Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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fellow graduates, ire offer these pages as nritten and pictorial testimony to a group of young men who have already made an invaluable contribution to civilization. A ma ority have helped write the most bitter passages in history the saga of World War II, now indelibly etched into the personality and character of all. It was during the infant months of 1943 50 I

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...ANDTHY NAME SHALL LIVE IN HONOR, Throughout the coursing years, each gradu- ating class, in recognition of its own justifiable achievements and with a youthful optimism that portends imnmsurable success beyond the academic walls, declared itself to be the purveyor of the finest m that significant human element — the Catholic College gentleman. Following accepted tradition and aware of the proven caliber of our 49

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that the veterans of the class of 48 set aside their Sophomore studies to ansner their country s urgent call. As soldier, sailor, marine, their mwall mr record was greater than the adjective heroic would describe After an average tenure of three years service there came the problem of readjustment to the vagaries of civilian life and a return to Man- hattan, to the studies that would be the key to the proper existence of a peacedoving citizen who had attained a realization of the sacred precept by utmost sacrifice. jy- ,,,„,. i ? 51