„, two party system returns to ty is headed by Tony Martin, candidate tor's orders, Mortimer decided not to Justin Arecchi, heading the Fordham |lnm nflcr a year's lapse when for SG president, and Frank Carling, run. . seeking the post of vice-president. slate, is vice-president of the junior lie,,: Spirit party squares off with Tony Martin, a history major from fon//i(»ii party in this year's Col- Rounding out the ticket are Mike Hog- class. The Bergenfield, N. J., resident an and Pete Kiesel, running for secre- Pelham Bay, is presently editor of the has been chairman of the last three Sludent Government elections. junior class paper. Press '67. tary and treasurer, respectively. concerts held at Fordham. mpaisninK begins an Sunday, Frank Carling, an Honors Program Justin Arecchi leads the Fordham John Shanley, from Manhattan, is nary"27, with voting taking place English major, hails from Manhattan. chairman of junior weekend and ticket lunsday ami Friday, March 3 and party's slate, backed up by vice-presi- A leader in December's picketing of dential candidate John Shanley. Bill chairman of the 125th Anniversary Cardinal Spellman's residence protest- Ball. Karamitis is the ticket's secretary ing the Berrigan transfer, Carling is third party had petitioned to run hopeful, while Joe Burke eyes the Bill Karamitis, hailing from Berlin, Mates in the election, but with- currently vice-president of the Liberal Wisconsin, is both justice on the Stu- treasurer's post. - Club. ' earlier this week when one of its dent Court and co-chairman of The Revival party of Sean Miller, Secretary candidate Mike Hogan was V.O.T.E. bers was forced to drop out for Walt Mortimer, Tom O'Connor, and chairman of last year's Harvester. Joe Burke, secretary of the Class of h reasons, Jack Morris had hoped to make the Pete Kiesel, running tor treasurer, it stands now. the New Spirit par- '67, is assistant sports information di- elections a three-way race, but, on doc- is a varsity swimmer. rector.

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Mr. Fordham Sports, former baseball coach and Gradu- ate Manager of Athletics Emeritus, Jack Coffey passed away after an extended illness early Monday morning. Mr. Coffey's connection with Fordham dated back to 1905 when he enrolled as a freshman in the College, and ended in 1958 when he retired at the age of 70 from his dual posts as baseball mentor and coaching, and managing a num- graduate manager of athletics. ber of major and minor league Born in the winter of 1888, teams, he returned to Fordham just three miles east of the Rose Hill campus, he attended Morris as baseball coach, a position he had held in 1910 and 1913. THE KAMELKTTKS?: A low members of the Gloria C'ontrcrts High School prior to his enroll- DiUH'u l'nHbcr lip lor Sunday night's performance in Collins. ment at Fordham. In 1910, Under his tutelege, the. Rams graduated from Fordham with an fielded many outstanding teams, A.B. degree, Coffey- began what winning five Eastern champion- he liked to call "a prolonged ships and 14 metropolitan titles. series of peregrinations to points The popular mentor compiled a provincial" as a baseball player cumulative won and lost per- and manager. centage of .697, and sent 12 of Ballet, Jazz Quintet his men to the major leagues. Horizons, currently attempting to gain club recogni- After 12 years of playing, In 1954, the University showed tion, continues its diverse spring program with two unique its respect and admiration for programs in the coming week. him by renaming the Fordham The Gloria Conteras Dance Group will present a ballet Renovation field "Jack Coffey Fjeld." In 1958. program on Sunday evening in Collins Auditorium and the he was feted at a retirement din- Burton Greene Quintet will offer an evening of improvisa- ner which numbered among its tional jazz on Thursday in the dc ^.^ • guests His Eminence Francis ffice Space Campus Center Ballroom. Contreras has choreographed for Cardinal Spellman, a former Baskinil Horizons, in cooperation with the New York aty Balleti the Ram second baseman whom Cof- the Student Government, is pres- . nce Festival irrenlly underway in the base- fey coached in 1910. Jacob s PiUow Da ently composing a club constitu- and tne Robert joffrev Company, ; Halls, are earmarked to pro- tlon which it hopes to have sane- The Greene the dean of men and a fully This past January, he was in- stalled as a charter member in boned following Student Govern- specia,izes ,„ free improvirationai • the boarder community, the National Collegiate Baseball ment elections. jazz Mr Greflne flrst acnieved ly, University business man- Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C. Ed DePasquale of the Horizons recognition at Town Hall •e basement area will be given public The plaque on the side of the staff reports a full schedule of and Judson Hall concerts in 1964. ing room, the new recreation area gym which was unveiled at the events for the next three months, Last year he organized the group. will extend under the entire dedication of Jack Coffey field beginning with, and heavily de- As in their custom, the length of Bishop's Hall. Activi- perhaps best sums up this great pendent upon, the success of the Quintct has no specific program ties will be accessible to students son of Fordham: "A true sports- two programs next week. aet for the Thursday evening on weekdays between 4 p.m. and man, scholar, and Christian gen- The Gloria Contreras Dance concert, but wiil improvise. Tick-. niidnieht. tleman." Group is affiliated with the Bal- ets are $1.50. Pete 2 THE FOIDHAM RAM Friday, February |j , Sophs Sell Out Beach Boys1 ROUND UP Council Proposes Double Concei Zli'.XZ.

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I SIB- a ise snnssc 3 acaninE i SO Report On Food Service the cth— -- rirc Leic iirxiic "Tig Tr5£3JiCE'- tC Beio-i <* e£"i'T-r5C -fL^IIcr ^ir 4--3I ^.11. .TiisdS H U Calls For Food Committee ~" —r^ilr.:? :f hieh-r,riced. poor quality cafeteria food by a 11-^ i, =_rr e:i"".K:j •;•:* rr-'.T.rriingf in eight other colleges in the X.Y. engaged n i_-«i_ T:.ls -A-as' i r'ir.dinr of the College Student Government on the i **) Lz ~±ji- re'.-er.: Fzoi Service report. second cr-c Tbr rr.-»:-r: v. i= the product of visits made by members Bob Bo^i ; c :•: 'j-ji :-;-:r_T_:!:-~ to the CoUege of Xew Rochelle, Columbia, selkwt ;-s, , Hunter CoUege 'Downtown). campus t Ci< well exhaj. > COMPUTERIZED DATING IS IN Manhattan. Manhattam-iile. I SJURamnap Marymount, Merc>' Coliege. and bate ow th .N.Y-U. These surveys were con- ing the te > Thwarted ducted for the purpose of in- time to suit vestigating food services in these the cour'- -•s-cossy rns.-ninr. the schools. noting t>- class" a»"* r~rie-r.ee of His Rm-al By comparison with these col- ««_ He-*- Tarr, K.T. I0QZ2 • P-5—«es XX m-as in- leges, the committee concluded ere. rsds-i, Or C*i',-: 2 =2 My ni the :.r.dy of the Ford- "that the complaints which are most frequently heard at Ford- fi; jtei^iE res paint. ham are also common to the Campus Two KiErees hive ryrealed con- majority of the schools inves- sds «M5 of His 5!ajest>"'s tigated-"' Calendar abduction. Ibe Ad- Engineers and Accountants: daitns tlsaj an ei'er- The Committee has reeom- TODAV Burrs Gaart scared tbd committee similar to those CC 234. S j..n- er Qst£> irgies that tbe palace existing at Marymount and TMC '69 Dar.cv IF YOU WANT xisns ffstea ^raosed sufficient X.Y.U. The committees of these CC Ballrw-x. >:,"••'• ; :v. fesstesa tKSioe-rs 10 repel the TO-MORROW 12SSVCS- two colleges have been operating Foreign Students P •••':• GROWING ROOM...SEE US Oae tfaaig k cer^in: the royal effectively, resulting in an in- CC 254. S p.-r. SafpT: ^rsrred with the crease of communication between College '6S Party CC 229. S p.m. .: T: xr r li..;.i;~iii: Ccs^. koi lor fee food senice officials anri tht students. Army ROTC Bai: : z~. xrJ rr to ?T3*sr •srita CC Ballroom. 9 ;•::! : ii c~z±zlz r^J izidinrr. Good ss&rt- Sl'XD.W i i^d': zl;.- -V.Y.C. annispisre. SS-wesk Horizons P.ecitai ^ i&r~ri tc» jeer sj^sialtv. teitica Collirss Auditorui.-r. > t!d cp to WKOXESDAV Cheniistrj" Leotu:\- Freeman 103. 3::'," ;• ::•- Movie: "The Virgin ^; :"':- Coliir^; Auditoriurv.. • ]''• Faculty Seminar CC 23-!. S p.m. Tin RSPAV Eeta Alpha Psi ?-.:"-'!; CC 234. 4 p.m. Horizons Jazz Cor.-. •-•" CC Ballroom. S:>"v"! i.-- NEXT FKIDAV Era&mui Society Uvt:i:v These ore joSarie-d r>ci:«r?s oSeri CC 234, 3:30 p.m. Sociol3g>- Club Di-i;-^ :1 CC Music Room. - i'"' Lacnnec Dance CC Rallroom, !>:t"' i ::-

