TRADITION

. . . the newsletter of the Fordham College Alumni Association

Fordham University at Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y. 10023

January 1993

The Citizens Union of the City of New York has presented the annual New York City Civic Leadership Award to Rev. Joseph A. OÕHare, S.J. Òfor extraordinary contribution to enhancing the integrity of the CityÕs political life.Ó The award recognizes Fr. OÕHare as the founding Chairman of the Campaign Finance Board whose purpose is to decrease the influence of wealthy campaign contributors while opening greater access to candidates with less financial support. The award further honored Fr. OÕHare as a participant in the City government, as a member of the Charter Review Commission which was responsible for revising New York CityÕs charter and as a member of the MayorÕs Committee.

RAMology. While the origins of the Fordham Glee Club are shrouded in mystery, the Club was active as early as 1882 and, together with the Banjo, Mandolin and Orchestra Clubs, was a popular student activity. According to Frank Holbrook Ô49, Mr. George Fargis, S.J., a Jesuit scholastic and the moderator of The College Dramatic Society, ÒreorganizedÓ the Club in 1882, and, on December 20th of that year, the Club performed The Charleston Blues at Rose Hill. In 1888, The Monthly reported Òan ominous whisper afloat about reorganizing the Glee Club.Ó On December 20, 1895, the Club gave its first concert at Rose Hill; on April 16, 1896, the Club gave its first public concert at the Lenox Lyceum in Manhattan, and, on April 18, 1899, it sang for high admission prices ($2.00) and to rave reviews at the Waldorf Astoria. For reasons which the University archives do not reveal (TRADITION suspects scandal), Rev. (later Bishop) T.G. Hayes, S.J., the ÒSecond (Third, Fourth, Fifth?) FounderÓ of the Glee Club, again ÒreorganizedÓ the Club in 1923. A year later, Rev. Theodore Tack Farley, S.J. became moderator of the Club and Professor Frederick Jocelyn became its director. For the next thirty years, Fr. Farley and Professor Jocelyn led the Club to concerts at various area colleges and universities and to an annual concert at Town Hall at which Professor Jocelyn invited the ClubÕs alumni members on stage to sing The Ram, The Fordham Marching Song and The Alma Mater. Many of the ClubÕs members, resplendent in their white ties and tails, found the concerts a wonderful way to meet young ladies. The Club continued until the 1970s when, confronted by the forces of feminism, it metamorphized into the University Chorus. According to Ralph DeMayo Ô51, some diehards ÒreorganizedÓ the Glee Club in the early 1980Õs, but eventually it went the way of the Banjo, Mandolin and Orchestra Clubs before it.

ÒWe Meet Again Tonight Boys.Ó Tenor Frank Baine Ô36 announces a Glee Club reunion on Saturday, March 27, 1993 at the McGinley Center on the Rose Hill Campus. The Reunion marks the seventieth anniversary of the 1923 ÒreorganizationÓ of the Glee Club. Frank urges the 324 Club members to encourage each other to attend the reunion which will feature the attendeesÕ rendition of We Meet Again Tonight Boys, The Ram, The Fordham Marching Song and The Alma Mater; a memorial Mass; cocktails, and dinner. Contact Mike OÕNeill of Alumni House (212-636-6520) for details.

Minister of Religious Matters Nick OÕNeill Ô55 reminds us that the annual retreat weekend will be held at Mount Manresa and St. Ignatius Retreat Houses from March 12 to 14, 1993. Contact Mike OÕNeill of Alumni House (212-636-6520) for details.

Rev. Avery Dulles, S.J., Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society, has been appointed to the International Theological Commission by Pope John Paul II.

