Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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KORAN COMMITTEE AMONG the many periodicals published at Manhattan, the Koran enjoys the dis- tinction of being the only one that doubles as an article of clothing, for along with the cap and tie, the Koran is a must in what the well-dressed freshman will wear m Sep- tember. With the hope of rebuilding many of Man- hattan ' s cherished traditions to their rightful place on the campus, the Sophomore Class established a Koran Committee to prepare the incoming freshman class for the incidentals of hazing and freshman rules. Vincent Vi- tagliano was appointed a committee chair- man and his assistants were John Edell, Thomas Massar, William Rooney, and John Ryan. Although managed by this committee from the sophomore class, the proceeds of the sale of caps and Korans became the first install- ment in the treasury of the Class of ly ' iO. That the efforts of the committee were suc- cessful IS evidenced by the fact that over 400 caps and ties were sold, the largest number since the inception of the freshman-hazing program. 207

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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

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BOARDERS ASSOCIATION THE empty rooms of Chrysostom, Manhat- tan, and DeLaSallc Halls were rapidly filled in October when .dmost three hundred boarders flocked back to the campus. The demand for rooms was so heavy that many men from Lont; Island and Staten Island were forced to commute daily until the dor- mitories on the Athletic Field were com- pleted. The great number of these men ha ' e organized Manhattan ' s most cosmopolitan group, the Boarders Association, and have elected the personable track star, Edward O ' Toole, as their president. Outstandini: amom: the boarders ' activities diu ' ing the past year was the organization of a Perpetual Adoration Society by John V( ' ' in- ston and head prefect Brother Bernard Al- fred. Schedules were arranged and posted with invitations to the rest of the student body to join in half-hour visits to the Clhapel. Other high-ranking activities included the Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners pre- ' ious to the holiday recesses at which Brother B. Thomas, President of the CoUeue, ad- dressed the boarders. The Resident Students ' Basketball League, which was organized just before the Christ- mas vacation, consisted of twelve teams and proNided one of the most exciting intra- coUege tournaments seen at Manhattan in a long time. Andy Murphy starred on the first- place Shamrocks, while Joe Stewart and his LInknowns beat out the Rum-Dums for sec- ond place in the tournament. Assistint: O ' Toole in his directorial chair were ' Vice-President Edward J. Walsh, and Philip Sheridan, John Gokey, Joseph Sulli- van and J ohn Winston, who were the elected representatives of the arious halls. 208