Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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W 'fsrv-vw ff iff , ,. L,ml, ,, ', ff :ESQ 4 I 'MS V2 . gf ff' T 1' fs fda 1160512 ffi1.ff'T'Z'WS ci A, f- fybsyosv X: V 230224 -T Q fav fs, , yoj . I sv, 5 51'-35 T 'T ' .,,..Hiii 'T L- T,. T -s if , , . . , ,..., , WALL STREET REFURMS l-lE,year l928 wiTnessed Two ouTsTanding evenTs: The largesT DemocraTic presi- denTial poll in hisTory, and The arrival oT The Commerce Class oT '32-poTenTial Schwabs, embryonic lvliTchells-TuTure gianTs oT indusTry. Since T928 TTlunnpTy-DumpTy ProsperiTy had Tallen Trom his TariTT wall, The TuTure appeared brighT Tor our disciples oT The Tiery Jackson. Even now we can see lsh bein unceremoniousl aroused Trom his slumber aT Tour a m on a rainy Gene Wa g y . I 'Tuesday in l96O. lT is The climax oT his meTeoric rise Trom councilman oT Cohoes To The presidenTial chair. Following his inauguraTion, PresidenT Walsh appoinTed The Schwabs and MiTchells To oTTice, and The Commerce Class oT '32, reassembled once again, prompTly puT The king's men and Their sTeeds To shame by rehaTching l-lumpTy-DumpTy in The long empTy dinner pail. BuT however brighT The TuTure may appear, iT is cerTain ThaT when The Class T '32 T red our hallowed precincTs iT evinced a decided lack oT business acumen: o en e The surrender, wiTh nary an obiecTion oT Tour good dollars To The Sophomore Vigilance . . . . f CommiTTee in reTurn Tor an unbecoming skull cap, posiTively noT The creaTion o a PaTou, conclusively proving The charge. Cn realizing The coup eTTecTed by The con- descending Sophomores, unleashed Trosh proTesTed, and were prompTly hauled head- ' ' k ' Th T diTional Tug-o'-War long Through The murky waTers oT TibbeTTs Cree in e ra . l-lowever, aTTer This encounTer The baseball Team emerged vicTorious Trom The TirsT inTramural TournamenT. . . . . g uh I Nor was This early indicaTion oT aThleTic prowess an empTy one, Tor T e cass b ll 'T h 'ven The colorTul and has produced excepTional varsiTy maTerial. To TooT a i as gi popular John Del Negro, capTain7 To baskeTball, Bob Leonard, mosT consisTenT oT all lvl haTTan's greaTesT Team: To swimming The prime mover in The es- perTormers on an . TablishmenT oT This sporT aT ManhaTTan, Jack Fellows, capTainq and To baseball, Frank Corrigan, ace oT The Green hurlers. NoTwiThsTanding These conTribuTions To Jasper Tame, preTenTious arTsmen have conTinued To gibe The adolescenT business man wiTh TaunTs oT OTTice-boy! Clerkl ln disapproval oT This unbecoming aTTiTude, The TaTes and BroTher SebasTian con- spired To produce a charT indicaTing The comparaTive academic sTanding oT The Tive ' ' ' Th l dder, while senior classes. l.o and behold, IT The arTsmen werenT supporTing e a h nd To mosT rung, surveyed wiTh no liTTle saTis- The OTTice-boys occupying T e seco p TacTion The liTTeraTeurs below. i ' ln The maTTer oT social TuncTions, The Commerce Club provided several enloyable 'd' ' d aT These evenings oT enTerTainmenT and reTreshmenT. BUT The placi iTy evince u i ' ' ' T The l.eTT Wing, whose diabolical machinaTions aTTairs was belied by The acTions o ' ' ' ' h T'on, and kidnapping PresidenT Kane, who included hiding The gavel, Tabling T e mo 1 invariably awoke in The environs oT New Rochelle, where commerce men reign supreme. . The Class oT '32 has lingered and labored Tor Tour shorT years in class andion campus aT lvlanhaTTan. BuT There was ample Time To conTribuTe decenTly To aThleTicsg ' - ' The social round which is youTh's To compile a Tavorable academic record, To enloy I n esTaTe1 and To esTimaTe aT Their True value The proTessors wiThouT whose and There ' nTs. ForemosT in The esTeem .OT The Com- could have been none oT These aTTainme. H i h I F merce Class oT '32 sTands Dean James FiTzgerald, unTiring direcTor oT The Sc oo o T r oTTen. We have always rec- Business. Nor are The BroThers or oTher proTessors o i gl T' will surely Tell aTTirmaTively how well They have ognized Their proTiciency, an lrne prepared us Tor liTe's work. ofrrii .:.,3m 297

