WEDNESDAY WILL BE RALLY-SMOKER «FORDHAMDAY"IN IN GYMNASIUM THE BRONX THE TONIGHT
New York, N. Y., November 22,1935 No. 7 Harvester Smoker FORDHAM CELEBRATES BRONX WEEK Capacity Crowd Tonight Features At Third Lecture Football Forum Co-operntes With Manhattan, Hunter, Mount St. Vincent's, New York University, Webb Academy and New York Merchant Marine Academy By Fr. Lonergan Dooley, Crowley, Stevens and The Borough Beautiful is literally Former Ram Stars Time Schedule of Mite Box Returns 'The Menace of Communism'* "going collegiate" and Fordham 1B Held to Be Atheism Will Speak Tonight's Smoker helping it along. Yesterday the high- Fall Off Sharply ly publicized Bronx University Week And Materialism Pep, personality and pertinent point- Roger Durand, '36, Harvester began by an official proclamation ol The Mite Box returns for No- era on the Fordham-N. Y. U. game will Club President, and co-chairman A capacity audience of more than one Borough President James J. Lyons, vember show a sharp drop of permeate the College Gymnasium to- of tonight's Smoker-Rally, has re- thousand people heard Fr. William I. about twenty-one dollars from last night when the ______leased to The RAM, the following "to focus public attention on the out- Lonergan, S.J., Associate Editor ot annual Football - program and time-schedule for standing educational facilities that ar month's total. The collections this "America," in his Rally and this evening's entertainment. The offered by the excellent educational month amounted to seventy-nine third Fall Confer- £- Smoker spon- Fordham Band will open the eve- institutions located in tho Bronx, so dollars and thirteen cents, which ence address last ?* ning's activities at 8:15 sharp Sunday in the Uni- i- sored by the that the public may bettor know why is seventy-one dollars short of the Harvester Club with a medley of collegiate airs. versity Chapel on The Band will be followed at 8:30 it is termed 'The Borough of Univer- school'-'quot<&"6f" this total the the topic, "The gets under way. 1 The evening's by "Radio's Visible Personali- sities." Senior- Class/contrlbuted seven- Menace of Commu- ties," from 9:00 to 9:30 by two nism." The Very program in- Wednesday has been designated teen " doiiarsv'and >" seventy • five cludes satellites boxing bouts, from 9:30 to 9:35 Rev. Aloysius J. by Bud McFarland, tap dancer, "Fordham Day" and an extensive pro- Hogan, S.J., Presi- of the athletic, gram has been arranged by the recep The Juniors,'compiled a total theatrical and accompanied by Rex McGaugh, dent of the Univer- and at 9:40 by Dick Meehan, hu- tlon committee, of which Edward Gil- ot twenty-four-dollars and five sity, presided and campus firma- leran, secretary to Father Aloysius J. ment and prom- morous commentator. For the fol- cents, the highest contribution. celebrated Benedic- lowing hour the program will con- Hogan, S.J,, is chairman. Last night at tion after the lec- ises to be an en- Junior "A" made the highest in- joyable and me- sist of Larry Rellly, "Entertainer the opening exercises, presided over by ture. Extraordinaire," two more box- Mayor LaGuardia, Fordham was repre- dividual donation with a total of "Profoundly ma- morable affair. ing bouts and Regina Bayne, Fr. Lonergan, S.J. The rally will sented by the Glee Club, which particl six dollars and twenty-nine cents. terialistic in its ex- "It's Home Or feature a Football Forum conducted by "The Musical Maid of Song." The pated In the "Carnival of Song" with O£ the twenty-two dollars and planation of the Eddie Dooley, famous newspaper and high-spot of the evening, the the glee clubs of the six other Bronx thirty-six cents contributed by the universe, Communism is avowedly radio commentator and All-America Fordham Football Forum, featur- Institutions, New York University, Freshman Class, Freshman B. S. atheistic," Father Lonergan declared. quarterback at Dartmouth. Mr. Dooley ing Eddie Dooley, Jim Crowley Manhattan, Hunter and Mount St. Vin- "B" gave four dollars and nlnety- "Irreligion automatically begets Im- will Interview Mai Stevens and Jim and Mai Stevens will go on at cent Colleges, Webb Academy and the morality and immorality is a prelude 10:40 and will be followed by the flve cents, while Freshman B. S. to decay," he continued. "World his- Crowley, both of whom should have New York State Merchant Marine "A" became the second highest a good deal of "inside dope" on Thanks- Introduction of former Fordham tory is fruitful in sad examples. . . . athletic stars. The bill will be. Academy. contributor of this class with two It was moral degeneracy that blotted giving's game. Then Ram athletes of dollars and eighty cents. former years, Including Ed Dunowski, rounded out by Lewis Dayton, On "Fordham Day," the campus will out the glory that was Assyria and Jltn Murphy, Lester Borden, Tony Sa- magician, from 10:50 to 11:10, be the scene ot much activity. Father The Sophomore Classes con- Babylon and Egypt and Greece and rausky, Johnny Del Isola and Johnny and a team of acrobats. Hogan and the Borough President wil tributed fifteen dollars and thirty- Rome. Every government depends for Murphy, will speak briefly. This caval- formally open the day's proceedings seven cents. its survival less on its material wealth cade of luminaries of the sporting world with an inspection tour of the newest and prosperity than it does on the vir- will also Introduce to Fordham men campus unit, the Senior Building, ac- tue and moral rectitude of its citi- Dick Meehan, A. A. U. basketball of- MIMES OFFERS PRIZES companied by other Borough officials SENIOR TREASURY TO zenry." ficial, a noted humorist, who will be FOR POSTERS ON PLAY and noted educators. Then a specially BE USED FOR MAROON In view of President Roosevelt's followed by Jack Coffcy delegated group ot undergraduates wli: "hands off" reply to the Knights of serve as guides for the remainder of Columbus' query on the attitude of our The amateur boxing bouts which Today marks the beginning of the William T. Farley, president of the Mimes and Mummers Poster Contest, the tour. Among the points of interest, Senior Class, has announced that government toward the Mexican situa- were so well received last year will be which will be thrown open to the gen- tion, which has been made public since repeated tonight, four bouts having Open to all students, the contest offers the 1936 issue of the Maroon will re- eral public, are the Seismograph Build ceive monetary support from the treas the address, Father Lonergan's next" re- been scheduled under the auspices of three prizes for posters having the ing, where Father Joseph Lynch will mark seems almost prophetic. "The the Catholic Boys' Club. forthcoming varsity production, "The ury of the class. The senior officers at lecture briefly and informally upon the a recent meeting voted to continue this Communists, would, if they could, give The Entertainment Committee has Wolves," as their subject. The best workings of the famous earthquake us the same atheistic educational sys- definitely secured seven acts from the poster will be awarded six tickets to custom of past years. The money thus recorder, and the Chemistry Building contributed will eventually reduce the tem that flourishes in Soviet Russia theatrical world and promises several the play. The second and third prizes where Father Joseph Muenzen will and that they are now forcing on our last minute surprise features. Larry cost of the Year Book for each senior. will be four and two tickets respec- briefly speak. At the Biology Museum The photography edito rln a short Catholic brethren south ot the Rio Rellly, monologist; Reginia Bayne, tively. Father Joseph Assmuth will exhibit Grande where in the spirit of Com- versatile musician; Bud McFarland, talk to members of the senior class re- Due on or before Friday, November several of Its interesting scientific in- minded tbe students that the contract munism a Godless government, enjoy- youthful dance sensation, and Lewis struments. An organ recital and an ing incidentally the favor of our own