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February 24, 1966 Ma.-/ Manhattan (221 East 7i>* S-«'l BROOKJLnf UNION GAS COKFAH7 i Free R.freshments E J?-|I:|J 1&5 JfoaUg-K Srraet, Brcc-klra, >\ Y. " f»bn»»ry 21 . , J pi I2S -|J"'' L, February 18, 1966 THE FORD HAM RAM Page 3 j Battle: •'WPEL" Now Broadcasting; OOSterS Challenge Mixer Policy Boarders Run Pirate Radio Fordham's campus now has two radio stations. By Bob Behr Since early this year Suite 3 in A House has been the The Booster Club squares off with the College Student Government in the Student home of WPEL. Run by Warren Paulson, a lower sopho- t next Wednesday in a dispute over the alleged violation of SG mixer policy. lU1 more in Pharmacy, and Ed Leek, a College sophomore, it SO representative Tom Sheridan produced evidence in a preliminary hearing that the usually operates during the evening at about 1200 on the lOSt(M's charged coeds for admission to the Booster Victory Dance held on December 4.' In accusing the Boosters at the preliminary hearing, Sheridan cited an SG law passed AM dial. plays mostly popular music, with it May preventing organizations under the College'SG from charging girls admission at They operate on a small broad- some classical music on records ••'lie labeled the alleged caster, amplifier, and microphone that people give or loan them. settling several "outstanding" valued at about $35. A window jmi, and the circumstances sur- There is not much talking, but (indini; the B.V.D. as "entirely debts incurred before the B.V.D. screen serves as the aerial. some listeners consider this the •honest, entirely illegal, and Pending a conviction, SG has . Hoping to enlarge their broad- best part since it is both humor- tirely unrecognized." petitioned- for the $200 in the cast range in the near future, ous and satirical. Leek and Paulson will soon im- ob Fierro, Booster Club prcsi- budget or the profits from the The two college DJ's have been prove their equipment. WPEL , claims that the dance was dance, whichever is greater. . approached by WFUV about op- has been temporarily off the air i not by the College Boosters erating a closed circuit radio sta- The question of profits is far. for a few days because the rec- tion for boarders at Fordham. It by the "University Booster from reconciliation, mainly be- ord turntable is in need of re- Immittce" and was therefore cause the Boosters say there were pair; but they will be broadcast- Leek has worked summers as a •(side the jurisdiction of College none. The $352 realized beyond, ing again as soon as their machine disk jockey for WDLC, a station tuilenl Government policy. the expenses of the dance was i•s . pfixed. T. i;n» PorOm.t1 JervisTomiin, N.YNT V . AAcs n a vpctllresulf t hfh*e fosters contend that the univer- paid as '"salaries" to four mem- Sometimes known as "Fordham is very familiar with the opera- Iy-\vide committee is entirely bers — Brian Kelly, Anthony Underground," "Radio Free Ford- tion of a radio station and has.a [lid, being established in its Speranza, Carlos Llarcna, and ham," or "Radio A-House," WPEL FCC license. constitution and later ac- Michael Fitzpatrick. It is ex- plcd by the College SG. pected that they will donate their Until a verdict is reached at the salaries to the Booster treasury. CAUHIIT IN COt'KT: Booster According to Fierro and the |al, SG has "frozen' 'the Booster prexy Bob Fierro. of about $200. Fierro Booster Club lawyer, Charles |rms this action "illegal" since Fenton, this practice was fol- ment itself in recent years for prohibits his group from lowed by the Student Govern- tax purposes. Both sides are as unwilling to discuss their tactics as they are sure of victory.. Sheridan pre- Club Reorganizes; dicts a "very, very interesting trial" at which he believes the Plans Broader Program SG "can establish that the lOmiplcIc reorganization of the lectures by guest speakers, sur- Booster Club has violated mixer prdliam Sociology Club along veys of student opinion, field policy." As Student Government Be linos of freer and fuller par- trips, and possible re-publication prosecutor, Sheridan may raise ppation by students and teach- of the Fordham sociological mag- several issues he voiced at the ing been announced by the azine, Insight. preliminary hearings. Among li's secretary, Robert. De Greg- The organization, which will these are the legality of the give students an opportunity to University Booster Committee exchange ideas with teachers and which consists of the Law School jOn Friday, February 25th, at Booster Club and the College •Oil p.m. in (he Music Room, the other students, is aimed primarily at fostering both interest and Booster Club and whether or not jub will present the first in this it actually ran the B.V.D. series of meetings. Rev. interaction among its members. jp'ph Fitzpatrick, professor of ;y ;it Fordham, will speak i "Tlic Puerto Rican Community IT .Manhattan." {Lamenting what he called last i's inactivity due to apathy lack of organization, DeGreg- emphasized that this year jj!o Sociology Club would stress il discussion among pro- • graduate students, and "lei'graduates on a more per- basis. He also cited the {'vantages of holding joint inter- 3. The last time I dropped in 4. A month ago you left your Ss'iplinary meetings with stu- you were taking the sink clarinet on the bus to Boston. ; anil teachers in the fields apart to get at your tiepin. 1 really miss the f philosophy, economics, political I didn't want it old licorice stick. <' and psychology. to rust. Although official membership imiled lo sociology majors of [ordham and Thomas More Cul- l»-s, admission to the seminars lectures is open to all. ans for the future include

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Sittler Speakr s In Teilhard Series Campus Registrar Ehvou BT Pkillip McCaffrrr jecrare «-BS sponsored by the tury. Tne Reformers held that O'Brien Runs All TK. Joseph Sinisr. proiesszir a Institute. grace was principally acceptance By Charle, Domino tbecJagy u th» Urjverciy of Chi' 2->r. Sillier said that he was and forgiveness by God. E. Vincent O'Brien, registrar of the Ros,-- 053 r>jv±.-ry Sdha^l, aai-ess?: Hiu CD-icemed with the doctrine of The third attitude that the the- this week became Fordham's first University a l^rre s.-j£i-ETj3f i- the CET-.T»-J5 grace. paracaisiT-ly in a Christo!- Center last rjrbi. en -Jie topic «: ologian explained was the modern this post, he will coordinate and control the resist 1 n.ciCHj easiest. End its relation to one. He rioted that modern man the current einphasis on ths secu- policy and the processing of academic record; derives his sense of identity larg- branches of the University. ely from his occupation and his TSi? Srsi of three attitudes de- accomplishments. Man's recent Mr. O'Brien, the registrar of Fordham's Intown division for 33 scr:ti?5 by the theologian, that advances have raised ethical prob- years before he ca.-r.e to Rose Tffim SERVIGE :•: fifti eestury CSristJEUs, was lems that the Christian churches Hill in 1960, explained i.i an in- THESES. PAPERS. must attempt to solve. sire; G:d £5 iae source of grace, terview that the gnmh of the PERSCX4L t BUSINESS ziii T'nrldng cispiDsitioa of grats, Toe theologian posited that, in University during the past 40 LETTERS. Etc, :a :t:iDf>erajTe natisre, and the the past, Christological doctrine years has greatly increased the Vtr,try -z< rumjstive tSec: QmT it has in has been developed in response to responsibilities of the five reg- the ethical problems of various istrar offices. Each registrar, he historical situations. This, he rec- said, was going off in his own 3076 BlIMBSfDSE ME. secana towarf ommended, is what the churches direction. , ti£t of was (In United Avts Schoei) must do now, in the historical sit- The new position aims to rem- SROKX s". N. Y. of uation of secularization and mod- edy this by modernizing the work- belief of ern technology. ing methods of the various reg-

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to-day duties as ::roc*ss:n» si dent transcripts, job aprJicatisJ grade reports, class ranking a conducting registration. Sir. O'Brien, a member of tj College class 01 1927, started^ as a student worker in the 0 of the registrSr of the Into division, %vhich was then locatj downtot^'n in the Voohvor building. Upc>n graduation 1 moved into the registrar's cha beginniDg a S9-year associatio with the University. The responsibilities of a rtj istrar have changed and incr quite a bit over the years. In tr early da>-s, when Rose Hill's a roUment numbered approximate; 1,000 students 'as comparedtj this years 5.3C-4'. Mr. O'Brra* not have the rc-spo.-.sibilit.M computing the cumulative of each student. Student 1 rankings for a particular yf>| could not be calculated an leased befcte the follou-insS tember. Bu- today, be said, tS vrt»o)e system is eommitW l| Electronic Data Processing 1 everything has chanjod.

