Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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Institute of Public Opinion NE of the most progressive and alert groups on the campus during the past year was the Institute of Pubhc Opmion. Organized as the official spokesman of the Sociology Department of Manhattan College, it has for its principal aim the encouragement of social thoughts on the campus. During the past year, the Institute has engaged in such activities as the presentation of public panel discussions on and off the campus dealing with such topics as courtship, marriage, divorce, birth control, crime, and juvenile delinquency. The Institute has also conducted several successful surveys on the topics of courtship and marriage, criminology, and the problems of Catho- lic married couples which provided a much keener awareness of these vital problems among students and married couples in the metropolitan area. Under the direction of Brother C. Alfred, moderator of the group, the organization was led by Thomas J. Flaherty, as President, and Joseph F. Phelan, as Vice-President. 199

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St Thomas More Law Society yT ' ANHATTAN ' S Law Society made great strides this past year toward - - ' - attaining and e -en surpassing its pre-war eminence on the campus. Their activities included a field trip to the office of the District Attorney of New York County, and the Criminal Court, the Society ' s First Annual Banquet, the publication of the DOCKET, and a tea dance. Under the able leadership of Brother Alexander Joseph, moderator of the society, and past and present President Tom Portella and Ed Hogan, the groundwork was laid for the formation of a branch of the society among the alumni presently engaged in the study and practice of Law. The Annual Banquet held in February at the Midston House was the high- light of the year ' s acti ities. Among the distinguished speakers were John P. Moore ' 37, prominent Washington attorney and Brother Bona enture Thomas, President of the College. The remaining officers of the barristers included Jim Griffin, Treasurer, and Bill Dickson, Secretary. Assisting them were Bob Strong and Tom Sullivan heading the Social Program and Guest Committees respectively. 198

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Boarders ' Association TTSI mid-October the resident students — or - if we may, the boarders — held elections, Leonard Hulsobosch winning the presidency and Jack MacKenzie the vice-presidency. Both of these men represent the pre-war faction among the boarders, and won the election easily, partly for just that reason. Organization among the resident students did not prove too difficult, each one being acutely aware of the similarity between his own situation and others living away from home. This made for close cooperation, and consequently the Resident Students ' Dance held at Croke Park November 9 met with success. The evening was a quiet one, in the tradi- tional manner of the Irish, who have more than a foothold in Croke Park. The basketball league operated in Novem- ber and December, thereby providing an out- let for nervous energy stored up while studying. Something of a record was set this year, when early in April, it was noticed that there had been no formal protest waged against the quality of the food served during the school year in the boarders ' cafeteria. Or, if there were any complaints, they certainly didn ' t reach our ears. 200