Fordham University - Maroon Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Vox,. 33 Junk,1915 No. 9 1915 Class Chronicle N the autumn of 1911, the class of 'IS received a flying start from the, hands of Fr. Farley, '94, and has been going ever since at a whirlwind pace. Let it be said right here that if any one man more than another deserves thanks for fostering a great class-spirit, for forwarding all our projects, for encouraging andv bringing out whatever talents were in the fellows, and for lending his moral support even after passed out of his domain, that man is Fr. Farley, and we take this occasion for publicly expressing our gratitude to him. As said before, we got off to a flying start, Walter Lynch being elected president and a class-team immediately formed. Victory perched on our banners and it was our freshman team that won the interclass football championship of the college. Ed Betowski came down from Waverly and set the Monthly humming with some really poetic contributions, and Fred Palomba celebrated his advent to Fordham by capturing the long distance swimming championship of the Bronx River. Ed Moore, fresh from Morris High, broke all records at rapid translation, and John Dahlgren, ex '15, smashed all records at rapid fire conversation, even talking the veteran Coates off his feet. During the temporary absence of Fr. Farley that year, the vigorous Fr. Fitzpatrick pounded the Greek language into us with his ponderous Hellenic Lexicon, and Fr. Judge endeavored to rap the knowledge of English verse into the head of the present writer with the leg of a chair. In the Christmas play, Paul Lannin donned the regal robes of King Rene; in the spring farce half the class had