Dayton, prestidigitator, are among 22, the entries may be left at the switch- with the White Studios, photographers address by Father George D. Bull, for the Maroon, will expire next Tues- Washington Administration, demands those who will appear. board or with Mr. Francis J. Finger- S.J. on "The Function of the Catholic that the Mexican child entering the hut, S.J., the Assistant Moderator. The day. In the future those students who A midget radio sot will be offered as College" in the chapel will constitute have not had their pictures taken will classroom In the morning must salute I a door prize and the winners of both judges will be Fr. Glen E. Walsh, S.J. the closing exercises of "Fordham his teacher, who has pledged herself to Moderator of the Mimes and Mummers, be obliged to go to the White Studios, j this and of the raffle conducted by the Day," 520 Fifth avenue, for them and, besides atheism, with the blasphemous greet- Harvester Club will be announced dur- Mr. Fingerhut, and Joseph G. Katin ing, "Good morning, teacher; there is '3G. Further details have been posted on Fordham has not, however, limited the regular charge of one dollar, will ing Die course of the evening. The first Its participation to Us own particular have to pay a late fee of auother dollar. no God," prize in this raffle is a pair of tickets to the bulletin board. day. Tomorrow night, over station Citing the "divine right to rule" j the Army-Navy game, with tratisporta- given to the state by God, the speaker WOR, the double-quartet will sing ALUMNUS ELECTED ' ticm, and a pair of Fordham-N. Y. U, MONTH'S MIND MASS 'The Ram," "The Marching Song" and claimed that disregard for it means tickets is second prize. FOR JOSEPH MUNDY other Fordham airs as part of the spe DUNWOODIE OFFICER anarchy or tyranny. Only the God-idea According to the chairmen, a ca- cial Bronx University Week Program, affords a rational basis for law and pacity crowd is expected to fill tho Fr. Charles J. Deane, S.J., celebrated from ten to ten-thirty. A representative At the election of officers held by order. In Godless Russia and Godless | Gymnasium. Cigarettes will be distrib- a Month's Mind Mass In the University of the Council of Debate may also par- the Alumni of St. Joseph's Seminary, Mexico and under the neo-pagnnlsm of uted at the door. Chapel, Tuesday, for Joseph A. Mundy, ticipate in this program. Dunwoodie, last week, Fr. Dennis P. Hitler despotism has supplanted gov- Coleman, '21, Vice-President of the ernment," he concluded. The proceeds of the smoker will go Mr. Mundy died suddenly from append!- On Wednesday night at the Bronx | as they have in former years to the tor- cltis Saturday, October IS. Prior to Ms Seminary, was chosen to fill the office The final conference, "Remedy for County Building, Lawrence Donoghue of Secretary. Communism," will be heard Sunday. (Continued on page 8) death he was a member of Junior "D." '37 and Thomas Hllbert '36 will join two representatives of the College ot Mount St. Vincent in arguing the nega- [Government's Power To Rule tive side of the question "Resolved— Fordham Men Sweep State That the advantages of an education obtained in colleges located In large Business Is Council Issue communities such as the Bronx sur- And Municipal Elections pasB those offered by colleges In small communities." The affirmative will be That Fordham University is as well Joseph E. Kinsley '18 oE the Bronx, Government invasion of business was ot managing itseU In depression with upheld by N. Y. V, and Manhattan. represented in politics as she is in Alexander A. Falk, Law '23 and Dr, Paul any effectiveness. I "nth roundly decried and warmly de- The entire week will appropriately other fields was shown by results on F. Sarubbe, ex '13, both of Manhattan | mdnl at Monday's meeting of the The speakers that followed differed Election Day, when of the twenty-one were elected to the Board of Aldermen j uiuiu-il (if Debate, as the entire house In an nlmost equal degree. J. Somrner- ootne to a conclusion on Thanksgiving Wila |vc Day at the annual lntra-borough foot- Fordham men who were candidates and Vincent Drury '22 was elected j B « nn opportunity to express its vllle, J. Delgnan, E. Tehan and the for ofllce, twenty were elected to po- County Clerk of Richmond. I »ie\vs. The discussion took tho form of President of tho Council, John Hayes, bnll classic, the Fordham-N. Y. U. game. 11 At this contest between the two major sitions of public trust. In outlying vicinities Fordham men I"" "I"' forum when one of tho speuk- were strong advocates of Roosevelt Despite the Republican land slide in were also successful, Vincent R, Corvou I "a scheduled to debate tho issue was policies insofar as they affected in- universities of The Borough of Univev- sltlos, the massed bands ot both schools the State, seven Fordham men, all '22 was elected Mayor of Utlca, N, Y, [ '"mvuldalily absent. dUBtry, Democrats, won seats in the Assembly. and Joseph V. Hlnchcllffe '07 wns re- Mr. Sommervllle called Roosevelt will play as the Bronx colors are raised I" tlio mooting, Robert Me- by President Lyons. They are John A. Devnnoy, Jr., Law '28, elected Mayor of Paterson, N. J. Martin . anil (loorgo McKonmi wore wise and successful In setting a mini- Eighth A. D. Bronx Comity (re-elected). J. Fay '08 was selected tor the post I j'iiiiliuiti.,1 to 1111 the office of Vice- mum wnge Bcalo; and Mv. Tolnvn Ira W, Holley, Law '24, Ninth A. D. of City Judge of Yonkers, N. Y. Rich- Ijiwlileul uiui Mnnngor of Debate, pointed out that at a tlmo whon ex- ANNUAL BANQUET OF Now York County (re-elected); Poter ard T. Gllmartiii '25, was olected Town I Jiic-li lllm,HH lms f,,,.C0|| j,,im jvjcOlvor pansion might bring nboiit recovery, QUILL CLUB DEC. 2ND A, Qulnli, Law '20, Sixth A. D. Bronx Clerk of EaHt Hampton, L. I., Victor """"Kii.The voting will tako nluco at business was too wary ot conditions to Comity; Carmine- J. Morasco '12, Six- Sharlioy, ex '14 was ro-elocteil Super- U|*' IH'XI araslun, expand, and that the government was Fr. James A. Tnaffo, S.J., moderator teenth A. D. Kings County; Poter T. visor of Havorstraw and Norman F. ,A wl'lo dlfferonco of outlook among tho sole agency wealthy enough to tit the Quill Club, unitounced through Farrell, Law '25, Third A, I). Queens Lent, Law '2(1 Justice of Peace ot Hemp- ( County; Hugh. A. Lavory, Law '28, atoiul, The lono unsuccessful candidate ""'" "mtuliers on Administration gtlmulato tho timid currency Into cir- tlio orstintattan's soorotary, William WllH Third A. D. WoaUihostor County; was Mortimer O. o'llrlon, '10, who lost I, Immodlutely ovldent at the culation. Mr, Delgnan rolatotl tho ef- Illrlon, '3d, that tlio nnminl banquet of WlUm lltt01 tllD ficacy ot government In utilities prlco- Stoplion J. Jnroiim, Law '28, Eighth tho mayoralty campaign in Wltlta • l!!',lie , ' ' ntlOHtlnll llxlng, and, defending the President s the club will be hold on December 2nd, A. I). Now York County, Plains by tho scmnl margin of 712 s "'vurninent's intorfarouoo In rocord, Mi". Mnyos assorted that na- AlthMlsIl tho ulllli lift* uoen ol'guntod Ohrltttonhur C. McOruth, Law '24, VOtoB. l T «UH oponod for dispute, the tional expenditures huvo not boon out for llio past olovoti years, tlio bnnquot larold J. Crawford '20 and I'etcr ,1. Pordhnni grndiintos' succoss in tho , iK'itlinrH volcod contradictory l of proportion to the success nttnliiod will cololirnto thu tenth anniversary of IninuutOi I'tiw 'l'l Joined tho long ranks realm of politics Is trudltlomil, Each L " ""«- Hiiiiluiul Murphy '3(1 offering In adjusting the CIIUOH of tho |>ru-"lm»k- llio urguiitantlon slntio thovo wu» no if FordliHiii moil nli'otuly wtmrlntf tlio eloatlou brings now names ot those I,,... ''"'" i of ti,o farinorH as a r 1 linllduy" oru. immiuot hold last your. Tlio uffulf will niinitlo of Judicial responsibility, Mo- who have loft HOBO lllll ami tnvod well L "'' " 'I' ' «f™ts of oppression, Ili'iilli nml Crawford bollig aloctod to ; nil Negative avgumeut was drawn from hold ut llio Mldstoii MiiliNo, formor- In dictating tho policies of not 0111/ Mi,',",',M , '"iiimtilty rrom nil emi- tho ability of btislnu»H to iidjust IMoH thu I'l'uloi'ulty (Hub's IlulldliiK at lie Municipal Court and llrnticuto to New York but otlior JOajtorit states '"""'I'IIHW »f Integral \\v Unulily Oourl ot tuul numtdimllttGB. ,; urged, on tho nml th» fitllwfo ot luliultilslrutloii noli- mil Htvuot uud MudlBon Avoniw. ble (Ooiitlimoilonpnmiii) PAGE 2 FORDHAM RAM, NOVEMBER 22, 1935
