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Volume 34 Fordham College.—May 5, 1955 Number 22 Polk Open Band Concert Commemorates 'Ram Class By Ed RCJUMMS Elections Fiftieth Anniversary By E4 Lehman Of School Pep Song Balloting for senior, junior and sophomore elasa officers will talo The Ban* place today and Friday in Keat- will present its twelfth »nnu»I ing Hall cafeteria between noon concert tomorrow evening in Col. lins Auditorium at 8:30. • and 2 p.m. "AH those who are at The conceit will commemorate all interested In a successful the fiftieth anniversary of the 1955-56 school year are urged writing of "The Fordham Ram" to vote," Ralph Delia Cava, elec- by John Ignatius Coveney, Claw tions committee chairman de- of 1908. Mr. CCveney, whose like-, clared. •... . ness appears on a memorial plaque George Benignu and Pat Dowd in the entrance to the gym, ori- head the two rival ballots in the ginally wrote "The Bam" for a battle for senior class offices.1 one-act farce which was present" Completing the Benigno slate are ed by his classmates. It made its Berate Kerrigan, the candidate debut to the accompaniment ?oj for the .vice-presidency; Pat King, the college orchestra, glee clubs funning for "secretary, and Jack mandolin club, and banjo elnbv Peloso, the nominee for treasurer. Following his graduation from The Dowd ticket' has Mike Spa Fordham in. 1906, Coveney became; ziano for the vice-presidency; Bill a songwriter and an arranger. Bowen, for secretary, and Mark Five years later, he died of a> Varrichio, for ."treasurer. respiratory ailment. Tomorrow Statement* by Dowd, Benlfno THE MEMBERS OF THE FORDHAM UNIVERSITY BAND which will present Its annual spring night, Mr. James Coveney, the author's brother, will be present The following statement was re- concert tomorrow night at 8:30 In Collins Auditorium pose with their moderator, the Rev. Harold 1 leased by the Benigno ticket laet J. Mulqueen, S.J.. . • • . . . / < when the band plays "The Earn." Filday: "The last three yean at in its entirety. Fordham have revealed out im- Today at noon, the "Boiler- portant aspect in the relationship maker Brigade," a special jazz en- that should exist among the stu- Gala Senior Weejc Devotions semble from the band, will give • concert ft Keating cafeteria toi'id dent body. This is cooperation. Fordham's traditional May De- Suocess in any endeavor is not ticket tales. Sparks '55 Fintilk votions will continue through- A precedent will be established: immediately forthcoming and In out th.e month of May. The the majority of, cases it, results By. P. Johnson Bonert. tomorrow night -when the band daily devotlnu will it held in renders the fourth, movement from only after so much time and ef- Senior Week, which heralds the farewell of the Class of '55 'to front of Keatinc Hall at 10:50 Rose Hill, wll] begin with a Stag Party on Thursday, June 2nd, and Tschaikowsky's Fourth Symphony fort have been expended. ; Since a.m. All 11:00 a.m. classes in in F Minor. It will be the first? senior year will be the final mile- end with the Senior Proni on Thursday, June 9th. Five other events the College will begin at 11:10. will take place between;the Stag Party.and the Prom. These are the time in the history of the Ford- stone of our college careers, it is Dally devotiont will consist of ham band that it has played a theiefore. essential that upon baccalaureate Mass, a picnic, a yacht party, Encaenia, and the a hymn, a short talk by a soda- part of a symphony. graduation,, we as. seniors, leave university commencement. list or another student and the to 9 p.m. The cost of the picnic A jazz band, the "Pep Band," with a feeling of accomplishment. Senior Week activities will be- Litany of the Blessed Virgin. is $2.00 per couple. For those will play all-time jazz favorite* "Other than sweat, toil arid gin.on June 2nd with a free, stag Last Monday the Rev. Laur- such as "High Society," and "Tiger tears, transitory elements in; life, desiring to stay later than nine, ence J. McGlnicy, S.J., Presi- party at the International Park Rag." This group is led by Tom our'.', success can be particularly co-chairmen. Matt Pitzgibbon arid dent of Fordham University, led Lynch.- •Inn, 814 K. 225th 'SI The party, measured by the close feeling and Jen-y Canavan- have • made ar- students from the entire Uni- Sousa, Gershwin, Et A). - sentiment; we develop-among our running from 8 p.m. to 12 p.m., versity in prayer on Keating rangements for a. smorgasbord- ;• The entire band will play Ralph- fellow classmates and towards: our will (be for "sWg'.-senlbfs .only."" Terrace. - The Living Bosairy Hermann's "Kiddie Ballet" along. dinner and dancing. . . . Alma--":Mater; those .Intangible Nick smedlra is. fhe-chairman-of ; was said, • (Continued on Page 3) items that are, forever binding -The senior yacljt party will be this affair.- upon graduation, consequently, it held on Sunday evening, June On the following Saturday, June is our sincere interest, as candi- 5th. The moonlight sail, up the Pepped-up Programs dates if or senior-class officers, to 4th, the seniors will attend the Hudson will be made on the Day •work for this goal. Our platform annual baccalaureate Mass in the Line .boat Knickerbocker. Tons is geared to meet the diverse University gym at 11 a.m. "Irnme-" FUV Spurns Summer Lull; needs of the class of '56, thereby LoFrisco, chairman of the party, diately following the Mass, a car insuring a-unity and- the afore- points .out that this is..the-first caravan w'S leavetthe campus for Plans to Enlarge Offerings mentioned objectives." time thai a yacht has been char- PaTTQowcf reieaseu ite" JtoKowin? Bp.ai:i;MflU..ntain,_where the senior Come the end of this month, ra- The penel includes Mr. Charlea (Continued on Page 3) picnic is scheduled from 1:30 pjnT dio stations will hang out their Odlpko of the University College vision will be made for 150 cou- g. ples at a cost of $4.50. The cruise "pros" will pack up and steam off Webb of the British Information to the Riviera. Then the.'"straw- Service. will start at 8:30 p.m. and end at hatters" and the starlets will de- The station's microphones will 12:30 a.m. Music will be provided scend on the. studios and invade capture the relaxed atmosphere by. a five-piece band, 'the "Daythe airwaves. Summer radio wili of Fordham's Junior Prom on May Line Peers." • be here. 7. From 10 to 10:45 p.m. an es- • The Senior Prom, grand finale But the tide "will run the other timated audience of 100.000 will way at WFUV-PM. listen to the strains of Leroy to Senior Week, will be held in The months of May, June, July Holmes and his orchestra and the one of 's most swanky and Aujust, the traditional dol- sparkling conversation of Ford- hotels, the Hotel Pierre, according drums of the brondcasting indus- ham men and their dates. see an For Fordham students and to senior president, Bill Roths- tryy. upswing in child. The Prom will begin at 9 Alumni, June 8 will be a red let- WFUV's schedule of educational ter day. Proceediflgss will start P.ni. following a reception in the and entertainment programs. with a 4:30 p.m. broadcast of the suites adjoining the grand ball- Along with the cream of classical University commencement exer- room. Continuous music for the music, the summer interlude will cises and will conclude with a be filled with panel discussions salute to "Fordham '55" at 8:05 Prom will be supplied by the on global problems, novel cover- in the evening. "Cotillion Strings," Stanley Mel- age of campus events and items Every whim of the Metropolitan's ba's famous orchestra. of special interest for every lis- sweltering listeners will be cat- A chicken dinner oomplete with tener. ei'ed to each Saturday at 1 p.m. all the trimmings will be served On Sunday, May 22, at 4:30 p.m., the timely question, "What "E.S.V.P." will comply with en- STUDENTS OF THE COLLEGE assembled on Keating Hall at 10 p.m. The $12 Wd will also tertainment requests, whether Terrace last Monday morning for the opening ceremony of the is the Asian attitude toward the cover the cost of/:both the recep- they call for Shakespeare, Abe anntial May Devotions, The Rev. Laurence 3. McOiuley, 8.J., West's colonial policies?", will be Burrows, Toscanini or Goodman. of the University, led the students in prayer. tion and the dinner. discussed by a panel of experts. Page 2 The RAM Thursday, May 5, 1955 - Campos Roundup - By Jim Farrrtl SUAREZ ELECTIONS were nesota in Minneapolis and the Na. THE GLEE CLUB is aiming at rounded out last Friday with the tlonal Federation of Catholic Col, a recording date within ten'days. unanimous election of Bruno ttg« Students will hold their nu, The "Penguins" will hold their Czech to the treasurer's post. Toay national meeting in Pittsburgh Puzzone and Jim Crowiey took the" outing and banquet in Connecti- following week. cut on Saturday, May 21. two secretaryships. The society THE COMMISSION OF OR-will approve the executive com- GENE CONNELLY of junioj GANIZATION PRESIDENTS will mittee's selection for the CJC.UJT. year is running for regional hold its elections a week from reps at the next meeting. The treasurer of, the NFCCS at this today at 12:15. Each club will club will send delegates to therestart Mml meeting, this sun, cast three votes. One will be Mock Senate in Albany on May d»y.M Manhattan College. Gene's that of this year's president and 1 and will issue another "Suare- junior: prom date is running fof the other two those of next year's zian" magazine. first .yj". In the tame election. president and delegate from a Since the doatn't live on the main. club to the Commission. THE NF It NSA campus com- land, both .will probably make ac. mittees will submit their congress ceptance »peechea in formal out. travel budgets at the last meet- fits. Air Force Colonel ing of the Student House of Re- THE REV. JOSEPH F. FITZPATBBX,.'left presentatives to be held next week. BOB BALDAUF and the Coun. "Bderntefcm U 8»elH*" »• Ike "TftHthtCartty" Among June Grade The MftUonal Student Association cil of Debate did a bang-up job on last Friday- evenly, la Kealta* Hall. will hold its eighth annual con- the Eastern Forensic Association i Among the June graduates of ference at the University of Min- tournament, the claw of '55 will be U. Col. Clayton M. Doherty, executive of- ficer of the Air Force ROTC, who WFUV to Broadcast Prom will receive a Bachelor of Science U • . JM M4 Devlcro, Mgri. degree. In Special Remote Program | Col. Doherty began at Fordham Part of the Junior Prom to be -9 —- in 1833, attended college for three VENICE > years, and left in September, 1838 Held this Saturday night in the With the Prom but a-few days ITAUAN-AMEUCAN BE3TAUBANT gym, will be broadcast over WFUV, at the start of his senior year. thejfpKe of *'ordham University. a war. - General Chairman John In February, 1854 he began a We Specialise In Smfcetti, Manlcottl and Ravioli Manning said yesterday: "The program of study which would -Starting at 10 p.m.. one half- Separate dining room for dinner parties and banquets ilour of the music of Leroy Hol- Prom is already a financial suc- provide him with enough credits for graduation. Currently Col. tne«4he featured orchestra of thecess. AU that remains now is for Only a few rtepfi from the main fate of Fordhsm evening, will be aired. Doherty is completing his last un- At ,10:30 pjn., the winner of theall those attending Saturday night dergraduate course, Philosophical 4760 ITiird Av.nu. Promj Princess contest mil be an- to haie am enjoyable time, thus Psychology, taught by the Eev. (Near Fwdham Kna«) ,. ' BRONX 58, N. T. nounced hj- the judges, the Rev. jnating it a social success." Joseph F. Donceel, S.J. Victor Yanitelli. S.J., the Rev. Harold Mulqueen, S.J., and the Student Court Chief Justice, Bon Tageiasco. For the last fifteen minutes of the show,' there will be interviews with the Princess,1 the judges, the junior class officers, and members of the various Prom committees. ^.The field of thirty applicants Ivas narrowed dawn to seven fi- nalists by a preliminary screening rd consisting of Dick Rack, ! Stanton, H, Langdon Toland, att Fitzgibbon, and Mrs. Aletta From these finalists, one girl will be selected asttie Pria- ffess on the night of the Prom. ;'; Arrangements have been made to-accommodate about 150 eou- hles at Leighton's after the Prom. Keighton's, a Westchester night- club, U a colonial-type structure situated on the Saw Mill River Parkway. It is about a twenty- mlnute drive from the campus. The club will be kept open until it:3O ajn., for the convenience of teirdlinux students. There will be tjancing until 4 a.m. on a terrace overloolcing a lake. Pundirline to the years hottest power story- Cramming for Exams?

