Assumption High School - Assumption Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

Text from Pages 1 - 160 of the 1961 volume:

Official Program Davenport Municipal Stadium ION SCHOOL — vs — MADISON IGH SCHOOL FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, I960 SPORTUTE FROM THE PAST - by Mike McCarthy Return with me, sports fans, to one of the annual Davenport high school-St. Ambrose academy football games. The year is 1947; the date is Friday, Nov. 14. Sleet and hail shatter the arc lights on the west side of the field. Rain splatters the ground. Mud obscures un- iform numbers. Top men for the Knights are Jack McKinney and Art Perry. McKinney has 13 touchdowns for 78 season points. Perry, tackle, is captain. Here comes the opening kickoff! Ambrose receives as Davenport kicks-a tremendous kick by Wade Oaks of the Blue Devils. Flumbling the ball at first, Knight scoring ace Jack McKinney picks it up. As blockers come from every side, McKinney races down the sideline to a touchdown. The Knights lead. The second kickoff is taken by Davenport. Slowly, but surely, they work their way into Knight territory. Finally they tie the score. Now the Imps kick to the Knights. Jack McKinney grabs the ball. There he goes - up the middle, with hard- ly a hand laid on him. Another 90 yards! In the fourth quarter the Knights get possession of the ball. Receiving the ball from center Tom Britt, 'Doc’ McCabe hands the ball to 'Shorty’ McKinney, who goes for his third touchdown. This time Jack runs 67 yards. With touchdowns by Jack Bush and Jim Hippier in this fourth quarter, this spectacular game ends with the final score, St. Ambrose 30, Davenport High 12. Davenport’s Famous Name Department Store ★ COACHES ★ QUARTERBACK ★ Left to right: Bill McAfoos, Ray Ambrose, Ron Mellen i' ■ - 3 V-V r- I . JOHN FENNELLY 1960 Football Schedule Sept. 9 Sept. 16 Sept. 23 Sept. 30 Oct. 9 Oct. 14 Oct. 21 Oct. 28 fcpt. 12 Sept. 17 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 24 VARSITY Ft. Madison (8 p.m.) home Alleman (8 p.m.) home Davenport Central (8 p.m.) home (Brady St.) Clinton away Dubuque Wahlert (2 p.m. CST) away Bettendorf away Davenport West (8 p.m.) home (Brady St.) Burlington away VARSITY RESERVES North Scott ..........—.... away Rock Island away Bettendorf (4:30 p.m.) ....home Davenport Central away Clinton away Davenport West away ★ ★ CHEERLEADERS Evy Panther, Barbara Lewandoski, Elaine LaMar, Mary Bohrer, Eileen Dockery, Mary Hart. BE REALLY REFRESHED! ASSUMPTION STARTING LINE-UP LE LT LG C Noonan Cavanaugh Davies Schebler 51 61 73 85 OB Fennelly 12 IHB Hammill 21 RT RE Kistenmacher Valainis 65 56 RHB C. Mason 42 FB T. Mason 33 SQUAD 10 Stoker-150 11 O'Donnell-151 12 Fennelly—169 14 Eeton-158 21 Hemmill—147 22 Grey-157 23 Solis-133 31 Rashid—149 32 Hart-142 33 Mason, Tom—182 40 Aldape—131 41 lemoine —124 42 Mason, Clarence—160 50 Etxel-159 51 Noonan—168 52 Kellenberger—149 53 Stolley—154 54 Fournier—154 55 Fiese —162 56 Valainis—183 57 Edwards-150 60 Chandler—176 61 Cavanaugh-183 63 Venker—176 64 Fedderson —183 65 Kistenmacher—190 66 Malisiewski—180 67 Miller-207 68 Cawiexell—186 69 Bender—255 70 Quigley—144 ENJOY 71 Goetsch—140 72 Purcell-149 73 Davies-136 76 Leonard—155 77 Collins-175 78 McGee-169 80 Thompson—153 j 82 Deluhery—193 85 Schebler—220 , M QUAD-CITIES COCA COLA BOTTCINCJ COMPANY Rock Island, Illinois REFEREES’ SIGNALS I Hagai potition II or procedure. Illegal forwor — handing. 0 ‘0 Dalov of gam . Crawling. Offiide or violation lllagol motion, of free-kick rules. illegol shift, both hand . Perionol foul. 0 NS .r- o Clipping, i Roughing the kicker. Uniporttmonlike conduct Delay � 1art of half. Illegal participation. V' Illegal use of V bond or arm. Wb ZJ Inteference with fair | catch or forword pa� � 0 Illegal forword poit. Intentional grounding. Ineligible receiver ' down field on patt. COPYRIGHT 1060, THE COCA-CO 1-A COMPA.W ... CALI FOR COKE! • IO Ut Ml Of . FORT MADISON STARTING LINE-UP LG Coppage 42 MiP LHB Stephenson 29 jk 00SMLi % llegolly kicking or ratting o looie boll. 0 Puthing. helping rvnner or interlocked interference. FOUL SIGNALS. PROCEDURE SIGNALS RT RE Martinez Holdgrater 58 48 RHft T. Derrick 37 FB S. Derrick 33 SQUAD 2 Meller, K.—165 42 Coppage—170 4 Frey—165 45 Brown —165 7 Leach—160 46 Ahlen—150 21 Phelan—145 47 Roberts—190 22 Thompson, D.—135 48 Holdgrafer—165 23 Bartlett—140 49 Krieger—190 25 Schoene—160 50 Schulte—150 27 Flach—135 51 Plautx—150 29 Stephenson —165 52 Jumphrey—190 30 Thompson, H.—145 55 Lane—180 31 Stevens—140 56 Waggoner—220 32 Woods—170 57 Matthews—200 33 Derrick, S.-150 58 Martinez—170 34 Noonan —170 Charters—155 36 Meller, G.-140 Staples—135 37 Derrick, T.—140 Manka —125 38 Webb-155 Horan—155 39 Thurman—170 Philpott—170 40 Williams-170 Thoman—185 41 Sandrock—190 Keester—145 UN OFFICIALS: Fran DeReus Jim Grothusen Len Simmons Art Mager o i boll ii deod _ For fovchbock. Touchdown or wove tidewite Field goal 0 Ball ready lor ploy. 0 Sofety. Time out. Clock � lorti. Fir� t down. Incomplete Forward patt. Penalty declined No ploy or no KOre Assumption Varsity Squad Roster No. Player Pos. Weight 10 Stoker QB 150 11 O’Donnell QB 151 12 Fennellv QB 169 14 Eaton QB 158 21 Hammill L1IB 147 22 Grav LIIB 157 23 Solis LIIB 133 31 Kashid FB 119 32 Hart FB 142 33 Mason, Tom FB 182 40 Aldape RUB 131 41 Lemoine R1IB 124 42 Mason, Clarence RIIB 160 50 Etzel E 159 51 Noonan LE 168 52 Kellenberger LE 149 53 Stollev LE 154 54 Fournier E 154 55 Fiese RE 162 56 Valainis RE 183 57 Eduards RE 150 60 Chandler T 176 61 Cavanaugh LT 183 63 Venker T 176 64 Fedderson T 183 65 Kistenmacher RT 190 66 Maliszewski LT 180 67 Miller RT 207 68 Cawiezell RT 186 69 Bender LT 255 70 Quigley LG 144 71 Goetsch G 140 72 Purcell LG 149 73 Davies LG 136 76 Leonard RG 155 77 Collins RG 175 78 McGee RG 169 80 Thompson c 153 82 Deluherv c 193 85 Schebler c 220 Fort Madison Varsity Squad Roster No. Name Pos. W'eight 2 Keith Meller HB 165 4 ♦John Frey QB 165 7 ♦Don Leach HB 160 21 John Phelan QB 145 22 Dale Thompson FB 135 23 Roy Bartlett FB 140 25 Leonard Schoene FB 160 27 Bob Flach E 135 29 Bernie Stephenson HB 165 30 Ilerry Thompson E 145 31 Gary Stevens 1IB 140 32 Lynn Woods G 170 33 Sherman Derrick FB 150 34 ♦Terry Noonan T 170 36 Glen Meller G 140 37 Tom Derrick HB 140 38 Jim Webb G 155 39 Dave Thurman FB 170 40 Larry Williams G 170 41 John Sandrock T 190 42 ♦Greg Coppage G 170 45 ♦Dave Brown E 165 46 Jerry Ahlen E 150 47 Joe Roberts T 190 48 Denny Holdgrafer E 165 49 Bill Krieger T 190 50 Joe Schulte C 150 51 Bill Pfautz G 150 52 Jack Jumphrey T 190 55 ♦Dave Lane C 180 56 Art Waggoner C 220 57 Bill Matthews T 200 58 ♦Dutch Martinez T 170 Roger Koester HB 145 Mike Philpott E 170 John Thoman C 185 Tom Charters G 155 John Staples QB 135 Bob Manka E 125 Mike Horan E 155 ’‘Indicates Football Letterman lou a’s Finest Store for Men and Young Men We Give S. Sc H. Green Stamps M. J. GADIENT COAL COMPANY 416 Fillmore Street Dial 3-2791 Davenport, Iowa LET US PLAN YOUR PIZZA PARTY TWO CONVENIENT LOCATIONS ITALIAN VILLAGE NO. 2 1211 State St. 5-4755 BETTENDORF ITALIAN VILLAGE INC. 220 Harrison Delivery Hours 6 P.M. to 1 A.M. 3-9718 Two Beautiful Restaurants Serving A Complete line Of Italian anrf American Foods Kuppenheimer and Botany “500” Clothes Dobbs and Champ Hats Bostonian and Mansfield Shoes IKE SYNDICATE-HUB Complete Outfitters to Men and Boys Exclusively 222 West Second DAVENPORT AS NEAR AS YOUR PHONE Dial 2-1711 RJ. 6-4441 SPORTING GOODS for the ENTIRE FAMILY by • RAWLINGS • SPALDING • SPOTBILT • KING O'SHEA • POWERS Hanssen’s dept. HAROWARI tfor TWO FINE STORES 213-215 W. 2nd St. Village Shopping Center DAVENPORT IOWA Cordon Printing Co. LETTERPRESS OFFSET LITHOGRAPHY 7 T H PERRY STREETS • • S SPORTLITE FROM THE PAST by Mike McCarthy The date is October 26, 1957. We are on hand for the annual St. Ambrose- Alleman game at Rock Island High School stadium. The Pioneers are heavy fav- orites. They have lost only to East Moline. The Knights record shows one tie and four losses. The Pioneers are led by hard running Dick Naab. The first half is a nip and tuck battle as the teams frequently exchange pos- session of the football. Not until late in the half does Alleman finally push across a touchdown. The conversion is successful as the referee’s arms reach for the sky. Alleman 7, St. Ambrose 0. Another Alleman touchdown is added in the third quarter. This time the extra point goes wide. Down thirteen points, the Knights begin to fight back. A twenty-one yard end run by Cawiezel I climaxes a long drive to give the Knights a score. Cawiezell's kick soars over the goal post for the extra point. 13-7. In the final quarter, neither team is able to move the ball consistently. As time runs out, the Knights gain possession deep in their own territory. A thirty yard pass to Galen Price put the ball on the fifty. Again Cawiezell throws, this time to Tom Fiedler, for 30 yards. As the clock ticks away, Cawiezell tries desperately for the touchdown. With only a second to play, he hits Fiedler in the end zone for the payoff. The crowd goes wild as Cawiezell’s kick splits the up- rights to clinch an exciting 14-13 victory. Davenport’s famous Name Department Store ★ CENTER BOB SCHEBLER ★ TECHNIQUE Coach Ron Mellon, Dave Cavanaugh and Dan McGee UP FRONT Left to right: Francis Valainis, Tom Kistenmacher, Dan McGee, Bob Schebler, John Davies, Dave Cavanaugh, Karl Noonan. BE REALLY REFRESHED! ASSUMPTION STARTING LINE-UP LE Noonan 51 LT Cavanaugh 61 LG Davies 73 C Schebler 84 RG RT McGee Kistenmacher 78 65 RE Valainis 56 OB Fennelly 12 LHB Hammill 21 RHB C. Mason 43 FB T. Mason 33 SQUAD 10 Stoker-150 11 O'Donnell—151 12 Fennelly—169 14 Eaton-158 21 Hammill—147 22 Gray-157 23 Solit—133 31 Rashid-149 32 Hart-142 33 Mason, Tom—182 40 Aldape—131 41 Lemoine—124 43 Mason, Clarence—160 50 Etxel-159 51 Noonan-168 52 Kellenberger—149 53 Stolley—154 54 Fournier—154 55 Fiese—162 56 Valainis—183 57 Edwards-150 60 Chandler-176 61 Cavanaugh —183 63 Venker-176 63 Crossen—186 64 Fedderson—183 65 Kistenmacher— 190 66 Maliszewski—180 67 Miller-207 68 Cawiexell—186 69 Bender-255 -«■N ENJOY m 70 Quigley-144 71 Goetsch —140 72 Purcell-149 73 Davies—136 76 Leonard—155 77 Collins-175 78 McGee-169 80 Thompson — 153 82 Deluhery—193 84 Schebler—220 QUAD-CITIES COCA CC Is REFEREES’ SIGNALS 0 Q Illegal position or procedure. Illegol forword handing. 0 Pcrtonol Fowl. Roughing the kicker. 0 0 Clipping. InteFerence with Fair cotch or Forword pass. v r Delay oF game. Crawling. Offside or violation of Free-kick rules. Illegal motion; illegol shIFf, both hands Unsportsmanlike conduct. Delay start oF half. Illegol participation. Illegol use of hond or arm. Illegol forword pots. Intcntionol Ineligible receiver grounding. down Field on past. COPYRIGHT 1000, THE OOCA-COI.A COMPANY • 16 U� Ml Ol . ALLEMAN STARTING LINE-UP LE IT LG C Neubauer Belman Tebockhorst T. Brown 57 75 55 62 RG RT RE Jordan McAllister Barrett 70 74 76 LHB Jim Watts 80 OB Pfanenstiel 66 FB Barton 65 RHB John Watts 52 OFFICIALS: Fran DeReus Jim Grothusen Len Simmons Art Mager BOTTLING COMPANY � is j 51 52 53 55 56 57 60 62 63 64 65 66 68 70 SQUAD Myer-138 71 Watts, John-143 74 Hirst—146 75 Tebockhorst—178 76 Schmitt—165 77 Neubauer—190 78 DePorter—168 80 Brown, Tom—175 81 Martin—160 82 Hyldahl—174 83 Barton—172 84 Pfanenstiel—173 85 Tidy 168 Jordan—175 86 Sanders McAllister—165 Belman—204 Barrett—174 Strupp—200 McLaughlin-182 Watts, Jim—184 Moreno—170 Brown, Andy—176 Neyens—180 Nielsen-172 Pavich—188 Malin — 195 kicking ttmg o loot boll. Pushing. helping runner or interlocked interference FOUL SIGNALS Clock starts. Fir� � down. C-1 Incomplete fe 0 d pen. Penoby declined. No p oy or no score. Assumption Varsity Squad Roster No. Player Pos. Weight 10 John Stoker QB 150 11 Sc rap O'Donnell QB 151 12 John Fennelly QB 169 14 Tom Eaton QB 158 21 Bob llammill LI1B 147 22 Chuck Gray LI1B 157 23 Bob Solis LHB 133 31 Al Rashid FB 149 32 Ray Hart FB 142 33 Tom Mason FB 182 40 Dave Aldape RI1B 131 41 Steve Lemoine RUB 124 43 Clarence Mason RUB 160 50 Erie Etzel E 159 51 Karl Noonan LE 168 52 Steve Kellenberger LE 149 53 Ed Stolley LE 154 54 Wayne Fournier E 154 55 John Fiese RE 162 56 Frank Valainis RE 183 57 Tom Edwards RE 150 60 Tom Chandler T 176 61 Dave Cavanaugh LT 183 63 Bill Venker T 176 63 John Crossen T 186 64 Bill Fedderson T 183 65 Tom Kistenmacher RT 190 66 Stan Maliszewski LT 180 67 Don Miller RT 207 68 Chuck Caw'iezel! RT 186 69 Dick Bender LT 255 70 Mike Quigley LG 144 71 Mike Goetsch G 140 72 Barney Purcell LG 149 73 John Davies LG 136 76 Mike Leonard RG 155 77 Jeff Collins RG 175 78 Dan McGee RG 169 80 Terry Thompson C 153 82 Bob Deluhery C 193 84 Bob Schebler c 220 Alleman Varsity Squad Roster No. Name Pos. Weight 51 Mike Myer HB 138 52 •John Watts HB 143 53 Terry Hirst E 146 55 Jerry Tebockhorst G 178 56 John Schmitt E 165 57 Richard Neubauer E 190 60 Bert DePorter QB 168 62 Tom Brown C 175 63 Jim Martin HB 160 64 Tom Hyldahl IIB 174 65 Tom Barton FB 172 66 •Bob Pfanenstiel QB 173 68 Ron Tadv E 168 70 Tony Jordan G 175 71 Chuck Sanders 74 Marty McAllister E 165 75 Julian Belman T 204 76 Sean Barrett E 174 77 Bob Strupp T 200 78 Dan McLaughlin G 182 80 Jim Watts HB 184 81 Joe Moreno G 170 82 Andy Brown T 176 83 Dick Neyens FB 180 84 Bob Nielsen G 172 85 Pat Pavich G 188 86 John Malin T 195 Indicates Letterman -NEXT HOME GAME- DAVENPORT CENTRAL 8 P.M. Brady Street Stadium Friday, September 23rd TRY THIS ON FOR SIZE Left to right: Clarence Mason, Eileen Dockery, Barb Lewandoski, Tom Eaton, Jim Kistenmacher. — (Jur School S)on(i — Mm -i l i. m THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE A - SSUMP — TION WE MEAN A - SSUMP - TION HIGH------------ WHERE THE SPIR-IT IS J f lJ J .■ STRONG-ER AND THE LOY - AL - TY LONG - ER WE'RE PROUD OF OUR tftyj i J1° ' MJ .4 TEAM RED AND WHITE THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE A-- t„ U- jh ■ SSUMP--- TION WHERE WE'RE ALL TRUE KNIGHTS — WE'LL I'W j J ;J j j U J - W J J ALL STICK TO - GETH-ER IN ALL KINDS OF WEATH -ER WE'RE ONE AT A — SSUMP - TION HIGH ------------------ Kuppenheimer and Botany “5 t” Clothes Dobbs and Champ Hats Bostonian and Mansfield Shoes IKE SYNDICATE-HUB Complete Outfitters to Men and Boys Exclusively 222 West Second DAVENPORT SPORTING GOODS for the ENTIRE FAMILY by • RAWLINGS • SPALDING SPOTBILT • KING O'SHEA • POWERS Hansson’s dep� HAROWARf � ort TWO FINE STORES 213-215 W. 2nd St. Village Shopping Center IOWA Gordon Printing Co. LETTERPRESS OFFSET LITHOGRAPHY DAVENPORT X Vo!. Ill—No. 1 ' Assumption RUNNING THROUGH the cheering student body gathered on the gridiron. the knights, lead by John Fennelly. School, Davenport, Iowa Sejrt. 27. 1960 symboMlt Assumptions burst into the new 1960-1961 school year. '60 Grads Admonish College Hopefuls Educational exploration is under- way at Assumption. Two special events — College Night and Career Week — are coming up on the schedule; the Booster Club Parent’s Night was held Sept. 21. Because of student comment last year that College Night and Career Week should be held earlier, school authorities have moved these events to mid-October. (Last year Career Week was held March 6-12.) Grad Mary Sue Schwietcrs ’60, now at Marycrest says, “College night was held so late that most of the students had already made a choice as to which college to attend.” She also thought that it would be profitable to have a sep- arate night for the juniors in April. Pat Deluhery, another ’60 graduate now at Notre Dame comments, “Career Week was really valuable because near- ly all the students actually participated in each workshop. Even if you’ve al- ready decided on a career or college to attend, just hearing about it is en- couraging.” Some of the careers represented last year were: (for girls) cosmotologist, airline stewardess, women’s armed services, medical technologist, and re- ceptionist; (for boys) architects, law- yers, teachers, coaches, doctors and engineers. Colleges represented last year were: Notre Dame, Catholic University of Washington, D. C., St. Ambrose, St. Mary’s of Winona, Marquette, Loyola, St. Norbert, Georgetown, St. Louis University, Rosary, and Marycrest. These schools will participate again in this year’s College Night. Nearly one-half of the ’60 graduates are at- tending college this fall. Fr. Francis Bass, diocesan director of vocations, will give a religious voca- tion talk in November, which will be vocation month for the diocese. Last Wednesday evening the first public meeting of the AHS Booster Club was held. Mr. R. M. Keefe, Direc- tor of Admissions of St. Louis Univer- sity, spoke on the growing need for academic excellence to insure success. SISTER CLAIRE MARIE, CHM, who replaces Sister St. Edward, CHM, form- erly taught at St. Ambrose Academy. Exchange Student Assumption Annexes Helmut Assumption has 963 students plus one. The extra is Helmut Steiner. Hel- mut, Assumption’s first foreign ex- change student, comes from Vienna, Austria. His arrival in America last July climaxed months of testing, filling out questionnaires and obtaining a visa. Helmut was concerned about the visa which “came only 14 days before I was to leave.” Leaving Austria in the early part of July, the foreign student boarded a “WE HAVEN’T GOT A CHANCE!” moan Judy Scott ’62, and Pat Friedrichs '62, in mock dismay. Marycrest freshmen Mary Denise O’Brien, Mary Ann Sunder- bruch and Mary Sue Schwieters, amused at the juniors’ reaction, find that many of the Guidepost rules are unwritten laws in college. train for Frankfurt, Germany. He then flew to Washington, D.C. where he and 147 foreign exchange students at- tended orientation periods and toured the Capital. He came to Davenport by train and is now living with the Richard Scheblers, 2132 Frisco Drive. The tests included giving a speech in English and answering questions concerning Austria, Europe and Amer- ica. Also he was quizzed about his health, family and school records. Speaking of the differences in our educational systems the Austrian not- ed, “You learn as much as we do but in a longer time.” Just sixteen, he has already studied religion, German, Eng- lish, Latin, French, physics, chemistry, math, art, history, music, shorthand and geography. Helmut also stated, “We must take art and music in our pub- lic schools, but here you do not have to.” He remarked that there are few private schools in Austria. A senior this year, Helmut is study- ing Latin, English, advanced algebra, Spanish, religion and American his- tory and government. One of his main problems in Latin is that he must translate first from Latin to German and then into Eng- lish. (See Helmut’s own story on page 8-9.) During his spare time, Helmut en- joys reading, the theatre and movies. “In Vienna we often get the Ameri- can movies before many of you do,” he says. “The translated movies are usually sent to the foreign countries two months after their formal pre- miere.” Before he returns home in the latter part of June or early July, he will have a more detailed tour of Washington and New York. 2 Student Council Tables Homecoming Oct. 21 The executive committee of the Stu dent Council (the top four officers) will work with Fr. John V. Ryan in planning Homecoming activities this year. Although listed as a home event, the game will be played in the Brady Street Stadium. West High will handle programs, ushers, and other details. The Council is seeking permission for halftime activities and extension of the normal homecoming to include a Sat- urday night demonstration and dance. Committees are forming; interested volunteers should contact their home- room representatives. Vince Neu is general chiarman of the student council bus committee this year. Busses to the Clinton ($1.10, Sept. 30), Wahlert ($2.10, Oct. 9), and Burlington ($2.15, Oct. 28) games must be chartered a week in advance. Fares will be collected in homerooms. “No one can charter late. Once the order goes in, it will not be changed. Therefore, your money must be turned in before we can order,” says Vince. Jane Mumey’s student directory com- mittee will produce the finished pro- duct soon. A service to the student body, the directory will be sold for a nom- inal price, tentatively set at 25c. CNO Of- hlO J,4i DISCUSSING PLANS for this year’s SGA activities are officers Kathy Ceurvorst ’62, secretary, Judy Egger ’61, vice-president and Mike Ceurvorst ’61, president. Dave Huyette '62, treasurer, is not pictured. Parents Night Introduces YCS Two big events herald the begin- ning of another year for YCS at As- sumption. Seniors had the chance to “show their stuff” as they took the responsibility for the annual Parents’ Night; YCSers at Hayes High School in Muscatine will try their hand at the Fall Study Day. YCSers will travel to Muscatine for the Fall Study Day in late October. Intent upon making this the most suc- cessful study day yet, Hayes’ YCSers are enthusiastically preparing the pro- gram. The countless jobs include lin- ing up speakers for the general as- semblies and the workshops as well. Attendance is expected to top 250 stu- dents. Popular and informative, the Par- ents’ Night was held in the fall this year so that the parents of both old and new students might “know the score” at the beginning of the year. Suggested by the parents themselves at the Parents’ Night last spring, the idea was effected by the students. The YCS bookstore at Assumption will continue to function this year as usual. Students looking for books for classes, or for just plain good reading will find values in the book- store. Senior YCSer Don Perry will be in charge of the literature. Expansion will be a key word at AHS this year. Typical of this theme is the new group being taken by Sis- ter Ann Marita, CHM. Sister, who help- ed organize the Regional Study Week during the summer, is looking forward to having her own group. “We have high hopes for this com- ing year,” said Father M. Mottet, ex- plaining that YCS will have 100 mem- bers this year. Father, who is the YCS chaplain at Assumption, stated that this is indicative of YCS activity throughout the Federation. Encompass- ing the Diocese of Davenport, the Dav- enpjort Federation has approximately 500 YCSers under chaplain Father L. Colonnese. Referring to Assumption’s plans for the coming year, Father Mottet said, “Most of our efforts will come about as results of actions decided upon by our groups. These actions wll revolve around politics, international life, and leisure time. The national program. Change, divides the school year into three sections, each section taking one of the three topics. As a result, YCSers throughout the nation will be concen- trating on the same problems.” X-mas Comes Early Assumption’s cafeteria will undergo a startling transformation Nov. 19-20 as the Mothers’ Club sponsors a Yule Carnival. Members will erect booths contain- ing bakery goods, toys, Christmas dec- orations, and clothing. The mothers will manufacture all articles. Chance games such as, Bingo, Cane Toss, and Penny Toss are being plan- ned. Also, the Club intends to sell Christmas trees during the bazaar. A rummage sale will be held Octo- ber 6-7-8 at the Eagles building in Davenport. 3 President Confirms Planks An experienced politician, Michael A. Ceurvorst, who stands firmly on the planks of his platform will be the official representative of AHS for the ensuing year. Mike emerged from the spring SGA elections sport- ing a decisive victory. This represents an overwhelm- ing vote of confidence by the student body. As a representative of the students, Mike believes that he “must represent those who elected him.” Holding the positions of class president for two years, secretary-treasurer of YCS and vice-president of the Honor Society, Mike has attained invaluable experience in leadership, his chief duty as our new president. Three important planks comprise Mike’s platform: (1) to give better homeroom representation; (2) to en- courage more student participation in school activities; and (3) to form a more closely knit school. To bring about these changes he plans to make use of special committees organized by one or two stu- dent council members, but the committee member- ship will consist of non-council members. This will give many more a chance to participate in preparation for school activities. He also plans to make better use of homerooms under the same system. “In name, we are Assumption high, one school. In reality, too often,,” emphasizes Mike, “we are As- sumption high boys’ and girls’ divisions.” Through the student council program for this year he plans to aid the “breakdown of the barrier” and “speed up this unity.” Editorially we will back Mike and the Student Council. H.V.F. KNIGHT BEACON As a Beacon in the Night The Knight Beacon is published eight times a year by students of Assumption high school. The yearly subscription rate is $1.50. CO-EDITORS: Hal Feeney Roseann Laake FEATURE EDITOR: Sally Healey NEWS EDITOR: Ken Wolf SPORTS EDITOR: Scrap O'Donnell SPORTS STAFF: Gary LaFayette. Mary Ann Keller YCS—SODALITY: Greg Cusack STUDENT COUNCIL: Mike Ceurvorst CIRCULATION: Carole Westphal. Buster Hobein ADVERTISING AGENT: John Jayne CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER: Paul Bauer PHOTOGRAPHY DEPT.: Denny Hogan. Bob Hill. Joe Nahra Nancy Spencer Jean Meyer ART: Merwin Hart EDITORIAL STAFF: Laurence d'Autremont. John Kane. Bill Keefe. Rita Macken. Karen Sanders. Pat Swails. Mary Ann Walter. John Crossen ADVISOR Fr W. F. Wiebler Awards Distinguish Beacon In its first two years of existence the Knight Beacon has won national acclaim. Besides receiving the All- American award from the NSPA, last year’s Knight Beacon merited its first “Newspaper of Distinction” award as well as All-Catholic from the Catholic Press Association. The groundwork has been laid; we will try to “fill the shoes” of our predecessors. Last year at the trial the Knight Beacon was ac- quitted on the charge of not being a truly Catholic publication. No doubt, we will again be prosecuted, and you, our readers, will be our judges. Read what we write so that you may judge. H.F. R.L. Sam Sets Out Welcome Mat For Freshmen Dear Freshmen, Congratulations for achieving your prominent new position on the social ladder to success. As an As- sumption freshman you will enjoy privileges not avail- able to less distinguished persons. This fall your activity book will allow you to cheer a tough AHS football team to a victorious season. This book will also admit you to other varsity con- tests such as basketball and wrestling. Diane Miclot ’61 bought hers the first day. Maybe you would rather be a participant! You won’t find your talents wasted here at AHS. Football, wrestl- ing, basketball, golf, baseball, tennis and track are all part of the Assumption athletic program. Girls also have a chance to excel in athletics. The Girls Recreation Association (GRA) provides competi- tion in bowling, badminton, volleyball and basketball. “Everyone on stage” is an anticipated summons to the Assumption thespians. Always alert for new talent, the AHS drama club invites you to tryout for a part in the celebrated “Three One-Act Plays.” Later in the year some of the better performers will be cast in a more elaborate production. Getting a chance to use stage make up and dressing up in an unusual costume are two of the things Margie Ries ’62, vividly remem- bers from last year. YCS, the Sodality, and the Vocation Club are mainly concerned with spiritual development. YCS and the Sodality develop young Christian leaders through weekly group meetings and general sessions. Instilling an awareness of other students is one of the prime attri- butes of YCS in the opinion of senior Greg Cusack, National YCS President. Developing religious voca- tions is the basis of the Vocation Club. You may wish to run for a class office. As a stu- dent council member you will be able to represent your fellow students through meetings and committees. SGA President Mike Ceurvorst ’61, has announced that non-council students will compose the main body of the Assumption’s committees. “What about developing our social life?” Roger Ca- wiezell ’64 says. The administration feels that your first school dance is such an important affair that it should be saved untl the end of the year. In the meantime you will be able to attend the exclusive Freshman Party, plus other special activities. Of course you can’t forget your studies since this is why you are here, but moderation is one of the prime virtues. 4 Yours truly, Sam Senior Liturgy and Laity Let s Schedule A Rally by John Crossen “We’ve got the pep! We’ve got the steam!” Did you ever listen to the fans at the game? They sit up there cheering and coaching every play. They send in imaginary men and call all the signals. Every- body wants to be heard. “Dominus vobiscum! Et cum spiritu tuo!” Did you listen to the students at our first Student Mass? They participated in a big way too. We need more of these Masses. How about having one each month on school time, with each class taking a turn at sponsorship? Just as Father Robert Walter, the athletic director, schedules games, Father J. V. Ryan, our spiritual director, could schedule Masses. How about class presidents leading their team (class) in their turn at a Dialogue Mass? Why not a “pep rally” to practice the Mass? Let’s direct that enthusiasm and leadership in God’s direction. Don’t let the Devil block this goal. His de- fense is no stronger than our offense. Let the devil have his steam — as long as we have the pep. Student Recommends “Assumption students for Kennedy to the Assumption students for Nixon to the right!” That’s just one of the many possible ways we could have a straw vote here at Assumption. Perhaps seniors and freshmen could back one candidate, sophomores and juniors the other. We have campaign buttons, posters and banners left over from last year when the seniors failed to stage a mock convention. They bequeathed these to us; we could use them in a mock election. More possibilities include a grand campaign with speeches, debates (such as on TV,) panel discussions, and interviews — all these, of course, with student participation. Student campaign teams for the candidates could be set up. They could be organized similar to the student-J.F.K. movement in Rock Island. However, we would want both candidates represented. This straw vote could take place one week before the national elections, using replicas of the official ballots. If we have some industrious and adventurous students, maybe voting booths could be built. They could be used in school elections for years to come. “Genuine student interest must be stirred up in this coming election! A mock campaign and election will prove our interest in Christian politics,” says Steve Mesmer, ’61. We need a real roust-a-bout campaign, possible only Policies Guide Paper These policies will guide the Knight Beacon through the following year. 1. The Knight Beacon is the student publication of Assumption high school. All material appearing is stu- dent work. 2. We will continue to develop the portfolio format of this original student publication. Through the text we provide newspaper coverage; through pictures we give yearbook coverage. 3. As a yearbook we will record, as a newspaper we will predict. 4. In our editorials we aim to discuss student is- sues, presenting both sides of the problem. 5. We will highlight all phases of school life through explanatory features coupled with illustrative pictures and cartoons. 6. To promote creative writing we will accept orig- inal student work for possible publication in the Knight Beacon. We urge all students to submit their work to the editors. 7. The staff welcomes constructive criticism. If in- terest warrants we will initiate a “Letters To the Ed- itor” column in future issues. 8. Through our writing we will integrate and reflect Christian ideals by presenting the news as “a beacon in the night.” through the ingenuity of high school students. There are many ways this show can be put on the road. Certainly the Student Government Association could back it. If they are unwilling, perhaps Mr. Joseph Maher’s and Sister Mary Irenaeus’ American Govern- ment classes will? L.d’A. The Staff Use For Senior Inheritance left! 5 SGA President Vows Service To Students SYMBOLIZING Assumption Democrats, these two silhouetted students reflect the hope that Senator Kennedy w'ill be chosen to lead the country. Democrat Politicians Support Party Last year the student body elected Mike Ceurvorst to their highest office on the basis of the campaign he waged. This year the students will eocpect him to carry out those promises. Already he has begun to effect these goals: 1. To better school spirit through more publicized student participation. More non-council members will work on and get credit for council projects. This year, the spotlight will be shared. Al- ready, such non-council members as Tom Eaton and Chuck Skelly have co- operated in selling programs. Kim Votroubeck, Mary McCarthy, Ed Soenke, and Ann Balluff are work- ing with Doug Duda, Tim Maher, Evy Panther, and Jane Mumey (the chair- man and only council member) on stu- dent directories. The project should be completed in early October. 2. To better inter-school relations through the Quad City Student Con- gress. The QCSC has 10 member schools this year but still lacks busi- ness. By directly asking for an ex- change of council representatives for SC meetings and for exchange assem- blies such as we had with Alleman (these take about two years to organize because of the schools’ schedules), we will accomplish two objectives. First, relations between member schools will be improved because of the familiarity and geniality such a program will effect. Second, it will give the dormant Congress some wake-up work. 3. To better faculty-student relations by working with the faculty and tak- ing their advice in matters concerning their departments. Naturally, we won’t always agree with their advice because our viewpoints are different. But dif- ference is healthy and expected. It is to be welcomed as a sign of a vital school. 4. To solidify the student council by establishing files on all SC activities, making it easier for each succeeding council to serve its purpose. We have a file system ready to go. 5. To insure the continuance of foreign exchange students by learning from this year’s, Helmut Steiner. We owe Father Robert Amborn our thanks for securing Helmut through the NCWC (National Catholic Welfare Council). 6. To gain permission for post-basket- ball game dances. There is a definite possibility of having several of these, although no promises can be made. These are major goals in student council this year. With student and faculty co-operation, we will achieve them; without it, we can’t. Mike Ceurvorst Student Council president Assumptionites — along with stu- dents from West and Central Highs, St. Ambrose, Marycrest and Mercy School of Nursing — will be serving on various political committees this fall. Their work will include copying names, telephoning, and canvassing the voters. “Although unable to vote, many As- sumption Democrats will be participat- ing in the upcoming national election,” Mary Ann Guile ’62, an AHS Youth for Kennedy, states. “By joining the Youth for Kennedy Organization they AHS Fireproof? Definitely Not! by Rita Macken “No such thing as a fireproof build- ing?! . . . But I thought .... I mean .... I heard that, Assumption .... Are you sure?” The fire marshal — John Denekas, whom I had called for information on Fire Prevention Week Oct 3 — quick- ly destroyed all confidence in fire- proofing with his words, ‘There is no such thing as a fire proof building. We have put out fires in them too.” Kind of unreassuring, isn’t it? If we take the normal precautions (no smoking, disposal of rubbish), we don’t have too much to worry about, the marshal said. Assumption is new and equipped with the latest equip- ment in case such an emergency arises. “During Fire Prevention Week re- member the tragic fire at Our Lady of Angels School,” says Sister Mary Ann Esther, BVM, girls’ principal. “That week will spark off a drive of posters, inspections and fire drills here at As- sumption and throughout the city. Let’s keep it from being a ‘hot time in the old town’.” will be not only helping their party but also learning the intricacies of arousing voters in their own city and nation.” Projects such as a car wash, selling Kennedy buttons, tie clasps and hats are on the agenda for raising campaign funds. Any student interested in joining this organization should contact one of the Assumtpion members — identified by a Kennedy button — or go to the Democratic Headquarters, 212 East 4th Street, tonight (Sept. 27) a 7:30. The Knight Beacon knows no “Youth for Nixon” organization in the area, but the editors state they will give him coverage in the paper. AHSChorusPlans Tribute To R. H. South Pacific, Oklahoma, The King and I. Sounds of these great hits, and more, may be heard this spring if Sis- ter Mary Frances Agnese’s “enchanted evening” comes true. She hopes to pre- sent a tribute to Rogers and Hammer- stein, composed of choral, pantomine, and piano arrangements. Only the senior group will give public appearances. Sister explains, “Just as freshmen aren’t allowed on the varsity team, so the young choral members wait until they are more experienced and accomplished to ap- pear before the public.” About 250 students compose Assump- tion’s two mixed choruses. Sister Frances Agnese, director of the groups, outlines this year’s schedule as ap- proximately the same as last year’s. As usual, these will be the traditional Christmas and St. Patrick’s day pro- gram. At the state music festival the group hopes to maintain the superior rating received last spring. 6 TV Stimulates NBC Television Network’s Continen- tal Classroom opened its fall semester yesterday, Sept. 26, 1960. It is being televised each morning, Monday through Friday 6:30-7:00 (Channel 6). This year’s college credit course is Contemporary Mathematics covering the subjects of modern algebra the first semester and probability and sta- tistics during the second. Both Marycrest and St. Ambrose colleges are offering credit for this course. Instructors are Dr. John L. Kelley of the University of California at Berkley and Dr. Julius Hlavaty of DeWitt Clinton high school, New York City. NBC’s objective is “to strengthen the teaching of mathematics in Amer- ican schools — decisively and quickly — and to encourage new numbers of students to undertake a career in mathematics.” Last year’s presentation of Modern Chemistry will be repeated at 6:00, prior to Contemporary Mathematics. Two other prominent educational TV series are making their appearance Oct. 21, at 7:30 pm. Our American Heritage begins an- other season presenting dramatizations of critical periods in the lives of Alex, ander Hamilton and Theodore Roose- velt. These historic presentations will be carried by NBC (Channel 6). CBS will begin a new series at the same time presenting adaptations of classic novels — All Family Classics (Channel 4). Included in the series will be Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield and Great Expectations, The Three Musketeers and The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexander Dumas’, Sea Wolf by Jack London, Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer and R. L. Stevenson’s Kidnap- ped. “SORRY, you’ll have to sit at the ta- ble,” says helpful Carole Westphal '61, as new students Jack Hippier ’61 and Mary Pillipick ’61, relax in the ver- boten faculty chairs. Steve Milkakich ’64, also a new student, seems uncon- cerned. Grads Find Vocation Enter Religious Life Eight Assumption graduates are training for the religious life. John Berntsen, Art Johnson and Ron Reh- mann, all ’60, are attending the dio- cesan minor seminary at St. Ambrose College, while two others, Jack Mc- Dermott ’59 and Joe Bryant ’60, are experiencing the Redemptorist novi- tiate. Attending Clarke College in Du- buque, are Roberta Ellis and Ines Friedrichs, both ’60, who have entered the order of the Sisters of Charity, popularly called “the BVM’s.” “LOOKS PRETTY GOOD” decide As- sumption ’60 gradu- ates John Berntsen, Ron Rehman and Art Johnson as they grow nostalgic over their Alma Mater; the three are en- rolled in the St. Ambrose Seminary Department. Ne w Students Arrive From Far And Near Students from as far as Prairie Du Chien, Wis., and as near as Davenport High are among this year’s new upper- classmen. New seniors are Robert Finneran, Paula Griswold, Jack Hippier, Marilyn Mara, Joseph McNeil, Mary Pillepich, and Steve Sayre. New juniors are all girls: Margaret Briegel, Barbara Bubany, Mary Jo Owens, Roxanne Virgil, and Diane White. Paula Griswold, who transferred from Bettendorf, says about uniforms “It’s kind of shocking to walk down the hall, and see yourself over and over.” Band Toots Horn Designs Program No . . . the noise heard during first period study hall does not emanate from the boiler room, but from the raucous Assumption bandroom — and it’s music. Presently the band, under the direc- tion of Mr. Carl Paarman, is busily readying itself for an all-school as- sembly in December. Featured will be Janet Barrett, pi- anist, playing Warsaw Concerto with band accompaniment; a woodwind quintet, with one clarinet and four sax- aphones, will play Five Mellow Winds, also accompanied by the band. A Country and Western Girls Trio will render TV Suite. A brass trio will trill Concerto Grosso. Mr. Paarman says that “having fin- ished performing at football and bas- ketball games, the band will be able to concentrate on their concert music.” 7 Helmut Steiner Says It With An Accent; by Helmut Steiner War was raging in Austria when I was born in 1944. Though I cannot remember these years I know a lot about the troubles my folks had in this time. The war was soon over, but the life did not become quite better because all Austria had been occupied by the Russians, Americans, English and French. This I can remember because it stayed so until 1955. But after 1955 all this, and my life also, changed. We were allowed to do what we wanted. We had our own Austrian Army and Police. We school children did not have to take certain subjects anymore, which had been ordered by the Allies. I was lucky that I was allowed to take English since 1954. Many children had to take Russian in our school for “better colla- boration and understanding between Austria and Russia.” My study of English hasn't stopped, especially as I have the opportunity now to learn practical Ameri- can English. I hope that it will be a kind of second mother language to me. The slang confuses me — you use guy for boy, stuff for things, okay (O.K.) for all right. I wanna go for I want to go, auto for car. Two years ago I had my first idea to go to the United States by the NCWC exchange-program. I read an article about it in our newspaper. The authorities told me that I was one year too young, but that I should apply for the scholarship next year. Although I nearly forgot the whole thing, I remembered it again in September, 1959. I filled out all the formulas which were needed. (These accumulated papers were almost a little book.) But He Really Likes Assumptions Spirit In December I had to give a speech in English about Vienna. Not until the end of May did I receive the letter which told me that I was chosen. Then a time of great preparation began for me, and altogether took me longer than I will stay here. But I am glad that I did; this will not be a wasted year. In this year I will try to live and to learn with my class as well as I can. Certainly I will have a lot of difficulties, but I hope to overcome these difficulties with the will power I have learned during my whole education. This year is my only opportunity, during perhaps my whole life, to live in an American society with people of the same age. In English grammar I hope I will not have great difficulties because I have already known it for six years. Literature will be a little harder for me, especi- ally modern American literature. Shakespeare and other older English writers we read in Vienna, and I am a little used to it, but I want to also learn this kind of literature. I am very glad to have the op- portunity to learn in this country. A great difficulty will be to stop thinking in German and to start thinking in English. But after I have done this, everything . . . grammar, literature, writing and speaking . . . will be much easier for me. Latin class is very difficult because I have to translate from the Latin to the German and then into the English. I translated half this book from Latin to German last year. The students in my classes are all nice to me; they helped me in the beginning to find the different rooms. Mike Ceurvorst and Buster Hobein took me to my first football game and tried to explain to me the rules. Mike brought me also to the YCS which I wanted to join. So far I’ve met few girls. Pinging Cheerin 3 Students Discover Another Math Use by Pat Swails Some students at Assumption are finding their arithmetic skill a blessing this year as they begin adding up their demerits. This newest in disciplinary action at AHS is the age-old Demerit System. Number of demerits varies with the of- fense. For instance, a lack of neatness in prepared work would net a student two demerits; while willful destruction or defacement of property earns 30. The number of demerits doubles with each entry of the same item by any teacher. Any student with 10 or more demerits must have a conference with his or her homeroom teacher. Other penalties will be administered in the process of accumulating demerits; ex- tracurricular activities after 20 demer- its will be curtailed. Any student with 30 or more demerits will be taken before the Disciplinary Board with the recommendation of sus- pension. The second semester will mark a new start for offenders. Students with 1-10 demerits start anew; those with 11-20 Science Accelerates Increased emphasis on science and freshman accelerated math courses highlight this year’s schedule changes at Assumption, according to AHS reg- istrars, Father John Boyle and Sister Mary Helen Regine, BVM. Physical science, in previous years a senior course, has been moved to fresh- man level to replace general science. Father Boyle explained that this cre- ates a balanced four year science cycle extending through biology and chemis- try in sophomore and junior years re- spectively, and climaxing with physics in senior year. An accelerated math course, modern math, is being taught in one section of boys’ freshman algebra, and one sec- tion of girls’ freshman algebra, and a section of girls’ advanced algebra. In addition to regular textbook study, these classes will use a separate text- book on modern math, explains Sister Mary Laurent, CHM, and Sister Mary Cecil, BVM, boys’ and girls’ math teachers respectively. “Ideas from the modern math text- book, such as set theory and inequali- ties, will be introduced in other math- matics classes and corollated with the work they already have ’ states Sister Laurent. Periods one, two, six and seven have been lengthened to 55 minutes, ninth period having been dropped. Father Boyle states that this “provides longer periods for lab courses and eliminates the need for seven sessions a week.” Other changes this year include the addition of a psychology course for sen- ior boys and elimination of a shop course. begin with five; and the 21-29 class re- tain only 15. At Alleman, a demerit system was established at the founding of the school. Instead of two demerits for a minor offense, they receive five. How- ever, Alleman students are allowed 100 demerits before they are suspended. A typical comment on the system was given by Mary Maher ’61, who said “Naturally, as a student, my first impression of the Demerit System was unfavorable. However, I can see it is meant to help us in all phases of school life.” The boys had no comment. Now Hear This by Karen Sanders The day was April 25, 1960. Most say it was beautiful weather; but there are some who claim it was spoiled by a late afternoon shower. The student body of Assumption High School, with the exception of the seniors, filed into the auditorium to nominate officers of the Student Government Association. Being the last candidate to speak, (ten others had preceeded him) Mike Ceurvorst presented his platform. He had only one opponent, Donald Per- ry. Since there were no major dif- ferences in their policies, the election depended on who the students consid- ered most capable. They chose Mike. He was elected, partially on the basis of his past experience as presi- dent of his class for two years, as vice- president of the Honor Society, and as secretary-treasurer of the YCS. Now, nearly six months later, the students expect results from their leader — they want him to do just that, lead. The offices he has held were indicative of his power of leadership. Joan Ruge ’61, recalls the main point of Mike’s platform: “a better and more united school to be accomplished through better use of the homerooms and committees. The aim is to have the body of committees composed of non-student council members, so as to create more enthusiasm among stu- dents.” Mike claimed that school spir- it would be heightened if committee names were published. Another point that last year’s jour- nalists will remember is that Mike considered it important for Assump- tion to be more active in the Quad City Student Congress, and perhaps even give initiative for expanding it. Fred Hawley ’62, says that “The speech given by Michael Ceurvorst is now much more important thart when he gave it during his campaign last spring. Now, it is up to him to show that he really is ready, willing, and able to serve as our leader.” CAUGHT ... an alert KB photogra- pher snaps Pat Swails ’61, at her lock- er between classes. With her skirt rolled and sporting tennis shoes, Pat is fast approaching a conference with her advisor. Need A Gown? Buying a Homecoming dress will present no problem for Mary Trainor '62 . . . unless her dress doesn’t come back in time. The dress Mary made for Homecom- ing has been sent to the regional Sing- er Sewing contest in Milwaukee. Mary won a Singer sewing kit in the district contest. The dress is now in competi- tion with 36 other regional entries. If Mary comes out on top this time, she will receive $500 and a trip to New York for herself and her family to the national Singer contest. It took 20 lessons, two and a half hours each, for Mary to complete the dress, which is made of royal blue embroidered satin. Full-skirted, the dress sports a scoop neckline and a criss-cross sash. Buttoning on a diag- onal, the jacget of a plain royal blue satin has a V-necg with a large pointed collar. Requiescant Mrs. Valeria Kraus (Mother of Fr. Gerald Kraus) Mr. James Murphy (Father of Mike (’63) and Pat (’64) Murphy) 10 YCSers, Sodalists Convene For Study and Frolic by Greg Cusack Politics, International Life, Leisure Time. Elections, United Nations, Dating. These were some of the topics dealt with at the YCS Regional Study Week held at St. Ambrose College this sum- mer. Aug. 8-11, 361 people associat- ed with YCS gathered in Davenport to give the movement a thorough go- ing-over. The first such venture in this area, planned by the Davenport Federation officers in co-operation with Daven- port leaders, drew people from six states. Pre-study day attendance esti- mates were broken when over 110 non- registered YCSers arrived. Iowa, Illi- nois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and even Arizona, contributed 271 stu- dents, 18 lay people, and 72 religious. His Excellency, Ralph L. Hayes, Bi- shop of Davenport, welcomed the as- sembly and expressed his fervent wish that they continue the good work. Setting the pace for the Study Week, Father James Anderson, past YCS Na- tional Chaplain, in his keynote ad- dress, asked the young Catholics pre- sent to make their existence felt in today’s world. Citing the alarming lack of Christian thinking in the modern world, he pointed out that it was their job to make Christ known. Starting Tuesday, however, the stu- dents got to work. Delegates had a choice of 10 workshops, although each student was able to attend only five. Workshops on Race, Liturgy, Scripture, and Politics were favorites, while the Beginner’s Workshops instructed new members in the basic techniques of YCS. In the workshop on Race, Mr. Char- les Toney, a local negro prominent in the field of race relations, discuwed not only the present deplorable conditions, but also pointed out the very complex background to this problem. Assisting Mr. Toney were Sister Mary Labre, CSC, and Mike Humphreys, a Burling- ton YCSer. Mr. and Mrs. Robert McGeever, a Davenport CFM couple, discussed the field of Leisure Time. Emphasizing the fact that “leisure is necessary for man to see life and the world as a whole and through this viewing to fulfill himself,” the McGeevers led live- ly discussions from the floor. Arietta Hartman, a YCS moderator well-acquainted with the aspects of In- ternational Life, led a workshop on that subject. “The purpose of a Cath- olic,” she said, “should be to develop not only an international consciousness, but also an international conscience based on Christian values. This can be done only through a dedication to Christ, universal love for all men, and an apostolic readiness.” During the afternoon and evening two hour-recreation periods were pro- vided, during which the students could swim, play tennis and baseball. Per- haps one of the biggest attractions was the dance every night following the last activities for the day. Father Ar- thur Perry from Assumption was in charge of recreation. Each day began with Prime, the morning prayer of the Church, and ended with Compline, the evening prayer. Every morning at 11:45 the Mass was offered, and on the last day the Bishop celebrated the Holy Sacrifice. The final night, led by Assumption’s Jim Miller ’61, students came through with a truly memorable variety show, which left “everybody happy.” by Roseann Laake “Six days you’ll never forget!” is not only the slogan of the Summer School of Catholic Action but also the spontan- eous response of Assumption’s dele- gates. Four Assumption sodalists, Roseann Laake ’61, Mary Stasia Stafford ’61, Tracy Plum ’62, and Jane Molyneaux '62, attended the week-long event this year at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chi- cago. The SSCA is a national sodality con- vention sponsored as a leadership school by The Queen’s Work along with the National Federation of Sodal- ities of Our Lady. The Summer School attempts to teach the-what, the why, and the how of full Catholic living, insisting on close imitation of Christ through Mary. The conference schooled the dele- gates in such topics as Communism, Spirit of Sodalities, Marriage, Segre- gation, Catholic Action, and Parliamen- tary Law. Jane Molyneaux feels that “through the SSCA, I’ve realized what a dras- tic responsiblity is left on the should- ers of Catholic youth of today to keep our faith alive and active despite the threats of Communism.” Tracy Plum enjoyed the conference on “The Relations of America” be- cause “I received a better understand- ing of the different religions; I feel that I can help non-Catholics better if I understand what they believe.” A talent show, dances, boat rides, and sightseeing tours were sponsored by the SSCA for the delegates. Tickets for Ben-Hur were also available for the group. Shopping excursions took up spare time, as did vists to art museums, the Prudential Building, and other points of interest within walking distance of the hotel. Assumption’s delegates claimed that they “walked about 600 miles a day.” All four delegates ad- mit they didn’t walk that far but “it sure seemed like it at the time.” Mary Stafford aptly sums up the week, “Six days you’ll never forget, and six nights of sleep you never got.” Cusack Presides Expansion is the number one policy of YCS’s newly elected chief execu- tive, Greg Cusack ’61. Greg was chos- en national president at National Study Week held last August at St. Joseph’s, Collegeville, Ind. Initiating an advisory board of 12 YCSers from all over the country and the Bahama Islands was among the first official acts of the new pres- ident. The board will help Greg co- ordinate the national YCS movement. JANE MOLYNEAUX ’62, relates her experiences at the SSCA to Jim Miller, Dave Cratty and Mary Stafford, all ’61. The four are comparing notes on the YCS Study Week and the Summer School of Catholic Action. 