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...that he had been wrong-something that President Roosevelt himself has never done except about Thanksgiving. The author of this graceful admission is that urbanely dogmatic Jesuit, the very square-jawed Very Rev. Robert Ignatius Gannon S.J., who made it to his own students at the formal opening of Fordham's joist academic year...
...Academic freedom, a "mumbo jumbo" that allows any educator "the privilege of uprooting all the true foundations of life." (Fordham follows Father Gannon's precept: "Students should be taught obedience to the constituted authority simply because it is the constituted authority. . . We do not expect to argue with a Fordham freshman. We expect them to do as they are told...
Father Gannon is noteworthy among Catholic college presidents for his outspokenness (most of his colleagues let the hierarchy do the talking), for publishing Fordham's annual accounts (unwritten Catholic law is to avoid public financial statements whenever possible), and for the fact that he is apparently scheduled to head his university for an indefinite period. Few presidents of Catholic colleges serve more than a set term, which in the 68 Jesuit-run schools (including Fordham) is six years. Father Gannon's term would normally have been up last June, but his superiors got round its regulation by appointing...
...Sleepy Jim" Crowley, former Fordham coach and now head mentor of the North Carolina Naval Pre-Flight School team, will bring a powerful, star-studded squad to Soldiers Field to provide the opposition for the Crimson gridders' first start of the season on Saturday, September...
Three of the players who helped Fordham to win a 2-0 victory over Missouri in the Sugar Bowl last year will be on the navy squad: star tailback Len Eshmont, end Vince Dennery, and tackle Hudacek...