Saint Bede Academy - Via Baeda Yearbook (Peru, IL)

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Francis Berta Charles Black FRANCIS D. BERTA -'Berta’’ This Spring Valleyitc is a bosom buddy of the one just preceding. In fact, most people could never tell them a part. Berta graced the honor roll in his junior year. He was Benoit's partner in the Day Student Variety Show in 1940 and this year is one of the staff of the Day Student I.etterette. Intramural minded, he has played in the intramural games for four years. This year he was an intramural boxer. CHARLES T. BLACK Charlie” Charlie is the unique LaSallean. A sense of humor and a leaning toward the Igloo have marked his four years at St. Bede. When not talking jive, Charlie is playing it on his trombone. In his sopho- more and junior years, he added his musical talents to the band, and last year took a charming picture as a band member for the Pleiades. Charlie has been a rabid intramural fan for the last four years. FRANCIS W. BROWN Frank” Frank came to St. Bede from Kewanee. An intra- mural enthusiast, he has played on many champion- ship teams and has been a swimming, table-ten- nis, and bowling champ. In his junior year he took part in the intramural boxing bouts. This year Frank has been on the football team. A member of the Science Club, a choir member in his freshman year, and a performer in the first Pleiades show, he has filled all spare moments. JOSEPH P. CUMMINGS Joe” Joe, when writing his list of activities and accom- plishments for this write-up, said: Honor Roll, 2, (I think) . We hope so. Joe, from LaSalle, is quite an Irishman, but still managed to appear in both of Father Peter's Latin Plays. His thespian activities also include the Day Student Amateur Show, 1, and his journalistic adventures were: Day Student Tatler, 1, 2; Day Student Letterette, 4. This year he has been an officer of the Day Student Fraternal Club. Francis Brown Joseph Cummings twenty '... And now I have completed a work which neither the wrath of Jove, nor flame, nor sword, nor devour ging age, can have power to destroy.” —Ovid.

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John Alblinger William Aplington JOHN P. ALBLINGER Abbie We give you a man from Ivesdale who did. Let his accomplishments speak for themselves: Abbot Justus Scholarship; Honor Roll, 1, 2, 3, 4; Secretary Junior Fraternal Club, 3; Records, 3, 4; Pleiades, 4; Science Club, 3; Band, 4; Imaginary Invalid , 3; Latin Plays, 3, 4; Senior Frolics, 4; Pleiades Varieties, 4; Yellow Shadow , 4; Organist, 4; In- tramurals, 1, 2, 3, 4. WILLIAM L. APLINGTON Bill Bill is a day-hop from LaSalle. Aside from studies, of course, his chief interest is music, band music. He joined the Bedan band as a sophomore and this year became president of the organization. He was a successful soloist at the concerts presented in 1942 and 1943. An honor roll student in his sophomore year, he has also been a journalist and thespian: Day Student Amateur Show”, 1; Passion Play, 2, 3; Pleiades Varieties, 4; Day Student Let- terette, 4; Pleiades, 4. EUGENE I. BALSAVICH Yulch Here we have a man with a lean and learned look. Part time day-student, part time boarder from Spring Valley, he has been able to fill spare mo- ments: Honor Roll, 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Excellence, 1, 2, 3; Day Student Tatler, 1, 2; Day Student Varie- ties, 1; Records, 3, 4; Pleiades, 4; Latin Plays, 3, 4; Papa Behave , 2; Passion Play, 2, 3; Senior Frolics, 4; Pleiades Varieties, 4; Intramurals, 1, 2, 4. RAYMOND J. BENOIT Ray” Spring Valley is the home of this day student. This year Ray has helped send out the Day Student Letterette to the men in the armed forces. A fighting Frenchie , he has been among the high point men for four years in the intramural program, and this year participated in the intramural boxing bouts. The Day Student Variety Show and the Latin Play in '42 gave him an opportunity to show his histrionic ability.

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RAYMOND H. ENGELS Raf After graduation, Ray will hurry’ back to the farm near Mendota to help relieve the national food short- age. While at St. Bede he helped create it. Ray is quite a scrapper. In his years at St. Bede he has taken part in tthe intramural bouts and has emerged with golden gloves in both his sophomore and freshman years. Intramurals keep him busy. Raymond Engels James FitzSimmons JAMES J. FITZSIMMONS FitzT I'itz, from Peru, is the leading scholar of the day student department with Honor Roll tacked behind his name for each year at St. Bede. The cool, col- lected type, he smiles at curious moments and gen- erally comes up with the correct retort. Time left over after studying he spent like this: Day Student Amateur Show, 1; Science Club, 2; Latin Plays, 3, 4; Day Student Letterette, 4; Records, 4; Pleiades Varieties, 4; Intramurals, I, 2, 3, 4. HENRY H. FRITZ Ookle” Henry came to St. Bede from Pontiac, but this association has nothing to do with his conduct. One of the more refined of the class, Henry was vice- president of the Holy Name Society in his junior year, and this year was a Holy Name prefect in the seniors. He was also elected president of the Junior Fraternal Club in his junior year. Not only a partici- pant in intramurals, Henry has refereed many of the crucial championship intramural games with all just- ness. JOHN P. GRAHAM Geefy Geefy Graham spent his first two years of high school at Ludlow High in his home town. When he came to St. Bede as a junior, he went all out for football and was on the team this year. He has par- ticipated in intramurals for two years and was an intramural boxing champ his first year out. This year he turned wrestler. Graham was a member of the Science Club in his junior year.