Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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Leo Labor Cltih TT 7 HEN the Leo Labor Club was founded in 1937 its express purpose was to pro- mote interest in the labor movement in the Linked States and encourage Catholic college men to take an active part in this vital field. During the past year the group has adhered to this policy with the energy traditional to it. Speakers, prominent as labor leaders and exemplary as men of Catholic Action, were sponsored on the campus. George Meaney, Secretary-Treasurer of the A. F. of L., and Roger Larkin, Executive Secretary of the A. C. T. U. discussed current labor questions. A second phase, the dissemintion of Catho- lic labor literature was undertaken through the sale of the Catholic Worker, militant voice of social justice. This was comple- mented by the maintenance of a labor pub- lications desk m Cardinal Hayes Library. It has also been the Leo Labor Club ' s duty to supply the chairman for the Labor Com- mission of the New York-New Jersey region of the N. F. C. C. S. Through this organiza- tion, the Leo Labor Club has been instru- mental m the development of similar clubs on the campuses of our local sister colleges. The Leo Labor Club has used generously the funds accrued to it from two of the year ' s most successful tea dances. Friendship House, the Labor Leader, the Catholic Worker — all shared m the benefices of this student group. 188

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. Eastern Ml Kites - ommtttee ' f ' HE scholastic year beginning in Septem- ber 1947 was the most successful of its five years of existence for the Eastern Rites Com- mittee. Under the direction of Co-Chairmen Myron Mischuk and Thomas Tobin, an elab- orate and interesting program was planned and carried to creditable completion. Month- ly meetings, on the third Wednesday of each month, not only attracted members of the student body but visitors from other cam- puses, as well. The second Friday in December saw the largest group of the year packing De La Salle Chapel to attend the Byzantine Rite celebrated at eleven by Reverend John Slivka, pastor of St. Nicholas of Myra Church in Yonkers, assisted by Re ' erend Emil Masich as Deacon and Reverend Henry S. Kruchouw- ski as Sub Deacon. Monthly participation at Eastern liturgies brought members of the group to Bayonne, to Yonkers, to St. Mary ' s on East 13th Street, to St. Elias in Brooklyn. A Yonkers liturgy at St. Mary ' s, a Mount Vernon liturgy at Mount Carmel, for which our alumni mem- bers Eugene Calure and John Beckerle were mainly responsible, were important parts of the year ' s activities. The invitation to join the Executive Com- mittee of the Fordham Conference was ac- cepted by Brother Thomas, Moderator of the Committee. It emphasized the help given each year by Manhattan men, as well as by men and women of other Catholic colleges in the metropolitan area, to the success of the Fordham Conference and of the Tenth Annual Liturgy celebrated at St. Patrick ' s Cathedral on Saturday, March 1 3th. Highlight of the year was the inter-col- legiate meeting held in the Alumni Room on May 19th when the Reverend Richard Han- ley, pastor of St. Martin ' s Church in Beth- page, Long Island, addressed the group and pointed out effective means of their realizing the ends of their organization. 187

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Philosophy Club A T the inaugural meeting of this year, - George Sommer, Senior Arts man, was elected President with William Reilly and Robert Kayser ascending to the Vice-Presi- dent and Secretary positions respectively. Continuing under the impetus given to the group by last year ' s president, John Winston, and again under the moderatorship of Pro- fessor James V. Mullaney, a series of dis- cussions, involving panels and round-table forums, together with a series of student- instructor lectures were arranged. Following the presentation of dissertations by Professors Mullaney, Durkin, Noone, James, and Larkin, lively discussions were precipitated which usually carried over to the succeeding meeting. Several literary meetings were also held to discuss current books or to determine the moral value of certain of the classics. As its final contribution for the year, the Philosophy Club invited several student lead- ers to hold a panel discussion on a topic N ' itally important to all Catholic College stu- dents: Education for Catholic Leadership. Among the men participating in this forum were: John IVlcCarthy, William Harrington, Martin Connell, Albert Coakley, and Joseph McCarthy. 189