•G*f«*mi-a-n*<f<i*r*i^i^i^tr*>-iPFif_ FORDHAM VISITS WEST POINT SENIOR BALL TOMORROW ON NIGHT OF JUNE 13 8aaaas3ggastta=aasB3E3a Vol. 16 New York, N. Y., May 16,1935 No. 24 R.O.T.C. Cadets Father Murphy Receive Awards Fordham to Award College Degrees at Addresses Faculty In Demonstrate Commencement Exercises June 12 At Convocation Cardinal Hayes Will Presid^t Ceremonies to Be Held on College Campus Gen. D. E. Nolan Review Discusses American Colleges Corps; Coffey, '35, Wins > Five honorary degrees and approxi-'> Before Gathering of Sabre for Merit mately one thousand others In course will be conferred at the commencement Four Hundred The Eighth Annual Military Demon- exercises of the several departments of For the fifth time In as many years, stration ot the Department ot Military Fordham University to be held the week Science and Tactics was held Wedne« of June 9. Baccalaureate services .will more than four hundred faculty mem- day atternoon In the University Quad be held in the University Chapel, Sun- bers of the various schools and colleges rangle before the Very Reverend Alojr day, June 9, at 11 a. m., at which time o£ Fordham University attended the slus J. Hogan, S.J., President of tlu Rev. Lawrence C. Gorman, S.J., '20, Annual Convocation in Collins Auditori- university, the reviewing officers Professor of Chemistry, Georgetown um at three o'clock last Sunday after- the United States Army headed by Ma University, will celebrate Solemn High noon, May 12th. ]or General Dennis E. Nolan, U. 8 Mass. The Baccalaureate sermon will The Reverend Charles J. Deane, S.J., Army, Commanding Second Corps be delivered by Rev. John S. Mlddleton, as Dean of Fordham College, was first Area, ana a large number of Invited '20, Ph.D., "26, Professor of Philosophy, to speak and deliver his report. He, in guestB. The colorful ceremony market St. Joseph's Seminary, Yonkers, N. Y. turn, was followed by Rev. Lawrence A. Walsh, S.J., Dean of the Graduate the entrance of seventeen senior cadet Rev. J. Harold Martin, '20, St. Mary's officers as second lieutenants in the Re- School; Rev. Joseph A. Lennon, S.J., Cathedral, Ogdensburg, N. Y., and Rev. Dean ot Teachers College; Rev. Thomas serve Corps of the United States Army. John D. Verdon, '19, Church of tho C. Hughes, S.J., Dean of Fordham Col- The review of the Cadet Battalioi Nativity, Bronx, N. Y., will be deacon lege (Manhattan Division) and School which opened the activities of the and sub-deacon respectively at the of Business; Ignatius M. Wilkinson, alternoon was followed by the compe- Baccalaureate Mass, which will be at- A.M., LL.B., LL.D., Dean of School of titions among the undergraduate tended by the graduates of Fordham Law, and James H. Kidder, A.B., M.D., This was one of the most enjoyable and College and the Fordham College Man- Dean of College of Pharmacy. The last anticipated events of the demonstra JOHN D. COFFEY '35 hattan Division in academic garb. John FATHER JOSEPH A. MURPHY, S.J. Dean to report was the Reverend Ed- tlon. The events In this class Include: A. Grace, '33, J. Bacon Sullivan, '32, ward S. Pouthier, S.J., Dean of Ford- Strip and assemble a Browning ma- John A. Donahue, '33, John J. Liebfred, ham's School of Social Service. chine gun blindfolded; the manual Stories Chosen for '33, and Donald T. Kennard, '32, alumni Mendel Club Dinner The Convocation Address was next on arms; atrip and assemble an automata now studying for the priesthood at St. the list of the afternoon's activities and pistol. The efficiency ot the cadet In a' Literary Contest Joseph's Seminary, Yonkers, N. Y., will Attended By Fifty was delivered by Father Joseph A. Mur- these events is based on speed and ac act as Master of Ceremonies and as- phy, S.J., Professor of Psychology, who curacy. Three Entries Are Offered by sistants to the Master of Ceremonies. chose for his topic "American Colleges Following this event the awards t The music will be sung by the Glee Fr. Charles J. Deane, S.J. and Character." tho graduating officers and the ou College for Cardinal Club Choir under the direction of the Commends Members In a brilliant speech Father Murphy standing students of the Cadet Corpt Hayes Award Rev. Theodore T. Farley, S.J., and Mr. iu Address claimed that there were four tenden- were conducted. John D. Cottey '35 Frederic Joslyn. cies In modern education that were de- Student Major, was awarded the Col The stories of three Fordham men The Fordham College Commence- On last Thursday evening, May 9 plorable. He then went on to say: "For nel Oranville Sabre. This sabre I