Assumption High School - Assumption Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

Text from Pages 1 - 140 of the 1963 volume:

Assumption High School, Davenport. Iowa PENSIVELY . . . senior Bill Helmel meditates during the Bishop’s opening Mass of the 1962-63 school year, “the year of the Ecumenical Council.” (See editorial, page 4.) His con- federates, seniors Bill Dare and Tom Moore sing the Mass. Council Don Prevents Frosh Revolt FRESH START . . . SGA President Don Chenoweth ’63 di- rects officers Barb Lewis ’63, Mary Motto and Pat Thompson, juniors, as they compile this year’s football programs. Aud Lobby Gets Face Lifted Although freshmen aren’t ready to revolt, it is true that they will have no representatives until Nov. 8, fresh- man election day. However, Don Chen- oweth ’63, Student Council president, points out that “this interlude before their elections gives freshmen a chance to evaluate themselves and their class- mates in regard to their capabilities as class officers.” To give freshmen a clearer concept of just what Assumption’s Student Council is, Don also formulated this statement from information he gath- ered at the Iowa Association of Stu- dent Councils Summer Workshop last July in Cedar Falls: “The Student Council ts essen- tially an organization of students elected by students to serve as their respresentatives in matters of concern to the entire school. It is a means of student-faculty co-op- eration and understanding. The Student Council is a positive force of a working democracy and ex- ample of good citizenship. This year’s officers feel that Student Council is basically student par- ticipation. We are trying to think of our organization as a team — the more players we get working, the better our team will be. All our aims and objectives will at- tempt to fit the needs of the stu- dent body in accord and co-opera- tion with the responsibilities in- vested in us by the administra- tion.” In a talk given at this year’s first Student Council meeting, Fr. R. Wal- ter also added that the faculty can use the Council “to communicate to the rest of the sutdent body,” indicat- ing that the representation works both ways. Under the leadership of their new faculty advisors, Sr. M. Helen Regine, BVM, and Fr. Carlos Leveling, the of- ficers have outlined a vigorous fall program, the most important item of which is a revision of the SGA Con- stitution. Besides updating the docu- ment, the proposal includes the addi- tion of a new standing committee — faculty invitations — to improve fac- ulty-student relations. The Freshman Frolic is also being planned earlier this year. All class ard school elections are handled by the Council as well as Homecoming, Christmas Formal and almost all other dances. The members also compile the helpful Connections booklet, the school telephone directory. The auditorium lobby will get its face lifted. This “beauty treatment” is the gift of the class of '62; this year’s seniors even now are considering what their donation to the school will be. Girls Speak French “Parlez-vous-francaise” is a new sound whispered in the girls’ division, now that French is offered to juniors. Assumption’s first French teacher, Sr. Mary St. Gilberta, BVM, arrived this summer from Seattle, Wash. Be- sides French, she teaches senior reli- gion, Spanish I, and English III. Four other Sisters of Charity joined the teaching staff: Sr. Mary Ambro- sina, Sr. Mary Carola, Sr. Mary Jeanne, and Sr. Mary Ritella, BVM. Sr. Mary Carola, BVM, is the new chorus instructor for both varsity and freshman choruses. Fr. L. Mulligan, assistant pastor of St. Mary’s parish, is teaching Latin again this year. He taught this same course last year when Father Mann was ill, but now is one of the staff. Fr. Raymond Schwank, one of five new members of the boys’ division, is teaching senior religion and freshman Latin. New laymen are: Mr. Clint Weste- meyer, Mr. Dave Skemp, and Mr. Gary Simoens. The beautifying of the lobby will in- clude a large wall mural and tiled floor. In the center of the mural will be masks of comedy and tragedy, as well as a lyre to symbolize drama and music. On each side will be a cross and scroll, plus the Greek letters alpha and omega, repre- senting religion and education. Colors of the design will be regal blue, cherry-red, lemon yellow, black, berry brown and parchment. 20,000 pieces of tile weighing 1,500 lbs. will be used in the construction by the Tavegia Tile Co. The floor colors will be driftwood, reef brown, cocoa brown and wine. Grads Come Home Alumni will come home for Home- coming activities Oct. 12-13. The foot- ball game will be played Friday night against Davenport West and the dance will be the following night in the cafe- teria. Student Council members appointed as committee heads include: Pat Ham- mond on Homecoming buttons, John Burke and Jeff Gadient on the pep assembly, and Angie More and Tom Cusack on half time activities. Float committees are being handled by Sal- ly Cogan and Jack Hogan for the sen- ior floats, and Barb Egger and Pat Dray for the junior float. Hal Wiese and his orchestra will provide the music for dancing. 2 AHS Band Sees Bishop Off with Bang At noon on Sept. 22, a prominent person from Davenport boarded a ship called the Leonardo Da Vinci in New York City and is this minute on his way to aid in making history. The important traveler is Bishop Ralph L. Hayes. He left Davenport by train Sunday. Sept. 16, for Pittsburgh where he made a short visit and then traveled on to New York to prepare to sail for Rome. When asked who would accompany him to Rome, he laughingly replied, “I will be in the best of company. I’m going alone.” Once aboard the ship he will be with other bishops from all parts of the country. In Rome he will stay in the Grand Hotel, which is very near St. Peter’s Basilica, for the dur- ation of the council. Opening Mass As the Bishop remarked at the open- ing Mass of the school year, ‘‘This will be a marvelous spectacle of church un- ity.” Prelates will be attending from all corners of the world. With all the nations of the world represented, the language barrier could be a problem. Bishop Hayes considers that this has been overcome since ‘‘speeches will be translated into five languages so that those attending may listen either in La- tin or in one of the other languages. I’m not certain that earphones, such as those used in the U.N., will be avail- able.” How does this council affect stu- dents? As this will probably be the only ecumenical council in their life- time, it will be an excellent opportunity to witness the Church making history. Pope John said, ‘There will be no new doctrines or sensational formulas pro- In Caf Juniors Gambol “Down Memory Lane” is the theme of the Junior Dance, which will be held Wednesday. Sept. 26, from 8 to 11 pm in the AHS cafeteria. Last year as sophomores, the class of '64 spon- sored “Moon River,” the final dance of the year. A meeting of the class officers, held Sept. 12, determined the following committees and committee heads under the leadership of co-chairmen Ann Hart and Dave Votroubek: Decorations — Mary Motto and Barb Egger; Ad- mission — Pat Dray; Refreshments — Mike Morrison; Publicity and Lights — Pat Thompson; Finance — Mike Townsend and Reynel Dohse; and Chaperones — Kathy Barrett. Admission to the dance will be 50c Proceeds will be placed in the treas- ury of the class of '64 for future use on class projects, such as the Christmas Formal. duced.” Many of the decisions reached, however, will directly affect them and will influence their daily lives. Council Agenda Some of the topics on the agenda set up by the Central Preparatory Committee, which has been preparing this calendar for years, include: re- forms in Canon Law; revision of the in- dex of forbidden books; more explicit laws on the rights and duties of lay- men; better presentation of means by which laymen can become “leaven throughout society;” and greater free- dom regarding the liturgy and the ver- nacular. What can students do to help? At the opening Mass Bishop Hayes outlined Five out of 202 last year’s graduates have answered calls to a religious vo- cation. These statistics w’ill challenge Sr. Mary John, OSF, Peoria, 111., in Oc- tober as she addresses the girls’ division on the subject of religious vocations. Fr. John Morton, CSSR, director of vocations for Redemptorists, will speak to the boys’ division Oct. 5. Jeanette Schonhoff was the first of three girls from the class of '62 to enter religious life this year. She be- came a postulant in the Order of Saint Francis at Milwaukee, Wis., July 31. four things they should especially do- First, read and be informed of what is taking place. There are numerous pamphlets published on the council, plus stories in secular as well as relig- ious newspapers and magazines. An especially good source for Assumption students is The Catholic Messenger. Second, study about the council and take part in class discussions so that they can explain it to other people. Third, pray for the success of the coun- cil and the guidance of those attend- ing. Lastly, pray for their Bishop. “There is one thing I want you all to remember,” he stressed, “this is not a vacation. We will be there to work, and work very, very hard.” Barb Bergthold entered the same com- munity Sept. 1. The third girl, Jane Molyneaux, finished a three day re- treat before undertaking a college ed- ucation for the teaching life of a BVM. Jane entered the convent at Mount Carmel in Dubuque Sept. 1. Two ’62 grads — Pat Friemel and Pat Foley — will be joined by Tom Buechle '60 and Dick Willers ’58 (St. Ambrose Academy) at St. Ambrose Seminary this fall. Mike Rochow, also ’59, will study at Glen Ellen, 111., to become a Maryknoll missionary. THE YEAR Q(UjUT Us7lLc xJ Home comi G-AME £ DAVCe OCT. 2. - 13 riRST QUARTER EXAMS OCT. 2 5 Statistics Challenge Speaker 3 KNIGHT BEACON At Henom in the Night' The Knight Beacon is published eight times a year by students of Assumption high school. The yearly subscription rate is |1J0 I. Since the Knight Beacon is a student publication all material will be student written. II. The successful portfolio format will continue this year to serve the students as both a yearbook and a high school paper, using informative feat- ures and picture coverage. III. The staff will cover all facets of school life as well as broaden their scope to include the Cath- olic student’s role in the world today. IV. The editorials will develop a fair and complete view of school issues, stressing the new spirit of unity. V. Editors will welcome material submitted by non staff members, with publication subject to edi- torial approval. VI. Acting as a “beacon in the night” the Knight Beacon will spotlight school spirit in the knowl- edge that the student body will cooperate in all fields of school endeavor: academic, spiritual, social, and athletic. VII. The staff will engage in a competition with the staff of Pius XI Journal, Milwaukee, Wis., to publicize the Ecumenical Council. by Mike Townsend Let’s take a Roman vacation! Why not? All of us can be in Rome by October 11. Don’t pack a suitcase or make any reservations, for, unfortunately, we won’t be going in a true physical sense, but we will be present through our Bishop at the Second Vatican Council. However far we might feel from the colosseums, villas and pizzas, we should take an active part in this upcoming council. In fact, we are the council in that we are members of the Church and, as mem- bers, will be affected by it. But what can we do as students? Our Bishop asks that we stay informed hy keeping track of radio, TV and press coverage and that we pray often for the success of the council. These suggestions can be our “passports” to true participation in the upcoming council in Rome. A rivederci! Council Summons Assumption to Rome Get an invite? To the Ecumenical Council that is. No? Well, since Bishop Hayes will act as our repre- sentative, you needn’t feel that your Church has slighted you. Moreover, in his talk to us Sept. 5, he outlined something very definite the student body can do to make this the year of the Ecumenical Council. (See news story for details.) Taking steps to comply with His Excellency’s sug- gestions, the Knight Beacon has challenged the Pius XI Journal of Milwaukee, Wis., to a trial based on how well each has presented the theme of the Ecu- menical Council throughout this year. Since it is a mirror, the Knight Beacon will reflect the efforts you and your fellow students put forth. Consequently the pressroom is open for suggestions and ideas that you students might have concerning your involvement in the Ecumenical Council. Although the administration has planned no spe- cial assemblies other than the trial, our principal, Father Walter, has expressed “hope and trust that it (the Council) will be discussed in religion and history classes.” To help in these class discussions and give the students background, the Knight Beacon will carry various informative articles — such as the Msgr. Con- way interview in this issue — with the hope that stu- dents will strike out on their own to learn more about the council. Another valuable source of information for the stu- dent is our Catholic Messenger. The outlines of topics considered by the Central Preparatory Committee of the council that have appeared in recent issues con- firm what Bishop Hayes meant when he said that the Messenger was “in the forefront” with articles con- cerning the Council. Since there will undoubtedly be religion book re- ports again this year, students might read books con- cerning past or present councils on which they could report to the class. If teachers will submit such re- ports to us, we will consider their publication. Even if our Bishop had never mentioned the Coun- cil, we as Catholics should show interest in its pro- ceedings, for the decisions handed down will affect us all as lay Catholics. Just as the Council of Trent (1545-1563) provided the Catholics of its day with a practical tool to deal with current evils, the present council will attempt to better define the role of the layman and his standing in the Church. While one of the main accomplishments of the Council of Trent was the establishment of the seminary system, per- haps this council will authorize parts of our opening day Mass to be recited in English or for the Confirma- tion age to be lowered. Whatever the decisions will be, we can assure our- selves that through them the Church is striving to solve the problems posed by our ever-changing world. And though we have not individually been invited to the proceedings, our Bishop has invited us to make this “the year of the Ecumenical Council.” PD 4 Seniors 'Tilt-em Totem' At Assumption “Why are they being so good to us?” students, especially seniors, are asking. What’s behind the new feeling of cooperation between faculty and students? The most powerful force is Assumption’s new ad- ministration composed of Fr. Robert Walter, principal, and vice principals Sr. Mary Ann Esther, BVM, and Fr. Charles Mann. Seniors this year will be big wheels both on cam- pus, as the elder statesmen of the school, and off campus, since they alone have the privilege of leaving school if they have eighth period study hall. Father Walter explains, “We think that seniors should have some privileges,” but warns seniors against abuse, in- dicating privileges can be withdrawn. The gym shoes you see the majority of students wearing are not the sign of a rebellious student body breaking Guidepost law, but rather an indication of the administration’s consideration. And perhaps the most dramatic example of the new feeling at AHS was exhibited at the opening Mass last Wednesday, when seniors, using the new Student Council Mass books, led the student body in congregational sing- ing. What better way to ally the high and mighty seniors and their even higher administrators? But why all this cooperation among students and faculty? The administration’s purpose is best illustrat- ed by Father Walter. “We hope to increase and build up one spirit of unity,” the heights of which students at Assumption have not enjoyed since the 1961 state basketball tournament. However, a school must be united in all forms of school life: spiritual, academic, and social, as well as athletic. Sr. Mary Ann Esther expects that the idea of a unified school will make for “easier discipline and smoother running of the school.” This is one reason why the dreaded demerit system has been temporarily dropped from the girls’ division. But the girls won’t get away with murder, since Father Walter emphasized that any faculty member has authority over any stu- dent in any division. With all these new rules and privileges — partic- ularly for the seniors — this year’s class could serve as a high school ecumenical council, revolutionizing Assumption’s spirit. Who knows? If we cooperate this year, Assumption students may still be wearing gym shoes in 2062!! djj Consequences Thugs Mug Knight At Night “DAVENPORTER ATTACKED BY UNKNOWN BOY,” headlined a Morning Democrat article. “Joe Nahra . . . told police he was beaten early Thursday by an unidentified youth who approached him as he was walking on West Central Park Avenue. This incident nearly put Joe Nahra ’63 out of As- sumption. When other students heard about it, they remarked, “Why would anyone want to do that?” The youths in the above incident had a car and wanted some fun. But such juvenile antics — although sup- posedly humorous — should be termed “stealing, drunken driving, and assault and battery.” Following the “chicken code” is preferred over choosing what is right. Teenagers can follow, but they can also lead in good as well as in evil. Al- though conforming isn’t always wrong, it’s usually the easiest choice. The teenagers who accosted Joe were in a car by themselves. Would they have been involved if they were not together? Would they have done it if they had considered the consequences? Driving a machine weighing 2000 pounds and worth several thousand dollars down Third Street at 70 mph isn’t the action of a person accepting adult responsi- bility. Hitting an unsuspecting and innocent boy isn’t either. Most high schoolers and teenagers don’t realize that when this so-called fun involves them with the police, they affect themselves, their parents, schooling and most often their future. For example, if a youth was convicted of a felony in which he acted before he thought, he would be unable to become a lawyer and would have difficulty entering the Armed Forces or a professional field. On the recommendation of leniency by Joe’s father, the judge postponed sentence for 30 days. The boy who hit Joe and the youth who drove the car face these alternatives: the judge might possibly sentence them to the juvenile reform school in Eldora, or put them on parole. Although Joe was hit in the face only once, he suffered a partially severed nerve, a chipped tooth, and a possible cracked face bone. There are doctor and dentist bills, and an x-ray fee. These bills must be met too. 5 For Tuition Scholars Dig; Scrub; Sub NEW MANN-AGE- MENT . . . Fr. C. Mann, new assistant principal, gives “two cents worth” to contented students. For statistics on sen. ior employment, see page 7. Hospital orderly, dishwasher - cook, candy striper, cashier, and grave dig- ger . . . are some of the jobs AHS stu- dents had this summer. Some were just summer jobs; others will be held throughout the school year. On the fifth floor of Mercy Hospital, from 7:00 am to 3:30 pm, Monday through Friday, this summer you could have found Gene Jerome ’63 dressed in the white uniform of the hospital or- derly. Fifth is surgical floor where Gene usually worked. He liked the job very much because later he hopes to become a doctor. He also said that a chance to meet and help people gave him a feeling of satisfaction. According to Gene the job is unique inasmuch as he sees things that the average high school student doesn’t. The pay is good too. Shuttles Patients He began his day by shuttling pa- tients to surgery. After the operations he cleaned the instruments and acted as a circulating nurse, that is, getting things that the doctors might need. In another part of Mercy Hospital Bill Neth ’63 was scrubbing pots and pans, acting as porter and even part- time chef. Bill has worked in the kitch- en — which he prefers to call the diet- ary department — for more than 18 months. He likes the job very much because it is well supervised, he works with “a nice bunch of kids” and it doesn’t interfere with school activities. You can usually find him on the 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm cleanup shift where, he says, he doesn’t know what he will be doing. One day he will run the dish- washing machine, but the next day he may help cook. The work is not just all routine. One night the pipe that supplies wa- ter to the dishwashing machine broke and flooded the kitchen with over 2,000 gallons of water. Another time the power went off and in the light of a few candles the staff pushed the dishes through the dishwasher by hand and, because the elevators didn’t work, car- ried trays up the long stairs to the pa- tients. Bill feels that the job will help him in his later life in science because he follows a partial routine and is used to giving and taking orders. Candy Striper Across town at Davenport Osteo- pathic Barb Carlin ’63 volunteers her services in another phase of hospital w'ork. She is one of the candy-stripers who give their own time to help others. Barb likes her work and proves it w'hen she says, “I believe that everyone gets a certain feeling of accomplishment when he or she helps someone, even the least way.” She also says she meets many new friends as well as people she has helped before. This summer Barb received her cap. which is a symbol of 50 hours service. Now she is work- ing on her first stripe to put on it. Each stripe will also signify 50 hours work. Her job consists of passing fresh iced- water to the patients, distributing din- ner trays and collecting them, feeding babies, and other odd jobs. Barb, who plans to be a nurse, says, ‘‘There is more to nursing than walking hospital halls in a starched uniform and cap; I am sure the experience will help me.” Cashier At the Schlegel Rexall Drug store, 29th and Brady streets, every other night, from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm you can find Janet Benson ’63 working as a cashier. “I like my job and the people I work with,” says Janet, ‘‘and it gives me an opportunity to meet lots of people.” While working she rings up sales, writes out charges , helps customers find merchandise and check out items purchased. The latter is usually fairly easy but one time, when the power was off due to an electrical storm, she had to turn a hand key to run the cash register. She likes the job, and would not change. What kind of work is done at a cemetery? Gary Ales 64, who for the past summer has worked for Daven- port Memorial Park, knows from ex- perience. His job from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm usually amounted to cutting grass, fill- ing graves, and doing numerous odd jobs. He liked the work mainly be- cause, as he said, “I get to work out- side.” In the morning he helped set up for the day’s funerals. The grave dug, the tent had to be set up and flowers ar- ranged. After the funerals the casket had to be lowered into the grave, the vault sealed in place and the grave filled. Then the tent was taken down and the flowers placed over the grave. Although he liked the job, Gary said he would rather do construction work. Girls Scout! “Playing We’re from Iowa on shep- herds’-pipes, 16 area girls represented River Bend Council in the Internation- al Girl Scout Roundup at Button Bay, Vt., July 18-30. The Roundup was attended by 8,500 girls from the United States and abroad. They were chosen by their home councils in September, 1961, and spent nearly a year in practice camp- outs and preparing demonstrations. Participating in the Roundup were Assumption seniors Pat Hammond, Sharon and Larelle Hughes, and Mary Ann Pauly, and junior Sharon Lueders. Attending the alternate event, a “Lit- tle Roundup” in Canada, were sophs Kathy McGrath and Diane Schaff. A highlight of the Roundup was the Girl Scout Birthday celebration on July 24, when the mother of the Trapp Family Singers spoke to the girls. “She was really terrific,” commented Larelle, “the best speaker we had.” The impressive ceremony at the Ave- nue of Flags thrilled all the girls. Mary Ann especially remembers the day she raised the Iowa flag. Pat was awed at the arena events, attended by 10,000 people. 6 Summarizes Views Columnist No two (councils) have been alike; and yet when we have seen them all, I think we will have a good idea of what the 21st will be like, the procedures it will follow and what may be expected from it. This statement was made by Msgr. J. D. Conway, new pastor of St. Mary’s parish, Davenport, in his latest book, Times of Decisions. This book surveys the history of the 20 Ecumenical Coun- cils and expresses great expectations for the 21st. (‘Available for $5.95 at the Catholic Supply Center in downtown Davenport.) After reading his book this summer, two juniors — Mike Townsend and John Genzel — arranged an interview with him concerning the forthcoming Vati- can Council. The following are high- points of this interview: Mike: Monsignor, how does the pur- pose of calling this council compare with the purposes of the others? All the other councils had been called to condemn a heresy or to define a doc- trine. There is no crisis to remedy at the present; this council is being called to improve the current situation by mod- ernizing the Church. John: What do you think should be discussed and what would you like to see accomplished? I would like to see these things brought about: a definition of the position of the bishop and a decentralization of the cer- tain functions by bringing them down to the diocesan level; modern language in- serted in parts of the liturgy; a commis- sion established for a complete revision of Canon Law; clarification of the posi- tion and opportunities of the layman; married men given the minor orders up to diaconate; and some clarification or statement of steps we may take toward unity. Mike: Do you think any cooperative steps will be taken toward unification? During this council the Church will try to modernize itself and become more appealing to other churches. In this way it will promote unity. Mike: Monsignor, do you think there will ever be total unification? From a human point of view, there will never be unity, because the ill will of men causes disunion. Divinely speak- ing, however, there will be unity, be- cause it is God’s will that all men event- ually be united. John: Some of the previous councils have lasted a few weeks, others many years. Do you have any opinion as to how long this one will last? There may be several sessions, but they should be completed within a year. Mike: How do you feel the Second Vatican Council will compare in impor- tance and accomplishments with the others? Immediately after the calling of the council, an optimistic atmosphere pre- vailed. Great things were expected and prepared for. After a period of time, however, a pessimistic attitude damp- ened this enthusiasm. At the present, viewpoints have reverted to an encour- aging outlook again. We now expect much to be accomplished by this coun- cil. Monsignor added that when he was in Rome last April, he could see many physical preparations already being made. In fact, the nave of St. Peter’s Basilica has now been transformed into the Council Chambers. On Council As a final thought, Msgr. Conway re- marked that all the modern advances since the last council (radio, TV, im- proved transportation methods, electrici- ty and modern press coverage) will bring students closer to this Ecclesiasti- cal gathering and will help to make the Second Vatican Council one of the great- est in the history of the Catholic Church. Puzzle Teachers Smuggle? “Are AHS teachers smuggling things into the school behind my back?’’ This was the thought of Fr. Robert J. Walter, principal, when 500 Sun- day bulletins were delivered to the school and no teacher would own up to the fact that he or she had ordered them. Later he discovered that the bul- letins were ordered, not for a class, but for the new parish, Our Lady of Victory. Temporary quarters for par- ticipating in Mass have been set up in the Assumption auditorium until a church is built. Some of the students in the new parish marked with red knees from the auditorium floor are: Colleen and John Dunn; Jo Anne and Chuck Luth- er; Jill and Jack Schroeder; and Judy and Stephanie Braden. Fr. Kenneth C. Martin, formerly of St. Mary Magdalene Church, Bloom- field, is the new pastor. Fr. Robert F. Couch, former assistant at St. Pat- rick’s parish, Burlington, and former temporary assistant at Holy Family, Davenport, assists him. The church will be located on the east side of Division Street and 500 ft. north of Kimberly on a 10-acre site donated by Martin J. Gadient. Job Statistics Number of senior girls___________84 Number contacted_________________75 Number working NOW_______________43 Number not working NOW___________32 Balance ______________________ 9 Number of senior boys___________116 Number contacted ______________ 97 Number working NOW_______________37 Number not working NOW___________60 Balance_______________________19 GIRLS WORKING NOW Pay own tuition__________________17 Saving for college only__________5 Saving for ejtras_______________10 Indefinite_______________________11 BOYS WORKING NOW Pay own tuition__________________22 Saving for college only_________ 3 Sabing for extras ___________7 Indefinite_______________________ 5 NEW PASTOR . . . Msgr. J. D. Conway greets parishioners Gloria Borowicz and Mike Murphy both ’63, before a KB interview on his book. Times of Decision. 7 CARHOP JILL SCHROEDER 64 doesn't put the smile on the bill as she smothers Denny Flaherty’s hamburger with friendliness—but it still adds up to her tuition. Work Now EPISCOPAL BLESSING . . . Bishop Ralph L. Hayes at the Mass of the Holy Spirit, Sept. 5, blesses the new principal. These students earned their tuition by diverse means this summer so they could attend Assumption during the “year of the Ecumenical Council ’ Fr. R. F. Walter, principal Study Later CHECKOUT CLERK . . . Janet Benson ’63 grinds at a cash register as she collects her tuition. TUITION PAID . . . Jerry Schutte g ’63 and Barb DeZorzi ’65 apply their knowledge on the recent ▼ ITED tests at AHS. TRACTOR JOCKEY Jack Hogan '63 scoops up well- aimed golf balls at Laake’s Driving Range and earns his tuition thereby. “ALL RIGHT, CINDERELLA” . . . how does this one feel?” asks Jim Howes '63, ending a wearisome day and 500 pairs of shoes for his tu- ition. In Peru Alumnus Aids by George Koenigsaecker Building homes and sewers, distrib- uting bread and powdered milk and administering to the sick and aged . . . these were but a few of the many tasks undertaken by former Knight Beacon Editor Patrick Deluhery '59 while spending the summer in Peru. Pat, now a junior at Notre Dame Un- iversity, was accompanined by eight other Notre Dame students on his eight week trip to Ciudad de Dios, Peru. The primary purpose of the trip was to help two peoples — the Peruvians and the Americans — to learn about one an- other with respect to history, culture, resources, needs and potential. The idea for the trip was first put forth by CILA (Council for the Inter- national Lay Apostolate), of which Pat is a member. A board of CILA moder- ators chooses members on the basis of group compatibility, motivation and “a spirit of sacrifice.” The Board knew that the climate and food of Peru would be hard on health and they wanted men who could still come through even in spite of illnesses incurred. After mem- bers of the trip were chosen, CILA organized a fund drive for $5,000 need- ed to send and to sustain the nine young men in Peru. Begin Routine After a careful study of the Span- ish language and Latin American cul- ture, the nine youths departed from Miami aboard a Peruvian airliner. Up- on arrival in Lima, Peru’s capital, the students were driven to Ciudad de Dios, a town of 10,000 about 20 miles from Lima. They soon began a routine that was to last for the remainder of the eight week stay. Each morning three of the boys would go behind the mission where they stayed to open the dispensary. One representative of each family would collect two cups of powdered milk and one chunk of bread for each member of the family. The remainder of the students would accompany Fr. William McCarthy, pastor of the mis- sion, on his daily rounds. It didn’t take the boys long to find something useful to do that would benefit the citizens of the area. It was not unusual for the citizens of Ciudad de Dios to see an American painting the church doors, building sewers or helping a neighbor paint his home. Clinic Work Once a week the boys would go to the clinic to prepare patients for the doctor. As each child came in they would clean, weigh, measure him and take his temperature. In the clinic the boys realized how close the mothers really were to their babies and yet how they could accept death as an everyday thing. Large families are part Natives “IT’S A LLAMA,” explains Pat Delu- hery ’59 to seniors Dave McGee and Pat McGivern as they admire his Peruvian Alpaca wool rug. of the Latin American culture, but most children die before they reach the age of two and one half years. This is large- ly due to the fact that the Perubians have yet to learn to use simple health precautions that are accepted standards in the U.S. Peruvians usually live in a two-room adobe house, two families to each house. They have a diet of beans, po- tatoes, bread, bananas, tomatoes and a non-alcoholic drink called chicha which is made from corn mash. The average mountain Peruvian’s life (half of the population lives in the mountains) is spent in a befuddled state caused by chewing the cocoa leaf which contains narcotic cocaine. This addiction short- ens the average life span, which is about 40 years, but numbs the pains of starvation and toil. Without the co- caine the Peruvian laborer is unwilling to work. His diet is always inadequate and his body is in a constant state of starvation. Achieve Purpose The real purpose of the trip was achieved in the understanding reached between the nine Americans and the Peruvians they met. “Each of us felt that by going out individually or in small groups and participating in fam- ily life . . . having meals with the fam- ily . . . talking with the young men of the village ... we would learn to know the people and their problems, Pat said. “The people of Peru do not wish to have the wealth distributed but rather the opportunity. They wish only the chance to be able to support a fam- ily and lead a prosperous life. They look to the United States to show them the way to make free-enterprise and democracy work for them so that they too may have opportunity. The Peru- vian people are not turning to com- munism because they do not feel that there is opportunity in communism. The knowledge that they have of the United States is primarily gained by watching TV, which many people buy and then rent to others,” he added. After spending several weeks in Ciu- dad de Dios, the boys were invited to a family fiesta. (Only close friends of a family are invited.) At the fiesta there was singing and dancing and a warm friendship for all. It was a grand ending to what could be only the be- ginning observed Pat. At Oasis Knights Cain Steeds Cars, not camels, are given away at the Oasis. Two Assumption seniors won cars during the summer at the Oasis drive-in theater One of the first cars awarded was to Gerry Schutte ’63. “Little Jenny,” as he called it, was a deluxe ’51 Nash. Trouble after the first night and lack of gas soon encouraged Gerry to sell his “lemon” and save for the future. Showing off his prize possession, Gerry invited a couple of senior friends — Bob Daurer and Lee Barta — for a spin. “Runs pretty good, for noth- ing,” commented Bob. “Yeh, it floats like an upside down bathtub,’ ’teased Lee. Everything was going fine until he turned it off. Gerry kept joking about having to push it home, and that’s what he did. A prize ’50 Dodge was awarded to Barb Lewis ’63 for her autograph. Her luck came towards the send of the summer. Knowing of the troubles and investments needed for such a car, Barb refused the car and took $40 in- stead. 