Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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T J-1 E James lvl. Alvarez, B.S. in E. Jim Brooklyn, N. Y. BeTa Sigma: A. S. C. E. 2, 3, 4: TransiT Club 2, 3, 4: NewTon MaThemaTical SocieTy 2, 3, 41 Brooklyn-Long lsland Club l, 2, 3, 4: K. D. C: Freshman FooTball. CORPULENT young man Trom The soliTude oT Sayville, in The person OT James lvlcSherry Alvarez, has been a prominenT Tigure abouT The campus Tor The pasT Tour years-always iovial and Tranquil even in The Tace OT a crisis. Jim is an aThleTe and scholar oT rare abiliTy. No maTTer whaT The discussion may be, he is always ready To give a pracTical view oT The subiecT. Judging Trom The Type OT liTeraTure he enioys, which happens To be boaTing, and The inTeresT which he displays in discussing The Topic, we have Taken iT Tor granTed ThaT This is his TavoriTe pasTime. l-lowever, Jim also showed greaT possibiliTies as a TooTball player when he was a member oT The Treshman Team. Since The sporT did noT iibe wiTh his chosen proTes- sion, Engineering, he had To abandon The chance oT becoming a TooTball immorTal. One oT The many naTural giTTs Jim possesses is The rare abiliTy To Tell a good sTory. This he accomplishes in such a unique way as To capTivaTe his lisTeners Trom beginning To end. l-lis supply seems inexhausTible, and many a dull momenT has been brighTened by his lively wiT. As The Time Tor parTing has come we Teel sure ThaT success and happiness will be your alloTmenT. So wiTh These parTing words we bid you Adios. .. Q, 1 , 'X 42 XXX .W ROM ouT genT suk 'fliese fields. eleqanT phras Pelre The curricular acl, lecTure roomf sTudenTs Iagke masfl- lielped io Cla' Fefe Was need was now Possegges irhoc G . . +iici'perS'S+enc lm 'lor lea

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lhed anna ildn'l lhis rl OU Shoes Tiber. which aralbly am lo bud- Jfh an mOl'9 5 lfee erable Michael A. Allarano, BS. in E. Mike Bronx, N. Y. M. I. C.: A. S. C. E.: Newlon Malhemalical Socielyg Transil Club: Alpha Phi Della. l-lEN Mike came lo Manhallan he was guiel and unassuming and, because ol lhis, his lrue worlh was lully apprecialed only by lhose who knew him well. This was lrue lo his inscrulable expression and his reliring nalure bul, as lime passed on, Mike proved himsell lo be a capable scholar and a genlleman represenla- live ol Manhallan's besl lradilions. Al Manhallan's Engineering camp al Schroon Lake social lile was promoled and lriendships were rendered enduring and il was in lhese congenial surroundings lhal Mike linally won lhe unanimous regard and respecl which were righllully his lrom lhe lirsl day he enlered Manhallan. Mike has always been a lavorile wilh lhe lacully because ol his honesl and persevering endeavors and his genllemanly deporlmenl. Now in lhe aulumn ol our college careers we look lorward lo gradualion wilh a leeling ol salislaclion curiously enriched wilh sorrow. Gradualion means lhe reali- zalion ol our londesl hope, bul il may also mean lhe regrellable lerminalion ol our lriendships wilh classmales and members ol lhe lacully. As lhe lime ol parling approaches we hope lhal we have enriched Mike's acquainlance as much as he has enriched ours. s--s - v...- ss fs-ff I i . , Q ...isis lfi IM. In ,A,l,,f. :y 1 v ,af 4I

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PeTer Amendola, BS. in B. Peie New York CiTy Glee Club 3, 4: Commerce Club 3, 4. ROM ouT oT The WesT came PeTe, The Philosopher, The STaTisTician. Two diver- genT subiecTs, philosophy and sTaTisTics, buT yeT, laurels did he obTain in boTh Son of These Tields. PeTe's copious vocabulary wiTh his choice oT exquisiTe words and The Bus for eleganT phrasing oT his senTences were The envy oT many sTudenTs. JF PeTe The STaTisTician as he was known To all OT us had liTTle Time Tor exTra- 5' 9 f curricular acTiviTies, buT his spiriT oT aggressiveness was Torever maniTesTed in The X99 O lecTure rooms. lvlany were The Times when problems perplexed us, when oTher lwlilays sTudenTs lacked The iniTiaTive To ask The professor quesTions, PeTe came To The rescue i55l'me' wiTh his masTerly choice oT words and somehow or oTher The quesTions he asked wa? 6 helped To clariTy The subiecT. ro es- jfal. PeTe was noT The back-slapping, Tair-weaTher kind OT Triend who in The Time OT need was nowhere To be seen. l-le was sincere To all wiTh whom he came in con- 6 9005 TacT, and a pleasing and inTelligenT conversaTionalisT aT all Times. , Trom i S gs been Success should noT be diTTiculT Tor PeTe To aTTain spiriTually or maTerially. l-le possesses Those necessary qualiTies, iniTiaTive, inTelligence, TorTiTude, perseverance, Il and persisTency, which Torce everyone wiTh whom he comes in conTacT To look up nGS5 Wll To him Tor leadership and supporT. ,fx 1 Q- l T 5 . . ln '., 'P' 43