Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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The illelldfliaiz S1147-iciy and ended up with a hit in the Maxwell Anderson-Kurt Weill, Knickerbocker Holiday. Each year a hit, the enthusiasm and interest of the Players increased. Anx- ious to experiment in still another phase of the drama, the Players decided to pre- sent the mystery melodrama, The Night of january l6th. lt was with this suc- cessful venture in dramatics that Man- hattan had to bow out and adjourn until the Kelly Green came back from the war. As usual, the feminine roles in this yearjs production were portrayed by young ladies from the local colleges for women with the College of hit. St. Vin- 222 cent having a very definite majority. They are Jane Collins, Francis Graff Carolyn Crawford, Phyllis Atkinson, Catherine McLaughlin, Betty Migdal Mary Jane VVilson and Phyllis Slattery. The niale roles were enacted by Robert McFadden, Phillip Seltzer, john I. O'Leary, Bernard Ryan, Charles Riker, Harold Reichart, VVillian1 I. Smith, Daniel A. Petix, Prank Campanella, VVilliam McGowan, Gene Higgins, and James P. Sheehy. 7 3 The Manhattan Players are guided by Donald I. Carty as Moderator and Direc- torg james P. Sheehy, Presidentg Albert Nigro Know in servicej First Vice-Presi-

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little publicity until the spring' of each year. Then the Campus is caught in a whirl of antieipaticm, anxiously w:1iti11g for the lights to dim and the curtain to go up O11 the Players 21111111211 Cl1'?Ll'11Zl.t1C p1'ese11tatio11. 111 1939, The N110l1S1g1101 S I-leur was presented 1111 the Ca111p11s, and was Pl'OClZL1111CC1 ZL huge success by the students and erities. The Catholic Theater C011- fereuee invited the Players to put 1111 the play at the Barbizou Plaza Theater, where it was enthusiastically received. From then O11 a first rate DCI l:Ol'l11211'lCC by the Players became an annual tradi- tion. Perliaps the best l'611161T1lJC1'CC1 of them all is the Players 1940 DYOCll1C'I1011 of Tl1CJ1'11flJl1 Wfi1cler's h0l11' Towuy' which enjoyed four CO111l11?l11C1 PCI'fOl'l112111CCS at Manhattan. The following year the Q'I'Ul'11J eoueeiitrated O11 iiiusieal comedy The Leo Labor Club 2

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dent, Harold J. Reichart, Second Vice- President g Anthony D'Amico, Secretary, John Flynn C in servicej Treasurer, joseph Daly, Public Relations, and ,lane Collins, Staff Assistant. THE MENDELIAN SOCIETY HIS year marks the 17th anniver- sary of the Mendelian Society founded in 1929. Under the guid- ance of Brother Celestine the society grew, and its members benefited by gain- ing knowledge in the biological fields. The society has worked consistently to realize its aim to encourage study and research in the biological sciences. The war came and the students left for service in the Armed Forces. Now, at the end of strife, the Mendelian So- ciety, like the other campus organiza- tions, has been reorganized to carry on its tradition. ' Under the able and untiring guidance of Brother C. blames, the society in the past year has come back to normal opera- tion. At the meetings held every third week, a varied program has been offered The Amcricrm Clzemical Society