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THE JDNIOB MBMHH8 of the Fardham Club are picture* at ibelr fwmal reraptkm into the hon- orary extrs-ewttariar society beM last Thursday evening in Reidy Lounge. The Kev. Leo P. Mc- lauchlla, S.J.'. Dean of the Collece and moderator of the Club, pntidtd at the receatlon ceremonies. "ACTIVATED CHARCOAi FILTER, Lang Toland Victor Elections TOO!" (Continued from Page 1) statement: "in a statement of in- In Oratorical Contest tentions for the "All Night Party," . Fordham's representative, H. MaroSif;" In addition to his dram- campaign manager Dan McCarthy Langdon Toland wort the -finals said: 'We feel that the name atic ''work, Toland was a staff which the nominating convention of the Hearst Oratorical Contest menvoer of WFUV and the Radio on^Monday evening, May 2, before has selected for the Party is a re- . & record crowd of 4,500 in NewWorkshop. freshing departure from such • York's Metropolitan Opera House. General Mark Clark presented standard and meaningless names The subject of Toland's winning Toland with his Freedom of as the 'Service Party' and the Speech Trophy and a $1,000 Sav- 'Experience Party.' More impor- address was "General Robert E. tant, however, it is the intention lee." ings Bond. Besides the trophy and of the 'candidates to bring out the . Toland, an ARROTC senior now, bond, the Fordham senior also full meaniag of this title during has had considerable oratorical received a thirty volume set of their administration."' ' experience while,at Fordham. Af- the Encyclopedia Americana and McCarthy said, ". . . the 'All- ter winning the Freshman Ora- a gold honor key. Night Party* candidates feel that torical' Contest, he won the Among the dignitaries present there is no place for politics in NFCCS " Contest in sophomore were William Randolph Hearst, our Senior Year. It is their inten- year. In junior year, he was a Jr., Editor-in-Chief of all Hearst tion to bring an end to class con- with the Peari«Gray Activated Charcoal Filter class representative to Student papers/ Bernard Baruch, Brig. Government. Later he was elected flicts, to make our final year one General David Sarnoff, Superin- that will benefit each and every PRODUCT OF i/ni JVnwJVnwtiaon 7w Secretary to that body. tendent of Schools William Jan- senior, and one that we will all For four years, he has been a sen and various college presidents, remember. The symbol of the 'All- member of the Mimes and Mum-including Rev. Laurence J. Mc- Night' stands for the greater so- mers, Itarring in the title role Sinley, Rector of Fordham UrnS cial program which the Party of their production, "Othello:" He versity. •• ..•••";'•• ' '. (Continued on Pace -8) also performed In two classshows, "Angels and Angles" and1 "It's l Fordham Students "Its Fun To Go f=arm<# On WR€A Panel SPECIAL PRICES for FORDHAM STUDENTS "] Five Fordham students will •compete against^a Syracuse Uni- versity panel ori WBCA's new ra- Bio program, "College Quiz Bowl," this Saturday evening at 7:30. Our formal wear, service il(chard Valente, Peter Marinel- lias won the/unique, dis- li, Raymond Schroth, Timothy • Brock and John T. Mayer will tinction- of having* the represent the college on the show, largest college patronage! which employs an "information please" type format. This is due to the thought- Students interested in attending ful attention given to the , the program, which will originate from Studio 6-D, 30 Rockefeller student. We also are mem- Plaza, may obtain tickets from bers of the V. S. N. S. A. the Rev, Victor R. Yanitelli, S.J., fairector of Student Personnel, or (the 'Student Government office. Band Concert ^Continued from Page 1) with some Sousa marches: and famous works by Handel and Gershwin. , "This proves it! Bob'll give up Three of the band members will also present solos. John J. Dwyer anything to be home i will: play "Ernestonian" on the r •trombone, Jonathan B. Dwyer will the night his kid calls from college l Tony Martin play Mozart's "Concerto for French, : original Tuxedo .Horn and Band," on the French Dad probably appreciates 0 Miss Universe as horn, and Al Todaro will render much as the next fellow. But beauty's really bnly This includes Coat, Trousers, "Eclipse" on the saxaphone. skin-deep when he lias a chance to plunge into a gash. .Tie and, Suspenders. Open House Follows nice leisurely chat with his favorite campus cor- For School Functions Only. . After the concert, an open house respondent. So when he decides to forsake a few will .be held in Reidy Lounge. curves to keep the lines open for your Long Dis- kLEINMAN'S During this week, the "Pep Band" tance call, don't disappoint him-and Mom, too. FORMAL WEAR SERVICE, INC. . has been visiting nearby girls' col- Give the folks a call just after dinner some night leges and inviting them to come 2371 , Bronx 68, N. Y. to the concert and open house. soon. Remember, the bargain rates that go into The Rev. Harold J. Mulqueen, S.J., effect after 6 p.m. (and all day Sunday, too) . CYpress 5-6020 moderator of the band, promises make it practically imposgible for you to run up all who attend "an enjoyable a bill too large for Dad to take collect. Guaranteed satisfaction or you don't have to pay time." He particularly urged the graduating seniors to come and NOT CONNECTED WITH ANY OTHER STORE heal" their last band concert. NEW YORK TELEPHONE COMPANY The price lor the concert will toe $i, and there will be no charge for tlie open house. Thursday, May 5, 1955 Page 4 The RAM Between the Lines Editorials... By Buy Scnroth In one's last column for the liberal-arts education from high many things wrong with the ed- BAM there is a terrible tendency school on, with the added temper- licatioa I got, but so far 1 have Are You Saved? to try to "say too much. I feel some ing of travel and study in Europe. not envied anyone else's. The Last Pall he ran for Congress on Religion is in fashion. God is receiving the tribute of urge to sum up four years in twelve kind of education I got went a inches. The attempt, I must con- a Democratic-Liberal ticket in a I«W way toward answering (he perpetually Republican district of social recognition. But, since religion must be the determining fess, would be, among other fundamental questions which factor of all our existence, we must make a few distinctions. things, foolhardy. Long Island. Considering the neighborhood, his ulmost-win was bedevil all of ui: who ani I, What is it and what is it not? I'd rather refer to the words a personal triumph, but they say what ••* I, where did I come Politicians pull the "God bit," terminating a political of someone else, an American close only counts in quoits. He from, and where am I now? Catholic liberal who expresses has since accepted a position with pitch with a mellifluous assertion that God is on our sice. himself in a way in which I would "One* those basic questions a foundation, but still contributes It Is good business to be good, proper to be pious, and naughty like to eypress myself when my •re answered, one is more or Christian education Is put to the a weekly page of thought and wit to be negative. Novenas never fail, like a rabbit's foot. Just to his former magazine. less realty for anything, it test. seem* to me that the most one open your heart and let the sun shine in. Talk to the man John Cogley of Commonweal In • reflective moment Co*ley upstairs. Be nice, cast all unpleasant thoughts from your received the standard Jesuit type comments, "I think there were can ask from formal education imagination, tell yourself you're great and God will make you is \m lean how to take things in stride, and It Is for this very feel good. Follow the ten easy rules. God is good merchan- reason that I envy no one else dise; He's forever popular and 100% safe—no security risk The Commentator hi* education. Ideally, the kind here. Be generous; it's satisfying. By William Carrutb of education I was exposed to In this miasma of unblushing"'confidence and public re- catholicises the students, u An authority on the philosophy are situated in a known frame- use the wort with a small y. of art once noted that one of the lations pulpitry, one can't tell Faith from fad. The horror of work of assumptions. How well we are Christianized this deception looms up when so many may be forced to see essential principles found in all Yet what happens if the objects forms of art is "inner necessity": is altogether another matter, too late that the road to Eternal Life is not necessarily the are defined: suppose some brave dependent on many other fac- that once the artist has chosen a soul dare* to materialise the in- road to popularity and personal power. Scripture makes this theme and the particular aspect different set, what follows? As we tors.)" invincibly clear. In the Sermon on the Mount, Christ is both under which he shall consider It, suggested before, this constitute* I dare say most of us are in positive and negative. At all times He is precise and de-there is but one way in which he the expressing or certain relations the same boat. We have not re- can develop, represent and present ceived the end all of enlighten- manding. and is properly the field of art. ment. We've.been given tools for his idea. The priority of emphasis, The artist is left to his: awn de- Saint Matthew reports, "Therefore when thou givest alms, continuity and symmetry with one purpose—work. We will have which he develops the essential vises: perhaps he will define the to keep learning till the day we do not sound the trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in relations, and the final means of objects as sounds, as the musician die, still trying to integrate our- the synagogues and streets, in order that they may be hon- expression determine how well he does: or again as parts of a whole selves into business, our profes- ored by men. And I say to you, they have received fhelr re- will succeed in presenting the in- which shall form a sculptured sions, and society; Some of us will •wattt.:... Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth .. ner harmony and necessity of thework. In any case, he effectively lose our Faith, others will retreat theme. Such are the qualities to brings forth to the sensible world to rut practice ' arid ready-made Enter the narrow gate. For wide Is the gate and broad is thebe found in all forms of art, the abstractions of the'theorist: answers. Others will put their way that leads to destruction, and many there are who enter whether in paintings, sculpture or his task is not only to choose his Faith to' work. We'll have to be that way ... Beware of false prophets who come to youmusic. subject, study Its Inner harmony, Christian at /every moment, but further, to make It' known. recognizable by our actions, In sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves." St. But that such diverse expres- The true artist bridges the inter- not by Any sham or exhi- Luke's records are painfully blunt. "If anyone wishes to come sions of art should have a common nal between abstract symbolism bition. The problem will be to after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily foundation, presents a field of in- and physical expressions: In a root out and honor the truth, no quiry in itself. What governs the sense, he is a Practicing theork-t. nutter what JU fource. As John and follow me." necessity which unites one rela- Cogley states, "But who is to say What was formerly known only that a, natural insight of Thomas , tion, with another, -what consti- to the Intellect, wherein the J»y Religion is the real relationship between God and man. tutes the symmetry and contin- Aquinas Is more Christian than an It Is fortified by dogma and a definite rule of life. Would uity which iff evident: how didm of cheer elegance, is made insight of Sigmund Freud, provid- The Power of Positive Thinking and The Magic of Believing the author establish the priority known to its senses, wherein the ed both are true?" emotions are moved. have eased the suffering of Job? And how would the prolific of terms? Clearly there is evi- Thjs seems to draw up a rather dence here of two fields of con- What we remember is that the large order for the so-called Ford- popularizers of all creeds resign us to the reality that "the sideration, the one dealing with artist needs the theorist, the the-ham gentleman. Some doubt he lord glveth, and the Lord taketh away."? the harmony and plan of a work, orist needs the artist. The need exists. I believe he exists. I've the other with its expression. The for orderly expression is obvious, never met finer men than at former is properly the field of yet more subtle is the theorists' Fordham. What will become of pure mathematics, the latter that need for expression. It hardly suf- them? I think most Fordham men of the sensible arts. fices to enjoy eleganceT he $ will quite naturally spend the rest The American Scene How then does pure mathe- love expression also. Perhaps the of their live* filling this large It is most grievous fault for any university, particularly matics consider such things as world we live in, with its material order. Our ^character has been priority, harmbny, continuity and orderliness, has made us forget pretty/well formed by the ever- a Catholic one, to lose touch with,its times. So too must the symmetry: after all, doesn't the need for emotionally enjoying interacting parents, -teachers, Catholic university seize every opportunity to exert itself In mathematics work with number*, beautiful things. We need also friends and. society... : non-Catholic and non-denominational intellectual circles, quantity and time? Applied math- learn to love the things we know. We've had it.. Now . . . ematics does,: but what is there Last weekend, Barnard College presented an American before we define our objects b dif- Arts Festival under the theme, "The Search for New Stand- ferent to such considerations: what interests the theorist are the ards in Modern America." The finest authorities of the non- necessary relations which can be THI^IUN literary field with delegates from thirty-five colleges, set thedrawn out of any framework of tone of, the discussion on this most pertinent topic. Fordham assumptions. If a given assmption establishes a hierarchy or priority Editor-in-Chief was the only Catholic school to send a delegate and one of of terms, the pure mathematician - Warren SpcUnuui the few to have a professor and four other students partici- seeks to exploit and develop that Managing Editor Advertising Manager Sports Editor pate out of sheer interest. to its fullest, adducing the con- Jim Prior Jaok Kennally Jim O'Toole tinuity and symmetry which are Features Editor Business Manager Editor Editorial rase This was but a minor instance which illustrates the larger inherent In a logical structure Sam Donnelly Bill Boka ' Ray Schroth necessity for making Catholic society see the big picture— possessing unity or inner necessity. Here then, the theorist partakes Copy Editors that every, phase of education is inseparably bound to poli- ot the bimiinff force which ties John Hurley, Art Scarzello, Martin Trlpole, Rudy Duenzl tical, economic, cultural, and artistic affairs. Any educational together his, and as we shall see Circulation Manager Fhoto Editor Exchange Editor philosophy ignoring this fact provides neither a philosophy later, all systems with which man Ed Marsln John Blcking Uicio Sorre nor an education. seeks understanding and expres- Editorial Advisors sion. Bob Spellerl and Jack Shanahan We see then that the field of NEWS STAFF: Jim Farrell, Ed Lehman, Jacfe Cahlll, John Johansen, relations existing between the ele- Dick Cannon, Gene Dllzer, Lana stumer, Kevin Cahill, Jim Kenny, ments of a given set; is properly Larry Delantey, Ed Reynolds, Phil Bossert, Tony. Puzone, Daniel Cle- Letters to the Editor the field of pure mathematics; mente, Michael Cahlll, John Hoertz, George Alexander, Robert Mar- further, we mentioned the indif- chese, Thomas Pennington, Edward Regan, Stephean Unsino, Victor The many joys experienced by doubt made a great contribution ference of the theorist to the spe- Villacara, Hugh Hoi-an, John Collins, Lou Boccardl Bob Homan, Ted Pordham in '55 were brought to to Pordham, and their efforts cification of objects used. As Ber- McNulty...... SPOETS STAFF: Paul Finn, Mike Oalullo, Tom Qaresche, Joe Mur- a new height this past week In presently being rewarded by thetram! Russel once remarked . . ott0 the publication of the collegers phy, Joe Coyle, Ron Lang. Fred Hauptfuhrer, Willis ReiUy, gratification of success, shall in "Pure mathematics consist entire- Lindenmeyer, Bill sturner, Charley Wendy, first humor magazine, "The the future, provide each contrib- ly of assertions to the effect that Thorn." original in construction if such, and such a proposition PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF; chief: Dave Czejka, John Kiernan, John utor with the glad memories of Marko, George Cummings, Ronald Thompson, Nell McDevitt, William and rich in content, "The Thorn" is true of anything, then such and Lee, Leon Mareski. is a glad refresher to the often having participated in its cons- such another proposition is true truction. The MAROON takes of that thing, It is essentinl not to CIRCULATION STAFF: Mike Kelleher, John Scarola, Gus Amen, trite and common humor magaz- Gene Caiafa, Jerry Tlsl, Ken Seaman. ines found elsewhere. Its public- pleasure in extending to "The discuss whether the. first propo- ation is a credit to those who Thorn" long and lasting good sition is true and not to mention Member of the Associated Collegiate Frtss wishes. what the.anything is of which Published weekly except during vacation and examination periods, Produced Jt and something for us it is supposed: to be true." , , Irom September to May by the students of Fordham College, I'ordlinai all to be Ju3tly proud of. The edi- Conrad II, Minister University, New York 58, N. Y. Moderator. Mr. Edward A. Walsh. Hence, his .swnbols are mere 12 tors and their staff have without Business Mgr. The MAROON meaningless marks, unless they Subscription *3. — Entered as second class matter October 1, I! "' at the Post Office of New York. N.Y. Thursday, May 5, 1955 The RAM Page 5 RAMBLINGS Clubs, Faculty Experts Discuss Problems By Jim Prior To Combine in Of White Collar Workers WHAT FORDHAM MEANS TO ME: It's the thrill of "The Position of the White Col- ! watching a beautifully conditioned Tom Courtney (of "Sorts Collar Movement." The last New Maroon or Worker in America" will be speech, ''The Need for Organiza- I Illustrated" faihe) racing recklessly into the fragile finish- discussed at a Labor Relations For the first time in the history tion," will be delivered by Mr. ing tape ... .it's a perfectly poised Lang Toland accepting of the Maroon, there will be no Conference at 5:30 p.m. this Sun- the Hearst Oratorical Trophy from General Mark Clark at day in the Keating Hall third Walter Gorray, Business Agent of separate faculty section. Each de- floor lecture room. the Office Employee's Interna- the Met., .. it's the talc.it t; class show director and author, partment will be included in a Bob Kennedy . . .ilt's a-young freshman working his head Mr. James J. Bambrick, Jr., tional Union, Local 153. chapter " with its appropriate labor relations specialist for the The Conference will be spon- 1 off at a '56 Sopn Dance just to get experience ... his name, clubs. The Theology Department, I Mike Drew . . . it's Feature Editor Sam Donnelly week after National Industrial Conference, sored by the Fordham University for example, will be pictured in will speak on "The General His- Industrial Relations Council, in week making the; trip down to the printer's to put out The the same area as the Sodality, tory of the White Collar Move- association with Manhattan, St. RAM ... '..'it's pom £M Frisco giving a one-man floor show at the St. John Berehman's and the ment." Dr. Freidrieh Paerwald, •Joseph's, LadycJiffe, and New Ro- Leighton's with* his version of 'The Darktown Strutters Ball" Frofessor of ^Jfcpnomics at Ford- chelle. : 1 St. Vincent de Paul Societies. ... it's workingrpart time at Equitable with a great Pordham Student Government will be cou- ham College,-will discuss "The A social will follow in Reidy Economic Aspects of the White ! Fraternity, consisting of guys (Pordham colloquialism for pled with the Political Science lounge at 7:30 p.m. men) like Bob Roche; Jack Rice, Tom Kerrigan, Jack Rey- Department. Only the Philosophy nolds, Dave Donahue, Jim Black, Ed;Mikesell, Jack Brennan, and Classics departments will be | Denny Flynn, and Des Browne . . . 