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10 ELECTRIC A» Your February 18. 1766 THE FORDHAM RAM

• Editorials • E. W. Harper, Jr. Fordham ill Forum • Perspective on the Arts • RAM News Analysis • RAM Roundtable

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GATES: Open to new iileas? < LASSKOOMS: Rcmin lor Irrrilnin? Academic Freedom at Fordham By Henry Stanton dent for University relations. "I, my- university relations and the president it might be added, were not too long Jademic Freedom has been raped, self, have been at two other schools of the faculty senate. ago. las been degraded and dishonored, (Marquette and Cornell)," he recounted Only a year old, the senate has al- When the great revolutions came, during the days of Fathers Gannon py its enemies, but by those in the recently, "and academic freedom, in ready begun to take a major role in theory and operation, has been as good the. operation of the University. "It's no and McGinley, the changes seem to ! of its friends. have come from the top. Few among le proponents of intellectual free- here as in either one." paper tiger," according to its president, Dr. Joseph Cammorasano, associate the faculty played notable roles. Those at Berkeley and at St. John's and Officially, the University has adapted who did were notable exceptions. | hr many other would-be Union a .three part statement from the professor of economics. "The faculty's, American Association of American voice is heard in the highest councils Thus the faculty finds itself, as a ires around the country, have in • fresult *of ~ both the. University's self- nt months used, misused, abused University Professors' Statement -of - of the University*:" This is clearly a ~ reflection on the new prestige that study program and the "New Breed" | confused their rights. Often op- Principles endorsed in 1940. The state- of administration which has taken unistic and seldom discreet, they ment publicly guarantees to each of the faculty has assumed at Fordham in recent years. over in the last three years, thrust ! taken from the phrase the power the University faculty members the into a new, unfamiliar and, perhaps pee commanded and the sympathy freedom of research and publication, Faculty-administration relationships from one point of view, a tenuous posi- hee evoked, the freedom of classroom discussion work both ways, though, and there tion. Much of the initial shock has lit. what is thi- nature or the beast? in the area of the professor's compe- are times when professors can frus- yet to wear off. But, when it does, 'ar definition is almost impossible. tence, and freedom from institutional trate the best of administrators. the question still remains, how will I is "academic freedom" at Ford- censorship. If there is one factor about the the present faculty react? ean l>e "license" in Jamaica. What Rev. Timothy Healy, recently ap- Fordham faculty that bothers the ad- Now none of this should be con- pointed executive vice-president, who ministration (though few admit the ! !>lic discussion in the Campus Cen- strued to portray the Fordham fac- ™ l)e forbidden material in the has been associated with Fordham problem to be of major proportions), ulty as passive or even docile. In fact fios of WFUV. since 1947 as both faculty member and it is the lack of self-criticism coming the faculty here, though not yet at the Hose Hill, academic freedom has administrator, admits to having "never up through the ranks. picket line stage, has a proud record lieen traditional. known anyone to even claim, no less In the words of one top administra- of activity. Fordham has one of the claim justly, that he had been de- It is my belief," Rev. Leo McLaugh- tor, "We can't be doing everything largest AAUP chapters on a campus prived of his academic freedom." Simi- lolil a group of faculty members a. right." this size, anywhere in the country. It lar statements are attested to by mem- Fordham's administrators (none of is also the largest chapter on a Catholic | weeks ago, "that true academic bers of the faculty. pom exists at Fordham. — I'll go whom want their quotes on the mat- campus. That portion of the faculty "We are very fortunate here," in that has applied itself to solving the jior. I'll fight to retain that free- ter attributed) don't use the word the words of Dr. Richard Sexton of problems created by the University's flip role of the University must ' apathy, but, the absence of constructive the English department and the cur- criticism and development suggestions new position in the academic com- |n seek out the truth," he con- rent president of the Metropolitan New munity and the world has done well. 'h'i- and communicating the! truth. classroom. Faculty members and even On another aspect of the problem, the big C in Catholic and the small c •'"ing so every faculty member students 'throughout the nation are it must be realized honestly that Ford- in catholic will have to continue to oe free to adopt those/i methods clamoring for a sti-ong voice in gov- converge on Rose Hill. 111 ham's present level of academic use those techniques which ho erning the university community and achievement (i.e., the quality of its It can happen as long as people like i most helpful in hl3 work ttncl to Fordham has given way. faculty) is a recent acquisition. This Rev. Robert J. O'Connell, assistant """irate his findings openly to the Fordham remains a Roman Catholic university had been for many years, professor of philosophy, can say that !°"'ie community." , • university operated by the Society of In the minds of a great number of ho and his colleagues, have "never, >'s philosophy of education, espc- Jesus. The main policy making body knowledgeable people, a good football but never, had tiny trouble concerning ' '-uthollc wlucu-tlon, compares Well however, Is an executive committee school with u very high ratio.of Jaw- what should be discussed in class or "Hior school's .according to ;Mr. made up of the president, the executive f yers.ln' the alumni, Those many years, how the subject should be trented." •I Kidera, Fordhnm's'vlcej-piresl- vice-president, the vice-president for THE FORDHAM RAM Friday, February |t|, Page 6 E. W. Harper, Jr. on Communism or Chcsos

Established by the Students of Fordham College in 1918 In Time's letters section, its substitute for cornjr stir a letter this week from a Mi-. Riehe who writes S|r.a)f, as a 'hawk' nor a 'dove,' but simply as an Ainf rican I .' have a job to do in Vietnam, and the only way to i]u jt -u ',' it! Let us stop diddling (sir) around with unilateral and unne- I Fordham Personified cessary concessions to the ene- my!" Mr. Riebe, as well as Presi- dent Johnson, seems to have lost Mr. Fordham, Jack Coffey. died early Fordham was his life in the true sense of that phrase. Born and raised in thesight of what President Kennedy this week, but we must not allow what lie most probably had perceived: represented to die with him. Bronx, he dedicated his adult years to the betterment of his alma mater. Communism, it is chaos. The late graduate manager of athletics The school has changed greatly since emeritus was the personification of the he departed from his office for the last President Johnson is imposing liberal arts college, the well-rounded man. time seven and a half years ago, and Ford- a heavy strain on the confidence Yet, he was also highly skilled in his chosen ham will continue to undergo many more of concerned people. His handling profession. He was an athlete, while at the such challenges. But let us remember him of international crises, in Vietnam same time a scholar — he was most cer- and the example he set in deciding these and the Dominican Republic, has tainly the articulate athlete. changes; let his life set the example for our aroused disquiet not simply because he has been tactically inct i He left us a heritage of athletic great- further development, If we do, it is hard rather because his assertion of America's power and ii-in l0'j, ness combined with academic achievement, to see how we could en-. vene in the affairs of smaller states betrays a .TiisundeMandi" a heritage which we should treasure and His work was not only involved with the world situation. To set aside the basic ground rules c follow in the future. the physical side of athletics: he considered national law of coexistence makes it rather difficult to build a »| No one could ever say that Jack Coffey it an equally important part of his job to society. Can the world afford it if any Power-provided it cam had broken his word; no one could ever say guide his athletes along the right path, to to get away with it—simply ignores the need for rules? that he had done them a wrong turn. He instill in them the true meaning of the word was a gentleman first in all that he did. sportsmanship. Intervention The present administration is intervening in Vietnam and J intervened in the Dominican Republic. By arrogating to itself] right to intervene in the affairs of other slates, the United Stale! No More Roll Calls doing precisely what it accuses China and Russia of doini;: imposl a political regime by force of arms. It