Regis College - Ranger Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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Frosh take their proper place. Still hilarious over their surprise victory. P Freshman GlaSS. Last fall a motley crew of unpretentious freshmen em- barked upon an arduous life of college routine, upperclassman oppression, Kangaroo Courts, strange professors with stranger ideas and the danger of acquiring an in- feriority complex by a justifiable Leporian sentence. But. surprisingly, they could take it and rapidly made themselves familiar with things usually looked upon with awe and reverence by embryonic collegians, and alas, became students, actors, athletes, orators and elocutionists and what not. They swarmed into and took possession of the Dramatic Club, four out of eight parts in the tournament, and four parts in Journey ' s End — the orchestra, basketball team, baseball club, tennis club, Brown and Gold, and positions as class leaders. As proof of the last usurpation the frosh maintain that twenty-eight members or 46% of the class had an average of eighty- five or above (second honors or over). A freshman, John Reinert. won the elocution medal, competing against three freshmen and two upperclassmen. A freshman even tried to emulate Daniel Webster, and in so doing almost won the oratorical contest. Not content with moral victories, the class of ' 37 publicly announced its prowess by officially winning ( notwithstanding Jack Murphy ' s libelous opinions ) the Fresh- man-Sophomore Field Day. Much credit and sympathy for this victory with its laurel and stickers must be given to McGarry. Dunn, Lane, Cassidy. Byrne, Reinert, and all the rest. We don ' t pretend to be seasoned sailors yet, but we only ask for time. We caught the knack of rolling with the waves, spinning a yarn (Room 325), and softening callouses. In a year or so we hope to be able to quit rolling, spinning, and softening and become staid, stately, scholastic simpletons; we meant sophomores. P l£ot 4 1 9 b

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nn b Sophomores fail to shoiv Frosh their proper place. field JLIay. As a result of the first annual Frosh Field Day, sponsored by the Student Council, the freshmen were allowed to discard their dinkies on November 22, after the youngsters had been declared victorious by the president of the student body. Incidentally, the sophomores claim to have won two out of the three events and maintain that it was onl) the president ' s compassion towards the poor ' frosh that allowed them to discard their wretched head wear. At three o ' clock on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 22, the Field Day was in- augurated w ith an egg-throwing contest between the sophomores and freshmen. The power- ful second-year team came out of the contest victorious. The combination of Cassidy and McNichols proved too much for the frosh. with Egg Crusher Payne doing his utmost to maintain victory for his class. The next event was a peanut-roll staged by ten freshmen. It was a nose to nose contest from the beginning, with such important schnozzles from the freshman class as Caughman, McGarry, Bauer, and Kittleson competing. jack Gael Cassidy was responsible for the third wrangle of the afternoon. It turned out to be a tie-up between the first and second-year men. The object of the affair was for one team to try and carry the other team across the goal. No holds were barred and every- thing was legal except visible slugging, and there was plenty of that. This event turned out to be the high spot of the afternoon for the spectators and the sore spot of the afternoon for the contestants. After what seemed hours, the brawl was stopped; there being four sopho- mores left in the contest, which number included such stalwarts as Los Angeles O ' Hern, Doc Essay, Jack Longmont Murphy, and the leader of the sophomore class, 3.2 Walsh. Next came the three-legged race between the two classes. This was a let-down after the ' tie- up. with the frosh victorious. The final dispute of the afternoon was the tug- o- war. Twenty husky members of the sophomore class pulled against a stronger team comprised of the same number from the freshman class. Water from a fire hose was the dividing point between the two teams. Just as the frosh were pulling the sophs into the water the upperclassmen joined the fray, where- upon the hydrophobic frosh let go of the rope. In the evening a smoker was given by the Student Council. A large crowd consisting of friends of Regis and students witnessed and enjoyed the entertainment. As a result of the efforts of some of the Student Council members, Jim Joyce, a local matchmaker, presented the boxing card. The headliners included Buddy Jackson and Treveno Orlando, state cham- pions of the bantam and featherweight classss. It was a great day for the fighting lowerclassmen. who demonstrated to the student bnd that the freshman class of this year as well as the second-year men. are endowed with ihe true Ranger spirit. It is expected that this event will be made an annual affair, and it is hoped that next year ' s competition will be as successful and vigorous as that of this year. Tennis Tourney., The annual [ntra-mural Tennis Tourne) was conducted this year on the elimination plan. A tennis club was organized to facilitate the care of courts and the administration of equipment, and only members of this club were permitted to enter into the tournament. This precluded any possibility of conflict a- In playing lime during the tourney. The games were played off with but a single default. The Tennis Club, acting as an adjunct of the department of physical education, offered excellent opportunities for those interested in tennis In engage in their favorite sport, for all difficulties in regard to court conditions and equipment were thus satisfactorily solved. P -4 i8fe-

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b Coffee Club convenes for first meeting. Elect officers, have a discussion and then — food. Top Row -A. Cassidy, F. Sullivan. Bottom Row— A. Musser, Mr. Masse, S.J., M. Hasting, M. Milan. Coffee Drinkers. The club, organized in September of 1932 by Father Masse, head of the English department, is composed of a selected group of Regis men interested in literature and with the ambition to become familiar with the vast store- house of Catholic literature, so as to better understand the problems and expectations of a cultured Catholic leader. The Coffee Drinkers meet bi-monthly, every second Saturday, at the home of one of the scribblers, where some important literary phase or personage is discussed. The benefits derived from the club by the embryonic Sam Johnsons from both the viewpoint of closer contact with the masters, and from the valuable experience and knowledge attained by the frank and constructive criticism of their own endeavors, are best shown in the high calibre of their efforts in the Literary Supplement of the Brown and Gold. The members of the Coffee Club were the foremost contributors to this organ of Regis literary aspirations, and from the tenor and quality of their contributions they have profited abundantly from Father Masse ' s interest in ambitious Regis Collegian litterateurs. Mr. Kranz was dictator of the club this past year and acquitted himself as mar- velously in his own circle as Sam Johnson did in his own coffee circle. Father Masse, sponsor of the club and a prominent Catholic litterateur, has done much for both the students in the club and for American Catholicism in general by encouraging the organization. P 4 20 fe...