Fordham University - Maroon Yearbook (New York, NY)

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LI CII S F. CASSIDY, B.S. ••LOOSH” Bayonne High School. Smoker Committee, (4). Come and trip it as ye go. On the light fantastic toe. —Milton. LI, GILS CASSID possesses three noteworthy attributes- his loyalty to Bayonne, IS. J., his gallantry to the fair sex, and his scholarship in psychology. Should anyone desire to visit that noted city (we condescend to style it thus) upon the shore- of New ork Bay. called Bayonne, his welcome will be most hearty if, upon arrival at its gates, he should avow fa l friendship for “Loosh ' Cassidy, for “Loosh ’ is a power of no mean influence in the Burg on the Bay. It is doubtless due to his popularity that our famous lecture team received so cordial a reception from the Mayor (they have one there), and the citizens of that town. Before the night of the Prom of the Class of Twenty-One. we had always considered “Loosh” a bitter enemy of the tribe of parquet-panthers. But reports thereafter disseminated have it that he has become a dapper-leopard. As a scholar, “Loosh can point with pride to his achievements in the study of psychology—a member of the First Row. he has never let a word escape his alert car and flying pencil. Today there is but one big ‘‘ad for Bayonne—the twin chimneys that send soot and cinders into the eyes of Staten Island ferrybugs. In days to come, however, the world may find reason to forgive Bayonne for its malodorous pipe and accept “Loosh' Cassidy as ample atonement. Bayonne has filled the harbor with smoke—it is “Loosh's ambition to go it one belter by setting the river on lire.

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FRANCIS T. CALLAN, A.B. PADRE Fordham Prep. Class Vice-President. (1. 2. 3); Dance Coimnitte, (2); Class Football, (1). ‘7 cun call spirits front the vasty Jeep. —Shakespeare TO write a biography of ‘‘Frank” Callan is no mean task, for page upon page could be filled with the bare enumeration of his activities and virtues. Since First Year in Fordham Prep, Frank has changed but little. “Frank” is of the quiet kind, and rarely raises his voice either in defense of or opposition to any proposition offered at the class meetings. A staunch friend, he has ministered to the wants of such of the Senior Class as have wandered to the wilds of Mount Vernon. It has been said that never has it been known that a Fordham man left “Padre” Callans thirsty. When the cares and conditions of college days weighed too heavily upon the broad shoulders of Francis J., he would set forth arm in arm with Ed. de Pasquale, and together they would forget for a while the tribulations and trials that befall the student. “Frank” is an athlete of no mean ability. He played fullback on the Prep with “Frank” Walsh and the rest, and gave a good account of himself. As far as we can ascertain. “Frank” does not dally with the fair sex, and he discountenances “Rube” McDermott’s love-letters to “Cincinnati Helen with most paternal scorn. “Frank” possesses all the qualities for success—he has the calm philosophic air and that engaging personality which procured for him the citation of “Best Mixer” in the class. In June when he receives his wolfskin and is entitled to pin A.B. to his name, Fordham is going to lose a valued student, a man of character and a prince.

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DENNIS P. COLEMAN, AM. “DINKY Fordham Prep. Vice-President Debating Society, (3); Second Prefect. Immac. Cone. Sodality. (2) : Class Baseball Mgr., (2) ; Class Treasurer, 3, 4 ; Second Censor. Debating Soc. (1, 2) ; Assoc. Editor Maroon i D. An honest heart possesses a kingdom.” —Selected. THERE is an old saying to the effect that a man never can lose a nickname by which he has once been known. But there ate exceptions. Seven years ago there was an inseparable trio in the First Year of Fordham Prep,—“Fat, “Babe'’ and “Shrimp.” Today not one of them is known by his old nickname, unless the natives of China are calling “Fat by the celestial version of that appclation. For “Fat has left the path of learning and hied him to the land of rice and tea; and of the trio only “Babe” and “Shrimp” remain in Senior. “Babe has always been quick in making friends and slow to lose them. Consequently it is not surprising that he has always been the occupant of some post of trust since his entrance into college. Furthermore, his popularity among faculty and the fellows have not been in inverse ratio,—but have kept pace with one another in their steady increase. Another sort of popularity longed for by many could easily be his, but “Babe has always been indifferent to the wiles of womankind. Yet if you accuse him of being a woman-hater, he will vehemently deny the charge. He doesn't dislike ’em— he simply hasn't met any that could cause his heart to skip a heat. Just now it seems that “Babe is steering for the courts of law, but it matters not what pursuit he follows,—the qualities that have won him a host of friends during his eight years at Fordham should prove the means of his attaining a success gloriously achieved.