10 Guild Grapples Frogs, Bugs and Ajax “Please!! pass the insect repellent.” “It’s not raining again?” “There go the lights over.” Mosquitoes, rain and shattering glass . . . these make the theatre! All theatre isn’t as glamorous and exciting as it is often depicted, says members of the Quad-Cities Genesius Guild, to which several Assumption students and grad- uates belong. The Genesius Guild, organized by Mr. Don Wooten, Rock Island, has completed six seasons with increasing success. Sev- eral classical Greek and Shakespearean productions are under the sponsorship of the Rock Island Park Board each sum- mer. This season’s four productions included Ajax, a Greek tragedy, and Aristophane’s Greek farce The Frogs (Assumption theatregoers will recall John Viggos and Jerry Ehrecke, both ’60, in Sister M. Eustella’s production of The Birds.) Shakespeare’s tragedy, Othello, and com- edy, Twelfth Night brought the English 17th Century to Lincoln Park. Mosquitoes might have been the guild’s worst problem if it hadn’t been for the rain. Since Greek plays are performed near the pond in Lincoln Park, specta- tors often sat with legs Indian style and hands on their knees to ward off mos- quitoes. Four rain postponements length- ened the season two weeks, which meant as many as three plays within five days. Finally, Jim Loula, as Othello, demon- strated his Notre Dame football strength by tossing Mike Kennedy, the play’s vil- lain, against the light stands, sending splintering glass to the ground. “My sister Kathy ’59 first interested me in the Guild,” said Agnes Mohr ’63, ASSUMPTION FLIPS . . . as new reg- ulations allow students to wear tennis shoes in this upside down picture. one of the thespians. “Being a member of the casts of Othello, Ajax and The Frogs, she taught me about the Guild. My en- trance as an actress came quite unex- pectedly when one of the Frogs was un- able to be in the play. She called and asked if I would take her place; I agreed and started the next night grind- ing on the actions and dances.” Nits Fix Wits “The Bunkers’ punishment!” In former years this derision was com- monly used for summer school but to- day this six-week period has taken on a new light. This year 2,070 students from kin- dergartners to high school graduates attended summer school in the Daven- port area. Over 100 of these students attend Assumption. The pupils’ reasons for taking sum- mer school courses varied. Some at- tended solely to earn credits needed for graduation but a large number came of their own choice. Some took courses that would benefit them in college in the fall. Others took subjects which could not be worked into their regular school year schedule. Sharon Morris ’63 want- ed a credit in American government, but her schedule for this year was full. She solved her problem by taking a two hour course in government this summer. Judy Braden '63 who had similar reasons for taking the course in government stated that it was worth the extra effort. Other Assumption students such as Mary McCarthy '64. Colleen Walsh ’63, and Dave Schlitter ’63 enrolled in the drivers’ education course. They found that this course made gaining their drivers’ licenses easier and safer. From her experience in the Guild Ag- nes observed that the theatre consists of all types of people. For instance, Mike Kennedy, a graduate of St. Am- brose College and drama instructor at Blackhawk College, directed Twelfth Night and portrayed Iago in Othello. A teacher at St. Pius X Grade School in Rock Island, Betty Nelson, used much of her summer working and acting in Gen- esius Guild. Pat Wells ’65 got an early introduction into the Guild with one of the dance leads in The Frogs. Her sister, Suzie and Janie ’62 have been in guild for two years. With principal roles in Othello, Twelfth Night and The Frogs, Grant McKernie a Northwestern Univer- sity political science major, demonstrated that one’s main work doesn’t have to be drama to be involved. As the summer season closed plans were being made for winter programs at Augustana College and Kewanee, 111. The Knight Beacon will advise students of time, place and ticket price for the various productions. Beacon Wanders Assumption journalists are appearing in publications other than their own Knight Beacon this month. They also have merited national recognition from the CSPA (Catholic School Press As- sociation). Pat Nemmers and Don Miller, both ’62, interviewed the Bishop last year on the lay apostolate. Their interview is being reprinted in four magazines: Today, The Journalist. Catholic Boy, and Catholic Miss. It also won the first place award in the Mississippi Valley Press Conference. KB photographers also merit recog- nition. A picture by Joe Nahra ’63, tak- en at the YCS Study Week at St. Am- brose this summer, will appear in the October issue of Today. Practical English magazine is considering publication of senior Bob Hill’s picture of the Knight Beacon trial to illustrate the cover of their speech issue. Barb Niemeyer ’62, who currently is enrolled in the School of Journalism, Marquette Unviersity, won honorable mention. from the CSPA for two edi- torials which appeared in the Beacon last year. Barb was employed in the editorial department of The Catholic Messenger this summer. For the fourth straight year, the staff won All-Catholic and Newspaper of Distinction from the CSPA of Marquette. Next year, at the sectional CSPA con- vention at St. Thomas College, St. Paul, Minn., Assumption has been invited to put on a trial. The following year they will be invited to put it on for the na- tional convention in Milwaukee, Wis. Junior journalists will attend a press conference at St. Mary’s Clinton, Nov. 1. 11 Sportlite by Joe Kehoe According to Coach Tom Sunderbruch, this is the lightest high school team that he can recall. The starting offensive line has only three men over 175 pounds. However, they have tremendous speed in the line and better-than-average speed in the backfield. This is one reason he expects the offense to inflict more pain than the defense does. And remember, this class of seniors has never had a losing season in football, despite their undersized manpower, so watch out. • • • Rumor has it that Jack Hogan, a start- ing guard, has a secret ambition to be a quarterback. Before practice he can be seen passing and practicing his footwork. “Keep it up Jack, someday one of the coaches will notice you.” Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the most photogenic of all the football players? Bill Helmel '63 is a step ahead of everyone since he sneezed during the football team’s picture. • • • The first annual Johnson-and-Johnson tape award goes to senior halfback Den- ny Miller. To qualify for this award, an athlete must have used an extraor- dinary amount of adhesive tape. Before each practice, Denny can be seen stretch- ed out on the training table, having both ankles taped. In addition to this, a protective wrapping is put on the cast which covers his left wrist. A chipped bone in the wrist required the cast. Sen- ior Jim Kellenberger was only a few “feet,” tape that is, behind Denny. Jim was hobbling on a prepractice ankle sprain. • • Why do football coaches cringe so when a penalty is called? What is five or even 15 yards in football today? The lost ground may be regained by a good run or by a successful pass. This might be the thinking of “Franny Footballfan,” but not of Coach Sunderbruch. Last year in the West game, the Knights had the ball on their own 15 in the last quarter. They were on the short end of a 7-6 score. Well, the Knights pro- ceeded to roll up 145 yards in gains, but only got the ball as far as the West 15. By simple arithmetic, one can figure that the Knights were penalized 75 yards in 12 minutes. • • • From the school spirit angle, a school is to a team what a foundation is to a house. A house built on a weak founda- tion cannot stand. Likewise, a football team with a poor following will stumble. But a house constructed on a founda- tion of concrete may stand for many years. The football team doesn’t want to stand for many years; it merely wants its own student body pushing it all the way this year. Cheerleaders Eye by Agnes Mohr Mary, Meg, Rita, Gerry, Eileen and Kit . . . who are they? Assumption’s varsity cheerleaders, of course. An eighth grade cheerleader at Holy Family, Mary Ann Soenke is now lead- ing the cheers for the Knights. Mary Ann’s plans include college with special interest in science and math. With an A— average she has been a three year honor roll student. Her participation in such activities as chorus, YCS, and GRA helped her gain nomination for the National Honor Society. The other senior cheerleader, Meg Sedlock, was a member of the soph- omore squad and varsity reserve. Meg’s college plans are not definite; however she is considering a major in history. Ice skating is Rita Davies’ top sport. In each of the last two years she took first place in speed skating in the Sil- ver Skates at Vander Veer Park. A major in drama is Rita’s college choice. A honor roll student, she particularly likes speech. Her brother Jack grad- uated in ’61. Rita was a sophomore re- serve cheerleader. GRA basketball sporthead Gerry Barrett ’64 was also a sophomore re- serve cheerleader for the '61 -’62 sea- son. Although planning a Liberal Arts education, Gerry has not decided which college she will attend. Her special in- terests include sewing. Her brother Dave is a freshman. Another former grade school cheer- leader, Eileen McCarthy was also on the soph reserve squad. An ice skat- ing enthusiast, Eileen wants to major in elementary education. She is the second girl of the McCarthy family at AHS; her sister Maureen is a senior; brother George graduated in ’60. History and English are the favorite subjects of junior cheerleader Kit Meis- enbach. Kit’s cheering experience began Cheers and Careers as captain of the cheering squad at Holy Family. A former sophomore cheerleader, Kit is secretary of the GRA. With several weeks of summer prac- tice behind them, the six AHS cheer- leaders are hoping that several new cheers will increase student support this year. “Yuh-Rah-Rah, a new cheer was sug- gested by several senior boys as a cheer with greater volume,” states Eileen. “After practice one night,” related Rita, “four of us worked out another new cheer that we call ‘Go-Fight-Red- White’” The varsity reserve” for this season is the sophomore squad, who are also joining the varsity in the school song. Sophomore squad members are Peg Parker, Pat Wells, Mary Lynn Wahlig, Phyllis Viner, Barb Herrmann, and Kathy Schaffert. In their familiar red skirts and new white sweaters the Assumption cheer- leaders will cheer the Knights in foot- ball, wrestling and basketball. GRA Forecasts Volleyball will open Girls Recrea- tion Association tournament play. Team competition, including both volleyball and basketball, is again on homeroom basis. Badminton, shuffle-board, table tennis, golf and tennis will provide in- dividual competition. Each sport is directed by a sport- head. who has been elected by GRA members. The GRA board is headed by President Jean Saunders ’63. Other members of the board include: Vice- President Mary Kealey ’64, Secretary Kit Meisenbach ’64, Treasurer Lori Weir ’64, and Program Chairman Sue Riedel ’64. Senior Gym Leaders are headed by Eileen Koestner ’63. 12 Knights Falter In Opener; Confront Imps Friday, Sept. 28, Assumption and Central will meet for the fifth time. Central won last year’s contest 19-0. This year Jim Fox, Central coach, has a number of talented players both in the line and in the backfield. Up front are 200 lb. end Jim Hester, 235 lb. center Larry Sherman and 155 lb. flanker Rollie Miller. Hester was All-Valley, 4th team All-State and All-Quad City as a junior. Running coach Fox’s wing T offense is Larry Rathje. Fullback Larry Schrieber, at 210 lb., should be hard to stop up the middle. Gene Wyatt, Frank Camp- bell, Terry Huff and Brad LeHew give Central speed and depth at half- back. Oct. 5 the Bettendorf Bulldogs will host the Knights. Coach Merrit Parsons is putting his hopes on underclassmen. Nine Advance A team without a coach: this was the situation faced by the Assump- tion baseball squad soon after the opening of the season. With the resig- nation of Mr. Ron Mellen, the Knights played their final 15 games without a coach. Fr. Robert Am born assumed the position of faculty moderator till the close of the season. Mr. Gary Simoens will direct the team next summer. The season’s totals showed Mick Tri- nite ’62 leading the Knights with a .391 hitting average and 13 runs batted in. The eight season victories were divided- evenly by junior Phil Pash 4-7 and sen- ior Mike Hansen 4-3. Assumption had a team hitting average of .272. With a regular season record of 3-9 the Assumption nine advanced in- to the Iowa summer baseball district tournament After passing by their first two foes — West Liberty 12-5 and Lone Tree 4-3 — the Knights downed Mus- catine 6-5 in the Durant Sectional. The extra inning encounter saw Pash allow Muscatine five runs on six hits1. The Knighst had been victims of the Muskies in two regular season games. Tom Nolan ’62 led the Knights with three of their 10 hits. With a 10-3 victory over Ainsworth, Assumption earned the Sectional title at Durant. Mike Hansen limited Ains- worth to four hits in the seven inning game. Assumption picked up their 10 runs on 10 hits, with Clarence Mason ’62 and Mick Prochaska ’63 leading the hitting attack for the Knights with two apiece. A 8-7 decision over Elwood gave AHS the right to meet Iowa City in the finals of the district. Two unearn- ed runs gave the Little Hawks their needed margin for a 4-3 victory. Hugh Stoll, a 190 lb. end and tackle Ron Owen are senior stalwarts of the line. Junior Steve Carroll and soph- omore Mike Toom, who both lettered last year, will be the big guns in the Bettendorf offense. Assumption won last year's encounter 13-0. Oct. 12, West will again be Assump- tion’s Homecoming foe. West squeaked by last year 7-6. Rich Clayvon, 175, and Ricky Price, 175, will handle the end chores this year. Big (200) Tade Gerischer holds down the center post, while bigger (235) Tom Galanius, a transfer from Central, will start at tackle. In the backfield are quarter- back Jim Marti, fullback Howard Goettsch and Tony Williams, and’out- standing junior halfback. The Clinton River Kings will be Assumption’s foe on Friday, Oct. 19, at Clinton. Coach Dusty Rhodes has three seasoned lettermen on the line: Doug Brown at guard, Steve Mayer at center and Cliff Jenkins at tackle. Tom Hagge at fullback, Ken Vilmont, a halfback and Ron Murphy, the other halfback should give the Knight for- wards plenty of trouble. Senior halfback Doug Felton will lead Muscatine against Assumption when the Knights travel to Muskie Land on Oct 26. Coach Homer Eies hopes to use juniors Herb Grigg, Dan Wegler and Joe Doddger. Felton is the only returning letterman so things look bleak at Muscatine. The Knights walloped them last year 42-12. On Nov. 2, Assumption will travel to Burlington to play the Greyhounds, 1961 Little Six conference co-champs. For the opening game Sept. 15, it JIM KELLENBERGER 63 gets snagged as he runs with the ball. was Paul Leahy bulling over the tac- kles and his brother Walt skirting the ends that accounted for the 20 points Alleman needed to ruin Assumption. In the Knights’ first series of downs, John Kennedy of Alleman picked off John Burke’s pass and ran it back to Assumption’s six yard line. Two plays after the interception, Paul Leahy put Alleman in front 7-0. As the second quarter began, the Knight’s offense began to perk. In eight plays, they moved from their own 10 to the Pioneer 21. Denny Miller started things off with a 25 yard end run; then Jim Kellenberger picked up 11 and McMahon netted seven. Follow- (Continued on Pag 15) Sophs Anticipate “We have the size, speed and strength to hold our own against anyone,” asserts coach Mr. Bill McAfoos about his soph- omore team. The “size” of the team includes Pat Crossen at center and Kim Clay and Jim Laake at guards. Mike Stolmeier and Jim Hammes hold down the tackle posts, while John Reyes and Dari Dugan man the flanks. Steve Huyette has a firm grip on quar- terback and Jim Salsbury will start at right half. But a battle is looming for other backfield spots. Martin McCarthy and Jim Cawly are battling for left half. Joe Kellenberger is being pushed for his spot by Lucier, a transfer from Betten- dorf. The sophs were undefeated as fresh- men last year. Counciler Converts Summer to Profit by Mardi Gaydos Summer school, preparation for col- lege and a glorious summer vacation all rolled into one — this was the five week Northwestern High School Jour- nalism Institute which I attended this summer. Saturday, June 31, I arrived at Northwestern and registered at Alli- son Hall, the girls’ dormitory. Over the weekend I got acquainted with my roommate, fellow “cherubs,” coun- selors and teachers. The institute of- ficially opened at a general assem- bly Sunday night. After the assembly the various divisions — journalism, technology, speech and education — met for separate organizational meet- ings. Writing Lab Classes started bright and early Monday morning, with the first ses- sion an eight hour reporting test. The test was a story of a record snow- storm, which had to be constantly re- written for later editions as new in- formation arrived. It was a hectic scene as 109 amateur reporters tried to sift, judge, write and rewrite the complicated story in a lab just a lit- tle larger than a classroom, crowded with 109 clacking typewriters. Eventually the pace slowed down to a less harrowing everyday class schedule. Morning sessions were usual- ly devoted to an hour lecture and a writing lab. After supper we had talks on contemporary affairs from either members of the Northwestern faculty or prominent speakers from Chicago area. The talks were always followed by lively question and answer periods. Among the most popular speakers were a political scientist, an economist, a Negro reporter, and active politician, the British consul-general and the ed- itor of Chicago's Amercian. The afternoons were usually devoted to lectures in contemporary thought. This phase of the Institute tried to develop the student’s ability to think out logically his personal convictions and beliefs. The keynote of the course was open-mindedness. After the lec- tures on such topics as race, suicide, capital punishment and professional ethics, the students divided into small discussion groups. Also as a part of contemporary thought the Institute required five 1000 word papers on some problem or per- sonal conviction. Through these papers we had a chance to develop and form- ulate our ideas. Although papers were not graded, each was “commented on” by two of the counselors, who tried to correct objectively any errors in logic and to suggest other ideas or avenues of thought. College Prep The Institute was also a marvelous preparation for college. I had exper- ience living away from home in a dorm with 500 other girls. We became ac- quainted with the lecture the usual college method of teaching — and our papers were graded on a college scale. We also had talks from the assistant Dean of Admission on college entrance and bull sessions on college life, soror- ities and fraternities, and career plan- ning. All work-no play wasn’t our story either. We had dances with other divi- sions, journalism mixers and special parties. The Northwestern beaches on Lake Michigan were availble to us and we had permission to go to town during our free time to shop or see a movie. We also went to see Igor Stravinsky conduct his own music at Ravinia Park and for our grand finale we had a night out at the Empire Room of the Palmer House Hotel. Lights out that night were in the morning. Once a week was field trip day. Our agenda included the Museum of Sci- ence and Industry, Chicago's American, Rand McNally publishing company and the Bahai House of Worship. But the most impressive thing about the Institute was the people I met, es- pecially my fellow students. My most paluable lectures were not in a class- room but at all night bull sessions, in a corner of the Allison lounge or walk- ing quietly around the campus. As the director of the journalism division told us, “You will learn more from each other than we could teach you in a year.” RC Activates AHS “You understand people better when you are a Red Cross volunteer,” Bruce Cusack ’63, a volunteer for three years now, observes. Other RC volunteers, Tim Maher and Bill Deardoff, both ’63, aided in the Red Cross First-aid tent this sum- mer during the Mississippi Valley Fair, as did Bruce. Mary Buckwalter and Tony Chernetsky, both ’64, and Tim lifeguarded at St. Ambrose College pool during the recent CFM Confer- ence. This summer Tim and a Central stu- lent, Bill Evans, attended the Red 3ross Training Center held in Wichita. Kansas, June 18-23. A panorama of [ted Cross services was held and the Scott County delegates were able to ;wap ideas with high school students from 11 other Midwestern Area states. When they returned, they inaugurated - Dino Ifnrtll Qonitoriiim Thirty-four per cent of all RC certi- ficates issued since 1946 for the suc- cessful completion of courses in first- aid, water safety, accident prevention and home nursing have gone to school- agers. Last year 50 students at AHS passed the standard first-aid course held here. The course will be offered again this year, along with an ad- vanced course and water safety and livesaving instruction. 14 Alfredo's Teaching English us? Person Most Worthy of Recognition in Humor-US: Don Shaw ’64, who quips, “I don’t want to learn Eng- lish — I already know one dead lan- guage.” • Talk about messed up schedules and mixed up students! After teaching third period senior math for two days. Sister Laurent, CHM, noticed that one of the students did not seem to be following too well. Realizing that he could not explain the classwork of the two days, she asked if he had had freshman algebra. The reply of the confused student? “But Sister . . . I’m only a freshman.” • • “I will now illustrate what I have on my mind,” explained Sr. Mary Michael Mary, BVM, erasing the blackboard. • • This summer, while working at a local supermarket, John Loihl ’64, an- swered the phone. There was a pause after which the voice on the opposite end of the line inquired, “Do you have pickled pigsfeet?” “Yes, sir,” Loihl responded polite- ly- The caller laughed, “Keep your shoes on, and just hope that nobody notices them.” Later that day, Loihl received another phone call — with the caller asking the same question. “Listen, funny boy, if you think that I’m so gullible that you can trick me twice in one day, you’ve got another think coming!” screamed Loihl. “I ... uh ... I think that there's been a misunderstanding somewhere. I don’t know who you think I am, but all I want is a jar of pickled pigs- feet,” stuttered the earnest customer. The customer is always right. FOUND: A notebook without a name on it In it were four five dollar bills. Will the owner please form a line out- side of Father Walter’s office. • • • Mary Kealey ’64, who lives on a farm near Walcott, has many chores, one of which is counting the cows as they come in from the pasture. Since the Kealeys have 54 cows, it takes a while to count them. One time, after numerous cow counts, Mary still could only see 53 cows. What could you say in a situation like this? Well, since Mary knows her business, she asked the appropriate question, “Cow 54, where are you?” Alfredo Omiste’s year in Davenport as an Assumptionite and a member of the Gene Wohlers family is ended. In June he joined several hundred other foreign exchange students for the re- turn trip home. After a brief stay in the Windy City, the group headed for Washington, D.C., to NCWC Headquarters — sponsors of their stay in the United States. A1 took in the sights for nearly a week in the nation’s capitol, then made preparations for the remainder of his homeward journey, which included a stop in New York City. Then, a plane scare and a revolution later, Alfredo Knights Falter (Continued from Page 13) ing an offside penalty, John Burke rolled out and hit Jim Kellenberger with an 18 yard pass which put the ball on the Alleman 34. Miller picked up nine and Burke bulled for 4 to the 21. After Burke was thrown for a sev- en yard loss, Denny Miller fumbled, Alleman recovered and the Knights were never a threat again. Just before the first half ended, Paul Leahy busted into paydirt from the one. His kick failed and Alleman led 13-0 at the half. Not to be outdone by his “little brother,” Walt skirted right end for another 6 points. Paul converted and the scoring was ended. Omiste finally reached Potosi, B.S.A. Alfredo, relates Mrs. Gene Wohlers from his letter dated Aug. 3, encoun- tered several delays on his way home. The first came upon departure from Miami, Fla., July 13, 7:00 p.m. Just as he was flying over Cuba, a jet engine on the plane developed trouble and forced immediate return to Miami for repairs. Upon reaching Peru, Alfredo was de- layed for another three days due to a revolt against the Peruvian govern- ment. On July 18, Alfredo met his older brother at the airport in LaPaz, Bolivia, where he remained for another week before going home. Today Alfredo is living with his sis- ter’s family in Potosi and is working as an English instructor in the Bolivian- American Center there. “Things just didn’t seem right with- out him,” recalls Mrs. Wohlers after he had left. We just then realized he would be gone. Alfredo made us realize just what an average teen-ager from South America is like. He simply made us aware of the many different things about his country — South America seems a little closer to us now.” Here’s a closing quote from that letter dated Aug. 3: “Potosi, at this time of this year is cold — therefore I’m missing the beau- tiful days over there, particularly all of you because you were part of my life in the short time we spent to- gether. Give my regards to Fr. Colon- nese and all who ask.” Your temporary son, Alfredo PUFFED CHEEKS . . . Karen Shelang- oski 65 mightily blows her clarinet at Assumption’s first football game. Band Sounds Off The AHS band at the Rock Island Lines station? What are they doing there? Welcoming visitors? No, rather they’re seeing off a distinguished Daven- port resident, Bishop Ralph L. Hayes, on his trip to Rome and the Ecumeni- cal Council. Some 25 band members played the Assumption school song as the Bishop bade farewell to the crowd of priests, sisters, students, and diocesan residents gathered at the station. The band has also made appearances at Assumption’s first pep rally and at the Assumption-Alleman football game. They performed both before the game and at half-time under the direction of Mr. Carl Paarmann. Their next perform- ance will be at Brady Street Stadium, Sept. 28, when Assumption meets Cen- tral. 15 natural shoulder jacket . . . Vest reverses to muted plaid . . . One matching slack . . . One muted plaid slack . . . BRUT’!; SS 3RD at BRADY DAVENPORT MILT LIPSMAN, INC. Downtown Davenport’s Newest Store for Young Men — invites — you to stop in soon to see and select your fall needs in • CLOTHING • SPORTSWEAR • GIFT ITEMS Open Mon. Fri. Night Matthew's Office Equipment Office Equipment—Supplies 212 West 3rd St. Davenport, Iowa Miller Electric Co. Schlegel Drug Stores The Den-style headquarters for Milt Lipsnian INC. 222 BRADY ST. Specialist in Itousepower 1114 West 3rd Davenport. Iowa the smartest styles for young men simonrodinnonuER KNIGHT BEACON • £i f It EBHHH FLOWERS AND LAURELS . . . adorn Sue Doering’s head. Mayor Ray O’Brien places them on and officially proclaims her the 1962 AHS Homecoming Queen. Assumption High School, Davenport, Iowa Nov. 6. 1962 LOBBY REVAMP . . . Jim Crossen, Karen Cornick, and Phil Pash, all ’64, admire the Greek masks (comedy and tragedy) which now decorate the auditorium lobby, courtesy of class of ’62. Seniors Wind Seniors will assemble in the auditor- ium, Wednesday, Nov. 7, during the homeroom period to discuss plans for this year’s spaghetti dinner. Movies of last year’s dinner will be shown. The seniors estimate that they’ll use enough spaghetti to stretch from here to the “sand pits” and enough sauce to fill 18,000 test tubes at the dinner on Dec. 9. As last year, the project will be un- der the direction of Fr. Marvin Eldred, assisted by Sr. M. Eustella, BVM. The primary purpose of the project “. . . is to unite the seniors as a class,” Father stressed. The secondary purpose is to raise money for the traditional senior gift. As far as is known, no gift has been picked out. Some suggestions have been: glass doors for the auditorium lobby, or black-out curtains for the classrooms when movies are shown. Further sug- gestions are invited by Fr. R. Walter, principal. At present there is talk about replac- ing the terra cotta wall in front of the school. The wall will be closed in and made into a sort of outer lobby. The bas relief of the Virgin has been moved to the outside chapel wall. Last year over 1,000 were served and over $1,000 cleared. The students put in long, hard hours of work, some com- ing both Saturday and Sunday, to cook the 250 lbs. of spaghetti and 120 gallons of sauce. The project was termed a success by Father Eldred, who surmised, “if it is to be a success again this year we will have to have 100% co-operation from the seniors.” If they serve 621 more spaghetti din- ners, they will use enough spaghetti to Up as Chefs go around the entire world and enough sauce to fill a 75,000 gallon swimming pool. Just a Number? KB Scores in The Knight Beacon, its advisor, and Assumption high school will be honored at the Catholic School Press Associa- tion convention this weekend, Nov. 9- 11, at Marquette University in Milwau- kee, Wis. Dean Donald McDonald of Marquet- te’s College of Journalism, in announc- ing the award to Fr. William F. Wieb- ler, commented on the consistent Cath- olic tone of the Knight Beacon. Large- ly instrumental in causing the award was the theme of the lay apostolate which the staff developed so extensive- ly last year. Over 500 papers compete for these top awards, only four of which are an- nually given at the biannual National convention. The Assumption paper has received the All-Catholic and News- paper of Distinction awards for four successive years, but this is the first time that it will receive the conven- tion award. In addition to attending lectures and discussions on ‘The Press: Its Personal and Social Dimension,” the staff will meet with the Journal staff to discuss their competition in covering the Sec- ond Vatican Council. Also they will meet with Professor James Arnold of the Marquette faculty for a criticism of their paper. Cite Scholars Three Assumption seniors have been honored for their high performance in the National Merit Scholarship Qualify- ing Test. Fr. Robert J. Walter an- nounced that the commended students are: Thomas E. Cusack. Marcia E. Koh- ler and Mary Angeline More. Each of these students received a formal letter of commendation signed by Father Walter and Mr. John M. Stalnaker, president of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Mr. Stalnaker stated, “About 28,700 stu- dents throughout the country are be- ing awarded letters of commendation in recognition of their excellent per- formance on the qualifying test. Al- though they did not reach the status of semifinalists in the current program, they are so capable that we wish to call attention in this way to their achievement and academic promise.” The commended students were among juniors and seniors in more than 16,000 schools who took the three hour test, which covered five different areas of educational development, last March. If the commended students wish fi- nancial aid, the Merit Corporation will send their names and addresses, along with their test scores, to the two col- leges they indicated when they took the test. Top Four The staff will reside in the homes of the Pius XI Journal staff, which, in turn, will stay in the Beacon homes during the February trial between the two staffs. This is the third year that the two staffs have reciprocated in hos- pitality. Cafeteria Swings The cafeteria will be decorated twice for two different dances this month: Nov. 16 and 30. The first will be sponsored by the sophomore section of the Student Council. Two KWNT disc jockeys will provide the music for “Autumn Antics,” which will follow a Thanksgiving theme. This dance will be open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. Tic- kets may be purchased at the door for fifty cents. “Mistletoe Ball” is the theme of the dance being sponsored by the Moth- ers' Club Nov. 30. The dance will be held from 9 pm to 1 am in the AHS cafeteria. Tickets are $4.00 per couple. Chairman for the event is Mrs. Glen Lee, and co-chairman is Mrs. John Riley. 