tests to be taken, but finally after the Mass of the Holy Ghost cele- brating the return of the Very Reverend Father Norman Thibodeau from the Holy Land, classes began in earnest. The proselytes did not, however, escape the ravages of imposed duties, beanies, and other instruments of benevolent costigation usually endured by newcomers to college life. Therefore, it was not until after freshman week that studies could really begin. For most freshmen the first year at college marks the first time that they have been separated from their parents for an extended period. The first annual Parent's Weekend afforded most freshmen a wonderful visit with their parents, in an atmos- phere especially cheered by the soccer team's vic- tory over New England College. As freshmen, one of the bigger events of the year was the election of the class representatives. John McCabe and Bill Dimond emerged victorious in the energetically fought battle. Their ioint leader- ship was a definite asset to the Student Senate of that year. Normally freshmen find themselves reluctant to enter the field of extra-curricular activity. Never- theless, as the first semester came to a close many now familiar trends were beginning to appear. A new organization on campus, the Glee Club, was founded by Mr. Clayton Eaton, and its membership was largely made up of freshmen. The Glee Club made its first public appearance at Parent's Week- end, and distinguished itself later in the year with Freshmen: G. Rost, R. Gomes. 69 Freshmen: N. Pincrd, B. Heoly, J. GuiHrido, M. VchIsh, R. Heorn, P. Greisier, K. LaFountain. Freshmen: INF ADMINISTRAHSK , F R I ARV LIBRARWIM 51mm; STELLAMAmsm L. Pogcmo, R. Houde. a concert given at Cheverus High School in Port- land. Also, that year saw the first edition of MOTUS, and freshmen, Emile Talbot, Bill Magee and Paul Roberge were on the original staff. After the brief respite of mid-semester vacation, classes began once again. Vividly remembered are the business courses taught by Mr. Sven Hvoslef, and the pelI-mell dashes to his 8:30 class. Mr. Ray- mond Halliday and Father Ethelbert Flood are remembered for their stimulating English courses. It was also a good year for sporting activity. The soccer team, sparked by the talents of Freddie Foosh and Eddie Poez, tied Up the season with a 4-4 record. In basketball, Saint Francis played itself into the semi-finol championships with a memorable Nasson game. Behind the 96 record were such skilled players as Al Gumbs, Bobby Janitiss, and Tom Murphy from the high school. The lightning pitch- ing ability of Artie Wilson practically singIe-hund- edly gave the baseball team a six win - one loss season, to close the sporting year. Freshman year witnessed the first anniversary of the election of Pope John XXIII and the death of Pope Pius XII. Saint Francis was honored with a visit by Very Reverend Father Augustine Sepinski, now Minister General of the Franciscan Order. The occasion was doubly memorable for the eloquent address by Jean Pierre Troadec given in French. Freshman year is always significant, and this held true for the Class of 1963. Each minute and event seemed terribly important, and the time seemed to go so slowly. Yet, as the freshmen completed their last final exams, each thought how fast it went by. - PETER JORDAN. Juniors: W. Marruh, J. Hart, P. Lynch, W. McCormack, E. Neimon, D. Moschella. Freshmen: A. Cilento, T. Coughlin, E. Connelly, P. Conheady, P. Coll, J. Coughlin, G. Coughlin, P. Cromer. 72 Freshmen: Fresh men: L. George, C. Martel, W. Jerrcm, R. McKinney, J. McGrath, T. McSheo, G. Mealia. B. Ploski, G. Santa Lucia, P. Moran, J. Privizzino, R. Ryan, J. Scolese, H. Ricci. Sophomores: Juniors: N. Curley, F. Coyne, E. Craven, T. Fava, H. Fritz, R. D. Coleman, J. Clarke. Braga, R. Calio, A. Haiko, G. Pope. Sophomores: J. Einemcmn, W. Maywalt, J. Kelley, J. Kenney, L. Nylonder, G. LoBelle. Sophomores: M. Braun, R. Trem- blay, R. Davies, J. Sim, D. Walsh. :4 7 w...:: Wlta wnuu L win . ;--, ulrw m-n-WLM-uslg Illa ,u-a.v aaI-uu. J. Capobiunco, M. Austin, J. Byrnes, G. Burke, D. Beaulieu. Juniors J. McCaf'frey, J. Kelly, R. Howard, H. McAuley. Sophomores In sophomore year what had been merely a group of individuals become more truly a class. The second year at Saint Francis brought a con- sciousness of being upperclassmen. Different men of the Class of 1963 became integral parts of the school's important extracurricular activities. A sense of belonging to the class evolved, and the class itself was now a more important part of the school. The full days were filled with study -- well, not quite filled. Although the second year at Saint Francis is generally the most difficult academically, social life could hardly be forgotten. Parent's Week- end saw many sophomores dancing to the music of the Lee Russell band at the Ball. And of course there were the frequent mixers with the girls of St. Joseph's College. Furthermore, the new freshmen had to be inducted into the ways of college life. But meanwhile Father Oscar's Logic and Theology examinations kept everyone's mind active. Sopho- more year marked a big change in the administra- tion when the Very Reverend Father Clarence La- plante, O.F.M. assumed the presidency of the Col- lege from Father Norman Thibodeau, O.F.M. A plan for constructing some new buildings was an- nounced, and a new word entered everyone's vocabulary March-itis. The sophomores were also curious observers to the construction of the new road in front of the school .. the unsurfaced stretch north of the school was a topic of constant conver- sation. The sophomores were eager spectators to the Nixon-Kennedy debates on television, and not a few stayed up into the wee hours on November eighth to watch the election of John Fitzgerald Kennedy as Sophomores: B. OtRourke, B. Sheehan, D. Sheehon, J. Moschello. Juniors: R. Beck, C. Gagnon, R. DeLeo, R. Jones. Viera, L. Pristavec, Tt Murphy, R. Limoges, R. President of the United States. Many more viewed the inaugural proceedings on January twentieth. On the local political scene, representatives Bill Dimond and John Zahor were responsible for many achievements during the year. A new professor appeared on campus Tat least Mr. Hugh Hennedy was new to the sophomoresi, and certainly contributed to the intellectual progress of the class - he also had a profound influence on certain students of English. March second marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the ordination of Fathers Oscar Giroux and Keven Kidd, O.F.M. The occasion was celebrated by a visit of the provincial, the Very Reverend Fulgence Boisvert, O.F.M., who said the anniversary Mass. But in general, the newness that characterized freshman year had largely worn off, leaving the routine of studies throughout the long winter. Many a night was spent studying for the myriad examina- tions. Even the basketball team seemed to be tired - it was quite a change after the previous year's outstanding record - yet even such experienced players as captain Dick Hawes and Bob Gabler couldn't seem to alter the trend. Even though the team ended the season with a 12 loss - 5 win Freshmen: M. Kozlowski, D. Jerome. record, the picture looked somewhat brighter for the future with players such as Jim Kerr on the squad. The soccer team compiled a winning season - iust. Still, the 4 wins, 1 tie, and 3 losses of the team reflected the skill and drive of players like Bill Magee. There was a memorable Winter Carnival that year with the jazz session at the Town House in Saco, and the fine decorations that provided a ioyous atmosphere for the Winter Carnival Ball. After the boycott of the Biddeford JSaco Journal it was all downhill. There was some studying done on Hill's Beach for the finals, and then it was all over. The Class of 1963 had completed fully half its course on the shores of the Saco. The pattern of things was pretty much established. Many had already demonstrated they would be successful at Saint Francis; these had worked hard at the studies and had joined the extra-curricular activities besides. Everyone began to realize that he had begun to accomplish something in his college career, and was eagerly looking forward to his chosen maior field. In the two remaining years this foundation of goodwill and sincerity would become more evident.-PETER JORDAN. 77 ... r? vatiiaxa I ...... g .l. 4 .2 a, A. DiPaola, T. Valerio; J. Finn. T. Sullivan, J. Craig, R. Mason, R. Check, F. Young, J. O'Brien, H. St. Pierre. R. ConifT, Juniors Sophomores 78 Freshmen: J. Dwyer, E. Finney, C. Welch, D. Damiani, M. Donahue, R. Feraco, Q. Geary, R. Freeman, T. Friel. Freshmen: R. Naughton, J. Needhom, R. Occhialini, J. O'Brien, Norwood, J. Hughes, J. Myers. T. Moriarty, J. Hayes, J. WM L W 80 ' . .y I If v :3! xx ; Freshmen: Milli? t frmew . --,.. II t W? 3 v C; Q5 R. DiVicino, P. Bartlewski, A. D'Attcmasno, A. Curtin, M. Ducharme, K. DosSantos, J. Guay, V. Delia, H. Crawford. When the Class of 1963 reappeared on campus following summer vacation, the new iuniors found a variety of changes had taken place in their absence. They were greeted by a group of new professors twith such strange namesD, and they noticed some physical alterations within the school. However, they rapidly became acquainted with Mr. David DeTurk, Mr. James Nee, Dr. Jaques Downs, Mr. Edward Foss, Fr. Kevin Kidd, O.F.M., and Dr. Franz Nowotny. Before long though, they began to notice the absence of Father Ethelbert Flood, O.F.M., who had soiourned to Germany for ad- vanced studies. Many of the iuniors were now living off-campus, a new experience for the College. Leaders in the movement were Frank Lebeau and Jerome Wyant, whose huge firewood-gathering expedition utilizing the muscles of the new freshmen and the yellow ambulance of Jim Kerr, could not soon be forgotten. Others living off-campus were John Tkatch and Paul Johnston. Junior year witnessed the revival of many campus activities: under the excellent direktor-ship of Mr. Nee and Mr. DeTurk, the Friars Club presented two one-act plays before the Christmas holidays, and later, in the spring, produced a fine rendition of Herman Melville's Billy Budd, which enjoyed a daz- zling success. Under the direction of Mr. DeTurk, the Sepian onceagain began publishing monthly issues. The staff was expanded and the student newspaper reached new heights of success. Other organizations, such as the Town Club, and the Eco- nomica, with the assistance of Dr. Franz Nowotny, were re-activated. Also during the junior year, members of the Class of 1963 assumed the leadership of many campus Organizations. Bill Magee became president of the Student Senate and, together with class representa- tive Bill Dimond, he was responsible for many of the decisions made that year. John Tkatch was elected President of the Glee Club, Rochid Elias was appointed head of the Friars Club, Paul Johnston was President of the Third Order, and Jerome Wyant assumed the editorship of the Canticle, the campus literary magazine. . There were a number of noted personalities on campus: Mr. David DeTurk, with a wide reputation and following for his fine guitar playing and vocaliz- ing; Mr. Sam the man Polonza, who was famous for his corned beef and cabbage dinners and his cigars. A new cultural affairs program featured the noted educator Dr. A. P. Romunas, who spoke to the stu- dents and faculty of the College on November 17, and Mr. Horace Hildreth, a former governor of Maine, spoke of the political and economic structure of Pakistan, January 8. During the spring, the Very Revenendt Fr. Clarence Laplante, O.F.M., announced the school's purchase of a large tract of land south of the College buildings, and the acquisition of the Stella Maris buildings, which had previously been occupied by an elementary school. A campus land- scaping project was also underway, in connection with which, the old Ionghouse was dismantled. However, it was a poor year for sport fans. The soccer team came through with a i win, 1 tie, 5 loss record. Co-captain Bill Magee, with John Mc- Cabe, Emil Peters and John Peterson were active on the team. In basketball Mickey Peletier was the only junior on the squad which compiled a 3 win, 10 loss record. The baseball team was the only successful squad in the year: Co-captains Bill Magee and John Peterson closed the season winning 3 games and losing 3. On May 9 the work of Frank Lebeau and his supe porters pyramided into a resounding victory in the polls For Emile Talbot as President of the Student Senate. Prospects for the coming academic year certainly looked up as the year closed. Indeed, as the iuniors watched the graduates walk up the aisle at the gymnasium, they could not help but think that they would be foliowing in their footsteps next year. - PETER JORDAN. Sophomores: R. Thibeault, P. Poutin. Freshmen: J. Amrose, M. BaiHargeon, J. Anderson, J. Bagnaschi. 81 82 Sophomores: J. Kennedy, J. Handlon, E. Fosbender, G. Finke. Freshmen: R. Bruzzese, G. Barbeosch, J. Buttridge, R. Berube, R. Boucher, A. Bowler. P. Bianco, J. Brady, C. Barrett, CAMPUS ACTIVITIES 83 84 Biotica. First row, 1. to r.: L George, T. Freeman, D. Moschella, W. Ayer. Second row: T. Bowker, F. Romeo, G. Sefranek, R. Check. Third row: H. Crawford, R. Sheehan, B. MoschelIo, L. Letendre, T. Fave. A new organization on campus, the Biotica provides an opportunity for the extro-curricular study of current research and development in the Field of biology, for all those who are interested. The Biotica conducts regular meetings to dis- cuss the progress that is being made in the field and to permit expression for those students who have undertaken individual projects of investiga- tion. Audio-visuol aids to study in the form of movies are often utilized. Frequently members of the science faculty are invited to participate, and, in the future, the Biotica intends to extend invitations to guest lecturers from industry. e. WILLIAM AYER. Biotica. Checkt Officers: Lennie Letendre, president Bill Ayer, George Sefrunek, Richard Canticle. EditoriaI Board: Peter Mokuck, Jerome Wyant, Robert Dunbar, Francis lebeou, Emile Talbot, William Dimond, moderator Alfred Poulin. In 1957, as a result of the union between the desire to create and the desire to express, the Canticle, the Saint Francis literary magazine, was born. In the first issue an attempt was made to clarify the aims and purpose of the publication: Our aim is to produce a magazine containing the literary efforts, whether fiction or non-fiction, of the students. Between the covers of the Canticle will be found stories, essays, poetry, sketches and . . . reviews of significant books . . . we seek contributions from all the students of the College, not iust English majors . . . . We are . . . trying to create an outlet for the literary achievements of young authors. Since that time the Canticle has followed the dictates of its principles fairly consistently. This year the Canticle has featured a variety of liter- ary prose and verse written by a moderately large portion of the student body. Of course, as with any college literary maga- zine, one of the major problems lies in the acceptance and reiection of student compositions; and in this the Canticle is no exception. Yet most students feel that editor Jerome Wyant and his staff have done a fine job in selecting the finest material for publication. Perhaps the maior weakness here lies in the fact that far too few student compositions are composed for the Canticle, and frequently the members of the editorial board have to write many of the articles in order to complete the publication. In itself this is not bad, except that much of the material published tends to come each time from the same people. Surely an intensified campaign to obtain new contributions from new contributors in the future would not be undesirable. Despite the dearth of material, the editors have indeed kept the standards of the Canticle high. The quality of the publication is a credit to the tenacity of the editorial board. It is hoped that in the future, the Canticle will be able to produce three issues each year instead of two, yet the tenor of the two thought-provoking issues published this year was certainly promising. If this article were to be ascribed a purpose perhaps it would best be termed one of exhorta- tion: an exhartation addressed to the student body to express themselves and their opinions in the Canticle; to aid in the growth and matura- tion of the Canticle; to write, read, and write some more. - PETER JORDAN. 85 86 Connecticut Club. The newly refurnished iunior-senior lounge. Saint Francis is not conhned to the cartographi- cal limits of Pool Road and the Saco River,- the school extends through its students to Presque Isle, Worcester, or Garden City. The campus catalyzes a friendship among students from a particular area, and it is the function of a re- gional club to coordinate the social activities of this group during the moior vacation periods. The Connecticut Club is perhaps the first and most successful of these organizations at Saint Francis. One of their first acts was to refurnish the Junior-Senior lounge, and they also ran a dance in Connecticut for the benefit of the members. In the future we hope that more regional clubs will come into existence with the increase and geographical diversification of the student body. - PETER JORDAN. Connecticut Club. OMcers, seated: Edward Neiman, Tom Fava. Standing: Ray Deleo. Debate Club. Anthony Truinor, George Ross, President John McCabe. Nail Curley, William Diamond. Debate Club. Moderator Amadeo Amendola and President John McCabe. In an obscure section of the upper recesses of Stella Maris Hall, little traversed and rarely seen by the main body of students, are the Saint Francis College Debating chambers. Every year the eloquent assembly of debaters gather to formulate, work out, and practice their pros and cons on the national debate topic. 1963 was a particularly successful year in the history of the club. At the Central Connecticut State College Debate Tournament on November 2 and 3 the Saint Francis negative team of Neil Curley and John Mcche tied with Brooklyn Col- lege for second place. The club did equally well at the Saint Anselm Invitational Tournament. - JOHN McCABE. 