At the Fall 1992 McGinley Lecture, Rev. Avery Dulles, S.J. addressed ÒReligion and the Transformation of Politics.Ó Fr. Dulles said that the Church can contribute more to the political order by shaping the ideas and habits of those who constitute society than by lobbying and employing pressure tactics which Òleave the basic situation unchanged.Ó The Catholic hierarchy should not, he said, give the impression that the Church Òis a pressure group harassing officeholders and candidates for office, and seeking to control their political conduct by threatening them with ecclesiastical penalties.Ó If people hold this impression, Òthe Church loses in public respect more than it gains on particular issues.Ó

The Faculty. Daniel J. Sullivan, S.J., professor of biology, published ÒOvipositional Behavior and Larval Development of Aphidencyrtus aphidivorus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), an Aphid HyperparasitoidÓ in the Journal of the New York Entomological Society. . . . Shapoor Vali, assistant professor of economics, presented a paper, ÒLoss of Efficiency in the Estimation of the Twice-Differenced Model,Ó at the Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association, Biometric Society and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics in Boston. . . . William H. Berman, associate professor of psychology, published ÒThe Incidence and Comorbidity of Psychiatric Disorders in ObesityÓ in the Journal of Personality Disorders. . . . Mark L. Botton, assistant professor of biology, has published an article, ÒBody size, morphological constraints, and mated pair formation in four populations of horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) along a geographic cline.Ó . . . Carmen Bambach Cappel, assistant professor of art history, presented the paper, ÒLuca Signorelli, Leonardo, and Piero della FrancescaÕs De prospectiva pingendi,Ó at a conference in Florence, Italy, commemorating the fifth centenary of the death of Lorenzo deÕ Medici, and hosted jointly by the Galleria degli Uffizi and Villa Spelman, the Johns Hopkins University Center for Italian Art. . . . Vincent J. Digricoli, associate professor computer science, presented his paper, ÒLIM+Challenge Problems with RUE Hyper-resolution,Ó at the Eleventh International Conference on Computer Automated Deduction at Saratoga, New York. . . . Rev. Avery Dulles, S.J., Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society, attended the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue Meeting in Chicago and participated in the Evangelical Catholic Consultation held at the Religion and Public Life Institute in New York City. . . . Rev. Joseph P. Fitzpatrick, S.J. was an organizer of the conference, Ò500 years of Hispanic Religious Experience in the Americas,Ó at the McGinley Center. . . . Robert F. Jones, associate professor of history, conducted a summer seminar for teachers, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, entitled ÒThomas Jefferson: Political Thought and Action,Ó at Rose Hill, the University of Virginia and Monticello.. . . Robert Moniot, assistant professor of physics and computer science, spent seven weeks this summer at the University of Naples, Italy, in collaborative research in radiocarbon dating by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). The work included studies of neolitic fireplaces in the southern Alps and of eruptions of Vesuvius some 30,000 years ago. He gave a seminar to ENEA, the Italian nuclear and alternative energy agency, entitled ÒApplication of AMS to geology and cosmochronolgy.Ó

U.S. News & World ReportÕs annual guide to AmericaÕs Best Colleges has again recommended Fordham University as among the best of AmericaÕs institutions of higher education.

Rev. Joseph M. McShane, S.J., The College Dean, reminds TRADITIONÕs readers that DeanÕs Day will be celebrated on the Rose Hill campus on Saturday, April 17, 1993. Contact Mike OÕNeill of Alumni House (212-636-6520) for details.

Forty pounds of granite form the Lombardi Trophy which honors the nation's best collegiate lineman. The trophy is named for Fordham's Vince Lombardi '37, a football genius and a molder of men, demanding, noisy, at times testy and the best professional football coach Green Bay, Wisconsin or America has ever seen.

ÒWinning isnÕt everything, . . .Ó Vince Lombardi Ô37.

