TRADITION. . . the newsletter of the Fordham College Alumni Association Fordham University at Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y. 10023January 1995

RAMarkable! Noting that Òlong range planning takes on a different dimension at Fordham,Ó Rev. Joseph A. OÕHare, S.J., the University president, recently recalled that in 1949, Rev. Laurence J. McGinley, S.J., then the University president, appointed Rev. Joseph P. Fitzpatrick, S.J., then newly arrived on the Rose Hill campus and now the professor emeritus of sociology, to a committee charged with developing plans for a new University library to replace Duane Library. Many years later, on a brisk October morning in late 1994, his task completed, Fr. Fitzpatrick offered a blessing on Duane lawn as a prelude to the ground breaking for the new University library. Then, amidst great celebration and as scores of alumni, many of whom had never spent any appreciable amount of time in the new libraryÕs predecessor, struggled for photographic opportunities with priests and politicians, Fr. OÕHare struck spade to soil, and the construction was begun.At a cost of $54 million, the new library will complement the campusÕ Gothic architecture; will enclose 240,000 square feet; will house the UniversityÕs 1.2 million volume collection, equipment for searching scores of computer databases, special collections, archives, a reserve room, a periodical reading room, a microfilm room, a government documents room, a science library, an audio-visual auditorium, an Electronic Information Center with computer work stations, viewing rooms and a media production laboratory, and will seat 1,500 people. While construction of the new library will take away a portion of Duane lawn, one of the best frisbee fields on campus, the L-shaped design of the new library will define the Third Avenue and Fordham Road corner of the campus and will satisfy the UniversityÕs library needs well into the next century.Library Humor? Michael Wares Ô69, the head of cataloguing and automated systems for the University Library, advises that the library administration will transport the notorious Shush Monsters, those middle-aged librarians who roam the stacks shushing students, to the new library but that the mysterious apparitions and voices, which have been reported in Duane, must find their own means of transportation to the new library. Mike further advises that, when the new library is completed and the entire University collection is in one location, those researchers and scholars, who in the past have spent so much of their time wandering from the Keating collection to the Mulcahy collection to the Duane collection in search of knowledge, will simply have to find other ways to occupy their time.Radio daze? After hearing arguments from the University and the New York Botanical Gardens, the New York City Buildings Department has approved construction of the new WFUV-FM radio antenna on the northeast corner of Jack Coffey field, as the University had planned, but the Department has ruled that the University must move the antenna, which is already partially constructed, twenty-five feet to the southwest. The relocation will cost the University hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the relocated antenna has all the markings of a costly monument to federal and municipal bureaucracy. Accordingly, the University has filed an appeal to allow construction to resume at the present site. The Botanical Gardens has also appealed. If the UniversityÕs position is upheld on appeal, the DepartmentÕs approval ensures that Fordham, and not neighboring entities, will continue to determine how the University will use its campus and ensures that WFUV-FM will continue to serve its 150,000 listeners. A recent survey conducted by THE RAM discloses that sixty-two percent of the students surveyed responded that the proposed 480-foot WFUV-FM radio antenna would have a negative impact on campus aesthetics. Concerned that WFUV-FM is now a public radio station run by a professional staff and that it may no longer serve student needs, students on the Rose Hill campus have formed Students for Fordham Radio to gauge support for a student-run radio station and have undertaken a technological survey to assess whether the residence halls and McGinley Center have the technological capability to bring a new student-run radio station to the on-campus community. The proposed radio stationÕs signal would be broadcast by carrier current, which travels through electrical and film signals. Alumni interested in supporting a student-run radio station may contact Students for Fordham Radio in care of TRADITION.CLC-TV, Channel 23, FordhamÕs student-run television station, will begin broadcasting next semester from the Lincoln Center campus. Alumni interested in supporting the student-run television station may contact CLC-TV, Channel 23 in care of TRADITION.DeanÕs Day. Rev. Joseph M. McShane, S.J., The College Dean, who continues to incur TRADITIONÕs displeasure by refusing to compel senior theology and philosophy students to wear senior robes, just does not get it. Fr. McShane