Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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As we listen to the oration of the guest speaker to us, the graduates, our thoughts go with him. it is now that we realize the great wealth that has been im- ported to us by our Alma Mater. The ceremony is over. Aftectionotely affectionate congratulations are being reaped upon us by all our famin-class mateHur best girI-our friends. Of course photos for the family album must be taken. We smile as each one steps up to pose with the grad- uate. The smile is different some how. It is a mature and understanding smile. For now we have taken a new place among those who surround us. ,M around us and take a last look at our college. It is a private moment. The four years pass before our eyes. This has been our life. It is difficul College, although it now seems very short, will live forever with u as a memory to be cherished and revered.

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Once again Commencement Day has become a reality at Manhattan College. For us this day is unique. Today we are graduating. What will be our reaction? Let us record our thoughts as we participate in the cere- mony so that we may look back upon it one day and remember. As we move Up the senior walk for the last time, we can't help but remember the three years of waiting that were demanded before our first steps upon this revered walk in the spring of 1955. As we take our positions with the graduating class, the ceremony begins. We remember the hopes that we cherished as if it was yesterday. Today those hopes are passed realities about which we now reminisce. Now it has come. The great moment is at hand. How often, in those four years, we wondered, What will be my reaction at the big moment? Thank you, your Eminence. The sheepskin is ours. A new realm of life awaits. What will it hold?

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iacob fugger Jacob Fugger was one of the first capitalists in the modern sense of the word. He became the financier of kings and emperors, the backer of explorations and armies. It was he who first grasped the tremendous opportunities that were possible in the modern world. What is more important is that he understood the duties that his wealth entailed, building houses for his workers and those of the poor. school of business The grasp of the practical with the cultural heritage of the ages, a knowledge of ledgers and an appreciation of art are the traits that best describe the business student. The ability to combine, to select, and to respond to true standards are ll 2 J ,, ' j as important today as they were in the fifteenth century. Jacob Fugger would have appreciated this combination for he was perhaps its first modern example and our exemplar. . ' 2 9,