with | THE STUDENT CHARLIE HARNETT and COUNSELLOR Ramblings JIM MeCRYSTAL COMMUNISM, OR SHALL WE SAY "THE RED RAIDERS" Vol. 17 New York, November 22, 1935 No. 7 INDIGESTION IRKER Most of us feel that Communism 1: The campus cafeteria is filled at noon each day a pretty messy thing which is besi With Fordhamen in quest of food; •• "•'•••• -'Editor-in-chief*--. - ••-.. ^^''^ifjSiSiSiS And though they aren't really rude, left alone. We would prefer to wall When I'm through lunch, I'm battle scarred Business Manager around a bed of quicksand. But whei r From shoves and pushes, (no holds barred), John J. fcpo'Ion '3 wo think like that we ignore the un "—A Fordham man's a gentleman." (That's what the handbooks say.) Sporti Editor ploasant fact that Communism is no Arthur A Mulllgin 30 I always see a fellow here who pains me to the core, stagnant but a frightfully active hord< He fights Ms way with nail and tooth Eugene J Audi '36 of propagators, partaking rather of tin In haste to reach the cashier's booth, nature of lire than quicksand. It is noi And then begins to champ and chafe waiting for us; it is coming at us. —Your very life's not very safe . John S. Wilson '86 - It is estimated that there are 30,00 When like a prancing, bucking bronc, he charges through the door. Donald J. Goimles '37 members of the Communist Party in He doesn't care whose milk he spills when someone bars his way; Amorlca, with a fringe of sympathizer! : But finally the storm is passed John J.. Conor 37 ^RHibW^|^ feini^S7^^^^^ft^^^Du numbering about 500,000. The majority And he is first and holding fast John Crowloy '38 of these Reds are between eighteen And those xoho were up first are last. and twenty-five years of age. And Fa- I'd like to bend a coffee cup around his head some day. Circulation Manager l|p||ip^ ther Patterson points out (America "— A Fordham man's a gentleman." (That's what the handbooks say.) Joseph G KiitIn 36 Nov. 16, 1935) the economic and inter Wintergreen (P1Q. '391 national problems which play rlgh Bullneia Staff into their hands. We are interested in • • « Edmond J. Tehan "37 ourselves. Well, at least half the col- IN RETROSPECT William A. Pflster "38 lege graduates since 1929 have no Jobs. Items in RAM—September 28, 1933 Of the twelve million young men be- Jack Smith, '34, returns to the post of Sports Editor of The RAM, to take Published Weakly, except vacation amTwamtnatlon perlodii,'trom October tween nineteen and twenty-one in this up where he left off last year after succeeding Tim Cohane. ... Ed Danowskl to May bythe Student! of Fordham College, Fordham University, Fordham country six million are without any Ram grid cap't, played iceman during the summer to get in trim for the coming Road and Third Ave., New York, N.'Y. $2.00"subscription'price, Entered as kind of real employment. Father Pat season. . . . Pat Kenueally, gym caretaker, has started smoking a powerful second olass matter October 1, 1926, at the Post Office "at New York, N. Y., .erson Bays: briar. ... A squad of forty freshman have been working out under the new Ireshman coach, Ed Hunslnger . . . while Jim Crowley, new varBlty mentor It It I*, fallcy o/ Ikll Hfr to friuml 'nnei mi Qlktr lutlmi i/ InUrtlt la Fordkm "Our most vital problem Is that of asks student support for the new regime. . . . Frankle Frisch, former Ram mm, md in io Joint la tpkold Iht bnt traditions o/ Fordkmn and of tkl pnss. ;he millions of young men and women, umlnary, is the newly appointed manager of the St. Louis Cards. more or less educated, sprung from Ramblings—November 22,193S the white-collar class, who at present Jack Smith is now a feature sports writer on the "News" while Tim Cohane have no prospect in life but frustra- is Publicity Director for Fordham. ... Ed Danowski Is (starring for the N. Y. "Mercy" Murder a person should die without commit lon and futility." 'ootball Giants replacing Newman of Michigan. ... Pat Kenneally is still smok- ting wrong, or every man himself is Communists are wise enough not to ing the pipe ... we don't know it it's the same briar ... ask him.... Hunsinger Why be euphemistical? Perhaps to be the sole arbiter. If the state is emphasize the sticky side of their phll- s head coach at Niagara where due to hard breaks his squad has not had a rery successful season . .. but 1936 grid hopes run high. . . . Nothing need be some would prefer "euthanasia"—a given the power of willing death for isophy. In the American Magazine for November, Mr. Lawrence Gately, a col- said about the fine work of Jim Crowley thla year. . . . The Cards In their possibly, "relieving the suffering. a man who is not a transgressor, then lege graduate, describes what appealed second year under Frank Friscli were world champions. Good enough for any But this topic, current and featured the state is absolute, right or wrong. :o him in Communism and almost con manager. r • « • in every newspaper, is one which of If every man is allowed to determine erted him to their cause. It was the immediate opportunity which the "REC" CHATTER its nature demands brutal frankness. the span of his life, he is a law unto lommunist Party offered him to par- It's interesting to note that in the five-game series with St. Mary's, they It is murder, with no justification. himself. But if every man were a law cipate actively and adventurously in hive scored only six points more thin our grldders. . . . Did someone say, Last week a woman in Buffalo asked unto himself, only chaos could result. he cause of Idealistic government." "Pretty close 7" . . . Morgan Sheehan, '38, promising Freshman Track candi- Such absurdities follow logically, "To me my citizenship has come to date, suffered a broken heel In the fall games of the N. Y. A. C. and Is still for death as an end to continual suf' lean nothing but the privilege of hobbling about on crutches. . . . BUI Crowley, '36, Is not publishing the fact fering. A Protestant minister and a if we should grant that there is no larrying water for bosses who are in but he is chairman of the Junior League of St. Peter's Church of Yonkers,.., Jewish rabbi condoned the plea. Nor uncaused "First Cause," which we olltlca for profit, and of voting for lim Walsh, '37, has a very good complaint . . . every time one of his college call God. But in the religious world, lachine candidates In search of soft riends introduce a young lady at one of the football games, he claims his was this the first heard of such an oba. In common with most of the major attraction ia hi* lister . . . possibly a portable lie detector would be of unnatural request, for the recent med- which certainly should be represent- oung men and women I know, I'm use.. • • Frank Casey, '38, la the son of the newly-elected Sheriff of Westchester ical furore in England occasioned by ed by a Protestant minister and a ick and ashamed of inefficiency in County ... so when the big bad man in blue pulls nil motorcycle abreast of overnment, dishonesty of politicians, ou as you're crawling along at fifty, and asks, "What's your hurry?" remem- Lord Moynihan and others attracted Jewish rabbi, we believe in a God. maudlin, half-formed plans of admin- ber the name of Casey.... Then see what good it does you.. . . Jim Rafferty, international attention. Ten years ago That God has forbidden us by both tratlon. I'm tired of compromise, Junior Cross-Country ace, may consider himself very lucky.... He was to be revelation and natural law to slay our ve found the only action our old-line called on during the Minor Logic Specimen only to be saved by the bell ... a similar situation arose in Paris. or