11 Knights Drop Opening Duo, Eye River Kings John Watts as each scored and ac ASSUMPTION QUARTERBACK John Fennelly (No. 12) crosses the goal line to make the score 13-6. Alleman went on to win the game 19-12. Note the ref’s raised arms indicating a TD. This football season Assumption Knights will think they’re battling a Hydra (mythical beast, who, when one head is cut off, grows two more) as they meet Davenport’s two descendents: West and Central. This Friday night, the Knights jour- ney to Clinton to meet the River Kings. Led by halfback Tom Waldorf, who scored three times against Assumption in Davenport last year, Clinton might find it tough going as the game is rat- ed a tossup throughout Eastern Iowa. Both Clinton and Assumption hAve battled Davenport Central, the Knights fresh from the game of last Friday; Clinton’s Kings beat Centrajl’s Blue Devils 14-6 last Sept. 16 in their sea- son’s opener. Assumption has five games remain- ing on their tight schedule. This Fri- day the team plays at Clinton (Sept. 30). Sunday, Oct. 9, revives an old riv- alry as Assumption travels to Dubuque to encounter Wahlert High’s Golden Eagles with returnees, quarterback John Skowronek, fullback Jim Ed- wards, and halfbacks Mark Connelly and Tom Mass. This is the season’s only afternoon game scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Next the Knights challenge perhaps the two biggest foes of the season, ac- cording to varsity ballplayers. On Oct. 14, Assumption visits Bettendorf High in a game that was cancelled because of snow last year in Davenport. Two familiar names on the Bulldogs roster are Scott Rocker and Stu Spar- ling, who together did an excellent job of ambushing Burlington High 34-18. This Bettendorf squad is said to be the best ever, but enthusiastic Knights aim to prove otherwise. On Oct. 21, Assumption plays host to West high school at Brady Street Stadium. West operates from a winged- T offense, much like the Knights; quar- terback Doug Tucker is the potential threat with his passing; ends Bill Mar- tin and Don Wooldridge, along with fullback LaVerne Allers and halfbacks Bill Nicholson and George Thompson round out a very talented West Squad. Knight Quarterback John Fennelly sums up the attitude of the squad with this sentiment, “We’re going after this one with one thought in mind, it’s As- sumption’s Homecoming; we’re going to win it for Coach Ambrose and the students of our school.” Knight footballers will see if an- other head grows from this Davenport High Hydra. The season’s finale is against Bur- lington high school at Burlington on Oct. 28. The Greyhounds, number one in the state last year, are led by quar- terback Dale Brown, who helped Bur- lington defeat AHS at Muny Stadium last year 27-13. Two weeks ago, Alleman copped the Quad City Catholic title, beating As- sumption’s Knights 19-12 at Municipal Stadium. As anticipated, the Knights found their main trouble via Jim and counted for almost the entire Alleman offense, which ammounted to 151 yds. A poor start enabled Alleman to build a 13-0 lead after five minutes of play. But the Knights battled back and scored twice, on end sweeps by Johnny Fennelly, although this proved to be one tally short. Assumption out- played Alleman statistically, gaining 192 yds. on the ground, but the final score means the difference, and As- sumption had lost their second game of the season, 19-12. In the season’s initial contest, As- sumption’s tough luck and first game jitters proved fatal as the Knights had three touchdowns either dropped or called back, which TD’s would have spelled victory. Instead Fort Madison’s Bloodhounds took their second victory in as many years from Assumption’s spirited Knights, 14-6. Frosh and Soph Teams Outline Their Seasons Sixty players and five coaches com- pose the biggest athletic team (num- ber-wise) in the school, the freshman football team. Having practiced since the beginning of school, frosh are readying for the four team freshman jamboree tomor- row night. The team will then be reduced to about 40 players. According to Fr. Charles Mann there is “a lot of competition” for the starting positions. The first interschool game is next Tuesday against North Scott. The Squad has had a little trouble finding a place to practice. They began on the temporary Assumption field, but soon moved to the St. Ambrose College field. Lack of room forced them to Glen Armil Park where they are currently being run through their paces by Father Mann and his able assistants, Fr. William Dawson, Messers. Tony Navarro, Dick Leonard, and Skip O’Donnell. “A 26-6 victory ... not a bad start for any football team,” say the sophs. The Assumption sophomore club led by fullback Dave Schlitter trounced the North Scott Lancers in their opener on Sept. 12. Coach “Babe” Derouin and Fr. Arth- ur Perry are confident that this year’s squad will “compare favorably” with last year’s squad who sported a 5-3-1 record. They are currently busily readying for their next tilt at Clinton on Thursday, Sept. 29. A tough nine-game schedule faces the Little Knights whose backfield con- sists of Schlitter, quarterback John Burke, and halfbacks Jim Kellenberg- er and Steve Miller. 12 Sportlite by Scrap O’Donnell Returning from a vacation trip this summer, Father John Ryan was pass- ing through Cordova, Illinois, the site of the World Series of Drag Racing each year. Father Ryan, who had just purchased a new Jaguar sedan, was be- wildered when a man frantically flagged him down. It seems that this man wanted Father Ryan to enter the Jaguar in drag rac- ing competition against other foreign stock. Father Ryan apologized sym- pathetically and said that he had busi- ness back in Davenport. Back in late August, the Varsity foot- ball team was hard at drills over at the St. Ambrose track. Many curious spectators stopped by to have a look at procedures. One day when Leo Kil- foy, director of athletics at St. Am- brose College, was helping out with the linemen, a bystander was over- heard talking to one of last year’s graduates. “The college team sure looks small this year doesn’t it?” Looking at quar- terback John Fennelly toss the ball he stated, “Webb (a former little All- American for St. Ambrose) doesn’t look sharp either.” The listener, taking this as a joke, filled in the inquisitor about the pro- ceedings. The man, who was from out of town, said that he didn’t know the college had dropped football and con- fessed that the team going through drills looked pretty fair for high school kids. Students who think they are getting gypped on activity books this year are certainly talking through their hats. The price of activity books at Assump- tion is $5.00, which includes many ac- tivities. The cost of admittance to our four home football games and nine home basketball games alone would be $6.50 by individual ticket. Included in the ticket books are tickets to all wrestling and baseball home games, as well as many other student activities throughout the year. At Davenport’s West and Central, the cost for such books is $4.00, which cover only ath- letics. Some of the nicknames Assumption's football team has. but which the pub- lic never hears about, have interest- ing stories behind them. We recall the “four yarders” — a name thought up by Head Coach Ambrose — mean- ing that if we can grind out four yards every play we’ll never have to worry; also, the “scholar tackles”; the first four tackles on Assumption’s line, Dave Cavanaugh, Tom Kisten- macher, both seniors, and Don Miller and Stan Maliziewski, juniors, are all honor students. Bet they don’t have it like that at Harvard or Vale. DOTTIE Mickelwright '61, shuffles a puck while trying out the latest addi- tion to the AHS gym classes. Star Joins Staff Twenty-four years old, Little All- American, All Central States Confer- ence three years in a row, high scor- er in the St. Ambrose vs. Western Illi- nois game last year, the most recent ad- dition to the coaching and teaching staff of Assumption High School — that’s Mr. William McAfoos. Hired to fill the vacancy left by the elevation of Coach Ray Ambrose to the head football post, Mr. McAfoos was “signed right off the campus” of Western Illinois University ait Ma- comb. A stellar basketball player at West- ern Illinois, the new coach majored in speech. He admittedly enjoys coaching very much and thinks the football players are “real fine and possess great possibilities.” Tom Eaton, senior defensive back, sums up the team’s feeling toward Mr. McAfoos. “He’s a hard-working, un- derstanding backfield coach.” Sophomore Bill Donahoo claims the new coach as a brother-in-law. Miss Pat Donahoo and Mr. McAfoos were married shortly after school started. Youths Field Team; Sport Good Record by Gary LaFayette Six balls, six bats and $25.00. With this meager supply Davenport’s Con- nie Mack team survived a 40 game schedule in their first season of play. The balls donated by Davenport high school, the bats from the St. Louis Cardinals, and $25.00 for playing at the Anamosa State Reformatory sup- ported the team. All other expenses were borne by the players. Most of the credit belongs to Dick Wolfe ’60, who, with the help of Don Haley of Davenport High, organized the team, lined up umpires, procured bases, aligned the schedule and was one of the top stars of the team. The Connie Mackers started out as a Legion team from Assumption. They discovered, however, that the Legion wouldn’t sponsor them. With a sched- ule all lined up, they teamed up with some other area youths and played high school, and nearby semi-pro teams. Playing this past season were: Tony McAndrews, Tom Eaton, Denny Cal- kins, Karl Noonan, Paul Castro, Mick Prochaska, Jack Wiland and Wolfe from Assumption. Representing Davenport High were: Frank Stark, leading hitter and home run slugger, Danny Bellman, Denny Nickle, Gary Herr, Pat Brady, Gene Lucht, Dave Barker, Terry Stieger and Haley. Jerry Hopkins and Larry Dobereiner of East Moline joined the team later in the season, along with Charlie Bar- retto of Bettendorf. The team finished with a 23-17 sea- son record. This, however, does not show the true picture because toward the end of the season they were play- ing tough seasoned area semi-pro teams. At one time during the season they were 12-1. According to Wolfe, the highlights of the year were the defeat of last year’s state semi pro champs, Mus- catine. 4-3 and knocking off this year’s winners, the Rock Island Na- tionals, 8-5. These important victories, coupled with a third place finish in this year’s tourney, show that the team was more than “a bunch of high school kids.” Paul Castro was the No. 1 hurler with a 10-4 record. He and Wolfe were recently given a tryout with the St. Louis Cardinals and were both offer- ed a chance to sign a contract. They declined, however, in favor of further schooling, Paul at Palomar Junior College in California and Dick at Iowa State. The team will operate again next year on much the same basis, playing high school teams in Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois along with area semi-pro teams. 13 VAHBER J Young Men's Clothes, Second Floor ..... SECOND AT MAIN DAVENPORT Island i.OO � .95 .95 NAHRA SHEET METAL SHOP 2602 State Street Bettendorf. 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These newly elected officers, one- fourth of the student council, will play an active roll in the Student Govern- ment Association. Culled by homeroom elections, these four girls will serve as representatives of their sponsoring homerooms: Deb- by Callahan D-3, Rita Davies D-l, Phyllis Hart D-4, and Mary Motto D-5. Who will assume the respective offices (pres., vice-president, sec- retary, treasurer) will be decided tomorrow by the freshman girls in a point-system vote. Tomorrow is also the big day for candidates to the freshmen offices in the boys’ division. Seeking the office of president are Tom Murray, Tom Jansen, Bill Plum, and Mike Schebler. Candidates for the office of vice-pres- ident are Pat Collins, Ron Garris, Gary Journalists Journey Sixteen senior journalists and fac- ulty advisor Fr. W. F. Wiebler will be Assumption’s delegates at The Na- tional Education Press Congress being held this week at Marquette Univer- sity, Milwaukee, Wis. These Assumptionites will be week- end house guests of Pius XI Journal staff members. Sister Contardo, OSF, Journal advisor, arranged the hospital- ity. Leaving early Friday morning in order to be at Pius by 2 pm, the dele- gates will participate in a joint meet- ing with the Journal staff before at- tending the downtown general session at 4 pm. “The Place of the Press in Our Lives” will be the theme for this Press Con- gress being held Nov. 11-13. Repre- sentatives will attend conferences deal- ing with all areas of journalism includ- ing: Journalistic Writing, Gathering the News, Catholic School Public Re- lations, Problems in Editing, plus 22 other workshops. This conference is sponsored by the Catholic School Press Association and the Marquette University College of Journalism, which is celebrating its Golden Jubilee. Father Wiebler has stated that, if plans work out, journalists may tour one of Milwaukee's breweries. He says samples are given — root beer, that is. John Dockery, Pat Thompson, Mike Townsend and Dave White have their eyes on the office of secretary, while trying to attain the post of treasurer are Phil Andrew, Roger Cawiezell, Pat Dray and Mike Wahlig. Four of these sixteen candidates will be elected. “To run for an office is a sign of positive leadership in itself, but to serve, whether elected or not, is the test of a true leader. A good practice in democratic procedures, these elec- tions bring to the front the leaders of the freshmen class,” says Father W. F. Dawson, student council moderator. Seniors Win Honors Assumption’s Bill Keefe '61, is a semi-finalist in the National Merit Scholarship competition exams taken last spring. Bill, an A- student for all three years, will compete with the other 10,000 semi-finalists in a three hour scho- lastic aptitude test on the College En- trance Examination Board on Dec. 3, 1960. Also from Assumption, the follow- ing seniors received honorable men- tion: Lester Bickford, now in Califor- nia, Paul Bauer, Dave Cratty, Paul Hasse, Gary LaFayette, Tim Vaughan, and Mary Ann Walter. sumption variety show scheduled for Nov. 22 in the AHS auditorium. The audience, on a trip down Broad- way, will enjoy songs and dances from musical comedies that were or are popular on Broadway, according to Sister Mary Eustella, BVM, director. Kim Votrubeck '61, will preside as master of ceremonies. In charge of choreography will be Kay Kellsey ’61, Jo Luther '62, and Sharon Goetsch ’61. A freshman dan- cing teacher, Louise Puls, will toetap a number from Oklahoma. A sopho- more group, led by Sandy Wertz ’62, will present a beatnik version of “I’m An Indian Too”, complete with bongos from the musical, Annie, get your gun. Senior Tom Eaton will pantomine “Thank Heaven For Little Girls,” from Gigi. Pat and Donna Carpenter ’64 and ’62, and Stephanie Grant ’62, are plan- ning a trio rendition of “He”. Seniors Jim Miller and Don Perry and juniors Jane Molyneaux and Sharon Steinmann will preset a skit in a cockney accent based on the drama Pygmalion. Tim Motto ’63, plans a takeoff on Jonathan Winters. The Assumption “Knight Beats” will accompany sev- eral of these acts as well as presenting a performance of their own. Sister Eustella stated that, while there will be many group acts, there will be very few solos. Tryouts for the show were held Oct. 17-18. PINNED . . . MIKE BEHAN ’63, be- came an official Nixon supporter when Lynn Ames ’63, enthusiastically fast- ened a Republican pin on his shirt at GOP headquarters in Davenport. 14 Frosh Pitch Presidential Turbans Into Ring Eight “hats” are being tossed into the ring for the freshmen presidential election campaign. Tossing their bonnets in the girls’ division are Phyllis Hart, Rita Davies, Debbie Callahan, and Mary Motto. If experience in handling a large group of people counts at all, Phyllis Hart should be a sure win. She is the third oldest of 15 children. Also attend- ing Assumption is her brother Stephen, a sophomore, and Mary ’62, a varsity cheerleader. Phyllis won a trophy as the Ideal Young Citizen from the St. Paul’s parish, and is enrolled in the National Honor Roll. Reminding the freshmen to give her support, she says, “Ya gotta have Hart!” Rita Davies puts her bid in, com- menting, “My brother John plays foot- ball and participates in wrestling — and believe me, in a family like that you’re prepared to fight for what you Young Citizen essay contest for Lourdes parish. Also she helped conduct catechism classes. Her program in- cludes “better student relations with teachers, parents, and the school.” Slinging their Presidential derbies into the ring are Chip Plum, Tom Mur- ray, Mike Schebler and Tom Jansen. “Don’t be a bum; vote for Plum” is one of Chip Plum’s campaign slogans. Chip’s experience includes YCS and service as a grade school class officer. Moreover, Chip participates in football, basketball and the school chorus. To get everyone participating in school activities is one of Tom Murray’s campaign promises. In grade school, Tom was a class secretary and took part in school debates. At AHS, he is a YCSer and member of the freshman football team. “Friendship and Unity” are the key words in Mike Schebler’s platform. ft Mike’s grade school accomplishments are a straight A average, tenures as patrol captain and class treasurer, and a lead in the school play. He is inter- ested in basketball, golf and tennis. Tom Jansen asks the freshman vot- ers, “If you think I have the qualities for office, then elect me, not the gar- bage man.” Regina Nostra Sodality, YCS and the Boy Scouts are three of the organizations to which he belongs. Tom is also an accomplished musician and plans to join the band. Dolls Start Fad Rag dolls are the rage at Assump- tion. Girls with a rag doll under their arm can be seen almost anywhere in the halls. Sister Mary St. Monica, BVM, has urged all of her shorthand and typing students to bring their old stretched- out bobby sox and nylons with runs for stuffing these dolls. Sister makes and sells these sock- dolls for the low price of $2.00. They are made in many colors and dressed in different outfits: plaids, stripes, floral patterns, and solid col- ors. Slacks or skirts clothe these small dolls. Sister Mary Ernestine, BVM, puts the final touch on the products by painting child-like expressions on the soft, pudgy, cushiony faces. want. If I’m elected, I want the fresh- men to be outstanding in all school affairs.” Rita herself is also active in sports, having won a trophy in ice skating. Another sports enthusiast, Debbie Callahan, has won trophies for ice skating, ribbons for basketball and vol- leyball, and is in possession of a trophy for “Best Cheerleaders of 1960” from St. Paul’s. Although she says she can’t promise a four-day school week or less homework, she will fulfill her duties and “strive to make the freshmen class as organized and united as the seniors.” “Let Mary be your Motto” calls at- tention to the final presidential can- didate, Mary Motto. Winner of the Bet- tendorf spelling contest, she received a trophy and a $75 watch. Mary who attended Lourdes School was voted most studious by her class for the school yearbook. She won the Ideal MIKE SCHEB- LER TOSSES the proverbial hat to Debbie Callahan who retrieves it from the ring. Awaiting their turn are Tom Murray, Chip Plum, Tom Jansen, Mary Mot- to, Rita Davies and Phyllis Hart. 15 Note Spurs Students To Ask Alms “I have my wheel chair now, and it sure helps me a lot. I can wheel it around some myself, though it is a lit- tle heavy.” to the Association is sent to the na- tional Institute for Muscle Disease which investigates the causes and cures of MD. The remainder is used to as- SURVEYING THE PROSPECTIVE freshman officers are class officers Mike Barry ’63, Greg Cusack 61, John Fiese ’62, Barb Lewis ’63, Jane Mumey ’62, and Mary Maher ’61. This quotation is taken from a thank- you note written by a 10 year old Davenport boy afflicted with muscu- lar dystrophy. The note was sent to MD Chapter president Mr. Vincent Laake to thank the Association for buying the boy a wheel chair. When only six girls out of a home- room of 33 signed up to help on the MD Drive, the president’s daughter, Rose- ann Laake ’61, read this note in her homeroom. After hearing it, eight more girls volunteered. Hearing of this incident, Fire Chief Lester Schick asked to use the letter in various schools throughout the area. He reported an increase in volunteers. Approximately 155 Assumption stu- dents have volunteered to collect for the drive Nov. 20. These students will be joined by students from Marycrest, Mercy, JB Young, Sudlow, FL Smart, and Williams Junior High. sist victims of the disease in Scott County by providing crutches, braces, wheel chairs, hydraulic lifts, and other necessary equipment. Mr. Vincent Laake thanks Assump- tion volunteers. “Maybe the money you collected will find a cure for MD, or maybe your donation can help ease the discomfort of an MD patient.” Lottery Livens Latin Lottery in B-l? Yes! For the last several days Fr. Robert Walter’s III and IV year Latin classes have found themselves being called upon by num- ber. Each member of the class has a number. Father Walter draws the num- ber from a jar containing the number. The prize for the lucky winner? A sentence to translate. Opinions Form Students Wrangle Before Assembly “I was on the fence, but now I'm for Kennedy,” is the opinion of Dan McGuiness '61. On the other hand Joe McNeil, also ’61, asserts that his Republican belief is firmer than ev- er. cal contest. In addition to setting the time limits, Mike urged the audience to put aside prejudice and judge the debaters on five points: 1) content, 2) logic, 3) rebuttal, 4) presentation, and 5) effectiveness in convincing the After collecting, volunteers will de- posit the money at the nearest fire station. Free bus rides will be offered to enable the volunteers to reach their destination. A As yet MD is an uncurable disease, percentage of the money donated Yearn to Learn Sister Mary Diana’s yearn to learn seems to be getting the best of her. Every morning, Monday through Fri- day, at 6:00 am she can be found glued to the television set watching Dr. Bax- ter explain the wonders of chemistry. The effects of early rising began to take hold when she caught herself putting the breakfast dishes in her drawer and walking into the kitchen to wash her napkin. Why this sudden rash of party sen- timent some may ask? The reason is simple. Politics invaded Assumption in the form of a pre-election debate presented to the school Oct. 25. Representing both sides of the pol- itical coin were seniors Jim Miller and Don Perry supporting the affirma- tive, Vince Neu and Ken Wolf debating the negative. They debated this highly controver- sial and unanswerable (at least until tomorrow) topic — Resolved: The people of the United States should elect John Fitzgerald Kennedy as president of the United States. Mike Ceurvorst ’61 laid the ground rules at the beginning of the dialeti- audience. American Government instructor Mr. Joseph Maher felt that nothing would be gained by formally judging the contest. Limiting the topic to the country’s domestic issues, the farm problem, prosperity, unemployment, housing, inflation, social security and federal aid for school teachers were all brought out and emphasized with facts and figures. Each side pleaded its case and later attempted to refute the argu- ments of the other side. In view of the reception of this event, Mr. Maher feels that such a debate should become a yearly event at AHS. 16 Can The Freshmen Outdo Their Parents? Today may mark the turning point in the history of this country; this national election is considered the most important in modern times. With the ad- vent of freshmen elections at Assumption within the coming week we might consider the great contrast presented between national elections and our student contests. During last spring’s SGA elections 95% of all eligible voters (all students excepting seniors) cast their bal- lots, whereas on the national scene an estimated 40 million voting-age people don’t even bother to sign up. Judging from these figures it is not hard to see why one key strategy in this election centers on getting people to vote. In the case of the Democratic party, this could he their secret weapon. As Patricia Nemmers ’62, learned from Mr. Joseph Lennon, chairman of the Scott County Democratic Central Committee, the Democrats are striving for organization and to register the unregistered. “We call or call on them (the unregistered), talk them into registering and even provide transportation if needed,” stated Mr. Lennon. “We find that seven out of ten unregistered voters are Democrats.” One important thing we might note from Mr. Len- non’s statement is that political parties are doing every- thing possible to make it convenient for Americans to register and vote. This matter of convenience seems to be the deciding factor in determining whether or not an American will vote. A cause for this laziness might be found right here on the student level. It is most convenient for the young student voter to cast his or her ballot without realizing the real meaning and value of voting. (At AHS we locate the voting area in the most accessible place for all students.) A possible change in this situation may come about if the student voting right were to be withdrawn as it would be under a dictatorship. Under such a situ- ation students might possibly realize the real privilege of voting. We leave this to the Student Council. Convenience may then explain why 95% of the students cast their ballot in a student contest, where in a national election 40 million potential voters don’t even bother to register. H.V.F. Liturgy and Laity Start The AHS Bandwagon by John Crossen “I Back Jack! I Pick Dick!” Campaign slogans are everywhere! Students at AHS are wearing the campaign buttons of their favorite candidate. They’re hopping on the bandwagon to get out parents’ votes. Through reading and TV they’re getting to know the candidates. Christ wants students at His rally too. He wants us to back Him. We have watched the TV debates, listened to current campaign speeches by both Ken- nedy and Nixon. Why not give God equal time? God speaks to us in the Mass through which we can get to know Him. Attendance in the auditorium for the First Friday Mass matched the crowds that are turning out for the campaign speeches. But the candidates have more than one large assembly a month. What about that “caucus” Mass for each class once a month? Then Assumption’s campaign slogan would truly be: “Introibo ad altare Dei!” KNIGHT BEACON As a Heacoti in the Sight All-Catholic Newspaper of Distinction All-American The Knight Beacon is published eight times a year by students of Assumption high school. The yearly subscription rate is $150 CO-EDITORS: Hal Feeney Roseann Laake FEATURE EDITOR Sally Healey NEWS EDITOR : Ken Wolf SPORTS EDITOR: Scrap 0‘Donnell SPORTS STAFF: Gary LaFayette. Mary Ann Keller CIRCULATION: Carole Wcstphal. Buster Hobein ADVERTISING AGENT John Jayne CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER Paul Bauer PHOTOGRAPHY DEPT. Denny Hogan. Bob Hill. Joe Nahra Nancy Spencer Jean Meyer ART: Merwin Hart EDITORIAL STAFF: Laurence d'Autremont. John Kane. Bill Keefe. Rita Macken. Karen Sanders. Pat Swails. Mary Ann Walter. John Crossen Lite Flashes Dave Cavanaugh ’61 I first became interested in this election as I fol- lowed the primaries in Wisconsin and North Carolina. I read the biographies of both candidates in the Des Moines Register. Also the Times magazine and U. S. News and World Report published good articles concerning the issues and the candidates. The entire campaign has been evenly matched ex- cept for the TV debates, where Kennedy took the lead. Nixon made a big mistake when he flubbed “get rid of the farmers.” Jean Meyer ’61 I became interested in the elections while watching the conventions. I followed the campaign by reading different mag- azine articles and listening to the TV Pograms which covered the candidates. It’s hard to tell who’s ahead as far as the campaigns are concerned. Personally, I favor Nixon and am sure he’ll win. Many people judged the debates by who had the flashiest smile and snappiest answer. I think Nixon’s answers were logical and reasonable while Kennedy proposed radicial solutions and made rash promises. Editor Raps Bigots Certainly every student is aware of the anti-Cath- olic “hate” material that has been circulated thus far this year. It is said that Senator John Fitzgerald Ken- nedy may lose the election because of this type of re- ligious bigotry. However, no one stops to consider the bigotry (if it can be called that) FOR a Catholic. Too many peo- ple feel that they have some religious obligation to sup- port a Catholic. The “Catholic for Catholic movement” is probably running more rampant among youth where it has no DIRECT effect upon the election. At Assumption, for example, innumerable “Kennedy and Johnson,” “I’m for Jack,” and “Go Democratic” buttons can be spot- ted. Meanwhile, this author has spotted exactly two “Nixon and Lodge buttons, though there may be oth- ers. It is possible that every one wearing a Kennedy cam- paign button has sent to his congressman for voting records, has read all pertinent material, and has dis- cussed the candidates intelligently with someone else, BUT, I doubt it. However, students are not the only ones entrapped by this fallacy. Many adults with whom I have spok- en are in support of Mr. Kennedy because, “I’m a Cath- olic and he s a Catholic, so we have something in com- mon,” or “No Catholic has ever been elected Presi- dent, so it’s about time one was.” Adults, before deciding for whom to cast their bal- lot, should become well informed, be reading, listening, and discussing and, finally, eliminating all religious bigotry, either for or against a Catholic. Adults are made from students. As the students act now in this election, they will act when it comes time to vote. That’s the advice I’d give freshmen in their upcoming elections. “Many people have told me how much they admire Assumption’s buildings; many parents have lavished praise on the faculty; but all will judge the school by what they see of the students.” — Bishop Hayes in his remarks at the opening day Mass. (Answers will be given next issue) Across 1. Highest office in the land. 6. Vince Neu s favorite party (abbrev.) 9. Installment (abbrev.) 11. Potential first lady from Mass. 14. Nixon's complaint after first debate. 16. Conjunction used after comparative ad- jectives 18. First name of a president and an AHS maintenance man 20. Just as good as mead(ask seniors) 21. Something belonging to Civil War general, later president 23. Period of time 24. Worth two demerits in a study hall 26. Place 27. Home state (abbrev.) 28. State of being verb 31. Members of this actually elect president 36. A homonym of dew 37. Antediluvian boat owner 38. A homonym of sew 39. First name of number two democrat 42. Color most appealing to candidates 45. Initials of Alfred Olsen 46. Latin: indicates perfect subjunctive sing- ular 47. Government Issue (abbrev.) 48. Hide (past tense) 49 Duke (abbrev.) 50. College degree 51. Separate articles 53. American Indian (abbrev.) 54. Carried by a relay team 57. Crime deterrent 58. Negative 59. Mature males 60. Time or term of office 62 Places (verb) 63. Negative 65. Preposition 66. Cold war enemy 67. President is limited to two Down 1. Through which candidates are selected 2. For example (abbrev.) 3. Indefinite pronoun 4. Same as 9 across 5. Finish 7. Not D.C. current 8 Potential president 10. Friend 11. Month in which president is inaugu- rated (abbrev.) 12. Against (prefix) 13. Hearing organ 15. Mr. Maher's preferred candidate 16. Last Democratic president 17. Candidates throw it in ring 19. Big 21. General Practioner (abbrev.) 22. Catches wind on a boat 25. Mrs. Nixon 29. Moves automobile 30 Former girls academy 32. Pro and ? 33 Number two Republican 34 Exclamation 35. Past tense of get 39 Another AHS maintenance man 40. Nixon-Kennedy show 41. Presidential candidate 42. Millard Fillmore's hirsute party 43. Sock (verb) 44. Direction 45. Second president of US 50 Alphabet 52. Majority 55. Latin pronoun 56. Sister 57. Junior Executive (abbrev.) 61. Decay (verb) 64. Conjunction 18 Junior Journalist Interviews Past Politicos didate with the most stones was the winner. But, then again, not every- one could vote, so this made quite a difference.” ‘Thank you, Mr. Stottle, for your words of wisdom.” “Our fourth speaker of distinction is U. R. Sunk, a ship builder from Plymouth Colony, America. Will you tell our audience who you think will win this year’s election?” “It’s kind of a toss-up between two local boys. One’s agin witches, the other’s agin anybody who ain’t a Puritan, so who knows who'll win? ’Sides, it’s the courts what elects ’em, not us common folks. But then I guess that’s life.” “Thank you, Mr. Sunk, of Plymouth, America. “Our last personage is a man well known to all of you. Selected from random, his name is Mr. John Q. Pub- lic. Mr. Public will give his views on today’s electoral system.” “Well, Mr. Borr, in my opinion, there is no better system on earth. Where else can any man become President? Where else can he hold any office in the country? As far as I’m concerned, today’s system of secret ballot, by means of voting machines, total suf- frage and, above all, equal opportun- ity could exist only in a nation with a democratic government such as ours.” (Editor's Note: While the above may seem quite facetious, it tries to trace the progress and the methods of from before Christ to before Kennedy. It traces the vote from the Viking's win by acclamation, to the Greek's first ballots, to the New World courts, fin- ally to today's modem system, based on the Constitution of a nation con- ceived in liberty.) “O, man, like it’s frantic. I mean, it’s almost like that jazz we used to pull off. You know, dad, like if some cat got up and everybody really ap- preciated him, we’d start boppin’ around and bangin’ shields and all that kind of action. You, uh, dig, dad?” “I think we get the idea. Thank you very much, Lord M. B. Pressly. “Our third interviewee is Mr. Arri Stottle, prominent Greek architect, who was responsible for the design of the Trojan Horse. Mr. Stottle, have elections changed much over the years?” “Well, I would say that the idea has remained the same, but the meth- ods have changed. WTien I ran for office in Athens, we didn’t have any of today’s modern inventions, like the pencil or paper, so each voter put a stone in one of two baskets. The can- A WEARY Dave Offerman crawled from beneath the senior float aided by fellow workers Tom Eaton, Cathy Arnold, Mary Boh- er and Bridget Lon- ergan. Spirits soared as the seniors saw their dream mater- ialize in time for the parade. by George Knight “Greetings, fellow armchair politi- cians! This is G. Whata Borr, the ‘Emily Post of Politics. ‘Today we shall interview several well known politicians of the past. First off, we have Sir Ogbam A. Nean- derthal, retired caveman who will give us his opinion on elections.” “Well, when I was a kid, er, boy, the strongest man ruled. This wasn’t ’cause he was so honest or nothing, but ’cause nobody else could lick ’im.” ‘Thank you, Mr. Neanderthal. Our next subject is Lord Maynard B. Press- ly, well known Viking explorer. Lord P. promised that, if he were elected, he would rename Vinland. He wished to call it Grenich Villa. ‘Tell us, Lord Pressly, what do you think of the election?” Have you ever held a YCS meet- ing in a car, A Social Inquiry at 60 mph? If you haven’t, Assumption’s Father Arthur Perry feels you’re miss- ing something. On the way to the Wahl- ert game Oct. 9, Father and his YCS group held their meeting. The boys enjoyed it. Father wryly observes that, with today’s high speed living and hec- tic running, this type of meeting may well suit our modern YCSer. YCS On Wheels 19 In The Gutter Soph Retrieves By Karen Sanders One night as sophomore Mike Pet- erson was walking home from school, a small bright blue notebook in the gutter caught his eye. His curiosity getting the better of him, Mike picked it up and thumbed through it to find the owner’s name. It was then that he first realized this book was more than ordinary — it was a diary. But whose? The first entry was for Oct. 18. 1960: “I just couldn’t believe it when Sister called my name first. I thought I was the first attendant. Not until she said a fifth name, did I realize what my being first really meant.” The diary went on to say that pic- tures were taken about 9:00 that morn- ing, then “I called mom at the hos- pital. Later, workingmen on the roof of the hospital shouted congratulations to her.” “After school Father Conroy came over. I had bet him a T-bone steak that I wouldn’t even get anything. Tomor- row night he’ll get paid off. “On the way to the dressmakers, T stopped the paper boy to see the pic- ture. I was so excited, he must’ve thought I was crazy. When I came home, Dad had already seen the paper: he just couldn’t believe it.” This girl was excited about the con- gratulations that flowed in — even her pastor called. And at Novena, a per- fect stranger congratulated her father. The next day’s account told of a new nickname: “queenie.” And there were still more congratulations. “I’ve never told so many people ‘thank you’ before. Everyone is so kind. There was a meeting after school, then re- hearsal. I felt cold and scared, and empty inside.” As promised the day before. Father Conroy was her guest for supper. The account for Oct. 20 tells of her receiving fan mail. “When I talked to Dave, we joked about the float. I told him that I’d have to stand on a lad- der in the middle of the crown, and peek over!” On the bottom of this page there’s a note about getting a corsage for a pep meeting. Oct. 21: “I was so afraid I’d forget my speech, and recite the poem we learned for English instead. It was just wonderful when everyone stood and the band played as Dave and I walked onto the assembly floor. And when we rushed outside to start the parade, everyone was so excited. And guess what! The joke about the float came true. I had to stand on a ladder inside the crown. I think the kids thought I was talking to myself when I was standing up there. (Actually, I was talking to Dave Price and Dean Diary ASSUMPTION’S 1960 Homecoming Queen, Mary Ann Keller, slips into the car which will take her to the post-game party. Blumer who were supposed to be holding the ladder steady). “At half-time ceremonies, the PA broke down. But it’s just as well — I’d forgotten my speech anyhow. How- ever, I was crowned, and presented with flowers and a trophy. After the game, we went to Sandy Miller’s par- ty. To add to the confusion, company came to our house from Chicago that night.” The last entry is for Oct. 22. “At 9:00 this morning, I went to school for the tests. This afternoon, I had my hair done — free! The hairdresser told me ‘We don’t make queens pay-’ Ev- eryone is so kind. Tonight, while I was getting ready, everyone was over here. We went to the convent, then to Dave’s house, and on to the dance at Pronger’s. “Mike Ceurvorst had everybody pre- From The Curb Students Glimpse by Elaine Feeney Having never seen Senator John F. Kennedy, I was anticipating my first glimpse of the Democratic Candidate while taking a 5:00 p.m. bus down- town to Second Street between Brady and Main. Immediately I found a front row spo4 by Penney’s. Evie Panther ’62, came by and we decided to go look around while her father saved our places. Exploring the crowd to see if a better position could be found was a troublesome feat. While we were try- ing to get out on the Putnam building roof, a janitor shooed us off the fire escape. Later, we were right back where we started from; Evie and I decided we were better off on the ground. sent form an aisle up to the stage for the attendants and myself and our escorts to walk through. I heard my name called, then went up to give my speech. The next number was des- ignated the Queen’s Dance. I thought it would never end! We ate at the Plantation, then went to Dick Meese’s party and. finally. HOME. I’ve never had a weekend go so quickly. It’s all like a beautiful dream — one I’ll never forget.” Suddenly, all the pieces of this puz- zle fitted together in Mike’s mind. Realizing whose diary he had found, he promptly went over to her house to return it. Gratefully, Mary Ann Kel- ler, Assumption high school’s 1960 Homecoming Queen, thanked him for returning it. (Editor’s Note: So help us, this really happened — just ask Mike.) Demo Candidate With the shuffling of the crowd we were soon right up next to the rope. Anxiously waiting for Senator Ken- nedy and watching the swarm of citi- zens was part of the excitement. Then the cheering shouts and con- fetti Second and Main Streets told mejjB dy was approaching. Catch- ing (m Vhe ending of his sentences made no difference to me. And when his convertible came by his gracious manner made me feel I was import- ant enough to vote. After the car drove on, I recalled that Senator Kennedy was about five feet away from me for a total of 30 seconds. Yet, having waited over an hour for those 30 seconds, I was thrill- ed, not disappointed, at my only chance to see the Democratic Candidate for President of the United States. 20 PROMPTED BY MARY HART 62, Mike O’Leary ’64 and his part- ner display concentration and steady nerves as the egg relay comes to a close finish. The junior was a member of the student com- mittee which arranged the party. i I M. •• a , Ji . f r , n.. JiWte Oct 7 Frosh ART SUNDERBRUCH and Pat McGreevy amble through fourth perod lunch, inviting Assumption’s new' class to the Freshman Frolic. (All pictures by Boh Hill and Den- ny Hogan 63.) “IT WAS MORE FUN THAN A DANCE,’’ says one of the 210 Freshmen that attended the frosh party. Here a group calls encouragement to the Hula Hoop con- testants. Frolic “LITTLE GIRL, LITTLE BOY” winners of the cos- tume contest are better known as Judy Cook and Philip Andrew. Although the similarity in their cos- tumes was unintentional, they discovered that they had even brought twin suckers. t SUSPENSE MOUNTS as Sister Claire Marie, Father W. F. Wiebler and Father W. J. Stratman choose finalists in the costume contest. Prizes for the various contests included records and candy. 4 HOOPING IT UP during one of the contests are Fresh men Bonnie Biseck and Vicky Vaughn. Why I Am Not Running This Year by Sue Welch I’m not going to be elected presi- dent this year, or for that matter, any year. One reason I won’t be elected this year is simple — I don’t meet one of the requirements stipulated by the Constitution, that is I’ve not attained the age of 35. The reason I won’t be elected any year is not that simple. The Constitu- tion, along with the age requirements, states that: a) the person must be a natural born citizen; and b) the person must have lived in the country 14 years. These qualifications I fill. There is no mention of sex (most people believe this is because the founding fathers of our nation never thought of women voting, much less, being elected president). Sidney Hyman in his American President says, “An American becomes the president, first, by the appraisal he makes of himself, second, by the action of his nominating committee, third, by a vote of the people as a whole, and fourth, by a vote of the Electoral College.” The first item I think I could pass. On the second I would undoubtedly fail. I would not be considered the all important ‘available.’ This includes that you openly declare or shyly intim- ate your desire to be elected president, that you have a good chance of win- ning and few enemies. Oddly enough, the “availability” has nothing to do with my qualifications. Robert Bendiner sarcastically states that, “A presidential candidate should be a Protestant, of North European de- scent, preferably in his fifties, with an attractive wife, and at least a couple of photogenic children.” Later Bendiner says that the candi- date should be wealthy, but not of- fensively so, urbane, a governor (pre- ferably of a large northern state), good looking or at least have a good smile, and experienced in foreign affairs. I doubt that I can attain all this, espec- ially the attractive wive. When our government was insti- tuted only landowners could vote but in time that was changed so that all men could vote. In 1920 women won the right to vote. Not until 1928 could we think of having a Catholic presi- dent. With this much progress made through the years I, in fact, have no doubt that someday the first lady will not be the president’s wife but rather the president. Future Teachers Smoking in a classroom? This seems daring but such an act was witnessed by over 50 students. Fortunately, however, it wps justified. Don Perry ’61, was demonstrating the swiftness with which a cigarette burns when the smoker exhales pure oxygen. This was one experiment presented to the chemistry classes by seniors Don Perry and Paul Berendes Oct. 24. The boys took over the role of teacher to explain the chapter on ox- ygen. Originally, two weeks ago, Don had volunteered to run some demonstra- tions for Sister Mary Diana’s two chem- istry classes, but when Fr. William Stratman found this out, the boys found themselves going over the entire chap- ter for all four classes. Most of the material was taken from the Oxford series of Visualizing Chem- Scrutinizes Atom The Dresden atomic energy plant was explored by Ed Soenke ’61, who rep- resented Assumption at the Youth Con- ference on the Atom Oct. 20-21. Lo- cated outside Chicago, the Dresden plant is world’s largest atomic power plant. In addition to the field trips, Ed and 600 other topnotch science students from all over the country attended conferences on “Nuclear Propulsion” and “The Gas-cooled, Graphite-Mod- erated Reactor”. Ed brought back with him a pair of irradiated marbles. By some unre- vealed process these clear marbles were changed to a dark brown color. DAVE HUYETTE ’62, will serve as treasurer of the Iowa State Association of Student Councils. The 200 member schools in convention elected Dave on Oct. 17 in Ames, Iowa. Startle Students istry. Among the material covered were: the properties, location, origin and uses of the gas. Paul assisted in the decomposing of oxygen from a compound of potas- sium chlorate and manganese dioxide. The class was able to note the increase in brightness and speed in which char- coal, sulfur, phosphorus and magnes- ium burn when placed in a container of pure oxygen. One of the most interesting experi- ments, as far as the students were con- cerned, was that concerning liquid oxygen, which was supplied by Don’s father who is the senior engineer at Bendix. Liquid oxygen, which is kept at a very low temperature, rapidly freezes objects. Flowers and a rubber hose became so stiff that they could easily be shattered. In answer to one stu- dent’s question, Don replied that one can put his finger into the liquid, “as long as he removes it within two sec- onds.” Both the class and the boys found student teaching an enjoyable change. Said junior Loretta Neufeld, “You be- come so used to one certain person talking that when someone new comes in you are apt to be more attentive.” Sue Schwarte ’62 found the experi- ments of great help in her studies, for she feels that, “It is easier to under- stand a fact of science if you can see it rather than just read about it.” The boys enjoyed their experience with teaching and stated they would like to try it again because as Paul puts it, “I just got a kick out of it.” 23 Ghostly Tour Disturbs Dust In Old Acudemy by Sally Healey Assumption’s 3:15 clamor was still in our ears as we entered the musty cellar of Immaculate Conception Acad- emy. Accompanied by Sister Mary Ann Esther and Sister Mary St. Pius, BVM, Roseann Laake and I began a final tour of the building. Entering the gym we noted the two poles which had always interfered with our games. Standing staunch and firm they still dominated the center of the floor. Walking to the south end of the building we examined the home eco- nomic rooms. Gas pipes were still standing in the kitchen, but the sew- ing room was empty and desolate. The dusty glass of the huge empty bookcases reflected our ghostly im- ages as we entered the library. In the dust on one of the tables was scrawled “Why don’t you keep out? DPD (Dav- enport Police Department).” The famous “century stairs” had lost their gleam but not their attraction. Following their winding path we ap- proached the chapel. Sunshine illuminated the stained windows as usual, but now the rays fell on an empty pewless floor. Only the outline of a cross remained above the stripped altar. Inscribed on one of the windows was “In memory of her daughters S. M. Evangela, and S. M. Ernestine, BVM. An examination of the chemistry lab disclosed two coke glasses and the stain where acid had been spilled on Zealous Campaigners Today, if Senator John F. Kennedy is elected President of the United States, it could be partially due to the zeal- ous work put into his campaign by some Assumption students. In the downtown stores, for instance, Dave McGuiness ’63, passed out signs encouarging citizens to vote. He also sold tie clasps and Youth for Kennedy hats at the Plaza Shopping Center. This experience has helped him see how the “opposition party” feels and acts. “The most embarrassing situations I’ve had,” Dave says, “are when Re- publicans say sarcastic and abusive things while I’m selling Kennedy but- tons. People come up and say, T wouldn’t vote for Kennedy if he were the last man on earth,’ or, ‘He’s a dirty politician’.” Judy Stephens ’62, is an avid backer of Senator Kennedy. Her father, Steve the Barber, is running for County Sup- ervisor on the Democratic ticket. “I am for Kennedy and since all my fam- ily are Democrats, I want Kennedy to get in,” is the reason Judy gives for supporting the Democratic Candidate. BARB KING ’61, GAZES reminiscent- ly at the old ICA sign as her sister Sue ’64, wonders at its fascination. Barb was one of the last students to attend the school. Support Candidate She and others in the Youth for Kennedy organization washed cars at the Village Shopping Center. When the job was done, stickers for Senator Ken- nedy were put on bumpers so that Democratic literature has been roam- ing the streets for weeks. Down in City Hall, Mary Guile, Jane Neuhaus, Lynn McSweeney all ’62, checked phone numbers of registered voters in Davenport’s precincts. Later they contacted them to remind them to vote. Spare time was also spent at the Democratic headquarters where odd jobs were available. Patrick Feeney ’63, passed out pam- phlets on Sunday afternoons and found the work enjoyable. Pat went to the first Youth for Kennedy meeting be- cause, “I was interested in Kennedy since 1956. I went down to see what Youth for Kennedy was like and to see that he was elected.” While selling Kennedy tie clasps Pat met a man who “told me that he never had it so good and he would never vote Democratic. But I think he exaggerated,” Pat explained. the floor. The musty odor nostalgical- ly recalled those “hydrogen sulfide” days when the odor of rotten eggs per- meated the school. Memories of the Bernadette play, the one acts, the daisy chain, and the can- dle lighting ceremonies crowded the auditorium. Our footprints followed us as we crossed the dusty stage to the “cue” room. There we found 100 years of en- graved memories. Such names as Pidge Bills . . . Big Lou . . . Margaret Bohrer and Pride and Prejudice ’53 were legible. While the two nuns went to the music room we investigated the “for- bidden passages” on third floor. We were intrigued by the tower room where the virgin’s statue (now at the Assumption Convent) was kept for 100 years, passageways with room for only one person, and narrow dark stairs. Emerging once more on the Golden Stairs we noted the bulletin board by the principal’s office. “Detention lists,” murmured Roseann sentimentally. Then we fulfilled a life time’s de- sire. With Sr. Mary Ann Esther’s help we rang the fire alarm. Its piercing wail screamed through the deserted halls. The “gongs” were still there too. but we resisted the temptation. Returning to the car we noted the old well, the “ball field,” the skating rink, and the now overgrown garden. As we drove by on Eighth Street we glanced at the statue of Our Lady, her arms spread wide, as she stood on her 2nd story pedestal. ICA has been sold and will soon be converted for new use. But I think that to those of us who attended ICA, it will always remain a school dedi- cated to the Immaculate Conception of Mary whose feast we celebrate a month from today. Student Converses by Mike Ceurvorst Whenever the art of conversation is discussed, I recall the comment of a European friend of mine, 16 year-old Helmut Steiner, on the way to a YCS meeting one evening. The'car radio was playing, and Hel- mut and I were in the back seat, his slight frame bouncing over every siz- able bump. Between records, I asked if he had prepared for the meeting. “Please?” he accented the question. “I mean, did you discuss the observe questions with anyone this week?” “Oh,” he hesitated, “I discussed it only with myself.” He mused for a moment, and then added with a twinkle in his eyes, “A very intelligent discus- sion.” 24 Knights Crowned City Champs; Finish 3-5 Assumption’s Knights captured the city championship football title for the first time in their short history. This marked the first time that the title has been brought back to the Catholic school in eight years, much to the anticipated enjoyment of Athletic Director Fr. Robert Walter. The 12-6 victory over West high pro- vided Assumption with its greatest hour of football and, together with a 13-12 yictory over Central high, gave the Knights their title. (In 1952, St. Ambrose beat Davenport high and tied them again in 1953, with other close games coming in 1954, 10-0, 1955, 7-6, and 1959, 13-13.) Assumption scored fast and furious- ly in a hectic first period on a 47 yd. run by John Fennelly and a 38 yd. run by Bob Solis. They then retained possession of the ball for eight min- utes and twenty seconds of the final period. Outstanding line play by ends Frank Valainis and Karl Noonan and tackles Don Miller and Dave Cava- naugh held West’s explosive backs to 152 yds. on the ground. Assumption’s combo of Fennelly, Solis, and the Masons, Tom and Clarence, piled up 228 yds. Earlier in the season the Knights whetted their appetites by downing a stubborn Central Blue Devil eleven, 13-12. A Davenport drive, which pene- trated Assumption’s eight yard line with only 24 seconds remaining, fail- ed when QB Donnie Krebs fumbled and center Bob Deluhury pounced on the ball as time ran out. For the first time, Coach Ray Ambrose was car- ried off the field on the victorious ballplayers’ shoulders. Assumption had received the kick- off. On the second play from scrim- mage. speedy Bob Solis scampered 76 yds. on a reverse for the score so that the Knights held a slim 7-6 lead in the half. In the second half. Central moved the ball through the efforts of Marvin Wyatt and John Ristow. scored quickly, but missed the all im- portant extra point to notch the score at 12-7. With five minutes gone in the fourth quarter, Solis again took a pitchout from Fennelly and went nine yards for the tally and the winning score. Clinton’s River Kings proved too tough a host to handle as the Knights squeaked out of closest decision of the season on the losing end, 14-13. Two expensive fumbles, both of which set up Clinton scores, came in the first period. In the second half, Assumption had three touchdowns called back — runs by Noonan and Tom Mason and a pass to Frank Valainis — and were within the opponents’ ten yard stripe twice but couldn’t get the score. Assumption, looking forward to Bet- tendorf the following Friday, traveled to Dubuque on Sunday, Oct. 10 to ward off a determined group of Wahl- ert Eagles, 7-6, in a game that filled the air with passes. John Fennelly quarterbacked the Knights to their second period touch- down on an eight yard pass to end Karl Noonan and then swept the end for the extra point to build a 7-0 first half lead. In the second half, the Knights coast- ed to victory after repeated Wahlert threats. Quarterback Pat Dowd passed to Tom Abitz for the score, but sent his kick wide for the PAT. Assump- tion’s forward wall continually set the Eagles’ offense back on their haunches in the fourth period. Bob Schebler, Jack Davies, Stan Maliziewski and Bob Deluhury bulwarked the defense backed up by Tom Eaton and Clar- ence Mason. Bettendorf High School, proving their worth as the state’s No. One team, ran an explosive offense through a rain- soaked field to grind out a decisive 32-14 victory over Assumption at the Bettendorf field before a capacity crowd on Oct. 14. The Knights playing their best sec- ond half of the campaign and possibly their worst first half, dropped their finale against Burlington’s Greyhounds Oct, 28 to the tune of 20-19. Down 20-6 at intermission, Assump- tion, behind thrusts by Bob Solis and Johnny Fennelly, rambled back with two fourth quarter TD’s to almost up- set the Greyhounds, ranked No. 15. The Knights wound up with a medi- ocre 3-5 season, but played the best football yet witnessed at the young and coming school, being beaten by one pointers twice and one touchdown twice. Veterans To Lead Knight Grapplers Seniors Steve Marinan, Jack Davies, Ray Hart and juniors Stan Maliszew- ski. Tom Bivens and Bob Deluhery will lead this year’s wrestling team. Coached by Ray Ambrose and Joseph Maher, the team will be out to top last year’s 7-4 final mark. The grapplers have been readying since last week for their opening en- counter with Prairie High of Cedar Rapids. The coaches are hoping for a fine season despite the loss by graduation of 120 lb. standout Jerry Kane and 145 pounder Tim Goffar. Again this year Mr. Maher will coach the freshmen and reserves. Last year’s freshman squad provides Mike Colbrese, Jack Hogan. Rich Smith, and Don Chenoweth, who are expected to add strength to the squad. John Jayne, who has not yet com- pletely recovered from last year’s knee operation, is a possible big gun for the matmen. KARL NOONAN (51) READIES to tuck a John Fennelly pass under his arm as Alleman’s Jim Watts attempts to prevent it. The pass was ruled com- plete as Watts was called for inter- ference. 