seems that when faced nil We believe that a ruling in favor of un- need not be the case—and indeed it is not the choice of either according to "primitive" nations the same !tl limited cuts for all students of the four for those of us who are fortunate enough treatment it would accord, say, Great Britain or the Soviet Vijj campus undergraduate schools is long over- to be under the tutelage of professors who or rejecting the presumptions against intervention, the United SisJ due. It is, we are convinced, the most ma- find the calling of the role one of the first has chosen the latter course. ture and forward looking decision that can expendables in a fifty minute period. and should be made at this time. Just as a university cannot legislate Government Folly It is clearly an affront to logic and jus- morality or maturity, neither can it guaran- If one of our aims is to create conditions which make ii |«ssii tice to say that a student who could merit tee the acquisition of knowledge by com- for Soviet satellites to choose their own forms ot Ltovemmcnt, tl an "A" or a "B" in a course if he took the pulsory class attendance. The registrar's administration simply must accept the possibility of cuuntrics oatsl various exams and turned in the required Communist domination being taken over by local Communists. I|| papers must fail because he has exceeded "AF" is antiquated, archaic and unaccepta- even impossible to prevent bands of determined .Tan from i an arbitrary limit on absences. This simply ble in a university worthy of its name. outside help for their revolutionary practices— just as Him TV-id cannot prevent the activities of the Nationalist Government, nsrfj that matter, could Britain prevent the activities uf the Fivnchl our own revolution. It is essential, though, to outlaw o;m nnlitil Concert Changes intervention in violation of national frontiers, (oily to .jiitbwihis| Two weeks ago The RAM added its voice SG has chosen the best way out of a touchy the United States is guilty of the crime. to those clamoring for a revision in Uni- situation. It is this ability to open up new Two Power.* versity concert policy. Last Monday night's spheres of activity and to improve student proposal by the SG Concert Investigation services that characterizes a good SG and A code of military non-intervention can lv e:i!uri\ Committee is a first, yet a vital, step in the College SG is following this path ad- one realizes—as everyone should—that all-out war i making this change. mirably. destructive that the preservation of the peace is '•'?•>- interest. The two great powers where this proposition i- The committee called for a permanent However, the Investigation Committee's contradicted are China and the United States. c\>m:i ini-iii i< ftj Fordham Concert Committee to run all report is but a first step towards a truly sidercd so despicable here that it is perfectly res; eOU.Me! campus concerts. As proposed, this Concert great concert series. The inescapable fact and columnists to advocate risking war to slop n» swvad. Cw.m'it Committee would be under the direct con- remains that the College SG still controls ! state;f trol of Student Government and would split the United States are the two most ideologically n^i'in tlie University concert policy. This, we real- tlie world, unpleasant though the comparison niiiy v;i;rmber to June. !•> »--f -*--'1-'- why it is not possible for the Band to appear slty, Itronx, xtw Vortt iw.vi. ... ,„ ham's own chorus line with some musical a little more often. A. Slue- anil J. Mkh.fi Wltauin "-•"•••—» accompaniment befitting the Ramelettes' unique talents. Fordham's musicians could onsilv man- The first idea that springs to mind is to age to perform at all home basketball make use of the Fordham University Band. games. Hie repertoire demanded at such The stirring sounds of the Band's talented events is certainly not too extensive for a musicians would complement the preei- big-time organization such as the Hand. And sioned marches of the Ramelets perfectly. m effect the Fordhnm students are paving The presence of both groups at Fordham's for the stipends of thp Bund memlhVs so ,,;].*»! basketball games would make attendance they are justified in expecting to hear Iho iJirtiin worthwhile, win or lose. Band more often than Ihey do. OFFICE M : tov. J. OContifll Mentioning the Band, this question na- So let's pull out the horns nnd drums on turally comes to mind: why isn't tlie Band Saturdays and weekday nights diiriim'lh HM-3J."W «\ten*ltin^ fits at the basketbal games in the firet place? winter and get over to the gym, ." Tl Each member of the Band receives a total K P team deserves it, the student.; h ive \ H ,M •<.-:•••••'«$ of $1000 grant-in-aid over four years at Fordham and in return plays at two or three ws-r February 18. 1966 •day, THE FORDHAM RAM Page 7 RAM ROUNDTABLE Letters to the Editors this body, which has the potential By Frank Curling By John Morris Communications? of greatly improving communica- Tin- most disappointing feature of the recent Fordham College is the most impressive and To the Editors of The RAM: tions, is not even officially recog- [25th Anniversary Symposium was the irrelevence prestigous Jesuit College in the Country. It boasts I wish to congratulate you on nized on paper. What is more Im- uo much that was said to the real student situa- a Phi Beta Kappa Chapter, Rhodes Scholars, Wilson your fine editorial, "Who's Gonna portant, it has not even occurred tion al Fordham. The theoretical student who was Scholarships and its many departments are all Listen?" in the February 11 is- to SG to consult this body when fiscussMl there was a young adult with considered first-rate. Despite all this academic sue. I would like to add a few making decisions which will lal 'responsibilities over his affairs for the first glitter there is often a deep and bitter resentment more comments, however. strongly affect the clubs, Two |me and emerging after four years a man in most among many students about their life at Fordham. The preamble of the College such instances immediately come LScs of the word. Not that Fordham students For when talk turns to what can best be de- SG Constitution begins by stat- to mind: the since-repealed ten't men; but they don't do much grappling with scribed as "student politics," there is a sudden ing that two of the purposes of Amendment III to the By-Laws Lponsibility, either: our Administration, which change of perspective: a common note of cynicism Student Government are "to pro- (SG sanctions against clubs) i liberal enough in granting privileges, still man- enters the conversation. mote a harmonious relationship and the mixer policy which still Igcs to keep responsibility its own exclusive do- between members of the faculty deprives clubs of revenue to be The student has the feeling that what is wrong, and the student body" and "to gained from charging girls at what is phony, is "the whole damned thing" and so The fault, though, lies not with the Adminis- present a true expression of stu- mixers. he is naturally abusive. So many targets—cut sys- dent needs to the college adminis- htion, l>ut with the students, tem, collection of damages for The most annoying thing about tration." Yet most students seem this entire problem is that the Jid more accurately, with their small marks on boarders' walls, to agree with your editorial in itudent Government, which has Campus Center food prices, the present SG officiers based their Student that what the students '"lack is election campaign solely on im- jemained a second-rate service 100% mark up on items in the an organized, sufficiently diversi- |r anization in the midst of book store, childish dress regula- proving communications. I am g fied and effective voice." This one person who takes campaign Keeping changes at every level Government tions in the Campus Center—and certainly seems to imply that for none of them set up politically promises seriously and, with SG tho University: it has valued some reason the SG is failing to elections coming up, I will cer- within a real idea of a Student Government that achieve its real purpose. ioocl relations with the Administration so highly is truly representative of the students. tainly be very wary of voting for that it has abdicated its responsibility to fight for It has long been the opinion any candidate who will follow in of both myself and of many of |n appropriate degree of student control over their To establish the above goal we should estab- • the footsteps of the last two lish a Student Union which would embrace a far my friends that the Student Gov- i affairs. While our representatives busy them- administrations. Perhaps, if greater area of activities and consolidate them ernment unconsciously has found enough others do the same, the |elvcs with their full-time- jobs of directing foot- under one board whose officers were chosen not it rather difficult to exercise a proposed board will not have to lall and concert policy, we are left at the mercy on political merit but rather on the basis of services real influence on the administra- do the Student Government's job If an