Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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on their Alma Mater, and in every crisis, through the years, they have been most dependable to assist her in her problems and in her opportunity. Primarily composed of those whose courses here were successfully termin- ated, whose work in the college was crowned with the scholastic success of a degree, the Society has taken on, partic- ularly during these war years, many an enthusiastic Manhattanite whose course in the college was but a short run, many who, in former times might have been listed as ex-members. The draft and the fortunes of war took many of these in whose work the college may justifiably glory and the alumni group has in recog- nizing the import of the situation, added here and there, many a name of a Man- hattanite in spirit and in the course of time, in fact. At the seventy-seventh annual ban- quet, held this year on Saturday evening, February ninth in the East Ballroom of the Hotel Commodore, more than six hundred members of the fifty-two hun- dred active alumni met in a festive spirit to rejoice in the reunion after military and naval campaigns, met to celebrate together for many their return to civilian status and to reshape the friendships so tightly knit in college days. Presided over by Dr. Joseph L. McGoldrick, F.A.S.A., President of the association, it featured a recall to Christian morality voiced by the United States Solicitor-General, the Honorable I. Howard McGrath, LL.D., honoris causa, '-l2. The most interesting talk of the evening was delivered by Brother B. Thomas, Ph.D., LL.D., Pres- ident of the college, to whose report on the state of the college the assembled group listened with the greatest attention and interest. Besides stressing the in- crease of the enrollment of the college 2 1 l fosvfwlz L. IUC Goldrick, AID., F.A.S.A. Pl'CSI.dl'llf of H10 JKHIIIIIIII' Society and the problems connected therewith, Brother Thomas commented favorably on the newest project of the Association, the establishment and maintenance of the Alumni Fund for the beneht of the col- lege. VVilliam I. Kenville spoke for the class of Nineteen twenty-one, observing its silver jubilee and Bryan I. Kellway voiced the confused sentiments of the average man in the class of Nineteen forty-live, whose career was so check- ered, whose program was so accelerated and whose outlook on life was so dis- ordered by the problems presented by a world at war. Notable in the achievements of the Association is the organization, under the direction of Brother Conrad, of the complete and modern alumni oflice at the school. From the files kept here, from the equipment installed here and from the painstaking and excellent care given to the details of the Association here, much of the benefits of the Society can be traced. It is here that records are kept that insure the mailing of the News- letter to all the members of the Associa- tion, it is here that the donations and annual contributions to the Alumni Fund are carefully recorded and checked.

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A .uxiliaify Sociezfie 235 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HR oldest, largest and most loyal Manhattan group is the association of former Manhattan nien known as the Alumni Association. For more than three quarters of a century this group has been the closest-knit and most enthusiastic asseinblege, of Manhattan rooters. From the honors and distinc- tions that come to them, they have indi- vidually and collectively reflected credit

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Inaugurated in 1942, the Alumni Fund strives, by soliciting annual subscriptions from the members ot the Asociation, to build up a permanent reserve fund that may be used for far-sighted and long- range planning for the future of the col- lege. Every year since 1942 has seen an increase in the number of alumni who take this opportunity of expressing their attitude towards their Alma Mater. Not only has the number of contributors risen steadily, but the amount ot money col- lected for the Fund has likewise seen an appreciable increase. The final report for the 1944 Drive showed a total in excess of thirty-seven thousand dollars contrib- uted by almost seven hundred members of the Association. An interesting sidelight on the Drive is furnished in a letter from Reverend Albert C. M. Steffens 327, at present Chaplain at the College, who Wrote in 1945, It's sort of amusing to note that THE LADIES 1TH the finesse and ability of a Well organized association, the Ladies Auxiliary of Manhattan College stands as a respected and vener- ated organization though it has been in existence but ten years. The prime func- tion of this auxiliary is to associate the mothers and wives of Manhattan's alumni and students in the variation of aspects of life at the college. As a secondary function it strives to coordinate its efforts in attaining greater good for the college. Trusting in the ability and interest of Mrs. James E. Dougherty, to whom was 2 in 1942 my 'biti was sent from England, in 1943 from North Africa, in 1944 from Italy - and this year 1945, from Cali- fornia! Only God knows where it will be sent from next year, for at the moment Fm hastily getting ready to run the 'gauntlet' againf' It has since been our happy privilege to see his wanderings with the Army, over, at least for a while, and that 1946 found him an interested and interesting resident on the campus! Like any vvideawalce body the Alumni Associations has many a project at pres- ent on the hre. In the revitalization that is bound to come from the repatriation of so many Manhattan men from abroad, new faces will be seen at the committee meetings, new and brighter plans will continue to be prepared to bring greater prestige and glory to the college, but of one thing we are certain. the loyalty and interest of the former Men of Manhat- tanf' and their constantly efficacious de- sire to advance the welfare of the college. AUXILIARY given the important task of organizing the society, the Auxiliary came into ex- istence in 1938. Success was assured, tor Mrs. Dougherty brought to this work all the qualifications that made for pros- perity and success in the newly-estab- lished association. Mrs. Dougherty was six times President of the Alumnae of the College of Mount Saint Vincent, or- ganizer and first President of the Afihli- ated Catholic Alumnae Societies and held numerous other executive positions. Her deep interest in the work done at Man- hattan is evinced by the fact that she re-