is now attempting to rename DeanÕs Day, a venerable Fordham institution, ÒAlumni CollegeÓ. TRADITION urges alumni to protest Fr. McShaneÕs action by attending this yearÕs DeanÕs Day which will be celebrated on the Rose Hill campus on Saturday, April 22, 1995. This yearÕs course selections include ÒThe WomenÕs Identity Development ProjectÓ by Nancy A. Busch, professor of psychology; ÒRed Devils, Yellow Jackets and Fruit SaladsÓ by Frederick J. Dillemuth, S.J., professor emeritus of chemistry; ÒTwo Twelfth-Century Stories About Love: Marie de FranceÕs ÔLauisticÕ and ÔBisclavretÕ Ó by Mary Erler, professor of English; ÒThe Rose Hill Manor Excavations: A Decade of Digging in ReviewÓ by Allan S. Gilbert, associate professor of sociology and anthropology; ÒRecent Progress in the Problem of EvilÓ by John Greco, assistant professor of philosophy; ÒThe Conception of Italian Womanhood: Ideology and RealityÓ by Florinda A. Iannace, professor of modern languages; ÒHas Russia Remained ÔA Riddle Wrapped In A Mystery Inside An EnigmaÕ?Ó by Richard M. Mills, professor of political science, and ÒAuthority and Ethics: In GilliganÕs WakeÓ by Margaret Walker, associate professor of philosophy. The alumni association will honor Arthur Carmody Ô49 and Frank McGuire Ô56, the 1995 Alumni Achievement Award winners, at the celebration. Contact Mike OÕNeill of Alumni Relations (212-636-6520) for details.Dinner with the Dean. Rev. Joseph M. McShane, S.J., The College Dean, invites interested alumni to join him for dinner on the Rose Hill campus to discuss issues of concern to The College. Fr. McShane will host the next dinner on Thursday, April 27, 1995. Contact Mike OÕNeill of Alumni Relations (212-636-6520) for further information and reservations.The Faculty. Maryanne Kowaleski, associate professor of history and chairwoman of the department, recently delivered a paper on the hide and leather trade in colonial America at the annual conference of the American Historical Association. . . . Avery Dulles, S.J., McGinley Professor of Religion and Society, has written ÒThe Interpretation of the Bible in the Church: A Theological Appraisal,Ó in Kirche sein: Nachkonziliare Theologie im Dienst der Kirchenreforn and has accepted an invitation to become a Membre dÕhonneur of the Association Internationale Cardinal Henri de Lubac. . . . Vassilios Fessatidis, assistant professor of physics, published ÒOptical Characterization of a One-Dimensional Array of Narrow AntiwiresÓ in Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings vol. 236 (1994). . . . Jose Pereira, professor of theology, read a paper on ÒThe Plotinian Pentad in Islamic TheologyÓ at the 19th International Conference in Patristic, Mediaeval and Renaissance Studies. . . . Dominick Salvatore, professor of economics and department chair, published the 5th edition of his International Economics, the leading international text in the United States. . . . Daniel J. Sullivan, S.J., professor of biological sciences, was the keynote speaker at the Biennial Meeting of the Association of North American Jesuit Scientists at the University of San Francisco. His slide lecture was on ÒThe Theory and Practice of Biological Control of Insect Pests in Africa and South America.Ó . . . Warren W. Tryon, professor of psychology, presented ÒEmotional Strain on Adult Children of a Parent with AlzheimerÕs DiseaseÓ at the American Psychological AssociationÕs Annual Convention in Los Angeles. . . . Joseph T. Dembo, professor of media studies, has been appointed visiting lecturer at Yale University for the spring 1995 semester and will teach a course on ÒEthical Issues in Network News.Ó . . . Jay D. Mancini, associate professor of physics and chairman of the department, published ÒGround-State of the Linear Anisotorpic Antiferromagnetic Chain with Competing InterationsÓ in Solid State Communications.Bene, bene, bene. On October 23, 1994, Rev. Joseph A. OÕHare, S.J., the University president, presented Bene Merenti medals to faculty members who were celebrating 20 or 40 years of service to our great University. TRADITION congratulates the medal winners who included Joseph F. OÕCallaghan, professor of history, who has spent four decades teaching medievalism to classes of modernists and whose detailed studies of the knights, monks and kings of medieval Spain have earned him international repute; Peter P. Remec, associate professor of political science, a former chairman of the political science department and advisor to the Holy SeeÕs Delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations, who has enjoyed a distinguished career in international politics; Madeleine I. Boucher, professor of theology and director of the womanÕs studies program at The College, who is working on a book on God-language in the Gospels; Arun V. Jategaonkr, professor of mathematics, who is internationally famed for his work on ring theory; Lloyd H. Rogler, Schweitzer Professor of the Humanities, the founder of the Hispanic Research Center, and William M. Singer, professor of mathematics, who is renowned in the homotopy algebra literature and who was one of the first to use Group Representations in connection with steenrod algebra.Minister of Religious Matters Nick OÕNeill Ô55 reminds us that the eleventh annual retreat weekend will be held at Mount Manresa and St. Ignatius Retreat Houses from March 10 to 12, 1995. Contact Mike OÕNeill of Alumni Relations (212-636-6520) for details.At the fall McGinley lecture, Rev. Avery Dulles, S.J., Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society called the recently published Catechism of the Catholic Church, Òthe boldest challenge yet offered to the cultural relativism that currently threatens to erode the contents of Catholic faith.