Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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student body and the faculty, which is c uite an accomplishment. In spite of beiiii; badly undermanned, the Sports staff somehow managed to cover all the various varsity and intramural sports on the campus. Sports Editors Bill Miller and Joe Gallagher were relentless in their cam- paign for the return of football and a first- class basketball team at any cost. With the aid of four other men, Ed Brundage, Dan Gallagher, John Sheedy, and Ed Grimes, they brought the news of all the current, past, and future athletic events to their numerous readers. Through their two sports columns, On Deck, and Jasper Jottings, they pleaded for a football team, denounced the plight of the crew, and denounced Madison Square Garden as a den of thie es. Ever dependable Romeo Sterlini carried out his duties as Office Manager, doubled as Circulation Manager, acted as correspond- ent for Alpha Phi Delta fraternity, and had his on-the-spot sports photos splashed across the center of the Daily Mirror when the crew- sunk in the Harlem River. Of such men is the Quadrangle made. Exchanges with other colleges were han- dled by Jack Ryan and Vin Vitagliano who doubled as a reporter and feature writer. In February a new staff, headed by Joe Gallagher and Tom Donahue, took over the editorial reins. After a slightly shaky start, the paper began to shape up with a some- what revised make-up. Dan Gallagher was named Sports Editor, Depuy and Riker, Feature Editors, Mech- mann. News Editor, and Joe Fitzpatrick, Business Manager. With the exception of Copy Editors, Bill Mack, Ed Reynaerts, and Pat McKeown, the rest of the editorial staff remained the same. Men Al Willi Al Play 210

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them. Ruddy ' s Observer was later the outlet for Joe McCarthy ' s dissertations on philos- ophy. Freshmen Harry Connell and John Pad- ber brouijht a new outlook on music to the College through their Musical Notes column. Tom Donahue ' s sharp, teasing captions gave the pages of the Quad a lighter breezy look than It had known in years. Chuck Riker, the Quad ' s Margaret O ' Brien, ' Ra ed about anything that happened to enter his curly little head. In all, The Young Man of Manhattan fell into disagreement with eighteen persons or organizations on the campus and gave his unqualified support to eleven. He explains the fact that the Quad continued to hold the support of the entire student body and the faculty in spite of these disagreements to Managing Editor Sam Giannecchini ' s readi- ness to come up with the needed steadying influence in times of strife and Associate Editor Joe McCarthy ' s ability to produce copy when the deadline was rolling around. The main factor, hov e er, was News Editor Bill Dickson ' s having the campus covered with a blanket of reporters so that no news event escaped the Quad ' s notice. hi one field in particular the Quad far exceeded collegiate standards. The paper ' s art work, directed by Joe Campanella with the assistance of Howie Everngam, was of the highest caliber. Campanella ' s sports and news cartoons set the criterion of originality and artist perfection for the rest of the paper. The reporting on the events of the week by such capable ne shounds as Jack Hen- dricks, Al Coakley, Harry DePuy, Bill Mech- mann, Chuck Riker, Bill Mack, Dave Ma- loof, Pat McKeown, Charley Sercu, and Joe Fitzpatrick, met ith the satisfaction of the 209

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Manhattan Players i , ' OPv most students at Manhattan, Friday night marks the end of a week ' s work and the beginning of a pleasant e ' ening of entertainment. If that favorite telephone number gi ' es a negati e reply, there is al- ways a friendly face to be found at one of the local taverns. Howe er. there is a small group at school who neither fly to their fa- vorite ta ern nor date on Friday evening, but somehow find pleasure in closeting them- selves in Smith Audiorium for three hours of work. These people, who seem to enjoy the extra time spent on the campus, are normal m every other respect, and are officially known as the Manhattan Colleqe Players. Since their organization in 19.3-i, the Man- hattan College Players have constantly la- bored to produce worthy and timely plays on the campus, and to give the students of the college an opportunity to demonstrate their thespian ability. With the aid of the women from the neighboring colleges, who have always responded to any call for assist- ance, the Players usually presented two three act plays each year. Listed among the many successes that the group produced before the war interrupted their activities were such notable works as Thornton Wilder ' s Our Town, Maxwell Anderson ' s Knickerbocker Holiday, and Ayn Rand ' s The Night of January the I6th. 211