Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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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

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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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.I 9 .3 -:A .. . M HI T--QT, wg gg Q . o s W ..i W W c . B I C' ,L George J. O'KeeTe, Jr., A.B. George Brooklyn, N. Y. I, AIpha Sigma BeTa: I-Iayes DramaTic SocieTy I, 2, 3, Q PresidenT 4: Quadrangle I, 2, Track I, 2: Cheer y Leader I, 2, 3, 43 Glee Club I, 2, 3, 4, Brooklyn- I Long Island Club I, 2, 3, 4: Pen and Sword A SocieTy: ManhaTTaniTe: STudenT Council I. O one would deny ThaT George is The mosT widely known sTudenT in The whole A school. Those who observe Things could have aTTesTed To This sTaTemenT even I beTore The Senior Class Poll proved iT: he received The mosT voTes Tor Tive oT The 'Qu TradiTionaI class honors. A mere IisTing oT These honors Tully explains The reasons Tor his popuIariTyq BesT X37 Mixer, BesT EnTerTainer, Class OraTor, Class PoeT, BesT AcTor. The accompIishmenTs - oT no oTher Senior received so much acknowIedgmenT. These TiTIes indicaTe ThaT George is noT a one-sided individual. In TacT, Too L avid an inTeresT in Things mighT be considered one oT his TauITs. I IT social success depends upon being a good mixer Then George has already made greaT conguesTs-IvIanhaTTan, WesTchesTer, The Bronx, Brooklyn and all France 1 being aT his TeeT. The roles he played on The sTage oT SmiTh AudiTorium were varied. In some oT These he excelled, while in oThers he was The sTar perTormer. I-Iis posT-graduaTion career will be careTuIIy waTched by IvIanhaTTan men. IT will be oT inTeresT To Them To Tind ouT To whaT heighTs one wiII go wiTh quaIiTies such as Those possessed by George. Hi LQ' 7' I f'ififfiTiiQT f iff :iw T1 I- fe: I I-fi IJ :fa il 5 'fo LI L. I UT? A - . I76 I g II II I II I I I II I II I I I I ME I I ' been Q his qug never I Oi The associai Scl UFJOD TC 5UCCess ITIVT1 ouT I-Ie Teachers I We will gain few Weel We midgf We I I -4: I I I I . I