'tt's frosh president, Bill treated separately. The club Condren delivering his initial address to the class of '55 at presidents or their appointees have the traditional Hotel Roosevelt Banquet . . . it's the fre- written summaries of the func- quently heard "field goal by Conlin" blaring over the Gym's tions sponsored by their organi- loudspeaker . ... it's expressions like "Plunge in" . . . "I'm zations. not batting for exercise, Mister" . v "Squeeze the Orange ... "Beat Polio . . . it's Connie Muns^e.r.'s dedication to "The Each school year has been allo- Maroon" as business manager . . . it's" Bill Rothschild serv- cated six pages, and a member of that year will report on pertinent SCIENCE MADE SIMPLE: NO. 3 ing the clas of '55 as treasurer, vice' president arid president class events. Dick Murdy is hand- over a three-year period . . . it's Jim'Conway "Danny Boy"- ling the senior chores. Dan Mc- Once again the makers of Philip Morris, men who are dedicate* I jng at Town Hall in addition to'serviHg as president of the Carthy, Jack McCord, and Jack to the betterment of American youth, have consented to let inp.J use this space, normally intended for levity, to bring you a brier , Glee Club, class yeep, and singing stWr'Of "It's Maroon" . . . Rush, are reporting on the junior, : it's the privilege of meeting a solid cHteen like junior Dave sophomore, and freshman years lesson in science. ' ' ; Carney, himself a veteran with two kids, but who manages respectively. Sales have risen It is no new thing, this concern that the makers of Philip . toiholdan office in the Sodality andiproduee variety shows steadily, with 250 books more than Morris feel for American youth. Youth was foremost in their j last year sold. The editor feels minds when they fashioned their cigarette. They were aware*': (with Fordham talent) for the neighboring Veterans' Hos- that "the increased coverage mak- that the palate of youth is keen and eager, awake'to thj subtlest1'• pitals. • -• '"•• ing this a yearbook rather than nuances of flavor. And so they made a gentle and clement smoke/!' just a senior book" has been re- a suave blending of temperate vintage tebaeeos, a summerjrJ- A FORDHAMAN TO REMEMBER):1;the Rev. Leo P. Mc- sponsible. Of the 850 copies al- amalgam.of the most tranquil and emollient'leaf that their laughlin, S.J., who more than anyone'or anything else typi- ready sold, 500 have been reserved by underclassmen. Thfc score has buyers could find in all the world. And then they designed their fies what Fordham should mean. itffpre are many reasons has also resulted in the $14,000 cigarette in two sizes, king-size and regular, and wrapped them I why we should be grateful to our He.ftn not to mention his budget, which is double last year's. in the convenient Snap-Open pack, and priced them at a figure | outstanding work with and for the students on such things that youth could afford, and made them available at every i as Student Government, the Fordham Club, Senior Retreat, tobacco counter in the land. I Encaenia and innumerable other extra-curricular activities, That's what they did, the makers of Philip Morris, and I for I but perhaps most of all we owe thanks to Fr. Mclaughlin for School of Ed. Gives one am glad. I his most Important part in making our memory of Fordham | a happy one. • ' • <- • - • ••••"'• • •'• Glee Club Concert The science that we take up today is called astronomy, from, the

••"'••' •' '". .»••.. ••-:• f . . * • • • .-••, i-':-. •..• The School of Education Glee Greek words astro meaning "Bore'.'.and>nomy meaning "back-." Club will give'.its annual concert, Sore backs were the occupationalidisease.-of the early Greek HARD TO FORGET: the late Stuart Carr_asking you'to •in Town Hall on Sunday at 8:40 astronomers, and no wonder! They used to spend;every>blessed I drop his name mit of "Ramblings" becau.se "I don't want my p.m. Students of ai; schools of the- night lying on the damp-ground and looking up at the sky, and | advertising clients (for "Jubilee" Magazine) to know' that University.• are invited,.to attend. if there's a better -way to get a sore back; I'd like to hear about it. I'm only in college, it might cause a loss of business for the Tickets are priced at'$1.50 each. Kspecially in the moist Mediterranean area, where Greece is magazine" .',. .Charlie Brennan working like a "Tiger" on The sixty-four male and female generally considered to be. ' the .Christmas Dance and the Junior Prom Decorations . . . members will present, a program . Lumbago and related disorders kept astronomy from becom- ."Silent iNight"j>y the Glee Club ,at the A.C. ... Jim "Red of classical,.popular, religious and ing very popular until Galileo, a disbarred flenser of Perth, Dog" Connors' 'itremendous perseverance and guts playing negro spiritual renditions. fashioned a home made telescope in 1924 out of three Social I over four years- of Baseball . .-; Danny Lyons didn't hurt' any Security-cards, and. an ordinary ice cube. What'schoolboy, does | either... "Jackie Hyatt Night" in the gym .,. "another bisque not know that stirring, story — how Galileo stepped up to his I tortonl for Tony Peduto" . . . Bossman Freddy Flynn CA Program telescope, how he looked heavenward, how his face filled with | operating out of the Rathskeller on Friday-nights . . . "The wonder, how he stepped Jback and whispered the words heard I Man Who Came To pinner" with set by Bill Riva . . . Dick round the world: "L'.ttat.-c'est moi!" I Rack, then soph president, supervising. the gym decorations §farts jufy 1 Well sir, you can imagine what happened then! William for the "Christmas Ball" between varsity swimming events in Registration, for the tenth an- Jennings Bryan snatched 'Nell Gwynne f rom the shadow of the • trie pool . . . Dr. Remini's brilliant classroom staging of the nual Summer - Institute of com- guillotine at Oslo •; Chancellor Bismarck brought in four gushers battle of Breed's Hill .. .behind-the-scenes men Phil munications will be held from in a single afternoon; Hal Newhoiiaer was signed by tho ; .July 1 to 5, the Rev. John W,. Hanseatic'Leagu*; Crete was declared off limits to Wellington's , : Schlusser, Bill Garruth,.Gerry(Canavan, Jack Dash and Loic Kelly, S.J., Chairman of the De- Gallais . . , model v Student Government' President Jack entire army; and William Faulkner won the Davis Cup for his . partment of Communication Arts, immortal Penrad and Sam. Loughran ... a phone call from Frank Parascandola inform- announced today. ing that Rothschild," Connolly, Reilly and soirfe other gizmo Classes will,be held from July But after a while things calmed down, and astronomers began • had just been alected Junjor class Officers . . . MAl/l head- 5 to August 12 in tne'Ram-office; the staggering task of.naming all the heavenly bodies. First line: "Junior Prexy Robbed^. At. Gunpoint" . . . Dick Murdy's the journalism laboratory, and the, man to name a star.was Sigafoos of Mt. Wilson, and the name inspired^ lampooning oftBetregislrar in "Angels and Angles" radio station. .Tuition is $36 per he chose was Betdgeuse, after his wife Betelgeuse Sigafoos, . . , the twins, Rosensweig and McEwen . . . Jacks, Kennally course. prom queen at Michigan State Gollege from 1919 to 1931. arid'Clary and;; their verbal sham battles . . . Mike Stanton The courses will feature field Not to be outdone, Formfig of Yerkes Observatory named a producing "Slhorama" ,.I . "Artie Miller" . . . campaign trips to radio and television sta- whole constellation after his wife, Big Dipper Formfig, the manager John McGovem. coming through big as Junior Show tions and newspaper offices. -A famed dirt track racer. This started the custom of astronomers business mir>d . . . Bill Hanrahan's capable chucking for the symposium . for all. those enrolled naming constellations after their wives — Capricorn, Cygni, in the Institute will be held every Orion, Ursa Major, Canis^Major, and so forth. (The Major girls, varsity overth'ree years ... .the first meeting, with-a little Wednesday af-lerripon. Prominent Ursa and Canis, both married astronomers, though Canis subse- guy, who was later to win his vafcsity letter in two sports, people, in the field will speak at quently ran off with a drydock broker named Thwaite Daphnis.) swimming and water polo, coaching and captaining the latter the meetings. After naming all the heavenly bodies, the astronomers had a in addition to working as president of the Of fleers Club, treas- Radio and television courses will good long rest. Then, refreshed and brown as berries, they urer of the Junior Class,-and.business-manager of the Senior include radio production and di- , undertook the gigantic project of charting the heavens. Space is Show . ,-; his name: Willis Reilly. rection, the fundamentals of radio so vast that it is measured in units called "light-years." These * ' -»-'•' * and. television, television script are different from ordinary years in that they weigh a good FORDHAM FINALE: it's the little things you remember; writing, and publicity and public deal less. This, of course, is only relative, since space is curve*}. things like Fr. Mulqucen's shillelagh . . . signs: "Please" . . . relations. . . As Einstein laughingly said, "E=mc2." "Thimk" . . . intra-mural star combo of Paddy Carroll and Classes in editing, reporting, Ernie JVlulier . . . Ron Taggiaseo's mad scientist characteri- feature writing, the modern short Well, I guess that covers astronomy pretty thoroughly. But zation in "Angels and Angles".. • -add titles: ''Spook" Gor- story, pictorial journalism, and before we leave this fascinating topic, let us answer one final ' don, the Mayor of Scarsdale . . >. Jim O'Toole, the Bard of the layout will be offered by the jour- question: Is there life on,other planets? : Barge . . . "Ain't It A' Shame".'by Greer and the Ramblers nnlism division. ,The*e will be a The answer is a flat, unequivocal no. Recent spectroscopic ' special course for .those interested studies have proved beyond a doubt that the atmosphere of the . . . Rack, Stanton, Toland, and Fit'z elected S.G. officers in high school publications. . . . "D"-d?;y • Mass . . . Fordham's two vigil lights, • which other planets is far too harsh to permit'the culture of the delicate " Mr. Anthony Cofegl; student su- vintage tobaccos that go into Philip Morris Cigarettes .. ..And i burn nightly; one high atop Keating. Hall and the other pervisor of WFUV;''Will give the who can live without Philip Morris? , shining in the Robert's Basement office of the "chief", Mr. course in radio direction and pro^ . 