25 ENTHUSIASTICALLY, DENNIS I ski, both ’63, scamper onto the grid- FLAHERTY (left) and Mike Jakubow- iron as time-out is called. Unpublicized Heroes Aid Football Fourth down, inches to go . . . the quarterback trys the sneak . . . the pileup! Did he make it? It’s oh-so-close! The referee calls time out while he measures. Unsung heroes, the line- markers rush onto the field. John Reynolds, Paul DiBlasio, and Steve Miclot — all 63 — serve well as line markers for AIIS homegames. Sometimes they stand in the cold and rain, as at the Alleman game. Their yellow plastic vests, though colorful, aren’t much protection. “We do, however, get a good view of what happens,” observes Paul. Ed Schleomer ’63, drys off the foot- balls for the referees in rainy weather; he used some 15 towels at the Alleman game. Sophs Mike Jakubowski and Dennis Flaherty — wearing flashy red-hooded sweatshirts and white knee pants — carry towels and water to the Knights during timeouts. Mr. Joe Maher, American government teacher during school hours and equip- ment manager afterwards, oversees the many operations involved in equipping a football team. “Three cheers for these unsung heroes!” says Larry d’Autremont 61, who had to write this article, “Hip Hip Hooray for them!” Sportlite by Scrap O’Donnell Because of the impressive victory over Davenport Central, the first win since 1952 for the Knights, the var- sity football team presented Coach Ray Ambrose with a football auto- graphed by each member. Coach Am- brose stated that he’d like to see a new football in the trophy case every time Assumption whipped Davenport in football. . John Fennelly, soon after being chosen “prep of the week” by the Davenport Newspapers, attended the Oregon State-Iowa football game, his first look at big time football. Line coach Ron MeDen was curious to see just what the quarterback had learned from the game. John replied, “I learned one thing for sure, to quit foot- ball after high school; those guys are just too big.” Assumption Athletic Director Fr. Robert Walter went all out in obtain- ing speakers for the annual football banquet this year. Mr. Larry “Moon” Mullins, athletic director at Marquette University, was guest speaker; Mr. Ed Scheck, former head football coach at St. Ambrose Academy now at New- man of Sterling, was toastmaster. I guess it pays to be city champions in the long run. • If an all-opponent team consisting of just backfield men were chosen, it would be very difficult to choose a first team. Tom and Sherman Derrick from Ft. Madison, John and Jim Watts from Alleman, Marvin Wyatt, Lennie Lcnse and John Ristow from Central, Roger Bentley and Tom Waldorf from Clinton would have to be in the men- tioning. But who could forget Scott Rocker, Stu Sparling and Jim Dilts from Bettendorf, or Doug Tucker, Bill Nicholson and Jack Beardsley from West and Larry Brown from Burling- ton. Hardcourt Mentors Head basketball coach “Babe” De- rouin is looking forward to the 1960- 61 season optimistically this year, es- pecially if some of the underclassmen push the returnees for positions. Coach Derouin explained “If we want to bad enough, we can be real tough.” He is a great believer of the axiom, “Winning is second choice; wanting to is first.” Derouin, with new assistant Bill Mc- Afoos, plans to employ the same type of fast ball control basketball that last year’s team employed. They won ten and lost nine before being eliminat- ed by old Davenport high in the State Sectional 63-58. Optimistic As Season Approaches Assumption’s Knights have nine let- Pat Murray, Mike McCarthy, Jerry termen returning, led by All Quad City center 6-5 senior Bob Schebler and Karl Noonan, 6-3 junior, both of whom were regulars last year. Seniors Tony McAndrews, 6-0 sixth man last year, Jeff Collins and Tom Eaton, both 6-2, and John Fennelly, 5-10, are vy- ing for starting positions in the open- er against Davenport West. Nov. 23. Other senior lettermen include for- wards Mike Ceurvorst, 6-0, Scrap O’Donnell, 5-10, and guard Doug Cor- nick, 5-8. Promising juniors, up from last year’s city champion sophomore squad are: Kettalar, Eugene McDonald, Barney Purcell, Mike Leonard and Tom Nolan. The Knights face a rigorous twenty game schedule which includes two games each with Bettendorf, West, Central and Alleman. First practice was Monday, Oct. 31, just three days after the varsity football contest with Burlington. Coach Derouin reported that there was a good turnout of about 40 players. After the cut the basketball team will be com- posed of 20 players, with Derouin handling the first string, and McAfoos the reserves. 26 Writer Spoofs Assumption's Roundballers by Dave Cavanaugh In basketball, since the ball be- comes the center of attraction for the majority of spectators, unless one of those fellows holding the ball has dimpled knees, girls miss many of the game’s finer points. Shooting, one of the most exciting facets of today’s game (according to Tony Me Andrews ’61), requires much skill. But don’t be mistaken, it is one of many skills. Just as shooting is necessary on offense, so too is guard- ing very essential on defense. The basketball player has two basic stances when guarding an opponent. They are not, as some people might think: 1) up in the air (like Tom Eaton ’61), 2) laying on the floor (Jeff Collins ’61, special), 3) sitting on the bench (Scrap O’Donnell ’61, has mastered this art). But then again, who thinks like most people? The basic stances are: the boxer’s or stride stance and the parallel stance. The first of these manuevers, the boxer’s, is used in guarding an oppo- nent facing the basket or within shoot- ing range. With his feet easily spread and one foot forward, the guard crouches slightly forward with his weight well distributed on the balls of his feet. Accordingly he is able to move in any direction to hinder a possible field goal. (Bob Schebler ’61, tried crouch- ing once, and he split his trunks; you never saw anyone run so hard so fast toward the dressing room.) Usual- ly a guard will overplay his man to the right side, since most players’ first tendency is to move to the right. How- ever, if the man has his back to the guard, he’s liable to outfox him, which is most embarrassing. The parallel stance is used in guard- ing a man who is moving laterally across the floor or is cutting down the side toward the basket. (This is most enjoyable, because the guard has a Sophs and frosh are joyous and un- happy about their respective football seasons. The record tells the story. The best sophomore football record in the history of Assumption high school was turned in by the Little Knights this year. Starting off with a bang, they buried the Lancers of North Scott 26-6, Sept. 12. Five days later the Alleman Pioneers fell to the score-happy sophs 25-21. The sophs then closed the season with a superb 6-2-1 record by maul- ing Wahlert of Dubuque 31-7 on Oct. 27 at the St. Ambrose College field. chance to get a good look at that blonde sitting in the front row.) The only major difference between the boxer’s stance and the parallel stance is the position of the feet. Eith- er a foot may be brought forward or the feet may be parallel. In paral- lel position, a guard can move more easily to his right or left, especially if his shoe string is untied. Recognizing these little facts will add to the spectators’ understanding and enjoyment of this great sport of bas- ketball. At least that is what Karl Noonan ’62, tells the girls. Father Arthur Perry, assistant coach, names Denny Hogan, Denny Miller, John Burke, Jim Kellenberger, and injured Jeff Gadient as top varsity prospects for next year. After a humiliating 35-0 loss to Clin- ton Monday, Oct. 24, the frosh snap- ped back and slipped by Muscatine 12-7, to finish the campaign with a 1-3-1 mark. Father Mann, head frosh coach, is especially proud of quarterback Ron Garris, along with Phil Pash, Peter Beilstein, and Jim Rycers, who com- pose a formidable backfield. Frosh, Sophs Contrast Records For — Save Now teen TIPS: Sportswear from f ni infill That is sharp! 1 1 II 1 Ii K and Jsiociatel {jrnitut PETTI 1 BOBBIE BROOKS Bonus Thrift Accounts earn up to 1% EXTRA COLLEGETOWN PHOTOGRAPHER TO for regular savers. Ask about our exciting new Save-a-Semester Plan. 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Davenport, Iowa December 20, 1960 Triple Threat NHS Stimulates Interest in Words A spelling bee, election of officers, and induction of new members initiate the Honor Society’s third year. ‘To arouse interest in words, their spelling, and their importance in other fields as well as English grammar is the purpose of the spelling bee,” say Roseann Laake and Frank Valainis, co- chairmen of this project. Notices were sent to all English teachers inviting their participation and cooperation. Elimination must be held before January 10, and will fur- nish two participants from each Eng- lish class. Semi-finals follow shortly thereafter, and finalists will spell-down before the student body as last year. Tim Vaughan ’61, winner of last year’s bee, will be an honorary judge. Other judges will be from Marycrest and St. Ambrose Colleges. The winner will receive an engraved trophy and have published in the KNIGHT BEACON a detailed biogra- phy of his life. Newly elected officers for 1960-61 are Paul Bauer ’61, president; Stan Maliszewski ’62, vice president; Mary Seniors Sponsor Fantasy in Frost Seniors, juniors, and sophomores will twirl to the theme “Fantasy in Frost” at this year’s Christmas formal, Dec. 28, in the school cafeteria. These formal-clad students will dance to Carroll Baker’s music from 8:30 to 11:30. Tickets for the girl-ask- boy affair, presented by the senior class, are $2.50. The “fantasy” theme will be carried out in red, green, and gold decorations. Committee chairmen are: bids, Car- lyn McKenzie and Pat Miley; chaper- ones, Mary Ann Lewis; coat check, Eileen Dockery; decorations, Jean Meyer; publicity, Mary Ann Walter and Chuck Gray; tickets, Mary Ann Keller and Dave Cavanaugh; rehabilitation, Pat Swails and John Anderson; re- freshments, Donna Stoltenberg and Scrap O’Donnell; posters, Carole West- phal; invitations, Glenna Barry; and orchestra, Barb Smith. Bohrer ’61, secretary; and Elaine Fee- ney ’62, treasurer. Because of Sister Mary Borgia’s ab- sense through illness induction of mem- bers was delayed, but it will take shortly after the beginning of the sec- ond semester. The quota cannot be filled until then because report card averages must be considered by the board. Aside from scholarship the criteria for choosing members is excel- lence in leadership, character, and serv- ice. “About eight more members will be elected. The Society allows 5% of the juniors and 10% of the seniors to belong,” states Sister Mary Borgia. Duo Sounds Off Merging for the Christmas Concert, the choral club and band have com- pleted last minute preparations. Having presented the product of their com- bined efforts to the public on Sun- day, Dec. 18, they plan an encore fea- ture Thursday, Dec. 22 for the stu- dent body. After Sister Francis Agnese, BVM, chorus director, became ill, Margi Dow- er '62, was drafted to fill Sister’s shoes. She sizes up her attempt as “a trying, but thrilling experience.” Ozwald Finds Gram s Corpse The Knight Beacon staff was arrested this morning in conjunction with the mysterious death of Gramma Gram- mer. All staff members have been locked in the Press Room until the grand jury hearings next January. Yesterday Oswald Paperskrumpled '64, found the missing body buried in the Knight Beacon. “Gads!” said Ozzie, “I seen her there, because her punctuation point stuck out, way far out. I almost tripped on it.” An autopsy showed that several of her sentences were fractured, and some were run on. “What a mess!” said Coroner Willy Blump ’62, “Her vocab was missing. Then I saw that her modifyers were dangling, and one was misplaced.” In the post mortem the coroner dis- covered that Grandma’s phrases had been ripped off; later they were found in the Knight Beacon file cabinet, which discovery incriminated the staff and led to their arrest. Death came as a result of pen slashing and apostrophe punctures. Senior Editors Hal Feeney and Rose- ann Laake have refused to comment un- til they secure a lawyer. The KB's name has appeared on the police blotter several times before. In 1959 the Beacon was convicted for not being a good student paper; in 1960 the publication was acquitted of not being truly Catholic. JO ANN RUGE and Sandy Hemple, both ’61, scan Christmas decorations as they prepare to deck the halls” for this year’s Christmas formal. Fantasy in Frost. 30 Knight Owls Hatch Science Fair Projects by Sally Healey Ever ask the question “why?” En- joy a little extra reading? Like to stay up late at night? If so, then you are qualified to work on a science pro- ject. This year’s Science Fair will be held April 5-8 at the United Township High School, East Moline, 111. Stu- dents are now attending monthly Sci- ence seminars at various high schools in the area. A specialist representing different branches of science is fea- tured at each meeting. Last year’s scientists produced a variety of projects. Stephanie Grant ’62 tried to deter- mine which characteristic — plant or animal — was more prevalent in the Euglena. This one-celled creature can either absorb its food like the animal cell, or manufacture it through photo- synthesis like the plant cell. Although unsuccessful, Stephanie enjoyed work- ing on the project. However, many projects were suc- cessful. Pat O’Toole, Barb Niemeyer both ’62, received Honorable Mention Awards for their work. Last year’s wrork was only the first step in junior Jane Molyneaux’s long term project. Through experimenta- tion she determined that Claudopha, a form of algae, grows best in a solu- tion with pH of 8. She intends to add different hormones to the pH soultion to see if they will HRmTSSASM’CHRISTN,AS AFTER yWvFORMAL a-ASS yy ec28 Dec 22+ ™ ■ choral CLAUSE! iSUHEj JAN.4 FACULTY STUDENT COUNCIL, PARTY help growth. If successful, she hopes to make Claudopha edible. After test- ing it on animals, she will include it in a recipe, and, with a doctor’s super- vision, test it on humans. Stan Maliszewski 62 encountered numerous problems while attempting to change the reproduction process of Hydra. These tiny creatures, which repro- duce sexually and asexually, are ex- tremely sensitive. Temperature change, water content and other environmental conditions may seriously affect their health. They also have periods of de- pression when they stop eating, con- tract, and die. At one point, Stan had to obtain a new supply of Hydra and begin again. Despite these difficulties he succeeded and received an Honor- able Mention Award at the Science Fair. Lack of time can cause the failure of an experiment as it did with Hal Feeney ’61. Reviewing his experiment, which was to determine the charge of the electron by Millikan’s principle, Hal claimed, “Getting a good exhibit idea and starting it early are two def- inite requirements in preparing a good science project.” Some of the students attended a Spring workshop at the Iowa Academy of Science in Iowa City. This meeting gave them a chance to associate with leaders in the science field, and to receive information uncovered by Sci- ence Majors in their research for de- grees. Drums Beat Humdrum Out of School by Miller Knight “We’re happy so many of you could be here today,” quipped Mr. Carl Parr- man, Assumption band director, as he began one of the most enjoyable as- semblies in the school’s history. On the shoulders of 51 band mem- bers the student body was wisked far away from the humdrum of classes. They visited the cattle spreads of Cuba, attended a famous opera, viewed Music Man in New York and listened to Air Force planes soar in the sky. Special sections of the band w'ere featured during the concert. The drums illustrated their dynamic effect through “Cowboy in Cuba,” a brass trio trilled “Concerto Grosso” and the woodwinds piped “The Five Mellow Winds.” Band member George Knight ’62, maintains that Mr. Parrman’s humor- ous remarks served two purposes: to entertain and to give the band time to catch their breath between num- bers. Paul Bauer ’61, solo trumpeter for “Cowboy in Cuba” reminisced that “there’s one spot where I had to get 20endVsem t« HO CLASSES O O TEACH ER’ DAY O U- VUNIO - SENIOR' JT RETREAT FR$SH - SOPH !ETREAT CJD a mute into the horn very quickly. That day I decided to stop playing a measure early, so that I would have plenty of time to get the mute. How- ever, 1 took one measure’s rest too many, then tried to come in like I always do. I hope no one in the aud- ience could tell the difference.” The enjoyment and lasting impres- sion upon the students was summed up by Fr. Edmund J. Weeg, who stated via the PA that he was sure the tum- ultous applause was for the “appreci- ation of the music and not a gimmick to get out of class.” Folio Intrigues by Karen Sanders What would your reaction be if you opened the latest issue of the Knight Beacon and found a column entitled “Aunt Comfort’s Cosy Corner”? No doubt you would think it was some kind of a joke or, at best, no more than a witty title. Such juicy items, however, were regularly featured in The Portfolio of 1877, then the school paper of ICA. Other titles of this kind were: “Chips from the Tree of Science,” “Ores from the Mine of Literature,” and “Angels Whispers by Cherubina.” Staff members of the Knight Beacon would gape with awe at the hand- written columns of the Portfolio. No doubt the Beacon would be consider- ably smaller if the staff had to do the printing in such a manner. One thing the Beacon has in common with the out-dated Portfolio is the will- ingness to print student material. The Portfolio (1873-1887) emphatically stated in its initial editorial that the periodical would “offer space in each issue for the publication of the best efforts in essay writing.” 31 KB Reporters Whoop It Up In Milwaukee by Gary LaFayette Souvenir hunting, party going, brew- ery touring, and conferences on the side . . . comprise an itinerary for an extra fun-filled weekend. And it was just that for 18 perspiring journalists. For six months, Fr. W. F. Wiebler, faculty advisor, had planned the Mil- waukee trip. However, journalists were unanimous in agreeing that the trip was more exciting because Plan A and alternate Plan B did not work out as hoped. Five boys rode with the advisor while nine girls and four boys rode the train. The train for Chicago was two hours late. While waiting, junior Barb Nie- meyer’s head nodded often since no one had slept more than two or three hours the night before. Journalists from Regina of Iowa City and Alleman of Rock Island joined the Assumption staff to fill practically a whole car. In Milwaukee, Editor Roseann Laake 61, counted noses for the umpteenth time. She read explicit Plan A direc- tions which stated the group should meet Father at the 12:10 Mass in Gesu church. This was 3:00 p.m. Something like this having been fore- seen, Roseann put Plan B into effect. Even though Plan B also failed, they arrived at the arena just in time to at- tend a talk on typography. Typographer Edmund Arnold told a large assembly to “act boldly . . . crop pictures ruthlessly ... if you cut something out, do it thoroughly; don’t make it look like an accident.” Reunited with the boys, the train riders were dismayed to learn that the five boys already had toured Miller High Life Brewery. They cheered up only on the promise of getting to tour a brewery the next day. After supper the group attended a talk on “Making the Good Press Bet- ter.” Fr. Thurston Davis, editor of America cited the fair treatment given the recent election by the secular press. He noted that bigotry had received a death blow. The group then paired off with their Pius XI hosts. Some went to Pius’ basketball opener. Gary LaFayette 61. remarked that “for a small school, these guys play pretty good ball.” (Pius, with 2,700 enrollment, is the largest Catholic school in Milwaukee.) Seniors Rita Macken, Jean Meyer and Mary Ann Keller, were thrilled to stay at Alverno College, where they at- tended a college mixer. Three collegians gave up their beds for them; the girls have now decided to attend Alverno. Saturday morning Fr. John Reedy, Ave Maria editor, spoke on “Today’s Headlines, A Challenge to Youth.” He presented ten points for better read- ing: 1) read selectively, 2) scan before reading, 3) recognize the purpose, 4) see the author behind the article, 5) watch for hidden explosives, 6) look for editorial policies, 7) reword the author’s message, 8) read actively, 9) choose your authorities, and 10) supply the supernatural idea. After lunch, Donald McDonald, for- mer editor of The Catholic Messenger, defined the “Irreplaceable Function of the Daily Newspaper.” He showed how the newspaper is able to give more depth to the news. Because a man can sit down and read the news at leisure, the newspaper is an indispensable part of daily life. High school editors should aim at more interpretative reporting — that is, give an understanding of events unobtainable in a five minute’s news flash — he 6aid. Finally the girls toured a brewery. 32 Carole Westphal ’61, sent free postcards to all her friends. The group sent one to their advisor. They all drank free samples (root beer) in the quaint Ger- man rathskeller. Pius students held an open house that night. In one corner a Milwaukee student taught Bill Keefe 61, how to cheat at poker. In another corner Mer- win Hart 61, drew caricatures. Karen Sanders 61, learned that in Milwaukee water fountains are bubblers, ice cream bars are paddlepops, pop is soda and trench coats are tankers. Sunday morning, after Mass, the stu- dents sauntered into the Union, a Mar- quette hangout. They cajoled the man- ager into opening the Tepee where they purchased over $40 worth of Marquette sweatshirts. Next day, Blue Monday, Sue Welch ’62, and Gerry Ketelaar ’62, had not yet unpacked the bags under their eyes. Journalists got to school, but not one got much out of it. All considered the trip profitable, however, and in this is- sue the editors are using some of the tips they picked up at the congress. Tees Plot Points Ever hear of mixing golf and math? Sister Mary Cecil, BVM, does in her al- gebra classes. Recently she purchased a 4’ x 4’ brown peg board to be used in graph- ing. Green tape separates the quad- rants and bright yellow golf tees plot the points. This eliminates inaccurate drawing on the blackboard. Sister obtained the golf tees last summer while teaching. “Golf?” No, she taught modern math at Clarke Col- lege, Dubuque, with a similar peg board. Liturgy and Laity Who Was That Babe? Assumption has a cuddly infant lying in the manger of its Nativity scene. Is this the real Christ? No. Is Christ now Clarence Mason? Evie Panther? Steve Tullis? Yes, because Christ lives now in His Mysti- cal Body. We find him in fellow students, not in plastic infants. Yet, as at the first Christmas, there are places today where no room can be found for Christ. Luke said, . . there was no room for them in the inn.” Today, cross out “inn” and substitute barber shop, residential district, factory or school. When the offerings are placed on the golden paten, they are not segregated, but united; so also did the Infant receive the gifts of all three Wise Men — white and black — without discrimination. Therefore, students should find room in their hearts for the Mystical Christ. For Christ’s sake, let in the Negro, the poor, the downtrodden and the discrim- inated — because they are Christ. No Place Like Assumption “The spirit at Assumption is great,” declared Mr. Ron Mellen at a recent pep meeting. Our spirit also flourishes in other realms than athletics. The 1960 Band Concert and the variety show, Give My Regards to Broadway, playing to packed houses, were smash hits. Although both productions were tremendously suc- cessful, they ended too abruptly. It would have been most suitable to end each of these with the school song. The band might have presented it as an encore while the variety show cast could have concluded with a finale featuring our school song. We think it would be very appropriate and most impressive in the future to end such productions on this high note and to let everyone know, “There is no place like Assumption.” H.V.F. Quote A student may have all the pounds of England and all the tons of gold in Fort Knox without having one ounce of happiness . . . Tom Chandler ’61 KNIGHT BEACON As a Beacon in the Night All-Catholic Newspaper of Distinction All-American The Knight Beacon is published eight times a year by students of Assumption high school. The yearly subscription rate is $1.50. CO-EDITORS: Hal Feeney Roseann Laake FEATURE EDITOR: Sally Healey NEWS EDITOR: Ken Wolf SPORTS EDITOR: Scrap O'Donnell SPORTS STAFF: Gary LaFayctte. Mary Ann Keller STUDENT COUNCIL: Gerry Ketelaar YCS—SODALITY: Greg Cusack CIRCULATION: Carole Westphal, Buster Hobein ADVERTISING AGENT: John Jayne CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER: Paul Bauer PHOTOGRAPHY DEPT.: Denny Hogan. Bob Hill. Joe Nahra PICTURE EDITOR: Jean Meyer ART: Merwin Hart. Howard Heydn EDITORIAL STAFF: Laurence d'Autreinont, Bill Keefe. Rita Macken. Karen Sanders. Pat Swails. John Crossen ADVISOR: Fr. W. F. Wiebler Statistics Lie Like Mad (Editor's Note: Between 8:22 and 8:33 one fine morning an unseen introuder tacked a mathematical gem to the press- room bulletin board (S-10). The following is a parody of this numerical masterpiece.) Population of Assumption High School 950 People Holding jobs 240 Balance left to do this work 710 People participating in sports ................. 210 Balance left to do this work 500 People participating in YCS and Sodality 150 Balance left to do this work 350 People working for Student Council ............. 36 Balance left to do this work 314 People who won’t work 265 Balance left to do this work 49 People in dentention ..-................... 40 Balance left to do this work 9 People absent ............................... 7 BALANCE LEFT TO DO THIS WORK ............... 2 TWO, You and I. You’d better get busy; I’m tired of doing it all alone. When we counted last. You know as well as I. 33 Will Kennedy Favor Many jokes about the consequences of a Catholic in the White House have been circulating since John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s election. For instance, after election night a Nixonite Bet- tendorf woman is supposed to have called one of our students a “mackerel snapper. He, in turn, told her that since Kennedy’s in she’d better be able to genuflect by Monday, and do it properly. In the midst of all such talk about religious big- otry, seniors Ken Wolf and Vince Neu wondered what will happen now that Kennedy is in. As a re- sult of their stand in the debate, these non-con formists have raised some interesting points. The key questions are serious ones. Can John F. Kennedy be a good President? Can he do his best while constantly trying to avoid the appearance and the reality of Church control? Can he retain his goals and individuality by conciliatory measures? It seems evident that Kennedy would not attend numerous or ostentatious Church functions for fear of seeming to favor the Church. Protestants quake at the thought of the President kneeling before a car- dinal. They would consider such a gesture “unAmeri- Lite Flashes These comments have been culled from the 1960 reading files of senior students of English; these re- ports were compiled for Mr. Mellen. Dave Sulentic — In Garments All Red by Godfrey Poage, C.P. An interesting story of a girl who had more guts than most grown men. The kind of a story that makes one stop and think. Doug Cornick — Profiles In Courage by John F. Kennedy This book was boring and very dry. It had little color, excitement, or adventure. The only reason I’d ever read it again is if I had to. Dan McGuiness — Father Malachy’s Miracle by Bruce Marshall This is one of the best satires I have ever read. It holds up to scorn the scepticism and atheism of the modern world by presenting a miracle that is im- mediately disproved. Well written, it contained a deep humor. Paul Bauer — The Last Hurrah by O’Conner This book, I felt, was very interesting because of the satirical humor about the political machine. I did feel that it was particularly hard on the honest pol- iticians inasmuch as it seemed to assume that most of them were basically dishonest. Charles Sommer — Orestia by Aeschylus When I read this book I was surprised to find myself enjoying it. I found that a reading of Morning Becomes Electra greatly aided my understanding of this book. Mackerel Snappers? can,” and staunch American John F. Kennedy would avoid such a mistake. Perhaps even more interesting is Kennedy’s at- titude towards the presidency. Some worthy people believe that there won’t be a stronger supporter of the separation of Church and State in the United States than John F. Kennedy. Some Protestants are happy now that Kennedy’s elected. In many ways they’ll probably get a better deal under a Catholic President than they’ve re- ceived under a Protestant one. On controversial is- sues involving religious principles one can be assured that Kennedy will delicately sidestep decisions whch smack of Catholic doctrine. Before his term is over, Kennedy might have severe backaches because of his conciliatory meas- ures. One thing is sure: the Catholics won’t get the breaks. Official proclamations of the United States Govern- ment concerning the use of artificial birth control are certainly not going to appear in print while Ken- nedy’s in, and we won’t have an ambassador to the Vatican under Kennedy’s administration. Advocates of the public bus system for all students will have to sit out his term, hoping for the “happier” days of another administration. In the helter-skelter of presidential speeches and campaign trips the above questions went unanswered. In the next four years they’re going to be answered by John F. Kennedy, President of these United States. 34 In Competition Frosh Newshens Edit WHILE PURSU- ING the finished copies of four “An- cient Newspapers,” Eileen McCarthy, Mary Kealey and Barb Bauer, all ’64, stop to enjoy one of the comical fea- tures. The papers were long term projects of the Freshman History classes. 1 i Worms Burrow Into Tomes by Pat Swails Is your hair dry? Rub it with Hipo- crates Herbs! Want to pass your quar- terly exams? Take Hipocrates Herbs tonight. No, this isn’t the classified section of the Knight Beacon. These ads, and many more like them, can be found in the four newspapers being put out by Sister Mary Coaina’s classes. Sister assigned her four freshmen ancient history classes to write news- papers dealing with four different eras. One is Egyptian, the Nile News, edited by Barb Bauer, Barb Britton, Jill Schraeder, and Susan King, all ’64. Other papers, regarding the Fertile Crescent, Greece, and Rome, are The Best of the Crest, The Grecian Gazette, and Roman Revue. Editors, four from each class, include frosh Pat Beaman, Becky Costello, Kay Pieruccini, Carol Spire, Mary Kealey, Gerri Barrett, Kit Meisenbach, Karen Borgonjon and Claudia Conrad. The review of The Book of the Dead can be found in the Nile News, along with the gossip column, EGYPTIAN EAVESDROPPERS, in which Nefer- titi is predicted to be elected this year’s Miss Egypt.” An obituary and mar- riage column are also contained in this issue. The Best of the Crest has a Blue Streak containing “Dear Cleo” (short for Cleopatra), a comic section, an ed- itorial, and coverage of the renowned chariot races. This issue also contains stories about the beginning of the “wheel” and the uses of purple dye. Typical of the ads to be found in the Grecian Gazette is: Horses! Horses! Horses! You get more miles per bale!! Also located in this paper are: The Greek Streak, lead story on the dedica- tion of the temple of Athens, and a Socratic column. The Roman Revue contains a feature on the death of Caesar, and an inter- esting sports page with news about Ben-Hur’6 Chariot. [veryone'sA Winner Everyone’s a winner — everyone re- ceives a prize in Sister St. Monica’s typing classes. In a recent contest spon- sored by The Faber-Castell Co. each student submitted a letter based on the company’s correspondence project. Juniors Judith Leslein and Evelyn Panther played “Lady Bountiful” in distributing the prizes. All students participating received an Ereaserstik from Faber-Castell. Everyone typed and won. by Hal Feeney Such creatures as The Loved One, Octopus, and The Ugly American have been roaming Assumption halls. Of course, our Shook Up Generation takes them in stride, but being Masters of Deceit they read them undetected. These are only several of the mul- titudinous volumes diverting Assump- tion boys’ attention to reading,'‘and not just reading comic books. Many educators have stated that most incoming college students lack proficiency in reading; AHS students should be prepared says Charles Som- mer ’61. Several years ago Fr. Marvin Mot- tet inaugurated his “Initiative Reading Plan” in senior religion classes in order “to develop increased student reading to open new worlds for them. This is most valuable for seniors since it offers a more mature approach to reading.” To attain an A in the course stu- dents must read and report on six books per quarter and maintain an A average in exams. For a B they must read four books and have a B average. Three reports are required for a C and two for a D. According to this plan, anyone who has not am- bition to read two books per quarter fails the course. Chuck Gray ’61, observes that, “Fath- •er’s program develops a broader in- terest in reading since it isn’t neces- sarily limited to purely religious sub- jects, but those which will provide a better background of the world we live in.” Another approach to reading is an accelerated program advocated by Fr. John Boyle and Mr. Ron Mellen in boys sophomore and junior English classes. Object of the program is to acquaint the students with classical writers and their works from ancient to modern times. Reading requirements are about the same for this program as for Father Mottet’s, with each student being re- quired to read four books for an A, three for a B, etc. The reading list includes such classics as War and Peace, The Prince, Crime and Punish- ment, and Don Quixote. Students thoroughly analyze each book, particularly treating character- ization, plot, and writing, and careful- ly discussing the philosophy and psy- chology involved. After this they turn in a detailed book report and take a comprehensive examination on each book. “These sophomores and juniors are better read than many college stu- dents,” comments Mr. Mellen. Remark- ing on the additional benefits of the program, he states that, “When they learn to compare and associate, their work becomes much easier.” A “Cumulative Reading Program” file which contains reader comment on each book is kept for each student. This file is passed on from year to year so that the teacher may follow the student’s reading progress and in- terests in order to guide him. (See Lite Flashes for these comments.) Both reading programs are pedagogi- cal devices designed to stimulate read- ing. As Father Mottet says, “Reading is a very important skill today. If you don’t have the ability to read you are seriously handicapped.” 35 Those Who Have Filthy Minds, Read This by Barb Nicmeyer “If one of my younger brothers or sisters were to receive obscene liter- ature through the mail the best thing I could do would be to send it to the Davenport Post Office so that officials could discover the source and stop the circulation.” Kathy Ceurvorst '62, thus describes one of the most effective weapons against obscene literature and pictures through which racketeers net over $500,000,000 and jeopardize over one million youngsters annually. “Most of these children,” explains Mrs. C. W. Crossen, Past Chairman of Davenport’s Central Committee for Decent Literature, “apply for some innocent item such as a baseball or toy car, causing their names to fall into dealers’ hands. The children have no desire for this trash at the beginning.” Other sources for names include high school annuals, prep school lists, cub and boy scout lists and businesses. The market may include children from eight years up through teens, though particular emphasis seems to be on the grade school and junior high ages. Various different approaches are used. One — the “pen pal” approach — is addressed in longhand. Others which appeal to the younger set may be addressed to “Master — In many criminal cases obscene lit- erature can be traced into the offend- ers background. 80% of the youths ap- prehended for serious crimes had in their possession and admited they had been influenced by material describing extortion, forgery or sex offenses. The Post Office Department receives literally thousands of complaints from the parents of victims of the racket. Davenport postmaster A. Kroppach re- ports that mail of this type is con- stantly being received unsolicited by youngsters in this area. These com- plaints have forced dealers to pay the high rates of first class mail which the post office cannot search. Up until August, 1958, it was neces- sary to prosecute a dealer at the point of mailing but recently Congress has amended that law so the postal in- spectors department can prosecute where mail is received. The court, however, has been handicapped by its inability to properly prove obscenity. Yet, Mrs. Crossen says, the battle against indecent literature is still be- ing waged and must constantly be fought. With this in mind her com- mittee appeals to parents and older brothers and sisters, for they are the real key to action against racketeers. Postmaster General Summerfield lays down four steps which he urges stu- Top Salesmen What are the secrets of a super sales- man? Jack Hippier 61, and Eileen Mc- Carthy ’64, are AHS’s two top author- ities. Both have been awarded prizes for selling the highest number of raf- fle tickets for the Mother’s Guild. Knowing where to sell their tickets was no problem. Jack got a good start by selling 12 of his 43 books right at home in Mahoneyville. Eileen took advantage of the free day to sell tic- kets downtown and in some of the lo- cal business firms. Walking from dents to follow should their brothers and sisters receive any such mail that glorifies or describes crime, exploits horror, portrays sex facts offensively, features lewd pictures or profane speech, carries offensive advertising, or ridicules any national, religious, or racial groups. These are: 1) save all materials, in- cluding envelopes and enclosures; 2) report the matter to the local post- master and turn the material over to him; 3) help mobilize community sup- port behind adequate law enforcement of local ordinances or state laws when these purveyors are apprehended and brought to court; and 4) rally public opinion behind new and stiffer leg- islation or obscenity. Declares Postmaster General Sum- merfield, “Every person, every type of association has a stake in this most serious, most vicious threat to all our people, especially our youth.” Reveal Secrets house to house was another major ap- proach to the task. As every salesman knows, it’s the “early bird who gets the worm.” Eileen got a $5 donation from Mr. Stoker. She had beaten out Mr. Stok- er’s son John ’62. With 98 books sold in two weeks, Eileen decided to buy two books for herself and bring her total to an even 100. Even illness couldn’t suppress Jack’s urge to sell. Striken by a mild con- tagion, Jack was on his feet that af- ternoon selling tickets. Before he was able to get really started though, he was apprehended by a police officer, who convinced him that attending school was more important. As top salesman both Jack and Ei- leen were each given $25 prizes. Ei- leen feels Christmas presents and clothes will take a share of her prize. Christmas and roller skates are also on Jack’s list. Stamps Buy Supplies A new project of Sister Mary Lor- etta Cecile’s is collecting trading stamps which people do not need or want. Sister would like to have any S H Green, Gift House, Consumer, Gold Bond, King Korn stamps, or Betty Crocker coupons people are not going to use. If any other stamps are avail- able, Sister would be happy to have them. Many supplies and equipment can be obtained by redeeming the stamps, Sister says. I a ASSUMPTION’S CHAMPION persuaders Eileen McCarthy ’64 and Jack Hip- pier 61 utilize their special “techniques” to sell raffle tickets to Mrs. C. W. Crossen. Both students received $25 prizes from the Mothers’ Club for their efforts. 36 Soph Girls Go On The stillness of the large recording room was disturbed only by the muf- fled activity in adjoining studios. Gor- don Vann finished adjusting the stu- dio tape recorder as Barb Lewis '63. and Sally Cogan ’63, waited nervous- ly for his signal. Suddenly he gave the cue and Barb began, “All was quiet . . .” The recording session at KSTT was aatually an extra-credit project of the girls’ speech class. Sponsored by the Iowa Tuberculosis and Health As- sociation, the project offered competi- tion within the respective schools. The entire girls’ speech class partici- pated. During October Sister Mary Leon BVM, and Sister Mary Borgia BVM, chose the two best speeches which were sent to Des Moines along with a list of the local stations. The Among Readers Book Stirs Ire by Ken Wolf Foreign affairs, a key issue in the 1960 election, have received consid- erable attention at Assumption as a result of a book currently being sold at the YCS and Sodality bookstores. This book, The Ugly American, a revealing indictment of the U. S. for- eign service, was written by William Lederer and Eugene Burdick. Although fiction. The Ugly American effectively portrays the plight of Amer ican foreign policy in Asia. By “ren- dering fact into fiction,” the authors have attempted to “stimulate thought as well as action.” Comparing a typical American am- bassador, Louis Sears, to a typical communist ambassador, Louis Krupit- zyn, this book shows how the U.S. sys- tem of mass givaway has proven in- effective when pitted against the small- er but more effective aid supplied by the communists. Pat Rossmiller ’61 states that The Ugly American “points up the need for trained diplomats in our foreign service.” The authors present their case in a bi-partisan, subtle, and often ironic manner. They demonstrate that often the efforts of dedicated ambassadors are thwarted by politically minded state department officials. Consider the case of Tom Knox, a fictional chicken farmer who settled in Cambodia. He suggested to the American state department a plan to increase chicken and egg production in that country and thereby help the small Cambodian farmer. His plan was abandoned in favor of a large scale ineffective canal project. Senior Edd Soenke voiced the opin- ion of many of the readers when he said: “It makes me angry to think that incidents such as described in this book are actually happening.” Record Against TB Association approved the speeches and designated KSTT as the broadcasting station. Barb, who wrote on ‘Tuberculosis is Everyone’s Problem,” explained TB as seen through the eyes of a nurse working at a sanitarium. Throughout her five minute speech, the sopho- more referred to definite advances in the treatment of the disease. Using a child as an example, she explained how “Mary” would be cured at the modern hospital. Sally, who also wrote in the first person chose “Christmas Seals at Work.” A small girl discovers that her friend, Jo Ann, has contracted TB. But because of a movie she saw, the girl knows that Jo Ann can be com- pletely cured and that she can help by selling Christmas seals. Both girls felt that their training in the speech class had been valuable. “In radio you have to depend complete- ly on your voice for effect,” stated Sal- ly, “and we had been practicing this in class.” Barb realized that “to prop- erly develop the speech I had to per- sonalize it by talking through a spe- cific person about a definite case.” One Assumption senior is richer money-wise as a result of Career Week, Nov. 7-11, while the entire senior class is richer information-wise. Mr. B. J. Condon, who gave a talk on sales and real estate, awarded Bob Schebler ’61, a dollar for being the most enthusiastic member of the aud- ience. A “stand up and shout” contest was held to determine the winner. Successful salesman Condon listed five rules for successful selling: 1) be enthusiastic, 2) know your product or service, 3) be truthful, 4) speak clear- ly and specifically, and 5) understand the customers’ questions. “Mr. Condon proved the effectiveness of good sales- manship by selling himself to the aud- ience,” remarked senior Mike Shinners. Mr. Don Wooten, program director for WHBF Radio-TV, dwelt on the Theology of Work during his keynote speech to the girls. Mr. Wooten cau- tioned his listeners, “Don’t pattern your life after someone else.” He emphasized the need for truly knowing one’s self, one’s talents, and one’s interests be- fore choosing a career. The American Foreign Service was the topic of a talk given by Mr. Ralph DePorter, Belgian consul for Iowa and Eastern Illinois. He stated that candidates for the foreign serv- ice are chosen mainly on the basis of how well they will advertise Amer- ica to the people of foreign nations. Due to the post war expansion of the service, after 1963 all candidates will be required to know at least one for- BARB LEWIS ’63 registers amusement as she listens to the playback of her speech at the KSTT recording studio. Although they admitted being nerv- ous, the sophomores were glad to have had the opportunity. “I always thought that a radio station was small and dark with a lot of mysterious machines,” laughed Sally, “but KSTT was just the opposite.” Barb agreed and added, “I enjoyed meeting and talking to Gordon Vann.” eign language, explained Mr. DePort- er. (See article on Helmut Steiner.) “Previous school marks indicate success in the science field,” empha- sized Mr. Walter Dray, who spoke on science and mathematics. He also stat- ed that only 50% of those studying science actually go into the field of scientific research. Mrs. Ingabord Yu- hash described the opportunities for women scientists in industry. Other representatives also explained the educational requirements and op- portunities in their respective fields: engineering, law, medicine, farming, military service, social work, and child therapy. Many students felt that Career Week helped them decide their future plans. “After attending the conferences I decided I was really interested in nurs- ing,” commented Sharon Goettsch ’61, while Claudia Allen ’61, realized “the importance of college” and definitely plans to go. Marycrest College held its annual Future Teachers Day, Nov. 10. Seniors from area high schools met at the college and were conducted to various Davenport schools. After observing classes in process, they returned to the college for a talk by Mr. Anthony Marinaccio, superintendent of Daven- port schools. The prospective teachers then divided into discussion groups to analyze teaching. “By observing teach- ers in action, we received a realistic idea of what teaching is,” remarked Cathy Arnold ’61. Senior Hits Career Week Bonanza 37 by Tom Mason If I were white, or any color other than my own, I would get along better with the rest of the boys in my class. Also, I could go to more places in Dav- enport and Rock Island; I could get into the Holly- wood Supper Club for instance. Also, I would be able to get a better job after college without going to the city to run my own busi- ness. My children would get a better education and they wouldn’t have to be humiliated like I have been. If I were white, I could buy any house in Dav- enport that I could afford, and live in any neighbor- hood I chose without any questions about it. I would be able to get my hair cut in any barber shop that I wanted. If I were white, I could date any girl in this school that I wanted to without being looked down upon by teachers, students, and parents. People would treat me as one of them, not as an outcast, as they have treated my ancestors in the South and the North. Nowadays, when a Negro buys a car, all the white men look at him as if he shouldn’t have one. A white boy wouldn’t have to put up with such things as this. Furthermore, if I were a different color I could wear any piece of clothing that I choose and the stu- dents wouldn’t make fun of my clothes as they some- times do now. But I am glad I am not of a different color. Even though there are some hardships, I still enjoy the color and the race to which I belong. After all, some of the great athletes in America are from the Negro race. teacher, one photographer, and one so- cial worker. When asked how this situation could be remedied, Mr. Toney replied that the city should pass a fair employment practices ordinance with enforcement powers. On the other hand, Mr. Toney said that the hotel, motels, and restaurants are to be commended for their fair treatment of Negroes. “In Davenport, the courts are most democratic,” he concluded. Do You Know Your Friends? Can you recognize your friends from descriptions of them? In Sister Helen Ann’s junior English classes, each girl writes several simple sentences about the girl across the aisle, giving her an imaginary name. These sentences are collected and passed out again. Then they are made into complex sentences and read in front of the class. For example, Tracy Plum ’62 des- cribing Pat Hogan ’62 wrote, “Mary’s Irish descent is reflected in all of her 5’4” and is topped in her mischievous dark eyes and her toasted brown hair.” The class easily guessed her identity. “HEY BROTHER,” hails Tom Mason ’61 when he greets fellow students in the hall. Tom, who is noted for his ready smile, has provided plenty of enthusiasm for pep rallies. His speeches did much to fire up the team and stu- dent body. A member of Sacred Heart parish, Tom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Mason, 1906 W. 13th St. Negro Leader Condemns Davenport Discrimination by Ken Wolf Did you know that there are no skilled Negro workers employed in Davenport, Do you know that local real estate agents have agreed to con- fine Negroes to three or four residen- tial pockets, These and other facts on racial dis- crimination were revealed in an exclu- sive Knight Beacon interview with Mr. Charles Toney, member of the League for Social Justice. The Catholic Inter- racial Council, and the National As- sociation for the Advancement of Col- ored People. Mr. Toney listed housing and em- ployment as the two most critical areas of discrimination in Davenport. Concerning housing, Mr. Toney mentioned a “gentlemen’s agreement” among local realtors who refuse to sell a house to a Negro outside of the three or four established Negro “ghettos” in Davenport. When these Negro sections become overcrowded, the realtors employ “block busting” to extend them. A Negro family is sold a house in the middle of the nearest all white block. Subsequently, all the white neighbors put their houses up for sale. These are promptly bought by Negroes, and the “ghetto” is extended another block. Furthermore, Mr. Toney declared that “the Negroes are forced to pay exorbantly high prices for run down properties and high interest rates on these prices. I know of only one in- stance in which a Negro family es- caped one of these defined sections.” “Employment is the worst aspect of racial discrimination in Davenport,” according to Mr. Toney. He reported that all skilled Negro workers and most semi-skilled Negroes are forced to seek employment in Illinois. Mr. Toney states that there are no Negroes em- ployed in the Davenport police and fire departments, or in the sheriff’s of- fice. “Qualified Negroes have applied for these positions, but for one reason or another, they have been refused em- ployment,” rmearked Mr. Toney. He listed the Negroes working above men- ial capacity in Davenport: one chem- ist, one attorney, one physician, one Tom 38 New Horizons Greet YCS'ers in New York “The next ten years will be years of new horizons for our Church and for our country; it is up to us to take advantage of them.” The speaker was not John Kennedy, but a Catholic layman, James T. Har- ris, Assistant Executive Director of the American Society of African Cul- ture. Mr. Harris was but one of many speakers who addressed the Second National Lay Mission Conference held at Manhattan College in New York City. Four YCSers and two priests from the Davenport Federation attend- ed the convention held Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 25-26. “New Horizons in the World Mis- sion of the Church” was the theme of the conference, coinciding with the YCS program meetings now begin- ning on international life. Mike Phil- lips, Burlington, Bob King, Fort Mad- ison, Thelma Volger, Muscatine — all federation officers — and Greg Cusack, national president, Assump- tion, went to gain information about international life. In his keynote address, Mr. Harris said: “There is now a resolution among all men for greater freedom of life and liberty, an urgent call for mass action. Peoples of the world need and want aid and assistance, guidance and loving consideration, and religious and spiritual goals to fulfill themselves.” Religion must come last, he said, because “the needs of the belly must be fulfilled before ideologies can be presented to the mind.” Catholics, to be true Catholics, must “go into their society and become a part of it. This is one of the great challenges of the 60’s.” Later discussions and speeches fol- lowed this general theme. Area stu- dies (workshops) dealt with Africa, the Near East, Latin America, and the Far East. Discussion chairmen were natives from each respective section. YCSers, free to attend any ses- sion they wished, were enthused about the conference. Speaking as a rep- resentative of the group, Mike Phil- lips exclaimed, “It was tremendous! The opportunities to speak with, and listen to people of such caliber are one in a million. I’m sure it will bene- fit our meetings on international life.” A BLISSFUL Tom Eaton ’61, ‘Thanks Heaven for Little Girls’ who grow into personable ‘big girls’ like Carole Sarver. (Variety Show) Travelers Meet Whom do you always seem to meet when you visit a big city? It’s always someone from back home. This situation was experienced by five AHS journalists, while in Milwau- kee for the National Catholic Press Con- gress. On the Marquette campus they met John and Tom Lammers’ brother, Steve, recent Davenporter, now’ married and living in Milwaukee. After graduating from St. Ambrose Academy in 1955, Steve went into lib- eral arts at Marquette University. There he minored in theology, history and philosophy. In his senior year, he won the na- tional honor of being selected a mem- ber of Who’s Who