Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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THE MENDELIAN SOCIETY ModeraTor ............. REV. BROTHER CELESTINE PresidenT . . . . JAMES R. DONALDSON, JR., '32 Vice-PresidenT . . ' ..... FELIX eENTiLE, '32 SecreTary ...... . . JOHN ALIBERTO, '33 Treasurer ....... . . BERTRAM MOORE, '33 Sophomore RepresenTaTive ........ MORGAN WEBER, '34 HE Mendelian SocieTy, one oT The mosT acTively TuncTioning clubs on The campus. was Tounded in The early parT oT l929, when The Reverend BroTher CelesTine rallied around him sTudenTs inTeresTed enough in science To meeT regularly aTTer class in order To discuss The problems encounTered in- The pursuiT oT scienTiTic knowledge. Gregor Mendel, To whom we owe much oT our presenT knowledge on herediTy, was chosen as a model To inspire The members in Their work. AT presenT The socieTy is a member oT The AssociaTed Biology Clubs oT CaTholic Colleges, a naTional organizaTion which holds a convenTion every year. l.asT year The meeTing was held aT Fordham UniversiTy. ManhaTTan delegaTes won excepTional praise Tor Their well delivered papers on The work oT The French naTuralisT, Jean BapTisTe Lamarch. WiTh a Tirm ToundaTion and an acTive membership The TuTure success oT The socieTy is well assured. 248 l S li l T his he The hi, play v as wel Tl

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TH E ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY PresidenT ............. AMBROSE P. O'NEIL, '32 Vice-PresidenT . . AMBROSE E. KIEFF, '32 Treasurer . . . CHARLES MURRAY, '33 SecreTary . . ....... GEORGE MORENG, '34 EDICATED To The memory oT The laTe BroTher Noel, The ArchiTecTural SocieTy TosTers The inTeresT oT The school oT archiTecTure. The growTh oT The organi- zaTion is commensuraTe wiTh The developmenT oT iTs spiriT and sTimulus To archiTecTure. The consTiTuTion oT The socieTy, adopTed in l928, provides Tor Three grades oT membership: probaTionary, Tor Treshmeng acTive, Tor upperclassmen, and honorary, Tor graduaTes oT The school oT archiTecTure. An execuTive board oT Tour members adminisTers The aTTairs oT The socieTy. Several new noTes oT developmenT were evinced in The socieTy, namely, The dis- TribuTions oT handbooks conTaining maTTer and daTa relaTive To The organizaTion, and a series oT Tour medals, donaTed by The socieTy, To be awarded To The sTudenTs who excel in Their course in design oT consTrucTion in Their respecTive classes during The year. Seven inTeresTing lecTures were held in which The sTudenTs Took greaT inTeresT. The visiTing lecTurers, ouTsTanding in The Tield oT archiTecTure, considered Their eTTorTs well repaid by The amounT oT enThusiasm displayed. 247

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17 I I I ARNGLD CLASSICAL SOCIETY I PresidenT . . . ..... LEO M. SULLIVAN Vice-PresidenT . . EDWARD F. MURPHY SecreTary . . . WILLIAM DEMPSEY MOderGTOr - . JOHN' P. BARNES HE ArnoId CIassicaI SocieTy was organized in '29 Through The eTTorTs oT Pro- Tessor John P. Barnes in memory oT The IaTe BroTher Arnold, who was caIIed To his heavenly home IaTe in '28. The group is composed oT The sTudenTs who ToIIow I The higher courses in The cIassic Ianguages. Each year The socieTy promoTes a LaTin pIay which is supporTed by a good represenTaTion oT The sTudenTs who sTudy LaTin as weII as many oThers who Take an inTeresT in The ciassics. I The members oT The socieTy This year are: I LEO M. SULLIVAN JOSEPH E. MALONE EDWARD E. MURPHY WILLIAM DEMPSEY I JOHN J, DUNNE JOSEPH COMMETTE JAMES MORRIS JOSEPH CODY H. A. MADDEN I NA Y ,YH A 4.---4 ' -- ' 'i f1 f, ,,,' 7 .'.' V ,',, V ,..,..QE-Q.,.LQL:Q-Qflfflail: 249