3MJU Hhulnun, 1933 ' Ed Walsh . .. Fr. Yanitelli's helpfulness on every problem you 1 duction. Mr. Coggf/"berving his 77II« hvavenly column—like the mit/iur's more earthy ones—is brcugkt toss his way -.". . Don Greene's- definition of himself: "200 first year as instriietoi' for the lo you by the mnken of PUlilP MORRIS cigarellea-Kho feel you'll pounds of ftvlstecj blue steel" •,,. . the seaworthy i'rosh crew Institute, is cun-aSWy «orking for fmtl real enjoyment in their product. (Cohtinued^on Page 9) his master's degree/i: «-'• Page 6 The RAM Thursday, May 5, 1955 Fr. McGinley Pharmacy Leads Annual Blood Drive; University Gives Total of 384 Pints Will Review Fordham University donated 384 the best contribution with close pints of blood in this year's an- to 40 per cent of its enrollment nual drive, Mike Calhoun, uptown participating- in the Drive. Any R.O.T.C. Units division chairman, announced yes- Air Force R.O.TX3. student who The review of the cadets at the terday. donated blood received a letter of annual Army-Air Force R.O.T.C On campus, thei students don- commendation. Demonstration Day, to be held on ated approximately 256 pints and Commenting on the Blood Drive, •May 11 at 2:30 p.m. on Coffey the downtown division, under th; - Field, will be taken by the Rev Calhoun stated "the results were chairmanship of George ICimple, rather disappointing and show a jLaurence J. McGinley, S.J., Pres- contributed 128 pints. ident of the University. downward, trend in Fordham: This last R.O.T.C. public func- Of all the.schools of the Uni- spirit. However, .tne plans for next! tion of the academic year will versity, the Pharmacy School made year provide a brighter outlook." . consist of the formation of troops, eputy Commander, First Army; "Mtig. Gen. E. T. Conley, Com- VANITY CLEANERS jmanding General, N, Y. Military A FORDHAM E11 III Nl doiuUK bloo* in the MIBMI 6t First Army; Commander Wll- University donated a total of 384 pints. (Story on P»se S.) iliam Garvey of the Gun Hill Road fosfc of the VFW; Col. Frank iuinn of the Queens Reserve Of- -,iHce» Association; Lt. Col. Wil- liamfiJ. Hogan of ROA and other University officials. Cadets to be honored are: What young people ore doing at General Electric Tho|ias Fahey, who will receive .a wfistwatch as the outstanding A. f§ graduate; Kevin L. Mahers, .MS fV,' a wristwatoh as the out- standing Army graduate, awarded by the VFW, Gun Hill Road Post No. 371; Thomas J. Ward, a gold Young scientist medal for military excellence, awarded by the U. S. Antiaircraft Ass'n.; Edward J. Conlin, MS IV, for military excellence, a gold key works on new ways •and certificate awarded by the National Defense Transportation Association; John F. Bic)cing, for to handle "hot" military excellence, a gold medal awarded by the Queens chapter of the Reserved Officers Association; Raymond McCann, MS III, for radioactive fuel military excellence a silver medal to be presented by the Rev. Law- • • * rence A. Waish, S.J., Provost of Whenever uranium is "burned" in an atomic the University, and to Harry Siegel, reactor, certain valuable elements such,as MS I, a bronze medal awarded by Co, D, 8th Regt., Pershing Rifles plutonium are left Behind in the "ash." >of Fordham University. These products are highly radioactive, but they must be recovered because of their great 'Thorn' Sold Out; value to the atomic energy program. Seeks Larger Staff This is the job of 31-year-old H. Ward Alter, Supervisor of the Separations Chem- "The Thorn of Rose Hill," Ford- .hatn University's new humor mag- istry Unit at the AEC's Knolls Atomic Power iBzine, has been sold out both on Laboratory, which General Electric operates .campus and at the School of Ed- N£^ " incation, Ted MoNulty, co-editor- in Schenectady, N. Y. jin-chief, announced yesterday. McNulty and his co-editor, John Altar's Work Is Vital, Important

M> MAT CO-55-* , Thursday, May 5, 1955 The RAM Jim Prior Sweeps RAM Senior Pott

Ray SchNtk Laa«4*n TBIMMI Peter Pastorelle Fr. Taylor Bob Kennedy Hank Greer Tom Courtney John Mayer By Bab StwOerl ;rsry Supplement, Bob Speller!, ite subjects. pers of the voters. BditorW Advisor former editor of The RAM, placed Marymount edged out the Col- "On the Waterfront," "The Jim Prior, Managing Editor of second, and P. Christian Stein- lege of New Rochelle as the fa- Country Girl," and "A Place in The BAM, president of his junior brunner was third. vorite girl's school. The Fordham the Sun" were picked as their fa- year and first member of the Tom Courtney, record-breaking School of Phai Jiacy was third in vorite movies. Fordham Club, has been chosen trackster, was elected as the col- the poll. Time magazine polled more by Ms senior classmates as stu-lege's best athlete. Bill Hanrahan dent most likely to succeed, most The biggest gripe was poor votes than Life and U.S. New* and came in second, and Jim Connors scheduling of classes, particularly World Report to win first place. typical Fordham man, most was third. friendly student, «nd most in- Monday morning exams. In sec- The Cstine Mutiny was voted fluential student in the annual The Rev. John C. Taylor, S.J., Jim Prior ond place was the dropping of :nost popular book over Not As a RAM senior poll, was chosen favorite teacher by football, and poor parking facili- Stranger and Moby Dick. the seniors. Fr. Taylor teaches J. Roth, S.J., were the second and ties came in third. The favorite plays were "The It \3 the first time in the history philosophical psychology, theology, third choices, respectively. The New York Times, World Caine Mutiny Court - Martial," of the poll that one man has been and logic. The Rev. Joseph F. Philosophy, English, and Poli- Telegram and Sun, and Journal- "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," and,,' chosen for four titles. • •' Donceefc&J., and the Rev. Robert tical Thought were elected favor- Anwrican were the favorite pa- "South Pacific." Prior has participated in the student government and activities since his freshman year. He wrote the lyrics for his two class shews, "Angels and Angles" and "It's (Maroon," and writes thei "Rumblings" column for this pa- per, WHOLE CABOOD1E OF LUCKY DROODUS Second, choice as most likely to succeed ivas'Blll Rothschild, pres- ident of senior year. D Bill was Class treasurer in his WHAT'S THIS? ~r Ii u.' sophomore year and chairman oi For solution see paragraph below. the junior prom last year. Sick -Rack, first president of —• Student Government, piesident of / \ his sophomore year, and member of the University Council, came in third. Rothschild toot second place as z I most typical Fordham man, and Rack'placed third. ; Dick Murdy, a member of the Fordlmm Club and producer of his Junior and senior shows, followed Fiioi la the election for most •MaHITTI SMVW HO WHO WiUMW Hit TAB. ANS friendly. Joe Notargiacomc, repre- >T NEAT warm CAtS'I DC * THINS WRK IT Pamela Schroeek Maurice Sapiro sentative of Senior F, was third. University of U. of Rochester. For most influential senior, the winners were Prior, Rothschild, and Rack, respectively. The best senior student was John T. Mayer. Mayer is a mem- ber of the Honors Program and was active in the Debating Socie- ty, Democratic Club, and Fordham Club,.; Second1 to Mayer was Bob Ferst, whg. recently received a regular Army commission. Richard Rusz- A WONDIRfUL SLANT on smoking! You'U find it in kay took third place. Pete Pastorelle, who wrote the the Droodle above, titled: Tourist enjoying better- tnusic of "It's Maroon," was chos- PINHIIUS WOIIM TMINtt AMMUNITION MM UX-IHOOTU en best musician. He is an English tasting Lucky Strike while leaning against tower of TO MAKI INOI Min C. J. Gmndmaison major. ' LesterJackson U. oiffew Hampshire John Muhna, a pre-med stu- Pisa. If your own inclination is toward better taste, Duque&ne University dent, was second, and Joe Kelly, join the many college smokers who prefer Luckies. vice-president of the Republican CluB, was third. From any angle, Luckies taste better"; They taste Hank Qreer won the most hand- some;, title over Jim Conwayfand better, first of all, because Lucky Strike means fine J' Both Gieei and Con- members of the Glee Club. tobacco. Then that tobacco is toasted to taste better. vJa a sports reporter for The "Ifs Toasted"—the famous Lucky Strike process- RA'sf. l Most humoraiis title went to tones up Luckies' light, good-tasting tobacco to make Bob Kennedy, who is a staffer on WFUV. He Is in tlie Fordham Club it taste even better. Little wonder that Luckies tower and has dlreeted both his class shows. Dick Murdy placed second above all other brands in college popularity! and Ron Tnsgiasco third. •'•.•.' .•••• DROODLES, Copyright 1953 by Roger Price OLD COMB H, Langdon Toland was picked Kenneth Slack Rs best speaker by his fellow sen- Stanford University Jors, Toland '.von the Hearst Ora torical Contest this year and has starred In many Mimes and Mumr "Better, task Luckies... mers' production. Bill Condren, COLLEGE SMOKERS president of his freshman year PREFER LUCKIES! ~ and Student' Gov't. candidate- LUCKIES was secorid, \v|tn Bob Kennedy Luckjes lead all other brands in following Condren in the ballot- colleges—and by a wide margin— ing, • . . . --.... '. • . ' according to an exhaustive, coast- Hay Schroth, Editor of the Ed- TASTE BETTER to-coast college survey. The No. itorial Page , of The RAM, was 1 reason: Luckies taste better. picked as best writer. Ray, who CLEANER, FRESHER, SMOOTHER! spent .tils junior year,, studying In, Paris, .-writes the jveekljr column AMERICA'S LEADING MANUFACTURED Of SIQARETTE8 "Between the Lines" for The R*J4M ©A.T.Co. PRODUCT or and was Editor of the RAM Llt- The RAM 5, 1955 Spit Shine' Anyone? Caissons Will Roll at Ft Bragg; Fly Boys in 'Wild Blue Yonder9 Jim Prior, manring editor of The Ram, who Charlie Wendy, aath*r of the article on Air wrote the story on Army summer camp, at- Force rammer ca»p and a staff member of tested Fort JUIey MiiiUry Intelligence Camp The RAM, attended ramp at McGIII Air Force In Kantas last nrnntr. Base, Tamps, Florida. Special thanks to Army FIO officer Major Jekn'D. Bailey and to Cadet Robert Vrgo at the Air Force I'lO for their aid in mtmich.

