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

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Magi, A Wqflunily eq' 'I 4. 'sc wr F6 no is Q 'Un 9.0 I 2' wi? ' sa 13,60 Nov' Gannon -'25, IJ .N 'W QM.-It The Football was the focus of the first great split in the unanimity of the class of '51, A minority group of recalcitrants agitated for a dance to make money. The rest decided that memories , glamour and a good time were much better motives for promoting a dance than crass commercialism. The idealists eventually won and the budget was accordingly inflated. But the money makers were not to be denied. Bill Burke arranged for the discount purchase of a television set and the class even- tually amassed a grand profit of fifty-eight cents in raffling it off. We hoped that the thing would work for the lucky winner. lt hadn't worked for us. The morning of November twenty-fifth saw precisely the same group that had, a year ago, made a solemn corporate vow never again to volunteer for a decorating committee, as- sembled to decorate the gym according to a master plan concocted by Ray Connolly. Aided and abetted in their efforts by a group of Fordham Prep youngsters under the directior of a harassed Jesuit scholastic, these stalwarts succeded in transferring more than half their share of the work onto the youngsters who had gullibly agreed to share half the work and expenses--in return for the use of the deco- rations. Nevertheless all that day, Danny Moriarty could be seen swinging from the rafters trail- ing orange streamers behind him. Anne Brun developed hand cramps from the overenthusi- astic employment of her scissors and Jane Cam- pion suffered from a partial paralysis of the organs of speech in assuring Pat Kenneally that the crepe paper was indeed fireproof. Next day we repaired the wreckage of the Prep Dance, made minor adjustments, iced the soft drinks, sampled the cookies, spread the table cloths and lit the candles. By nine that evening Lou Staiano and Norma Alber had finished the advanced ticket sale. Milly Fusco was seen hovering near the coke bar. Our smaller brothers were installed in the cloak rooms and Jimmy Reynolds had arrived with his music makers. N. Y. U. had come up to expectations by losing to the Rams the Satur- day before and a gala evening was assured. Next morning saw two of the fifty who had solemnly sworn, on a back issue of the Curved Horn, to reappear for the clean up, hastily disassembling the mess in preparation for a Marian Convention. Three months later, when the financial report was made public, we real- ized a loss of twenty-six dollars and eighty cents. But it had been a success, Miss Scanlon assured us, a grand, gay, magic Cinderella affair, a social success. A good time was had by all. Earlier in the month Fordham had lost their first game of the year to Army. During the hectic weeks preceding this eventful occasion, room 4lO, suitably darkened, was the scene of secret convocations, plots, plans, maneuvers and the drawing of detailed maps and charts of West Point, all designed toward the eventual capture of the Army Mule. Each succeeding Sunday saw the United States Military Academy being cased by carloads of Fordhamites dis- guised as tourists. The identifying decals had been judiciously scraped off the windshields. 1 ,,, 1 ,1- fi.. .FJ .9 . 7'

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and agaln- liquld agam That oranQe a glee club from the University of Paris. October was a busy month. We watched the Rams run up a four game winning streak and eagerly looked forward to the Army fracas. The Mass of Holy Ghost and the annual retreat afforded a brief and much needed opportunity for intensive spiritual reorientation. Three people bought purchase cards and we once again agitated for the initiation of a literary magazine. There were two manuscripts sub- mitted. The French Club started a series of safaris to distant points throughout the City and the Cilee Club was busily acquiring a re- pertoire of over forty numbers. The Philosophy Club began a protracted discussion of Paul Blanshard's American Freedom and Catholic Power and, wonder of wonders, the Curved Horn came out twice. The Interracial Club in- itiated their program of aid to Harlem's Friend- ship House and the '50 Grail lost sixty-seven Training them young. --.img the Signals? dollars in sponsoring a Welcome Back dance in order to raise money. A good time was had by all. Mike Melkonian got his Math Club under way and Tom Dowgin began discussing empathy with Jeanne Fitzgerald in the Liter- ary Society Two events in November overshadowed all the rest in our minds. The first, the downfall of Fordham football at the hands of the boys from West Point was ruefully expected but hopefully ignored in the days preceding the contest. The two subsequent losses to B. C. and Rutgers cast a pall of doubt as to the success of the second. So with fond hopes for a win over N. Y. U. we decided to name our second major embarkation into the social scene The Foot- ball. This decision was in general accord with the great Ball tradition of the School of Ed which has since seen a Basket Ball a Meat Ball and a Ball Ball. Miss Placement.

