THE Vol. 29 FORDHAM COLLEGE, NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 23, 1949 No. 8 RAMS SET FOR N.Y.U. Nine Seniors Rector, Dean to Join To End Careers By BOB KELLY Sixty years ago this month, at an unknown spot in the Bronx, two In Relic Veneration football teams met in the first game The Rev. Laurence J. McGin-: of a series that, through the years, ley, S.J., Rector of Fordham Uni- was to develop into one of the na- versity, will bear the reliquary con- NSA Delegate tion's most traditional rivalries. For, taining the arm of Xavier during the in that year of 1889, the Rams from procession opening the public ven- Is Impeached Fordham met and defeated the Vio- eration of the relic in the University lets from N.Y.U. gym at 2:00 p.m. next Monday. Climaxing an action-packed four This Saturday, at 1:30 p.m. in the Father Rector will then be the hour session in Keating Hall last Polo Grounds, these two schools celebrant of Solemn Benediction of Thursday night, the Student Council meet in the twenty-seventh renewal the Most Blessed Sacrament. The adopted a motion by Bob Peters, of this Thanksgiving classic which Rev. Thurston Davis, S.J., Dean of chairman of the Fordham delegation has seen Fordham emerge victorious Fordham College, will be the deacon to the National Students Association, eighteen times and the Violets six. for the impeachment of Harold The 1931 and 1947 contests ended in and the Rev. Lawrence Wilson, S.J., deadlocks, 0-0 in '31 and 13-13 in '47. Assistant Dean of the School of Brauner, '51, an alternate delegate to the N.S.A. In this year's "Battle of the Bronx," Business, will be the sub-deacon. the stronger Rams will undoubtedly The sermon will be delivered by Peters charged Brauner with non- be favored but a look at the records the Rev. Jerome D'Souza, 6.J., feasance in office, specifying that he will show that this means little. For, a native Indian and a member of had failed in his duty to attend sev- when Maroon clashes with Violet, India's delegation to the United Na- eral regional meetings and to an- anything can happen, and usually tion's General Assembly. swer important correspondence. does. In 1935, for example, the un- This appearance of the relic in Council president Lou Mauro em- beaten and untied team from Uni- New York is one of the last in the phasized that in voting for impeach- Senior Stan Bloomer, veteran Ram back, is shown while prepping for versity Heights saw their Bowl United States before its return to the annual clash with N.Y.U. Winner of the Madow Trophy as the game's dreams shattered when an underdog ment the Council was not deciding mast valuable player in 1917, Stan will be trying to cop the award for the the shrine in the Church of the Gesu on the truth or falsity of the accusa- Ram eleven upset them 21-0. The in Rome. It was originally removed second time. Giving Bloomer some excellent protection are Ed Breen, left following year, Head Coach Jimmy tions, but only upon the fitness of and Jim Maloney, right, also seniors who will be playing their last game Crowley led his undefeated club, in order to be taken to Japan to considering them. celebrate the four hundredth anni- for the Maroon. featuring the "Seven Blocks of Gran- In answer to a challenge concern- ite," into Yankee Stadium to the versary of the landing of Xavier ing the constitutionality of the Coun- in those islands. shouts of "Rose Hill to the Rose cil's impeaching an alternate dele- NewTwenty Year Club Bowl." But the Violets gained sweet The entire program is under the gate of an extramural activity, Stress Ideals revenge, upsetting the Rams by the direction of the united sodalities Mauro ruled that such action had Honors Employees margin of a single point, 7-6. of the Prep, College and Business been found to come within the Coun- School. All the New York Catholic cil's jurisdiction. " At '53 Banquet Fordham this week recognized 271 77,004 in 1931 colleges, Newman Clubs of the City The Council president then ap- years of faithful service by estab- Between 1889 and 1922, the two and pastors of 'the New York Arch- That the education of the "whole pointed a committee consisting of man" and the framing of an attitude lishing a Twenty Year Club among teams played only four times, the diocese have been invited to attend senior treasurer Joseph Ciampa, its administrative and clerical em- Rams winning all four, but the rival- and participate in the veneration of "totality of view", is the primary ry so captured the interest of New with the students of Fordham at sophomore president Edward Karst, purpose of Fordham