have been selected by a Faculty Com- ment at which graduates of the College more than fifty membors of the Men- fifty years there has been a tendency to presented to the senior student who of Arts and Sciences and the School wrong emphasis, permeating the atmos- by performance ot duty and by qual mittee for entry in the Short Story Con- del Club and many ot Its guests at- of Business will receive 390 degrees, tended the club'a annual banquet in phere and spirit of many Institutions of ties displayed during his service i test for The Cardinal Hayes Literary the Graduate School 100, the Teachers higher learning, a wrong emphasis that the Reserves Officers' Training Corps, the Great Northern Hotel, located a Award. College, 137, and the School of Social leads to four paradoxes. In the flrst Is Bdecteil as being best qualified t Fifty-seventh street, between Sixth am place no one can deny that the imme- "The Puzzled Guest," by Samuel D. Service, 15, will be held Wednesday, be of service as an officer of the Arm June 12, at 4:00 p. m. on the Fordham Seventh avenues. The Committee ol diate objective of education stressed McClelland of Senior; "One Night at ot the United States. The Gun Ml campus. His Eminence Patrick Cardinal Arrangements was composed o and stressed again has been the utili- Nordholm's," written by Thomas J. Post No. 271, Veterans of Foreig Hayes, Archbishop ot New York, will Thomas A. Dwyer, '35, Chairman; Rob- tarian one.. .. The utility motif in our Wars of the United States Sabre t FlUmorrls, '36, and "The Broken Melo- preside. The address will be given by ert T. Curley, '35, Edward E. R. Mc-program has almost begun and ended be presented to the battery officer oi dy," by Francis X. O'Connor, '37, were Hon. John A. Matthews, Master in Crosseu, '35, William W. Walker, '36, with the preparation of the student to battery commander displaying th the stories considered worthy of sub-Chancery of the State of New Jersey. and William Elsenmenger, '37. meet the economic necessities ot him- greatest military efficiency was wonmission to the contest's board of Judges. At these exercises the honorary <le- Basil H. Candon, '35, President ol self and the socir.l units to which he be- by Charles A. O'Reilly, Jr., '35. Th Mr. McClelland and Mr. Fltzmorrls have Bi-ee of Doctor of Laws will be con-the Mendel Club and Master of Cere longs. Livelihood is a necessary objec- Military Order of Foreign Wars of th been among the most prolific of the ferred on His Excellency, Most Rev. monies, introduced the speakers. (Continued on page 10) (Continued on page 10) Fordhnm Monthly contributors, the for- Francis J. Spelmau, '11, Auxiliary of the Father Charles. J. Deane, S.J., Deaii mer having been voted the best writer Archdiocese ot Boston; Hon. Frank ol Fordham College, was the guest o in the Senior Class and the latter hav- Murphy, Governor General of the Phil- honor and principal speaker of the eve- Fordham to Storm Audi '36 Is Elected ing been selected as the Editor of the ippine Islands: Hon. John A. Matthews, ning. He commended the organization Monthly in his Junior year, an honor Master In Chancery of the State of on Its good work and on the large at- without precedent in the history of the New Jersey, and Rev. James E. Noonan, tendance. He was particularly pleased West PointTomorrow A. A. President magazine. Mr. O'Connor, too, has con-Pastor of St. Peter's Church, Barclay with the novel idea of having former tributed several articles to that pe- St., N. Y. C. The honorary degree of numbers of the Mendel Club at the ban- Rams Prepare for Annual riodical. Doctor of Letters will be conferred on quet. Kearney '36, Whelan '36, Reverend Joseph Assmuth, S.J., Pro Invasion of Cadet The Faculty Committee, whose task Itev. James M. Glllis, C.S.P., Editor of Gain Other Offices for the Catholic World, N. Y. 0. Four fnssor of Biology, Histology, Embryol- Stronghold It was to Beloct the entries from among ogy and Physiology at Fordham Col- Next Year those submitted by Fordham students, alumni have been chosen to receive the Fordham Gold Jubilee Medal. They are lege and Faculty Moderator of the is headed by Rev. James A. Taaffe, Tomorrow the annual excursion will Thomas MacManus, '71, Mexico City, Mendel Club, gave a glowing tribute to Tho elections for the officers of tlu S.J., as chulrnian. The other members be made to the picturesque plains of Mexico; Louis F. Haffen, '75, Thomas the late Father Gustavus A. Caballero Athletic Association were held last Fii lire Francis X. Connolly, M.A., and West Point on the Hudson.