In other words, "Time Marches On!" . . . Speaking of the Specimen, Leo cllowman. lartles can offer a vigorous and en- Now we are going to the perfectly, husiastic youngster r'arin' to do some- Paquln, '37, was called on to give the short designations for the syllogisms,.., if coldly logical. We arc rejecting the There is no mercy in murder. Jilng, is an opportunity to poll a pre- After a moment's thought, Leo replied, "A. E. I. O. U." . . . Father Mahony, hit questioner, replied, "The first four are right but the last one refers to You." tear-stained "Letters to the Editor" inct or pass out pamphlets at a vot- ng place." . Pandemonium reigned. ... On a long forward pass from Lewis Burton, being written by those sympathetic N. Y, American columnist, we found that Fordham is being considered for the They Are the Dead This young man rejected Commu- and overwrought old ladies who South'i Sugar Bowl game. . . . Hastily taking ourselves to the Gym we were Ism because he discovered that it was informed that all the talk was just "Much ado about nothing." . . . Already would probably die of fright anyway "Short days ago we lived, felt dawn, ased on feeling and not on reason. five Juniors are making plans If the game does come about,. . . We also note if the subject struck home. We are saw sunset's glow." Odd to quote. In He was not able to close his mind to n Burton's column that Steve Owen, coach of the professional Giants, thinks he things that were "closed matter merely examining this topic in the Amerino Sarno, star Fordham lineman, is the best college tackle he has seen t there lies the tragedy of death, the In the party," the matter of class his season. . . • The boarders are already forming teams and having practice light of Catholic and catholic reason. orsaking of material beauty, the atred and revolution. But he had a ssions for the Boarders' League, which Is to set under way soon.... Rivalry "Thou shalt not kill!" There are no lathetic rending of human ties. In ob, he was not hungry and naked. s especially Intense between Dealy Hall and St. John's Hall. . . . Frank Re- 3eople who are do not stop to think. heuser, '37, claims Nov. 9th as his unluckiest. ... On his way to the St. Mary's qualifications in that commandment. :hose lines is the saga of life. They seize upon anything that looks game he had a flat tire. •.. Left his car and took a subway to the Polo Grounds. It is a positive, forbidding law. Death, with its gloomy train of ike a way out, and Communism is of- . . Upon his arrival, he recalled he'd left his ticket in the side pocket of his Whether we kill a man in passion, ipectres, is man's most awesome pho- lerlng them a way out. It has a ;ar and had to go back for it. ... He was fortunate though, arriving in time ilan for them. Nobody else seems to 0 see Fordham score... .Recommended.... "Thanks a Million" ... the funniest revenge, hate or sudden "sympathy," iia. A gnawing fear of the unknown lave one. (To he continued.) uslcal satire we have ever seen.... One of the picture's best features Is the fact we have committed homicide, So be- reeps into every heart. For death, to The Student Counsellor. hat there Isn't a single superb, monstrous or colossal dance number in the fore proceeding with our discussion, many, is the end of all. Why not? ihow. ... Don't forget the Harvester Club Smoker this evening. . . . The Sons if Xavler will feature the dance music of one of the better of the less known let us settle all equivocation by label- What is there left when the heart rchestrag, Lou Lang, . . , Pat Dlbianco, Junior R. O. T. C'r, is sporting a full ing "mercy killing" as deliberate mur- :eases to beat, when a shroud covers Ratnetnories irown moustache . . . while John Schuman, '36, of the same organlzalton, has der. he wax-like face? Life, glorious life, By JOHN P. SHANLEV '37 leeded our pleas and dispensed with his. . . . Stopped over to view the work >n the new building one day last week ... met one of the construction foremen ias fled, Lord Moynihan maintains that it is For the benefit of the uninitiated nd he assured us that It would be completed on March First... which Is good lews for the class of '37. • • • but "human" to end a man's suffer- The Church has dedicated this iho have entered The RAM office and month of November to prayer for the rendered at the origin of the ram's 8PEAKINQ OF MICKEY MOUSE ing. Is suffering so inhuman? What ead which reposes November 19, 1935. has man ever gained in this "vale of IOUIS in Purgatory. In a day when n the wall near 'Kamblings" Editors, tears" without suffering, if only in the ife is held so cheap, when bodies are he door, we might lentlemcn, olnt out that It Is remated and ashes dramatically scat- Just a short inquiry to discover the reason why your pictures aren't beamin) mild form of disappointment? Pain, IO ordinary trophy, esplendently from the head of your column as per custom. It would prolific when the sufferer ia aided to bear it :ered, when the end and ideals of all ndeed, there is a he only Humor In your column. It added a. comical touch to the column Unit by God's grace, can be the greatest life are distorted or discarded, Cath- 'ealth of legend •aunts the hack pages of the RAM. 1 believe it's called "Of Campus." That V'-' lurroundlng this Jics remember the dead. Not in mere ure of Ben Turpin is a remarkable resemblance. of blessings. We cannot recall that lute testimony to Sincerely yours, Christ, when enduring the most hor- worldly respect nor in the occasional he art of taxl- M. P., (New Rochelle, '3D rible of agonies, cried out to the sol- placing of flowers on a quiet grave, lermy. It Is a pho- • • • o of this same Our mistake—we thought It was a snapshot of Ramesei VI In action. diers to end His torment. "Let Thy ut in offering up their prayers to ranqull • looking Ram cues I will be done" was His only prayer to intercede with the Maker for those atn's head which appears at present the Father. who are gone. n the front page title of The RAM. FOUNDED IN 1841 nd the trophy Itself Is the sole rem- What right has man to take human For us, death is but the beginning. lant of what was once Rameses 1, the nltlal speoles of the long, exalted line life? If he were a law unto himself, f Maroon mascots. Despite the fact Fordham University if man were autonomous, then his life Tonight If Ever hat others of his kind have supplanted would be his own. But our lives are m, he alone remains as the tacit sen- Fordham Road at Third Avenue nel of those precincts where each Adjoining Bronx Park - - New York City not our own. We were born and we This evening the Harvester Club •sok the organ bearing his name Is CONDUCTED BY THE JESUITS die at the will of God. dlted. ifionsors a smoker-rally intended to Fordham College Fordham Road "Yet," argue the modem liberals, It was on October 29, 1927, that a School of Law Woolworth Hldg. and Fordhum Rood rouse enthusiasm for the Thanksgiv- am as the College mascot became a College ot Pharmacy. Fordham Rood "what if we deny your premises? ing Day classic at the Yankee Sta- eallty, rather than a mere symbol. Fordham College, Manhattan Dlv Woolworth Hldg. What if we reject your belief in a hrough the efforts of several spirited School of Social Service Woolworth BldK. dium, An excellent opportunty to Graduate School,.. .Woolworth Illdg. and Fordham Road God? Then 'mercy killing is surely tudents, Rameses I was snatched Tonchors College. ..Woolworth Illdg. ami Fordham Rood hear the opinions of those who om the fatal environs of the slaugh- justifiable." School of Business Administration Woolworth HldK. ihould know, the smoker is more than :er-house and brought to the Polo Suminor School Fordham Rood Nonsense. Let us grant for n mo- mere night's entertainment or rounds, the soens that day of a grid- Also Centers located at llobokcn, Jersey Ulty and Staten /»W"'' on struggle with Boston College. At ment that there is no God, What ipirit-rousing collegiate rally. For to- offering courses gli'lnu credit tou-artUi undergraduate degrees. he end of that year