Fordham Preparatory School - Ramkin Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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KIN Sfiitrattnn AT THE OUTSET OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THE JESUIT LIST OF TRANSFERS SENT TO FORDHAM FREP A NEW PRINCIPAL. REVEREND JAMES J. REDMOND, S.J. HE CAME FROM A DISTANT CITY AND A DIF- FERENT SCHOOL TO A NEW CITY AND A STRANGE SCHOOL. THERE EXISTED FOR HIM THE TASK OF MEETING AND WINNING OVER FIVE HUNDRED NATURALLY HOSTILE YOUNG HEARTS. BUT THE TERM HAD SCARCELY BEGUN WHEN FATHER RED- MOND’S DISARMING SMILE AND HIS INIMITABLE, “HELLO FRIEND”, WERE FAMILIAR FEATURES AROUND SCHOOL. MINGLING WITH THE STUDENTS, ENCOURAGING THEM IN THEIR STUDIES AND AC- TIVITIES AND W'AXING EVER VIGOROUS IN MAT- TERS OF PREP SPIRIT, FATHER REDMOND HAS TAKEN OVER OUR CASTLE BY STORM. THEREFORE, TO THE MAN WHOSE PRIME DESIRE IS TO SEE FORDHAM PREP A RADIANT STAR IN THE HEAVEN OF SCHOLASTIC, ATHLETIC, AND SPIRITUAL ACHIEVEMENT—TO FATHER JAMES J. REDMOND, S.J., WE DEDICATE THIS CENTENARY ISSUE OF THE RAMKIN.

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RAM REVEREND JAMES J. REDMOND. SJ. Principal

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Front entrance of St. John’s Hall (Preparatory department of St. John’s College—Fordham I in 1891. showing a group of Junior Cadets. RAM