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ol.48 No. 18 — 122 122 Prlnt.d by Cllywtd. Prlnffng Co., In * Friday, October 28. 1966 Hans Kung Speech Opens 'Unbelief Lecture Series By Phillip McCaffrey Rev. Hans Kung opened the "Phenomenon of Unbelief," current lecture series Wednesday night, addressing an audi- ence that overflowed the Campus Center ballroom and stu- 1%. ' dent lounge, and filled the cafeteria. Rev. Christopher F. Mooney, chairman of the Ford- ham theology department, and director of the sponsoring Cardinal Bea Institute, introduced the Swiss-born theolo- gian to his first American audience since the Second Vati- Mtn can Council. Father Kung approached the the Church. "The modern secular problem of the sincerity of the world," he claimed, "will con- , OPENING: The Compleat Works of Charles Dickons, Fordham's Church, and its effect on the tinue to move ahead with, with- i now off-campus coffee house. Church's position in the modern out, or in spite of the Church." world. He defined "Church" as the "entire community of believ- Father Kung feels that "a large ers, the whole people of God." number have abandoned Christ tudent Coffee House because of the Church," and sug- The reformist began by noting gested reforms in exegesis, moral the twentieth century's "new pas- teaching, ecumenical relations, sion" for sincerity, exemplified in o Promote Creativity the Church press, ecclessiastic'al CROWD-DRAWER: Theologian the arts, and in man's daily atti- dress and ceremonial (Father By Frank Quigley Horizons poetry readings, piano tude. "Men of today are willing Hans Kung. Thinking that discussion of recitals, one act plays, and dis- Kung wears a business suit), and to forgive almost any sin, as long administration. He compared Pope the Cardinal Bea Institute on the |iew ideas in a casual environ- cussions lead by advocates of as it is committted with honesty," LSD, Black Power and the Ku Paul VI's position to that of a subject of "The Phenomenon of ent demands an off-campus lo- he said. John F. Kennedy with an Eisen- Unbelief." Later speakers include Fordham students will Klux Klan are being studied. The Father Kung then noted that aim, Richards said, is to present hower cabinet. Rev. Robert O. Johann of Ford- ppen a non-profit coffee house on although the Church has not been ham, James M. Gustafson of Yale, Monday. dialogue, "not a sensational freak unaffected by this "drive for sin- "The future," he concluded, show a la Joe Pyne." Bernard Haring, C.SS.R of The cafe, known as "The Com- cerity," she nevertheless lags far "does not belong to a Church Rome's Alphonsian Institute, j)leat Works of Charles Dickens," Faculty response has been very behind the secular world: "Very which is dishonest." Langdon B. Gilkey of the Uni- located at 450 Enst Fordham favorable. Dr. Gerald Shattuck few of the decisive movements This address Initiated a series versity of Chicago, and Rev. John Road. The project will be directed of the sociology department will toward truthfulness have come of six lectures to be presented by Courtney Murray. |ntirely by students. participate in a symposium on from the Church itself." Aiming to "appeal to people the Civilian Review Board No- This failure is partly due to a vho seek conflict and new Ideas," vember 3. Rev. John M. Culkin long history of "sweeping disre- coffee house will feature a of the communications arts de- gard for truthfulness in moral Ceremonies To Recall asual atmosphere in which guest partment will assist in efforts theology," as encountered in, for peakers, representing a wide toward a film series. example, disoriented manuals of ange of thought, faculty and Richards' goal is to counteract moral theology. Hungary's 1956 Revolt tutlents may share experiences. what he sees as a lack of re- Also responsible are the confu- Ceremonies observing the tenth anniversary of the I "The Works" officers, Bill sponse to ideas on Rose Hill. At sion between the substance of re- Hungarian Revolution will be held in the Campus Center Richards, Mike Hogan, Cathy present, he believes, there is no ligion and its trappings, the Tear Ballroom today at 11 a.m. Fitzgerald and Alex Mallonee, are room on campus for small student of admitting mistakes, a "siege" Dr. Istvan Barankovics and Mr. Pal Jonas, Hungarian Considering a series of projects projects and consequently a major mentality in the Church, and the exiles formerly prominent in their country's political scene, jhat will stimulate the Fordham element of the Fordham com- Church's "ascribing to itself that Mr. Jay Lovestone, representing the AFL-CIO, and Rev. Student's sense of creativity. munity, the students, is denied an which is proper to the Holy Leo P. McLaughlin will address opportunity to contribute to his Spirit." the audience. Eastern Europe and conditions university. If enough energy is there which have remained sub- Consequently, he said, "only In conjunction with the affair, stantially static since 1956." l&PConcert generated, Richards said, the stu- when a problem is passe for the a commemorative Mass will be dent may take his place in "the world we will, not certainly, but offered next Friday in the Uni- Dr. Barankovics, presently fear Sellout center of activity." perhaps, admit, not that we made versity Church. President of the Christian Demo- Finances are the main problem an error, but that we were not Organized by the Hungarian cratic Union of Central Europe at present. The coffee house will exactly right." Revolution Committee of the and a member of the Christian Profit depend on donations from its The Jesuit ecumenist empha- Fordham Conservative Club, the Democratic World Committee, Kicking off Homecoming Week, patrons, student and faculty, and sized the New Testament's con- nonpartisan ceremony's purpose, was editor-in-chief of the Mag- '"d, the Mamas and the Papas already such contributions have demnation of hypocrisy, and the as stated by chairman Dan Sol- yar Nemzot, the leading Hun- ncert barely missed selling out assured two months' operation. absolute necessity of veracity for lectio, is "to awaken interest in garian daily, until the Nazi oc- id started the Fordham Concert cupation in 1944. From 1945 to •ureau on the road to black ink. 1949 he was the leader of the About four thousand people Plpia Crowned Christian Democratic Peoples _lle
K^^ ^ E FORDHAM RAM Friday. October 28, | Page 2 I U! r t i < i > Roundup amskeller Gripes Aired; anagers Pledge Changi Floats For Georgetown By Tom Abinanti I*, Any group interested in sponsoring a float for the Fordham- It's just a question of time. Most of the students' sug- Georgetown football game Nov. 19 must contact the football club .ons for the Ramskeller are not possibilities but proba- before Nov. 11. Applications may be submitted to Box 525, Campus bilities. It just takes time to get an entirely new operation Mall or in the football club office in FM 439. (Football club officials woiking," said Peter Kirby, student assistant manager of said they hope to make the upcoming Georgetown game pageantry the Ramskeller. " 'ii as spectacular as Homecoming. But "how much time?" is the question being asked by Cestello To Speak those watching the slow progress that the food services have made Why do we have to wait until • Dr. Timothy Costello, deputy mayor of New York City, will at 1'ordham. In its one month seven p.m. for a hamburger?" speak next Thursday in the Campus Center on the Civilian Review history, the Ramskeller has be- complained one student. Board. The lecture is sponsored by the Democratic Club. come the object of praise, but But improvements are not out praise tainted with criticism. of the question. Mr. Lou Green- Polls Ends Today stein, manager of the Ramskel- |», With Nelson Rockefeller leading Frank O'Connor by almost M st criticism deals with the servi:e and the menu. Students ler, explains: "Just bear with us ten per cent, the Democratic Club campus political poll moves Into and the problems will be cor- - its stretch run today. The first week's results showed that the ma- comflain that waiters are slow and hat their service is unpro- rected. We had to wait a couple jority of Fordham-atudents tend to support the Republican party of weeks to see how the opera- or to remain independent fessicnal as they serve the main course, the silverware, then the tion would turn out. Now we "Block Cat" On Tap bread and butter at five minute can begin gauging the whole intervals. Lack of diversity in set up." |»i The College sophomore class is sponsoring a "black cat" 1 Hallowe'en mixer Monday night in the