Manhattanville College - Tower Yearbook (Purchase, NY)

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9 3 7 TOWER German Club ' 36, ' 37; English Club ' 36, ' 37; Cercle Francais ' 37; French Play ' 37; Pitch Pipe Club ' 37. EILEEN BROOKS, E. de M. Our Lady of Wisdom Academy Long Island, New York It its charm you ' re seeking, cultivate the friendship of Eileen. She has the gift of the long, slow look, and she is a gourmet for French drama. She attacks the grimness of intensive verbs and the soliloquies of fhe Racine heroine with a zest of valor. To some she has the freshness of a Kate Greenaway ingenue, and to others, the sophistication of a Noel Coward damsel. She is spontaneous and refreshing. Twenty-five

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9 3 7 TOWER Apologetics Committee, Catholic Action ‘36, ' 37; Book Monopoly Club ' 36, ' 37; Barat Committee, Chairman ' 36, ' 37. IRENE BRADLEY, E. de M. Blessed Sacrament Convent New York, New York Irene is the pattern, the casual smart college type. There is a well groomed quality to her mind also. The industry in class which produces copious notes, and the fun in her nature which makes her ready for a quip or a chuckle, are crowned by a real sophisticafion which is the delight and envy of her colleagues. From pert hat to her pert shoes, Irene is a friendly, capable, clever girl. But, Irene is not only a polished surface—underneath she has valuable mental gifts, too. Twenty-four

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9 3 7 TOWER Cercle Francais, Treasurer ' 37; French Play ' 37; Freshman Forum ' 34; Circolo Italiano ' 36, 37; Ring Committee ' 36; Class Hockey learn ' 35, ' 37; Thumb Tack Club ' 34, 35; Pitch Pipe Club ' 35; Dramatic Association ' 34, ' 35, ' 36, ' 37; Ping Pong Club ' 35, ' 37; English Club ' 36, ' 37; Sociology Club ' 37. COLETTE BYRNES, E. de M. St. Lawrence Academy New York, New York Colette has the warm tang of gingerbread. She has the magical gift of intense interest in trifles which the more obtuse might pass by with upturned nose. Her nature is a compact one, rich in sympathies and the determination and mentality of a Caesar. There is a mischievous gleam in her dark eyes as though Puck had skipped from out of his sunbeam and decided to take permanent residence between her heavy lashes. Twenty-six