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Several of the vets took their old Army uni- forms out of retirement as arrangements called for an inside job. Escape routes, alternate strategies, an intricate signallng system and a carfully arranged time table were worked out., A daring daylight raid had been planned. Pre- liminary connections with the larger metro- politan dailies and the various wire services had been established for eventual publicity pur- poses. Everything was in readiness. But no truck of sufficient size to transport the animal had been found and Moriarty's Marauders were doomed to disappointment. Those of us who shivered in the cold rain of Michie Stadium or sat in the warmth of televi- sion-blessed living rooms will not forget the first half of the Army game no matter how hard we try to forget the second. Beaten in the game the Rams nevertheless gained a moral victory, twenty-six teeth to seven. Fordham lost two more games that season before N. Y. U. finally came through and gracefully suc- cumbed in their traditional fashion. lt was during this time that we witnessed the coming of two new organizations to the School of Ed's activities program. November eighteenth marked the birth of the Fordham University Friends of Music. The fondest hopes of Mr. Walter J. Reeve were realized when, under the leadership of Joe Pessarelli, the club experienced an extra-ordinarily vigorous first year's growth. Prime movers in the new or- ganization were Maryalis Hornberger, colora- tura soprano, Pasquale Amato, our favorite violinist, Jeanne Peters, who composed a piano concerto, the Reeve String Quartette, composed of Mr. Reeve and three of his sons, which per- formed admirably and enjoyably for the group, and Ann Johnson and Anne Brady, listeners. Junior year was the year of the great Pinochle-Bridge feud. The old-line Pinochle traditionalists found their places at the card tables in the lounge being usurped by the lately arrived Bridge addicts. Jacob Weisberg, a lead- ing spirit in the Bridge movement succeeded on November twenty-second, in organizing a bridge club for his followers. With no focal point for organization, the pinochle devotees rapidly lost interest so that today there is only one perpetual pinochle game in the lounge while there are at least a dozen floating bridge contests always to be seen. The Interracial Club closed the month play- ing host to the Catholic Interracial Council of New York in the first of a series of monthly Communion Breakfasts held in the Lounge. The Student Council opened the valves of the first Blood Bank Drive and the members of the Science Club heard Jim Travis cover the field of Physics in his treatise at their meeting of the twenty-seventh. Carrying out its theme of The Christian in Action , the Sodality devoted its November activities to the foreign missions. The tradi- tional N. Y. U. ticket raffle and the Mite Box drive served as a means of material support to this worthy endeavor while in their meetings the Sodalists gave spiritual aid in the form of prayers and made an extensive study of Mis- sionary Activities of American Catholics. Cul- minating the activities was a lecture by the Rev. Matthew Fullam, S.J. who described his experi- ences in the Philippine Missions, the work of the Jesuit Philippine Bureau and the results that could be accomplished if more Catholics were more aware of their great responsibilities outlined in the exhortation to Teach all nations. Toward the end of the month we started rooting for Anne Brady, our candidate on the now traditional Snow Ball. In following in our footsteps the class of '52 had greatly elaborated our meager accomplishments and were involved with such big name personalities as Jimmy Durante, John Robert Powers and Wendy Barry in the promotion of their affair. . V ' f':: . H w i 31 t'r m , . i.. ,a.. fo tk pay Gnee new an fam 444466 Vaahaagauay Oacenzautdeofoinaaoex wdlldddltllfl 7llell4e'x9awz6'az'de4on9 new ,..606d00fL '