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

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ln the Gannon Council of Debate, our classmates, profitting by the training gained as members of the Junior Gannon Council, soon distinguished themselves. Such eloquent talk- ers as Joan Smith, Catherine McLaughlin, Joan Dowling, Jane Campion and Dan Moriarty were the workhorses of the debating society that year. Engaging in a series of intercollegiate de- bates, they attained such a degree of success that they were invited to participate in the An- nual Brooklyn College lntercollegiate Debate Tournament. There they acquited themselves rather well and finished among the top third of the schools that competed. ln later years they were to be invited to other tournaments. Junior and Senior years saw them competing in the Tuft's tournament held in Boston and the St. Peter's Tournament in Jersey City as well as the Brooklyn tourna- ment. ln all these they gained a considerable amount of credit for themselves, the School of Education, and the University as a whole. Through the four years, the society en- countered such formidable opponents as An- napolis, Harvard, Georgetown, Boston Universi- ty and their traditional rival, Fordham College. Hofstra, McGill University, King's Point and Mt. St. Vincent fell prey to the force of their forensic skill. No little credit can be given to Miss Audrey O'Brien, their coach and moder- ator, and to their officers through the years, Joan Dowling, Catherine McLaughlin and Joan Smith. A few of us, attracted no doubt by the im- pressive title managed to worm our way into the meeting of the Philosophy Club, where, under the expert guidance of Mr. Sullivan, we soon distinguished ourselves as ardent lis- ironuunn Bgifgf - uit' T if I Gm Hag -. N I u 555s,,,Qw ?IMggpg5idNEB- ff Wwmmmwm' x X 1' Helen thought the photographer was funnier. teners to the astute flow of the high-planed intellectual discussions that went on within that circle. Under the leadership of Harry Barletta, we had a small hand in the discussion of Cardinal Suhard's pivotal pastoral letter, Growth and Decline . We investigated modern French thought and cooperated in the production of a joint study of academic freedom which was read at the third national convention of the N. S. A. At the end of the year, Ray Connolly was elevated to the presidency of that organiz- E,,,,..,....-11 Z TU' l l L nflllycur GY ' I - w. r. una-eHf'-l-zfmssm T A WWMDA153 i an mf 2 521Pl ' hunks pgesenta Ani ,fe Bm' .-r'f.ei1t taunting is Maxine B5N'ig 'M AE ZEL fag. g fg, Yeas ence moss HQVEQT t S SBEEQSEHEHEST i,ii'i',ii,1,ii,ii:i' l'lll'lili.iiiiliii liillilli , Signing up for the Tufts Tournament. wnentas asset tase- sgacss sgegeav - g -- e

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. . . and as they are now. upper classmen and the class of y52 could claim no exemption in this regard. We pleaded, cajoled, exhorted and extorted their monetary and moral support for our endeavors and they responded with all the enthusiasm associated with freshmen. They patronized our dances, bought tickets for our raffles and in general were the buyers in a market predominated by sellers. They in turn shared in the exploitation of freshman classes that came after them and so on ad infinitum. Much more socially conscious as a group than we, they soon exhibited a happy unity of friendship in all of a great series of informal parties. ln the tradtional round of welcome back, pre-midterm, post-midterm, pre-Christ- mas, post-Christmas, pre-endterm, post end- term, Easter and farewell bacchanaliae they characterized themselves with a fun-loving merry spirit of fellowship that we envied and strove to imitate. As the term progressed, we began to enter more fully into the extracurricular activities program. Club and committee meetings, pro- jects and general bull sessions began to occupy much more of our time. We began to break down the chrysalis of self-consciousness we had developed as Freshmen and participate more fully in the general stream of school activity. ln the Student Council our representatives worked on revisions of the newly adopted con- stitution and planned for a bigger and better All School Affair. This was the year that the School of Educa- tion officialy affiliated itself with the National Student Association. Under the leadership of Ed Cook, Harry Barletta and George Lynch, who distinguished themselves among their associ- ates from other colleges throughout the coun- try, an N. S. A. Campus Committee was formed. As a group the Sophomores so dominated this committee that Larry Berglas and Jim Ryan were selected alternate delegates to represent the School of Education in this national organi- zation of college students. Later on in the year, . . . and after all my work. John McCullough so distinguished himself that he was appointed a regular delegate, ln future years the wisdom of this choice was fully vin- dicated when, in his senior year, McCullough brought credit to himself and to the School of Education by being elected by his colleagues in the N. S. A. to a coveted position on the Na- tional Executive Council, a steering committee for this nationally known student organization.

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ation chiefly because of the efforts of the only other sophomore John McCullough, who didn't have the time to devote to the job. Next year the members investigated the philosophic implications of the modern state and in Senior year, under the leadership of Pat Quinn conducted an intensive study of the Philosophic content of Milton's Paradise Lost as well as other projects. Becoming aware of the existence of such realities as majors and minors, we soon dis- covered ourselves involved in the various activ- ities of the departmental clubs which were of particular interest to students majoring in specific fields of study. Far from being restric- tive in their outlook on reality and developing a narrowing view of the universe of reality as a whole, these clubs served to broaden our knowl- edge of man and his accomplishments by mak- ing us aware of his efforts in the particular fields in which we were interested. Thus the Italian Club, Il Circolo Dante Alighieri, with its aim of developing the L'Uomo Universalef' the universal Man of the Italian Renaissance aided the Italian majors toward achieving an over-all view of man and all the manifold aspects of his exist- ence by a particular study of the great Italian culture. Under the direction of Dr. Santina Vial, we studied and discussed Italian literature, music, art and thought. We produced a Christ- mas play in Italian, lear-ned Italian songs and folk dances and became aware of the contri- butions of Italian culture to world civilization. George Sanger, Wanda Collangelo, Inez In- fanti and Gene Warnel were leading spirits in the activities of this organization. 33 The Philosophy Club