22 Mortuary Seeks Recruit Thirty-five colleges, six nursing schools and nine non-academic schools Moon Shines in Auditorium The fifth annual Assumption Variety Show to be held Nov. 20 has become the goal of many talented AHSers who have their eyes on the moon. A visitor from the moon who will come to see Americans’ manners of amusing themselves,” . . . that’s the central theme of the show under the direction of Sr. M. John Therese and Sr. M. Joanette, BVM. In preparation for the show four fresh- men girls . . . Erika Koenigsaecker, Mary Beth Weatt, Nancy Gray and Ai- leen Engleman . . . have been practicing and arranging a “Lollipop Dance.” Soph Steve Huyette plans a recita- tion of “Hell in Texas” and the sequel to “Casey at the Bat.” Other talented sophomores preparing to display their ability are pianists Wayne Hunt, George Mitchell, and Joe Barnes. Gary Hunt, Pat Dray, Colleen Dunn, and Jill Schroeder, all ’64, are consid- ering a performance of two scenes from “Teahouse of the August Moon,” which they studied in their junior journalism class. The seniors, too, have been looking forward to the show. Dancer and choreographer Jo Luther ’63 has been busy arranging, directing a cast of jun- iors and seniors, and performing “Cool,” a song and dance from West Side Story. Tickets may be purchased from mem- bers of the cast and crew. Activity books may be used. Moon men will have to find their own way in. Beacon Blinks Along with the Knight Beacons, which will be distributed today, 429 Assump- tionites will also receive their KB port- folios. As they place each issue of the paper in their portfolio, they may look back over the year’s joys and sorrows. But not Alfredo. The pride of Alfredo Omiste ’62, Boliv- ian foreign exchange student at Assump- tion High School was his Knight Beacon portfolio. It held the reminiscences of a year filled with the obstacles of dif- ferent language and customs, overcome by the love of man for his brother. How did it come to lay on a revolution ridden Peruvian street? Will it ever be replac- ed? In June ’62 Alfredo received his di- ploma and class ring, and prepared for his return trip to Bolivia. During the excitement and chaos of the Peruvian revolution Alfredo passed through Peru, where he lost the portfolio. If you can replace Alfredo’s port- folio, please report to the press room, S-10. Until Oct. 18, 9:30 pm, Carol Menes ’65 and 400 other Assumption students were undecided as to what college to attend. After College Night Carol re- lated that she had definitely decided upon Marycrest. Carol explained that this program permitted her to find which colleges offered the courses she wanted and which were most convenient and eco- nomical. She plans to major in English and become a teacher. Michele Morrison ’64 stated that this program helped her to narrow down the list of colleges she might possibly attend. Her choices are Creighton Uni- versity or St. Louis. College Night helped many students such as Jack Cogan ’65 to resolve their questions of costs, scholarships, cours- es and requirements for entry. Although Judy Houghton ’64 still has over a year to decide upon a school, she explained the value of this pro- gram for herself. She stated that Col- lege Night helped her to decide what to look for in a college so that next year she will be able to find the school that possesses these qualities. After receiving the information they needed, the parents and students were welcomed into the cafeteria where free coffee and 600 donuts were served. were represented this year. College Night is jointly sponsored annually by the Assumption high school Boost- ers Club and faculty. This year non-Catholic schools as well as parochial participated in the program. Four of these were universi- ties from Iowa and Illinois. The number of schools represented was increased to almost 20 more than last year and they ranged from state universities to a college of mortuary science. Student-parent attendance al- so increased to almost 800 present at this year’s program. Officers Reign Reigning as officers for the Pius XII chapter of the National Honor Society are Jeff Gadient, president, Joan Ber- endes, vice-president, Mary Ann Soen- ke, secretary, and Bruce Borne, treas- urer. This year, as last, the Society has sponsored College Night. Also they will be in charge of the annual spelling bee and the formal in the spring. )ioLdei)t Council fence { J } I Variety 5how Nov.ZO |Eiv J AsJCtubly Nov. Z 7 1 Y.C.ii. Dance Dec. 7 'pagiletli Pi filter Ue.c. d 23 Bishop Guards Flock During a Sunday Mass in late September, Assump- tionites heard their Davenport pastors read a letter of the bishop requesting that each parish begin a novena to pray for the bishop at the Ecumenical Coun- cil. On this occasion the bishop spoke to his flock through his pastors. This is the student’s main contact with the bishop. Last winter Joe Nahra ’63 visited Bishop Ralph L., Hayes with two ’62 graduates — Pat Nemmers and Don Miller — who interviewed the bishop. Joe was Knight Beacon photographer. Summarizing this ex- perience, Joe states, “I was astounded at the bishop’s frank and jolly spirit and the touch of fatherly af- fection as he displayed the Christmas decorations in his living room. Aside from this personal contact, the only opportunty I have to hear the wishes of my bishop is either through The Catholic Messenger or my pastor who acts as the guardian of his people and his representative.” Ask an average student about the bishop and he replies that the bishop is the head of a large organ- ization, who works in a large office each day, or lives in a towering house with large rooms. This has been the effect of secularism in the world. However, stu- dents in the apostolate are usually aware of the re- lationship of the bishop and pastor to them. Bruce Borne ’63 says, “I don’t have any direct re- lationship with the bishop, that is knowing him per- •sonally, but he is the head of the diocese. He is like a middle man — the link between the Holy See and the laity — who must delegate his authority to the pastors. The pastors are our guiding light.” Senior Don Chenoweth adds, “The bishop co-or- dinates all the priests in the diocese to achieve a goal. Although he is a very busy person, he is still a priest and is approachable by the average person. The pas- tor is our appointed spiritual director; he is like a doctor for our soul.” The pastors have a direct and more personal re- lationship to the layman than the bishop. The pastor is responsible to the bishop for his parishioners. Fr. Kenneth C. Martin, pastor of Our Lady of Victory Church, comments on the role of the pastors: “St. Paul explains our role very well: ‘A priest must be all things to all men.’ The pastor must be interested in the laymen’s problems, material and spiritual — all aspects of their lives. The bishop is to the diocese as the pastor is to his parochial flock. The duty of the laity is to help the church financially and spiritually: to take active participation in all activities pertaining to the parish. Students, as laymen, have duties to their Church; as Father Martin says: “To take active participation.” Assumptionites have taken interest in their parishes. Now we wait for them to carry out the expected reforms and renewals of the Ecumenical Council. KNIGHT BEACON IfW ” Ai a Hftiion in the Sight” « I� � ' The Knight Beacon is published eight times a year by students of Assumption high school. The yearly subscription rate is $1 50 Mike-rophone Church Soups Up New Cor by Mike Townsend The 1963 model of the Catholic Church is coming out soon! Sounds strange, but right now the Ecumenical Coun- cil in Rome is preparing the new model. Though it is the first in 100 years, there will be no radical changes, but just an overall streamlining. Several new innovations will be evident; for in- stance, the liturgy, the “engine” of the Church, may be modernized, and our bishops, the “sparkplugs” may be stepped up to a much greater power. The Church will also get a new “paint job.” In other words, the external appearance will be im- proved in order to appeal to non-Catholic customers. Finally, a revitalized set of “tires” (that’s us, the laity) will enable the Church to be carried through- out the superhighways and dirt roads of the world. These changes and other refinements will result in a rejuvenated Mystical Body which will overcome to- day’s modern “traffic” problems. How about it, hotrodders? 24 Are Elections Monopoly or Free-for-All? Eight student council officers were elected to rep- resent the class of ’63 in their freshman year. Three have persevered in student political life for four years; these are girls. How does one account for this? Could it be differing methods of election? In the boys’ division, a freshman student council hopeful must first designate a particular office he Keds Kapture Kids Did you spend three to five dollars for conformity? About half the senior class did. A Knight Beacon survey disclosed that 55 of the senior boys and 64 of the senior girls recently bought tennis shoes, which until recently had been outlawed. What do these fig- ures show — merely a desire for inexpensive shoes or a need among students for wearing what the “crowd” does? Perhaps the reason students place so much emphasis on conformity is because they align it with popularity. However, such students are letting a large chunk of their life slip away from them. When they fashion their activities to include “what everybody’s doing” they are permitting the “group” to dictate not only what they do but possibly how they think. It’s not that group activities aren’t good; what we’re aiming at is a rebirth of creative thinking — students striking out on their own, doing something different merely for the sake of doing it. Taking a walk, coining a new nickname, thinking up some unique decorations for the next dance or writing a hit song about a lost love are a few suggestions. How will this creative thinking help students? First, by doing things he normally never would have thought of, the student may hit upon something he really en- joys. Maybe he is capable of writing a hit song; he’ll never know until he tries. Secondly, since this creative thinking is an ex- pression of self, it will help the student realize just who he is and what he associates himself with. More- over, the student will look upon himself with more distinction than a coded number on an IBM card. Putting this into practice, Knight Beacon staff mem- bers have had an opportunity to try their creative powers on this issue. By special arrangement with Gordon Printing Co., the staff have pulled “production proofs” for this issue. Heretofore this work has been done by professionals. This issue should indicate whether the idea was a good one or not. Finally, and probably most important, the experi- ence of thinking for himself, rather than having some- one do his thinking for him, will instill in the stu- dent the courage to do the right thing even when “everybody else” is headed in the wrong direction. So, students, give it a little thought the next time you tie those tennis shoes. wishes to hold. Secondly, the candidate must secure a nomination petition for an office from the vice- principal. The petition must be signed by twenty of his classmates. Repetition of signatures for each office is not allowed. The voting consists of choosing one boy for each office. All freshman girls desiring to run for student coun- cil are asked to submit their names in their home- rooms. A few weeks before election day, each home- room eliminates until three candidates remain. No one contends for president, vice-president, secretary, or treasurer. When the voting takes place, each girl in- dicates her first four choices. The four girls receiving the most votes are “student council representatives.” In examining these methods, two main points should be considered. First, in the present method of election employed by the boys’ division, there is a great tend- ency to find a dominant number of able candidates running for the same office. Since only one can be elected, the remaining lose their opportunity to de- velop their leadership qualities via the student coun- cil. This unbalance also tends to weaken the other representative offices. Second, the method employed by the girls’ division emphasizes homeroom representa- tion, which is important to the goals of the Student Government Association. However, an objective look at the student council representatives of the class of ’63 also reveals this fact: although the boys elected more candidates during the four years, they tended to stabilize after freshman year. For example, as sophomores, the boys elected three new’ officers. Two endured for the remaining three years as active student council members. Perhaps this indicates 1) that freshman boys do not select leaders who will last or 2) that such lead- ers do not run in freshman year. The question the Student Council should ask it- self is this: “Do the disadvantages of the differing systems outweigh the advantages?” AM PD 25 Freshmen Line Up for Council unices Thursday, Nov. 8, the freshman class will elect its student council officers. The following eight candidates are representative of the 12 girls and 8 boys seeking office. (See accompany- ing editorial.) Cathy Froeschle considers the stu- dent council “an opportunity to meet more students, share ideas, make plans, and help to acquire the feeling of unity so important in a successful class.” While attending Holy Family grade school, Cathy was a cheerlead- er, Red Cross representative, and a winner in the PAVLA essay contest. She is presently a member of the As- sumption GRA. Another past Holy Family cheerlead- er, Terry Reinart, is also contending for a student council office. She is in GRA and the Freshman Mixed Chorus. If elected, Terry promises to strive for “better relationships between the stu- dents and faculty.” Bringing every member of her class to “active participation in all areas of school life” is the goal of Mary Lou Joyce, a third nominee. Now active in GRA and chorus, Mary Lou was part of a swimming team during her grade school days at St. Vincent’s. Pat Riley, member of the chorus and previous cheerleader for Our “Sister I’ll take a pack of paper” ‘Typing paper, please” “Give me four pencils” No longer will these familiar phrases be heard at the bookstore after Sr. M. St. Catherine’s departure. Automation will replace Sister’s smile and cheerful words. Instead all one does is put a quarter in the slot of the vending machines. These are set up in the cafeteria and in the “A” and “D” wings to avoid con- gestion at the bookstore. It will be open only before school, after, and one per- iod during the day. Sister can’t quite get over the idea of being replaced by a machine. Forty eight years of her life have been spent running a bookstore. During this time she was head librarian at Immaculate Conception Academy. She boasts of having had the first catalogued library there. When ICA was closed, Sister estab- lished the Assumption bookstore. She chuckles that at first it was nothing more than a bare room with a desk. Today she proudly escorts visitors through her modern bookstore, which includes 128 different texts. Ten thou- sand dollars worth of books are handled annually by Sister. Due to her unique system of bookkeeping, she has never suffered a financial loss. FRESHIES LINE UP . . . Cathy Froeschle, Gary Peterson, Mary Joyce, Pat Flynn, Pat Riley, Pat Stolmeier, Theresa Reinart and Giles Crider, freshman class candidates, show off their togetherness ideas. In October Sister returned to her beloved Chicago via the Golden State Rocket. Sister holds a Rock Island R.R. pass, the gift of the railroad in apprecia- tion of her patronage. Formerly Sister personally escorted the boarders from ICA in their many trips to Chicago. She will long be re- membered and loved by the many port- ers, waiters and conductors who served her. Although she will no longer manage a bookstore, she will keep busy in her own private office as treasurer of the Immaculate Conception Province. Her residence will be the new Holy Name Cathedral convent. Sister will appreci- ate hearing from her many friends, she said. Tears come into Sister’s eyes as she recalls the alumnae reception held for her Sunday, Oct. 7, in the cafeteria. Many of the ladies were former ICA girls whom she recognized on sight. The present became the past for a few hours. Forty eight years of memories long stored within her came to life ... the waxing of the golden stairs, the Christ- mas Candle lighting service, the mission carnival, the May crowning. Sister has already put 50 golden beads on her rosary in the service of God. Five of these will represent Assumption for her. Lady of Lourdes states, “We want to be proud of Assumption and we want Assumption to be proud of us.” Pat wants to remind her classmates of her campaign slogan, “You’re Really Right with Riley!” Lloyd Peterson, aspiring freshman class president, hopes, if elected, to be an observing student of govern- ment and to do every thing in his ability to improve the freshman class. In grade school Lloyd was nominated mayor for a day in Davenport, was active in scouts, has experienced giv- ing ten minute speeches to the Parent Teachers Association and was in the Quint Cities Science Fair. Lloyd held a high average in grade school and hopes to become a lawyer. Giles Crider, who is trying for the vice-presidency, hopes to study the way the student council process works and promises to fulfill all tasks given to him. Giles was vice-president of his class at Sacred Heart grade school. He is at present a member of the Young Christian Students and is on the foot- ball team. He also plans to golf and to wrestle. To make new friends and learn about democratic methods of govern- ment are two of the objectives of Pat Flynn, candidate for secretary of the freshman class. Pat was president of his class at Sudlow junior high school, where he earned a “B” average. Pat is on the AAU swimming team and plans to participate in basketball and golf. As for future plans, Pat hopes to become an engineer. Vying for the office of treasurer of the freshman class is Pat Stolmeier, who hopes to be an active member of the class and build interest in fresh- man activities. A member of the foot- ball team, Pat contends to go out for track and wrestling also. He is in YCS. It now remains for the 292 mem- bers' of the freshman class to deter- mine which of these, if any, will rep- resent them in the Student Council. In Chicago Delegate Plans Trip Robert Schwarz ’63 has been named as Assumption’s delegate to the 1962 Ntional Youth Conference on the At- om, Nov. 8-10. The meetings discus- sions and workshops will be held in the Sheraton-Chicago Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. Some of the discussion topics Bob ex- pressed interest in are ‘The Atom in Medicine” and ‘The Atom in Our World and Universe.” “I think the con- ference will not only be interesting but also a challenge. I hope it won’t be over my head,” he remarked. Automation Replaces Personality 26 AHS in Diocesan Spotlight “School spirit grows like Pinocchio’s nose,” decided D-3 freshmen, first place winners of the bulletin boards during School Spirit Days. Sr. Mary Leon’s champion homeroom was awarded the School Spirit crest for accumulating the most number of points. The second observance of SS Days was held Oct. 1-3, the result of the senior girls’ YCS action. Their purpose was to promote school spirit in the girls’ division. The senior girls and their mod- erator, Sr. Mary Diana, BVM, decided to observe the days earlier this year in order to carry out more school spirit throughout the entire school year. Some homerooms maintained a theme through each division, such as the E-7 Roman charioteers and the E-6 space theme. Sr. Mary Helen Rcgine’s home- room E-5 won first place for their defi- nition. E-5 also had the superior but- tons, while E-6 juniors composed the best song and the junior class enacted the best skit. E-2 encouraged attendance at Mass and triumphed in the projects. Extras Keep tion won a first place school trophy in the diocese. This contest is an annual highlight of Assumption’s speech de. partment. This past Oct. 21, Assumption was the scene of the annual YCS diocesan fall study day. Students from Clinton, Ottumwa. Muscatine, Fort Madison, and Burlington joined Davenport YCSers in a day of workshop discus- sions and Mass. Two Assumptionites, seniors Barb Lewis and Joe Nahra, served as secretary-treasurer and na- tional representative of the Davenport Federation at this study day which was based on the theme ‘The Bishop and His Flock.” Another study day will Frosh Frolic Garbs Win Prize Mike Bauer, Bob Motto. Janet Schlit- ter and Lora Berendes received awards for their costumes at the Freshman Frolic this past Sept. 21. Using his sister’s school uniform, Mike Bauer came as an Assumption girl. Bob Motto appeared as King Nero, while Lora Berendes came out of the hills dressed as a hill-billy. Janet Schlitter, who supplied an oriental at- mosphere in her Japanese costume, feels that the tradition of the Frolic should be continued. Tom Duax and Laverne Busch, both ’64, came as a married couple. They were probably the most humorous two- some present at the affair. Juniors Pat Thompson and Sue Wil- lers were MC’s, while Theresa Schwab was in charge of refreshments. be held this spring at another diocesar school. Assumption’s band and chorus par- ticipate in numerous diocesan activi- ties throughout the year. The band under the direction of Mr. Carl Paar- mann, performed at the Muscatine Band festival. Oct. 13. as did majorette Cheryl Kelsey ’64. On April 5 and 6 the band and chorus will participate in the Tri-School Music Festival along with Bettendorf and Muscatine. Al- though these schools are within the diocese this is more of an extra dio- cesan event since these are public schools. Assumption’s music department also competes in the annual diocesan music festival to be held in two divisions this year. The diocese is divided into the north and south sections for competing schools. The north section will meet at Assumption on March 7, with the south meeting later in the month at Ottumwa. Assumption is also active in extra diocesan social events, as on Dec. 7 when the YCS will sponsor a post- game dance with Muscatine high school. There’s no question in the minds of Assumption students about their im- portance in the diocese. The bishop’s activities may be more important in the diocese to all members, but As- sumption’s activities serve as a stand- ard for all the other diocesan high schools, maintains the principal, Fr. Robert J. Walter. SS Day Sparks Spirit You don’t have to be a bishop to be an important member of the diocese. Four AHS extracurricular activities give Assumption students opportunities to participate in many diocesan activi- ties. Speech students, besides par4icipat- ing in the diocesan speech contest late this spring, are also active in the Iowa Tuberculosis and Health Association contest being held throughout the state all during November. This is an essay contest and radio speaking pro- gram on the topic of either Christmas Seals, respiratory diseases, or the peo- ple versus TB. Three Assumption en- trants will enter area competition for possible broadcast on a local radio station and a chance to go on to state competition. At the Knights of Columbus diocesan speech contest held last April. Assump- TALL, BLONDE, BEAUTIFUL? . . . Mike Bauer at the Frosh Frolic lets everyone know what his favorite side of the school is. AREN’T I BEAU- TIFUL? . . . Den- nis Boone combines lipstick, earrings and a star beauty mark to emphasize his point for the Frosh Frolic. WITH HEADS HELD HIGH, the AHS band leads the parade through downtown Davenport, while Father Mann directs it via remote control. COMMANDER GENERAL . . . Fr. Charles Mann keeps contact with the homecoming parade at AHS via the walkie-talkie. Homecoming ON THE SIDELINES . . . Dave Friend ’63 grins after the second flat tire which stalled the “Cooked Fal- con” float. ROCKING «4 TEXACO QUEEN SUE DOERING sur- rounded by her court (Pat Mc- Givern, Mary Ann Soenke, Jean Saunders and Martha Holm) waves to her subjects. FOUR ENERGETIC SENIORS . . . Lee Barta, Gene Jerome, Angie More and Mike Barry work into Thursday night on the senior float. “A LITTLE more to the left,” in- structs Kit Mei- senbach ’64 to fellow j u n i o rs Bob Matthys and Tom Dickey hammering away at the junior float. Hikes, Reads, Watches Who Golfs, Do you like to golf? Watch a base- ball game? Take a hike now and then, or would you rather watch the birds or read a magazine? If you like any or all of these things you have some- thing in common with Bishop Ralph Hayes. Rising at 6:00 in the morning, the bishop makes his meditation at 6:30. At 7:00 o’clock he offers Mass, after which he makes his thanksgivings. About 8:00 he eats breakfast and leaves for the office around 8:45, driv- ing his own car and parking it in St. Anthony’s lot. At 9:00 he can be seen ascending the stairs to his office car- rying a hand tooled briefcase given him by the prisoners at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison. Opens Mail At the office, the first thing he does is open all his mail. He then dictates to his secretary. Miss Frances Siefers, who types his letters before he signs them. Miss Siefers has been Bishop Hayes’ secretary since he came to Dav- enport in January, 1945, and was also secretary to the late Bishop Rohlmann. “One thing the Bishop is meticulous about is making sure he answers all his mail the day he gets it,” observed Monsignor Dingman. Chancellor. Correspondence is taken care of by 10:00 o’clock. From 10:00 to 11:00 he receives visitors. Anyone can see the Bishop without an appointment but it is better to have one because he is often out of town. About 11:45 he goes home where Mrs. Walter, (Fr. R. J. Walter’s moth- er) his housekeeper, has prepared a light lunch of soup and sandwiches. He usually listens to the noon news before opening the mail he receives at home. This mail is usually of a more personal nature and includes many magazines and newspapers. He also receives a paper from the NCWC in Washington, D C., which is a bul- letin of Catholic news that is sent out to Catholic newspapers. Bishop Hayes has lived in Rome approximately 15 years — seven years as a student and about eight years as rector of the American College. Therefore, he is accustomed to the Italian siesta. After his rest he goes to his private chapel to pray his of- fice and make a visit. “It is a special Bishop’s privilege to have a private chapel in their home,” commented Monsignor. Likes to Walk In past years Bishop Hayes has got- ten his exercises by walking to Fej- evary Park, which is near his Clay Street home. He loves to walk in his flower filled yard. Roses and tulips are special favorites. There have been as many as 800 tulips in full bloom in the garden at one time. In bad weath- er he gets the exercise he needs by walking around his white columned porch. This habit of walking was developed while in Rome. He used to walk to nearby villages, often taking a knap- sack and spending several days just walking. When he had more time he used to play golf quite a bit. He was good at it too, shooting in the low 80’s. After the walk he goes back to his study to prepare sermons and talks. He reads widely and has many varied inter- ests. The National Geographic Maga- zine is one of his favorites. He knows and loves birds. He can name almost any bird he sees and, if he sees one he can’t name, he has a huge anthology of birds he looks in until he finds the bird. From his study window he can look over his yard where there is a bird bath that is always full and also a feeding station that he personally fills. Because of this the birds come around all year. He is also an avid baseball fan. His favorite team is the Pittsburgh Pirates, his home town team. In the spring he takes a two week vacation and often goes to Phoe- nix, Arizona, where he watches the teams train. At 6:00 o’clock he eats dinner. “It’s easy to cook for the Bishop because he came from a family of eight and his mother didn’t have time to prepare special foods. Five of the eight chil- dren are still living, all of whom are in their late 70’s or early 80’s,” re- Cheryl Sparks Band “Rings on her fingers, bells on her toes, she shall have music wherever she goes, describes Assumption’s maj- orette Cheryl Kelsey '64 Her cousin, Kay Kelsey ’60, taught her to twirl two years ago, and she has been at it ever since. (See picture of Cheryl at the right.) Cheryl was the Assumption Queen at the Karl King Festival in Musca- tine, Oct. 13. She competed with eight other candidates representing the oth- er participating bands; the Clarence candidate won. A two mile parade started the festi- val, with each band being preceded by their queen riding in a convertible. After the parade lunch was served. From 1:00 to 3:00 pm the bands went to the Muscatine public high school stadium to rehearse for the evening performance. After this practice all were free to do what they wanted. Each band member was given a ticket to go bowling, skating or swimming, courtesy of the Muscatine Chamber of Commerce. Birds? marked Monsignor. After supper he likes to watch one or two of his favorite television pro- grams. The rest of the evening is spent reading or working on diocesan prob- lems. He also has appointments in the evenings to give talks and to at- tend meetings in the diocese. Frequently he is away from home. Every spring and fall he visits 40 to 50 parishes for confirmation. He also attends parish celebrations and anni- versaries. For these trips he drives his own car and usually no one travels with him. He thinks nothing of start- ing out early in the morning to go to some little parish like Clear Creek, 85 miles away. Since he likes to keep up with world events, he listens to the 10:00 pm news, weather and sports before re- tiring.___ LEFT! RIGHT! STOP! . . . Cheryl Kel- sey ’64 displays the fine marching which led Assumption’s band to a marching victory. 30 AHS Mixes —-s: r - ZX s iFmuminc w- Angie More Jerry Schutte Associate Kditors of the Knight lieacon 321 K. 15th street Davenport, Iowa J • d • A « l4Q- . vatigIIi Editors Correspond Although AHS is primarily a co- institutional school, at times it is co- educational as well. At present there are four mixed classes as compared to only two when the school first start- ed. These include journalism, band, chorus, and bookkeeping. At the beginning of the year, it seemed that many of the boys were unaware that some classes had gone co-ed. One lonely underclassman, upon finding himself walking behind some girls on their way to bookkeeping in B wing, was heard to remark: “Hey, what are girls doing over here?” Student reaction is varied in regard to co-ed classes. In Fr. Wm. F. Wiebler’s junior journalism class, where the boys outnumber girls two to one, the girls and boys have to learn to work as a team. As junior journalist Colleen Bunn states, “Since we’ll have to put the paper out together, it’s well we learn jour- nalism together.” She would like to see all the classes mixed. The band, under the direction of Mr. Carl Paarmann has always been co-ed. As Joan Berendes ’63, who has had three years experience in the band, states, “You can’t have a marching band without the co-operation of both sides.” The chorus, more commonly known as the glee club, has been co-ed from the very start also. Presently, Sr. Mary Carola, BVM, has been teaching the boys and girls their respective parts separately. However, she hopes to be able to join the two groups shortly. “When she does,” says Keith Freden- burg ’64, “the boys will certainly be more enthusiastic about singing.” Bookkeeping, taught by Mr. Clint Westemeyer, is the newest mixed class. With an average of two boys to every girl, the class is doing com- paratively well for its first year. The only difficulty was that many of the students were hesitant to answer. Bet- te Trenshaw ’63 finds mixed classes “hard to adjust to after three years with girls only.” Mary Anne Kelley ’64 adds that “you feel sort of afraid to express yourself; you feel out of place.” This is supported by Mary Buckwalter ’64 who says “the girls don’t answer nearly as much in a mixed class as they do in girls’ classes.” Lately though, this difficulty has been conquered, and class is progressing very well. Chemistry class is not mixed this year as it was last year, but it came close to it. It seems that when Sep- tember came, Claudette Short ’63 found herself the only girl in an other- wise all boy class. However, this was quickly remedied to the disappoint- ment of many of the boys. During the summer, two of the Knight Beacon senior editors, Angie —More and Jerry Schutte, wrote to the North American College in Rome, ask- ing that one of the students send them some information about the prepara- tions being made for the Vatican Coun- cil. The two were finally rewarded when they received a letter from Rev. Mr. Richard Keolker, editor of the Roman Echoes (the student publication of the North American College). The main content of the letter is as follows: Dear Editors: “. . . The answer to your question concerning the effect of Council prep- arations on school life at the North American College is easy — none. . . The Gregorian University will continue to hold classes as usual. Permission may be granted to attend some of the larger functions, for example the opening session. However, we must remember that St. Peter’s will be fairly well filled up by just the bishops and their theologians. there will be little room for the thousands of seminarians in the city. “At the same time, there are many opportunities presented, outside of class time, to enjoy fringe benefits of the Council. There will be many outstand- ing men of the Church, theologians, members of the hierarchy, laity, who will be available for lectures, for in- formal talks and discussions. Most probably Cardinals Cushing, Ritter, and McIntyre as well as Archbishop Vag- nozzi will slay at the College during the Council. But all this applies more directly to the time of the Council rather than to the preparatory phases of it. “A second question you asked was: How is daily life in Rome being af- fected?’ . . . Business in Rome will most probably pick up during the Council. For example, one whole hotel has been taken over for the use of the American bishops. The ecclesiastical tailors have been the happy recipients of an in- crease in customers — some of the bishops are having various articles made over here to save the cost of shipping the necessary garments to Rome . . . 