Beneath a bleak Pennsylvania sky, in the mountains near Lewisburg, on October 31, 1992, Coach Larry GlueckÕs battered Fordham footballers, winless in twelve consecutive contests, ran onto the slippery field of Christy Mathewson Stadium at Bucknell University eager to battle the Bison. Three plays into the game, Fordham free-safety Brad Jordan Ô93 intercepted a pass at the Bucknell 42-yard line. Behind the blocking of fullback Tony Iasiello Ô93 and split end John Potamousis Ô93, running back Chris Ross Ô95 battered the ball to the Bison 26. On third and seven Fordham quarterback John Pohlman Ô95 hit Potamousis for a gain to the Bucknell three yard line. Two plays later, Ross carried the ball into the end zone for the RamsÕ first score. In the second quarter, Pohlman passed to Iasiello and to tight end John Strauss Ô94 to set up Scott HelversonÕs Ô93 weaving 27-yard touchdown run. Meanwhile, strong safety Chris TironeÕs Ô93 fumble recovery and interceptions by Jordan, linebacker Mark Blazejewski Ô93 and Brian Vesey Ô93 frustrated the Bucknell offense. In the third quarter, the Rams returned a Bucknell punt to the Bison 25, and runs by Ross and Iasiello set up PohlmanÕs one-yard plunge into the end zone. The RamsÕ physical play, led by defensive end Aaron Dougherty Ô94 and linebacker Curt Geisler Ô93 continued throughout the second half as the Rams pitched a shutout. The 21 - 0 victory was the RamÕs first Patriot League win and their first Division I road shutout since 1948.

ÒThe greatest accomplishment is not in never failing, but rising after you fall.Ó Vince Lombardi Ô37.

The Sports Page. Lauren Gubizca Ô93 finished first at the Patriot League cross country championship in 17:26.6 at Van Cortlandt Park and ran 16:53 at the ECAC championship to qualify for the NCAAs. . . . Football linebacker Mark Blazejewski Ô93 has achieved All-America honors. . . . To promote the All-America candidacy of football wide receiver Tom Garlick Ô93, sports information director Joe Favorito issued 500 press releases with an odorous clove of garlic affixed to each. Perhaps understandably, Tom was not named to the All-America team. . . . Coach Marty GalvinÕs womenÕs soccer team has posted its fifth consecutive winning season. . . . Pete Harnisch Ô87 of the Houston Astros completed the 1992 season with a 3.70 E.R.A. . . . Contact Assistant Athletic Director Julio Diaz (718-579-2447) to order copies of the commemorative video ÒFordham Basketball: Keeping the Tradition Going,Ó which includes highlights from last seasonÕs championships and an update on FordhamÕs basketball alumni.

RAMembrances. His recollection refreshed by Bill PowerÕs Ô33 RAMembrances of the Fordham-Boston College football game in 1932, which appeared in the September 1992 edition of TRADITION, Tony Cavadi Ô33 remembers the twelve hour drive from West New York to Boston along the Albany Post Road in a 1930 Ford Roadster. Tony, Joe LoBuono Ô32, Larry Hauey Ô35 and Chick Byrnes sipped home made, prohibition era, 180 proof grappa and switched seats every fifty miles to keep from freezing. They pulled into the Copley Plaza in Boston at 4:00 a.m. and rented two double beds for $6.00. The victory over the Eagles the next day was sweet, and the band played proudly. At the Victory Dance at the Copley Plaza, football players from both teams enjoyed Òthe spiritsÓ of the occasion, but Tony reserved some of the grappa for the long ride home.

Reader Pete Cava Ô69 disputes information contained in the ÒBronx AccentsÓ item in the October 1992 TRADITION. Pete has it on authority of Joe Henneberry Ô68 that the name of Dealy Hall is properly pronounced Òdealy,Ó as in Òdealy beloved in Christ.Ó . . . William Morgan Ô38, U.S. Navy Senior Historian Emeritus, writes that TRADITION is Òan excellent publicationÓ which he truly appreciates. However, Bill is critical of TRADITIONÕS failure to publicize the accomplishments of the history faculty.

