Mount St Marys College - Pridwin Yearbook (Emmitsburg, MD)

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Dramatic Club Believing that ““There’s no business like show business,” several theatrically inclined men on the campus decided to Cl open shop in 1951. The Mount St. Mary’s Dramatic ub, which had not been active since 1949 was rejuve- nated in October-under a new constitution and with a radio section as an integral part of the organization. Li hand during the Club’s initial stages. Together they framed a constitution giving to each section (radio and dramatic) an equal voice in Club activities. Joe Johnston, president of the Dramatic Club, and Jim nhard, chairman of the radio section, worked hand in Before Christmas vacation three of the Mount actors, Dick Barnes, Joe Bell, and Bob Goldsborough, partici- pated in the presentation of The Tidings Brought to Mary, by Paul Claudel, in conjunction with the thespians of | St greatly to the coed presentation of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. 49 . Joseph College. In the spring the Club contributed antisite AROS First row: W. Whittaker, F. Headley, J. Lyons, R. McCreavy. Second row: J. Werner, J. Conway, J. Mathis, M. Gable, J. Adams, E. Powers, E. Piering. Third row: A. Semeraro, P. Cosenza, R. Kaiser, L. Green, J. Galvin, D. Brennan, C. Murphy. . J. Linhard, radio chairman; J. Johnston, presi- dent; R. Barnes, publicity director; R. Golds- borough, vice-president. Pau! J. Centi, moderator. Adelphi Society From the Philadelphia-South New Jersey area there came to the Mount a group of stu- dents so imbued with that famous “broth- erly love” that they organized a society for the specific purpose of joining themselves together in the close bonds of friendship. The Adelphi Society was one of the leading organizations in presenting lectures in Flynn Hall, and its members acted as unofficial hosts to Mount Proms.

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a Orricers: Jerry Green, vice-president; Jim Thomas, president; Steve Gatti, secretary. Hugh Rock’s winning photo in the Echo-PRriDWIN photo contest. Foreground: W. Rutter, J. Ahtes, E. Keyser, J. Thomas, Smith, J. Pollock. Background: H. Short, J. Yodzis, 5. Gatti, Jones, R. Niederer, E. Dunphy, R. Zanowick. Camera Club On one of those lazy, sunny afternoons in May, 1951, three of our classmates, Jerry Green, “Peanuts” Keyser, and Jim Thomas, sat in the canteen discussing ways and means of improving the Mount’s photographic “IQ.” In the course of their conversation the idea of founding a Camera Club was germinated. On returning to the College in September, the three “‘shutterbugs” gave their concep- tion the spark of life necessary to make it a reality. They called a meeting of interested students and proceeded to organize the Camera Club. A constitution was written, submitted to the Student Council and approved by it. A room in the basement of DuBois Hall was obtained from the “‘powers that be” and it was fitted for use as a darkroom. Plans were made to keep the members actively interested in photography and to improve their camera knowledge. The members were successful in making their work appreciated around the campus. Camera Club men served the College paper as photographers and contributed pictures to the 1952 yearbook. Dr. John Richards, Club Moderator. 48

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Front row: R. Goldsborough, vice-president; L. Gribbin, president. Back row: T. Curnin, treasurer; J. Kubick, secretary. Chess Club The ancient and aristocratic game of chess was never without a home within the walls of Mount St. Mary’s. This pastime was practiced from time immemorial on an informal scale, but only during our own era was it organ- ized into club form. During our sophomore year, two enterprising members of the Class of 1950, Gaston Fillion and John Rossi, undertook to form a regular Chess Club. Inter-squad competition and regular standings spurred interest in the game and it became popular. George Dim- ler succeeded Henry Kanowicz as president during the 1950-51 term. When not going for each other’s throats via the ladder system, the members found time for outside competition for the first time, engaging teams from Loyola College and the York, Pa., Businessmen’s Club. Under the direction of our own Phil Jasper, the Club has remained popular and both its intra and extra-school activities were frequent. Forensic Council Not claiming to speak down the waves with their mouths full of pebbles as Demosthenes did, the men of the Foren- sic Council were, nevertheless, skilled in the field of debate, and they emerged victorious over many Eastern college teams. Coached by Dr. Dillon, the men spent long hours of practice at the Purcell Lounge training grounds, prepar- ing to carry the name of Mount St. Mary’s into the arena of intercollegiate debate. In recent years, the Forensic Council maintained in the tradition of old, a record of admirable accomplishment. Under the leadership of Frank Pacienza in 1951 and Leo Gribbin in 1952, the group re- turned victorious against universities above the class of small colleges, Johns Hopkins University, U.S. Naval Academy, Duquesne University, Catholic University and University of Pennsylvania to name just a few. Group I: J. Juliano, R. Goldsborough, D. Jasper, P. Jasper, president; M. Costello. Group II: T. Carini, D. Britti, J. Pollock, J. Sullivan, D. Yohe, H. Gordon. 50