Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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Manhattan ' Engineer ?y A BOUT the only thint; not up to its own - - ' - high standards in The Engineer is the phiin-faced title. This is the ie v not t)nly of the moderator of our most handsome pub- lication but of others who secretly wish for a stronger title. However, the name Engineer is gen- erally conceded to be superior to The Tran- sit or something equally common. This fact has been publicly mentioned by John B. Walsh, Business Manager of the Manhattan Engineer. Walsh and Joseph Cohn are the twt) responsible for the healthy growth and modern format of the Engineering School ' s fa orite child, and this spring was heard to have made the claim of early financial sta- bility for the Engineer. One former editor of the Engineer, now a member of the faculty, questioned the staff as to the source of revenue for the new, dash- ing publication. This was countered by rather ague replies saying the Engineer is just getting on its feet. Or so we ha e been told. 205

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Debate Council T TNDER the leadership of John Brosnan, - the Council of Debate of Manhattan College conducted a successful season, en- gaging in nearly hfty debates. In its formal debates on the subject: Resolved: That a World Federal Government Should be Estab- lished, the council has lost only one debate, and that, early in the season. A new idea, mtroduced by Mr. Hyatt, was the series of Town Meetings, employing the Forum Debate technique. The Forum Debate gives each speaker a five minute presentation speech. Instead of a rebuttal, there is a twenty minute cross-questioning period, fol- lowed by questions and discussion from the floor, for the remaining time. There ha e been four Forum Debates this term, held in the Alumni Room, which was filled for each forum. They were so popular that it is planned to ha e about three times this num- ber next Fall. These forums have been with Manhattanville on Universal Military Training ; with Good Counsel on Have Women Failed As Homemakers . ' ; with Mount St. Vincent on Socialized Medicine ; and with Good Counsel on the important subject: Do Colleges Today Meet Student Needs . Besides the regular debates and the new Forums, the Council has engaged in ten Radio Debates, over stations: WWRL, Long Island, WBAB, Atlantic City, and WFUV, Fordham University. Some of these have been regular debates, but most of them have been of the round table discussion type. This year the Council engaged in Debates with Catholic University, at Washington; with Georgetown School of Arts, at George- town; with St. Joseph ' s College and Temple University at Philadelphia. They have also sent three members to the Student Debaters ' Assembly in Albany. 204

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Manhattanite rHE preparation of a ciassbook is always a difficult task, and the 1948 Manhat- tanite was no exception. Most important, and time-consuming, was the gathering of indi- vidual senior portraits. Some, doubting the imminence of graduation, shied away from the photographer. Finally confidence over- came medieval fear and the pictures were taken, deli ered, and readied for the en- graver. All told, there are 89 Business, 99 Arts and Science, and 114 Engineers in the book, representing the labors of photo editor, Bill Shanney. The managing editor, Sam Giannecchini, took charge of the faculty and activities sec- tions, while fellow artsman Joe McCarthy handled the lead article, the story of the Christian Brothers in America, aptly titled, The Centenary Years. Right here we would mention the man who completed his assignment for the Man- hattanite back in April: sports editor Bill Miller. Miller, along with McCarthy, inci- dentally, contributed with reasonable regu- larity to the New ' ork Times during his college days. We ' re not drawing any con- clusions, however. The architectural vignettes accompanying The Centenary Years, are the work of James Bangert; Howie Everngam sketched 206