ÒWhat to do with persons who have only half the facts?Ó writes James Warren Johnson Ô49. ÒSet them straight, of course! October 1992 TRADITION finally got my interest on its back page, recounting the history of drama at Fordham. When I lived and studied on Rose Hill, (FCO 49) I majored (MAJORED) in theater. How was this possible, given that, according to your article, nothing happened between 1920 and 1955, except for a continuing one-act play contest (of which, by the way, I never heard). Shortly after WW II, Father Gannon, then president of Fordham, conscripted Albert McCleery, a dedicated and brilliant theater director, producer and educator, to form an official theater department and build it to compare favorably with Yale, Carnegie Tech, Catholic University and other well established university theater departments. McCleery staffed his department with such as William Riva, a talented and precocious scenic designer who later made a name for himself in industrial design; Edward Kloten, director and professor of established merit who continued to dedicate his life to drama instruction; and Max Sisk, an avant guard designer. The essence of the department, however, was to bring active theater personalities to Rose Hill to teach pragmatic lessons from their life experiences. Thus Rose Bagdonoff, NBCÕs most respected costume designer, Neil Simonson, renowned scenic designer, Stanley McCandless, lighting genius, and a WhoÕs Who of other professionals peopled Collins during those years, producing graduates who took the experience into their lives, with a large percentage continuing as theater, and later television, professionals. Peer Gynt, Romeo and Juliet, Bikini Bikini (an original musical spawned in those innocent days before atomic testing), stick in my mind as only a small part of the main stage output, while the theater-in-the-round on the top floor hosted numbers of daringly staged classics as well as such local productions as Ramblings of 1949. . . . McCleery went on to direct and produce a long-running series of television dramas for NBC. . . . John Intorcia became a radio personality, Pat Harrington Jr. starred in a Hollywood sitcom for many years, Marty Donovan is a successful screen writer. . . . The list is long, and would be satisfying to Father Gannon and Al McCleery alike. . . . I remember Fr. Leonard as Mr. Leonard, a scholastic in Dealy Hall, then a residence. Much credit must go to his later efforts. . . . And then, to get it all off my chest, Collins Auditorium: Ôgarish exteriorÕ? Really? I confess to architectural ignorance, but vividly recall the buildingÕs having been touted at some previous time as meriting sincere praise in style and design. IÕll give you Ôpretentious,Õ even ÔunattractiveÕ if you wish. But ÔgarishÕ? Hardly, unless McDonalds has moved in. De gustibus.Ó

Fordham and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center have announced the establishment of a partnership of the institutions in education and performing arts.

WHAMMO! ÒSo IÕm driving in from Jersey flipping dials. I flip a bit further than I usually do and whammo, IÕm in a time warp. Josh White is singing ÔThe Midnight SpecialÕ - acoustic blues I havenÕt heard since 1964 - and after Josh, whammo, IÕm in the heart of the present and a singer/songwriter named David Wilcox is attacking the tobacco industry. And down the road thereÕs a program of French songs with Northwest Indian rhythms by Canadian chanteuse Sylvie Bonnard. Then a program of Celtic music from, of all places, the north of Spain. . . . IÕve stumbled onto WFUV, 90.7 FM, public radio from Fordham University. . . . the first college station to qualify as a public broadcasting outlet. The directors now provide its twentysomething-to-fiftysomething listeners with what is loosely termed Ôalternative musicÕ - blues, zydeco, bluegrass, stoned jazz from the Ô50s and a huge folk music revival that centers on a new generation of singer/songwriters who are revitalizing the genre.Ó ÒNot Your Old-Folk Music,Ó by Susan Dworkin, New York Live, November 1, 1992.

Tom Mullaney '66 reminds TRADITIONÕs readers that THE RAM will celebrate its Diamond Anniversary on Saturday, May 1, 1993. Contact Mike OÕNeill of Alumni House (212-636-6520) for details.

TRADITION: Minister of Propaganda: George P. McKeegan '69; Contributing Editors: William J. Healy '30, William H. Power, Jr.'33, Barrett McGurn '35 and Francis X. Holbrook, Ph.D. Ô49.

BOARD OF THE FORDHAM COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: President: John V. Chervokas '59; Vice-Presidents: Patrick Burke '63, Annemarie DiCola '80, James McGuire '57, Gerri Cunningham Pare '68 and John Walton '72; Secretary: Leo Connelly '51; Treasurer: John Pettenati '81; Directors: William Banks '48, William Connell '66, Edward Farrell '57, Patrick Foye '78, Gerald Haggerty '60, Mary Ellen Hoffman '81, David Kulo '53, Edward Leahey '41, John Macisco '58, Karen Manning '69, Richard Marrin '67, Catherine McGuinness '83 and Lisa Zangara '90.