Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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ous scholarships and aids to students interested in graduate work. By doing this they perform a valuable function in enabling those interested in post-Manhattan study to obtain information and applications and thereby bring more honor to the name of Manhattan with each fellowship and assistant- ship acquired. The ceremony this year, sponsored by the Pen and Sword Society, was the first of its kind. Previously, there was no special ceremony or public induction of the new members. This year, under the guidance of Brother Gabriel, Dean of the College, the Pen and Sword Honor Society organized and ran the induction ceremony. It is a precedent that should have been set quite a while ago, but which having been set, will be part of the society's functions in the years to come. Manhattan's Scholastic Honor Society Honor scroll is awarded to George Murphy. f 4 $3 Brother Aubert heartily congratulates Larry Raymond. Epsilon Sigma Pi inductees snapped candidly during the ceremony. H3

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Brother Casimir Gabriel leads prayer to open ceremony. EPSILON SIGMA PI A mark of pride to outstanding scholars, the nation over, is the possession of the Phi Beta Kappa key. Awarded to a distinguished few, it symbolizes outstanding achievement in the undergraduate realm of intellectual endeavor and represents the apex of schoIastic recognition. At Manhattan College Epsilon Sigma Pi exemplifies the same distinction that is attached to membership in Phi Beta Kappa and during the past twenty-three years of its existence has maintained these standards so well begun by the national scholastic fra- ternity. Founded in 1933, the fraternity consists of members of the senior class selected from all the schools within the college. Since the purpose of the organization is to bestow recognition of scholastic excellence, all candidates must possess a cumu- lative index of at least 3.4 for the previous six semesters. Following tradition, the new members were inducted in the full term at an impressive ceremony before their families and friends in the Alumni Room, where they received their engraved keys and miniature scrolls. In addition to recognizing these outstanding seniors, Epsilon Sigma Pi serves the college by the employment of the services of its members in conjunction with Dean Cossa and the College Guidance Office in compiling research data on vc-ri-

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...'4A .. ui.ti The scholarly members of Electrical Engineering Eta Kappa Nu pose for formal picture. The oflicers pose for an informal photo before a meeting. A Kappa Nu boy helping a student find his way through a sparking experiment. ETA KAPPA Founded in 1904 at the University of Illinois, Etta Kappa Nu, the national engineering honor society, now numbers over fifty chapters throughout the country. Dedicated to promote close cooperation among, and to extend mutual assistance to all who are interested in and associated with the electrical engineering professions, the organization is both honorary and functional. The Gamma Alpha chapter of the society, founded at Man- hattan in 1950, after the granting of a chapter by the fraternity's National Executive Council, represented the attain- ment of a goal planned fifteen years ago by the Electrical Engineering Department. Membership in the society is restricted to those in the upper quarter of the junior engineering students and the upper third of the seniors. Scholarship alone, however, is by no means the only qualification; participation in the extra- curricular activities is also a requisite for eligibility. The fraternity participated in both Engineers' Day and Campus Day activities by sponsoring interesting and informative exhibits for all visitors. Both members of the society and faculty advisors pointed out the essential features of the various ingenious displays afforded the Campus Day visitors.