Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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ment. Confessions were heard in the afternoon and on Friday a Corporate Communion Service at Holy Mass rounded out the exercises. Reverend Cyril F. Meyer, C.M., Dean of St. Iohnis Col- lege, Brooklyn, delivered the Bacca- laureate Sermon. Tha Papal Blessing was imparted to the members of the class and the group finished with breakfast in the college dining room. Class day exercises were held Friday afternoon in Smith Auditorium. The Class day exercises will long be remembered both from the cordiality of the meeting and the simplicity of the ob- servances. Here again, as in high school, the members of the class listened as they were orated to and as they were made capital of. The Class Wiill, prepared and read by Bill Monck, was a masterpiece of the Wit for which this class humorist has become famous. Gene Calure, more sober and more solemn was as effective in his gleanings for a class prophecy. Sylvester Balassi delivered the class gift oration and Charles Kelly gave the valedictory. The College Glee Club entertained the members of the class with several selec- tions from their interesting repertoire. The President of the College, Brother B. Thomas, gave, in his address, an appre- ciation of the work done by the class, the good wishes of the faculty to the 1T1S1'1 whose course was finished and counsel and advice for their assuming their places in the world of trade and business. Sunday, June 9, saw the public recog- nition, with awe and respect, for the men whose college work is hnished satisfac- torily, whose marks and efforts had earned for them the kudos of a degree. Senior Week, a week by the students for their own delectation, Was the more inti- mate, the more unforgettable, the more personal form of farewell to the college. 171

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college life, but to the testimony of for- mer Pen and Sword men who had found their latent abilities during their activi- ties at the college. Wlieii Brother James resumed his seat amid enthusiastic applause, and the stu- dent body was dismissed, it was not with- out the general realization that Manhat- tan had recaptured something from her proud past. Something that represented the forward-pressing spirit of the Man- hattanite had been glimpsed for a mo- ment, and the dispersing students felt a twinge of pride in its realization. SENIOR WEEK HE traditional culmination of col- legiate activities is bound up in the observances of Senior VVeek. The Class of 1946 was fortunate in seeing a vigorous revival of this time-honored tra- dition and of the observances connected therewith. Under the direction of Brother Alphonsus, Senior Moderator, the week from June 3 to june 9 was reserved for retreat, baccalaureate services, class day services and the exercises connected with commencement, including induction into the Manhattan College Alumni Society. The retreat, under the direction of Reverend Albert C. M. Steffens, College Chaplain, was conducted on VVednesday, Thursday and Friday, with the exercises in the Chapel of the Holy Infancy, the Brothers' Community Chapel. Here each morning at 9 :l5, Holy Mass and Sermon began the day, with time allotted during the remainder of the day to the Stations of the Cross, Private Spiritual Reading, the Recitation of the Rosary, ending with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacra- I 170

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RECEPTION TO CARDINAL SPELLMAN N the feast of St John Baptist de La Salle, May 15, 1946, Man- hattan was honored by the pres- ence of another new member of the Sacred College of Cardinals. This time it was our own Archbishop, Francis, Cardinal Spellman, pillar of the Catholic Church in America. The ceremonies con- sisting of a Solemn Pontifical Mass, a Reception to His Eminence and a subse- quent dinner in the main dining room had a twofold purpose. They were at once both a commemoration of the feast of St. La Salle and an official reception by the authorities of the College to their esteemed archbishop and the occasion to oHer their respectful homage and con- gratulations on the signal honor bestowed on him at the recent Consistory. The Pontifical Mass was celebrated by the Most Reverend Joseph P. Donahue, D.D., V.G., Auxiliary Bishop of New York and Titular Bishop of Emmaus. Right Reverend Francis VV Walsli was Arch-Priest, Reverend john T. Jordan, Deacon and Reverend Willialn I. Flan- nery, Sub-Deacon. Reverend Albert C. M. Steffens, Chaplain of the College was Master of Ceremonies, assisted by Rever- end Francis P. Milroy, M.M., as Assist- ant Master of Ceremonies. Arch-Priest to His Eminence was the Right Reverend Michael A. Reilly, Deacons of Honor were Right Reverend Joseph A. Farrell and Right Reverend T. Joseph Doyle. Reverend Christopher J. VVeldon was Master of Ceremonies to the Cardinal. The music of the Mass was sung by the College Glee Club, under the direction of Brother Basilian, assisted in singing the proper of the Mass by the Brothers' Choir. Right Reverend Philip I. Furlong gave the eulogy of St. La Salle on the occasion and likened the educational re- forms of St. La Salle to the modern methods being pioneered today by the Brothers of the Christian Schools. ln the Reception that followed the Brothers of the community were pre- sented to His Eminence, after which the community and their guests assembled in the Main Dining Room for the festive dinner, at which Brother C. Edward, Vice President, otliciated as Toastmaster.