]•' You're an MS HI cadet and naturally thinking "All right, girls, everybody up, out of the sack, Snore and more about Summer Camp as the days this ain't no rest camp." This will be the cheery A BEAUTV CONTEST? No! It's rordhwn's eUt« oorps mt cleaning go by. This is understandable because on June greeting extended to ail our Fly Boys at 5:15 aJn. women modeling their fashionable new aaltorms. 25th, you will arrive at Port Bragg, N.C. along with the first few mornings (did I say mornings?) of 139 other Fordham cadets and the cadre members summer camp, Class of '56. From then on the: for six weeks of intensive military training. (Four four week process of "Operation Weed-Out" and MS IV cadets, who did not attend last year's Sum- military orientation begins. , mer Camp, will attend Port Eustis, Va., while four For those accustomed to sheet-wallowing till otlfers will attend Port Bliss, Tex.) nine o'clock class is over, summer camp is another You probably have many ques-<^> <5>Stalag 17, with one' cut afforded (Contteuod from Page 5) tioiis concerning camp and the and,no re-makes. But those who of the Calne'... Ray Sebroth (nvitlnf the Russian editors to Military life. We hope this article follow the orders of the bugle, will will answer some, if not all of fall out, fall down, scramble for the cafeteria . . Hemingway hljlnx especially tbe midnight these points. shaving facilities, etc, scrub floors, frogmen caper on City Island . . . "The Monthly" dies but ' Prepare in Advance make and line up bunks with RAM Literary Supplement and "The Thorn" take up the slack If you're smart, you'll take ad- medical center precision, hang up . . . '55 Banquet speakers; Jim: Farley, John K. M. McCaffrey vantage of all advance instruc- uniforms (all buttons buttoned of and John Henry Faulk ... Steve Connolly and Janet en- tion at fordham, especially that course), and then march off to gaged ditto Gene Matos and Marilyn along with many, other deiling with individual weapons chow at 6 a.m. once tried , and .true^Jbacbelors . . .Football, gone hut not and firing procedures. Learn how j After chow there will be drill forgotten. . . The really wonderful Jokby Jim MeErlean on to hold the rifle in the hollow of' periods, classes, saluting of any-the '•Tri-F Rep«rter^. . . Friars electing Jaek King as first yo ir<|houlder. Practice the prone, thing with brass on it, military president . . . P. "Johnson" Bossert . . . "The Rape of the sit ing','.. kneeling, and standing corners to be cut (to the men's Lock" . .. lf» the teamwork at Fort Rlley Summer Camp po iitions. Understand what is room included), rifle range, air- with Fordhamcn Ted .^anton, Sal Pillitteri, Nick Monchak, m ant by "zeroing in" and sight, craft orientation, flight line, and Charlie Caldera, Milt Adams, and Dick De George working pii tures. A good "trigger squeeze" lunch. together . . . it's «6Wse*re:for Jim Hagen in.the Law Apti- wi 1 also help improve your quail-' Good Chow lioatlon score on the range. tude , Exam along with-many other underpubllcised scholastic The chow at all bases will be honors iron by the extra-curricular conscious class of '55 . . , jlTou may use any means of good to excellent, and after your transportation to reach Fort sumptuous repast you'll track there must be many other memories too of many people and Biagg. Reimbursement at the back to the sack, for a few. minutes events.that spell out Fordham but these can wait'/til after ra & of five cents \a niile will fol- "MAROON" EDITOR SAL with Morpheus. But oh! furor and graduation . . .after all you're an alumnus for a long time io v your arrival at, camp. How- PIIXITTERI accepts award as frenzy; some sneaking, rascal has ... right now'it's time;to put away the old* "Top Priority" e;v »r, it'.majl be severak'days before "Ontstandinr "G»det" at last torn up the hospital ward to stamp, say a quick "Thank You" to the readers for reading ytu'll VeceJvjB a cash ^payment, so summer's Fort Rlley Military •wliat looks like the remnants of this far, wish .Warren continued success as edUor-in-ci)ief $1 not'count on this revenue as InttWitence Camp. !• a worn out pajama party. You for next year, andjtell Rudy Diienil for the last time to "take immediate. ••:••• find out later that you're playing 'er away." i ' - .' Provisional,, tactical organiza- kames with th| arch-detective of tions will be set up for cadets by Elections xhe base . . . The Commandant of alphabetical assignment. This 1 Cadets. You'll always find him mfeans that you will have a chance (Continued; from''Fare 31 plans, and for the woifc which the looking for something ... a bed to) meet ,an4 with many stu- on which he ca!n.bounce a coni ll ihi candidates will -do-lf -elected:" tfqnts flpra various colleges within Murray Opposes Flynn federate bill; tHe first army area, it also means Among Juniors, • But hold on, Fly Boy,, this is triat you will not necessarily live In the contest for junior officers all part of the "Weed-Out" proc- With Fordharrti cadets. , . there are ' two complete tickets ess; to see if, any one will crack. Everyone a Leader . One consists of John Murray for If someone docs blow off exces- •There will be a constant, rota- president; Mike Sivetts for vice- sively;'he's out. After the first tion of cadets in leadership posi- president; Larry Ward for sec- week of orientation the flight to tions and at all times you will be retary, arid Carl Szuter for treas- which you have been assigned subject to evaluation. urer. Ed Flynn leads the rival begins to shape up. Some1 morn- You will be Judged on many slate, Charles Rooney 'is the can- ings you'll be able to" lounge .things at Fort Bragg and although didate for vice president; the sec- around till 5:17 or 5:18; but the so)ne '.of, them may how. seem trl- retarial aspirant is Pick Doyle, agitation does ease up. yte.1, their importance -will then and Wilt. Preisser is aiming at Heieh-Ho Stomach tot magnified. Keep.a> "Kiwi" spit the treasurer's.position. sAtae on'; ^our cohibat' boots and The firft week Is over and Jim Clarity will be the next you're upset with the system: law quarter* shoes." A'"Bllte". cloth secretary of the Class of '58, as is! just the thing for your brass. But you forget the grief when, the" he is the only candidate for that flight list is posted. For the jna- Tnour unlformi,-including fatigues, office. Clarity is a member of a njust always be clean and pre-ticket which is rounded out with (Continued on Paee 12) sentable. Your hair will be kept Presnegel running for . president, to a neat minimum or demerits and Tom Karwin for vice-presi- w)ll result...Perhaps nothing will dent. Another slate in the soph- Uptown-It's RODA foe more familiar to you than omore officers' race consists of World's UrjeBt Bronx rtetrd duler This new fllR-fiUTEwl l RCA Victor • ^olumh]* - iVeiimlmirr your trusty M-l, which must.be Mike Driver for president; Bob kept clean and with a light coat- Mercury, Decca, UranUr Capitol) etc. ! 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AGENCY FOK SOUILMER AND RDLAND ALL SHEET MUSIC. •Trade-motla jn sports uKOADVVAY at 52"* ST.- JU 6-1368 Broadway's Best Buy! Thursday, May 5, 1955 The RAM Page 9 1954-55 Review I ordham S|MMIS Stock Continues to Sag; Tttuted *•••»«» Hold Key to Future Success By BAM Sport* Staff ponds to Fordham's past season try. year. The lone success story valuable point scorers in Fordham An overall" review of the 1864-55 ever run (1:48:2) as the anchor of trac.': history. No doubt he of tru victories. sports year at Fordhain shows an- played the dominant role that be- season dates back to early man of Fordham's record-break- other slight dip in Rose Hill's fits an established star of his November, when the varsity and With the advent of the indoor ing two mile relay team. athletic prominence, but the pres- calibre. And yet, before his season freshmen combined to capture the season, those few that paid any This year, Tom concentrated on ence of abundant froeh talent in Junior Met AAU title. attention to track wondered invitationals, on 600 yard runs, even started, cross country activ- whether Tom Courtney might pos- and on anchoring the mile relay almost every sport presages a great ity had been under way for two Intermingled with these vic- uplift in the immediate future, sibly get the chance to add to his team. A combination of the months. tories, Syracuse, an Eastern power- individual laurels during his last world's greatest middle distance Football, once the hub of Rose The varsity experienced a rather house, outclassed the Maroon, al- year. As a junior, he had broken stars as competition, and a series Hill's sport* program, is a thing mediocre, uneventful season, led, though Silicons raced home with the world record for a half mile of virus attacks and ankle injuries ef the past now, with basketball not by a stellar performer like his best five miles of the season, on a flat track at 1:52:7 and hadput a dent in Tom's aspirations and baseball moving Into the spot- Courtney, but by a steady, under- 24:44. The varsity lagged badly also set an IC4A mark of 2:10:9 for national recognition as a light. The diamond nine has en- publicized plodder by the name of in the IC4A meet, and closed out for the thousand yard run. Add to senior. joyed a great deal of success thus Val Simons. Val led the Fordham- its lukewarm season with a loss this one of the fastest half miles (Continued on Page 10) ' far, and figures to capture indi- ites across the tape in every to NYU. vidual team honors, with riflery meet in which he was entered. running a close second. Fresh Draw Haves The varsity lost the opener to The freshmen deserve a special Such all-time Pordham greats as Rhode Island University, even note for their successful year. To Ed Conlin and Tom Courtney have though Val took the race in say that they are very promising wrapped up their careers on Rose 29:02.8, The team again brought might appear trite, but the facts Hill in. fashion befitting real up the. rear against Georgetown speak for themselves. The team champions, but the work of Jim and St. .John's, as Simons paced won its first four meets, and Cunningham, Ernie Haynes, and the hari-iers with a 28:16 clocking showed consistent improvement Ed McOulrk, among others, prom- this time. The boys picked up a with each victory. Eking out a ises to generate a new and better little ''against St. Joseph and era in the school's athletic annals. close decision over St, John's, they Princeton, placing second as Sim- repeated their opening triumph The 1954 football season on Rose ons lowered his standard to 26:34. with a classy showing against Hill was certainly not what might The ttjiiad chalked up its first Princeton and St. Joseph's. John be termed & rousing success. Not victory against Yale with Simons Flynn starred in this meet, turn- only did the.Rams have one of on top ;ln 26:54. This time, Cap- ing in a blazing 15:00 time for their worst records in years, win- tain Al Fitzgerald. Ed McOuirk, three miles. In defeating Yale, the ning only one of nine games, but and Walt(,Kocher backed up Val's duo of John Flynn and Art Cun- at the conclusion of the grid cam- performance with some hard run- ningham sparkled as they posted paign it was announced by the ning- M. their own. After turning near record times for their dis- Rev. Laurence *J. McOinley, S.J., back CiCNY, the Bams set their tances. Such names as Tom Denny; President of. the University, .that sights'on the Junior Mets, defin- Tom Ward, and Dick McTigue the sport was being discontinued. itely the climax of the cross coun- began popping up consistently as Poor attendance was cited as the reason for the! drastic step. The announcement came lust two weeks after head' football coach Ed Danowski had handed in his resignation. ' Butters Lone Victim After an optimistic start with a ATTENTION 13-7 win over Rutgers, Fordham's eleven was never able to find it- self and floundered more and more as the. season progressed. In STUDENTS! 