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Vol. 21 Ne w York, N. Y., January 10,1941 No. 11 Hank' Jensen Scheduled to Play Admiral Byrd Will Mimes Select Three Plays At Sophomore Hop, January 31 Speak Tuesday in For Second One-Act Cycle Kiefer, '43, Announces Choice of Brooklyn Maestro- Freeman Hall Dugan, Ford, Caterson and Cotter Author Latest Bids at $1.50 To Co On Sale Next Week Admiral Richard E. Byrd, will Productions in Dramatic Program give a cinematic lecture on his lat- Plans for Fordham's aecond Soph- est antarctic explorations before A second cycle of one-act plays omore Hop neared completion Tues- Fr. Robert I. is scheduled for production in Feb- day with the announcement that Big Crowd Greets Gannon, S.J., Governor Lehman at ruary, under the direction and su- and his guests of pervision of the -Hank" Jensen t h e Centenary and his orchestra Law Alumni Meeting authors and Ram Footballers Committee and Mimes Board of will supply the Council, in Free- Governor Lehman was the Directors exclu- music for the man Hall on sively. Three evening's festiv- guest speaker at the annual At R.K.O. Rally Thursday, Jan- meeting of the Fordham Law plays have been ities. uary 14. School Alumni Association selected for the William C. Admiral Byrd, February pro- Kiefer, '4 3, Pictures of Rally and who will be in- which was held on Friday eve- duction depict- Chairman of the troduced by Fr. ning, December 20, 1940, at 8:15 ing an Irish entertainment Came Shown to Crowd Gannon, is one of at the Bar Association of the theme, an hilari- committee, dis- a group of out- City of New York. The meeting ous conscription closed that Jen- of Over 3,000 standing public was presided over by the Hon- plot, and an ex- sen, a Brooklyn figures who will perimental sur- Fr. Qannon, S.J. orable John T. Loughran, Asso- boy well-known Thirty-two hundred leather-lunged present lectures realistic morality around the met- at various times throughout this ciate Justice of the Court of Ap- play. Ram rooters swarmed into the J. Dugan ropolitan area, W. KMir year, as part of the Centenary pro- peals and President of the The Board of had been select- R.K.O. Fordham Theatre Monday gram. Alumni Association. Directors, headed by the president, ed after a search for the best talent night to lend their assistance at a Fr. Gannon has sent out invita- A nominating committee re- Richard E. Coffey, '41, revealed available. As a special feature of the tremendous "Welcome Home" rally tions to various distinguished friends ported the recommendations for Wednesday that the Mimes officers evening, Jensen will provide a girl tendered to the Fordham football of Fordham to listen to Admiral officers and directors to be elect- will personally undertake the obli- gations and responsibilities involved, vocalist. team. Byrd and admission to the lecture ed to serve for the ensuing two- Bids for the Hop, which will be will be by invitation only. year period. feeling that more direct student ac- The proceedings started with pic- tivity should be taken in lieu of the held Friday evening, January 31, After the transaction of busi- the night of the mid-term holiday, tures of the preliminaries to the Cot- Looking forward to the conclusion tremendous burden usually placed ton Bowl trip, including the monster of the Centenary year in September, ness the meeting was addressed on the moderator, Mr. William K. go on sale Monday. The dance, al- Fr. Gustav Dumas, S.J., who is in by Governor Lehman and also though sponsored by the Sophomore rally in the Gym and the team's in Trivett, S.J. For this reason the im- tensive practice and finally action charge of the Centennial activities, by His Excellency, Francis J. petus will be given by the Board it- class is open to the entire student stated that formal invitations have Spellman, Archbishop of New body, and the combination of theshots of the game itself. The house self and supplementary assistance lights were then turned on and the been sent out this week to many uni- York and the Reverend Robert will be donated by Mr. Trivett, S.J., term holiday date, and the fact that versities and learned societies, to at- I. Gannon, S.J., President of it will be the only dance on campus Fordham band played The Ram. As and Mr. Albert McCleary, director. the selection ended the team, led by tend the Centennial closing celebra- Fordham University. The play unfolding the Irish "way until St. Patrick's day are expected tions on September 15, 16 and 17. to account for an unusually large Captain Lou DeFilippo, came on the of life" was co-authored by Joseph volume of ticket sales. The section stage to be greeted by an unroarious V. Cotter, '42 and Alan V. Caterson, representatives will handle the sale welcome from the assembled multi- '42, and was written in the style of tude. a Sean O'Casey tragedy. The tenta- for the Sophomores and booths in tive title affixed to this opus is the Cafeteria will facilitate the dis- When the excitement had some- "—For Promis'd Joy." tribution for Upperclaasmen and what abated the manager of the the- Seniors Thumb Way to TexasThe second play is a farce on the Freshmen. atre, who presided as master of cere- popular "draft" theme. Called ten- At the present time, the decora- monies, introduced the individual tatively, "Gone With the Draft," and tions committee, headed by Carson players, each of whom received a in 3 Days Against 481 Odds authored by John T. Dugan, '41, F. Leonard, '43, is engaged in select- noisy tribute. Then Captain Lou Vice-President of the Mimes organi- ing an appropriate theme for thestepped forward to express the zation. The setting takes place in an gymnasium. A definite announce- team's gratitude for the loyal sup- By OWEN J. O'CALLAGHAN but if they were to make time, they Army camp, newly inhabited by ment as to the type and extent of port given to them by the Fordham The plan to auto to Dallas fell had to keep thumbing. From six Conscriptees. the decorations will be forthcoming rooters, and to give some of his per- through. But they HAD to go. How? till eleven that morning the pair thought of giving up the idea as The final vehicle to be produced within the next few days. (Continued on page 8) Charlie Roy and "Lefty" Ryan, in the second cycle, temporarily Inc., finally made up their collective they stood on the car-scarce road. Possibly the "New York Sun" had called, "Lucifer at Large," was writ- minds at 8 P.M., on December 26. (Continued on page 8) The pair of Seniors set out on abeen right when it quoted 48-1 odds thumbing trek to Texas. Two rides against the boys ever reaching the Basil Harris Named to Head Lone Star state by New Year's. Dal- las was still 2,000 miles away. Coffey Chosen As "Then a colored fellow picked us Fordham University Council up and we rode to Pittsburgh—185 miles," Roy related. "We weren't Chairman of Glee there an hour when we got a lift to Committee of Prominent New Yorkers to Function Columbus, Ohio." In Advisory Capacity With Centenary Fund Drive The only time on the trip the duo Club Concert were worried was on the next ride. Formation of the Fordham Univer- dent Southern Railway Co.; Peter The driver was a speed demon. "If Directors Correct Town sity Council, an honorary sponsor- McDonnell, partner brokerage firm yer g-g-gonna die, ye-yer gonna McDonnell 8c Co.; George V. Mc- d-die," he kept stuttering. Passing Hall Date from March 5 ship group, for the Centenary fund Laughlin, President of Brooklyn nvcr a bridge, he clipped the fender drive was completed Monday with Trust Co.; John Moody, President of an oncoming auto, but suffered To March 4. the appointment of Basil Harris, di- Moody's Investors' Service; Michael no dnmaRB himself in the process. roi'tor of the United Slates Lines, as A. Morrlssoy, President of the Union Roy finally persuaded his traveling 1 ''"airman of the group. News Co.; Hon. John I . O'Drien, host to slow down and they stopped On Wednesday the Fordham Col- ut Columbus, Ohio. 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/., II - IL«"non Vol. 21 New York, January 10, 1941 No. 11