87 88 Economica, a formal discussion group of con- temporary economic problems, was founded on December 16, 1962. Although membership is not limited to those majoring in economics, it is the desire of Economica to propound the theory learned in the classroom to pragmatic applica- tion of socio-economic as well as politico- economic problems. As our name implies we are concerned with economics; the social science that concerns itself with the production, distribution, allocation and consumption of goods and services. We are well aware of such a science and the comparative narrowness of its immediate vista. As Josef Schumpeter ably phrases it in his work, The Theory of Economic Development . . . a fact is never wholly or purely economic; other and often more important factors always exist. It can only be for the individual members to decide whether or not such bounds were acknowledged. The senior Economical members would like to express this thought to the undergraduates mcioring in economics. They quote a lesser economist in stating, Take care to be an econo- mist in prosperity; there is no fear of not being one in times of adversity. - EMIL PETERS. Economical. OEicers: Daniel Keohane, President Emil Peters, Edward Neiman. l'Acudemie Francoise. President Francis Lebeuu, Jean Pierre Troadec, Paul Morri- Moderutor Robert Parenteau, Norman Emile Talbot, sette, Taylor. l'Academie Francoise. President Francis Lebeau. LtAcademie Francoise, the French discussion club on campus, provides the members with an atmosphere of regulated procedure wherein they discuss questions and problems pertaining to the culture and literature of France. The Academie also attords the membership the pos- sibility of enlarging their capacities for reason- ing and expression. To promote emcient functioning and intel- lectual integrity the members are required to be good scholastic and disciplinary standing, and must be able to discuss logically and fluently in French. Once a year each member is responsi- ble for the serious preparation, delivery and defense of an agreed upon topic. Members are expected to attend these meetings with sumcient knowledge of the topic to render critical scrutiny of the thesis. L'Academie Francoise also makes classic for- eign films available to the student body and other French clubs. This year the club showed La Symphonie Postorale, winner of three awards at Cannes International Film Festival. Also shown with this film was the musical short William Tell by Rome and La Sculu opera companies. The attendance was representative and appreciative. This year the club presented 0 Symposium entitled, The French Catholic Renaissance in Letters over on eight station network. These and other activities help to promote the ideals of a liberal arts college established in a Franco- American tradition. - FRANCIS LEBEAU. 89 Friars Club. Ofticem Michael Austin, Bill Dimond, Rachid Elias, moderator Alfred Paulin, John Zahor. The Friar's Club, the dramatics club of Saint Francis College, was organized in 1961 for the purpose of presenting the cultural medium of drama to the campus. It was brought about by Mr. David DeTurk and Mr. James Nee of the Department of Humanities. For that year, Mr. DeTurk and Mr. Nee were the moderators. The President was Lance Ventry; the Vice-President, Rachid Elias; and the oFFIce of Secretary-Treasurer was filled by Robert Dunbar. Three plays were presented in 1961: two one- act plays, The Game of Chess by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, The Rising of the Moon by Lady Gregory, and the three-act drama Billy Budd, adpted by Louis 0. Coxe and Robert Chapman from the novel by Herman Melville. The Game of Chess was directed by Mr. Nee and had as its cast, Michael Austin as the governor Alexis Alexandrovitch, Rochid Elias as the rebel Borris lvanovitch Shamrayett, John Zahor as Constan- Friars Club. A scene from lonesco's The Lesson. Cherrl Mucher, Rossane Perrault, Michael Austin. tine, and Robert Dunbar as the foatman. The play concerns a Provincial Governor of post-war Russia who risks his life at the hands of a would- be assassin to prove his power and cleverness to himself. The Rising of the Moon was directecl by Mr. DeTurk. Its cast was Lance Ventry as the Ragged Man, William Farnan as the Sergeant, Merrill Seney as Policeman X, and Richard Schuck as Policeman B. The play concerns the reaction of the free man in the rebellious Ireland of the 1920's. The problem posed is: shall man serve tyranny at the expense of his suttering country- men; will not tyranny's servant turn rebel when the chips are down at the ultimate rising of the moon. The curious thing about the play is its title. Although the play was written by Lady Gregory, the code-song, from which the title was taken, concerns the Irish Rebellion of 1798. The entire play, however, is based on historical facts of the 1920's. Billy Budd was produced by Mr. DeTurk and directed by Mr. Nee. It had as its cast: Rochid Elias as Billy Budd, Lawrence Abbott as Captain Vere, John Zahor as John Claggert, Michael Austin as Phillip Seymour, Robert Dunbar as John RatcliFfe, Richard Schuck as Bordman Wyatt, Joseph Carrier as Gardiner, Emile Talbot as Rea, Michael Hood as Squeak, Lance Ventry as Jen- kins, Anthony DiPaola as Payne, William Farnan as O'Daniel, Joseph Kenney as Butler, Robert Dunbar as Jackson, Merrill Seney as Hallam, David DeTurk as Dansker, Peter Jordan as Stall and Kevin Finnerty as Kincaid. Billy Budd is the symbolic portrayal of the struggle between goodness, personified by the angelic Billy, and evil, characterized by the dia- bolic Claggert. The play strips away the roman- tic notion that innocence necessarily will win out, and suggests that the clash of good and evil will result in the mutual destruction of those persons in whom they reside; that the triumph of inno- cence may well be a Pyrrhic victory. Adapted by Coxe and Chapman, the play was a success on Broadway in 1950. Since it came off the professional stage, Billy Budd has been a fovorite drama with college theatre groups, It was the Coxe-Chopman adaption of Herman Melville's novel which was the script of the recent film. This concluded the first year of the Friar's Club. The 1962-63 academic year found Mr. Nee gone for doctoral studies at the University of Michigan. Mr. DeTurk, due to an increase in his courses, chose to resign from the position of moderator and his place was taken by Mr. Alfred Poulin, 0 new member of the faculty. The officers eiected were President, Rechid Elias, Vice- President, John Zahor; and Secretary-Treasurer, Michael Austin. The symbolic played a large part in this year's productions which were The Lesson by Eugene lonesco and For the Time Being by the Pulitzer Friars Club. Behind the scenes at For the Time Being. Hui Lucas, sound technician; Peter Lynch; John Simpson, musical director; Joe Sekero. ture and terminates in the symbolic death of the pitifully victimized girl. Ultimately, it is the audience, the world, in fact to whom the truths of Th L ' f . Friars Club. Tony Die 6 esson ore dlrec ed Paola in the role of Joseph. The second ploy presented was the Christmas orotorio For the Time Being. It was directed and produced by Mr. Poulin. The..cast for the play was quite large involving all'of the Frior's Club and much of the Glee Club. The chorus for the play consisted of Alexander Theroux, William Jerram, Michael Hood, William Fornan, Richard Schuck, Thorhcs Broderick, Edward Soscia, Michael Austin, Robert Dunbar, George Friars Club. Cost of For the Time Being: seated, I. to r.: Alan Mariana. William Farnan, Hal Lucas, Paulette Loguanu, Fred Young, Michael Austin, Thomas Friei, Michael Hood, John Zahort Standing: Tony DiPuolat Richard Meister, Brendon Henley, Peter Jordan, William Jerrum, Robert Dunbar, Neil Curley, Torn Broderick, George Meulia, Kenneth Mickaiouskus, Ray Mason, Edward Socia, Lawrence Abbott. Prize winner Wtystont Htught Auden. The Lesson was directed and produced by Mr. Poulin with the assistance and suggestions of Mr. DeTurk. The play had for its cost Michael Austin as the Professor, Cherrl Mucher as the Student, and Rossane Perrouit as the Maid. Both Miss Mucher and Miss Perroult are of Saint Joseph's Col- lege; Miss Mucher, a student, Miss Perrouit, Cl graduate. The play, from the Theatre of the Absurd, has at least two possible interpretations: the im- possibility of communication, and the destruc- tion of students by the extremes of education. The themetst of the play is carried out in the struggle of the professor to penetrate the ever- increasing stolidity of his student; a struggle which results in his insane absorption in his lec- Mealia, Kenneth Mickalouskas, Hal Lucas, Fred- erick Young, Alan Mariana, Anthony DiPaola, Peter Jordan and Brendan Healey. The excellent narration for the play was done by Neal Curley. Particular roles were: The Four Faculties: Hal Lucas as Intuition, Thomas Broderick as Feeling, Robert Dunbar as Sensation, and William Farnan cs Thought. Paulette Laguana played the Virgin Mary, and Anthony DiPaola was Saint Joseph; Alexander Theroux doubled as the voices of Gabriel and the Star of Nativity. The Tempters of Joseph were Hal Lucas, William Farnan, Michael Austin, and John Zahor. The Three Wise Men were portrayed by Richard Meister, William Jerram and Raymond Mason; the Three Shepards by Lawrence Abbot, Michael Hood and Thomas Friel. Michael Austin played Simeon; John Zahor was Herod, vivid in a difficult role, and Richard Schuck was the Soldier. Special credit must be given John Simpson for the selec- tion and arrangement of music for the play. For the Time Being is a poetically beautiful work, but very demanding in presentation. It was at Saint Francis, in fact, that it was given its second presentation. The play, itself, covers the period from Advent to Epiphany and looks to the Redemption of Good Friday. The theme is not confined to the historical period of the birth of Christ. Being philosophical, it covers the years from the Nativity to the present. The theme of the play is the sad fact that man, who waited in sorrow for his Redeemer, will accept Him only for the time being. The unearthly splendour and joy of Christmas must be relinquished for the painful realities of Lent and Good Friday, and this man will not do. To do this means that man, like his Lord, must suffer the pain of penance for his sins. With this last production the Friar's Club ended its work for the 1962-1963 year. Altogether, its work has been very good and the club has rapidly grown in membership and worth since its beginnings in 1961. It is to be hoped that the future years will bring it even more and finer success than it has enjoyed up to this point. -MICHAEL AUSTIN. Friars Club. Break time during the dress rehearsal of For the Time Being. Friars Club, The temptation of Joseph in For the Time Beingt L, to r.: Mickey Hood, Mike Austin, Tony DiPacla, John Zahor, Bill Farnant Friars Club. Alfred Poulin directing For the Time Being. Glee Club. Performing at the Christmas concert. Glee Club. Officers: Henry St Pierre, Norman Taylor, Conrad Gagnon, Paul Morrissette, Mr. Lawrence Davis: director. t h Perhaps one of the busiest organizations on campus is the Saint Francis College Glee Club. While the members may not travel as often as one of our athletic teams, it is certain that whenever it appears the Glee Club spreads the name and fame of the College in a subtle but effective manner. The purpose of the Glee Club, as it was for- seen by its founders four years ago, is to bring to the College and the community on enjoyment and appreciation of music through public and private concerts. Organized in 1959 by Mr. Clayton Eaton, the Glee Club has served the school with distinction, desPite its youth as o studeht activity. During past years the Glee Club mode itself available for Parent's Weekend gatherings, special occasions, and receptions for honored guests. The Glee Club turned casual oppor- tunity into a minor tradition when it instituted its annual Christmas tour of the hospitals, rest homes and schools in the Biddeford-Soco area. Indeed, during such activities the Glee Club was well able to present the spirit of Saint Francis 93 94 Francis Hall.' Eventually the Odysses went on to perform at folk concerts given both locally and out of state. Under the supervision of both Mr. Eaton, and their new director Mr. Lawrence Davis, the Glee Club has proven its versatility and musical talent; the hoarse voices after long hours of practice have paid off with the handsome dividend of encores and applause, as well as the personal satisfaction of the members. Acting as informal ambassadors of the Col- lege, the Glee Club with its enjoyable mixture of work, song, and socials is one of the most rewarding extra-curriculars; yet behind the scene, long rehearsals and repetition have gone into making this eHective diplomacy. - ROBERT DUNBAR. Glee Club. The combined Saint Francis and Saint Joseph College Glee Clubs performing at the spring concert under the direction of Mr. Lawrence DuvisV Glee Club. The Odysses: Tom Coughlin, Conrad Gagnon, Bob Dunbar. Glee Club. The Saint Francis College Glee Club on stage at the spring concert, May 15, 1963. College to thOSe who would never have been cognizant of it. The Glee Club has also served as a link be- tween Saint Francis and our friends of Saint Joseph's College in North Windham. Since the inauguration of the annual joint Glee Club con- cert four years ago, this vocal reunion has remained as one of the most popular and pleasant events of the year. The growth of the Glee Club has led to the foundation of other groups. For two years, a quartet was an integral part of Glee Club per- formances, however in the past year it was not featured. It is to be hoped that the quartet will once again appear. However, a new group, the Odysses, was instituted and performed for the first time at the Christmas concert given in St. Historical Society. Standing, I. to r.: J. Hand- Ion, J. Pope, J. Grady, D. Damiaini, H. Ricci, J. Walsh, P4 Conheady, F. Birmingham, M. Courchesne, J. Kennedy. Seated: A. DiPaoiu, J. Kinney, G. LuBelle, N. Curley. Mr. Frede- rick Warner, moderator. Historical Society. omcers: Jim Kennedy, Tony DiPaoic, Moe Courchesne, George LaBeile, Mr. Warner. The Historical Society of Saint Francis College is one of the oldest clubs on campus. The or- ganization serves a multiple purpose in pro- viding an outlet for the social and academic needs of the undergraduate who is interested in History. The Society does not limit its activity to group discussions. The Society sponsors activi- ties such as dances, movies and presents guest speakers. In the spring and autumn months it conducts an archeological program in the vicinity of the College. The purpose of the program is to obtain a fuller understanding of some of the lesser known areas relating to the early history of the North American Indians. The aim of this club is to provide the student with a greater understanding of the historical implication of events both past and present. The club meets once a week to listen to a speaker or to discu55 historical issues. Following the talk, a period is usually set aside to allow the club's members a question and answer period. it is hoped that the opportunity for students to meet others with similar interest, combined with the opportunity to engage in active histori- cal research, creative writing and group projects, will lead to the development at Saint Francis College of a competent group of undergraduates whose lives have been enriched both socially and academically. e JAMES KENNEDY. 95 Motus. Business Manager Tremblay and Assistant Editor Cenci discussing the results of the sales campaign. MOTUS '63 represents the broadest step forward since its founding three years ago. Indeed, this is entirely in accord with the ideals of the original staff: that the book should progress with Saint Francis College to arrive at a truly representative annual. They christened the new publication MOTUS, which refers to the transitional period between po- tency and act, and designates the pos- sage from possibility to realization. We feel today that they chose wisely. The story of MOTUS '63 begins last spring when outgoing editor Bob Cor- corcm appointed Pete Jordan to the posi- tion of editor, with Dan Keohane and Joe Capobianco as associate editors. But not much work was done until the sum- mer of 1962 when, during numerous early evening discussion sessions be- tween editor Jordan and soon-to-be- named literary editor Frank Lebeau, that a new concept of a yearbook arose. It became apparent that neither participant had a really clear idea of what a college yearbook really consisted of; conse- quently, editor Jordan wrote to eighty- six Colleges on the Eastern seaboard and in the mid-west. In response to his re- quest many schools sent in their year- books, which both editors examined closely. As more and more college annuals were read, the editors discovered that they generally fell into two classes: those which could be termed high school books, which depended heavily upon photographs and amusing captions for their effect, and those which might be classified college yearbooks in their attempt to give a more comprehensive view of the schools they represent, through a balance of copy work and photographs. Now the discussions began on a firm footing with the following basic topics: What is the material which has not been included in the past; what should have been; and, most important, what shall be included this year. The objective was not to completely eliminate the progress made in past editions and begin again from scratch; rather, they wanted to re- tain that material which experience had proved effective and expand Upon it with the new ideas. It was decided that the book would be expanded to the standard yearbook dimensions of nine by twelve inches. This of course, im- mediately produced new problems of a financial character tMOTUS '62 was printed on a total budget of $1,413, while MOTUS '63 has cost over $3,500l, especially since the treasury was in debt by fifty dollars after the costs of the previous year were paid. It was clear that fund raising would have to occupy a place of paramount importance among the activities of the new statt. When editors Jordan and Lebeau perused MOTUS '62 upon its arrival from the publisher, they decided that a new photographer and a difterent publishing house would be a necessity for the com- ing year. After searching this area of Maine, Anastasoff's Studio in Biddeford was selected as the omcial yearbook photographers. Editor Jordan then in- terviewed over ten prospective publish- Motus Editor Jordan and Literary Editor Lebeav. .n-s aux. ,.,..