Fordham Law School FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and History Vincent Building, 302 Broadway (1943-1961) Buildings 9-10-1943 The orF dham Ram, Vol. 24 No.2, Fordham Acquires New Building Fordham University Follow this and additional works at: http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/vincent_building Recommended Citation Fordham University, "The orF dham Ram, Vol. 24 No.2, Fordham Acquires New Building" (1943). Vincent Building, 302 Broadway (1943-1961). Book 2. http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/vincent_building/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Buildings at FLASH: The orF dham Law Archive of Scholarship and History. It has been accepted for inclusion in Vincent Building, 302 Broadway (1943-1961) by an authorized administrator of FLASH: The orF dham Law Archive of Scholarship and History. For more information, please contact [email protected]. HISTORY O~ PILLBOX, INSIDE INFORMATION ON BUILTIN 1840 FALLOF ITALY PAGE 3 PAGE 5 Vol. 24 NEW YORK, N. Y., SEPTEMBER 10, 1943 No.2 FORDHAM ACQUIRES NEW BUILDING Joe Carroll to Play for Indian FORDHAM'S NEWEST CLASS BUILDING Fifteen Floors Will Summer Informal Tonight House Schools of Education, Law Gate Proceeds of Intra-University Dance Will With over a century of confidence Buy Service Flag to Honor Fordham Alumni in the future of higher education behind her, Fordham University has Striking a theme from the season, Fordham inaugurates a new social just realized one of her fondest calendar this evening in the University Gymnasium when the recently hopes by the purchase of the fifteen revived Boarder Council sponsors an "Indian Summer Festival" in con- story Vincent Building at 302 Broad- way to house the only two of the junction with representatives of the other schools of the University. Joe eight schools of the University which Carroll and his Orchestra, familiar to all upperclass Fordhamites, will still occupy rented quarters in down- playfordancing,fromninetill one~'---~----------- town buildings. According to the an- nouncement from Rev. Robert I. o'~~~k'dance, ~hich is the first ac- Fordham Service Gannon, S.J., President, the acquisi- compl ished project of the new reSI- tion of this 'building for the use of dent student group, was suggested 10ta·1 lops 4200 the School of Law and the School when several members mentioned of Education, will enable Fordham the desire of all students for social Hici I soon to have all the students of all activity. Proceeds from the sale of 0 ICla Mark the schools studying in Fordham tickets will be used toward the pur- buildings. chase of a Fordham service flag. Convenient To Travel Price of tickets is $1.65, tax in- cluded. The Vincent Building, erected some Proceeds from Informal years ago by the Astor Estate, is a Goodrich Chairman To Buy Service Flag completely modern fireproof build- The committee, headed by Coun- ing, ideally suited to the needs of cil President Raymond Goodrich, For University education. It is situated at the south- '44, includes Daniel O'Regan, '44, east corner of Broadway and Duane and John Moosey, '45A, on publicity Street with a frontage 'Of 110 feet and decorations, Carmen Donna- on Duane and 51 on Broadway. It r umma, '44, on tickets, William On August 23 eighty-one stu- is within two blocks of express sta- Monahan, '45, and John Walsh, '45, dents in Fordham College and the tions of every transit system in the on refreshments, and Robert For- College of Pharmacy, members of city and Broadway buses stop at the tier, '46, Robert Parrott, '45A and the Enlisted Reserve Corps, were door. A block to the east is the Raymond Thomas, '46. inducted into the Army. With this Municipal Center, where are situ- As theme for publicity and dec- induction the number of Fordham ated the Federal Courts 'and the all orations the committee hit upon University Alumni in branches State Supreme Courts. Just to the "Indian Summer" as appropriate of the armed forces of the United south is City Hall Park with the and, in conformity with the times, States reached the mark of 4,251. City Hall and County Court House not too elaborate or expensive. Since This figure, modified to date, will Buildings. the Council has voted against any soon appear on a service flag to be The first floor of the Vincent Bui ld- pretentious trappings. O'Regan and purchased from the proceeds of the ing, whose name will likely be his crew of helpers have been sur- Indian Summer Informal tonight. changed, will, according to Father veying the Gymnasium to plan for a These 81 students, all of whom Gannon, be converted into an audi- simple scheme of decoration. were pre-med, were sent first to torium for general lectures and so- Camp Upton