Manhattanville College - Tower Yearbook (Purchase, NY)

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Peggy Couzens, Alice Farrell, Mary Fitzpatrick (President), Sally Gassert, Jane Crowley. With a resounding rap of the gavel, the Debating Club came to order under Mary Fitzpatrick last September, and the “floor was opened” to a very full year of meetings. With understanding and reluctance the Club had relinquished Mother Tenney who retains her position as “best friend of debating.” Mother Parton generously and warmly assumed the moderator’s work. Slipping into the year with Centenary stride, the Club voted to cancel its annual public discussion in favor of the fall pageant. March, then, brought Debating’s own contribution to one hundred years of Manhattanville Students, in the form of a Symposium on the National Student Organization. With the lively support of Mother Parton and Mr. McClelland—the club’s very special man behind the gun—Symposium, debates, discussions were opened cor¬ rectly and closed successfully by Madame President Fitzpatrick and meeting was adjourned until the following year. 24

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2 ), ra malic Like everything else, the Dramatic Club gave its all to the Centenary year. Fall plans for inter¬ club plays were cancelled to give way in time and space to the production of the Pageant. But club life went on in other broader ways. Membership and interest was built with a series of lectures on a variety of subjects, Henry V, make-up, and lighting, to mention a few. The theatre party came back, so we saw Henry V and Cyrano de Bergerac. Then of course there was the constant chatter of the big production planned for spring. We welcomed with open arms, the charming.en¬ thusiasm and friendliness of Mrs. O’Connell. Mother Boyle, during the brief interval that we had her with us, brought us a vigor and inspira¬ tion that were reflected in the Townley Play. Then Mother Maguire inherited the key to the band-box and won our unwavering gratitude for Mimi Marchev, Mary Beth Hughes, Barbara Gilman (President), Katherine Wilcox. golden peace in the hectic keeping things in order. And Barbara Gilman kept days that marked her reign. So through the year all the campus was a stage. We are glad that it was ours. X pRS r i 4-j 1 v 1 II j By aL . yjfrjFfo-

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The atmosphere of spirited discussion is not restricted to the Debating Club. Thursday afternoon in the Lounge is apt to be as lively a session as any on the campus. English Club meetings are especially entertaining and informative, for the reason that they cover so many of the interests of the College as a whole. As an offering to Reverend Mother on her feast the Club turns suddenly dramatic and presents its interpretation of some particular aspect to which we all aspire. During Interracial Week the literature of various races is read and discussed in an attempt at deeper understanding and sympathy. A a result the Club is a symbol of the broad interests and activities that typify the College as a whole. Randy Bowman, Jane Crowley, Joan Christie (President), Joan Fleming, Jean Ford, Ann Marie Brady. U Out,