-.u::z--..h l ing firms before he gave the contract for MOTUS '63 to the Portland Lithograph Company, To date both firms have done work of excellent quality for the staft. As the reader can observe, the staff has made its careful devoir to tradition, a few stones, however, which have never been turned, they have attempted to move. From the discussions of the in- gredients, they began to see that life at Saint Francis does not follow the cut- and-dry features-activities formula that past yearbooks would have one believe. Life here has been a many faceted phenomenon, and it is on this basis that they decided on the major sub-divisions of the book. It was at this stage that what proved to be a major decision was made. All the editors agreed that MOTUS was to be a book in the true sense of the word, not a picture annual - which is to say that they agreed on at least twice as much copy as usual. The quantity of the copy would be exceeded only by its quality, they hoped; a polished, sophisti- cated analysis of the school was their aim. It was to be critical, constructively critical, complementary in all respects to the abstract and dramatic pictorial presentation. Unfortunately, the editors soon found that they had been victims of the old antithesis between plan and execution. Motus. literary Editor lebeau and Motus. Editorial Board: I. to r. Editor Jordan, Editor-atslarge Capobianco, Associate Editor Keohane, Business Manager Trembluy, Literary Editor Lebeau, Copy Editor Findlen, Assistant Editor Cenci. typist Paul Cramer meeting a deadline. The pictures are not always abstract or dramatic, and the copy is neither sophis- ticated nor critical to the extent that they wished it to be. It did not take them long to recognize that the initial ideal would have to be realistically sacrificed to cruel and practical necessity. Never- theless, it is felt that a great deal has been accomplished, especially consider- ing the size of the College and the total inexperience of the staff. The critical ideal to be achieved was not one of wholesale verbal destruction of the College ideals or personnel; rather it is the culmination of the concept of student participation in the school, both physical and intellectual. It is felt that the student has a right to his ideas conr cerning the image of Saint Francis in future years. Where beneficial institu- tions exist they should be praised; when, however, these facets are somewhat less than desirable, they may be criticized in hopes of arriving at something of an improved nature, for the college training should give the student a perceptive and intelligent mind In MOTUS '63 it was decided to feature those faculty members who have striven most diligently to achieve such a goal. Again, the product has fallen short of the ideal, and the staff earn- estly looks forward to a more successful treatment of its ideals by future staffs. The story is for from complete. Un- mentioned are the contributions of the business staff, of the student subscription salesmen; of the student body itself. A study in organization, imagination, and self-sacrifice - the story of the 1963 MOTUS. A study, also, of democracy in action, of a group working as a group. e DANIEL KEOHANE. 97 98 Schola Cantorum, I. to r.: Conrad Gagnon, Ray ConiFF, Merrill Seney, Paul Morris- sette, Neil Curley, Director Henry St. Pierre, Robert Dunbar, Ray Gemmel, Richard Maheux, Norman Taylor, Francis Czahor. Prior to three years ago the Schola Cantorum consisted primarily of a few members of the Saint Francis College faculty, the lay as well as the ever helpful Franciscans. During this time Father Norman Thibodeau was its director. In the Fall of 1960 interest in the chair or Schola Cantorum had waned to the point of virtual inertia. It was at that time that two thoughtful and interested students, Paul D. La- croix and Edwin K. Ponvert decided to form a new and revised Schola Cantorum here on the campus of Saint Francis College. The brunt of the organizational chore fel1 on Lacroix, who obtained administrative sanction for the club. This basic work being done, the task of recruiting began. All in all there were about twelve students interested. At the onset of the 1961 Lenten season the group began to sing at various religious functions and culmi- nated its activities for the year at the Gradua- tion Mass. That year the choir sang Sunday Masses. During the early part of the summer of 1961 members ofWhe choir were called upon by Father Clarence LaPIante, O.F.M., to return to campus to sing at the First Mass of a newly ordained Franciscan, now a member of the Saint Francis College faculty, Father Regis Couture O.F.M. The fact that Paul Lacroix was a senior caused a major problem. Who was to take over the reins of the group for the following year? The members of the group decided! that Henry E. St. Pierre was best suited to assume direction of thee Schola Cantorum. When school opened in the Fall of 1961 the choir and its new director were ready for an interesting and challenging school year. Group membership had grown to Fifteen. During this second year the choir song at Sunday Masses, daily Mass during Lent, for Benediction, and it was again invited to add its contribution to the liturgical splendor of the Graduation Mass. Now in its third year the Schola has sung at the opening Mass of the Holy Spirit, Parents Week- end, Sunday Masses, Daily Masses during Lent and Benedictions. Their presence at the Graduat tion Mass again greatly enhanced the ceremony. Human institutions are founded to meet a pressing need situated in time and space. Paul Lacroix, now studying in the Franciscan Scholasti- cate, was f1rst to recognize the need of a choir at Saint Francis College and he is responsible for alleviating that need. Henry St. Pierre, following in Paul's footsteps, enlarged the operational capacities of the group to include renditions of Gregorian Chant and multifarious polyphonic renditions. - HENRY ST. PIERRE. Scholu Cantorum. Director Henry St. Pierre. Sepiun. New meets old: Bob Jone: receives the editorship from senior editor Dennis Reale, as moderator Dovid DeTurk looks on. Sopian. Editorial Board: Copy Editors Daniel Keohane, Rochid Elias and Francis Lebeau; Feature Editor Richard Conway; Circulation Man- ager John Zahor; Sports Editor Emil Peters; News Editor John McCabe; Editor-in-Chief Dennis Reale; Business Manager William Shaddock. Under the direction of Editor-in-Chief Dennis Reele, the first issue of the 1962-63 Sepian rolled off the press in Stella Maris Hall in September, after a mammoth iob by a depleted staff. The year had iust begun and the first few issues were a hectic chore to produce until new recruits and a regular routine settled things down. A prominent feature of the new volume of the Sepian was the symposium of Theology on the Catholic Campus, which articles were fre- quently discussed in corridor and in the Cloister, and most readers felt that many valid points were expressed. Emile Talbot and Joseph Byrnes expounded the students' reaction to the Theology program at Saint Francis, Mr. Paren- teau as well as Mr. Poulin expressed the views of the lay faculty, and Father Reginald Roy, O.F.M., wrote on the position of the theology professor. This all led to a renewed interest in theology as an important part of the Catholic college curriculum, and culminated in a panel discussion on the subject in May. In relation to the symposium, many other views were aired in the Letters to the Editor column. This worthwhile feature gave the stu- dents an opportunity to express their ideas on what was being printed in the remainder of the issues. The events of College community were well covered by news editor John McCabe and his reporter staff. Sports Editor Emil Peters super- vised the excellent coverage of sports events, giving score - by - score descriptions of many games as well as individual standings in most instances. New features were introduced into the Sepian, one of which was the Senior Profile, recog- nizing some outstanding members of the senior class. An essay on the tenth anniversary of Saint Francis, written by Ray Gemmel, was in- cluded in a January issue; another article con- cerning a visit to the Shaker community by Alexander Theroux was also published. All of which, combined with the regular news articles, tended to give the Sepian a new spirit. Sepia . Lay-out Staff: John Peterson, Daniel Keohane, Robert Sheehan. This February, the annual stat? turnover took place and the junior class took over the editor- ship and publishing of the Sepian. The paper under Editor-in-Chief Bob Jones with new men, talent and ideas ran into some production troubles early in the year, yet we hOpe they will be fully ironed out by the start of the coming academic year. The serious and conscientious responsibility of all the staff members to the 1962-63 Sepian was reflected in each issue. It is our hope that in the future the staff will find the means to pub- lish on a weekly basis, perhaps a more efficient , If WV organization of the means of production would H i be one solution. However, the artful layouts of Rochid Elias and Daniel Keohane, the literary know-how of Francis Lebeau, and the news from John McCabe's reporters all went into making Volume II an above average journalistic production. .. PETER JORDAN. Sopiun. Reporter Staff: Jim Hart, Henry St. Pierre, Frank Coyne, Ray Gemmel, Bill Marrah, Ray Deleo, Brian Mahoney, John McCabe, Robert Jones. 100 The Third Order of Saint Francis is an organi- zation that is unique on campus; devoted to the spiritual progress of its members through the Franciscan rule and its benefits, the Third Order encourages the participation and interest of students in spiritual matters. Founded at the turn of the twelfth century by Saint Francis himself, the Third Order was de- signed for those who wished to share in the spiritual benefits that Franciscans enjoyed, yet were limited in that they could not take up the habit for life. The Third Order is perhaps the richest organi- zation on campus in that it is able to give more to its members, or tertiarie-s, than any other activity. The tertiaries as they are called, oblige Third Order. Father Master opens the meeting according to the age-old rules of procedure. Third Order. Reception of postulant Jim Martel in to the Third Order of Saint Francis. Third Order. Father Regis Couture, O.F.M., speaks on the value of Third Order life. themselves to a simple daily office and to attend a monthly meeting whenever possible besides fulfilling the ordinary commands of the Church. In return they become the recepients of a wealth of indulgences, prayers and other spiritual benefits. This year under the enthusiastic leadership of president George Findlen the Third Order con- tinued to enlarge its membership so that more interested students were able to enjoy the bene- Flts of the organization. A new spiritual director for the Third Order lent a helping hand to the tertiaries, Father Regis Couture, O.F.M. With such leadership the Third Order had a most successful year. - PETER JORDAN. The spirit of the Senate is most clearly charac- terized by one word: involvement. The Senate has understood that it cannot function as the organic medium for the expression of student thought unless it deliberately concerns itself with all areas of college life. This student delibera- tive body has considered itself a positive force towards the ideal of a perfect community. It realizes that a liberal arts college is not a iuxta- position of administration, faculty, and student body, but rather, a learning community. Recog- nizing that administrators and teachers are also students in the real sense of the word, it has also recognized that it, as a student group, can contribute to the learning of its superiors. It is this belief, that students can arrive at practical truths independently, that moves the Senate to make suggestions to the other two integral sectors of college life. The spirit of the Senate is one that maintains that students can contribute, however minimal that contribution may be, to the progress and perfection of the college community. It is with this in mind that the Senate, aware that a man Student Senate. l. to r.: Gerard Burke, Vice President; Frank Lynch, Freshman Representa- is not merely an intellect, has helped provide tive; Hugo Ricci, Freshman Representative; Joseph Boldiga, Treasurer; Joseph Byrnes, Junior fer his physical, social, and cultural potentiali- National Council of Catholic College Students Delegate; Andrew Grieco, Secretary; James ties The Senate Athletics Committee has had the Craig, Sophomore Representative; John McCabe, Senior National Council of Catholic ' ' . . College Students Delegate; Francis Coyne, Junior Representative; John Zahor, Senior l'aSk 0f PTOV'dInQ buses for sporhng events: and Representative; Emile Talbot, President. of encouraging student participation in athletics. Two social activities committees have provided for informal, semi-formal, and formal dances both on and off campus, promoted two complete weekends, and chartered buses to dances at other colleges. The Cultural AfTairs Committee, realizing that students must sometimes take the initiative, has provided for a concert series of folk and classical music. The spirit of the members off the Senate, then, is one of active concern for the community of which they are a part. Karl Jaspers best ex- pressed what moves a man to take part in stu- dent politics when he wrote that, A man gains an awareness of what he is in a world in which he plays an active part. He is one who has learned that he completely loses insight into the general course of affairs if he tries to stand outside them as a mere spectator aspiring towards a knowledge of the whole. The spirit that moves the Student Senator is the opposite of the one that prevails in the ivory tower, for the Student Senator is one who has felt the urge to apply the wisdom that he is gaining to the concrete problems of his immedi- ate existence. In this task he is fully aware that all human action is imperfect, and that he must make the best of the weakness that is in- herent in his own nature. His spirit of involve- ment in no way blinds him to the fact that his is the task of making the ideal, real. - EMILE TALBOT. 102 Unsatiated thirst for truth and culture as well as a pensive, percipient intellect have gained for Emile Talbot natural sophisticaiion, an in- triguing personality and true beauty of soul. Determined in principle, assiduous in study and fascinated by aesthetics, he has found signifi- cance in every phase of his varied life. Through steadfast opinions and deliberate actions Emile Talbot has shone himself to be a student who thinks for himself. 103 Young Democrats. L to r.: Bob Feruco, Alan Marionti, Tom Moriarty, Mutt Kozowski, Pete Moran, Joe Ptrivizzino, Jim Kennedy, Tim Murphy, Tom Broderick, president Neil Curley, Mike Austin. Young Democrats. Senator Muskie speaks on American Government, October 23, I962. The Young Democrats was the first political group organized on campus. Under the direction of president Neil Curley, the organization spon- sored the appearance of Maine Senator Muskie last fall. The Young Democrats are ordained towards the study and active participation in the Ameri- can political scene; and, although the group has seen a decline in activity early this year, it is to be hoped that such worthwhile organiiations will continue to occupy a place on campus. - FRANCIS LEBEAU. Soccer. Seared: L Pristavec, R. Hearn, F. Romeo, M. Seney, C. Gagnon, R. S'ruck, B. Magus, R. Sheehon, P. Chuvonelle, J. Peterson, P. Murphy. Coughlin, R. Games, P. Moranl J. Dwyer, R. Berube. The Saint Francis soccer team had a fine sea- son, winning all but four games for a five win- four loss record. The team was hampered by a lack of experienced players and by extremely poor weather a? several of the games; however, Captains Gagnon and Magee led the team to victory wifh the assistance of Frank Romeo the squad's top scorer, Larry Pristcvec, Pete Cha- vonelle and Pete Murphy. With many under- classmen occupying the starting positions the prospects for the years to come appear good indeed. Soccer. Co-capiains Conrad Gagnon and Bi Magee. Standing: Coach James Beuudry, J. McCabe, R. Check, We McAuley, .l. McCaErey, G. Finke, G. Rest, T. McSheu, W. Mclnerney, T. McKenzie, 1'. Soccer. Coach James Beaudry. SFC Opposition 2 Mass. Maritime Academy 0 4 Bradford - Durfee 'l 3 Gordon 2 0 New England 2 Soccar. Heading for an SFC goal. Soccer. Scrambie in mid-FIeIdA Soccer. Conrad Gagnon heads for the goal. SFC Opposition 1 Mass. Maritime Academy 0 3 Stonehill 4 2 Nasson 0 1 Gorham State 2 2 Babson 4 Basketball. Front row, I. to r.: M. Pelletier, J. Kerr, J. Kelly, J. Hughes, F. Coyne, J. Craig. Second row: R, Perreault, E. Connelly, R. Berube, J. Pierce, 8. Muhoney, Third row: manager O'Rourke, J. McGrath, T. McShea, T. O'leary, coach James Beaudry. The prospects for the 1963 basketbqll season at Saint Francis certainly appeared excellent at the pre-secson practices last fall, yet during the winter the team could not seem to gain much success until the last few games. The team ended the year with a seven win-ten loss record. Undoubtedly the most valuable men on the squad were Captain Jack Kelly, who amassed 288 points in eighteen games, and Jim Craig the leading scorer. Others who gave their needed assistance to the team were Jim McGrath, a freshman who matured rapidly to become the most improved member of the starting five dur- ing the season, another freshman John Hughes, and Tim O'Leary, a fine rebounder. In summary, therefore, while the reason was not spectacular, the predominance of under- classmen on the squad led one to feel that the prospects for the future were anything but poor. Basketball. Coach James Beoudry and Captain Jack Kelly. Basketball. Jim Craig struggles for two . . . SFC Opposition 83 Gordon 80 64 Univ. of Maine Wortlanw 76 71 Nichols 89 75 Nasson 67 68 New England 78 72 Bradford - Durfee 84 79 Gordon 83 65 Bentley 64 66 Topsham