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Band Concert Honors Late Copt, Hopf Dating Is No Problem Of Fordham- To Students Using Poge 3 Date Bureau- Page 5 FORDHAM COLLEGE, MAY 1, 1952 \oesgen, Freeman Named Once Upon A Midnight' Head 'Monthly, RAM Eev Thurston N. Davis, S.J., Dean was editor of the school yearbook. Opens Tomorrow Night ml the'College, today announced the Roesgen has sold stories to The E pofntment of William N. Roesgen Sign and Seventeen magazines. His w By AL McNAMARA * and Jacob A. Free- work on The Month- "Once Upon a Midnight,' a new lyrical drama based on the life of Edgar Allan Poe, opens tomorrow eve- man as editors of ly has ranged from rung for a two weekend engagement on the Collins boards. The show, which features original music by Clark. The Monthly and writing stories and Wnits°n, was written by the Rev. Alfred J. Barrett, S.J., chairman of the Department of Communication ArU. The HAM next year, assisting in the lay- Edgar L. Kloten, University Thea- at the recommen- out of the magazine ;re director, announced that William dation of the mod- to illustrating some Riva has designed the settings and erators, Mr, Joseph of the articles. hat Robert Haddad, stage and TV P. Cunneen and Mr. Bill has also dancer, has done the choreography. Edward A. Walsh. gained experience Mr. Haddad directed the four ballet Roesgen has been as a reporter for equences in the show. a member of The the Williamsport In writing "Once Upon a Mid- Monthly since his Sun-Gazette Com- night," Father Barrett took as his ;heme the belief that Poe was a BOESOEN freshman year, this FREEMAN pany during the year serving as a summer. heroic figure. The play is then cen- managing editor. He ii concentrating Jack Freeman, news editor of this ered about the period of Poe's life |m English, and working for a de- year's RAM, has been a member of at Fordham in the Poe cottage. eree in social science.. • , the staff since entering Fordham. Bill Shust will play the lead role Bill is a resident student, staying He is studying in the Communica- of Poe, while TV actress and model in Martyrs Court. He. hails from tion Arts Department concentrating Jo Ryan will play his wife, Virginia. Williamsport, Pn. where he attended in the journalism sequence. Shust has been seen many times on ISt Joseph's High School. There he Freeman, a resident of the Bronx, ;he Fordham stage and is especially was graduated from De Witt Clinton remembered for his portrayal of High School. He is a former officer Alexas in "All for Love" earlier thU of the Mimes and Mummers. Jack season. For Miss Ryan, tomorrow Mock Convention has also done public relations work night will be her debut at Fordham. for the Institute of Contemporary f Dancing Leads Set for Tomorrow Russian Studies. He intends to make a career in the field of. journalism Dancing leads will be played by or public relations. Donatha Mainguth and Bryan Clark. In Keating Hall Miss Mainguth danced in "A Trip Hoesgen and Freeman succeed to Syracuse" and played in all other Gene Fleming and Gene Jacobs as Edgar L. Kloten explains "Once Upon a Midnight" to BUI Shust and shows this season except "Hotel Tomorrow, Fordham University editors of these publications. pretty Jo Ryan, who play the leads. Universe," for which she was com- will become the first school in the pany manager. Clark has been seen nation to hold a two-party mock in "The Man Who Came to Dinner" presidential political convention. SODALITY TO SPONSOR TRIDUUM and "Hotel Universe," and received Over three hundred delegates are StoryofJazz plaudits from The RAM on fcoth expected to attend the convention A triduum to the Blessed Virgin Mary, sponsored by the Par- occasions. which will be held at 1 p.m. in Keat- thenian Sodality, commences today with the annual May Day De- Choreographer Bob Haddad is a ing first floor lecture hall and is ex- votions. ' ( Talk Today newcomer to the Fordham scene pected to last three or four hours. The entire University will be excused from classes from 10:30 and comes -well recommended by The usual rules of party,conven- until 11:00 a.m. in order to participate in the exercises. long experience in TV, summer tions will Tie followed with few Devotions will begin at 10:30, and according to Sodality chair- Mr. Barry Ulanov, author of the stock, and Cafe Society. He has de- changes. Votes will be distributed man Tom Byrne, will feature a living rosary composed of Sodality recent, A History of American Jazz, vised dance sequences in which according to the rules of the Elec- members from the various schools of the University. A talk will will speak on thi3 topic Thursday, Lenore (Miss Mainguth), as Good, toral College, There will be 531 votes be given by Father Rector. May 1, in Collins Auditorium, from and the Raven (Clark), as Evil, in all. A candidate