Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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ranifesling ears ago. ve domi- el alnoul 1 Duyvll 9 proud he Ior- gaiely misecl. 0 be icalf? ' for gucli GCG 5 6 Cf J. Richard Vander Puffen, B.S. in E. Dick Brooklyn, N. Y. Cross Counfry I, 2, 3, 4: Track I, 2: A. S. C. E.: Newfon Mafhemafical Sociefy: Transif Club: Spike Shoe Club: K. D. C.: Brooklyn-Long Island Club. BOVE all fhings, Manhaffan fhe Maker of Men develops in her producfs a spirif of Ioyalfy and cooperafion rarely encounfered in fhis cynical age. In fhis regard, she received a head sfarf wifh Dick and fhe resulfs could nof help buf sfand ouf. In fhe Iaborafory or Iecfure room, while performing experimenfs or affer a fough sfruggle wifh daf ole debbilf' Sfrucfures, many a beleaguered classmafe has Iisfened grafefully as wifh characferisfic direcfness, he cleared up some poinf which fhe insfrucfor's more fechnical language Ieff obscure. Nor wifh fhis same need for a clear explanafion in view, would he hesifafe fo requesf of fhe professor explanafion of a sfafemenf beyond his own grasp. This spirif of Ioyalfy colored his four years of cross-counfry. From his firsf race, when as a Freshman he broughf in fhe winning score againsf fhe Fordham Frosh, fo his final bow as a Senior, he was wholehearfedly a feam man. We have no beffer way of iudging fhe fufure, says fhe proverb, fhan fhe pasf. On whaf has gone before, we expecf fo see Dick promofing somefhing new in fhe fufure. Perhaps if will be a radical deparfure from previous engineering pracfice: perhaps if will be nofhing more unusual fhan a new confracfing company. Af any rafe we're beffing on if already. . 1 215

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'Y' . Ji ii AugusT S. TorTorelli, B.S. Gus WakeTield, N. Y. lTalian Club I, 3. 4. PresidenT 4: Mendelian SocieTy I, 2, 3, 4: German Club 3. HE pleasing personaliTy and winsome ways oT Mr. TorTorelli have been maniTesTing Themselves on The campus since his enTrance To lvlanhaTTan Tour years ago. AlThough independenT in many respecTs, iT is evidenT ThaT Three Things have domi- naTed Gus ThroughouT his sTay aT lvlanhaTTan. l:irsT oT all, an old ChevroleT abouT which he was opTimisTic enough To Try consisTenTly To make The SpuyTen Duyvil Parkway hill in Third speed. Secondly, his mania Tor skulls oT which he is The proud possessor oT approximaTely Ten, ranging Trom ThaT oT a cow which once Trod The Tor- Torelli pasTures in WakeTield, To ThaT oT a canary which used To bring liTe and gaieTy To The TorTorelli household. Finally a cerTain Radio girl who has noT as yeT promised, buT who mosT cerTainly will in I942. Gus aspires To The noble proTession oT medicine To which he seems To be well adapTed in every deTail. l-le has a wonderTul knack OT delving inTo inTricaTe deTails and arriving aT general conclusions in all The courses ThaT are required Tor The medical proTession. Being so well adapTed and having in his possession such a pleasing personaliTy, There is no doubT ThaT he will in due Time Take his place among Those sons oT lvlanhaTTan who have Tollowed The medical proTession as a career and who are leaders in Their parTicular' Tield. - -A -...fx -..W -.,.. -.,..- N., ., ' f Q 'J 2--'. rl 1 ZI4 5 rega ouT. Toug lisTer The i a cle OT a when his Ti Y On V lUTurf Perhe FGTQ T

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3 9-D i I, I 1 2 i I i I iii? if , Richard J. viiiamii, AB. I I Dick Florida, N. Y. Beia Sigma: Dramaiic Sociery I, 2: Glee CIub I I, 2, Orchesira I, 2, 3, 4: Band I, 2, 3, 4: Baseball Team I. 'YA, boy! is The +ypicaI greeiing Io expeci from Ihis srurdy naiive of Ihe 1 prospering Iown of Florida, N. Y. Inciden+aIIy, Dick is exiremely proud of his home Iown. I-Ie is one of Ihe I,5OO in ir ar preseni-or maybe one or Iwo more have moved Ihere recen+Iy. In his freshman year he wenr oui for Ihe baseball Ieam and was good enough 1.3 is', Io earn his numeraIs. Along wiIh Ihis, Io Ihose who know him, Dick Ieaves IiIIIe Io X be desired in The fields of baskeIbaII and swimming. OnIy because Dick found ir necessary Io work ai nighlr in order Io pay expenses, was Ivianhaiian deprived of 'rhe services of a versarile arhlere. His Ialenrs, however, are noi resrricied Io arhlerics, as has found suicficienr spare Iime Io be a member of The band, orchesrra and gIee cIub. In fact Dick is IikeIy Io insisi' upon singing a song for you ar any Iime wiIh Ihe sIigh'res+ provocarion. HnaHy,as we knew hhn,IDkk was one ofrhe besIIWed and numr popuhr men in his class. I-Iis smile, cheery conversaiion, and aIIruisIic aIIi+ude Ioward his cIass- mares made his presence desirable everywhere. We wiII remember him as a founrain of generosiry, a model of Irusiworihiness, and a Irue friend-one deserving of Ihe +iIIe-Manharian man. fJffQiwDi4i i TDD fffDifD:fiiifQDM DUiEf77f7iffiifiiflfiffff?f2fTfflSEQT5QgQfi3 I ii 1 i 1 wwQiag5HpULi UvwAn3UQQQQmQQuH 3 . ZI6 O golde I excire oiher I. fT1OI'IVi perieq Io Wa abiliiii T Iion, G OH suc IIGI'Ura Ti his SCI' Won Ol CIO wig Q