31 ‘7 dare not even answer your ques- tion as to what the Communist papers are saying about the Council, because people who read Communist papers are excommunicated! Of course, those for whom it is necessary to be cognizant of the Communist press are able to read the papers, but for the rest of us, not only is it forbidden but it is unneces- sary. As Monsignor Tucek, the head of the NCWC news service here in Rome has said, the Communist newspapers are actually rather boring. They take completely predictable, even though distorted or false, views on the news. What they do not treat falsely, they treat not at all. Apparently, their re- action to the Council so far has been mostly one of silence, as far as I can tell. But again I must repeat I do not know. “May I conclude with a small plea for prayer? It is very heartening to see your interest in the Council, but in or- der to see that this Council is a success it is necessary for each one of us to pray. . ” In Christ, Richard Keolker Editor of Roman Echoes Rev. Mr. Keolker promised to keep in touch with the Beacon staff and to notify them of any developments. Fu- ture stories will concern these. Benedictines Give Student Retreat Spiritual director Fr. William J. Stratman, announces that two Bene- dictine priests have been secured as retreat masters for this year’s student body retreat, Jan. 22-25. They are from Conception Abbey, Conception, Mo. Fr. Marcian O’Meara will be in charge of the boys and Fr. Walsh, prior of Conception, will direct the girls. Wahlert Falls; Looking to improve their mediocre season record, the Knights close the season against Campion. The team from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin will journey to Muny Stadium for the Nov. 9 encounter. Wahlert Dubuque Despite five fumbles, three of which were lost, Assumption outlasted the Golden Eagles of W'alhert, Dubuque 13-12. On the second play following the opening kick off senior halfback Denny Miller scampered around end for 63 yards and a touchdown. Bill Dare added the crucial conversion. Walhert failed to attain the extra points following their two touchdowns and led 12-7 with five minutes left. Following the subsequent kickoff. As- sumption drove straight up the field w’ith Denny Miller scoring from the three yard line. Dare’s kick was wide but the Knights one point margin was Sophs Finish; Post West Spoils enough for the win. Davenport Central Davenport Central and Assumption renewed their traditional rivalry on Sept. 28. The Knights were overpow- ered 41-6 by a huge Central line and a speedy halfback named Gene Wyatt. Assumption’s only score came with 58 seconds remaining in the game. John Burke hit Denny Miller with a flat pass and Denny outran all Central de- fenders enroute to a 44 yard touch- down. Bettendorf A 13-13 tie is all that the Knights have to show for their encounter with Bettendorf on Oct. 5. Assumption was in front 7-0 at the half on the strength of a 44 yard run by Denny Miller and a conversion by Bill Dare. As the sec- ond half began, Bettendorf moved straight down the field and Mike Toom scored on a 16 yard run, but the try Winning Record The Little Knights finished out their season last week with a respectable 4-2-2 record, against East Moline. Mr. McAfoos said he was pleased with the spirit and determination showed by this year’s team. The opening game of the season was played on Assumption’s field. Alleman and the Little Knights battled to a 6-6 tie on a touchdown scored by Tom Salsbury. The following week at North Scott, the sophs came home with an 18-14 victory. Their first taste of de- feat was a 25-9 loss against Central. The lone touchdown came when Jim Hammes recovered a punt that Pat Crossen had blocked, and ran it into the end-zone. A safety accounted for the Knights' other two points. Dan Du- gan kicked the extra-point. A steady rain and a sea of mud slowed down their offense when the Little Knights traveled to meet Musca- tine’s sophomores. In a cold and muddy game the two squads ended in a 6-6 tie. The Bettendorf game gave the coaches a chance to test their reserves. The 19-13 victory doesn’t give the true picture of the game. All of the Bull- pups’ scoring came against the reserves. West handed the Little Knights their second loss in a 25-6 contest. After going scoreless for three quar- ters against Clinton the Knights ex- ploded in the final period for three touchdowns and a 19-13 victory. Full- back Joe Kellenburger scored twice and Steve Huyette got the other tal- ly. The coaches cited the fine defensive work of several linemen. Pat Crossen, Kim Clay, Roy Leonard, Don Wysos- ke and Mike Stolmeier played good football for the sophs. Mr. McAfoos said he was satisfied with the way quarterback Steve Huyette handled his chores. Dan Dugan and John Reyes gave him good targets to throw to. Transfer-student Mike Lucier showed up well as a defensive line-backer. Homecoming for the PAT was no good. Assumption marched 63 yards with Miller scoring on a 20 yard run. This time Dare’s kick was wide. The score was finally knotted two plays later as Toom again scored for the Bulldogs and Steve Car- roll’s added the all important conver- sion. Davenport West West ruined Assumption’s Home- coming on Oct. 12 by squelching the Knights 20-7. The score was 7-7 at the half. John Burke got Assumption’s tally on a one yard sneak. Bill Dare converted for Assumption and their final scoring for the night. Clinton Assumption outdid Clinton on every- thing but the score and ended up with a 12-12 tie. John Burke and Jim Kel- lenberger accounted for both Knight scores. Burke hit Kellenberger with passes covering 77 and 22 yards. Bill Jakubsen picked off a Burke pass and ran it back 40 yards for Clinton’s ty- ing TD. The River Kings first score came on a 37 yard pass. Muscatine Muscatine scored twice in the sec- ond quarter to whip the Knights 14-7 on Oct. 26. Steve Miclot, a converted tackle, bulled over from the one to put Assumption on the scoreboard first. John Burke passed to Jim Kel- lenberger for the Knight’s extra point. The Muskies scored on 14 yard run by Doug Felton and a 25 yard pass from Herb Grigg to Joe Dodder. Grigg added both conversions. The Knights faced the Burlington Greyhounds on Nov. 2. FEET HIGH . . . sophomore cheerlead- ers Peg Parker, Pat Wells, Mary Lynn Wahlig, Phyllis Viner, Kathy Schaffert and Barb Herrmann get in step for the opening of the soph basketball season, Nov. 23, against East Moline. Sportlite by Joe Kehoe Instead of battling for just a winning season this year, the Assumption bas- ketball team has an added incentive. Starting Dec. 7 against Muscatine, the Knight roundballers will shoot for the Little Six Conference Basketball Champ- ionship. The team and the student body, I am sure, are eagerly anticipating As- sumption’s entry into Little Six com- petition in a major spectator sport (the wrestlers may dispute this, however). The varsity football team left their towels laying on the locker room floor one night after practice. The next night Coach Sundcrbruoh informed the squad that they couldn't have any towels that evening. He warned them that if it hap- pened again they wouldn’t get any the next night either. Roger Cawiezell ’64 protested, “But Coach, if we don’t get any towels tonight, how can it happen again?” • • • After high school some prep football players don’t stop making names for themselves. Last year’s Knights sent three top college prospects to various schools around the country. Karl Noo- nan, an All State end last year, is now catching passes for Iowa University’s freshman team. Stan Maliszewski, who played tackle last year, is now bang- ing heads with the Ivy Leaguers at Princeton. Mick Trinite is presently tot- ing the pigskin for Ohio’s Dayton U. Mick was a top back on last year's club. • • Don’t be too surprised if you don’t see goalie Terry Grabbe ’64 whistling a tune through his teeth any more. You see, Terry hasn’t got any front teeth. It isn't that Terry zigged when he should have zagged, but rather he had an unpleasant experience with a harmless looking goal post, knocking out three front teeth. The only bright spot is the fact that school insurance covered the dental work, which gave him false teeth. Maybe he should take up a softer game, like checkers. Well, anyway, who wants to whistle? • • Just as a student prepares for an exam, Assumption’s football team boned up for the season. Many of the boys ran, lifted weights, worked out at the “Y” and watched their diets. Others occasionally played touch football. But Tom Fennelly ’63 found a possible voca- tion in building muscles for the foot- ball campaign; he worked as a sanitary engineer (garbage man) this summer. HALFBACK Dick Braun skirts around the River Kings’ end as Clinton ties the Knights 12-12. Bowlers Roll Thirty five Assumption girls have en- tered Congress. The Assumption Strik- ettes, GRA bowling league is a mem- ber of the American Junior Bowling Congress. The “Gutterball Queens,” “Unbow lables,” “Holy Rollers” and “Fireballs” roll in league competition each Wednesday at Midway Lanes. ‘The Strikettes will enter several tournaments again this year,” stated League President Mary Bea Snyder. “Tournament competition begins during Christmas vacation with mother-daugh- ter, father-daughter and singles com- petition. The teams will also participate in several spring tournaments,” Mary Bea added. The duties of the league president in- cludes keeping record and standings on the tournaments and league competi- tion. She is also a GRA board member. Schedules and average scores are com- piled by secretary Jenny Walatka ’63. Treasurer Marge Walatka ’65 collects the weekly game fees and is in charge of awarding game prizes. “Since I like to bowl, my sister Barb ’62 encouraged me to join the league freshman year,” stated Carol Lewandow- ski '65. Carol is captain of the “Fire- balls.” Round Bailers ‘This could be a very successful sea- son but it all depends on the boys,” af- firms Bill McAfoos as he looks forward to his first year as head basketball coach at Assumption. Although the non-footballers began practice on Oct. 27, the football players will not join them until Nov. 10, just 13 days before the opener with East Moline. Coach McAfoos will have six senior letter winners back, along with the nucleus of a strong sophomore team of last year. The senior lettermen include Jim Kellenberger, Steve Tullis, Jeff Greg Paces Frosh After gaining an early season 2-1 record the AHS Little Knights closed out the season against the Muscatine West and North Scott frosh. The frosh squad opened the season against the Bettendorf Bullpups with a 13-7 victory. Bettendorf took an early 7-0 first quarter lead. The Little Knights came back to tie the score 7-7 before the half, with Greg Ander- son '66 scoring the touchdown. With two minutes left in the game Ander- son again went over, from 40 yards out for the 13-7 margin. The team from Muscatine Central proved too much for the Little Knights, as the Central frosh shut them out 20-0. A surging running attack enabled the Little Knights to defeat the Alleman frosh 40-7. They took a first half lead of 27-0 with Anderson going over four times. The final half saw Pat Stol- meir ’66 and Steve Shumate ’66 score the final two TD’s. Alleman’s only score came in the third quarter of play. The starting backfield is lead by the running attack of quarterback Mike Dockery ’66, Jack Peacock at half- back and Anderson at the fullback position. Head coach Fr. Arthur Perry, with assistant coach Dave Skemp, selected the present squad members at the Freshman Jamboree Sept. 20. Take To Court Gadient, Joe Connell, Tom Derouin and Mick Prochaska. The upcoming juniors are Mike Seider, John Loihl, Phil Pash and Jim Dunn. Besides the usual Quad-City clashes with Central, West, Alleman and East Moline, the Knights will also compete for the Little Six Conference champion- ship with Bettendorf, Ottumwa, Keokuk, Burlington and Muscatine. Jeff Gadient, a senior letterman and part time starter last year says that the Knights will be short, “But we’ll hustle and make the most of what we have.” 33 Homerooms Offer College “Where should I go to college?” “What are my chances for a scholarship or other source of financial aid?” These are some of the questions that AHS stu- dents — not only seniors — are ask- ing themselves. The answers for some will come slowly, for others they are already clear, but all can get help right here within the walls of Assumption. In the girls’ division, for instance, the homeroom teachers are equipped with college catalogs and vocational ma- terial which is rotated frequently from room to room. In the boys’ division, however, help can be obtained in Fr. Raymond Schwank’s room, A-4. Father Schwank attend St. Mary-of- the-Lake College in Mundeline, 111., St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul, Minn., and received his MA in education at the University of Notre Dame. In his room he has information from the various colleges, scholarship funds, and vocation- al guidance centers in this area and around the country. He says the pur- pose of this set-up is “to give students an opportunity to inquire into their own college prospects and to get a general idea of the costs and offerings of col- leges.” Most of the material is sent by in- stitutions, funds and associations interest, ed in scholastic achievement. The Pru- dential Life Insurance Company has sent two booklets. Facing Facts About Col- lege Admissions and Facing Facts About College Costs. In the first booklet they explain that the door to college is not closing as rapidly as one might think. Also they talk about the many kinds of colleges and how colleges look at prospects through pre-college tests and past grades. They tell you to ask yourself the questions: “Should I go to public or private school? In state or out? Coedu- cational or not? Large or small?” And finally they explain the steps to take in order to get into the college of your choice. Also, the New York Life Insurance Company puts out a number of pam- phlets dealing with various jobs and professions. Several sets of these are on order and should arrive soon. In explaining the various material available, Father points out, “Not every- one is suited for college by disposition, background or ability. The principal idea is to identify: 1) if the student should or should not go to college, 2) if college is in order, what the best college for him is, and 3) if college is not indicated, that the selection of a career is made.” He concludes, “It’s advisable for stu- dents, in their earlier years, to give consideration to working for college of a career. When a student has an idea as to what he wants to do, he is more affected by these things. He has a pur- pose, and the sooner he selects a field the sooner he will start to work toward that goal.” When it comes to scholarships the guidance counselor says the best and most numerous opportunities are those offered by individual colleges. When a student selects a college his first in- terest should be to make inquiries as to the means for assistance from that col- lege which usually takes shape in three forms: (1) direct grants and scholar- ships; (2) loans; (3) campus jobs. What students usually forget is that assistance comes as a combination of two or all three, and not just in the form of scho- larships. Some of the forms of aid available to students in this area are: The Nation- al Foundation health scholarships, the National Defense Student Loan program, General Motors’ scholarships, Naval Re- serve, Osteopathic Hospital, and Iowa- Illinois Gas and Electric Co. In most of these cases, and in apply- ing for college admission, certain tests are required. Some of the more im- portant are: American College Tests (ACT), Nov. 10, Feb. 23, April 20, and BARB BEYER ’64 admires the trophies collected in Sr. M. Joanette’s home room for SS day. (See story on oppo- site page.) Scholarships June 22 at St. Ambrose and Marycrest Colleges; College Entrance Examination Board tests (CEEB), Dec. 1, Jan. 12, March 2, May 18, Aug. 14 at Central high school; Preliminary Scholastic Ap- titude Tests (PSAT), Oct. 20, at Assump- tion; National Merit Scholarship Qualify- ing tests, March 9, also at AHS. All the information mentioned above, plus help from Father Schwank for in- dividual cases, can be found in room A-4 for the boys and in homerooms for the girls. AHS Incommutative by John Genzel Mathematically speaking, phone num- bers are interesting digits. Paging through her new AHS Connections (scheduled for November distribution), Sr. Laurent, CHM, would define them as a set of rational or perhaps irration- al numbers with two binary operations. The result may be a musical “ring” or a rasping “buzz.” The big question is, “Does this set form a number field?” As Pat Feeney ’63, star algebra pu- pil knows, to form a number field, phone numbers must follow certain rules. First, does the set follow the law of closure? Obviously yes. Dial any com- bination of numbers and you get an answer, whether it’s Joe’s Bar and Grill or an oration ending . . this is a recording.” Second, the law of associativity. Yes. (355) + (3838) and (3553) + (838) equals Bob Motto ’66 in anyone’s issue of Assumption Connections. Third, does it comply to the laws of commutativity? Unfortunately, no; the first postulate hits the dust. Any novice knows that sophomore Kathy Frater (355-6558) doesn’t equal Frater Kathy (6558-355). Fourth, is there an identity element? Chalk up one for the yes’s. After any conversation, replace the receiver and there’s the same dial tone that you heard before. Fifth, that all important inverse: “a” (dialing number) plus “-a” (replacing the receiver) equals the identity ele- ment (the dial tone), the process nec- essary for Jack Hogan ’63 to arrange a date with Pat McGivern ’63. Finally, the distributive postulate — another law hits the dust. Both 32(6-3408) and 32(6-3) + 32(408) do not equal Pat Carpenter ’64. This ends all chances of a number field, but who cares? A phone plus two people still equal an enjoyable conversation in any equation . . . you can even call a faculty member (a BVM will answer 326-0412, a CHM 323-1333, Father Conrad 323-7195, and Mr. Derouin 323-4617). 34 Using the walkie-talkie at homecom- ing festivities Father Mann asked, “Pater Kraus, ubi es nunc?” This may be Greek to some of you non-Latin scholars, but it serbed its purpose — getting Pater Kraus’ attention during the recent Homecoming parade. Some people feel that Latin is a “dead lan- guage” — however, it kept homecom- ing festivities for ’62 alive. • At the beginning of a recent geometry class in the girls’ division, 23 girls jump- ed out of their seats, ran up to their teacher’s desk, each placed an apple on the teacher’s desk, and returned quick- ly to their seats. The teacher: Mr. Her- man “Babe” Derouin (one of the few successful male violators of co-institu- tionality). Could it be that Mr. Derouin is the apple of the class’ eye? • “But Sister, what do elephants have to do with electron affinities?” in- quired the seventh period chemistry class. Undaunted, Sr. Mary Diana, BVM, explained, “There have been on- ly five elephants born in this coun- try. It’s good to know these little facts.” So ended another chemistry class with the students muttering as they filed out of S-7, “Great is Diana, great is Diana . . (referring, of course, to the Ephesians (Acts 19:35) who said this as they triumphantly en- tered the city of Ephesus. • • • “Anyone seen an old pickup around here? No, no — I mean a truck!” ex- claimed Tom Duax ’64 the night of the AHS-West High football game. Earlier that night, Tom had loaned the truck to one of his fellow classmates who, af- ter discovering that the headlights worked only in second gear, (and even then they blinked on and off), left the truck (christened by Tom, “Bertha the Mechanical Misfit”) and parked “right over by Kellenberger’s place.” Now these directions are fine if you know where “Kellenberger’s place” is; Tom didn’t. • Fr. W. J. Stratman didn’t tell sen- ior Joan Berendes to go climb a tree, but she did. The physics assignment had been to find the height of a tree by comparing shadows. Joan wanted to check her answer so she climbed the 15’ tree and dropped a tape mea- sure to the ground. Yes, she got a high grade on her homework. Teens Flock to Study Day Race relations, lay missions, Catho- lics in public schools . . . these topics and many more combined under the central theme “The Bishop and His Flock on Oct. 21 as the annual YCS fall study day convened at Assumption. After the introductory speech by Davenport Federation President Ed Fitzpatrick. Fr. Louis Colonnese spoke on national and social problems. “A correct and fundamental concept of Catholicism must underlie our solu- tions to problems,” explained Father referring to the YCS methods of study- ing present day problems. Following Father’s speech the students from Ft. Madison, Ml. Pleasant, Muscatine, Clinton and Burlington separated and went to similar discussions led by As- sumption and Central YCSers. These discussions were social in- quiries that participating students themselves wrote. Assumption students and one Central student who led these discussions were: Agnes Mohr, Mardi Gaydos, Barb Lewis, Mary Ann Soen- ke, Joan Berendes, Peg Pohlmann and Kathy McDermott and juniors Darrell Warta and Pat Dray. The Central dis- cussion leader was senior Tom Fritz- cshe. Following these discussions and lunch, workshops were held through- out the school. Two of the more popu- lar ones were a workshop on race re- lation by Mr. Joseph Dulin, a Negro teacher from West Point, Iowa, and Fr. Marvin Mottet’s on lay missions. This latter workshop included numer- ous slides taken by Father Mottet and Father Colonnese during recent visits to Latin America. A general assembly with a speech by Fr. Lawrence Mullins on “The Bi- shop and His Flock,” and a dialogue Mass celebrated by Msgr. L. C. Sterck, closed the Study Day. Girls Stock Zoo “E-8ers, don’t forget your dearly be- loved!” This reminder appeared on the blackboard of Sr. Mary Joanette’s home- room. It referred to their homeroom pro- ject — a zoo. E-6 pioneered the homeroom project plan with their trophy case, and not to .be outdone E-8 formulated their ideas for a project. A doll collection, autograph curtains, and a stuffed animal zoo were the three ideas finally put to a vote. When the stuffed animal zoo won the election, a new problem arose. Does anyone have any animals “I’ve got a pink elephant, my sister has a cat and a dog. I’ll bring a llama,” were the ex- cited comments of the girls as they re- called their childhood playmates. The zoo now had its occupants. But where was the zoo? All eyes suddenly fixed on Sister’s shelves, piled high with books and papers. A delegation was promptly elected to find a new home for Sister’s belongings. With the vicious lions and tigers on the shelves, the students decided they needed bars to protect fellow students from the dangerous animals. So crepe paper bars were built to keep the an- imals on the shelf. Sister added the final touch with her own doll as the zoo keeper. “THEY’RE NOT FEROCIOUS” explain juniors Judy Cook, Carol Burgonjon and Carol Brune as they cuddle the stuffed animals in E-8’s zoo display. 35 Pope Presides at AHS' Council Change Religion at Religion courses at AHS have under- gone a change. The subject has become the Ecumenical Council; the textbook is the 20 page supplement on the Coun- cil contained in the Sept. 13 issue of the Catholic Messenger. According to Msgr. B. L. Barnes, pas- tor of Holy Family parish and execu- tive editor of the Catholic Messenger, the supplement originated with a “staff decision to recapitulate everything we had on the Council: Not the run-of-the- mill things, but only the best articles reprinted in full (for instance, the com- plete translation of the papal bull, Humane Salutis). Since then over 40.000 copies have been sold. Sales greatly exceeded my expectations. Many of these copies were sent, free of charge, to non-Catholic ministers throughout the country. Oth- ers went to colleges and high schools to be used in studying the Council. Har- old Fay, editor of the Protestant Chris- tian Century, sent us a letter praising the supplement and ordering more cop- ies. Mr. Fay. an observer at the Coun- cil, will take these to Rome with him to use as references, the priest editor commented. Among the many articles, Holy Fam- ily's pastor stated, are three outstand- ing ones: first, the most practical — the reports on the Central Preparatory Commission; second, ‘Are We to Be Optimists or Pessimists?' by Cardinal Alfrink which has received the most comment; third, Cardinal Bea's ar- ticle, The Council is of Extraordinary Importance for All People,’ in which Protestants are referred to as ‘separated brethern’ instead of ‘heretics.’ This has greatly improved public relations be- tween churches. In Msgr. Barnes' opinion, the articles most popular with students are Msgr. AHS? Conway’s Each of Us Must Prepare for the Council and the reports on the Central Preparatory Commission. These can be easily understood by teenagers, and the information related is a type which interests young readers . There may be another supplement in several months or at the end of the Council, Monsignor asserted, if there is enough authentic material available. This will depend largely upon how soon information on the Council ses- sions is made public. Wind it, cut it, or suck it! No, it’s not a new dance, just an ex- planation by senior John Burke as he attempted to instruct Joe Coyne '66 in the art of eating spaghetti. Being a three year veteran. John felt that he could adequately prepare this rookie for the upcoming senior spaghetti din- ner. Dec. 9. First, let’s try winding the spaghet- ti.” said John enthusiastically. How- ever. this wasn’t as easy as it seemed, for after Joe had wound two feet of spaghetti around the fork, his fingers were so entangled that they were use- less. Joe also found that he couldn’t control the amount wrapped around the fork. Sometimes he had only one strand; often he wound up with a sphere larger than a grapefruit. Unperplexed by this first failure, the senior quarterback continued. This time cut the spaghetti on the plate, then use the fork.” Unfortunately this system also had its drawbacks. Joe dis- covered that his free hand was needed to load the fork with those slippery, little worms, and that he had to have the hand of a flea surgeon, because the The first meeting of the Ecumenical Council, Assumption version, was call- ed to order Oct. 18, 1962, at 11:10 am in E-6 with Pope Michele LXIV pre- siding. Each girl in the fifth period religion class took a name of a cardinal and discussed problems and the various ways in which they affect their par- ticular country. The issues brought before the council” were these four: (1) the laws of fast and abstinence; (2) the moderation of religious habits; (3) the Mass in the language of the people; and (4) the laws governing PASTOR AND EDITOR . . . Rt. Rev. Msgr. B. L. Barnes opens the doors of Holy Family Church for Denny Leese ’63 and Mary Goettsch ’65, his parish- ioners and readers of The Catholic Messenger, which he edits. celibacy. After hearing the pros and cons of each argument, the Pope then call- ed for a vote. In reference to the laws of fast and abstinence the council voted that they should remain un- changed. It was decided that religious habits would be changed to a certain degree, that the Mass would be in the language of the people, and that the celibacy laws would not be changed. The idea for the mock council or- iginated from an article in the Octo- ber issue of Today, written by Assump- tion's Fr. William F. Wiebler. slightest vibration sent those sauce covered segments tumbling onto his new cardigan sweater. As a last resort, the now visibly un- nerved senior athlete suggested. Put a long strand of spaghetti in your mouth and suck it in. Although this provided the frosh with much per- sonal enjoyment, it proved quite dis- gusting to those around him. But its greatest downfall was the aftereffects The last of the strands slapped across his face, leaving a long, red trail of sauce. After finishing his meal in this manner. Joe found that his face resembled a slightly blurred highway map! To cover up his wounded pride. John advised. Don’t let these diffi- culties keep you away from our spa- ghetti dinner. You can continue your war with spaghetti there. “I wouldn’t miss it for all the spa- ghetti in Italy. Heck, if I discover a new way to eat the stuff, I might be awarded the Noodle Peace Prize, joked the grinning freshman as he re- filled his plate. QB Grooms Rookie For Dinner 36 OUTER SPACE ambassador, Moony, alias Joe Kehoe, 63, arrives early to start the Assumption variety show with the help of astronauts, Mike Barry and Tom Fennelly, '63. rMf KNIGHT BEACON Vol. V__No..3 Assumption High School, Dovenport, lowo December, 1962 Pasting: Together . . . the stained glass window, sen- iors Dave Friend and Paul DiBlasio get together the decorations for the upcoming choral concert. Dec. 16. Retreat Master Gives Theme What do I have in common with a senior at a Russian high school?” Ideas like these may be discussed during the retreat this year under the theme “A Christian Student in the World To- day.” This year, Assumption’s annual re- treat is Jan. 23-26 and will be conduct- ed by two priests of the Order of Saint Benedict. Fr. Marcian O’Meara will conduct the boys’ retreat and the prior of Conception Abbey, Mo., the Very Rev. Raphael Walsh, will conduct the girls’ retreat. The prior was formerly spiritual director for the seminary. The most important part of a re- treat,” Father O’Meara writes, “is to advance in the Christian way of life, not only during the retreat, of course, but for the days that follow.” He feels that silence is important, not as an end. but as a means of communication with God. The two priests vary their retreats because different approaches are need- ed for the various age groups, they feel. Both have conducted retreats for high school and college students. Father O’Meara was prefect of disci- pline for the seminarians at Immacu- late Conception Seminary and is now registrar and director of public rela- tions there. Student attitude on the coming re- treat is expressed by Mary Schramp ’65 who says, I’ve never made a re- treat before, so I’m looking forward to seeing what one is like.” Senior Barb Carlin feels that for many of us, this will be our last retreat ... this is our most important because at the end of this year we will begin an entirely different phase of life.” The retreat schedule will be much like that of previous years. Juniors and seniors will have the first retreat and freshmen and sophomores, the second. There will be four conferences a day and time for spiritual reading and confessions will be provided. According to Father O’Meara, the best preparation for the retreat is praying that you will receive special graces during the retreat, giving ser- ious consideration to the retreat be- forehand, and taking care of all nec- essary external matters so that one may be as free as possible to give the time during retreat to the important spir- itual matters. Windows Look Rosy Assumption students are looking at the world through rose-colored glass- es. Just look in the biology classroom at S7. Because of the strong sun glare in many of the classrooms, including S7, chemically treated windows are being tested to see if they reduce the glare. The new chemicals involved are manufactured by DuPont to reduce glare, keep heat out in the summer and keep warmth in during the winter months. If the two tone-windows prove to be effective they may be installed in other rooms Throughout the building. Club Warbles O Come All Ye Faithful” invites students and the public to the Glee Club’s annual Chrsitmas concert un- der the directior of Sr. Mary Carola, BVM. Dec. 16 in the Assumption audi- torium. A medley of traditional Christmas songs will be sung by the freshman chorus. Their accompanist will be Mary Wacker ’64. The varsity chorus, accompanied by Joe Nahra ’63, will present an adapta- tion of Hamblen’s “The Heavenly Child” with several tableaux. Soloists in this group include seniors Paul Di- Blasio, Dick Speer, Mike Barry and Larelle Hughes, juniors Rosemary Pauli and Sharon Molyneaux and soph- omores Barb Herrmann and Linda Walz. QCSC Twists The ten high schools in the Quint City area are invited to a Christmas dance sponsored by the Quint City Student Congress at the Coliseum Ball Room in Davenport, Dec. 23. KSTT disc jockeys will be on hand to spin records and provide entertainment. This dance is open to any high school student. Tickets, which are 75$ can be obtained through student council members. Dance proceeds will go to help crippled children. Half of the money will go to Camp Sunnyside in Iowa and the other half to the Illi- nois Foundation for Crippled Children. Lynn Bryll of Bettendorf, president of the Quint City Student Congress comments, “This is a great chance to get in the Christmas spirit. We can help other kids less fortunate than ourselves and have loads of fun doing it. ’ Essays Go National Nineteen sophomore and junior girls will have essays that they submitted to the National Essay Association published in the Annual Anthology, Young America Speaks. The sophomore essayists are: Barb DeZorzi, Kathleen Herd, Pat Wells Mary Kay Dudek, Rebecca Underdonk, Maureen Judge, Peggy Parker, Judy Hornbuckle, Michelle Chenoweth Kathy Schaffert, Teresa Schwab, and Nancy Nagle. Debbie Alger, Mary Anne Nix, Nancy Dejulius, Jackie Bald, Sue Jager,Ilona Kuehnhackl.and Bonnie O’Donnell are the Junior writ- ers. Sr. M. John Terese BVM and Sr. M. St. Gilberta are the sponsoring teachers. 40 Christmas bells will'start ringing early for Assumptionites this year... at 1:39 p.m. on Dec. 21. As a special Christmas gift to students and faculty, Father Walter has decided to use the faculty meeting schedule for the last day of 1962. Teachers Endorse Profession Wonderland Whirls “Wonderland by Night” is the theme of this year’s Christmas Formal to be held Friday, Dec. 28, in the AHS cafe- teria from 8:30 to 11:30 pm. Music will be furnished by Hal Wiese and his orchestra for this boy- ask-girl affair. Tickets are $2.50 per couple. The committees are: Decorations . . . Pat Dray and Reynel Dohse; Band . . . Mary Motto; Tickets . . . Dave Votrou- bek and Mike Townsend; Programs . . . Barb Egger; Refreshments . . . Mike Morrison; Chaperons . . . Phyllis Hart; and Publicity . . . Pat Thompson and Kathy Barrett. The group, under the direction of Sr. Mary Diana, BVM, hopes to have a dark blue mural background with numerous stars and two seven foot silhouetted dancing figures along the west wall. Speedster Counsels Johnny Boyd, veteran Indianapolis Motor Speedway driver, will speak to juniors and seniors on Dec. 12 in the auditorium at 2:25 pm. His subject will be “Highway Safety is No Acci- dent.” (See editorial on page 43) In his talk Mr. Boyd will compare driving on the big speedway with ev- eryday operation on the highways. He insists that if every motorist would be courteous and alert as the race driver and keep his car in as good condition, there would not be the heavy traffic fatality toll there is today. A movie taken at the Indianapolis Speedway will be shown before the talk. The National Safety Council has rec- ognized the program by twice present- ing its public service award to Champ- ion Spark Plug Company. “Teaching is a passion. Sarcasm has no place in the classroom because ed- ucational quality depends on the teacher’s attitude,” said Miss Etta Cesner, in her opening talk on “Teach- ing” at Prospective Teacher’s Day. Many senior girls from Assumption at- tended Marycrest College, Nov. 15, while the senior boys attended St. Am- brose College, Nov. 14. Following Miss Cesner’s talk stu- dents visited the Davenport public elementary schools to which they were assigned. In preparation for this day, various schools presented a special class for the visitors. At Taylor School cookies and milk were served and a skit was giv- en. At Harrison a little boy climbed a 15 foot rope in the gym while remark- ing, “I bet you can’t do this!” Some of the prespective teachers had the opportunity to exchange views with a teacher after class. “I’d like to teach one of the lower grades because they adore their teach- er. To them a teacher is all knowing and they trust her and believe with- out question what she teaches them. You can develop their minds more eas- ily when they’re young!” Jenny Walat- ka ’63 enthusiastically exclaims. “If you don’t want to get along in a group of people, and want to crawl off by yourself, teaching is not for you, because teaching is a group project,” said Mr. Roger Berry, principal of Cen- tral high school in his talk to the AHS boys at St. Ambrose College. Following a talk by Mr. Berry and Mr. Clarence Kriesa, admissions direc- tor at St. Ambrose, the boys were tak- en on a tour of the campus, and later to various classes at St. Ambrose. Some of the classes attended were 1) educa- tion taught by Mr. Fox (“This was a terrific class,” commented several of the boys who attended it,” because Mr. Fox spoke so that everyone could un- derstand him.”); 2) history, taught by Fr. John Smith; 3) speech taught by Mr. James Willaert. “Although I feel the day was a suc- cess, one person skipped out,” stated Bob Schwarz ’63. Who was that per- son? — why it was Father Mann!” ON SATURDAY Dec. 29, Miss Ruth Elaine Coulter will wed Mr. Clint Westemeyer, new bookkeeping teacher and coach, in St. Edward’s Church, Chillicothe, 111. Band Pops “I am going to the Assumption Band Pope Concert, ’ announces a tag that many AHS students are wearing. These tags can be purchased from any band member for 50 cents. As well as supplying advertisement for� the concert, the tags, when presented at the door entitle the holder to re- freshments served during the concert. “The music is free. You only pay for the food,” asserts Mr. Carl Paarmann, director. The music will include old favorites as well as some classics. Different sections will be featured in such num- bers as Skin To My Flute, Bugler’s Holiday and clarinet solo Pipe Dream, played by Beverly Weber ’64. 