Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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MAY DEVOTIONS REVIVED HIS spring saw the revival, here at Manhattan, of a traditional ceremony which had been inter- rupted of necessity during the war years. Under the able guidance of Brother Benignus E.S.C. moderator, and presided over by Iohn F. Sweeney, Senior Arts and Joseph Ward, Senior Engineer, the Grotto devotions became once again an integral part of the spiritual life of Man- hattan men. - After the recitation of three decades of the Rosary and of the Litany of Loretto, members of the Junior and of the Senior classes addressed their fellow-students in words of praise of the Most Blessed Vir- gin and of exhortation to devotion and worship. Among the speakers were Wil- liam McGowan, Williani Leary, Edward Casey, Robert Paolini, VVilliam Murphy, George McDermott, Timothy Walsh and Mario, mater grcztiae, Dulcis parens Clementine, Tu nos ab hoste protege, Et mortis horn suscipe. Edward Matthews. Other members of the corps of speakers were Joseph Gal- lagher, Williaiii Kissane, Edward Dalton, john Bach, Charles Kelly and Edward Hughes. The tranquil Grotto - a setting where one may find respite from the rapid pace and pressing needs of city life to pause and pay honor to our Blessed Mother and to invoke her assistance - bears witness to the singular regard every Manhattan man has for his heavenly mother and for her Grotto on the campus. MOVING UP DAY INDING its way back bit by bit into its pre-war stride, Manhattan's student body saw the re-estab1ish- ment of one of its most honored tradi- tions on VVednesday, May 22nd, when Pen and Sword once again conducted its tapping ceremonies on Moving Up Day.

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by lack of numbers and the adequate time needed for preparation, gave an exhibi- tion of calisthenics. The tolling of the Angelus bell called the scattered partici- pants to Solemn Benediction at five. Throughout the afternoon crowds surged through the library and laborator- ies to inspect exhibits and to witness demonstrations. The Communications Laboratory, Hydraulics Laboratory, Re- sistance of Materials Laboratory, as well as Electronics, Physics and Chemistry laboratories were all manned by inter- ested students who displayed timely and interesting workings in their respective fields. The Mendelian Society manned the Biology Laboratory and displayed to their friends, many of the things biologi- cal they hnd interesting. The library dis- played many of the track trophies won this year, the work of the Leo Labor Club, interesting items from the library's book collection as well as souvenirs from the present and the past world war battle- fields. The most interesting exhibit in the library was the showing of the collection of mementoes from the estate of the late Honorable Alfred E. Smith. Diplomas, degrees and honorable distinctions that came to the great American in the course of his career, photos showing him in vari- ous signiticant events in his life, furni- ture made famous by having been used by him, were of the greatest interest to so many of our patrons who were his life- long admirers. F rom the program and the success at- tendant on it the junior class of l947 will have genuine assistance in their planning and observing next year's campus day. 167

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Everything about the campus had the freshly green look of Spring when the ceremonies commenced shortly after noon time. joseph Ward, outgoing Student Council President, took the rost- rum to direct the classes to their proper places about the quadrangle. He was fol- lowed by NVillian1 Mctiowan, President of Pen and Sword, who expressed his gratitude to the student body for its co- operation in the canned food drive. He then named five members of the senior class - joseph Warcl, David Farabaugh, John Sweeney, John Flood, and Edward Reilly-to replace members of the society who had not returned to the campus. Paul Cortissoz, representing the six original members-Edward VValsh, V in- cent O'Mahoney, John Shea, and Edward Eckert--delivered the explanatory re- marks prior to the tapping of new mem- bers. The colorful tapping ceremony fol- lowed, with each member choosing one successful candidate from the incoming senior class lined up along senior walk. Each newly received member was con- gratulated, presented with the academic robe, and introduced to incumbent mem- bers. Those chosen yere: Francis Malley, Gerald Fitzgerald, James Houlihan, Ed- ward O'Toole, James Brady, Alfred Hughes, Joseph Beaney, Joseph O'Con- nor, Donald Bridgetts, and John B. Walsli. It was Brother A. James of Loughlin High School, however, former Pen and Sword member himself, who explained what it meant to be a Blanhattan man. ln his talk, the principal event of the cere- mony, he stressed the spirit that led Manhattan students to give their utmost for her. And that such sacrifice, if it may not in vain he pointed not only to the forma- that results from a full be called that, is out by referring tion of character 16