must receive two Rev. Theodore T. Farley, S.J., Spiritual Director of the College, 5 to 6 p.m. show the conflict in Poe's character. thirds of the votes to win. announced that today's devotions would inaugurate the annual May This will be the last of a series • Tom Cippola, College senior, will The delegates will be chosen on a Devotions, which will be held before the statue of Mary in front of of talks and demonstrations con- sing the singing lead of Israfel. basis of interest alone and will not the Administration Building. cerning the various aspects of music, Though making his debut with the represent Fordham. Therefore the classic and contemporary, under the University Theatre, Cipolla was seen decision of the convention will not sponsorship of the Honors Program on Collins boards in the senior show represent the opinions of the Ford- of the College of Arts and Sciences last week and in "For the Bir<V> of Fordham University. when he was a junior. ham student body, according to Strikes in Public Utilities Mr. Ulanov has been editor of Steve Voykovich, organizer of the the music magazine, Metronome, for Tickets for the show are available convention. Outside help for the sup- eleven years and is considered to be now, according to Jim. Beakey, sec- porters of the different candidates the foremost historian of American retary of the Mimes and Mummerg is discouraged, he added. Central Topic of Conference ,azz. It is expected that he will illus- and sales manager for the theatre. trate his talk with live and recorded The Collins box office is open from noon till 4 p.m. The Fourth Annual Intercollegiate Industrial Relations Conference music, Mimes Elect Angela will be held in Keating Lecture hall on Wednesday, May 7, beginning at Mr. George Seuffert, director o] There will be matinee perform- 2:15 p.m. This event will be the culmination of a series of events spon- the Band, has been cooperating with ances on Saturday, May 3, and Sun- New President sored by the Industrial Relations Club, whose purpose is to better acquaint •the Honors Program in arranging day, May 11. Special matinee price college students with the many~ : these musical presentations. is seventy-five cents. problems of labor and management. will be followed by a second dis- Rocco Angelo,' a junior, was elect- problems of l cussion concerning the college grad- ed president of the College theatrical The central topic of discussion of uate's place in industrial relations. group, the Mimes and Mummers in this intercollegiate conference is . The two speakers of this meeting, the annual elections of the club, held strikes in public utilities. Mr. John Dillon, Educational Direc- Deadline for Petitions Today April 22. Angelo replaces Tom Welch, Presentation of the three aspects tor of the United Automobile Work- this year's president. of the subject will be made by Mr. ers, CIO; and Mr. Bernard Haldare, Other officers elected were Dave Walter Maggiolo, General Counsel President of Executive Job Coun- For Class Officer Hopefuls if Lunney, junior, who steps in as vice- for Federal Mediation and Concilia- sellors of the Society of Advance- president; Jim Beakey, sophomore, tion Service; Mr. Joseph Beirne, ment of Management, are closely who takes over the secretarial President of the Communications affiliated with college graduates General elections for class and other student offices of Fordham Col- chores; and Frank DePaola, another Workers of America, CIO; and Mr. working in this field. lege will be held May 15 and 16, Student Council president Bill Kearney sophomore, who will handle the Edmond C. Collins, Vice President Father Fitzpatrick, the moderator announced today. Offices to be contested in this election, Kearney said, club's funds as treasurer. of the New York City Omnibus Cor- of the Industrial Relations Club of president, vice- Jack Stapleton; a junior, wa's poration. Fordham, has invited Brother Jus- president, secretary, elected chairman of the board of Following their talks, a question tin, head of Manhattan College's and treasurer of the directors, while Dave Wilson was and answer session will be held. Club, to be chairman. DEFERMENTS senior, junior, and reappointed sergeaht-at-arms. Then, a fifteen minute intermission Rev. Thomas A. Duross, S.J., sophomore classes; Chairman of the Selective Service two N. S. A. dele- Advisers Committee, has made gates and two alter- known a suggestion originated by nates, three NFCCS one of the members of his com- delegates and two Palace Decor for Junior Prom mittee. Father Duross suggests alternates; RO TC photographs. One, a 5"x4" portrait that students who are now classi- representative; Da'y The music of Freddy Martin and type, and the other a full-length fied I-S or II-S and intend to hop representative; h's orchestra will highlight the an- shot.