he was delivered Additional FuciHtlcw for Hualdout HtudcmtB night at 8:M, true Fordham will then? There arc two alternatives; the taxidermist, where he Involun- WHITE FOn IIUIJI^KTIN—SPECIFY DEl'AHTMENT either the state ia to decide whether Imld forth. arlly assumed his present form of a TUB RAM memory, FOBDHAM RAM, NOVEMBER 22, 1935 PAGE 3 Constitutionality CAMPUS PARADE Logic Specimen Held Decision Opposed On Friday Morning Supreme Court Not Forced to Punch Time Clock, Fr. Michael J. Mahony, S.J., Rules Hughes Judges Function Best He Has Seen One ol the most unusual debates that the Hughes Society has ever heard With Rev. Charles J. Deane, S.J., took place Monday afternoon. Two men presiding, the traditional Minor Logic argued against one, and the weight of Specimen for Juniors was held on last numbers told in the final decision. Friday In Larkin Hall. The specimen Stobert J. Johnson '39, and Daniel G. was composed of two sessions, At the Vincent '39. members of the Johnson- first, members of Junior "A," "B," ites, opposed George J. Langley '39, who "C," and "D" were quizzed on various features of the course in Pialectics. was the sole representative at the The faculty members, who proposed Gleavyltes. Mr. George Langley's col- the questions to the students during league, his cousin, Robert E. Langley, this first period were: FrB. Michael J. 1 tne (vas 111 a'" entire burden ot a dif- Mahony, S.J., Glen Walsh, S.J., Theo- ficult Affirmative fell upon the former's dore T. Farley, S. J., John J. CoIIIgan, shoulders. Nevertheless he presented a S.J., James A. Cahlll, S.J. The lay fac- very capable case for the proposition, ulty examiners were: Walter L. Bat- "Resolved that the Supreme Court shall ten, A.B., LL.B., Charles T. Broderlck, A.B., and Raymond C. Strassburger, be compelled by law to pass upon the M.A. The students called upon during Constitutionality of all Important Con- this session of the Specimen Included gressional measures within a reason- Kenneth McCarthy, Harold Spille, able length of time, (three months)." Frank Mautte, Leo Paquln, Martin Leo S. Loomle '38, as leader of the In- Hesslon, James Brearton, Vincent active group, the Smithltes, was the Uminger, Vincent Lee, William Por- critic judge of the afternoon. His ver- restal and Daniel Stonebrldge. dict was in favor of the negative, with At the second session of the Speci- Mr. Vincent of that aide named as best men the students questioned were Wil- speaker. liam Elsenmenger, Matthew J. Boylan, "We cannot see," declares Major Kohn, commanding Ford ham's R. O. T. C "how pacifists can prate against the Re- Stewart McKenney, Fred. Weinfurt, The main argument of the Affirma- serve Officers' Training Corps. Not compulsory, most Instructive, this training undoubtedly builds better all-around men for the nation." Eugene Ryan, Andrew Palau, Victor tive, and one that was not refuted dur- Del Guercio, Frank Culkln and Justin ing tlie entire course of the debate, was McCarthy. Frs. Theodore T. Farley, that the great expense as well as the GLEE CLUB SINGS S.J., Joseph Walsh, S.J., Glen Walsh, consequent confusion entailed by a de- Persecution in America Is S.J., James A. Cahlll, S.J., John J. Col- layed declaration of a law's unconstitu- AT NOTRE DAME, S. I. ligan, S.J., Edward B. Bunn, S.J., and tlonality, demanded a speeding up of Raymond C. Strassburger, M.A., of the tills process. On the other hand, the Predicted by Father Cox The Glee Club has been busy this lay faculty composed the examining argument of the negative, that any week, "brushing off its tails," due to board. court was incapable of declaring a law an exceedingly heavy schedule. Last unconstitutional without knowing the Persecution Is the lot predicted for awake to the coming conflict, the night the Club participated in the circumstances of a particular case, Catholics In this country by Rev. Igna- speaker warned, "A spark can start a "Bronx University Week," sponsored went unanswered also. tius \V. Cox, S. J., Professor ot Ethics conflagration the end ot which no man by Borough President Lyons. The lead- at Pordham Uni- can foresee. Nor can the Catholic laity, ing colleges of the Bronx took part in CLASS OF 1933 OFFERS Mr. Loomie, before giving his deci- versity, in his sion, commented that the debate would least of all the Catholic educated laity, this unusual assemblage of Glee Clubs, broadcast, be Indifferent or neutral in this strug- Including Manhattan, Mount St. Vin- have been improved had both sides "Through College more carefully divided their arguments gle ... It is the right, nay the duty of cent, Hunter, and New York University. Lucky 13 Window 8," over educated Catholics in America to be The Maroon was favorably upheld, pre- and the time that they would devote to Station W L W h each. However, he especially compli- prepared for the Inevitable struggle." senting Its full program which includes last Friday at 7:30 Topical Question the entertaining number "The Musical RAM DANCE mented Mr. Vincent for his able out- p. m. Father Cox : line o£ our legal system, and the perti- The topical question on which Father Trust," which was so favorably received attacked "Immoral at the Town Hall Concert last year and for nent ease histories and precedents he Liberalism" In his Cox laid emphasis, "mercy killing," has introduced. become an international news feature more recently at the College of New Old Gr« Here It Is a full week before the classic battle of the Bronx and the game has already been played over and over again on paper. The results, however, have hardly turned out the same. Ford- ham students and players can't see how the Violets belong In the same ball park aa the Rams, while the Hall of Fame adherents are pondering whether their team will win by three or four touchdowns and they are already mak- ng plans for that trip to Pasadena, New Year's day. Both can't be right and somewhere In between the two extremes lies the truth of the game's outlook. Sportewriters are often Just as prone to rave about their favorite team as the most enthusiastic student and Mr. "ACf TH€ OC1€ TO C€T Bill Farnsworth, Jr. of the New York e LAST TtftV ?" Evening Journal, son of the Sports Edi- tor of that paper, is no exception. After *H§ OC1W WR«T€0 TO,ASK boosting N. Y. U. for that coveted Rose Bowl bid and stating that he believed H0HT0 5PCLL OUR CEnrfRS Nrt the Violets would make something like mince meat out of such lowly teams Jim Rafferty Takes Fifth as Minnesota and Southern Methodist, Cavanaugh Cuts Court Squad e writes: "With due respect to Jim Crowley, a great fellow and coach, the Place in Annual IC4A Meet Rams' chances of beating the Violets As Veteran Array Returns are as good as a snowball In Hades. The Violet line Is superior, the back- Field of 250 Representing 25 Colleges and Universities field Is shiftier, more versatile and Captain De Phillips Leads Hoopsters for Second Successive smarter. An N. V. U. victory seems just Amasses Best Cross-Country Material in East a matter of waiting for Thanksgiving Year; Outlook Bright day." Though the Maroon harriers did not Mr. Farnsworth, It must be pointed Vinny Cavanaugh, embarking on his show among the winning teams Mon- Glass Courtmen out, has been covering nothing but Freshman "E" Wins second winter as the moulder of the day In the Twenty-seventh Annual N. Y. U. games this season and has not Maroon basketball destinies, will like- Crosscountry Run of the IC4A, they To Start Dec. 4 even seen Fordham In action. Aside In Touch Tackle from this fact, however, the best teams ly send an all-veteran combination did have one man up front after the he's seen in action, outside of the blazing down the Eastern court trails gruelling five miles. Fordham's star dis- Seniors to Meet Freshmen in Stevens' outfit, has been such power Upperclnss League Near§ ithts season. tance man, Jim Rafferty, ran a great Opener; Prizes to elevens as Georgetown, Carnegie Tech, Completion; Two Teams Two weeks of scrimmage have mere- race to place fifth. Bucknell and Rutgers, and I doubt If Still in Running