Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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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

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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

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THE MANHATTANITE IF It IS kinds the 1947 traditional that pubUcations of ail have trouble meeting a deadline iVIanhattanite must hold the record The EJi ur relaxes. for missing a deadline by more time than anyone ever dreamt of. Editor Fitzgerald planned on having the book completed by January with just some odds and ends to finish up in the Spring. Now the Narm August sun beats down upon our weary heads, and the end is not yet in sight. There are a number of things that might enable us to explain. First of all, class schedules precluded any possibility of getting any more than three individuals together at a time for a group picture, hi the first semester we strove mightily to have some pictures taken, and found ourseh ' es with snapshots of a few f )rlorn trios representing such mammoth organizations as the Manhattan Engineers or the Commerce Club. By the time we had worked out a suitable arrantrement it was nearly April. Now we ' ll get started, said Fitz. We were started, but we soon came to another batch of hurdles. First of all, the only start photographer quit school and went to work in the Stork Club muttering, No cheesecake in Ri erdale. He took his flash- bulbs, too — the rat. None of the other cameramen on the cam- Aiuii ' ule Ediloi jiid Editor collier. 181