in American Col- leges and Universities. At the present time, the combination student and teacher is working for his Ph.D. in Theology. Steve, a lay man, is teaching college theology, a course us- ually taught by qualified priests. Steve once commented on this situation, “Soon I’ll even be able to explain faith and morals to priests.” Socialists Ponder “Are you really living?” Twenty-five girls gathered at the Sodality’s Nov. 16 general meeting to discuss this ques- tion. The article, “To Live It Up, or To Live,” by Emeric Lawrence, OSB, which appeared in Today magazine spurred the discussion. Summing up the article, Sister M. Helen Anne, BVM, informed the girls, “Today, too many people — adults and adolescents alike — are not really liv- ing. They respond to persons, situations and to things with only part of them- selves. They withhold the total re- sponse that characterizes complete liv- ing.” Pressing Problem The sodalists were questioned on how high school girls show superficiality. Sodality Prefect Rita Radwick ’61, gave Fr. Lawrence’s definition of superficial- ity, “living for oneself on the surface of life and never arriving at any deep understanding of it.” Father Lawrence also suggested three remedies for superficiality: learn to grasp the real meaning of things; de- sire to understand and make judgments on what we read, feel, taste, see, or hear; and cultivate respect and rever- ence. Mary Pillepich ’61 remarked, “I think we all benefitted from the discussion and had fun doing it.” DOUBLING AS MOTHER and teacher, versatile Vicki Kruse ’62, trys to con- vey her singing talents to her chirping class of foundlings as they twitter “DO- RE-MI.” (Variety Show) 39 Sound of Music Dissatisfies Most AHS Students by Dave Cratty Early in October the strains of mu- sic were floating through the cafeter- ia during lunch periods. Most stu- dents were dissatisfied with the selec- tions. Expressing the opinion of the ma- jority, Colleen Walsh ’63, says “I real- ly didn’t care for the music because I couldn’t recognize so much of it.” This is understandable since every- thing from familiar Oklahoma! to Variety Adds Spit Cactus plants, window washing, and just a place to go ... a strange com- bination but it indicates the variety of activities in Assumption homerooms. Student monitors in Sister Mary Coaina’s homeroom care for Sister’s 23 plants. These range from African vio- lets to California cacti, with a Loquat Tree from Los Angeles and a Oleander plant from San Diego in between. When Fr. Gerald Kraus couldn’t find anyone to wash windows for him, his homeroom “volunteered.” Carol Borgonjon '64 thought that homerooms were “just a place to go when you haven’t any other place to go.” Carol was set straight when Fath- er Edmund J. Weeg proposed a better purpose, “a homeroom provides the administration with a means of in forming and becoming acquainted with the student body. It gives students a spirit of belonging.” Sisters Mary Francelle and Helen Anne, BVM, used questionnaires to ac- quaint themselves with their students. Questions about favorite colors, activi- ties participated in, and the kind of temperament were asked by Sister Mary Francelle. Some of these questions were just to satisfy Sister’s curiosity while some were to be useful in preparing Offenbach’s Gaite Parisienne ballet, and the Scheherezade symphonic suite by Rimsky-Korsakoff was played. Why do students feel this way about certain types of music, not necessarily classical? “The reason is simply that we are not familiar with this music,” states senior Gary LaFayette. “We haven’t heard enough to appreciate it.” W’ebster says that appreciation is a “favorable critical estimate.” As ap- plied to music, or any part, apprecia- e to Homerooms her guidance classes. “Although some of the questions were unusual,” re- marked Jeanette Schonhoff ’62, “we answered them as well as we could.” Because of the small number of boys interested in college, Fr. William Strat- man’s homeroom discussed the advan- tages of college and the Catholic Church’s view on secular colleges. Mike Kernan ’61 pointed out how beneficial the discussions were. “I learned quite a bit about Catholic and secular col- leges I didn’t know before. Did you know that it is only permissible to enter a secular college if you do some- thing to safeguard your faith?” Discussions were also held in Sis- ter Mary St. Eleanor’s homeroom. Sis- ter was substituting for Sister Mary Borgia, who was recuperating from an operation. The girls in this homeroom were divided into discussion groups. Each group then reported their find- ings to the entire class. Father J. V. Ryan’s homeroom is promoting the recitation of the rosary and the Angelus in family unison. “A homeroom also provides a place where students can discuss school top- ics,” remarked Carol Wysoske ’61. “It is a place where we can be guided and counseled.” tion first means knowing and under- standing it. This is the point to re- member. Yet, how are you going to become familiar with such music so that you will understand and enjoy it? Ac- cording to Mr. Carl Paarmann, listen. That’s all — just listen. Get your hands on a recording of the type you are looking for and play it. Then go back and play it again, and again. Already, you will find it more enjoyable. (You don’t even have to own a rec- ord. Local radio stations carry many such programs: Music from. Foreign Lands, daily 8-9 pm, WOC; Betty Stev- ens, Sundays 8-11 pm, WQUA; Ad- ventures in Stereo, daily 8-12 pm, WHBF.) During your initiation do not try to get some obscure message that is sup- posed to be there. The bit that you have to “get the message” to appreci- ate something is nonsense. That can come later. How do you evaluate the work after the first few times through a record- ing? Is the melody recognizable? It is the main part of the composition. The harmony should be there to act as a complement to the melody. It adds fullness and body to the piece. This is well and good, but the piece would not get off the ground without rhy- thm, or beat. If you have these three components — melody, backed by full harmony, played in rhythmic precision — then, you have good music. The next time someone mentions liking a particular kind of music (that you do not), don’t shudder. Tim Vaughan ’61, recommends that you give it half a chance; at least listen. Who knows? You may like it too! 40 Helmut Ponders, Are All Americans Ugly?' by Mike McCarthy Flash bulbs popping during relig- ious services . . . soldiers drunk in the streets . . . ambassadors stomp- ing on native pride by isolating them- selves. Foreign exchange student Helmut Stiener ’61, says that such events cre- ate the wrong impression of the Unit- ed States abroad. These actions im- ply that Americans are uneducated, undisciplined, disorderly and crude. Furthermore, Helmut states that America is not losing prestige, but has already lost it. This is not his personal opinion, but one shared by a vast majority of Europeans. “The Ugly American” is an apt term for describing the European attitude toward the typical American tourist. The typical tourist has no respect for places of public interest. For exam- ple, he will walk into any church and immediately start taking pictures, us- ing distracting flash bulbs. He doesn’t conform to the country’s customs or culture. Is the protection tire countries are getting worth all the trouble they are caused by occupation? The general re- sponse of the inhabitants, according to Helmut, is a flat no. For instance, he says that in Austria the American occupation troops were deemed as bad, if not worse, as the Russians because of their behavior while “on pass.” Moreover, Helmut relates that many American ambassadors cannot speak the language of the country which they are serving. This all points to the fact, Fr. L. Colonnese emphasizes, that Americans disregard foreign languages in schools, business and travel. Amer- icans traveling abroad expect the peo- ple to speak English; as tourists they do not take the effort to learn the na- tive tongue. What can students do to alleviate this situation? Helmut advocates that they be interested in foreign affairs. Reading the world news in responsible magazines will develope this interest. Secondly, students can study a for- eign language. But in studying these No doubt, you’ve heard the expres- sion “to live out of a suitcase.” But have you ever tried to live out of half a suitcase? That was the problem that faced nine girls who traveled to Mil- waukee for the Press Congress. Since they all were to go by car with Father William F. Wiebler, space was to be limited — and so was lug gage: two girls to one suitcase. “Oh Father, you’re kidding!” scream- ed Rita Macken 61. “Well, it’s impos- sible, that’s all,” Carole Westphal ’61, retorted. “I need one suitcase just for my hat!” laughed Mary Ann Keller ’61. “Maybe we could go by train, in- stead,” suggested Jean Meyer. How- languages they should see them as means of getting to know the people who live in that country. Thirdly, Helmut advises that young men entering service should resolve to set a good example when they occupy a country. In this way the coming generation will not repeat the mis- takes that the present generation has made in alienating allies which Amer- ica should have. “I wish that all Europeans could come to America to see for them- selves that America isn’t like the tour- ists, soldiers and ambassadors lead them to believe,” concludes Assump- tion’s Austrian. ever, that presented another problem: the need for a chaperone. Since all the girls agreed that it would be all but impossible to pack clothes enough for two girls into one suitcase, the search was on for a chaperone. Thanks to Sister M. Kevin, BVM, Alle- man’s journalism instructor, and Sis- ter M. Robert Emmett, BVM, from Regina in Iowa City, the group was able to travel by train. Because the boys weren’t confronted by the everlasting “clothes problem,” they journeyed by car with Father Wiebler. Their toothbrushes didn’t take up much room. Nine Damsels Share 4’ 2 Suitcases Three Senior Boys Contemplate Effect of Grades by Venker, Eaton, Wilkerson Grades are many things: success fulfillment happiness the key to life. Grades can do many things: get you a job get you into college put you on the Honor Roll. Therefore students want good grades. They do anything for them: Cheat Carry ponies and even study for them. Tests breed grades. Grades overrun the school. Grade talk is louder than test talk. There are teachers who can't be bought. There are grades beyond purchase, but Every guy has his grade. HOCjO Ftf FROM rue RIGHT t)K v urn f fiSbuT rme jms, F rwe ' 41 Honor Roll “DOUBLE, DOUBLE toil and trouble” . . . these four seniors are pleased with the pot of A’s they brewed during the first quarter. The sinister shadows belong to first honor students Mary Bohrer, Sandra Pohlpeter, Ed Soenke and Hal Feeney. Venders Render A-V Benefits “Why did I sell those raffle tickets? I didn’t get anything out of it.” This is the attitude of many students at As- sumption. However, the proceeds are being used for the students’ benefit. “The more money the students brought in for the raffle, the more they benefitted,” says Sister Mary Helen Regine. Sister, who is in charge of the audio-visual department at Assumption, explains that the Mothers’ Club held the raffle to raise money for audio- visual aids. The films, tape recorders, and stage equipment that the students use will be paid for with this money. In D-2, the temporary audio-visual room. Sister has listed the movies to be used for certain dates during the en- tire school year. “For a typical week, though rather slack,” the schedule goes like this: date — film — class Jan. 5-6 — Elizabethan Literature — Sr. Eng. Lit., Fr. Wiebler Jan. 11-13 — Punctuation — Sr. Eng. Grammar, Fr. Wiebler Jan. 11-13 — The Napoleonic Era — Hist., Fr. Kraus Jan. 11 — Brainwashing — Soc. Sci., Sister M. Iranaeus Jan. 17-19 — Napoleon’s Return from Elba — History, Fr. Kraus Jan. 25-27 — Sir Francis Drake — Hist., Sister M. Coaina Jan. 31 — Spelling — Sr. Eng. Gram- mar, Fr. Wiebler “I get the films to the various class- rooms; but usually the faculty has per- sons who can run the projector,” Sis- ter says. One such person is Eileen McCarthy ’64 who learned from Sis- ter Mary Helen Regine and in turn taught Mary Motto, Geri Barritt, and Pat Beaman. It took me one study period to learn, and from then on it was easy,” Eileen relates. Fr. Kraus reports that in general the faculty members on the boys’ side run the equipment. Last spring, the heads of each de- partment sent to me the amount of money listed that they would need for audio-visual aids. Some things are ordered during the year, such as the four RCA Victor Stereophonic record players which were purchased last week. Two of them, blue, will be for the boys division, and two, a pink and a green, for the girls division,” relates Sister. “The movies in history and guidance classes give variety and interest to the subjects discussed,” comments Pat Friedrichs ’62. Pat Johnson ’61 said: “In our English class a record player has contributed much to the under- standing of the play ‘Macbeth’.” Now that the Mothers’ Club bazaar and raffle are over, students will pro- fit. As Father Amborn said over the PA, ‘The net profit will be used for materials to aid your future educa- tion.” Girls Seniors First: Mary Bohrer. Sandra Pohlpeter. Second: Barb Smith. Roseann Laake. Maryl-Lee Nahrgang. Mary Plllepich, Anita Walsh. Carole Westphal. Clenna Barry. Kar- en Sanders. Pat Swails. Nancy Tullis. Della Powers. Judy Egger. Mary Maher. Mary Ann Walter. Connie Finkenhoefer, Rita Macken. Karen Ochs. Judy Johnston. Barb King, Carlyn McKenzie. Sharon Goettsch, Karen Melroy. Juniors First: Barbara Niemeyer. Second: Sharon Barta. Jane Molyneaux. Jane Wells. Mary Hart. Mary Jo Owens. Candie Cox. Mary Guile. Patricia Maag, Mary Pohl- mann. Louise DeZorzi. Stephanie Grant. Sue Welch, Janet Barrett. Cynthia Bunge. Karen Haiston. Ann Humphrey. Diane White. Bet- ty LaFayette. Judy Scott, Patricia Hogan. Nancy Kearney. Judy Leslein. Barbara Mar- tens. Frances Nelson. Claudia Townsend. Tana Cook, Janet Fleischman. Loretta Neu- feld. Sophomores First: Barbara Lewis. Second: Sally Cogan. Mardi Gaydos. Susie Wells. Mary Soenke. Marcia Kohler. Angle More. Pat Hammond, Katherine Dower. Jeanne Genzel, Shirley Wedekind. Joan Ber- endes. Gwen Gaukler. Denise Hole. Mary Ann Pauly. Freshmen First: Janice Adamsky, Glni Barrett, Phyl- lis Hart. Second: Janet Abbas. Barbara Bauer. Kath- ryn Meisenbach. Mary Motto, Jerelyn Ryan, Mary Schwarz. Kathy Barrett, Debbie Cal- lahan. Ilona Kuehnhackl. Eileen McCarthy. Louise Puls. Charlene Gaul. Linda Adrian. Judy Andersen. Jackie Bald. Barbara Bey- er. Rita Davies. Mary Kealey. Sharon Moly- neaux. Deana Morris. Karen Ohland, Mary Stanger. Karen Cornick, Nancy DeJulius. Charlotte Gusta. Sheila McGee. Mary Nix. Constance Palmer. Cynthia Phillips. Mary Thompson. Patty Brafman, Dolores Carlin. Patricia Carpenter. Barbara Gnam, Susan King. Susan Mohler. Boys Seniors First: Ed Soenke, Tim Vaughan, Hal Feeney. Second: Dave Cavanaugh. Bill Keefe, Greg Cusack. Gary LaFayette. Mike Ceurvorst. Dave Cratty. John Jayne, Gary Jansen. James Prochaska. Bob Flnneran. Tom Kis- tenmacher. Bill Pohl. John Davies. James Hill, pan McGuiness. Stan Reinhold. Don Perry, Ken Wolf. Charles Sommer. Helmut Steiner. Larry Meek, Juniors First: Gerry Ketelaar, Stan Maliszewskt. Second: Howard Mentzer, Dave Huyette. George Knight. Gerald Kealey. James Keefe. John Fiese. Sophomores First: None. Second: Bob Schwarz. Bruce Borne, Michael Peterson. Tom Cusack. Ray Roddewig. Jeff Gadient. Gerald Schutte. Charles Schmidt. Mike Hansen. Paul DiBlasio. Pat McGreevy. Joe Nahra, Mike Flynn. Tom Moore, Mike Fitzsimmons. James Kellenberger, David Mc- Guiness. Richard McMahon. Richard Foster. Freshmen First: James Logan, Darrell Warta. Second: David Ryder. Mike Schebler. Pat Thompson. John Loihl, Phil Andrew. Tho- mas Eischeid, John Genzel. Mike Town- send. Tom Brlbriesco. R on Garris. Phil Pash, John Hasenmiller. Don Shaw, Joe Dray. Jim Lonergan. Tom Ketelaar. Ralph Bawden. John Dockery. James Riley. Cor- nell Post. Tom Jansen. Stan Smazal. Walsh Construction Company General Contractors Davenport, Iowa 42 College Bound ? Take A Look At Catalogues by Greg Cusack College-bound students, are you un- certain about your college future? Are the relative merits of different colleges unknown to you? If so, a pleasant sur- prise awaits you in Assumption’s li- brary. Because of a YCS group’s enthusiasm, information on all Catholic colleges in the United States is available. Since the first meeting of the year was devoted to the student vocation, Joe Nahra’s sophomore group wanted to do some- thing different and effective. There- fore, as a group action, they decided to write all Catholic colleges in the country for information. They wrote to 205 colleges in all, each member responsible for 23. 105 replies have been received to date, and more trickle in each day. Some seniors have been quick to take advantage of the service. Bob Schebler 61, still undecided as to which college he’d like to attend, commented about the merits of the pamphlet and booklets. “They’re definitely informa- tive, and their listings of the various subjects, both required and suggested, have helped me decide which ones I’d like to take.” Also unsure of her college future, Donna Stoltenburg 61 said, “They cer- tainly have helped me determine which colleges would be good for me and which ones would not. Their lists of prices, subjects, and activities were ex- tremely interesting.” The catalogs are displayed on the center reference case in the library; they may be checked out overnight. Santa, Please Read What can Santa Claus bring Sister Mary Eustella, BVM, for Christmas? Sister would be very grateful if Santa dropped some dollhouse furniture and a Bingo game down the convent chim- ney. Don’t worry. Sister hasn’t reverted back to her childhood. Joan Kloss ’62 thought so, however, when she found Sister calmly arranging borrowed doll furniture on her desk. The dollhouse furniture and the Bin- go game are audio-visual aides for the Spanish classes. The Bingo game is played in Spanish for practice of Span- ish numbers. The furniture is used in learning the Spanish names for furni- ture. So, if you write a letter to Santa add a P.S. for Sister Eustella that she won’t have to borrow any more. Young Cosmopolitan Surveys World “Not all Americans are ‘ugly’ ” says is leaving old friends and making new Mary Jo Owens ’62. “At least most of ones,” Mary explains. the Germans I knew didn’t think so.” While living at an army post in Ger- many, the junior was able to meet many of the people. “Once my class at the American School visited a German school. We sat and talked with the stu- dents in both English and German,” she recalls. “We attended their carnivals and were occasionally invited to a wed- ding.” While living in Germany (1954-56) Mary Jo attended the Army Post school. During vacations she visited Holland, Belgium, France, Italy, and Switzerland. “I liked Switzerland best; it was just beautiful,” Mary Jo claims. “We went skiing in Baveria and did a lot of sight- seeing. She also found Rome “intriguing, especially St. Peter’s Basilica.” Al- though unable to see the Pope, the Owens family toured the Vatican li- brary, the museum and the Sistine Chapel. The Owens family returned to America after a two and a half year’s stay in Germany, where Major Owens had been stationed. During the voyage Mary Jo discovered that Prin- cess Fay Von Hohenlohe-Schilling- fuerst of Litihenstein, Germany, artist Salvador Dali, and movie star Merle Oberen were also on board. “It was quite a thrill,” she reminisces. After returning to America, the fam- ily lived in Wilton Junction for six weeks and then in El Paso, Texas. ‘That was a hectic year,” says Mary. “I started seventh grade in Germany, attended the Wilton Junction school for six weeks and completed the school year in El Paso.” ‘The hardest part in making changes The 16 year old cosmopolitan has widely traveled in her own country also. Her father, who is affiliated with the Nike Missile Program, has been stationed at various bases in the Unit- ed States. The family has lived in Iowa, Illinois, New York, Oregon and Cali- fornia and has traveled through many of the states on vacation. Last year, after living in Mount Pros- pect, 111., for two years, Major Owens was again transferred to Germany. The rest of the family came to Dav- enport. Mary has a brother, Tom, 13, and a sister who was born in Germany, Sharise Ann, four. Next spring the family intends to sail to Germany to rejoin Major Owens for another two years. (Flash — Because of President Eisen- hower’s recent cut of American fam- ilies allowed overseas, the Owens will not be able to join Major Owens next spring.) After she graduates, Mary Jo wants to enter nurses’ training. As of yet she is undecided whether she will re- turn to the U S. for her training or study in a European school. Money Aids Helmut Who’s paying for foreign exchange student Helmut Steiner’s books and tuition? The student council has de- cided to have a musical program to help raise money for this project. This program will take place in Feb- ruary. Tickets for the hour-long show will sell at 35 cents. For this program the council has hired a husband and wife team named the “Singing Kappels.” Their program will consist of Broadway musical and operatic numbers. 43 Wrestling Matmen Sparkle In Early Season Dual Meets AHS grapplers face a rigorous sched- opened the season in fine fashion Nov. Bob Deluhery pinned their opponents. ule through the holiday season and on into the new year. Bettendorf in- vades Knightland for a dual meet on Dec. 29. For their first 1961 encounter, the wrestlers journey to Cedar Rapids on Jan. 3 to take on Prairie. The Pioneers from Alleman pay a visit on Jan. 12 to determine the Quad- City Catholic mat title. Two days later the Knights will bang heads with West whose roster includes such contenders as George Thompson and Bill Nichol- son. Muscatine, invading Assumption on the 19th, will be seeking revenge for a 27-19 defeat earlier in the season. The matmen face another tough oppo- nent in their Feb. 2 tangle with Bob Bordon and company from Central. Prairie Meet Assumption high’s wrestling squad 22 by dumping Prairie High of Cedar Rapids 31-16. Pins were recorded by Tom Bivens, Mike Reisinger, Jack Davies, Rich Smith, and Stan Malis- zewski while Kazi Maliszewski and Steve Lemoine added decisions. In the Assumption Quadrangular, heavyweight Bob Deluhery pinned Sherman of Central for the Knights’ only first place. In other first place bat- tles Jack Davies and Steve Marinan fell to Central’s Otto Frei and Bob Bordon respectively while Stan Mal- iszewski lost a hard fought 4-3 decision to West’s defending state champion, George Thompson. Muscatine Meet The grapplers then journed to Mus- catine to hand the Muskies a 27-19 de- feat. Kazi Maliszewski, Jack Davies and Bivens, Reisinger, Hart and Marinan scored decisions. In the Davenport Invitational attend- ed by all eight Quad-City schools, Stan Maliszewski was again forced to set- tle for second as he lost to George Thompson. Bob Deluhery and Mike Reisinger snagged 3rd places and Jack Davies took fourth in their respective weight divisions. East Moline The bright picture was dimmed somewhat by East Moline who trounc- ed the Knights 34-11. Reisinger, Hart and Stan Maliszewski decisioned their respective Panther rivals while Davies was tied in the last ten seconds. At the present time Stan Maliszew- ski is rated the No. 2 grappler in the Quad-City area yielding only to Thomp- son from West. Development Ends Coaching Dilemmas The end is in sight! The end, that is, for Fr. Arthur Per- ry’s autumn sniffles and Fr. Charles Mann’s trek through the cornfields and nightly swim to football practice. The cinder men will also lose their opportunity to run the cross-country before practice. Fr. Robert Ambom releases today a projected development program for the five-acre plot north of the parking lot. This area will include practice fac- ilities for Assumption outdoor sports. These will include: three practice football fields a combination track-football field complete with cinder track, shot and discus areas, high jump, broad jump and pole vault pits two regulation baseball diamonds with back drops one softball diamond cemented tennis courts Football practice will be held in this spacious plot next fall, grass seed co- operating. Father Amborn commented that such a development was originally included with the design of the school, but lack of funds stymied the project. With the approval of the Boosters’ Club and acceptance by the Board of Education, some of these modern ade- quate facilities will now reach reality. PAPKING 44 Grid Squad Fetes Captain Frank Valainis, right end who anchor- ed Assumption’s tough gridiron line this past fall, was voted by his varsity team mates as honorary captain of the football team, the highest award given to a player throughout the season. Frank played all but two minutes of the entire season, both on offense and defense, and was noted for his never- say-die attitude both on and off the practice field. He played like he was never sure that he had his position nailed down; his teammates held him in high esteem. Head coach Ray Ambrose called Val- ainis the unsung hero of the Knight footballers and noted that, to his knowl- edge, there was no better defensive end in the area. Valainis was praised for work in the Alleman game when Alle- man played a tricky single-wing of- fense and used two or three VARSITY letter- men Tom Kisten- macher and Chuck Gray support Frank Valainis, honorary grid captain. Dur- ing the football season, however, it was Frank who supported the team at his end position. blockers to run interference. Frank spotted two blockers coming at him. He threw a roll block into the interference, spilling them both, and managing to get a hand on the ballcar- rier (John Watts) until the secondary could come up to make the stop. From that time on, Ambrose stated that Val- ainis was definitely college material in spite of his “small” size — 189 lbs.) An excellent student, Frank men- tioned that his biggest thrill came when he captained the Knights in the Alle- man and Burlington games. He was especially disappointed when the ref- erees called back a touchdown pass in the Clinton game, one which would have meant victory. Sportlite by Scrap O’Donnell and Mary Ann Keller The football Knights of Assump- tion received a fair share of the glory connected with star-studded All-Quad City and All-State teams this past autumn. Karl Noonan was mentioned on the All-Quad City first team as well as the IDPA All-State fourth team. Bob Schebler received honor- able mention on both the Quad City and State teams as did John Fennelly who was also listed on both. Frank Valainis and Don Miller both received special mention on the All-Quad City. • • • own equipment and made a heavier set. At present the set weighs 100 pounds. John Fiese stated, “These weights sure are a help. They create a definite challenge for us he-men.” Dear Coach Ambrose, Help! Damsels in distress! If you’d come over ... or send some of your grapplers over ... to teach girls in gym class some of the fine points of wrest- ling, maybe a lot more of us would The honorary captain caught eight passes for the Knights and was second only to left end Karl Noonan, who was first in the Quad-Cities with 27 re- ceptions. FROSH DIANE LIVINGSTON, Mary Motto, Kathy Gravert and Francis Du- gan demonstrate the Texas Star while square dancing in phys ed class. Who’s dragging around the hall- ways suffering from malnutrition? No one other than those wrestlers! Take Jack ‘The Rabbit’ Davies, for instance. He comes into the lunchroom and puts his sack on the table and everybody laughs at him. All he’s got is a candy wrapper soaked in prune juice and a piece of lettuce on a slice of wheat- germ. Ray Hart, who watches his weight more than any girl I know, brings a bunch of grapes to eat but doesn’t dare swallow the seeds; there might be calories clinging to ’em. But then wait till they have to be weighed in for a match and they bring a lunch that would be difficult for even Fr. Arthur Perry to digest. Wonder how long Davies and Hart will stay under 140 when March rolls around. • • • Finding from day to day that As- sumption’s weights were not doing the job, four enterprising wrestlers solved the problem. Pat Carney, ’62, John Fiese, ’62, Stan Maliszewski, ’62, and Jim Howes, ’63, brought some of their attend the meets. • • • Four hundred and twenty four feet — two per girl — pranced on the vol- leyball court during the intramurals. Four teams, one from each class, sur- vived the round robin competion. After pairing off, frosh against sophs and junior against senior, homerooms E6 captained by Nancy Imming ’62 and D8 headed by Gwen Gaukler '63 met in the finale. In the decisive tilt E6 bested the unfortunate Sophs. • • • Surprising was the reaction to square- dancing in phys ed. Although I’m sure the boys appreciated being serenaded through their exercises, it seems the girls were mixed in their reaction. A questionnaire showed, much to the surprise of the phys ed instructor, Miss Thornton, that the frosh, sophs, and juniors weren’t as enthusiastic over this vigorous dance as, the usually haughty seniors. This might be questionable, however. In one senior class a few reb- els initiated their own dance — the Stomp. But to their dismay, it couldn’t be done to square-dance calls. 45 Hardcourt Squad Eyes Alleman as Bulldogs, West Fall Tomorrow night Assumption plays host to Alleman high school of Hock Island to battle it out for the Quad- City Catholic Championship. Last year the two teams split, the Knights winning the first game 57-54 and the Pioneers taking the second, 51- 40. Merril Smet, All-Quad-City forward as a junior, appears to be the black mark facing the Assumption quintet. Smet is backed up by Jim Watts, Bert Deporter and Larry Fuller, all starters for Alleman last year. team split with the Knights, losing in Davenport, 87-82, and winning in Cedar Rapids, 84-65. Mike McCleary set an Assumption scoring record in the Knights’ triumph with 34 points last year. On Friday the 13th of January, the Knights host a tough Wahlert High School team led by Pat Dowd, ace guard and quarterback of the Wahlert Eagles. Last year, Wahlert downed As- sumption twice to the tune of 56-46 and 62-53. On Dec. 27 the Knights get their first crack at Davenport Central in G. E. Marshall gymnasium. Bill Kellen- berger, Gene Lucht and George Pohl- mann as well as 6-4 Jim McKinney and 6-6 Pete Rasmussen round out an ex- perienced Blue Devil team. The Burlington Greyhounds, visiting Assumption on Dec. 30, will be out to avenge an opening game loss at the hand of the Knights two years ago. On the other hand, Assumption will try to avenge a gridiron setback inflicted just two months ago, 20-19. On Jan. 7, the Muskies from Musca- tine invade Assumption’s gym led by returnees Larry Jackson, regular guard on the team that defeated the Knights 54-51 last year. The Regis Regals, possibly the strong- est Iowa opponent to meet the Knights in their campaign, host Assumption, Jan. 10. Two high scoring ball games took place last year. The Cedar Rapids Assumption’s Knights, looking like city champions on the hard court as well as the gridiron, got off to a flying start in the roundball campaign by whipping city rival West High to the tune of 61-52. Karl Noonan paced the Knights with 22 points while Bob Fitz- gerald led West with 27. The Knights, trailing 27-23 at intermission, broke up a third quarter press and blew the game wide open with accurate shooting and fancy ball control. The Knights then played host two days later to Jim Officer and the East Moline Panthers. They found the hand of Officer to be too much to handle as he poured in 39 points to lead his Panthers to a 74-60 thumping of the Knights. East Moline, was out to avenge two 73-70 defeats handed them by As- sumption last year. Bob Schebler led his mates with 18 points. Highly touted Bettendorf High, con- querors of West and Central high YOUNKER Satisfaction 4Iways DUCK CREEK PLAZA for any man on your list! 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A personality profile on the winner will appear in the next issue of the Knight Beacon. This all-school champ- ion will be presented with an engraved trophy. Each contestant will be given one chance to spell a word. He may not repeat a letter or correct one. He must say the word, spell it, and repeat the word. Capitalization of a proper noun must be stated. The contestant may ask that a word be repeated or used in a sentence or phrase before he begins to spell. He may challenge optional spell- ing of a word. The final decision will be based on Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary. Acting as proctors and judges will be members of the English departments of St. Ambrose and Marycrest Colleges. Representing Ambrose will be Mr. Paul Messbarger, while Sister Mary Edith will be the faculty member from Marycrest. Both will bring English majors to assist in the judging. “If the spelling bee is held next year, a novel twist may be added, such as, our school champions challenging downtown businessmen and their sec- retaries or other area champions,” re- marked Sister Mary Borgia, NHS moderator. Students Rally; Propel Project; Dish Spaghetti Ever start off with a pep rally and end up with a spaghetti dinner? The senior class project, a spaghetti dinner, started off in high speed after a spaghetti rally was held to spark student enthusiasm. Following a tradition set by last year’s seniors, the class of ’61 has been working full steam to make the now- annual dinner a success. Starring in the repeat performance will be Father Louis Colonnese and his superb spaghetti sauce. The sauce, made from an original Italian recipe, will again be created by Father. Tickets for the spaghetti dinner, Feb. 5, are $1.50 for adults, $.50 for chil- dren. Serving will begin at 3:30 and continue until 7:30. Tickets can be purchased from any senior. Proceeds from the event;; will be used to purchase aluminum enameled letters spelling Assumption High School. These letters will be placed on the blank brick wall to the right of the main entrance. If the pocketbook survives, another sign will be purchased and placed at the east entrance to the school. This would probably be an illuminated sign placed between stone supports. Did Beacon Slay Gramma? Gramma Grammer was found dead last Dec. 19. Who is responsible for her murder? Feb. 2 the Beacon goes on trial. Weighing the evidence to determine the innocence or guilt of the Knight Beacon are seniors Greg Cusack, defense attorney, and Mike Ceurvorst, prosecuting attorney. Assisting Greg are seniors Don Perry and Cathy Arn- old. The defense plans to call upon Editor Hal Feeney ’61, and Ann Humphrey ’62, as witnesses. “I feel the prosecu- tion’s evidence is so circumstantial that it would be pre- sumptuous. unwise, and illogical to suggest that the Knight Beacon staff is guilty of Gramma’s murder,” states the de- fense attorney. Prosecutor Ceurvorst is assembling his brief in prepara- tion for the trial. Serving as his legal staff are Stan Malis- zewski ’62 and Judy Egger '61. The honorable Judge David R. Offerman ’61 will pre- side as the trial follows strict legal procedure. The staff of AllemaNews will be sworn in as jurors. John Tarchin- ski ’61, will act as court bailiff, and Maryl-Lee Nahrgang ’61, official court stenographer, will transcribe the proceed- ings. The auditorium courtroom, during the first two periods Feb. 2, will be open only to upperclassmen and 30 select- ed sophomores interested in journalism. Representatives from staffs of area grade and high school papers will also attend. An extra will publish the verdict. The Knight Beacon trial is primarily an educational en- deavor, publicizing February as Catholic Press Month. Ed- itor Hal Feeney adds, “It should be especially informa- tive this year as the complete process of publishing the paper will most likely be reviewed as we defend ourselves against this calumny. CHAIRMAN DAVE CAVANAUGH ’61 studies the forkful of spaghetti and dreams of the improvement to be rendered at the Senior Spaghetti dinner by the chief chef, Fr. Lou Colonnese, with his famous Italian sauce. 47 ,Frank ins tein Imparts Whoever thought of the Christ Child receiving a monster and a sense of humor from the three Wise Men? Yet, one of Sister Mary Diana’s sophomore religion students spelled the gifts as “gold, frankinstein and mirth” on a test. Such misspelling is a common er- ror seen in almost any class at Assump- tion. Therefore, the National Honor Society is again stimulating interest in spelling through its annual spelling bee. In class after class as papers are handed in, teachers are getting bigger and “more painful” headaches. For in- Moot Question Stirs “Should I take journalism next year?” many sophs will be asking themselves in a few months. Alice Moehlenhof, editor of the Marycrest Crest gives some good reasons for tak- ing the course. In fact, “the best way to know what is going on around the campus is to be on the school paper,” says the Crest editor. Furthermore, Miss Moehlenhof holds that a high school journalist, although he may never continue in journalism, learns many useful ideas. Knowing different journalistic styles, he will be able to recgonize a good, solid news- paper and will gain an appreciation of good English, journalistic or crea- tive. “The good journalist must also be humble,” Alice adds. “It is frustrat- stance, carelessness causes juniors Wayne Fournier and Pat Murray to confuse and misspell “their, there, and they’re.” Carelessness John Burke ’63 consistently misspells “prominent” as “promident.” “Bour- geoisie,” a favorite modern history word, is “bourgeozie,” according to John. Even though John thinks that his spellings are all right, his teachers don’t. Some of the brighter students are some of the worst spellers. Juniors Ger- ald Ketelaar, Elaine Feeney and Stan Maliszewski went down on their first Sophomoric Hearts ing to see a good story published with- out your byline.” Seeing your first by- line is a thrill, she maintains, as in interviewing famous personalities such as Mrs. Rose Kennedy. “Legmen” sometimes get discour- aged, the former reporter affirmed. Sister Helen, CHM, journalism instruc- tor at Marycrest, tells her students that “you can’t be a good writer until you have filled your first box of rejection slips.” Alice advises aspiring journalists to “write and write and write and when your work is rejected, write it over again.” According to the Crest editor the most rewarding time spent in college is the time invested in newspaper work. “Anyone who has worked on the Bea- con is automatically eligible for the Crest,” she concluded. To Spelling Bee words during the first spelling elimi- nations. Spelling chairman Roseann Laake ’61 is notorious for her spelling. All are members of the National Honor Society. While Sally Healey ’61 was writing a feature on junior Margi Dower, she spelled congratulatory with a “d.” The copyreader caught the mistake just in time. Insistant Sally, after checking the dictionary, found the word spelled cor- rectly with a “t.” Teachers Aware Most of the teachers at Assumption are aware of the disastrous situation. Fr. John V. Ryan, who is constantly warning his students about spelling, says, “If correct spelling is required now, students will find college easier and more rewarding.” Sr. Mary Helen Ann, BVM, English and religion teacher, has constantly re- quired correct spelling in all her class- es. One-half point is taken off for ev- ery misspelled word. Fr. William F. Wiebler, journalism and senior English teacher, has stated that every student who expects an A for the course must know how to spell correctly the 300 most misspelled words. Moreover, Fr. Arthur R. Perry, jun- ior religion teacher, grades book re- ports not just on content, but also on spelling and rules of grammar. Fr. Gerald Kraus, soph history teacher, is also pushing in this direction. “With all these aids, perhaps the sophs will lessen mirth over their spell- ing,” says Dennis Hogan ’63. I V, , u OFFERED AS EVIDENCE, this picture was taken shortly after Gramma Crammer’s body was discovered. The bloody hand was the only portion of the mutilated body still intact. Catholic Press Month - February: l' KN16HT BEACON TRIAL - 2 gWlNG )4th I FACULTY MEETING 1 « LENT's St.Valentines Dayl4iH Boy Espys Device by Larry d’Autremont Realtors Refute 'Gentlemen's Agreement' (Editor’s note: Last issue the Knight Beacon presented an interview with Mr. Charles Toney, who cited cases of housing discrimination against Negroes in Davenport. This article is printed as a followup.) “I know of no ‘gentleman’s agree- ment’ among local realtors confining Negroes to separate residential poc- kets,” states Mr. Richard Millage, pres- ident of the Davenport Board of Real- tors. status, and the personal opinions of the neighbors.” Mr. Millage declared that Negroes must be given equal op- portunities on lower levels than hous- ing and employment, such as educa- tion, before they will be socially ac- ceptable. Concerning interest rates, Mr. Mill age states that these are high for some people because of their lack of secur- ity. “This pertains to whites as well as Negroes,” he explained. Clarifying his objection, Mr. Mill- age emphasied the fact that realtors merely act as agents or go-betweens who negotiate the sale of property for the owner. The final decision is left up to the owner. “The discrimination problem goes beyond the color line,” he states. “So- cial acceptability in a neighborhood is not determined by color alone, but rather by economic condition, family Mr. Millage also mentioned the Code of Ethics of the Board of Realtors. This code points out that a realtor must strive to please and protect the general public and promote accord rather than discord. “It is unfair for all concerned to put a person in a neighborhood where he cannot adjust and will not be happy, just to prove a point,” Mr. Millage con- cluded. “Oh heavens!” I say as I walk into S-l. ‘T believe I hear some laughing in the back room.” I march in. Good grief! There is Father Stratman bent over a machine of sone sort, laugh- ing diabolically. “Er . . . Good afternoon, Father” mutters I. He stops laughing and stands motionless. “Ah, Father, I was wondering if . . .” quips myself. Fath- er snaps his head towards me and says “Yes, my child?” Er ... I understand you’re build- ing a machine of some sort for phy- sics and chemistry classes. Is this the one?” “This, my boy, is a gravity measurer. I can measure the force of gravity. As you can see, it has a wooden base. This piece of conduit holds up this steel ball. Flipping this switch starts this disk going around, and drops the ball. The rest is all mathematics.” 2S “G = ?” I asked. “Yes, oh noble child,” answers Fath- er. “Total cool” quoth I. “Another ques- tion, Father. I understand you have been playing with electric trains. Is that true?” asks I. “Yes, my boy. I’ve been playing with these trains,” he answers, pointing to them. “I tried to teach my students about velocity, you know, the speed of the train around the railroad tracks. You know what I mean, honorable child?” S “Yes, Father. V= 7p I believe.” “Well, my gifted child, I must get back to work now.” “Good day, Father,” I say, “and watch out for the electric trains.” In a freshman science class, Sister St. Victor, BVM, was trying to obtain the answer to the parasite which de- pends on other substances for food. “Cannibals” answered Nancy Barney ’64. Does Bloody Finger Point At KB? “An open and shut case . . . ain’t of sentence diagrams, evidently plans nobody else in school could of done it but the Knight Beacon staff,” stat- ed Oswald Paperscrumpled ’64 who dis- covered Grandma Grammer’s body in the press room. But does all the evidence really point to the Knight Beacon staff? Lead- ing up to Grandma’s body was a trail of bloody footprints through the school. Bloody Trail The bloody trail began in E-3, Sr. M. St. Eleanor’s freshman English room. About the room was evidence that Grandma’s words had been mis- spelled and her punctuation punctured. Hanging from Kit Meisenbach’s note- book was a chain of Grandma’s com- mas. Discarded capital letters lay in disorder on Anne Hart’s desk. Chief of Police Ryan said Grandma seemed to have put up quite a fight over a blood- smeared dictionary which otherwise showed few signs of use. Straggling footprints then led to D-6. home of Sr. Mary Leon’s sophomore English class. Not only was there evi- dence of the repetition of previous as- saults, but also the wastbasket was packed with bloody punctuation from Grandma’s body. Connie Higgins’s half sentences littered the room. Crumpled in a corner was Juanita Walz’s paper for the crime. And so the incriminating footsteps marched on. In E-4 a dangling mod- ifier, later determined to be a mur- der weapon, was stashed under junior Sue Roete’s desk. The bookcase in B-5 shelved Grand- ma’s split infinitive, covered with fing- erprints identified as belonging to freshman Tom Murray. In the hall soph Bob Morrissey’s paper lay stained with mispelled words. Further down the hall compositions without para- graphing signed Mike Leonard ’62 were smudged with bloody footprints. Last Stand In the library Grandma must have made a last stand atop the reference books in the center of the room. Sen- ior Richard Hartman’s faulty footnotes had dragged her to the ground. From the library to the press room the footprints were replaced by a steady trail of blood. It looked as if Grandma, already dead, had been dragged to the press room to incrimi- nate the staff. Chief of Police Ryan who is investigating this theory com- mented, “The Knight Beacon staff has been taken into custody, but the whole student body is under suspicion.” 49 (Editor’s Note: These similies were written exclusive- ly for the Knight Beacon by sophomores in Father Boyle’s and Sister Leon’s English classes. These sophs aptly describe their somewhat awkward status in high school — right in the middle — too old to be called freshmen, too young to be considered upperclassmen.) is to be as ignored as a school book on Friday night. Linda Concannon is to be as useful as windshield wipers on a submarine. Mike Peterson AS USELESS AS a ’59 calendar this year is the way sopho- mores sometimes feel agree Bill Walters, Linda Concannon, Dave Friend and Martha liolm. Other students count off the months in metaphors. JANUARY is a skate gliding over a frozen pond. Barbara Stolley ’62 FEBRUARY is a sneeze plus a runaway nose. Steve Miller ’63 MARCH is a tattered kite embracing brittle branches. Kathy Ceurvorst ’62 APRIL is the keyboard for a cheery robin’s song. Tracy Plum ’62 is to be as restless as Jack Kennedy and Richard Nixon eyeing the ticker-tape returns on election night. Angeline More is to be as changing as the leaves in autumn. Ed Bills is to be as useless as a covered wagon in the Space Age. Meg Sedlock is to be as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs. Dave Schlitter is to be as dextrous as one of the Mavericks with a deck of cards. Linda Concannon is to be as helpful as a ’59 calendar this year. Bill Walter is to be as tidy as a tornado. Dave Friend is to be as active as the White Sox scoreboard after a home run. Martha Holm is to be as privileged as a monkey in a cage. Merle Shanley MAY is the call of the ump, “Strike three!” John Fiese ’62 JUNE is a “see” of colorful caps and gowns. Lee Barta ’63 JULY is fireflies flickering in the dark. Tom Derouin ’63 AUGUST is new buttons and beaus. Judy Egger ’61 SEPTEMBER is a fading suntan. Sue Schwarte ’62 OCTOBER is the ghosts at your front door. Bob Daurer ’63 NOVEMBER is white trees and wishbones. Bill Flynn ’62 DECEMBER is a puzzle — all the chimnies smoke, why doesn’t Santa burn his coat? Dennis Hogan ’63 50 Visualize Villain In Assumption Auditorium Visualize a dastardlv villain ™ i_a. ... . i . Visualize a dastardly villain . . an irresistible rascal in a melodramatic thriller shot with emotional fireworks! Does this sound like a suspense-filled Perry Mason episode, or your favorite Bonanza shoot-’em up? It isn t; it s a description of William Shakespeare’s Rich- ard III. Players Incorporated, a touring group from the Cath- olic University of America, make such dull-sounding plays as alive and vibrant as any modern thriller. In the spring of 1959, the troupe made its off-Broad- way debut in New York with a limited four-week run at the Carnegie Hall Playhouse where they scored an outstanding success. Why not bring the Players to Assumption? Our aud- itorium would accommodate a capacity crowd of near- ly a thousand, and provide a very suitable stage for the actors. Cost would be about $1000. Some group — such as the Student Council — could back this ven- ture and even make some profit on it. These popular Players are booked up for the current Lite Flashes Jim Prochaska ’61 — As my science project I am de- signing a solar home in miniature. In my working model, I will employ a system of heat-exchanging coils to collect heat from the rays of an artificial sun. At present, most of the work has centered around designing coils and devising a method of regulating the heating system. Mary Ann Keller ’61 — Taken from August Ferdi- nand Mobius’s great work “Der barycentrische Cal- cul” my project was to be about his Mobius Strip which has “a most peculiar twist.” However, I ran into difficulties and will have to begin a new pro- ject. His masterpiece is in Latin. Mike Jakubowski ’63 (A previous Science Fair win- ner) — I’m planning a more advanced presentation of my hydroponics project. Hydroponics is a way of growing plants without soil. By introducing all the necessary chemical nutrients into a water soluable, it is possible to produce healthy vegetables. The ex- perimental part of the project is concerned with the effect of eliminating certain nutrients from the solu- tion. Pat Westphal ’63 — Have you ever had two pairs of hamsters in your household? Well, the Westphals have. I have studied the genetics of hamsters and have at- tempted to mate different colored ones to see what color their offspring will be. George Knight 62 — I have learned a lot from my previous project, “The Effects of Alternating Light and Dark Cycles on Germination.” This year I’ll take up where I left off. The theory is that longer periods of darkness between exposures to light will produce advanced germination. season, but we could arrange for their appearance be- tween October 1961 and April 1962 when they will present Richard III and or A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Assumption High of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., had a turn-out of about 350 of their 500 students when they hosted the Players last Nov. 22. Betty Dewitt, editor of their paper, The Queen’s Star, wrote to us that ‘T really believe it would be worth your time and effort to try and get them. I saw the play and enjoyed it tremendously.” Critics from the Duluth Herald, Duluth, Minnesota say, “A more lively and well done performance Duluth has not seen in some time . . . Much of the audience was made up of teenagers . . . before the show had gone far, they were captives of the action, and learn- ing that Shakespeare can be fun.” Bringing the Players to Assumption would serve a two-fold purpose; (1) it would enable the students and the entire local community to enjoy the very best in cultural entertainment; (2) it would be a source of funds for AHS. K.S. Liturgy and Laity Guzzle Pepsi With Words By John Crossen Everyone’s giving up for Lent! “I’m giving up Pepsi,” promises Cathy Schebler ’64. “No more paper for me to chew until after Lent!” pledges Bill Flynn ’62. This isn't enough. Anyone can give up a piece of pie or that chocolate malt, but when it comes to eat- ing those uncharitable words wre were about to say — that's different. Can’t we do something positive as some frosh home- rooms did during Advent? Each morning the guys themselves decided on a penance for that day — such as picking up papers in the halls, or straightening the chairs in the cafeteria. Even the Apostles had trouble doing something ex- tra. Christ asked Peter to watch one hour w'ith Him — but Peter slept. We sleep too. As a penance we should wake up in class and get some ideas stirring. Don’t wait for the teachers to originate this penance project. They have enough penance looking into our bloodshot eyes each morning. If we give without giv- ing up, maybe Christ will find saints in at least one homeroom when He rises again this Easter. KNIGHT BEACON As a Heucott in the Sight 4 11 All-Catholic Newspaper of Distinction All-American The Knight Beacon is published eight times a year by students of Assumption high school. The yearly subscription rate is $1 50. 51 October 13, 1960 MMfTRRffr Sister Mary Borgia, BVM Assumption High School Dear Sister Borgia: Congratulations on the wonderful raffle ticket sales in your homeroom. We hope that the happiness at your success was not dampened by the mistake we made when we printed, “Sister Borgia’s homeroom was given the prize since it reported the highest num- ber of males on the girls’ side.” It was the highest number of sales, not males that made you deserving of the prize. Although it is upsetting, we’re sure that most of the students realized that males is wrong since your class is made up of females. We will try to make amends by giving you special coverage in the guidance article the next issue. Meanwhile, thank you for writing us about our mistake. Regretfully, Roseann Laake, Editor November 13, 1960 Sister Mary Borgia, BVM Assumption High School My Dear Sister Borgia: Please be assured that we consider you to be one of Assumption’s best guidance teachers. In our guid- ance article we printed, “Sister Borgia’s vocation talks have caused many of her homeroom students to re- ject the possibility of becoming a religious.” Need- less to say, the word reject should have read respect. After a long search, I found that the linotypist was in error. How was I to know that he was a pagan? We will give you special attention in our next issue to make amends. Most contritely, Hal Feeney, Editor December 17, 1960 Sister Mary Borgia, BVM Assumption High School Our very dear Sister Borgia: When we passed in the hall and you looked the other way, we knew something was amiss. So we rushed back to the Press Room and read over the article on the Christmas party. We guess you are miffed about the part that read, “A Christmas party was held in the homeroom of Sister Mary Borgia, 93, on Dec. 15.” If it is any consolation, 93 should have read E-3. After all, everyone knows you are not near 90. Hoping that you will someday again be a friend of the Knight Beacon, and that you will not testify against us in the trial, we are .... Bowed with remorse, Roseann Laake and Hal Feeney Ex-editors Dear Editor, Dave Cratty’s article on music in the last issue of the Knight Beacon aroused my wrath; I differ with him on several points. It is true that most students are not familiar with classical music and fail to appreciate good music. How- ever, listening is not the first step in solving the problem; recognizing good music is the first step. A great sense of achievement comes when one can say “That is Chopin’s Minute Waltz.” Knowing Cho- pin’s style prompts him to watch for Chopin’s particu- lar style in the next piece he hears. As he becomes more familiar with Chopin’s works, he will delve furth- er, and listen perhaps to Bach. This will lead him to compare the monophonic, or “melodic” style of Cho- pin to the baroque, polyphonic work of Bach. Nevertheless, listening is definitely a means of cul- tivating music appreciation. Beethoven’s Sixth Sym- phony might become boring to someone who is not familiar with his works. But observng an orchestra perform the Sixth Symphony better enables one to “see” the movements. Watching and hearing the kettle drums rolling in the background and the cymbals crashing together as the thundering rain pounds the earth is more effec- tive than sitting by a radio listening to music. We have an excellent opportunity in Davenport to see and hear the Tri-City Symphony perform. They even hold special Young Peoples’ concerts. And there is always Leonard Bernstein on TV. Harmoniously yours, Margi Dower ’62 Director pro-tem Assumption Chorus 52 f9sr«ftg? Dear Editor: We are inquiring as to why the names of those who merited Honorable Mention were omitted from the Honor Roll in the Dec. 20, 1960 issue of the Knight Beacon. This has always been a part of the Honor Roll in previous years. Was this an oversight on the part of the staff? We feel an explanation is owed to those of us who would have been on Honorable Mention. Furthermore, we do not see how this change in policy could be due to the lack of space, because there were only 30 students out of Assumption’s 1,000 who achieved Third Honors. Having our names printed as part of the Honor Roll has always been a great incentive to us for more diligent study. Those of us who maintain a “B” grade, which is above average, certainly are worthy of the recognition given by the Honor Roll. Representatively protesting, Pat Miley ’61 Judy McDermott ’61 Bill Boltz ’61 Merwin Hart ’61 Editor’s Note: We had no intention of slighting anyone when we omitted the names of those receiving Honorable Men- tion. A standard of journalism advocates the avoid- ing of long lists of names, but we believe the Honor Roll is important enough to merit publication. We did, however, find it necessary to shorten it some- what. We would like to hear more student comment on the publication of the Honor Roll . . . What is the consensus: should we publish the complete Honor Roll for the semester? Should we publish it at all? De- liver letters to S-10. Dear Editors: The December issue is just a further evidence of your versatility and imagination. But what is even more important is what the Knight Beacon reveals about Assumption High School. If you really mirror your institution, then Assumption is as remarkable as its “voice.” Best, in Christ, FR. JOHN S. SMITH Instructor in History and Religion St. Ambrose College December 10, 1960 The Knight Beacon, Editor Attn.: Mr. Hal Feeney Assumption High School Davenport, Iowa Dear Mr. Feeney: In reply to your letter, I have answered the seven questions that you asked concerning the social pro- blem here in Baton Rouge. 