Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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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

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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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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB STUDENTS of that intricate pattern mak- ing up the international scene have their official campus organization in the Interna- tional Relations Club. In order to familiarize its members with the internal and foreign affairs of the various nations of the world and to present, if possible, their influence on the present international scheme, regular meet- ings are held at which specific topics are presented by member-speakers and discussed by the group. During the past year, the club discussed such topics as The International Student Organization and National Student Organi- zations, which was presented by John O ' Leary, and The Nuremberg Trials, which took the form of a defense and a criticism of the trial proceedings by Leo Holhday and John Bach. A field trip by the organization included a visit to the United Nations and a close study of its operations. Another feature of the International Rela- tions Club ' s procedure is that for the length of the school year each member undertakes the study of a particular world-sector in rela- tion to the news of the day. Thus, as well as being responsible to the rest of the mem- bership for information on this particular sphere, each member contributes to the dis- cussion-topic by his better knowledge of the zone and its people. John Bach, Leo Holhday and Martin Quinn held the seats of President, Vice-President, and Secretary for the 1946-1947 school year. 209