Fordham University School of Business - Aries Yearbook (New York, NY)

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CLASS HISTORY A NEW WORLD September 1954: besieged with batteries of Q l to sleep in, not to wear to classf' fires in our memories. February 1955: Haggerty Award. A FOOLISH WISDOM September 1955: Tyros no longer, anchored in our majors, we began to spread our roots. The Brass R .1 . H1 and the Eight Ten Club felt heavy nudges from our corps. The lounges became our camping ground. The Mission Dance drew upon our resources. Ski weekends raged through the winter. Also, heavy snows cancelled many a snowy class. In the sports arena, basketball dominated as the big sport, we had placed great hopes in an undefeated Frosh quintet meshed with the returning varsity lettermen. Sophomore D captured the University football cro . C't Ha ll k l away a few spare hours. wn 1 y 1 eg ers began to strike February 1956: Dealy Hall, but a scaffold shell a semester before, became our permanent home. Its hot in winter cool in summer ventilatin s ste d d l ll - g 'y' m re uce ia way visibility to a smoke- screen. ' Several parties served to warm up a bitter cold St. Patrick's Day. Homer to Heming- way became the hue and cry of every credit of Western World Writers. The Shock Troops sparked a red hot boarder basketball circuit. Boarder picnics and class beach parties added to the spring leisure. Who,ll ever forget Iones Beach after a May final? The words: O.K. butch, what's your name? echoed into the distance when Fr. Wilson was transferred to Canisus. Grief filled our hearts when Fr. Barrett was suddenly stricken in our midst. 80 f A realm of new ideas and experiences hlled that month of dlscovery We were psyci service tests orientation lectures weekly green sheet accounting quizzes, term paper demands, congested corridors and yimmed elevators fto name but a few of our trials and tribulationsj gl Other pioneers arrived on the scene that year The Rev Iames I McGinley S I was inaugurated as head of the expedition. Deputy Dean Spadaro spearheaded the Camp 302 drive for graduation. Campus mens wear was stressed Those things were meant L A semester rolled by with heavy losses from our ranks A thriving frosh football colony had been wiped out. Rose Hill homecoming weekends were to be fading bon Secure in our regrouped strength, we could relu 1 little And that we did e leaders retired to their underground Chambers KR I PD shuffleboard toumeys along Webster Avenue filled many an open hour CQUIIG '1 few pitchers tool All-American Ed Conlin brought acclum to F U when he received his second Fr. Barrett scored a Lenten success in his contemporary production of the Passion Play. Freshmen of '55 fulfilled their part in that City wide triumph The personal proceeds of the annual retreat fortified our venture in its dedication Minor miracles transpired when both faculty and students conquered that dread night .. session disease-somnolence, and when Frosh I survived the fires of a summer in Reidy

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'We have to have one every two weeks Matty, the Monster Did you step on that ant? Higher economics f'Was it basketball-pfaetice? e 'Wh o,s misiing?

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ll! ff WEARING THE RING September 1956: Freshly commissioned upperclassmen proudly sported their university rings with all the fanfare and gestures that we usually thought of as only being associated with newly engaged girls. Apropos of this, we noticed that some lads' disporting was short- lived when barren fingers began appearing in the classrooms. A new landlord, Rev. William Boyle, SJ., moved into Dealy Hall. We, as veteran tenants, were still complaining of the menace which one-way staircases posed to their two-Way traHic. Campusites also cried bitter tears for their balding tires which had to roll over bombed out parking lots. CCity Hall would tolerate no such gripes-I mean how much do some people want?j Midnight conferences at the Readeway in-still-ed the culture that friendships demand. The Advanced ROTC Kadets couldnlt wait to sign their pay records, they now were able to sympathize with the impatient vet's search of the mail. Christmas holidays were spent in the Post Office, saving for a sunny Florida Easter. Fordhanfs role in the business community was boosted by all those who aided the automation conference. February 1957: The Ball and Chain society was rapidly gaining new members. Dorm bull ses- sions and card games lost ground with the invasion of TV to the stairwell. Sportsfans, morale was given a double shot in the arm when Carden basketball resumed and when Ram track star, Tom Courtney, gained international acclaim as an Olympic Cold Medalist. Accounting Majors were happy to see Beta Alpha Psi join the ranks of the professional fraternities in the school. It could not, however, compete in the fashion world in which G.A.X. and A.D.S. reigned supreme by virtue of their great musicomedy. The highlight on the social blotter rolled in on the water wheels of an olde Mississippi Showboat . . . complete with gambling on the promenade . . . Place your bets ladies and gentlemen, place your bets . . . OUR FINEST HOUR September 1957: Leadership on the publications, in the councils, fraternities and clubs, served to test our administrative ability and purposefulness. However, ROBERTA added the really creative touch of magic Cbetter known as hard workj to the semester. Alumni, campus, and downtown talent all combined to make this Collins undertaking a smash hit. Far Around the World in the South Pacific, a Jesuit parish reaped the benelits from the record sales of the Mission Dance. Following the lead of the tenucent, dead beer, Keating cafeteria raised their pie and cake to fifteen cents: Why should Webster Avenue reap all the profit? Folk- lore was enriched by Bragg-arts and jet jockies returning from summer camp. A fine troupe of Guys and Dolls entertained the Interclass Dinner. No, the main course wasn,t ham! Christmas sparkled as the traditional diamond giving season for 1958 graduates- from jingle Bells to Wedding Bells. The last New Year's Eve in college brought out the sentimentalists in choruses of Auld Lang Syne. February 1958: We approached the last hurdle on the obstacle course with veteran confidence. Placement interviews, always anticipated with apprehension, filled the semester calendar. Tax season ushered in a rash of quests for aid from Fordham's future C.P.A.'s. The phone line from Reidy to Eight Ten around deadline times was as busy as a local ward switchboard the night before election day. Senior week crammed with camaraderie. So, who needs .sleep . . . did your orders come through . . . be sure to send me your service address . . . where are you going on your honeymoon . . . remember to keep in touch . . . any volunteers for godfathers . . . what firm will you be with . . . I'll see you at the alumni dance . . . any last minute revisions of the Student Directory? Commencement exercises assured us that we were ready to colonize yet another NEW WORLD. If somewhere in our reverie of four years past, we failed to reproduce some of your fondest nostalgia, we beg your pardon. But, after all is said and done, ,Aries is just a Greek billy goat that wandered astray on a Rose Hill and a Marble Campus. 81