Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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PEN AND SWORD MANY years ago, when some of us were in grammar school and many others of us were ah ' eady enrolled at Manhattan, a OncidruJigle editor wrote an editorial blasting the senior honor society as a Broken Pen and Rusty Sword, a group of the most active members of the senior class, who were as a unit the most inactive on the campus. Pen and Swordmen in the Class of 1947 can certainly scoff at any such criticism today. For with the rejuvenated spirit brought about by the first full membership since 194.3, this year ' s group set about and accomplished what pro ' ed to be one of the most active years in the society ' s history. As the guard- ian of tradition, it introduced the Christmas Dance which, it is hoped, will continue to be an annual affair. An overwhelming financial 149

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