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TMFORDHAM RAM Vol. 45. N.Y., 10458—November 14, 1963=si|g§J» 401 Twelve Pages >ar kingFees Postponed ABC-TV Televises "Hootenanny" >olicy To Be Reviewed —"Black-List" Protestors Picket Parking fees have been postponed until Jan. 30, 1964 Fr. Gerard F. Fagan, director of student personnel an- By J. Brendan Ryan nounced the University Administration's policy reversal at RAM Associate Editor emergency meeting of the Students Government, Wed "Hootenanny.., ABC televi- P sions highly successful folk music show which travels the SG then voted to suspend the boycott of the campus country taping performances at various universities, came to Rose Hill last Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. "Collegiate," .Man Over 850 enthusiastic hand- clapping Fordham students packed 'the Campus Center ballroom both ! .nights to greet stars such as the | New Christy Minstrels, Leon Bibb j and the Dukes of Dixieland, and | to provide the "collegiate" back- 'TI, »t „,. "~ * — ground atmosphere which lias be , chnsty Ml"sfrels highlight list of entertainers at Fordham's • come the show's trademark. Hootenanny" Show which will be televised Saturday night. But if thirty pickets at the self as a fo!k singer, and a leader i The show taped Tuesday evening. jBathgate entrance to the campus of the Protest said not Fordham 'will be shown this Saturday night |clapped their hands at all, it was but ABC was the target. He !at 7:30 while the Wednesday tap-; , simply to keep warm. The pickets ciaimed ABC has a "blacklist" of. ing will be viewed on Saturday: : [were members of the Ad-Hoc Performers suspected of Un- ; January 4. Committee Against the Black List Americanism. He singled who were protesting what they Seeffer as the most prominent per- Lounge Packed charged were "immoral" hiring j f°rmer to be "kept off ABC solely On Tuesday evening, the lines- practices by ABC. jon political grounds." ; started forming outside the Cam-' k Papa, SG vice-president, addresses demonstrators before Ad- The dispute centered around I An ABC sP°teman denied the ; Pus Center about 6:30. By the time ministration building. Parking policy has been postponed. folk singer Pete Seeger who the'c!large of a "b'ack'ist" but said j 7:15 rolled, around the crowd had. pickets said was denied a Hoot-ithat some Pel'formers who had I swelled to several hundred "spec-- ruler services with the provision next September to the incoming ennnny appearance because he <been "identified with the Commu- 'tators to be," The doors wera" tat students take part in a new class. had taken the Fifth Amendment'nist Party" had ^en kept off ABC I finally opened and the mob surged )vicw of the University's park- It is expected that the present; before the House Un-American,,rn-Amerinan jy ariet, -v sn°ws. "It (the "black- up the stairs in a,, rush for ths pulicy. postponement will offer the time ! Activities Committee when ques-iIlst ' doesn't exist," insisted an prime exposure front rows. ISO leaders were jubilant at the needed to examine these p.ndjtfoned about possible Communist °ffi,cjal of the Hoo'enanny show Within few minutes, every avail- •recess of the student protests, other proposals. affiliation. itself. able location, both on the floor and |hicli began Oct. 25 when up to (Continued on Pag:e 3) Dan Kalb, who identified htm- Rutgers Picketed in the recently constructed stands 100 students picketed the park- Jack Linkletter, the show's was over-occupied. After soma lots, Campus Center and emcee, said that the show had reshuffling of males and femalli" (oyola Hall, a Jesuit residence. been picketed last year at Rut- to provide a more balanced "noi • Capellini, SG president Charles Concert Sales Lag; gers University for the same rea- mal looking" background, the : "An important Part of the son. show was ready to roll. otcst's effectiveness was the Jeopardizes SG Club Budget Pete Seeger is said to be the Emcee Jack Linkletter immet'i-- lippcrt it received from the fue- singer who coined the word hoot- ately wt>n back the somewhat ItJ'." Several faculty members By Bob Kelly | with the parking boycott. enanny in the early 40's and was hostile, chilly crowd and even thr weed strong opposition to the RAM News Editor | "Indicative of student support one of the leaders in the rebirth of nost annoyed was completely over- Joposed parking fees. Ray Charles, the Raelets. his! for the concert," Bogucki contin- folk music popularity. (Continued on Page 9) three-girl singing team, and his ued, "of 650 tickets given to the TJircc Hour Meeting 19-mnn orchestra will appear in Council of Club Presidents, the the University