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Out of this team that only a blizzard could stop, Meehan loses just one man next year. With both the wonderful 1926 Freshman team and the practically intact Varsity to choose from, the 1927 Violet eleven will undoubtedly be even greater. The schedule, with Colgate, Penn State, Fordham, Carnegie Tech and Nebraska among the games booked, will be even finer than that of last fall. But no matter how wonderful it all may be, no one will ever forget the team of 1926 because it was that team, which in one short season, gave New York University its place in the sun. A drive to raise the sum of 573,000,000 was launched during the latter part of 1926. This sum represents the financial program of the centennial celebration of New York University which is to be held in 1931'35'. Part of this sum is for con' solidating and rounding out the University by the end of its Hrst hundred years. The rest is foundation for its second hundred years. Mr. Percy S. Straus accepted the chairmanship of the Centennial Fund Committee. Mr. Straus, who is president of R. H. Macy Ei Co., and an alumnus of Harvard, made the following statement on his acceptance of the chairmanship: That, briefly, will explain to you, gentlemen, why, though an alumnus of Harvard, I am glad to accept the chairmanship of the Centennial Fund Committee of New York University. New York is my home, and I am convinced that I cannot serve the City's interests better than by helping, to the extent of my ability, to put the University in a position to realize its splendid opporf tunitiesf' All those who have read the account just given have a right to be proud of their school. Progress, activity and growth are the three words that best tell the history of the School of Commerce since its inception. The handicap of congested quarters has now been removed. The University has assumed its rightful place in the college athletic world. A group of prominent citizens have launched a campaign to raise a huge sum in order that New York University may possess an endowment that is at least the equal of those possessed by other leading universities. The progress and growth that has marked the University in the past should now increase twoffold, so that we, who are so proud of our school today, may look back in the years to come at a still finer School of Commerce and a greater New York University. 12
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University now heing the third largest institu' Z if f. fi1':2'A,-,YPIFTFL . a'r'??i-' ' , . in' - Zi- 5-'J f ACM f 1,-kv tion of higher learning in the country. . V ,fn , A, . . . -417 f tl '56 fffjfi' :fi 1' The past year witnessed the start of a new V-T' ,T '25 tradition at the School of Commerce. This is the ,171 ' S 'A jz'5 5', Commerce Wiiiter Frolic which is to he held each fa gke, ' QS l' ' year and will rank with the Junior Prom and the I' ,i QE:-Q. ff . ' 7 f Senior Hop as an annual affair of the school. .5 pfff 41 . 5 The student council was prompted to hold the . rf , fgt,. j2'5i-,I Frolic hy the success of the animal affair of our sister college, the Vsfashington Square College T '1 ,Tf T--vgbf' 5 Spring Fete. The first Wiiiter Frolic was held - , 'fi ' ffl Xu ii 3 on Deeemher 17, 1926, in the Watldtmrf Astoria -2-T ftfif ..,.-'fin . Roof Carden. Over 300 couples attended and 76 the affair was a higger success than was even hoped for. Closely rivaling the new huilding in the hearts of the students is the wonderful foothall team of 1926. From the lowest rung of the foothall ladder, the N.Y.U. machine, coached hy john Chick Meehan, crashed into the spotlight as one. of the leading teams in the East. N.Y.U., who in previous years had a hard time heating even the smallest college elevens, finished the season with eight victories and only one defeat, playing against some of the strongest teams in the country. Few Violet adherents will forget those glorious Saturday afternoons, when we traveled to Ohio field or to the Yankee Stadium to see Chick's team of sophomores heat eight teams in a row. Students are still talking ahout the Fordham game. Of how Zev Graham and his team mates held the Violet scoreless for three and one' half heartfhreaking periods while they tallied a field goal. Ol' how in the gathering dusk of the Stadium, the frantic Violet rooters were hrought to their feet, as Connor slipped through the line and raced passed three tacklers and the invincihle Graham for a touchdown. Then, thousands of N.Y.U. rooters went wild. They swarmed on the field despite the efforts of policemen and guards to hold them hack. For more than an hour after the game, they sang, cheered and -X snakefdanced around the field, while the Ford' ham contingent on the other side glumly lllilkcd Un. lt' seemed as if nothing could stop the Un' shrinking Violets. But in the last game of the season, the Nehraska eleven, with the help of a hli::ard, caused the New York hoys to stiffer their one and only sethack of the season. Of this great eleven, mention must he made of several of the men. AI Lassman, the giant tackle, was placed on most of the All'American teams that were compiled throughout the eounf try. In thc hackfield, Captain Briante, Roherts, Strong and Connor received the title of the Four Centaurs whom many helicvcd were even more powerful than the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame. Connor, next ycar's captain, was also placed on some of the All'American teams. at-Q9 ll
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