Ó Dulles notes that the new catechism pays greater attention to the hierarchy of truths, places greater emphasis on positive relations between Christianity and Judaism and on ecumenical relations with other Christian churches and communities, and pays greater attention to the social doctrine of the Church. A new section was inserted on states of life within the church, including a greater emphasis on the vocation to holiness of all the baptized. Dulles maintains that the work issues real challenges. By setting forth Church teaching through the centuries, he says, ÒThe catechism by implication takes on modern scholars who have criticized the inherited patrimony on the basis of new methodologies in exegesis, historical research and epistemology.Ó Though controversial, the new catechism, which is the first official catechism for the universal Church since 1566, has proven a commercial success and is a best seller in both the United States and Europe. Winter Homecoming. TRADITION will celebrate Winter Homecoming on Saturday, February 4, 1995 when the menÕs and womenÕs basketball Rams play at Rose Hill against the Lehigh Engineers. The annual Hall of Fame Brunch will precede the games. Contact Mike OÕNeill of Alumni Relations (212-636-6520) for event and ticket information.Coach Nick MacarchukÕs menÕs basketball Rams will play the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, February 18, 1995 . TRADITION invites all alumni and friends of Fordham to a pre-game reception at the Princeton Club. Contact Mike OÕNeill of Alumni Relations (212-636-6520) for event and ticket information. Sports Page. TRADITION congratulates the womenÕs cross-country team which defended its ECAC championship by winning the ECAC University Division title at the 1994 championships at Franklin Park in Boston. Jeanne Dougherty Ô96, Adrienne Cooney Ô95, Anthanette Fields Ô96, Suzanne Gould Ô96, Andreea Leva Ô98, Sarah Davey Ô96 and Mollie Corbett Ô98 composed the winning team. . . . TRADITION congratulates Gena Greer Ô94, Eileen Heanue Ô94, Kathy Spergle Ô94, Chris Idiart Ô96 and Susan Veteri Ô92 who were among the oarspersons who won the gold medal in the womenÕs Light Weight Eight at the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta in August. . . . Football coach Nick Quartaro, whose charges struggled to FordhamÕs first winless season in forty-eight years, asks that all alumni, who have eligibility remaining, contact him immediately. While results on the scoreboard were not encouraging this football season, players and fans report that Quartaro has brought new energy to the football program and believe that the scoreboard results will change. When last contacted, Nick was on the road recruiting. RAMembrances. Bill Healy '30 remembers Zev Graham Ô29 as the first football safety to play "Sleeping Beauty" on a punt. When the opponent was forced to punt, Zev went back to await the kick. As the ball bounced around, Zev would stand by innocently, hands on hips, and would-be tacklers slowed down so as not to hit him. With impeccable timing, Zev would then snatch the ball and burst down the field leaving the embarrassed opponents behind. RAMology. On the night of Sunday, April 12, 1970, a group of over 100 students, protesting the University's denial of tenure to English professor Dr. Ronald Friedland, entered and occupied the Administration Building. They took over the building's north wing and accessed the south wing by breaking a window to enter the offices of then University President Rev. Michael P. Walsh, S.J. According to a recent article in THE RAM, the students assembled in the president's office and decided that they were protesting an upcoming tuition hike and a lack of governing boards in various departments, as well as the issue of Dr. Friedland's tenure. The protesters came and went as they pleased to attend classes, socialize and so on. On Monday, April 13, 1970, the administration proposed that, if the students left the building, a committee composed of students, faculty members and a member of the administration would be formed to review the issue of Dr. Friedland's tenure. Apparently believing that they were in control, the students did not accept the proposal by the deadline set by the administration. They hung a sign on the building's main door which read "Under New Management;" they told callers to the University switchboard that members of the administration no longer worked at the University, and they sent Fr. Walsh a letter stating that he had been relieved of his