Editor.In.Chief J. Kenneth Campbell Bualneta Manaocr Managing Editor This is the week for the superlahve* N for many thousands of young people in every w^ ., I Richard H. Grace John N. Brooks, '41 writers have dusted off their "mosts" and ests. The life." ... The time is not far distant when those behind I Sports Editor Feature Editor Aia't. Sporti Editor the Committee Against Military Assistance win J football players-the publicity agents might say-have b Vincent Cahlll Joseph E. Sweeney Richard CoKey "appeasers" and "fifth columnists." . . , Previous ex-1 be^n showered with paeans of praise. All th* has been Newe Board perience as a columnist will then be found useful I Richard A. White, '42 Prank B. Poley, '42 written on newspaper stock wh,ch decays quickly. The Owen J. O'Calmghan, '42 A dispatch via Athens elalms Oedipus Rex will u I Blaise A. Fas'tuarelll, '42 team did not win the BaUle of Thermopylae I has staged indoors. Thia Is to offset the possibility of bad Ntwi Staff not saved Western civilization. For the individual w Joseph V. Cotter, '42 Ralph L. Cavalll, '42 Andrew J. Lovas, '« weather ruining the trot sale. ' Alan G. Caterson, '42 Thomas P. Mortimer, '43 William h. Meade, '43 athletes there is something more than the playing of a • • • Ralph A. Bock, "43 James D. Hosklnson, '41 William E. Brennan, '43 football game. For them something greater can be Vincent N. Gannon, 'H Francis X. Deslder, '44 Jeremiah J. Mullane, '44 written than that "they were magnificent in defeat Mimes plans for the future include one more John J. Keane, '44 Francis R. Daly, '44 or that "they outplayed a superb A. & M. team. one-act cycle and a full-length play. Echoes from Sporti Staff Robert Schmlilteln, '42 Robert Stewart, '42 Arthur McGurty, '48 Fordham's students found something deeper in the the Little Theater indicate that the play will be Peter Callery, '42 Warren W. Schwea, "4» Edward W. Melvln, '43 school's New Year's Day defeat. They knew that in John Dugan's and the time the end of April. Robert J. Whalen, '43 John P. Quirk, '43 Jos. A. Castellanos, '43 the Cotton Bowl our players had proven their char- What became of the plan to record Fordham's Joseph Barnwell, '44 James Finlay, '44 Robert Woodworth, '44 songs? Amateur business executives meeting in Walter Stokes, '44 James Kosch, '44 acter. Nothing finer could be said of any team or of any Buslneit Staff individuals. Fordham is proud oi its football team. Martin's have decided that it is sound financially. Postulate W. Fanelll, '42 Eugene Kelley, '43 Roland Cohort, '43 The players will live long in the hearts of student spec- Certainly, the plan is desirable from the students' David Foley, '43 Robert Emerich, '44 Joseph P. Hanson, '43 tators. ^ t t viewpoint. Published Weekly, except vacation and enamlnatlon Dtrlodi, from Octobor <• May byHw • * * student! at FoMham College, Fordham univereltr, Fordkam R««d and Third Ava^Ntw York. U.00 lubicrlptlon price. Intend ae tecond clan matter October 1, «"• at tte Pott offlct at New York, N. V. CF. P. 1. ... Charley Roy and Lefty Ryan hitch- Public Notiee.. .. The winner of the football players' hiked to Dallas. They were met there by cheerleaders raffle was "Little Jimmy," 2%-year-old son of Nick Ambrosiano and Charley Kelly whose traveling trate Blanchfteld of Brooklyn. When queried by The I expenses were paid by the A.A. . . . About twenty-five RAM's snooping reporter for his sentiments after this I Notes to a Novice students travelled to Texas. Among them was the windfall, Jimmy said, "Ong." . , . One of the campus' I RAM's special agent Al Caterson. ... The tourist* We've been entertaining a rather guilty feeling of late. Ten real achievements for MM was John Leonard's able I become lyrical when speaking of Dallas hospitality direction of the Lecture Bureau. . . . The day will issues of The RAM have passed into history. Some twenty and sportsmanship '40's Dick Breen broadcast the come when the Mimes will threaten to perform on the I editorials have consumed the left hand side of page two andgame for a Texas network. Result was that Texans radio and someone will believe them. . . . Who can I still no words of counsel to Fordham's class of '44. We've yetwere able to follow the game. ... Bob Ebon Is still a remember back to October M when we were told, to be accused of breaking tradition and, to forestall the blowgood baseball announcer. Fordham listeners could ex- "Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign cuse poor reporting but they refused to be charitable wars"? At the time Fordham's expeditionary material | a little longer, this week we undertake the penning of a fewwhen the announcer ridiculed Polish and Italian names lines intended to present Fordham's newest with the profound was contorted by those words delivered by a promi- . . . Students can attack Elson's bad taste with courage nent political campaigner. sentiments of experience which flow only from the mouths of —not to mention impunity. They will be supported by those who have lived. the General Pulaski Memorial Committee. That should make them feel better. Timely Advice, . .. Doctors claim alcohol is the best | Chiefly we are concerned with what goes on in the minds defense against the flu epidemic now striking Ford- of those who several months ago chose Rose Hill to do a rather ham. . . . Mitzi Green and Louis Prima pepped the | important job in their lives. At the risk of being misunder- The Cotton Bowl stadium received misleading pub- Officers' Club dance during the holidays. . . . The licity in New York. Sports editor Charles Burton ol The Carfora-Bent feud is terroriiinr cafeteria habitues. stood, we contend that the process of entering a college can Dallas Morning News wrote the RAM, "It is a sunken do some odd things to the intellect. To be more explicit, we ... As the fellow said when he bit oft* more than he I concrete saucer with redwood seats and there were no could chew, "Blghpaxzs." . . . Then there was the I mean simply that leaving high school behind and crashing into bleacher or circus seats. Its regular capacity is 45,5*7 Fordham man who asked the librarian, "for the new j persons." .. . Nick Ambrosiano reports it resembles the the new surroundings of an institution of higher learning best-seller, 'Oliver Swivel.'" Well, it was clean. . sometimes leaves the sense of judgment a little unbalanced by Pitt Stadium. . . . Every ticket was gone eight days after the teams had been chosen. This was the first Through completely unreliable channels it is learned | these new surroundings. The whole thing is somewhat foreign that after yean of ulentifle experimentation Bill Bren- time the bowl had been sold out Texans completely nan is prepared to answer the question, "Which came at first. The student is greeted by new ends and objectives, underrated Fordham—before the game. Our backers new liberties and