administrative mentality which is not op- previously rendered. The activities, ideally speak- tion (which is to be expected) for it, but will rather be left free Jressive, but often silly—witness the continued ing .would include any lecture series, cultural ac- and so has turned to regulating to even further improve com- tivities, running of all mixers, running the Ram- the students as a means of find- liiintenance of a well-trained and highly-placed munications on the entire Rose skeller, and a full time season ski lodge open to ing the power the SG knows it Hill campus. |dministrator whose main mission, it would appear, should have. This misdirection of all students. Student Government, by freeing it- Sincerely yours, ; to play cowboys and Indians with the boarders. self of these burdens, would then be able to con- power is not the basic problem, Charles A. Fenton, '66 The root of the trouble is that Student Gov- centrate on more important and original tasks. however, for if the students' On the assumption that in Fordham we are opinions were clearly and force- |inment has become hopelessly inbred. The really not dealing with children, standards of personal fully made known to the SG, it ompotent students are finding better things to deportment should initially be left to the students would find it rather difficult to Inaccuracy Bo than put up with the three-year political game themselves. In the interest of order it is neces- impose unwanted restrictions. To the Editors of the RAM: The RAM exemplifies that char- [Jvliicli is the usual prerequisite for candidacy in sary to establish rules and regulations governing This lack of communications has long been attributed to poor acteristic inaccuracy of the news- iStudent Government election; but over the years the use of cars, liquor, and visits to the dormitories, but, wherever possible these rules should be ad- section representatives. The prob- papers to which I alluded in the jhi'y have left the field to a clique which m self- ministered by the students themselves. Anything lem as I see it goes considerably little statement that you solicited sustaining and self-satisfied, and irrevocably mdoc- students can properly do for themselves as adults deeper, and rests with the in- from me. Jrimited in an outmoded approach to student re- should be left to them. dividual student's refusal to take You have demoted me to bcan^ sponsibility and independence. SG seriously. But the student associate professor, which I have In conclusion, considering the question of Stu- is not to blame for this, for he not been since before you were Now that election time is with us again, Mr. dent Government at Fordham, I would conclude has long ago learned that the born. You will understand that pimlii will no doubt recommend his hand-picked that the form of organization be considered as the SG generally does not want to I do not in the least mind this Mrs to us in tho name of "continuity" and "tra- most important element in this analysis. Despite listen, and so it becomes sense- error on my own account. I send dition"; hopefully, though, we've matured enough the present system's claim to rationality, the po- less to exert himself speaking out. this note for your good: that you litical structure as it now stands is prehistoric in As an example, the Council of may take more care to be right •ut to ho fooled this time by those who disguise Club Presidents was formed four in such points. |licir inability to really lead in partisan political origin and based more on petty political plans years ago as an extra link be- Sincerely, II t, clotht than the needs of Fordham. tween SG and the students. Yet Ross J. S. Hoffman T?7

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By Richard Tarrant gesting that this balance has been When it came to positively re- was obviously a success among ter university Wedleh ' threatened by the attention given defining spirit, however, the the alumni, it was clear that Th£ past three years have been educated, and each of Ush to the return of football to Ford- writer of the article was dis- football had been absorbed into exciting ones for Fordham. No more or less clearly ,fcfiJ' one would deny this. The Uni- ham, and that we need to rethink appointingly vague. the Fordham calendar as an event uon of what that mean, T versity is growing and expanding the meaning of school spirit and among other events. In fact, if the test education that rj/j the relation of athletics to that Football the trend continues, and if foot- in many directions, and the feel- can give, and to leave I,c:i , "I spirit. Came the season of 1964-1965, ball remains a club function, the ing of change has cut across all and football broke upon the wel- of giving yet a better one 1 areas of college life — the basic passing of novelty may deprive Goldfish coming campus. In the general is school spirit. This attil1 academic structure, with the an- it of a large segment of its sup- serves both , Uni o,,i " Old issues of The Fleece ran delirium which surrounded its re- port. In other words, football hc V nouncement of impending salary articles on school spirit sur- turn one could read it described ourselves, for our relational, " raises and procedural changes, must either go big-time or run reciprocal. It ., s, '' mounted by pictures of goldfish- as "a great boost for school the risk of rapid extinction. has the physical make-up of the cam- swallowing contests. The text of spirit." This kind of talk value. The better we make p, pus, with the renovation of Dealy the accompanying article revealed was encouraged, understandably No one who has been to a foot- ham, the more its rlcivn* wil'n and the opening of Thomas More that school spirit consisted in enough, by Student Government ball game needs to be told that worth to us after gradUa,i,,n. College, and the athletic life of "going all out for the team," or and was printed approvingly by they are fun, that the college cal- the University with the return School spirit, ,!,(,„ js in "giving your all for Fordham." the RAM. And certainly football endar has been improved by than a pride in Fm- |ha ^ ; J;l of football. All these innovations School spirit, in other words, was was a boost to many spirits: it them, that they are a source of ( m H j(n are intended to place Fordham in ments. Perhaps --jntornsr- I| to be manifested in the gym- provided Don Ross with his finest pride in Fordham, or that they better word, for we worry |,,J public view as a vigorous and bring the school favorable pub- a nasium: the classroom was re- hour, John Connolly with ample "'"at we are interested in' J dynamic university, and the pos- served for the business of educa- licity. The spirited student, then, i[it material for a valedictory, and not going well. So with Konlhani sibilities involved in these new tion. This attitude was ques- the student body with the most will care about football, and the We each have our demands j| developments are indeed stag- tioned in The Fleece for 1967, in frenzied weekend ever seen on other sports, too. But he will an gering. But they will bear fruit which an article pretentiously campus. Before wo can assess care about more than that, since we each know where they are not I only if change is evaluated with entitled School Spirit: At the Still the implications of football, school spirit is more than ath- being met. Spirit bids UMo s|y,aJ reference to a clear understand- Point suggested that school spirit though, we must see where it has letic enthusiasm. Just what is it? out, often and harshly if lu,te I ing of Fordham's purpose and the was part of the way one reacted gone since October 1964. This sary, until the failing is renclicJ place of students, faculty, aca- to everything about Fordham and season a change was evident: Caring I his requires a faith in the pos f demics, and extracurriculars in could not be measured simply by while all the games were well- sibility of improvement and ,,„,. r.j „_, mint mi njt ftaun;*) nciu WLJ1- I1t[ ijgs t,ccarinl g enough about Ford- fulfilling that purpose. I am sug- the cheers at a basketball game. attended, and while Homecoming eludes a cynical complacency jrpose. I am sue- the cheers at a basketball game, attended, and while Homecoming ham to v,work at making it a bet- which has no business at c in the first place. "Let's unplug the computer, boys! To be alive Defined another way, spirit I means taking advantage ,,f all I Start thinking!" the educational possibilities which I Fordham offers and inu-ard which our interests direct us. But when we recognize thai a I Class in economics, a Toilhard I lectui-e, a basketball game, a stu- dent poetry reading, and a cafe-1 teria conversation are all means I to aji education, \w see that | school spirit extends to every mo- ment of our lives at Fordham. I It means to be. alive at Fordham. | to be aware of what is goin and of its implications loi There are no set formulas for in- | volvement, but since part of < cation .is the exposure lo new I 'experiences, both the track star | who sneers at poetry reading and the operaphile ulio scums footbal] are deficient in spirit.