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UNION 415 Fordham Bead, New Tori, N.'Jf. Tel. tD 4-0160 Page 10 The RAM Thursday, May 5, 1955 Baseball, Rifiery Dominate Maroon Sports; Conlin, Courtney Wind Up Brilliant Careers (Continued from Page 9) The 1955-56 season will be a The campus sport wallowing in Just under way, but unlike golf, college enrolment will make fa. Courtney opened up the season pivotal one for Coach Johnny probably the thickest obscurity is solidly established, tennis seems ture reviews of this type one long With a victory in the AA.U Devel- Bach. The loss of co-captains soccer. The '54 edition was booted destined !to increase Fordham's paneiryric. The fact remains in five of seven matches, despite however, that quantity will never opment Meet, and followed by win- Conlin and Dan Lyons is great athletic prosperity, Garesche and but the advent of the Big Three the efforts of Coach Arnaldo replace qlit •nin« the 600 yard dash In the Coleman from the squash tribe, .dStnior Met AAU Championship of '58 could be greater. Should. Brandt, Loic Qallals and Munir Calluf, and those aren't mis- *lonc with Tom Poster, 8111 Lee hmw BM Uoms •with « time of -1:12:9. The husky Cunningham, Haynes, and Mc- Fordham's baseball fences seem JJlond senior then defeated the Cadney make the successful Jump prints. A Met college league has Md Bob Caltehan pitched in to been formed, but Jtordbam's to hav« a tatter than even ;«re«t Arnold Sowell in the 1,000 to varsity competition, Bach will hand Manhattan a 8-0 drubbing chanoe <* oapturtns; a berth in ttie yard run at the Washington DC have a banner year. : dearth of material makes a fran- In the- curtetnvrmlscr. The early' ; Star Meet, a feat which has yet chise foolhardy. annual NCAA championships in Turning to the salaxy of un- success of the fciwsh complete! the June. : .•to be duplicated by any other Golf is still in its infancy on officially flubbed "minor sports," bright racket picture. ^runner. we find that Fordham's prestige Rose Hill, and many a match is The Ram nine has raced Sowell Hex Prevails has benefited most from two out- bound to be lost before it come* Throughout the year, RAM re- through nine consecutive victor- Returning to the victory path, fits strikingly different in their of.age. The iieal displayed by stu- porters have heard the same la- ies thus far, featuring three shut- the Met 600 yard Championship methodology: the riflers and the dents Jimmy Horan, Vin VanTas- ments from the coaches of these outs, and an ERA of 1.00 by m wwt breeee for Tom, as he won chessmen. sel, Joe Yalch and Frank Sherry "minor spottt": "Lack of depth" amazing mound staff. The pitch- in ,1:12:4. The Millrose Games, Riflers Retain Title in fostering this development de- . . . "Undermanned" . . , "No in- Ing has-been supported by timely ncKk on the agenda, saw Courtney serves plaudits. terest", etc. Perhaps the *uvge in (ContlnM* an P»se 11) finish third in the invitational Accustomed by now to the half behind world 1,000 meter absence of fanfare characteristic record holder. Audun Boysen. He of non-spectator sports, the rifle placed second in the NYAC Halpln squad calmly outshot all seven- Half Mile, this time trailing Sowell teen of its MIRL foes during the to:the tape in 1:52:4. A week later, 1854-55 campaign to capture its Swell again beat Tom as he tied second consecutive league crown. the world record in the AAU Last season, the dead-eyes took Championships at Madison Square every match of their scheduled becauae Garden, Courtney ran 2:10:6, .3 fifteen. Put these victories to- of a second better than his IC4A gether with the ten straight suc- mark, but Sowell won easily. The cesses that closed out the 1952-53 husky senior switched to the 600 card and you have an unbroken in the IC4A meet, but was bested string of 42 loop triumphs. toy Charlie Jenkins after a poor Far from the clatter of :rifle start. Then Tom, racing on his reports, the meditative group speciality, the flat track, set a new known as the Fordham- Chess world's mark of 1:56:6 and ex- Club has been gathering laurels Mote people team up with Budweiser tended his unblemished flat floor all year, which incidentally, is onthe 19th hole...than with record to two seasons. As for the only its third in intercollegiate Penn Relays this past weekend, competition. Paced by Tony Saidy, any other beer in the world. Sure Courtney was ailing, and the var- Tom Hennessy and Bill Walker, sity fared poorly without him in the team rose to the heights of there's a reason—it's Budweisor the Met Intercollegiate Mile Re- chessdom when it capture* the \ «!• and that's the difference. lay. Manhattan once again dem- national college championship onstrated its Eastern supremacy, last Christmas. After laying low while Kordliam was lost umid a Iona, St. John's and NYU; the bevy of also rans for the relay carnival; Tom has a few tentative, chessmen toyed with Jesuit rivals appearances. left, .but. regardless Georgetown and Holy Cross at of their .outcomes, he. leave* this Easter, coasting to victory with school with the stamp pf all time secondillne* players. .Cheps, a tar greatness on hinu get for .much .fun-poking, seems destined to become a Fordham Freshman. Mike Iachetta, Gene forte. Carbine. Bill Ktebs, and Ed Zemari Gottlieb Pace* fencers form the nucleus of a classy mile Fordham's fencers also weighed relay team. John Hand, a winner at Yale and at the. (Pioneers, and in With a successful season, reg. Dick McTigue, also a winner at the istering wins against Uconn, Rut- Pioneers, are set to handle the gers of Newark, Stevens, Bridge, distances. Mike Cahill, a sprinter, port and 'Cooper Union, while John Mullane, a relay man.and a dropping four contests.: Here the quartet of distance runners, Art leading light was sophomore Bob Cunningham, Tom benny, John Gottlieb, whose 21-3 foil record earned him the 'most valuable' Flynn, and Tom Ward are among : the prominent members of a team selection. which finished second to Manhat On the liability side of the ledg- tan in the Met Indoor Champion- er, this was a disappointing year ships, fourth in the IC4A mile for John Lyttle's swimmers. Only relay, and owns a highly coveted Terry O'Donnell's consistent scor- victory over the Morgan State and ing in the fifty and 100-yard Penn milers. free-style events could soothe that In summary* track has a bright, gaping 0-14 wound. The water all around future, and a dim, polo troop organized by merman mediocre past, highligted by one Willis Reilly is faring better. great athlete. The freshman track Although the squash racket team is well nigh as promising as squad took only one of seven its basketball counterpart, and matches during the regular sched- ANHEUSER-BUSCH, We, St. LOUIS • NEWARK • LOS ANGELES should enhance Fordham's track ule, the Rams deadlocked Adelphi ' 1 • ...'-.'•• reputation for some years to come. for possession of the Metropolitan Conlin Cage Standout Squash Trophy in March compe- The consistently brilliant play tition. TOm Garesche retained of All-America Ed Conlin and an his individual title in the same amazing freshman team high- tourney. With Garesche leaving, lighted Fordham's otherwise me- soph Bob Coleman looks to be the diocre basketball season. top future prospect. Going by their No. 8 pre-season ranking, the Ranis were disap- pointing, but considering the er- NOT —DON'T BEA-ctp/IcHE CONTAINS- CHlRpr - BUT ratic piny of the 'green' sopho- COMB YOUR MESSY SKATE.V-GET WILDROOT LANOLIN I REMOVES THAT mores,, the 18-9 record is passible. FEATHERS.'.' — SLOPPV CREAM-OIL, AMERICA'S FA\AORITE!f LOOSE DANDRUFFS'. WOULP BIRDS LIKE YOU GIVE. KEEPS HAIR-rWEer.i'-r-JEAT BE.; In 'big' games, the Rams didn't ALL OF US A E.UT MOT GREASY.7'- eerwuiBooTCReAM- pull a single upsot, but grudge NAME.'. L victories over Seton Hall, Holy Cross, and Connecticut, were highly satisfying. Danny Rinaldo's f ivehouse i'reshman team, which went un- defeated in twenty games, prob- ably provided the most exciting moments for Maroon cage fans. So devastating was the frosh at- tack that (n Inte season, rival coaches resorted to stalling tac- tics to prevent embarrassing scores. COWplTIONS HAIR THE NATUBAJ. WAV Thursday, May 5, 1955 Page-11 Hannihan 4 Hits Navy As Rams Cop 9th; OVER Riflers Win Tourney; Golfers, Netmen Score With Bill Hanrahan spinning a With Bill Hanrahan sDinnin^ n. +jo«nitenniso , am*and, golfim\r . Compilinr**.~.**tu~~g a ni_ ag _.-! Willi~«.:ms - Reilly'— _.., s. wate.r polo. con- masterful four-hitter, Pordham gregate of 1408 points, the sharp- annexed its ninth consecutive shooters shaded St. John's to cop tingent is still looking for its ini- baseball triumph Tuesday, edging the latter's invitational tourney. tial win following another pair of Navy, 1-0, at Annapolis. Hanrahan Marty Burns, Jim Kavanagh, and losses to Manhattan and Queens gained the nod in a sparkling Jay Schaefer were the big guns last week. The Jasper tilt was a hurling duel with Dale McChire for the Maroon. of the Middies when the Bams thriller, with the Rams finally suc- pushed across an unearned run The tennis team topped CCNY, cumbing in the fourth overtime It's Monday, May 2 in New York's fair city ... My name is in the eighth inning. 5-4, with John Poster, Bob Cole- period, 10-7. Q'Toole. . . I'm a aports editor working fevershly over live copy amid man, Pat Gubitose, and Bill Lee the tumult and • shouting oT« crowded, smoke-filled room in St. It was McCioure's own miscue winning their respective singles Robert's •Hall. . . My partners in this venture are such varied and on a bouncer by Jerry Saviola that tests. In their next outing, how- Tht li. t. Olympic Teimi MHI JWT npsiri sundry characters as Oalullo, Wendy, Mutphy, Sturner, et al. . . set the stage for the Pordham ever, the Ram netmen bowed to We've got a job to do—putting out *-«pwrts section for The RAM. . . tally. Hanrahan bunted the run- Army by a 9-0 count. But we're not tyro* at this trade; we'#e-d6ne it before, covering every- ner along, and with two down, The golf team came through thing in the line of cporta from football to chess. . . it's not exactly Don Haig poked a clutch single to with its maiden victory, nipping a simple job, especially when you're the lso- attorn—a in '51. . .Registration, Elsewhere on the sports front on the 18th, and then outplayed Send a contribution to during the past week, Fordham his opponent on the extra hole to U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM FUND kaak-buying, meeUM a eaaiMcMr mm* cast *f friends . . . Finally, settle the match. your college earear hesjtMk . . FirtMtuc^ln French makes you a teams posted victories in rifle, 540 Birth Mlchijan Aye., Chicus 11, center of atteaUea with Stahaaeir; McGatern, Greer, Hastings, and the lot. . . Indirectly, the birth*! th»-Heningways. . . More about that later. . . RAM eaadMaU* are ausMtoned to St. Robert's for a Seeling eui rouilut.. .,Tb> Mnaipep.talks by the editor* .. . You've heard that line before, .. You want to write, let's skip the sermons. .. Quiz for Teachers and Staff Vou want a atory fMiri*. . . Hafct Y*w first "story" turns out to be the direetteM U TritoM gta«Uaav . . ^Ueast it made page one in box form. . . B* y»«'Te eoej» a l»ng wws, since then. . . Editors Jacobs, Freemaa, Ctory a«* many other* nave come and gone. . . You're next UiCMUrt (1* days hence, perhaps). . . Sophomore year and your first by-line . . . Large charge . . . Soon you're doing a story every week. . . You're .one of "the boys" now, an j Do you want to save up lo 30% entity in the masthead, an inconspicuous"'Irish appellation attached to the sports staff. .. The basketball teapi wins 11 in a row; you on auip insurance? £ get the lead story. .. Stepping up in the vfdrld, be it ever so slowly... '53 arrives, junior year. .'