Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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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

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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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ceived the Angelus Bell, the Stations of the Cross in the Chapel, and the annual award of the Radford medal for excellence in Science. This past year the fraternity has continued to lead and to ser e. The 1946 Senior Prom was sponsored by the fraternity and was the first ft)rmal dance held since the Sophomore- Junior Prom in February 1943. During the school year 19 6-1947 Alpha Sigma Beta held several semi-closed and closed affairs, most notable of which was the Barn Dance in the Nipnischen Club, the cause of much levity and talk for weeks afterward. Alpha Sigma Beta is dnided into two units: the actne chapter on the campus and the Supreme Body, or graduate chapter. Working in close harmony, these two sec- tions hold many social atfairs together, most re ' ered of which is the annual Thanks- t;i ' ing E ' e banquet and initiation. 156