Manhattanville College - Tower Yearbook (Purchase, NY)

Page 32 text:

Major—History Minor—Education Debating Club ’40; Glee Club ’38; ’39; Thumb Tack Club ’40; Freshman Forum ' 37; Athletic Association Junior Representa¬ tive ’39. Secretary ’40; Aquatic Club ’37, ’38, ’39.’ President ’40; Team Captain ’39; Class Swim¬ ming Team ’37, ’38, ’39, ’40; Special Athletic Awards for div¬ ing and crawl. SHEILA COLLINS, E. de M. 4 Russell Terrace Pittsfield, Massachusetts St. Joseph ' s High School Those who know Sheila, know her as a good friend, sincere and sympathetic, working in the historic field, yet enjoying an occasional venture into scientific activity of a sort—hospital work among test tubes and slides. She is an active person in athletics and her keen interest in sports, particularly swim¬ ming, has led to a great many honors in this line. She is this year’s Secretary of the Athletic Association. But her beautiful swimming and diving are her claim to fame in the college. Each year we watch with something akin to envy as at the various swimming meets she carries off the honors for form in diving and for the strength and swiftness of her crawl. For these things, she has been a valuable member of the Aquatic Club and its very good President, directing and taking part in all its activities, spreading enthusiasm by her own interest. [ 28 ]

Page 31 text:

Major—Political Science Minor—History Catholic Action Literature Com¬ mittee ’38; Catechetical Com¬ mittee ' 39; Interracial Committee ’39. Chairman ' 40; Debating Club ’38, ’39, ’40; Glee Club ’37; Social Science Club ' 39, ’40; Phi Mu Beta Chi ' 38; Freshman Forum 37; Class Hockey Team ’39; Class Basketball Team ’38, ’39; Aisy Sullivan Cup. EILEEN AGNES COLLIGAN, E. J e M. 171 West 12th Street New York City Holy Cross Academy Your honor! After due consideration of its records for the past four years, Manhattanville is unalterably convinced of the certainty of Eileen’s swift advancement in her future legal career. First and foremost, her keen mind well adapted for sifting any situation quickly attains to the root of things. Secondly, her accomplishments in the Debating Club bear witness to her undoubted merit as a speaker. Furthermore, she displays no regrettable one¬ sided tendencies in her outside interests. She likes to write, enjoys a good game of tennis or ping-pong, plays the piano, collects souvenirs and dreams of a world cruise at a more propitious time. Just and friendly in her deal¬ ings with others she is noted for her thoughtfulness and tack Hence, we believe that the testimony of time will prove our contention. In the future as in the past, Eileen will win very many friends while influencing an extraor¬ dinary number of people. [ 27 ]

Page 33 text:

Major—Sociology Minor—English Catholic Action Catechetical Committee; Glee Club ’37, ' 39, ’40; Philosophy Club ’39, ’40; Social Science Club ’37, ’38, ’39, ’40; Class Hockey Team ’37, ’38, ’39; Class Basketball Team ’37, ’38; Class Swimming Team ’38. GRACE COSGRAVE, E. Je M. 207 Park Street Montclair, New Jersey Convent of the Sacred Heart Maplehurst, New York City Since success in any activity, and especially in athletics is largely propor¬ tional to the development of one’s powers of co-ordination, we cannot be amazed at Grace’s achievements, for she has always revealed an extraor¬ dinary capacity for ordering things e fficiently and smoothly with an ap¬ parent modicum of recourse to outside assistance. Consequently, she has proved herself an invaluable member of many a class team, and above all, has won recognition as an efficacious contributor to college life in general. So it is not at all surprising, that although primarily concerned with pursuits relevant to the sociological work, and unusually active in Social Science Club functions, she has also manifested considerable interest in English literature and in philosophic studies and discussions. We know now, that her hobbies include bridge and knitting, but we will probably best remem¬ ber her competency, her unfailing thoughtfulness and her most engaging disposition. [ 29 ]