ly strengthened tbe returning regulars Champions any one of these teams would claim For this feat he couples his name in their accustomed Blots. sectional honors. The Interclass Touch Football with Joe McCluskey of Olympic fame, The Interclass Basketball schedule, I called Jim Crowley's attention to League has entered into its final stage. Early reports show Captain De Phil- the only other Ram cross-country man as announced by Vln Clancy on the Journal writer's story and the The Freshman League has completed lips, serving his second term, and Bob la place within the first ten in this par- Wednesday, will open December 4, Maroon mentor had to smile at the all its games and the returns show "The Rabbit" Reinacher, rolling them ticular run. with games between the Seniors and statement that Fordham had no more that the champion of the touch tack- in from the forwards. "Babe" Young, chance than a snowball in Hadn. Breaking well up in front, Hafferty Freshmen, and the Juniors and Soph- ier* in the younger group is the team the somnolent center, Is expected to "Where the heck does he get that stuff stayed close on the heels of Bechtold of omores. The Senior team, which is fa- from Freshman K. In the Senior after what we did to Pitt and St. work the taps, with Danny O'Connor Michigan State and Gene Venzke of vored to win the title, will be defend- League the odds on favorite is Sopho- Mary's?" remarked Jim. "Wtll, l*t hif and Crate Drury dogging the enemy Penn, the leaders. At the half way mark ing the championship they won as more B.8.D., which has yet to receive write that way and, if we win, tc much forwards. Dick Fritzsche and Charley way back in the hills, he was running Juniors. The team Is composed of such a setback. the sweeter." smoothly in eighth position. Jim is a veterans as Ted Hildebrand, Joe Mc- The Freshman E team clinched first Casset, seniors, comprise the first line much better flat land runner and when Carthy, Phil Murphy, Bill Ladroga, Crowley Isn't trying to take anything place in Its league when It conquered of relief. Andy Balog and Hank Franey, varsity away from N. Y. U. Thfy've got what the stubborn Freshman A squad by lie reached the levels he put on pres- This marks the only time since the sure to pass Cornell of Cornell (not a basketball manager. looks I Iks a gnat te?m, although their the score of 12-0. With this victory, the halcyon days of '28 when Captain misprint) and Gardner, a teammate of The strongest competition is ex- weak schedule hain't given * fair esti- E team chalked up its fourth win In Bechtold, the Individual champion. pected to come from the Juniors, who mation of thai Irtm's true worth. The as many games. Although the margin Dougherty's wonder five ravaged the Woodland of Yale managed to beat the have a strong team, with such players Ram coir':, who saw the second half of victory was two touchdowns, the Eastern floors that Fordham has been as John Corcoran, Joe Condon, Tler- of tho »'itg«rs tilt, was very much im< .Maroon ace out of fourth place by two Freshman B men were extended to the blessed with a returning quintet ot strides. ney, Matt Danaher and Bill McGuire. preMod with the blooming Violets as utmost to come through -with thiB all- Bobby Reinacher of the varsity will wore th< other members of the Maroon important win. Freshman A stopped regulars. Rafferty revenged himself on Joe manage the third year men. advisory staff. "They've got a great the vaunted rushing attack of its op- Sophomore prospects are below par Murphy, the Jasper crack dlstunce Each team will play nine gaine«, team," said Jim, "and a fine running ponents and forced them to take to tor the first tima in years, Dick Davis man, and George Eias of N. Y. O. three with each of the other teams in attack, but our big problem Is going to the alrlanes, through which they tal- and Johnny Druze, the footballer, be- Murphy beat Jim out in the Metropoli- tho league. At the end of tbJ «ea»on be to stop the passes." lied twice. ing Cavanaugh's heritage from a dis- tan run two weeks ago. tho winning team will be presented Earl Walsh and Hugh Devore, who The first score of the game came as The remaining Ham hill-and-dalers with prizes by Father Deane, S.J. Mr.witnessed the whole of the Rutgers a result of a 50-yard pass from Ed mal freshman array, Druie, ol course, I'mtshetl well back in the large Held. Joseph Murphy, Vin Clancy and rout, admitted that the New Brunswick McCoy to Dave Manton, who scam- will not report until after the Thanks- Jerry Calijone was the second member Johnny Hayes will do the officiating. outfit failed to look like a football team, pered across the goal line, assisted by giving vacation. of the Maroon team to finish followed The schedule was announced as fol but according to Farl "N. Y. U. had the aome great blocking by Johnny Man- Before scrimmaging the boys, Cava- by Angle Paoll, Alton Burke, Theodore lows: nicest looking eleven I've seen this ning, who played a bang-up game at Hocser, Art Starrs and Vic. D'Amore in December 4: Seniors vs. Freshmen year. They've got a heavier line and tackle. Artie Primont scored the sec-naugli scaled his turnout down to that order. and Juniors vs. Sophomores. a heavier backfield than Fordham and ond and final tally of the game, when eighteen, with intentions of carrying The admirable showing made by Raf- December 11: Seniors vs. Sopho- three good sets of backs." McCoy, the real hero of the battle, un- fifteen Into the Alumni clash, Dec. i. ferty in this meet, over one of the moat mores and Juniors vs. Freshmen. "They're hot," said Devore, "and corked another Ions pass to Primont, Cav, a former Maroon star, will also December 18: Seniors vs. Juniors Smith's exceptional passing Is almost gruelling courses In the country, and in who stood waiting to receive the ball have the full time services of Drury competition with the greatest cross- and Sophomores vs. Freshmen. equalled by Mike Stelmach's fine In the end zone. and O'Connor. Drury, all-city ace at country men of 25 of our leading col- December 19: Sophomores vs. Ju-tosses. N. Y. U. also has a line almost In the Upper Class League, of the leges, forecasts great things for the niors and Seniors vs. Freshmen. as good as Fordham's and they have original five classes represented, the Fordham Prep, saw but little action Maroon In the forthcoming Indoor sen- January 7: Seniors vs. Sophomores more reserve strength In the forward Held has been so whittled down In the last year, reporting late and being son- Kafferty is no stranger to the and Juniors vs. Freshmen. wall. We're stressing pass defense and four weeks of play that only two teams handicapped with Injuries. O'Connor, tricky indoor tracks, having captured January 16: Seniors vs. Juniors and It'll be pretty nice If we can oatoh half have a chance of winning. These are raised from the scrubs for the closing Freshmen vs. Sophomores. of those twenty or so passes that they the 1000-yard race last year in the Met- the St. John's Seniors and Sophomore contests, played the stretch In Impres- ropolitan A. A. U. Meet. February 14: Seniors vs. SopliO' will throw. I figure that if we play as B.S.D. The undefeated Sophomore club mores and Juniors vs. Freshmen. well as we did against Pitt and St has two games more to play, while the sive style to clinch the open guard VARSITY SUMMARIES Mary's, we can take them." llunncr ami College February 20: Seniors vs. Freshmen Senior squad has but one, spot, 1 M. Iln-htoH. iIlrtl „,„, . and Juniors vs. Sophomores. Although Mr. Farnsworth considers • V,.i; I'enr id :in , ,,..