Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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MANHATTAN ENGINEER Proudest moment of O ' Keefe ' s editorial career was the night of November 21 at At- lantic City ' s Hotel Ambassador when he accepted the A. F. Davis award for 1946. THE MANHATTAN ENGINEER was peared twice in its new quarterly format, founded in 1940 to give the undergradu- Joseph Gambone then succeeded to the seat ates in the School of Engineering a medium of editor w4ien the Spring term t)pened. in which they could expound their ideas in the engineering field. The first departmental periodical published at Manhattan, it is still the only technical journal. The Engineer is an outgrowth of The Transit News, an engineering alumni pub- lication which acted as a medium of news of the engineering alumni. The News is still retained, but only as one department of The Manhattan Engineer. Junior Engineer George E, O ' Keefe su ceeded former editor John B. Walsh as Edi- tor-in-Chief at the beginning of the school year, and under O ' Keefe the periodical ap- 185

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Riiiiie ' . Mjllcy and FinatKild. the iniJJIc oF the second semester. With the aid Dt his side kick hnm the 0 hiili iii li- ' (and from way back), Frank Malley, and one other retired (J uul l;ditor-in-C ' hief, John Finneran, he finally t;ot his aried editors to operatini; with something that resembled efficiency. Make-up was largely a matter of collabo- ration. Associate and Manasiini; Editors Mai- Copt Edlhil PllCt .III J l-IIZi O.lU. ley and I ' lnneran worked out the typography and layout, and then consulted with Fitz- gerald ft)r final approxal. Gradually things began to shape up. After hectic weeks of organizing, typing, sketching, and selecting we began to work with the printer. Then we had our h.mds full with consultations at the printer ' s, with proof reading and final re isions when we should ha e been locjking for )obs. Thanks to good copy and better linotypers Alt EJi ' i Kiciily. few errt rs were spotted in the hnal proof re.iding. True we are harried by the thought that there just must ha e been more that wc did not catch. Then, with the last minute check-ups, with labels and final switching of engravings and photographs, with an eye to color and the trust our imagined spots would work out satisfactorily, we abandoned our work to the hands of Mr. Kelly and our hopes to the hands of Ciod. 184

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r= =1? 5 iH li halt-w.iy mark in the school year was marked by that inevita- ble uneasiness and sobriety sit - nityint; that examination week was at hand. Activities were suspended as one and all settled down to an extra session with the bot)ks. Needless to say, the ma)ority proved their academic mettle by comini; throLigli tiie series of examin.itions without acquiring that dread iaikire. Many succeeded in acquiring tliat coveted 3. index to merit a place on the De.m ' s honor list. February was a cold and icy month. A ten- inch snowfall blanketed tlie Riverdale scene and Jack Frost ' s frigid blasts turned Jasper- ville into a winter wonderland. One (Jiiad- vdiigh editorialist was so inspired that lie devoted an inspired prose effort on the de- light of Winterset. The holy season of Lent was ushered in o February and DeLaS.ille Chapel became a daily visitation spot fiir both students aiul faculty. Lenten dexotions were encouraged and throughout the campus an atmosphere of Lenten sexerity and self-sacrifice pre- vailed. Many day students awoke aw hour earlier in the morning and made the trip to Manhattan in order to attend daily Mass at the college chapel. Others attended Mass at home before coming to class. F eryone seemed to be doini; his share to do as much as possible for Him who did so much for us. The untimely passing of Brother Richard, manager of the Manhattan College book- store, on February f7 shrouded the campus in a veil of sadness. Brother Richard died of a cerebral hemorrhage at St, Joseph ' s Hospital, ' onkers, five days after he was stricken. A Solemn High Mass was offered on February 11 in DeLaSalle Chapel for the repose of his soul. The Mass was well at- tended by both students and faculty. Upon commencement of the second term of the school year, the five barracks con- structed by the State of New York for stu- dent veterans at the college were ready for occupancy and the resident undergraduates who moved into these ex-G. L dwellings found them to be quite serviceable. A course in Play Production was intro- duced at the collcLre for the first time. Frede- rick Little of the Theater L epartment of Columbia Lhiiversity was appointed instruc- tor of this course on theater work. Shortly 186