Air Force Base 67 66 Babson 80 53 Bryant 61 57 Castleton 87 66 Nasson 80 97 Maine Vocational Tech. Ins. 67 86 Univ. of Maine 6Portland7 71 62 New England 72 79 Topshom Air Force Base 58 94 Maine Vocational Tech. Ins. 55 Baskofball. . . . Captain Kelly finesse: for a score. Basketball. Some post-gume spirit. Baseball. Front row, I. to r.: J. Melanson, J. Kerr, R. Struck, W. Magee, R. Berube, W. Ayer. Second row: J. Brady, A. Trainer, T. McShea, J. Huges, J. Kelley, N. Fossbender. Third row: manager G. Finke, G. Mealiu, L. Pristavec, C. Welch, R. Hearn, J. McGrath, J. Norwood, J. Peterson, couch Fleurunt. Baseball. Co-captain John Peterson, conch Fleurant, Co-cap'ain Blll Mugeo. The Knight baseball team closed the season with a somewhat disappointing four win, seven loss record, which again did not seem to reflect the potential of the squad. Co-coptoin Bill Magee, who did most of the pitching, will certainly be missed in coming years, yet the majority of the team was com- posed of freshmen and sophomores: Lorry Pristo- vec at second, Jim McGrath who did a fine iob at shortstop, Terry McSheo, Art Bowler, Jim Kelly, Ray Hecrn and Jim Melonson all saw consider- able action. So once again we would say that the prospects for future seasons do not look bad; perhaps when Saint Francis teams begin to work together 05 teams and develop more team spirit, the result will be a victorious year. 110 Baseball. Bill Ayer barrels into first. Saint Francis Opposition 1 Bryant 2 3 Bryant 2 6 Ricker 20 1 Gorham State 2 2 Nasson 14 9 Maine Vocational Tech. Ins. 2 8 Univ. of Maine Portland2 11 3 Maine Maritime Academy 6 4 Nasson 6 4 Univ. of Maine Wortland2 5 21 Maine Vocational Tech. Ins. 4 Banball. Pitcher Bill Magee gets sef to sfrike anolher buffer on! as Larry Pristavec backs him up at second. Baseball. Ray Hearn shows his batting form. InIramural Baskeiball. PIay-off game between the sophomores and the victorious seniors. Intramural Basketball. Senior champion squad: standing, I. to r.: E. Peters, D. Keohane, W. Ayer, D. Reale. A certain amount of tension is as much a par? of sfudenf life as are his books. When exams, papers and other deadlines combine to excite the nerves to c: crescendo a change of pace is as welcomed as if is necessary. The Intramural Program under the able direction of Mr. James Beaudry provides such a diversion. The Intramural Program is undoubtedly the most widely participated in activity on campus. Basketball, volleyball and softball come within ifs purview and are supported by more than one half of the student body. The intramural program greatly contributes to the attainment of o perfecf balance between mind and body: MENS SANA IN CORPORE SANO. i FRANCIS LEBEAUV ln'ramural Volleyball. Champion Freshman Squad: seated, I. to r.: lnlramtnal Basketball. Bi Aye: and Merrill R. Gomes, K. LaFounfuin, L. Spitale, C. Vandeventere Standing: J. Seney 'ump for I Sekera, W. Watson, C. Welch, P. Griesler, M. Walsh, G. Sunfu Lucia. Intramural Volleyball. Charlie Welch gets the ball oven Intramural Softball. Rich Acquavella sketches for onel Dr. Amedeo Amendola this year organized a fencing team, and, although they did not enter into inferucollegiafe competition, the fencing feam did provide a welcome new activity for a number of interested studenfs. The amateur fencers enthusiastically began to practice this new sport and within a short while exhibited a great improvement. Our compliments 10 Dr. Amendola and his fencing Team, and our wishes for their growth in the fufure. - PETER JORDAN. ln'lamural Softball. Bernie O'Rourke rounds First and heads for a close play c1! second. Fencing. Marry Brown prunices his form . . . Fencing e . . while instrucfor Amendolo shows Bob Sheehcn how '3 done. SLEEP IS THE BEST CARE FOR WAKING TROUBLES Interspersedt amongst the curricular, extra-curricular and co-curriculiar activities are the lighter moments of campus life- at SFC. The average student's day begins at,8:00 as he prepares For his 8:30 class. This beaming quartet was obviously not caught unaware by our candid camera. NEVER TROUBLE TROUBLE TlLl TROUBLE TROUBLES YOU SFC is an opportune place to make new friends and rendering small services helps to maintain these friendships. In the spirit of Christian coritcs these students are going out of their way to make sure that their friend does not miss his first class. HE HATH EATEN ME OUT OF HOUSE AND WHISKEY. - Big 0 A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his breakfast. Those who can't wait until 8:00 conduct periodical raids on the iceboxes and thus run the risk of obtaining demerits from the Dean of Men if they are caught. He can't stand the competition! 113 OH, EAST IS EAST, AND WEST IS WEST, AND NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET TILL EARTH AND SKY STAND PRES- ENTLY AT GOD'S GREAT JUDG- MENT SEAT; BUT THERE IS NEITHER EAST NOR WEST, BORDER NOR BREED NOR BIRTH WHEN TWO STRONG MEN STAND FACE TO FACE, THO' THEY COME FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH! ------ Kipling PRAISE THE WISE MAN BEHIND HIS BACK, BUT A WOMAN TO HER FACE 0 g a .. hh : g .. t After the day's acfivifies a studean mind turns to those he knows at home. A great deal of literary eHort is spent constructing poetical solutations destined to owe young misses. NECESSITY MAKES EVEN THE TIMID BRAVE Physical cathorses are as necessary ?0 ?he student as are those obfained in scholarly pur- suits. Needless to say Paul was caught unaware by our candid camera. HIS ZEAL CONSUMED HIM When Saint Philomena was debunked the SN- dents oi SFC were at no loss to find a replace- ment in the niche, One can hardly pass by this bright corner without being Filled with inspiration. EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 117 Freshman Week. The Very Reverend Father Clarence luplunte, O.F.Mt, College President, speaks to the new freshmen. Freshman Week. Professor Frederick Wur- ner discourses upon the role of the Social Sciences at Saint Francist Freshman Week Dean of Men, Father Oscar Giroux, O.F.M. and Student Senate president Emile Talbot with representm tives Joseph Boldigc and John Zohor welcome the arriving fieshment 118 The Freshman Week this year was devoted to introducing the neophytes into Saint Francis life. In the First of three sessions the spirit and history of the College were topics of discussion. During the second evening the divisional heads spoke on the contents of a liberal arts education; and at c: third meeting the presidents of the student organizations explained their activities to the group. Biddeford and the shores of the Saco offer a challenge to the individual determined to instill a social atmosphere into college life. The challenge results from four sources: Bidde- ford is hardly a stimulus for academic and cul- tural pursuance, and it remains a topical enigma for those subsisting in a social sphere; the basic social conservatism of Saint Francis; the determi- nation of the College, if not the students, to fol- low a course of scholastic excellence; the nature of the student. The composite Saint Francis student is not the product of Antdover or Choate; weekends do not Flnd him at the Plaza with champagne and Meyer Davis. Rather, the mediai Knight is from a mid- dle-ciass background and is more responsive to the obligations of an education than to the endeavors of social success. A few are content with a minimal amount of social activity, confining themselves to athletic events, movies, and their rooms. Others ignore Saint Francis entirely and, particularly with free weekends, withdraw to their homes for social activity. From these extremes, the student engages in a social schedule that radiates from light to ex- cessive. Complementing the organized functions at school, the individual on the local scene fre quently improvises with a date from an area college, repetitive trips to the movies, or beer and pizza in town. Yet it seems that the average Knight sufters an attack of social indifterence soon after his initiation to college life. lnvariably the social activities sponsored by the College are organized and attended by a small group of faithful work- ers and few others. This leads us to the interest- ing statistic which states that only about forty percent of the student body participates in the formal social program in any manner. For the remainder, the large social weekends otter a chance to get home; indeed, home seems to exert the greatest possible attraction for most students. There is no great clarion call for a social revolution, yet certainly a reassessment of the individual's social awareness would not be out of order-he might find that the school has more to oFFer in the form of worthwhile social activities than a precursory glance indicated. There commences in the fali a series of Satur- dOy mixers capped of? by the Parents Weekend, Snioyed with your parents or a date, but mostly by yourself. The First cloak of snow begins the season of hibernation and academic discipline broken by the Christmas Ball and the excitement 0f Winter Carnival time. The Spring Weekend Comes with the sweet kiss of May, and then the exodus begins anew to familiar and not-so- familiar scenes. June is the bitter-sweet time, with the old ways fading into the horizon of the future, leaving behind memories of past days. Purents' Weekend. A climactic moment in Eugene Ionesco's play The Lesson, when the professor tMichael Austini kills his student tCherrl Muchert Purents' Weekend. John Zahor mak- ing up Michael Austin before the Friars Club production. Parents' Weekend. Dave DeTurk provides some vocal rendition: of favored folk tunes in a cot'tee house atmosphere. The autumn sun paints wispy smoke fingers in the hazy blue, the college background of drab brick and sienna leaves is brightened by strolling girls with striped scorfs and camel's-hair coats, as well as numerous older couples. They are here to participate in an integral part of Saint Francis social tradition- Parent's Weekend. It is a unique period, for the spirit of the College transforms the individuality of youth into a participating alliance of students and parents cheering and exhorting Saturday's heroes, wearing the red and gold today as others have done on other days. Friday's final class bell finds the Malthusian view on population, the Phaedo, and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales temporarily forgotten - only to be reluctantly resurrected after two days of freedom-in a world of academic irresponsibility and social gaiety. Friday is the culmination of the past months of activity for Francis Birmingham, weekend chairman, and his his committee. The scattered pieces of work have become ordered into an integrated whole. The members of the Friars Club have rehearsed their production of The Lesson to a fine point. Chairs and a stage have been set up in the gym, and checkered tablecloths and still un-lit candles are in evidence in the caf. The program begins with the Friars Club produc- tion of lonesco's play, which leaves the packed house in a thoughtful but appreciative state. Michael Austin in the starring role of the Professor contributes a powerful and commanding performance. The center of attraction then moves to the cafeteria, where in candle light, Mr. DeTurk and an excellent Boston folk artist, Judy Campbell, delight both parents, students and dates with a display of folk Purents' Weekend. Folksinger Judy Campbell partorm In an propriute atmosphere. ' Parents' Wolkend. Dr. Jacques Down: Saturday morning'u panel diteuulon on ' rruontt bit position in Sogrcgutlon. music artistry. With the advent of midnight, all those present retire to the comforts of motel and room. While the campus sleeps Ball chairmen Peter Jordan, Henry St. Pierre, with Mr. William Sutton and their crew are working into the wee hours at the Saco Armory preparing for the gala dance of the morrow. Saturday morning dawns bright and glorious. For those who are able to make it, there is a panel dis- cussion on segregation in the cafeteria, with Dr. John Duffy, Dr. James Fornham, Dr. Jacques Downs and Father Reginald Roy, O.F.M. as the principal speakers. By afternoon work on the Ball is iust about finished, and the workers can take a welcome break. At 2:00 under scintillating blue skies the annual Nasson-Saint Francis Soccer game is initiated. The enthusiastic crowd sees Saint Francis shut out the opposition 2-0, with Frank Romeo and Kevin Finnerty providing the thrills. After a short walk through our scenic campus in the crisp autumn air, parents and students alike Purems' Weekend. The admon- udiourn to the cafeteria for the victory cocktail party, cl Nasson College - Saint Francis and the satisfaction that it is celebrating a victory. Caltege soccer game. The hour also provides an excellent opportunity for the participants to meet the College personnel. As the last rays of the magenta sunset die in the west, the lights switch on in the Saco Armory-then are dimmed to a cherry glow as the Lee Russell orchestra sets up on the bandstand and the couples begin to arrive, The remainder of the evening is a conglomeration of myriad memories: dancing under the bright yellow and orange decorations with the pulsating rhythms of the band to spark that com- panionship which only such evenings can bring. All Punnts' Welkcnd. Father Frudorick puum to point out ttu pra- grm ct thy Canog- to John Stung and his parents. Purunts' Wuhnd. The Parents' Weekend Ball at the Sea Armory. 2M9 nuuu .uu Purents' Weekend. . . . and I could have danced all nightl Parents' Weekend. General weekend chair- man, F. R. Birmingham, Jr. too soon the weary couples are wending their way back through the thick fog which has settled in, to motels and parties. Sunday morning Funds the weekenders participating in the Mass in the gymnasium. Forewells are made as the girls and parents depart to from whence they came; and as they leave the freshmen realize that they have iust completed their first Porents' Weekend, and the seniors their last. Monday comes, and with it a return to the bleak solitude of the oH-mole campus. Life is no longer a carefree journey on a path of goiety and socializing, but rather c1 struggle through the labyrinth of learning that seems to be education. Paronts' Weekend. Now watch him drop it. Parenls' Weekend. Father President preach- ing at Sunday Mass. Purents' Weekend. Dancing to the music of the Lee Russell or- chestra. A tradition was revived this year when the new Student Senate determined to present a Christmas Bull in December. The Ball had been held only once before in the history of the Col- iege, yet it was fitting that it should be re- established in order to fill out the social calendar and provide a welcome diversion during a very busy time of year. Under the direction of Bull Chairman Peter Jordan the plans were made well in advance, yet the actual execution of them was rather rushed due to the frequent basketball games and the needs of the Friars Club for their pending production. Indeed, Mr. James Beaudry most generously canceled the final intramural basket- ball game of the year so that the decorating crew could begin working. The decorations were executed on a massive scale in three colors: light green, dark green and red, streamers which pinwheeled radially from the center of the room. Two aluminum foil angels suspended over the bandstund provided the format for the occasion-o scheme which was also echoed on the advertising posters. A large, well decorated Christmas tree completed the decor. Those who were in attendance were treated to the fine music of Muriel's Orchestra, a top- rated local combo. Couples dancing under the miles of crepe paper used in the decoration scheme found the atmosphere most conducive towards the reception of the Christmas spirit. We certainly hope .tth the Christmas Ball be- comes a yearly tradition at Saint Francis. Christmas Bull. Muriel's Orchestra. Christmas Bull. Dancing in c: Christmas wonderland. Christmas Bali. Dancing 'vound the Xmas tree. Christmas Ball. Look: like these couples are enioying themselvesl 123 Winter Carnival. Dick Maheux receiving a tumultuous welcome to the College alter his seven hour walk. Winter Carnival. Wowl What a tripl The falling leaves Fall and pile up; the rain Beats on the rain. . . . And in the upper recesses of Saint Francis Hall, sheltered from the fickle New England weather, meets the weekly assembly of a secrev tive society dedicated to the purpose of creating, establishing, and achieving their goal of the best Winter Carnival since that event's inauguration on the shores of the Saw several years ago. Effectively utilizing the old senatorial device of filibustering, the Carnival chairman, J. J. Mc- Cabe, co-ordinates and initiates the activities of the various committees. First of all, a small hand for Wilbur Shaddock and Joe Cooney whose initiative got us the Har- vard Blue Notes and the Boston College Heights- men to provide the music for Saturday's events. Eh, eh, let's not get extravagant with the ap- plause. l have noted that the ticket sales are going rather poorly. If this continues we all will have an expensive solution to financial success. We have a great deal of work to do in the next few weeks. Henry St. Pierre and Bob Jones need all available assistance on decorations for the Ball. On that subiect Jack Golday will beg or borrow some decorations for Friday night. Bob Sheehan is getting the cardboard and wood for the construction of the ski chalet in the gym. Wilbur Shaddock-is he here?