MAftGH AND /OF RAW TIME (Page 6) (Page 8) Volume 34 Fordham College—April 28, 1955 4A1 Number 21. Way Is J*avedfor Downtown Campus; Site Near ColumbuH Circle Favored Bloodmobiles New Project Initial Phase Arrive for Of Ten Year Development By JIM O'TOOLE Annual Driv-e Fordham University today is ready to activate plans for the cre- ation of a university center north of Columbus Circle in Manhattan By Larry Dclahtejr as a result of recent action by the New York City Board of Estimate Fordham's annual blood drive to effect slum clearance. began yesterday with a rally in —C The project, initial phase in th« the 'University Oym. The -Office University's Ten Year Develop* ment Plan, will bring together th«' of the University Development Dance Funds Fordham schools now located in and the Maroon Key Society, dual different areas in Manhattan in- sponsors of the drive, have set Help Sophia to a two-block campus at Lincoln 1,000 pints as this year's goal. Square. These are the School o£ The College of pharmacy will Law, the Graduate School of So- Bloodmobiles will be stationed present its second annual Student cial Services, the graduate and at the gym today and tomorrow, Council, sponsored dance, "Ber- undergraduate School of Educa- to take donations. Half the blood mudan Holiday," in the Univer- tion, and a division of the School sity gym on Saturday, April 30. of Business. : received will go to the Bed Cross A ten-piece band, the .core of NEW UNIVERSITY CENTER as seen in the architect's Enrollment Rise Expected and the'rest will remain at Ford- which is made up of Pharmacy Besides consolidating Fordham'i ham. It will be! made available model. Only those buildings with the black surface repre- students, will provide the dance facilities in Manhattan, the Uni- to any member of the Ford- • sent the proposed center. music. The Ramblers, a barber- versity Center will provide foP; shop octet from the Fordham the expected rise in enrollment "Family" who has need of It. University Glee Club, will furnish in the next fifteen years. Current, Thfe Includes any piesent Ford- the singing for the evening. estimates indicate enrollment will haqi faculty member, student or Fordham Club Adds 29 One of the highlights of the rise from its .present level of 10,- employee as welt as members of Twenty-nine new members will ior Fordham Club members inter- affair will be the drawings in the 000 to 15,000. Construction of the that individual's immediate fam- be formally! received into the Ford- viewed the applicants. Bermudan Holiday raffle. First downtown central campus will ily.' i ham Club at, its second annual The twenty-nine juniors chosen prize is a five day, all expenses offer accommodations for 5,000 were: Charles F. Angellno, Robert students. '. ' reception.tonight, in Reldy HM1 paid trip'for two via.'Pan Ameri- Ple'dgas have b«en sent out to E. Baldauf, George Benigno, Lewis can Atrways to Bermuda. This The Manhattan center will, th«; parents of each student, ex- Lounge at 8 p.m. ' I Bowlby, David J. Carney, Kevin J. award has a cash value of ap- contain central administrative lUU that there ii nothing ' Ai bfft ;;and „' ^initiation", wl|l Jflhn H.. Currtert Ralph •proilrmrterr • $70»:'-a««' 'fciehider offices, the tew library, university d ir'prograirL' The'ftev. Delia Cava, Harry B. DeMalo, board and meals at the Princess library, general auditorium and • that they and their relatives will Leo P. McLaughlin, S.J., moderat- Kenneth P. Donnellon, Joseph P. Hotel and signtsSeing tours around a central services unit. benefit in being- members of the or of the Club, and Jim McEr- Doscher, Michael Drew, James Bermuda. Second prize is a com- Fordham has had its branches Fordham Bipod Bank. The proce- lean, chairman of the reception, Farrell, William F. Flatley, Peter plete 8mm movie outfit. in downtown New York for hall dure is painless and short, and will preside. A. Froelich, James E. Hamill, Ray- Dance bids and raffle tickets a century. Yet there is no site) the blood is restored in the aver- The reception climaxes two mond Hartnett, John Johansen, are on sale in the Keating cafe- permanently identified with Ford- age iperaon within 36 hours. weeks of screening and selecting John J. Jones, Jr., Christopher ham in Manhattan as Rose Hill Is teria and in the Pharmacy build- identified with Fordham in tha All Schools in Donation Contest. from among a total of 88 appli- LaCorata, John F. X. Manning, ing. Bids are $3.00 and raffle , .Tills year, there will be compe- cants by the Admission Commit- Daniel "A. McCarthy, Frank O. Bronx. The Law School has had! 1 tickets are 25 cents each. All pro- five different Manhattan ad- tition on a percentage basis. In