Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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,.. - - - V! ' 'N V '- RoberT J. 0'Byrne, B.S. in E. Bob New Jersey BeTa Sigma: A. S. C. E.: NewTon MaTh SocieTy: TransiT Club: K. D. C. OMING Trom mosquiTo-inTesTed New Jersey To prepare himselT aT lvlanhaTTan Tor The Taslc oT making a livelihood in The world, Bob immediaTely seTTled down To The hard grind oT Tour years. l-lowever, he had noT Taken inTo consideraTion Two Things: ThaT Trom Monday To Friday is a long, long Time To sTay away Trom The End oT The Rainbow, and ThaT young men will noT allow a pleasanT personaliTy and a sense oT humor To lie dormanT. So our days oT pleasanT comradeship were soon greaTly enriched by his irresisTible and delighTTul company. Bob is quiTe an a+hIe+e and broughT an enviable repuTaTion wiTh him Trom Prep, buT being an engineer, sporT had To be sacriTiced Tor sTudy. l-lowever, in inTra- mural sporT he proved a very capable man on his class relay swimming Team. We wish you The very besT oT luck, Bob, and we hope ThaT your advancemenT in liTe will be as assured as your collegiaTe career was successTul. i OW conl friend. Sl Shea Years his re il-liefl Came inTo class f wide and ii Tenerife du, 6 SmarT oi feierrgd +0 Taul and refusi W ll ' Those ioctl lseems HQ l r ' if ,- l 74 GQ'

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gr L... lin... -Qs John J. G'Brien, B.S. HCOWbOYH Flushing, N. Y. Mendelian Sociefy 3, 47 German Club, GHNNY-fhe wonder boy from Brooklyn has been guife a famous characfer abouf fhe college campus. l-le has been liked a greaf deal by fhe sfudenfs for fhe kindness, simplicify and obliging manner he possesses. G'Brien's greaf habif is being a plugger. You should see him siffing abouf fhe campus af lunch hour wifh a sandwich in one hand and working ouf a chemisfry problem wifh fhe ofher- he feared Professor Kenny and was nof faking any chances. Whaf Sfeam-boaf Bill G'Brien really enioyed was dissecfing fhe cafg fhe manner in which he would cuf and observe fhe caf was a fine piece of work. Yes, he cerfainly knew his biology. More fhan once we noficed him during fhe lecfure hour in fhaf subiecf, way in back of fhe room franslafing German classics. In explaining fhe reason for fhis he would smile and bashfully exclaim: l sfudy Biology every evening. Well, neverfheless, he acquired a credifable rafing in bofh Subiecfs. Jack now admifs he can converse smoofhly in fhe German fongue. In one of his leisure momenfs he composed a German poem. To our minds if appeared 6 worfhy one buf Jack is sfill waifing ifs publicafion in our college paper. We are Cowbo , will be a greaf loss fo sorry fo say fhaf our friend, beffer known as y lvlanhaffan. , ,,.,, , . ' Q 4 :J in i-- i i ---W i., , z ,im -,L ', i i V s, ,. - u , I73 , - ..,,

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James M. Q'Donnell, AB. Sheamus Troy, N. Y, EdiTor-in-ChieT, iv1anhaTTaniTe: Troy Club I, 2, 3, 4: SecreTary 2: Vice-PresidenT 3: Cercle Francais 2, 3, 4: Librarian 4: Class SecreTary 3, 41 Chairman Ring CommiTTee. OW oTTen do we Think oT our college liTe vecause Through iT we have come in . conTacT wiTh an excepTional sTudenT, an ouTsTanding genTleman and a reliable Triend. Such are Three dominaTing qualiTies oT our EdiTor-in-ChieT. Sheamus came down To our midsT Trom The Tair ciTy oT Troy, N. Y. For Two years his raTher quiescenT disposiTion made him known To only a minoriTy oT The class. Then came The change. Toward The close oT The Sophomore year Sheamus sTepped INTO class poliTics and carried oTT a maioriTy oT auThoriTaTive posiTions. Hence his Wide and well deserved populariTy amongsT The Seniors and underclassmen. IT anyone is unable, as yeT, To undersrand his abiliTy To mainTain a smiling coun- lenamie during or aTTer The heaT oT an argumenT remember aTTer all The deTiniTion Oi a smarT poliTician. This was Jim's aTTiTude aT all Times so ThaT oTTen he was referred To as The man wiTh The ever ready smile and million dollar blush. l-Tis only iGLllT seems To be Taking his parTner Sullivan on TreguenT Trolley car rides To Yonkers, and eiUSif1g To give Moon a cerTain address. Well Jim. as The arTing hour nears, we recall Shalcespearian advice concerning T9 Those l1Oops oT sTeel. lvlay your TuTure be blessed wiTh TorTune and happiness. I75