41 REPEAT PERFORMANCE? Last year at the Science Fair Chuck Luther '65 took top honors for his project,“Compar- ison and Testing Hypersonic Configurations.” Eight other students also took honors last year. I his year, according to Fr. W. J. Stratman, only two boys have signed up for pro- jects. How many awards can boys and girls garner if so few sigrfup? KNIGHT BEACON As a beacon in the Sight The Knight Beacon is published eight times a year by students of Assumption high school. The yearly subscription rate is $1.50. PAGE EDITORS Poge 39, Picture Pages 40-41, News ------------------------------------- Joe Nahro Bob Dourer and Marcia Kohler Lee Barta and Mary Ann Pauly Pages 42-43, Editorials Paul DiBlasio and Denise Hoie Pages 44-45, Features ....— George Koenigsaecker and Angie More Pages 46-47, Picture Story ...... Anita Friend. Bob Hill and Richard Smith Pages 48-49, Features .............— Gwen Gaukler and Jerry Schutte Bill Neth -------------------Joe Kehoe and Agnes Mohr Art Sunderbruch — .............. Mike Barry and Joan Berendes Mardi Gaydos --------------- Don Chenoweth, Jim Kellenberger — ....—........................ Mike Schebler Ed Hamerlinck Mike Townsend ---------------Fr. William F. Wiebler Pages 50-51, Sports Pages 52-5?, Features Legal Counsel Advertising Circulation . Liturgy Adviser Printer ________ Gordon Printing Company 42 Why Not Face People? Every First Friday, Fr. Arthur Perry offers Mass at St. Vincent’s School. Although he has offered Mass daily for the Sisters and grade schoolers in the last few years, it wasn’t until this fall that he began offering Mass facing the people. To offer Mass in this manner, Father secured special per- mission (Missa coram populo) from the Bishop. This is the reasonable and logical way of offering the sacrifice of the Mass. In the classroom Father Perry would never turn his desk to the chalkboard and teach class with his back to the students. Just as it is impolite to turn his back on his students, so it is also impolite to turn his back to the people for whom he is offering Mass. Mass said facing the congregation has been profitable for the students and Father Perry, who considers, “The people understand better their share in the priesthood of Christ when the priest faces them and reads directly to them. Many of the children at St. Vincent’s feel that they participate better in the Mass.” The students, too, have remarked about tire impact that Father makes facing them. Jim Abbas ’64, says, The Mass is a very joyful thing; therefore, it should Ire offered in the best viay we knovr how .When the Mass is offered facing the people, the actions of the priest are seen more clearly, re- reminding us that we are offering the Mass.” Jim Panther, brother of John Panther ’64 and Bob Panther 65 adds, “1 think the Mass should be said facing the people more often in schools and parishes because it joins the priest and the people’s offerings.” Tim’s suggestion is applicable at Assumption. During this year s retreat. Mass will be offered in the auditorium .If it rs said in the usual manner, students might apathetically participate; but if it is offered facing the students, there might be greater unity of spirit during the two days. Since Bishop Hayes has been participating in this kind of Mass daily at the Council, we should do no less at AHS. Mike-rophone Parade Down Aisle? by Mike Townsend Remember the homecoming parade? Its attractive girls in new cars added much to homecoming weekend, the most important social event of the year. During this coming retreat, the spiritual highpoint of our year at AHS, maybe we can participate in another “parade.” This parade could be an offertory procession. Each stu- dent could walk up to the sanctuary, place an unconsecrated host in the ciborium and drop some small change into a basket (This is not to “buy” the host, but rather to indicate that we are actually offering part of ourselves.) 1' in!1 v- tw° students could carry our gifts up to the altar. Just as the band struck up a march to accelerate those marching in the parade, we could sing an appropriate offer- tory hymn during the procession. Unlike homecoming, when only a few participated in the parade, the entire student body could take part in this action. It could make retreat more meaningful, for we could actually be participating in it sacramentally. Everbody loves a parade! Let’s try it. Teen Drivers Rate High in Auto Accidents A green car pulls up to a stoplight, the youthful driver selects first gear, then questions the other occupants.“Where to now? You guys want to show at the dance or get sane food? “Naw, let's just drive around. As the light turns the car moves ahead, but a grey vehicle comes up alongside and passes, pulling in just before the next stoplight. Comments are exchanged and with the green light both cars take off, the green trying to overtake the grey. A yellow light flashes on, encouraging words are offer- ed and then it’s red. Despite squealing tires aqd grabbing Will Students Tithe? How much money do you have in your pocket right now? How much of that will be spent on after school snacks and malts? HOW MUCH will be in your en- velope this Sunday at Mass? All through our Catholic schooling we have been taught the importance and responsibility of contrib- uting to our Church. Our parents are participating in the parish tithing program. Yet an Assumption sen- ior who does not contribute gives as an excuse, “I don’t have any money left over by Sunday.” Other students who don’t contribute feel that students with- out jobs should not give each week. One boy voices his opinion, “I think students should contribute to their parish only if they have a job and can afford it.” Even if students do not have jobs, money must be close at hand, as was proven last Oct. 15, when class rings were first announced as on sale. After school that day seniors turned in a total of $3,500. The stu- dents either had their $17 to $20 balance with them at school or went home and immediately secured it. An unannounced pocket emptying ceremony in a senior homeroom of 33 boys brought forth a total of $300, an average of a little better than $9 per boy. Every boy in that homeroom did not work, yet how many could say they contributed at least 40 cents to their parish church every Sunday? Supporting your parish is more than a contribution, it is a duty. One sophomore explains, “I contribute be- cause it is a duty for every Christian; it is a precept of the Church.” Another sophomore girl asserts, “The Church is for everyone and so everyone should help keep it up.” The majority of AHS students interviewed backed up the statement of one sophomore boy, “When I have money over, 1 do contribute.” A small budget and a big sacrifice can do the trick for willing but broke Assumptionites. Why not in- augurate a milk shake (substitute: hamburgers, cokes, French fries) fund? For every shake you buy this week give up two. You’ll probably have after school hunger pangs, but the Church will benefit enorm- ously if every student gives a little, and you’ll feast on the graces of a sacrifice well done! brakes there’s another statistic, or maybe tw:o or maybe 10. What statistics? The statistics that account for high insur- ance rates. First, the driver was one of lO1 million teen-age drivers (15% of the 70 million drivers in this country) and his accident one cf the three million accidents (30% of lOmillion) involving young drivers. Therefore we teenage drivers are involved in twice as many accidents as anyone else, and those accidents will more than likely be serious. Second, last year the 16-25 age group caused about 12:000 traffic deaths, injured one-half million more while their accident resulted in a 1 billion, 500 million dollar damage bill. But look a little deeper into those statistics. The boys had the car but nowhere definite to go; instead of dist regarding the joker who passed them, they fell for his game. This points out a few of the beliefs of local auto-insurance man Mr. “Al Kelly. Too many kids are like the one who with nothing better to do than to just drive around aimlessly. He might have goal intentions when he starts out but sane other fellow may chide him, call him chicken or make a re- mark about his car until he feels he has to “show him. Another problem expressed by Mr. Kelly was the use of snap instead of careful judgement--the teen-age driver thinks too fast for his ability. Experienced drivers have faced a situation many times and can act accordingly, but the less- experienced teen hasn’t and must use more caution. Simil- arly the teen-ager should pay close attention to the driving practices endorsed by professionals. (See page 4j for news story.) Too, the young driver must learn defensive driving-taking it for granted that the other guy is going to make mistakes and being ready for them. So the poor record compiled by teen-agers can be bettered only by themselves, for as Mr. Kelly puts it, “Young fellows are just as good drivers as we are, but they take more chances and don’t realize the full consequences of one moment of misjudgement. DH Pius, AHS Meet ’mid Beer Beatniks Take a six hour car trip, add distin- guished journalism advisors, mix well with the Miller High Life Brewery, fold in a weekend stay at a college dorm, sprinkle in a dash of an espres- so coffee shop and bake at Pius XI high school, Milwaukee, and you’ve developed the weekend the Knight Beacon staff spent in Milwaukee at the National Catholic Press Congress. The Congress, held Nov. 9-11, under the auspices of the Catholic School Press Association revolved around the main topic of ‘The Press; Its Personal and Social Dimension.” James O’Gara, managing editor of The Commonweal, giving a speech Friday evening on ‘The Catholic Journalist and the Tem- poral Order.” emphasized that “a Catholic journalist must first be an ex- cellent journalist” to write successful- ly and forecfully in the modern world. Fourteen members of the KB staff, including two juniors, along with Fr. William F. Wiebler, attended the con- ference. Father Wiebler was one of the five faculty advisors honored at this national conference for his out- standing work in the service of the Catholic educational press. Staffs Confer When the staff arrived in Milwau- kee early Friday afternoon they went directly to Pius where they met the Journal staff and held a discussion on the problems of the respective papers and particularly the coverage of the Ecumenical Council which will be the trial topic between the two schools in February at Assumption. Ann Pscheid, an associate editor of the Journal, summed up the meetings between the staffs as ‘‘a real good chance to get to know you better be- fore the trial,” and Joe Nahra ’63 of AHS felt, ‘There is a sense of com- munication among everyone. We can learn about ourselves from what others have said this past weekend.” But all was not talk and conferences in Milwaukee. Five staff members, Gwen Gaukler, Martha Holm, Mary Ann Pauly, Bob Daurer and Jerry Schutte gained entrance to the Miller High Life Brewery after tour hours and received a special guided tour through the plant, not to mention the free samples of the pride of the brew- ery. Three senior girls -- Denise Hoie, Agnes Mohr and Angie More — spent the weekend with last year’s KB copy editor Barb Niemeyer at a Marquette women’s dormitory, O’Donnell Hall. Barb plans to major in journalism at Marquette. Summing up the experienc- es of dorm life, Angie described the weekend as ‘‘a wonderful opportunity to gain a first hand view of the wild antics and fun of dormitory living.” The rest of the staff stayed in the homes of the Pius students. Saturday the staff attended various workshops on different phases of jour- nalism such as feature writing, photo- graphic etquipment, writing and the Ecumenical Council, a workshop con- ducted by Father Wiebler. A criticism of the Knight Beacon by Professor James Arnold of Marquette highlighted the day for the staff. Beatnik Visit In the evening a party in honor of the Assumption students was held by Pius journalists. Afterwards the entire group went to downtown Milwaukee to the Caffe’ Unique’, an espresso cof- fee shop including oilcloth tablecloths. a folk singer named Liz, espresso cof- fee and crackers ala carte for 35 cents. Sunday a solemn high Mass in Gesu Church with all the conference mem- bers attending was held. Father Wieb- ler preached. Before leaving for home Sunday afternoon the staffs met once again for individual summaries of the highlights of the weekend. Junior John Genzel of AHS felt that ‘‘the most important and most evident point to remember is openmindedness towards all papers, not just the Knight Beacon.” Ann Pscheid, in listing the main ideas gained from discussions be- tween the staffs reminded the students, ‘‘In writing for our papers, we should not have as our main objective the upcoming trial, but we should be try- ing to write for and to reach the stu- dents.” John Zanoni, a popular journalist on the Journal staff, concluded the speech- es with a goodby from his school say- ing, ‘‘Getting to know you was the best way to find out your views, since you can’t judge a person by just one aspect.” An exhausted but happy staff re- turned from Milwaukee resolved on two points; (1) to defeat the Pius XI Journal in the trial in February and (2) to return the hospitality received in Milwaukee. Homemakers Peddle Spicy Products to Hungry Customers Salt and pepper sets in “keepsake” niilk glass jars, mahogany spice racks, oregano flakes and pump-kay extract . these items and many more are being sold by Sr. M. Loretta Cecile’s home economics department. Each year a spice sale is sponsored by the home economics department to raise money for new equipment and materials. For the past two years pro- ceeds have gone toward the purchas- ing of a new dishwasher. The funds for a garbage disposal for the depart- ment, resulted from the ‘spicy’ pro- ject three years ago. The home econo- mics department also helped in ac- quiring the coffee urns for the fac- ulty rooms in both the girls’ and boys’ divisions. So far there are no definite plans for the proceeds of this year’s sale, but Sister feels that this year’s sale “is the best ever.” As an added incentive for the girls selling the spices a prize is being of- fered to the girl with the largest total amount of sales. Diggin in . . . senior Steve Miclot samples a huge plate of spaghetti seasoned with Sr. Mary Loretta Cecile’s spicy sauce. Barb Carlin and Eva Carroll, both ’63, encourage Steve. 44 Bible’s Not Dangerous arranging CHRISTMAS fig- ures for the Sacred Heart Cathedral crib, scripture scho- lar Msgr. T. H. Fee- ney explains St. Luke’s Gospel to Martha Leibold '64 and John Kruse '66. Girls Remodel White House “If I were Jackie Kennedy I’d paint the red room pink and have a silver room since there is a gold room al- ready ... I’d entertain more and have all the latest motion pictures in the projection room in the White House..........” These were just a few of the com- ments heard in the room while Sr. Mary Joanette, BVM, was telling her students about the guide book of the White House Mrs. J. F. Kennedy had recently edited. The topic of Sister’s American His- tory class was not only the White House but also the streets and buildings of the nation’s capitol. Marjorie Murphy ’64 asked why there were circles in the streets a little way from the White House. These circles were designed for the defense of the White House, Sister informed the students. Major L’Enfant designed the city of Washington, explained Sister, but due to great expense his plan was aban- doned after construction had begun. Later Benjamin Banneker, a free, self- taught Negro, finished the job of building the city, using L’Enfant’s plans. An interesting point brought up by Sue King ’64 was that no building in Washington could be taller than the Washington Monument. The reason for this ruling was to insure free view of all buildings in Washington from the monument. To add to the interest of the class, Patty Brafman ’64 showed the class pic- tures of a few points of interest in the capital city, taken on a family vacation. Of particular interest was a picture of the Lincoln Memorial built on a cir- cle just off the banks of the Potomac. Although the girls are not related to the Kennedy’s they’ll be glad to take you on a tour of Washington via photos, books and research. Got Stamps? “King Korn stamps, please!” is the plea of Sr. M. Gilberta, BVM. Sister is sponsoring a stamp drive to obtain a record player for her girls’ Spanish class. The class includes sophomores, jun- iors and seniors who bring in all avail- able stamps for “extra credit.” They will play Sister’s Spanish records for their class work. “When we actually listen to Spanish on a record it is eas- ier to speak it ourselves,” observes Ruth Schlitter ’64. Sister Gilberta’s French class is also helping with the campaign. The French class will use the record player to play records of familiar French songs in their own production of “Sing Along with Sister.” The drive, which began at the be- ginning of the school year, is almost completed, since 9 of the 11 books needed are filled. Contributions may be sent to Sister. “That’s dangerous!! . . . putting a Bible into the hands of every student,” one priest is supposed to have said about Assumption’s new religion course based on Scripture. To find out if it is truly dangerous, two Knight Beacon editors . . . Denise Hoie and Angie More . . . interviewed a scripture scholar, Msgr. T. J. Fee- ney, pastor of Sacred Heart Cathedral, who has written articles on the Dead Sea Scrolls, which figure prominent- ly in recent scripture study. “High school students are capable of handling scripture study with proper direction,” was Monsignor’s opinion of Assumption’s new religion courses. A student might feel that he knows it all if he perseveres through an entire read- ing of the Bible, but Monsignor, who is considered an authoritative scripture scholar, related that because of the num- erous interpretations of passages real Bible experts are rare and far between. Since Assumption students partici- pate in more personal scripture studies, the YCS scripture discussion was eval- uated. ‘The difficulty with this kind of study is its brevity,” explained Mon- signor. How often do YCSers read their scripture discussion at the meetings and evaluate the meaning with the first and last sentences of the passage? This is a common practice of the no-go getters who attend meetings minus preparations. Although this is an in- correct manner to prepare a meeting Monsignor emphasized the value of even a brief perusal of scripture for the benefit of the student. From the smallest classroom in As- sumption to St. Peter’s Basilica illus- trates the scope of scripture. At the Ecumenical Council the Fathers debated on scripture and tradition because of its broadness and impact on the mod- ern Christian world. Scripture and tra- dition have long been a unified subject among Christians until the debatable matters arose at the Council. The final outcome of the debates swung toward the powerful progressive bishops. Although Monsignor’s articles on the Dead Sea Scrolls have been acclaimed for their scholarly effect he could cite no real importance of these articles to students unless “they are really in- terested in the Dead Sea Scrolls!” Monsignor pointed out a new maga- zine, The Bible Today, as a good mag- azine on Scripture that students can understand. “Most of the articles can be understood by average or above- average students,” emphasized Mon- signor. Although the Council is seemingly millions of miles away, students can and do participate in its effects every time they study for a religion class, read the Bible or attend a YCS meet- ing ... all through scripture. 45 BLOSSOMING OUT.. Tom “Lotus Blossom” Duax '64 turns on the Oriental charm in the “Teapot of the August Moon” scene. TILTING HIS HAT... Steve Huyette ’ 65 ends his monologue in true western style. AHS OH LOLLY LOLLY’POP!...pantomines freshmen Mary Wiatt while clasping her huge, sticky, red, all-day sucker. SQUINTING AND BEAMING...Pat I)r 64 surveys the “Teapot of the Augi Moon” cast. Antics “AII-CHOO”... shrills nurse Colleen Doyle '64 to Paul DiBlasio '63 and Tom Synder ’64 as they shiver in “Button Up Your Over- coat” at rehearsal. RESEMBLING BARBER POLES.. Kay Northman ’66. Mary Tawney’65, Cathy Pauli'65. and Rosemary Pauli ’64. make a perfect female Barber Shop Quartet. MOON BOUND...the cast goes into orbit warbling “So Long It’s Been Good to Know You” ON MY HONOR...Bob Motto ’66 looks as if he’s reciting the “Cowboy Code of Conduct” at the Variety show. Wise Men Gamer Honors We three kings of AHS are, Bearing grades that shine like the star. Freshman, sophomore, junior, senior All working very hard. O-oh some are A’s with no B’s: Bruce Borne '63; Patricia Carpenter, Rita Davies, John Genzel, Michael Townsend, Darrell Warta all ’64; James Phelps ’65; and frosh Mary Baranow- ski, Sheila Kane and Thomas Henrichs. Most are A’s sprinkled with B’s: Seniors Barbara Lewis, Denise Hoie, Mar- tha Holm, Angeline More, Mardi Gay- dos, Gwen Gaukler, Patricia Hammond, Mary Ann Soenke, Sally Ann Cogan, Patricia Westphal, Marcia Kohler, Bar- bara Berg. Jean Ehrecke, Kathleen Mc- Dermott, Agnes Mohr, Robert Schwarz, James Kellenberger, Thomas Moore, Joseph Kehoe, Dennis Leese, Michael Flynn, John Molyneaux, Michael Fitz- simmons, Jeffrey Gadient, George Koenigsaecker, Patrick McGreevy, John McMahon, Joseph Nahra and Charles Schmidt. Juniors Janice Adamsky, Phyllis Hart, Jac- kie Bald, Geri Barrett, Barbara Bauer, Ruth Lorence, Susan Mohler, Kathy Barrett, Jerelyn Ryan, Virginia Brie- gel, Julie Joyce, Mary Kealey, Mar- jorie Murphy, Rosemary Pauli, Mary Stanger, Mary Ann Buckwalter, Nan- cy DeJulius, Martha Leibold, Mary C. Motto, Janet Abbas, Mary Coleman, Leah Cox, Margaret Kabel, Mary Mc- Andrews, Carol Miley, Patty Brafman, Ilona Kuehnhackl, Thomas Eischeid, James Logan, Michael Schebler, John Hasenmiller, David Ryder, Joseph Dray, Thomas Bribriesco, Kazi Malis- zewski, Philip Pash, Philip Andrew, Ralph Bawden. Sophomores Mary Ann Hartkop, Barbara Herr- mann, Suzanne Schebler, Barbara De- Zorzi, Michelle Chenoweth, Nancy Nagle, Linda Walz, Patricia Wells, Car- ol Ann Sampson, Karen Berghauer, Mary Kaye Derouin, Mary Gimbel, Barbara Grell, Kathleen Herd, Mary Hogarty, Mary Anne Nelson, Leon DeJulius, Stephen Gadient, Michael Mulvihill, Stephen Murray, Steven Vandyer Horn, Juris Mezinskis, Glenn Davis and Robert Townsend. Freshmen Teresa Reinart, Sheila Shanahan, Margaret Balluff, Mary Anne Fischer, Cathleen Froeschle, Mary Matthys, Patricia Riley, Joyce Glade, Diane Lan- nan, Janet Ruge, Janet Schlitter, Lora Berendes, Elizabeth Brandt, Patricia Furlong, Donna Geisler, Jennifer Hub- bard, Joan McMeans, Mary Ann Miller, Roberta Mullen, John Cepican, Ed- ward Maag, Paul Giguere, Michael Shannon, Ronald Warta, John Adams, Richard Anderson, David Barrett, James Gilroy, William Winn, Mark Cox, Robert Brewer, Douglas Kiehn, Robert Walter and William Davis. College leading, all succeeding. Watch us when we hit the heights.___________________ Starry Eyed . . . Pat Carpenter is joined by the Three Wise Men, fellow straight-A juniors (Mike Townsend, John Genzel and Darrell Warta) as she gets an early start on next quarter. Absentee Rita Davies is out tending to the camels. Absentee Margie Murphy ’64 went to Sr. Mary Ann Esther’s office to get her make-up slip. “How do you feel today?” asked the assistant principal. “Just fine, Sister,” replied Margie. “That’s good. You just missed one day?” “Yes, Sister.” “How about gym?” “Jim???” “Did you miss gym?” “Not really, Sister 11” • • • Whlie practicing for the variety show not long ago, Gary Hunt ’64 was rehearsing a scene in which he was to give an order to “put the goat up there with the kids.” However, Gary unconciously said “put the goat up there with the rest of the kids.” Ba-ha- ha-ha-ha. � • • “Why is this statement true?” ask- ed Fr. Marvin Eldred recently while explaining a principle to one of his freshman algebra classes. “Well,” re- plied Clester Graham '65 thoughtfully, “because it isn’t false.” • • • Before school recently, Bob Matthys ’64 was telling a group of juniors that he saw a man survive a four-stick dy- namite blast at the Chevy Show, put on at the Duck Creek Plaza Shopping Center. No one could figure out how this was done. Overhearing the con- versation, Don Shaw ’64 came up with this logical (?) answer — “Undoubted, ly the man was under the dynamite and thus was not hurt when it was exploded because dynamite always blows-up.” • • • “I’ll bring the matches, Father!” “I’m bringing the evergreens!” “Who’s going to get the ribbon?” Planning a party? No, just junior boys making preparations for an Advent wreath for Fr. Arthur Perry’s religion classes. • • Now the many long hours of work and fun of the Spaghetti Supper are over. The many jobs ranged from mak- ing spaghetti corsages to washing huge tomato caked pots. Although it is over, the memory ling- ers on. Each senior can look forward to the Senior Party when the films on the supper will be shown. In the next issue of the Knight Beacon a picture story will cover the efforts of the com- bined senior class. Variety Show Is No Turkey by the junior boys Variety shows are often comparable to the leftovers in a refrigerator . . . a little of this and a dab of that. Put them all together and you have hash. Not so with the Nov. 20 Assumption Variety Show which featured a variety of acts created and performed by tal- ented AHS students. Their dashes and bits provided a substantial bill of fare equivalent to a six course Thanksgiv- ing dinner. The appetizer was the song “Mich- ael,” sung by junior Tom Snyder and seniors George Koenigsaecker and Paul DiBlasio. The audience considered their performance superb, as indicated by the applause. Salad Next the salad was served. Cheryl Kelsey '64 twirled her baton to “The Baby Elephant Walk.” This, just like a salad should be, wasn’t very filling, but did enhance the rest of the meal. The main course of the evening was “Teapot of the August Moon” steak, seasoned with juniors. Pat Dray, Don Shaw, Mike Brown, Gary Hunt, Col- leen Dunn, Tom Duax and company added A spicy tang. Pat Dray, as Sakini, presented a convincing Okinawan ac- cent which was humorous and appeal- ing. The cranberries of the meal will re- main anonymous to protect the guilty. Two separate servings of vegetables delighted the audience. Mary Louise Schwarz ’64 changed pace with her piano composition of “Maria” from the hit show West Side Story. Jo Luther and Joe Nahra both ’63 presented their respective interpretations in ballet and on the piano of the “Swedish Rhap- sody.” Neither act was “corny.” Beverage A new beverage was introduced to take the place of the Green River. Called the “Moon River,” and served by sen- iors Mike Barry and Joe Nahra, it quenched the audience’s thirst for real talent. Furnishing the dessert for the eve- ning were two separate instrumental groups. Juniors Dave Votroubek, Bob Matthys and senior Bill Donohoo caught the audience’s beat with their fast moving arrangement. Chuck Luther ’65 and Dick Collignon ’66 performed an excellent version of “Ghost Riders in the Sky that served as an alternate dessert. The student cast affirmed that much credit is due to Master chefs Sr. Mary Joanette, BVM, and Sr. Mary John Therese, BVM, who supervised this Thanksgiving feast. Angie More Jerry Schutte I Assoc' «te Kditors of the Knight deacon 321 E. 15th Street Davenport, Iowa J • S • A • Editors Correspond Recently, senior editors Angie More and Jerry Schutte received a letter from Bishop Ralph L. Hayes in Rome. The content of his reply is as follows: Dear Editors: . . In a sense there are no non- Catholic delegates — there are non- Catholic observers. They are admitted to all the general sessions of the Coun- cil, but take no active part. The Fath- ers of the Council have no contact with them. A special secretariate meets with them, and I feel certain that a true spirit of co-operation is present at all times. The Holy Father received them in special audience and addressed them in a truly fatherly manner. The press coverage has been ample and as a rule fair — some few journal- ists have resorted to their imagination and have hazarded unfounded guesses, but the press has been adequate and fair. There are many bishops from Po- land and Jugo-Slavia, and they are as active in the Council as all other groups of bishops. The Holy Father has re- ceived these bishops from Communist- controlled countries in special aud- ience. So far the only subject considered in the General sessions has been that of Liturgy. This is a matter of great importance. It has been discussed for more than a week, and will last for some time. The bishops attend every session un- less excused by reason of sickness. Your own bishop is happy to report that he has not missed a session. The sessions begin at 9 o’clock with Mass- es and last from three to four hours. Any bishop may address the Coun- cil — for the sake of order he is required to submit three days in ad- vance the subject and the text of his talk which is given in Latin. He is not permitted to speak more than ten minutes and usually speaks for a briefer period. Microphones — per- haps 12 in number — are strategical- ly located and each section has its own loud speaker. The reception is excel- lent. I am pleased to learn of the interest manifested by the students of Assump- -JtJ tion high school — especially the spir- itual and penitential co-operation, and 1 send my best wishes and my blessing to all of the students. Bishop R. L. Hayes Latin Lives Again as Scholars Struggle “The dead are rising again!!!” A new horror show? No, just a new wide- spread interest and study of Latin, The “dead” language, by numerous Assump- tion students. They are using it as ef- fectively as the Council Fathers. This fact can be attested to by the boys’ new Latin staff: Fathers Charles Mann, Arthur Perry, Gerald Kraus, Raymond Schwank and Louis Mulli- gan. The instructors in the girls’ divi- sion are Sr. M. Gabriella, and Sr. M. Ambrosina, BVM. Fr. Charles Mann, assistant princi- pal, instructs junior and senior Latin classes, while his former post as fresh- men-sophomore instructor is divided among the four other teachers. Father Mulligan is leading a double life, both as a parish assistant at St. Mary’s Church and Latin proctor. Along with senior religion, Father Schwank teaches one section of fresh- men Latin. Familiar faces to Assumptionites, Father Perry and Father Kraus are now instructing the class of '66 in the basic rudiments of the language. Both priests admit it was necessary to take a hasty fefresher course before school opened. Trying to make Latin live has been the purpose of Sister Gabriella. Sister joined Assumption’s staff last year and now has taken almost complete responsibility for the girls’ Latin de- partment. She is aided by Sister Am- brosina. With so many students studying Lat- in this year, the battle cry of the in- structors is quickly becoming “the dead shall rise again!!” 