Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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JUHN F. MEEHAN F The year l932 was noT conspicuous in ManhaTTan's hisTory Tor any oTher reason, The achievemenTs oT John F. Meehan as DirecTor oT Physical EducaTion alone would make iT exTraordinary. LaTe in December, l93I, BroTher Cornelius announced ThaT Mr. Meehan had been appoinTed TooTball coach, and also commissioned To provide aThleTic TaciliTies Tor every sTudenT. Members oT The sTudenT body whose greaT Tailing is ThaT They know so many Things ThaT aren'T so, exchanged knowing glances. Scarcely a week wenT by aTTer Meehan Took oTTice when Things began To happen wiTh bewildering rapidiTy. The newspapers suddenly blazoned daily TeaTure arTicles abouT ManhaTTan's new inTra-mural sporTs. The campus was dazed by a sTory lwiTh picTuresl oT an inTer-class crew. NOT a varsiTy, buT an inTra-mural crewl PresenTly The exciTemenT died down somewhaT and Mr. Meehan conTinued 'wiTh The Tull organizaTion oT The sporTs Tor all program. He called TogeTher an experT coaching sTaTT Tor every sporTg class Teams were Tormedg schedules were planned. BeTore long The skepTics received anoTher shock. The new sporTs plan, which Meehan had produced ouT oT Thin air, bore iTs organizer's sTamp and would endure. ii As more and more sTudenTs came To know Mr. Meehan, They began To under- sTand The Torce oT personaliTy and execuTive abiliTy which were eTTecTing These ' T Th exTensive plans. The lasT vesTiges oT doubT soon gave way To enThusiasm or e man and his program. We have Tound him Truly worThy oT ManhaTTan and oT The greaT conTidence placed in him. 269

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