What of the student who lids j that his education forces him I leave the campus for the rii>, w | see the Comedie Francaise: er than the Mimes and Mummer;. Can he be faulted? Certain!; not. The solution would be that at- tempted by Horizons, to offer events unavailable elsewhere, or more conveniently taken in «' campus. If we see the day when Fordham sponsors programs at Lincoln Center and the Mi'"* Iranian Opera, the symbiotic re- lationship between Fordhani ami New York will be a reality.

This is to dream, hunger. Our task is rather to experience ,tn' appreciate, to criticize ""'I above all to work. If we suc- ceed, we shall have more it»" football to cheer about. A lot of people believe that someday Computers can't dream up things computers will do all their thinking like Plcturephone service, Telstar® , a. practical way to lock a door or turn for them. off art oven by remote telephone satellite, and some of the other l 1 t inal Well, a funny thing is going to advances in communications we •Sr ?J " ? « Possible some of the other things we'll have someday WHEELING$ happen on the way to the future: have made. Of course; we depended on computers to solve some of the You're going to have to think problems connected with their ''^"'"^^als...perhaps you 'n DEALINGS harder and longer than ever. development. But computers need could be^ one i.. launching new. absolutely clear and thorough 'deas proposing Innovations ana dreaming dreams. Instructions, which means a new and tougher discipline on the Need Results? And someday, we're going tohivelo human intelligence. findawaytodiallocatiominspB Get Them Fast And it will take more than a computer Makes you think. to create a pocket phone the size in of a matchbook, let's say...or find THE RAM Classified

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"I always admired him for the fine "One of the finest men I PV(,,. "He was the articulate athlete, com- "He helped us and gave us . . . everyone liked him: ,, ,„.„,' trust when we needed it... his reputa- example which he gave to those who n bining both erudition and athletic where you went, someone was sui'.t,' ability . . . imparted his influence as a tion and personality helped us to sched- came in contact with him ... he had ask "How's Jack ... he always W,.H, ule big time competition at a time true gentleman to everyone whom he as much influence on his boys as any both sides of a situation;' liP J. met . . . the greatest single influence when the school was experiencing grow- of the Jesuits at the University . . . acted hastily ... he was sn much on Fordham athletics ... he gave ing pains . . . Every Fordham man he was a brilliant mind . . ." part of Fordham, that it's lull,( A Fordham its great athletic here- who knew him was influenced by him realize that he is gone tage . . ." and liked him . . ." Monslsnor McCaffrey, personal Wend Pat Ke.iineally, athlcfir lPUs John Bach, director of athletics Artie O'Connor, track coach Mr. Fordham, Jack Coffey 1913. However ,the young Cof- 1958. manded from rival schools as it time out to learn I.;,,,,, By William E. Dern, Jr. is to the athletes themselves. He, Greek. He traveled extensiicl BAM Sports Editor fey was not yet ready to settle Recounting his teams' exploits down and ventured to Colorado, on the diamond would of neces- by his personality and acceptabil- and used his knowledge of | Fordham' University means ity as a man, helped Fordham to guagc to advantage. Up™ mm many things to many different where he coached the football sity be impossible here, but over hurdle any interferences which ing from his travels, )K nJ people: to some, it means gazing team of Regis High School in the years the Rams, under his might have stood in its way in frequently lecture lo one csl out of a Keating Hall classroom Denver, doing such a good job coaching, compiled a won-lost that he was offered the post of percentage of over .700, one of scheduling better schools. As pus organization or another " on a fall day to watch intra- his excursions. murals in progress on Edwards mentor at the University of Den- the top percentages of any team track coach Artie O'Connor said parade; to some, it means foot- ver, which he accepted for a year. in the country. His first nine, earlier this week, "Jack did more Another Coffey ball games on fall afternoons and The following year, he resumed as mentioned earlier, went 21 to put Fordham in the collegiate he probably holds the disiinctil basketball games on blustery a professional baseball career and 4, and won the Eastern limelight than any other man." of being the only baschidl cal Saturday nights; but to others, which he called "a prolonged championship. He helped the Ram become who ever contributed articles | all of the meaning of Fordham series of peregrinations to points In 1926, the year that he was nationally known as a gridiron the campus French can be summed up in. the .name provincial." made Fordham's first and only power, and was grieved at its He was ,in the words of his o of one man, Jack Coffey. In 1918, the year that he re- graduate manager of athletics, passing in 1954. He served to ar- friend, Msgr. John McfaffrJ As Arthur Daley of the Times turned to the major leagues after the Maroon won 24 of 27 con- range the schedules that lifted "a brilliant mind - a lin so eloquently put it, "Jack Cof- an eight year absence, he started tests and again won the Eastern Fordham into national prom- philologist, and student." fey did not arrive on Rose Hill out the season with the Detroit Crown. This was the golden era inence, that commanded atten- A type of left-liandei] !a,J with Archbishop Hughes in 1841 Tigers of Cobb and Tris Speaker, of sports at Rose Hill, and the tion all over the nation to the was gained by Coffey in his aif and assist in the founding of and wound up with the Boston Rams won the crown again in Jesuit school at Rose Hill. ity to recall people's hiithdail Fordham University. It just seems Red Sox, where a pompous young 1928, 1932, and 1939. But to know Jack Coffey was At one time, he was TOVJW that way." man named Ruth was making It was Coffey's dream to form a not just to know his athletic have known the birthdayso For 53 years, first as a student quite a name for himself with conference of the major inde- achievements, for he was at once 4,000 friends and acciuainum.ti and then as baseball coach and and his standard KIWI in;: graduate manager of athletics, people whom he met ivas "IW!| Jack Coffey was as much a part there, February 21." of the Rose Hill campus as Dealy In 1934, the University. Hall, the Admininstration Build- recognition of all that Ja.k ("| ing, Keating Hall, or the elm- fey had done for Hie s.l lined path winding up from the dedicated the Fordham ;nli Third Avenue gate. lielu in his name. 1'ut this w| For over one half of this cen- only the first of many tury, the renowned silver- which were heaped up thatched mentor not only helped silver-thatched mntoi, as to shape the University into what affectionately known in hi; till it presently represents, but he years. He was given • '. "JarklVl was what it represents; he was fey Day" on the campus, at iviiicl a complete man, known mainly as an athlete, but as much a time he was sented scholar as most college profes- automobile and v.nioik «i. sors. As a former Fordham ath- gifts. lete so well stated, '"Jack had At his retirem•••ni in IIM- as much of an influence on the was given a dinnn1. the ]>••'>'.»"• boys whom he coached as any speaker at wliieh \va* a l":; Jesuit at the University." . • charge of the coach, lii- - Jack Coffey was born in an second baseman 1'ruiii liis '- area three miles east of the Rose (earn in 1910, His l.'aiinci Hill campus then known as West- Francis Cu'Uiuni Ki«'lluv.ui. chester Village. From boyhood, the dinner, Ihe llien i'u-i': he idealized Fordham as the of Fordham, the ft1) l^1->• standard of the Catholic Univer- ranee McGinlcy, initialed sity in both academics and ath- Jack OolTey Memorial A»:.f letics. After attending Morris the "Fordham Allih'te «h" Park High School, he enrolled .shown both athletic al'ilit) at Fordham College in 1905. As academic excellence." an undergraduate, he earned eight 1 How docs one sum "I varsity letters in baseball and of such a man a football. (In those days, freshmen It is impossible to w were permitted to play on var- 1 brier glimpse at his I" I ine sity teams.) Besides being a very any written article. "'' »•,!.