Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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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

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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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to the members. Papers on biological topics, such as the Rh Blood Factor and Microscopic Technique were presented. Lectures were given by prominent men in the biological and allied fields. An in- teresting lecture was given on f'Galls and gall makers by Brother C. james, and a very provocative lecture entitled Col- loids and their Relation to Biology was given by Dr. A. B. Kemper, Professor of Chemistry, and Head of the Chem- istry Department. Great stress has been placed on the necessity of stimulating in- dividual interest and study. The world of today is in dire need of scientists, good scientists, Catholic scien- tists. The Mendelian Society encourages its members to contribute their efforts to the attainment of this goal. For this pur- pose the laboratories, equipment and li- brary of the Biology Department are placed at the disposal of the Society. The world of tomorrow is influenced by the men of today, and Manhattan as the i'Malcer of Men will glory in the future of its scientists as it does today. TI-IE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY HE student afliliate of the Ameri- can Chemical Society was first or- ganized on the Manhattan College campus in December 1937. Among the first of the student afliliates to be char- tered by the American Chemical Society, the Manhattan College chapter has al- ways endeavored to maintain the distinc- tive reputation of successfully correlating the scholastic work of the student with practical application and first hand ex- perience in the held of chemistry. The Society under the able guidance of Dr. Arthur Kemper, Moderator, en- deavors through the aid of inspection trips to chemical plants, guest speakers, and lectures by noted chemists, to further increase the interest, knowledge, and ap- preciation of the student in his chosen field of chemistry. The students are fur- ther urged to attend and participate in the regular meeting of the American Chemical Society. Hindered somewhat by wartime re- strictions the Society is gradually blos- soming forth to its pre-war achievement. The highlights of this past term were an informative trip to the Pure Food and Drugs Laboratory, a timely lecture, and the presentation of a movie through the auspices of Sinclair-Valentine Company. The members of the Manhattan Chap- ter of the American Chemical Society are assured of a bright, cheerful and inform- ative future under the directive guidance and through the exhaustive efforts of its Moderator, Dr. Arthur Kemperg its President, Arthur O,Leary, its Vice- President, H. jose Lopez, its Secretary, john P. FitzGerald and its Treasurer, Williaiii Ball. THE IRISH CULTURAL SOCIETY HlS year Manhattan's Trish Cul- tural Society celebrates its eighth anniversary. It is a living repre- sentation of the college's rich background of true Gaelic tradition. The chief aim of the society is the stimulation of student interest in the complete religious, politi- cal, economic, intellectual, and general history of the irish, both in America and in the Emerald Isle. Since 1938 the so- ciety has grown steadily in membership and popularity. -A