Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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A wBk ' few. and James Brady. The affair was attended by Brother B. Thomas, president of the Coi- lei e; Brother C. Edward, vice-president, and Brother C. Phihp, moderator of Pen and Sword. On Friday evening, January 24, the Sopho- more Dance was held at the Roof Garden of the Hotel Pennsylvania. Ann ORourke, Hunter Collet;e graduate, sponsored by Junior Businessman Frank Doyle, was chosen as the winner of the beauty contest spon- sored by the Oihidvcingle in conjunction with the Sophomore Dance Ct)mmittee. iVliss O ' Rourke was crowned Queen of the Quad with appropriate ceremony. Jeno Bartal and his orchestra provided the music for the affair. 177 i,-

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ANUARY 19(7 from a climacti- c.il standpoint was a typical in- aLiL;Liral nitinth. Shnrt days, loni; nit;hts, the dreary bleakness of a winter scene, all contributed to the seemingly unending length of the 31 days until Feb- ruary. There were few extra-curricular hit;] - lights and the general opinion was that it was a good time to settle down and prepare f )r the end-term exams which loomed omi- nously ahead. The Manhattan College Veterans ' Asso- ciation came out of hiding long enoLii;h to solicit signatures for a petition urging Con- gress to raise the subsistence allowance for eteran-students. Nothing immediate came of the demands except a raging contro ersy brought about by a Oitachdugle editorial w hich ad ised against the hoped-for increase. A new editorial staff took over the desti- nies of the (Jiudyanglf when James P. Quinn : and Aldo Cnannecchini were named to the | two top posts on the Managing Board, re- placing iM-ancis J. Malley and Gerald L. ,, Fitztrerald, trraduatins: Artsmen. Pen and Sword, the honor society, held its annual b inquet on January 29, in ' ' onkers. The baiKjuet was gi en in honor of four graduating members. President Paul Cortis- S02, Secretary Joseph Beaney, Alfred Hughes 176 J

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DUADRANGLE THE staff of this year ' s 0 hididiigle was faced with the problem of working with a new printer and Ljettint; back from a semi- monthly to a weekly basis. In spite of the woxk involved, it was only three days after school started that the hrst issue appeared — a four-page, streamlined, completely new (Ji jihuni ' lf printed on regular newsprint. The newsprint made the Quad a little diffi- cult to get used to after the traditional coated glossy paper, but the feeling of strangeness soon wore off. Editor Francis |, Maliey ' s job was made somewhat easier by the retLirn of a number of ' eteran staff members in October — Al tiiancLxhim, Bill Dickson, Art Goldberg, Art Bunce, John O Leary, and Joe Price. These men, added to the h(ild() ' ers from the June staff of Gerry Fitzgerald, Riii Miller, Frank Hennessy, Romeo Sterlini, Dan Galla- gher, Bob McLoughlin and Chuck Riker made an ideal staff to help hurdle the recon- version problems. Old columns were reinstated, with Walter Ruddy taking over The Observer, Joe Price writing Presenting, and Bill Thompson acting as the Young Man of Manhattan. Later Jim Sv ' eeney and Bob McLoughlin re- vived Asides, a column of gossip, humor, and quiet nostalgia. New columns appeared in Father Steffens ' Chaplain ' s Corner, and Jack O ' Leary ' s Column Right for ' eterans. Editorially, the staff lambasted the sopho- more ' s aborti e attempt at hazing, kidded Fordham on the loss of their ram, praised the Cross-country team, the Student Council, and the Angelas, and drew down the wrath of the veterans by opposing increased sub- sistence. Features covered the new buildings on the upper campus, nostalgia, Mr. Fingesten, tea- dances, the bookstore, and a host of other 178