mainly by new and older men. first, the chicken or the en?" down there won almost enough money to pay tor the • • • It is these first ideas of Fordham and its students that we new down town building. . . . Travelers could have want to warn of. In the great majority of cases the ideas are cleared $500 on one bet alone if they had been able Ramblings will take this opportunity to apologize to raise the required cash medium. . . . After the score to all concerned for its false report of a possible Dallas the result of a quick blending of rumors, imagination and ahad gone in the records all the Southerners admitted trip for Dick Coffey. Carelessness here was the cause. few hasty generalizations, and as the student goes further, he their team had been outplayed. To keep the score sheet balanced, however, a 1940 tradi- can only look back and marvel at their absurdity. • • • tion will now be broken. (35 seconds intermission to A few specific examples would hardly be amiss in bringing The next time the R. K. O. neighborhood theater gather tradition's broken pieces.) It will be pointed about a few specific revisions. First of all the cinema has done advertises anything like "special pictures of the entire out that the Mutual Broadcasting System confirmed a trip and complete game" prospective ticket-purchasers prediction made here when it announced Bob Elson its bit in this instance as in so many others. Fordham is noshoult d hire a Philadelphia lawyer to get an Interpre- as its Cotton Bowl reporter. All responsibility for the college that Lana Turner told you about in her last. tation. . . . The feature of the "special pictures ... of Elson's appointment is hereby disclaimed. Nor, we insist, is there any such institution in existence any- the complete game" was Kate Smith. Close behind her • * * where off the M.G.M. lot. Naturally, then, if the student has came the crowd in the stadium. . . . Notable for their Perhaps you have seen this in Keating Hall: come with any such expectation he is bound to be disap- absence in the pictures were Lansing's pass catch out- "In case of fire open door and pull lever down and side the end zone and Noble's lateral to Bennett. . . . then lot go. To call the Fire Department direct a pointed. The mental process then brings forth the simple but A campus poll taken by Rumblings indicates that biting statement: "Fordham is cold." person to the box located at the Administration Fordham's favorite politician is Borough President Jim Building to operate same and remain there to di- Few things could be further from the truth. Certainly, it'sLyons. rect fire companies to the fire." Except for the fact a big place and granted that the majority of its students are that the box is not there any more that sounds fine. of the strap-hanger variety, both of which tend to hurt the Jim Hoskinson Informs ihe school that a Fordham Under present circumstances it would be better lo warmth of a school. But there are friends and friendships division of the Committee Against Military Assistance pull the lever down and just hope for the best. awaiting you here that will probably form the basis of your to Britain will shortly be organized—with the Dean's life's companionships. Nor is it merely' a matter of a fewpermission. ... On the other side ol the fence the The program for recording Fordham's songs lias Student Defenders of Democracy are trying to move apparently reached a stalemate. Organizational friends. There is a spirit of fraternity that must necessarily our editor with them "to aid those who are carrying difficulties have stalled a venture that would U' grow into you and those around you as the months go by.our battle." These people eliiim to be "spokesmen for sound for its promoters and desirable for the slu- But it is not something that greets you the day you come Iijje nunibeis of our follow .students and, we believe, dents. through the gate leaving behind you a high school where you knew everyone and were a man of importance- in addition. Another favorite of Kirslnnan days is the feeling that one out of every I wo men is a campus politician who is out to ^el Campus nub Cfjaprl **«« ino.tr your vote and the soul of the whole school. 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Noble called Max Loeffler, Sherry iammed the Cotton Bowl, New a dangerous yet beautifully timed WbhDickCofrey fear's Day, to witness the clash be- paw from Blumenstock to himself Lead Scoring With tween the grid giants of the Eastbut when he forward lateralled to Eight Apiece and Southwest. Not one ol the tre-Tom Bennett the whole heart-break With our wandering boys home safe, if not sound, after a highly mendous throng left without seeing ing play was called back. Blackie successful southern hegira, a few comments are in order about the remarkable showing the Rams made in Texas. Since we weren't Fordham's high-riding quintette chalked up another in the right side among those present in the Cotton Bowl, we have gathered some of the. ledger last Wednesday night first hand information from Dick Connery of Senior, private and when they took the Columbia Lions evclusive agent for this corner. Dick, who received his training at into camp on the loser's court by a the Polo Grounds, as a P.A. spotter, called the plays for the radio handy margin of 40-29. announcer ofKPRC at Dallas and he reports the following: The Rams picked up where they "Forty-seven thousand fang were on hand to hear Kate Smith, left off at the Garden and started to who vies with Joe E. Brown, Sammy Kaye and "Mad-Dog" Powers roll up the score early. Sherry, Croke and Fitzgerald found the for the title of Number One Fordham fan, open the proceedings range in the first half and put the with "God Bless America." . . . Lou DeFillppo and John Kim- Rams ahead by a comfortable mar- brough met at mid-field to toss the coin. ... It was the last time gin. With Babich garnering in all during the game that John met Lou and wan still standing.... Jurt the rebounds off the backboard, Co to show the versatility of the Ram backs, Eshmont threw a pas«, lumbia saw very little of the ball. Noble ran the ball and Filipowicz punted one.. . . Put these down Once again, Max Loeffler, the little CAPTAIN Lou osnupro firebrand, was the boy who sparked bone-crushing battle, packed with booted out of danger to midfleld but as famous firsts.. .. All-America "Chip" Robnett went the way of thrills and suspense equal to those Moser made a gorgeous runback of all flesh and Joe Ungerer. . . . Outstanding in the Texas line was the attack and set up the plays. The of a movieland thriller. Only the the punt to the Fordham 25. Here the unheralded guard Henke. . . . Ram reserves Santilli, Pierce Lions kept in the ball game, princi- unpredictable had to happen and did came the blow. A penalty of IS yards pally through the accurate heaves was called against the Ram from the and Ritinski played oppoHunist ball, covering fumbles, blocking as Steve Hudacek's placement for of Captain Cerrone, who tallied six the tying extra point carommed off 16 putting the ball on the one, first kicks el al.... Stan Lewcsyk, the forgotten man of Senior, carried the posts thus spelling the defeat of and goal to go for the Cadets. "Jar- for twelve yards on the first play that he was in the ball game. .. . the gallant Fordham Ram, 13-12, at ring" John Kimbrough, bottled up the hands of the Texas Aggies. most of the afternoon by the Maroon According to the head linesman, he has never