-. If fine fullback, young Jack cap- paraphrase WiU l'o-',e\>. ••An tained the baseball team in 1909 ! whom no one over met l " ll'l and led them to a national rank- Jack Coffey, 1888-1966 didn't like." He «as ;i ing. coach, but more tH"" ^>f In his senior year, 1910, the nl |1| l was a great develop' ^ '| flashy shortstop was ineligible, ler: victory was imp jut ''] so he managed the Ram nine, not him, but not as imp ri;im realizing that this was to be the sportsmanship. first of 39 seasons during which his pitching arm as well as his pendent eastern athletic powers off-the-fleld antics. an athlete and a scholar. For 1 he would be at (he helm. for football, basketball, and instance, an athlete in a period He never souglil H " Largely on Ruth's arm and bat, he made a conscioii-< Among his infielders on this baseball, and he look a step |n when the average athlete was 1 ,W«1 Eastern Championship team was and "certainly not due to me," this direction in 19-12, when he lucky if he was half literate, avoid it. He was a m.'i a second baseman whom Jack said Coffey, the Bosox copped formed the Metropolitan Base- Jack was a law student at Ford- facets, a true persoiulu-iM' the American League pennant and ball Conference. His Maroon nine the liberal arts. I le. "' ""' . used to encourage on ground balls ham Law School off and on until Hlll> with "Attaboy, Frankie," nnrl a went on to the World won the crown in the conference's of Tim Cohane, ilie ^l ,„,, lie received his LL.B, in 1925. Al- '•did ill"!''1' . man who was later to become a Series from the Chicago Cubs. birth year, the only time it wcmlcl though he never practiced law of Look Maftazlne. "Things were much different in win it up to Hie present. Fbrdham athletics lifetime friend. His name? Fran- or took the bur exam, he had 1 1 those days," recalled Jack, "For else in the school's I"-- " '' ||n. cis Cardinal Spellman. In 1926, when Coffey took over many ,,ffPrs trom i,u,RC corpora- instance, [or winning the series, He is remembered m ""[ \ dl At this time, the sturdy youth us graduate manager of athletics, tions over the years to leave the al the full share was $1,000, which lolic field and in the ™'|(li.:i joined the Boston Braves, and Forrthiim was rated us a good world of alhlelics nml Rose Hill v debuted in the major leagues by WHS considered large in those local school. Until was his dronni and make his fortune In the world his legacy Is far »»" ' ''" ... facing the invincible Christy limes." lo make it Nomethini! more Ihan of big business. "Bui Jack loved it is in the thousands '" ' Mntthcwson in his first at but. After it short stint as a minor just thin: he wanted, in |,j ters which he h.dpi'iI I" s (nvn baseball/" recalled Artie O'Con- ri M !!<1 The result of the encounter? "I league manager, Jack once again words, "to gi , Kordliam a plaee nor, "and never really enter- while he wns at '•'" '| "( V( was, as is on the ]>WIW \ struck out," Coffey replied, grin- returned to his alma mater, this in Ihe world of spoil which It tained any serious notion of leav- s| fey field, "a true , ""i,' ning. time for good. In 1922, he began rightfully deserves." ing what he considered Ills life's 111 After traveling In the high the string of years as the guid- wiirlt." scholar , and Chii" " The school's rise lo national mi\n." minor tongues for the next thrco ing light of Fordham athletics prominence In as much ,,f „ n,. years, he: returned to Hose Hill which WHS to extend until his lr His erudition was a byword In But l»'t it slllfiee ||] j" lite to his personal friendships 1 1 to coadi the Rams once again In retirement at the flgo of 70 In ami I he respect which he com. sports circles, and he spoke five he could besl he iriii' """' '"liKUihies lltienlly, II,, i,|.Sl) ||,,,|( Mr. Fordhum. , February 18, 1966 THE FORDHAM RAM Page II lam Droppings " •—" 11 Frosh Blast WheeiingS and Dea!ing$ [he "Articulate Athlete ©eels. Dogs by william e. dern, jr. (Continued from Page 12) USE RAM CLASSIFIED Jack Coffey died early this week. He severed his official handling and assists of Lance Fcssf Resyfts Lnci'lion with the University seven and half years ago. But Coinpa held the little Maroon steady. , |t.ft a legacy behind, a legacy which might rightfully be lescribod as Fordham itself. But part of this legacy has Last Thursday, the Tarrant- tumbled, the very part which was closest to Jack Coffey men rolled over the Manhattan limself. frosh for a big 102-62 win, thsir Sinco the late graduate manager ot athletics left the Fordham third 100 point game this year. npus, the athletics program has been steadily sliding downhill. The mediocre Jaspers went down before Raftery's 30 points, Mc- ,,,,-P arc those in positions of authority who are of the opinion that palhlrte must detract from the academic excellence of the Univers- Laughlin's 28, Witkowsld's 21, • if the University is to attract athletes who will restore the Uni- and Artie Starrs' 14. crsily lo its former stature at the head of the intercollegiate athletic Two days later, the Baby Rams rorld. The best answer to these critics of an aggressive athletic policy curbed the St. Francis frosh, 92- si he Jack Coffey himself. 61, for the second time in 3 days. Raftery poured in 30 markers, As director of athletics John Bach told this editor earlier this Witkowski 28, and McLaughlin rk. Jack Coffey was "the articulate athlete." Coffey was at once an 20. jtslaiifling athlete and a scholar, lie could converse fluently in five With three games left, the i languages, and was competent in the classical languages of chances for a 20 victory season ,aiin .mri Greek. He was u linguist and philologist who possessed a look good. The frosh take thoir few degree from our own law school. As anyone who ever met him 18-4 record to St. John's, Sat- jould tell you, he spoke like a pro- urday, looking to avenge a De- * At least half the students working 13 weeks earned :ssor rather than an athlete. cember loss to the Redmen neo- Col ley dedicated his life to phytes. $1500 or more. And here's what others earned .. . iiiikliiiK up the athletic factor in even those working fewer weeks: ihe Fordham complex to a place high in the ranks of collegiate Ithlelics. He wanted his alma This Week In Sporh jiiiiter to he second to none on February 18 fOllt Of 2 $|9 •he playing field. Yet, he was a Track — New York Athletic . earned pan who would never compro- Club Games At Madison Square or more ise his values even if it meant Garden a week. hitting his ultimate goals. He February 19 vonld never have wanted Ford- Basketball — Varsity vs. St. jiani to develop into a basketball fc."n«m''* prime. Let us attempt to restore the Ram to his rightful perch i,, PHARMACY JJ'-'IUION UuMninmtain peak of American intercollegiate athletics. ADMINISTRATION ,„„> HOSPITAL /s is a message for ALL Students PHARMACY ADMINISTRATION HOW TO QUALIFY FOR INTERVIEW with a gray flannel suit OR the quick SESSIONS BEGIN 1. Minimum age 18. FEBRUARY AND SEPTEMBER 2. Need a valid driver's license . . . and must be Course is designed to prepare able to drive a clutch transmission. W to fill one: graduate pharmacists for po- sitions of responsibility and 3. Be in good physical condition. leadership in management, 'e RAM Needs Qualified Students Interested in marketing, selling and re- search in pharmaceutical, cos- REGISTER NOW j P°sitions on Our Local Advertising Staff. metic nml related industries in the wholesaling and retail- Ask your Summer Placement Director or Student ing of the drui; trade; in Aid Officer to schedule you for our campus visit. • Liberal Commissions Granted preparation for teaching of pharmacy administration; and in the administration of the • Freshmen and Sophomores Preferred hospital pharmacy. • Opportunity for Advancement * Admission far matriculated graduate students t'a limited (o those who possess U.S. in Pharmacy degrees. Wrllo or Phono tot BULLETIN of Contact: Jim Dunning, Business Manager INHUMATION APPLICATION FORM RAM Office B-428 BKLYN COLLEGE of PHARMACY 1 An Equal Opportunity Employer. (M/F) Tel. FO 7-5400 ext. 545 • BOO lAFftYETTE AVt. BKLVN 16, M. Y JOUNCED i«»4 MAIn 2-4040 Federation Meet Disappointment] Sluggish Start Still Plagues Pern •There is plenty of room for improvement," was the McGuire zav cr'tsr. guoted phrase made by Coach Artie O'Connor follow- «! tr ing his team's performance in the first annual Track and Field Federation Champioaships last Friday. Although in,-; varsity mi'e :-r-:,-,v . several individuals have turned in some fast times, Mr. wc-ll. finishing M.-cord '. :il O'ConiiOr .feeU that the team's of 3:23. Chazz Pia.-iz;,'-'.' . full potential has not yet been anchorman Fath, still ran v.^Vi chor leg highlh;ht.--,| tl realized. enough to place third behind team effort of Mike- IlamfvCll] Sara Perry, Fordham's world Oklahoma State's world record Faiiman. and Stan .SK-MI,,.,,, record holder in the 60, lost his quartet and a quick Scton Hall Another good performances] specialty to Nebraska's Charlie team. The team, led by a good turned in by the Va:-sitv Greene and Bill Hurd, a promis- 1:53 anchor leg by Brian Jfer- mile relay of Mike Fn>}m ing Notre Dame freshman. Sam, non, was made up of senior Cap- Mike McGlinn. Dermis Hilv ajain plagued by a poor start, tain Bob Dyke, soph Don .May and Colin Kiernan which |,|a! made up ail but one step of the and Junior Jim Groarke. first in the afternoon part of id, four yard distance he lost at the Earlier that evening in the meet and then cam,1 har:k v beginning of the race. handicap race, the freshman two evening to place thi:d j.-i a n Probably the most noteworthy mile relay', led by quarter miler rap event. Boh Bonm-it ] performance of the day was Bill McGuire, finished first. The ham's star fresh hiudlcr, n S'-r.ior Tom Donlon's strong first team, composed o! McGuire, Bill to the 60 yard flash :ind _T; p:ace finish in the 1000 yard run. Urquhart, John Bresnahan and third place in th.- ;,n c, The two mile relay, minus Doug Westendorf won easily after even;.