College was af- ployees. Ten employees of the Uni- and Council secretary Arthur Oates York fans that the 1923 game was 2:00 p.m. on Monday in the gym. firmed by the principal speakers at versity with service ranging from switched from the customary Ohio , (Continued on Page 4) the freshman introductory banquet twenty-one to twenty-four years held last Wednesday night, Novem- Field site to the much larger Yankee ber 16. were presented with commemorative Stadium. Since that year, the game plaques and wallets, each1 one con-has been played annually except for After a turkey dinner in the lux- the war years of 1942-45. One of the Junior 'Pigskin Parade" urious settings of the Hotel Roose- taining "a United States Savings largest crowds in New York football velt main banquet hall, toastmaster Bond. In a simple ceremony in his history, 77,004, witnessed the 1931 Ed Karst, president of the sophomore office, the Rev. Laurence J. McGin- scoreless tie. To Follow XVI Game class, introduced the scheduled a^ray ley, S.J., Rector of the University, of speakers. Down through the years, these Junior class president Paul Con- for the last dinner-dance and will paid tribute to the teamwork exem- games have seen the rise to stardom nolly announces that final arrange- include a fruit cocktail appetizer, Accenting his loyalty to Fordham students, Rev. Laurence J. McGinley, plified in the service they had ren-of countless young men spurred on ments have been completed to make roast beef entree, with mashed pota- dered as he thanked the recipients in by the knowledge that a victory over a rousing success of "The Pigskin toes and fresh green peas, dessert S.J., Rector of Fordham University, their arch-rivals can mean the dif- Parade," the dinner-dance which and coffee. said simply; "I live for you." Thethe name of all those to whom Ford- ference between a successful season three faculties, he stated, that Ford- ham had meant so much in the past. the juniors are sponsoring this The dance committee further an- ham education aims to develop are: and an unsuccessful one. From the Saturday night from 6:30 to 11:00 nounces that Andy Crescuola, '51, 1) the appreciation of the true The inscription on the plaques said pages of N.Y.U. history, the names P.m., in Keating's Marble Room. and his five-piece Combo will pro- values of life; 2) the ability to ex- in part: Fordham has meant of Ken Strong, Ed Smith, Joe Rob- The dinner-dance will follow the vide soft, sweet, sentimental music- press the ideas and ideals that make much to you since you first came to erts, Jack Conner, Frank Briante, N.Y.U.-Fordham game, and will be real dream stuff. To eliminate the one a leader; 3) a sense of social re- us, and . you have meant a lot to Ed Boell, Howard Dunney, "Chief" held in tribute to the football team usual between-set slumps, Paul Con- sponsibility for fellow man. us. Under God, the important work Toorock and Nat Machlowitz shine of our University has been successful brightly, while the deeds of "Zev" The guest speaker, Mr. Sylvester only because of the faithful devotion Graham, Jim Murphy, "Pistol Pete" Fitzpatrick, '18, who has four sons Wisinewski, John Dell Isola, Ed Da- on the Rose Hill campus, played end of people like you." Charter members of the Fordham nowski, Andy Palau, Alex "The on the same team with Frankie Great" Wojciechowicz, Dom Principe, Frisch. University Twenty Year Club, with their years of service, are: Andrew Steve Filipowicz, Jim Blumenstock, No Change in Education A. Cerrato, 44; Marion J. Martin, 30; Joe Andrejco, and others too numer- "Although the campus has William F. Meuser, 30; William A. ous to mention, will never be forgot- changed, there has been no change Dumas, 29; Florence C. James, 29; ten by Fordham men. in the practice of educating the com- Carl O. Christiansen, 23; Gertrude In 1933, Lou Madow, Fordham plete man," he said. "A Jesuit educa- M. Feder, 22; George Lotter, 22; An- Road jeweler, offered an annual tion teaches a man how to meet the thony Campagna, 21; Patrick Ken- trophy to the outstanding player in opportunities and solve the problems neally, 21. (Continued on Page 4) of life." Mr. Fitzpatrick was introduced by the Rev. James E. Hennessy, S.J., Educational Guidance Director, who Smith Elected Frosh President organized and managed the banquet. Rev. Thurston N. Davis, S.J., Dean of Fordham College, reiterated the As 69% of the Class Votes theme of educating the "whole man"; and Lou Mauro, president of the In the freshman elections held last ter man and won several honors for Student Council, welcomed the fresh- Friday, G.