Regis College - Ranger Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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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...

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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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JV K do: on Signs of life, lots of noise, action, fun, foolishness, Wefus. O ■m Row— McNichols, Lepoie, Hank, P Wef«S Club. The Wefus. the peppiest, noisiest and most school-spirited or- ganization on the campus, made its brilliant hut perhaps ungraceful debut this year. Though first misunderstood in its purpose and actions, the club, through its manifold activities and remarkable successes, has at last gained the favor of the student body. It has, moreover, been officially sanctioned and recognized. The Wefus Club has. by means of its undefeated, world-challenging softball team, raised that sport to its present popular standing on the campus. The Wefus. aided by the noble and self- sacrificing Frank Sullivan, swept their student presidential candidate, Johnny Harris, into that office. It is an organization of the cream of the crop, with plenty of fight, love for a battle, and admiration of courage; with a heart that belongs to Regis, and a spirit reminiscent of that of the old Rangers. The members of the club are amongst the leaders in every field of Regis activity. Wefuses of the first order are: Bus Lepore. Tess Weber, Steve McNichols, Marco Hog-hair Dunn, Peg-leg the Moaner Hauk, and Bird Hasting. The other Wefuses who comprise this illustrious group are: Paul Schmitz, Jack Meehan. President Harris, and Chink-food Rice. These men have resolved to awaken the latent love of school in every Regis man, and to start a revivification of that traditional Regis Ranger spirit. XI if 21 fr