Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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student body for his overstepping the limits of ordinary initiation. But in the run-of-the-mill case there is more need of stirring up sophomore support, more need of encouraging them in doing their duty by their classmates than of restraining them in their efforts. This last year was a golden one for frosh hazing. Accepted by the collegiate authorities, passed by the board of admis- sions and the registrar, these young ap- plicants had still to be accepted by their fellow-Manhattan men before, with pride and dignity, they could say that they be- longed. They had to learn all the rules set down in the 'fKoran, acquire a sing- ing acquaintance with the college songs, and bear with the time set for the wear- ing of little green hats and bright green ties. The Koran for 1946, edited by the Sophomore Committee, under the direc- tion and with the guidance of Brother Conrad Gabriel, Sophomore Moderator, was one of the finest we have seen at the college in years. The Committee worked conscientiously and made an excellent compilation of the rules, traditions, high points of history and activities of the college. Armed with this Koran,,' the Sophomore Vigilance Committee set a- bout indoctrinating the youthful aspir- ants to the honor of being Manhattan men. The various plots to ensnare the unwary were used and a great deal of indoctrination was passed out. But the sophomores evidently tired Of their obli- gations for at the end of the second week there were few signs of their still being enthusiastic for the important Work at which they were engaged. Flaunting this indifference one Monday morning, were modest signs announcing that the Sophs were afraid of the Frosh! Hail, '49 appeared in large white letters on many 158

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hronicle FROSH HAZING VERYBODY knows that the haz- ing' of freshmen at entrance to col- lege is a very well favored indoor sport. And likewise is it an outdoor sport. Each year the Koran sets out the obli- gations of the freshmen. Each year the Student Council rules that there should be no hazing' on the campus. Each year some over-enthusiastic sophomore calls down the vengeance of the entire frosh

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a prominent spot. Between the bookstore and the bordering jvowlonia speciiosa was stretched the side of a piano crate on which large letters jeered at the feeble efforts of the second year men to disci- pline their younger brothers. Fire appear- ed in many a Sophomore eye! This time the yearlings had gone too far! Blood would soon appear on the moon! And appear it did, for a few days. But when the annual tug-of-war was announced and the frosh massed on jasper Field to meet all oncoming sophomores, but one lone, blissfully ignorant watch-and-ward member wended his way gymward. He was taken in hand, divested and worsted and made to carry the college colors con- spicuously through the crowded ways of the metropolis. Time passes on. The frosh are now sophomores. They are a large and valiant crew. The future holds not only the pro- mise of a larger and more vigorous class, but a group who have probably had many a month to think over how they might best their tormentors in just such a fray. It will be interesting to see what the class of 1949 does when Hrst they spot a sign glibly announcing the astronomical num- ber: Hail, 1950 ! PICTURE TAKING T'S a gay day for all that is sched- uled for the taking of pictures for the yearbook. The Editor and the pho- tographers are very much interested in the weather. The members of the student body who ordinarily appear in slacks and work clothes are very much in evidence in their Sunday best, being asked, inno- cently, it is true, if they are to attend a wedding, or if they arose too late this morning to get out their regulation work clothes. The young men who ordinarily 159