seen a back to equal Battling from behind in the fourth forward wall, smacked the tackle Jim Blumenstock, in twelve years of officiating. . . . The 220-piece quarter the Maroon offensive rolled and then cut out wide for the score. smoothly and swept down the Held This time Pugh made what was later Aggie Band was worth the price of admission, while the SMU Mus- to prove to be the winning point. tang band provided the musical color for the bandless Fordhants. to the second tally. Big Steve Huda- cek calmly stepped back to convert The Maroon wasn't beaten yet and . . . Rumors are untrue which claim the Ram players slept in the and then it happened. Forty-five they marched 43 yards for the next tengallon hats and high boots.. . . The boys christened John Mena- thousand spectators screamed their score. Santilli snagged Roethe's fum- pace "Fiorello" when he was riding on the fire-engine with his Stet- lungs out and thousands more here ble on the A. & M. 43 and then the in the East sat glued to the edge of fireworks began all over again. Fili- son. ... Texan* conceded the palm, if not the victory, to the Rams their chairs as the partially deflected powicz pitched a 12-yard strike to after the game and would like to see them back next year.;.." ball rolled on the cross bar only to Ritinski, Eshmont galloped for eight fall back onto the playing field. It more and the "Bull" cracked center Fordham's stock rose 100 points by virtue of its fine showing in might have rolled either way but itfor five, making it first down on the didn't. IS. Then came the finest run of the the Bowl Classic. Beating the Aggies at everything but total score, game. Out of the huddle and into First time the Ram had the ball, 1 the Maroon established itself as one of the great teams of the na- they drove 44 yards through, over their tpots came the Rams and boom . tion, a place which should have been accorded them all year. The and around the vaunted A. & M.No shift. Kuzman and Co. opened a team. Lennie Eshmont slashed at the gaping hole in the Aggie line. Little sports writers covering the game were unstinting in their praise of "Blumie" swirled, spun, reversed his the Rams; Grant Rice and Bill Corum calling them one of the finest tackles, 'Bull" Filipowicz knifed through the middle and Blackie field, slipped and everything else but teams ever seen. The Maroon forwards outcharged the Aggie line Blumenstock hammered the left side dove headfirst into the end zone for on every play and for the better part of the ball game the Ram of the Aggie line but the attack the score. backs outshone the Texas secondaries. In all but five minutes of the stalled on the 19. Late in the first The extra point backfired against DICK FITZGERALD period the Maroon clad warriors the Ram but the statistics and ex- game, the Rose Hillers were in complete charge of the situation. battered their way to the two-yard perts acknowledge the tremendous It was in those few minutes, however, that the Texas club seized points in the first half and Maack line but there again a fourth down power of the Ram machine. its opportunities and wrapped up the victory in Isin-glass. Jim who swished the cords for four. Al pass was taken by Jim Lansing one Blumenstock went down as a right halfback and came home an half time the Rams were ahead by yard outside the end zone. a 24-16 margin. The Ram was not to be held for All-America in everyone's book. Lou DeFilippo won a place as "Cowboy" Pierce sneaked past Rob- one of the top centers in the land, by taking personal charge of In the first five minutes of thenett, the All-America guard of the Kimbrough, while Joe Ungerer played the best game of his career. second half, the Maroon worked th Aggies, and blocked a Cadet punt count up to 32-20. However, the Rarr which Fordham recovered on the 20. Fordham has profited immeasurably by the splendid showing of attack bogged down after that an< Lennie, Blackie and the "Bull" again sportsmanship, ability and spirit of thirty-one of her student body. the Lions crept up a few notches went to work and made a first down but never really threatened. Th on the nine. Handsome Jim Noble scoring for the Rams was rathe: pulled the Statue of Liberty in per- REGISTERED COMPLAINTS: The monstrous rally which en close all the way, with Loeffler an. son and lugged the agate to the one. ticed hordes of Fordham students into the R.K.O. Fordham The- Sherry leading the scoring wit "Flip" made it his business to tally atre last Monday night at a la carte prices, offers food for thought eight points apiece. Croke, Babic on a cross buck inside the tackle. and Fitzgerald were close behim The point after touchdown was no Advertised at the send-off rally in the Gym as a complete accoun with seven each. Columbia neve: good. of the trip and game, 3,200 Ram rooters were thoroughly disap- really got going, and their shootin was poor, overshooting the baske: Trailing 6-0 as they came out for pointed in the abbreviated showing at lengthened prices. If thecontinually. Only Mcllvenan kepi the third period, the Aggies scored theatre sells the students shflrt again, they promise to stop cutting the Lions from falling apart at th twice within five minutes, On the classes to catch up on the flickers. Number Two: The Track and seams in the second half. second play from scrimmage "Bam*" Smith sneaked down the right flank Field commentator who amazed the radio audience with his non- Fordham played a very steaclj to the Maroon 45 where Pujh's long descript (ive) powers at the Cotton Bowl is hereby awarded "A': Kume, but not spectacular. In fact heave nestled in his arms, Eihmont for disconcerted effort. According to his play by play commentary, the game itself was dull. sped back in pursuit but too late for the damage was done an SmUh no one knew whether Knox Gelatin or ASCAP was carrying the Flu Stops Vote on streaked to the score. Pugh's conver- ball. sion WHS wide. JIM BLUMKNSTOCK C;AHI»:N TOPICS 41 Grid Captain Fordham basket bailers after Kcvenil years of futile attempt!) ii I'lmio fur the election of the viif the Giinlen have ilimlly w Hi, (•-,t, , ». H V M»•' N.,1,1,. Ml.- S a y \,i)r\]\i { j,|uvi(|i'(| I lit- winning lull V, il W.'PJ I )i ulj'i Ijjiliirh (ml) (lull U,l II,, Mioli II,. pi Ihor " 1 . MI.K il'U IMII (s'[ilkr' WliH "jIHlk'-'l tli" Mul "MM nf-Trimr, =i'i|j||(J Ivvi'lv ' ilMfl rlt-Vr-tl lftl. It, Hlnl Al Hslhlilll l-,-|.