Manhattanville College - Tower Yearbook (Purchase, NY)

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TOWER Cercle Frangais ’39; Class Council 57, ’58, ’39; College Welfare Committee 56; Ring Committee 38; Tea Dance Com¬ mittee ’56, 57, Secretary ’59; Pitch Pipe Club ’56, ’37; Class Entertainment Com¬ mittee 56, 57, 58, 59; Class Hockey Team 58, 59. Major — English. Sara Brady, E. de M. St. Agnes Academy, Rockville Center, Long Island, New York S ARA, besides Laving enough determination to drag any project through, if necessary by force, is blessed with the wit and the social graces to be able to cause these revolutions painlessly and diplomatically. She can be, on occasions, the very grande dame but at other times she is unconstrainedly friendly and riotously exuberant. All of which means not that she has a chameleon disposition, changing senselessly, but that she can adapt herself gracefully and effortlessly to suit any situation. She is kind and thoughful in circumstances that others, less observant, would ignore and yet she is never solemn and sententious about it, her sense of humor is too good for that. Twenty-eight

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9 3 9 TOWER T HERE are very few things at college that haven t benefited by the exhilarating effect of Braddy s enthusiasm. Her unflagging interest coidcl revive the feeblest enterprise, her ability to believe that th ings are worthwhile is like a restorative and can convince even the most skeptical of her confreres. She is never a wearisome crusader because she woulcln t think of approaching her pet projects with sententious and dutiful dullness; instead she applies a lot of obvious enjoyment to the work she has to do, with an ulterior motive this would be like Tom Sawyer painting the fence. However, we think that she writes good short stories and debates well and plays earnestly for the class teams because she can find amusement and pleasure even in hard things. Helen Bradford, E. de M. Convent of the Sacred Heart One East 91st Street New York, New York Debating Club ’57, Recording Secretary ' 38, Vice-President ' 39; Alternate for Public Debate; Dramatic Club 57; Fresh¬ man Forum Vice-President ’36; English Club ’37; Social Science Club 58, 59; 1 humb d ack Club 36, 57, 58, 39; Tower Board Photography Editor 58; Pitch Pipe Club ’36; Catholic Action Apologetics Committee 36, 57; Aquatic Club 36, ’37, ’38; Basketball Manager 58; Class Basketball Team 37, 38, 59, Class Hockey Team ’37, ’39; Class Swimming Team ’36, ’57, ’58, ’39; Class Entertain¬ ment Committee 37, 38, 59; Delegate to Model Assembly of League of Nations ’38. Major History. Twenty-seven

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9 3 9 TO W E R S HE is effective without being obvious and capable without having the depressingly predictable qualities of an adding machine, d his, of course, we got by induction because Helen is, outwardly at least, as enigmatic and as easily analyzed as a sentence by James Joyce. But to judge by the impressive array of things that she has done, especially for the Missionary Association, she must certainly have a hidden streak of strong administrative ability. Perhaps, what is most striking about her is the way she accomplishes these minor marvels, unhurriedly and unostentatiously with that strange, admirable reserve that she never loses. Helen Brennan, E. de M. Utica Country Day School Utica, New York Camera Club ’38, 59; Children of Mary Council ’39; Essay Board ’39; Sophomore Forum 37; Missionary Association, Sec¬ retary 38, President 39; Phi Mu Beta Chi 57; Thumb Tack Club 36, 57, 58; Pitch Pipe Club 56, 57. Major — English. Twenty-nine