Fordham University School of Education - Grail Yearbook (New York, NY)

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and part in this action. The Senior Sodality is held in the Chapel and since Senior Year, of its very nature, is serious and thoughtful, the major portion of the Sodality meeting is devoted to ,f meditation and prayer. The Evening Students, due U to their busy and occupied careers, cannot devote as much time for Sodality as they would like. But J ...A for the little time they can spare they gather on - ig,,.,,',i.qQ,141'1','Q?Q5, Wednesday and Thursday evenings in the Chapel and recite a portion of the Little OEICC of our Lady. Thus, the Sodality cultivates the religious seesscfa, ts. habits of all the students from their Freshman to their Senior years. First row: Virginia Cushner, Catherine McCaffrey, Margaret Smith, Elizabeth Ferrigan, Andrew Crocchiolo, Beatrice Locilento, Elizabeth Flauraud, Helen Scanlon. Second row: Patricia Newman, Ann Rossi, Juliet Starace, Elizabeth Sullivan, Mary Ellen McKenna, Ann Pracht, Marie Cuomo, Eileen Brennan, jane Cahir, Carol Madden, Lawrence O'Neill, Third raw: Ann Mastroberardino, Lois Conway, Noreen Gallagher, john Plannel, Katherine Meany, Muriel Hanley, Frank Cooke, john Roche 59

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W '5 qu'-'ihiixawefins ' hqwlu Quen Panama m,AawE,..mnf3wa1 fxulgmsknumrgheerrflkrr abmnra sag ur nmgxhing ngnimthrnabnrvtrtaptrnxir REV. ADRIAN I.. BONA, SJ. S Hldt'l1l Colmrellor hoswcllzcriae mr. . orwmMmy ,t? ilk Dr - ::i?fIl:fniitY15'd-sgilelizuiunllthe mimi lilmiifvmalumr im at thzuarfmghigikngl One of the principal objectives of a Catholic College education is the moral development of the student. To attain this end, Religion is sought as an essential part of the curriculum. While religion permeates the whole atmosphere of a Catholic Col- lege, the Sodality offers the student an oppor- tunity to put the religion learned in the classroom into practice. All periods of the student's develop- ment are taken care of by the Sodality. The Fresh- men begin with a Soclality indoctrination program where the true objectives of the Sodality are learned, the rules scrutinized and studied. Then rr period of probation follows, during which the students are observed and tested to see if they are worthy to be received as members of the Sodality. The program for the Sophomore and Junior Sodality is planned so that the students receive every opportunity to participate actively in the scheduled meetings. Topics pertinent to morals and religious devotion and practice are the most commonly discussed. The students themselves lead these discussions, reading papers or delivering talks on the topic chosen. Then they are impressed with the idea of Catholic Action and their share 58

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Fin! row: DeGaull, Andreoli, Picciano, Newton, Snidero, Ferrigan, Painton. Second row: Kearney, Hassett, Roche, Glickert, Sanfellipo, Stiano, Ryan, Marcesso, Hickey. STUDENT COUNCIL The Student Council of, the School of Education serves to coordinate student interests, and to provide a channel for the How of suggestions from the student body to the faculty. Through this past year under the tutelage of Miss Kathryn I. Scanlon, Moderator, Olive Newton, President, Walter Hassett, Vice-President, and Betty Ferrigan, Secretary, it has functioned effectively toward the attainment of many noteworthy accomplishments. Reviewing the busy 1947-48 semesters, we observe a host of matters having engaged the Council's attention. At the outset the Council approved a full and varied social calendar for the school year. Student problems, relevant to improved spacing of midterm examinations, and requests for courses, were presented to the faculty by a committee of three, consisting of Walter Hassett, KATHRYN SCANI-ON Elinor Andreoli, and George Cobb. M,,,ye,,,,,,,t Consideration was given to the proposal that the School of Education be affiliated with the National Student Association, although final decision was not reached on this matter. Ed Cook and Harry Barletta were appointed interim representatives to the Asso- ciation. As a result of a poll taken from the entire student , body, the Annual All School Affair, sponsored by the Student Council took the form of a musical revue and dance and was held in the Campus Gymnasium. The affair was dedicated to Dean Francis M. Crowley, to honor him during his tenth anniversary at 'Ford- ham. 60