Fordham University - Maroon Yearbook (New York, NY)

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 LAWRENCE RAYMOND DALY A. B. St. Peter s High School ST. PETERS COLLEGE (I. 2. 3): Journal. Contributor (3): Debating Society (I. 2. 3): Elocution Contest (I, 2): College Play (I, 2. 3); College Football (2); Class Baseball (I, 2, 3): Class Basket-ball (I. 2. 3). Du( such if site nee is mi on wise (ha» TVmiyxon- Meriin ami Vivien. TRAVEL broadens the mind. is an old saw. and we can certainly believe it. if one classmate is representative of the traveler. For genial Larry Daly hails from the flourishing city of Elizabeth, and every day for the last eight years has hied his way cityward in pursuit of his Bachelor degree. Rather reticent in his demeanor, he has ever been a first-class student. and he has, by his cheerfulness, won the respect of his schoolmates until now he stands one of the most popular members of the class. That Larry is an orator of no mean ability may be seen from the fact that in his Freshman and Junior years at St. Peter's he received honorable mention for his work in the Declamation contests and on several occasions at old St. Peter's he trod the boards as an exponent of the classic buskin, to the keen delight of our college audiences. His natural aptitude for Chemistry and Physics and all things mathematical has been evident on many occasions. His success in Astronomy and Geology has been due to this same interest which he showed on former occasions, which interest, incidentally, would have won him an Ensign's commission if the desire to complete his course had not lured him away. The world will soon make the acquaintance of Lawrence Raymond Daly to its advantage.

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JOHN JOSEPH CROSBY A. B. St. Peter’: High School ST. PETERS COLLEGE (I, 2. 3) College Play (3): Debating Society (I, 2, 3); Secretary (2); Elocution Contest. Medal (3): ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE (4); Banquet Committee. To thi dauntlfft tempi r of hi mind H hath a wisdom that doth f uidf hi with To art in nafitxi —Shakmpcait—Marbrth. JACK is another member of the Jersey delegation. He was one of the last to take his place in the class. Uncle Sam thinking so much of his services that it was only after considerable deliberation that he consented to let him join us. An entire stranger. Jack soon endeared himself to us all by his sterling character, open mind and zealous work for the welfare of the class. There is one dominating impression which forces itself upon all who come into contact with him—he has the courage of his convictions. We hear that while at St. Peter’s Hank, as they sometimes call him. starred in all branches of collegiate life—in athletics, oratory, dramatics, society and whatever else goes to the making of a regular college. 1 le was the mainstay of the football team in his Sophomore and Junior years, a regular on the baseball and basketball teams, winner of the elocution medal, star actor, with his name in large caps on the program, equally a leader in other things that it would be tedious to mention. It is easy to see how he got the reputation of being lucky, for the event of each of his undertakings was success. Rut to call his success mere luck is detraction. Everything he won was won by work. They will probably call it luck, too, when he successfully transplants arms and legs and docs more than the wonders of Doctor Moreau, but we will know better.

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 ARTHUR CHRISTOPHF.R JOSEPH DONOHUE A. B. Fordham Prep. Th« Ram. Reportorial Staff (3); Debating Society (I, 2, 3. 4), Vice-President (3). Prize Debate (2. 3). Medal (3), Team (4); Varsity Play (3); Athletic Association. I reas-urer (4); Parthenian Sodality; The Maroon. Editorial Staff. Fie. fob. and fit in I k nell the blood of a Hrilinh ’nan. Shaltet more Fin a Lear. WHEN we are dramatic critic on The Folderol, or court reporter on The Barristers’ Wheeze, we expect to use up several very long and very sharp lead pencils writing about this young man. How shall the account go—“The brilliant acting of Mr. Donohue transformed a rather dull play into a smashing success”? Or shall it be—but why waste our good things now. especially when his acting and oratory are so well known? Let us get down to that ghoulish, but delightful business of stripping the living flesh from his character. What are the qualities that go to the making of a beadle—a most super-excellent beadle? We ask the question because, having held his position secure through the stress of eight years of refractory professors, there must be something pre-eminently beadlish about his nature. Primo—he must be conscientious, a man who never cuts a class. Secundo—he must be of a jolly nature. Bumble the beadle was sour and ill-tempered, but this was unnatural, as is proved by his fate. And here wc have the checrfulcst man in the class: he giggles like a Swedish schoolgirl. Though no one objects to that, it merely proves that he has a sense of humor. Suffice to say that to his kindly nature there is only one antipathy, one insult: England and the English. Steer clear of Anglomania when with him or you must fight.