-Wilbur, I want you and Joe to look around for a hall that would suit Sunday afternoon's iazz session. Frank Birm- ingham is in charge of publicity and is cont centrating on a campus saturation for the program. And so it goes in meeting after meeting-the seemingly endless preparations for the coming events. Halls are rented, arrangements for meals are made, supplies are obtained. Almost by miraculous means a cobweb of blue and white streamers begins to grow high up in the gym: it starts with a fragile few strips at the far end of the room, and shortly multiplies until the room is flooded in bi-color brilliance. Pieces of wood and cardboard are cut, shaped and htted into the ski lodge where refreshments are to be served during the Ball. Through sunny Saturday afternoons and gloomy nights the work proceeds at a rapid pace, Indeed, Upon each casual look- see the visitor can detect something new which has been added. In accordance with the current national pastime publicity chairman Birmingham suffers a brain- storm in issuing a challenge: all those who are interested are enjoined to walk from Saint J05eph's College in North Windham, Maine to Saint Francis in ct marathon event. The first two walkers possessing the shortest elapsed time rating for the forty-two mile distance will be admitted free of charge to .Carnival events. Although the committee has doubts that the idea will catch on with the student body, all mis- givings are resolved when John McCabe an- nounces the scheme to the College community at a general assembly. Almost immediately Dick Herky Maheux and Brian Mahoney leave for Saint Joseph's, while several others make arrangements to start the following morning. The attention of the school is then diverted to academic pursuits, that is Until mid-evening when the news arrives that the two walkers are just entering Saco. Suffice to say that the interest of all those on campus is considerably stirred. Several student cars are dispatched and they return shortly to verify previous reports. The Associated Press is notified by Mr. Lagols development staFF. As excitement at school mounts to a fever pitch Dick Maheux barrels into Biddeford and begins the four-mile walk out to Saint Francis preceded by a police escort with rotating beacon, and followed by a Cavalcade of Knight autos. A few minutes later Brian Mahoney arrives in town with his own eSCOrf. Winter Carnival. Mr. DeTurk performing his inimitable version of By nine o'clock the entire population of the AbbeY Y0 YO . - - College was either lined in rows on Pool Road Or keeping the vigil from classroom windows. The r95? ls Chronldedl history. Herky come Winter Carnival. . . . while the audience listen: with rapt attention. l'tOme to receive a tumultuous welcome. Brian Was to join him a short while later. Renald Martin came in about forty minutes after him. One casualty was brought in suFfering muscle Spasms from the strain of the trek. Upon reception of the doctor's report on the first walker to be carried in, Mr. Sutton and Father Oscar determine to go out and tour the route to check on those who have yet to arrive at school. Meanwhile Student Senate President Emile Talbot, conscientious as usual, sets a chair in the lobby of Saint Francis Hall and, Bergson's Creative Evolution in hand, settles down to wait into the wee hours for the remaining walkers to make their appearance. Fortunately, Mr. Sutton With Frank Birmingham and Father Oscar in at- tendance, finds the last three walkers coming iI'l'ro 50:0 in good physical condition and escorted by J. J. McCabe in Mr. Suttonls own station Wagon. All the marathoners make it to school without incident. The following day another group of hearty g Winter Carnival. Twisting to the music of- the Heightsmen at the Elks Club. Winter Carnival. John McCabe, week- end chairman. Winter Carnival. Making the scene Saturday afternoon. Winter Carnival. Skoall hikers ore to start from North Windham, but almost immediately their number is depleted. Two walkers appear to be making a real at- tempt Upon the record of the night before, but they get lost in taking the wrong road and are put out of the race. Three others are found on the right road but too tired to continue, about two miles outside of Gorhom. Out of about five others who are left only two or three are able to reach the school. Throughout the afternoon and evening student cars are kept in the area to periodically check on the condition of the participants, A mild snow later on in the night kills other plans to attempt the walk. By Friday morning most of the decorations are in place, and a bond of hearty skiers are able to depart for a day on the slopes at Loconicx, New Hampshire. Chairman McCobe, himself an ardent skier, enjoys the day as much as any. It is a group of exultont, but weory skiers who return to the bus late in the afternoon. Friday evening finds most of the dates in resie dence, and all adjourn to the Biddeford Pool Community Center for an exhilarating evening of folk music, presented by Mr. David DeTurk and the TuneWeavers from Boston, The atmosphere is one of guiety as the singers romp through numerous folk originals and standards. Towards the bewitching hour oll begin the circuit of late evening and early morning parties. For those hearty souls who are up early enough to make it, there is the iudging of the snow sculptures Saturday morning, There are three contestants: the Alpine Village, which echoes the Alpine Holidciyll theme of the weekend, and consists in o miniature ski jump, c1 more-thon- lifesize figure of Father Oscor on skis. and a snow village some distance away; the Connecti- cut Club's horse and sleigh; and a Grecian shrine which is in c: commanding position on the for side of Pool Road where it can be seen by all who pass by. After surveying each of the entries the iudging committee, which hope pens to be composed of Fathers Oscar and Don- old with Mr. Logo, Mr. Warner, Mrt Goulin and Mr. Poissont, agrees that the Alpine Village, a creation of a group of sophomores led by John Cottin and Roy Limoges, should take first place, with the shrine and the sleigh in second and third positions, respectively. Quite promptly thereafter both judges and spectators hasten to the dining hall for a worm cup of coFFee, for Winter Carnival. Joe Ccrpentieri delivers a vocal. although the sun shines from brilliant blue heavens, a low temperature and ct strong Maine wind coming off the ocean combine to,mcke the exterior world rather uncomfortable. The next event on the agenda is to take place at the Soco Elks Club in the form of a twist party. After a light lunch most of the couples have recovered from the rigors of the previous evening and are ready for an active afternoon. Proceedings are well underway by the time most couples begin to arrive at the Elks. The music is provided by the Heightsmen of Boston College and, although it is loud and brassy, there is plenty of liquid refreshment on tap to fortify all those participating. In general, 0 happy group of couples retires to local motels to prepare fer the festivities of the evening. A candlelight banquet served in the dining hall by Hugh Dakers and his staff is first on the list of evening events. At eight o'clock the couples begin to wend their way towards the gymnasium tor the Winter Carnival Ball. There is a momentary delay caused by a still unpainted window in the ski chalet, but that being rectified, the participants are able to dance the evening away to the pleasant strains of the Harvard Blue Notes' music. Many couples take advantage of the bi-colored atmosphere to relax a little and become better acquainted with each other. Mid-woy through the evening the trophy for the snow sculptures is awarded by chairman Mcche to Ray Limoges, and the Queen of the Carnival and her court cure named. A board of faculty iudges selected Miss Diana Harmon, c1 Thornton Academy senior, as queen, Rosmory Belland, a senior at Pittsfield High School, and Katherine Whitehouse of Saint Joseph's College, as her princessese Later on the couples begin to filter away for a repetition of last nightls partying activities. Sunday morning begins with Mass in the Chapel, followed by a brunch in the faculty din- ing room, and then all concerned find their way downtown under leoden skies to the iam session presented by the Harvard Blue Notes. The weekend of the school year is over. The girls have gone with the setting sun, leaving behind sweet memories. And on Sunday evening . . . While we slumbered O'er weared Winter drew to its close. Winter Carnival. Princess Katherine Whitehouse accompanied by Bull co-chuirman Henry St. Pierre, Princess Rosmary Belland with co-chairmun Robert Jones, and Winter Carnival Queen Diana Hare man and Student Senate President Emile Talbot. Winter Carnival. These two appear to be enjoying the- evening. Winter Carnival. The Harvard Blue Notes on stage. Symposium. A Protestant g Catholic Dialogue, the panel: I. to r. Dr. Edward T. Gargan, Rev. Canr tius Matura, O.F,M., moderator Rev. Reginald Roy, O.F.M., Mr. Paul Chapman, Mr. David DeTurk. A symposium presented by Saint Francis Col- lege, Biddeford, Maine, and dedicated to the causes of Christian understanding, Christian action and Christian unity . such was the theme of the symposium which was held on campus during the early part of April. The brain-child of its two chairmen, Mr. David DeTurk and Mr. Alfred Poulin, the symposium was heralded throughout the nation as an out- standing event, for it brought together many of this country's foremost scholars and ministers from a variety of faiths and united them in two days of panel discussions. Taking place during the final few months in the reign of Pope John XXIII, who was noted for his ecumenical spirit and his attempts to unite all Christians, the discussions held special signif- cance. As the committee stated: It is with a sense of communion and common purpose that we enter into these two days of discussion, that together we may approach greater understand- Symposium. Revs Cantius Mature, O.F.M. speaking on Christ and the Expectancy of Modern Man. .- . . Symposium. Mr. Paul Chapman, director of e Packard Manse. ing of each other and of our common role as Christians in the modern world. But most of oil, it is with a sense of hope that we undertake this dialogue, the hope that our patterns of thought will be disturbed, our vision expanded, and our individual commitments to Christianity intensi- fied and made more active within the framework of our chosen professions. In a world which is haunted with the specter of life, whose finest thinkers have struggled to arrive at a meaning of life oniy to arrive at the conclusion that, like Benjy in Foutkner's The Sound and the Fury, we are all mudmen, each struggling through the morass of our individuai lives to arrive at what is really no conclusion, except that life itseif is absurd; in such a world it is only the Christians who ciaim to have an answer to life, to existence. Their answer is Jesus Christ, that God who became man to bring A Symposium. The arrival of the Most Reverend Daniel Joseph Feeney, Bishop of Portland: l. to r. Very Reverend Monsig- nor Vincent A. Tatarczuk, Mr. Alfred Poulin, Jr., Bishop Fee- ney, Reverend Donald Nickncir, O.F.M., William Magee. salvation to all mankind i salvation from the very things the world struggles against. It is truly fitting that the followers of that living Christ who is the supreme and central reality drawing all men to himself, should meet together to attempt to reach a closer under- standing of Christ's message to modern men. Physically, however, the symposium was the result of months of hard work, particularly by the co-choirmen. Speakers, publicity, special facilitiesHoll were ct part of the requirements. It Symposium. Father Matthew asks a question... meant speaking to prominent people in promi- nent places to win them to the cause, endless telephone calls and trips to arrange schedules and gain permission for the event Yet when all lay in completion the College community could look back on two clays such as had never been seen here before The First session, on Monday afternoon April eighth, was entitled A Protestant -Ccttholic Symposium. . . . and Dr. Gorgon answers it. Diologuefl lt followed, as did the other three conferences, a set plan. There would be two moior speakers who would present their papers on cm appropriate topic, followed by a round- table critique of the members on the panel, and concluding with audience questions, The first speaker was Mr. Paul Chapman, the director of Packard Manse in Stoughton, Masso- chusetts, a Protestant house, which was founded tor the express purpose of building the foundae Symposium. A group of seniors admiring the exhibition of Modern Chvistion Art.H 129 Symposium. Christianity and History, the panel: . to r; Dr. Joseph D'Aifonso, Dr. Edward T. Gar- gan, moderator Mr. Frederick Warner, Rev. Daniel J. Honon, Dr. Jacques Downs, Symposium. Dre Gorgon discusses the current views of Christianity and History with a group at students. tion for informed Catholic - Protestant relations. The program of the house includes seminars, con- ferences, publications and participation in CI pattern of daily worship and discipline. Mr. Chapman delivered his address with the idea of ecumenical discussion in mind. Perhaps, physically speaking, the ecumenical spirit reached its height when Mr. Chapman pre- sented a brief, but inspired, talk in the College chapel Tuesday afternoon. The second orator of the afternoon was the Reverend Father Ccntius Mature, O.F.M. who is a Professor of Scripture and Liturgy at the Franciscan House 0? Theology in Montreal, Cun- cxdo, and a great friend of Father Etheibert Flood, who is presently on leave from the Col- lege for academic pursuits. Father Ccmtius' fine dissertation on Christ and the Expectancy of Modern Man, led to the panel discussion, with Dr, Edward T Gorgon of Loyola University and Mr. DeTurk participating. The second dialogue which took place Mon- day evening, was moderated by Mr. Frederick Warner, and featured, first the Reverend Daniel J. Honcm, a contemporary Catholic schoicir who translated certain of Saint Augustinels works, and has lectured on many campuses. In accord- ance with the general topic of the evening, Father Honcm presented his paper on Christian- ity and History. Dr. Edward T. Gorgon followed Reverend Honon to the podium, exhibiting his keen knowledge of both historical events and Catholic thought on the some topic. Dr. Joseph D'Alfonso of Bates College and our own Dr. Jacques Downs vigorously participated in the panel discussion which followed. The sessions of the symposium, while the most noteworthy events on campus, were not the oniy activities going on during this period. Hugh Dckers and his stat? were very busy providing meals, not only for the student body, but also serving two banquets each day for the speakers and the symposium committee. In the parlor Den- nis Reole and Emil Peters, among others, were conducting c: book store which, for the conveni- Symposium. Rev. Daniel J. Honan speaking. Symposium. Modern Christian Literature, the panel: Dr. John Lindberg, Mr. John logan, moderator Alfred Poulin, th, Mrt Michael Novak, Mr. Robert Parenteau. ence of those in attendance, stocked the pub- lished works of most of the speakers, as well as other books of ecumenical interest. Meanwhile, in the lobby of Saint Francis Hall there was an exhibit of Modern Christian Art, where many of those present spent hours trying to decipher the message in the unusual paintings. On Mon- day afternoon the Most Reverend Daniel Joseph Feeney, D.D., L.L.D., Bishop of Portland, made an appearance on campus to attend the first session. With His Excellency was the newly named Monsignor, Very Reverend Vincent A. Tatarczuk, S.T.L., J.C.D., who was a member of the symposium committee. Symposium. John Logan, noted poet and critic. Symposiumv Michael Novak speaks on Prophecy and the Novel. Tuesday, April ninth marked the last day of conferences. Alfred Poulin, Jr., co-chairman of the symposium, moderated the afternoon session. Featured speakers included John Logan, re- nowned poet and critic, as well as the author of three books of poetry, and Associate Professor of English at Notre Dame. The general theme of this dialogue was Modern Christian Literature, and poet Logan presented his paper entitled Notes on the Inarticuiate As Hero. The second speaker was Mr. Michael Novak, doctoral candidate in philosophy and Kent Fel- low of Harvard. Mrt Novak's first novel, The Tiber Was Silver, was recently published, The topic of his paper was Prophecy and the Novel, in which he examined the aspects of American Catholic experience as it is seen by a novelist. The discussion was then taken up by the panelists: Dr. John Lindberg of the University of Maine, and Mr. Robert Parenteau of Saint T31 Symposiumt Bill Jerram views a representative selec- tion of Modern Christian Art.H Francis, before being turned over to the audience for their comments and questions. The fourth and last meeting of the symposium The Christian in the Modern World was broodr cost over WIDE, and called to order Tuesday evening by moderator David DeTurk at eight p.m. Mr. Donald J. Thorman of the Spiritual Life Institute in South Bend, Indiana, a prominent author and noted Catholic layman, presented the first paper of the evening, entitled The Christian in Society. Mr. Anthony Walsh, founder and director of the Benedict chre House in Montreal, Conodo, a center for the poor and destitute ot the city spoke on the same topic, but from the viewpoint of the Catholic social worker. Following 0 lorietc panel discussion between Symposium. The symposium brought numerous old faces back to Saint Francis, Jim Nee speaks with Dr. Richard Emerick. Symposium. Several students manage to corner Father Cuntius Motura into a discussion 0t ecumenical Christianity. Mr. Tom Cornell, the managing editor of the Catholic Worker, and Dr. Richard Emerick of the University of Maine, the Very Reverend Father Clarence Loplante, President of Saint Francis Colr lege, ended the symposium with the brief prayer that, now that the symposium had concluded, all those present would respond to the topics dis. cussed and permit this to guide and enrich their spiritual lives thenceforth. To quote the words of Pope John XXIII in the encyclicol Mater et Magistra, Our era is penetrated and shot through by radical errors, it is torn and upset by deep disorders. Nevertheless, it is also an era in which immense possibilities for good are opened to the Church. Symposium. Mr. Donald Jt Thurman. Symposium. The Chrisiian in Society, fhe panel: I. to r. Tom Come , Anihony Walsh, moderator David DeTurk, Donald J Thorman, Dr. Richard Emerick. Symposium. Mr. Anthony Walsh speaks, m ., Symposium Father President doses the Symposium. Symposium. The Corchoirmen of fhe symposium committee, Alfred Poulin, Jr. and David DeTurk 01 the close of the flnol session. 