Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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ST. THOMAS AOITNAS PHILOSOPHY CLUB AFTER a seven-year lapse in activities, the St. Tliomas Aquinas Philosophy C lub was reort anized during the Fall term through the efforts of Brother Benignus, Chairman of the Department of Philosophy, and John Winston, Senior Artsman. hi its formative months, the group spent much of its time in drafting a constitution. The preamble now reads that the club has been organized to acquaint its members with the Thomistic attitude toward . . . problems in philosophy, ethics, and religion, and to provide a practical application of Catholic philosophical thought. Among the discussions that ha e led to a number of lively gatherings were, The Re- lationships and Comparison of Scholasti- cism and Pragmatism, Trends in Political Thought, and The Problem of Evil. Assisting Moderator-Professor James V. MuUaney and President John Winston were Edward Matthews, Vice-President, and Sec- retary Leo HoUiday. 90

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MANHATTAN ENGINEERS THE Manhattan Engineers, founded by the Class of 1939, is by far the largest pro- fessional group on the campus. Jocosely re- ferred to as the only organization in which a Civil Engineer will support an Electrical En- gineer, it was with this very concept of co- ordinating the activities of all engineers that the Manhattan Engineers was instituted. The Annual Engineers ' Ball, one of the functions sponsored by the Society is the best indication of the success and uniticatuin achieved through the years. From its origin when the gymnasium was fully adequate for the Ball to last year when the Main and East Ballrooms of the Hotel Commodore had to be engaged, the Engineers ' Ball has always been the social event of the school year. J •• T 189

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NAMED for the famous Augustinian sci- entist, Gregor Mendel, who propounded Mendel ' s Law, the Mendelian Society was founded in 1929 to provide a meeting-ground for all Sciencemen working in the biological field. Brother Cyprian James went about the re- organization of what had been a wholly decadent group during the war years, and before school had been in progress one MENDELIAN SOCIETY month, the Mendelian Society sported a full complement of officers and an enthusiastic membership largely composed of veterans with much service experience m the scientific fields. The newly elected officers of the group were President, Charles V. Tierney; Vice- President, Victor J. DiRocco; Secretary, Wil- liam J. Ryan, and Treasurer, Robert Keating. Among the most active campus societies, the Mendelian Society has had a constant schedule of student speakers, guest lecturers and a series of motion pictures on surgery and a number of biological subjects. As the society concluded activities in May, Brother Cyprian James and President Charles V. Tier- ney expressed the hope that the group would continue to maintain its important place in the campus life during the coming year. 191