Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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THE iManhattan College Chapter of the Student Affihates of the American Chem- ical Society was founded m December, 1937. One of the first to be chartered by the na- tional body, the local chapter has distin- guished itself by annually conducting an ambitious program of actn ity aimed to foster a greater knowledge and interest in, as well as an appreciation of, the ast field of chemistry. To accomplish this end, the society has sponsored lectures by prominent chemists AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY and has arranged field trips for its members to a number of the leading chemical plants in the metropolitan area. Prominent among these trips was the Sinclair-Valentine Com- pany, manufacturers of printing inks, in which a guided inspection tour pro ed one of the chapter ' s most interesting events all year. Officers for the year were John F. Fitz- gerald, President; John G. Lippert, Vice President; Joseph L. Vitagliano, Secretary; and Joseph N. Dottino, Treasurer. 204

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a 1 . the month, the Placement Bureau began t.:) concentrate on finding positions for the many students intending to work in the Summer Many had already been placed in camp coun- seling jobs and job prospects for otheis looked bright. The Interracial Justice Society gathered momentum during the month by sponsoring two informative discussions on the Negro people. On Friday, April 18, Dr. Elmo P. Anderson, noted Negro lecturer, spoke on the problems that confronted his race. Dur- ing the following week, on Thursday eve- ning, April 24, a panel discussion of Ca- tholicism and the Negro was held in Smith Auditorium. The Re erend Joseph F. Can- tillon, S.J., Archibald CTlo ' er and Julian J. Reiss, all actively working in the crusade against discrimination, spoke in the panel before a full house. At the National Congress of the National Federation of Catholic College Students held in Toledo, the Manhattan College Commis- sion on StLident Government was hailed bv tlic national oHicers as one of the leadint; and most powerful commissions in the fed- eration. John J. McCarthy and John J. OTeary, Junior Artsmen, and William Mechmann, Sophomore Artsman, represented Manhattan at the Congress. The (Jiui ' -lijiii le made interesting news of its own during the month. Making a big break with precedent under Sophomore Edi- tor James P. Qumn, the weekly came out with a big twelve-page issLie on April 30. And a humorous note was injected into cam- pus life two weeks earlier when the Ouud saluted Springtime in another of Joe Mc- Carthy ' s literary editorials only to have a full inch of snow destroy illusions one day later. However, about the middle of the month the scene reverted to normal as a warm spell brought into blossom the hardy maples on the campus. 203

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II CIRCOLO DANTE ALIGHIERI 1L CIRCOLO DANTE ALIGHIERI, under the guidance of Brother Aurehan Thomas, is the official campus organization of students interested in the study of Itahan life, litera- ture and culture. The society attempts to pro- vide its members with the opportunity for additional social and cultural knowledge for a more rounded liberal education. The Dante Society, as it is commonly termed, was inaugurated on the Manhattan campus in 1936 and has ever since enjoyed an ever-increasing membership and popu- larity. This past year, with a large number of veterans in the group, has been one of rehabilitation and inno ation. One of the first organizations to get back on its feet at the beginning of the school year, the Dante Society was the first to sponsor a campus Tea Dance and thus re-institute this popular pre-war custom. Another radical departure from past activi- ties, but one that pro ' ed popular enough to instate it as an annual feature, was a gala musical festival in Smith Auditorium, which was attended by a great number of students and their guests. The College Chaplain, Father Albert C. M. Stefiens, prttvided an enlightening talk accompanying his ov,n film on Wartime Italy, which was taken while he served as an Army Chaplain in Italy dur- ing the war. A program of selected musical pieces by concert singers and pianists proved what President Thomas Liccardi termed a most gratifying achievement, and the out- standing event of the year. Assisting President Liccardi v ere Ignatius Scarpulla, Vice-President; Anthony Barbaro. Treasurer, and Carl Bartolotti, Secretary. 205