Assumption High School - Assumption Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Before the wall . . . During the cere- monies of the blessing of the statue of Our Lady of the Assumption, Fr. Ryan says the preceding prayers, while John Beh and Ray Tiedje assist him. Father sprinkled the statue with so much holy water that the water ran KNIGHT BEACON Assumption High School Davenport, Iowa October 2, 1959 Statue Metamorphizes This Pile of Bricks Knight Beacon Staff Approves Tailor-made for Assumption high school, and a unique experiment are some of the terms used by the Knight Beacon staff to describe this year’s revised format. Through this new format, which un- folded during discussions and debates in journalism class, the staff hopes to combine the coverage of a newspaper and the permanence of a yearbook. The Knight Beacon portfolio will be published nine times a year, with each issue containing 12 to 16 pages. The pages, 9” by 12” in size, can be in- serted in a hard cover of padded red leatherette. Football programs and programs from other events through- out the year will also be printed to fit inside the cover. Orders will be taken at the begin- ning of the year for the covers. In ad- dition to an original design, the front of the cover will contain the name Knight Beacon, the year, and the in- dividual student’s name lettered in gold. In an informal survey taken by I members of the Beacon staff, various students said they would be willing to pay from two to four dollars for the cover, and were surprised to learn it would cost only $1.75. Changes Face; New Portfolio Distribution of papers and covers will be made through the homerooms this year. Orders for the covers will be taken by members of the staff. Layout will be flexible, varying from two to three columns, with wider col- ums for easier reading. Picture stories and layouts will be utilized to illustrate and liven the text. However, accord- ing to Fr. William F. Wiebler, advisor, “Primarily this is a writing venture . . not merely a collection of snap- shots.” Pat Deluhery, who named the Knight Beacon last year, heads the staff as editor. Other editors include Dick Wolfe, sports, Roberta Ellis, features, Margaret DiBlasio, copy editor, and Carole Gross and Larry Montford, as- sociate editors. Gary Jansen and Paul Bower will serve as photographers, and Judy Abbott is the staff artist. Lay- out will be handled by John Beh and Tom McDonnell and circulation by Mary Ann Sunderbruch and Dick Fick. Business manager is Ray Tiedje. In its first year of publication, the Knight Beacon merited an All-Catholic rating, the highest given by the Cath- olic School Press Association. “This mere pile of bricks and stones has been changed into Assumption high school through the erection of a sta- tue,” commented Fr. Edmond Weeg in his introductory address at the dedica- tion ceremony Sept. 20. Over a hundred priests, sisters, stu- dents, and honored guests of the class of ’59 were present, as Fr. Weeg con- gratulated the first graduates on their donation. The creator of the statue, Miss Donna Marihart, explained why she chose aluminum as a medium for the work. First, it is a contemporary material. Second, aluminum was already used in the construction of the building; there- fore the statue ties in with the build- ing. Third, the statue will not dis- color to any extent in oxidizing. Fourth, aluminum is durable yet light. Miss Marihart described the main structural form as a, “restrained, up- ward-moving curve to express the idea of the Blessed Mother’s Assumption into heaven.” This curve sweeps from the bottom of the skirt, along the arm, to the top of the veil. The arc is re- peated in the upward-pointed hands which are strong, capable, and woman- ly. Although the hands have been crit- icized by some as being too large, the (Continued on page 2) Behind the wall . . . Ray Tiedje talks to John Beh, who holds the holy water bucket.