117) November 22, 1956:
Thanksgiving: The Rams cap off an
undefeated season with a 14-13 Turkey
Bowl victory over Xavier. During the first
half, sophomore quarterback Bruce Bott
scores the first Prep touchdown of the
game and team co-captain, senior Robert
“Ozzie” Oswald, runs the extra point.
Before halftime, game MVP Mike Conway,
Class of 1959, scores another Maroon
touchdown, and “Ozzie” breaks the tie
with his 51st point of the season.
of classes. When the radio reports that all
New York City Catholic schools will be
closed, some students — mostly
freshmen — take this to mean that Prep
classes are canceled as well. Upon
returning to school the next day to find
that the Prep had not been closed, they
are sternly reminded by the
administration that “Fordham Prep is a
Jesuit institution of higher learning” and
not just a “New York City Catholic School.”
John Puroy Mitchel, Class of 1894) Bishop
Walter Kellenberg, Class of 191 9, founding
are introduced at the Prep. The teachers
are Mr. James Cully and Mrs. Tatjana
Kamendrowski. Prep boys studying
Russian are given use of the state-
of-the-art Language Lab in Keating Hall.
dedicates the medal of Our Lady of
person, Fr. Horace McKenna, SJ, Class of
1916, activist and advocate for the poor
and marginalized, spends the day in
Philadelphia watching the events unfold
on television. In Father's own words: “It
was a beautiful spectacle. I remember Dr.
King's stirring sermon: 'I have a dream —
A Man for All Seasons in Collins
travelers. For the occasion, he composed
Auditorium. For the first time, girls from
what has become the official prayer
sister schools are playing the female
asking Mary’s intercession for a safe flight.
roles. The first First Lady of the Prep
stage is Susan McCarthy, Mt. St. Ursula
119) 1959-1960 School Year:
Class of 1965, in the part of Lady Alice
Fordham Prep moves its lunchroom
Moore. She is joined by her classmate
facilities into lower level of the Campus
Barbara Liston in the part of Lady
Center, later the McGinley Center, named
Margaret Moore and Deirdre Abbott, a
for Fr. Laurence McGinley, University
Donna hits New York City on the first day
126) August 28, 1963: Unable to
attend the March on Washington in
Fordham Prep Dramatic Society presents
Mother has come to be invoked by air
120) September 12, 1960: Hurricane
out of Dallas.
127) November 6 &7, 1964: The
Loreto, a title under which the Blessed
1960s
shock and outrage to the reports coming
a brotherhood from sea to sea.'“
bishop of the Rockville Center Diocese,
president from 1949 to 1963.
the 5th Floor of Hughes Hall, listening in
John Roy, Class of 1964, would often
accompany Fr. John “Jack” Leonard, SJ to
Fordham Hospital on Sunday mornings to
assist in administering the Holy Eucharist.
123) September 1962: Russian classes
Mitchel Air Force Base (named for Mayor
gather around radios in club offices on
121) 1960-1964: During his Prep years,
122) December 21 & 22, 1961: Mr.
Rudolph Hanish's German Choir
continues the annual tradition of caroling
in German throughout the Rose Hill
Campus. Accompanied on the accordion
by John Ferrara, Class of 1964, the choir
performs such favorites as “Stille Nacht”
and “O Tannenbaum.”
118) April 12, 1959: At Long Island's
125) November 22, 1963: Students
124) June 20, 1963: Commencement
Day: 161 young men join the
brotherhood of Prep alumni. Receiving
their diplomas are two future legendary
Prep teachers still on the faculty in 2017:
Dennis Ahern and Jack Foley. Together,
Messrs. Ahern and Foley have given nearly
a century of service to our alma mater.
first-year student at St. Catherine's.
128) Spring 1965: A Middle States
report confirms what the administration,
faculty, staff and student body had
known for years: the 19th-century
Hughes Hall could no longer adequately
accommodate the needs of a late
20th-century high school.
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