No newspaper was published on the Manhattan College campus in the days of WWI. Still from 1914 to 1918 various literary magazines, newsletters and other publications reflected the life on campus during the years of the war. “The Manhattan Quarterly” was the literary magazine of the time which published “subjects of interest to the general public” and was meant to “serve as a link between … Continue reading Manhattan College and The Great War, 100 Years Later

When the American Shakespeare Center returns to Smith Auditorium on Friday, October 14 to perform “Romeo and Juliet,” it will mark their fifth performance at Manhattan College. With this play, they have their work cut out for them from the very beginning. “Shakespeare, never afraid of spoiler alerts, tells us what’s going to happen in the first fourteen lines, as if to challenge himself to … Continue reading The American Shakespeare Center Returns to Campus with “Romeo and Juliet”

Manhattan College’s decision to begin admitting women to undergraduate programs in the fall of 1973 was the product of years of discussion and research. It was not on a whim that MC opened its doors to women in 1973.   The Cooperative Agreement The college had a long established cooperative program with the all-female College of Mount Saint Vincent. The cooperative program was established in … Continue reading The Years Leading up to Manhattan’s Coeducation Decision