Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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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

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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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ms AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS SINCE Its inception on the campus in 1927, the Manhattan Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers has been the most important as well as the most interesting extra-curricular activity of the the student ci ' il engineer. Through close cooperation with the parent organization, the member- ship of which includes the most prominent men of the engineering profession, the chap- ter acquaints the embryonic college engineer with the more practical aspects of his chosen i eld. Through the lean war years, the member- ship in the Society was at a dangerous low, but the Manhattan Chapter this year increased to the point whe re it is now the hirgest chap- ter m this area and ranks amontr the leaders in the country. Extremely important to him as a student, the American Society of Civil Engineers becomes a near-necessity to the graduate engineer. 192