134 Spring Weekend. Dave DeTurk performing at the Hootenany. The lost large social weekend of the season at Saint Francis was an innovation this year. Co-Chcirmen John Cullan and Ray Dupuis were assigned by the Student Senate to execute the plans for the event. Scheduled for the seven- teenth and eighteenth of May, the weekend was a definite success. Proceedings got underway Friday evening when, under cloudy skies, a large group of Knights and their dates assembled at Saint Joseph's Hall in Biddeford to witness a real hootenany, or a folk music jam session, with Dave DeTurk acting as master of ceremonies. Spring Weekend. Dancing to the music of Herbie Wayne at the Lafayette Hotel in Portland. Spring Weekend. The Coachmen from Nusson College. Mr. DeTurk, himself a competent folk artist, opened the program with a number of selec- tions interspersed with his humorous brand of banter. Shortly, he introduced a group from Nasson College in Springvale, Maine, the Coach- men, who proved to be very skillfui in ballads of the Brothers Four variety. Following inter- mission Mr. DeTurk once again come on stage for a continuation of his fine vocal work. The Odysses: Tom Coughlianob Dunbar and Conrad Gcgnon, from Saint Francis were next on the program, with the Tune Weavers concluding the evening. Most couples then adjourned to one of several local beach parties. Spring Weekend. A few faculty members enioying the evening. Spring Weekend. Wetre sitting out this one. The weary rose not with the sun, but with the mid-day ruin; a rain which posed problems for the weekend committee, for a beach party had been scheduled during the afternoon. Yet the resourceful chairmen saved the afternoon by moving the party inside at the Club Rochombeau in town. The Heightsmen of Boston College provided the music for a carefree afternoon of twisting, away from the deluge outside. The more furnished among the group found plenty of nourishment available at a convenient coun- ter. For many it was 0 perfect, though tiring afternoon. Spring Weekend. What was that you were saying? ab Spring Weekendt The twisted scene at the Club Rochumbeau. After a return to motel and Cl change of apparel, all concerned motored to Portland for the continuation of the activities at the Lafayette Hotel where the annual dinner-donce was held. After an oppetizing meal, during which a roving occordionist played popular selections, the Com- mencement Boll got underway. All of the couples found dancing and listening to the music of Herbie Wayne and his orchestra a most enjoy- able experience, and an appropriate conclusion to the Saint Francis social year. Spring Weekend. Enioying an evening of relaxation. $19 '13:, Ir uh f; .gyizzx i 3:2: 135 Student Senate Banquet. The Senate For 1963-1964: I. to r. Richard Acquavello, Sophomore rep. resentative; Hugo Ricci, Sophomore class chairman; Ralph Howard, Junior representative; Boldiga, Treasurer; James McGrath, Secretory; Gerard Burke, President; James Craig, Vice President; Paul Morrissette, Junior class chairman; Francis Coyne, Senior representative; Peter Lynch, Senior class chairman; John Finn, Junior National Federation of Catholic College Students representative; Joseph Byrnes, senior National Federation of Catholic College Students representative. The Annual Student Senate Banquet, held this year at the Oak Ledge Motel, traditionally marks the conclusion of one Senate year, and the start of another. This year was no exception. Dur- ing the course of the evening the results of the election were formally announced, Gerard Burke winning the presidency by a landslide. His om- cers are James Craig, Vice President; Joseph Boldiga, Treasurer; and James McGrath. We on MOTUS '63 all wish the new Senate the best of success in the coming year. Student Senate Senate President to Gerard Burke. Student Senate Banquet. Kennebunk State Representative, Elmont Tyndale. Banquet. 196271963 Joseph Emile Talbot, Student turns the gavel over Sports Banquet N. V. HSwede Nelson of hnofball fame speaks to the gathering of Knight mhleves. Spam Banquet Bill Magee receive: awards for his participation on the soccer and baseball teams The second annual Spons Banquet, held in the College dining hall, featured the eminent football great N. V. Swede Nelson. After a hearty repost the awards for those who participated in Sain! Francis College's athletic program were presented by coach and athletic director, Mr. James Beaudry. Spam Banquet Swede Nelson 6 'iii' Sports Banquet Mickey Pelletier ac- cepts a special award for having coached and played on Saint Francis basketball teams, from Conrad Gag. non. signing ihe autographs of admiring Kning. Publications Banquet. David DeTurk speaks on the future of Saint Francis pubiicutions, This year the annual Publications Banquet was merged with the Symposium Banquet for some- thing of c: doubIe-feoture. After the meal, Mr. DeTurk outlined the major causes of dimculty in student publications at Saint Francis, under three categories: frequency of publication, content and Financial support. He then went on to make some concrete suggestions that would aid in remedying the situation.Moclerc1tor Alfred Poulin introduced each of the publicationst editors, Peter Jordon for MOTUS, Jerome Wycmt for The Can- ticie, and Robert Jones for The Sepicm. In accordance with the custom of symposium modi- erators to present the Final paper of the year, Dr. Fornhom gave his dissertation on Faulkner, thereby concluding the proceedings. Pubiications Banquet. Dr. James Farnhum delivers his paper on Faulkner. .V I .L a -. th .7 - u a: i i ii 5; , , .L i e V '., ' n , 57mm s aiH-jit a . ; .. . V 'r'l h .QI xx .. g; A m Publications Banquet. MOTUS editor Jordan illustrates the per sibilities of future progress on the publication. Publications Banquet Old meets new: Peter Jordan, editor of MOTUS I63 congratulates Neil Curiey, editor-elect of MOTUS '64. Commencement. Father George helps to get things underway. Commencement. The Graduate Mass. Commencement. Bill Magee receives his baccalaureate hood and the congratulations of Father President. With tumultuous voices, yet damp eyes, the tightly knit body moved through the campus. Each member of the proceSSion thinking in terms of what was thought before. Each version has its own words, but all have one meaning. They tell ot' a passage, 0 very narrow, labyrinthine way. But they don't want to speak of its hard- ships, nor complain 0; its constrictions, for that is lost language, signifying nothing. Rather, their story is that they have survived, that they are here to tell you about the harrowing, yet hollowing gauntlet. They are asking you, pure and simple, to please look at them, recognize them; they are at the other end. The Class of 1963 is deeply and sincerely proud to have been incorporated with you for some of these past four years, and hope that our communion has been perfect enough to enable you to identify yourself with one or all Of the men here. We invite you to think our thoughts with us, that by savoring the sweet taste of completion, you may see the goal in sight. We have both exchanged the best of our ideas, toils, prayers, and hi's. We now seek your final bidding us we go forth to present Saint Francis College, which is you in us, to a world which will complete our education, and to a world which may beneht from our Saint Francis education. The commencement program this year fol- lowed the traditional pattern of Mass, lunch and graduation ceremonies. The Baccalaureate Mass was celebrated by Father President in the gymnasium, with Rev. Donald Nicknuir as dea- con, and Rev. Oscar Giroux as sub-deacon. The Mass being concluded, a capping ceremony took place, during which each member of the Class of 1963 received his academic hood. At noon 0 cafeteria-style meal was served both parents and graduates in the dining hall, followed by the commencement exercises at two dclock. After the grand processionai, the Very Reverend Monsignor John G. Clancy gave the invocation. Father President presented the grad- uating class to all those present, and Father Nicknair awarded the degrees. Commencement. Rochid Elias, his family and Father Matthew enjoying the luncheon. Mew i 1 Wm! iII'IK 15 lei illll! i S ii i II E: Commencement. Newly-elected Student Senate President Gerard Burke leads the academic procession. kitsah- Commencement. Almost there. Commencement. Father President presents the graduates. Commencement. The Very Reverend Georges-Alberf Laplante, O.F.M., receives his Honorary Doctor of Letters degree. Commencement Emile Talbot was the iusf recipient of a sfunding ovation for his perfect scholastic record at Saint FrancisA Commencement Mr. Roberf E. McCarn receives his honorary doc- torate from Father President while Mr Warner and Mr. Parenteau assist. Honorary Doctor of Letters degrees were awarded to the Very Reverend Georges-Alberf Loplante, O.F.M., for his service to education and to Sainf Francis College as former Provincial, and to Mr. Robert E. McCarn, who is the Superin- tendent of Schools in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. The Final address of the afternoon was de- livered by Dr. Philip Lambert, an assistant pro- fessor in education at Boston College. Dr. Lambert outlined in his paper the progress of education throughout the years. The recessioncl led to a receiving line com- posed of faculty members, and to the congratu- lations of many friends and parents. The tenth year in the history of Saint Francis College was concluded, Commencement Dr. Philip Lumber! gives the buccluw reute address. FACULTIES 142 Division of Humanities. ,Hlnnni hm: tiiggiei t'l s 5 literature Mr. David A. DeTurk, Instructor in Literature; Dr. James F. Farn- ham, Instructor in Literature; Mr. Hugh Hennedy, ichairmany Associate Professor of literature; Mr. Alfred M. Poulin, instructor in Literature. Division of Humanities. Classical Languages Rev. Jean- Marie Benoit, O.F.M., Professor in Classical Rev. Regis M. Couture, O.F.M., instructor in Classical Languages Teaching is an art, and a college teacher must be as much of an artist as the painter who labors with oils and brushes. The teacher's easel is the blackboard; his points, books; his subject, knowledge. He cannot be indifferent to his work, and he must not be indifferent toward his subject. For he does not work on a canvas which can be changed or destroyed, but he makes his indelible mark on human minds. The teacher must have talent. 'He must have knowledge of, and insight into, his subject, and he must be able to transmit his subiect to others. It is not enough for the conductor of the sym- phony of ideas to know and love the score of his music; it is his duty to make others aware of his labors. The teacher must also be trained. He came to a New England town from a European uni- versity, an American college or a peaceful seminary, well-disciplined in the task of learn- ing, now he had to become a means of learning. His trade is teaching; his life is a dedication to the post for the benefit of the future. In the classroom, his students recognize whether he is successful. They know the quali- ties of o scholorwintensity of interest, delight in the subiect, the love of knowledge. They see the faculties of c: teacher interest in the student, precision in thought, humility in opinions. And they realize when a man is only performing c: task. The teaching role of the Saint Francis faculty continues outside the classroom. We have known our teachers not only as intellects, but as men. We have met them on the walks and in the omces of the campus, on the corridors and in the cafe, in the comfort of their homes or the quiet of the confessional. We have talked to 144 :qwqu- W ,1 : fluvl in I Aunt xx KN Division of Social Sciences and Education. Dri Jacques M. Downs, Assistant Professor in American History; Mr. Frederick Warner, ichairmant Associate Professor in History; Mr. John F. Biter, ln- structor in Sociology and Political Science; missing: Dr. Franz A. Nowotny, Assistant Professor in Economics; Mr. Wayne P. Logo, Assistant Professor in Education; Mr. Francis A. Marigold, Ase sistant Professor in History. Department of Physical Education and Athletics. Mr. James A. Beoudry, Instructor in Physical Education, and Director of Athletics. them as friends, feared them as iudges, and judged them as only students can iudge. They have tried to teach us the lesson of Saint Francis. They have shown us what they know is life under a microscope and in a syllogism. Some have revealed their personalities, and c1 few have shown their souls. It is these few that we have striven to feature in this book. Their minds, their personalities, and their souls may become obscured by the future. Yet one, or maybe two of these men who comprise the Saint Francis faculty will be chief influences in the lives of each student. But all of them contribute in either a positive or a negative way to the development of c: Saint Francis alumnus. By senior year all of us realize the degree to which we are indebted to our teachers. But there is a further relationship which the average student rarely perceives. This is the tie of devoe tion and scholarship which binds the elderly Franciscan in semi-retirement to the young in, structor who is writing his thesis and teaching twelve hours a week. A number of our pro- fessors are alumni of Saint Francis, proteges of the old masters. This is a meaningful tradition. I I . t o E t Q. 57 To those who knew him, Father Ethelbert Flood, O.F.M., was many things: a perspicocious intellectual who demanded much from his stu- dents, a profoundly sincere and engaged priest who gave his all to everyone, an all-around natural athlete. To those who were not so fortu- nate OS to know him personally his name has become something of a legend as a result of after-hours discussions with upperclassmen. No matter where you saw him: striving to foster a vicarious appreciation of the foremost moderns in a literature class, playing softball with stu- dents on the field or saying his morning Mass in the chapel, you could not help but be im- pressed with his profound devotion in Spiritual matters, his ecumenical zeal to befriend every- one, his sincerity and sympathy with anyone who needed assistance. We who have known him are proud and grateful. 145 Division of Humanities. Modern Languages Mn Beniamin Band, Lecturer in German; Mr. Robert M. Parenteuu, iucting choirmont, Associate Professor in French; Mr. Herve J. iSOiSh scmt, Assistant Professor in French,- Mr. Michel L. Guulin, lne structor in French. Since the founding of Saint Francis as c high school, the role of the teacher has changed in a slow, evolutionary process. In the old days, the students lived a much more rigorously dis- ciplined life as on cdiunct to the religious com- munity. The classroom was a mental workshop where rote often prevailed over reason. Facili- ties were limited, and the number of students was small. Today the Saint Francis faculty member has more tools with which to work, and his obliga- tions are correspondingly greater. The teacher is expected to be a specialist in the iob of edu- coting Catholic scholars in the liberal arts. Increased physical facilities, a growing num- ber of Catholic publications, and a more de- manding student body intensifies both the opportunities and the responsibilities of the teacher. Some of them prefer methods of the past; others foster extreme innovations for the future. And out of the conflict comes harmonious progress which synthesizes the best of the past with the best of the future. From this synthesis will emerge the Saint Francis of tomorrOWeos different from the College of 1963 as we are difterent from the high school of 1943. Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Rev. Matthew Audi- bert, O.F.M., Assistant Professor in Mathematics; Dr. John P. Duffy, Associate Protessor in Biology; Rev. Donald L. Nicknair, O.FtM., Asv sistant Professor in Chemistry; Mr. William A. Sutton, ichairmont Assistant Professor in Mathematics Division of Humanities. Fine Arts David A. DeTurk, Instruc- tor in Literature, Lecturer in Folk Ballad; Clayton A. Eaton, Lecturer in Music. 146 Divnan of Philusophy and Theology. Theology Rev. Regis Couture, 0.F M.; Rev. Oscar Giroux, O.F.M.; Rev. Walter Bedard, O.F.M.; Rev. Reginald Roy, O.F.M.; Rev. Donald Nicknoir, O,F,M.; Rev Alcanfora Pelle- tier, O.F M. Division of Philosophy and Yheolugy. Philos- ophy Rev. Oscar P Giroux, O.F.M., khuirma$ Associate Professor in Philosophy; Dr. Amedeo Amendola, lns'ruc'or in Philosophy; Rev. Re- ginald Roy, O.F.M., Assistant Professor in Philcsv ophy. 147 As I went wcalkinl that ribbon of highway I saw above me an endless skyway . . This land was made for you and me . 148 The MOTUS would like to pay a just tribute to Mr. David DeTurk who for the past two years has striven to import to each student that partici- pation in a variety of experiences 6f which edu- cation consists. Many of us may have seen him expounding the merits of Whitman in literature class; yet that was only one area of his concern- if the clearest. He continued his teaching outside the classroom, even to individual discussions with his students. Unfortunately, his dynamism was not for a small college still in a transitory stage. When he leaves us his absence will be a severe loss, but we may hope that, for him, his future work will give him the fulfillment Saint Francis could not. Truly, it could be said he cared enough to do his very best: David A. DeTurk. Recognizing the need of the graduate for a sound orientation towards his future occupation, the College this year instituted a Bureau of Guidance and Placement. Mr. Frank A. Merigold was appointed as director of the new center, and in the past year he has effectively executed his duties of conducting tests for incoming stu- dents and seniors, making contacts with business firms and graduate schools, and providing edu- cational and vocational guidance. Due to the fine work Mr. Roy 0. Wer- menchuk has done at Saint Francis, the editors of MOTUS felt that he more than deserved a place in our book. Roy is an all-around man on the schools maintenance staH, yet time and time again he has spent hours working on the student proiects: the Friars Club productions, dances, and almost any other activity where the help of a skilled technician is needed the cry, Go and Find Roy! is invariably heard. To Mr. Roy 0. Wermenchuk go our most sincere thanks. A. Reading is essential to the growth of knowledge, and a readily available library is the center of campus life. This year, when the College moved the library to ex- panded facilities in Stella Maris Hall, Dr. Avery J. Butters was selected as librarian. Working with a dedicated stag he suc- ceeded in molding the library into an efficient, ordered unit. Besides being the faculty moderator of MOTUS, Reverend Frederick Belanger, O.F.M., is kept active in his position of Advisor to the President on Campus Development. Father Frederick is responsible for all the arrangements which must be made in planning the physical growth of the College. He uses his fine talent for art in draw- ing the various masterplans for the growth of Saint Francis, and with the current construction his is truly an essential emce. 149 One of the most traveled members of the administration is the Reverend Ovid Tanguay, O.F.M. As Director of Alumni, Father Ovid serves as executive secretary of the Saint Francis Col- lege Alumni Association, which is designed to maintain close relations between the alumni and Saint Francis, as well as to promote fund-raising among the alumni. In accordance with the responsibilities of his position Father Ovid often makes sweeping tours of the New England states for the College, and has gained the admiration of many for his efficient conduct of the position. 