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1 Ts C' 7 X ,f,,, :yung fa 5 THE PLAN IS THE THING ET us dream oT skyscrapers and double-decker ciTies, Tor The road To greaTness and accomplishmenTs resTs ahead. Cnly a shorT while ago we were being TaughT how To manipulaTe correcTly our draTTing insTrumenTs, and use a scale rule. Today we Teel Tull conTidenT oT being able To Take our places among The celebraTed V archiTecTs oT The TuTure. Four years ago a group oT Twelve earnesT, Tar-sighTed young men eagerly awaiTed Their TirsT insTrucTion in archiTecTure. They were noT disappoinTed, Tor Their young proTessor, Marcel Qngenae, Tresh Trom The produchve Tields oT Europe, had given Them Tood Tor ThoughT, and awakened Their inTeresT. The class acTiviTies, social and poliTical, were closely bound up wiTh The ArchiTec- Tural SocieTy. This organizaTion was TirsT esTablished by The presenT graduaTing class d l d d Tured To oT archiTecTs, and daTes back To The Tall oT l928. lT has eve ope an ma such an exTenT ThaT iTs records are The records oT The school oT archiTecTure. The class scholasTically, has an average raTing oT over eighTy per cenT. Truly T ' T'ceable an enviable sTandard Tor TuTure classes To aim aT. A marked pro iciency is no i in all deparTmenTs. As a disTincTion, The TirsT group oT embryo archiTecTs will receive Their bachelor degrees in June. Since one looks To acTual deeds when iudging The meriTs oT a group in a close perspecTive oT Time, we musT necessarily sTaTe iTs mosT ouTsTanding TeaTure. lT has aT iTs head Ambrose P. G'Neil, an eTTicienT organizer and a man well-known in all school acTiviTies. ln The TirsT place, The annual bangueT oT The SocieTy was held This year aT Rock's resTauranT immediaTely aTTer The ChrisTmas recess. ProminenT members oT The TaculTy were presenT and The l-lonorable John Devaney was The guesT speaker. Keys were procured Tor The enTire socieTy as a disTinguishing mark Tor iTs mem- bers. These keys are oT gold, wiTh The seal oT The college on The obverse, and a ' ' ' d l ' column on The suiTable emblem consisTing oT a T square, Triangle an an onic reverse. Scheduled lecTures were given by many prominenT meTropoliTan archiTecTs. These men, auThoriTies in Their chosen proTession, were James O'Connor, designer oT lvlan- T B ArTs: Clarence lvlerriTT, a graduaTe oT Colum- haTTan College and secreTary o eaux ' ' T' ' William Knowles, a graduaTe oT The bla and presidenT oT The lvlerard Corpora ion, ' ' ' ' A T ' William Delaney, an asso- Ecoles des Beaux ArTs in Paris and a criTic Tor Beaux r s, d reci ienT oT a lvlasTer's Degree Trom ManhaTTan1 ciaTe oT James O'Connor an a p 'd l k wn exponenT oT modern archiTecTure. and Raymond l-lood, The mosT wi ey no ' ' ' b r neverTheless, by The members oT The class, alThough admiTTedly Tew in num e , I 'l held The poliTics oT The senior class in Their Torce oT Their personaliTies, have easi y u ' ' ' T Th nior class and holds besides, oTher hands. Ambrose ONeil is presidenT o e se . . ' ' ' ' ' F k D'Amico is presidenT oT The imporTanT posiTions in exTra-curricular acTiviTies. ran i ' TTooTball. Leonard Palumbo is capTain, and RoberT lTalian Club as well as manager o n . l l TT rTs have exTended To acTive parTicipTion Burns manager oT The golT Team. Ts e o in dramaTics, debaTing, Glee Club rehearsals as well as To Quadrangle and lvlanhaT- TaniTe enTerprises. ln conclusion iT may be Truly said ThaT many TacTors: ioyand sorrow, humor and Th T 'lure and Tinal success Tellowship and enduring Triendship were so com- uls wiTh sweeTesT pa os, ai . I , I bined as To make our career aT college a delighT, Tilling our so f melody and richesT harmony Thar shall compel us To reTurn oTTen To The source o This scholasTic symphony-lvlanhaTTan. V ' on gui, i UMM - ff7fi'i?2: , . air. iiiif - J ,.. - .,,'5n.... 9'as...,.of4., .T -.A ,,, 1...,, . 299