1. No, I don’t know any Negro students. 2. The problem of Southern Negro students is the low economical status of the vast majority of Southern Negroes as well as the lack of oppor- tunity for professional employment after gradua- tion. 3. I am not in a position to really know wdiether or not I would want them in class with me. I have a feeling that certain emotional complexes would force the development of hinderances toward the attainment of a well-rounded educa- tion on the part of the Negro. 4. In Baton Rouge, we are segregated as far as ed- ucation is concerned. 5. The attitudes differ among Catholics, in Baton Rouge, as widely as in the population as a whole. Some are greatly opposed because it might lower the moral standards. Others see it as a religious principle. 6. Yes, some opinions of students are influenced by teachers and other adults; hut other students W’ho arc serious enough w’ill find reasons for such things and form their own opinions whereas sonic adults, and students, are blinded by their pre- judice. 7. I cannot speak for other cities, but the local press has been reporting the situation pretty much as it has happened. You should keep in mind, though, that the people making the news are a very minute minority and that the vast major- ity of people are going about their business as usual. Sincerely, DIANE BAKER, Editor The Gerardian Redemptorist High School Baton Rouge, Lousiana 53 Profs “HEADS YOU LOSE, tails I win,” challenges Fr. Lou Colonnese as he and Father E. J. Weeg jokingly flip the coin they didn’t win. The Faculty-Student Council par- ty was held Wed., Jan. 4, in the cafeteria. WHAT’S IN THE BAG? Judging from Sister Ann 4 Marita’s expression, it must have been more than a cat. I SEE 11 declares Fr. Gerald Kraus while trying to w- decide if his Christmas package contains the prize. Mr. Kay Ambrose only chuckles. Party “IT WAS EASY laughs Sr. Mary Ernestine, BVM, as Sr. Diana rejoices. DANIEL IN THE LIONS DEN ... Mr. Carl Paar- mann portrays a modern Dan- iel as he energetically de- fends his honor to the amuse- ment of the “lions . I PIECE BY' PIECE . . . Father William Stratman, Sister Mary Ernestine and Father Weeg compare sec- tions while searching for their puzzle group. BEMUSED, Father Amhorn pauses to watch the droll Father Kraus prize search. by Barb Niemeyer Should you study with music? Mr. Carl Paarmann. Assumption’s band di- rector, claims there is nothing bet- ter, as long as it is background music and not Elvis. Mr. Paarmann compares Rock and Roll to the Charleston of the ’20’s and the Jitterbug of the late ’30’s; to en- joy these as popular music is not wrong, but accepting them as express- ing your whole way of living is dan- gerous. Concerning his own feelings. Mr. Paarmann states, “I wouldn’t own Rock ’n Roll myself.” Students who claim to like only popular or only classical music are impractical. Contact with both types is constant in daily life. Radio sta- tions play many classical as well as pop tunes. Music has proven a nec- essary essential for both television and the movies. Most markets and depart- ment stores now pipe classical and semi-classical music throughout the store. Every Friday, on passing E2. you can hear the Spanish class sing folk songs and popular Mexican vers- es. Wherever you go and no matter what you do. music of all types is a constant companion. Wide Variety All, explains Mr. Paarmann, are gifted with a voice. Only a small per- centage develop these musical gifts. Some may do so by voice training. Each week Vicki Kruse and Carole Wilkenson, both ’62, spend a half hour at Augustana, where music in- structor Maria Wiess helps them to improve the quality of their voices. Others with musical talent may choose to play an instrument. The As- sumption band is a perfect example of student talent in the musical field. Band member Ann Humphrey ’62, maintains that “every new piece is a challenge to us and when we meet this challenge we feel as if we have really accomplished something.’’ Cor- onet player Jack Molyneaux ’63 finds the band gives a good opportunity to overcome self consciousness when fac- ing an audience. Self Expression Self expression does not abound in music alone. We see it when John Fennelly ’61 makes a basket, when Rita Radwick ’61 organizes a Sodality project, when Bob Hill ’63 snaps a picture and when an Honor Society member gets another A. Music like- wise gives such opportunities for self expression. The self expression presented by three Russian composers, relates Mr. Paarmann, caused a great deal of con- cern for the Kremlin. These composers were curtailed to writing pleasant and harmonious music instead of the harsh music they had been producing. They were telling far too much about the conditions behind the iron curtain by their former type of music. Students must be careful not to confuse music with noise. The pitch and quality of a sound determines the difference between the harsh blare of the buzzer at a basketball game and the harmonious effects of “Avon calling.” Those who know the dif- ference are living richer, fuller lives, concludes Mr. Paarmann. Betty Claims Homemaker Award A gold medal, a new nickname, and an even bigger opportunity — all these came to senior Judy McDermott Jan. 9. On that date, she was told that she had been chosen from Assumption’s senior girls to receive the Betty Crock- er Homemaker of Tomorrow gold med- USING THEIR COLORFUL new ap- rons which replace the old Chemistry- type ones, Jane Sexton and Vivian Allison, both ’63, prepare to bake cookies for the Faculty-Student Coun- cil party. Steve Hart ’63 beats the fac- ulty to the draw as he samples the finished product offered by sophs Becky Bowlin and Judy Braden. al. The Homemaker merited this award by placing highest in the Bet- ty Crocker test given in the latter part of November. This exam involved solving problems in budgeting, nutri- tion, etiquette, and meal preparation. From fellow classmates Judy has since acquired the nickname of “Bet- ty.” Concerning it she says, “The award was certainly a surprise . . . and the fun and teasing I’ve gotten makes it even more enjoyable.” Now she has the right to compete on a nationwide basis for valuable prizes. As last year’s winner, Mary Sue Schwieters, Judy is a member of St. Alphonsus parish. She is the daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. John McDermott, 3236 Indian Road. Wire Greets Margi Christmas morning Margi Dower was awakened by a Western Union operator who read her a telegram from glee club director Sister M. Frances Agnesc, BVM, “Gratitude and congratulations on your fine choral pinchhitting.” Wanting to save it for “posterity,” Margi asked the operator to mail the telegram for her scrap- book. 56 FORTE STACCATO ALLEGRO PIANISSIMO Music Attains Fever Pitch For Pro Tern Conductor The sound of music assumed a fran- tic pitch for Margi Dower '62 as she prepared and directed Assumption’s choral group for the annual Christmas Concert. “I heard music everywhere,” declar- ed the junior who became director during Sr. Mary Frances Angese’s ill- ness. In preparing for the event, Margi and Mr. Paarmann first chose 8 of the 14 songs recorded by the group. She then listened to professional recordings of these songs to learn the correct voice inflections, pauses and crescendoes. “The kids were wonderful,” she com- mented. “They knew I could only do so much and the rest was up to them.” “We all respected Margi; she really wanted the concert to be a success,” said George Koenigsacker, soph chor- al member. Although nervous before both per- formances, Margi said she was fine once on stage. Her only previous exper- Tape Brings Joy Recorded Christmas messages from Austria highlighted the Yulctide sea- son for Helmut Steiner, Assumption’s foreign exchange student. Using a tape recorder in the press- room, the senior listened to his par- ents and friends voice their greetings along with the latest news from home. Interspersed throughout the oral let- ter were recordings of his favorite songs from his record collection in Austria. “After hearing the voices, it doesn’t seem possible I’m in America,” noted Helmut. Although this is the first tape he has received, the senior intends to con- tinue the exchange. He has already sent an answering tape to Austria and hopes to receive another soon. “In a tape you can say about ten times more than on a six page letter,” he explained — “and you don’t get writer’s cramp.” ience had been directing Our Lady of Lourdes’ choir for one summer. “I learned how to use my hands effec- tively by watching Sr. Mary Frances Agnese.” explained the Assumptionite. Both students and faculty were im- pressed by the performances. Comment- ed Mr. Paarmann, “It’s terrifying when a student can do as well as a teach- er.” After the evening performance, the choral group gave Margi a bouquet of white roses. She also received a medal JA Doing Sparks “ ‘Learn by doing’ — That’s the phil- osophy of Junior Achievement,” says Ann Humphrey ’62, Assumption presi- dent of Ink-Co, “and how much we’ve learned!” Ink-Co, one of many companies in the Davenport chapter of JA, is run by its 15 members just as Davenport Nev s-papers, Inc., the sponsor of Ink- Co, is run by its hundreds of employ- ees. First step in creating Ink-Co was the selling of stocks for the necessary cap- ital. Members of the company are ob- ligated to buy at least two shares themselves. “If we don’t have confi- dence in ourselves, who will?” observes Bill Werker, stockholder. With capital in hand, members of Ink-Co purchased materials and start- ed production. Mitt potholders, foot scrapers and memo pads are the pri- mary products of Ink-Co. As far as profit goes, Ink-Co is no different than any other company. A 5% sales commission, with a possible 10% at the end of the year if busi- ness is good, can be gotten by all com- pany members. Wages for Ink-Co are: 40 cents a meeting for regular mem- bers and 50 cents a meeting for offi- cers. Senior executives helping Ink-Co are: Mr. Herman Roling, business ad- visor, Mr. Charles Arnce, production advisor, and Mr. Paul Bellman, sales and chain from Sr. Mary Anne Esther, BVM, and a congratulatory telegram from Sr Mary Frances Agnese. ‘I liked working under Margi,” com- mented Larelle Hughes ’63, “and I was amazed at her versatility.” Although she has considered the pos- sibility of entering the music world professionally, Margi presently intends to major in English. “I really enjoy literature and want to teach it,” she explained. I’ll probably minor in mu sic, though.” Business Interest advisor. Ink-Co executives are: Ann Humphrey, president. Lynne Kloft, vice-president, Elva Decker, secretary, and Jill Kellum, treasurer. Ink-Co meets only once a week. Dur- ing this time a sales crew is taken by the sales advisor to some part of Dav- enport to sell products. The production crew stays and manufactures the need ed number of products for the coming week. Although a business meeting is con- ducted regularly, the board of direc- tors, consisting of all the members of the company, holds a monthly meeting to discuss the company’s progress. “ ‘Learn by doing’ certainly does sum up Junior Achievement,” says Lynne Kloft, a junior achiever for two years, who encourages Assumption teen-agers to join Junior Achievement. Santa Goofs Everyone makes mistakes, even San- ta Claus. After an article appeared in the last issue of the Knight Beacon re- questing Santa to leave a Bingo game and some doll furniture at the con- vent for Sister Mary Eustella’s Span- ish classes, he left them, but at the wrong place. Santa dropped them at St. Vincent’s. That’s what Sister Mary Laurent, CHM, said when she stopped at the BVM convent during vacation to leave the misplaced packages. 57 Wrestling Grapplers Wind Up Season Clinton and rugged Central comprise next month’s com- petition for the Assumption mat squad. Clinton, whose Mississippi Valley record is far from spectacular, will pro- vide the opposition tonight. Feb. 2 Bob Borden, Otto Frei and company from Central will visit Knightland with the hope of adding another vic- tory to their string, which has been broken only by Iowa City. Thursday, Jan. 19, the Muscatine Muskies bowed to the Knight he-men 29-17. Kazi Maliszewski, Jack Davies, and Bob Deluherv tallied pins over their Muskie opponents. Tom Bivens, Mike Reisinger, and Ray Hart lasted the six minutes to gain decisions, while Stan Maliszewski picked up five easy points on a forfeit. The victory left prospects for the best Assumption high wrestling mark in history. Last year’s 7-4 record was matched at the Muscatine fiasco; three chances are left to better it. Saturday, Jan. 14, West walloped the Knights 33-9. In registering decisions John Jayne, Jack Davies and Tom Bi- vens provided Knight fans with a lit- tle excitement. Things were different on Jan. 12, however, as the Knights kayoed Alle- man for the Quad-City Catholic title. Kasi Maliszewski, Davies, John Fiese, Stan Maliszewski and Bob Deluhery FRAMED BY THE REFEREE an As- sumption grappler struggles to pin his Burlington oppon- ent. Better Half Cheers Coach And Team racked up pins, and Bivens, Steve Le- moine, Mike Reisinger, John Jayne and Rich Smith added decisions. Ray Hart also won on a forfeit. Gcneseo fell before the rampaging grapplers 32-15 as decisions were tal- lied by Steve Lemoine, Davies, Jayne, Hart and Stan Maliszewski. Bivens tallied a pin and Kasi Maliszewski and Don Chenoweth won by forfeit. Bob Deluhery managed a tie to complete the Knight scoring. Jan. 3 the Knights beat Prairie of Cedar Rapids for the second time this year. Kasi Maliszewski and Jim Keefe scored the only pins, but Rich Reis- inger, Bivens, Davies, Jayne, Hart, Steve Marinan and Stan Maliszewski decisioned. Rugged Bettendorf opened with five quick wins and was never headed. They beat the Knights 28-16. Stan Mal- iszewski scored the only pin, and Mike Reisinger, Jayne, and Deluhery added decisions while Ray Hart garnered a tie. The reserve grapplers own a fine 10-1 mark, being beaten only by Bet- tendorf. Illness forced a shuffle of the lineup and the forfeiting of one match. The reserves have been led by Jack Hogan with nine wins and a tie, and Jim Keefe with seven wins. They hold decisions over Burlington, Davenport West, East Moline, Geneseo, Prairie (twice), and Rock Island. Own- ing shut-outs over Alleman (50-0) and Muscatine (52-0), the junior varsity looks forward to the Clinton and Cen- tral meets. by Pat Swails There’s more than meets the eye in Ruth Ann Derouin . . . experienced basketball player, wife of Assumption’s hardcourt mentor, mother of six, and avid AHS fan. As a teenager attending St. Joseph’s High School in Mason City, Ruth Ann played on the girls’ basketball team. The Babe happened to referee some of the intra-school games, which ac- counted for their meeting. As a coach’s wife, she knows what to expect and how to cope with it. Before a game, the Babe is usually tense, and doesn’t talk or eat much. With the game over, he usually either walks in the house on a cloud, and talks constantly, or he “rides the sub- way,” and is quite and thoughtful. After 17 years of married life, this attractive woman retains her youthful glow. Having moved to Davenport in 1959, she finds the school beautiful and is proud to be part of it. As the mother of six — ranging from Michele, 5 months, to Tom, an AHS sophomore — Mrs. Derouin finds household chores plentiful. The Derouin home on Garfield Court reflects the efficiency and togetherness that goes into it. Motherly Ruth Ann confesses to get- ting a bit riled when son Tom plays in a basketball game. She keeps her eyes glued to him. ignoring the other players, and cheers him on, silently praying he’ll do the right thing. The AHS team is known to little Barb Derouin as “daddy’s friends.” As an avid Assumption fan, the dark- haired woman can always be found at the games cheering the team on. One of the first things that struck her about the team was the uniforms. She feels the bright color just makes you want to get up and cheer when the team comes in. However, there is an appar- ent need for new varsity cheerleading outfits. Although the present ones are cute — but faded and stretched — we need a change, preferably some- thing different, the neatly dressed wife feels. Being as one looking from the out side in, Ruth Ann still feels a definite pride in Assumption. She is usually op- timistic about a game until the last few minutes when she suffers acute- ly. She feels the team has definitely improved in the past years and the school spirit is wonderful. In Ruth’s estimation the participa- tion of the boys at the Muscatine game was gratifying. Although she doesn’t disagree with her husband’s choice of players, she sometimes wishes he would bench some or give them a rest. Telling one of the funniest things she ever saw during a game, she relates, “the other team made a shot at our basket (which would have given us two points) and one of our players kept trying to block the shot!” (Wonder who it was?) 58 Crowd's Knowledge Makes Ref's by Scrap O’Donnell “Basketball officiating is getting rougher every year, mainly because the average spectator knows more about the game today,” quipped Referee Milton Marty between the sophomore and varsity contests with Muscatine. “Nowadays, the fans are really get- ting on our back for just about every call, regardless of the violation. But we never let them get under our skin. If a referee lets the crowd get at him, then he better start hunting for a dif- ferent job,” added Ref Barney Gab- riel. These two officials were picked last Feb. 11, almost a year ago, to referee the Muscatine-Assumption game. How did Father Robert Walter, athletic di- rector, come to select these two fellas? “We belong to an organization called the Quad-City Officials Association, which is sort of a union for officials in our area. The prospective athletic di- rectors call to see which of us are available and that’s how it works,” stated Mr. Marty. “We usually work in pairs throughout the season; that way we get to know each other on the court, and thus officiate a better ball game.” Are referees confined to refereeing in just this area? “Not at all,” said Mr. Gabriel. “We work quite a few games in the Wisconsin and Illinois area, along with the whole state of Iowa. To be truthful, I like working basketball in Wisconsin best because we only have to officiate one game a night. In Illi- nois and Iowa we really work two varsity contests, a soph game and the main feature. It gets to be tiring about the fourth quarter, for a couple of old men like us dogging it up and down the floor.” Mr. Marty stated that he referees quite a few small college games in Iowa and Wisconsin. “You know it’s really funny; in college, a player is more apt to take a poke at the enemy during a heated contest, but in high school there is much more fouling. These are the times when the specta- Bus Wanders “You say there is a school bus miss- ing somewhere between Davenport and Bettendorf?” queried the desk sergeant. “But that is impossible.” The mishap started on the night of Dec. 19, the night of the Assumption- Bettendorf frosh game. When the freshman team tried to leave Betten- dorf, the St. Paul school bus refused to start. A wrecker got it going and the hardcourt boys were soon on their merry way — until the bus was sure they were too far out on Kimberly Road to walk. A backfire resounded, the bus lurched and rolled to a stop halfway off the road. Parents waiting at Assumption soon became worried and a phone call was placed to the jolly joint on Fourth Street. Within minutes the bus was located, boys intact and none the worse from their experience except for a little frostbite. The wrecking business did well that night and soon the Squires turned up at Assumption. Says Father C. E. Mann, frosh coach, “I told them it was no excuse not to come to school, though, and everybody showed up.” Father rolled into McAuley Hall shortly after midnight. The night was not a total loss, how- ever, with the Squires chalking up a win over the Pups. Business Rougher tors start that ‘ref beats his wife’ non- sense.” “I can recall an incident about five years back that made us almost quit this officiating business,” interrupted Mr. Gabriel. “We were up at the Hip- podrome in Waterloo for a girls’ bas- ketball game. We had to be escorted from the dressing room out to the scorers’ table and then back to the dressing room again by policemen with ‘billy clubs.’ For girls’ basketball, mind you! I have decided that when the fans become this way, then it’s time to bid the game good-bye. Both veterans for more than 16 years of officiating, they laughed when asked if they were in business for money. “We both played basketball in high school and college, remarked Mr. Mar- ty, “I guess it’s just the love of the game itself that kept us in it this long.” “It’s quite amusing to see just the reaction of the crowd to the referee who is a god-send one week and a bum the next,” he continued. “One game I was a hero because the home team won an exciting game in an overtime. The next week I was a bum because the same team got beat in the state sec- tional.” If that’s the case, these two gentle- men are angels with haloes because Assumption successfully ambushed the Muskies from Muscatine, which game they reffed. Old Man Retires Retire at the young age of 30? That is what Fr. Arthur Perry has decided to do. Father Perry started the year play- ing Park Board basketball with the Italian Village team. He has decided to follow in the path of the great George Miken, Mr. Basketball, and quit while on top. Father’s retirement ends a notable career of a year and a half — during which he maintained a high average while playing on a runner-up team. Father attributes his retirement to the fact that players such as Bill Mc- Afoos, Western U. star, and Tom Ott- ing, Ambrose College standout, have been providing overtowering opposition. Besides, he’s getting old. FATHER WEEG GRINS approval as senior Tom Mason leads the students in a fight yell. Doug Cornick ’61, lower left, has assumed MC duties at the pep meetings. 59 Basketball Knights Seek Central Victory And City Title The up and down Knights will close their season in rematches with six op- ponents, five of whom they already downed: Alleman (60-36), Bettendorf (61-56), Muscatine (60-54), North Scott (81-40), and Wahlert (64-56). The lone loss was at the hands of city-rival Dav- enport Central. The season’s highlights will be the Bettendorf and Central clashes. De- feating the Blue Devils would mean the city-championship for the Knights. Assumption’s Knights withstood a deliberate West High offense and held the Falcons scoreless throughout the final three minutes to surge to a 52- 37 victory, the second over West this season. Bob Schebler led Assumption Four million points on one ball sounds incredible, that is, to everyone except Assumption senior Bill Keefe. An avid pin-ball enthusiast, Bill was trying his luck on the newly installed machine at the Plaza bowling alley. “It was amazing” is the bland com- ment of Pat Ward ’61, on what trans- pired that evening. As Bill’s witness, Pat later recalled, “The first ball racked up a mere half million points, a very unpretentious start.” Unprecedented The second shot caused an almost unprecedented hush among the usual- ly vociferous Monday night bowlers. Some witnesses estimate that the time elapsed on that second ball was be- tween four and five minutes. Every second the ball was bumping against 10,000 pointers, and, according to re- liable sources, at one time actually with 20 points, followed by John Fen- nelly with 12. Assumption’s Knights thrust a tight zone defense on Alleman’s Pioneers, putting the clamp on Jim Watts and Merril Smet, who together mustered only 16 points. The Knights fired a tor- red 73% in the first half to build a 37-14 lead and coasted to a 60-36 vic- tory. With all five starters in double figures, the Knights finished up hit- ting 58% for the night. Breezing by on the victory band- wagon, the Knights caught a holiday cold and were trapped inside of the Davenport vise as Central fought to a well-earned 56-51 victory Dec. 27. Assumption did a good job of con- collided with a 100,000 point light seven successive times. Afterwards Bill commented, “I nev- er noticed the score, I just kept work- ing the flippers.” With 4,650,000 points Bill had already won two free games; but with three balls left he was out to set a record. Sets Record And it was a record he did set; though not as impressive as he would have liked. The final score was 7,670,000, which amounted to seven free games. A small street urchin requested a chance to try his luck. Patronizingly Bill gave him a few tips and the re- maining free games for a quarter. Drunk with his victory, Will later or- dered free drinks for everyone. So, the patrons celebrated with a round of Pepsi. taining Blue Devils guns Pete Ras- mussen and Gary Mittelbusher, but forgot about two underclassmen, soph- omore Jim Hester and junior Kim Kel- ley. They fired over the Knight de- fense for Central’s fourth victory of the year. The holiday chills took a turn for the worse as Burlington High came up for “practice” and blasted Assump- tion 73-61 Dec. 30. The Knights staged a 25 point comeback in the fourth quar- ter but couldn’t get close. The Muskies threw a scare into As- sumption in the final stanza, coming from 20 points to four behind, but a determined Knight Five controlled the boards and hoop to escape with a 60-54 decision. Bob Schebler and Karl Noonan led Assumption with 16 points apiece and were matched by Musca- tine’s Mike Rueckert who also tal- lied 16. The Regis Royals, especially tough on their home court, successfully bombed Assumption with a 43-28 first half spurt, then went on to put the game on ice with six points in the final 39 seconds after the Knights threw a scare into the Cedar Rapids team by closing the gap at 61-56. The final score read 73-61. With a 64-56 victory Assumption rode over Dubuque rival Wahlert High. Leading by five at intermission, 27-22, Assumption staged a 24 point third quarter surprise and all but swallowed the Golden Eagles as the Knights coast- ed into the fourth frame with a 51-33 lead. For Assumption Karl Noonan led with 18 and Tony McAndrews hit 100% for 13 points. In the final Big Four Catholic Tour- nament held at Dubuque Assumption split with their opponents, losing to Des Moines Dowling 60-57 in an over- time period and tripping up Souix City Heelan 70-56. The Knights, holding a slim one point lead over Dowling at halftime, tied up the game in the final second of play but could not manage a basket in the overtime and lost the hard-fought bat- tle. Tom Eaton poured in 19 points followed by Karl Noonan with 15. Against Heelan, the Knights fired in 42% and built up a 25 point lead before cooling off in the final stanza. Tony McAndrews tallied 16 points. Bob Schebler and John Fcnnelly each had 14. The Little Knights have piled up an 8-4 record behind the steady hand of Mick Prochaska. Ball control by Jeff Gadient, Jim Kellenberger and Steve Tullis made the difference as the sophs whipped Muscatine, Regis, Wahlert and Burlington after losing to Central. BABE DEROUIN GIVES emphatic in- structions to the huddled Assumption players during a time-out in VV'ahlert-Assumption tilt. Pin-Bailer Tallies Millions 60 Sportlite by Scrap O’Donnell and Mary Ann Keller If you see a white patch on a letter jacket, the wearer isn’t trying to cov- er up a grease spot. This is the reward the footballers received for accomplish- ing the “impossible” this past fall. The “impossible” was capturing the city football title from Central (13- 12) and West (12-6) for the first time. Covering the right pocket, the white patch outlined in red spells out 'City Champions — I960’. “It’s kind of like pouring salt in the enemies’ wounds,” comments Coach Ambrose, “but we hope it doesn’t become a patch to our wounded pride next year.” Assumption high school’s gym has been picked for the sectional of the 15th district 1961 State Basketball Tournament. This is just a fancy way of saying, “Look, boys, we’re playing in our own gym; if we don’t do it now, when will we do it?” The Knights meet Columbus Junc- tion on Feb. 28, the night after West and Central collide. Winners play it out, then meet the winner of the Musca- tine Sectional. After that it’s on the war path to Clinton High’s new E. J. Yourd gym for the substate. The winner of the substate skirmish travels to Des Moines for finals in the Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium. In other words, kiddies, pack your pa- jamas and tooth brushes, the Knights are on the rise again. • • • You can easily tell the roundball- ers who have received the ‘Johnson Johnson scholarship’ this year. Tony McAndrews has his left knee and right ankle all taped up from injuries in- curred in scrimmage recently. The truth of the matter is that in a tussle for the ball one of the reserves took a bite out of him. Another war hero is Karl Noonan, who is taped from knee to ankle be- cause of shin splints. He was really kicked in the shin by an admiring girl from Alleman high when he refused to sign his autograph below her arm tatoo of ‘mother. Bob Schebler would be taped too, but what could penetrate that hide? Nothing short of a bullet. John Fennelly hurt his back about a month ago. Here is the story: (Hon- estly!) John dreamed he was racing with Coach Bill McAfoos. Getting up on his bed he ran . . . right into the wall, fell on his radio and broke it. Hearing the commotion, Mr. Fennelly ran into the room and saw Johnny lying on the floor, kicking his feet like 60, but still sleeping. I wonder who won the race? Assumption girls took to the alleys last November. The “Ball Babies,” Jennie W’alatha ’63, Sandy Wertz ’63, Sharon Morris ’63, Jackie Mulligan 62, are now leading the “Lucky 4” by a mere 10 points. For the highest individ- ual bowling game so far, credit goes to Lynda Phelan for her 176 points. • • • Raining cats and dogs? — No, just birdies or rather shuttlecocks. Badminton season is now open for the girls’ division, and the annual tournament, held nights after school, will begin the week after retreat. A traveling trophy, held by Isabelle McNamara ’60, as well as a medalion, will be given to the winner. The runner-up will also receive a medal- ion as did Louise De Zorbi ’62, run- ner-up for last year. Miss Marian Thornton, gym teach- er for the girls’ division, expects ap- proximately 150 partcipants for the tournament, compared to 78 last year. “A good tennis player is not neces- sarily a good badminton player,” says Miss Thornton as she explains that the wrist action is important in bad- minton whereas the wrist is kept stiff in tennis. Energetically swinging her racket, Mary Ellen Trollan ’62, comments, Badminton really peps up the class and makes for more interest in gym.” UP AND OVER . . . Karl Noonan ’62. pads the Assumption lead with another goal in the Assumption-Wahlert game. try our I unday smorgasbord Midwest's Greatest Adventure and Best Value In Sunday Dining Out Featuring A Delightful Array Of Over 100 Dishes. Serving Sunday Noon to 8 P.M. 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FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS and Loan Association Third and Main Davenport RUHL and RUHL Insurance and Real Estate Dial 323-2775 Assumption High School Davenport, Iowa Februarj 8, 1961 Junior Queen Reigns; Defeuts Aggressor' Who has competed in four spelling, bee finals in the past six years, teach, es piano, and likes to dabble in oil painting on the side? Why, junior Janet Barrett, of course! Janet reigns as Assumption’s 1961 spelling champ, after edging out Pat Carney 62 by correctly spelling “ag- gressor.” She also took part in last year’s bee, but misspelled “irascible” and finished in fourth place. While in the sixth, and again in the eighth grade, Janet participated in Bettendorf’s city finals. She does not attribute her spelling power to any magic formula, but “I guess I’m just lucky. Spelling has never been really hard for me.” The night before the AHS bee found Janet studying the word list for three and a half hours, with her parents hearing the words for her. Piano playing consumes much of Janet’s free time. At school she ac companies the freshman glee club. She sometimes plays the organ for wed- dings; since her sophomore year she has given piano lessons after school. Another of Janet’s hobbies is oil painting. She says she enjoys it, but “the only opportunity I can find for painting is during the summer.” Janet, one of six children, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Barrett, 909 Grant Street, Bettendorf. She attends Our Lady of Lourdes par- ish, and is a YCS member. Hi-Fi Alibi Is AHS Band C “You say you just saw Mr. Paar- mann carrying a hi-fi set into the bandroom? You don’t suppose the band’s going longhair, do you?” No, but some bandsmen had to deny this more than once last week. The hi-fi rig was just one of various de- vices used by Director Carl A. Paar- mann to ready his troupe for today’s concert. On the assumption that the band would play better if they first heard what they were supposed to sound like, the bandmaster brought in sev- eral recordings of the numbers they were to perform. On the other hand, the band isn’t going all modern either. Today’s con- cert is designed to be a blend of both. To quote a cliche, “It will be short (six numbers), but sweet.” With the emphasis on the new, rather than the old, the program will include; Thunder Song, a march sim- ilar to the Air Force March, but with more of a melody; Brass Aflame, a brass section standout; Trumpeter’s Lullaby, featuring the first and sec- Q-U-E-E-N FOR THE YEAR . . . Janet Barrett ’62, Assumption's spell- ing bee queen is crowned by Pat Carney ’62, the last of her opponents to capitulate. In Auditorium College Curtain Rises On Carousel It’s nearing curtain time again at Assumption, but St. Ambrose and Marycrest Colleges will stage the pro- duction. Set-designers for the college pro- duction of Carousel are now consid- ering the stage problems for their spring presentation of the and Hammerstein musical. Rogers Producer-Director Wayne Loui se- lects plays by reviewing a number of possibilities each year, with the main emphasis on four points: quality and story line, potential, cost, and avail- able facilities. Carousel seems prom- ising in each of these categories. ing Longhair? ond trumpet stands; La Bamba De Vera Cruz, a cut-time Mexican num- ber; Cypress Silhouettes, a Southern rhapsody, featuring trumpet, flute, trombone and clarinet solos; and last- ly Sandpaper Ballet, a percussion sec- tion specialty. This latter selection, according to Mr. Paarmann, is the most difficult number of the concert, primarily be- cause of the preciseness of tonality and rhythm with which it must be played. The novel thing about this particu- lar piece is that the percussionists use no snares or brushes to keep the beat. Rather, they use ordinary sand- paper blocks, thereby achieving an unusual rasping effect. The student audience might also be advised to listen carefully to the last few measures of this number. It seems that Dick Lindorfer ’64 has finally mastered his two bar solo. Although “Lindy” is also the band’s solo cymbalist, he has found time to master another instrument — the sandpaper blocks. He will use this instrument in his solo today. “In addition to the ever-present problems of set design, other stum- bling blocks encountered are clear- ances (permission to use AHS facili- ties), royalties (all the music is copy- righted), and costumes,” said the di- rector. The show is scheduled April 6-9. Tickets will be available at the col- leges for $1.75 (adult) and $1.25 (chil- dren). Directing the score will be Sister Sabina Mary, CHM, of Marycrest, and Father James Greene of St. Ambrose. They will be working with such hits as If I Loved You, June Is Bustin’ Out All Over, and You’ll Never Walk Alone. Many students are still raving about the original production of Kismet. George Koenigsacker ’63 liked Briga- doon, “particularly the singing. May- be I’m a little prejudiced, though, since my sister Chris sang second so- prano.” Anne Humphrey ’62 couldn’t praise the show enough. “I thought the Briga- doon was marvelous, especially the forest and wedding scenes. Some of the portrayals were really fantastic.” 63 Couple Compare Notes On Area Colleges by Roseann Laake How much difference is there be- tween high school and undergraduate college science? Three girls from the chemistry de- partment, Betty Lafayette, Jane Wells, and Mary Hart, and three girls from the biology department, Sally Cogan, Mardi Gaydos, and Barbara Lewis, will have this question answered for them when they attend a science program at Clarke College. The girls will spend Saturday, March 4, in the science laboratories at Clarke, working side by side with college sci- ence students and their professors. Ac- tual science experiments will be set up and the girls will get a taste of high level practice. “Anyone who receives 100% on a test knows all that material plus more. Therefore, the test is invalid for that person and she must be retested,” in- formed Mrs. Halbert, freshman speech teacher at Marycrest. This is just another difference be- tween high school and college courses. Attending an afternoon session at Marycrest, I was assigned to Mrs. Hal- bert’s class. As I entered, I noticed Lois Borowitz, AHS graduate of ’60. A large, sunlit room complete with French doors and drapes created an ideal room for study. Its decor was easy on the eyes and helped to re- lax the students. An informal atmosphere prevailed, yet it was a very orderly, quiet class. Most of the girls left their coats on, but I could see that short, pleated skirts and knee socks were the fad. There were no assigned seats. Students usually had only one book and a note book (much unlike our “burden” of books). Very little class participation re- sulted from the lecture type of class procedure. Notes were required in out- line form. Mrs. Halbert was very care- ful to stress the important points. Through the open windows drifted the calls of other Marycresters, finished with their classes for the day. Why did you cut Theo?” “Gen Psych was a breeze!” Many were on their way to the spacious college library where they spend most of their study time. The faculty at Marycrest stresses two hours of outside work for every class hour. Another difference is the arrange- ment of classes. A collegiate does not attend the same amount of classes each day, nor does she have a daily class in every subect. As the bell timidly announced the end of class, a resident frosh saunter- ed down the hall, her bright red pa- jamas showing beneath her trench coat. (No wonder they leave their coats on.) by Bill Keefe What is the biggest difference be- tween high school and college? Jim Johnson, Assumption ’60, believes, “It’s the large amount of outside class work.” Of course, there are other dif- ferences. Basically, there are four kinds of instruction periods: the classroom, the lab, the lecture and the seminar. While most high school students are fam- iliar with classrooms and laboratories, they will find the lecture hall very different from anything in high school. Because of its very size and appear- ance (similar to a football grandstand), the lecture hall takes on a very infor- mal atmosphere. Sometimes there is no roll call and therefore no assigned seats. Many of the students do not even bother to remove their over- coats; others casually toss them on unoccupied seats. A typical lecture course is chemis- try 102, which I attended recently at St. Ambrose College. On the first day Professor James Resnick pointed out the general procedure: “Lab assign- ments are due during lab period . . . please do not try to hand in late assignments. They are not acceptable.” The prof then gave the class three problems and two chapters to prepare for the next class. According to Mr. Resnick, freshmen are expected to pro- duce college work. At SUI assignments for the first day of class are placed on a bulletin board. Surprisingly, notes are not a re- quirement as many might believe. But they are a good idea. As Jim Johnson explains, “Certain classes such as dent to take down material; on the other hand, mathematics requires on- ly the student’s complete attention.” The reason the chemistry course re- quires notes is that Mr. Resnick uses the book only as a guide. Much of the material may not come from the book at all. “Avoid formulas like the plague,” Mr. Resnick advised the class. “Under- standing techniques and concepts is much more important than memorizing facts.” Students who become “thinking men” are allowed to participate in the last form of class, the seminar. Under guid- ance of a faculty adviser, these stu- dents discuss ideas and principles. To these students college is definitely a lot of hard work, but it is just as definitely exciting and challenging. Dooley Haunts Halls The late Dr. Tom Dooley’s spirit is traversing the halls of Assumption — via tape recorder. Having passed through junior home- rooms E8 and E6, the tape found its way to E4, Sister Mary Francelle’s jun- ior homeroom. Using two religion periods the class listened to the entire speech, which had been given to a group of semi- narians. Sister says the tape will pro- vide thoughts and eventually actions during Lent. Saving sacrifice money for Lay Apostolates and missions in foreign countries are just two of the suggested actions. “Communism, in its shocking real- istic form, was brought out by Dr. Doo- ley and set before the youth of As- sumption via the tape,” comments chemistry and English behoove a stu- Sharon Steinmann 62. 64 Visiting Quaker Provokes Mixed Emotions CON “Mr. Quaker might not have been shot from guns, but he certainly is of high caliber,” punned Fr. Ed- mund J. Weeg as he introduced Mr. Quaker alias Mr. Val Gould. But was he? Being an actor, Mr. Gould was clever in his pre- sentation. His first step was to win over the audience before proceeding with the program. This was done by beguiling the girls with, “My, what fine looking girls you are,” and again by re- peatedly claiming that today’s teen-agers definitely surpass any previous generation’s teen-agers. Winning the audience’s favor in these ways, he then presented some of the evils of Communism. Remem- bering how he sympathized with them, the audience accepted his statements without bothering to analyze their true meaning. In this manner he was sure of their cooperation, of their assent without intellectual conviction. Though many students agreed that the program gave them a new feeling of youth’s part in the fight for democracy, a good listener should have caught the flaws of emotionalism and sentimentality and weighed them with the important discoveries before drawing a conclusion. The appeal Mr. Quaker made to his audience was much like that employed in TV commercials. You hear, “She’s attractive, she’s engaged, she uses Ponds.” This moves customers more than a list of ingredients. Likewise, too many students failed to realize that their school was one of the hundreds that the actor visits every year, and to whom he presents the same program. Mr. Gould’s voice and manner captured the audi- ence and held them in awe. When he wanted an emo- Cross 'n Crown Leopard Changes Spots by John Crossen Who says a leopard can’t change his spots? We’re changing ours. No longer the repelling word LITURGY — from now on this column is dubbed CROSS’N CROWN. Why? One of the reasons is the meager show of hands for Liturgy Laity at the pre-KB trial test. To the faithful martyrs who followed our column the leopard himself hasn’t changed. The column is still just the voice of John crying in the wilderness. Maybe we can help each other carry our crosses. Read the column and I’ll help you carry yours. The title has its depth. Christ said, “Take up your cross and follow me.” It’s the only way to win your crown. Take a big guy like Stan Maliszewski ’62. He may win his crown on the wrestling mat. Tony McAndrews ’61 was crowned for his 21 points in the Muscatine game. But all can get a Lenten crown. tional response he used gestures and put emphasis on his voice. Sentimentality abounded as in the read- ing of “A Man Without a Country,” when he lowered his tone, whispering in the microphone. By these basic stage methods he charged the emotions excessively. It is the excess we deplore. As an editorial in the Sunday Times-Democrat stated, English teachers must emphasize “a greater sensitivity to the yardsticks by which one can rule out deceit and emphasize the truth.” Many students left the auditorium taken in by their emotions. They may not have fully understood the actual contents of the program but acquiesced because of the presentation. B N PRO Mr. Quaker, in real life Mr. Val Gould, performed a valuable service by appearing before Assumption’s student body and later before the journalism class. What he said and how he said it proved to me and many others that he was not a charlatan. Mr. Gould simply used the normal policy most good speakers follow when talking to an audience. The policy is that of first relaxing the listeners with humor, and then presenting the “body” of the speech. Keeping this popular policy in mind, we see that Mr. Gould’s remarks concerning the “pretty girls” and his “hard to manage hair” were justified. The speaker realized that man is not composed of intellect alone, but has certain feelings and emotions which are perfectly good in themselves. Wisely, he appealed to these emotions and easily won his audi- ence. Furthermore, the man DID present something worth- while in his speech. Who can say his presentation of the basic beliefs and evils of communism or the chief means of fighting communism were just words with no worthwhile meaning? Certainly there is deep meaning behind his statement, “To defeat communism we must keep our economical and social defenses up, for communism knows power only.” And his reasoning when he spoke, “The best way to meet the problem is to defeat it before it becomes serious,” reveals he has deep concern for the welfare of the U.S. and its people. Do these sound like the words of a quack and fake? As the speaker pointed out, topics for his program come from the letters of teenagers, and communism is certainly a topic high in the minds of most American youth. Some argued that Mr. Gould works for monetary benefits only. Does anyone work for the pure satis- faction of a job alone? Mr. Quaker, being human, needs oats just as much as anyone does. Isn’t it possible to do a good job and still be paid for it? Why must he be a phony just because he is receiving a salary? Keeping the contents of his speech in mind, we view Mr. Quaker’s recent visit as valuable to all stu- dents concerned with the changing world in which they live. 65 JK Honor Roll Boys Seniors First: Hal Feeney, Bill Keefe, Edd Soenke, Tim Vaughan Second: Dave Cavanaugh. Paul Bauer. Dave Cratty. Helmut Steiner. Gary LaFayette, Greg Cusack. John Jayne. Bob Finneran, Dan McGuiness. Jim Wilkerson. Mike Ccur- vorst. Ken Wolf. Tom Kistenmacher. Bill Pohl. John Davies, Gary Jansen. Charles Gray, Merwin Hart. Stan Reinhold. Jim Prochaska. Charles Cawiezell Juniors First: Stan Maliszewski, Dave liuyette Second: Gerry Ketelaar, Don Miller. Gerry Kealey. Howard Mentzer. Jim Keefe, Mike McCarthy. John Fiese. John Lammcrs. George Knight. Derek Williams. Bob Sprosty. Bill Flynn. Mike Noel Sophomores First: Bob Schwarz, Jeff Gadlent, Tom Cu- sack Second: Bruce Borne. Joe Nahra, Jim Kel- lenberger, Tom Moore. Pat McGreevy. Mike Flynn. Charles Schmidt. Paul DiBlasio. Ger- ry Schutte. Art Sunderbruch, Richard Foster, Mike Fitzsimmons, Tom Fcnnclly. Mike Pet- erson, Larry Burdt, Richard McMahon. Joe Kehoe. Ray Roddewig. Tim Wilson. Jim Brownson. Don Chenoweth, Terry Sarver, John Hogan. John Wohlers. Freshmen First: Jim Logan, Darrell Warta Second: Tom Eischeid. John Hasenmiller, Tom Bribriesco, Joe Dray. Dave Ryder. John Genzel, Mike Schebler. Pat Thompson. Mike Townsend, John Loihl, Don Shaw. John Dampf. Mike Morrison. Phil Pash. Tom Murray, Jim Lonergan. Cornell Post, John Stokes. Quinten Jansen. Ray Lemoine Girls Seniors First: Barb Smith Second: Mary Bohrer. Sandra Pohlpeter. Roseann Laake. Karen Ochs. Anita Walsh. Glenna Barry. Maryl Lee Nahrgang. Mary Piilepich. Pat Swails. Mary Ann Walter. Judy Egger, Sharon Goettsch. Pat Miley. Karen Sanders. Nancy Tullis, Mary Sue Maher. Kathy Mentzer. Della Powers. Carole Wcstphal Juniors First: Jane Molyneaux, Jane Wells Second: Sharon Barta. Barb Niemeyer. Cyn- thia Bunge, Mary Jo Owens. Judy Lesiein. Pat Maag. Loretta Neufeld. Kandie Cox. Tana Cook. Mary Hart. Louise DeZorzi. Judy Scott. Mary Guile, Betty LaFayette. Claudia Townsend. Frances Nelson. Susan Schwarte. Lynn McSweeney. Janet Barrett. Diane White. Diane Buxton. Janet Fleischman Sophomores First: Barbara Lewis, Mardi Gay dos, Patricia Hammond, Joan Berendes Second: Mary Ann Soenke. Sally Cogan. Mar- cia Kohler. Kit Dower. Angie More. Jeanne Genzel. Suzie Wells. Rebecca Bowlin. Shir- ley Wedekind. Margaret Pohlmann. Carolyn Abresch. Kathy Wiland. Sue Mentzer. Diane O’Toole. Denise Hoie. Pam Rogers. Gloria Borowitz. Gwen Gaukler. Mary Ann Pauly. Martha Holm. Agnes Mohr Freshmen First: Janice Adamsky, Barbara Bauer, Phyllis Hart, Jerelyn Ryan Second: Janet Abbas. Gini Barrett, Kathy Barrett. Mary Motto. Louise Puls, Judy An- derson. Nancy DeJulius, Linda Adrian. Jackie Bald. Debbie Callahan. Ilona Kuehnhackl. Eileen McCarthy. Sharon Molyneaux. Karen Ohland. Mary Stanger. Rita Davies. Mary Thompson. Mary Buckwalter. Susan King. Bonnie O’Donnell. Cynthia Phillips, Loretta Weir. Patricia Carpenter. Mary Coyne. Rey- nel Dohse. Charlene Gaul. Mary McCarthy. Sheila McGee. Deanna Morris. Mary Schwarz. Susan Thorpe. Barbara Beyer. Bar- bara Egger. Barbara Gnam. Julie Joyce. Kathryn Meisenbach. Michele Morrison. Kathy Schebler SOPHS JOAN BERENDES, Mardi Gay- dos, Jeff Gadient, Bob Schwarz, Tom Cusack, Barb Lewis, Pat Hammond trapped their “A’s” in time for first place on the semester Honor Roll. Requiescant (Tom Chandler’s Father) (Steve Marinan’s Father) Judge Fines KB Be it known that the Knight Beacon staff, having been found guilty by due process of law, is hereby sen- tenced to make, procure, or otherwise come by a style book, wherein shall be entered the many and malevolent blunders contained in the publication of said paper. Such was the decision of the Hon- orable Judge David R. Offerman through the deliberation of the junior journalism class. The style book will contain many of the common errors found in a newspaper in addition to errors peculiar to the Knight Beacon. For example, Mr. Paarmann’s name is spelled with three a’s and two n’s. (Is that right, Mr. Paarmann?) Co-editors Hal Feeney and Roseann Laake feel that even though they lost in court, the Knight Beacon will certainly be an improved publication because of the revealing trial. 