The Griffin: volume 50, issue 02 - Sept. 14, 1979

              The Griffin/Jim Hauf Larry Franz - Vice President of Business and Finance (continued on page 6) Franz acknowledge, "I have received a letter from the architect saying that Four Winds has agreed to do the remedial work on the field. They probably will not be able to start until next spring." To help remedy the drainage dilemma, a spokesman for Kideney, Smith, Fitzgerald & Laping reported that they will soon be sending a design for repairs to Franz which include more drainage tiles and a plan for lifting the field's low areas. As a result, the team has held only 3 practices on the new field. The gridders have been forced to practice in Delaware Park and War Memorial Stadium. Water has inflicted enough damage to the new turf of Canisius' practice field to make college administrators wary of letting the Golden Griffins use it. Athletic Director Dr. Daniel Starr summed up the predicament saying, "If the team practices on the field now, the turf might become so ripped up that the whole job will have to be done over." When the field was initially overwatered, the fill began to sink. When football practice began during jte August, record rainfall hit the Buffalo area. Mr. Paul Bieron, Koessler Athletic Center director, explained, "Our athletic field has a sloped grading. It is not large enough to be crested as are most football fields. Drainage is therefore somewhat of a problem for us." Problems first arose when the field was over-watered by the company that put in the sprinkler system. The refurbishing of the field took place during most of the month of June. Fill was added, sod implanted, an undergound sprinkler was installed, and a new fence was erected. developed with the field Early in the academic year Brooks gave birth to her first child and soon afterward the baby developed spinal meningitis. Brooks admits that she was distracted during this time, but she felt the only objection students raised was her lack of enthusiasm. When Brooks received what she felt were favorable departmental evaluations and was denied tenure, she filed suit. She claims sexual discrimination because she feels the tions suggested that the quality of her teaching had fallen. She explained this as "one bad year." tal and student evaluations; a procedure followed for all candidates for tenure. During the 1976-77 school year Brooks student evalua- based on administrative, departmen- Brooks Denied Tenure; Files Sex Discrimination Suit only negative viewpoint expressd in the evaluations referred to the fact that she just had a child. "Canisius can't handle the idea of their professors being mothers," she said. "That did not go into my evaluation of Dottie at all," said the Rev. Frank Courneen, S.J., a member of the departmental committee when asked to comment on Brook's statement. He had already decided to recommend Brooks with reservations. He noted that in his evaluation his final paragraph mentioning her pregnancy was only a reminder to administrators that this type of situation is bound to occur. Cour- by Donna Hoelscher A Canisius College faculty member has filed a discrimination suit against the School with the State Division of Human Rights. Dorothea Brooks, of the Religious Studies Department, filed the suit after she was denied tenure. Vice President of Academic Affairs, Rev. Edmund G. Ryan, S.J.,defined tenure as "the right to continual employment from the moment of its granting to the day of mandatory retirement." He stressed the financial implications of this agreement, noting that her salary over the years could amount to between 600 and 800 thousand dollars. The decision to deny tenure was Franz commented, "We are hoping that this holdback of money will serve as an incentive for the company to remedy problems that have It is from Four Winds Nursery, Inc. that the $25,000 is being withheld. This is half of the amount the college owes the company. Four Winds Nursery, Inc. is the contractor hired to do the work on the field. Custom Top Soil, Inc. and Town & Country Rainmakers were hired by the contractor to help in the effort. Canisius College hired Kideney, Smith, Fitzgerald & Laping Architects & Engineers to design the new field. Franz noted, "The architects practically donated their services to the school." The field, used primarily for football practice, was in need of repairs. Last year alone over 100 injuries were sustained by the Golden Griffins which can be directly blamed on the poor conditions of the field, according to Franz. The field suffered damages when it was used as " dumping ground for snow. The ;nainder of th» $51,000 needed for the new project, came from the school's surplus in last years funds. Fourteen thousand dollars of this money came from federal government assistance. The federal funds were used as a reimbursement for snow removal expenses incurred by the college during the blizzard of 1977. Franz explained, "A special allocation of $51,000 was channeled over to the Koessler Athletic Center to make the field renovation possible. by Anne Kozera "Canisius College is withholding payment of $25,000 to the contractor responsible for refurbishing the Koessler Athletic Field until the work is done to our satisfaction, stated Dr. Laurence W. Franz, vice president of business and finance. Relic of Dicken's Novels Finds Home At Canisius Mk ■Ksr**,*W fl| ■■'^ The story of how it came into the school's possesion is a rather fascinating one. The Newgate prison What a tremendous stroke of luck it is that one of these original doors from the Newgate Prison should suddenly fall into the eager hands of Canisius College! A real piece of British history that you can see, touch, and marvel at. because of the sturdy, unyielding construction of Newgate's walls and heavy cell doors. Each door (or "gate", as they were often called) was specifically designed by its craftsman to be durable and escapeproof. Nearly every one of the gates contained not just one, but two or more separate, German-made locks. It is no wonder that some of these gates still survive today when we realize how carefully and painstskingly they were constructed. Any attempt to escape would have been nearly impossible, merely You may recognize this scene taken from Charles Dicken's unforgettable Oliver Twist. It is a description of Pagan's terrifying experience in the famed Newgate Prison of London. In fact, back in Dicken's time, the mere mention of Newgate was enough to strike fear in the heart of the bravest Englishman. Few man ever escaped this den of hell once they had been condemned to a life rotting away within it's gloomy, rat-infested cells. "They led him to one of the condemned cells, and left him there alone. He sat down on a stone bench opposite the door...At length, when his hands were raw with beating against the heavy door and walls, two men appeared..." During the late 1600's under the At first, there was only one gate leading into and out of the city. However with a gradual increase in population (causing an increase in the flow of inter-city traffic), it became neccessary to build a "new" gate in order for the city to accommodate the needs of a growing populace. When, at the end of the Dark Ages, most of the wall was torn down, a prison was built on what had previously been the site of this "new" gate. Hence it acquired the name, the Newgate Prison. was for so long a part of England's history, that no one really knows for sure the exact year of its original contruction. We do know that it goes almost as far back as the Dark Ages. At that time, the entire city of London was surrounded by a huge wall as protection from intruders. In 1780, another attempt was made by the Catholic church to reestablish itself in England. A series of social protest were let by Lord George Gordon, and it was during one of these "No Popery" riots in June 7th, 1780, that angry protestors burned the hated Newgate Prison to the ground. (This scene is vividly depicted in Charles Dickens', Barnaby Rudge.) The prison was rebuilt within two years and from 1783 until 1868 thousands of public reign of Queen Elizabeth I, there was a Catholic plot to try to overthrow the newly established Anglican church in England. The revolt was quickly supressed and as a result, many Jesuit priests suffered punishment (and often death) in Newgate Prison because of their religious convictions. Among those executed was St. Robert Southwell. (continued on page 7) Payment Witheld On Field WHH pT fi Newgate Prison Door The Griffin/Jim Hauf the £ jfcg VOLUME L, NUMBER 1 Canisius College FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,1979