49 Frosh Double Opponents In Score Victories over Muscatine West and North Scott enabled the Assumption freshmen to compile a 4-1 season rec- ord. Fullback Greg Anderson led the scoring attack with two touchdowns as AHS downed Muscatine West 21-0. Halfback Jack Peacock scored the fin- al touchdown in the third quarter for the frosh Knights. Three successful conversions, two by Anderson and one by Rich Rodriquez gave Assumption their 21-0 margin. The freshmen closed out their sea- son against North Scott overpower- ing the Lancers 26-18. Anderson again paced the Frosh Knights with three touchdowns on jaunts of 40 and 50 yards, plus an 80-yard kickoff re- turn. Season totals showed Assumption scoring a total of 100 points while holding the opposition to 52. Greg Anderson led the scoring column with 10 touchdowns and 6 extra points for a 66 point total. ‘‘Using a flanker back T-formation gave us a high scoring offense,” com- mented Frosh Coach Fr. Arthur Per- ry. Father stated that although their running attack was predominant, the passing combination of quarterback Jim Dockery to ends Dave Barrett and Dave McAndrews gave them an added passing threat. “The speed and running of Ander- , son and Pat Stolmeier, plus the line play of Dave Barrett and Jim Burke,” Father stressed, “were predominant in our successful season.” Freshman managers were Pat Gan- non and Jim Murphy. Freshmen Triumph “We’ll have a team that will rep- resent Assumption well this year,” as- serts Coach Gary Simoens as he eval- uates his freshman team. “We have plenty of height; the kids are easy to coach; and we have more than enough desire,” he adds. G. Anderson, D. Barrett, D. Lade- hoff, D. Schissel and R. Hawley start- ed the opener with Alleman Dec. 3. Assumption took the encounter 53-44. Anderson and Barrett paced the Frosh with 12 and 9 points respectively. Del Ladehoff came up with 8 and reserves Mike Ryan and John Peacock each pitched in 6 points. Other squad members include B. Sunderbruch, M. Dockery, T. Hend- richs, B. Walter, R. Wiebler, M. Far- ley, T. Fennell, A. Brafman, G. Mock, T. Haase and T. Huot. Sportlite by Joe Kehoe Congratulations 1 9 6 2 Assumption football team! Even though every game wasn’t won, at least you proved that you were gentlemen. Never once were you a discredit to your school or to your parents. This is much more im- portant than winning every encount- er, for in later life people won’t eulog- ize you for the tackles you made or the touchdowns you scored. Rather, they will respect you for being gentle- men, even in the most trying situations. • • Besides being elected co-captains of this year’s grid squad, Jack Hogan '63, a guard, and Denny Miller ’63, a half- back, were also honored as second team choices on the Morning Democrat’s All Quad City Football Team; and Hogan was cited special mention in the All- State balloting. These two were As- sumption’s little tykes, each weighing less than 150 pounds. However, they managed to sparkle as bright as some of the area behemouths. • • • For those of you who want to play college football, just ask Karl Noonan ’62 what to expect. “In high school, I would get hit hard once or twice a game, but at Iowa, where the players are bigger, stronger and faster, I’ve become accustomed to being cracked hard every time,” Karl says. Incident- ally, according to the coaching staff at Iowa, Karl is one of the four best end prospects on the freshman team. Maybe there will be a Knight, as well as a bevy of Hawkeyes, performing on the gridirons of the Mid-West on some future autumn Saturday. • Stan Maliszewski, a tackle here last year, is a first team tackle on the fresh- men team at Princeton. His team has lost only one game, and Stan missed that one because of sickness. Obvious- ly Stan is doing all right. However, I’ve heard that he’s having one prob- lem. It seems as though he’s not get- ting enough to eat. • • Congratulations to the Central grid team on their State Championship and Mississippi Valley Title. I am sure that since Assumption didn’t quite make it, all the Knights are pleased to see their crosstown neighbors in the limelight. • • • On behalf of the football team, I would like to thank the Boosters’ Club for their sponsorship of the Awards Knight, Nov., 18. Special con- gradulations are in order for Dave “William Jennings Bryan” SGhlitter for the manner in which he handled the master of ceremonies task. 50 E-6 Cops Win Junior homeroom E-6, led by captain Jill Schroeder, defeated the D-3 fresh- men 37-20, to gain the girls’ volleyball championship. Janet Ruge ’66 captain- ed D-3. Janet Benson ’63, one of the two vol- leyball sportheads, commented, “Fresh- men and sophomores had surprisingly good teams this year. Although they did not win the tournament they ran a close second.” Carol Lewandowski ’65 also serves as a sporthead in volley- ball. Third place went to the E-5 seniors for defeating D-6 sophomores. The sen- ior winners are captained by Jean Saunders, while Lynn Hamann heads D-6. The sophomores won the right to face E-5 by beating D-l in a playoff. Preliminary games were played in each division which decided their champion. Girls’ physical education instructor Mrs. Gene Young stated that in the first year of volleyball intramurals, 1959- 60, only 105 girls participated. Comparatively, a total of 247 of the 306 GRA members competed this year. With volleyball completed, shuffle- board tournaments began on Nov. 20 and will continue until Dec. 13. Nancy DeJulius ’64, shuffleboard sporthead states, 'There will be 37 girls participating in this year’s tour- nament, which is the first one since 1960- 61. Immediately following shuffleboard. badminton tournaments are scheduled. Pat Carpenter ’64, badminton sport- head relates, “As sportheads we are in charge of setting up tournaments ac- cording to divisions.” Scheduling is done with the assistance of a faculty advisor. Little Knights Lose With a 0-2 record Coach Tom Sunder- bruch’s sophomore Cagers will meet the sophomores from North Scott to- night, Dec. 11.(They played Muscatine Friday.) Assumption’s opener against East Moline saw the Panthers grab a 49-25 victory. Forwards Joe Kellenberger and Bob Townsend led the Sophs’ scoring attack with eight and five points respectively. The Little Knights Kinghts connected on 10 of 38 field goals attempts for 26%. Wahlert’s Little Eagles led by Steve Jurgens with 12 points downed AHS 52-38 at Dubuque. Behind 29-17 at the half, the Little Knights came back v:ith 21 points in the final two quart- ers but failed to stop the Walhert surge. Center Brandon Beaudry con- nected for 10 points, while guard Jim Cawley dropped in four field goals for eight points, in the loss. The Little Knights sank 10 of 49 field goal attempts for 28.5%. Panthers, Eagles Nip Knight Cagers Youth and inexperience have been the Knights’ major opponents so far this season. Tonight the Knights take on North Scott at Assumption. Terry Carsten and Don Johnson are the only two return- ees with much experience for North Scott. On Friday, the roundballers will travel to Keokuk for a Little Six Con- ference tilt. Dec. 19 the Knights will take a trip from conference play when they battle the Alleman Pioneers. Alleman is be- ing paced by Tim Powers, 6’ 8”, the leading scorer in the Quad Cities last year. The Knights play Ottumwa, Dec. 22, for their last game before the Christ- mas vacation. They resume action Jan. 4 at Burlington. The following evening the Knights will host Keokuk. On Jan. 9, the Knights will take on Bettendorf in a game that is usually a “barn burn- er.” The Bulldogs will be out to avenge their two losses to the Knights last year. Presently the Bulldogs are being Grid Wrap-up Baker Bites Knights A win, several losses and two ties summarize the 1962 football campaign. To complete the season, the Knights journeyed to Burlington Nov. 2 and then returned to Davenport to face Campion. Burlington Tony Baker, Burlington’s fleet-foot- ed 205 fullback, scored 6 touchdowns as Assumption fell to the Greyhounds 53-19. The Knights’ first score came in the middle of the second quarter when Denny Miller ’63 scored from the two. John Burke ’63 scored next for the Knights on a one yard sneak, follow- ing a 68 yard drive in the fourth per- iod. Sophomore quarterback Steve Huyette and Dick Braun ’63 collabor- ated on a 25 yard pass play for the last Assumption tally. Campion Assumption and Campion, then a highly rated team in Wisconsin, slug- ged it out on even terms for three quarters before Campion exploded for three touchdowns in the final period to ruin Assumption’s finale 24-0. Campion scored its first touchdown in the waning minutes of the first quar- ter before buckling down to a tough defensive encounter with their host for 2% quarters. Then Campion broke loose and scored three insurance touch- downs. All together, the Knights had the ball four times inside the ten yard line, but ran into a tough Campion defense each time. led by Hugh Stoll, who measures out to a tall 6’ 5”. Muscatine will provide action for the Knights Jan. 18 in the Muskie’s gym. The Falcons of West will meet As- sumption Jan. 19 for their only en- counter this year. Senior Tom Pohl- man and sophomore Scott Lund are pacing the Falcons. In the opening game, the Knights ran up against a veteran squad from East Moline. With the aid of a torrid second quarter, the Panthers were able to pull away to a 39-30 halftime lead. The Knights weren’t able to recover enough in the next half and went down to de- feat 75-62. Steve Tullis paced the Knights with 20 points, his top career total. John Loihl added 14, and Jim Kellenberger 12. A big 20 point splurge in the sec- ond quarter, snapping a 12-12 first quarter deadlock, allowed Wahlert to pull away from Assumption on the way to a 64-47 victory. Inexperience was a major part of the defeat. Jim Kel- lenberger scored 12 points to pace the Knights. Wrestlers Switch into High Head coach Kay Ambrose believes that this will be primarily a building year. “We have a number of exper- ienced wrestlers this year, but they are all bunched around the same weight,” exclaims Mr. Ambrose. Some of the senior lettermen include Jack Hogan, Tom Fennelly, A1 Leh- man, Mark Wall, Don Chenoweth, Jim Howes, Rich Smith, Harlan Fournier, Tim Wilson and Mike Colbrese. Juniors who won varsity awards last year are Tom Murray, Tony Corsiglia, Pete Beil- stein, and Jack Schroeder. Soph Jerry Imming also lettered last year. The grapplers opened the season Nov. 24 against Central, West and Bet- tendorf in ihe Quadrangular at Betten- dorf. The Knights finished fourth in thsi particular meet. The following Thursday they enter- tained Muscatine, which handed the Knights their first reversal 27-17. Jim Dorr at 127, 138 pound Tom Murray, 145 pound Jack Hogan and Mike Col- brese who wrestled at 165, all picked up decisions for the Knights. Richard Smith pinned his opponent to account for five of the 17 points scored by Assumption. The Knights placed seventh in com- petition with West, Central, Rock Is- land, Moline, Alleman, East Moline and Bettendorf at the Davenport Central Invitational Dec. 1. 51 Mademoiselle Gets French Dolls, a doll house, pictures, records and tapes are just a few of the means employed by Sr. M. St. Gilberta BVM in teaching French. ‘The method which we are using this year,” said Sister, “is the intui- tive method which makes use of the laws of learning: association, intui- tion, imitation and repetition. Our principle aim is to learn to express ourselves orally in conversation.” Until her transfer to Assumption this fall, Sister taught at Blanchet High School, Seattle, Washington, where she taught four classes of French each day. When Sister was sent here it was decided that she would teach Assump- tion’s much desired girls’ French class. This class was never possible before because of the lack of a capable teach- er. Visual Aids In the past Sister has used many visual aids for the junior girls taking French beginning with pictures from magazines the class had to bring, min- iature loaves of bread, candy bars and apples used as illustrations for their French names, dolls and a doll house, such as those set up in E-7, records of French songs and Christmas carols and the textbooks itself (printed origi- nally for the Sorbonne in Paris and the University of Seattle). In the future Sister also hopes to use a tape recording of French, so that the girls may repeat the words after the recording; to teach them to play Scrabble and Twenty Questions in French; and to have a project in which the students will dress large dolls in traditional French costumes. Next Year Next year Sister would like to be- gin more classes and eventually offer a course in French to the boys, some- thing she considers a real challenge. The feeling of the 29 girls now tak- ing French is unanimous. Sharon Molyneaux ’64 states, “I didn’t like it very well when I first began. Now though, it’s one of my favorite courses. The new method of teaching really helps you to think in French.” Classmate Nancy DeJulius asserts. I especially like the way that French is taught. It’s a lot easier to learn and the use of real articles makes a language more vivid.” “I enjoy French because of my French ancestry. Since my father speaks French I would also like to speak it. Besides, I think French is by far the loveliest language in the world,” concludes junior Mary Griggs. AM) I WANT a new train set. a gun and holster and two frmt teeth ex- plains senior Mark Wall to Santa Bruce Cusack '63 about his Christmas gifts. Both boys are employed at Eagle's; Mark wears the apron, Bruce is the fat man with a beard. Biologists Bring Onions “Don’t forget to bring your onion to class tomorrow,” called Sr. M. Mil- dred Ann, BVM, to her sixth period biology class as the 1:29 bell rang. By staining the onion skin with io- dine, soph biologists will be able to get a better microscopic view of the nucleus of the cell. Approximately 200 girls and boys are currently engaged in this study of science. “Being the basis of all life, the cell is fhe manufacturer of all products,” explains Sister to her class. With the help of a new projector, she can eas- ily focus a giant picture of a cell on the wall and, while tracing the dif- ferent parts of the cell, can more clear- ly define activities. Boy biologists, under the instruction of Sr. Claire Marie, CHM, are study- ing the cell in regard to plant life, specifically the root. Sister has ex- plained the function of the root of the conductor of nourishment and anchor- age. She has outlined the different systems of the root and the advantages of each. Now the boys can discuss the structure of the root, using terms such as epidermis, cortex, endodermis and pericycle. Sister gave an assignment of bean growing to illustrate the text current- ly being studied. It helped the students actually see the structure and functions of each living organ. “Now we know what they are!” exclaimed formerly bewildered Chuck Luther ’65. Fellow soph John Dunn concluded, “If at first 52 you don’t succeed .... maybe they’ll let you out at the semester!” Wins Trophy GM Honors Soph Have you ever flown by jet to De- troit, lived there like a king for one week and stayed in a plush hotel, all for only $6.80? Bill Schaeffer ’65 did le :t summer, and came home with a $3,000 college scholarship besides. Bill’s third place entry in a nation- al model car building contest con- sumed 450 man hours but cost him on- ly $6.80. With assistance from his fath- er, Bill designed and assembled the bright red model car in his basement, using principles he had learned in Father Conrad’s mechanical drawing class. I never figured on winning,” ex- claimed Bill. “The fins broke 12 times,” he explained referring to the times he almost gave up. “The dream of a lifetime” is the way Bill describes his visit to Detroit. As a guest of General Motors, he was al- lowed to buy anything he wished and simply say, “charge it to GM.” Always on the move, he attended a Detroit Tigers - Cleveland Indian baseball game, a festival in Canada and a tour of an automotive assembly plant during his “absolutely free” vacation. Public Students Comment on Council Concerning the possibility of relig- ious unity, Sandra believes that if all religions were united there would be that extra hope (that President Ken- nedy stated in his letter to the Pope before the opening of the Council) for world peace. Barry Bartlett is another West stu- dent who is aware of the Ecumenical Council. (Barry is the editor of the West yearbook, the Shaheen.) He stat- ed that he had learned of the Council from the daily newspaper. Barry be- lieves the purpose of the Council is to drill into various facets of the Cath- olic Church and its functioning. “As a member of the Church of Jes- us Christ of the Latter Day Saints, I do not believe the Council will have any effect on my Church,” he com- mented. Barry stated that the Council has not been mentioned in his Church services but references have been made regard- ing differences between his religion and Catholicism. Concerning the effect of unity on world peace he sees that it would make for a common trust among nations. Cheerleader and Central Homecom- ing Queen Susan Fries remarked that she has heard the Council infrequent- ly mentioned, but not in church. She believes that the Pope’s motive in call- ing the Council was to revise and mod- ernize the Catholic Church. Sue, an Episcopalian, thinks the Council is a step toward unification of all sects. However, she doesn’t know whether or not the Episcopal Church sent any delegates. Susan feels that the Ecumen- ical Council is as much a step toward SOPHS Mary Atkinson and George Mitchell brighten up (he Autumn Antics... BEVERLY WEBER '64 and soph Pat O'Brien live it up at the Autumn Antics. Have you ever asked your non- Catholic friends about it? You might be surprised but non-Catholics (in- cluding West and Central students) do know about the Ecumenical Council. Such an example is Sandra Schwarz '63, West High Falcon Day’s Queen. It would not be stretching the truth to say she knows as much, if not more, than many Assumption students. “I first heard of the Council in the daily newspaper,” Sandy stated. She related that the Council was also discussed in her Current Events class. However, it has not been mentioned in her Methodist services. “It is my understanding,” she stated, “that the Council is a meeting of the cardinals and officials of the Catholic Church.” world peace as anything else people are doing. Jed Morris has read about the Coun- cil in various magazines and often dis- cusses it at home, but said that it wasn’t mentioned in the Episcopal Church which he attends. Jed, the pres- ident of the Central Journalism club, doesn’t know whether or not his Church has sent any delegates, but believes that the Council will have a long range unifying effect on all religions. As for the motives for the Council, Jed feels that it was called to unite the Chris- tian world. It may add harmony and unity to the free nations, but it won’t mean much to the Russians, added Jed. Troubled? Ferns Pursue Nat. Problems Problems, problems, problems. Ev- erybody’s got them. But Sr. M. Joan- ette, BVM has more than her share in her National Problems class. A class exclusive to senior girls. Na- tional Problems deals mainly with current events and the background to world situations. In addition to their regular textbook, each girl subscribes to Newsweek. This weekly magazine provides a major part of the material for the class. One of the more pressing problems the seniors dealt with was the work- ing conditions of the AHS faculty. “Poor Sister has to stand six hours a day,” sympathized Eileen Koestner. The only solution was a “turn-about” day. As soon as class began, each girl stood, and Sister Joanette took her place in a comfortable chair. After ten grueling minutes of fidgeting, slouch- ing and leaning, they gave up and re- turned to their seats. “Next time we’ll try something eas- ier, like the Cuban crisis,” asserted Mary Ann Pauly. Besides the normal classwork, there are many “discussions,” which solve most of the world problems. “If only women could run the world,” quips Agnes Mohr. For ex- ample, “straw votes” correctly pre- dicted Brown’s victory over Nixon (28-5). However, when both candi- dates were as handsome as Kennedy and Lodge, the girls just couldn’t de- cide. (In this vote, everyone “abstain- ed”) In another vote, it was unanimously agreed, that because of this cla$s, the girls rather than the boys are “much more aware of current problems and their causes.” (Obviously, only the girls voted!) 53 The Syndicate-Hub The Quad Cities finest Young Men’s Store High School College Shop THIRD FLOOR :Jr Designed and operated exclusively for the Young Man The Syndicate-Hub Davenport 222 W. 2nd FOR ROUGH WEATHER ON LAND OR SEA! Frigate Coat Here’s the lowdown on the No. I coat of the year! Tailored by famous H.I.S. in a 32 oz. wool Melton, the 40 ’’ Frigate had a double-lined yoke, leather toggles and wood buttons. Get with it, mates, it's the one coat that copes with any weather... and it can be yours for very little do-re-me. 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The KNIGHT BEACON will seek to avenge their defeat of last year, by the Milwaukee PIUS XI JOURNAL. Seniors Don Chenoweth and Jim Kellenberger have been appointed KNIGHT BEACON lawyers. Both ob- serve staff meetings; while Don also attended the November meeting with Pius. Jim is preparing the defense of the KNIGHT BEACON, showing that it was more successful then the JOURNAL in presenting the Council. As prosecuting attorney for the BEACON Don will attempt to show that the JOURNAL did not better pre- sent the Council. The executive editor of the WALL STREET JOURNAL'S Newspaper Fund, Inc., Mr. Paul Swensson, has consented to act as judge. Mr. Swens- son is nationally known for his inter- est in establishing effective journal- ism education programs on the high school levels. He has expressed his interest in viewing this unique method of reaching high school read- ers. The jury will again be composed of Catholic high school editors from the surrounding area. This year the trial will be an eve- ning event open to juniors, seniors, and friends of Assumption. Tickets may be obtained from junior and senior journalists and at the door. Adults may enter for 50$, students 25$. Preparation for the KNIGHT BEACON trial began this past sum- mer, Sister Mary Contardo, OSF, ad- visor to the JOURNAL and Fr. William F. Wiebler met and decided on competition based on coverage of the Ecumenical Council. In the September issue, such arti- cles as Bishop Hayes' departure, the editorial on the opening Mass, and Msgr. Conway's interview were in- cluded to show the student body the council and their part in it. In order to bring more depth to Council articles. Father Wiebler formed a YCS group of 10 staff mem- bers to discuss possible articles. Through discussion of the social in- quiry, ideas for such articles as Mr. Paul Suens son Extras Keep AHS in Diocesan Spot- light and Who Golfs, Hikes, Reads, Watches Birds? were obtained. We varied our articles to get stud- ent interest, as well as to inform the the student body concerning the Council, relates KNIGHT BEACON co-editor Denise Hoie '63. Denise cites, Such articles as 4 Public Students Comment on Council' and the ‘Editors Correspond gave the student body information not likely obtainable at other sources! Cite Senior Honor Society treasurer, active member of YCS and (IRA, captain of cheerleaders and now Student Council Choice, is senior Mary Ann Socnke. ‘‘Mary Ann is a fine girl and deserves this honor, as she is one of the unsung heroes who does so much for Assumption and yet goes by unnoticed, states Sr. Mary Ann Esther, BVM. As an honor student, Mary Ann states that she must work for those A's. Although sometimes she is not in the mood to study she knows that, ‘‘....studying is some- thing that must be done, and done well. Mary Ann spends about three hours a night in her room doing just that-studying! ‘‘A student’s primary purpose is to realize his ability and set his goal for the best he can do. Although you are in school to study, this is the time to develop con- geniality, personality and character, comments the winsome senior who, paint brush in hand, helped sketch the grapevine for the Spaghetti Dinner. Mary nn would like to see more support in such school functions as the Spaghetti Supper, Variety Show, Christmas Choral Concert and the School play. “These are a part of our school too. The games are not the only facet of School Spirit, she concluded. Press Month In honor of Catholic Press Month and to emphasize the importance of the Ecumenical Council, Bishop Ralph L. Hayes will speak to the Assumption student body Wednesday morning, Feb. 6 at 9:20. After being introduced by Paul DiBlasio'63, co-editor of the KNIGHT BEACON, the Bishop will tell of his experiences at the Council. Immediately following the speech the junior journalism class will inter- view the Bishop before the student body. The journalists will base their questions on their Ecumenical Coun- cil files which they have been com- piling throughout the past semester. These files contain clippings and various other sources of information on the Council. Denise Hoie '63, co-editor of the KNIGHT BEACON, will serve as moderator of the dis- cussion. Barb Garners A’s Modern machines can make mis- takes. This was proven last quarter after the quarter grades and honor roll were compiled. Barbara Herrmann, a straight A sophomore was only given credit on second honor roll. This was pub- lished in the KNIGHT BEACON after being compiled mechanically and, for once, erroneously. 61 Das typenmachine is nicht for gefingerpoken und mitten- grabben. Is easy schnappen der springerwerk, blownfusen, und poppencorken mit spitzsparken. 1st nicht fur gewerken- by das dumkopfen. Das rubbemecken sightseeren keepen hands in das pockets—relaxen und watch das blinkenpaper. VARITYPER OPERATOR, Rita Holzner ’64 is busy typing proof copy for the KNIGHT BEACON. The above sign was placed near the Varityper by Bob Dauer ’63 to warn students to keep their hands off. Girls Merit Acclaim RITA PECKS AWAY ...at the Varityper to produce the copy in this issue. Grapes, Garlic Aid Seniors High-jumping grape crushers, a strolling accordian player and Italian spahgetti (Assumption style) set the stage for the annual Senior Spahgetti Dinner, held Sunday. Dec. 9. The AHS cafeteria was transformed into a scene from sunny Italy through the capable hands of the Decoration Chairman Martha Holm. Grapevines covering the windows, barefoot girls crushing “grapes” to the swinging beat of John Reynold’s accordian and a sidewalk cafe completed the Italian theme. Although the dinner officially began at 3:30 pm. the preparations had begun long before. Publicity chairmen Denise Hoie, Jo Luther, and Paul DiBlasio were at work advertising. Articles ap- peared in the Knight Beacon, an- nouncements were placed in parish church bulletins, a mural was hung in the cafeteria and posters were “every- where you looked.” Faculty advisors Fr. Marvin Eldred and Sr. Eustella, BVM. and chairman for the girls’ side, Mary Ann Soenke. established a total of 18 committees, ranging from the “Bread Committee” headed by John Burke to “Sanitation Engineer” with Dave Friend as chair- man. Seniors flocked to the school early Sunday to make final preparations for their class project, but the dinner was not over for the class of’63 at 7:30pm; all the seniors were members of the “Rehabilitation Committee.” Mrs. Richard Leese, mother of Dennis ’63 was quite impressed by the friend- liness of the seniors and their desire to serve the 1800 patrons. Junior Phil Pash thought “The serv- ings were plenty large and that garlic bread went down easy.” Others like Gary Thompson ’65 com- mented on the orginal idea of having girls crushing grapes. Some even be- lieved there was wine in the vat. Pat Condon, student at St. .Vincents, was equally impressed by the music from the cafe, and hoped that when he becomes a senior he can participate in such an activity. Bill Helmel ’63 probably best sum- med up the attitude of the seniors when he said. “The project gave us the chance to be united and do some- thing worthwhile for our school.” “We're particularly happy since George is a native of Davenport and an Assumption graduate. This should dispel the oft-mentioned observation that we don’t get the best from Assumption, said Fr. John Smith, St. Ambrose College faculty member, of George Moelenoff '59. Father Smith was referring to a national law test in which George recently scored 655 points. This score put the AHS grad in the 95th percentile of the 100,000 who have taken the test in the last five years. 62 Girls in typing and shorthand classes are making their education pay before they graduate. Under the direction of Sr. M. St. Monica. BVM, the girls have been busy participating in numerous contests. Seniors Janet Benson and Katherine Nicotera and Karen Borgonjon '64 won Sheaffer ballpoint pens from the W. A. Sheaffer Pen Company for writing the best business letters in their respec- tive business education classes. Sue Stoops and Doris Leibold '63 and Sue Jager '64 were the winners of the ring binder, composition paper, plastic index labels, a pad of letter- heads and National 500 Shorthand Notebooks. Anticipating future awards the busi- ness department is currently entered in other contests. Last Dec. 4 the shorthand class began working on the International Shorthand Contest. Last year AHS won third place. The class is also in the Dictation Discs Contest which offers four dictation shorthand records as prizes, as well as a gold medal to the student making the most progress before April 15. The typing class is also working towards medals for their class in regional and national contests and a chance for a trip to Sweden in the International Contest. Dr. Matthew McMahon of St. Ambrose College affirmed that this is one of the highest scores in the school's history. George commented that reading made the difference. Assumption's future lawyer is majoring in politics and has hours beyond the requirement for a minor in history. While at Assumption he was an assistant defense attorney in the first annual KNIGHT BEACON trial. Currently he is the business manager of the AMBROSIAN NEWS. Grad Joins Law Students Discrimination Outscores Touchdowns With 20 seconds remaining in the deadlock champion- ship game, a swift Negro halfback spurts into the clear and snatches the quarterback’s hard, spiraling aerial. Loyal alumni cheer. A kid from the other side of the tracks has scored. After the final gun, as the president of a local in- dustry, his wife and another couple amble out of the stadium, he is heard to remark, “Boy, that colored boy can really run, can’t he? He should be All Conference or maybe even All State. Where would the team have without him this year?” A restaurant owner in the crowd adds, “Sure, but what about the block the fullback threw? My gosh, he nearly cut their lineman in half.” Scores of other such remarks are exchanged. The grade schoolers who have seen the game walk away starry-eyed. Quips such as, “Boy Tommy, some day I’m gonna run for a touchdown just like that halfback did,” are exchanged. Soon, however, football season is forgotten, basket- ball season is over and the trackmen and baseball players have hung up their spikes. School is out and the students are seeking summer jobs. The Negro half- back and countless other colored people are no ex- ception. However, it will be much more difficult for them. The president will probably turn away the halfback whom he eulogized to the sky a few short months ago. He thinks Negroes, Indians, Puerto Ricans and Mexicans are desirable only when clad in shoulder pads, basket- ball shoes or track spikes. He is a leader of men, You Wanna Trade? “I don't feel like going to school today, my stomach hurts. But Ma, I've got a cold. These are common re- marks of the average high school student, who invariably detests school. There is a freshman, however, who would be glad to go to school or trade places with anyone who would. A broken leg, a fractured wrist, and paralysis from the chest down due to serious spinal damage...describe the condition of Don Ehrecke 66. Don received these injuries on Nov. 6, when he and his junior brother Jerry were in an automobile accident on their way home fran school. Their car spun out of control, skidded 80 feet on the loose gravel and rolled over several times, finally coming to rest in a ditch, Don was thrown from the vehicle in the course of these events. Both boys were immediately taken to Mercy Hospital, where Don was given five pints of blood and spent four hours in an emergency operation. Jerry was treated for head lacerations and after a thorough examination, was released the next day. Since the accident Don has been in Mercy Hospital. The paralysis has remained the same; the doctors say it could move up or down his body and hope it will move down. When he is released frun Mercy Hospital, he will be taken to Des M tines for additional treatment. Jerry returned to school a week later. He feels he is lucky to be alive and has learned that when you read about accidents, if you think it could never happen to you, you're kidding your- self. It can happen to you or anyone-I learned'that the hard way! If there is anyone who wishes to exchange places with Don, he will be more than willing to trade. white men that is! The restaurant owner will most likely refuse to serve the hard-blocking fullback, or for that matter, any other person who doesn't have the same skin coloring or features as he does. After all, they are just dumb athletes. He is blind to the fact that their money is made by the same government and achieved by a cer- tain amount of hard work. Why is it that in America, a land of opportunity and the highest literacy rate in the world, some citizens are treated as though they didn’t belong. If they pay taxes in America; if they are susceptible to the draft; if they take pride in their country, shouldn't they be allowed the same basic rights as those of the white people? JK KNIGHT BEACON As a Beat on 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. (UJ ASSEMBLY - OAKRID6E INSTITUTE OF nuclear sruoy £ CATHOLIC PRESS A55EMBLY H.5. 5PELLJW Tee swce KNIGHT RI 63 Pictures Captivate You’re pretty smart if you’re reading this article! Only an intelligent student with a desire to learn will read the majority of articles. Some students can de- scribe every picture in the KNIGHT BEACON over the past four years but they draw a blank when asked about any articles written in the paper. When a staff member asks a student what he she thought of the new issue a common reply is, “It’s a good issue. I’ve only looked at the pictures, but it’s a good issue.” How can Assumption students claim that they fulfill their duties as intelligent readers when they look only at pictures? Robert A. Kidera, assistant professer of journalism at Marquette University, explains the twofold role of the reader in his book FUNDAMENTALS OF JOUR- NALISM. 1) The reader must.exert the effort and de- velop the necessary skill to become an efficient reader so that he can learn exactly what knowledge it is that the writer has. 2) He must seek out and support these publications which are doing the best job of meeting his needs, bringing to him an accurate knowledge and understanding of the events of the day...especially that knowledge which he needs in dealing with others. With the new year just beginning and February being Catholic Press Month, faltering AHSers have a perfect chance to cultivate better reading habits. During Feb- ruary the KNIGHT BEACON will meet the Pius XI JOURNAL in a trial as the BEACON staff attempts to prove its superiority in its coverage of the Ecumenical Council. But has the KB been superior? The student body is the answer. Letters to the editor will prove to the staff (and the jury) whether or not these articles have been read and understood. They will also prove how many were smart enough to read this editorial! You back your team; now back your paper. DH Seniors, Top Brass “You know, there’s some girls irv our class I don’t think I’ve even seen before!” “Yeah, it was work, but we had fun.” “WHAT’S his name?” Comments like these, repeated by seniors at their recent spaghetti dinner project, were the signs of the unified effort they put forth in making their undertaking both a success for themselves and a challenge to the class of ’64. It was not only a success financially, but also from the standpoint of the creative ideas the dis- played — grape-stompers and a roving accordionist. Perhaps the reason the seniors gave such an effort was because they were glad to have an opportunity to give something to their school in return for the cooper- ation that has been shown them. The administration has continued its policy of bettering student-faculty relations by showing more consideration for problems of the student body. Such was the case when some senior boys had diffi- culty reaching classes on time when they had to jour- ney from the cafeteria to distant classrooms. The prob- lem was noticed because of the demerits issued and the administration solicited opinion on what was caus- ing the trouble. No action like lengthening the interval between periods five and six was necessary since the boys adjusted themselves to the alloted time, but the incident showed that the administration is aware of difficulties within the school and is willing to try to correct them. Even so, no one was ready for the proposition laid before seniors by Father Walter, principal, as he an- nounced that a survey and vote of the senior class would be undertaken to determine in what form the $1200 raised from their project would be presented to the school. Through this kind of cpoperation the class of ’63 will truly feel that it is their gift to Assumption. PD AHSers Face Exams Did you make the retreat honor roll? The requirement isn’t a 3.00 average, just a personal gain from the recent retreat. Actually, the semester tests and the retreat--our spiritual exam--are quite similar. They have the same basic purpose: to indicate our faults and our achieve- ments. As the exams showed what we know (or don’t know), the retreat uncovered our many weaknesses and tried to solve such problems. Did it? At the present time things look much better, but will this condition prevail? After the semester, first term work can’t immediately be forgotten; for example, in geometry elementary theo- rems must be gone over frequently in order to solve later problems. The same is true of the retreat. The “theorems” we assumed shouldn’t be dropped in a month, but should be practiced throughout the year. It’s hard, but we’ve got to keep up the spiritual “studying” in order to pass that final examination with honors. 