Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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THE PEN AND SWORD SOCIETY I-IE Pen and Sword Sociely is now firmly esiablished as one of Ihe Iradilrions of Ivlanhalian. Formulared in I929, ir is inlended as a reward for Ihose who devoie Iheir Iime and energy Io Ihe propagalion of exira-curricular aclrivilies. Twice i'rs consIiIuIion has been revised, unIiI now iI siands as Ihe obiecI of aII inIeresIed in The welfare of Manhailan in Ihose numerous fields IhaI' exisI oulside of The class- rooms. IIs rosIer conIains The names of Ihose who have aI'rained prominence on The TooIbaII gridiron, baseball diamond, baskejrball courl, behind Ihe foollighlrs, on Ihe debaIer's pIaIIorm and behind Ihe ediIoriaI desks. They represenI The group which has worked Io keep IvIanhaIIan up wiIh The besI of Ihem. The members for I93I-32 are: ' FRANK J. D'AIvIICO LOUIS A. LEPIS GEORGE E. DAVIS VICTOR J. LO PIIXITO EDWARD J. DUFFY EDGAR A. MARTIN VICTOR O. INCORVIA JOI-IN P. IvIcCORIvIICK I-IAROLD J. KEEGAN GEORGE J. O'KEEFE GEQRGE P, KQECK AIVIBROSE P. O'IXIEIL ROBERT J. LEONARD LEO M- SULLIVAN DOIVIINICK J. ZEIVIA 239

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STUDENT CUUNCIL UF MANHATTAN CCORDING To iTs consTiTuTion, The STudenT Council is designaTed as a repre- senTaTive group oT sTudenTs which acTs as The courT oT appeals on all sTudenT maTTers. Moreover, iT is The sole inTermediary agenT beTween The sTudenTs and The TaculTy. Membership in This body is considered one oT The highesT honors in lvlanhaTTan. During The pasT year special eTTorTs have been made by The Council To revive several oT The sacred TradiTions oT lvlanhaTTan which Tor a lapse oT a year were un- observed-namely, The Tug-o'-war and The inTer-class games beTween The Sophomores and The Freshmen. Also more vigilanT care was exercised To see ThaT There were no violaTions oT The Freshman rules. ln This connecTion prinTed summonses were issued To The Sophomore Vigilance CommiTTee, To be served on Those Freshmen whom They required To appear beTore The Council. Several new measures were sponsored and successTully inauguraTed. Among These was The TirsT change in years in The rules oT discipline perTaining To The boarders. Due To The persisTenT eTTorTs oT The STudenT Council and The ready cooperaTion oT The Dean oT Discipline, BroTher William, permission was granTed To The Seniors To leave The campus on Tuesday evenings. STeps were Taken To conducT dances on The campus, buT due To insuTTicienT TaciliTies and several resTricTions imposed by The TaculTy and The diocesan auThoriTies The plan was abandoned. 238

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Q i GLEE CLUB URING The pasT Tour years The Glee Club aT lV1anhaTTan has made iTs greaTesT sTrides. ln our Freshman year a very large number Took inTeresT in The organi- zaTion To The ioy oT iTs direcTors, BroTher Leo, Edward Doyle and Frank Maloney. Such inTeresT could resulT in noThing buT reward. Twice each week iT was surprising To see The represenTaTives reporT To pracTice laTe in The aTTernoons. Then and There iT was Toreseen ThaT lvlanhaTTan in a shorT Time would have a glee club second To no oTher college. A So Time passed. lnsTead oT waning The membership, on The conTrary, increased. The yearly reciTals oT The soloisTs aTTracTed a large and enThusiasTic audience. Besides This TacT, The club was in greaT demand aT social TuncTions in and abouT The ciTy. lvluch meriT is due Franlc Del.uca, The presidenT oT The group, who is admired by all lv1anhaTTan men Tor his rich bass voice and who Tor Tour years has labored Tirelessly To bring The club up To iTs presenT sTanding. We cannoT say Too much in praise oT lvlr. Edward Doyle, our own VincenT Lopez, and BroTher Leo. To These Two musT go The highesT menTion Tor raising The socieTy To an unparalleled sTaTus. lvlay The eTTorTs oT These men be rewarded wiTh a conTinuaTion oT The success which The Glee Club has garnered These pasT Tour years. 240 . ...--. -.-,... . .. 4... rw- 1 I Q77 -sr. wh ,., !f-y1!'vv 'F.. ! A- inf? rf? 'U 5 5, is I .x im! 5 Q. Rl i I y- l T i ' Q.-. .:.f:25Tg'.3...,lix:,g..Jsas.. l S.s.'5 . I , 5 I .. A , T .U l 4 ' , dl, YA.V .,., . .K .,.,.,--. ... ,.. I KY,-5,-1 V. ' 511' f 'K , : gi' 5 2 ' -Q W i -l V , ' ljjl, gg,,QjjQflgi 1 . :Q .:.aQ'.,.-'.:L ,J