66 Square Dancing Dear Student Council: Thank you so much jor giving me my debut! You see, once upon a time at all the Assumption dances 1 felt like a lonely little petunia in an onion patch. Square dancing was just the answer to my tears. I blossomed and now feel like the yellow rose of Texas. Having met many young bachelor buttons, who swept me off my roots, I am looking forward to my second promenade at the next square dance. Gratefully yours, VIOLET Exchange Student Dear Editor, Last July a new addition was added to the Schebler family — Assumption’s first foreign exchange student, Helmut Steiner. Having a foreign exchange student living in my home made everyday living an adven- ture. t I’ve learned many things about European attitudes toward America. Helmut has told us a lot of stories about World War II. During our dinner hour we have many interesting discussions on our government differences, on the way the people live in Austria and America and, of course, about which way of life is the best. At first Helmut had a little trouble getting used to our hot August and September. His clothing was all suitable for a much cooler climate. Now practically all of his clothing is Americanized. He likes to cook, so sometimes my mother lets him cook some of the things he especially likes. His fav- orite is Weiner Schnietzle, and now we all like it, too. He doesn’t like our Jello or marshmallows; he says they don’t have them in Austria. One thing they don’t have over there is a lot of good-natured teasing. My dad likes to tease. Since Helmut has caught on, he doesn’t take it all so seri- ously. I have a little six-year old sister, who always gets in Helmut’s hair. He said that back home he didn’t have little girls always running around under- foot. But in spite of it all, they get along real well now. My little sister often says, “Helmut is my best friend.” We play basketball in our backyard and Helmut does real well. Although he isn’t much of a baseball player, he’s taught us their form of football — some- thing like soccer — and all the fellow's in the neigh- borhood like it. I think getting to know someone from another coun- try real well, by having them actually living in your home, is a good idea. It gives one the wonderful realiza- tion that all people, regardless of origin are all pretty much the same. Therefore I heartily recommend that the student council sponsor not one. but two foreign exchange students — a boy and a girl — next year. Sincerely, MIKE SCHEBLER Catholic Segregation Knight Beacon Editor Assumption High School Davenport, Iowa Dear Editor: This letter does not mainly concern itself with the letter to the editor in your Jan. 31, 1961, or with segregation, but with the Church in the South. In my senior religion class we discussed the rea- sons for the segregation of Catholic schools. The big- gest was pressure from outside groups. The State would not allow Catholic schools to operate with an integrated student body. But think of the glory of the early Church! Those first Christians did not condone the practices of pagan Rome merely because everybody was doing it. They fought the evils; they did not begin practicing them, nor did they try to live in the same world with them. It is the same in the South. Catholics have no right to tolerate, let alone practice, these evils. Pressure can have no effect on the Church in actions on moral problems. If the Church stood against segregation, it would undoubtedly be persecuted. Persecution brings out the best in Catholics; some of the Church’s members could use a jar to aw'aken them from their complacent slumber ... in the North as well as in the South. If we Catholics do not take a stand against segre- gation, we might find ourselves condoning any other evil which happens to catch a few people’s favor. The Church in the South must improve or face a great loss. Yours truly, DAN McGUINESS 67 Open Letter Mfll£ BAGGED Excuses, Excuses Dear Sister Ann Esther, I am writing this note for my mother because she sprained both wrists. I was absent yesterday because I was sick. Sincerely, SUSIE WELCH P.S. My mother will sign below with an x. X Dear Father Weeg, George got on the Trinity Lutheran bus yesterday by mistake, and attended classes for two hours be- fore he woke up. That is why he was late. MRS. CUMMINGS Dear Sister Cecil, The reason Dorothy came in at 10:30 yesterday was that she’s been having fuel leakage trouble. She start- ed out with a half tank, and ran out half way to school. Sincerely, MRS. DRAY Dear Father Kraus, John Stoker didn’t feel well yesterday and was unable to attend classes. Sincerely, MY MOTHER KNIGHT BEACON As a Beacon in the Night All-Catholic Newspaper of Distinction All-American The Knight Beacon is published eight times a year by students of Assumption high school. The yearly subscription rate is $1 50. Dear Juniors, Two hundred seniors bound in spaghetti and sur- rounded by sauce is the only way to describe the class of ’61’s Spaghetti Dinner. You might say that we were tied together in unity. At any rate, all of us had a great time on this memorable day. It would be difficult to forget: Thom Eaton and Jim Hill taking tickets; Mary Ann Lewis and the other waitresses supplying trays and silverware; Dave Off- erman and Alonzo Crews sloshing sauce mingled with strands of spaghetti on the plates; Kay “Butterfingers Kelsey, chairman of the coffee-spilling and cup-break- ing brigade, and Jim Peisch and Tom Baumgartner on the garbage detail. At the last minute Howard Heydn concluded his cafeteria redecoration while Rita Macken. Barb King, and Bob Solis skillfully mounted the miniature chef table decorations. Finally there were Fr. Louis Colonnese and Sister Mary Borgia, BVM, who survived the ordeal. When food ran short we thought Father was trying to figure out how to multiply spaghetti miraculously — and he did. After Dave Cavanaugh, mop in hand, and the rest of the crew — this meant all of us — renovated the cafeteria, Father was seen sporting a big smile as he left, moneybags in hand. Even though there were casualities, each of us sen- iors put in a hard day’s work — and we knew it. The next day we wearily trudged to school with burns and blisters (especially Mike Reisinger and Kim Votroubek), but our feeling of success and sat- isfaction soothed the pain. This is our way of saying that our senior project was terrific and the only way to realize this is to be wholeheartedly involved. Next year it will be your project — lots of luck. HVF RL Beacon Trial Hal, Roseann, and Staff, Thank you very much from 12 impressed Alleman journalists. We truly enjoyed our visit to your school, especially your friendliness to us. We hope, though, that the result of Saturday night’s game was not re- venge for our verdict. Your entire assembly was excellent, very authentic and worthwhile. The attorneys, Mike Ceurvorst and Greg Cusack, were indeed exceptional. As journalists we feelv such a trial was beneficial in arousing reader-interest and giving the student body at least some idea of the work involved in putting out a school paper. Seeing your work on trial has made us more conscious of the importance of doing our best for our own paper. Sincerely, DOROTHY RUMBLER and CHRISTINE KRUEGER and the AllemaNews STAFF 68 CHECKING JIM HILL’S mathematical ability, Bob Solis supervises the totaling of ticket returns. The seniors were adding, readding and adding again be- fore, during and after the Spaghetti Supper. DON’T GET THE WRONG IDEA. These boys weren’t stirring the overalls in Mrs. Murphy’s chowder — although by this time, they wouldn’t have known the differ- ence. AFTER FILLING THE SHAKERS, Father Lou Colonnese snatches a pinch of salt to toss over his shoulder “just for luck.” Spaghetti “HEAVE HO,” commands Jim Peisch to fellow garbage slinger Jim Wilkerson as they attest to the fine turnout at the dinner. “WHAT ONE GOOD FLING COULD DO,” laughs Donna Stol- tenberg as an unknown kibitzer pesters Dianne Rybaski. Part of the Saturday committee, these sen- iors spent the entire day cooking sauce. “BOY, WE RE POOPED,” sighs this group of exhaust- ed waiters. But relief was not in sight, because it was almost time for the people to come. Straightening their fancy black bow ties, the boys prepared for the 2,000 guests. City Champs Top-Ranked Tonight, City Champ Assumption hosts the district tourney in their first round game with Columbus Junction, a class “A” team which is expected to give the Knights little trouble. If victorious on Thursday, March 2, Assumption plays the winner of last night’s skirmish between West and Central. The winner of that contest will play the Muscatine Sectional win- ner next week. Knights Sight District Crown The galloping Knights started off the “memorable weekend” by receiving the No. 1 rating for the Southeast District. Then they went out and won their sixth and seventh straight ballgames to pad their record for the season at 14 wins in 19 contests. North Scott Number 13 came at the expense of North Scott, which was half-heartedly downed 60-45. Tom Eaton and John AHS Bench Jockies Figure Odds by Terry Thompson “Wow, what a shot! Think you could have done that, Scrap?” “Oh, I could have done that left- handed, Wayne.” Such conversation occurs on the bench during the varsity game. Car- rying on the conversation are mem- bers of the team known as the re- serves. Reserves are boys like Jeff Collins '61, Pat Murray 62, Gene McDonald '62, and Barney Purcell ’62, who scrim- mage against the varsity and try to get their job. While the game is being played on the floor, the reserves discuss it on the bench. Conversation is usually an- imated if Assumption is winning, but sometimes there is only silence. Topics range from the referees — where they came from or where they can go — to the spirit of the crowd. All through the game reserves watch just as the crowd does, but they have many advantages over the crowd: they know what the team is supposed to be doing and they can watch the plays develop; from scouting reports they know what to expect from the oppo- nents. Juniors Mike Leonard, Tom Nolan, Dan Brookhart and Wayne Fournier kill themselves all week long at prac- tice. It’s not just for the chance to sit in the southwest corner of the gym during basketball games and watch the rest of the team play. Is it because they like to wear uni- forms? Or is it because they like to shoot around in front of a crowd be- fore games? None of these is the real reason. Rather, reserves have a hope of play- ing . . . eventually. For instance, as reserve Mike McCarthy ’62 watches the game he thinks to himself or even out loud, what he would do if he were in the game. This is Mike’s goal: to play. Mike wants to play very much. Mike is waiting for his big chance. Another reason that reserves play so hard in practice is: reserve games. These games are usually played on Monday nights before seldom more than 25 people. Purpose of the games is to find out the reserves’ ability. Since most re- serves are juniors, one of these games might give a sneak preview of next year’s team. For from these games come the Bob Scheblers and Karl Noo- nans of tomorrow. Fennelly poured in 17 and 12 mark- ers respectively. Davenport Central Sat., Feb. 18 Assumption gained sweet revenge and victory No. 14 by sweeping Davenport Central 78-61, thus giving the Knights their first basket- ball city championship. Thom Eaton hit on seven out of nine shots and wound up with 20 big ones as Bob Schebler and Tony Mc- Andrews poked for 14 and 13 each. Assumption was never in serious trou- ble and sewed it up with a 22 point third quarter. Muscatine On Feb. 10 the Muskies threw a scare into Assumption, leading by as much as 12 points, but determination won through and Assumption notched their fifth win in a row, 64-59. Tony Me Andrews ’61 led the winners with 21 points. Bettendorf The Knights fast broke past Betten- dorf and knocked the Bulldogs for the second encounter, 68-49. Three players were in double figures: John Fennelly (18), Karl Noonan (19), and Bob Schebler (20). Alleman On Feb. 4 Assumption paid a return visit to Aileman’s Pioneers and nipped them for the second time to win the Quad City Catholic title by 57-54. Down 47-40 with five minutes to play, Assumption rallied behind the clutch charity tossing of Thom Eaton ’61 at the finish. Bob Schebler ’61 led As- sumption with 17 points. Regina The Knights came from behind to put down a stubborn Regina of Iowa City quintet 69-64. Regina had prev- iously been beaten three times. It marked the Knights’ ninth win against five losses. “COME ON, BOYS, let’s get ready for Babe’s chorus line,” quipps reserve Mike McCarthy ’62 as he knots shoes before p r a c ti c e session. Could that be Gene McDonald’s'62 legs? Yep! M( Rouses Rally Early in the basketball season, at one of the first pep rallies for the hardcourter , Master of Ceremonies Ron Mellen called 5’ 7” senior guard Doug Cornick to the microphone for a few words. Shortly afterwards, Coach Mellen told Doug, “You’ve got yourself a job.” Since then, the popular roundball whiz has done an excellent job in con- ducting the assemblies. Doug is now well known for his rabble-rousing at- tacks on everyone from the opposing coach to a local writer. Many fans will remember that on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 7, the stu- dent MC predicted, “We’ll beat Bet- tendorf by 18-20 points.” Many will also remember that on Tuesday night, Feb. 7, the Bulldogs fell by a 68-49 count — a 19 point deficit. 71 John Davies '61 Hitch A Hound “We’re trying to get 20 buses for the sub-state game at Iowa City — well, at least 10 for the sub-state tilt at Clinton after we win our sectional,” quipped Vince Neu '61, as he called down to the bus terminal in order to secure transportation for the Musca- tine Assumption game Feb. 10. Later the bus was canceled because so few students showed any interest in the trip. “Bruce Cusack ’63, and I are in charge of arranging transportation for any Assumption students who are in- terested in attending a Knight sport- ing event,” said Vince. “It usually ends up that the underclassmen fill the vacancies left by the older boys who drive to the game if it isn’t too great a distance.” “However, there are always the faithful who are on most every bus trip we make, like seniors Edd Soen- ke, Stan Reinhold, Jim Miller and Gary Jansen,” Bruce added. “Last year we rented buses for the boys’ and girls’ divisions for the Mus- catine, Wahlert, and Sectional at Clin- ton. We had nine buses traveling to Clinton — four for boys and five for girls — and that involved a lot of coin-counting,” Bruce said. The buses are usually moderated by a faculty member and various adult couples. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hem- pel and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nem- mers have been chaperones. Vince and Bruce feel that it means a lot to the ballplayers to run out to a strange floor and yet be greeted by the yells of their own student body. “It helps tremendously to get bet- ter spirit backing the team and that way Assumption has a better chance of knocking off another victory,” Vince noted, “and besides there is a feeling of unity as the grey doggie rambles down the highway, destined for oppo- nentland.” Grapplers Laud John Davies, Assumption standout wrestler at 133 pounds, was voted Hon- orary Captain of the wrestling squad by his teammates. Davies racked up an impressive 15-4 record this past winter, losing only to Central’s standout Otto Frei twice, and to Soulin of Moline before being elim- inated by his opponent from Washing- ton of Cedar Rapids in the State Sec- tional. According to Jack, Frei from Central should undoubtedly be the state cham- pion in his class. “He had an escape that I simply could not stop,” said Jack “and he was the only one I really gained respect for this past year.” Davies commented that his biggest disappointment of the year came against East Moline. He was winning 2-1 in the final 10 seconds when he locked his hands and picked up a pen- alty point, enabling his opponent to tie him 2-2. Head Wrestling Coach Ray Ambrose holds Davies in high esteem. “In my opinion, he is the ideal high school competitor and athlete. He never missed practice and never griped. He’s real coachable, a good example of de- termination. Davies’ record speaks for itself. Giant Killer' “In football John was the one who made halfback Bob Solis the breakaway runner that he is. A lot of plays called for a ‘pulling guard’ and Davies was the guy who was always there to throw that key block” John’s comment on Ambrose’s ap- praisal was, “Heck, I just threw myself in front of the tackier; he couldn't help but trip over me.” Davies was a regular on the grappling squad as a sophomore. He won only two out of eight that year. Last sea- son, as a junior, John lost a little more weight — starting at 133 pounds — and won 10 out of 12. His three year record is 27 wins and 12 losses, which is good in any league. The honor student is proud of the way that this winter sport has pro- gressed. “Back at St. Ambrose, they considered themselves lucky to have a full wrestling team. Now we have a varsity, reserve and freshmen team.” The lithe athlete paused, and with that quiet twinkle in his eyes, added, ‘Three years ago, we had only a few meets, and plenty of trouble even win- ning any of them. In fact it was the first time we ever beat Burlington. Now it has become so one-sided that they want to drop us.” Sportlite by Scrap O’Donnell Out of 207 juniors and seniors who voted on whether to have intramural basketball or volleyball after school or at night, only 42 voted against the pro- ject, therefore the annual tournament will be held as soon as the regular roundball season is finished. Coaches McAfoos and Mellen as well as Father Perry and Sr. Anna Marita, CHM, have volunteered to supervise. The varsity will be in charge of offici- ating, scorekeeping, and coaching. Congratulations to Assumption’s wrestling team for a well earned 8-5 duel record this past campaign. Coach Ray Ambrose brought his grapplers into prestige with a two year record of 15-9. Stan Malizewski and Tom Bivens captured second places in the District held at Davenport Central earlier in the month and participated in the State meet at Cedar Falls. Jack Davies and Bob Deluhery won third places in the district at 133 and heavyweight posi- tions. The reserve team wound up with only two defeats on their schedule (13- 2); AHS wrestling made a name for itself as one of the “sleepers” in the area. and Mary Ann Keller At last, Asumption has its own cheerleading uniforms! “With no re- grets” our six varsity cheerleaders kissed the traditional Ambrose uni- forms good-bye as they donned the bright new red and white in time for the Bettendorf game. Thanks to the Mothers’ Club’s money and Mrs. Panth- er’s sewing skill, no longer needed are the rubber-bands in Evie’s sleeves, the bleach in Elaine’s sweater, or the tucks in Eileen’s skirt. • • • . . . Overhead in dressing room after Heelan game in Dubuque “My gosh, is that Schebler kid ever big! He must be 6’4” by 6’4”. Why, he’s so big that he could tip a gym. I’m glad all of the people sat on one side of the floor.' • • Memo to Knight followers: the way things are shaping up around here, a perfect way to end the round ball season would be a victory celebration in Des Moines around the Ides of March. We think we’re the best in Iowa; I’m sure there are 900 plus who think that way too. I wonder if the Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium will hold all of us? 72 YCS - Sociality Leaders Weigh Actions Midway through a year. Sodality Prefect Rita Radwick ’61 and National YCS President Greg Cusack ’61 report on the actions of their respective groups. • The Sodality is again furnishing a Lenten breakfast for the 150 students who attend daily Mass. Jean Keller, Carol Wysoske and Mary Stafford help serve the milk and rolls. • • • “NOT AGAIN . . horrified Mike Bar- ry ’63 turns thumbs down when he dis- covers last year’s St. Patrick day menu may be re- peated. Penitent Mrs. Ertl resolves Anyone interested in pool? YCSers are currently sponsoring a car pool campaign to get fellow students to daily Mass during Lent. • • Did you ever hear of students drag- ging their parents to social events or telling people where to vote? Jim Lo- gan’s teammates, all freshmen, persuad- ed their parents to come to the seniors’ Spaghetti Dinner. Students in sopho- more Joe Nahra’s group printed hun- dreds of bulletins telling people the proper places to vote in last year’s general election. • • • to have sauerkraut and wieners some other day. Pursuing a different course, mem- bers of junior Derek Williams’ group wrote ambassadors and the State De- partment to get various views on for- eign aid. They even received replies from the United Nations. • • • Demerits Catch Delinquents By Pat Nemmers “Only 3% of the teenagers in Amer- ica are really juvenile delinquents and go before the courts,” said Mr. Van Gould to Assumption high school stu- dents at a recent assembly. However, headlines still continue to report news such as “Youth Arrested For Vandal- ism. How well can teenagers respect rules and regulations? This year at Assumption a new method of testing and enforcing respect for authority is being executed. Although not as ser- ious as a police record, the demerit system at AHS reveals the delinquent students. An individual card is kept for each student with any demerits. Each day, demerit slips accumulated during the day are given to Sister Mary Helen Regine, BVM, and Mr. Carl Paar- mann, who record the penalties, noting the date, offense, and teacher. Demerits are most commonly given for three misdemeanors: talking when silence is demanded, chewing gum, and missing assignments. In the girls’ division three more faults stand out: rolling skirts, missing gym suits, be- ing out of uniform. The boys’ side re- ports tardiness as a well-found offence. At the accumulation of 10 demer- its, the violator is notified of a coun- selor-student conference to follow. When a student receives 20 demerits, Sister or Mr. Paarmann sends a let- ter to the students’ parents informing them of the seriousness of the occasion, that a consultation must be held with the parents and that their son or daugh- ter is barred from all extra-curricular activities associated with school. The parents are also reminded that if the student accumulates 10 more demer- its, possible suspension results. Should a student acquire 30 de- merits, parents are informed and sus- pension results until a consultation con- sisting of parents, teacher, and student involved. Mr. Paarmann reports that only 15% of the male students have re- ceived demerits, and of these, only 15% have appeared before the Board of Discipline. “Not too many demerits are being given, considering the num- ber of girls,” says Sister Helen Re- gine. “Although some major infractions have occurred, we feel that they are fewer in number because of the de- merit system,” observed Fr. Anthony L. Conrad. The work of the Board of Discipline and Board of Studies has brought about a beneficial realization by students that extra-curricular activities will be cur- tailed with either low grade averages or excessive demerits. In fact, accord- ing to the demerit roster we could say “97% of the AHS students behaved today.” Under the leadership of Frank Val- ainis, seniors published information on Communism as a result of concen- trated study of this theory in religion. • • • Attempting something else new, leaders of 12 YCS groups at Assump- tion met in January and February for the stated purpose of uniting the move- ment. Fr. Marvin A. Mottet hopes that these meetings will give the groups a sense of unity through sharing ideas. • • • One section of the leaders meeting devotes itself to discussions of the Facts of the Week: statements by group members concerning current situations in the school itself. “By this method,” explains Don Perry ’61, “groups arrive at some of their best actions.” A sampling of some of the facts uncovered are as follows: a lack of sincerity on the part of some YCSers; congestion and noise in the halls; lack of class unity; seniors planning to at- tend secular colleges; and lack of leadership on the part of some sen- iors. If a group deems one of these prob- lems to be serious enough, it draws its own social inquiry on the problem and goes to work. At the last meeting Derek Williams ’62 suggested the possibility of a week- ly newsletter, containing all the ac- tions of the past week from every group at AHS. Although difficulties were pointed out, Derek persisted, and now is in charge of the entire pro- ject. 73 c°o, °Ol ..c h°'c At 'Sty % tyo anonymous marcia kohler There once was a fellow named Docker Who went during class to his locker. Two demerits he’ll get From Father Mottet, Who appeared and gave Docker a shocker. dick mullen „V7o Pat ha, ,rnm, 'o icf b‘-irb .. «• ? s J. a 'v I� IF YOU ARE IN A HURRY, as the gentleman above ap- parently was, try to sink your teeth into this poetry written for people in a hurry. (A still life by Dennis llogan.) CRY ft, den;. niso h hoi. dottie masterson . . father aS I flnsted UP coiV O p Bov'e’ 4$ aneeline fQ There °nce a twis’ resets one day shart on acn, P3t hamm°nd When he with sod- amara C ' C' pW When him ; P«8 P°hlmann tnd covered P°° man bill waiter H°T � •0 A +o. v%- •Bo, V ' «so 0 'OAf tfe, o o lC£ ( °'Vb, OR by Dave McGuiness The bitter wind dipped into the valley and swept over the bluish ice of the frozen creek. It enveloped the white buildings nestled beneath the majestic, lofty knoll. In the barnyard the slender pigs scurried for the protection of the spacious barn, while the cattle lumbered toward the security of their stalls. The frozen mass of mud was void and dreary; the only sound was the howling of the wind. The fields were deserted and the fences were barren of their normal inhabitants, the crows. Winter had finally descended on the quiet diminutive farm. Lite Flashes Bob Finneran ’61 As a new student at Assumption, I didn’t know many students very well. The Spaghetti Dinner, how- ever, gave me more than those blisters on each hand: a terrific chance to really get to know the guys and gals. Larry Otto ’61 Our Spaghetti Dinner accomplished five aims: pro- vided customers with a good meal; raised money for the class project; acquainted us with our classmates; unified our class; gave visitors a true picture of As- sumption high school. Francis Valainis ’61 What surprised me most was that the waiters kept trying to sneak in line so they could serve the people sooner. Many times the waiters were sent to the end of the line. Cathy Arnold ’61 The most striking characteristic of the people whom I served was their politeness. It was gratifying to be treated courteously and to be thanked, even after these patrons had waited through the long lines. Ray Hart ’61 After waiting on tables for a while I began to feel pretty important. When I led customers to their tables I answered their questions about the school. So it turned out that I was not only a waiter but also a question-and-answer man. A I It's jm Now FANTLE'S fw For CoUeqe . . . where you’ll find the NEW JUNIOR Bonus Thrift Accounts earn up to 1% EXTRA for regular savers. Ask about our exciting new Save-a-Semester Plan. 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Mr. Joseph Maher, boys’ speech teacher, will direct this all-school dra- matic presentation. Mr. Maher produced the first Var- iety Show at Assumption. This marks his first approach into light comedy. He advises prospective players to at- tend the college performance of Carou- sel in order to perfect their own per- formance. Inherit the Wind Junior journalists will inherit the Knight Beacon for the April issue. Stan Maliszewski and Sharon Barta will edit the paper. “We have our work cut out for us,” remarked the junior editors, “if we are to live up to this year’s fine tra- dition.” Senior editors Hal Feeney and Roseann Laake will act as advisors. Other appointments announced by the advisor, Fr. William F. Wiebler, in- clude: Barb Niemeyer, copy editor; George Knight, news editor; Pat Nem- mers and John Crossen, feature editors. Mike McCarthy will inaugurate a new position: humor editor. Pat Morrissey and Sue Welch will be picture editors. Mary Ellen Trollan will handle art; Elaine Feeney, layout; Bill Tiedje, ad- vertising; and John Lammers, circula- tion. Taking over the sports department from Scrap O’Donnell, Don Miller will be assisted by Pat Murray, Mary Guile and Mike Quigley. These appointments are only for the junior issue and are not considered permanent. Student activity books will be hon- ored at both performances. Last year’s successful performance was the Chinese motif production, The Lute Song, directed by Sister M. Eus- tella, BVM. Clinton to Fete YCS Study Day Mount St. Clare College, Clinton, will host the third Annual YCS Spring Study Day of the Davenport Diocesan Federation April 9. Clinton YCSers, under the direction of Fr. Daniel Mannhardt and Sr. Mary Annette, OSF, will sponsor the all day event to inform and entertain area YCS chaplains, lay leaders, and students. The program will center around Lei- sure Time with emphasis on music, art, athletics and movies as part of student life. Activities will start with registration ($1.50) from 8:30-900. Workshops and discussion with a Leisure Time theme will follow. Full-timer Audrey Pancratz and As- sumption YCSers Greg Cusack and Mike Ceurvorst will give special con- ferences for beginning YCSers. Science Snares Students' Fancy A sudden reproduction of hamsters, the death of 10 fish and the over- night wilting of clodea . . . with ex- periences such as these highlighting their preparation, Assumption scien- tists are heading for the ’61 Science Fair. Since the judging will be held Ap- ril 6-7, projects must be set up April 5 at United Township high school. The fair is open to the public April 7 and 8 with the presentation of awards on Saturday, April 8. Among Assumption’s participants will be Jim Prochaska 61, a physics student. By successfully building a model sun-powered house, he has prov- en the possibility of future homes em: ploying solar energy. As a chemistry experiment, Bill Keefe ’61 is separating rare earth ele- ments with the use of special chemicals. Sophomore Pat Westphal chose a project, “The Genetics of Hamsters.” Although unsuccessful at first, the bi- ologist was suddenly swamped with four baby hamsters. (See picture on inside page.) These students and other Assump- tion representatives have prepared brochures and demonstrations ex- plaining their projects. Six points used as criteria include creative ability, scientific thought, thoroughness, skill, clarity and dra- matic value. A TRANQUIL CAT NAP eases fresh- man Fred Carsten’s weariness. The meddling kitten wonders how the state tournament causes such fatigue. If he could read this issue, his query would be answered. 78 Colors, New Cheers by Pat Swails “Do you make ’em wear those colors? Are they punished if thety don’t?” Rouse Students the cheerleaders were going out to the floor, the student body began yell- ing and applauding. Puzzled, the girls turned around only to find the cheer- WHITE-SHIRTED KNIGHTS freeze during a tense moment with the Tro- jans. The black sheep is Father Louis Colonnese. This emphasizes the dra- matic white shirt project developed by the senior class. Questions such as these arose from the Welton and Muscatine cheerlead- ers. Assumption’s cheerleaders felt proud to be able to answer that the color idea originated among the stu- dents. “It’s as a rippling wave of color and sound cascading down the bleach- ers,” they said. A new cheer, What’s the Word, has gone over big with students since it spurs competition between the classes. As called upon, each class tries to outdo the others. Seniors take delight in being loudest. Another cheer, Go, Fight, Win, also promotes competitive cheering, but be- tween the boys and girls. The louder the boys are, the louder the girls get. Satisfied caught on more near the end of the season. Used at the foot- ball games, it never did catch on too well until the basketball season. The state basketball tournament was so “tremendously exciting” according to Mary Bohrer ’61, that she wouldn’t have traded places with anyone. Cheer- leading has been the biggest part of her junior and senior years. Without it, she feels she never would have learn- ed to appreciate boys’ wrestling match- es. Elaine LaMar ’61 relates an incident that occurred at the Central game. As Active Verb “An example of an active verb is: the boy threw the ball,” Sister Mary Borgia, BVM, said to her senior Eng- lish class. “What would be passive?” Sister questioned. Promptly Anita Walsh ’61 offered, ‘The boy caught the ball.” ing was for them. Amazed, they con- tinued with their cheer. Mary Bohrer expressed the grati- tude of the six varsity cheerleaders to Fr. Robert Amborn: “I think it’s very considerate of Father to pay our bus fares, as the cheerleaders have to go and can’t always afford it.” Injustice “Students deserve (injustice)” read the principal’s mimeographed direc- tions for faculty members. Even so, Assumptionites needn’t worry about their rights. The typographical error should have read, “Students deserve (in justice) a 15 minute study hall.” Teachers Swap Roles in New Class by Karen Sanders bers — AHS girls and Sisters. BVM What is it like to have your teacher Sisters enrolled are: Sister Mary Bor- in class with you? According to Don- na Stoltenberg 61, it’s “different . but the Sisters are more fun than you’d imagine. It’s nice to know they can laugh at their own mistakes.” Donna is referring to Professor John T. Fox’s class on Advanced Learning Skills. Two classes are held on the St. Ambrose College campus each Tuesday — one from 3:30 to 5:00, and the other from 6:30 to 8:00. Professor Fox instituted this class after finding that many really top- notch high school students were, for some reason, failing their college fresh- men courses. It wasn’t because of a lack of IQ or initiative; these students lacked the reading, listening, and study skills that college demands. This course is designed to eliminate such a problem. Karen Ochs ’61, says, “Each class is valuable. I believe I’ve noticed improvement in reading al- ready.” The evening class combines both Assumption and Alleman students at the ratio of about 5:15. (An interest- ing note: neither Alleman girls nor Assumption boys are taking the course.) The afternoon class has about 20 mem- gia, Sister Mary Diana, Sister Mary Eustella, Sister M. Helen Ann, Sister M. Helen Regine, and Sister Mary Leon. (A reliable source reports that the Sisters are sometimes as giddy as the girls. Hmmm . . .) The first time the class met, students were given a questionnaire. It con- tained such thought-provoking ques- tions as “Do you feel that teachers of- ten misunderstand or misjudge you?,” “Do you carry on many social activi- ties during the week?,” and “Do you have trouble trying to express your thoughts in writing?” Professor Fox states his purpose in offering the course, “My experience with high school and college youth has convinced me that instruction designed to develop the how and why of study is important to all and essential to many. Through such instruction, stu- dents can be guided to develop effi- ciency in learning and thinking — as opposed to just completing assign- ments.” The Sister students hope their stu- dent students will benefit from the Sisters’ taking the course. 79 AHS Council lies “Domestic affairs, foreign relations, and modernization will complete the Student Council’s 1960-61 agenda, at- tests SGA President Mike Ceurvorst 61. “We’ve got a lot of work to do and a lot of loose ends to pull together. Most of our attention will center on domestic affairs.” “Since education is primary to the Council’s vitality,” believes Judy Eg- ger '61, “we are holding a training course for student government with special emphasis on parliamentary procedure. Those planning to run for office this spring may attend.” The SGA vice-president is serving as group moderator. Judy considers the program “will just cover the basics and endure until elections.” Up Loose Ends entire student body, this award will be given to an outstanding student chosen by a faculty committee from those nominated by the class presi- dents and Association officers. “This honor,” states Jane Mumey ’62, “gives the underclassmen something to look forward to and adds to the pres- tige of that class. Juniors and seniors would have a sense of recognition in receiving this honor.” Four items are on the agenda right now under “foreign relations”: the Quint-City Student Congress, the Southeast District convention, foreign exchange students for next year, and an exchange of council members with the Davenport and Bettendorf schools. Also in the field of leadership de- velopment, Tom Kistenmacher, who serves with Barb Smith (both ’61) as chairmen of the Election Committee, looks for “a fine field of candidates.” The Council unanimously appropri- ated funds to purchase trophies and ribbons for the proposed intramural program. Speaking for the sponsoring homeroom, Jeff Collins ’61 confirmed the schedule, faculty arrangements, and approximate cost of awards as deter, mined by A-7. Mardi Gaydos ’63 sec- onded the motion by saying that “you can’t count pennies in such instances.” To encourage student leadership, the Council, upon a motion by Jeff Gad- ient ’63, voted to reinstate the student- of-the-month program. Open to the Dave Huyette ’62, vice-president of the Congress, feels that “the QCSC- convention will follow the excellent precedent set last year (at AHS) and it should be better attended. The Con- gress gives us good experience, is good publicity, and improves inter-school relations.” Running for office at the upcoming district convention (Easter Monday) of the Iowa Association of Student Coun- cils are: John Fiese '62, president; Kathy Ceurvorst ’62, vice-president; Tracy Plum ’62, secretary; Mike Barry ’63, treasurer; and Pat McGreevy ’63, state cabinet member. A panel consisting of Nancy Kear- ney ’62, Jim Keefe ’62, Gwen Gaukler ’63, Sally Cogan ’63, Don Chenoweth ’63, and Jeff Gadient ’63 will represent Assumption on “How To Improve The Student Council Through Parliamentary Procedure.” “Announcements about next year’s foreign exchange students will be re- leased as decisions are released to the Council. We’re hoping for a boy and a girl for next year,” confides Mike Ceurvorst. “Through an exchange of members with other local schools, we hope to personalize and improve school and community relations” comments Dave Cavanaugh ’61. Bob Gordon of Bet- tendorf and Doug Tucker of West have already been invited and Larry Dresch- ler of Central will be contacted for the next meeting. Kathy Ceurvorst, secretary, plans a complete revamping and renewal of the Council’s filing system. “There are many unseen facets of Student Council work that students don’t appreciate,” discloses president Mike Ceurvorst. “For instance, the num- ber of visits to the principals and to Father Amborn, the amount of sincere and sometimes hard-fought discussions (Council-student); the student-faculty, Assumption-community, and inter- school relations, all add up to an active organization.” FROZEN WITH FEAR, Carlyn Mc- Kenzie ’61 anticipates a basket. The ice shatters as Noonan makes the two pointer. Carlyn was one of 500 who traveled by bus and car. Twelve were lodged in Pat and Jack Hogan’s fath- er’s Knoxville apartment. Sacristans Scavenge Ever go on a scavenger hunt? If you’d like to, join the Sacristans’ Club. This group of girls has the duties of caring for the vestments, filling the cruets, putting away the Mass cards and Missal, dusting the altar, changing the candles and the sanct- uary light, and filling the holy water font. Once a month they iron the altar linens. It very often happens that some- one puts the vestments in the wrong place, (they belong in the hom-ec lab) and everyone starts the “scaven- ger hunt.” For Mass in the auditor- ium, there’s always some difficulty get- ting the altar set up. Fr. J. V. Ryan sometimes drafts some boys to move the needed stands and chairs. Members of the Club include seniors Martha Hilding, Marilyn Mara, and Mary Sue Maher; juniors Cathy Speer, Barb Niemeyer, Judy Scott, Toni Col- brese, Jeanette Schonhoff, Karen Hais- ton, and Judi Finkenhoefer; sophomore Larelle Hughes; and freshmen Kathy Foley and Judy McNamara. Sister Mary Eustella, BVM, is mod- erator. 80 Are we really conservatives? In the March 1961 issue of Today, Fr. John Smith wrote an article con- cerning the so-called conservative outlook of today’s students. Father Smith said “high school teachers are con- tending they have discovered a conservative outlook, as opposed to the liberal outlook and enthusiasm about change that has traditionally been characteristic of students. “An apparently conservative attitude has resulted largely because it is difficult to be enthusiastic and idealistically zestful about goals and purposes which are no longer clear cut.” How can we attempt to change any economic or political situations of this country if we don’t under- stand them completely? We can’t take a liberal out- look on the recession of this country or the Congo situation — we’re not completely sure about them. They confuse most of us. If we students get enthused about a situation, we’ll Senior Extols Clean-Away' When you open your locker, like Ed Cawley ’61, do you get lost in the confusion of falling books and papers? Like Tony Me Andrews ’61, do you spend an hour looking for a book only to find it buried under three feet of scrap paper? Then what you need is Assumption’s new product, Clean-Away. Clean-Away is so effective and easy to use that even Doug Cornick ’61 recommends it. All you need are two hands and a wrastepaper basket. In less than one hour your locker will be changed in appearance and better arranged, comments Tracy Plum ’62 who uses Clean-Awray daily. Who does Clean-Away benefit? First, the student. When the last minute rush to beat the bell comes, Steve Kellenberger ’62 can make it to class with- out stopping and packing paper in his locker. Second, Clean-Away benefits the faculty. When visi- tors walk through the girls’ wing they notice the halls are clean and the lockers don’t bulge with scrap paper and slightly used books. By the appearance they know they are in a school, a place of learning, and not a three-ring circus. Third, Clean-Away benefits the janitors. When it comes time for spring cleaning, Tom and Louie find nice clean lockers. They don’t have to shovel out heaps of scrap paper from soph Bob Scannell’s locker. Instead, they have more time to replace nuts and bolts. If frosh Mike O’Leary and Gary Ales want to have one of the 10 best kept lockers, then let them imitate the seniors who use Clean-Away, we all say. Ray Hart ’61 attempt to change it. It has to be a problem we are familiar with. The student body wanted a pep rally for our tourna- ment game with Muscatine. We were enthused, we saw a problem: we couldn’t take time out of school. We acted liberally, we made a change. We held a pep rally after school on our own time. That wasn’t conservatism. We get zestful about a change only if we ourselves see a problem and see it clearly enough to under- stand it. Right now, school is a preparation for solving prob- lems in the future. We are practicing changes in our teen-age status to gain the experience and knowledge to be liberal in vital affairs. We teenagers are liberal. The idea that we are con- servative arises from the fact that we stick to our own problems and don’t attempt to solve national problems. How many adults that you know are try- ing to change a vital national affair? RL KNIGHT BEACON idtirjt As a Beacon in the Night” All-Catholic Newspaper of Distinction All-Amencan The Knight Beacon is published eight times a year by students of Assumption high school. The yearly subscription rate is $1.50. CO-EDITORS: Hal Feeney Roseann Laake FEATURE EDITOR: Sally Healey NEWS EDITOR: Ken Wolf SPORTS EDITOR: Scrap O'Donnell SPORTS STAFF: Gary LaFayctte. Mary Ann Keller STUDENT COUNCIL: Mike Ccurvorst CIRCULATION: Carole Wcstphal. Buster Hobein ADVERTISING AGENT: John Jayne CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER: Paul Bauer PICTURE EDITOR: Jean Meyer ART: Merwin Hart. Howard Heydn EDITORIAL STAFF: Laurence d'Autreinont. Bill Keefe. Rita Macken. Karen Sanders. Pat Swails, John Crossen ADVISOR: Fr. W. F. Wiebler The Boy Becomes The Man by Mike Chenoweth When I was a small boy I used to dream Of the wonderful, glorious things I could do, But now that Vve added some years it would seem These things are harder and harder to do. A small boy can build castles when he is small, Things fall into place so simple and neat. But in a few years these castles grow tall, Their erection is not so simple a feat. This small boy’s world is so hard to leave But still it’s something we all must do For though success is really harder to achieve When Vm a man I want that, don’t you? 81 Three Hidden Persuaders' Ignite School Spirit A splash of Assumption red and a mass of white has been causing Davenport and the entire state of Iowa to perk up and take notice. An observer with a literary flare described this array as a steady stream of red and white cascading down the bleachers. No matter how people describe us, we all know that we have a tremendous school spirit and everyone’s impressed. But how was this increase accomplished? Only through a concrete action can we bring about a change. On the eve of the second round of the district tourney, the senior boys decided on the “white shirt project.” hidden persuaders. Although effective, most of these devices are not logically sound. Seniors Chuck Gray and Ray Hart conducted a telephone campaign (the force appeal) to make sure every senior would don white. Tom Mason woke Bob Schadt at 7:15 am; Bob wore a white shirt. White clad seniors hit the school by storm. (The snob appeal — of course, everyone looks to the seniors for leadership.) At the pep rally Doug Cornick '61 suggested that all the boys wear white shirts to the game and the girls wear some red, (Now the band- wagon was rolling and there was nothing to stop it). The day of our clash with Central, the senior boys each wore a white shirt to the pep rally. In this way they manifested class unity and school spirit. In their project, the seniors took advantage of Cross 'n Crown Church Year Jibes With Atom by John Crossen Have you ever studied the wonderful structure of the atom? The atom is pictured as consisting of a nucleus made up of protons and neutrons with orbiting electrons. (See this month’s calendar by Merwin Hart.) The liturgical year follows this pattern: Easter, the nucleus; the whole year with its rotating feasts, the electrons. Easter, the center of the liturgical year, embodies the attracting force, Christ. Without Him the feasts would not exist. We might compare ourselves to neutrons. If we do something positive this Easter season to strengthen our spiritual atom, we will become Christocentric and attract other electrons from their negative outlook. The powerful blast of the man-made atomic bomb seems minute when compared to the radiance of a perfect, spiritual Easter. As Bill Grothus ’62 says, “Even the spiritual deadheads can show a spiritual blast at Easter.” This is Holy Week — the countdown is getting shorter. Our penances will pay off at the Easter Vigil — having suffered with Christ, we will also rise with Him. The few moved the many — that’s persuasion. Most advertising firms make use of such motivation in planning their persuasion campaigns. Vance Pack- ard in his best seller, The Hidden Persuaders, relates that through research, experts find that bigger and more luxurious cars are symbols of social prestige. Therefore they design longer and more stylish cars and gear their advertising campaigns to stress this prestige package. Advertising itself is valid and provides a valuable service by making the public aware of various avail- able products and their advantages. But these per- suaders fail in their duty when they attempt to create an artificial need for a certain commodity. Mr. Packard concludes that many persuaders, in their attempt to channel our actions, seem to assume that man is created to be manipulated. The powerful effect of persuasion techniques and motivation devices is evident when we see how Com- munism is subduing entire populations and shifting into high gear to attract America’s youth (that’s us). It is most important to be aware that persuasion and manipulation are constantly influencing our daily lives. We must be on our guard to avoid the traps hidden persuasion red mothers' CLUB S.G.A. .ELECTION xj RycRESf Uwt CONCERT 3oi Ccrtoudj? ' 7” 10 Lj.C.S P j treshmen tytokafotf 82 At Capital Chief Shocks Girls All the interesting things that hap- pened to AHS students in Des Moines during the tournament didn’t happen to the team. Take the junior girls for instance. While one group was in the Capitol building they spied a door that read “Private — Governor’s Office.’’ Daring- ly, Kathy Ceurvorst ’62 knocked. Be- fore she could run the door opened and a woman told her to go around to the secretary’s office. So, supported by eight friends, she did. When they entered the office they found a man standing there. He turned and asked “What do you girls want?” “We want to see the Governor,” chorused the group. “You’ll have to hurry, I haven’t much time,” replied the man. “Oh, are you the Governor?” ex- claimed Sue Welch ’62. BASHFUL JOLLY COWERS in the corner while Cream Puff, the extro- vert, wiggles from sophomore Pat Westphal’s grip, eager to participate in the coming Science Fair. It turned out Sue was right, he was the Governor. In fact, the whole group trooped into Governor Erbe’s offices and were given souvenier pens. After saying “thank you,” the whole group, including Sue Welch, Nancy Hunt, Tracy Plum, Jane Mumey, Joan Kloss, Mary Guile, Anne Balluff, Louise De Zorzi, Kathy Ceurvorst and Mary Hart, told Governor Erbe that Assump- tion was going to win and promised to vote for him when they were 21. Later Sue Schwarte, Julie State, Jane Molyneaux, Lynn McSweeney, Barb Niemeyer, Sharon Steinmann and Denise O’Neill blithely joined another group, touring the office. Angels Battle For First Place Hidden persuaders are everywhere. Even the five choirs of angels are bat- tling for first place in a Lenten sac- rifice race. In D-4, Sr. Mary Cecile’s homeroom, the five rows have each taken a name of one of the five choirs of angels: cherubim, seraphim, thrones, powers, and principalities. Five white crosses are being proportionally filled in as the “angels” contribute. This is all part of the Lenten sacri- fice collection for the Kahl Home, which is replacing the Bishops’ Relief Fund Boys Refurbish Apostolate Office “Exhausting but enjoyable, fatigu- ing and frantic,” is the way Mike Ker- nan ’61 describes the job of renovating the Chancery Building third floor at 410 Brady St. Mike headed a committee of 10 AHS seniors including Bill Keefe, John Kane, John Tarchinski, Dick Peterson, Don Loftus, Buster Hobein, Paul Dyar, Paul Hasse and Bob Ward, who spent three weekends washing windows, patching plaster, and painting walls. When fin- ished, they will have completely reno- vated the offices for the lay apostolate headquarters. This crew of lay apostles drank 50 bottles of Pepsi while slapping on 20 gallons of paint, using four rollers, four brushes, three ladders, and one scaf- fold. Much of this office space will be used by the Papal Volunteers. Fr. Louis Colonnese, newly appointed PAVLA representative, is charged with setting up the program in this diocese. Ac- cording to Father Colonnese, ttys lay mission organization will operate in four steps. ‘Anyone between 21 and 45 is eli- gible to sign up for a three to five year tour,” states Father Colonnese. This first step — recruitment — obtains volunteers for social welfare work, ed- ucational activities, and medical work. In addition, married couple will initiate CFM groups in Latin America. The second step — screening — in- cludes applicant interviews followed by apptitude and psychological tests to determine vocational fitness. Techniques of the apostolate, spirit- ual formation, and education in lan- guage comprise the preliminary train- ing — the third step. This training will be followed by four months of inten- sive training in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Father feels that the success of the first three steps depends on the fourth — financing. “The diocese, completely responsible for each volunteer, needs $3,000 to train and send each lay mis- sionary,” Father emphasizes. Assisting Father in organizing the program are three committees: a lay program committee, a college institu- tional committee, and a clergy com- mittee. this year as requested by Father Am- born. Contributions are made in the homerooms. Some homeroom students have made monetary pledges while others make free-will offerings. Fr. John Ryan is trying to incite his freshmen to attend daily Mass. Ap- proximately 1 3 of these boys have cooperated. The boys in Sr. Mary Ann Marita’s homeroom have agreed to at- tend Mass at least once a week dur- ing Lent. Sr. Mary Coaina, BVM, is tabulating the contributions of her homeroom on ladders posted on the bulletin board. Each row has its own ladder topped with an angel designating its position in the race. Each Friday the girls in the row contributing the most draw for a prize. A cake walk and bake sale held by the junior girls in Sr. M. St. Vic- tor’s class raised $30. for the Kahl Home Drive. Reading the gospel of the day and applying it to their daily lives is the activity of Fr. Arthur Perry’s home- room. They also say a prayer each day for the intention of a member of the class. In his homeroom Fr. Anth- ony Conrad is supervising the daily reading of a saint’s life. Positive actions each day are per- formed by the boys in Fr. W. F. Wieb- ler’s homeroom. They decide to per- form a specific action each day, such as picking up milk cartons, straws, or papers. Each girl in D-7 gave her 20 bus- fare refund to the Lenten sacrifice fund. Barb Bauer ’64 commented on the “hidden persuaders” used by the homerooms. “They make you give much more than you usually would.” 83 Imogene, Dobie Present Casting Problems By Karen Sanders Who is Imogene Klugenfelter? Ever hear of “Happy” Stella Kowalski? How about Petey Bellows or, of all people, Limbo Lamb? Well, most of them are students at Salmon P. Chase high school. And they might be YOU. Under the direction of Mr. Joseph Maher, Assumption high will present a three act comedy (May 6-7) entitled The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. This comedy is based upon Max Shulman’s book of the same name. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is also a popular television show, which appears each Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. on Channel 4. Since the character Maynard G. Krebs was devised for TV, he is absent from the stage version. Characters are being cast this week. Assuming the job of casting director, you might pick John Fennelly '61 or Doug Cornick '61 to enact the part of Dobie. According to the script, he is “a small, dynamic young man with an At St. Ambrose by Ken Wolf What do seminarians learn? How do they live? What are their aspira- tions? I learned the answers to these and several other questions during a guided tour through the Seminary De- partment of St. Ambrose College. John Berntsen and Larry Montford, both '60 graduates of Assumption, con- ducted the tour. Art Johnson ’60 is also enrolled in the seminary depart- ment. “During our freshman year, we study the same courses as other college stu- dents,” John explained. He stated that after the freshman year, more emphasis is put on philosophy and Latin. Commenting on seminary life, Lar- ry said that it puts more emphasis on studies and also gives the aspirant to the priesthood more time to think and draw closer to God. A typical day in the seminary be- gins at 5:40. Morning prayers. Mass, and meditation start the day. Classes fol- low a 7:00 breakfast, with various class- es starting for some students as ear- ly as 8:00, and ending for some as late as 5:00. Highlighting the afternoon is a daily conference given at five by Fr. C. F. Griffith, spiritual director of the sem- inary. “At these conferences, we are encouraged to become Christo-centric, that is, to make Christ the center of our life and to place our future in His hands,” explained John. Although most of the church stu- dents’ time is taken up by studies, they don’t live like hermits. They have their own intramural basketball team active imagination and boundless en- ergy.” Or, perhaps in your imagination, Bob Hammill '62 or Mike Reisinger ’61 would fit this description. Playing opposite Dobie will be Bon- nie Willet. She is slightly shorter than he and “much prettier” — Mary Hart ’62? Bonnie is 17, and a “very attrac- tive little package” — maybe senior Sharron Lorence? Dobie openly worships Helen Dixon, who is taller than he and quite beauti- ful. Could Mary McCarthy ’64 or Con- nie Higgens ’63 portray her? Thom Eaton or Dave Price (both ’61) might be interested in the character Petey Bellows. “Petey looks and acts like a big wheel. He is good-looking and muscular, conceited, and it shows a little — but why shouldn’t it?” Char- lie Cawiezell would fit too. A name like Imogene Klugenfelter would just have to belong to a slingshot carrying 12-year old. Nan Buchmeyer ’61 or Tracy Plum ’62 might be this and full length up-to-date movies to provide entertainment during the year. Also, local students are permitted to visit their homes on Saturday and Sun- day afternoons. All Assumption priests studied in the St. Ambrose church department except Father Robert Amborn, who attend- ed the Josephinum Pontifical Semi- nary. young lady “who can take care of her- self.” Pat Johnson '61 or Dottie Mickle- wright ’61 might like to tryout for Limbo Lamb, a movie queen “who knows all the tricks of her trade. When catering to her public, her voice is sweet and even demure. When not on exhibition she blares forth in a brassy voice that shatters the King’s English.” Mr. Maher will surely find the per- fect “characters” to portray these char- acters. If you notice him peering in- tently at you these days, watch out, you may be Dobie or Imogene. LENTEN LITURGY LIVES as John Davies ’61 reads the epistle and gos- pel at one of the daily Masses. Student participation at these Masses is ad- vocated by Father J. V. Ryan, chaplain, who encourages the united responses and vocal reading. 