64 Tom Duox ’64 Soph Scrimps Dear Editor: I disagree with your Editorial “Will Students Tithe? in the December issue of the KNIGHT BEACON. Our parents are already contributing gen- erously to the church and paying our tuition to Assumption. If we students do not have a job what money we get is given to us by our parents and this money usually just covers the necessities. I think the poll was unfair because only seniors, who under necessity carry money for gas and emergencies, were polled. Consider the lowly sophomore who usually carries two dollars in his wallet. These two dollars cover tickets for games, paperback books, and school essentials. How can he tithe? Sincerely Yours, Roy Leonard 65 Boy Asks Hi Michele, On the 28th of December there will be an AHS Christmas Formal put on by the junior class. People have been telling me for the past few weeks how neat it is going to be. The theme is “Wonderland by Night. Doesn't that sound romantic? How would you like to go to it with me? Huh? I would like to go mucho much with you for more than one reason. 1) You are very smart, 2) you have a real good personality, and 3) you are the most beautiful girl I know I don't think you will find a more clever, smart and handsome guy at AHS. Or could you? I'm sure we could have a lot of fun together. So would you please accept my invitation to go to the Christmas Formal. Since the dance begins at 8:30 I will call for you at 8:00. We are go- ing to double with Pat. After the dance we will go out to eat some- where, so if you're hungry bring your lunch. Love, Tom Girl Replies Dear Tom, Thank you very much for your invi- tation to the Christmas Formal De- cember 28 in the Assumption cafeteria. I am more than delighted to accept. Sincerely yours. Michele Morrison Michele Morrison ’64 Turkey Plucked To the editors: The article “Variety Show is No Turkey. which appeared in the last issue of the Knight Beacon and which was said to be written by the junior boys seemed in reality to be the work of Father Wiebler. The idea, along with the first para- graph, must in all truth, be credited to Father Wiebler. True, much of what is written is the work of the junior boys, but because everyone wrote on the same theme. Father Wiebler's great reservoir of material afforded him the benefit of choosing only what he personally agreed with for actual publication. This article is indeed a farce, a self-tribute and a mockery to Assump- tion high school. Mike Humphrey '64 Editors' Note: “Variety Show is No Turkey was a composite of the articles written by the junior boys. Only the best written articles with opinions on acts stated by the ma- jority of the class were used. The story was cut and edited by the KB copy editor, not Father Wiebler. This manner of editing stories is an ac- cepted and approved editorial prac- tice. Students Save on Sundays Dear Editor: Concerning the editorial in the December 1962 issue of the KNIGHT BEACON on “Will Students Tithe? , I would like to express my views. Although I do not work, I receive an allowance every two weeks. Out of this money I set aside enough money for two Sundays. I don't give money to the Church just when I happen to have some extra money left over from my spending. I don't understand what one person meant when he said he thought stud- ents should contribute only if they have a job and can afford it. What does he mean by “ can afford it? I know that all the students have money, whether they ask their parents for it, work for it, or receive an allowance, Why can't they afford to give some to God? They aren't raising or support- ing a family. Another puzzling point is how everyone seems to feel that they will give only if they have money left over from their regular spending. Giving to the Church is something I feel that should be done first. Because in sacrificing a portion of your money you will receive something in return, graces. Sincerely, Mike Smith '65 65 Bob Matthys ’64 Junior Lauds To the editors: Commendations are in order to the staff of the Knight Beacon for their very interesting article in the recent issue, entitled, “Public Students Comment on the Council A summary like this is not seen very often, and it is the duty of the Knight Beacon to present its readers with other peoples viewpoints. Two points were brought out about every person interviewed which gave a consistency to the story. They are (1) the fact that the students inter- viewed had not heard about the Coun- cil through their own Church, but through other media, and (2) all stated that they thought the Council would contribute greatly to world peace and unity. Because of articles like this and since the Knight Beacon is read by West and Central students, maybe Assumption can accomplish its own part at helping reunite Protestants and Catholics. Tom Eischeid 64 About Face! To the editor: Yes, why not face the people? Fr. Arthur Perry has taken necessary steps toward uniting the parish by facing the people in the offering of the Mass. Therefore, I suggest that this form of Mass, facing the people, should be applied to AHS not only at this year’s retreat but also during the Lenten season. Let's not just have two perfect days of unity but an en- tire Church season of it. Ron Fall 64 He Invites Dear Kit, Since the Christmas Formal will be on December 28th this year I would like to know very much if you would give me the pleasure of taking you. Let me know what color of dress you intend to wear so I can bring you suitable flowers. For this occasion 1 will get my dad’s 59 white Cadillac. Since the dance begins at 8:30 pm I will pick you up between 8:00 and 8:15 at your house. After the dance we will get a bite to eat before I take you home. Love, Bob She Accepts Dear Bob, Certainly I would like very much to be your date for the Christmas Formal. My dress will be red with white accessories. I’m sure that we will have a perfectly wonderful time. Thank you. Love, Kit Let’s Twist? To The Editor: In my opinion, a few comments are in order concerning the music played during lunch periods at Assumption. I believe it is in rather poor taste. The music is distasteful to a good number of the students. I don’t like it and neither do most of my com- panions. We consider it too sopnis- ticated for mere sandwich eating. I might suggest that this music either come to an end or that some other type of music be piped in. The latter would probably be more accept- able to the students. Yours truly, Larry Lindemann •(Editor's Note: We dispute these statistics. Maybe the Student Council could look into the matter and act according to student opinion.) Kit Meisenbach ’64 Makes Impression To the editor: I would like to congratulate you on your editorial “Teen Driver Rate High Auto Accidents. It was an ex- cellent article. Your statistics on teen-age acci- dents were most surprising to me. I had no idea that so many of the traf- fic deaths and small accidents were caused by us teen-age drivers. Now I can see more clearly why my parents won't let me have the car more often. As a result of your article I am sure that AHS students will be more careful about their driving habits. Your faithful reader, Tom Duax 64 •( Editor’s Note: We wish this were true; but in case you didn't know, two AHS boys were in the hospital late last year due to injuries suffered in auto accidents. See editorial this issue.) Student Proofreads Dear Editor Although I am not a spelling expert, I do know how to spell “pop. This letter is written because of the mis- spelled (sic) word “pop in the last edition of the KNIGHT BEACON. I think that your main problem is your proofreaders. If you don’t proofread you are bound to make such mistakes. You. as an editor, had better wake up and realize that you have far too many spelling mistakes in the KNIGHT BEACON. If you will still persist on being satisfied with your proofreading, you will find yourself flooded with letters such as mine. Mike Seider 64 66 Memories Help ! ! As the pun goes: “What did the farmer say when the cows were coming after him?...“Here come the cows. ' But several AHS sen- iors know a different answer. It all started at Mike Colbrese’s farm with his homecoming bonfire. This proved to be quite an experience since some seniors had never been to a farm or a bonfire. The good country air. one muddy truck ride and a cow jumping over a fence were enough to persuade several of the valiant seniors; Sally Cogan, John Reynolds. Colleen Walsh and Tom Cusack, to leave. The final blow came when several cows started in hot pur- suit. Hysteria prevailed. Jack Hogan, out in front and first to scale the car. helped several of the terrified girls up onto the car with him. Others moved to the side as the bellowing cows passed. So the seniors’ answer to the riddle is —here come the cows chasing the Knights. Jeanne Genzel Jilted Joe Roses are red; violets are blue Sugar is sweet and so are you. The roses are dead, the violets are wilted. The sugar is lumpy and I have been jilted. Hold, Chico! Two junior girls, in first-year Spanish, walked down the hall near the gym. One of the girls saw a boy stand- ing by the drinking fountain and decided to practice her Spanish. In a loud voice she said to her companion, “Hola, quien es eso chico?” (Say, who is that fellow?) The boy looked at the pair in surprise but didn’t say anything. When the girls were some distance away the one informed her loud friend that the “chico” was Alfredo. Laurie Wildauer Hair Raising There once were two girls with long hair. The times it was lowered were rare. Resolved: to wear it neat, Except when playing “beat” So now they’re the pompadoured pair. Martha Holm and Angie More Chi-town Thrills ’em Alarm clocks sounded off between 3:30 and 4:00 A.M. last May 19 as approximately 80 students began one of the most qnusual days of their junior year. Two Grey- hound buses transported the science minded juniors to Chicago where they spent the greater part of the day touring on foot. After effects of one hectic but exciting day were aching arches, weary bodies and the girls’ straggly hair. The students will not soon forget this trip, especially O’Hare Field, the German Sub U-505, and Yesterday’s Mainstreet. Joe Kubatska Pat Westphal Resolutions Just Steer Clear This year I’ll be driving the car. Although I can’t steer it too far. In first it just shakes. My father, he quakes, Then makes me get out of his car. Denise Hoie Bea Gathers C’s I once was a student named Bea, Who maintained an average of “D” Though hard as I’d try It was a job to get by - j ill I resolved to raise it to “C” Mary Snyder Physics Plague My favorite class in school Is physics-I feel like a fool; Into mirrors I gaze ‘Till confused —in a daze — I resolve to bum my slide rule! Pat Hammond Peg Pledges The time has come for me to make Some resolutions I can break. I’ve pondered often as of late. Here’s what I could assimilate: I pledge to carry Sister’s books And give my classmates kindly looks. I promise to obey the rules At AHS the best of schools. For many weeks I will not speed. Good gracious! What a loathsome deed! I’ll always keep my room in place And never have it a disgrace. I will, for once, be right on time And that one is my final crime. I could go on for time on end. But that is too much time to spend On oaths I plan too keep all year Which next day seem to disappear. Peg Pohlmann Promises, Promises I now resolve for ’63 A homework doer I will be. Not one delay or alibi It’s homework do or die! Jenny Walatka Jug Bugs Girl I spend lots of time at detention. The reasons are easy to mention, A gray skirt that’s rolled, A sweater that’s gold But for New Year’s I’m easing the tension. Sue Stoops Stop! Don’t Panic I never start .things until late. I wait till the very last date. Then I’m rushed and so frantic And do things in a panic Resolved: Start things early, not wait! Shirley Wedekind tMMMMMMMMMGOOD...Mike Barry licks his chops while dish- ing up spaghetti with co-workers Denny Hogan and Richard Braun. SPAGHETTI “HAVE A BITE ...Quips Pat Ham- mond as she rinses a batch of spa- X ghetti. L t t WARMLY DRESSED Tim Motto dis- cusses improvements for sanitation with Bill Donohoo. WIDE-EYED...Nancy Bergthold and Barney Grimwood peer at strolling accordian player John Reynolds. iV'ITH AN ITALIAN FLAIR Tim Maher and 62 graduate Jim Bowe entertain the miosis of the senior class. “IT’S NOT BAD Bruce Borne, chief coffee maker, gives the OK on the brew to Denny Thiessen. COMING UP...Pat Murphy races to th aid of the pie servers. Ferns Frolic Ten junior and senior girls led by captain Jenny Walatka 63 tied for second place at the Volleyball Sport Day, Jan. 12, at Bettendorf High. Five area schools were represented at the day, each playing the other four schools in a round robin tourna- ment which Central won. A Basket- ball Sport Day is planned for later in the year, according to Mrs. Gene Young, girls physical education instructor. The final week of December saw approximately 20 Assumption Strik- ettes participating in the Christmas Bowling Tournament at 30 Lanes. Senior Sharon Morris placed second in the senior singles division. Jean Paulsen 64 defeated sopho- more Mary Woolheater for the GRA shuffleboard championship. Badmiton tournament play, which began the second week of January, will continue through the end of Feb- ruary. The championship wili see the junior-senior division winner face the sophomore-freshman champ. Lettermen Donate $200 to School We were a bit apprenhensive con- cerning the publicity, but everything came out OK and the project was quite successful, ' observed Mr. Tom Sunderbruch, Monogram Club modera- tor, as he commented on their Jan. 6 project, the Harlem Magicians-Dav- enport Bank basketball game. Mr. Sunderbruch said the purpose of the game was to raise money which will be donated, $200 in this case, to the school. Although the crowd was quite par- tial toward the Bank team, the Magi- cians led by dribbling expert Marques Haynes, controlled the game and won handily 80-65. However, all was not lost for the home folks; Assumption basketball coach Bill McAfoos led all scorers with 27 points, most of which were collected from far beyond the circle. As can be expected, from this type of game, a serious attitude did not prevail. Funnyman Sam 'Boom Wheeler held the crowd in stiches with his jocose antics. Marques Haynes mys- tified the crowd with his ball handling wizardry. Toms Pace Grapplers The Knight wrestlers, in preparation for the district meet on Feb. 11-15, will meet Alleman, Rock Island and Bur- lington between Jan. 29 and Feb. 5. Assumption’s grapplers met crosstown rival West Dec. 13. The Knights were behind 20-0 after the first six matches, but rallied for 11 points in the final six to hold West to a 30-11 count. Tom Murray ’64 decisioned West’s Lou Schnei- der at 138, while Terry Bush, who was previously unbeaten and untied, drew with the Knights’ Jack Hogan at 145. Senior Tom Fennelly decisioned West’s Tom Mattausch at 165 and at 180 junior Tom Eischeid, wrestling in his first varsity meet, defeated Mike Young of West. The wrestlers trip to Burlington was not in vain, as they gained a 25-23 vic- tory. Chris Kriesa at 95 and Don Chen- oweth at 133 picked up pins for the Knights. Prairie of Cedar Rapids fell before the Assumption matmen, Jan. 3, 23-15. Chris Kriesa drew at 95, Tony Corsig- lia won at 112 and Jim Dower 65 deci- sioned his 120 lb opponent. Don Cheno- weth, Jack Hogan, Mike Colbrese, Jim Howes and Tom Eischeid all notched decisions for the Knights. Assumption entertained Davenport Central Jan. 15, and were defeated by the visiting Imps 30-12. Tom Murray nipped Central’s highly rated 138 pound- er Ed McCormick and Hogan topped Bemie Powers at 145. Assumption’s Tom Fennelly bested Carl Lippenberger at 165. The Knights participated in the Little Six Conference meet, Jan. 19, and placed third behind Bettendorf and Muscatine in that order. Tom Murray, Jim Howes and Tom Fennelly all won champion- ships in their respective weight classes. Jack Hogan came close, losing to Bet- tendorf’s Gary Lehman in a double over- time. Don Chenoweth also lost in the finals. COMING DOWN...seniors Tom Derouin and Jeff Gadient battle for the re- bound in the Knights first meeting with Muscatine. The Knights grabbed a 71-54 victory. 71 Sportlite by Joe Kehoe At the end of the basketball season last year, Father R.J. Walter, then athletic director, revealed a survey concerning academics and athletics. Last year the juniors and sophomores representing Assumption on the bas- ketball court compiled an academic average of 2.81. During that same period, the tenth and eleventh graders possessed a grade point average of 2.32. Wouldn't it be wonderful if this year's teams could match the perfor- mance of last year's winter sportsters? Although not spreading his fame clad in our red and white, Mike Fitz- simmons 63 is still rolling his repu- tation around at the bowling alleys of the area. In a recent bowling tourn- ament, Mike won both the singles and doubles titles of the senior division. Let's hope he can carry his winning ways into tennis. Mike's a letterman on the racket squad. This year's basketball team isn't relying on one main point producer.In the last seven games, four out of the top seven players have led the scoring at least once. The attitude of this team is not one of individuality. After the recent Bettendorf game, I remarked to senior guard Jeff Gadient that his 27 points were just eight shy of the school record. He quickly retorted, Who cares? We won didn't we? John Dockery and Jim Lonergan are two juniors seeing considerable action in varsity reserve basketball games this year. But so far they haven't been seeing too much action in the varsity contests. Their positions on the var- sity squad was well illustrated one morning on the day of the game at Burlington. One junior walking down the hall saw Jim dressed in a suit. He turned to his comrade and asked, Hey, why's Lonergan wearing a suit? His friend answered, There's a game tonight at Burlington. Oh, is Dockery going too. Yeah. Oh! The whole squad is going, huh? Knights Seek Pounding into the stretch of the 1962-63 basketball season, the Knight cagers will meet Ottumwa. Burlington, East Moline, Bettendorf and Alleman during February. This is a crucial period for the Knights if they hope to remain in the first division of the Little Six Con- ference. The Knights now 4 and 3 in the league, are out for the crown, and stand a fine chance to finish in the first division. In addition, Assumption will tangle with some of the best talent around: Jim Courtney of Ottum- wa, Jim Hester of Central, Tony Baker of Burlington, A1 Knott of East Moline and Tim Powers of Alleman. Muscatine Assumption's Knights vaulted into Little Six Conference play at home with a 71-54 victory over Muscatine. The Knights took a 20-10 first quarter led and gradually increased it to the 17 point margin at the final gun. Jim Kellenberger '63 sparked Assumption with 16 points. Steve Tullis and Tom Derouin. both '63, each.netted 14 and Jeff Gadient chipped in 10 to account for 54 of the Knight's 71 points. North Scott Assumption was on the short end of a 41-31 score at the end of the third quarter, but netted 22 points in the final stanza to hold off an upset- minded North Scott assault. The spirited Lancers led the Knights the entire distance until junior Mike Seider put the Knights ahead with 2Vi minutes left. Assumption's Steve Tullis led his cold teammates with 16 points. Keokuk Mick Prochaska poured through 6 points in the fourth overtime period to garner the Knights' second straight Little Six Conference win 53-50 over Keokuk. Mick came off the bench midway through the second period and Keokuk never recovered. He hit 5 of 6 to pace the Knights to a 23-22 lead at halftime. Assumption endured a cold third quarter and fell behind by four. At the end of regulation time the score was knotted 47 all, which set the stage for Prochaska's heroics. Jim Kellenberger and Steve Tullis were next in scoring for the Knights with 11 and 12 respectively. First Division Alleman Assumption and Alleman met at Rock Island High School's field house for the first half of the Quad City Catholic Championship, and the Pioneers walked out with a 54-45 victory. John McGonigle led Alleman with 13 points and Jeff Gadient paced Assumption with 16. Ottumwa With 12 seconds remaining, Mick Prochaska hit a fielder to lift the Knights from the brink of defeat to their third straight victory in the Little Six over Ottumwa. In addition to Prochaska's heroics. Assumption was led by a great first half perform- ance by Steve Tullis. He hit for 21 points in the first 16 minutes, 17 of them in the second quarter. Steve ended the evening with 23 points, the same figure reached by Ottumwa's Jim Courtney. Burlington With ten seconds remaining, Tony Baker of Burlington dropped in a driving lay up to break a tie and hand Assumption its fourth loss of the campaign 49-47. The Knights led 25-23 at half time and 39-38 at the third quarter. With five minutes re- maining, the Knights maintained a 46-42 lead. However, the Knights be- gan to stall and Burlington converted this strategy to their own advantage. They scored seven points to Assump- tion's three while the Knights were chewing up time. Jim Kellenberger and Phil Pash paced the Knights with 15 and 11 respectively. Keokuk Unable to rebound from their pre- vious night's defeat at Burlington, the Knights fell to Keokuk 52-48. The loss dropped the Knights into second place in the Little Six with a 3-2 record. Starting fast, the Knights led 13-5 at the first quarter. Bill McAfoos’ charges were down 39-35 at the start of the fourth quarter and almost caught them 41-49 with five minutes left. It was 50-45 with 1 Vz minutes left and 52-48 at the end. Keokuk, led by Rusty Glasgow's 22 points, hit 50% from the field enroute to their vict cry. Jeff Gadient paced Assumption with 16. 72 COME ON IN...Fr. Bilslpy invites seniors Carolyn Abresch and Lyle Gregoni s to enter St. Alphonsus Church, but they don’t have to tithe today . Says to Tithe Roger Plays Santa Claus ...and thank you for the dollie, Santa.”So ends the thank you note of a very happy, little girl. It’s desti- nation? The dead letter department of the US Post Office. However, this letter might have appropiately been sent to Roger Cawiezell 64. Several weeks before Christmas Rog donned the red suit and white beard The other incident was a visit by four classmates, Larry Phillips, Jim Riley, Mike Schebler and Jack Schroeder. Despite their razzing, Rog felt that no little kids were disillu- sioned. ...and thank you for the dollie, Santa!” Al Receives New Portfolio when seniors Bob Hill and Denny Hogan needed a Santa as the third partner of a photography trio. The three worked at Eagles Food Center on East Locust, deceiving young cus- tomers and taking pictures. It was a fairly easy job, recalls Mr. Claus. I waved to the kids, laugh- ed Ho-ho set them on my lap and asked them what they wanted for Christmas. The shy reply would be something like a Suzi Smart doll, or a ‘Jimmy Jet. This was different than other jobs, explains Rog, It s fun making kids happy; I liked it. It put me in the Christmas spirit. There were two events that some- what shook the would-be saint. One little girl said she had just been downtown and seen Santa there. To this the junior replied that, since he was so busy, he had a dozen helpers around the city to take orders. I just wanted Al to have a port- folio to show his family and friends, commented Mrs. Anne Ertl, when she donated hers to Alfredo Omiste 62. She was so moved because of the article, Beacon Blinks in the Nov. 6 issue of the KB, which asked for a portfolio to replace the one Alfredo lost. Therefore, Mrs. Ertl willingly offered hers to Mrs. Wohlers, Al- fredo’s school year host. Mrs. Woh- lers sent it for Christmas. Mrs. Ertl feels that her portfolio (a gift from the 62 junior journalism class) will help Alfredo remember his year at AHS, since his picture appeared in the KB several times. Tithing is a matter of education for the teenager, remarked Fr. Joseph Bilsley, CSSR, pastor of St. Alphonsus, the only Redemptorist parish in Iowa. Although St. Alphonsus was the first church in Davenport to adopt God’s Plan for Church Support” they haven’t made any regulation for stu- dent tithing. We haven't directed any campaign at students but anyone with a job has an obligation to con- tribute, observed the pastor. Over 3,000 parishes over the coun- try have taken up the plan. St. Al- phonsus has doubled the Sunday envelope collection. This increased income has enabled them to repaint the interior of the church, repair par- ish buildings and blacktop the rest of the playground. Carolyn Abresch 63 remarked, Tithing has done a lot of good. The church really looks nice since it was redecorated. When asked his opinion of the Ecumenical Council the Redemptorist smiled and said, It’s about 400 years too late. It took something dra- matic but we are beginning to under- stand what changes are needed. The main thing he would like to see cane out of the Council is the Mass in the vernacular. St. Alphonsus doesn’t have participated because, The people can’t really pray in a foreign language. As soon as the vernacular comes into use we will have partici- pation, he asserted. Many times Alfredo didn't like the food the AHS cafeteria served be- cause it wasn't spicy enough. Mrs. Ertl referred to this as one of the amusing instances the ladies in the kitchen remember when they read or see a picture of Alfredo. Being in charge of the kitchen, Mrs. Ertl referred to her portfolio many times to look up names and references. In return for her gener- osity the staff has presented her with copies of the eight issues of last year's KNIGHT BEACON, which they resurrected from the files, but she doesn't have a portfolio to keep them in. 73 Sisters Get Varied Gifts At a recent Student Council Dance, which was closed to any school ex- cept Assumption, one of the Sisters was acting as guard to make sure the dance remained closed. Suddenly there appeared in the doorway three young men, two of whom she knew. The third boy she did not recognize and asked him. “Are you a student at Assump- tion? The boy immediately replied, “Oh, yes MA M. • • “Courtesy doesn't pay! laments John Stokes 64. He is referring to an incident at the Italian Village in Bettendorf. John jumped from his car and grab- bed a fallen dollar bill, presumably to return it to the waitress. In his haste, the forgetful junior climbed back into the car and slammed the door. Unfortunately, four cokes, two ham- burgers and a pizza followed him into the car. The soaked junior's remarks aren’t printable. • • • Brandon Beaudry 65 asked for a pepsi float at the local A W Root Beer Stand. “I m sorry, but we re all out of ice cream, said the waitress. “Oh, that's all-right, replied Brandon. “1 11 just take a root beer float. “A pep meeting! What a way to end school for the Christmas vacation, lamented Sr. Mary Diana. BVM, to her homeroom one day in mid December. Two days later she came to class with a new idea-to have a special Christmas program. Her suggestion caught on and soon the girls were staying after school to practice their reading parts of the prophecies and events of the birth of Christ. While only 20 girls had reading parts, the whole class joined in for the singing arrangements. The girls thought they would spread the Christmas spirit by inviting Sr. Mary Ann Esther, BVM, Fr. Robert J. Walter and the senior girls to the program. Sr. Mary Leon received a collaps- ible umbrella, that collapsed the wrong way. Twenty half dollars were budding from the money tree that Sr. Mary Ambrosina received. Sister Diana received a paint set, a $5.00 gift certificate for use at the Catho- lic Supply Center and a miniature T-Bird (earlier this year Sister had expressed a desire for a red convert- ible). Sr. Mary Joanette received a toy cow (she had innocently stated that she liked stuffed animals) and a $10.00 gift certificate for use at the Catholic Supply Center. Sister Joanette named her cow “Samuella Slater after one of her favorite historical characters. Sam Slater, known by the junior girls of Sister’s history class as a leader of the industrial revolution. Juniors Miss One Letter Tape, Christmas trees and angel hair...all these went into decorating for the formal,“Wonderland By Night. In addition to the problem of hang- ing 450 aluminum stars, the group faced the obstacle of obtaining Christmas trees and lights. (The YMCA Christmas Tree Lot solved the problem of trees by generously donat- ing to the collection.) Another of the more pressing prob- lems was how to cure the scientific law: “what goes up must come down. The decorations were coming down too soon! “The poor sisters were over at school till 9 trying to hold up the mural and salvage the angel hair clouds that had fallen after we had left, sympathized Reynel Dohse 64. The only solution was to come back the next morning: after another three hours of work the end was in sight. The cafeteria was a sight too. Mounds of pine branches littered the floor, left over from the trees the boys cut up to make pillars as a divider. Decoration head Pat Dray dropped in about this time “just for a minute, to see how things are coming. He was promptly loaded with all the extra trees and sent to the boiler room to start a forest fire. An hour later as the others left, Pat was still burning. Meanwhile the girls industriously hung stars and set up tables. Finally they added the crowning touch, the center pieces. Made by the girls out of chemistry apparatus, the modern- istic Christmas trees were fashioned of cooling pads, bottle stoppers and glass tubes. We could only cross our fingers and hope the decorations would stay in place, exclaimed Bill Fellman 64. But science won out when, during the evening of the formal, the letters hanging on the wall became. “W nder- land By Night. 74 The Syndicate-Hub “The Store who think for men younp The Quad Cities finest Young Men's Store | Mill Lipsman has the shirts for you in the latest styles— High School College Shop THIRD FLOOR Designed and operated exclusively for the Young Man The Syndicate-Hub Sport and Dress shirts with the tapered look from $5.00 Milt Lipsman INC. 222 BRADY ST. 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Mike Schebler '64 waits patiently for the Bishop’s answer to his question concerning the role of the laity, as it may be effected by the Ecumenical Council. f a Festival, Tithing Highlight Parish Life GETTING NEWS on parish activities, senior Mike Chenoweth and Jean Paul- sen ’64 meet with their pastor. Fr. Louis Rohret of St. Joseph’s Church. Sally Cooks Up High Score Assumption's choice for the Home- maker of Tomorrow is Sally Cogan ’63. In the Betty Crocker Search for the Homemaker of Tomorrow test, Sally ranked highest of the senior girls. Her test has been sent to the state contest where she will compete for a $1,500 scholarship and a trip to New York and Washington for the national finals. The test consisted of multiple-choice questions on such phases of homemak- ing as food preparation, sewing and child care, and an essay question on working wives. Displaying the gold “homemaker” pin she was awarded, Sally remarked. “I really didn't expect to win. But I guess the answers were mostly com- mon sense.” Sally admits that her “homemaking” has to be squeezed into a busy sched- ule. Besides being an honor student, she is a four year student council mem- ber, presently senior class vice-presi- dent. Sally Cogan ’63 Senior Invites JFK Lee Barta, Knight Beacon Presi- dential correspondent, sent a letter to President and Mrs. Kennedy, on Feb. 12, inviting them to the trial between the Knight Beacon and the Pius XI Journal. On the 14th he received a reply from Kenneth O’Donnell, special as- sistant to the President. The letter said, “Although they are unable to do this, the President appreciated your interest in asking them and sends his thanks for the cordial invitation.” If there is anyone wishing to send correspondence to the White House, Lee will be happy to give them the ad- dress. “Once students get to Assumption they lose contact with the parish,” com. mented Father Louis A. Rohret, pas- tor of St. Joseph’s Church. ’This breaks down the parish loyalty and students get a feeling of not belonging to the parish. They couldn’t be more wrong. They belong very much to the parish,” he continued. St. Josephs is unique in the fact that the parish has no boundaries. People from all over Scott County call it their parish. This has been a handicap to them in reaching their goal for tithing. When asked what he thought of tith- ing he remarked, “It's the best that has happened to this Catholic community in year.” Elaborating he said that the best feature of God's Plan was the fact that all of the parishes did it together and worked together on it. There is a tend- ency to criticize a parish for doing some- thing on their own. “It has been a success here. Even though we haven’t reached our goal, it has increased our Sunday envelope collection 70%.” In addition to this he pointed out that tithing helps the people by showing them just what they are bound to give. This pastor thinks that no great un- ion wil come from the Council but it will make us more friendly toward non- Catholics and give greater understand- ing in civic affairs. He expects to see more of the vernacular in the sacra- ments. St. Joseph’s is noted for its Spanish Festival held there every summer. It is put on by the Guadalupano. This group, in addition to the summer fes- tival, sponsors a novena in Spanish. The feast is celebrated on the Sunday nearest Dec. 12. On that day Spanish food is served and they spend the whole day playing games and celebrat- ing. The people even put on a show featuring the apparition of Guadalupe. When asked if many of the parish- ioners still speak Spanish he said, “Yes, they do, and they more or less group together. The young people, however, are gradually getting away from it; they want to be Americans. In a way it is a shame for them to draw away from the language because there are many opportunities for Spanish - speaking people today, he concluded. “The student body can expect our performance on March 25 to be the best ever given and the schedule should last all of the assembly,” comments Mr. Carl Paarmann on the next school- band assembly. Varying from popular to dramatic types, seven of the selec- tions are definite. They include: “Star Spangled Spectacular,” “Celebrated Air,” “Toccata for Band,” ‘Tamerlane,” “Ballet Song,” “Dramatic Episode, and a performance given by the flute section. 