Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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One of the unsung heroes of the back stage crew takes a much deserved bow. -matlc readings were also in vogue this season. President Jim Bellew checks votes for this season's selection of performances. W . w ' , 2132 , Stuiag 17 as acted by the Manhattan College Players. ing to rehearsal and make-up artist. With George Delaney playing the unforgettable Sefton, Michael O'Hara, Bob Capiello, George Small, and Bill McGahan adding to the boisterousness, and Bob Maniello and Jim Bellew directing, the presentation was destined for success, and in early December ducats were considered a scalper's delight. The spring term found the Players again before the flood- Iights with the script that of the German artist Friedrich Schiller. Joining with the German Club in a bilingual por- trayal, the Players presented the English versions of a number of Deutschland's favorite and most valuable works of art. Within Cl description of the activities of The Manhattan College Players lies the motivation which leads such a group to provide highly enjoyable professional entertainment. This driving force must be the make-up of the individuals who form the group, the attributes of this core of Jaspers. Love of Manhattan and devotion to the dramatic arts might describe the Player's sense of values, but above all, pride in their organization makes the Manhattan College Players one of the most spirited groups on campus.

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the players Call them different if you will, but such is not the case with the famed group of Manhattan thespians, The Players. Their argument, simply stated, is that Pope Saint Gregory assigned twelve months to each year, and twelve months will the Plavers have. With the ovations received by the Spring 1955 production The Emperor's Clothes ringing in their ears, the performers took to summer stock for the first time in history. The leisure season of June to August found the society involved in the rehearsals and rehearsals behind the scenes of four one-act plays and one three-act reading. The company, fifteen Players and ten ladies from the local colleges, presented their art before the audiences of many Catholic Charity organizations. September returned the group to their own Broadway, the stages of Manhattan, and on wet and windy November 4, the reading of Everyman, the morality play, hoisted the Jasper curtain. John Nagle portrayed the bewildered Every- man and, in preparing himself for the final journey, was admirably supported by the strong triumvirate of Roger Goebel, Phil Sandstrom, and Thomas Gowlan. With society moderator Professor John D. Mitchell and presi- dent James Bellew spearheading the major production of the fall semester, the semi-onnual play, the Players accom- plished another first by inviting the student body to select the work to be presented. The tally after campus balloting was overwhelmingly in favor of the Donald Bevan-Edmund Trycinski production Stalag 'l7, sending the Players scurry- Dramatic Declumution was a favorite at the meetings.

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clunte societ II Circolo Dante Alighieri, the official campus organization of students interested in the study of Italian lite, literature, and culture, has for its purpose the enlightenment of its members in regard to the contribution of arts and culture performed by the scholars of Italy. Foremost among the activities of the Italian Club is an event which enables the society to fulfill its purpose on campus and garner the spotlight with one of the highlights of the college cultural calendar. It is the annual Dante Festival, at which outstanding artists of the operatic and concert worlds grace the stage of Smith Auditorium to provide an evening of soul stirring music from the pens of great Italian composers. Again this year, with president Frank Pumillo and moderator Professor Pascal Cantatore organizing the event, the Dante Festival proved to be a most enioyoble evening. Although much of the attention of the group is directed to the success of the Festival, the activities of II Circolo are by no means few. A goodly number of social functions, bi-monthly meetings, and numerous projects center the atten- The Dante Society is as much study life as it is social life. tion Of a members Of the Italian Club. The large number of Manhattan men marching up Fifth Avenue pointed to one project well accomplished. Positive steps toward the establish- ment 'of a permanent scholarship fund was certainly another. It's funnier in Spanish than it is in English. El Centro Espanol embodies a group of men devoted to arousing and enkindling interest in Spain and Spanish nations and customs. On campus but a few years, the Spanish Club has established itself securely through the media of enter- tainment and service. During the past year the society has diverted its attention to more direct means of understanding the Spanish culture, placing secondary consideration on vicarious modes. Visits, much like field trips, were made to local Spanish areas where the members enjoyed European films, dined at Spanish restaurants, and enioyed the company of Spanish people. The field trips covered such areas of timely interest as the Hispanic Museum, the United Nations, and the Latin American Club. To supplement this actual appreciation of Spanish customs, El Centro Espanol sponsored monthly meetings where lectures on the literature of Spain concluded in open forums, and where films of high cultural value were enjoyed. The ever growing popularity of Latin American music in this country is responsible for the event which the Spanish Club takes special pride in presenting, The Spanish Music Festival. Once again this year the society published La Estreila, a newsletter in Spanish. The paper, featuring the most tul- ented men of the club, proved to be a stimulating bulletin for lovers of La Lingua Espanol.