Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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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

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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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AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS THH Manhattan College Chapter of the Ameraan histitiite of Electrical Engineers IS the viiungcst professional groLip on the campus, since it was only in 19i() that the Chapter was granted a charter that recog- nized Manhattan ' s Electrical Engineering School nationally. Acti ities within the Chapter increased greatly last year after the stand-stiU of war- time, hut ,igain this year the A. L E. E. has been comparati ely inacti e on the campus because of the difficulty of holding meetings durini; ;,Lhool hours. Since no retiular time was .d lotted to extra-curricular acti ities dur- ing the school (.lay because of the n er- Lrowded conditions, CJiapter activities were .it a minimum while inter-collegiate work was emphasized. The ten metropolitan engineering colleges combined to pro ' ide a full year, with the Student Branch meeting on May 2 spon- sored by the Eastern District of the parent body climaxing the year ' s work. Twenty-four Manhattan Electrical Engi- neers represented the College at a conference sponsored by the Western Electric Company which included sessions at the downtown Western Union Auditorium as well as an in- spection trip through the Western Electric Plant in Kearny, New Jersey. An all-expense- paid w eek at the annual National Convention in June was the prize awarded to the metro- politan student presenting the best paper at the metropolitan session. With two-thirds of the lower classmen in the Entrineerint: School interested in E ec- trical Enirineerini:, the A. 1. E. E. looks for- ward to days when the new group will be amoni? the most active organizations on the campus. 206