Rider University - Shadow Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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gh .fp . r,. ,I yy. T, , Qiig I- . .Qi .F V .4 I y , ,L ., , f. YU , ff , ff. , ' mr- I f . fly IT. , ., -ix I 1 SEATED, FIRST ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: William G. STraTis, Consfanfine Barclos, Walfer R. Taylor, Nicholas ConsTandy. STANDING, SECOND ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Alexander Saclceclis, Charles Timofheou. HELLE IC SOCIETY EnTering iTs Third year oT exisTence, The Hellenic SocieTy, youngesT OT Rider's religious groups, has developed rapidly in promoTing iTs iniTial aims. The Hellenic SocieTy was organized on January 7, I948, wiTh George Papadoplos as iTs TirsT presidenT and Ivir. Walter Taylor as Tacully advisor. Since Then The socieTy has aTTempTed To TosTer beTTer relaTions beTween The OrThodox sTudenTs of The college and people of TrenTon and vicinily. This group also sTands Tor beTTer relalions among The various religious groups wiThin The college, Through The lnTer-l:aiTh 2 1 Council. 1 I I-Iellenics have done a greaT deal To promoTe a Teeling of AchievemenT is displayed in The way The clulo has worlced hand in hand wiTh The Greek CommuniTy oT TrenTon by sponsoring several affairs aT The ST. George Greek OrThodox Church. Leaders OT This organizaTion Tor The pasT year were ConsTan- Tine A. Bardos, presidenT: William STraTis, vice-presidenT, and Nick Consfandy, secreTary-Treasurer. WALTER R. TAYLOR, Advisor closeness beTween The residenTs OT TrenTon and Rider Collegej

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In The space oT Twelve years The Newman Club oi Rider College has grown Trom a handful of sTudenTs inTo a large successful organizaTion of several hundred sTudenTs. When Professor Dowd called a Tew CaTholics TogeTher in I938, TrenTon's TirsT Newman Club Took shape. A year laTer Miss Julie T-linch joined The TaculTy and managed To gaTher abouT one hundred Rider CaTholics TogeTher Tor a Communion BreakTasT. The Diocesan oTTicials, impressed by This demonsTraTion oT TaiTh, appoinTed a chaplain To The group shorTly ThereaTTer. FaTher Daniel Sullivan served as chaplain To The club during iTs early years and aTTer his appo'inTmenT as a pasTor ouT oi This disTricT, FaTher John Endebrock, presenl' chaplain, replaced him. Miss l-linch remained as TaculTy advisor unTil I947, when she enTered The CommuniTy of The SisTers oT lmmaculaTe T-learT oT Mary. Mr. John FiTzgerald succeeded her as advisor and has since been replaced by Dr. AlTred Moran. The presenT advisor. The NewmaniTes aTTended a Communion BreakTasT aT The Waldorf AsToria in New York in February of This year, aT which Time They heard Monsignor FulTon J. Sheen. Communion was received by The group aT ST. PaTrick's CaThedral in New York. OTher acTiviTies exemplifying Their achievemenT were a Day of RecollecTion. a Fall dance and semi-monThly meeTings. Reverend John J. Endebrock, Spirifunl Advisory! EWMA CLUB Michael ResTucci Mary Lou Messier

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s 0 STANDING, LEFT TO RIGHT: M. Wagner, K. WaIraTl'i, D. Rifcher, L Cober R Tyrell, J. Koury. SEATED, LEFT TO RIGHT: M. Wilder, J. GruiTT, J. Cooley H Wagner, D. Tippin. In order To aTTord The Masons oT Rider College The oppor- TuniTy OT meeTing To discuss common ideals, The Rider College Square Club was Tormed in February, I947. The Square Club reTreshes The BroThers wiTh The way oT liT'e open To all Masons whelher They are sTudenl's, Tacully or alumni oT Rider College. IT is The common meeTing ground Tor all Masons away Trom Their home lodges, and iT is one oT The purposes oT This group To lceep Them in consTanT conTacT wiTh Masonic principles. MeeTings This year again were held aT The S-:oTTish RiTes CaThedral, sTill anoTher example of The achievemenT and co-operaTion oT This group. MonThly luncheon-meeTings, as in The pasT, have meT wiTh Tull aTTendance and parTicipaTion. The club has also been acTive in visiTing lodges in and around TrenTon, in addiTion To regular social gaTherings. The idea oT a Masonic organizaTion aT Rider was sponsored by ProTessor D. N. Tippin, Norman Hobbs and Harry CaTherine. Since This group was Tounded aT Rider iTs membership and inTeresT has proporTionaTely grown. LOUIS COBER, Advisor, J. COOLEY, Prasidenf