Fordham University - Maroon Yearbook (New York, NY)

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l'r ri .1 nha thlhm hroirsrs. of weeks. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” measures the theme for lirsl-period kite-comers and ”Mv Prayer sounds the Senior 'dgiuiturc before Psvcli and Ktliics trimesters not to mention Father Cox’s Friday morning scrimmages . During Senior, too. the second World War continued where the first one left otf and the Times was (’nil of the stalemate between (Germany and tin Allies. Finland gained the admiration of the world in her gallant light with Russia. We half expected to lie in the trenches before graduation and registered our disapproval of war in general in the college |m»II. The S |iialus tragedy was as nothing to the scuttling of the Admiral (iraf Spec otf I ruguav. The April days come drifting past inviting the over-cut to cut again, inviting motor trips into Connecticut on free afternoons and brisk games of soft-ball on tin- quadrangle. And for tin last time the shadow of the final orals is a threat to lie reckoned with. In May S« nior speakers dominate the devotion rostrum. Ford I mm's last benediction on it' retiring men. the Senior Ri treat, is a menace to aching knees but the Senior Rail a benefice to the nimble of feet. Finally Commencement, an occasion of solemn horror as we sit and an- stared at. uncomfortable in cap and gown. Those ex-|H-ricnecs and all the many others are t In memories that will conic crowding through our thoughts in after years with the strains of Alma Mater Fordham . Rut now let's meet the men who made these events Fordham history. They’re a varied, versa tile crew with stout hearts and a love of life.

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. r first Junior Prom at I'on Ilium in timeout of mind with Parry Clinton and a rand deficit. A colossal Pitt rally jams (lie gym with everything from the Prolix hut it' unique cheer. It is all there in Junior A A. and Thursday nights at Mncy’s; snappy new R.O.T.C. uniforms: cahs careening down Fordhain Itoad as the higchicks mi Keating warn S:.»7, !): (); Sunday mornings in the i. A. and rallies before Freeman Hall with Sleepy Jim astir on the front steps and Father Mulqueen exhorting the team to victory while we veiled ourselves hoarse; reflection before the Pine Tabernacle and volunteer ushering at Senior 'onimciiec-meiit. Archbishop Spellman presiding ‘ANe'll be Sen tor chins officers Hiieklcif, Deli iso, iiiodirinc nml Dillon. fi marine Squalus Sunk Oil' New Kngland oast! Seniors at Iasi and the beginning of a long cavalcade of academic, sportive and social events which, in retrospect, are touching with the memories they hold for us. Then is S:; S locker-room hysteria as we scramble into those Oxford gowns. Bigger and better sleeping quarters arc in the oiling as plans for the enlargement of St. John's Hall become a reality. Pig game is bagged a la Robin Hood and venison supper profits slash class deficits. Class rings begin to disappear as des|K-rate efforts are made to collect cash for last formats and then hectic Senior Week elections tragically remind us that graduation is a matter

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FRANCIS .1 ALUKCRO liachelor of Science Mcn.ld ( lul. (I. •■?. 3. I): l’liv«ics Club (• ; Clu-mistC Club (l. •i. 4); Sodality ( 4). Will always ranemljor Ford ham f«»r its absence of snobs ... line student of biology... despite It is claim to laziness ( Jang made the Dean’s list in Freshman—and still finds lime to keep in shape swimming . . . dabbles in photography and mathematics . . . won't name his hero because I'm too modest . . . some day will “break up a Red meeting at I’nion Square.” H 0 0 N CHARLES .1. AXKXER. JR. liachelor of Science Officers' Club (3. 4 : Sodality I : Fencing 4 . lj:r. 3): .Mimoand Mummer' I. 2 . lias felt the sting of Cupid's arrow but won't say when-, when or with w hom . . . you can call him Hectic hut be sure ami smile when you say that, partner . . . helped organize Ford-ham’s fencing team and then went on to serve as its manager . . . justly I masts of placing sixth in Kastern Intercollegiate fencing matches . . . has an inveterate penchant for naval history and ship modeling. PHILIP S. ARCL'Rl liachelor of Science I’hvsio Club I : C:nini ts'Club 'i. 3); French Club (l : Sodality » : Mrnd.l Club (1. 3); Italian Club 11): Harvester ‘lub (S, 4). “Ruck has always wanted to be a great doctor . . . he’d like to attend Cornell Medical School . . . his |m I peeve-examinations . . . would like to see Fordham made eo-edueational . . . likes steak and philosophy among other things . . . especially enjoys going out in a stag crowd . . . yearns for a large estate, fully equipped, where lie could kibitz sports. I t