Page 12 THE rORDHAM RAM Friday, February 18, Temple Tops Rams, 91-74; Birds Victorious, 96-86 f.-.or. h::il!i2 29 for 63. with spontaneously took up where the Zandy Tallies For Zar.ciy ar.d 3iii Lansheld scoring recording leit off and sang the 25 and 22 respectively, but rest unaccompanied. 26 In Phiily Rout couldn't penetrate the Owl's zone In addition, the unusual cal! of Thv r'.arr. carers collapsed enough and were their usual weak "goaltending" was levied three !;':•-:• ;."..-; prc^-urt o! the zone selves under the boards, the only times against Willie Wolters and \.:(.-.- a:;ji.-i Wednesday night and exception being sub Tony Cris- three technicals were called dur- 'i.r/pped a &1-T4 decision to Tern- cuolo who had six rebounds in ing the battle, twice against Forti- p'.e ax the Palestra. his short stint. ham. The Rams held the score even last Saturday, the Rams. 5 Coach Bach surprised many by until i\:'. minute remained in Use stymied by Boston College's zone putting soph Phil Tama on f.r^l half, but then Tempi's press, dropped a 96-86 decision John Austin who finished with press and control of ihe boards to the Eagles. 32 despite Tama's fine perform- d^privod the Maroon ouintet of That this was one of the most ance. storing opportunities while the spirited contests this year on After surging to an early lead, Owls roiled up an 8 point lead, Rose Hili was apparent from the .11 to 26. which they never re- the usually free-wheeling Eagles start when, after a recording of had trouble getting rebounds and linviished. the National Anthem failed dur- Th- Kams shot wc-l: from the started playing slow-down ball. : ing the Jirsf chorus, the fans At 11:54, a basket by Len Zandy tied the score, 14-14. Rams 'n Redmen With ten minutes to go the SPLASHDOWN: Hill Duly displays correct .tartinu [in-itinit. Rams were up by four, 21-17, on important for guoil lime*. another goal by Zandy. B.C. then picked up momentum St. John's On Warpath as Ccach Cousy installed a zone Aquamen Defeat City, 5S ''.'her, rKf. uurr-s jrvade Sr. N'.I.T. la | scorer, junior Lloyd "Sonny" much determination in over- liromiM'. us tb«' l'1-..sli l:'-l ;l*'j Dove i who has been popping in to six with four minutes to play, coming such drawbacks as 1 M but Austirfls two qui'-k buckets ini! down Qiu-fiis dll.^' . •* | Watch This Man over 22 points per game i and sen- the water shortage and a lack ot for their (mirth str.ndit. ior Bob Mclntyre, just behind quelched the Rams' bid. depth in team personnel. In Iho him with 21 ppg's. Biil Langheld led the Rams last week the aquamen have "Sonny" Dove with 22, followed by Zandy's IS solidly defeated Scton Hall. Man- Dove is most effective under and Frangipane's 15. Tony Cris- hattan, and C.C.N.Y. to boost Kernie's the hoards, while Mclntyre de- cuolo had 12 points during his their record to 6 3. pends upon the corner for the short stint.. Picks bulk of his scoring successes. The The Rams rolled over Seton 6*7" Dove also leads the team in Hal! and Manhattan with little Of The rebounds, averaging 13 per game. trouble. Noteworthy perform- ances by Ed Condon in the 200 Week Defensively, Carnesscca favors Baby Rams yard butterfly, John Uz/.i in the the nian-to-man defense and has 500 yard freestyle and soph Marl; BasUollinll only gone to the zone twice this Trip Francis O'Brien in the 200 yard freestyle year. The success of the one-on- highlighted the otherwise lop- Fordlmni vs. St. John"-" ono was evidenced earlier this The [rosh reeled off their sided contests. year's game proved to lK year when his charges held the eighth straight victory' Wednes- set but let's not live in ' he ]««< I hi^h scoring Syracuse team to 65 day, dumping the Iona frosh Jn the C.C.N.Y. meet, a victory —St. John's by 8 llllillb points. In the L.A. Classic, the again. 80-61, in the Gaels' gym. in the first event, the 400 yard Pat Rafter)' led the scoring with medley relay, put the Rose Hill- Fordham vs. I.".v»tii Orange had pommeled the Red- southern gentlemen wi men. 113-97. his third 30 point performance crs ahead to stay in a meet which in a row. was expected to ho tight. The de- some "Southern Comfm' Kan)* But perhaps the biggest differ- Ihe Rams Are llnistail The game was closer than the pcnahlc trio of Tom Dimleri. ence between tomorrow's encoun- Larry Condon and Hill Duly nil by 11 points final score indicates, with the ter and last year's Ram upset will turned in first places to leave the Truck bo the absence of the once effec- Ramlets owing their victory edge , JiJin'si He Scores! Heavers behind, 55-40, I'nrilhnm v». Snv.v ^l tive zone press which (wstercl to the charity line. Frank Me- I,, luH St. John's into submission a year Lauglilin and Denny Witkowskl The Itmns conclude their Manhattan & Venn W IP iwn« They will face a team that ago. Fordham'ii renovated man- added 17 and 11 points, respec- season with the Metropolitan already been sunk tiwl I' barely squeaked by Georgetown, to-man defense will have to do tively, before both fouled out. Championships next weekend. should be next. Nuvyby- Temple am! Army, yet trampled the trick on Dove, Mclntyre and McLauKhlln Injured his thigh Last year's Kordhnm squad placed hn»t we«*: 3 I'lc'"'. J £t. Francis arid Pittsburgh--a the Alumni Hall fans to t'ke out early in the grime, but the ball- team that took first berth In the second but will have a harder Hocord to »»to: 21 ' this one. (fontlnued on Pagn 11) time this your with the entrance wrong