THE Vol. 18 New York, N. Y., November 24, 1937 No. 6 ON THE DAIS AT THE FRESHMAN BANQUET RAM TANGLES WITH N. Y. U. VIOLETS IN TRADITIONAL BATTLE SATURDAY; 'REVENGE RALL Y9 SCHEDULED TODA Y Kate Smith, Dr. Stevens Violets Mediocre Record Fea- tured by Victory Over Invited; Seniors Carnegie Honored CROWLEYMEN CONFIDENT Lest it be thought that Fordham ha: forgotten the "lesson of '30," the big- Wojc, Franco, Druze, Babart- gest rally of the season is scheduled to sky Play Final Game 11:50 o'clock this morning in-Collin for Rose Hill Auditorium. The keynote of the affa In th« perennial order, are Robert Haeimiller, President of Junior; Vlto Nole, was revealed by the posters along tin By BILL MULLIGAN Preildent of Senior; Leo 8. Loomle, Editor-in-Chief of The RAM; Fr. Charlee elm-lined path, bearing in huge typi The fast charging Rams from Rose Deane, 8.J., Dean; Fr. Robert I. Gannon, S.J., Rector of Fordham Unlvenity, Hill will meet their last obstacle to the message, "Revenge Rally." an unbeaten season Saturday when •peaking; Chairman, Richard L. Breen, President of Sophomore and Fr. Thomai John Borzin of Senior who has pel they collide with Mai Stevens' virulent Hughes, 8.J., Dean of Freshman. formed a creditable Job as Master Violets in the nineteenth renewal of Ceremonies before, has announced that the bitter "Battle of the Bronx." today's pep meeting is dedicated t Fordham will be seeking its thir- Fordham's football seniors. Eighteei teenth win in the traditional series. Freshman Banquet Held Last members of the squad who may play li Last autumn the team from University their last collegiate game Saturday wll Heights pulled the biggest upset of the be grouped upon the stage. year in defeating the heavily favored Monday at Hotel Roosevelt Maroon, 7-0, in a Thanksgiving Day Invited guests Include Kate Sinit fray that no Fordham fan will ever famous radio singer and long a Rai forget. The year previous The Rams 350 Members of Class of, '41, Hear Addresses by Fr. Robert rooter, as well BB Dr. Mai Stevens am SATURDAY'S GAME swamped N.Y.U. for their only loss I. Gannon, S.J., and Paul McCauley, '15 Captain Andrew Barber! of the Violets of the year and by so doing knocked NOT BAND FINALE their chances for the Rose Bowl bid of the Sophomore class. The guesi FORDHAM DEBATERS WIN Into a cocked hat. But no matter how "I went to school in another era. I speaker was introduced by Fathei OVER NIAGARA TEAM With the N.Y.U. game Saturday after- fraught the series is with upsets, the studied in the good old days before Thomas C. Hughes, S.J. Dean of Fresh noon, the most crowded part of the Crowleymen are quietly confident of a the lady had a chance to become a men, who congratulated the class and band's season will have been completed, victory over a mediocre Violet array tramp," quipped Mr. Paul J. McCauley, Intimated a very successful college lifi the highlight being the trip to North which has been harassed by injuries Flannagan, '38, Beat Speakei all fall. '15, as he played his verbal trumps at for the '41ers. Breen's sophomon Carolina last month. the Class of '41 Introductory Banquet tribute to the freshman class was As Labor Board h The band however will he anything Mediocre Record but completely idle in the space of the After mobbing P.M.C. in the opener, held last Monday night at the Hotel answered by Edward P. McNulty, '41 Upheld newly elected president of the fresh next few months. The Pontiac Hour will N.Y.U. scored an impressive victory Roosevelt. draw upon its services December 17, over a strong Carnegie Tech outfit in man class. McNulty was aided in hie In a debate with the Niagara Unlve Surrounded by administrative offl banter by his three recently installe and a tentative theatrical engagement the Smoky City. However the Tarheels slty team, Fordham acquitted Itsel is in the offing. The climax of the year, of North Carolina came north and cials, faculty members, campus lead- assistants: Vincent Cahlll, '41, William nobly Monday night in Duane Library of course, will be the annual concert dampened the Violets, 19-6. This was ers and class officers on the dais, Mc- F. Schieffer, '41, and Vincent Brennan when It received the decision on th( and dance to he held next spring. the same team that Fordham conquered Cauley told an exciting story of pre- '41. To Play 'Alma Mater' on Its own terrain by a 14-0 count. war school days at Rose Hill. The Founding Related question, "Resolved: That the National Through the kindness of David Men- Little St. Johns of Annapolis was easy Labor Relations Board be empowered prominent New York lawyer, who The wind-up speech of the evenin doza of the Warner Brothers' Studio the prey but the unbeaten Lafayette upset had a son among the freshmen