Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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T ti E l 9 3 1 l i 1 fl l Ts Joseph M. Conlon, AB. ,105 New Yorlc Foo?ligh?ers Drarna?ic Socie-?y l, 2: Quadrangle 3, 43 Hayes Drama?ic Socie?y 3, 4. OT many weeks o? our Freshman year had passed be?ore i? became eviden? ?ha? Joe would ?ind a place in ?he hearls o? all his classma?es. Wi?h ius? ?he proper combina?ion o? humor and seriousness, he proceeded ?o his s?udies. Bu? he did no? con?ine his ?alen?s ?o scholas?ic achievemen?s alone. He embraced all ?he oppor?uni?ies ?ha? ex?ra-curricular ac?ivi?ies o??ered him. We will never ?orge? him as ?he usher in our ?irs? his?rionic endeavor, Give ?he Audience a Chance. His classical coun?enance graced many a collegia?e ?unc?ion ?herea??er. Nor can any ?ac?, shor? o? a calami?y, wipe ou? ?he memory o? ?he par? he played in ?he ?orma?ion o? ?he Freshman Drama?ic Socie?y, ?o which ?he curren? Hayes Drama?ic Socie?y is indeb?ed ?or i?s exis?ence. Then Joe blossomed ?or?h in a new role as a iournalis? o? no mean abili?y. The prominen? place he held on ?he s?a?? o? ?he college publica?ion a??es?s ?o his marked pro?iciency along ?hese lines. We ?hough? we had wi?nessed all o? his accomplishmen?s, bu? ?he Vergil bi- cen?ennial celebraion revealed him as a public speaker o? excellen? quali?xi and presence. So he leaves Manha??an, wi?h ?he bes? wishes o? us all, ringing in his ears: ?o ?acl:le ?he world wi?h ?he? same semi-humorous. semi-serious a??i?ude ?ha? charac?er7' ' . :,,SS his s?uden? days. . - ,T ,Mk ,tg -yn ,gg A , -' - f--. 4 - -- V f-.. f-. ' r., 5. f za.. QTL. -. , - r, 1 A .. V, ,.. V, 'QU Y K , M' A ' ' ' ' ' 4 c' '-' JJ ----' QI- -1 .-' ..f..'i,APT..f': 64 .sit 5 OW o??en is ?ru?h in Coming from Let clown dmongsf- H During his f ol each Sen lonor hrazingly 5 began lo sludy hi lie lound fwo Whi :san individual M lnlossom lorlh S+ males willy me ag enil H. lusl around H1 suctesginfhe 6 men

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William N. ComerTord, B.S. Bill Bronx, N. Y. Mendelian SocieTy 2, 3, 4: German Club 3. f ix ff , Aff! ,J-ia.. .44 , Q l l .l -'S ,sd sl ERE is a classmaTe who has endeared himselT To his Tellow-sTudenTs Tor his guieT, , UGVW unassuming manner. BuT beneaTh This modesT and unpreTenTious bearing is 1 U' :acl a True. sincere, and undersTanding Triend. Bill is much inTeresTed in The Tield oT ii medicine and his endeavors as a member oT The Mendelian SocieTy show clearly T ThaT he possesses remarkable capabiliTies in ThaT direcTion. Ever since Bill, com- CTO- plying wiTh our reguesTs, delivered an inTeresTing and enlighTening Talk on The liTe lim. and accomplishmenTs oT Louis PasTeur, The Science class has looked upon him as a up- promising lecTurer. For This reason we should noT be surprised if our own sons, laler his On, wriTe home and menTion Their learned anaTomy Teacher as DocTor ComerTord. Bill is also giTTed wiTh musical TalenT To no small degree and could oTTen be any heard Tickling The keys To The accompanimenT oT delighTTul male voices. This fhe young man is wonT To spend his week-ends in Poughkeepsie where, no doubT, The Tair ion sex has Tormed a Tavorable impression OT lvlanhaTTan men. llle The same admirable characTer which Bill possessed when he regisTered as a ag' Treshman aT lVlanhaTTan Prep has conTinued ThroughouT his college career and we ,Oi Teel conTidenT ThaT iT will guide him To ulTimaTe success in his chosen Tield-The Sh medical proTession. 63 K

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J .4 denT T The IT he The him His any aTion Ty is The Wked l bi- and si io rized :DQ WH i George F. Connor, BS. G6WClQ9 LeominsTer, Mass. Mendelian SocieTy 2, 3, 43 Cercle Francais 3, lv1anhaTTaniTe. OW oTTen has iT been said ThaT greaT men had humble beginnings? IT There is TruTh in ThaT sTaTemenT, George is cerTainly Traveling The paThway To Tame. Coming Trom LeominsTer, Mass., one oT Those cracker-barrel Towns, Gawdge seTTled down amongsT The science men aT lvlanhaTTan. During his TirsT Two years he demonsTraTed how he could Take iT and aT The end oT each semesTer we Tound him carrying abouT a reporT card wiTh The word honor brazingly sTamped Thereon. Now ThaT we had lcnown him as The scholar we began To sTudy him as The man. ResulTs were indeed saTisTacTory. OT all his gualiTies we Tound Two which were ouTsTanding--Triendliness and good-hearTedness. Gawdge is an individual in whom all Traces oT conceiT are ToTally lacking and in Their sTead blossom TorTh sTrongly The seeds oT philanThropy. As he loolcs upon all his class- maTes wiTh The aTTiTude oT Triend so do we consider him, our Triend. And now comes our lasT monTh oT associaTion. As The day oT separaTion is iusT around The corner we hurry To say good luck, George, wiTh conTidence ThaT success in The medical world will soon be TorThcoming. 65