- « SODALITY MEMBERS DR. W. CONWAY SPEAKS lecture, distributed samples to the THE REVIEW INVESTED IN MEDAL members for their inspection. He also Weekly Notices AT SCIENCE ACADEMYexplained that a synthetic musk might By be a dye and an explosive as well as a THOMAS FITZMORRIS '36 Origin of Medal Founded perfume. As a practical example of this By Bleated Virgin FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22— Professor Conuay Proves fact, one contemplating disposing of Meeting of RAM Staff In 8t. John's Worth of College himself, might llnd a most pleasant ,, HA, THE 8EWINQ MACHINE Explained 8ERT o| Hall at 12 noon. Chemistry means by mixing In the right propor- Being a four-square enthusiast in all The entire membership of the Holy Brooklyn-Long Island Club meets tions a synthetic musk, smelling of lilies of the valley, with perhaps the „,,,,«, theatrical who can quote, on the Rosary Sodality was Invested in the at noon In Administration Build- The Fordham University Academy of ing, Science, composed of the faculty of the odor of Invigorating roses or the like. ii ,i7tpst provocation, at least live lines miraculous medal at the meeting last s"fc from The Ticket Glee Club Concert at Notre Dame Chemistry, Physics and Biology depart- Thursday. Father John J. golllgan, ments of the College, enjoyed one of the o' Leave Man, College, Staten Island, at 8 P. M. DEC. 3RD DATE SET we must confess S.J., Moderator, officiated. liveliest meetings of the year when it that wo found In inquiring into the history of the MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25— convened on November 12. After the FOR MISSION MASS the prospect of miraculous medal, we find that the Meeting of Hughes Debating Society business of the Academy had been com- pleted, Dr. William Conway, the Presi- seeing our old Blessed Mother herself asked that It at 2:30 P. M. In Administration One hundred seniors will attend the be worn In order that certain graces Building. dent, and Professor of General Chem- friend Bertha Ir- istry, opened the discussions with a annual Foreign Mission Mass, to be reslstable. The might be obtained. According to pri- Council of Debate meets at 3:30 P. M. paper, showing the progress made by held on December 3, at the Church of very name vate revelation the Blessed Virgin ap. in Dealy Hall. students In general chemistry, by Annunciation. Representatives from all peared to a Sister of Charity In Paris stirred echoes Glee Club Concert in Grand Ball standard tests, taken upon their en- the Catholic Colleges in New York City from the paBt of and Instructed her to have a particular Room of Hotel Waldorf-Astoria at trance into college, at the end of the will be present. ; the rustling of medal struck. It was to be identical 8 P. M. first year and again after the inter- bustles and the in every way with the one which ap. vening summer. It was proven by these sharp, vicious peared in the vision. The nun carried TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26- comprehensive tests that the student out the Instructions of the Blessed swish of waxed Chemists' Club meets at 3:30 In had learned more from his college moustachios i n Virgin in every detail. Chemistry Building. chemistry than he had from the same King's Restaurant Thomas Fitimorrlt '36 the cold night There Is a legend about the miracu- subject In high school. Although a dis- Chinese and American Food air. Even the lous medal. It seems that a Jew agreed WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27— cussion followed with arguments pro 373 E. Fordham Road and con, it was unanimously agreed rigors of traveling all the way to to wear the medal after much urging Thanksgiving Holidays begin at BRONX, N. Y. C. Twenty-eighth Street—far below the on the part of Catholic friends. One 11:45. that such papers were of great value drama belt—did not faze us. Had we time when he was on a visit to Rome, to teachers. Ideal Place for Student Lunch not gone farther in search of theatri- he happened to enter a Catholic THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28— After Professor Conway's paper, Al- Lunch 25c Dinner 35c Church, and while he was there the cal knick-knacks, to Butler Davenport's Thanksgiving Day, Thanksgiving fonse T. Flore, class of '31, gave a lec- Special Dinner 50c to 75c free Theatre and to Paul and Vir-Blessed Mother appeared to him on Holidays to Monday, December 2. ture on the relation of odor to molec- ginia Giltaore'8 Cherry Lane? Inciden- one of the altars. This remarkable Football game, Fordham vs. Newular structure. Mr. Fiore, who is em- ORDERS TO TAKE OUT tally, what a marvel of theatrical cun- miracle brought about his conversion. York University at Yankee Sta- ployed by a well known perfume com- Phone FOrdham 4-9692 ning if Paul and Virginia would appear dium, at 1:30 P. M. pany In New York, in the course of his in Ostrovaky's The Storm! They would transcend the ubiquitous three-sheet today it arises like a phoenix from the of Billy Rose's Jumbo; theirs would be ashes of several modern motion pic- a free ad in every dentist's waiting ture scenarios. It is an anomaly that room in the nation. we, in our sophisticated superiority, can laugh patronizingly at Bertha and Historic Setting Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model and But to return to the matter in hand. then go home and listen to the anile On the memory-hallowed stage of the drivel that pours from the radio loud- ancient Fifth Avenue Theatre, where speaker. An Investigation of the plot once the greatest actress since Mrs. of the average motion picture will Slddons, tlie incomparable Eleanora make anybody bite the tongue that Dnse, made her auspicious debut: reposes so benevolently in the cheek where Helena Modjeska and the glam- as Bertha's red-plush maxims are orous tradition that was Sarah Bern- roundly applauded. However, there we liiii'dt played to packed houses, last go scratching the gilt from our nice, night Bertha Bascome brought cheers shiny artistic Progress as most lately of stout sympathy from the twenty- exemplified by canned Shakespeare. five people in the audience with her impassioned cry, "Heaven will protect Bertha's Fate the poor working girl!" And protect Well, it seems, from a welter of good her it did, though the villain—and the intentions, Producer Stern has brought vlllainess—did their worst. Honest forth nothing more than a mildly amus- hearts and willing hands preserved ing novelty which must be seen—but Bertha from a fate worse than deatli not too critically—to be appreciated. mm and proved virtue triumphant! But a tremendous problem is raised by Meanwhile, the audience which the caddish suspicion on our part that huddled about the squeaking violin all this won't last long under the cold (rendering "The Mansion of Aching blasts of financial indifference. What Hearts") to give Bertha the benefit of will become of Bertha, when the last JiMlItvJittt«»enttt united action, hissed the villain—and curtain has fallen? Will even the mag- the vlllainess—to a turn and cheered nanimous Mr. Cain—he of theatrical young Hamilton, who, unaccountably, warehouse fame—come forward with wore no puttees and buttoned up hia the charmingly pathetic words from shirt front like any cad In the produc- another old tear-jerker, "If you don't tion. It was all very Hobokonlsh and, want her, I want her!" We doubt It. along about the third act, extremely dull. The family album Is funny, too —but for the whole evening, George Jean Nathan deliver us! Typically Played Given a production worthy of the D-A-N-C-l-N-C gas-light tradition—in every Item ex- at the cept tho acting—the opus stood up as bravely as the scenery, which wo sus- CLUB Among Quadley House patrons pected was held together by faith alone. John Gray Adler It looked ready to fall apart at odd Hamilton College '37. Prepared at Monroe. Activities: Baseball, moments. The acting was superior, for FORDHAM Football, la Crosse, Psi Upsilon. Bom, Rochester, N. Y. the most part. Some excellent work was done by a young lady named Diana Fordham Rd. and Jerome Ave. Dowty and a young man named The- Every Wed., Fri., Sat., Sun. Eves. odore Tiller—neither tho heroine nor • YOUNG MEN'S the hero, so you see, once again virtue triumphs. It may be the most sniveling Sun. Eve., Nov. 24 SPORTS • CAMPUS • BUSINESS treachery to say so, but this reviewer JOHNNY JOHNSON prized the cntr' acte of a Miss Edna and his (lorilou, singing a "song of yesteryear," HOTEL COMMODORE mure than tile somewhat studied fool- ORCHESTRA SUITS luS