Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

Page 183 text:

subjects. Probably the most appealing fea- ture in the On hU-iiiii lc during the year was the contest for the Queen of the Quadran- gle which provided the readers with pic- tures of beautiful trn-ls for three weeks. One of the biggest improvements in the appearance of the paper was due to the fine art work done by cartoonists Joe Campanella and Howie Everngam. Campanella, who worked on the Quad before the war, returned to draw for both the news and sports staffs, while Freshman Everngam provided pro- fessional polish for the sports department. As always, the Quad office was a center for campus bull-sessions and campus humor. 179

Page 182 text:

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

Page 184 text:

The cartoon of DominiL LuilIoIi on the bnHe- tin board that weekly underwent ehantjes of aspect at the deft hands of Joe CampaneUa is typical of the good-natured tomfoolery that pervades the office. The picture was first captioned with WANTED — This is the Lindbergh Baby. Poor Dominic then be- came in order, a French gigolo, an Arabian hashish-smoker, a Chicago gunman, and many others too numerous to mention. The (Jiiddrdin lc dinner, held in the Green Rot)m of the Library, again brought out the irrepressible spirits of staff sparked by Chuck Riker, Frank Hennessy, Walter Ruddy, and the other wits. The January staff headed by James ' Jungle Jim Quinn took over with a flourish and continued in the usual Ouddydiigh vein. Im- provements in news coverage, proof-reading, and general content slowly began to appear as things became more and more systema- tized. Phott)graphs by the Termini brothers and others appeared more frequently to add variety to the pages. Circulation problems were worked out by Romeo Sterlini who also did a yeoman job keeping the office clean and orderly. 180