Manhattanville College - Tower Yearbook (Purchase, NY)

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Editorial |pHE TOWER OF 1929 is at once a greeting, a farewell, and a pledge of lifelong affection to the Class of ' 29 from the Class of ’30. For three delightful years we have lived together in the shadow of the Copper Tower, sharing the same pleasures, studying books and one another. During these three years we have gleaned a rich harvest of priceless memories—memories to be cherished as fondly as the Copper Tower itself. They are not of big events; for some reason it is the tiny things that we treasure most, the things that come to us so quietly, so casually, that we cannot explain why we value them so highly. Because we have loved Manhattanville, we shall always love the sound of laughter ringing down the long corridors, the solemn tones of the Tower bell striking the hour, the rich chords of the organ at Bene¬ diction. We who have lived at Manhattanville love every inch of it from its very foundations, fixed in the firm rock, to the cross on the Copper Tower, thrust high up into the heavens for all the world to see. We have tried to put as much as possible of all that Manhattanville stands for into this book. It is our gift to the Class of ’29, and we hope that whenever they look at it the memories of the little things we all love” will come back to their minds as swiftly and inevitably as the wind-blown drops of a shattered wave fall back again to the sea. We know that, however imperfectly we have made our gift, it will at least always bring their thoughts back to Manhattanville, rooted in the dim grey city, yet reaching beyond and above it towards ideals that are as high and fixed as the stars. m - 1 M. I. M. Eleven

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zJACo th e r 2 rown May 20, 1928, the girls of Manhattanville were very much shocked and grieved to learn that Mother Anna Brown had died very sud¬ denly early that morning. Mother Brown had always meant very much to us and we feel that we were dear to her. Her association with Man¬ hattanville had been very close because she had been treasurer of the Col¬ lege from 1923 to September, 1927, when her health required that she have a complete rest. She seemed to have recovered almost entirely, and thus the shock was all the greater to her friends. These were many, indeed, for Mother Brown had, to an unusual degree, the gift of making and of holding friends. There are several girls in the College now whose mothers and aunts have kept the remem¬ brance of Mother Brown’s kindnesses to them during their own school days. She had been associated with many Sacred Heart Convents, among them Kenwood, Maryville, Clifton, Eden Hall and Elmhurst, at each of which, in turn, she held for several years the position of treasurer. Although Mother Brown’s life was not a very long one, into it she crowded so much of friendship, interest in others, and unselfish devotion to those she loved, that she built for herself, in the memories of all who knew her, a monument more lasting than bronze. ” A solemn Requiem Mass was sung on Monday morning, May 22, after which the funeral procession went to Kenwood, and Mother Brown was buried in the place which had been her home for many years. M. K. McC.

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The Trustees of the Qoliege Mary Moran, R.S.C.J. Honorary President Charlotte Lewis, R.S.C.J. President William J. Guinan, D.D., LL.D. John J. Wynne, S.J., S.T.D. Ellen C. Green, R.S.C.J., Ph.D. Ursula Benziger, R.S.C.J., A.M. Jean Levis, R.S.C.J., A.B. Mary B. Tenney, R.S.C.J., Ph.D. Grace Dammann, R.S.C.J. Thomas F. Woodlock, A.M.,LL.D. Nicholas F. Brady, A.B. John D. Ryan Justine Ward, D.Mus. T welve