Regis College - Ranger Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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Baseball. Rangers knock off their first victim and are off on flying start. P t: ■ n I It te a JL Row Ryan, Pa Oaseball. With spring comes the call of the birds (mocking, cuckoo, hum- ming, etc.), the call of the wild, the call of the streams, the calls of fever (spring. hay, love) and the call of the bat. This year when co-coaches Wilson and Chilero called for ball-players, four veterans and eight hopefuls answered the shout. The reasons why there were not more out for the team were the inconveniences of labor- atory, or something else. But what they lacked in numbers they made up in pep. All went well in spring practice, but with the opening of the season proper, misfor- tune camped on the bags. Old Man Tough Luck tapped four of the Rangers for his fraternity, two of them quite lustily. Georgia 1 Sutherland broke a finger, but was immediately outdone by Lammerman who broke his arm. Both Harris and Reinert severely sprained their ankles, Johnny doing the better job. But when the Rangers really began to play ball, they meant it. They have only lost two games, both of them heart-breakers. They vanquished Cathedral in their first game, 13 to 3. Their next game with North High, ended in a 2-2 tie. the game being called because of a severe dust-storm. The next two encounters were unfor- tunate for the collegians as they dropped them to the Barr Lumber Co. and to Welby. Colorado. They began their conquests anew with a defeat of the St. Dominic ' s Club of the Holy Name League in a last-inning thriller. Since then, they have not lost a game. The scores of the other contests were: Regis 5. Regis High 3; Regis 13, Holy Family 3; Regis 12. Regis High 3; Regis 12, Parochial All-Stars 8; Regis 14, Barnum Boosters 9; Regis 13, Welby 2. Domenico, Ryan. Redmond, Chilero, Wilson. Payne, and Plemel were the lead- ing hitters of the season. Payne. Sutherland. Domenico, Redmond, and Harrington hing staff was ina the P

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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

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Regis College played host to the literary Catholics on in a three-day Literature Congress, November 24, 25. P Literary Congress. of the Rocky Mountain Re and 26. This Congress was the first movement of its kind to take place in the United States, and probably shall in years to come, mark the beginning of the Catholic Literary Renaissance in this country in much the same way that the publication of the Lyrical Ballades is considered to be the beginning of the English Romantic Re- vival. The congress had for its purpose the publicizing of the Catholic Revival in belles lettres. For an avowed end it had the transformation of a skeptical American audi- ence inlo a convinced gathering of enthusiastic American Catholics. It sought to acquaint the people of the region which Regis may be said to serve, with the facts of the new movement into the Church of the leaders in literary fields. For this purpose Mr. Benjamin Masse, S.j., acting head of the English depart- ment at Regis, secured speakers whose situation made them preeminently fitted to discuss this new Romish phenomenon. There were Fathers Gerald Ellard, S.J. of St. Louis University, and Daniel Lord, S.J., editor of the Queen s Work. The Monsignors William O ' Ryan, Denver ' s clerical dean of litterateurs, and Matthew Smith, editor of the Catholic Register, America ' s foremost Catholic paper, spoke during the ses- sions. Mr. Calvert Alexander, S.J., author of the first book on the Catholic Revival, directed one meeting as did Miss Josephine Gratiaa of the St. Louis Public Library. Another session was conducted by Francis Sheed. publisher, translator, and author from the house of Sheed Ward. The sessions were held at Denver ' s distinguished Brown Palace Hotel and at their close all America had been startled into the recognition of a torch of faith and culture burning brighth in the shadow of the mountains. May Crowning. The sodality activities for the scholastic year of ' 34 were climaxed with the beautiful ceremony of Crowning the Queen of the May. On May 20, the Regis College Sodality acted as hosts to the Denver Sodality Union on the Regis campus for this annual demonstration of Catholic student love for Mary. Miss Margaret McKee of St. Joseph ' s High School was the queen for the occasion and was escorted by George Finan of Annunciation High School. Messrs. Walter Angerer, Niels Beck, Nicholas Jinacio and Vincent Giacomini represented Regis College as Knights of Mary in the ceremonies. Every school affili- ated with the Sodality Union was represented by Knights and Ladies in the retinue of the queen. The student bodies of the colleges, schools of nursing, and high schools, marched in procession to the scene of the crowning. The Very Rev. J. A. Herbers, S.J., president of Regis College delivered the panegyric of the afternoon. John McGraw, Regis senior, gave the student response. The poem read for the occasion, The May Crown of Mary, was written by Dorothy Caughlin of Annunciation High School. These beautiful ceremonies were concluded with solemn benediction. Rev. Mark Lappen was celebrant. Rev. Michael Harrington, deacon; Rev. Herman Leite, sub- deacon, and master of ceremonies, Rev. Stephen Kruger. The music was under the direction of Rev. Andrew S. Dimichino, S.J. Richard McNamara was general chairman of the program, with Frank Sullivan. Felix Lepore. Milan Predovich. and Robert Close as his assistants. --4 2 3 i