4 ANY QUESTIONS? Barb Carlin ’61 refers soph Claudette Short to Sister Mary Borgia’s pamphlet on BVM life. This pamphlet, recognizable by the portrait of soph Barb Lewis, is one of the many displayed during vocation week. Seminarians Expound on Life 84 MARY BOHRER PRANCES happily while Evie Pan- ther, Barb Lewandowski, Eileen Dockery, Elaine La- Mar and Mary Hart clasp their hands as Assumption moves ahead in the state tourney. “JUST A TURN of the screw’’ remarks Paul (BooBoo) Hasse ’61 to juniors Mike (Yogi) Woolridge and Bob (Forest Ranger) Shaw. While traveling to Des Moines, the hood flew off Mike’s car and was promptly dis- carded. Meanwhile on the bus, senior Carol LaMar listens to Eileen Dockery’s opinion, as Mary Bohrer, Jan Viner and Carol Golaski protest. $ : J e c J SSGJS6 vol HIP 'Gf, ■ sc )v THE WEARY BUT VICTORIOUS Assumption team poses for photographers immediately after the As a sumption-Mason City game. Tourney A OS'- ■ A : � a Trail A vO r [ - 'I ’ I x %r T “Coach of the Year” Babe Derouin CV “THIRD PLACE, HERE WE COME,” screams a “sat-1 isfied” Elaine LaMar as she and Evie cheer Assump-j tion toward a 13-point victory over Mason City. THr r A, , S vMt | tf i Sportlite by Scrap O'Donnell up to have a look for themselves. Don't they have a name for people like him? THOM EATON LEAPS high for a re- bound during the Fairfield game, and Bob Schebler in the other white uni- form prepares for another tip in. Spring Schedule APRIL ONLY GOLF April 7 West-Central 14 Rock Island, home 19 Clinton, home 24 East Moline, away 28 Rock Island, away Ed Zack pointed out at the basket, ball banquet that though scalped by the Calumet Indians, the Knights tom- ahawked the Mohawks for the con- solation. • • a The consensus is that if Calumet had played the Knights as they played against Marshalltown, Assumption could have performed in the finals. The Knights hit on 27 field goals, Cal- umet on 26, but Calumet hit 25 free throws, compared to Assumption’s 11. • • It’s interesting to note that Assump- tion placed three on the first 10 for tourney scoring honors. John Fennelly placed fourth with 48 points, hitting 15 against Fairfield, 8 against Calu- met and 25 in the Mason City con- test. Bob Schebler placed sixth with 45 points, getting 8 against Fairfield, 20 against Calumet and 17 against Ma- son City. Karl Noonan tied for sev- enth with 38 points, hitting 16 at Fair- field, 14 at Calumet and 8 against Ma- son City. All-state center Don Nelson of Marshalltown won the contest with a total of 62 points. • • � Assumption stayed in the same ho- tel as did their predecessors, St. Am- brose, back in 1955. In fact, they used the exact same rooms as did the Knights who roomed on the fourth floor. As- sumption was favored, as was Ambrose, and both clubs did a bang up job in the consolation game. Superstitious? • • Wednesday night, March 15, Assump- tion went up to the Veterans’ Memor- ial Auditorium to practice before 15,000 empty seats. Reserve Mike Ceurvorst ’61 went up the stairs to the farthest corner to sit down. On the floor, the rest of the team couldn’t even see Mike. Everyone except Tony McAn- drews, who’s afraid of high places, went TENNIS April 11 Muscatine, home 20 Central 25 West 27 Wahlert. home VARSITY BASEBALL April 6 Moline, away 10 Rock Island, home 14 West 17 Alleman, home 19 Central 21 Alleman. away 24 Rock Island, away 26 Moline, home 28 Alleman. home TRACK April 14 North Scott, home 21 Muscatine, away 22 Davenport Relays 25 Rock Island-Alleman, away • � • On Friday morning, the day of the Calumet Indian scalping, the team went up to the State Capital building to be greeted by Scott County’s representa- tive, Riley Dietz. Dietz then introduced the team to the legislature and the school name was written into the rec- ord. • • • The majority of Des Moines people thought that Assumption was really old Davenport High School, so the crowds tended to favor opposing teams. But as Father Walter said, we’re proud to be known as Davenport Assumption. Boys Tape Team Ever notice the two young men who grow pale at the sight of tape or towels? They are the team managers. Senior managers Bill Balluff and Vince Bergthold took on this task ear- ly in the roundball season. What would Assistant Coach Bill McAffos do if he wasn’t supplied with enough tape for senior Tony Me An- drew’s knee and ankle, or a fresh sup- ply of towels for senior Thom Eaton’s dizzy spells (such as the case in Clin- ton)? Bill and Vince attended every var- sity practice, reserve game and var- sity game, both home and away. Their jobs varied from running errands for Coach Derouin to keeping shot charts on the players. “It’s interesting to see if the same plays which worked so well in practice all week, work as well in the week-end games,” said Berg- thold. Both managers got to be sharpshoot- ers since they shot at one basket while the team practiced at the other. They probably know more than any other student about Noonan’s jumper or Ket- alaar’s tip-in. Before game time, players could count on Vince’s pocket for a piece of gum (he liked spearmint) and Bill’s pocket for a roll of tape. Bergthold stated that, through the manager’s job, he saw for the first time how a team operates behind the scenes, “We were in on everything that went on.” Balluff said that he was fortunate to be the manager on a winning ball club because, “I imagine it could be pretty tough on a manager if the boys were losing every weekend.” Vince and Bill conjecture that perhaps it was their good luck equipment which helped turn the trick so many times. 87 Eastern Iowa Bows To Rampaging Knights The fighting Knights of Assumption high proved themselves to be the most successful in Eastern Iowa as they rolled through five consecutive victor- ies to capture the district and sub-state titles, earning their way to the state finals in Des Moines. Dubuque Wahlert The Knights moved into the tourney on the upbeat posting their eighth con- secutive win by defeating Wahlert of Dubuque 71-62. Bob Schebler paced Assumption with 26 points. It marked the end of regular season play as they finished up winning 15 of 20 games, good enough for the No. 1 rating in the Southeast Iowa district and the No. 5 rating in the State. Then came the tournament. Columbus Junction Assumption played host to the 15th district and all but evaporated Colum- bus Junction, a class A team. Karl Noonan led the Knights with 17 points. The lopsided score (71-31) indicated the type of ball game, as all 12 tour- nament members broke into the scor- ing column. Davenport Central On Feb. 28 Assumption faced tourna- ment-minded Central high which had recently knocked off Cedar Rapids Washington and Davenport West. The Knights battered the Imps with a 57% barrage from the field and buried the Davenport jinx 66-40. Senior Bob Schebler led Assumption with 24 mark- ers. Jim McKinney was high for the Blue Devils with 13. Muscatine Into the District finals, Muscatine’s hopes for a ‘third time rout’ were dampened as Assumption out-hustled the Muskies in the first half, then went on to put Muscatine out of the tourna- ment by a 66-49 count. John Fennelly led all Knights with 17 pts. Welton Tiny Welton high school, with a total enrollment of only 58 students, proved to be Assumption’s toughest competition of the still young tournament as they battled the Knights on even terms for the first two periods of play. Assump- tion went on to win (67-46) with a big fourth quarter. Welton had previously dumped Clinton by 63-61. Bob Schebler poked for 25 points and grabbed 25 re- bounds. Cedar Rapids Washington The toughest test was met when As- sumption overcame a six point deficit in the third stanza and went on to “upset” the Warriors from Cedar Rap- ids 51-48. The Knight followers in the stands at the Iowa Fieldhouse went into mass hysteria and the elated play- ers were carried off the floor on the shoulders of players and fans. The Knights had won the sub-state title and only the state finals loomed before them. A tough 1-2-2 defense checked guns Tom Nelson and Mike Hawk as Bob Schebler poured in 19 points and Karl Noonan sank 11. John Fennelly hit three free throws in the final minute to assure the Knights’ victory. The final sub-state victory marked the 13 th straight win for Assumption and left the season record at 20-5. Earlier in the week Bob Schebler and Karl Noon- an earned berths on the All Quad-City Second Team. John Fennelly merited a third team position, and Thom Eaton received Honorable Mention. Fairfield Moving into the Iowa State Finals at Des Moines, Assumption was pair- ed alphabetically against Fairfield High School, which had won 18 and lost 3 prior to the quarterfinal game. The Knights had difficulty making shots from the charity line, missing 24 for the night, but put together a sec- ond period thrust to lead the Trojans at half 28-18. The last two frames As- sumption geared its fast break offense. Bob Schebler and Karl Noonan pick- ed off rebounds and tossed down court to the waiting hands of John Fennelly and Tony McAndrews. As a result, Assumption moved into the semi-final round with a 68-54 pounding of the Fairfield Trojans. Leading the Knights were Karl Noon- an with 16 and John Fennelly with 15. Bob Cooksey led Fairfield with 16. Calumet The Cinderella team of the State, tiny Calumet, with only 58 enrollment, 24 of them boys, shocked the third straight Class ‘AA’ club in handing Assumption their first loss in 15 games, 77-65. Assumption staged a real barnburn- er for the first 14 minutes as each squad traded baskets until the score was knotted at 29-29. Then Calumet pulled the same burst the Knights had accomplished the afternoon before and built a 39-30 intermission lead before 11,500 fans who were swayed to the sentimental crowd favorites. In the second half, the Calumet In- dians poured on a powerful 45% shoot- ing average and padded the lead with 25 free shots in 31 attempts. The Knights staged a come-back late in the game, but could get no closer than the final score, 77-65. It marked Calu- met’s third straight appearance in the State finals. Mason City The Knights fought back the fol- lowing night to whip the Mason City Mohawks 66-53 and capture the con- solation championship, making Assump- tion third in the state. A capacity crowd of 14,500 watched the Knights open the first two quar- ters hitting 52% and build a 38-24 lead. The Mohawks, lead by Bill Woodhouse, GRIMACING, TONY McANDREWS drops a layup as he locks arms with an unidentified Fairfield player. who fired in 13 points, staged a big scare in the third frame, cutting the margin to 45-43. The Knights zoomed right back and finished the contest with a 13 point lead, enabling Coach Derouin to clear the bench before a TV audience of Iowa state spectators. John Fennelly hit 10 of 14 shots and five free throws for 25 points follow- ed by Bob Schebler with 17. It mark- ed the end of the grind, with Assump- tion finishing third with a 22-6 rec- ord. 88 JOYFUL KNIGHTS whoop it up after sending Fairfield home right are: Jeff Collins, Mike Leonard, Scrap O’Donnell, Thom to watch the remainder of the tourney on TV. From left to Eaton, John Fennelly, Doug Cornick, Mike Ceurvorst. (AP Wirephoto) Champion Knights Cut Capers In Capital The 1960-61 Assumption basketball team surprised everyone, even Coach Derouin, when they played every game in the tournament to finish third with a fine 22-6 record. Ever since freshman days, when the frosh won 11 out of 12, Bob Schebler had dreamed of the State title. Then, in sophomore year, Bob joined the varsity, and rookie Karl Noonan was moved up from the freshman squad to help out. That year the team won 9, lost 10. In junior year, a real team began to appear. Schebler was back for his second year on the varsity; Noonan was moved to the first team beside Schebler, and Thom Eaton transferred from Cincinnatti to attend Knightland. Last year, the varsity record was 10-10. Fans began to take notice when the Knights knocked off West for the sec- ond time, then smothered Alleman 60- 36. During the holidays the Knights caught cold and won only three of the four, and the fans of the area thought Assumption was in for another so-so year. But beginning Jan. 21, Assumption moved into a zone defense and the inevitable began. The Knights won 14 ball games in a row, before being nipped in the second to last round of the State finals. They went on to win a consolation trophy. Des Moines was great for the spec- tator, comfortable for the basketball player. The team arrived on Wednes- day at 3:40, got situated, then strolled the city streets. Discussion was cent- ered around the State trophies dis- played in Frankel’s Dept. Store. On Wednesday evening, the team worked out at the auditorium. Each morning during their stay, the squad trotted up to St. Ambrose Cath- That's The Way-- Dad thought he was a kid again And basketball was the game. A slip — a fall — a twisted knee So now he's old — and lame. He bounced the ball and made the play Then tumbled to the floor. When teammates helped him up again He found his knee was sore. The play was only pantomime A gesture made in fun, But when the knee began to swell He knew the fun — was done. So Dad relates this story now This lesson to impart: Remember your age when you act Though staying young in heart. Mary Snyder ’63 edral for Mass. Winning the first- round game Thursday afternoon put all in good spirits for the remainder of the day. Friday, the Knights were introduced to the Iowa Legislature, later climbed to the top of the dome (some 336 steps away). After Friday’s defeat, the team viewed the Marshalltown- Mason City contest, and so to bed. Saturday was movie day for relaxing. The snow began to fall, further damp- ening the team’s spirits. Saturday night, the team members had but one thought on their minds: to show the state that they weren’t as bush-league as many television view- ers thought from the previous day. Whip Mason City’s Mohawks the Knights did, for a feeling of satisfied but restrained joy because everyone had hoped for a shot at the title. “Being the third best team out of a possible 667 in the state of Iowa is certainly something of which every Davenporter has a right to be proud,” said Father Robert Amborn at the bas- ketball banquet, “And proud we were when 500 fans showed up at the school to welcome the team home.” The huge trophy stands proudly in the trophy case, next to its 1955 mate. Davenport Assumption is now on the map of Iowa. Beacon Exclusive Sleuth Trails Marian Anderson To Airport Wednesday, Feb. 22: I’m working the interview division out of junior jour- nalism. The boss is Father Wiebler. Staff photographer Bob Hill is my as- sistant. My name is Morrissey. I put through a call at 8 am to Miss Marian Anderson, world famous contralto, at Hotel Blackhawk, Daven- port. She says I’ll have to interview her over the phone; her schedule’s tight. Asking as many questions as I can in the time Miss Anderson has to spare, I find out quite a few things about the gracious Negro singer. At 13 Miss Anderson’s career began spiraling. Before this time she sang with the junior choir in one of the churches of Philadelphia, Pa. At 13 she became a member of the senior choir of the same church. This group soon gained recognition throughout Philadelphia. Miss Ander- son’s aunt then set up solo appear, ances for the young singer, which were to lead her to a career as one of the nation’s top vocalists. “Ambassador of good will” is a title that could and should be applied to this singer. She embarked on a good will tour two years ago. Requested by the State Department to bolster United States prestige abroad, Miss Anderson toured the Far East and the Orient, visiting 12 countries on behalf of America. “It was marvelous, exotic, just too wonderful to describe,” states Miss An- derson as she recalls her visit there. Presidents at their inauguration, since the Roosevelts were in office, have had the pleasure of Miss Anderson’s sing- ing. This includes JFK. Being on a tight schedule, Miss An- derson pauses to say that she has to leave for the Moline airport. Bob and I rush over to the airport and arrive just ahead of her cab. She enters and we follow. After she checks her ticket, we approach her and she per- mits me to interrogate her further. The contralto came to Davenport from Olean, N.Y., where she had ap- peared before two college audiences. After her one night stop in the Quint Cities, she would go to New York then to the West Coast. Miss Anderson explains that she does not hit every town on her tour, only those that have facilities. “I sometimes get tired of traveling all over the world, but it gets in your veins and you can’t stop,” Miss An- derson relates. “Do you have a family,” I ask. “Yes, I have a husband, who is an architect, but we have no children. We make our home on a Connecticut farm, where we can get away from it all. My mother and two sisters live in Philadelphia. I hope to get home to see my mother soon; she has been RESUMING AN INTERRUPTED IN- TERVIEW, Marian Anderson and Pat Morrissey ’62 chat in the airport lounge as they wait for the opera singer’s plane. The junior journalist had been interviewing Miss Anderson by phone until time for her to leave for the airport. Pausing as she mounts the ramp, Miss Anderson turns with a friendly smile for the photographers. ill,” comments Miss Anderson, finger- ing her corsage. “I also have a nephew of whom I am quite proud. He wil obtain his Masters degree in June. Then he plans to teach. He also has an avid interest in progressive jazz.” Segregation is one subject the Negro lady does not wish to discuss in the time available. “If we had an hour or more to talk in private, I would be glad to discuss it with you. I do not believe, however, that it can be dis- cussed over the telephone or in the lobby of an airport.” The singer does mention, however, several instances in which the segregation problem had oc- cured but “they (segregationists) prob- ably wish that it hadn’t happened now.” We then excuse ourselves because we can see that Franz Rupp, accom- panist for Miss Anderson wishes to speak to her. 10-15-20 minutes pass, when a voice comes over the loud speaker into the almost empty and silent lobby, “Flight 916, United Airlines plane now arriving at Gate Three.” Moving outside, Bob and I wave goodbye to Miss Anderson and her com- panions as they move up the ramp to the waiting plane. The engines roar, the plane taxies into takeoff position, speeds down the runway and is off into the air. Flight 916 carries among its passengers one of the finest women in the world — Marian Anderson. 90 FRED C. BILLS, executive editor of the Daily Times, explains copyread- ing: to Hal Feeney and Roseann Laake, who represented the Knight Beacon at the Daily Times’ Workshop. Typists Snare Europe, space atlases and detergents! The typing classes are having a win- ning streak comparable to Assumption’s victorious state champions. Among the 210,000 contestants in the Facit Accuracy Contest, Carole West- phal '61 placed among the top partici- pants invited to the regional contests. Carole typed 63 wpm without errors. The top 10 regional finalists will gain an all-expense-paid trip to the National Contest in New York City. If Carole is the National Facit winner, she will be awarded an all-expense-paid trip to Europe. Gold medal winners from AHS are: Cynthia Bunge ’62, Judy Leslein ’62, Pat Miley ’63, Mike Bedford ’62 and Gene McDonald ’62. In the “best business letter” contests sponsored by leading business firms, space atlases were awarded to Karen Neylon ’62 and Judy Leslein ’62. Juniors Evelyn Panther and Judy Leslein won 150 typing erasers for their classmates. Loose leaf binders were awarded to Lynn McSweeney ’62, Francis Nelson ’62, Donna Stoltenberg ’61 and Pat BVM Starts New Don’t throw away that envelope!! At least not until you cut out the stamp. STster Mary Helen Regine, BVM, asks for the aid of the students in collect- ing stamps to help the missions. Being an avid stamp collecter, Sis- ter heads a campaign to gather all kinds of cancelled stamps, including meter stamps, foreign or ordinary stamps. Sister sells these cancelled stamps to dealers and the profit goes to the missions. The dealers in turn sell stamps to collectors. The genial BVM assures students of the task’s ease as she explains that a margin must be left around the stamp. She’ll cut out the stamps if the stu- dents will bring the envelopes. “Stu- dents who have relatives or friends working in the post office or any bus- iness office can bring the stamps or envelopes to me in D-2,” Sister notes. This black-garbed stamp collecter al- so claims a private and quite valuable collection of stamps. Her United States collection consists of many American printed stamps, numbering well over 1000. These are kept in an album pub- lished for that purpose. Her valuable Vatican City collection contains all the stamps printed since the Vatican City Postal Department be- gan in the late 19th Century. The teacher became interested in stamp collecting 15 years ago and passed the hobby on to her father who bought this collection from stamp dealers. Hav- ing combined her stamps with her Honors, Prizes Miley 61. Juniors Pat McGee and Diane Nath received $2.45 Scripwriters from the Shaeffer Pen Company. Five advanced shorthand students have been “pushing their pens” to achieve higher speed records in dicta- tion tests. Seniors Carole Westphal, Maryl-Lee Nahrgang, Pat Swails, Glenna Barry and Karen Sanders have won their 100 wpm-5-minute dictation certificates and are pressing for 120. Friden, Inc. gave Cynthia Bunge and Gloria Mendoza, both ’62, boxes of their detergent. The Dictation Disc Company awarded a box of Shorthand Dicta- tion records to Pat Swails ’61 and Cyn- thia Bunge ’62. Their letters are com- peting for National prizes — a portable typewriter for the winner and one for her teacher. Thirty-nine Shorthand I and 22 ad- vanced Shorthand students competed in the International Shorthand Contest and are awaiting the results. On March 25, 12 AHS typists com- peted in the AIC Typing Contest at the Masonic Temple. Stamping Ground father’s, Sister now has the complete Vatican City collection plus duplicates. Sr. M. Helen Regine shares her love for this fascinating hobby with Fr. Ro- bert Ambom and Joe Nahra ’62. A drive was held through the home- rooms last year for cancelled stamps. Many students believe this ended the campaign. But Sister assures everyone the need is still great. Remember, the missions are waiting, she observes as she stretches out her hand. Class Exposes Girls' Abilities How do you make a nut cup? How do you play hopskotch? How do you draw a flower? Where can you find the answers to these questions? It may be hard to believe, but they are all taught in Sr. Mary Helen Ann’s junior English class. First each girl wrote an expository paragraph, that is, one which gives directions to do something. Then each girl orally gave directions to an- other girl and the class had to guess what she was doing. For example, when Diane White asked Mary Hart to raise one leg, open her mouth, cover it with her hand, and put three fingers behind her head, the class easily guessed that she was portraying an Indian. But not everyone’s turned out so well. 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Program After Mass at Sacred Heart Cathe- dral and lunch at the Assumption Cafe- teria, Hayes High School, Muscatine, will start the choral section of the program. At 1:00 p.m. the AHS Glee Club will sing, among others, You’ll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel), Because, It’s a Grand Night for Sing- ing, and I Whistle a Happy Tune. The Ottumwa Heights orchestra will lead off the instrumental division. As- sumption’s band will play Thunder Song, Dance Toccata, Burst of Flame, and La Bamba De Vera Cruz. Exchange Assembly May 3, as part of an exchange as- sembly, Assumption’s Band and Glee Club will present a program at Alle- man High School. Serenade, Surrey with a Fringe on Top, Sound of Mu- sic and Voices of the Woods are some of the featured selections of the Glee Club. Trumpeter’s Lullaby, featuring John Loihl ’64, Cowboy in Cuba, and Sandpaper Ballet are a few of those numbers to be played by the band. Another important date for the Mu- sic Department is May 19 when the Spring Band Concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Assumption auditor- ium. A combination of all Davenport par- ochial school pupils will play, as will the St. Alphonsus band. The Assump- tion band will present such numbers as Thunder Song, Cowboy in Cuba, and Sandpaper Ballet. As a finale, the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students, who will make up next year’s AHS Band, will sound out the Great Gate of Kiev. Pick Shangrila Oriental blossoms, fans, and lanterns will transform the Gold Room of the Blackhawk Hotel, May 26. Co-chairmen Jane Mumey and John Fiese have set the Junior-Senior Prom theme as Shangrila.” Music will be provided by Jack Payne and the Am- bassadors from 8:30 to 11:30. Decorations, handled by Tracy Plum and Frank Solis, will accent the Far East. Advisor Fr. Gerald Kraus has emphasized, All who decorate Friday afternoon must be at the hotel Satur- day morning for clean-up.” On Stage Dobie Players Hunt Oddities Wanted: Test tubes, rubber apron, oil can, wash tub, huge corsage . . . Wanted for what? These are the props for The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis which will be presented May 6-7 in the Assumption auditorium. The test tube is needed by Mike Bar- ry '63, who plays the ingenious “teen- age dwarf” Dobie, who hangs around the chemistry lab looking for test tubes. Mike Ceurvorst ’61, who plays the athlete Petey, smuggles the rubber apron into the lab for a secret exper- iment. If you’ve seen junior Kay Campbell dragging a wash tub through the halls or Jane Mumey '62 hiding a saw in her locker, they’re only finding the musical instruments for their parts in the comedy band. The oil can in the back of junior Pat Nemmers’ car is not for the en- gine but for her part as Helen, to ease her out of the ventilating duct in which she is stuck. Louise De Zorzi ’62 isn’t really try- ing to cheat the phone company with that retractable dime, she’s just prac- ticing being Bonnie. In charge of this conglomeration of props and actors is Mr. Joseph Maher, director, who urges, “You’ve seen Dobie Gillis on TV, now come see Dobie Gillis at Assumption.” By the way if you happen to have an old hall tree in your attic . . . RUNNING UP THE scale, seniors John Fennelly, Diane Miclot, Jim Goettsch, Linda Zinger, Carole Westphal and Charles Hoos tune up for the annual Diocesan Music Festival, April 28. MART SURREM COUA IAjL FRINCE Off TOP ILL NEVER LUMLK ALOklfc DICCESAM MUSIC FESTIVAL 94 SGA Elections Ten SGA Nominees Vie For Student Votes by Claudia Townsend Although the presidential elections are over and the Kennedy administra- tion is industriously at work, Assump- tion is not finished with campaigns and elections. The Student Government As- sociation election polls open today, April 25. “Like the President of the United States, the SGA president is respected and influential. His position demands positive leadership and insures him reasonable cooperation from everyone,” remarked Fr. W. F. Dawson, student council advisor. Presidential candidates, one of whom will preside over the Student Council meetings, are Jim Keefe, Frank Solis, and Gerry Ketelaar, all ’62. Jim Keefe served on the Student Council as treasurer of his junior class. He has a varsity letter for wrestling. An active YCS member, Frank Solis is disciplinarian of the Glee Club and in charge of audio-visual aids for jun- “This is a Boriginal for those who are frantic enough to send the very worst,” read the card. This was on Sister Mary Borgia’s note to Sister Mary Lidwine, BVM, who was ill. Sister Borgia had been tem- porarily teaching the sophomore geom- etry class. She had asked the class to make geometric get well cards to send to their teacher. Most appropriate was Ruth Gadient’s. It read “What do you mean, this class needs help? This is what we have learn- ed lately ----------,” followed by a blank space. Suzy Wells sent a reasoning prob- lem to Sister. “Juanita is confused. Mar- ior history classes. Frank is also out for track this season. Gerry Ketelaar, secretary of his class and Student Council representative, is a member of YCS. A junior journalist, he earned a varsity letter in basketball. Another important job is that of the vice-president, which will be filled by a junior girl. Kathy Ceurvorst, not having missed a meeting in her two years on the Stu- dent Council, is well qualified for vice- president. As secretary this past year, she worked to accomplish the goals set at the beginning of the year. Kathy is in the spring play, GRA, St. Paul’s par- ish YCS, and the Assumption Sodality. Another experienced candidate is Tracy Plum. She has been in the Stu- dent Council two years as president of her freshman class and as secretary of her junior class. In the diocesan speech contest at St. Ambrose, Tracy placed first in the interpretative reading. She is in the spring play. Glee Club, Sodal- cia is using her own number system. Together Denise and Martha are baffled and I have written a few new theor- ems. Conclusion: we need you.” Denise Hoie expressed the hope that Sister's compass would get back on the radius. Geometrically, Diane White ’62 had Sister connect points, erect perpendic- ulars and bisect lines to spell out “Best Wishes.” Diane ran out of space so she printed the last three letters (“hes”) and explained they were out of the room. Kit Dower sent a warning, “I cau- tion you, be on your guard. Else you’ll be sicker with this card.” ity, GRA and is a senior gym leader. The office of treasurer requires a great deal of time. Three soph boys are running for this office. Don Chenoweth is familiar with the Student Council after acting as treas- urer of his class this year. A member of YCS, he is also an explorer scout. A two year wrestler, Don is out for track this year. As secretary of the sophomore boys, Pat McGreevy is a member of the Stu- dent Council. He is a member of the AHS golf team. Bruce Borne, an honor student, is newer to Student Council work, but is anxious to learn and offer his services. Both candidates for secretary are much experienced in Student Council. For the last two years, Barb Lewis ’63 has served as president of her class in Student Council. She is a member of Our Lady of Lourdes parish YCS, GRA, and is a junior gym leader. Barb has given a radio speech for the TB foundation and was in the speech con- test at West High School. Soph Sally Cogan has also served two years on the Student Council as treasurer and vice-president of her class. She was in the diocesan speech tournament at St. Ambrose, is in GRA, and is a member of the Sacred Heart parish YCS. With many experienced and well qualified candidates to choose from, the student body will decide who will carry on for Assumption next year. 4 STUDENT POLITICIAN Frank Solis ’62, climbs the soapbox to demonstrate campaign techniques to the 10 SGA candidates. Frosh Canonize Assumption is canonizing its own saints these days! One female frosh in her religion class was discussing “spreading the faith.” While contribut- ing the names of famous missionaries, she listed Columban, Cyril and Metho- dius, Remigius, and Heroic. “What was that last name?” asked Sister Mary Lidwine, BVM. “Heroic, Sister.” “How do you spell it?” “H-e-r-o-i-c.” “Well, there was a Greek mathe. matician called Hero, but ‘heroic’ is an adjective. You must have misread the sentence.” Nothing daunted, the freshman con- sulted the book for confirmation. Sheepishly, she raised her hand and admitted that she had misunderstood. The sentence read, “Heroic and other saintly women helped the missionaries in their work.” Zany Cards Cheer Ailing Sister 95 sparkle,” echo the Diocesan speech '61, Tom Murray ’64, Jim Miller ’61, Speech Team Adds Trophy Of the 15 Assumption entries in the Second Annual Diocesan K-C Speech Contest eight brought back awards. One of these was a second place tro- phy for the school. In interpretative reading Tracy Plum ’62 won first prize. Junior Louise De Zorzi received an honorable mention in the same division. First place winner in the field of radio was soph Martha Holm. Debators Jim Miller, Don Perry, Ken Wolf, all ’61, and Tom Murray ’64 rated third place. Soph Sally Cogan was awarded fourth place in original oratory. winners. They are from left: Louise Martha Holm ’63, and Tracy Plum '62. For extemporaneous speaking, Greg Cusack '61 merited honorable mention. At Study Day Junior Knights Capture YCS Federation Positions by Terry Thompson Election of two AHS juniors, Jane Molyneaux and Derek Williams, to prominent positions in the Davenport Federation of YCS climaxed another highly successful spring study day. Jane was elected secretary-treasurer, while Derek became national representative for the Davenport Federation. The study day, held at Mount St. Clare College, Clinton, drew over 300 students. Assumption’s grads conducted the movie workshop. The alumni consid- ered it important “to be able to pick out a good movie which informs as well as entertains. A moviegoer should view a movie to determine if there is false emphasis. An example of this would be glorification of sex or di- vorce. The moviegoer must realize when a false picture is being present- ed.” Assumption’s band director, Mr. Carl Paarmann, conducted the music work- shop. Starting with Gregorian chant, he sketched the history of music up to modern day. Using a tape recorder to illustrate the different kinds of mu- sic and interjecting his usual humor, Mr. Music commented on such great composers as Rossini, Beethoven, Han- del, and Rachmaninoff. The study day ended with a general assembly for the elections. Talks by Audrey Pankratz, a full time YCSer, and Father Louis Colonnese, who stress- the session. Four of the workshops were designed for students — three were moderated by either AHS faculty members or alumni. Faculty members Mr. Carl Paarmann and Mr. Ron Mellen, along with alumni Jim Anderson, Dick Leon- ard, and Tom Beuchle, all ’60, discussed art, movies, and athletics. In the workshop concerning athletics, Coach Mellen severely criticized the colleges’ so-called “recruiting plans.” He said that recruiting tactics employed by the coaches and schools were not all commendable, and cited examples he had encountered. “Some schools even offer students money every month just to empty wastebaskets in the chem lab,” he noted. “Make proper use of leisure time to study because if a coach can’t count on his athletes to maintain good grades, they won’t come through as ballplay- ers when the chips are down,” he ad- vised. Assumption’s soph coach further stressed that ‘‘the will to win today is still as great as ever, but athletes’ attitudes have changed. Today the ath- lete must not only be concerned with being an athlete, but must also be a student. Students are in school to study; there is no substitute for it.” Does Jeff Collins ’61 know the principle of limited or decentralized government? Does Mary Ann Walter ’61 realize the evils of a welfare state? How can Charles Sommer ’61 or Pat Johnson ’61 best meet the Soviet menace? These seniors can find the answers to these and many other questions in a book that recently made its appearance on the American political scene. The Conscience of a Conservative by Senator Barry Gold- water completely explains the Conservative philosophy and its application to various aspects of American politics. Answering the principal criticism of conservatism — that it is a stagnant, status quo philosophy and somehow out-of-date — the senator from Arizona states that “the challenge today is not to find new or different truths, but to learn how to apply estab- lished truths to the problems of the contemporary world.” The principle of limited government is merely based on adherence to the principle of subsidiarity advanced by Pope Pius XI, that is, leave to the smaller groups, in this case the states, the activities that can best be performed by them. The federal government should intervene in state affairs only when the states cannot adequately supervise or maintain these affairs. Senator Goldwater strongly condemns the welfare state. Welfarism makes its appearance when the fed- eral government begins to provide medical care, ed- ucation, and other social benefits for the people of a nation. The conservative is not against social justice or human welfare, but he believes that there is a dif- Beg, Borrow or Trade? Would you like to be $1.60 richer? That’s the amount you could save by swapping three paperbound books. The exchange could take place in the homerooms; classmates could furnish the books. Paperbacks could be traded according to monetary or literary value. Perhaps Pat Hogan ’62 could offer The Ox-Bow Incident or The Last Hurrah for junior Don Miller’s copy of Tolstoi’s War and Peace. The once read books clutter lockers, bedrooms, and magazine racks. Junior Steve Lemoine’s mother com- plains of torn covers under the sofa. Daily, Beth Connell '62 rummages through a jungle of paperbacks and tennis shoes to secure her English grammar. By having a Swap Shop day April 28, we would eliminate these situations. Furthermore, the project would give us an opportunity to read more books. Therefore, we propose that the English teachers or- ganize such a day. SB ference in being concerned with these problems and in believing that the federal government is the proper agent for their solution. If Charles and Pat feel that a conservative is an isolationist, they should read Goldwater’s thoughts on the Soviet menace. “Our enemies have understood the nature of the conflict, and we have not. They are determined to win the conflict, and we are not . . . if an enemy power is bent on conquering you, and proposes to turn all of his resources to that end, he is at war with you: and you — unless you contemplate surrender — are at war with him.” The senator advises an objective victory over Com- munism through the use of a peace offensive, and cessation of all present activities that contribute to the Communist fallacy of peaceful co-existence, such as the cultural exchange program. Roseann Laake ’61 will be interested in knowing that, while many Liberals favor change, they often tend to alter principles as well as situations. For ex- ample, an American president in the 30’s passed many relief measures to pull the United States out of the depression. However, he passed many of these laws over the authority of the judicial and legislative branches of the government, and over the Constitu- tion, the supreme law of the land. An editorial in the last issue of the Knight Beacon states that teen-agers should “practice changes in our teen-age status to gain the experience and knowledge to be liberal in vital affairs.” Is it always necessary to be liberal in vital af- fairs? Conservatives believe that the time tested prin- ciples, stated in the Constitution, that led our country through the early days of our history will do equally well for us. Ken Wolf ’61 KNIGHT BEACON As a Beacon in the Night All-Catholic Newspaper of Distinction All-American JUNIOR ISSUE STAFF CO-EDITORS: Stan Maliszewski. Sharon Barta COPY EDITOR: Barb Niemeyer NEWS EDITOR: George Knight FEATURE EDITORS: John Crosscn. Pat Nemmers PICTURE EDITORS Pat Morrissey. Susan Welch CIRCULATION: John Lammers ADVERTISING: Bill Tiedje HUMOR EDITOR.: Mike McCarthy SPORTS EDITOR: Don Miller SPORTS STAFF: Pat Murray. Mary Guile. Mike Quigley, ART: Joe Duffy. Mary Ellen Trollan. LAYOUT: Elaine Feeney REPORTERS: Jane Wells. Ann Humphrey. Claudia Townsend. John Lepetit. A1 Bch. Terry Thompson PHOTOGRAPHERS Paul Bauer. Joe Nahra 97 Mediocre Student: Make In answer to an editorial in the last issue of the Knight Beacon, I would like to present a different, more realistic point of view. The editor obviously regards students, in general, as liberals and tries to justify their position as such. She overlooks the fact that there are three types of students; liberals, conservatives, and the lukewarm or mediocre. Moreover, she stated that 'Students, as liberals, “get” zestful about a change only if they themselves see a problem and see it clearly enough to understand it. I believe this is true — but, on the other hand, the conservative is content to move ahead slowly and re- sourcefully. He corrects the little things and lets the big problems take care of themselves. We can not say that the liberal is better or more progressive than the conservative or vice versa because both factions effect a change in their own way. The problem then lies in the party known as the mediocre. They are the students who are satisfied with attending classes and then promptly forget (or repress) their obligations to their school. They con- tribute nothing — they extract nothing. They don’t try to change a situation — they don’t care if it is changed. I’m not referring to the student who is w'orking his (her) way through school or to one with any other valid excuse. I’m referring to those with not enough pride in their school to help it to improve. If we, the liberals and conservatives, can convert •these “in-betweeners” to our point of view (either lib- eral or conservative) and to take action as we do, we have made one more step toward unity. Merwin Hart ’61 Dobie Deserves Very Best Are we acting as grown-up as we think we are? Student appreciation and reaction to different perform- ances at Assumption have been lagging. The student body does not seem to know when or how to show their appreciation. A sign of a cul- tured person is that he knows how to react to dif- ferent situations. If something is funny, he laughs. If it is excellently done, he applauds. If he doesn’t like or understand it, he remains quiet. Performers on stage judge the audience by its re- action. If this is the case, we have insulted quite a few people. They know when and where the reac- tions should occur. For instance, we should not ap- plaud after the first movement of a musical selection, but should wait till all movements have been com- pleted. All blunders we have made are now in the past. We must now look to our future school play, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, as the proving ground, laugh when appropriate, be silent during serious mo- ments. Father Dohtery commented on the boys’ quiet en- trance into the recent vocation assembly. The same kind of grown-up attitude and spirit must be shown for the play. SM Up Your Muddled Mind Today’s conservative, according to Mary Guile ’62, is a lazy, unconstructive individual, living in the for- gotten past, with concepts opposed to any change. Mary’s statement developed from the recent up- sweep of articles and books badgering the youth of today to take either a conservative or liberal stand. Due to misunderstanding and ignorance, the young people are prone to shy away from the so called “diehard” conservative illusion. John R. Strack, for instance, in his satirical article in America, “Give Me That Old College Tory,” re- fers to a conservative as an individual who spends his time preaching against any valuable alterations; one whose life story could be entitled “Looking Back- ward.” Here is where the misconception lies. A conserva- tive, such as Jim Miller ’61, does not look backward but, rather, looks back. He applies the wisdom and knowledge which have worked in the past to the problems that confront him today. When soph Gwen Gaukler has a toothache, she seeks the aid of a dentist. She accepts his experience and background rather than groping for a new device. This can be illustrated further by Assumption’s dis- cipline problem. The faculty saw that detention was inadequate. Instead of experimenting with some dras- tic and untried change, they investigated and found that in other schools a demerit system was effective. When applied to Assumption, this proven method was adequate and the need for a liberal approach was not necessary. If Assumption students must accept the challenge and take a stand, it is only natural that they should choose a safe and time proven method and not waste time fighting the wind. BN by John Crossen There are atheists at Assumption! Have you heard some of the heated discussions in favor of the false doctrine of Predestination? There are some who are even asking for proof that there is a God! Could it be that these students are “soap-boxing” for attention, or is there some truth in the old adage, “You can lead a horse to water but not make him drink?” We learn a great deal about our religion in class, but God must give us faith. That’s why the Paraclete was sent to us in the form of fire — through His guidance our hearts should be set aflame and our convictions reassured. Our ship has set its sail but needs the “rushing winds of Pentecost” (the Holy Spirit) to set us all straight on the course to God. 98 Turnabout Wrestler Invades Paradise by Stan Maliszewski I had every boy’s dream come true. To the envy of all, Elaine Feeney ’62 and I exchanged classes for an entire day. As I peered into E-8, my homeroom and religion class, Sister Mary St. Victor, BVM, greeted me. After pro- nouncing my name, she introduced me to the class. This ordeal over, I gladly took my seat and started correcting Elaine’s chemistry lab report. While waiting for the bell to initiate homeroom period, we recited a quick decade of the rosary. Then, at Sister’s request, we sang a hymn to the Holy Spirit. As Sister passed around a collection box, she explained, “Elaine is one of our biggest contributors. I expect you to do likewise. Being low on cash, I declined. Looking around, I noticed that the girls’ homeroom period is no different than the boys’ — everyone tries to get homework done or corrected. As the bell rang, Sharon Barta ’62 prompted me to hurry. I saw no need of this until I turned to go to the chemistry room. Throngs of girls block- ed the corridor. Nearing the end of E-wing, I saw a break and ran for it. Venturing along the main hall, I met Sister Mary Diana, BVM, my chem- istry teacher. As class began, I soon found that Elaine was one of the most depended-upon persons in this part of the school. After the bell rang, I stood to pray, but quickly got the idea that we were to turn around to face the crucifix in the back of the room. I pulled out my rosary and put it to good use for another 10 Hail Marys. W’hile I was taking a test, Sister told me that the grade would be re- corded. Next she began a lecture on titration. Sister used the board free- ly and as soon as it was full of writ- ing, Evie Panther '62 erased it. During the entire class I missed the boys’ probing and sometimes catchy questions. The girls never doubted the teacher’s word. I don’t know whether this is due to the girls’ lack of read- ing or to Sister’s competent explana- tion. To prepare for a future lab, Sister demonstrated a titration experiment, determining the normality of a hydro- xide. As the bell rang, she promptly as- signed several difficult problems for the next day. Going to journalism the next period and being with a few of the boys was a relief. Calming myself during “STAN FOR A day,” Elaine Fee- ney dons Stan Mal- iszewski’s letter jacket. The juniors exchanged classes February 22, as part of a journalism experiment. that time, I was ready for another ex- cursion. Having met Sister Mary Irenaeus, BVM, I took my seat in E-6. Then after saying a prayer which I did not recognize, I told the class what we had covered in history. We were con- siderably behind this class. As Sister lectured, she used several maps and posed many questions. (The girls, when answering, stood up in al- most military fashion.) She discussed the homework, and then gave a brief test over this day’s material. In each classroom I noticed an ar- ray of statues and flowers on the shelves. Little sayings were posted on the bulletin boards. Quite a contrast to rooms in the boys’ division! Beginning religion class in room E-8, we recited another decade of the ros- ary and meditated on one of the sta- tions. This is similar to our gospel discussion. Sister Mary St. Victor discussed Church history with the girls, who asked questions frequently. I was very happy to be a part of that class. Midway in the period, we heard some boys in the corridor singing “Happy Birthday. Sister exclaimed, “Do you see what I have to contend with, Stan? Why don’t you tell Fath- er Weeg about this? Now that I have a witness, I might have a case.” Mollified, Sister directed the girls to read the next section. As the girls complained, she quipped, “I know an assignment is like indigestion, but it’s the book, not me. Because of a schedule change, I didn’t return to a girls’ class until eighth period. At that time I confer- red with Sister Mary Cecil, BVM, and prepared to concentrate on algebra. It was a little embarrassing get- ting Elaine’s test paper (she got an 87%). I went through the modern math with Sister and the girls. This and chemistry were subjects in which the boys hold leads. Sister Mary Cecil also has her per- sonal automatic eraser, Sharon Barta. Soon I noticed a pegboard which Sis- ter uses to teach graphing. But why she had a chess set on the radiator is anyone’s guess. Not wanting the girls to get rusty, Sister assigned eight problems for homework. By the end of the day Elaine and I were both ready to change back to our own divisions — which we did. City Offers Aid READERS DIGEST in French and LIFE in Spanish are two special edi- tions being offered to young people by the Davenport Public Library. They may be borrowed for seven days. Miss Rochelle Murray, Young Peo- ple’s Librarian and Record and Film Librarian suggests that students look at the foreign language records which are kept on the main floor. The library has beginning French, Spanish, Ger- man, Italian and Russian as well as ad- vanced records in French, Spanish, and German which may be borrowed for 21 days . 99 Bold Junior Girl by Elaine Feeney On George Washington’s birthday, I became the first girl “exchange stu- dent” at our co-institutional high school. During that entire day my name was Stan Maliszewski. I was attend- ing Stan’s classes while he was at- tending mine. “Hi Stan! How are you?” greeted Bill Tiedje ’62 as I walked into my R-2 homeroom. Many more greetings followed. “How was that last wrest- ler at Cedar Falls? Was he a tough one?” quizzed Gerry Ketelaar ’62. “Aw come on Stan, can’t you remember which desk is yours?” Fr. Arthur Perry’s homeroom guid- ance started after the 8:35 bell. Mike McCarthy ’62 reminded everyone, “Pray hard fellas,” because each boy has a day when a Memorare is said for his special intention. It was Mike’s turn. When any member of the class had a question, he asked it and everyone expressed views. “Some boys keep their problems penned up inside and free discussion is the only way I can find to help them.” Father Perry explained to them after class. It certainly seemed to work. By journalism time I heard the good news that Stan earned an “A” for me on my chemistry test. I was praying hard that I wouldn’t have to take any test for him. Third period I went to Mr. Joseph Maher’s American government class. There was much for me to learn, be- cause the class was studying income Trespasses In Boys' Samtuary tax forms, of which I knew nothing. When Dave Cavanaugh ’61 made a min- or addition mistake of $1000, he read- ily admitted he was trying to cheat the government. I especially noticed that Father Per- ry’s and Mr. Maher’s classes both pray at the beginning and end of the per- iod. The subject I attended before lunch was Mr. William McAfoos’s American history. As roll call was taken, Mr. McAfoos commented how much pret- tier the new Stan was. The boys gave me a big round of applause when I answered one of their history ques- tions right. One minute before the lunch bell, a countdown occurred. Then every gentleman in the room except Mr. Mc- Afoos became an exception to the rule of ladies first. They scurried down the halls quicker than I’ve ever seen girls hurry. I am confident most of them made it to their lockers and the cafe- teria in one minute flat. As part of the exchange assignment, I was to eat lunch with boys. At first it was terribly embarrassing, but jun- ior Dan Brookhart, Mike Leonard, Don Miller and John Fiese made it easier by their friendliness. Fr. Louis Colon- nese, scrutinizing our table, exclaimed, “My, things are changing around here!” It was lab day in chemistry. The boys’ class is one chapter ahead of ours, so when Fr. William Stratman asked for some preliminary calcula- tions, my head was in a complete mud- dle. The class wear no aprons and sometimes use two or three chemistry periods for one experiment. The boys appear to be more scien- tific and efficient than high school girls in the laboratory. Girls can read a chemistry experiment twice and still be confused as to exactly how every- thing should be done, while the jun- ior male scientists glance over it once and get right down to work. Beginning eighth period religion, Father Perry explained the feast day to the students. In this class it was Stan’s turn to read the gospel. I tried my hardest to meet their standards, but was laughingly criticized for not enough preparation. While I was taking notes for Stan’s term paper, the small class asked questions freely without raising their hands. Father lectured and outlined the section on the board till the final bell gave its piercing ring. Some student from B-4 had joking- ly marked George Washington absent on Feb. 22. The implication that George played hookey didn’t extend his holi- day for more than one day. So too, the frightening and eventful day of my life as Stan Maliszewski, came to an end. WISHING FOR PEACE and quiet, Ann Humphrey ’62, doz- es while Pat Nemmers ’62 and Mike Ceurvorst ’61 run through one of the scenes in the school play The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, to be presented on May 6-7. 