Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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in honor of Brother Arnold Edward, who was the first College President to give the fraternity official sanction and who is also the first person to receive honorary membership; the second is the Harry Radford Medal for excellence in Science; and the most recent medal is the John J. Costa Medal. In addition to these awards the fraternity also donates athletic awards and gives financial aid for scholarship purposes. The fraternity consists of two integral groups; the Active Body, those students presently on campus; and the Supreme Body, a combination of the Alumni and Active Body. Every first Friday, the Supreme Body, six hundred strong, meets to further maintain the true close bond of fraternal friendship. Although an important part of all phases of campus life, it is in its social activities that Alpha Sigma Beta will be best remembered by Manhattan students. Few of the old grads. . . Local boy buying Barn Dance tix . . . The loyal sons of Manhattan College. Every Fall and Spring, ASB pledges are seen all over campus sporting their traditional black bow ties. Each period consists of comics, smokers, pledge shows and six full weeks of pledging in the infamous crew room. During the fall, ASB holds their Annual Barn Dance which has become one of the school's gayest and uninhibited affairs. Held this year at Audubon Hall, it broke all attendance records while everyone dosie dowed until early morning. Every spring, at young man's fancy at Manhattan turns towards the Hudson River and with a long Ahoy Mates they cruise up the Tappan Zee on the Manhattan College Boat Ride. This year's very successful Boat Ride was co-chaired by Robert O'Neill and Bob Mahar.

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Time is all hallowing. Any cause having a background of the years possesses a quality for which there is no substitute. Such is the Alpha Sigma Beta fraternity. This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the brotherhood of ASB. The fraternity could not have existed for such a time associated with Manhattan College if united action, love for Alma Mater and respect for the learned Christian Brothers, our over-sympathetic teachers, did not permeate the entire spirit of ASB. Down through the years have come those customs which are called Tradition. The collective actions of the fraternity have successively become part of that tradition. Above all this there must have been a primary purpose. Although taken out of context, the fraternity's founding words best express this purpose. ALPHA SIGMA BETA . . . tell me, John, how's everything upon Riverdale Avenue . . . And it shall be the primary function of Alpha Sigma Be to unite the sons of Manhattan in stimulating pride a interest in the achievements of Alma Mater. The opinion is held by some that the history of Manhatt is a history of ASB as well . As evidence of this close be of friendship which exists between Manhattan and its old fraternity one need only to look about the campus and s the Brother's Stations of the Cross and hear the Angelus B The Cardinal Hayes Library recorded some of its earli support from the fraternity. The Quadrangle, the colleg newspaper, was conceived by the members of Alpha Sig Beta. It also organized the first Senior Prom and presen donates numerous medals and awards to the college. Amo these are the Pope Pius XII Medal for Labor Managem

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162 We are men of Brotherhood and Sociability And we're the ones who'll raise the shield of our Fraternity; When we stand here altogether, then the world can see That Beta Sigma makes the Jaspers all they claim to be. Since its inception on the Manhattan Campus in 1927 Beta Sigma has upheld the traditions and the ideals of the college as well as those of the fraternity. Beta Sigma was formed to provide social contacts among the students and to promote a spirit of brotherhood and sociability. Denoting the devo- tion of its members to the Catholic Faith is the Cross found on its Coat of Arms. Raise your voice for Beta Sigma Let every brother sing. Let's give the praise that Beta Sigma Deserves in everything. BETA SIGMA Tony and his date. Among the foremost, Beta Sigma has always sought the b interest of the College, thereby adding greatly to the tr spirit of Manhattan. This spirit is carried on after graduati- by its alumni members who are kept in close contact wi the campus activities through the Beta Sigma Chronicle pu lished regularly. Always a leader in campus social life, Beta Sigma traditio ally sponsors the initial social event of the year, The Jasp Hop, this year's event being the twenty-fifth annual Hop Beta Sigma's history. A sellout crowd at the Biltmore Ballro- proved the popularity of the Hop's Silver Anniversary.