of the main event. The lady was featuring VI MELE possessed of a voice and tt rollicking • FULL DRESS • TUXEDO wise of travesty. Thanksgiving Eve CAMEL'S HAIR TOPCOATS 'I'lie antiquarians will find little to "loir liking in this melodrama; it is FRANK REYSON OVERCOATS fur those exhibitionists who sing with AND HIS ORCHESTRA ""' organist In movie bouses. It's bray :ls von KO; hissing, cboorliiR and inn- imil repartee is the order of the eve- Thanksgiving Night m"K- Even In Its own hey-day, Bertha MIDSHIPMEN ORCHESTRA ONE PRICE ONLY ai|s patronized as being not quite art; IATS • HABERDASHERY • SHOES TWEED SPORTS'JACKETS ^ $20 - SLACKS $7.5O PARIS CHEVROLET CORP. I 2645 East Tremont Avenue Bronx, N. Y. " T«l, Und. 3.2192 FIFTH FLOOR New York, Fifth Ave, nt 46th Street ''"Ha Chovrolot Corp, Cliicitgo, 19 E. Jackson Blvd. ""•itlomon: 1 "in Interested In the now 1030 OlleVl'OlOti I would llko ft (Istuoil* "'I'ulltm and prices, Name • " Address '" | PAGE 8 FORDHAM RAM, NOVEMBER 22, 1935 DINNER TENDERED ALUMNUS' PUBLISHES ANNUAL SMOKER STAGE CHATTER PHARMACY REGISTRAR Pamphlet Rack BOOK ON DENTISTRY TO BE HELD TONIGHT "Clinical Diagnosis of Diseases of (Continued from page 1) The Faculty ot tho College ot Phnr- elgn missions. Roger Durand, '36 am In Tom dialling's comedy hit of 1927, mnoy tendered n dinner to Mrs. Frnncis Booklet Features Novenn the Mouth" by Dr. Louis V. Hayes, A.B., D.D.S., of the class of 1914, has John Hayes, "36, are co-chairmen o'f tho "The Devil in the Cheese," a character Thomas Martin, Wednesday, November of St. Alphonsus committee in chargo. William Bow appeared who was described as "An recently been published. This book is 0. Mrs. Martin was the tormer Miss a guide for students and practitioners dern, '36, is chairman of the FlnflJ» Idea ot Mr. Quigley." One sceno took Marlon J. James, Registrar of the Col- Two new pamphlets edited by the Committee; Robert Groh, '36, PubiM? of Dentistry and Medicine. Dr. Hayes Director; Edward McGinty, '38 chair place "Inside Qoldlna's Head" and lego ot Pharmacy. The Very Reverend International Catholic Truth Society has gained much note as a professor smoke screens were used. are now available at the Pamphlet man of Arrangements, Wm. HIrten '30 Aloyslus J. Hogan, S.J., President ot ot Dental Surgery. At present he is a chairman ot the Ticket Committee' Jimmy GleaBon, hard-boiled star of Hack, each priced at ten cents. "Our tho University, Reverend Charles J. Dead," which is a collection of devo- Special Lecturer of Oral Surgery, TJ. S. "Is Zat So?",and "The Shannons ot Naval Medical School, and New York Broadway," made Oils first appearance Deane, S.J., Regent ot the College ot tional prayers for the dead compiled by The New Dial Bridge Scorer Pharmacy, Reverend Joseph T. Keat- Father Edward Lodge Cnrrttn, Ph.D., University College of Dentistry, also Five Centi on the stage when lie was two months Director, Dental Division, Bellevue old, being carried on as an infant girl ing, S.J., Treasurer, and Dr. James H. contains as a special feature a novenn in "Clouds." : ot nine days applicable to the holy souls Hospital. Clan of '39 Emblems Here Kldder, Dean, were among the guests. In Purgatory, prepared by St. Alphon- Dion Boueicault, in his lull career, Dr. Otto F. A. Cauls, acting as toast- sus de Llguoii. Another unusual work FORDHAM UNIVERSITY wrote more than four hundred plays, master, provided nn interesting evening entitled "A Catechism of the Bible," BAND WILL PLAY BOOKSTORE the first, "London Assurance," being tor all. After tho dinner the party was by Father John J. O'Brien, traces the produced when lie waB but eighteen. He origin and contents of the Bible, giving TONIGHT IN GYM wrote the song, "The Wearing ot the entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Martin at full Information in question and an- Green" for his "Arrah-nn-pogue" and it their homo. swer form. Many excerpts from the The Fordham Band, according to was promptly banned l>y the British Encyclical Letter of Pope Leo XIII on custom, will furnish the music for the THE Government after the dynamiting of the Study of Holy Scripture are also Annual Smoker to be held tonight. Clerkennell Prison by the Fenians. The ROOK OF DEVOTIONS Although there are many celebrities ban was later removed. Included. RECENTLY PURLISHED of the stage, screen and athletic world EMPIRE Kate Claxton, ot old time, once played In addition, the "Romance of Char- at the Smoker every year, the band is a harrowing scene as the blind Louise A new book, "The Our Father in ity," a brief story ot the Little Sisters ROOM in A. M. Palmer's "The Two Orphans" ot the Poor by Dom Augustine Studeny, one of the outstanding attractions and under a "snowstorm" ot nails! Qethsomane," by Francis P. Donnelly, 0. S. B., recently nppeared. It beauti- Is received with great enthusiasm by •h Nora Bayes became a comedienne by S.J., is now available at tho Book Store fully and faithfully portrays the life the audience. Many new songs and ar- blowing the lyrics ot "Down Where the in a special gift edition. The book con- and activities of those "Angels of rangements, which will make the FREDDY MARTIN Wurzburger Flows" and finishing in tains meditations developed from the Charity." The motive of the publica- band even more popular this year, are and his Orchestra pantomime, much to her own surprise tion, as is declared In a foreword by promised for tonight. and the audience's delight. "Our Father," and Is suited for both Father Curran, is not publicity. The Joe Jefferson once identified himself mental prayer and public devotion. humility and history of the Little Sis- in a bank fey means of a line from "Rip There are verses interspersed written ters are averse to that. But the pam- DINNER-DANCING Van Winkle." phlet was written and published for to the measure ot "Tautum Ergo," and SUPPER-DANCING may be sung to Its airs during public he "sake ot those noble Catholic young ROGERS BUS DEPOT ladies who seek one ot the highest Fordham Rd. and Webiter Ave. Dinner prix fixe, $2.50 FR. HOGAN ATTENDS devotion. forms of service to God and human- Bronx, N. Y. Supper couvert alter 10:30, 75c N. C. E. A. CONVENTION Handsomely bound and in a gift box, ity." It is hoped that the harvest of Tel. FOrdham 44)700-0701 the book retails at one dollar, and for Its publication will be a thousand-fold. Cqturdays and holidays, $1.00) The Very Reverend Aloyslua J. Ho- a small additional payment the name Bus Service No couvert for Dinner patrons gan, S.J., represented Fordham, Friday, of the recipient may be printed In gold to whoremain for Supper-Dancing at the meeting ot the Executive Com- on the cover. The book is recommend- CHRISTMAS CARDS mittee of the National Catholic Educa- ed as a gltt, because of its combination All New England Points Reservations: ELdorado 5-3D00 tional Association, held in Washington, of value and beauty. ON PAMPHLET RACK and D. C. Father Hogan is President of the College Section ot the committee. Christmas cards by Father Daniel A. All Points in U. S. THE CHARITABLE GROUP Lord, S.J., will he on sale on the Pam- Low Fares—Direct Service REQUESTS DONATIONS phlet Rack before the holidays at ten FOR RENT cents each. These cards are appropriate The B&W Lines WALDORF Entire Floor—Private Father Charles J. Deane, S.J,, has and distinctive and they are much more Highway Clipper House forwarded the following notice to the suitable as a Christmas remembrance to ASTORIA Large grounds. Ideal for Editor of The RAM. "The Little Sis- than the usual card with Its casual, fre- Boston $3.50 Park Avenue • 49th to 50th club, frat meetings. Con- ters of the Poor, at 183rd Street, Bronx, quently meaningless greeting. There New York venient, reasonable. are asking for donations ot tobacco for is a place for a personal message in MaKe Your Reiervatlina Early S.dg. 3-S532 their old men." Fordham students are these booklets and the sender can write Avoid the Holiday Ruih asked to cooperate whole-heartedly. some good wish or salutation. Mildness etter Taste © 19}), LiooiiTT * MVBM TOBACCO CO>