cafeteria. Two bands will dinne selections is likewise a The reappraisal will include entertain at the dance, which begins at 8 pm cause of complaint. As one stu- improving existing services as dent Explained, "The roast beef well as making some innova- is gre t, but how many times a tions. Mr. Greenstein welcomes FOODMAN: Ramskellcr i week ;an you eat roast beef?" students' suggestions but points offer, Lou Groenstoin. Foe and beverage shortages out that the main stumbling IT'S A are al;o a problem. Due to poor block has been student support. To increase Saturday "dai planni: ig on the part of the kit- "We are willing to go in any nite" crowds, a Cinematec chen taff, it is not unknown direction that the students want will be attempted. "We for sic e dishes to run out" long as long as we get their support," ing to get hold of some of "HALLOWEEN HAPPENING" before seven p.m., the end of he said. old science fiction and originaj the dinner hour. Many a hun- Mr. Greenstein, however, ex- horror movies," he said. Dancini gry dlnjer has been forced to eat pressed his disappointment with will also be allowed. Saturday Night, October 31st beef dinner consisting student support on certain Mr. Greenstein comments th; solely i if roast beef, bread and nights of the week, especially "the operation to date has butter. Saturday. Thus, he will intro- the limited objectives that 9:30 'til 1:00 A.M. on C.C. Terrace "Whj can't the after seven duce some new ideas in hope of been set for it but now specials be served before seven? increasing student support. goals are being raised." BID $3.00 Semi-formal This is Russ Kennedy of Balboa Island, California, on an in-port field trip as a student aboard Chapman College's floating campus. Tickets on sale in C.C. TODAY The note he paused to make as fellow students went ahead to inspect Hatshepsut's Tomb in the Vall:y of the Kings near Luxor, he used to complete an assignment for his Comparative World Cultures professor. Russ transferred the 12 units earned during the study-travel semester at sea to his record at the Jniversity of California at Irvine where he continues studies toward a teaching career in life scierces. United Parcel Service As you read this, 450 other students have begun the fall semester voyage of discovery with Chapman aboard the s.s. 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Bronn, N.Y. 10461 October 28, l«* THE FORDHAM RAM Pag* 3 7959 Preminger Movie ••, Merritt Willey OnCollinsStageTonite Anatomy of a Murder, Elihu Anatomy of a Murrtftr T^lihn nnnevei»n~r ibe n Jdon e on ^Broadwa , y and loves good Winer's contemporary courtroom thus represents an added chal- drama, will be presented by the lenge to the performers. Mimes and Mummers Friday and conversation. Saturday, October 28 and 29, at "We consider this to be our best 8:30 p.m., in Collins Auditorium. production in terms of acting and audience appeal in several years," 'Discussing the play, Mimes and Geraghty said. Mummers spokesman Joe Geragh- All he needs ty noted that although the story Among the cast are Dennis was produced as a popular film by Ahern, Joe Geraghty, Thomas Otto Preminger in 1959, it has Intondi, Thomas Reilly, John is an opener. Fitzgibbon and Maryann O'Regan. The action of the play focuses on the efforts of a former District Attorney to reestablish a private practice. 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THE FORDHAM RAM • RAM Mews Analysis • Editorials • Perspective on the Arts| Ford ha ml¥ Forum• Aqua Regia • RAM Roundtable The Draft - A Student's Responsibility By John J. Russell For the past two years, one of the always, in the long run, an advantage. A drafting from this age group (26-35), Col. student is striving for a goal, and that goal Attest topics on college campuses across deferment is merely a temporary post- Alpert stated that "currently it is antici- is in the interest of the country, he can ,.. country has been the Vietnam war ponement. It does not exempt one from pated that those between twenty-six and earn a deferment. No distinction is made [general, and the draft In particular. his obligation of serving his country; in thirty-four (inclusive) will become liable in connection with what field he is In [uch publicity has been given to the re- fact, it is actually an extension of one's to induction processing." (science, humanities, etc.). If the work of issification of draft card burners, and obligation. Normally, a person may be A student deferment is, in reality, an a person in a defense plant falters and he i even greater uproar has been caused drafted up to the age of twenty-sue. If, occupational one, because, in the opinion loses his job, he is no longer deferred; if i the use of draft deferment tests and however, a person under twenty-six re- of the local draft board, his student ac- a student doesn't measure up in his job, ass rank to determine who would be ceives a deferment, he may then be drafted tivity will "rebound, to the benefit of the he no longer qualifies for deferment. Col. lafted. Exactly how hard has the draft up to the age of thirty-five. It is easy to country." It is similar to a deferment Alpert stated: "We feel that the least a |t Fordham and other New York City see how a deferment may prove to be a granted to a person working in a defense deferred student should do is maintain ade- Istitutlons of higher learning? Further- disadvantage later in life. Although the plant. He is deferred because he is work- quate grades and status to complete his lore, what is the nature of student defer- Selective Service System has not been ing for the benefit of the country. If a course work in a normal period." The main ments, who gets them, why, and how? point is service to the country, either by illy, how do local draft boards decide military duty, or by some important occu- Ihcther or not to draft a student? pation. The answer to the first question turned The local draft boards do not consider jit to be quite elusive. Mr. John Scar- broad classes of people; they consider indi- Illi, Fordham's Selective Service ad- viduals. There is no such thing as mass Isor, had no concrete facts on the prob- classification. Each case is considered indi- jm here (if, indede, there is a problem vidually. Class rank and the draft tests ^Fordham). He did state that it becomes are two of the aids local draft boards use lore difficult to remain in a deferred in deciding to grant deferments, but they :atus as one advances, especially when are by no means the sole criteria. Every tog from senior year to graduate school, item in an individual's file is taken into pis is because it is necessary to earn consideration. If the only information in a ler class rank as one progresses. In person's file is his class rank and draft |ite of this, Mr. Scarpelli personally test score, then the draft board has no ' of only one Fordham graduate stu- choice but to base its decision on these fnt who had been drafted,' and knew of alone. An individual is required to keep o undergraduates. There have been cases his local draft board fully informed of his situation and of any changes in it. It is f a student losing his deferment and be- also to his advantage to do this. Much re-classified, but such re-classifica- trouble is caused by people who don't keep s can be appealed. them fully informed. It is also the explana- • Rev. George McMahon, dean of Ford- tion of the situation where two students Collego, believes that there is no are in exactly the same situation, but one l at Fordham, at least for under- is drafted and the other isn't. One may [raduatcs. Father McMahon said that al- have fully informed the draft board, and l there is no direct feedback to his the other may not have. |"ice on this, "if there was a problem, I TRUCKS: Ready to carry negligent and unfortunate students away. wild hear about it." As far as graduates All classifications are based entirely on the College has no way of knowing one's file. Col. Alpert advises that to earn •hat happens to them. a student deferment, "the most important factor is certification by the school in The situation at other N.Y.C. colleges which the registrant is a regularly enrolled Iwecl even harder, in fact impossible, to fully time student who is satisfactorily "tartain. To get this information and the A Case In Point pursuing his studies." It is entirely up to "swors to the other questions, The RAM the student to see that this certification Jrorvied Col Artnur AIpert/ who is in fill, from all the eligible males in its own is sent by filling out SSS Form 109. A Stephan G., as of two weeks ago, was