Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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Staten Island Club ' ' HIS year, president John O ' Brien led the ckib in its fourteenth year on the Manhattan College campus. The social ac- tivities of the club included a round of beef- steak parties and dances held on home soil, standard practice for the islanders. More imaginative members of the club suggested that a lobby be formed to obtain legislation authorizing ferry service direct from St. George to Spuyten Duyvil ; but it was strongly voted down in favor of a more practical suggestion: the serving of hot cof- fee, in winter months, and bottled soda, in summer months, on the ferryboats. The outcome of the whole affair, coinci- dentally, was a notice from Mayor O ' Dwy- er ' s office stating that new boats for the iso- lated citizens of Staten Island are on order. Delivery will not affect the present graduat- ing class; but the groundwork has been firmly laid, and junior members of the club have reasonable cause for rejoicing. As in most clubs, membership cards have been issued, an unnecessary gesture; the bronzed, wind-burned faces of the New York Bay sailors have long been recognizable, contrasting strongly, as they do, with less adventuresome subway travelers. 219

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Radio Club ' T WtL Radio Club at Manhattan embraces those students whose collective interest IS the Amateur Radio Relay League, in short ham radio. Operatmg on the campus they work under the guidance of Brother B. Anthony, practic- me code for Class B radio licenses and con- structing all-wave radio equipment. Membership is of course open to all who might be actively interested, and the past two semesters saw a healthy growth of the Radio Club. It should be pointed out that radio ama- teurs are in no small way connected with advance of radio communications. Also, in times of emergency, it is the radio hams v,ho carry the burden of communication. The pri ilege of being on the air carries with it responsibili. ' ies to the government and fellow men. hi time, it is hoped that the college will possess a commercial station, permitting stu- dents not only to operate the technical con- trols of the stations but also to write and de- liver complete broadcasts. 218

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Rhode Island Club 77STABLISHED in 1924 the Rhode Island - — ' Club has consistently been one of the most acti -e societies on the campus. With the primary purpose of enhancing the name of Manhattan College in Little Rhody, the club has seen its eiitbrts annally increase the number of Manhattan students from Rhode Island. The post-war apathy which dogged most organizations was shaken off early by the membership. Its members held, with the en- couragement of an actively-interested Rhode Island Alumni Association, their annual Christmas Dance at the Meshanicut Green, in Providence. The prevailing yuletide spirit helped to make the affair a successful one. Many alumni, undergraduates and friends of Manhattan College gathered together, re- newed old acquaintances and made new ones. The manner in which the Christmas dance was so well received prompted the members of the society to vigorously plan the Spring dance which was also held at the Green in March durine the Easter recess. As a social inno -ation the club held a beach party last June at Third Beach, Newport. The affair, sometimes called a Clambake, was en- thusiastically attended and another is being planned for this coming June. The officers of the Rhode Island Club for the year were President Vincent Sullivan of Newport; Vice-President H enry Krawczyk of Warren; Secretary Thomas Thorpe of Providence; and Treasurer Preston Gil more of Pro ' idence. 220