Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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2.'4-Q4 ...,'f.Tx' - . ., 3 PHI RHO PI l-ll Rl-TO PI TraTerniTy is one oT The mosT selecT socieTies aT lvlanhaTTan. IT was esTablished in The spring oT I9l7 Through The concerTed eTTorTs oT a Tew hardy enThusiasTs oT The Class oT IQI9, whose aim was To creaTe a closer and more deTiniTe associaTion among The sTudenTs inTeresTed, and To conTinue This relaTionship in Their ioinT acTiviTies in college liTe, and in The broader Tield oT posT-graduaTe liTe. lTs membership, The growTh oT ThirTeen years, includes sTudenTs and alumni, aTFiliaTed wi+h every acTiviTy indicaTive oT The welTare oT lvlanhaTTan College, viz.: aThleTics and oraTors, Thespians and debaTers, iournalisTs and minsTrels, genTlemen and scholars all, and all worThy exemplars oT The praiseworThy aTTribuTes oT The real lvlanhaTTan man. As lvlanhaTTan developed, so Too did Phi Rho Pi, and because oT iTs inTluence a Cl'1apTer was Tounded aT ST. Francis College, Brooklyn. I Because oT iTs remarkable members and The exalTed ideals ThaT The TraTerniTy embraces The men of The TraTerniTy go ouT inTo Their various proTessions and callings wiTh a characTer and Training which augurs well Tor Their own success, and Tor The glory of Phi Rho Pi. , y T 253

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ALPHA SIGMA BETA N January 24, IQO6, seven members oT The sTudenT body oT lvlanhaTTan College meT in The CasTle, on The grounds oT The old college. Their purpose was To Torm an organizaTion which should uniTe in a close bond oT sympaThy The mosT loyal sons oT lvlanhaTTan, To sTimulaTe in iTs members love Tor Alma lvlaTer and pride in her achievemenTs. ThaT organizaTion was Alpha Sigma BeTa. In I907 The TraTerniTy was sancTioned by The college auThoriTies and rooms were obTained in The viciniTy oT The school. lngenious plans Tor deTraying expenses oT The esTablishmenT were conceived, one oT which was The TormaTion oT an eaTing club. On December 22, I908, Alpha Sigma BeTa was incorporaTed. lTs period oT sTruggle was over. The TraTerniTy was now an inTegral parT of The college. The Alpha Sigma BeTa TraTerniTy is The only organizaTion oT iTs kind ThaT bridges The gap beTween The Old lvlanhaTTan and The New School. lT was The ouTgrowTl'1 OT The Big Five BroTherhood oT Old De La Salle and is Today The only TraTerniTy aT lvlanhaTTan ThaT can be placed in The TaTher and son class. The spiriT oT iTs mem- bers, boTh undergraduaTe and alumni, is a by-word aT lvlanhaTTan. A yearly presenTa- Tion oT medals To The Track meeT, The donaTion oT The STaTions oT The Cross in The college chapel, The esTablishmenT oT The college iournal, The Quadrangle, and The RadTord Medal Tor Science are a Tew oT The many maTerial conTribuTions ThaT Alpha Sigma BeTa has made To lvlanhaTTan. 252 f F s 11 '4 3 , 55 3 l-ll esT enTl1usie associaT ioinT ag- lTs Gil-lllaTeg aThleTiCS scholars Mdnhan Asl Cliapfer , Bece embraces Wh G cl glofl' OT I

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BETA SIGMA l-TE ideals oT love and Triendship, ever paramounT in The minds oT The incorpora- Tors oT The BeTa Sigma EraTerniTy, are The basic principles upon which The TraTerniTy was Tounded. From This organizaTion oT naTional scope came a delegaTion To ManhaTTan College, wiTh The purpose oT propagaTing iTs ideals and accomplish- menTs wiThin The porTals oT our Alma MaTer. Thus on SepTember I5, I927, DelTa ChapTer received iTs charTer Trom The naTional body. Since Then iT has TuncTioned mosT acTively and energeTically wiTh Two ideals in mind: one, The TurTherance oT The glory oT ManhaTTan College, and The oTher The spread oT principles oT TraTernalism among iTs members. Probably The Two ouTsTanding conTribuTions To The College Trom DelTa ChapTer during iTs shorT buT eTFecTive exisTence have been The Tamous Jasper Three QuarTer Trophy, and The Edward DougherTy Memorial Medal. The Tormer is a beauTiTul bronze sTaTue which has been in compeTiTion annually aT The ManhaTTan Diamond Track MeeT. The Edward DougherTy Medal is donaTed in memory oT a member oT DelTa ChapTer, who died during his iunior year aT ManhaTTan College. A living TribuTe To a True broTher and a loyal ManhaTTan man Thus sTands as a source oT Tond remembrance Tor all who lcnew him. 254 1 Manha iTs exis- care-Tul Gxpansi Tunily ve-nTion 9V6nTini All ChapTer of The I