duties. University vice-president Martin Meade warned the students to evacuate the building. Finally, the students listened. They collected all garbage, polished the administrator's desks and at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, the 14th, after the administration had sought a temporary restraining order, left the building. The only damage was the broken window and a partially damaged lock. Fr. Walsh insisted that, because the students had not met the University's deadline, there was nothing to discuss. Accordingly, on Wednesday, April 15, 1970, the students declared a strike. Students began picketing around all classroom buildings at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 15, 1970. The striking students proclaimed that "Liberated Fordham" classes would be held in the Campus Center by any teacher willing to participate. During a rally on the Campus Center lawn, a "bomb" was found in the south wing of the Administration Building. The "bomb" turned out to be harmless, and strike leaders claimed they were not behind the incident. The students continued to strike believing that further pressure would achieve the governance in the academic departments which they sought. While many students expressed fear that the strike might hurt them academically, by Friday, the 17th, an estimated 75% of the students supported the strike. After meeting with faculty members, Fr. Walsh agreed with students that a Campus Council should be organized to address the problem of governance. With this concession, the students called off the strike until a student-faculty referendum was voted on to approve the council. Deeply affected by events on campus, events in Vietnam and the tragedy at Kent State, many students majored in frisbee and suntans for much of the remainder of the semester during which the University awarded only pass-fail grades."Haec olim meminesse juvabit," read the inscription, a quote from Virgil, on the water fountain which once graced the quadrangle on the east side of the Administration Building between Hughes Hall and Dealy Hall. However, after the quadrangle was redesigned in the mid-1970s, Virgil's advices were locked away in a storage vault. Consequently, many of today's students have never had the opportunity to consider VirgilÕs wisdom. The Band Plays On. Under the direction of Don Sherman and Rev. George McMahon, S.J., the Fordham University Marching Band has expanded its role on campus. The Band plays at football and basketball games and in support of all aspects of Fordham life. According to Liz Maroney Ô94, vice-president of the Band, ÒWeÕre much more diversified. . . . Some of our music is very demanding. . . . With fifty members we can get a really big sound. ItÕs exciting. . . . We, as an organization, work hard to produce something memorable. . . . We have a good time together and we make good friends.Ó The Band recently performed its first concert at Carnegie Hall. Contact Fr. McMahon (212-636-6525) for information about the Band.TRADITION encourages all alumni who are ramaniacal in their obsession to be identified with things Fordham to contact Conrad Obregon at the UniversityÕs Office of Finance (718-817-4940) to obtain an application for an official New York State Fordham license plate which features the trademark Ram logo in maroon.The Campus and Security. In response to a meeting held in 1847 by the Know-Nothings on Fordham Heights, called to burn down Fordham's St. John College, local authorities furnished The College with twelve muskets for the better defense of the institution. The attack never took place, and in later years the muskets were used in dramatic performances. One allegedly is still preserved in the office of the University President, Rev. Joseph A. O'Hare, S.J.Safety. Pursuant to The Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990, all institutions of higher education publish incidents of reported crimes on campus. An analysis of those publications reveals that, while FordhamÕs urban locations at Rose Hill and Lincoln Center offer all the exciting opportunities and experiences New York City affords, Fordham consistently has ranked among the institutions with the fewest reported criminal incidents and the fewest reported number of crime victims.Reader Patrick R. McDonald Ô91 writes that his grandmother, Genevieve Dodd Range, attended a brand new Theodore Roosevelt High School across the street from the Rose Hill campus. But, Genevieve, the daughter of immigrants, never made it past the foreboding gates to the campus. When Genevieve attended PatÕs graduation ceremony on Edwards Parade, he asked her if she had ever been on the campus before. ÒNo,Ó Genevieve responded, Òwe were always scared to go past the gates. This is the first time, and itÕs great.