Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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Contest, competition came from two fellow Juniors, tfie aforementioned McCarthy and John J. O ' Leary. John McCarthy brought added laurels to Manhattan as National Chairman of the NFCCS commission on student government and did an outstanding job on the Student Council. One of the most important activities in the school is the Quadrangle and it was well staffed with members of the class of ' 48. Aldo Giannecchini was its enterprising managing editor; Walter Ruddy wrote the erudite Ob- server column and was named Editor of the ' 48 Manhattanite ; Robert B. McLoughlin wrote the Asides column and was an im- portant member of the debating team and other activities; William Miller was the ami- able sports editor and author of the Jaspers on Deck column, a favorite among sports- minded Manhattanites; Joseph M. McCarthy wrote the editorials and the Presenting column while holding down a job m the Placement Bureau and Publicity olfice; Al- bert J. Coakley did much of the copy edi ing, starred in the Players presentation of the Queen ' s Husband, and edited the Docket, the publication of the St. Thomas More Law Society; John J. O ' Leary capably managed the business affairs of the ' Quad- rangle and was an active member of most of the organizations on the campus. If the Junior class was weak in any depart- ment it probably was in its contribution to the sports world. To George Eastment ' s track squad they delegated the well-known John Quigley. One of Manhattan ' s real war heroes, he came back after three years of track inactivity to add speed and polish to the spiked shoe squad. Another stalwart run- ner was lean John Flmter, one of the better distance men in collegiate circles and captain- elect of the ' 48 cross-country squad. Former varsity football star, Walter Ludovico, was named president of Phi Epsilon Kappa, the professional Physical Education fraternity. The Junior class also numbered among its luminaries James Sheehy, the twice elected president of the Manhattan College Players, and Thomas Clark, former Student Council man and president of Beta Sigma Fraternity. There you have it, the history of the Junior class. Anno Domini 1947. The headlines were written by the above but each and every mem- ber of the class of ' 48 contributed a para- graph that cannot be measured in time or space but only in the minds and hearts of fellow classmates who shared with them a never-to-be-forgotten experience. 139

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Class of 1948 I] NDER iinnn.il circumstances, the m. - jonty of the talented Chiss of ' -i8 would ha ' e departed from the Jasper halls some twenty-four months before the scheduled date of their commencement. The laws of compensation, howe er, usually balance life ' s ledger. Despite the unaxoidable delay in recen ing the sheepskin, this year ' s Junior class have proved by their activities and scholarship that they are destined to do big things in their Senior year and in the years to come. The ser ' ice record of the class compares favorably with any group one might name. The wartime experiences of its indnidual members could easily prove inspiring copy for a series i:)f war stories. It is all o er now and khaki-clad days are rarely mentioned. The emphasis is on preparation for a career which has assumed in most cases the definite proportions of dreams of the future. Representatives of the Junior class have excelled in all fields of scholarship and extra- curricular endeavors. It would be impossible to chronicle the achievements of so many tine men of Manhattan, but for a consensus we can look to the list of the lads tapped for Pen and Sword Society. Pen and Sword is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon an undergraduate at Manhattan, as you prob- ably know. Each year the fifteen outstanding members of the Junior class are elected to the Society. This year ' s listing is as representa- tive and accomplished a group as has ever been admitted. They made class history, and by commenting on them and on their activi- ties we shall have a rather accurate picture of the men of ' -18. Thomas Keene of the Engineering School was the guiding hand behind class activities in his capacity as president. Tom organized an efiicient campus day committee which in- sured the success of that traditional event. Members of the Junior Class served on his ct)mmittees. Rarely has Manhattan had the good for- tune to number among its students two men who possess the oratorical c]ualities of Engi- neer Paul G. Nicholson and Artsman John J. McCarthy. As teammates on the debating squad they have been well nigh unbeatable in their endeavors. Nicholsiin has brought added honors to the school and himself by reaching the finals of the Hearst Oratorical Contest. In his winning the Grady Oratorical IVc

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C I a s s of l!)41J SOPHOMORE year— that satisfaaory spot between the rather inept but hery frosh enthusiasm, and the circumspea, faintly stiphisticated outUx»lc peculiar to up- perclassmen. Si phomore year — that much romanticized standby of playwrights and raconteurs. Sophomore year — a yellow sweat- er, a green campus, and a nostalgia as pet- meable as the stale odors that hang over the desened chemistry labs. Wnh a group of class officers already se- lected during the previous semester, we were J well-prepared group ready to meet any and all emergencies. Dick Ganzi and Bill R(x-)ney had been selected President and Vice-Presi- UO