|),ai al t litlvrf nl!y Mfllgtil." llt'iihii, 1 ti.ll,,,,- ,(, P4!)hi|it»v Hi" ili" \mi\\U t^apt-t'tlvply, llrff-iiiivr-tv, I!H' lldthsi luid ilinti'tillv With lltd '-•('I'M lo1 l.lllly liav. I I i I,, l'|,,vl.l«i«««> I" "- l WllPr, tllHMfWl'h, Whn (ii= With one victory already to their Well the Rams dropped a close credit the Ram tankmen meet decision to the Aggie., but they stiff opposition tomorrow when they were in there swinging to the final meet Rutgers' tank crew down in whistle. We're not going to cry in Jersey. The home club, a leader in r beer about the outcome but at Eastern swimming circles, is the least we can give the team a well strongest opposition Fordham will deserved hand for the game- they meet this season. played. The score says that the Ag- A well balanced crew enabled gies won the ball game, and that is Rutgers to sink a fairly good Colum- bia team in a rather one-sided con- the way it's going down in the rec- test. In this meet they rolled up most I ords. We don't want to detract from of their points in the breast stroke the glory due the Aggies. They and back stroke events. played a splendid game. But to let it Moreover, the Rutgers squad showed its greatest strength in the go at that isn't exactly cricket either. recent East-West swimming meet. For the Rams played about the most At Miami, where it upheld the honor courageous game ever. The Aggies of the east, the team scored heavily went all out to win and then called for its section in all events. for help. Win, lose or draw, the Ag- The home club presents a galaxy of fine performers topped by Jerry gies knew they were in a real battle. Levin who last year was ranked I For the Rams, with Captain Lou De- among the top ten Freshmen swim- Filippo riding the bucking bronco mers in the country. Kimbrough all through the game, Fordham has many capable per- formers who did well in the opening played a bruising, paralyzing brand meet against City College. Stein- of ball that had the titanic Texans hauser opened the season by captur- hanging on the ropes. ing the 220 and 440 events against City. Other fine performances were Those Important "Hi" turned in by Kane, an able sprinter. Without reverting to allbla, .we Burns and Coleman, spring-board say that Fordham really cam o«t artists. on the short end of the breaks. Lansing's catoh of "Hip's" step outside the end Mae. Noble's Basketeers Break forward lateral to Benaett, the U Blackie Wins Trophy Rams Defeat Tarheels 42-41 in teen yard penalty that pat the •«•» Garden Jinx with Blackie Blumenstock walked on the one-yard line, the decitloa off with the trophy awarded by that put the ball oa the (oar-yartf the Bronx Junior Chamber of Thrilling Garden Battle line, when one oflklal had already Win Over Kansas Commerce for the outstanding ruled the ball mowed late eat performance in the dazzling Babich Paces Maroon Attack With Twelve Points Cotton Bowl spectacle. Blackie's zone, all very iaiaortaat "Us" that Lotffler and Fitzgerald sensational running through the As Clamack Scores Seventeen for Losers would have changed the whole eoai- powerful Aggie line gave him plexion of the gaaM. Pace 53-42 Victory the judges' nod over such Calmly stepping to the foul line The two and a half to one odds Over Jayhawkers mighty behemoths of the grid- with only twelve seconds remaining on the Aggies were made to look iron as Kimbrough and Robnett Riflemen to Shoot in the contest, Max Loeffler made of the Aggies. Ungerer and De- ridiculous in the first half, when the Disregarding true Christmas hos- good on the first of his two tries to Rams completely dominated the Filippo of the Rams pressed give Fordham a well merited tri- play, barnstorming onto Texas ter- pitality and the pride of Phog Al- Blackie for the trophy with Against Entire umph over North Carolina's Tar- ritory and putting on a grand show, len's Kansas five, the Maroon bas- their sterling line play. heels in the first half of a twin bill before pushing over the first touch- ketball team, sparked by the all- U. S. Corps Area last Saturday at Madison Square down. The surge took the Texans around brilliance of Max Loeffler Garden, the final count reading 42- unawares and they never started to and Captain Dick Fitzgerald, Frosh Five Annexes 41, thus chalking up their second flash their real form until the secsmasher- : the dreaded Garden hex on straight victory at that famous sports ond half. Then they struck twice in Few College Units to Saturdjiy, December 28, as they palace. five minutes and held their slim Two Wins to Rack Compete for Title; margin. swanujed the Jayhawkers under a The Rams jumped to an early lead 53-41 'barrage. Meet Tomorrow when Babich rang up seven points But Fordham left the aeld highly Up Fourth in Row to put the Maroon in front. But the praised, and aiaeh respected. »•- The visitors from the corn belt Blue and White rallied and soon Filippo lamoed KlathroMfh all after- had been widely heralded and were Throwing baskets with the great- est of ease, Coach Johnny Hayes' With a victory over City College spurted into the lead, with Glamack, noon, and Jot Ungtrer pat the AM odds-on favorites, but last year's their co-captain, putting on a one- America selectors to ahajae with his Ramlets continued on their all-win- under their belts in the opening N.C.A.A. runners-up could not match ning ways, registering decisive tri- match of the season, the Fordham man show with his sensational pivot crashini line play. Machle Blaawa- the Rams' early form and never se- shot, accounting for twelve points stwk walked e* with the top boa- umphs over Our Lady of Grace and riflemen have their eyes on copping rlouily threatened the Maroon mar- the Kips Bay quintet to run their during the first half. The score at the »rs (or the day as the hest hast oa the Corps Area Intercollegiate the Held and little Charley time gin. Following a slow start, the Kel- unbeaten skein to four in a row. half read: North Carolina 26, Ford- blltikrelced All AsMrieaa BohaoM kjhermen quickly jumped to a 9-2, Bringing a sensational eighteen- Championship. ham 21. when he crashed throafh haa tobut the Midwesterners drove back to game winning string into the fracas, The C. A. I. C. will be shot in four Coach Kelleher's charges came out the CYO senior Our Lady of Grace for the second half with renewed block a punt, a play that art ap11-T before the Rams went on a stages and Fordham will open the Fordham for a aggregation, big and experienced, vigor and soon overcame the South- scoring spree that gave them a 27-19 gave the Frosh their best test of the competition on Jan. 9. Fordham's erners' advantage, Bob Croke was Fordham was not •ghtiaf fat a advantage at the intermission. still young season, Accurate set- rifle team will shoot four times and the leading figure in this spurt, ost cause. They loot the game, mat's Loeffler Stars shooting by blond Bob Mullen and conclude on Jan. 30. Each week fif- swishing the cords with several dif- true. But they covered thimilhis LoelRer, who had tossed in nine Captain Tony Karpowich accounted teen men will shoot and the tenficult angle shots and he received in- with glory in Meat and hroaaht for 31 markers, with the final score valuable aid from teammates Babich gory in Meat an t markers in the first half, continued 47 to 38. highest scores will be counted. In more esteet m to Fordham, boooaw «I his deadly marksmanship at the out- this tournament, the Rams will face and Loeffler. heir dunlin,, cotiraftoas tamo, Ik* set of the next session and rang up Karpowich, a squatty, well-built Tho fourth quarter saw both quin- >Hlow.<< put on a grand show for tt» •ix successive points before a Kan- youth who propped at Seton Hall in •some of the East's leading marks- tets battle furiously as the lead see- '^turners UIHI one they woni hi- sas basket. The Fiirdhum quintet Now Jersey, is largely responsible men. Cornell, Syracuse, N. Y. U.,sawed back and forth, with the kept digging at the Kansan defense Fur the smooth passing attuck und Rutgers, Delaware, Niagara, Clark- crowd being craistantly brought to and with Fit/gt'i'iild starting to llnrl cohesion displayed by tho five. Tiger I lie Ham* will meet Tenaonwe for Tuny is u ball-hawk long on buaket- son and the University of Puerto Rico its feet by tho brilliant plays dis- h the range, grabbed u tremendous * "Ji-M thriw y««r.. m a aoairal hall sense, will furnish the opposition and the played by the rival teiuna. The lend of 4B-25. Chapol ilillers) finally iniinuged to H.I!,, 41, ,t Kno.vllle tho Mk.w In thi1 curtain-miser of the dou- first three teams to place will repre- Here tin1 Jiiyhuwkern nniile their grnli tho lead with about lliree min- »« M'jioi, with the wlnd-ap nmttt hlcheader played in the Kym on De- sent the second Corps Area In the "W'1" Hliid After tko gtmo one euiH'eitetl drive «f the evening as cember '!.