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[email protected]. ~ l U.D. FIELDHOUSE GROUND IS BROKEN story on page 2 M A y • 1949 FIELDHOUSE DREAM BECOMES A REALITY The ground breaking ceremony for the long- awaited U niversity of D ayton Fieldhouse was conducted on Thursday morning, April 28. The U niversity of Dayton band under the direction of M aurice R eichard, direc ESTABLISHED 1929 tor and head of the music depart Vol. XV April, 1949 No.4 me~t , presented a 15 minute p:o gram prior to Father Collins offeni?g Mary Shay '44 . .. Editor the invocation . H e lead the group m Clarke Ash, '49 . .. ...... .. ..... Sports Editor the recitation of the Our Father and the H ail M ary. "Entered as second class matter April 15, 1940, at the Post Office, at Dayton, Father Collins in turn introduced Ohio, under the Act of March 3, 1879." M erle P. Smith, '25, who served as the master of ceremonies.