Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE purposes of the National Federation of Catholic College Students are fourfold: to develop satisfactory student government in Catholic colleges; to act as a medium for the interchange of ideas among these col- leges; to provide member colleges with ideas and experiences in fields of authentic Catho- lic Action; and to represent the Catholic student in national and international affairs. iVIanhattan ' s delegates to the N. F. C. C. S. this year were primarily concerned with car- ryini; out these high aims and bringing an 164

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PHI EPSILON KAPPA ONE of the more recent arrivals on the Manhattan campus is the national Physi- cal Education fraternity. Phi Epsilon Kappa. In 1943, se enteen Manhattan men were in- ducted into the campus chapter as charter members, and until the return this Fall of six of these, the chapter has been active. The general objectives of the fraternity have been to improNe scholarship and the quality of work in the profession; to pro ide a means of elevatmg the standards, ideals, and ethics of men engaged in teaching health and physical education; to make contribu- tions for the ad ancement of physical educa- tion by sponsoring professional and educa- tional programs; and to pro ide life-long association vvith those engaged in the physi- cal education profession. An affiliate of the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recrea- tion, Phi Epsilon Kappa publishes a profes- sional magazine, The Physical Educator four times a year as well as the social quar- terly, Black and Gold. The local chapter, A-lpha Eta, has done much to gain the re- spect which the school of Physical Education has been denied m years gone by. Since appli- cants for admission must be approved both scholastically and socially before admission IS granted, membership is the most en ied of honors in the School of Physical Edu- cation. 163

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CATHOLIC COLLEGE STUDENTS understanding of the purpose and functions of the federation within the i en of every Manhattan man. Through an extensi e pubhcity campaign carried on in the Ouadraugle and through the meetings and bulletins of NFCCS Week held in February, an attempt was made to make the campus aware of the im- portance of intercollegiate activity. Senior Delegate Frank Malley led these activities on the campus and also served as New York Regional Recording Secretary. He was aided by Junior d elegate John O ' Leary and William Harrington, alternate delegate. The interchange of ideas and experiences was carried on at monthly regional meetings of metropolitan colleges who are members of the N. F. C. C. S. Among the colleges that served as hosts for the regional gatherings were Mount St. Vincent, Siena. St. Rose, St. Elizabeth ' s, St. Peter ' s, the College of New Rochelle and St. John ' s. To collect and distribute the vital informa- tion that is gathered on various campuses, national, regional and local, commissions ha ' e been started most successfully. Here on the Riverdale campus, we have the National Commission on Student Government, and the Regional Commissions on Christian Doctrine and Labor. These latter two organizations function through our Catechist Society and Leo Labor Club respectively. Manhattan ' s delegates have been most suc- cessful this past year in representing the students in national and international affairs. In November, the local unit sponsored a petition to protest the unjust treatment of Archbishop Stepinac in Yugoslavia, and the protest was forwarded to the State Depart- ment. Later the entire New York Region followed suit, and as a body sent another protest. Junior and Alternate delegates O ' Leary and Harrington represented the student body at the National Student Convention held in December in Chicago. There they attempted to lay the foundation for a national student organization based upon sound. uni ersal Catholic principles. In carrying out the aforementioned pur- poses of the N. F. C. C. S., the federation is also planning the groundwork for an e en more important step — the training of real Catholic lay leaders. We need men to show the world that Catholicism is the answer to all world problems, and the National Federa- tion of Catholic College Students is the ideal means for preparing the leaders of tomorrow in real Catholic Action — the lay apostolate. O ' Leary mails Manhattan i protest on the treatment oi Archbishop Stepinac 165