a local draft board would have difficulty in jarge of manpower for the New York student in a large metropolitan public uni- district. Thus there is no reason for having -ity area. Col. Alpert stated that the num. granting a student deferment if it didn't oro versity. He was a major in psychology, a certain minimum number from any edu- know the person was a student. (And just J ' "students" drafted is a fluid figure: and ranked in the upper half of his class, n 0I» knows exactly how many were cational institution. taking the draft test may not be enough.) rated although his index had fallen significantly in any given period. To further during the previous semester. His plans And secondly, and much more impor- Col. Alpert stressed that there are two mplicate matters, technically no student for the future included graduate work and tantly Stephan was told that the selection important things to remember regarding I "n I draftca- *" the eyes of the local of students for the draft does not depend classification: boatd training in psychiatric work in a city f , s. a student is someone with a hospital. on the rank in class. Supposedly the top 1—No classfication is automatic. Each TT1 ^ferment. A deferred person can- half of junior year is safe from the draft. is based on the information in an indi- II , afted- u he 'oses his student de- But all this is over now. Two weeks ago But Stephan was taken from this year in vidual's life. ™"t, he can be drafted, but he is tech. Stephan received a friendly letter from spite of his class standing. ly no lon Uncle Sam, "requesting" him to report for 2—No classfication is permanent. A Kr a student. This may be induction into the United States Army in If these explanations were merely a classification lasts for one year only, al- ^simplification, but it serves to way of appeasing Stephan, the draft board ten days. Although quite taken aback by though it may be given year after year. Kirate the point—that there is no way is certainly to be blamed for deceiving him. nB this, Stephan finally decided to visit his For this reason students must submit fc ™ "ow much of a problem there is And they also owe him an explanation of proof each year to their draft boards. «iC. colleges. local draft board to inquire further into why he actually was drafted. But If what In conclusion. Col. Alpert said: "One s still leaves us with the question of his new status. he was told Is actually the truth, then a f defermcnt His experience with the board was of the most important factors for all regis- Inn t ° s and why certain great number of college students have trants, especially students, is that a local i\Z, "nd "ot others' are drafted Col. quite illuminating, to say the least. He been seriously mislead. In fact, such a was told two things which specifically con- draft board's classification of an individual L , Wovlded some excellent, although situation would constitute a serious breach is based on all information in his file; y l)iased tradict what is supposedly the official Y „ , . ^sights into these areas. of confidence on the part of the Selective therefore lt is obviously very important policy of the Selective Service Board. ^! nature of u deferment seems to have Service Board, and, in the end, the Federal for an individual registrant to notify com- llnini W,"lely misunderstood Tl\e com- Whether he was told these things merely Government. pletely his local draft board of all details l)een loud an to placate him or the statements were in Li ,. ' « long because a Either way, Stephan G. certainly got a of his situation. Certainly a local draft Wn' ,murks sometimes meant the Oif- themselves true, they certainly deserve to board can't give consideration to an indi- lwecn bel he mentioned here. rotten deal. And either way, some or many (einE i "K drafted and not other students must be getting the same vidual's cli'cumstanccs if they don't know Tho First ot all, Stephan was told that the L I ', '• opponents of this policy deal from their draft boards. If students about them." Only a person with full de- under the Selective Service Board has a certain Lt „." opinion that those are to be drafted, they should at least be tails on file can get full consideration. The cIcfcnne quota of students to be drafted from each (emnt ,' nts are unfairly being told the truth, and given the chance to responsibility, therefore, and an important lUefo m m thelr """Bntlon. In reality, college or university. Officially, however, make loud and active protest. one lt is, resti entirely with the student. I mwt Is not an exemption, nor is it only the local draft board has a quota to THE FORDHAM RAM Friday, October 28,1966 Page The Commentator 7-0 And Tiny-Time Football • John T. R. EHis The Fordham Football Program this year, now midway in the season, has told us two very important things about that venture which Don Ross '64 began two and a half years ago: The first is about the nature of the program itself, and the second, about a very peculiar kind of football which is played at Fordham. 'Skeller Improvements In speaking of Fordham Football, we should be very careful about the criteria we use. Our modern society has a tremendous preoccupation with using numbers as criterion* Just one month ago, The RAM commented that everything aboutl We are given to evaluating a large variety of things in quantitative terms. In the college the Ramskeller, the food, the service, the management, the price, the! area students are admitted according to the numerical scores they achieve, and the amount music, and the atmosphere, was right. Unfortunately, everyone con.l of knowledge one accumulates is judged by a "quality-point index." cerned with making sure that the Ramskeller was "right" has not! There are advantages and disadvantages to this system. A need certainly exists to matched the effort of that first week. Or, maybe The RAM was wrong! establish norms in rating, yet there is always the danger that what we are measuring;is At dinnertime students are treated to beer, a dinner, dessert, and! at the meal's conclusion, to utensils. The waiters like tips and any stuJ not what was intended to be measured. That danger appears very real to us here at Ford- dent who works probably needs the money. But student patrons are! ham when we begin to talk about the football program in these terms. 7-0 hardly tells the not inclined to tip when they wait thirty minutes to be served. I story of Fordham Football last weekend. • "After-seven" specials are nice, but it is somewhat discouraging! It becomes very easy, with football an established to walk into the Ramskeller shortly after ten p.m. to find out that these! fact at Fordham, to lose sight of the work, involved in special are no more. Fordham students might drink a lot of Rheingoldl every game played. There is a real victory every time the (why Rheingold?), but it seems that there should be enough beer tol team sets foot on the field — a victory over the many last until closing time. 1 obstacles which might have prevented each contest. Club football, though many may quiver at the term, The Ramskeller managers, Mr. Greenstein and Mr. Kirby, have! has the distinct advantage of making the operation more pledged improvement. They claim that they need time to iron out the I than just a game. It is the efforts of members o{ all the flaws and that better service will arrive in the near future. I facets of the University community which contribute to a Everyone on this campus promises improvement, but not every-1 success not measured in the score. one delivers. Success for the Ramskeller means performance consistent I The second lesson which Fordham Football '66 has with its great opening week. We hope that 'skeller workers match that] taught us isthis one. There are three brands of football performance, and match it quickly—before that first week is forgotten, played on the college level: BIG-TIME FOOTBALL, Small-Time Football, and Tiny-time football. Fordham plays Tiny-time Football. This is no reflection what-so-ever on the coach or the team. The matter of whether the Sherry Parties team is playing to the best of its ability, I am sure, will be covered In the sports pages, Communication among faculty, stu- But aside from the performance of the team, Fordham Football can be limited by many dents and administration, long a favorite other factors. topic of conversation at Fordham, has been formally much improved in the It is limited by the lack of a recruitment campaign. While we do not otter scholarships, course of the past two years. But these there is no reason to believe that prospective players who meet our standards cannot be improvements have taken the form of attracted by the quality education alone which Fordham offers — with the opportunity to structured dialogue between representa- continue playing the sport they enjoy. Yet, we have not recruited to any meaningful extent, tives of the respective groups. • We are also limited by lack of practice equipment and more coaches to work with the There remain the individual members team. The trip out to St. Louis two weeks ago showed that we have far to go before we of -each group who know each other no are ready for Varsity competition. better now than they did in the past. This problem is especially apparent now, Fordham Football in the coming years will require more work and more expansion if .we notably among the dean, the seniors and are to graduate from Tiny-time. Putting 11 good men on a field, and a good 11,000 people the faculty. 