{), when the Varsity tangled utes remaining by virtue of two »">iir«M«li ..Id Ihf Vordkam lao Kiigi'liiuiiHi, Hie till I Kansim sharp- with St. Lawrence, the Freshmen National Intercollegiate Champion- pivot shuts hy (ilmnaek. 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I.,,, Ml, i =|,,|rt , ' •'-••Iv Band Looks Ahead Billiard Exhibition in Centenary Theme To May Concert "Rec" Room Today Predominates in OFF CAMPUS Charles C. Peterson, world's fancy billiard shot champion, of New Monthly By JOHN DUGAN Joins in Welcome to "Show me a shot I can't make" Grid Squad at Local fame will present an exhibition at 3:15 today in the Recreation Tomas Macmanus, 1865 R.K.O. Theatre Room of Dealy Hall. Recalls Memories ' AVLD LANG SYNE His program will consist not Of Olden Times I have but one thing to implore: Next week will see the Universitj only in the demonstration o! Ndw Year, please stay 'way from my door. Band enter upon the first of a Ions some of his own trickiest shots The first issue of the Fordham Mincing in with diapered glory, and intensive series of practice ses as well as those of other world Monthly for the University's Centen- Marching in with shirt tail gory. sions conducted renowned cue artists but also nial year will contain several fea" To blazes with nineteen forty-one by Capt. Ernest in a lecture and demonstration tures designed to make the issue of It offers us nothing but powder and gun. A. Hopf, and of t h e fundamentals o f t h e speciat interest in connection with other varied game, and in group teaching to the anniversary. preparations, both students and faculty. Tomas Macmanus, now living j MORBID THOUGHTS that will eventu- n The legions of Mussolini have adopted a new theme song with develop- Peterson has been touring the Mexico, who is Fordham's oldest ally culminate in living graduate, will give his recol- ments of the last few days: "I ain't got no Bardia." the annual con- colleges, high schools, and boy's clubs of the country for the past lections of the Fordham o£ 15 years cert, tentatively ago in the department headed "What The British are said to be playing a game with the rotund Italian: Truce set this year for nine years as the missionary of or Consequences. billiards. During the past year Memories Each Recalls." There will May 16. Though also be a review of the achievements the Band will be alone he lectured at two hun- Also, it would seem that II Duce's war machine must be pretty well dred and twenty institutions be- of the football team during the past oiled by this time from the Greece iota it's getting. pointing to this season, besides a round table dis- affair, the second fore approximately two hun- Current History & Forum tells the classic tale of the dashing Italian dred thousand spectators. Under cussion of the Cotton Bowl sprin- half of the school kled with comments by the members soldier "who drew his sword—and cut down a side street!" program prom- his guidance, the Association of College Unions annually con- of the team. There will also be a ises to hold in Capt. Hopf prophetic article on the future of the JOURNALISM store many other notable events a ducts intercollegiate tourneys in straight-rail, three cushion, and Dramatic Society entitled "Mimes of The Ohio College "CAMPUS COLLEGIAN" boasts a Lloyd Goon as which Bandsmen will perform, sue! the Future." staff photographer. Are we jealous? Not as long as we've got our News as various parades, campus and out pocket billiards. Board. side engagements. It has been decided to award the prize of $10 in the Freshman Essay Some snappy repartee is in order, directed at Al (Scotch 'n' Soda) The Band was on hand last Mon- Contest to Marshall I. Boarman who Hannon for his pre-holiday remark that the Mimes' thespians buying day evening at the R.K.O. Fordham. Social Conditions of has contributed several articles. their own cold cream and face tissue maintained their amateur status. Theatre where the last vestiges of There will be no prizes in the fiction But, my dear Alfonse, it is only professionals that purchase these little the current football campaign wen Cermany Discussed and poetry departments inasmuch as finally disposed of, as those fortu- there have been no entries. requisites of the acting art. At last you have bequeathed the Mimes its nate enough to get into the packed Peter J. Quinn, '44, dominated the greenest laurel. *our sweet! The January issue will offer two movie-house gave a roaring welcom meeting of the Freshman History to the Ram gridders, home to these new- departments, Student Static, It is rumored that our hero, Jimmy Blumenstock, is on the verge of Club in Larkin Hall last Wednesday, otherwise known as Letters to the being caught in the draft. We had heard this before but refused to put any chilly climes from the land of sun- shine and blue skies. Capt. Hopf: by giving his talk on, "The Social Editor, and the limerick department, bloomin' stock in it. musical charges contributed thre and Economic Condition of Ger- The best limerick will receive a prize in June and entries for both BRIC-A-BRAC spirited numbers to the evening' many at the Start of World War I." doings. departments are urgently requested. Joe Benenati claims that the bad odor about the post office lately is Following a lively discussion on due to all the dead letters lying around. the topic, Mr. Connorton announced that due to Quarterly and Mid-Year You'll be ever so much more keen on learning that in the United Examinations, the next meeting of Student News To Be States there are 99 colleges for men, 146 colleges for women, and 424 co-ed Pharmacy School the Club is postponed until Febru- institutions. This admits of but two explanations to our perverted mind: ary 5, when the Military and Colo- Broadcast On WVFW Either the women are more obtuse than the men and need more halls of Hears First of nial policies of Germany will be learning, or there are more women than men. But we have in our pos- presented by Lawrence L. HUvacek Student news pertinent to session statistics (examination by women permitted upon request) that '44 and James A. Finn '44. Fordham will hereafter be establish the approximate numerical equality of the sexes. Therefore, . . . New Lectures broadcast over WVFW (1400) at 11:15 P.M., on the "Collogias- VERSE GOOD PLACE TO EAT tically Speaking" program, di- Tom Benham, sadder but wiser, passes on the ripened fruit of his ex- Sound Picture Used rected by "Dick" Gould. The perience: To Illustrate Talk program returned to the air I prefer a thinner belle; FORDHAM REST. I UI January 9, starting its second On New Chemical year of collegiate news broad- The plump one was a dinner-belle! S66 EAST FORDHAM ROAD casting. THE BRITISH BUSINESS On Thursday, January 9, the first Near Lorlllard H Matters seem to be getting out of hand. The Harvest Student Union of a series of lectures by national is demanding that we "send our over-aged professors to Britain." Then authorities on recent advances in again, why not? We could exchange them for English accents. chemotherapy was delivered to the The news comes telling how "the Italians abandoned large quantities members of the Pharmacy Academy of Chianti on the battlefields, which