Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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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

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|FTER almost: a month ' s postpt)ne- mciit hrout;ht about by delays in the construction of new class- room units at the College, ap- proximately 2 00 students settled down to studies as the Fall term opened on October 7. Brother Agatho, Registrar, announced that the enrollment was the largest in the eighty- three-year history of the College, and that the freshman class alone numbered approxi- mately nine hundred students. According to Mr. John Cossa, in charge of eterans ' guid- ance, about 80 percent of the undergraduates were veterans. Work on the State-financed housing and classroom units on Jasper Field was pro- gressing slowly, and as a result, the different schools were forced to use the swing-shift system ith classes running from early morn into the late hours of the evening. Brother A. Thomas, Faculty Adviser of tiie college publications, appointed Francis J. Malley and Gerald L. Fitzgerald, Senior Artsmen, to the editorship of the Ouadrangh ' and Ma)!lhitUi iitf. respectively. The traditional hazing period for incom- ing Freshmen went by the board as the Class of 1949 failed in its efforts to revive the annual activity. The Frosh-Soph ■Rush ' and football game failed to materialize and many an upperclassman, hearkening back to the days when these events were proud and vig- orous traditions, expressed the hope that the Class of lyso might set this tradition back on the rit;ht path in September oi 1947. Another Riverdale tradition, the Victory Hop, returned to the Riverdale scene after an absence of four years. Beta Sigma Fra- ternity sponsored the Hop which in pre- vious years had been the occasion for the celebration of Jasper football victories. The scene of this year s social season highlight was the Colonnades Room of the Essex House. The music was provided by Jeno Bartal and his orchestra, and Don Dunphy, ace sports announcer and JManhattan gradu- ate, acted as Master of Oremonies. Brother C. Justin, popular professor of Political Science, was appointed head of the Department of Labor Management, a newly- ulSr 4 instituted section of the School of Business. The new department offers courses in Sta- tistics, Business Organization, Labor Prob- lems, Development of American Industries, Labor Law, Industrial Psychology, and Trade L ' nionism. One of the minor e ents that will be long remembered was the Battle of the Book- store. The first few weeks of October saw lone lines stretchini: far down the basement corridor of Manhattan Hall as veteran-stu- dents clamored for books. The small college bookstore was unprepared to cope with the tremendous demands on its supplies, but J 2