1 in the stands, will never be an easy task. It's time for the seniors to obtain jBflj personal recommendations to graduate schools from the dean and professors in It's What's Happening their department. It is also time, the sen- iors discover, to get to know those from whom they expect recommendations. Off - Off - Broadway There exists now no appropriate social pi function or informal vehicle to facilitate -" • John E. Morris this necessary form of communication. I had planned to make this column a schedule of Special Events designed to interest To improve this situation, we sug- those students who have at one time given indication of their desire- to join the Fordham gest that each department sponsor a se- Chapter of CAMP. I had thought of discussing events such as a Wild Mushroom Happening, ries of sherry parties initially for the complete with the Gastro-Intestinal Staff of Fordham Hospital, currently under contract seniors in the department and eventually for the underclassmen in that depart- to the Campus Center, or an underground movie run by Horizons, entitled "The Life of a ment. Fordham Ground Hog." But I have received word that wild mushrooms and Underground Let's try this personal approach to Films have suddenly become passe. Arthur's, Bogart, Batman and the double breasted look, communication. Its cost is more than all have been wiped out in the time it takes my RCA Victrola to grind through three George warranted by its benefits for students. Cohan Songs. Still on the in list is Kerista, or free love, which is unsuited to a detailed discussion in this article, and many off-off Broadway productions which, if much of their dialogue is The Final Step-Remove avoided, may enable me to fill the rest of this column. Some of them are undeniably top- When all is said and done, Fordham Uni- Mary's before class, i notch, some so far out that it is often difficult to decide whether they are brilliant or simply versity is a new school. Fordham has publicly are all manifestations! unusual trash. But whatever it is, it is not the obviously cheap date of taking your knee- decided to separate from the bonds of tradi- to cult observance, « socked and kilted friend to free television shows. Further tion and clericalism which have sV> effectively cause Fordham has the experience is decidedly different from the academic retarded her grotwh. But because innovation appeal to the entire' approach often adopted by the University theater and is such an alien concept to any American Cath- to these who are considerably more interesting than a night with Johnnie olic institution, the process of modernization Carson. is slow and halting. Thus, while full-page ads parishioners. Unusual theatrical productions can be found at Cafe in the New York Times proclaim the kerygma Paternalism'- A rectly from the grip] La Mama's, 122 Second Avenue (477-9364), where Mama of the revolutionaries and builders, a Protest- ot ant student still can't buy bacon and eggs in these is the theory ' has been producing various plays since 1962. The Cafe produced such grl Cino is currently riding the crest of the present popu- the cafeteria on Fridays. Because genuine secularization requires modes of thought dress regulations, larity polls at 31 Cornelius Street. Since 1958 Joe Cino has the strictest, has been experimenting with plays that are sometimes which are unfamiliar to the University we visiting regulations i worthwhile, oecasionuly good and rarely something truly would conclude our editorial series by outlin- almost the strictest excellent. Additionally there's a Chinese restaurant turned ing the barnacles which have attached them- cannot be justified oftl into a plnyhouse ottering two one-actovs by Jerome Hull selves to the school, and which must be torn because all the unive'f and Helen Eisner. With the Bridge Theater, 4 St. Marks Place, reopening in November, there off. greatness to which is at least the possibility of something new, perhaps even shocking, happening. Cleiicalism. No meat on Friday, Hail vastly more relaxed•' A quick phone call to any of these theaters or 15 cents spent on the Village Voice, which lists just about everything playing, along with various reviews, will insure that these theaters are still operating when this article is published. For many of these theaters produce a play a week, with rehearsals often limited to the actors free evenings. Actors often leave J for paying engagements elsewhere, for they are not pnid and rarely sign contracts. All of by tho student, of Fordhun College In S|| which often makes it difficult to keep a cast together for a period of more than two weeks. Petti A. Blare' nna J. Michael tvmmaiui, _„_ ___„„ , „ Jtunts Dunning, BoibiM* Manater With Broadway lacking any apparent spirit of adventure, with otf-Broadway dying or in nJYVSl UHWM M. Naxentast anil JaJ.irs T Carmclo, KAMon FOIllJMI Kuier Uemuui, Kdlior. AIITH: Carol Monmana, Editor even sadder shape, it's nice to have a show to go to that is a change from bland, lifeless Sl'OKTS! UritFn .llJ»M.ilr<- anil JlJm A. Nuliui. Kdilon. I'llOTOOltAl'IIVj liny MlrlmlUHklil Kdllnr. AKHOC 1\TE television, which is too often our only fare. Friday, October 28,1966 THE FORDHAM RAM Page 7 International Perspective ' ' "***' The Underdeveloped Horse - ••• - Frank Carling President Johnson is fond of telling a story about his childhood friendship with a Mexican boy ("some of my best friends were Mexicans"). It seems that the boy chal- 100,000 Unclaimed lenged Lyndon to a horse race, even though his American friend's horse was sleek and well-fed, while his own was scrawny and run down. Lyndon reluctantly agreed, for friend- most inconceivable that a job opening for $45,000 could exist ship's sake, to run the race. ' us, as it does with the unfilled Albert Schweitzer Chair in mp Young Lyndon's friends, however, had sympathy for the poor Mexican boy and his [and even more surprising that no one as yet seems interested underdeveloped horse, and decided to secretly give him a hand. On the moonless night 'ion and its $55,000 fringe benefits. before the race they sneaked down to the boy's barn, their arms laden with sacks of xent disclosure about the Chair's emptiness is discouraging to grain and meal. Once Inside, they soothed the horse with Texas sweet-talk, and proceed- > efforts of Fordham to attract the very best scholars. What ilem here? It is certainly not money. We hope it is not Ford- ed to stuff the unwilling animal with large quantities of good American horse-feed. jntity as a church-related school which might foster any kind As the morning of the race dawned cold and clear, the Mexican boy walked his nee to join her ranks. We hope, too, that any elements of bloated and unaccountably sluggish horse to the place appointed for the contest, where _ate controversy over the grant have not impeded anyone from he met Lyndon Johnson, astride his tall and well-groomed stallion. As their friends lean- [involved with the appointment. ed" forward, open-mouthed, a gun was fired and two horses jolted into action, thundering fifulty may lie in the fact that there are just so many top- around the field in a wide circle. From the outset, Lyn- us to go around, and these precious few are already established don's horse held the lead; and In a final attempt to diversities. Hence, the lure of money is not always the answer. force his strangely slow mount to catch up, the Mexi- I so to speak, may be left to choose from whatever is left over can boy cried and prodded his shanks with his blunt- t-depleted academic treasury. We could probably not attract end spurs. The horse heaved foward in