and from there to va- cial gatherings. The penthouse on the Plan Entertainment rious camps throughout the country fifteenth floor will be .a law library, In an attempt to enliven some of for their basic training. After their pending future plans. Title will be the intermissions between dances, training it is believed that the Army Third Freshman Class of Year closed and possession 'Of the whole Chairman Goodrich has organized a will send them to medical school so structure by Fordham will be af- group of students to present a short that they might finish their courses fected as soon as is conveniently informal entertainment. The inter- and become Army doctors. possible. The Schools of Law and mission show will feature Warren Enters College on October 11 Education are now situated in the Schoetzau, '45A, at the piano, Walter Though this number, approxi- Woolworth Building. mately 4,251, is the known figure, Bezrudczyk, '45, as a mimic and a Wish of Authorities quartet of male voices from the Se- undoubtedly there are many Ford- All Arts and Science Courses, Extracurricular nior R.O.T.C. (Continued on page 3) The announcement of the pur- Activities Will Continue for New Students chase of this structure is the cul- mination of the wishes of For-dham authorities and well-wishers for the Father Cotter to Preach College As another step in the accelerated program of studies Fordham Col- past quarter century. Over three lege will admit its one hundred fifth Freshman Class at the beginning of years ago, through the generosity of the next Trimester on October 11, 1943. This will be the third class ad- the late Mrs. Mary M,cGovern, Saint mitted this year. The regular liberaJ. arts and science program will be Mary's Hall on the grounds of the Retreat Starting Sept. 28 Ursaline Convent adjacent to the offered independently of the Army Specialized Training Program now in Campus was erected to accommodate progress. ~ the nuns studying in the graduate Four days of religious indoctrination and spiritual comfort, gift to be The new class, for which many B G"I V t d and Summer Schools. Two years ago prized in this war-·torn world, will be enjoyed by Fordham students in applications have already he en ac- aer, I man 0 e the School of Social Service ac- cepted will be composed of the more , • the form of the annual Retreat which will get under way Tuesday morn- quired its own building .at 134 East recent graduates of accelerated high 46 Sodality Heads 39th Street. A year before that, to ing, September 28, at the close of the present Trimester and which will school programs as well as those who accommodate the rapidly increasing come to an end on Friday morning, October 1. would ordinarily have entered the registration of students from all July Class but preferred to work for parts of the country, two new resi- Rev erend James A. Cotte r, S.J ., of ~:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; the summer. Among the New York Twenty-Five Pledge to dence halls, Saint Robert's and Bish- the Jesuit Mission Band, will be the City high schools which have sped Attend General Mass op's, were erected on the Campus retreatmaster , returning to Ford- up their work so as to graduate through the gift of an anonymous Exam, Vacation Dates classes this summer or early in the ham once again to preach in that ca- Every Friday donor. Announced by Office autumn are Xavier High School, On Rose Hill are now situated pacity after a lapse of several years. Brooklyn Preparatory School and As a result of the recent elections, Fordham College, the College of Following the customary proce- Fordham Preparatory School. From the Office of Rev. Law- Robert W. Baer, of B.S.A., was Pharmacy, the Graduate School, the dure, during the first three days of rence A. Walsh, S.J., comes offi- Members of the October Class will chosen Prefect of the Freshman So- School of Business, the evening divi- the retreat there will be three ser- cial word concerning the dates have a choice among the A.B., dality, and Edmund S. Gilman, of sion of Fordham College, and Ford- B.S.I. and B.S. courses which in- mons daily, two in the morning and for trimester examinations and A.B.A., Vice-Prefect. The newly or- ham Preparatory School. vacation. The Exams will be clude the pre-medical course, the ganized Sodality, under the guid- one in the afternoon. Participation given on September 23, 24 and Chemistry and Physics concentra- ance of its officers and its moderator, in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will 27 and the fa1l recess will ex- tions, as well as majors in English, the Rev. Theodore T. Farley, S.J., Morelle Chosen Glee precede the first morning sermon tend from October 1 to October History, Latin and Mathematics.