150 The management of the College bookstore is this year, as it has been for the past few years, in the capable hands of the Reverend Alcantara Pelletier, O.F.M. During the past year, however, with the growth in the student body and the expansion of course quantity and quality, the demand placed upon the bookstore was greater than ever. Father Al, as he is affectionately termed by the students, proved himself more than equal to the task. Coming to Saint Francis from the Trenton New Jersey State Teachers College last spring, Mr. Hugh Dakers has not only become successful in a position that has seen many failures, but has won the respect of everyone here at Saint Francis with his sincerity and administrative ability. As the Director of Food Services, he occupies an omce that is subject to the shifting tides of stu- dent opinion, yet virtually the entire student body has enthusiastically supported his work throughout the year. We on the MOTUS would like to wish Mr. Hugh Dakers the best of success not only next year, but in all the years to come. The senior class as a whole would like to thank Mr. William Sutton, the Director of Student Activities, for the time and effort he has per- sonally contributed towards their welfare. He is far too big a person to capture in so small a space, and it would be hard to distill his spirit into a word, but perhaps kindness would be as close as we could come. Whether he is obtaining a truck for the Par- ents' Weekend Committee or trying to comfort cm iniured soccer player, his kindness and sym- pathy towards others shines for all to see, Who could count how many times he has gone out of his way to lend a helping hand to a student in need of assistance. For us Mr. Sutton is an inspiration in actionean ideal achieved. With his scholarly background in mathematics, the Reverend Matthew Audibert is eminently qualified to administrate the substantial financial activities which the operation of Saint Francis College involves. As Treasurer he must not only collect and oversee the funds necessary for run- ning the College: he finds himself involved as well, with all the intricacies of meeting and issuing bills. With the yearly growth of the Col- lege, Father Matthew is a very busy man on campus. Saint Francis' new development program as well as the men behind it, have been widely publicized in the course of the past year. It is for the purpose of bringing the plans of the College to reality through fund-raising and pro- motional activities that the program was cone ceived. As the Director of Development and Public Relations, Mr. Wayne Logo has been in- strumental in creating and maintaining a favor- able public image of the College as well as gaining the funds necessary for the future growth of the College. 151 Short, agile and white-haired, Father John- Marie Benoit, O.F.M. is certainly a real part of Saint Francis College. Serving at Saint Francis since its inception as a high school, Father John, now Professor in Classical Languages, is a living example of Franciscan optimism and simplicity. Where age burdens the less hardy, it has only cultivated his enthusiasm. His spirit is for from being only a state of mind; it manifests itself in acts. This friendly friar still serves as chop- Iain to Saint Andre's Home, and still teaches a course in advanced Latin. In the spring and sum- mer his undying love of the open air exhibits itself in the well known boat trips on the Saco River. An unrelentless giver of homework, Father John's devotedness to the task of teaching is conditioned by his warmth and understanding. Many 0 student remembers those emergency study periods given by Father John when an important exam was coming up next class. Many too remember those few periods of study given in place of classes before the final exam. To his former Greek students, however, he is most remembered as omphoteron, didaskcllos 152 t'agafhos krateros t'aichmetes. W In this country of ours the executive has been defined as the man who has more work than he can possibly find the time for. Whether this description has universal validity or not, it is plain to.onyone connected with Saint Francis that it certainly has its application in the case .of our own Business Manager, Mr. Armend Reny. In a very true sense Mr. Reny fills a universal role in the hierarchy of the College, dealing with problems in every aspect of the administration. Mr. Reny brings to his position a fine sense of iustice, sincerity, and sympathy for all those with whom he deals, that is equaled by few others. One member of the College's administrative stuFf who has a variety of functions is Mr. Arthur Gallant. As Director of Admissions he has one of the more sensitive iobs. References to dart boards aside, it is no easy task to recruit some one hundred potential Knights each year. Mr. Galiont must spend Cl large portion of his time traveling around the country making sure we are competing with other colleges for good stu- dents. As Registrar it is Mr. Gallant's responsi- bility to schedule classes, post marks and issue transcripts. Needless to say, Mr. Gallant is a very busy man on campus. 153 154 The oftice nearest that of the President of the College is the oftice of Dean, Like the office of President, that of Dean demands a vast amount of work and a tremendous capacity to get the work done. Reverend Donald Nicknair, O.F.M., was appointed to this omce for these very rea- sons. From his school days, as has been noted by his companions, he has always been diligent in fulfilling the tasks he encounters. In this vein, it has been noted that Father Donald when faced with a task will perform it immediately and quite thoroughly, even at the risk of dis- placing needed rest or recreation. Since the office of Dean demands that he repre- sent the President in the business of the College, Father Donald is frequently in the public eye. This much discussed man has truly proved him- self dedicated not only to the vast responsibilities his duties entail, but also to the educational ideals which he has unfalteringly championed. Every student charting his iourney towards graduation, every teacher searching for an ap- proach to the art of educating, every adminis- trator aligning the goals of his department for the coming yeareall come under the iurisdiction and influence of the Dean. Thus it is within the area of these triangular duties that Father Nicknair is daily occupied. Every administrative department is geared to the needs of the school and on the academic level the Dean embodies the school. In the area of faculty affairs, the case is one involving more subtlety. In addition to the organization of com- mittees, recommendations with regard to the curriculum, the appointment of activity modera- torsetranscending and yet embracing these and other problems is the vague but paramount role the Dean must play as a kind of central intelli- gence officer, determining every day, from one source or another, the condition of his faculty, of their development, of their relations with the student. The character of the College itselt' will be largely determined by the conclusions he draws. Father Nicknair's spirituality is of that kind that is quite obvious but in its very proximity remote. It contains all his work in that it is a living parable of the talents. Having been given talents, he seems determined to extract from them all that is possible; determined to return them to God through man. Any college which is seriously intent on edu- cation faces the delicate problem of discipline. In a university, the problemiis on a scale parallel in size to the student body. Within the student body possible animosity is fairly easily absorbed. In a small college, however, tension is con- centrated and negative attitudes bounce of? the walls. Into this tight atmosphere Father Oscar Giroux entered as Dean of Men, a year after the Class of 1963 began its sojourn on the shores of the Saw. Possessing at once a strong sense of duty and a sociable disposition, he has been able to fulfill the difficult and sometimes pain- ful demands of his omce and maintain his natural disposition toward the students. As teacher, Father Oscar has tried to under- stand his students' attitudes toward their studies; their reactions negative and positive. Believing, as he does, that a solid foundation is necessary for advancement in any field, he has, within his OWn field, maintained an emphasis on the classic philosophers. He has realized that in any study, the maxim All things come to him who waits is not to be taken lightly; that discipline in study, too, is a necessity. His own teaching in the class room is a study in clarity of thought and pre- cision of presentation. Despite the futility of an ideal persona! re- lationship between each student and the Dean of Men, Father Oscar likes to feel that his ad- ministration has emphasized a deepening and broadening of each student's intellectual life. If the Saint Francis undergraduate can mobilize the forces of his background to shake of? some of that inborn apathy described by some as a product of our times, the Dean of Men believes that the future of the College holds the prospect of unprecedented academic excellence charac- terized by an increase of emphasis on its dedi- cation to the ideals of the liberal arts, culminat- ing as they do in the formation of the educated Christian gentleman. Father Oscar is not only disciplinarian and teacher, but priest, as well. As such he serves the students in a spiritual manner. In carrying out this service, it is not enough for him to soy or do, but to be also. It has occurred to some while watching him at Mass or listening to his com- ments on the spiritual life, that Father Oscar has seized upon the spiritual realities and has made of them not merely so many assorted truths, but very real parts of his spiritual and daily life. Finally, it is not enough to read the above; it is necessary to watch him below the surface. When this is done the person of Father Oscar, Dean of Men, eme'rges: an amazing man. 155 What critics still challenge, a well known national magazine observed, is whether the peculiarly American heritage of Catholic anti- intellectualism will so hobble scholarship that greatness is out of reach. Such statements the educated Catholic college graduate finds galling. And perhaps not less so because he is aware of their wide acceptance and the evidence which seems to bear them out. For greatness is the foundation on which rests the validity of any institution's claim to recognition, and it can be asked with eftect, where are Catholicism's great men? The answer, many would say, lies in the web of Catholic doctrinalism which has, through the years, entangled more than its share of disciplines and smothered the seeds of original thought. In their phrase, Catholic students, spoon-fed from beginning to end, have been doomed to remain intellectual children with rate answers to unappreciated, even unrealised questions. But there is another side to the picture. if the dogmatic approach has seemed at times to predominate in the Catholic schools of higher education, it is because Catholic educators, in the past a group composed mainly of those in the religious life, have felt themselves assailed on every side by the cynicism of a hostile world. They have felt the need to declare and transmit in clear form those beliefs within the tradition which they hold sacred-and it. is inevitable that in such an atmosphere many non-essentials should have been perhaps wrongly sanctified. In their minds they have had to make the choice between Christian truth and an objectivity which all too often clothed a black agnosticism- a white sincerity was the only alternate. Catholic education is presently, however, fac- ing the century and the century's problems- many of them gray-with an increased self- criticism which, as one critic points out, is a sign 6f increased self-respect. Further, Catholics in the United States enioy today a greater degree of social equality than they have hitherto ex- 156 perienced. Flexibility is the current spirit, im- provement the theme, and excellence the goal. The new spirit is exemplified in many ways to even the most casual observer. Under the present administration, a Development and Endowment Program has been inaugurated. The physical aspects of the College have been more than doubly increased. The faculty has been im- pressively augmented and infused with new blood. The number of students continuing on in graduate work has risen. All this and more has highlighted the present administration of the Very Reverend Clarence Laplante, O.F.M., in its first three years. Father President is at the helm of an organiza- tion which involves at least two ingredients. The first is purpose. Purpose itself is connected with change in one way or another. If we wish to embody this idea of purposeful change in a word, we refer to it as progress. The second element concerns the organization itself. How is it to achieve its purpose? The organization is a conglomeration of various elements welded into, and working as a unit. Thus its essence is harmony or cooperation. So it is that we evolve a general standard for the measurement of an organization. Stated briefly, the pur- pose of an organization is progress through cooperation. When one evaluates the operation of any organized body the results are always a com- mentary on the administrative structure of that body. The administration of any complex is seen as the source of its operations, and its eFFec- tiveness is consequently iudgecl upon the success or failure of those operations. On the opposite page you see the man in- trusted with leadership at Saint Francis. From what you now know of our Class and of the School, you must quite naturally form an opinion of his effectiveness. From where the Class of 1963 stands, there is overwhelming evidence for the belief that the administration has plentifully fulfilled its aim of progress through cooperation. VERY REVEREND CLARENCE LAPLANTE, O.F.M., President . . . the end 15 the beginning 158 To the reader: This then is MOTUS 1963. It is the product of thousands of hours of planning, thinking, arrang- ing contracts, meetings, photographs, and iust general work. We are extremely proud of our book, not only for its physical properties, but for the changes it represents. Never before has Saint Francis pro- duced such a representative publication. This was the transitional year on MOTUS, and it was not an easy one, but then nothing really worth doing is easy. Furthermore, we are very pleased, for out of our total run of three hundred copies, two hun- dred and fifteen are going out to members of the student body who have paid five dollars to obtain the book. This we feel, is an overwhelm- ing vote of' confidence in our struggle to produce a publication that is the property of every stu- dent, not just a select few. It has shown that, indeed, the maiority of students do want their own yearbook, and has paved the way towards a stable financial policy for MOTUS. The Staff truly deserves, and we know, will receive much credit: MOTUS 1963, besides being an outstanding publication, is fully paid for, withaut a financial subsidy from the: College. The members of the staft, on their own initiative, raised over three thousand, five hundred dollars to complete the financial contracts which they originated. There are a number of people who have been instrumental in the production of the book, par- ticularly Francis Lebeau, our Literary Editor, who was the guiding light in its conception and pro- duction; our Associate Editor, Daniel Keohane, who gave much of his time and efforts to the publication; Ray Tremblay, who very kindly stayed at College for a week after Commence- ment to work on the book, and who was a great help as our Business Manager; and Paul Cenot who directed our sales campaign. We would also like to thank George Findlen, Robert Feraco, Paul Cramer and Jim Kennedy for their assistance. The most hearty thanks of the staff also go to Mr. William Sutton who several times took our cause to the administration; to Mr. James Beaudry, for assembling the sports scores; to Reverend Father President for his assistance and interest; to Mrs. Albert Gower, for typing many of our multi-lith masters; and to Mr. Fernand Loranger for helping us on our stationery. Our moderator, Reverend Frederic Belanger, obtained many of the photographs which appear in the historical section. Mr. George Anastasott, our photograbher, made an extraordinary contribu- tion and we remain very grateful to him. We are further indebted to Mr. Frederic Laughlin of the Portland Lithograph Company. ASsistant Editor - Paul E. Cenci. Copy Editor - George L. Findlen III. Paul C. Cramer, Jr., Neil B. Curley, Michael 0. Austin, Robert T. Freeman, William J. Jerram. Editor-in-Chief - Peter G. Jordan Associate Editor - Daniel F. Keohane Literary Editor - Francis P. Lebeau L. Feraco, Kenneth DosSantos, Thomas Moriarty, Thomas J. Friel, James M. Craig, David J. Coleman, Dominic N. Moschella. Business Manager - Raymond J. Tremblay. Assistants - James M. Kennedy, Timothy H. Murphy. Editor-at-Large - Joseph A. Capobianco, Jr. Faculty Moderator - Rev. Frederic Belanger, O.F.M. Assistants - Robert Assistants e The frontispiece is a photograph of a cement study that is familiar to all Saint Francis students, though few know the signification behind it. is entitled Christ the Teacher, and was executed by the noted sculptor, John Amore, in 1950. About MOTUS 1963 . . . The stafT' of this year's publication chose a modern type face, Spartan medium, to improve the reading qualities of the book. iThis choice, incidentally, was supported when the popular American periodical, Time Magazine, changed its caption headings to the same type, in that publication's first type altera- tion in forty yearsJ Display headings are set in Future Extra Heavy, a strong sans-serif face which contrasts with the body type. The paper is Lustro-Gloss enamel, manufactured by the S. D. Warren Company of Boston. The cover was madeito our design by the S. K. Smith Com- pany in Chicago, and the book was bound in Concord, New Hampshire, at the New Hamp- shire Bindery. The book has been set and printed with great care and considerable pleasure by the Portland Lithograph Company, Portland, Maine. 