a burst of, -man from Harvard, though CUNY somehow grabbed Arthur strength, and then shuddered and collapsed, dead, in a . But we must settle for no less caliber. This is a Catholic cloud of trail-dust. • really prestigious endowment. It's existence must be The meaning that Mr. Johnson draws from the story is not especially clear, since he has told and re-told it in a number of contexts; but one lesson he has apparent- ly ignored, at any rate, is its implications for our foreign policy. RAM For Rocky The underdeveloped nations of the world have long been objects of our sympathy, and rightly so; but our i The RAM endorses Nelson A. Rocke- sympathy carries with it a strong impulse toward force-feeding, especially when maverick feller in his bid for reelection as gover- countries seem unwilling to comply with the political stipulations upon which our aid nor of New York State in next Tuesday's often depends. Not that we are overly forceful about giving away aid—our failure to help elections. finance Egyptian hydroelectric projects shows how fast we can react to political devia- The decision to support Rocky was tion. not a difficult one. A combination of the Rather we are so sure of the Tightness of our politics that we feel justified in forc- Republican candidate's legislative record ing our system on other countries, not by force of arms (Vietnam is the exception), but and the almost total lack of a meaning- by pitting our vast resources behind whatever faction pleases us most. In too many cases ful campaign by his two main opponents make it obvious that we don't need a this does real violence to democracy; we are paradoxically not importing our own system, change in Albany. but simply supporting dictators as a stop-gap measure in the fight against revolution- ary socialism. If alternatives are not quickly devised, we may find many of the weaker The Democratic standard bearer, Frank O'Connor, has been running for horses dying in the midst of their race for fuller development. governor since he won election as City Council President last November. Unfor- tunately, even at this late date, we are The Open Road- still looking in vain for an issue or an argument that will explain to us why we need Mr. O'Connor. Franklin D. Roose- In Good Company velt on the other hand, wants us to elect Leo H. J. Manglavitl him to frustrate the "bosses" who didn't IV like his candidacy. Sorry, we can do bet- There is a lighter side of this commonweal that is Fordham. There is a history here, ter than that. an involvement with the American panorama which includes everything from the head- Nelson Rockefeller, although not the quarters of Washington, once standing on Rose Hill, to an All-American football team, ideal governor, has certainly accomplish- once dominating national sports pages and tavern grid sessions. ed an enormous amount of good in his eight years as New York's chief execu- There are also curious blendings of myth and reality, much of which deserves due tive. We note particularly his record in pride, as well as the occasional grain of salt. Dr. William Cullen Bryant, II, presently education and pollution control. a visiting English professor from Columbia, brings to mind Fordham's often overlooked, He merits your support on November often Inflated, but significant relationship to American letters. Having the direct name- 8. sake of a major American poet on the faculty is more than coincidence. It recalls those early years of the young college, when other men of letters trod the elm-lined paths. farnacles Of Tradition The first of them was Edgar Allen Poe. Until his death in 1849, Foe spent his last years in a small cottage near what is now Poe Park on the Grand Concourse, where his home >gy; these League school has dress regulations, because has been preserved. From there he had an obstructed view of St. John's College, which ttachment they all recognize that who wears what is sat on top of Rose Hill Manor, across the old Mill River that is now the N.Y. Central really none of the Administrations' business. (ended, be- tracks. In short, in loco paretitis is fine but there she must Many traditions, not always accurate, surround Poe's |ot merely comes a time when the'kiddies decide to move relation with the struggling seminary-college. It is known ex loco jxirentii. And that time is around col- I be fellow that he would stroll down and visit the seminarians, and lege time. often had conversations with the priests in residence. Core-curriculumiam. Why should a sopho- It is even said that he once played the venerable old result di- more take required English Prose? Why fl—one of organ in the Fordham Church for the students. (The s should a senior take required Anything? The instrument is in bad shape today, and no one wants to | that has notion that a student cannot receive an ade- late-lights, repair it, which is not exactly fair to the Poe tradition.) F quate education unless he is force-fed a diet A plaque near the left side o£ the Church entrance , °rdham of strict, unrealistic required courses isn t credits the tower's bell with inspiring Poe to write his itiuor and even medieval, let alone modern—it is merely famous poem, "The Bells." This is probably myth, since 1 probably timorous and wasteful. Besides providing em- oa evidence now indicates Poe apparently composed it while . st. This ployment for a lot of grad students, the ideol- visiting near the Fifth Ave. Presbyterian Church, close flatness", ogy of Core-ism promotes cynicism and dis- to Greenwich Village. In any event, the plaque commits the unforgiveable error of spell- Possess the trust on the part of the students and fails, as Ing Poe's name as "Allen" instead of "Allan." No one wants to repair that either, and fires have well, to install any genuine liberal spirit in the traditions about Poe go on, neglected and forgotten. fs. No Ivy the education of the students. Also near the Church is an imposing bust of Orestes Augustus Brownson, looking like Whitman, Marx, and Heidi's grandfather. This flamboyant character was an early leader of the American Transcendentallst movement, an avid reform advocate, author and publisher. He Is said to have been "spoiled" by conversion to Catholicism, repudiating his earlier social doctrines and writing polemical tracts for Archbishop Hughes, founder OFFICE MANAOKIll Corlnne McDonnell of Fordhnm. But he remains, and as quite a tribute. Early pictures show him delivering U 933-!>7l!3 and a Commencement address in 1856, one of several he gave on Queen's Court. OT««Un* U>IM. wu I nb"""1««< "to: »3 Mr yw. Foe and Brownson at Fordham may not be as impressive as Emerson, Dickinson, >"m „ lW TOlumni <" Tho HAM are not neceuarlly than of the HAM edllori. Th« and Frost at Amherst, but they remain our bit of literary glory. We welcome Dr. nmwarlljr thaw ot tno Ui.lver.ity Administration or the .Indent body. Ranuu. - Bryant's ancestor to the club, Almost for got: AlfeoMarzl und Marguerite Young. THE FORDHAM RAM Friday, October 28, Page 8 of he (Parisian dkeatre — Sagans ^fainting (Horse and the difficulty of acquiring both. It is French lover are weekend guests of the go, because he can no longer accept The new theatre season has begun In Chesterfield's; they are pretending to be man he has become at home—or fwrhaps I Paris, and the best by far of the current set among the sporting upper classes of England, on a country estate where hunt- brother and sister as he is engaged to the they are for Coralie and her French l««| offerings is the comedy he Cheval Evonoul Chesterfield's rich schoolgirl daughter—he to use to fly home where they can Icodal or The Fainting Horse, by Francoise ing, dogs and horses reign supreme. The action centers around Sagan's two famous plans to marry and then divorce her, using decent life, earning both their own money I Segan. Mile Segan, who first won interna- and their own love. tional acclaim with her novel Bonjour stock . characters who are always new, her marriage settlement for himself and Trtetesse, has written several popular always different, yet amazingly the same: Coralie. Mr. Henry James Chesterfield im- Jacques Charon o£ the Comedie-Fran. I dramas, but according to the opening night the slightly weary older man and the mediately penetrates this transparent dis- caise has expertly directed a very talented I critics this should be the most successful. young but far from innocent girl who is guise, and he and Coralie are soon in love. cast: Jacques Francois is perfect as Mr, I Her ability to combine rich characteriza- Sagan's spokesman. Mr, Henry James Despite