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Post by hchoops on Jul 19, 2020 22:31:36 GMT -5
Beaven just a guess at the floor-2
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jul 20, 2020 0:20:31 GMT -5
Correct With Beaven, but he resided on a different floor.
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Post by rgs318 on Jul 20, 2020 5:13:51 GMT -5
"Bunny"
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Post by CHC8485 on Jul 20, 2020 7:17:36 GMT -5
Bunny was the nickname - and I only know that because that's how my dad referred to him. RGS beat me to it - I hate it when a page in a thread ends with a trivia question and I miss answers posted hours before mine!
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Post by rgs318 on Jul 20, 2020 7:28:29 GMT -5
My roommate was hurt by an error of his. A clerical error (back in the days when grade point averages were sometimes handwritten lists) caused him to send out my roommate's grade to medical schools without his recommendation. That was like the kiss of death. When the error was discovered, Fr. Busam send out a correction letter,. It was, by then, too late. He never did get into med school. My freshman year, another hand-written list had me enrolled in intermediate French - but I had never taken a single class in French before then. I appealed and was moved into intermediate Spanish (thank goodness).
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jul 20, 2020 8:08:42 GMT -5
RGS you are correct with the nickname. He was called Bunny, because the legend was he was one of the leading authorities on the anatomy of a rabbit.
Fr. Busam resided on Beaven 1 during the late 1960’s. I lived four rooms away from him.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 20, 2020 8:11:24 GMT -5
He was supposedly named 'Bunny' because he insisted that the comparative anatomy class dissect rabbits rather than cats, cats supposedly being easier.
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Post by rgs318 on Jul 20, 2020 8:32:44 GMT -5
Pak, an interesting tidbit. Thanks.
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Post by hchoops on Jul 20, 2020 8:36:19 GMT -5
He also, at least slightly, was said to resemble a bunny
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jul 20, 2020 11:15:24 GMT -5
I am sure that anyone graduating after 1980, would not have the slightest idea of this discussion and the humor. 😅😂🤣😎
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Post by Chu Chu on Jul 20, 2020 12:17:57 GMT -5
How well I remember Bunny Busam, SJ! I lived on Beaven 1 and also took his class. This thread helped me to recall a fond memory from that time. Holy Cross (with Keith Hockstein) was playing UCLA at Madison Square Garden. Unfortunately, I had mammalian anatomy lab with Father Busam that afternoon, and it was considered a very bad idea to miss any of his lab sessions. What to do? Well, together with a friend in crime, we resolved to go to the lab, set up our rabbits, and begin, but them we left early and started driving to New York. Friends in the lab moved our dissecting tools around the rabbit, and when Father Busam walked by and asked where we were, they replied that we must have gone to the restroom for a moment. They put our rabbits back for us at the end oft he lab, and amazingly enough, we were marked as present for the lab and survived the course! As most of you know, Holy Cross went on to lead UCLA 4-2 early in the game, but went down to defeat thereafter, but we had a great time! I have never been back to the Garden, new or old.
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Post by hchoops on Jul 20, 2020 12:24:06 GMT -5
Great story, and priorities, Chu The new Garden does not compare to the old one. No rotunda, no Nedick’s, etc
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Post by rgs318 on Jul 20, 2020 12:26:25 GMT -5
...and I thought I was the only alum to remember Nedick's.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jul 20, 2020 12:53:43 GMT -5
There is a Bunny who now resides in my front yard. We purposely do not fertilize with harsh toxic chemicals so he has a livable habitat.
I will have to explain to my wife and son why I will name him Busam. 😊
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Post by purplehaze on Jul 20, 2020 16:11:25 GMT -5
Dr. Fauci will throw out the first pitch on Thursday when the Nats open their season vs. the Yankees
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Post by sader1970 on Jul 20, 2020 16:12:01 GMT -5
I never had "Bunny" but then again I was a history major. I first heard of him from my uncle ('43) who had him and knew him well and I was asked by my aunt and uncle to keep an eye out for him (I never did) when I got to HC. For the youngins here are 2 pictures from the '42 yearbook (it was the identical picture in the '41 yearbook) and the '68 yearbook:
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jul 20, 2020 16:14:29 GMT -5
Dr. Fauci will throw out the first pitch on Thursday when the Nats open their season vs. the Yankees Does he go mask or sans mask?
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Post by sader1970 on Jul 20, 2020 16:14:48 GMT -5
And reference by Chu Chu to the UCLA game which I also went to. Great atmosphere despite the final score. "Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the theater?" Picture from the '68 yearbook.
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Post by hchoops on Jul 20, 2020 16:32:53 GMT -5
We had the disadvantage of facing UCLA immediately after the only game they lost that season, to Elvin Hayes and Houston. Lew had impaired vision for that game which had cleared up by our contest. Keith Hochstein had a strong game. UCLA got its revenge in the national semis, beating Houston by 32
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jul 20, 2020 17:19:17 GMT -5
We had the disadvantage of facing UCLA immediately after the only game they lost that season, to Elvin Hayes and Houston. Lew had impaired vision for that game which had cleared up by our contest. Keith Hochstein had a strong game. UCLA got its revenge in the national semis, beating Houston by 32 Am I recalling correctly that the UCLA-Houston game was played in the Astrodome before the biggest crowd ever to see a basketball game?
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Post by hchoops on Jul 20, 2020 17:26:04 GMT -5
You are correct, sir
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jul 20, 2020 18:27:46 GMT -5
We had the disadvantage of facing UCLA immediately after the only game they lost that season, to Elvin Hayes and Houston. Lew had impaired vision for that game which had cleared up by our contest. Keith Hochstein had a strong game. UCLA got its revenge in the national semis, beating Houston by 32 Thanks for bringing this memory of yours back to life for a next-gen NY alum.
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Jul 20, 2020 18:49:46 GMT -5
February, 1967; Notre Dame upset Houston with Hayes, Don Chaney set et al at the ND fieldhouse (dirt floor) in front of 4,000 (capacity).
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Post by matunuck on Jul 20, 2020 19:04:06 GMT -5
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Post by HCFC45 on Jul 21, 2020 8:21:02 GMT -5
And reference by Chu Chu to the UCLA game which I also went to. Great atmosphere despite the final score. "Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the theater?" View AttachmentPicture from the '68 yearbook. Was there also with a friend. Took a bus out of Worcester mid afternoon. Arrived at Grand Central and were immediately followed into bathroom by a couple of morons looking for money... we ditched them quickly and made our way to the game. Great atmosphere and remember Keith playing very well. Bussed back to Worcester after the game, arriving around 2:00am. Great memories!
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