Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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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

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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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M.i ' J.l.ii ' ' -y i ' U ' t J ' . J Lj tt I . Phuto,e,ruph) Ediliji f) ' Coiiikji . AXjnjgiu Editor Eiautrjn. pus were ery anxious to pnmde us with informal snapshots of the campus, espe- cially with him. plates, and flash bulbs scarce and expensne. While we were tryint; to conMnce them that they should be t;lad to put forth time and money for the glory of seeing their pictures appear in the Man- hattanite, we had other troubles: a) Finneran ' s girl returned from Florida, b) Malley went to work in a drug store, c) Thompson graduated, d) No one would turn in anything. e) No one would ha e his picture taken, f) There is more to graduating than meets the eye, g) Time marches on. Art Editor joe Kiersky, the mad Bohemian who has a studio in the attic of Cniribaldi ' s House in Staten Island, sas the only one who started to work early. He was turning out colorful title pages like Ford rolls out V-8 ' s until one day he iips and leaves for Fordham. Can vou imagine a Fordham man as an Editor of a Manhattan publication.- ' Worst of all, he had not completed all the title pages when he got caught in the toils of the Maroon law school, and Fitzgerald broke down and wept bitter salt tears until we dug up Sophomore Jim Bangert w ho also dabs a mean canvas. Photography Editor Joe O ' Connor organ- ized an enterprising crew to take informal photographs of activities at Manhattan. The Termini Brothers, John and Al, did yeoman work by turning up at all hours and in all places with their trusty cameras. Of the thou- sand-odd prints that appear m this Md)!- hattiUiite. It is safe to say that Al Termini alone is responsible for at least a quarter of them. Quadrangle Copy Editor No. 5, Charles Cdiuck Riker. proxed to be a find when he prox ' ided Fitzgerald, Malley and Co. with excellent prints of such e ents as the May 1 Pray for the Russians meeting on the Quadrangle, and Graduation Day. Among the others who contributed worthy material 182