their cynical characters,, they Chesterfield, giving a seemingly weak anil tions and subtle, sophisticated dialogue Chesterfield, played by Jacques Francois, have a real capacity for passion and deep ineffectual man a sublety and depth ol I with magnificent technique is outstanding is the man—clever, unfaithful, and penni- and personal love; Mile Sagan effectively character, a complexity which admirably [ and she has more than lived up to her own less, the husband of a woman whose only reveals this through magnificent dialogue illustrates the wisdom and experience f/ew i/lom L^itu Jneatret cene Do you like suspenseful, spine-tingling Stapleton, there is Harry Guardino who the fierce warnings of her over-protective Lynn Redgrave is completely charming I thrillers? Yes? Then see Watt Until Dark. gives a hilarious and compassionate per- Mama. Milton Katselas did a magnificent as the heroine of Oeorgy Girl. Her Do not see We have Always Lived In The formance as Alvaro, Miss Stapleton's beau, job directing the Williams script, bringing part entails portraying a twenty-two year Castle. There are some fairly exciting mo- a fruit-truck driver bearing an amazing out all the earthy gusto of Seraphina and old never-been-kissed maiden who, ( ments in the third act, but the two preced- resemblance to her late husband, even Alvaro, and the poignancy and awkward- from being a hit with the Mod men L. ing acts are sheer boredom, and very tiring down to the rose tattoo on his chest. Maria ness of the young lovers. The whole pro- London, would probably be ignored even at that. The problem is that the whole plot Tucci is fine as Seraphina's daughter and duction is zestful and lively, particularly at a Fordham mixer. In brief, Georgy girl | is just not exciting enough to qualify as a particularly good is Christopher Walken, when Seraphina and her Sicilian neighbors does not swing. as the young sailor who courts her, despite "thriller" and the play is not plausible and work up a storm. —Roger Leonard Georgy is big and bright and perhaps interesting enough to stand alone as good a little ecentric, but, by God, she is a drama. Adapted from Shirley Jackson's human being. Lynn Redgrave manages to novel, Hugh Wheeler's drama tells the tale be by turn witty, ridiculous, proud and of the Blackwood family, that is the re- adorable. She captures the nuances of | maining members, four of them having character and kaleidoscopic expressions been poisoned several years before. There which make Georgy a romantic minus the are four left who have shut themselves off PERSPECTIVE pale, delicate features which go with that from the rest of the world, in their state of being. "castle," a huge, drafty old house (com- plete with dumbwaiter) outside of a rural As the plot unfolds we find Georgy Vermont town. sharing a flat with a beautiful brunette ON THE ARTS roommate who is forever zooming oi5 in There are some pleasantly funny scenes various admirers' sports cars, leaving her provided by the two children, but they lover ot cool his heels in the flat. To j become very tiresome children midway Georgy falls the task of pacifying the long- through the play, and though the final act suffering lover, Alan Bates. He is smaller is quite good, the play is uninteresting and than Georgy, of course, and definitely lacking in strong suspense or even good Mod. Bates plays his part with life and drama. Shirley Knight is excellent as Con- Sister George - Dirty But Dull feeling, giving it an individualistic touch stance Blackwood, particularly in the last which allows us to believe in him as a act and Alan Webb is good as the old Lesbianism, soap opera, Laurel and The tension the two roles, the eventual Hardy, and fear of unemployment are the loss of her job and the loss of her thirty- character, and not merely a Mod stereo- uncle. The rest of the cast is adequate as is type. The roommate does not come of! the direction by Garson Kanin. ingredients for the incongruity and coun- four year-old comrade, "Childie," provide ter-point necessary for a situation comedy. the dramatic impetus. If one were to ask a theatergoer-to list From there on the movie is the story of The Killing ol Sister George, however, The situation is the thing and all jokes Georgy's triumph. In a charming series of some of the most memorable performances despite all the rave reviews, seems to rise follow mechanically from it. Little inno- he had seen, he might mention four or five domestic interludes, Lynn Redgrave is rarely above the pap of mass media which vation in technique or dramatic surprise warm and wifely while Jenny becomes which stand out in his mind. Then there it examines. Although the play is spiced marks the play, whose only difference are those who feel that they have seen only progressively more pregnant and nasty. with potentially shocking lines and situa- from the old English stand-by, the draw- The unforeseen happens — Georgy finds two or three performances in their life- tions, and the usual near tragedy of ing-room comedy, is the fact that it takes times which could be called "great." But herself with a MAN, with Bates. Ah, we comedy, the final product is generally bor. place in the living room. The actresses may say, Georgy i woman fulfilled. Love has no matter which category you fall Into, ing and unfunny. s a Maureen Stapleton as Seraphina Delle The play does nave many clever little come, marriage cannot be far behind. But Rose in The Hose Tattoo is bound to be at The Killing treats of a day-time radio ironies and tricks of playcraft, for example the movie takes another turn, an ironical the top of the list, for it is one of the most soap opera star who is about to be written when Mrs. Mercy Croft, played by Lally twist. Georgy girl so far has been revealed magnificent performances Broadway has out of her show, which has become part of 'Bovvers, comes dressed in black to cele- as one who is capable of loving but who ever seen. Re-creating the role she played the ritual of millions of escape-starved brate the demise of Sister George, whom lias not yet been loved. Her response in a In the original production (1950), she and British housewives. While June Buckridge, she was instrumental in killing. Mercy, man to woman relationship would be quite who dispensed psychology a la Joyce deep, one feels. But Lynn Redgrave's an excellent supporting cast have revived played by Beryl Reid, becomes behind the Tennessee Williams' drama at City Center Brothers on radio, then proceeds to steal microphone the saucy, beloved nurse, away June's lesbian companion for herself. At the end Georgy is no longer a for a limited engagement which ends Sister George, who rides near and far on dowdy, overlooked spinster—she has got Sunday, October, 30th. Do not miss it. However, the skilled organization can her motorbike to treat the ails of idyllic hardly save this play, whose theme and what she wanted and if it turned out that The play, one of Williams' finest, has rural folk, she is in "real life" a cigar humor are just plain dull. she did not really became a human being been a wonderful production. Besides la smoking, gin-drinking, dirty old woman. in the process, perhaps that does not —-Wayne Schneider matter too much. —Patricia Youle , IF Vou'u 5TEP OVER •-"» |ay, October 28, 1966 THE FORDHAM RAM Page 9 Letters To The Editor This would not necessarily con- Academe stitute a better state of affairs, Sophomoric I the Editor of The Bain: and it is conceivable that the re- To the Editors of The RAM: Jfhc article, "A Long Way to verse might be the case. lademe," which appeared in last In the academic sphere, philos- It was at once with amuse- FREE!... jek's RAM, is so rife with er- ophy and theology have always ment and alarm that I read and i and misconceptions, and ac- been recognized as the coping re-read the polemic editorial en- bpanied with such a dispar- stone of a truly liberal arts edu- titled, "Break the Shackles — for the man who fakes ing tone, that it deserves a cation, simply because they are. The Way to Greatness," In which ithing refutation. However, in As a Catholic university, Ford- the writer displayed a sophomor- Is short space, I shall be able to ham provides an opportunity to his pipe seriously. ite- ic shallowness which is so typical kc just a few points, and hope acquire some of this precious We've just perfected a completely new pipe mixture, called set a few things straight. knowledge, and wisely requires of many self-styled spokemen for Luxembourg. It's for the man who has graduated from the It is quite true, as the article that