Gym Saturday number of tickets sold by this [The day of the anrewncamerit body approximated 50." Margaret Fogarty Crowned pan with a three-hour meetins night. Bob Bogucki, chairman of the Student Government concert, The concert committee had ex- the University Student reports that ticket sales thus far ;0imcil and the Administration pected to sell out, which would have been very poor. entail the sale of 4,200 tickets Miss Fordham At MKS Bali mcil of Vice-Prcsidcnts. Hear- "The failure of this concert and at least $5,000 profit. The the student opinions of the By Vin Perrella could have severe financial rcper- committee is composed of Boguc- Miss Peggy Pogarty, a 19-year-old sophomore in the wing fees were Fr. Vincent T cusbiens to the SG budget, to the , ki, chairman, Peter Carter, finan- IKcefe, University president; Fr. School of education, was crowned Miss Fordham of 19G4 at the various budgets of clubs repre- cial director and Skee Davitt, ad- Maroon Key Society's Seventh Annual University Ball, held Joseph R. Frese, academic vlce- vertising director. I'Wdeiit; Fr. William J. Mul- last Saturday night in the Gym. Anne Marie Philippon, who '>'. vice-president for business Bogucki stated that the com- held the title last year, surrendered her crown to the red mittee was "very fortunate" in haired beauty at 12 midnight. 1 finance and Fr. Fagan, both the Kingston Trio and the * officials received proposals Clancy Brothers concerts. Re- Miss Fogarty was chosen as the ^ 4 . P' they postpone the fee date garding this concert, "we are new campus queen through stu- f , students be given a lamer e waiting for the stroke of divine dent voting which took plnce Inst , . of (he management of the providence," he said. week throughout the UmveiMty. „ •ing lots, that the fees be Gerstman Cancels She and five other candidates "Jroin students already in This stroke seemed to come last had previously selected ns final- be introduced Thurs., Nov. 7, when Felix Gerst- ists in the contest by the Maroon man, Ent., cancelled their Charles Key Society Steering Committee J concert scheduled for Sun., Nov. and other members of (he faculty I 3[<>od Drive Begins 1 15 at the Brooklyn Academy of and Administration who acted n - j Music. Prior to this cancellation, judges. i- filliPoorRespoiise Paper Business Manager t 1 On] Fordham was under contract not G5 pledges of blood had to advertise to the general public. Aside from her eudcationul pur- { Ira •eivt'ci this morning when Since this development, the suits. Miss Fogarty is tlv> biiMnc; ' 3d Drive opened in the concert committee has placed manager of "The Curved Hoin," j a'"- 'I'his was far below more than 1,200 posters around the School of Education'.! IICA;-- ' expectations. Itay C'hiirlcs town, but ticket orders are still paper. She is a member of the f Student Council and, at present, | I Jack chairman of thf poor. sentcd by ilie Council of Club spends part of her free time us a i Flion -d to reach -i co'i' At the SG meeting Nov. 4, Jack volunteer worker with children at I Poor ii Km t ) i' dint ind. unfortmmtcly, to Papa warned of financial disaster tl (11 »l 'C5," In-' stated. the New York Foundliiu: Hospital '. Program rhx h for the SG budget if ticket sales The crown of Miss Foidham . "•« three weeks ar o 1 o • I 11 > nlislit, only 1,500 tick- continues to be poor. The vice- will not be the first to rest on her [ ^ _ his antic iji ituni ,1 h (I tin n .sold. Uogucki om- (Continued on Vugo 3) pretty head. She has already held ( °iwn letter to u \| • i id Ih it at leust L'.fiOO must the title of Miss Preshmnn of 10U2 Miss l' >rc}h.jm. did lo mlize the overall cost American Age at the School of Education. , whose rei(;n as Mips Fordham of ""•"eadinonishid t»i( n 'f i Inn As Miss Fordham, Peggy will 1003 is a source of Inspiration for «s ' fact "tot. on th, , , h li! id ;:iiu:er will get a flat S, O. Adebo, tho permanent Nigeriim ambassador to the V, undertake the tasks of represent- all future female students who di i/ p()0, icgardless of ticket Ing the student body during the ; might seek tho crown. ill incidental costs of pub- N., will speak In the Campus Center ball room tomorrow at 1064 school year by attending all j The crowning of Miss Fogarty It College had uhi In t'l n uid !('clinical aspects will major school functions, both on:was fi fitting climax to thu Uni- iron ippi mi nut In ipprosimiitely $1,800. 11 n.m, and off campus. With her win-| verslty Bali which, alont; with the numbi t in in m il pi lor costs, SG lilts bor- Presented by tho American ning attributes of charm, poise, Miss Fordham Contest, is spon- jni il I < r)U from the clnss of 'fiS.