Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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RoberT Leonard, B.S. in B. Bob Newark, N. J. Pen and Sword: VarsiTy M Club 2, 3, 4: VarsiTy BaskeTball 2, 3, 43 Baseball 2, 3, 4. ITT-T mosT oT us sTruTTing abouT The campus, giddy in The conTemplaTion oT our own imporTance, Bob Leonard sTands ouT as a reTreshing excepTion. l-le has ThaT very rare virTue oT modesTy. YeT There is no one who has a beTTer righT To selT-saTisTacTion Than This sTalwarT denizen oT Jersey's jungles. Bob is big, sTrong and handsome, while physically, menTally and morally he Towers. l-le ensnares The hoT ones around Third base wiTh The same suave grace wiTh which he glides abouT a dance Tloor. T-le has played a guard posiTion on The VarsiTy baskeTball Team Tor The pasT Three years wiTh The same sTeadiness and success ThaT has marked his scholasTic work. AlThough Bob has been a dependable and versaTile aThleTe-and is iusTly Tamous Tor ThaT reason-his populariTy resTs on Tiner gualiTies. l-lis sinceriTy and sTrengTh oT characTer have won Tor him a hosT oT sTeadTasT Triends among Teachers and classmaTes. l-le is a genTleman in The TruesT and nicesT meaning oT ThaT much abused Term-honorable, consideraTe, kind. We shan'T meeT many like him. BuT now The Time has come when The world calls him and he is abouT To answer wiTh lvlanhaTTan's sTamp oT approval. Well, good luck, Bob. To use The expression we've all used beTore, LeT's see you go. .:1.1r1 -.: , :,. .,, -ra: ' 1 - q gz- -1 ':'g5-:. 3 :ff TffTEf.QEE1iTTif2ffff'f5i7fEf ,, s aft' Ts 'L s' s ' -'a- -f--We aaa- Y-f-wwf: .L..'2Qi'.,I4....nT5i. '..1'm ' :T ' 'B .- l L ' l Lf 1 'l LJ llv Ln 5 L- lJ l.. 5 L-l l i K'-'N z...:.s1..g1fg..::i'If',..:g.....f ?'T .,..?f'j1ff'A fff1 'ii el' fr' i .W 5 HEN iT is 1 abouT The ma Tion Tor him- LOU Tepri Pf0ve H. W, discus To 59+ fi. sensaTional WY- ln spi slslrency on H hard-TighTing 9 TaShion of me , O Asa 1, hard +hings+ud. cherish as 6 li , Qenflemanly JI I, 'Q I44

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Joseph C. Leonard, BS. in E. Joe SouTh Fork, Pa. Class Treasurer 2. 3, N. M. s. 3, 4, A. s. c. E. 3. K. D.'C. 4: AdverTising Manager ManhaT- Jfamlei TransiT Club 2, 3, 4: Financial CommiTTee 4. Olfihails from SouTh Fork, Pa., and came To us fresh from The porTals of La Salle lNAiliTary Academy. Due To his sysTemaTic Training, he immediaTely became a prominenT figure on The campus. 0 l-le is personaliTy personified and, alfhough quieT and reTicenT, he is always ready wiTh an inTelligenT answer, backing iT up wiTh sound iudgmenT. This, coupled wiTh his willingness To help ouT, when possible, endeared him To The hear+s of his fellow sTudenTs and made Them seek him ouT for company. Joe. a sTaunch supporTer of aThleTics and social funcTions, was always on hand aT The various acTiviTies, excepT when a pressing engagemenT required his presence elsewhere. l-lis weekly visiTs To WhiTe Plains is sTill an unsolved mysTery. ScholasTically, he is righT up in The running, being The possessor of an alerT inTellecT. l-lis abiliTy To handle figures and Technical reporTs made him The choice for Treasurer for Two consecuTive years. We can place our beTs on Joe, for we have file greaTesT confidence in him, knowing ThaT he has The abiliTy To succeed in any- Thing ThaT he underTakes. We predicT a greaT fuTure for him when he leaves These POVJfGlS Of learning To supervise and mainTain The mines of The smoky ciTy. l.oTs of luck To you, Joe, and don'T forgeT us for we cerTainly cannoT forgeT you. I43

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.fly X ' 2, ssflr 'f 'ffffl Louis A. Lepis, AB. l-OU Jersey CiTy, N. J. Phi Rho Pi: Foofball I, 2, 3, 4: Track I, 2, 3, 4: Class Presidenf 23 Glee Club: Pen and Sword: Varsify M Club. i of He l-TENEVER Lou appears on The campus he casfs an immense shadow! Buf gh, iT is noT only his maiesfic proporfions which impress us. There is somefhing abouf The man himself which pervades The afmosphere and makes us express admira- Tion for him-iT is his dynamic personaliTy. if Lou represenfs The modern Apollo. I-lis disTincTive feafures and wonderful build he provei if. We srill marvel aT The way in which he skilfully and gracefully whirled The 1d discus To seT new meeT records. On The lvlanhaffan eleven he was a True sTalwarT. A sensafional Tackle in his firsT Two years, Lou became handicapped Through an iniury. ln spiTe of This he confinued Throughouf his college career To display con- ly sisfency on The gridiron and To inspire his Teammafes wiTh his own characTerisTic d hard-fighfing spiriT. '5 IT was as a Sophomore Thaf Lou led The desfinies of his class. l-le led in The ll fashion of The real leader, by his genfle buf firm encouragemenf. As a sTudenT his abilify was especially recognized in educafional courses. lT's a hard Thing To parT wiTh college-made friends. Buf here is one whom we shall ever , cherish as a living presence, so vivid is The impression made on us by his greaT sTaTure, genflemanly disposifion and sTerling characfer. if if iili iiiii il C iiiii ilji i'i'-121' Q5 il if C if Ui 7-M i 1 l I T4-5