British officers used for toasts." of Science. After the toasts, we interviewed one of the English brass hats who This was the first in a series of described the rout: "There wash about three million of them armed wish discussions the purpose of which is poisonous shnakes. It was horrrr-horribbb-a mesh." to keep the members posted on the Unfortunately the General passed out at this point, so I tucked the research which is being carried on curbstone under his chin and ran for my typewriter. by outstanding pharmaceutical man- BOOKS I LOVE ufacturing laboratories in the coun- You all interested in things scientific simply must read Father Joseph try. Lynch's latest monograph. It's a little thing called "The Effect of Occluded The first talk was given by Mr. Hydrogen on the Rigidity of Palladium and the Possibility of the Earth's Ralph Tag, of the School of Phar- Core Being Such an Occluding Metal." I haven't finished reading the title macy alumni, who is district sales yet, but when I do a critical review of it will appear in this column. representative for the Sharp and And say, be sure not to miss the latest best seller: "GONE WITH THE Dohme Laboratories of Philadelphia. DRAFT." It will definitely not leave you cold. His topic was "A New Method of Marketing Biologicals." THE DEATH OF THE YEAR A sound picture illustrated th< To relieve the harsh morbidity of life and the cadaverous tone of this "Physiological nnd Pharmacological column we insert word-strong beauty. Study of Coramine," which wus de- Now, like a painted lady, dies the year livered by Mr. Alan KusikolV, of the Whose breast was .summer and whose lips were spring— Ciba Ijaborutnries. Ciirainine is a The wind, cold lover, (inly stops to fling new <'h inifiil just iicrfrctcd. Tin? film wed the iiiaiiiuT in wlik'h A tew gold coins, di'atl loaves, be.sido her bier. Hit* pvvy.•iinitinn vvnik.i an Prep Scholarship Won Council Ready For Remainder The Review By Flushing Student In a competitive examination Of Intercollegiate Season in which more than three hun- by Frank P. Ford dred boys from the public and private grammar schools of the Pan-American Union Again Looms as Main Topic; metropolitan d i s t r i c t partici- pated, John G. Milhaven, thir- Team Tryouts to Begin This Afternoon TWELFTH NIGHT teen, of Flushing, L. I., emerged the winner of the full four-year Swinging into the second half of If there is any truth in the old superstition about authors "spinning in visit Fordham first, on January 25, Scholarship awarded twice year- the intercollegiate debating season, and will play host to a Council team their graves," Shakespeare should be the next thing to perpetual motion. ly by Fordham Preparatory the Council of Debate will once on February 3. Both clashes will be Legion are the times that producers and actors, both amateur and pro- School. Milhaven, now attending again pick up held on the alliance subject, al- fessional, have, in his name, mangled the living bodies of his plays. Today St. Andrew Avellino's School, the thread of ar- though the sides have not been ar- Flushing, attained the highest gument, prepara- William is probably spinning more wildly than ever as a result of the average of those taking the ranged for the two conflicts. Evans' production of "Twelfth Night." This time, however, his spinning tory to weaving Other debates slated for the month exam, and won out over the the web of star- cannot be a writhing of pain and anguish but an ecstatic dervish-dance largest group ever to take the of February include home battles tling syllogisms with Princeton and Boston Univer- of joy. examination for the February it will endeavor The gayest, the most heart-warming, the most satisfying evening on term. sity. The Boston fray will center on to wind around the national question, while the af- Broadway (with the possible rivalry only of "Charley's Aunt") awaits its remaining op- fair with the Tigers will see a devia- all comers at the St. James Theatre with the Theatre Guild as host. This ponents. tion from that oft-heard topic. The production of "Twelfth Night" beggars all adjectival acclaim. It deserves RAM Reporter Puts The outstand- Princeton proposition will be: "Re- to be showered with superlatives, toasted in champagne and awarded the ing proposition, solved: That the Electoral College accolade of an eternal run. Eyes on Texas as during the should be abolished." past half year, THE ACME OF ACTING In the meantime, further trials are (Continued from page 3) will be the inter- I may be, going too far overboard. Perhaps I am a bit hysterical but, collegiate debate being held for the intercollegiate if I am, it is only a hangover from the most bubbling mirth Broadway is 200 miles southwest of Dallas. Col- question on the J-Leonard teams. Two tryout debates will take place this afternoon, both of them now bottling. "Twelfth Night" is, in its own right, one of the most joyous lege Station is an isolated commu- Pan-American alliance. The formal nity complete in itself, housing the statement of this question reads: on the Western Hemisphere union comedies ever written and it is here blessed with some of the absolute argument. The first tryout will see aces of Shakespearean acting, as well as truly inspired direction. You will 4,500 boys who attend. The school Resolved: That the United States should form a permanent military Juniors William S. Hanrahan and not only shake with Shakespeare but effervesce with Evans and howl with has long been a football power, and Martin J. McGowan take the stand holds the most number of southwest and economic alliance with the other Hayes as well. nations of the Western Hemisphere." for the affirmative side against It would be a hard task to decide who rates more gold stars for stage conference championships. The stu- The Council will reopen its case Thomas J. Dunne, '42, and William deportment here—Helen Hayes or Maurice Evans. Evans in no way de-dents all belong to the R.O.T.C. and on this subject when Rider College P. Heelan, '41. In the second debate, tracted from his rank as America's finest Shakespearean actor, while Miss they constitute one of the largest invades Fordham and Keating Hall a third-year quartet, with Brian C. Palmer and Thomas V. Sullivan on Hayes was brilliant and breath-taking. Both may recite at the head of units in the country. Their R.O.T.C. on the evening of January 17 to ar- gue the negative side of the topic. the affirmative and Ralph L. Cavalli ray class. band doesn't equal S.M.U. in vital- on the negative will do the arguing. Malvolio, the self-idolizing, ludicrously affected major-domo with ity, but marches like West Point. The One week later, two Maroon repre- sentatives will travel to Rider to do The next trial clash will take place delusions of grandeur, comes to life with Evans. This role, textually team is known as the Farmers in the battle for the same side of the same on Monday afternoon. Seniors John important as comic balance to the rather sentimental romanticism of the papers, but if you call them that to question. J. Leonard and Raymond F. Mc- main thread, has been repeatedly misinterprefed as a sympathetic char- a Texan, they say, "Oh, you all mean Another home - and - home series Carthy will uphold the negative side acter, a gloomy, dignified Puritan, and reduced to very minor considera- the Aggies." has been scheduled with Canisius against Cornelius A. Forster, '41, and tion, leaving the field to Sir Toby. Evans restores Malvolio as the