pres- was made by Father Charles J. Deane, to enforce arbitration o( all industrial Fordham musical organization has se- the apple cart again at the Yankee Dean of the College. The story of Ford- disputes." cured a master's score of the "Alma Stadium. The Bronxites rallied with ent, concluded with a tribute to the wins over Colgate and Lehigh but in ham's founding, dating back to the The Council of Debate team of Jo Mater," tremendously popular on the | centennial class of 1941. few occasions it has been heard. There their last appearance the Hoyas of establishment of a Jesuit school in seph C. McKenna, '38, and Robert L Electives Discussed Kentucky, was told by the dean wh Is a possibility that the arrangement Georgetown proved good mtidders to had just returned from a trip to tin Flannagan, '38, upheld the affirmative will he completed for Saturday's game pluck the Violets 6-0. Father Robert I. Gannon, S.J., Rector site of the original institution. while Fred Toole, '38, and Edwari but limitations of time make It more Mai Stevens, in his fourth year of > of the university, spoke encouragingly Daley, '38, defeuded the negative sldt probable that Fordham students will coaching at the Heights institution has of the next four years and outlined Administrative officers and studen of the question for Niagara. Doctor Gas have to wait till some later date to hear had plenty of alibis for his team's the new plan of electives innovated leaders on the dais were introduced to the Mendoza score. ton, Professor of English at Theodore failure so far—Savarese, liis best back this year. The appointment of Thomas lirat year men. Among those presented Congratulations are still coming In was out with a fractured arm and L. Corcoran, '26, lecturer at Fordham were: Fr. John Tynan, Dean of Dis- Roosevelt High School, was the critli from observers who saw the hand per- many other key players were incapaci- Law since 1934, as assistant counsel cipline; Fr. Thomas H. Moore, Stu- Judge. form at North Carolina. Members of tated by minor injuries; there was also I to Governor Herbert H. Lehman was dent Counselor; RAM Editor, Leo S Mr. McKenna, opening for the affirma- the band are unanimous in stating that the problem of practicing, apparently j announced by the rector. Loomie, '38, Vito Nole, '38, Robert tive, denounced strikes as a menace t< the Southern reception was the finest the Violets are such violent students The speaker's table waa presided Hassmiller, '38, Roger Gilmartin, '40 public welfare and questioned their ser- and most appreciative accorded them in that they can ilnd little time to re- [ over by Richard L. Broen, '40, president (Continued on page 3) vice to employer and employee. Niagara several years. (Continued on page 5) lountered in the person of Mr. Toole who stated that compulsory arbitration was "un-American" and violuted state's Maroon Shows Tremendous rights. Robert Flannagan again took up Parthenian Sodality to Hold he case for the affirmative charging hat compulsory arbitration was the Power In Win Over Gaels "effective" method of eliminating 'Varsity Dance \ December 3 strikes. I John Lock Sets Stage for Joe Woitkowski's Touchdown Popular Jones Beach Orchestra to Supply Music at Affair Jaunt On Purdue Lateral Play Coveney in Front Honoring Members of Football Team By "SCOOP" CUCOLO Varsity Dance, the first link of a tra- Displaying remarkable adeptness SODALISTS JOIN ditional chain, will be held December 3 I with a wet and soggy ball, and trenien- Senior Pays for Maroon in Keating Hall when the Parthenian Idous power on running plays, Ford- Month Too Early RAPEE BOYCOTT Sodality sponsors its second annual • hum's rampaging Rams completely out- dance. Tho dance, open to all campus I played u determined St. Mary's eleven I to keep their slate unblemished und A. twenty year precedent waB Music Hall Macstro's Aid to students, will be given to honor the {equalize the series at 3 victories each. imnshod here yesterday when John P. Spanish Communists members of the varsity football team. I Some foi'ty thousand devotees of the lovoney, '38, presented In full his sub- "Through a very remarkable contact Condemned , we hnve managed to get the Muno I gridiron pastime saw Fordham cross crlptiou foe for the 1938 Maroon. "It Brothers' Orcheatra to play at the I the goal line on four occasions, and <ns the first time," snld William de K. Erilo Ranee, conductor of the Music dance. Tho band, which was the 'rage' J watched the Maroon juggernaut gain 'unffe, '38, Editor, following an exhaus- Hall's symphony orchestra, came under of Jones Beach last year, will feature |nltno:H thruc hundred yards to the vo search of the records, "that In the ho fire of the Holy Rosary Betty Trask.