Ó After seventy years of living in The Bronx, Genevieve finally made it through the gates, not just as a Bronx resident, but as a proud member of the Fordham community. Today a Fordham bumpersticker is proudly displayed on GenevieveÕs Chevy Cavalier. She recently turned 80. . . . Former sixties radical and publishing entrepreneur, Ron Musto Ô69 criticizes TRADITION for giving credence to the RAMembrances of self-annointed sixties radicals whom he recalls as wearing work shirts lined with paisley. . . . Gene Jacobs Ô52 writes that his classmate, Bob McCabe, is absolutely correct in taking the Class of 1968 to task for its claim that it opened the Ramskeller and has produced a copy of the April 3, 1952 issue of THE RAM which indicates that the Ramskeller opened in March 1952. Gene advises that his classmate, Bill Gifford, submitted his suggestion to name the Ramskeller and that they divided a $50.00 first prize when their suggestion was adopted. . . . Peter M. Kirby Ô67 writes, ÒI can tell from your fine publication ÔTraditionÕ that you are a true aficionado of RAMology which, of course, bears no resemblance to mythology. With this in mind, I am sure you will properly embrace my effort to correct some creeping revisionism that I have seen emerging in your fine publication over the past several months. Evidently, some member of the Class of Ô68 has, in a burst of over exuberance, no doubt, attempted to seize a very significant accomplishment of the Class of Ô67 and make it a new measure of the success of the Class of Ô68. Let me set the record straight. The Ramskeller opened in September of 1966. As a result of the direct efforts of the Class of Ô67. It so happens I had personal knowledge of this undertaking, inasmuch as I was president of the Class of 1967 and the first student manager of the Ramskeller. The pledge of Ôbeer on campusÕ was subject to much ridicule by my opponents during the campaign for class office in 1965. However, after my election and with the full and able assistance of my student associates, and the Administration, including an able assist by Dr. Martin Meade and some Ôbehind the scenesÕ encouragement from Reverend Timothy Healy, S.J., the appropriate license to operate the Ramskeller was secured during the summer of 1966, and the facility was opened grandly in September of that year. At first, the Ramskeller was managed by a professional food service manager. However, the Administration soon decided that someone more sensitive to studentsÕ needs should take over the direct day-to-day operations and, as a result, I was elevated from Assistant Manager to Manager. In keeping with the sensitivity of the school to student desires, a variety of activities (was) planned and carried out by the student managers of the Ramskeller, these included weekly film festivals, rock and roll concerts, dancing and the like. The Class of Ô67 was delighted to leave this noble legacy to the Class of Ô68 and the remaining classes that were able to enjoy this terrific and, for a time, unique to college campuses facility.Ó. . . Anthony J. Nicolo Ô74 enjoys TRADITION and looks forward to receiving it. . . . Bill Burke Ô65 advises that, as part of the celebration of its thirtieth reunion, the Class of 1965 will march up Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on St. PatrickÕs Day, Friday, March 17, 1995. University President, Rev. Joseph A. OÕHare, S.J. will lead the contingent, carrying his ramÕs head walking stick. Culture, culture, culture. Mary Ellen Hoffman Ô81 invites all alumni, family and friends of Fordham to join her on the Alumni AssociationÕs outing to Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-on-Hudson on Saturday, June 24, 1995. Events will include a tour of the Van Cortlandt Mansion and property, an open hearth colonial dinner and a lecture regarding colonial circumstances and times. Contact Mike OÕNeill of Alumni Relations (212-636-6520) for further information and reservations.Whitewater. Alumni, who wish to live life as it was meant to be lived and who have had quite enough of the namby pamby cultural events sponsored by the Alumni Association, may join the Young Alumni Steering Committee as it negotiates the white waters of the Lehigh River on a rafting expedition on Saturday, May 7, 1995. Mere participation in the expedition should under no circumstances be considered an indictable offense. Contact Jennifer Chandler of Alumni Relations (212-636-6520) for further information and reservations.Congratulations to the Classes of 1990, 1985, 1980, 1975, 1970, 1965, 1960, 1955, 1950 and 1945 who celebrate at the Jubilee Weekend from June 2 to June 4, 1995. Contact Daria Philip of the Jubilee Office (212-636 6574) for details.TRADITION: Minister of Propaganda: George P. McKeegan Ô69; Contributing Editors: William J. Healy Ô30, William H. Power, Jr.Õ33, Barrett McGurn Ô35, Francis X. Holbrook, Ph.D. Ô49 and Edward J. Buckley Ô81.BOARD OF THE FORDHAM COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: President: Jack Walton Ô72; Vice-Presidents: Patrick Burke Ô63, Mary Ellen Hoffman Ô81, John Macisco Ô58, Catherine McGuinness Ô83; Secretary: John McCarthy Ô88; Treasurer: Christian LeBris Ô68; Directors: William Connell Ô66, Patrick Foye Ô78, Lisa Zangara Ô90, Gerald Haggerty Ô60, Kelly Brown Ô88, Joseph Cantwell Ô70, Raymond OÕRourke Ô77, Denise Gaffney Ô91, William McSherry Ô69, Leonard Baker Ô49, Mary OÕNeill Ô89, Patrick Dunleavey Ô84, Bernard Dengler Ô57 and William Ford Ô60.