Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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Phi Epsilon Kappa ' TpHE Alpha Eta Chapter of Phi Epsilon Kappa mushroomed from eleven mem- bers in September to thirty-se ' en at the end of the Spring semester. Much of the growth must be attributed to president Walter Ludo- vico and vice-president Clarence Hoeftner. John MacEnroe and Paul Tiernan acted as secretary and treasurer, respectively. A lengthy project, scheduled to be com- pleted in a matter of years, is the compila- tion of vv ' orkbooks for the gym classes. There will be three workbooks, one for each of the tiiree lower classes. The workbooks will in- clude all pertinent information, and nomen- clature, of physical education equipment. Furthermore, instructions on the technique of employing the games equipment v.ill be included. Chairman of the committee is Jo- seph Madden, assisted by William Bennett, David Hobbs, Clarence Hoeiifner, John Madi- gan, Dominic Montalbano, Joseph Orsene, and Joseph Varone. Phi Epsilon Kappa held a national meeting in Kansas City, Missouri, during the spring. Here, Alpha Eta chapter fought to have the clause restricting membership to white males eliminated, without success, it must be added. In 1949, the chapter plans to renew the battle, strengthening its forces by enlisting other schools to take a non-discriminatory stand . 176

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Phi Rho Pi T)Hl RHO PI FRATERNITY was founded in 1917, through the efforts of H mem- bers of the class of 1919. The purpose of the fraternity has been to further the friendship existing among undergraduates at Manhat- tan College and to carry that friendsliip into post-college life. Phi Rho Pi continued until the war, being forced to close down because of the depleted ranks. It reorganized in March, 1946 and began an intensive rebuilding program which has resulted in some of the finer extra-cur- ricular affairs of the year and the pledging of many outstanding Jaspers. The ranks of the fraternity has swelled and the brothers look optimistically towards the future — a future which holds impressive events for an impressive college fraternity. 17i

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Sigma Beta Kappa ' T ' HE Sigma Beta Kappa fraternity pro- - tesses to be — and for that matter is — the only Catholic frat on the campus. This means that its reason for being is more than just social, although the social aspect is upper- most in importance. One may remember the pictures of Bill Harrington, m the New York Herald Trib- une, at the start of a starvation diet, to determine the food content of a European ration. In ten days he proved, at least to his own satisfaction and he hopes to many other people ' s, that the need for food in the war devastated countries cannot be overestimated. This small addition to the public store of knowledge may well mark a new trend in fraternities on the campus, whereupon the waistlines of the students will become less expansive, perhaps through the use of a smaller quantity of malt and hops. Harring- ton, by the way, was elected president of Sigma Beta Kappa for the school year 1948- 1949. On the lighter side, the fraternity is cred- ited with running one of the most interesting and successful tea dances of the past season in addition to its energetic campaign to pro- mote the Catholic way of life and thought through the media of public expression. 177