Georgetown University - Ye Domesday Booke Yearbook (Georgetown, DC)

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% z fordham Ballu THE rafters of CJaston Hall shook with the rtuirs of (jeorgetown ' s sons and their escorts; anJ cheers were tuned to the marching songs of the 1 lo a bandsmen, on f-riday night, October 11th. For this was one of the season ' s greatest rallies and held on the e e of the Hoya s first post-war mascot, heralded in song and cheer as flameses l. , or plainK s|X aking -the bordham Ram. The Cjlec Club led b Or. DonoN-an, sang Hail, Men of bordham in honor of our oppo- nent and fellow Jesuit College. Afterwards, Nat Brusilof, composer of Hit em Again, ' presented the song to Georgetown by leading Smile, Doc. . . Think it over F football clash, with the Rampant Rams from Rose Hill. Gaston Hall was filled to capacity and ban- ners emblazoning the remains of Fordham ' s illustrious Ram, and battered Fordham grid- iron greats dangled from the balcony. With the opening notes of Forward, Sons of George- town, a th(5usand voices echoed and re- echoed throughout the hall. The rally was ke ed to high pitch by a dar- ing event of which the general student had just become aware. A fearless band of George- town Marauders had stealthily penetrated the ri -al campus in New York; absconded their the Glee Club who had the honor of singing it. The climax of the evening had come. Dick Keenan was in the midst of discounting any rumors that our trophy of war had been re- covered by its former owners. His words were lost in a thunder of shouts and war-whoops, the likes of which Georgetown has ne er heard before, as Ram-Nappers, Bill O ' Leary, Ken Ste enson, Bob Gorra and jack Moloney, led the willing Ram down the side aisle up onto the stage. It was a full fixe minutes be- fore the commotion showed an ' signs of abat- ing. 89

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flask and JBottle m WE Flask anJ Bottle Pla ers is an r informal dramatic group, each mem- her of which is unanimoush ' elected ye»4»lf ) the office of president, (- ounded be- fore the war in 1 40 when its membership consisted of ten members, Father Richard C. Law, S.J.. was appointed moderator, its pur- iewer who asked the campus characters for their opinions on the approaching game. With the ad ice and guidance of l ' ather Law, their second sketch presented for the Fordham rally was even more successful. The scene was laid in the Fordham locker room Just prior to the game. Jim Hicke - and Bob Dietician: Ram stew tonight ' pose was to supply short comedy sketches, portraying various aspects of campus life. These sketches were performed at the differ- ent athletic rallies held before the games. During the war, due to lack of members, the Flask and Bottle ceased to function, but in October 1945 with the return of football rallies as a feature of campus life on the Hilltop, the Flask and Bottle reappeared. At the rally before the Wake Forest game, their first sketch was presented. In it, Peter H. Desmond starred in the role of an inter- Maloney made a hit as two of the Fordham team members. Two more sketches were presented during the football season, one before the game with George Washington University, was the life of George Washington, starring Don Hack and Roy Davis. The other prior to the game with Saint Louis was the college life of Sylvester Techivow played by John McMahon. In it appeared Dick McMahon as Registrar, Hal Berzon as Dean of Discipline, John Loftus as Dean, and Joe Woltering as bodyguard.

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Jfrcshman ' 3cnior HDca Banct VER ' little time passed before the Senior CUiss introdueeLl the promis- ing [-reshman Class to the social life at the Hilltop. Cjala [Mans lor the I ' rosh debut were all eomi letei.1 lor the Wardman Park on October 21 when Washingron awoke one morning and found herself in the midst of the hotel strike. But no such ad ersit - could prevent the Seniors from making their presentation of social freshmen to the under- classes of Visitation, FrinitN ' , Dunbarton and Immaciilata. ( n the morning of October 21, from nine in the morning until almost three in the after- noon, every mirror in Ryan, McGuire, O Gara, and New North was engaged. Only those connected with Georgetown could realize that the r- rosh were smoothing up to be pre- sentable for their dates at the tea dance that afternoon. With every hair in place, and Windsor knot tied to perfection, the green ones passed through the old iron gate o( (jcorgetown for the Wardman Park with hopes running high. The Burgundy Room was filled to capacity shortly after the doors were flung ajar. Suppli- ant glances and the characteristic vigilance of college freshmen were evidenced as these social neophytes scanned the sideline for a young lady to whom — Ma I have this dance would be a welcome pleasure. After light conversation of Where are you from ' ' Do T)u like Virry the greenness was gone and the terpsichorean carnival began. The ease with which they mastered the Samba, the Lindy, and especially the more difficult waltzes, was source of astonishment to our more sophisticated seniors. With the last strains of Good Night Sweet- heart our I- ' rosh were reassured of a Saturday date or an invitation to the ne.xt Vizzy or Trinity prom. Seated: Mislan. Prcs., Loftus Standing: McGrath, Lombard, and Desmond cdv, O ' Connor, and O ' Connor 90