Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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STUDENT COUNCIL COGNIZANT ot the importance oi al- ii ) vint; the student body a share of responsibility in their own education, the college authorities have always encouraged the work of the Student Council as a vehicle of student actiMty and self-government. The Council consists of the President of the stu- dent body and ten representatives working under the supervision of a faculty moder- ator to regulate and co-ordinate all student extra-curricular activity. AtjycJ This year the initial task faced by the Council was the guidance of the largest enrollment during the eighty-three year his- tory of the college. Super ' ision of more than twenty-three hundred students demanded a well organized and efiicient council. During the Fall semester, the Council was under the supervision of the popular Alfred Hughes, who was succeeded upon his January grad- uation by Edward Hughes. Besides sponsoring a student assembly in the Fall to increase interest in extra-curricular activities, the Council also supervised the Freshman elections, the return of tea dances to the campus, and directed the annual Campus Day with the Junior Class. All this and all the rest of campus acti ' ity comprised the work of the Student Council and of its newly-appointed ] [oderator. Brother Cyprian James. 154

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■f happily for all concerned, a workable system was finally arranged. In the October elections of Pen and Sword, the campus honorary society, Paul Cortissoz, Senior Artsman, was elected president, and John P. Fmneran, Senior Artsman, was chosen vice-president. During the last week of October, Brother B. Thomas, President of the College, issued a special statement to the Q nuhunig e on the e.xpansion of the College during the past year. Brother President stated that Manhat- tan had managed to handle a 100 percent increase in enrollment each term since Feb- ruary, 1945, and that every former Manhat- tan man who had served in the armed forces and had applied for re-admission was certain of being able to return to his old spot. He further stressed the invaluable State aid re- cened in the erection of classroom, labora- tory and housing facilities. -iiir-i gi»irmrai 153

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ALPHA SIGMA BETA ALPHA SIGMA BETA, oldest and most venerable of Manhattan ' s fraternities, was founded over forty years ago with the express purpose of doing the utmost in serv- ice for Alma Mater through her members. Inspired by the bravery of founder Harry V. Radford, ' 01, who died a hero ' s death in the Arctic wastelands, the brotherhood has continually striven to uphold its theme of good fellowship and service throughout the years. Her many gifts to Manhattan are in- dicative of her loyalty and sincerity of pur- pose. For it is through the generosity of Alpha Sigma Beta that the college has re- 135