. Tony Malatestihic is sports ed. . . Irish 2 Do you want auto insurance and Italian working together?. . -First ^ Issue, you're assigned the i . , . in lead story on the Detroit' football inatigiiral-front page stuff. VST Another 'first'. . . Plenty more as the_ weeks roll by. . . You're still j Do you want nationwide •• eying the sports ed job in '54. . . Then conies the, shocker. You're called,Into the chambers across the hall for a seemingly protection and service? routine confab with Mr. Waits. . . He's the chief, RAM moderator, and your key source far cigarettes. . . He says you're in line for the post as editor-in-chief, come February. . .Holy mackerel, Andy! . 1 Do you want complete Is he kidding?... Nope, It's the real thing. .. Soon, you're.the number insurance coverager ^ one man, ihe 'boM'. .. A champion of the cliche now has his name at the top of the masthead in bold face print. . . Looks good. . . All H Do you want immediate the boys extend their best. . . Then the parade-begins—the campus politicians and other self-adjudged perfectionists stream in. . . 'Glad service — wherever you are? \ to meet you, Jim' and, all that josh. . . Most of these wheels thrive on' publicity.:5; .Your retort—"Take a hike". . . While serving as editor you begin your weekly 'dashes' with business manager Jack Kennally over the ad line; he's money-mad, but rightly so. . . A gala banquet climaxes junior year. . . Great time. . . First remark follow- ing Introduction, "Anyone got a weed?". . . The Dean of Deans, Fr. McLaushlln, obliges atd everyone proceeds to have a ball. . . '54 unfolds.'. .You return to the sports side as sport editor, the one job you' always wanted. . . Oh yes,.the politicians—they don't know you any more. . . "Sports editor? Bah!". . . Glad to get rid $W€f Y<6$ to these five important questions and you of you. . . But the boys are still around—Kennally, Prior, Galullo, want nothing less than auto insurance from Government Em- etc. And the Hemingways, of course. . . The common men, but the ployees Insurance Company. best.. . A terrible football year ... Gloom at the PG . . . Miami 75-7 ... 'nuff said ... • SAVINGS up to 30% from standard rates are yours because you You sit buck and ponder. . . Those Monday morning head- successfully eliminate from your premium the cost of maintain- aches—reams of copy, beaucoup coffee, Galullo's stories coming in ing the customary, agency system as well as membership fees of from 2 to 24 hours late... Writing classic heads, glittering adjectives, any kind. and then the tedious task of layout after Kennally has butchered UNEXCELLED CLAIM SERVICE is yours through a nationwide almost aU available space. . . The months skip by—March, April, network of over 650 professional claim adjusters, at your service May ... May? ... Yeah, this is it... Your 84th and final issue. Has day or night in every sizeable city of the United Stales and its it been worth it?. .. Let me tell you. . . possessions. It's been great . . . The gist of college life . . . Makes you feel proud you belonged ... That's it—belonging . . . Belonging to Ford- NATIONWIDE PROTECTION for nationwide travel is guaran- ham regardless how small a part you've played. . . Belonging to teed by the Standard Automobile Insurance Policy issued you. an aye-old tradition 100 per cent proof. . • Belonging to The BAM for four years were four year* well spent. . . And then there were 'he Hemingways. . . That's your group. . . Some of Fordham's Nationwide Service for Nationwide Protection finest... Let them be called a clique, or a crew, or live wires... You'll take 'cm. Well, O'T, what' has Pordham meant to you?. . . You stretch back in your chair, gaze at the typewriter keys and wonder what to s »y... But it's inexplicable, intangible.. . Words alone cannot express over a quarter million feelings. . . why not just say life at Pordham was something easy policyholders to remember, impossible to forget. . . OK, you've done it. .. Time and Obtain a Prepaid Inquiry Card space are rapidly fading. . . What? Deadline time?. . . A few more over $35,000,000 in OH«I» lines and you're finished. . . You take another draff, and prepare to apply the final touch, your last cliche. . . Old soldiers fade away; at the Comptroller's Office or sports editors turn greyi . . You're glad you made it the I'ordham way. And O'Toole is through "Looking 'Em Over". . . Phone or Visit Ram Winning Streak Boosts CfOVEUNMENT EMPLOYEES Hopes For NCAA Tourney (Continued from Page 10) a good chance for a berth in the mtting, with Joe Penacchio and NCAA Tourney. New York Service Office D on Hale: providing the punch, Coach Jack Coffey, happy and 125 Broad St., New York 4, N. Y. »«d an especially tightgtt defensefe . even a bit surprised over the Rum's recent surge, commented, Umi.d mid aulhitlit' by yaur Phone V/Hitehall 3-8950 'w RRams have committed but Jlali Iniurenrt rtl errorss, "If the boys continue to play the T kind of ball they have been play- _ 'ie Rams should finish the. ins, the chnnces of entering the season with a better than 15-5 tourney look pretty good." lcci and this would give them -Page 12 The RAM Thursday, May 5, 1955 Fly Boys in 'Wild Blue Yonder We Hear That (Continued fran Page 8) questions of various officers; that wear If you'rt leaving for Hun. Jorlty. of cadets, the first jet ride ie, don't be afiaid, all other things tei A.FB. Savannah, Oa, medium By Lucia Sorre is a great and unforgettable ex- being equal. Probably you'll be bombers will be the lule, and ' A proposal to build a new bath- adveitlseis of the Syracuse Daily perience, and this is made fi'en granted the privilege of bringing bring insect disinfectant, if to tag beach at the University of Orange. more so if you've put too many some of the local belles on base Donaldson A F B., Greenville, s.c, Miami was strongly opposed by hours in at the Officers Club the foi a mid-week dance, etc, and bring an open mind At Griffith! the campus newspaper. A recent » * « night before . . . vapor from the then it's up to the individual when APB, Rome, NY and Ethan editorial dealing with the school s A mysterious black liquid was pressurized cabin explodes into a reputation as a country club com- gi.en to University of San Fran- veiling mist, wheels retract . . . Open Post commences on noon Allen A.F.B., Burlington, Ver., the plained that: cisco Chemistry students to be a hearty "heigh-ho stomach" . . . Saturday till midnight Sunday. weather »nd women will be of the "It's hard enough now to pie- analyzed. and away you go at 800 knots. Hints •port coat speciea. aent the teal University of Miami After trying for hours the class At the end of four week* you A few -postscripts might be Now it'* up to you, the India -—the study and the research, th» gave up. The mysterious liquid v.dual, to mate or break a military cultural and the educational will have made acquaintance with helpful to the prospective sum- cou'.'i not be identified, though every operational unit on bate; attitude. If you're done a good growth going on daily. It's Jiaid everybody was fairly sure that it mer camper; for, woe, we. all •riough to convince people that from control tower, base head- learn from experience . . , don't job, the weeks will have passed was poisonous It was cafeteria quarters, radar station, to the quickly; satisfaction will balance there might be playboys within 1 he coffee. smoke in bed . . . be receptive to hospital, simulated trainer unit, odd mannerism* (we had a Caro- the routine. U not, you're weeded school, but that it is not a play- (A.C.P. Feature Service) boy school." and sanitation department. You'll linian who would sleep with a out Thus /Ms the first step la • • • find that in the South, your best stiaw hit) . . bring your im- making an, offloer—his compatU .'.A, cartoon followed. It showed Latin, the ''dead language", has friends will be Coke Machines and biaiy, <» an angry student bather shaking munization lecord ... If you finally beeii buried on Stephens the Officer's Club. And even if know a young Florence NighUn- After you've picked up your bis fists at black, hovering clouds College campus, the 'Stephens you're not in the South your best bver taking Gieek social cente) fot all camp "brass" Fla, expect rides in all fighter work, and coordination of a . i: • -• •. * • • We tip our hat to the honorable IThe Club is theie foi your use, not type craft; bring sun glassej, sum- dynamic National Frat. to which Secret Sam was Syracuse Uni- dead abuse' But don't be afraid to.ask mer threads, and nylon under- you're ptadged: - versity's Mystery Man,' like Artie Miller was Fordham's. The only difference lies in the fact that Sam was a student who circulated around the campus and disclosed his identity only if addressed with certain tey words. Prizes for ihose who unveiled his identity were offered by the Caissions At Fort Bragg (Continued from Page 8) (rood. Mess personnel have theii •drders1 to prepare all food so that it is "appetizing, nutritionally adequate, and of the highest qual- ity." Yes, you will be assigned KP, duty! ' Days Are Busy Your average day will be an extremely busy one with deraon- - stratlons in such things as pyro- technics; chemical, biological and 1 radiological * warfare; grenades, artillery and ,>rmor techniques, ' infantry tactics, and many other • subjects. You will literally cry your eyes out during a tear gas • demonstration after you're told to remove your gas mask. Tlieie will be little classroom work and •few training films. The empha- . eis will be on. practical applica- tion with cadets learning, indi- vidually and in teams byprofita- ble experience. Athletics and phj- sical development will also be" in- cluded in the training program A bivouac of several days' dma- tlon will climax your stay at Bragg. Long inarches, night prob- lems, pup teo$ "mansions." and field mess (which is the best tast- ing food in the armyi will catch your interest for a while. .. Service-wise';: the cadets will 'tiave a cadet club for their recrea- tional use (soft drinks, ping pong, records, magazines, stationery etc.), and PX where you can pur- • chase auch things as toilet arti- cles, cigarettes, candy, and other sundry items of equipment. You may count on mail call twice a •day. A laundry with 48 hour ser- vice will also be available to the cadet. As a rule, weekend passiis Buy are allowed to cadets, so you will SMIIiE have an opportunity1 to leave the y PP post. °f Chesterfield'8 smoothness At tile end of the camp tour, mUdfie8 awards will be presented to thns-> CHESTERFIELD 8—refreshing faste. cadets who distinguish themselves throughout the six-week oouioc. You'll SSflLE your approval You will perhaps follow in the footsteps of Fordham men like today! * Chesterfield's quality — Sal Pillitte::, who was voted best highest quality—low nicotine. cadet at Fort Riley, Kan. last summer or Jim Conway, who was named fourth best cadet (out of 1200) at Fort Eustis, or maybe Ed Conlin, who was voted best athlete at Fort Eustts. Do your Largest selling cigarette in America's colleges 'best, and tjood luck. 0 uoonr « Unu tauaa Co.