ludicrous The only real difficulty of the trip College of Buffalo. Canisius is to William D. Thurston, '42. gull who trips over his own pomposity to his rightful position as one of was understanding the Texas dia- the most amusing character studies in drama, making understandable lect. One Fordhamite was accosted average age three years, storm one why, in Elizabethan times, Malvolia packed the inns as the "piece de resis- in the Adolphus lobby by, "Is that Tots Totter and room, reports that the children for tance" of "Twelfth Night." His insertion of a pure London Cockney accent there big fiah still goin' on up in the most part come from the normal New York?" He had visions of Fifth to superior psychological classes into the role, while anachronistic, is sheer genius in a portraiture that is Avenue in flames until the native Titter in Grad with some few, were chosen be- faithful to the spirit, if not always to the letter. explained he was talking about the cause of the particular problem they As Viola, the sweet and modest maiden who is shipwrecked and, don- World's "Fiah." present. They are carefully chosen ning male attire for protection, becomes the page of Orsino, Duke of School Research from the many who apply, by the Illyria, with whom she falls in love and for whom she acts as special members of Psychology Department The Cotton Bowl Special run by pleader to the lady of his heart, Helen Hayes is incredibly heart-stealing. with'Dr. Robert T. Rock in charge. the Athletic Office was one big party Ram Staff Finds Inside Many of the present fourteen would The way she lets her femininity slip unguarded through her adopted male- all the way. Joe Val, Fordham, '24, ness, is brilliant. She mingles forced bravado and masculinity with timor- Story—Without Going be eligible for membership in the Sports Editor of the World-Tele- Westchester Club for they are ousness and softness, always with her inimitable grace and in perfect gram, led the festivities. When Joe Inside brought here daily from Scarsdale fidelity to the part. She is one of the few modern mimes who can express returned with the team, the long and Bronxville. her lines with face, body and voice simultaneously without any of those voyage home was spent replaying By RALPH A. BECK, '43 Dr. Rock stated that this Nursery means suffering. the game. "If Lansing had been one system is invaluable in practical ap- Especially deserving of very honorable mentions are Sophie Stewart step inside for that pass. ... If they'd Suppose you came upon fourteen tried power plays when they had it plication of psychology and that the and Wallace Acton. The former conveyed Olivia's frenzy of first love three-year old tots "rolling the bar-Fordham school now going into its on the four. ... If that lateral had. rel" on the terraced lawns of Keat- without making her a brazen hoyden, lent her sweetness without sickli- ... If Kimbrough hadn't. . . ." second year has been a huge success, ness and radiance without garishness. The latter made Sir Andrew Ague- ing Hall? You would logically be having not only doubled its student cheek as effeminate, foolish and wholly laughable as he can ever expect faced with one of two conclusions: body but greatly augmented its Pre-game dope: The comparison first that Bronx youth is being en- equipment. to be. Dr. O'Donohue who has just taken Lauren Gilbert was somewhat of a blank as the Duke. While he merci- of the starting teams by the Dallas couraged toward alcoholism or sec- Morning News gave the Aggies an ondly that Fordham has added a over the Nursery was formerly at fully kept the part free of the «uggestion of adolescent calf-love and in- the Child Development Institute of sipidity (which would make Viola's devotion hard to take) he seemed to edge in every position except cen- Juvenile Bartenders School to its ter and right tackle. Homer Norton university list. Teachers College at Columbia, and sag badly in that splendid »ctne in which he and Viola discuss the relative issued a statement saying his team has had vast experience with the merits of man's and woman's love. Mark Smith disappointed slightly my would need at least two touchdowns, With cautious curiosity we ques- problems of child psychology. expectations of Sir Toby B^lch, although that may be due largely to direc- and probably more, to win. All thetioned those who should know of Schools of this type are quite un- torial undercutting of the buffooning triangle in order to give more promi- Dallas sports writers picked A. & M.such startling innovations. The true common with a few now existing answer was nearly as startling as only at major universities. nence to Malvolio. Fe«te Wat agilely and musically performed but artisti- with no apologies. our initial conjectures, for did you cally muffed by Donald Bun. He was too much the musical-comedy know that Fordham has a Nursery leading man and too little the court fool. Marie, the cook, bounced and Post-game accounts praised the School? A school for the wee-ones bustled, babbled and burbled beautifully in the person of June Walker. New Yorkers to the skies. Some from two and a half to four years? Ex-President Will pleaded an off-day for the Aggies, A school at Fordham where Latin MKECTION PLUS but all commented on Fortune in not taught? Margaret Webater, «h« foremost Shakespearean director in the country, standing behind the Texans. A Fort Daily, fourteen boys and girls of Speak Jan. 16th Worth paper suggested dirty play, this pre-school age gather to play handled this production and it everywhere reflects her wise and deft the only jarring note in the hospi- the day away in their nursery on On January 16th the Fordhamer touches. Both extreme! (if line interpretation are avoided by even the most tality. The Dallas papers contradict- the third floor of Keating Hall. Next minor players. Here ii no effete understanding of emphasis which trios ed this flatly, calling the game ex- door to Debating Chambers where Deutscher Kulturverein will again to make the Elltabethc.n »peech contemporary and merely loaves it flat ceptionally hard-fought, but praised the world's problems stir Fordham's entertain as guest lecturer another and forceless. Nor, on the other hand, is there any sawing of the air and the .sportsmanship of both teams. orators, these children under the di- former president of the club. On this turgid ranting. rection of Dr. Mario. O'Donoluie date Mr. William Hirtim will give a "Twelfth Night," thanks probably to her, is docked with some of the worry about sand boxe.s, wooden talk on the relationship of the mcisl brilliant lUgc-builnoss I have over neon. The drinking scene and Texas, brhitf ii (ii'oiit imiiy state Mocks and lunch to be served In Church and the present German is all fur us lonpiiiK right into tin Ilio famous duel between Sir Andrew and Viola are unforgettable. Two tlieir own private dining mom. slate, war. They N(!ilie thore'.s no time ti Weather permitting. Furdham's nionmriiblo parti are when the alcoholic Sir Andrew tears down tlio win- hit. Miller like the present, llefuri Mr, Ilirteii, in addition to bring an 'low drapes in the process of KosturinK, becoming hopelessly .swaddled m youngest move out to the back lawn alumnus, once was an instructor of Hie name botfim, III" president uf i.r KentiiiM Hall unit there play ill ""'in us he utaggera around tlio kitchen, and the ainaziuK spectacle of (Ionium lit Km illiaiu. He is now H.M.U. 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