tee. Co-chairmen John McGovern McNally, Theodore McNulty, Le- ceeds from "Benrmdan Holiday" dresses in five decades. the past the College of Pharmacy and Don Cody supervised the pro- onard J. Pinto, Howard A. Roch- will go to Sophia University in has consistently held the lead, cess. For eleven hours on Tuesday, ford, Jr., Warren W. Spellman, Japan. Mr. Joseph Sotaro and Letter Filed in February . (Continued on Page 12) April 6, the committee of ten sen- (Continued on Page 7) Elio Liscio are faculty and stu- Under Title One of the Fed- dent chairmen of the Sophia eral Housing Act of 1D49, citie9 and other local public agencies Driva in the Pharmacy School, may acquire slum areas and make!: Junior Prom, 'Arabian Nighis V toFeature/ iespectively. •''•••'• them available for development Advertised On TV Show by private capital subject to ap- • To boost ticket sales, five Phar- proval by the city and the Fed-- Continuous Music and UniqueDecorations macy students appeared on the eral Government. The Rev. Laur- Steve Allen television program on ence J. McGinley, S.J., President , "The Junior Prom has all the the evening will be provided by Teddy Wilson, who Is a product Tuesday night, April 26. They of the University, filed a letter appearances of being the most the orchestras of Leroy Holmes of the Benny Goodman band of were clad in Bermuda shorts and of intent on February .17 to ac- stunning event of the social year," and Teddy • Wilson. Mr. Holmes, 1936, which featured Harry James, they extended an invitation to quire the necessary site for thei. Said Chris LaCorata, junior class an MGM recording artist, popu- Lionel Hampton and Gene Krupa, Allen and to the public to attead University Center in the Lincoln president. larized such hits as "I Cried for has since achieved stardom on histhe dance. Also a monster rally Square area. own. His present band, organ- "There are still many fine ta- You" and "I've Heard that Song was held at 11 a.m. last Friday The plan of Fordham in Man- bles left, nnci an invitation to at- Before" prior to the war, and,ized in 1941, is one of the most in the first floor lecture room of hattan brought from His Emi- tend is extended to all, he added. versatile in the country, and hisKeating Hall. (Contiuucil on Page 2) - To his. knowledge, ihis will be Hie ability to play both jazz and the first . time the canopy in the conventional fox-trot has made gymnasium will be employed him a favorite with the college set wherever he has performed. -a* an integral part of the Princess To Be Crowned decorations. He also said that pi ops are being obtained from the Further entertainment will be Columbia Broadcasting System provided by the crowning of a and other sources, and that re- Prom Princess who will receive a freshments would be free. selection of prizes during the fes- •When asked to describe the tivities. Anyone interested in en- favors, Chris replied that he tering his date in the contest preferred to keep them as a sur- should submit two pictures, one prlso for those who attend the full length and one facial, at the prom. As for the decorationsi, ticket booth in Keating Cafeteria •• Chris said that Paul Foti has done as soon as possible. a; truly creditable job in designing Leroy Holmes To top off the evening, Fordham sets which would approximate the students are Invited to take a mystic East as expressed in the more recently, "Mam'selle," which short drive to Leighton's, a sub- Arabian Nights. He also extended he recorded with Art Lund, and urban nightclub located in Ards congratulations to Neil Maffeo for "The High and the Mighty." He ley, N.Y., on the Sawmill River his fine work on the programs, has performed with such stars as Parkway. Outdoor and indoor which he described as "designed Tommy Edwards, the Billy Wil- dancing will be available for Ford- to provide many pleasant memo- liams Quartet, Bill Hayes, and ham students and their dates ex- ries of the Junior Prom for years many others. "If I iiavu any clusively from 2:00 until 4:30 a.m. Anyone seeking •reserviiliuns or CAFT, QUEEG (Richard rrior) and Lt. Greenwalu (Gerard to come." watchwords in my arrangements," Frank) In a soene from the Mimes awd Mummers' production of Holmes snys, "they are danceable further information should con- Two Bands Will Provide the Music tact Mike Drew. the "Caine Mutiny Court Martial" held last week In Collins. Continuous music throughout tompos and simplicity." The RAM Thursday, April 28, 1955 Vets Plan Kexi Issue Visit to KAM Senior P«ll Hospital The Fordham College Veterans' Club will put on a fifteen-act show at the Kingsbildge Veterans' Hos- pital Oit May 13, Dave Carney, chairman of the club's entertain- ment committee, announced.