Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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' u?JT'li 5 our CO lrhe SL rrarnlflf' degree V iyieorerical P' nor afford i0 me fuiure Cl ion should 0 sional s rriumpll- 1 Our soci in ihe Amlerr Divine Child ManhaHan'S rirnidiry dise oul our slay While 1 order. Whi shaved ohi i ceriain conc luniorsi ihe ihem The vi Vanclerpuile Juang ihe in Eclclie Murri iwo-hunclrec and Forcinc Flynn qanq We ar neers have On he iniri Pafiy mach ll has body. hui hahii. W, pepafimer miie io deep leerr lmpfessed illrouqh ilone WGU mil' Gnd emllflieri AS sr err A5 i.. C, Ox A: uve iali. ' X, pn, ni- , Z r I1 l

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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

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' J, V, A' Y I I V E27-g A A 1 A Q -...: f' - sl.. .--.IwfH r5,g gi 5 3 'Qg.r LOG UF THE ENGINEERS S our college days draw fo a close seniors of fhe School of Engineering recali fhe successes achieved and fhe benefifs derived from four years of rofes- sional fraining. Self-reliance, inifiafive and confidence have developed fo Such a degree fhaf we feel sure fhe maior problems of life can be no more difficulf fhan fhe fheorefical problems solved in class and camp. We have won firsf vicfories buf can- nof afford fo resf on our laurelsq more sfudy and experience are necessary for when fhe fufure challenges our resourcefulness and courage, fhe fradifions of dur profes- sion should compel us fo accepf fhe challenge and fo find a way fo success and friumph. Our social life has been neifher over-emphasized nor disregarded. Memberships in fhe American Sociefy of Civil Engineers, fhe Transif Club, and fhe Knighfs of fhe D' ine Child were in parf fhe insfrumenfs fhaf wroughf a change. l-lowever, if was af iv Manhaffan's Engineering Camp fhaf fhe lasf arfificial barriers fo friendship vanished, d h h- fimidify disappeared, differences in manners and dress were forgoffen an f roug ouf our sfay fhe wholesomesf comradeship prevailed. While on fhe subiecf of fhe Manhaffan Engineering Camp, reminiscing is in h Y d order. Which of us shall ever forgef l-l. Elaffery's lopsided appearance w en u a haved off half his mousfache' Jim Marinaro's hand-shalcing propensify when in a 5 1 ' dif' ' fh dafe made by Dolan and Glasheen, buf lcepf by seven obliging cerfain con 1 ion, e Juniors: fhe Safurday nighfers and fheir need of fhe orienfafion course fo show ' d lhbdCrane fhem fhe way home, Domingo Ysasis exhibif of ballef ancing, c a o Vanderpuffen's paean fo Broolclyn's home-cooking: Eardely's impersonafions of Don Juan, fhe felegrams: Send me fwenfy--urgenf 1 Ered Clear's lecfure fo mechanic Eddie Murphy on l-low fo fix if. Gerry Murphy's record-brealcing heave of fhe fwo-hundred pounderg Bill Swiff's drinlc-vinegar Scofch: fhe debafe befween Reilly d E ' fhe relafive merifs of lfalian and American coolcing, and finally, fhe an orcino on Elynn gang warfare on fheir rivals?- Don'f Eorgef fo Remember. ' ' ' ' d' fhaf fhe Engi- We are nof in possession of sufficienf facfs fo prove or isprove u neers have dabbled in college polifics, buf we feel cerfain fhaf some of fhem will lafer on be inifiafed, play fhe game, and fhus secure lflooveresgue elevafion fhrough a parfy machine. lf has never been fhe cusfom wifh engineers fo be vociferous in praise of any- body, buf fhe saddesf evenf of our college' career forces us fo abandon fhis sane habif. We have in mind fhe lafe Brofher Azarias Michael, dean of fhe Engineering ' ' ' W were indeed mosf for- Deparfmenf, who was falcen from us in our lunior year. en ' 'le e of following courses given by a man of such funafe fo have had fhe rare privi g U I deep learning and wide experience. Yef, if was nof fhese qualifies alone fhaf mosf ' ' ' ' ' d nf as guide fo young men going lm ressed us, buf rafher hssinsighf and IU gme Jr anhood. Thls ablmy lg fhrough fhe dangerous fransifional period from adolescence o m ' ' l among fhe greafesf educafors of fhe coun- alone would have enfifled him fo a p ace fry, and if is fhrough fhis qualify fhaf he shall be besf remembered by Manhaffan engineers. . i As successor fo fhe illusfrious Azarias comes Brofher Leo, whose abilyfybland mas- fery of defail are facfors fhaf have confribufed largely foward his remar a G SUCCGSS Jr' ' , and devofed feacher, Brofher as dean. And lef us nof forgef fhe mafherna :clan . I f + Eelix, nor Mr. Cosfa, whose wide engineering experience places him oremos .ln ' ' d of ofhers whom we do no need fo menflon his profession. Of fhese feachers an I ld H Jr . +G We can frul sa fhaf fhey have forged fhe bonds fhaf will ever ho us in a ec Iona Y Y loyalfy fo our Alma Mafer. 3 O I UVA