its students do so. Not every the revitalization of Catholic syrupy-sweet tobaccos. Blended from choice U.S., European, ys, "that this school is still very "major American university," educational institutions. This as- Middle Eastern, African and Asian leaf. ..and subtly enriched • uch church-related." More than with one of the rarest honeys in the world. can have such a statement made pect of the article was both at, it is in fact a Catholic uni- of it. To neglect this, on the We'd like you to try a pack on us. How come? rsity, and regardless of the or- other hand, would truly be to amusing and pardonable when We figure one pack is just about what it'll take to convince you ins of other American universi- shackle the student's intellectual viewed in the perspective of the- that it's the finest pipe mixture around. •s, Fordham certainly did not experience, depriving them of writer's youth. After that, who knows... you might make it your regular smoke. iginate as a sect school, simply their birthright and cheating The amusing element gtitekly e the Catholic religion is them of their heritage. If stu- gave way to concern when I was it a sect. We may not say, dents complain of requirements faced with the shocking revela- llicr, in our efforts to improve, in these fields, do they likewise tion that the type of reckless |iat we are seeking a "secular complain about requirements in logic employed by the writer may jaturity," since that which is economics, history, and litera- be in any way the result of the fccular is to that extent opposed ture? heroic efforts of the Church to p what is Christian. (Secular re- It is quite gross to include afford to the world avenues and always has, to what philosophy and theology under leading to the attainment of ulti- 'hrist condemned as "the the category of "unreasonable mate values. If this attitude is 'orld") leftovers from the ghetto past." representative of a true general 1 Furthermore it may not be (Whose ghetto.) In any truly sentiment of the entire student pken for granted that all of us great university, these fields of body, we must admit that some- ' what a leading university learning will always hold the where, somehow, someone has s the article implies, nor place of honor, for the One to failed! mother there is any necessary whom all leading uni-versities The writer has every right to The Imported luxury pipe mixture mnection between "de-clerical- turn is the Son of Man, "the express himself, but may I sug- 1 administration," and "excel- Way, the Truth, and the Life." gest that most religious educa- ince," (whatever "excellence" A long way from academe? It's tors are aware of the criticisms, |iay mean here.) In addition, it here fellows, but you have got it is a suggested solution which P. LORILLARD COMPANY i not quite so certain that the to find it. all eagerly await! Dept. 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"Sanforized" labeled. $5.00. mm Bold New Breed from -ARROW- SOMCSS BY SONGS BY TOM LEHRER R 6216 / RS 6216 reprise RECORDS 10 THE FORDHAM RAM Friday, October 28,1 'C VersusF Will Surfers Top Champs') •# By Jack PracI As the Boarder Lea^ season enters its final hvo weeks, everything seems % have gone exactly as predict- ed. C-house and E-hous both stand undefeated at the top of the league (although the Mahdrofs have one tie) win FINALS OVER! one game left before facing eatk other. C-house has A-house left WILD WEEKEND IN QUEBEC as its sole victim, while D-housi can look forward to the honor During the weekend of January 26-29 over of facing the Mahdrofs. 5000 students will invade Quebec City. C-house has shown an over- Leaving their Universities in the North- whelming offense to go alooj with its fine defense in its first East on special GO-GO trains from New four games. The Surfers began' 'York and Boston, guys and gals will hit Quebec their season with a 27-0 pasting of D-house, as quarterback Bob going strong and getting stronger — after, an Mullens had all the time in tilt . all-nighter with the wildest rock bands on world to hit his ends with Ion; touchdown passes. wheels. . •••,,-;' The second contest of the sea- •••-•'-,"• , ••>#;••. son proved to be just as easy as ! AND AFTER THAT — <*X&.r: the Surfers downed B-house 27-t also. This game featured th- ANYTHINb GOES 't same excellent pass blocking tj Cs offensive line, especially Torch parades, snow sculpturing, dbg'sledding,\ Drew Smith's hard hitting at center. The Surfers then knock- . iceboat racing, skiing, ice skating and street ed over F-house 18-0 and G-hous 22-0, definitely showing that they dancing—If it swings, you'll have it. Skiers,,.;.. are the team to beat this sea- take our special bus excursion and,get a free son." Disorganization in its first ski weekend. ,.,-.. •- game held K-house to a 0-0 t» with G-house. The Mahdrofs just NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, $85 is. couldn't capitalize on the innum- crable scoring opportunities they a fantastic deal for transportation, entertain- had, due primarily to poor 5:00 - 1:00 Friday and Saturday • Date Night Saturday from 8:00 'til Closing • Gourmet Buffet Sundays from 5:00 to 7:00 • New Cinemateque Coming Soon COME ONE COME ALL No "Butts" About It y, October 28, 1966 THE FORDHAM RAH Pag* II 'em Over'- The World Beaters This Week In Sports A. Nolan FOOTBALL RUGBY ;er the dust had settled on the last piece of cooked chicken Oct. 29-^Fordham vs. Seton Hall. Oct. 29—Varsity and Junior Var- Saturday, Fordham's collective head hung lower than the supply of Setonia Field, 2:00 p.m. sity vs. Fairfield at Fairfield, Iteer in tn0 Ramskeller on a Fl"iday night. We thought we were CROSS-COUNTRY 1:30 p.m. * FOOTBALL World beaters—after Washington U. nothing could stop us. First Oct. 28—Varsity and Frosh vs. Oct. 30—Varsity and Junior Var- Fordham vs. Seton Hall—Rams jivc'd smash NYU into the ground, then after two easy wins over Brown at Van Cortlandt sity vs. Virginia at Edward's try for a comeback against a ifseton Hall and Manhattan, we would meet Georgetown in a "real" Park, 4:00 p.m. Parade 1:30 p.m. staunch Pirate defense which j-ame. We were too good for the local teams. shut out Kings last week. Coach Evidently that's how the students felt—see last week's column Lansing's shakeup might be the Iby my colleague, Craig Mysilwiec. And evidently that's how the needed tonic. Rams by two. [football team was feeling Saturday because they played like they CROSS COUNTRY Visit the B. I. C. ixpected the Violets to hand them the game on a silver platter with Fordham vs. Brown—Rams' are Bronx Irish Center Sold handles. better than they showed last Well, after Saturday's 7-0 loss to a completely mediocre NYU week, but Doug Westendorf is a 3101 E. TREMONT AVE. Ream, both students and team found out we were very disillusioned. big question mark. If he runs, it Every Friday & Saturday Night I The real world beaters, the Rams could be a romp. Fordham by six. I of 1965, are long gone, guys, and RUGBY College Guys Meet College Girls I until we remember that, we're Fordham vs. Fairfield — The DANCING TO CONTINUOUS MUSIC j going to be in trouble. There is Stags may be tough but the ever ino Tony Rumore to play quarter- improving Rams like the Mary. Tel. TA 2-8635 Iback with poise—we now have mount countryside. Rams by five. Itwo very inexperienced signal Fordham vs. Virginia — The [callers who don't even look like Hams return home to battle the I they're going through the mo- boys from the Old Domain, il tions. Southerners should show their Newt Stammer And Joe Boyle of last year, the refinement and down the Maroon lone who ran over the defensive by eight. was broad-minded enough I line with ease, is somewhere be- ll tween 302 Broadway and Rose Hill waiting for a "D" train. We lack an offensive and a defensive SETON WINES & LIQUORS to try somebody else's beer. iline that can hit hard, stay on their feet and move faster than 3935 Boych»it»r Av.nu. jRameses XX. And even Moe Habron can't run without a pair of Then he went back to this one. |good blockers. corner 233rd St. * So, let's face it—instead of two easy wins over the Pirates and Special Discounts fo Fordham Ithe Jaspers, we face two tough teams determined to knock off what Clubs, Organizations and jthey think is a "big, great Fordham team." their Families We face these games (and Georgetown, too) with a team that Ihas yet to put out and prove itself, a team that let a smaller NYU Call Vlnny Fol.y at FA 4-S711 jjeleven run over, around, and through it, a team that had better •ring I.D. Card istart earning the name of "Fordham football" instead of dreaming Fast. fof it. Coach Lansing is making significant changes in the entire team. Three fourths of the backfield will be new with Keefe, Wilkinson, JScottl and Habron starting. Maybe this will turn the tide, but only ja big victory over Manhattan will convince this writer. (Broad-mindedness isn't everything.) ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC • ST. 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PITTSF1ELD, MASSACHUSETTS 415 WEST 59th STREET Assurance Society of Hie United States NEW YORK, N.Y. 10019 Hom.Offic., l295Av»nu.o«lh.Amirlco.,N.wYork,N.Y.10pi; ©Ellbll9S5M Looking 'em Over! Misery Is A 7-0 Loss To Violet, Rams Meet Seton Violent Vikings Top Marooi Saturday In N.J.; Homecoming Attracts 11, Hall Looks Tough By George Thomas A tough Seton Hall foot- hall team, fresh from last There was plenty of booze floating around on campj Saturday's 18-0 whitewash last weekend. It was good that there was, because the Foi of King's College of Wilkes- ham fans surely needed something to forget the Rams'' Barre, Pa., will be the Rams' loss to the N.Y.U. Violets last Saturday afternoon. opponent tomorrow at the It was bad enough to make the Homecoming c South Orange campus. 11,262 want to forget about homecoming and think serioi The Pirates, feature a well- ly about going home. n balanced attack, rushing for 92 yards and passing for 81 in the The Rams were unable to gen- Ramruggers King's College game. Against erate an offense, and failed to Marist, to whom they lost, 22- display the opportunism which Ravage Lions 15, they rushed for 97 yards started the winning rally against while passing for 122. Iona. And sophomore quarter- At Homecominc back Mike Grzanka made the The scoring leaders are 185- On a beautiful Saturday : Fordham fans yearn for the re- pound halfback Jim Rusignulo, ing and before a crowd of ak turn of Tony Rumore. Grzanka's who also averages 32 yards per 400 on Edwards' Parade, horrible performance wasn't en- punt along with his three touch- Fordham Rugby Club upset Pel tirely his own fault, though, as downs, and end Al Kane, with State for its second win in fo| the atrociously poor offensive two touchdowns. starts. , The New Jerseyites also sport blocking frequently had him running for his life. Three games of experience, | a new coach, John Scott, Jast number of good workouts, Hoi year's defensive coach, who re- EXPRESS TO NOWHERE: Sub quarterback STrank Kcefo (11) coming Weekend determination placed Mike Esposito. "We don't On the other hand, N.Y.U. and brand new uniforms all adc get the top players," Scott re- pitches out to halfback Moo Habron (21) during Saturday's loss quarterback Jim Cardasis, who marked, "but we'll get the mar- to N.Y.U. Habron was stopped at line of scrimmage for no gain. was playing his first game at UP to Fordham's 14-9 victory. ginal players who'll help us very the signal-calling position for Early in the first half Ford much." the Violets, looked like a pro- ham took the lead with a thre fessional star in comparison. point penalty kick by Bob Grecr One such "marginal player" is Jaspers Outrun Rams;Cardasis picked up the Madow quarterback Bob Spagnola, who ey. A few minutes later Penn tin Trophy for his efforts, spear- the score with a penalty completed 5 for 17 against heading the N.Y.U. attack which King's College. Another is 180- only to be broken again whi Jack Fath Wins Again rolled up 178 yards to 140 for Mark Phelan carried the ball By Dick Sherman the Rams. for a fine 3 point try followed bj| Watch This Man Fordham's varsity Cross-Country team suffered a a 2 point conversion kick, humiliating defeat at the hands of Manhattan last Saturday There was one consolation for first half ended with a tired Pent Chuck Russo by a score of 21-37. It was the Ram's second straight loss, Fordham, though. The final score State 15 and an 8-4 Fordham lead] running their record to 6-2. As coach Artie O'Connor put it, could have been a lot higher. Second half determination ami N.Y.U. blew a couple of golden "they just ran out of steam." better Rugby on the part of Penl Things began to look bad for the Rams when Doug scoring opportunities which would have given them at least two State were not enough as Ford! Westendorf, normally one of ham scored twice again, as a reJ Fordham's top three, was forced more scores. About midway through the first quarter, Violet suit of good Fordham pursuit andf to drop out of the race. Doug scrappy hustle on the part ofj was seized by a violent muscle end John Robinson was aJl alone on the Fordham 20 when he Ed "Yogi" Hagan and Bill Ben- spasm in the chest while run- nett. Near the end of the game! ning in the initial stages of the dropped a strike from Cardasis. And with 4:30 to play in the the strong determined drive oil competition. He was forced to Penn and the cautious sloppy! stop immediately and was un- first half, Pete Sigriori, the last Rugby of Fordham resulted in| able to finish the race. This was Fordham defender, knocked Vio- only a part however of a general- let freshman halfback John Brc- two tries for Penn bringing ly dismal showing by the Rams. reton out of bounds on the score to 14-9. The Fordham for-| wards, however, showing Dependable Jack Fath, who N.Y.U. 45 after a 40 yard punt defense and pursuit thwarted an I had been unable to train hard return. last week because of a hip in- excellent effort by Penn Stale] to win the contest. No. 75 jury, again led the team, beat- The Rams got out of the half ing the entire field with a time unscratched, and the teams went of 26:12. Jack remains undefeat- to the locker room at intermis- He Tackles ed but will face his toughest sion with the game still score- pound Dennis Farrell, who aver- test in the Metropolitan Cham- less. aged four yards per carry be- pionships. He easily defeated Manhattan's first man, who has The Fordham luck ran out in fore missing the last game due the third quarter. Jim Murray to a concussion. He should be already run under 26 minutes back for tomorrow's clash at this year. recovered a Violet fumble to least in a part-time capacity After Fath, it was a solid line give the Rams possession on the along with his freshman replace- of green, as Manhattan placed N.Y.U. 41. It seemed to the home ment, Tom Newkirk, a 185- second, third fourth, and fifth. crowd that a reversal of the pounder. Junior Greg Griffith was Ford- MAY-JIK? C runs country cap- Rams' horrible first half show- tuin Don Muj uorlm out for The outstanding linemen are ham's second man, placing sixth ing was in the offing. 210-pound end John Dunnion and overall with his best time of the today's moot with Brown. captain Chuck Russo, a defen- year. But Jaspers filled the Two plays later, however, sive tackle. seventh and eighth spots, and Fordham Sailing Frank Keefe's pass went off Joe The squad's record this year is sophomore Jim Walsh was next Tim Sailing Club reports Boyle's hands and into the arms 2-2, defeating Siena, 6-0, as well that it hns givon instruction as King's College while losing to for Fordham. Jim Groark and of Violet Bob Kurak, who re- to thirty novice fuillors thin turned the ball to the Fordham Jersey City State, 13-6, and Dan Henry also ran well, plac- year. Tlilo im.f rue lion tiilte» Marist. Last year, the club finish- ing fourth and fifth for the the form of ulutuirooni KCSKIOMH 41. The tables were turned, and ed with a respectable 3-1 count, Rams. ami urluul mlllng. Inclement the psyched-up Violets, sensing beating Marist twice and St. When asked about the disap- weather cancelled the schedul- their first win over Fordham Peter's while losing to Fordham, ed meet with Fort Scliaylor, pointing results, Coach O'Connor since 1948, were on the move. 34-6, at our Homecoming. mid no date lius been get for Scott, hoping to realize victory said: "It's just one of those a rcxclKMluliiig of the event. The scoring drive went 41 number three earlier this year, things." He felt that three of For tlk! first tlmo In 1(8 his- yards in 6 plays, with Cardssis Is counting on all the help he Fordham's regular top five were tory, the club will continue, to going the final four yards on an can get to defeat the Rams, will throughout the winter, "too enthusiastic," and simply end sweep. John Conant convert- \I\KKS . . . whom he figures are much bet- with meetings scheduled for "ran themselves out" too hard liollM, III (III) CII.W, lls t\VO KIM"- ter than their 1-2 record indi- every Friday. ed for the Violets und the rest iiiKl-.ci . mllhln on Edward* cates. ...•>•• and too soon. of the game wns iinli-ollnuirtir l»n 11mli.