100 Hobo LONG-TERM PREPARATION was required for pro- ducing unique costumes such as junior Bill Tiedje’s barrel. GERRY KETELAAR ’62, and Den- nis Hogan ’63, just can’t see “eye to eye” on junior Dave Huyette’s hat, from which a geranium sprouts. “MAY I HAVE the victory dance?” Steve Kellenberger ’62 asks hobo queen Sue Riedel ’64, as he throws wide his manly arms. I “I ASKED HER first, Steve,” pro- tests Bill Grothus ’62 as he vies for the first dance. She ignored both of them. | “THUMBS UP FOR victory,” says Pat Carney ’62 as he wins first place for his “attractive” costume. Pat was in competition with over 300 students. Burlap hags predom- inated for the feminine hoboes. t SUE RIEDEL ’64 celebrates her victory as hobo queen of the “Hobo Hop” by holding up her first prize — an empty bushel basket. Carousel Alumna Grinds; Chris Coaches Assumption students attending Carou- sel may have recognized Chris Koenig- saecker, a ’59 AHS graduate, in her role of Hannah but few realized she was one of the choreographers. Chris, who was also seen in Briga- doon, worked with John Mazur, an Ambrose student, on the dancing. Dancers were cast after a week of learning basic dance steps daily for two hours. They were taken from those who learned the fastest and displayed the most talent. Actually only the two choreographers and one out of 21 of the dancers had any extensive training. EXAMINING PROPS FOR the Mary- | crest-St. Ambrose production of Car- ousel are seniors Rita Macken and Dave Cratty. Black-faced Alice Moehl- enhof, a graduate of ICA, was in charge of proprs for the musical. After the parts were given, John and Chris practiced with the dancers for about two hours daily for four weeks before the play. The student choreographers planned the dances by considering the score because some of the dances, the bal- let for instance, had to have a story- line. They used piano recordings to plot the dances. Besides doing the choreography, both students did a double role. Chris danc- ed as Hannah and earlier as a carni- val dancer. John Mazur played a sailor in the wharf scene and danced again as the carnival boy on the beach. Students Masticate Meals by John Leptit Everyday in the cafeteria two lines of students wait — patiently — for their lunches. This hot lunch program began one November noon in 1958. During the first month 1,526 hot meals were serv- ed for an expenditure of over $1,600. In January of. 1959 a special milk pro- gram was incorporated into the pro- ject. That January alone, 11,407 half pints were consumed by the Assump- tion students. The milk consumption hit its highest in March of ’60, when 20,580 cartons were sold. Three Year Story At the end of this three year story, there has been an overall expenditure of $79,646.40 and a total of over 120,000 hot meals served. Since the milk pro- gram got its start in January, ’59, 112,428 quarts of milk have been im- bibed. Some students might be inquisitive enough to wonder from where the money for this program comes. It comes out of that 35? or more that the stu- dents spent each day. Also, this year, Assumption has received some help from the government in the form of surplus commodities and a partial re- imbursement in the milk program. Ac- cording to Fr. Robert Amborn, director, vegetables, flour, and powdered milk have been received. PAT McGIVERN ’63, pours Fr. John P. Boyle’s coffee with caution as he relaxes after a tedious facul- ty meeting. Finances Do any of the tuition or school funds come into the scene? The answer is no. The hot lunch program is financed only by the money obtained through the price of the meals and the help given the government. So, next time you sit down to that delicious feast Mrs. Ann Ertel and her crew have prepared, remember that students make this project a success or failure. “List two of Shakespeare’s contem- poraries,’’ the senior English text ex- plicitly states. Not aware of the mean- ing of contemporaries, one senior girl filled the blanks with “Macbeth and King Lear.” 103 — AHS Honor Roll — First Honors Seniors Paul Bauer, Hal Feeney, Tim Vaughan, Sandra Pohlpeter, Barb Smith Juniors Stan Maliszewski, Mike McCar- thy, Louise DeZorzi, Jane Moly- neaux Sophomores Jim Kellenberger, Bob Schwarz, Mardi Gaydos, Barb Lewis Freshmen Jim Logan, Darrell Warta, Geri Barrett, Kathy Barrett, Barb Bau- er, Ann Hart, Mary Motto, Louise Puls, Jerelyn Ryan Second Honors Seniors Dave Cavanaugh, Mike Ceurvorst. Doug Cornick. Dave Cratty. Greg Cusack. Bob Finneran. Merwin Hart. Paul Hasse. John Jayne. Bill Keefe. Tom Kistenmacher. Gary LaFayette. Dan McGuiness. Larry Meek. Vince Neu. Don Perry. Jim Prochaska. Stan Reinhold. Edd Soenke. Charles Sommer. Hel- mut Steiner. Ken Wolf. Glenna Barry. Mary Ann Bohrer. Judy Egger. Sharon Goet- tsch, Roseann Laakc. Mary Sue Maher. Car- lyn McKenzie. Pat Miley. Maryl-Lee Nahr- gang. Karen Ochs. Della Powers. Mary Pil- lepich. Karen Sanders. Pat Swails. Anita Walsh. Mary Ann Walter Juniors Jim Bowe. Dave Huyette. Gerry Kealey. Jim Keefe. Gerry Ketelaar. George Knight. John Lcpetit. Howard Mentzer. Don Miller. Janet Barrett. Sharon Barta. Sandy Berg. Cindy Bunge. Diane Buxton. Tana Cook. Candle Cox. Janet Fleischman. Stephanie Grant. Mary Guile. Mary Hart. Pat Hogan. Betty LaFayette. Judy Leslein. Pat Maag. Barb McCloskey. Lynn McSweeney. Fran Nelson. Loretta Neufeld. Barb Niemeyer. Mary Jo Owens. Evie Panther. Tracy Plum. Sue Schwarte. Judy Scott. Claudia Town- send. Jane Wells. Diane White Concoct Good Wishes Did you ever hear of making get- well cards from old programs and other scraps of paper? Well, Sr. Mary Fran- celle’s homeroom is doing just that. Juniors Jane Molyneaux, recently elected secretary-treasurer of the Dav- enport Federation of YCS, and Jane Wells conceived the idea of making greeting cards for the Assumptionites now in the hospital. The Clinton YCS art workshop given by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Chouteau caused the inspira- tion, say the two girls. Each girl in E-4 turned designer for a day and made a card for whom- ever they wished. Sister Mary Cecil, BVM, and Roxanne Virgil ’62 are high on the list of original card getters. “The cards showed the imagination and artistic ability of the girls,” com- ments Sister Francelle. Sophomore Bruce Borne. Don Chenoweth, Tom Cusack. Paul DiBlasio. Dick Foster. Jeff Gadient. Mike Hansen. Pat McGreevy. Dick McMa- hon. Steve Miclot. John Molyneaux. Joe Nahra. Mike Peterson, Terry Sarver. Char- les Schmidt. Art Sunderbruch. Bill Walter. Joan Berendes. Barb Berg. Becky Bowlin, Valerie Chamberlain. Sally Cogan. Kit Dower. Gwen Gaukler, Jeanne Genzel. Pat Hammond, Denise Hoie, Martha Holm. Mar- cia Kohler. Kathy McDermott. Sue Mentzer. Mary More. Mary Ann Pauly. Margaret Pohl- mann. Mary Ann Soenke. Shirley Wedekind. Susie Wells Freshmen Philip Andrew. Ralph Bawden, Tom Bri- briesco. Joe Dray. Ed Ehrecke, Tom Eischeid. John Genzel. John Hasenmiller. Ray Lemo- � ne. John Loihl. Mike Morrison. Paul Mul- lin, Phil Pash. Cornell Post. Jim Riley. Dave Ryder. Mike Schebler. Don Shaw. Stanley Smazal. John Stokes. Pat Thompson. Mike Townsend. Bob Williams. Janet Abbas. Jan- ice Adamsky. Linda Adrian. Judy Andersen. Jackie Ann Bald. Barb Beyer. Patty Braf- man, Mary Buckwalter. Debbie Callahan. Pat Carpenter. Leah Cox. Mary Coyne. Rita Dav- ies. Nancy DeJulius. Reynel Dohse. Sher- ry Fennell. Suzanne Fossilman. Charlene Gaul, Julie Joyce. Ilona Kuehnhackl. Mary Kealey. Eileen McCarthy. Sheila McGee. Sharon Molyneaux. Michele Morrison. Jan- et Nelson, Bonnie O’Donnell, Karen Oh- land, Sharon Ohland. Cynthia Phillips. Don- na Rotundo. Kathy Schebler. Mary Schwarz. Mary Stanger. Susan Thorpe. Loretta Weir AHS Scientists Amid flash bulbs and shouts of con- gratulations, four Assumption boys walked away with honorable mentions from the fifth annual Quint-Cities Sci- ence Fair at United Township High School, April 6-9. Receiving awards were Tim Vaughan '61, George Knight ’62, Bob Schwarz ’63, and John Georgen ’64. George Knight’s project, “The Ef- fect of Alternating Light-Dark Cycles on Seed Germination,” brought him an additional honor, first alternate certifi- cate of the Navy Science Crusier Award. Should the first award winner decline, George would investigate and tour a Navy Cruiser. George’s project is an extended research from last year. He plans still further developments for the summer in order to enter the 1962 science fair in Dubuque. Hobby Pays Off A hobby starting in 1958 and an in- terest in music were the beginnings for two award winners. Bob Schwarz’s proj- ect, aptly titled Insect Collection of Area” was carefully mounted with each entree identified. This project was unique in that it took time and exten- sive classification. Tim Vaughan applied his musical and scientific knowledge to his entree, Musical Method of Entrophy Addi- tion.” Freshman John Georgen amazed judges with his experiment, “Structural Formation and Growth of Crystals.” With the help of research texts, John experimented to see if two or three Schwarz ’63 and John Georgen ’64 may be looking for awards in next year’s fair — they merited honorable men- tion this year. Snare Awards chemicals, when mixed, would produce crystals. He found that three or more chemicals developed no crystalline re- sults. Girls Try Too Although the boys reaped the awards this year, the girls nonetheless entered the fair wholeheartedly. Concerned with “The Mystery of Cancer,” Lenee Showalter ’63 paged through magazines, textbooks, and Can- cer Foundation pamphlets before tackl- ing her project. With carefully prepared illustrations and folders, she explained the terrifying growth of the cancer cell. Though she did not win an award, Lenee feels the experience was very rewarding because, as she states, “I found out a lot of things about cancer that I normally wouldn’t have known.” Sister Mary Angele Therese’s prob- lem, concerning neons and white clouds’ inability to reproduce, paved the way for an experiment by Jean Saunders ’63. Jean found that her fish did re- produce but the offspring did not re- semble the originals. Although soph Eileen Koestner’s project didn’t make the fair, she pro- duced a lasting visual teaching aid for Sr. M. Angele Therese. Collecting the leaf collections from the biology classes, Eileen picked the best examples of structure and venation and mounted them on large pieces of cardboard. As last year, Assumption’s interest in science stands out by the number and quality of projects entered in the sci- ence fair — 48 entries in all. 104 Baseball Newcomers Bolster Knights by Mike Quigley Four baseball games remain until the sectional tournament: Moline, Ap- pril 26, Alleman, April 28, and Central, May 2; all are at the home at Jefferson. Final game of the season is with Alleman. The Knights lost the sea- son opener to the Maroons and will attempt to avenge this early loss. Al- leman, a double opponent, was not among the early season favorites but has shown considerable strength re- cently. Davenport Central is not judg- ed to be too strong but they will pose the traditional cross town rival. The State Tournament opens with the sectional on May 6-8-10. In the pre- season polls the Knights were picked to have the best chance for this sec- tional. They must face either Central or West. Davenport, under the coaching of Joe Lutz, took the state championship last year. The West coach boasts a fine pitching staff which could carry them far. The Assumption 1961 team is filled with young talent. Among the starters are only three seniors, five juniors, and one lone sophomore. There are four returning lettermen: Karl Noonan, Ed Cawley, Tony McAndrews and Thom Eaton. The lone soph is Mick Prochaska, who turned in a fine pre- miere at shortstop position. in-the-park homerun late in the game. The game was called at the end of the fourth inning because of darkness. Junior Mick Trinite, transfer from Eu- clid, Ohio, turned in his first perform- ance as hurler. East Moline Errors again provided the opponents with the chance for victory 8-0. The Knights hit better but failed to gather the needed runs. Surprise pitcher John Fennelly showed for the Knights. Rock Island Failure to score when opportunity arose prevented the Knights from gain- ing a possible victory over Rock Is- land. Karl Noonan and Ed Cawley each had two hits. Assumption had bases loaded twice but failed to score the vital runs and fell 4-1 to the Rocks, Monday, April 10. On the heels of three straight de- feats the Knights will attempt to get into the winning column. STRIKE THREE! AT least that’s what Mick Trinite '62 hopes this pitch will be. t Sportlite by Don Miller and Mary Guile Moline Cold weather and errors bothered the Knights in a 6-2 loss to Moline, April 5. Moline downed the Knights by an Coach Anticipates Winning Season Thirteen freshmen and seven soph- omores, under the coaching of Mr. Ron Mellen, opened against a strong Moline baseball team, April 15. Coach Mellen is relying on an all- freshmen infield, backboned by Dan Albers at shortstop and Phil Pash at first base. He also hopes to use Pash and Mike Hansen ’63 as pitchers. Behind the plate will be either Jim Howes ’63 or Roger Cawiezell ’64. Jim is one of the few returning from last year’s team. When questioned as to the team to beat, Coach Mellen replied, “We want to win all of our games. We don’t have experience or depth. These kids could surprise us. They’ve all got a lot of potential. We’re going to be smaller than most of our opponents, but we hope to give everyone a real good This spring Assumption can boast the best dressed minor sports teams in the Quad-Cities. For the first time Assump- tion golf and tennis teams have uni- forms. The racketeers have white suits with red lettering. The Knight links- men now have scarlet windbreakers to wear during their meets. “When peo- ple recognize you as a member of the AHS tennis team, it’s sure a good feel- ing,” says tennis letterman, John Lam- mers ’62. • ♦ Waging a season-long scoring duel, Dan Brookhart ’62 edged in front of junior Mike Leonard by one point in the last few weeks of the basketball season. As the Knights’ lead broadened in an early district game, the reserves real- ized they w'ould soon be in the game. “Brookhart, you’d better not take any shots while I’m around; cause if you do I’ll block them,” Mike was heard to say. Now we don’t really think Mike would have blocked one of Dan’s shots, but . . . Incidentally Mike managed to catch up one way or another so that they ended in a tie. In case some of the boys have been wondering what the girls do in the gym at night, it’s intramural sports. What kind of sports? Well, badminton, volleyball, and shuffleboard have been completed and basketball is now under way. After taking second place last year, Louise DeZorzi ’62 won the bad- minton championship by defeating Meg Sedlock ’63. In the girls’ newest sport, shuffleboard, Sue Nieuwenhuis ’64 de- feated Louise DeZorzi for the title. We salute all 27 senior leaders in the girl’s gym classes for their splendid aid throughout the school year. “They’re my right arm,” Miss Marian Thornton proudly relates. These girls must officiate at the in- tramurals after school, distribute towels, check lockers, take roll call and inspect showers during each class. Some other duties are to develop basic skills by teaching drills. • • • In the basketball tournament, word has it that E-6 is the team to beat. Cap- tain Nancy Imming ’62 is expected to lead juniors Kathy Ceurvorst, Pat Ho- gan and Barb Lewandoski to the crown. They have already garnered the volley- ball championship and have their sights on the basketball trophy. Chief com- petitor should be E-8 which sports such fine players as captain Mary Hart and Barb Martens. 105 Knights Link With Little Six For the first time in the com- bined 79 year history of St. Ambrose Academy and Assumption high school, the school is in a conference — the Little Six. Assumption was voted into the league unanimously at the spring meetings. The invitation was received Wednes- day, April 12, by Fr. Edmund J. Weeg from Mr. Fred Missinger, principal of Muscatine high school. Athletic director Fr. Robert Walter says that it might be a year before the schedules are completely straight- ened out. Conference Mates Assumption joins Bettendorf, Bur- lington, Keokuk, Muscatine and Ot- tumwa in the conference. Father Wal- ter said that there will be a meeting in the near future to discuss schedules. Assumption will have to live up to all previous contracts, he added. Student reaction to the move is def- initely strong. “The benefits may not show for the first year or so, but I think the conference will be a definite as- set to athletics and other activities of the school,” is junior Dan McGee’s opinion. Assumption already maintains ath- letic relations in football, basketball, and wrestling with Bettendorf, Bur- lington, and Muscatine. Father Walter says that the Knights probably won’t participate in conference football and basketball next year. However, there is some possibility for participation in wrestling and track. Minor Sports Most of the current Little Six schools don’t have the minor sports Assump- tion has. Golf and tennis teams are lacking. “This is a definite step to- ward improvement of our school in all fields,” asserts Father Walter. Some students complain that go- ing in the conference is a mistake. “I feel the school should not go into such a weak conference,” John Lam- mers ’62 says. He believes this confer- ence wouldn’t give much competition. This may bring a question to some minds on the strength of the confer- ence. The Little Six has produced the state football champions for the past two years, Burlington in ’59 and Bet- tendorf in ’60. They also have a strong basketball record. Golfers Drive at Rt After a four day lay-off the Knight golf team goes against a weak Rock Island team, Friday, April 28. Follow- ing that meet the Knights have three more to tune up for tournament play which starts May 13. Seniors Vince Neu, Hal Feeney, and Scrap O’Donnell, and juniors Bill Flynn and Mike McCarthy return from last year’s 11th ranking state team. Either Jerry Keefe ’62 or Joe Kehoe '63 will round out the six man team. “We have fine potential and should hit our stride,” predicts Vince. The Knights were upset by Daven- port Central in their first meet of the year. They took second in the triangular with Central and West. Mike McCarthy led Assumption with 43. Thinclad Tracksters Predict Successful Season Last year Assumption won the first track meet in 12 years. This year Coach Bill McAfoos hopes to continue win- ning. Juniors Dave Aldape and Ed Stol- ley, school record holders from last season, will provide the big thrust for a mile relay which Coach McAfoos hopes will be the team’s strong point. Sophomore Denny Miller and new- comer Joe Duffy ’62, provide competi- tion in the sprinters’ field. Bob Schebler ’61, Steve Miclot ’63 and Bob Deluhery ’62, all back from last year, will have the value of ex- perience in the shot put and discuss events. High jumping, a rather weak posi- tion in the past, shows a field of three, all of whom are turning in fine per- formances: Pat Murray ’62, Wayne Fournier ’62, and John Jayne ’61. Pole vaulter Doug Comick ’61 is expected to be one of the best in the area. The track schedule, starting with tonight’s triangular meet against Alleman and Rock Island, is well fill- ed. There are three triangular meets and two dual meets. In between are the Geneseo Relays, May 5, Gateway Classics, May 6 in Clinton, and the District Tournament action, May 12. The sophomores get a chance to per- form at the Davenport Sophomore re- lays on May 9. 'IHHIS Rackets Clash With West West invades Assumption tennis courts today at 4 o’clock. “They’ve got the potential, but the rest is up to them,” says Fr. Arthur Perry, Assump- tion tennis coach. SPORTING THEIR NEW warm - up suits, player Dave Cratty ’62 and ten- nis coach Fr. Ar- thur Perry discuss strategy prior to their 6-3 victory over Muscatine. John Lammers ’62, alias Poncho Lammers, and John Jayne ’61 are ex- pected to be two big guns for the AHS racketeers. Remainder of the probable starting lineup consists of Dave Cratty ’61, Jim Prochaska ’61, Bill Dare ’63 and Mike Fitzsimmons 63. Thursday the Knights meet the Gold- en Eagles of Wahlert High School. May 2, the Knights travel to Muscatine to battle a powerful Muscatine six. May 11, Central invades the home courts at Northwest Park. The tennis team netted their first win 6-3 over Muscatine. John Lammers ’62, John Jayne ’61, and Tony Chernet- sky ’64 led the Knights as they split the singles 3-3. In the doubles, Dave Cratty ’61, Mike Fitzsimmons ’63 and Jim Prochaska ’61 teamed with each these respectively to take the doubles 3-0. 106 txlra THICK. .. Extra GOODI Dairij Queen MALTS and SHAKES You'll jump for joy when you try one of our deliciouft. nutritious malts or shakes. Made spoonin’ thick with Dairy Queen, of course — famous for its country-fresh flavor. Com in for o iroat TODAY I ■ • � f� Super for tipping Dairy Queen SODAS Dairy Queen’s delicious country-fresh flavor makes these tasty sodas a real thirst-quencher. Beat the heat with a Dairy Queen soda! Co me in for a treat TODAY I Store No. 1, 2006 Hickory Grove Rd. • Store No. 4, 3002 Brady Store No. 2, 3027 Rockingham Rd. • Store No. 5, 1407 E. Locust Through the portals of our studio there have passed, through the years, a multitude of graduating seniors. 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To retain the scholarship, Mike must maintain a B-average and participate in the required extra-cur- ricular activities. “Education under the Christian Brothers promises a fine preparation for whatever will come,” said Mike. “Coupled with the fact that St. Mary’s is away from home, this education will only need my cooperation to be suc- cessful.” An honor society member, Mike has maintained an A-average throughout high school. He was also president of the Student Council, active in YCS and a member of the basketball team. Portraying Petey Bellows in the re- cent Assumption production of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Mike claims, “such an experience was made enjoyable by the cast. Playing oppo- site Pat Nemmers ’62 and behind Mike Barry ’63 and Louise deZorzi ’62 and under Mr. Joseph Maher’s direction has made me want to participate in any college productions open to me. It rounded out my high school career.” The senior cited reading as a fav- orite pastime. “The best books have been in the religious vein,” stated Mike, naming Dark Night of the Soul, This Tremendous Lover and You Are Not Your Own as dominant influences. “By reading these books, you realize true principles and sound reasons for life; everything else will fall into place,” he explained. After graduating from college Mike hopes to teach English or some re- lated field in the secondary schools. Girls Cry 'Help' According to Sister Mary St. Vic- tor, BVM, her homeroom needs help! Help in speech, that is. To aid them in speaking, Sister secured a tape re- corder for one of her guidance class- es. Each girl was to go to the record- er, give her name, address, place of birth, age, and recite two lines of poetry. After going through the process, Sis- ter said that she would play the tape back. When she turned it on, nothing came out. She finally came to the conclusion that she had forgotten to put the tape between the parts that record. S-o-o-o they went through the process again (with the tape in the right place). Play Review Ad Lib Lines by Ken Wolf Cleverly injected adlib lines added spontaneity and freshness to the sec- ond annual all-school dramatic pro- duction, The Many Loves of Dobie Gil- lis, presented May 6-7 in the Assump- tion auditorium. Often, to compensate for a forgot- ten line or make the play more in- teresting to the audience, the cast add- ed lines or substituted for the ones already there. “No, we only got 28 demerits” is an example. A major share of credit for the play’s success goes to sophomore Mike Barry, who portrayed the ingenious, glib, sol- ution-to-every-problem Dobie. Due to his student role, throughout the play, Mike effectively “lived” his part. Also well cast in leading roles were Mike Ceurvorst ’61 as Petey Bellows (Ya, that’s what I was thinking); Lou- ise DeZorzi ’62 as Bonnie Willet (She says, “Oh Dob-ie); and junior Pat Nem- mers as Helen Dixon. In her portrayal of Helen, the “sta- tuesque hunk of cheesecake,” Pat Nem- mer’s outstanding asset was her voice inflection. Awards for the best supporting roles should go to Chuck Skelley ’61, who portrayed Mr. Gillis, Tracy Plum ’62, who played Imogene, and Kay Camp- bell ’61, who caricatured Happy Stella Kowalski. Chuck Skelley’s “Shutup,” and “Ev- en if you ain’t got no talent for act- ing, Dobie, ain’t you got that Gillis 108 Spell Success spirit in ya?” brought gales of laugh- ter and applause from the audience. These lines were humorous not only because of their content, but also be- cause of their excellent TV delivery. The contrast of brightly colored cos- tumes against the dark set proved ef- fective. Another reason for the good recep- tion by the audience was the fact that the comedy concerned a student situation, and the audience was com- posed essentially of students. Saturday night one eighth grade girl was heard to have been so impressed with the performance that she said, “Gee, this is terrific! I’m coming back again tomorrow night.” Conspicuous by their absence in the play cast were senior girls. All the leading female roles were taken by juniors. Are seniors too sophisticated to participate? However, due to the fact that num- erous underclassmen performed major roles, we expect an excellent school play next year. Despite the fact that The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis was well staged and produced by Mr. Joseph Maher and his assistants, there were well over 200 empty seats in the auditorium both Saturday and Sunday night. You don’t know what you missed. For Sale: 100 letters from Louisville, Ky. Cheap. Call 324-4848. Future Gruduutes Exhibit Confusion About Terms by Karen Sanders There’s no doubt about it! The Sen- ior Class of 1961 is definitely ready for graduation. However, it seems that a few students have strange ideas about this momentous event’s vocabulary. Ever stop to think why the last so- cial event of the year is called a prom? Rita Macken says it’s “because you get a new hair-do, a Prom Home Perman- ent.” Bill Pohl feels that it’s because you promise to go with someone. Ac- tually, prom is short for “promenade,” as suggested by Jim Wilkerson. Anita Walsh thought maybe the graduates used to have square dances, and they promenaded.” Mortarboards Graduation Day should be quite an event with Dave Cavanaugh, Julie Meyer, Don Loftus, and a few other seniors walking on their mortarboards. On the other hand, parents and teach- ers will probably be rather shocked if they happen to see Carol Ossowski and Mike Ceurvorst writing on theirs. Hel- mut Steiner frankly admits “I don't Senior Highlights Senior breakfast, practice and grad- uation fill the last high school days of Assumption’s class of ’61. The Mothers’ Club will host the graduates (94 girls and 108 boys) at a breakfast in the Blackhawk Hotel, Thursday, June 1. Mrs. Gerald Walter is chairman for the event. Mary Sue Maher, senior girls’ presi- dent, will present the senior gift — a sketch of the new sign for AHS — to Fr. Robert Ambora. Speeches by faculty members and student officers will round out the program. Seniors will have the rest of Thurs- day free, with graduation practice slat- ed for Friday. A solemn procession of seniors will open the graduation exercises, sched- uled for 8:00 p.m., June 4, in the gym- nasium. Two flag bearers will carry the papal and American flags at the head of the procession. Gown colors are the same as last year — deep blue for boys, white for the girls. Honor Society members will again wear gold tassels. Rev. L. A. Rohret, wil confer the diplomas, assisted by Sr. M. Ann Es- ther, BVM, and Fr. Edmund J. Weeg. The principals will call out grad- uates’ names and present scholarship awards to the winners in their respec- tive divisions. The newly-elected pres- ident and vice-president of the Student Council, Frank Solis and Kathy Ceur- vorst, will hand the diplomas to the principals. Father Amborn, after announcing the students from each division who have merited the highest academic average, will introduce the guest speaker. Msgr. John Sweeney, superintendent of schools in the Peoria diocese. know what a mortarboard is” — and who can blame him? (It’s the tasseled cap worn at graduation.) One misguided senior thinks he is going to hear a “vacularite” speech. Could he possiby be referring to the baccalaureate? Valedictorian Tom Mason is going to be disap- pointed to learn that his diploma is not going to be rolled up and tied with a ribbon. The diplomas at AHS are folded double, and enclosed in a leather case, (from the Greek meaning a paper folded double, diploos) Although Assumption does not an- nounce a valedictorian, Tim Vaughan New Officers No sooner do Mike Ceurvorst and Judy Egger lay down the gavel than Frank Solis and Kathy Ceurvorst will pick it up. Completing her final duties as sec- retary, Kathy Ceurvorst is collecting and aranging committee reports for the files. These should be useful and handy references during next year’s term,” she feels. As incoming officers of the SGA, Frank and Kathy will travel to Cedar Falls this summer to participate in a week-long training course. Sponsored by the Iowa Association of Student Councils, this annual workshop aims at preparation of the delegates in pur- poses and techniques of student govern- ment. Both Mike and Judy describe this week as “invaluable” to the stu- says that if we did, he would “offer congratulations to that enemy!” Feel- ing on the melancholy side, Jim Mas- terson and Ken Gravert say that sym- pathy is due this person who gives the farewell address at graduation exer- cises. How do you suppose Nan Buchmeyer is going to use the word, graduate as an interjection??? The dictionary men- tions only three ways that the word may be used: noun, adjective, and verb. Scrap O’Donnell slyly manages to jus- tify the use of graduate as a pronoun — noun: grad, pronoun: u(you), verb: ate. Oh, graduate! Hit the Road dent council, besides “a lot of fun.” Also on the road for the council this summer will be Dave Huyette, senior boys’ president-elect. As treas- urer of the State Association of Student Councils, Dave will attend the Nation- al Convention in Oklahoma City for a week session. The council unanimous- ly allotted him transportation fees. Frank Solis has already named mem- bers for his first committee, commit- tee X. This group consists of those talented people, experienced and in- experienced, who have been defeated in student council races. Frank antici- pates a lot of work and responsibility for his committee next year. “They will be a valuable asset to the stu- dent council. There will be a lot of work for them throughout the year.” LAUGHING OVER THE MESSAGES on the back of senior Mickey Smith’s pictures are Donna Stolten- berg, Sandy Miller and Nan Buckmeyer. 109 Old Grad Reminisces When I return to school someday The memories will come of Senior year, The friends I made And all the fun we had. As I wander down the home-ec hall Our senior project comes to mind. Spaghetti here, Sauce there, Seniors stirring everywhere. The empty rooms bring memories of times gone by. Classes that Til remember Until the day 1 die. The cafeteria seems lonely Compared to times before, The Christmas Formal comes to mind. My date, the dance, a perfect night! A smile spreads across my face. The trophies come to mind. ASSUMPTION, THIRD PLACE ’61 Remember that? Good things that year doubled up. The City title captured twice in Football-Basketball. Press Awards . . . the All-American, All-Catholic Beacon staff. This year is almost over The good and bad. My one regret — 1 haven’t graduated YET. lOC OA G 34CJtAT7 OS£4 OAJD£KFUL PJV5 8 A GS BACk fliertok BSj good T m s, KNIGHT BEACON As a Beacon in the Night” All-Catholic Newspaper of Distinction All-American The Knight Beacon is published eight times a year by students of Assumption high school. The yearly subscription rate is $1.50. CO-EDITORS: Hal Feeney Roseann Laake FEATURE EDITOR: Sally Healey NEWS EDITOR: Ken Wolf SPORTS EDITOR: Scrap O'Donnell SPORTS STAFF: Gary LaFayette, Mary Ann Keller STUDENT COUNCIL: Mike Ceurvorst CIRCULATION: Carole Westphal. Buster Hobein ADVERTISING AGENT: John Jayne CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER: Paul Bauer DRAFTSMAN: Chuck Gray PICTURE EDITOR: Jean Meyer ART: Merwin Hart, Howard Heydn EDITORIAL STAFF: Laurence d'Autremont. Bill Keefe. Rita Macken, Karen Sanders. Pat Swails. John Crossen ADVISOR: Fr. W. F. Wiebler PUBLISHER: Gordon Printing Co. Survey Reveals Seniors' Worthy Motive Many encouraging opinions were expressed in a 17% of them are exhibiting unselfish motives in their career survey recently taken among AHS senior boys. Drawn up by a senior YCS group and distributed through religion classes, this poll asked the following question: What career do you plan to enter after high school or college, and WHY? Of the 104 boys questioned, 17% stated that they were entering a particular career so that they might be of service to God, their fellow man, their church, or their country. Twelve per cent of the seniors mentioned that they were entering a particular career because of the pay involved. Of the other 71%, 58% said that they were choos- ing a particular profession because of personal interest or aptitude, and 13% were undecided as to a career. Certainly, the boys can take pride in the fact that pursuit of a career. The fact that many students expressed idealistic mo- tives for the choice of a particular field highlights the effectiveness of such projects as career week, and the career studies made in senior religion classes. It also is a credit to the influence of YCS at Assumption. Very encouraging was the fact that 10% of the graduating seniors selected teaching or some allied field as their particular line of endeavor. The seniors can also be proud of the fact that two- thirds of their number did NOT list high pay as a reason for choosing their life’s work. There is only one dark spot. We hope that the fourteen senior boys who were undecided as to the choice of their life’s work after four years of careful deliberation will make up their minds within the next week. K. W. 110 It Happens Here: Senior Cites Local Prejudice In past issues of Knight Beacon we have printed articles concerning racial prejudice in the city of Dav- enport. We are aware that many Assumption students passed off these articles with the remark, “It doesn’t affect us.” We are also aware that many students have the mis- taken notion that incidents involving racial prejudice affect only Negroes. We hope that the following examples will demon- strate that this problem of discrimination does affect students of Assumption high school. These examples show that others than Negroes are discriminated against. An AHS senior boy (white) made arrangements to date a white girl. Upon arriving at her house he was informed by the girl’s brother-in-law that he could no longer date this girl. REMEMBER: This happened in Davenport to As- sumption students. On another occasion, the brother of an AHS student was refused admittance to an apartment building when the landlord discovered that the applicant was Mex- ican. All preliminary arrangements had been made over the telephone. In view of these examples, how' can students say that there is no racial discrimination in this area? One victim of discrimination remarks, “I do not blame this prejudice on my generation because I know that it is not their fault. It is the fault of the parents, and their parents before them.” Therefore, as responsible Catholic students, we have our work cut out. We ourselves not only have to put into practice the doctrine of the Mystical Body, but perhaps we also have to educate our parents. Thinking this a joke (he had dated this girl for four years), the boy continued to question the brother- in-law, and finally very seriously asked why he had made this decision. Completely candid, the girl’s broth- er-in-law replied that the Assumptionite could not date the girl, and furthermore, was not welcome in the house at all — because of his Mexican associations. The senior was doubling with his Mexican friend. Was there any rational basis whatsoever for this completely senseless bigotry? Both immediate parties concerned were white; therefore an inter-racial mar- riage was a reasonably remote possibility. It seems that this fellow must have had a bad case of over- active hate glands. In a few days we seniors are leaving Assumption. After graduation — when we are in college, in the service, or in the working world — will we remember the Church’s teaching which Father Mottet stressed in religion class? We will be strictly on our own. Will we as in- dividuals have the courage to fight prejudice when we meet it, or will we leave that to the next fellow, who perhaps hasn’t had the benefit of a Catholic ed- ucation? This is strictly a question of personal responsibility and individual initiative. Can AHS graduates rise to the challenge? K. W. Ill BEHIND THE SCENES activity reached a frantic pitch during the final minutes of preparation for the Assumption production, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, May 6-7. Separated hy the stage curtain from the powdering and prattling, the audience settled down while the cast made up. Paul Bauer ’61, enterprising KB photographer, gives you an intimate view of pre- play activity. (See story on page 108 for full details.) s$amP6ion h.s. faculty THE SISTERS OF CHARITY of the Blessed Virgin Mary staff the girls’ division of Assumption high. Pictured are, front row: Sr. M. Ernestine, Sr. M. St. Catherine, Sr. M. St. Victor. Second row: Sr. M. Fran- celle, Sr. M. Helen Ann, Sr. M. Helen Regine, Sr. William Mary, Sr. M. Irenaeus, Sr. M. Loretta Cecile, and Sr. M. St. Eleanor. Back row: Sr. M. Leon, Sr. M. Coaina, Sr. M. Borgia, Sr. M. Angele Therese, Sr. M. Diana, Miss Marian Thornton (physical education instructor), and Sr. M. Eustella. Absent: Sr. M. Cecil (vice-principal), Sr. M. St. Monica, Sr. M. Lidwine, Sr. M. St. Anna, and Sr. M. Frances Agnese. THE FACULTY OF THE BOYS’ division of Assump- tion is composed of diocesan clergy, Sisters of the Humility of Mary, and lay members. Pictured are, front row: Sr. Ann Marita, Sr. M. Laurent, and Sr. Claire Marie, CHM. Second row: Mr. Raymond Am- brose, Mr. Herman Derouin, Fr. William Dawson, Fr. John Boyle, Fr. John V. Ryan, and Mr. Carl Paarmann. Third row: Fr. William Stratman, Fr. Robert Walter, Fr. Charles Mann, Fr. Louis Colonnese, Fr. Gerald Kraus, and Mr. William McAfoos. Back row: Mr. Ron Mellen, Mr. Joseph Maher, Fr. Marvin Mottet, Fr. Arthur Perry, Fr. W. F. Wiebler, and Fr. A. Conrad. 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It’s fantastic, we know, but what isn’t these last few days of school? by Roseann Laake Having been confused by the sudden extraordinary actions of a certain sen- ior boy, I decided to dissect his head since he had no Hart. The interior of the head consisted of a number of openings of various sizes and shapes. What generally would be regarded as brains, I discovered to be some trivialities of interest to him: a recipe for a certain spaghetti sauce, a white shirt, a bottle of Miller’s High Life, and poster for Dobie Gillis. I next observed a large antrum filled with a letter jacket, car, class ring, school key, and a billfold tightly se- cured with a padlock. These I noted were of no particular use to the sub- ject. So, I instructed a senior girl to extract the ring from its place. Feel- ing the hand trespassing, the muscles of the brain quickly contracted to close the opening. The girl compared this action to the snapping of a lobster’s claws. In one cavity I came across a multi- tude of physics formula, book reports, vocab words, and psychology notes. Knowing the subject, I deduced he used these to make girls feel inferior. There was a small pocket on each side of the brain, with a duct leading to the base of the tongue. The right pocket contained falsehoods and flat- teries; the left, truths. Measuring the right under a microscope I found it much larger than the left. Furthermore, I noticed, in particu- lar, a small muscle used to elevate the nose. After experimentation, we found it worked most effectively when a fresh- man entered the room. The beau’s largest cavity was devoted to a soft, spongy substance I identified as nonsense. Mingled with it was bit- ing satire and wit. The skin of the forehead was ex- tremely tough and thick. It appeared strained as if attempting to balance something. This being a senior, I de- duced he had been trying on a mortar- board. The skull itself seemed quite dense and free from any strain. I was informed that the owner of this head was a young man about 18 years of age; during his lifetime he de- voured coke and pizza, dressed casual- ly, talked loud and long, and laughed frequently. On one particular occasion, he actually accompanied a young girl to a formal dance. I have just been notified that this young girl is to be the unfortunate vic- tim of the dissection of a senior’s co- quette’s heart. Dissection Discloses Doubtful Diagnosis At just a glance, the graduates of ’61 seem to be a normal, healthy class; but under closer examination some drastic infirmities appear. Take, for example, Roseann Laake’s frequent HART-attacks, Mary Ann Walter’s acute case of the GRAY-sick- ness, and Carole Westphal’s HAL-itosis. Why, just the other day, Pat Johnson came down with a CHARLIE-horse in her knee. Mary Ann Keller has been having trouble with her king size CAV-ities. And Sharon Belk, not so long ago, gave herself a TONY. Suffering from indigestion are Thom Eaton and Jack Davis. Thom Ate-a-ton of SAND and the pain didn’t subside until he chewed a HEM-pill. Innocent Jack Davie swallowed a MICKEY one night but all the effects have long since worn off. Even Jean Meyers has TOMMY aches but the cause is still unknown. There is even one boy suffering from cold feet. He is John Fennelly who was glad he didn’t have to play AMES in the basketball tournament. Mental illness is not at all infre- quent. Doug Cornick was observed wandering through the halls asking for a 1964 COIN, and poetic Mike Ceur- vorst is always thinking up RHYME-ers Poor Elaine La-Mar lost her head and went West to FLETCH herself a pail of water. Suffering from an inflated ego is Dave Price. He can’t stop calling him- self the KUHL-ist guy in the school. Going to the other extreme (deflated ego) is John Anderson. For all his work on the Spaghetti Dinner, the only con- gratulations he got were two PATS on his back. Don’t be alarmed, though, at the seemingly sub-normal health standards at Assumption this year, for these symp- toms are peculiar to all graduating classes. One dose of a common cure-all will do the trick. The prescription? . . . simply one, white, rolled piece of pa- per stamped GRADUATE!!! by Lawrence d’Autremont Having heard of the senior girls dis- secting a beau’s head, and seeking suf- ficient revenge, I took it upon myself to dissect a senior girl’s heart. In order to avoid complications, her identity shall remain unknown. This particular coquette was propel- ling herself about the hall wearing her heart pn her sleeve. I merely reach- ed over quietly and stole her heart away. Cutting into it, I noticed the peri- cardium was scratched many times but never broken. Using a scapel, I care- fully removed this skin and discovered three inner compartments tied together with a lock of black hair. In the first compartment, I found a string of spaghetti, a ticket stub from the Central football game, a withered orchid, a basketball tournament pro- grom, a stack of report cards, and 12 old issues of the Knight Beacon bear- ing her picture. Moving to the middle canyon, I couldn’t help but notice a cap and gown, a class ring, graduation pictures, an invitation or two, and a diploma. I also took note of a blue chiffon formal and new blue shoes. There were a few tear stains on them as if she had hoped to wear them someplace, but no other signs of use or wear appeared. The last chamber contained some hazy images: a couple of college cata- logs, a job application blank, and a mysterious silhouette of a boy. Un- folded, the image appeared slightly un- der six feet, rather dark, and extremely cute. The crew-cut character was wear- ing a letter sweater and holding a guitar. In his hand he clutched a copy of the honor roll on which his name appeared. His back pocket, the one with the wallet in it, seemed to bulge out. Di- rectly behind him was a new sports car and next to it a little cottage with chickens and a white picket fence. I chuckled to myself in replacing the pericardium over the heart as I recog- nized the picture to resemble . . . me! Carefully, I sewed up the heart and pinned it to the girl’s sleeve without her ever being conscious of its ab- sence. Deeply engrossed in a rough senior exam on Macbeth, senior Judy McDer- mott signed her name at the top of the paper as Judy Macbeth! “I want you to identify yourself with the char- acters, but really, Judy, this is too much,” teased Sister Mary Borgia, BVM. 126 Pot Shot At Flying Chaucer Scrap Takes by Scrap O’Donnell 4-3-2-1 • • • You’re on, Edd. Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another version of per- son to person, the show where we go into peoples’ homes to visit with them at their leisure. My name is Edd Bur- row, and tonight we have the pleasure of talking to the one time literary giant, Geoffrey Chaucer. Edd Is it all right if I call you George? George Yes, that’s quite all right, Edd. Edd George, I understand you were well educated, but our rec- ords do not show whether you entered any university. George Well, I had a little difficulty transferring my high school transcript. Edd George, you married Cather- ine and thus became the brother-in-law of Duke Ed- ward III? George True again, Mr. Burrow. My daddy always told me to mar- ry into a rich, respectable household. Edd Easy Geoffrey, you’re on the air. George Oops, excuse me people. Edd Edward III got tired of hav- ing you around the house so he made a foreign diplomat out of you. Then for one year you were sent to Genoa to arrange for English im- ports? George Geez Ed! It was more fun than a flight to Bermuda for a winter vacation. Edd The Duke was dissatisfied with your foreign service, so he put you to work as chief clerk of the Westminster works, correct? George Righto, chap. Edd And you proved to be a fail- ure in business affairs also, at least that is what Eddy told our newsmen? George You no doubt have heard the saying ‘A fool and his money are soon parted.’ Edd Feeling depressed and bitter, what was your next attempt G.C.? George I joined the army to see the world, and the next year I was shipped abroad again. I left a girl in every port. Edd What did Catherine do in the meantime? George Catherine? Oh! She learned to cook and sew. Edd There is a rumor going around that you were robbed twice in one day. Mr. Chaucer, would you care to give our listening audience an explana- tion? George Having just received the Westminster payroll I was on on my way home when an oxcart full of upstart young squires galloped up and snatched my purse . . . Well I tried to gain my wits in the corner Tabard Inn, and damn if I didn’t lose the rest of my pence in a card game. Edd Another incident which I ran across in Police Gazette is about the public accusing you of beating up a friar on Fleet Street. What’s the scoop, George? George That’s a downright lie It occured on Queens Boule- vard. Besides he was the guy who beat me in that card game. Edd Georgie, your trademark is your downcast eyes. Is it be- cause you are constantly reading? George No, I’m constantly sleeping! Edd Later in your life, you owned 60 odd literary pieces, G.C.? George Yes, and I hid them under my bed. Edd How did you conceive the unique idea of your own Can- terbury tales? George I heard there was good money in shrine building, so I was on my way to Canterbury’s shrine of that A’Becket fel- low where I ran into a pil- grimage of nobles, serfs and monks. They were telling stories, so I got out my quill and slate and copied them down. You should read the Nun’s-Priest story of Chan- ticleer and Perticlote; it’s a goody! Chanticleer reminded me of my brother-in-law Ed- ward, so I just took notice of his actions and presto! I was a rich man. Edd Er, ah, yes. Well I see that our time is running short, so without further ado, I’ll turn this program over to our sponsor, The Canterbury Book Company. Thank you for let- ting us come into your home, Mr. Geoffrey Chaucer. George Quite all right Mr. Burrow ... just leave a donation in the mail box as you leave. Turtle Expires The Berendes family huddled around the forlorn object on the bedroom floor. Silently they watched the breathing grow slower and slower. A tragedy in the family, No, the ob- ject of attention was soph Joan’s sci- ence project turtle. While trying to measure its oxygen consumption, she was continually interrupted with fran- tic pleas not to let it die. Fortunately, the turtle survived long enough to enter the science fair. ■ RECORDED MEMORIES OF THE Spaghetti Dinner, the tournament, speech contests, and the formals em- phasize the unity that has developed in the senior class ... all to be found in the 1961 Knight Beacon portfolio. 127 Whose Pix Appeared? ASSUMPTION’S ARSONS, seniors Ed Soenke, Chuck Skelley, and Mary Helen Bulens, be- gan celebrating graduation a little early this year with a book-burning ses- session. Soda Water Provides Uniforms by Sharon Barta Did you know that Thom Eaton (cor- rect spelling — he wants it that way) '61 is Assumption’s most photographed student? According to a recent Knight Beacon survey, Thom’s picture appeared seven times. Foreign exchange student Hel- mut Steiner and John Fennelly ’61 came in second with six. Helmut’s photo was published in the same issue most frequently. The first issue contained six pictures of his varied activities. Junior Margi Dower placed second in this category with four, and Thom Eaton took third. A total of 120 pictures have been printed in seven issues of the Knight Beacon, 17 per issue. Two hundred and thirty students, faculty, graduates, and outsiders were portrayed. “We try to use new faces, but some stories demand specific subjects,” ex- plains picture editor Jeanne Meyer. “Sports pictures are action shots and not posed; therefore repetition is un- avoidable.” Fr. John Boyle, appearing four times, leads the faculty. Fathers William Strat- man, Edmund J. Weeg, and Louis Col- onnese each made three showings. Most photographed of the athletic staff was Coach “Babe” Derouin. Of the sisters, Sister Claire Marie, CHM, and Sister Mary Ernestine, BVM, appeared most frequently. Of the 190 students photographed, 79 were seniors, 44 juniors, 32 sophs, and 35 freshmen. While the sophomores had the least number of students pic- tured, their coverage was better. Only three students, Barb Lewis, Martha Holme, and Mike Barry, had their pic- tures published more than once. One hundred and forty-one senior pictures have appeared. Juniors were next with 78. Third place is held by sophs (38) and frosh bring up the rear with 37. Faculty photos numbered 35 and grads seven. Sixteen pixs of oppos- ing players, refs, and celebrities, such as Miss Marian Anderson, were pub- lished. by George Knight A scientist once said, “Oil and water don’t mix.” This physical phenomenon may have been true then, but don’t believe it now ’cause ’tain’t so. For the past two months parents of the AHS bandsmen have been mixing popcorn oil and soda water, and have come up with results that make cents — about 350,000 cents. This money, plus money donated by the Mothers Club, will purchase band uniforms, which the band will don next fall. The uniforms will combine concert and marching attire. Several other adages have been given new meanings by the concession- ists. For instance, “Seven come eleven” has nothing to do with shooting dice. It simply means, “There’re seven of us here now, but if those other four guys don’t show up by half-time, we’ll be swamped. Also, “Rack ’em up” doesn’t mean to ready a pool table. It means, “I’ve got a customer in a hurry, so make like a bartender with that coke!” Then there’s the fallacious one about “All work and no play . . .” While the bandsmen admittedly work hard before, after and during the games, there’re always little things that liv- en up an evening. During one of the slow periods, sev- eral of the musicians got to working on a problem about missionaries and cannibals. It was something like the one about the fox, the duck, and the grain. The discussion got so interest- ing that Bill Deardoff ’63, who was pouring a coke at the time, forgot to watch the machine. He remembered what he was doing when he felt the foam running over his hand and down his arm. Picture these situations: It’s half-time. The popcorn stand is doing a thriving business, when . . . the bags run out The band is stuck with about a ton of popcorn, and the only way to sell it is by the handful. It’s half-time again. The popcorn ma- chine is again doing a thriving business, when, with a loud “foosh,” the con- traption goes dead. Do-it-yourself elec- tricians putter around for about five minutes. They finally get it going, only to see it die again at the third quar- ter. About this time, someone invokes another old adage, “Junk it.” Director Presents Trophy to Knight Beacon Staff No, that new trophy in Assumption’s trophy case isn’t in honor of the latest space triumph of the United States! It’s in honor of the All-American, All- Catholic Knight Beacon. For the second consecutive year, the All-American rating was awarded the school paper by the National Scholastic Press Association, while the Catholic School Press Association rated the KB All-Catholic and Newspaper of Dis- tinction. Designed and made by Miss Donna Marihart, Art instructor at Marycrest College, the trophy consists of a bea- con mounted on a large wood base on which a plaque is fixed. According to Miss Marihart, “the creation is truly a welded sculpture as well as a trophy — which, true to artistic principles in sculpture, is ef- fective from all angles.” The beacon is steel rod and plate welded together by oxygen acetylene. In harmony with the space age, the straight lines and angles lend a dyna- mic quality. The work seems to suggest journalism as being vital and aware of the latest pulses of life. It lights the way, so to speak, bearing out the paper’s motto — “as a beacon in the night.” The ample base of dark cherry wood suggests strength and solidity. It also gives room for three more plaques to be mounted in the future. With no definite front, the academic award can be turned to any side. Knight Beacon advisor, Fr. W. F. Wiebler, feels “that since the awards were cluttering up the press room, the trophy is a good way to combine them into one unit symbolizing the Bea- con.” The award will be presented to Father Amborn for placement in the Academic Awards trophy case. 12� Sportlite Columnist Utilizes Quill to Write Furewell Address by Scrap O’Donnell No, the Knight linksters didn’t back out of a golf match with Quad-City leader Moline recently. The story goes that when Fr. C. E. Mann, golf coach, arrived at the Indian Bluff Golf Course for the scheduled match, he received a phone call from Vince “scatterbrain” Neu, who was back at Assumption in great despair. Somehow, someone had locked all four doors of Vince’s car, but the keys were still in the glove compart- ment. The match was postponed; the Knights get another crack at Jim Jam- ison and friends tomorrow, May 24. • • • As the Assumption track squad play- ed host to Alleman’s Pioneers earlier this month, a host of Allemanites were vainly trying to hit that nine foot mark in order to gualify. Doug Coraick, who has gone 11 feet this year, had already cleared the nine foot vault and then some. He put on sweatpants and warm-up jacket be- fore proceeding in the opposite direc- tion to see what happens on the other side of the track world. When Doug had finished inspecting he nonchalantly sauntered back and at- tempted another vault. He made it and went on to cop his share of first place. • • • Let’s recapitulate some of the sports features that made Assumption a re- spected name this past year: Who could forget Karl Noonan’s 60 yard fumble interception which spelled six points against Ft. Madison? Bob Solis was a standout in the City Title tilts, as he scampered 76 yds. against Central and sewed it up with another TD. Then he turned around and galloped 38 yds. against West af- ter John Fennelly had gone 47 yds. on the third play from scrimmage, much to the surprise of every one. Against Clinton, the Knights scored five times but only got two to count, then lost by one. Ray Ambrose’ big- gest kick of the season was the come- back effort the Knight gridders show- ed against Burlington. Down 20-6, As- sumption raced to within one point 20-19, and then again within five yards of paydirt before old Mr. Time ran away. In roundball, there was: a 22 point outburst by Noonan against West; a defense that checked Alleman to 36 points; Tony McAndrews’ 20 points at Muscatine that spelled victory; Thom Eaton’s 21 markers against Central in the “Ambush at Assumption gap”; Bob Schebler who really improved with age, adding 26 points against a partisan Wahlert crowd; John Fennel- ly hitting 10 for 14 and five freethrows against Mason City. In track, the Knights did themselves proud as they whipped East Moline and North Scot — two wins in one year — something out of the ordinary. 1960-61 was marked by honorary captains Frank Valainis in football, Jack Davies in wrestling, • Bob Scheb- ler and Tony McAndrews in basket- ball. It was a year marked by two city titles and a trip to the state fin- als. Let’s hope that some of our spir- it and accomplishment rubs off on the underclassmen. MUNCHING A CANDY bar for some desperately needed energy, John Jayne ’61 wearily heads for track practice. Chrysler Succumbs Spiritual Director Drives Hearse by George Knight Ask six students what kind of man In its years at Assumption, and be- fore that at St. Ambrose Academy, Fr. Ryan’s “hot Chrysler” was a symbol, almost a tradition. Its reputation went beyond the campus. Often when in- troduced to Father, a person would say “Oh you’re the one with the Chry- sler.” “Gentlemen, I’ve owned that car for ten years, and never had a wreck.” “What you really mean, Father, is that you’ve owned that wreck for ten years and never had a car.” Before 1960 students often heard this debate in the halls of Assumption High. The car involved was the blue Chry- sler sedan owned by Father John V. Ryan. In the fall of 1960, the Chrysler, to the disappointment of all, succumbed to age, and was replaced with first a Jaguar and then an Imperial. The second half of the team, how- ever, is still at Assumption coaxing and pushing students through English I and II. He does everything he can to see that all pass his course, even if this means a student’s doing assign- ments again and again. High on Fath- er’s list of rewrites are his famed “Vocab Lists.” Father Ryan’s interest in his students extends beyond the classroom. As spiritual director, he is forever ready to hear any and all problems that stu- dents may bring to him. Father is, and you will get six dif- ferent answers, all praising him. He is a quiet, dignified man, yet always ready for fun or action. Every boy has had some personal contact with Father Ryan, in class, in sports, or other school activities. Father Ryan’s sporting interests lie in two fields: fishing, which he calls, “one of the most relaxing ways to spend time,” and tennis, a sport which he has yet to master, but still en- joys. Second only to his reputation for the Chrysler is Father’s reputation for ten- nis. Whenever a racketeer jokes about the jalopy, Father immediately count- ers with a court challenge for the fol- lowing weekend. He might not always win the match, but he has fun try- ing. This writer’s only match with ‘Tan- cho” Ryan was also his only match with the famous auto. After a long tennis game (Duffy-Knight 7, Ryan- Lammers 5; Duffy-Lammers 6, Ryan- Knight 3) the foursome returned to the Chrysler, only to find that the battery was dead. After being pushed by three different cars, the “car with the three squirrel-power” finally reached home. To meet Father Ryan is to like him. To know him is to appreciate him. To know him is also to see that his bark is much worse than his bite, in spite of what incoming frosh think. 129 l V -S r. 5C' . - '• J. -xtfSA. .. ... ■■ - -: 1 r - 4 c ‘ „ ‘ . ’ £ ■ . f, S A __ . : . ii 'A 1 • , ., . ' t' • .• . V � - V � . « •• •• ' mi ' 1 A £ - - • . ’•v % i . . v - ,: ■ - . . £' V j i ‘ M 'v • .. . - - •