The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-22

ception and banquet. Thomas No
 Ian, the retiring president. presided
 as toastmaster.
 Seated at the speakers table. were
 Father Fox, the Rev Leo Finn, Re, Francis Finn, Judge Edward J. Finn
 Attorney Walter Monogan, Dr M J, Lawlor, Charles Bowman Strome
 and Thomas Nolan.
 A tribute was paid to Judge Finn upon his installation as justice oi
 the common pleas. court yesterday
 He responded. briefly ~by -stressing
 the value of friendship and indicat. | ing the need of a better bond be. tween fellow alumni of Holy Gross college.
 Charles Bowman Strome, execu. tive secretary of the Alumni asso'
 citation, who. accompanied Father
 Fox to Waterbury, gave an inter
 esting,, talk on alumni activities. H.
 sketched briefly the work of the or
 ganization in the days when it wa'
 entirely voluntary down to, the
 present time with an efficient staff working to link more closely ths graduates of the Worcester institu' tion.
 A special appeal to the alumni to put the building campaign started two years ago over the top before this year closes concluded MI | Strome's remarks.
 Father Fox summarized condi- tions at Holy Cross now and the immediate needs of the institution
 Plans for a new .refectory are being completed and actual work on the building is expected to start short ly. With athletics making a heavy inroad into current revenue there is great need of a substantial fund | to permit the college to expand normally during the next few years False standards of living, false | ideals; and loose morals have con tributed greatly to present world conditions, Father Fox's opinion voiced in no uncertain terms as he ended his address to the Waterbury
 Holy Cross men. He pointed out the recent stock market crash as an example of the mad rush for ma terial profit that spread through this nation during the period of ;n- fiation. At such a crisis he main tains that men inculcated with the Ideals taught at Holy Cross must come forward and lead the nation
 back to stability. Hard work and
 much pain will accomplish this. During the course of his remarks Father Fox also mentioned the growing tendency among prominent
 colleges and universities to discard
 fraternities for the house plan. Call 1t what you may, said Father Fox. it is simply return to the system that has always been in vogue at Holy Cross and other Catholic col leges. The student and the master
 dwell together and study together It is a good sign and a comforting
 one to Catholic college heads who
 have always refused to abandon their educational scheme for what was termed the more modern plan.
 Among those present at the ban quet were the Rev John Fox. s. J.. Rev Leo Finn of Oakville. Rev Francis Finn of New Haven, Rev Thomas Lawlor of New Britain. Rev Joseph Kinney of Hartford. Rev
 Vincent Finn of South Norwalk. Judge Edward J. Finn, Attorney
 Walter Monogan, Attorney Vincent Scully, Attorney Terence F. Car mody, Attorney William B. Fitz- gerald, Attorney William Hennes- sey, Attorney Charles Summa, Att torney Frank Healey, Attorney Vim cent Miller, Dr M. J. Lawlor, Dr Alfred J. Finn, Dr Christopher Dwyer. Dr John w. Fruin. John B. Delaney, Francis Began, Frank Skehan, Pierre Pronovost, James Doran, John Gilmartin. Thomas F.. Nolan, Neil Maloney. Andrew Ryan of Roxbury and Charles Bowman Strome.