Fordham University - Maroon Yearbook (New York, NY)

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life to halls now almost deserted. Only a bare nucleus remembered the old Fordham ways. The war could not wait for gentler things. Through September . . . October . . . No- vember . . . December . . . campus life went slowly on-a mere echo of better days. By jan- uary, 1944, 330 students were enrolled in the college. The Class of '47 was in attendance elsewhere. But in September of 1944, a new group of lively freshmen caught the baton for '47, em- barking on what was to be an uninterrupted stay at Fordham. October witnessed the grad- uation of 28 men of '45, members of that freshman class of unprecedented size which had entered three years before. It was a mark of the times that the gym, once the sacrosanct domain of Pat Kenneally, became a monster barracks for an Army Postal Battalion. A hint of the future was given in january of '45 when Fordham began the pleasant task of rehabilitating the veteran, as a few for- mer members of the armed forces resumed their education on the campus. The hope for things to come was stimulated by the revival of the basketball and baseball teams in the '44-'45 season. Fordham teams have had bet- ter seasons, but not often better spirit. Expectancy was the mood of the spring of 1945-a tense hopefulness was in the air. In the Ardennes, Von Rundstedt had loosed his last desperate bolt-and missed, Patton was fording the Rhine. The riddled fortress of Europe crumbled and the god-state vanished. As the men of '47 in Europe laid down their arms, their classmates in the Pacific tightened the steel ring of ships about the islands of japan. Then, in one explosive moment in the still air above Hiroshima, the future of our

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c L .5554 generation was struck by the lightning Hash of pure power. At first the return to peace seemed almost as unbelievable as the leap into war. But it was easy to forget a global war and think of home. Readjustment became the stock-in-trade of the female Freuds on the Ladies Home Jour- nal, most of us thought it was wonderful. Meantime, at Fordham, the class of '47 wel- comed an ever-increasing number of returning servicemen. By January of 1946, those neat lit- tle graphs swung upward, there were 675 in the college now. Every few weeks new classes seemed to be entering-revived enthusiasm awakened dormant activities. The familiar grid uniforms were re-issued as Ed Danowski made the welcome announcement of spring l practice. Over in Collins, dusty sets were cleared away in anticipation of a cycle of one- act plays and Saint in a Hurry. By April, the baseball season was well under wayg and Father Cox's debaters were facing an ambitious schedule. The Glee Club, moderated by Father Farley, as always staged a concert at Town Hall, featuring members of past classes, re- turned to the Fordham scene for one night.