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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1, P ' ' . ' l 3 and social success, it o ershadovved cither accomplishments such as the Sports Rally in the Fall, and a farewell party for its three members who graduated m January. Admission to Pen and Sword, limited as it is to fifteen members, is determined by achievement in the field of extra-curricular activity during the first three years of col- lege with due regard to definite scholastic requirements. To be chosen for membership is one of the most coveted distinctions at Manhattan. As a result. Pen and Sword is the most select organization of true Man- hattan men on the campus. Induction takes place on Moving-Up Day in May when the outgoing members go through an elaborately stirring procedure of tapping their successors in the Junior Class in ' esting them with the black robe of membership in Pen and Sword. Drawn as they are from every field of college activity — athletics, debating, publi- cations, student government, managerial posts — the members of Pen and Sword are in a position to influence strongly student opinion and strengthen the school spirit that is such an integral part of college life. The officers and members of this year ' s Pen and Sword were Paul Cortissoz, Presi- dent; John P. Finneran, Vice-President; Jo- seph Beaney, Secretary; James Barrett; James Brady; Donald Bridgetts; Leo Casey; Gerald Fitzgerald; James Houlihan; Alfred Hughes; Francis Malley; Joseph O ' Connor; Edward O ' Toole; Edward Walsh; and James Worst. Upon the graduation of Cortissoz, Beaney, Brady, and Hughes, John Finneran became president of the group and Lei) Casey and Edward O ' Toole were elected vice-president and secretary respecti ' ely. 151