Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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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

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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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LU E f, 9.-331 Xi? lf' -1 I, L 1' , 1 i . f I xx V N i i 1 i 1 T i l i 1 l l i l 'x Joseph W. Barry, AB. Joe New York CiTy Glee Club I, 2, 3: OrchesTra 3, 4. O inTroducTion OT Joe is necessary To any lvianhaTTaniTe, Tor his is a personaliTy and a characTer ThaT could noT be overlooked in any group. l-laving enTered lv1anhaTTan in The Tall oT '28 as a Freshman, he proceeded To Take The scholasTic Tield by sTorm. No subiecT was Too hard or Too lengThy Tor The wonderTul capaciTy oT his brain. l-lowever, his abiliTy was noT limiTed To The scholasTic Tield alone. l-le sure slings a wicked pair oT drumsTicks and when he sTarTs To wax warm on The cymbals, believe you me, rhyThm saTuraTes The air. For Two years he was The background oT The orchesTra. FurThermore, as a baseball piTcher he was oT The TirsT waTer, as his exhibiTions on The Freshman baseball squad prove. And now comes The hardesT parT oT This shorT accounT oT Joe's sTay in lvlan- haTTan-ThaT oT saying good-bye. Joe, you will be missed by more Triends and acquainTances Than mosT Tellows have Triends. IT is noT easy To say good-bye, Joe, buT delaying iT only makes iT harder. We know you will rise To greaT heighTs in your chosen Tield oT educaTion and all our besT wisies and genuine congraTulaTions go wiTh you. All ThaT can be added is please keep in Touch wiTh us, Joe. inLILifl TQTLJQUTF 'Y N' ' ' i' ' ' ' ' ' Hi ' 'li' Km '- T T wi- 1, Q g- g 5- T f.. fff- H A f ,N 1. ,V-5 K.. P- fg., 1 , ...4. .3 VJ '93 ' - ki s2s..1i5f..f1-:3iQ:,.:.sTixfffr...,Qfliivw.. ...' T' M5833 J W Q ff as - . 1 - - J . T ,-A :uif..f.....:+'f- f:2es's..v f'.',:f .2'J'. T 'Y lb C lrlfll Tour years of V would seek his h iorlnolli Tlie college an ogsomeone, who benea socenly and desire for lllds , always conspicuous Eeepssl To fhe Hghfesf . ililelplle his w .io rencli, Charles fo i 5SSIC5l vl, Ol' .,OUgh C I moc if i Off' Ol'lK in dor Um H GDC Ciiielammall oudiforiur S lel'l5O6rd. ls lo . iildssed lim Splrll' one llllllngs '. I les in T lfiilii ills! 'S Geri L' ls Slud air