159 160 Mr. Joseph E. Sullivan Mr. $ Mrs. George F. Pellwier Mr. 8x Mrs. Julius Sirmay Dr. 8 Mrs. H. Bianco Mr. 81 Mrs. Peter Barbesseh Mr. 8t Mrs. H. Webster Jones Mr. 8 Mrs. Harold W. Hayes Mr. 8 Mrs. H. T. Deane Mr. 8- Mrs. Hector LeBecu Mr. EL Mrs. Eugene Dunbar Mr. $ Mrs. John L. Varrone Dr. 8: Mrs. Peter Barflewski Mr. $ Mrs. John L. Coughlin Mr. 81 Mrs. Walteen G. Soucy Mr. 8: Mrs. Thomas L. Moriarty Mr. 8 Mrs. George W. Smith Mr. 8 Mrs. George Low Mrs. Virginia D. Maywah Mr. 8 Mrs. D. H. Mikalouskcs Mr. 8: Mrs. J. W. Finn Mr. 8 Mrs. Harry JV McShea Mr. 8t Mrs. Louis G. Nylander Mr. 8: Mrs. Arthur W. Menadier Mrs. Mary Bagnaschi Mr. 8: Mrs. Francis Deleo Mr. 8x Mrs. Emile Talbot Mr. 8: Mrs. Wm. Jordan, Ill Mr. 8 Mrs. John P. Burke Mr. 8: Mrs. William J. Farnan Mr. 8: Mrs. Arthur J. Pogono Mr. 8. Mrs. Edward J. Simons Mr. 8x Mrs. Beaulieu Mr. 81 Mrs. T. A. Calio Mr. 8 Mrs. John Bowler Mr. 8 Mrs. Raymond DiVicino Mr. 81 Mrs. Arthur Call Mr. 8: Mrs. David J. Sullivan Mrs Catherine K. Peierson Mr. 8 Mrs. Paul C. Cramer Mr. 8 Mrs. John Pierce PATRONS Mrs. John J. Dimond Mrs. John Lynch Mrs. Francis V. Mcrrah Mrs. Guido R. Carpenfieri . Hugo L Ricci Mrs. Thomas J. Casey Mr. Mrs. Ernest Duchemin Mr. Mrs. A. Wm. Eamiani Mrs. Ann Craven Mr. 8 Mrs. William J. Curfin Mrs. Eunice R. Crawford Mr. 8 Mrs. James C. Norwood Mr. 8: Mrs. Raymond J. Gemmei Mr. 8: Mrs. Joseph C. Friel Mr. 8 Mrs. William N. Limoges Mrs. Loretta M. McCobe Mr. Mr. Mr. Mrj. Mr. Mr. goppogogogogogn Z n In Mr. 8: Mrs. Lewis C. Phillips Mr. 8: Mrs. Dallas L. Wyant Mr. 8 Mrs. John H. Kelley Mr. 8: Mrs. F. P. Margenfino Mr. 8: Mrs. George M. Rosr Mr. 8: Mrs. Bernard J. O'Rourke Mr. $ Mrs. James F. Coughlin Mr. 81 Mrs. Harold T. Bowker Mr. 8t Mrs. Salvator Spifale Mrs. Timothy Sullivan Mr. 8x Mrs. Jean-Paul Boucher Mr. 8: Mrs. Albert L. Fritz Mr. 8 Mrs. Frederick DeLeon Mr. 8x Mrs. Ronald J. Abbott Mr. $ Mrs. Martin Braun Mr. 8x Mrs. James C. Coleman Mr. 8: Mrs. L. J. Pristavec Mr. 8 Mrs. William R. Van Loan Mr. 8 Mrs. John W. Greagor Mr. 8 Mrs. Edward L. Trebilcock Mr. 8: Mrs. Joseph Moschella Mr. 8 Mrs. Wilbur Meolia Mr. 81 Mrs. Eugene T. Finney Mr. $ Mrs. John E. Dwyer Mr. 8x Mrs. Thaddeus Kozlowski SUBSCRIBERS Distinguished Donors Biddeford and Saco Coal and Oil Company, Biddeford, Maine Biddeford Motor Sales, Biddeford, Maine Biddeford Savings Bank, Biddeford, Maine Bugbee Brown, Inc., Biddeford, Maine Dearborn Book Shop, Biddeford, Maine Edward Delorge Baking Company, Inc., Biddeford, Maine First National Bank of Biddeford, Biddeford, Maine Libby 8 Dow, Saco, Maine McKenney 8 Heard Company, Biddeford, Maine Pepperell Trust Company, Biddeford, Maine Donors A. H. Benoit Company, Biddeford, Maine A. Landry's Dairy, Dayfon, Maine Biddeford-Maine Hardware Company, Biddeford, Maine Biddeford-Saco Journal, Biddeford, Maine Elm Laundry and Dry Cleaning, Biddeford, Maine J. G. Deering 8 Son, Biddeford, Maine Liggen's-Rexall Pharmacy, Biddeford, Maine W. E. Hutton and Company, Biddeford, Maine White Star Laundry, Biddeford, Maine Patrons AnastosoH's Studio, Biddeford, Maine Atkinson's Furniture Company, Biddeford, Maine BineHe's Barber Shop, Biddeford, Maine Butler's Department Store, Biddeford, Maine Champion Home Improvement Company, Inc., Saco, Maine Emond's Funeral Home, Biddeford, Maine Harry E. Center, Inc., Biddeford, Maine Hotel Thacher, Biddeford, Maine Langevin's Men's and Boy's Wear, lnc., Biddeford, Maine LeTourneau Brothers Shell Service Station, Biddeford, Maine Marvel Drive-in, Saco, Maine Neault and Marcotte Home Furnishings, Biddeford, Maine Pepperell Manufacturing Company, Biddeford, Maine Pizza by Alex, Biddeford, Maine Potter's Furniture Company, Biddeford, Maine Reny Brothers Printers, Saco, Maine Saco Motel, Route One, Saco, Maine Sam's Place, Biddeford, Maine Sears Roebuck and Company, Biddeford, Maine York County Biscuit Company, Inc., Biddeford,,Maine York County Electric, Biddeford, Maine United Auto Parts, Biddeford, Maine 161 162 THE INDEX OF GRADUATES Ayer, Willam C., p. 30. Bednarz, Paul J., p. 31. Bergeron, George M., p. 32. Berube, Normand A., p. 33. Birmingham, Francis R., p. 34. Boisvert, Armand R., p. 35. Boucher, Jean-P., p. 36. Brady, Robert V., p. 37. Callan, John F., p. 38. Carpenfieri, G. Joseph, p. 39. Conway, Richard P., p. 40. Cooney, Joseph E., p. 41. Dimond, William P., p. 42. Duchemin, Paul E., p. 43. Dunbar, Robert C., p. 44. DuPuis, Reynold R., p. 45. Elias, Rochid J., p. 46. Johnston, Paul D., p. 47. Jordan, Peter G., p. 48. Keohcne, Daniel F., p. 49. Lebeau, Francis P., p. 50. Magee, William B., p. 51. Makuck, Peter L, p. 52. McCabe, John J., p. 53. Pelletier, Michael L., p. 54. Peters, Emil J., p. 55. Peterson, John E., p. 56. Poulin, Michael A., p. 57. Previdi, Eugene A., p. 58. Reale, Dennis M., p. 59. Shaddock, William E., p. 60. Talbot, Emile J., p. 61. Tkafch, John G., p. 62. Trebilcock, Edward S., p. 63. Troadec, Jean-P., p. 64. Wyanf, Jerome L, p. 65. Zahor, John A., p. 66. THE INDEX OF UNDERGRADUATES Note: The symbols i liuniorl, s lsophomoreL and f lfreshmanl in parentheses haye been used appropriately after all names; the abbreviation abs. occurs in place of a page number when a pariicular student, for one reason or another, was too busy to accommodate us-you may perhaps discover him, however, walking, running, or dancing through one of the many unindexed candid or activity photographs: In all cases captions describe pictorial arrangements from left to rig hf. Abbott, Lawrence P., Rutland, Vermont, lsl, abs. Acquavellc, Richard F., New Hyde Park, N. Y., m, abs. Albrecht, William H., Woodbridge, Conn., lfl, abs. Amrose, Joseph J., Lyons, N. Y., m, p. 81. Anderson, Joseph H., Jr., Hewlen, N. Y., lfl, p. 81. Archer, Reginald T., Bangor, Maine, 61, abs. Atkins, David W., Dedhom, Mass., lsl, abs. Audef, Patrick L., Presque Isle, Maine, 00, abs. Austin, Michael 0., Springfield, Mass., 01, p. 75. Bagnaschi, James P., Torrington, Conn., m, p. 81. Bcillargeon, P. Michael, North Smithfleld, R. 1., m, p. 81. Barbeosch, George T., Woodhaven, N. Y., lsL p. 82. Barren, Charles J., Valhalla, N. Y., m, p. 82. Bartlewski, Paul A., New Britain, Conn., W. p. 80. Beaulieu, Daniel G., Presque Isle, Maine, m, p. 75. Beck, Ronald W., Garden City, N. Y., m, p. 76. Berube, Ronald. R., Fall River, Mass., m, p. 82. Bianco, Philip R., North Adams, Mass., m, p. 82. Blair, Paul C., Newton, Mass., 151, abs. Boldiga, Joseph P., New Bedford, Mass., lsl, abs. Bora, Gerald M., West Hartford, Conn., lsl, abs. Boucher, Robert G., Biddeford, Maine, m, p. 82, Bowker, H. Thomas, Newton, Mass., lsl, abs. Bowler, Arthur M., Flushing, N. Y., m, p. 82. Brady, John A., Lawrence, Mass., lfl, abs, Braga, Reid A., Raynham, Mass., lsl, p. 73. Broun, Martin C., Buffalo, N. Y., 151, p. 74. Broderick, Thomas P., Manchester, N. H., m, abs. Bruzzese, Robert T., Arlington, Mass., 61, p. 82. Burke, Edward T., Keorny, N. J., lsl, abs. Burke, Gerard F., Jamaica Plain, Mass., 01, p. 75. Butfrldge, John J., Schenectady, N. Y., lfl, p. 82. Byrnes, Joseph F., Milford, Mass., 01, p. 75. Calio, Richard J., Hartford, Conn., lsl, p. 73. Call, Peter F., Manchester, Conn., 61, p. 71. Camire, James R., Sanford, Maine, lsl, abs. Capobianco, Joseph A., Babylon, N. Y., m, p. 75. Casey, Robert E., Providence, R. l., lsl, p. 68. Cenci, Paul E., Hartford, Conn., lsl, p. 68. Chavonelle, Peter B., Lewiston, Maine, lsl, p. 68. Check, Richard A., Bridgeport, Conn., m, p. 78. vCilento, Armand R., Newark, N. J., m, p. 71. Clarke, James E., Sfcumford, Conn., 01, p, 73. Comn, John. A., Brattleboro, Vermont, lsl, abs. Coleman, David J., Waterbury, Conn., lll: p. 73. Conheady, Patrick W., Rochester, N. Y., m, p. 71. ConifF, Raymond K., Simsbury, Conn., lsl, p, 78. Connelly, Eugene L., Jersey City, N. J., ls1, abs. Coughlin, James F., Somerville, Mass., m, p, 71. Coughlin, Jos'eph P., SuEern, N. Y., m, p. 71. Coughlin, Thomas G., West Hartford, Conn., 61, p. 71. Courchesne, Morris J., Bellows Falls, Vermont, lsl, p. 68. Coyne, Francis X., Bellows Falls, Vermont, m, p. 73. Craig, James M., Demoresf, N. J., lsl, p. 78. Cramer, Paul C., Albany, N. Y., lfl, p. 71. Craven, Edward J., Garden Ciiy, N. Y., lsl, p. 73. Crawford, Hugh J., Wellesley Hills, Mass., lfl, p. 80. Curley, Neil 8., Lynn, Mass., m, p. 73. Curtin, Anthony J., Uncasville, Conn., m, p. 80. Damiani, Donald C., Waterbury, Conn., 61, p. 79. D'Attanasio, Albert V., Canton, Mass., 61, p. 80. Davies, Robert 5., Biddeford, Maine, 151, p. 74. Deane, Raymond D., Glen Head, N. Y., lsl, abs. DeLeo, Raymond F., Waterbury, Conn., lil, p. 76. Deleon, Fred M., Waterbury, Conn., lsl, cubs. Delia, Vincent A., Brooklyn, N. Y., m, p. 80. DiVicino, Richard R., New Britain, Conn., lfl, p. 80. Devlin, Daniel J., Long Beach, N. Y., lsl, abs. DiPaola, Anthony C., Beechhursf, N. Y., 151, p. 78. Donahue, Michael P., Millers Falls, Mass., 61, p. 79. DosSantos, Kenneth, Waterbury, Conn., 09, p. 80. Duchorme, Mark B., Winooski, Vermont, lfl, p. 80. Dudley, Merrill W., Torrington, Conn., lsl, abs. Dugre, Robert M., Sanford, Maine, 09, abs. Durlacher, Wayne F., Clifton, N. J., lsl, abs. Dwyer, John T., West Hartford, Conn., 31. p. 79. Einemann, Joseph J., Rosendale, N. Y., lsl, p. 74. Fargnoli, Angelo N., Saratoga Springs, N. Y., l0, abs. Farnan, William J., Niantic, Conn., lsl, abs. Fava, Thomas D., Waterbury, Conn., lsl, p. 73. Feroco, Robert L., Westerly, R. l., lfl, p. 79. Findlen, George L., Van Buren, Maine, lsl, abs. Finke, George A., Great Barrington, Mass., lsl, p. 82. Finn, John W., Canton, Mass., lsl, p. 78. Finnerty, Kevin P., Brooklyn,..N. Y., lsl, abs. Finney, Eugene T., Springfield, N. J., m, p. 79. Fossbender, Edmund W., Waterbury, Conn., lsl, p. 82. Freeman, Robert T., Nolick, Mass., CD, p. 79. Friel, Thomas J., Pike, N. H., lfl, p. 79. Fritz, Hugh J., Sayreville, N. J., lsl, p. 73. Gagnon, Joseph C., Bangor, Maine, m, p. 76. Geary, Quentin J., Johnston, R. l., m, p. 79. Gemmel, Raymond J., West Roxbury, Mass., lsl, abs. George, Louis J., Walpole, Mass., 00, p. 72. Gilroy, Michael J., Lynn, Mass., 61, abs. Gof'fc, Joseph P., New Britain, Conn., lfl, abs. Golday, John A., Dunellen, N. J., 151, obs. Gomes, Russell F., Fall River, Mass., 01, p. 69. Greagor, Paul K., Huntington, N. Y., lfl, abs. Grieco, Andrew J., Brooklyn, N. Y., lsl, abs. Greisler, Peter F., Schenectady, N. Y., m, p. 70, Guay, Jon B., Bingham, Maine, m, p. 80. Guiffrido, Joseph 1., Malden, Mass., 151, abs. Guignard, Richard N., Biddeford, Maine, 01, abs. Hoiko, Andrew D., Clifton Heights, Pa., lsl, p. 73. Handlon, nges R., Westbrook, Maine, lsl, p. 82. Hort, James E., Seneca Falls, N. Y., lll: p. 71. Hayes, James J., Queens Village, N. Y., lfl, p. 79. Healy, Brendon J., Bridgeport, Conn., m, p. 70. Hecrn, Raymond R., Croydon, Pa., lfl, p. 70. Holcombe, Frederick M., Simsbury, Conn., lfl, abs. Hood, Michael R., Ronkonkoma, N. Y., lsl, abs. Houde, Renald A., Biddeford, Maine, m, p. 70. Howard, Ralph J., Wynnewood, Pa., lsl, p. 75. 163 164 Hughes, John T., Floral Park, N. Y., m, p, 79. Jerome, Dominic F., Atlantic City, N. J., m, p. 77. Jerram, William J., Portsmouth, N. H., m, p. 72, Johnson, Roger R., Soco, Maine, m, abs. Johnson, William E., Middletown, Conn., w, abs. Jones, Robert E., Woonsocket, R. l., m, p. 76. Keeney, Joseph F., Midland Park, N. J., m, abs. Kelley, James R., Rutland, Vermont, 65L p. 74. KeHy, John J., Hartford, Conn., 65L p. 75. Kennedy, James M., Lawrence, Mass., M, p. 82. Kenney, James T., Oakville, Conn., M, p. 74. Kerr, James J., Williston Park, N. Y., m, abs. King, James P., Berlin, Conn., m, abs. Kirby, Patrick, Waterbury, Conn., 6L abs. Kozlowski, Matthew R., Newark, N. J., m, p. 77. LaBeIle, George A., Seekonk, Moss M, p. 74. LaFounfoin, Keane, R., Schenectady, N. Y., m, p. 70. Lamb, Patrick E., Westfield, N. J., M, abs. LeTendre, Leonard J., Fall River, Mass., w, abs. Levesque, Robert J., Rochester, N. H., M, abs. Levinsky, Henry L, Ansonia, Conn., m, abs. Limoges, Raymond W., Cloremom, N. H., 65L p. 76. Low, James H., Warwick, R. l., 65L abs. Lucas, Henry A., Norwich, Conn., m, abs. Lynch, Francis V., Waterbury, Conn., m, cabs. Lynch, Peter L., Uxbridge, Mass., m, p. 71. MacDonald, George R., East Millinocket, Maine, 60, abs. MacDonald, John J., Portsmouth, N. H., m, abs. MacDonough, Thomas L, Windsor, Conn., 00, abs. McAuley, Henry M., New York, N. Y., BL p. 75. McCafTrey, James F., New London, Conn., BL p. 75. McCartan, Thomas H., Manchester, Conn., 03, abs. McCarthy, Joseph E., Biddeford, Maine, m. McCormack, William E., West Hartford, Conn., m, p. 71. McDonough, John J., Millis, Moss., m, abs. McGrath, James H., Bangor, Maine, 03, p. 72. Mclnerney, Michael T., Garden City, N. Y., 65L abs. McKenzie, Thomas D., Burlington, Vermont, 65L abs. McKinney, Robert H., Bronx, New York, m, p. 72. McShea, Terence P., Oreland, Pa., 00, p. 72. Moheux, Richard A., Lewiston, Maine, m, abs. Mahoney, Brian W., Cheshire, Conn., m, abs. Margemino, Robert E., New Britain, Conn., m, abs. Mcriani, Alan A., Waterbury, Conn., 00, abs. Mcrrah, William J., Woonsockef, R. L, m, p. 71. Martel, Charles J., Lewiston, Maine, m, p. 72. Martin, Renald H., Biddeford, Maine, 09, abs. Mason, Raymond E., Lewiston, Maine, m, p. 78. Mathieu, Richard R., Sanford, Maine, m, abs. Maywolt, William F., Worcester, Mass., 65L p. 74. Mealia, George 5., Trumbull, Conn., 03, p. 72. Meister, Richard J., Elizabeth, N. J., m, abs. Melanson, James E., Brownville, Maine, m, abs. Menadier, Theodore J., Rye, N. Y., m, abs. Mikalauskas, Kenneth E., New Britain, Conn., m, abs. Moore, Robert A., Long Beach, N. Y., 6L p. 69. Moron, Peter M., Waterbury, Conn., m, p. 72. Moreno, Edward L., N. Providence, R. l., M, abs. Moriarty, Thgmas L, Providence, R. l., m, p. 79. Morrissette, Paul A., Berlin, N. H., 65L p. 69. Moschella, Dominic N., Waterbury, Conn., m, p. 71. Moschello, John P., Middlebury, Conn., M, p. 76. Mullavey, Gordon F., Portsmouth, N. H., CH, abs. Murphy, Peter A., Brooklyn, N. Y., m, p, 69. Murphy, Timothy H., Worcester, Mass., 6L p. 76. Myers, Joseph N., Coral Gables, Florida, m, P. 79- Naughton, Robert J., Milton, Mass., m, P- 79- Needham, John T., New Britain, Conn., W, P. 79- Neimcn, Edward M., New Britain, ann., m, p. 71- Normand, Roger M., Biddeford, Maine, m, abs. Norwood, James C., Slewcrf Manor, N. Y., m, p. 79- Nylander, Louis L., Athol, Moss, M, P 74- O'Brien, James R., Plainfield, N. J., U3, p. 79. O'Brien, John M., Warren, R. L, m, p. 78. Occhialini, Rober? l., New London, Conn., m, p. 79. O'Leary, Timothy J., South Portland, Maine, m, abs. O'Rourke, Bernard N., Wollaston, Mass., 657, P. 76. OueHene, Donald E., Biddeford, Maine, m, abs- Ouellene, Ronald R., Caribou, Maine, m, abs. Pagano, Lawrence A., Garden City, N. Y., 67, P. 70' Perreoulf, Raymond D., Lowell, Moss, m, abs. Phillips, David L., Williamsport, Pa., m, GbS. Pierce, James L., North Arlington, N. J., m, abS. Pinurd, Norbert J., Sanford, Maine, m, p. 70. Plaski, Brian L., Garfield, N. J., m, p. 72. Ploszczenski, Pefer J., New Britain, Conn., 65L P- 68- Pope, Gerald F., West Hartford, Conn., M, p. 73- Poulin,'PhiIop E., Sanford, Maine, 65L p. 8L Prisiavec, Lawrence F., CliFfwood Beach, N. J., 657, p- 76, Privizzino, Joseph F., Manchester, Conn., m, P- 72- Ricci, Hugo L., Providence, R. l., UL p. 72. Romeo, Francis J., Newington, Conn., m, abs. Rost, George 3., Springfield, Pa., m, p. 69. Ryan, Ronald A., Lynn, Mass., 00, p. 72. St. Pierre, Henry E., Winchendonw, Mass, m, p. 78- Santongelo, John J., Derby, Conn.,, 65L abs. Santa Lucia, Gaetano F., Waterbury, Conn., 00: P- 72- Schuck, Richard C., New Brunswick, N. J., 65L p. 69. Scolese, John F., Waterbury, Conn., m, p. 72- Sefranek, George A., Bethlehem, Pa., 657, p. 69. Sekera, Joseph W., Orrington, Maine, m, abs. Seney, Merrill L., North Grosvenordale, Conn., M, abs. Sheehan, Barry W., New Britain, Conn., 65L p. 76. Sheehun, Robert F., Springfield, Mass., M, p .76. Site, Joseph P., Jersey City, N. J., 65L p. 74. Soscia, Edward J., New York, N. Y., m, p. 68. Soucie, Edmund L, Eagle Lake, Maine, m. P- 68- Soecy, Joseph W., Bangor, Maine, m, abs. Spltale, Lawrence P., Potchoque, N. Y., m, p. 68- Straw, Shaun R., Watertown, Conn., 65L abs. Strong, John J., Waterbury, Conn., 65L abs. Struck, Robert E., East Providence, R. I., m, abs. Sullivan, Timothy F., Waterbury, Conn., 657, p- 78- Taylor, Norman R., Biddeford, Maine, m, abs. Theroux, Alexander, Medford, Mass., m, obs. Thil'aeculf, Robert G., Sanford, Maine, M, p. 81. Trcnnor, Anthony T., Pawcatuck, Conn., W, P- 63- Tremblay, Raymond J., Holyoke, Mass., 65L p. 74- Valerio, Thomas M., Clinton, Mcss., M, P 78- Vallwunfe, Frederick G., Warren, R. l., 6571 abs. Vandeventer, Charles R., Burlington, Vermont, W, p. 68- V.cm Loan, William R., Durien, Conn., 65L p. 68. Vlera, David J., Riverside, R. l., M, p. 76. Walsh, Dov7d N., Southwest Harbor, Maine, 65L p. 74. Walsh, Michael J., Portsmouth, N. H., m, P. 70- Watson, William J., New Britain, Conn., CH, Obs- Wel.ch, Charles 5., East Boston, Mass., m, P- 79- Whltmon, Myron D., Whitestone, N. Y., 657, abs. Young, Frederick A., Providence, R. L, m. P- 78- V 31' L4 LD 14801.321 Motus M67 Wmmmmwuwm 1963 c.2