78 1 m WHHR i Jim Kellenberger '63 AHS Hosts Meet AHS’ 75-voice mixed chorus sings into active competition March 7th, in the annual Diocesan Music Festival at Assumption. The Festival is being con- ducted on somewhat of a different basis this year according to choral director Sister Mary Carola, BVM. In the past, a single Festival was held at a specific high school in the Diocese in which all high schools with choral and instrumental groups, com- peted for a rating — good, excellent or superior. Though last year, a trophy as well as rating was awarded to the outstanding chorus and band. ‘The Diocese,” says Sister Carola, “has been divided geographically this year. Actually, there will be three Fes- tivals instead of the customary one. Schools from the northern section of the Diocese, with choruses only, will compete in one, March 23 at Ottum- wa. Those from the southern portion will be entered in another, March 26 at the Notre Dame High School of Bur- lington. Instrumental groups will per- form at a separate Festival.” Sister is especially looking forward to the Festival, since this is her first year at Assumption. “If properly ap- proached, it should provide a real chal- lenge for each student, despite the fact that no prize will be awarded other than a rating,” she commented. Ratings this year will be based on a fair to poor, average, excellent or superior basis. Dr. Dale B. Ganz of the University of Nebraska will judge the choral competition. Some selections the Assumption chor- us will sing are: America Our Heri- tage, Buggy Ride, Holy, Holy, Holy, Ode To Homeland, I Got Shoes and Doney Gal. Council Assails Courtman A versatile varsity football and bas- ketball player, member of the National Honor Society, straight “A” winner and co-lawyer of the Feb. 23 KB trial is Jim Kellenberger ’63, chosen for ci- tation this month by Student Council. $ r. Charles Mann, head of the boys’ division, said, ‘T believe this is a worth- while choice. Jim is an excellent ex- ample of high scholastic ideals, as well as a participant in many activities which are important to good personal- ity development.” Jim. while having a 3.9 average for all four years at AHS, believes that becoming a well-rounded individual is more important than merely earning grades. Says Jim, “I believe that ath- letics should form an integral part of student life.” In the way of future plans, Jim is considering attendance at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Princeton University or Iowa State. Jim is hopeful of schol- arships, or an appointment in the case of the Air Force Academy. But, as Jim admits, the competition is pretty rough.” As far as college studies go, Jim plans to major in engineering or science. Bob Stings Bee A pageant and a corsage brought the 1st place medal to Bob Schwarz '63 the only senior to ever win the Na- tional Honor Society Spelling Bee. After George Mitchell ’65 incorrectly spelled ‘pageant,’ Bob corrected the word and also correctly spelled corsage to win. Senior Pat McGreevy who placed third, was eliminated by mis- spelling the word ‘siege.’ Bob, a straight A student, has never won a spelling contest before, but he is no stranger to them. Last year he was one of the junior finalists. A mem- ber of the National Honor Society, Bob is a National Merit Scholarship final- ist. In regards to future plans. Bob plans to attend the University of Notre Dame; he is undecided as to what field of study he will pursue. The sixteen finalists almost didn’t get a chance to spell, announcer Bill Gress from WOC radio-TV was late. Fr. William F. Wiebler saved the day, however, when he pinchhit the “warm- up” round for Mr. Gress. The honor- ary judge was last year’s winner, Pat Dray ’64. The “Webster’s New International Dictionary, 3rd edition, published by the C G Merriam Co. was the diction- ary used in verifying word spellings. This company also provided the medals that were awarded as prizes. 79 PONDERING, YET CONFIDENT . . . senior Bob Schwarz listens for his next word. RC Elects Knight Tim Maher ’63 has been appointed president of the Scott County High School Red Cross after the election in January. Tim will preside over two representatives from each of the jun- ior and senior high schools in the area. His main job as president is to co- ordinate the activities of the group. Bruce Cusack ’63 w’as elected as the activities chairman. Tim’s old post. Mike Wahlig '64 was elected as the re- cruiting chairman. Vice-president, un- der Tim, is a West high junior, Maur- een McClanahan. The High School Red Cross is plan- ning a program during March, Red Cross Month. It will be a panorama of the Red Cross services. Senior Class Considers Gift List It’s time to do your shopping, seniors . . . shopping for the senior class gift. The student body leaders are browsing around with the proceeds from their project last December, the Spaghetti Dinner. “What should we get?” “We don’t know where to start,” were a few comments heard from seniors who had not seriously considered the gift. After having at least brief discussions in all the homerooms, though, the class of '63 has several ideas on ways to spend the $1280 burning a hole in their pockets. Final decisions must now be made. Glass doors for the auditorium lobby is one idea suggested frequently. They would both complete the glass front of the auditorium and enhance the tile design contributed by last year’s class. Black out curtains in the classrooms could be used frequently to darken the rooms when teachers must use movies and slides to instruct. Council Breeds Selfishness? After attending the Episcopal Press Conference and reading the corresponding articles on page 82, were you able to pick out any of the main or underlying issues that seemed to present themselves? Some of the obvious ones were detected by the manner in which Bishop Hayes returned to points he had em- phasized earlier in his remarks. First, when asked about decentralization of Church power, he stated that a greater number of decisions would be left up to the individual bishops since they themselves knew the diocesan situations better than some official in the Vatican. An example of this action would be in the affairs of the Diocesan Court. Later on, he reinforced this point by saying that each bishop would probably decide whether or not the ver- nacular will be used in his respective diocese. Second, some of the questions put to Bishop Hayes contained phrases like “affect us in the diocese” and “affect us as students at Assumption High.” This show's a somewhat thoughtless or perhaps even self-centered conception of the Ecumenical Council. Ecumenical takes in the whole Catholic wrorld; it doesn’t limit the Council to Assumption, the Diocese of Davenport or the United States. The Bishop made it clear that we will be affected because we are members of the Catholic Church, not as members of a diocese or school. Therefore, when the Council resumes its sessions, we shouldn’t be expecting it to single us out and put a list of instructions and rules in our hands. Because the Council will affect the Church as a whole, students should instead try to discover and fulfill their role in the Catholic Church; this will answer their ques- tions on how the Council will concern them since they will be more closely united to their Church, and what affects the Church will then be automatically mirrored in them. A statue representing the Blessed Virgin and As- sumption High School could be given to the school to be erected on the circle in front of the admin- istrative offices. One of the most recent suggestions has been to do- nate part of the money to the school library for improvements in reference, fiction and non-fiction sec- tions. Money for new books is presently provided by the school and the students, as anyone who has had a heavy fine will testify. With part of the class project money, the library could not only buy more reference books, best-sellers and non-fiction, but could also re- place badly w'orn books ruined by age or student carelessness. One look at the list of books never re- turned and presumed lost will give the seniors an- other reason for the library’s need. Previous senior classes have donated the lights in the parking lot, the identification signs of the school on West Central Park, the statue on the chapel court- yard wall and last year’s gift, the tiled auditorium lobby. These are all remembrances of past graduates. How will Assumption remember the class of ’63? DH PD 80 KNIGHT BEACON As a Real on 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 Knight Beacon Senior Staff Co-Editon Paul DiBiasio, Denise Hoie Associate Editors Angio More, Jerry Schutte Picture Editor Joe Nohra Feature Editors Mike Barry, Gwen Gaukier News Editors Bob Dourer, Marcio Kohler Sports Editor Joe Kehoe, Agnes Mohr Art Editor ... „........................„........Martha Holm Circulation Ed Hamerlinck, Mary Ann Pauly Advertising Mike Schebler Liturgy Editor Mike Townsend Teen Page Editors Phil Andrew, Mardi Gaydos Photographic Staff Anita Friend, Bob Hill, Rich Smith, Tom Snyder Editorial Staff—Lee Borto, Joan Berendes, Borb Foley, George Koenigsaecker, Tim Maher, Bill Neth, Art Sunderbruch, Pot Westphal Legal Counsel Don Chenoweth, Jim Kellenberger Printer Gordon Printing Co. Mike-rophone A HSersBat er Up by Mike Townsend Break out the bats and balls. The Church is begin- ning its baseball season! At the present, we are in spring training. In this three week period we are preparing for opening day— Ash Wednesday. The throwing out the first “ash” will begin the actual season of Lent. Our spiritual ability will be tested many times. Our “home runs” and our “errors” will affect the performance of the entire Mystical Body team. Will the Church play like the Yankees or the Mets? Throughout Lent we will anticipate and prepare for the spiritual world series — Easter. If we play like champions, Easter will bring victory. So, now, during spring training, let’s get in shape spiritually, let’s form the right mental attitudes for the difficult period ahead. Play ball! Students Reject Retreat “The retreat was a flop!” “This was going to be my last retreat and I wanted to make it my best, but the retreat master didn’t talk on what I wanted.” “The conferences sounded as though they were read from a religion textbook.” Dissatisfaction present at the recent retreat? Un- doubtedly. But was some valid criticism of the retreat masters reason enough for making a poor retreat? I don’t think so. Probably more than a few upperclass boys received quite a shock during their final con- ference when loud whispering, outright cat-calls and other assorted sounds were detected, after the lights had been turned off for the candlelighting ceremony. Even the fact that Holy Scripture was being read didn’t seem to impress them. If the students felt that the speaker’s topics weren’t suited for them, they should have taken advantage of the private guidance available. One of the best suggestions was by a senior boy who seemed to think that the real value of the retreat lay in the periods between conferences, where an effort could be made to try and get to know one’s self better, discover what he stands for and if he’s really accomplishing his goals, w'hether it be at school, home or Church. In contrast, the freshman-sophomore retreat was much better because they were more prepared and took advantage of the guidance offered by their home- room teachers. Although the majority of seniors have lost their chance, the underclassmen can benefit from this les- son by realizing that a retreat doesn’t produce the desired effect of itself. The individual student must make the retreat accomplish some specific purpose for himself and not let the success of his retreat de- pend upon the ability of the retreat master to give interesting talks, full of personal experiences, jokes and war stories. Remember, the retreat is given at the conferences, but it’s made between the conferences. ________________________________PD Honor ocie Induction march s BasKefball WrerHlnq Av ards MARCHES School Chorus ij J3anJ Co-ncer-fc- MARCH IS HJ AaM-T Concert marchx 81 Maintenance man Don Colbert scrapes up the sum which gained four demer- its for one Assump- tion student. Studies Rate High Assumption has done it again . . . placed high, that is. In sports, extra- curricular activities, and intramural games Assumption has always been a powerful name. On the semester honor roll 18% of the student body proudly displayed averages of 3.1 or better. Perfect first honors went to seniors Mary Angeline More, James Kellenber- ger, Robert Schwarz and Thomas Moore; juniors Janice Adamsky. John Genzel, James Logan, Michael Townsend and Darrell Warta; sophs Theresa Davis, Ter- esa Schwab and James Phelps; and fresh- men Mary Baranowski, Sheila Kane, Mary Ann Miller. John Cepican, Paul Gigmere and Thomas Henrichs. Second honors belong to seniors: Gwen Gaukler, Patricia Hammond, Martha Holm, Sally Cogan, Barbara Lewis, Kathleen McDermott, Mary Ann Soenke, Mardi Gaydos, Denise Hoie, Patricia Westphal. Barbara Berg. Marcia Kohler, Agnes Mohr, Margaret Sedlock, Mary State, Bruce Borne, Dennis Leese, Michael Fitzsimmons, Jeffrey Gadient, John McMahon, Jo- seph Nahra, Steven Tullis, James Grif- fin. John Berry, Michael Hansen, Jo- seph Kehoe, Charles Schmidt, Thomas Cusack. Michael Flynn and Patrick Mc- Greevy. Juniors are: Jackie Bald, Nancy De- Julius, Phyllis Hart, Geri Barrett, Mary Buckwalter, Janet Abbas, Barbara Bauer, Virginia Briegel, Leah Cox, Rita Davies, Julie Joyce, Ruth Lorence, Mary McAndrews, Kathy Barrett. Mary Motto, Linda Adrian, Barbara Beyer, Robin Clay, Marjorie Murphy, Jerelyn Ryan, Mary Stanger, Ilona Kuehnhackl, Mary Agnes McCarthy, Susan Jager, Margaret Kabel, Mary Kealey, Beverly Lorber, Carol Miley, Susan Mohler, Mary Ann Nix, Rosemary Pauli, Anne Peacock, Margaret Reinart, Beverly Weber, Loretta Weir, Patty Brafman, Martha Leibold, Bonnie O’Donnell, Jo- seph Dray, Michael Schebler, Thomas Eischeid, Philip Pash, Ralph Bawden, Thomas Bribriesco, John Hasenmiller, Donald Shaw, John Loihl, David Ryder, Stanley Smazal, Kazi Maliszewski, Philip Andrew’, and James Riley. The class of '65 is represented by: Kathleen Morrissey, Michelle Cheno. weth, Barbara DeZorzi, Mary Ann Hart- kop, Barbara Herrmann, Suzanne Scheb- ler, Eileen Figel, Barbara Grell, Linda Walz, Joann Eischeid, Kathleen Herd. Mary Hogarty, Susan Lee, Nancy Nagle, Mary Anne Nelson, Michele Vander Horn. Patricia Wells, Mary Ann Fick, Mary Schramp, Karen Bergbauer. Noreen Kiv- lin, Carol Sampson, Leon DeJulius, Stephen Vander Horn, Stephen Gadient, Robert Townsend, George Wahlig, Lorar Hillebrand. Glynn Davis, Walter Foley, John Kearney, John Periolat, James Dower, Lamont Ellison, Juris Mezinskis, Larry Schloemer, Richard Howell, Chris- topher Kriesa, Michael Mulvihill, An- thony Navarro, Roy Leonard, Roy Ut- hoff, James Lunardi, James Schepker, 82 Races Unite in CIC Are you willing to give 50c and a few hours of your time to further ra- cial harmony in your area? You have the opportunity to do that by enrolling as a student in the Catholic Inter- racial Council. The CIC, open to all faiths, is an organization, including many Dav- enport clergy and laymen, which holds meetings once a month to edu- cate the population in the race ques- tion and betterment of race relations. These meetings include talks and films on racial matters by well known speakers, such as John Kearney, Msgr. J.D. Conway and others. The Council also publishes a newsletter once a month. Speakers are sent by the Council to any group requesting one. By subscribing to the CIC for 50c per year, the student may take part in any of the CIC-backed activities. Previously. Negro-white home visits and a drive to obtain an effective Davenport Human Rights Ordinance have been backed by the CIC. Also sponsored by the CIC, is the annual Brotherhood Mass offered this year with the priest facing the people. As Fr. Marvin Mottet, chap- lain of the organization notes, stu- dents participating in these activ- ities make use of an opportunity to, “commit themselves to racial jus- tice. Joe Nahra, 63, an active member believes, “the CIC is very worthwhile, because it educates the student in an area where education is most lacking. Anyone can enroll by contacting Fr. Arthur Perry, treasurer, or Father Mottet. Nor is this opportunity re- stricted to the boys division, Sr. Michael Mary.BVM.is also recruiting. Michael Smith, and Donald W'ysoska. The freshmen were: Diane Lannan, Sheila Shanahan, Margaret Balluff, Mary DeMarco, Cathleen Froeschle, Joyce Glade, Mary Matthys, Teresa Reinart, Lora Berendes, Mary Fischer, Jennifer Hubbard, Joan McMeans, Pa- tricia Riley, Elizabeth Brandt, Patricia Furlong, Donna Geisler, Janet Rugs, William Davis, John Schissel, John Adams. Edward Maag, William Winn, Richard Anderson, James Gilroy, Brian Miclot, Michael Shannon, Ronald War- ta, Michael Gimbel, Joseph Miller, Robert Walter, Leonard Cervantes, Mark Cox, Michael Dockery, Patrick Frese, John McCabe, Patrick Flynn and Douglas Kiehn. Defying President Kennedy’s ex- ample of going hatless, some of the boys have chosen strange chapeau to battle the current cold weather. One freshman sports a cossack-style that looks like half a bearskin rug, while the juniors have taken to the older (say 1940), more conventional types. Recently the physics class has been performing experiments with a ripple tank; one of the necessary elements in these tanks is water. When they’re done, the tanks have to be emptied by siphoning the water out through a rubber hose. Maybe the experience could come in handy some day! “Ah. but for the sweet taste of vic- tory,” sighs Roy Leonard, heavyweight wrestler. Roy was looking for first win against Prairie, but he was declared ineligible. The reason? He forgot to weigh in. It looks like the cold weather is fin- ally gone. Michele Morrison certainly hopes so. One cold day she tried vain- ly to start the family car. In des- peration she put her head down on the steering wheel and got her tongue frozen to the horn. She’ll never do that again. (Michele definitely has the prob- lem licked . . .) Smart people make dumb mistakes because they take things for granted. Before the spelling bee assembly, Paul DiBlasio, editor of the Knight Beacon, was sent out to usher in the moderator, Bill Cress of WOC-TV and radio, who was late at the time. In his hurry to get Mr. Cress in, Paul locked himself out of the gym. Traveler Returns A pitcher of water, flags and the school insignia, organ music and a bul- letin board containing previous Knight Beacons and the Catholic Messenger decorated the auditorium Feb. 6 at the Catholic Press Month assembly. These incidentals helped set the stage for the interview of the Bishop of Davenport, Ralph L. Hayes, by the junior journal- ism class. This was the second appearance of Bishop Hayes before the Assumption student body. At the beginning of this school year the Bishop said Mass for the students. “As members of the Church of Christ the changes in the liturgy and laity will have a direct effect on you.” stated the Bishop. In regard to the vernacular he is a “reactionary” and not too enthusias- tic about it. However, there will prob- ably be more of the vernacular used. “Chances are the ultimate decision will be left with the bishop.” When questioned on how the Coun- cil will enlarge the laity’s role in the Church he emphasized that no one can predict what the Council is going to do. Nevertheless, he believes that they may emphasize the vocation of the laity and give general principles for them. In reviewing the accomplishments of the Council the distinguished gray- haired bishop listed four; 1) the actual meeting of the Council, 2400 bishops; Is The White “How many buttons are on the guards coats at the White House0 “Are there three candles in the White House candlebra0’ These questions may seem silly, but Mrs. Martin Phelan,the first Mon- day speaker for the junior journalists, answered these and many others be- fore she began writing her 50 page children's book THE WHITE HOUSE. “There are three steps in writing a book, Mrs. Phelan explained. “The idea came after we had returned from a trip to Washington D.C. My young- est son wanted to know more about the White House. I promised to pick up a book at the library but I found that none had been written. I'his was the incentive needed to begin h? r work. The second step involves research and reading. Mrs. Phelan, whose pen name is Mary Kay Phelan, stated that “the greatest training for a writ- er is to read, read, and then practice writing unusual and interesting 83 to Assumption 2) the organization as a working body; 3) progress on the liturgy; and 4) study on social communications. Bishop Hayes noted his greatest dis- like of the Council was “listening to 30 different bishops speak 10 minutes apiece on the same topic.” Fortunately in the next session “there will not be so many speeches. The hierarchy from each country will pick out perhaps only three to represent them.” The Bishop emphasized the role of the Catholic Press. It must instruct and ed- ucate the laity on the Council discus- sions. decisions and proceedings. Four hundred journalists were on location in Rome and accommodations did become a problem. During the next session, how. ever, greater accommodations will be made for the press. Knight Beacon co-editors, Denise Hoie and Paul DiBlasio and adviser Fr. William F. Wiebler closed the program with speeches and the prayer for the Ecumenical Council. As a result of all these plans and per- formances, the students and faculty were impressed and enthusiastic. Throughout the day in halls and class- rooms the effect was heard. Even a visiting Alleman High School student had to admit, “you Assumption stu- dents certainly have an awareness of the Ecumenical Council.” House White? ways. In preparing for her book, Mrs. Phelan read over 75 books on the White House during a year and a half period. After this step came the actual writing. In tour months she had com- pleted her work. The manuscript con- tained 150 pages and was written for 12-16 year olds. She sent it to a pub- lisher only to have it returned. In May I960 through the help of an ag- ency she cut the book to 58 pages and rewrote it especially for 6-12 year olds. The Holt, Rinehart and Winston Company agreed to publish it. This summer Mrs. Phelan returned to Washington to present her book at the White House. It was received by one of Mrs. Kennedy’s private secre- taries. Since the publishing of THE WHITE HOUSE, Mrs. Phelan has written another book, THE CIRCUS,which will be released in March or April. STUMPED AND SCARED . . . Sheila Kane ’66 meditates on her final word in the spelling bee. SPELLS Picking up his third place medal . . . senior Pat Mc- Greevy receives congratula- tion from last year’s winner Pat Dray ’64. “WOULD YOU PLEASE repeat that?” queries Jon Kruse ’66, during one of the many tense moments of the spell- ing bee. MMMM . . . now 1 know that one,’ soph Michelle Chenoweth seems to be thinking as she is confronted with an other word. in Inn Hruse__ Geor c Uhlchel I 12 Jerry Kuohes 13Plv.hr P, ), H Bdrb ) ri(c UNITY EYES BEAMING . . . John Genzel ’64 tosses up question to his Negro contemporaries. a BROTHERHOOD AND KNIGHTHOOD . . . united across a continent when Crisanto Gomez G. and Homero Belt ran G. tool their Assumption letter jackets home to Mexico. Seniors Bill Helmet and Jack Hogan present the jackets, a gift from the Monogram Club. Pensively . . . junior Darrell Warta ponders the race question. Speakers Demonstrate Dynamite, Venetian Blinds Fixing breakfast, throwing dyna- mite and selling Venetian blinds are but a few things that take place in the senior boys and sophomore girls speech classes. Speech in the boys division is a one semester course for seniors, taught by Mr. William McAfoos, who has a set pattern for teaching the course. At the beginning of the course Mr. McAfoos gives the stu- dents a list of 10 speeches, such as speech of introducation, demonstration, tion, etc. The first speech must be written out and read. “This is to give the speaker a sense of security, since nervousness is a great factor in making people Martha and Joe Many students at Assumption High School have part time jobs throughout the school year, but relatively few work without getting paid. Martha Holm and Joe Nahra, both seniors at Assumption, are two people who do work for nothing. Martha and Joe spend most of their Saturdays downtown at the Lay Apos- tolate office, 410 Brady St., preparing LEAVEN magazine for publication. They first began working on the staff of the magazine, which is published by the Office of the Lay Apostolate. in October of 1962. and will remain on the staff at least until graduation. Martha llolm, art editor of LEAVEN, helped publish the YCS NEWSLET- TER before the LEAVEN took its place. Iler main job is doing the art work in the magazine, but various other jobs complete her schedule. Martha enjoys her work and gains a feeling of accomplishment knowing she has contributed to LEAVEN, which she considers a “vast im- provement over the YCS NEWS- LETTER. “The greatest benefits which I have received working for LEAVEN, affirms Martha,“are advice and ex- perience in the field of art and de- sign, from which I hope to draw my future career.’ Joe Nahra, who also served on the staff of the NEWSLETTER, is also on The editorial staff of the LEAVEN. His job includes writing articles for putlication, rewriting articles sub- mitted by others, copy reading and arranging layout. Joe is greatly in- terested in journalism, and regards his position as a great help to his interest. scared to talk, says the speech teacher. The speeches progress from this initial point until the student is eventually able to speak using only note cards. The hardest speech of all is the “kiss-of-death speech; the student is required to speuk ex- temporaneously for a given time on any subject that the teacher should give him. Examples of speech already given by the boys are: Hill llelmel in a speech of demonstration did not be- lieve in fooling around, so he cooked a breakfast of bacon and eggs for Mr. McAfoos while he talked. Joe kubatska also felt he must do some- thing interesting; he lit a stick of Raise Leaven “I have met a lot of interesting people and being on the staff has given me valuable experience in journalism, the veteran journalist notes. Both students agree that the LEAVEN is a great improvement over its predecessor, the YCS NEWSLET- TER. and they believe it will im- prove still more in the future. Aside from the enjoyment they derive from their work, Martha and Joe feel that they receive a payment much more valuable than money, experience: doing work in the apostolate. dynamite and threw it into the middle of the class! It didn’t explcde, how- ever. Sr. M. Eustella BVM teachesspeech to sophomores in the girls’division. The girls have speech for the entire year, but only meet three days a week the first semester and two days a week the second semester. Sister Eustella also has a pattern for teaching the course; she follows the text closely. Sister also believes that nervousness has a lot to do with the shyness some people have when it comes time to talk, so she starts her students off by having each one tell a joke to the rest of the class. All exams are oral, of course. Thus far the girls have had speeches of introduction, TV com- mercials. radio speaking, speeches of demonstration, extemporaneous speeches, a pantomine and a one minute monologue. Things didn’t get quite as wild in the girls class as in the boys’, but they did have a few chuckles over some of the TV commercials. For example, Mary Ann Fick was trying to sell the Venetian blinds in room E-3, a room which is right across the courtyard from the boys. The class chuckled when Mary Ann opened the blinds and said. “I reveal the world to you. GOING OVER HIS NOTES . . . Joe Kubatska ’63 show’s speech instructor Mr. William McAfoos his dynamited outline. 86 At AHS Bookie Operates PSYCHOLOGISTS Steve Tullis and Tom Fennelly take a look at Fr. Col- onnese’s latest issue of Mad. There’s a bookie operating in the Assumption math department, but it’s only a new way of teaching math. In ninth-grade algebra the boys play a card game which they called •'Bridge . The rules vary according to each class but are similar to Authors where books are made. For instance, two cards with equi- valent fractions are called a book. The game is played in groups of four. This past summer Fr.Marvin Fldred and Sr.Mary Laurent.CHM, attended summer school to pick up such new ideas and methods of teaching to better instruct the boys. Some of the BYM Sisters attended an institute for study of procedure in teaching modem math at Mundelein College, Chicago, during the Christmas vaca- tion. In the boys' division Sister Laurent says, Most of the material presented is not new material, but the classical content of math presented in new ways, for example, the development of the idea of a one-to-one corres- pondence between real numbers and points on a number line. The treat- ment of rational numbers as either terminating or repeating decimals is another new idea. Of course, the use of film strips is not new, but it is new in the math department. Some of these films have been used to help teach sets, solution sets, and graph- ing of equalities and inequalities. Special recognition is given to students who produce good work in such topics as graphing or produc- tion of a model for a problem. This is given in the classroom by display- ing the work or by praise from other students , Sister stresses. Development cf a number system concerned the intermediate math classes in the past Semester. Sister explained. “Natural numbers (count- ing numbers) were sufficient for men counting sheep in a herd. Zero and negative numbers were needed, and as a. result the set of integers was invented. Not all equations had a solution in the set of integers and so the rational numbers were added for 3x52. To measure the diagonal of a square, irrational numbers were need- ed. The four fundamental operations and the solution of equations con- Psychologists Be careful when someone asks, Do you love your parents? What do you see in this ink blot? or Will you please come to E-7 seventh period? because chances are you’ve met a psychology student. The unique psychology classes, taught by Fr. Louis Colonnese during sixth and seventh period, are guaranteed to titil- late your psyche. Summing up his reasons for taking psychology, Bob Hill '63 says, I took it to gain a better understanding of people and now I’ve got a better understanding of myself. During the first few weeks of school primary subjects covered were the four temperaments: choleric, sanguine, melancholic and phegmatic. To help them determine their own tempera- ments, Father gave them the Colon- nese Ink Blot Test. This was a home- made ink blot that each person inter- preted. The ink blot looked like two bears to most kids in our class, but some saw a crayfish or a cow’s head, stat- ed Pat Ptacek ’64 taining radicals were also studied. In the future, the juniors may look forward to learning about complex numbers and algebraic numbers. This will be the turning point of the course, Sister affirms. Mathematics is not easy but Sister reminds the boys that help is offered after school if the student is willing to avail himself of it...and she n ver lacks for a fourth in Briget . Probe Phobias When they studied adolescent psy- chology, Father explained fears and phobias. People who inspect their fork before eating were in particular danger during this period. They were likely to be classified as a typical miso- phobia case (fear of germs). Some students seem to maintain a blank look during psychology. Larelle Hughes '63 can account for it. Father threatened to read someone's mind and for awhile we were afraid to think! Although he hasn't read anyone's mind yet, the priest psychologist has begun reading actual case histories of insane people. Eventually the po- tential psychiatrists will take the real ink blot test and analyze each other. We have been thinking of a class project for later in the year. Probably we’ll do something to unite the stu- dents and faculty more, declared Claudette Short ’63. Another project they are considering is having a dis- play of mental health pamphlets in the library. The boys class may visit Mt. Pleasant or East Moline State Hospi- tal for a tour of the buildings and per- haps a visit with some of the patients. Everyone agrees they’ve learned a lot, as Ed Schloemer ’63 comments, The class has already helped me to understand people and therefore get along better with them. So if someone casually saunters up and greets you with Gnoti Sautoh (know thyself) remember— a blank expression is your best protection against mind reading, ink blots or any other phobias. 87 Basketball Seider Stars DISTRICT WINNER . . . wrestler Tom Fennelly ’63 shows his Little Six opponent his championship hold. Frosh Sport Winning Season Finishing the season against Alleman and Bettendorf, the Knights will open district tournament play at Central, March 1, meeting West. Ottumwa The Knights travelled to Ottumwa Feb. 1 and began their most unsuccess- ful weekend of the current campaign with an 80-64 loss to the Bulldogs. Jun- ior Mike Seider dumped in 13 points to lead the Knights in the first half, but the Bulldogs took a 34-29 lead at the half, and then pulled ahead 60-40 at the end of the third stanza. Assump- tion outscored Ottumwa 24-20 in the last period, but that wasn’t enough to leash the rampaging Bulldogs. Seider ended the contest with 15 points after foulding out, Jeff Gadient and Jim Kel- lenberger added 13 and 12 points re- spectively. Central Davenport Central invaded the As- sumption gym Feb. 2, and broke a Cen- tral school record in points scored to top the Knights 86-62. Central hit a phenominal 53% from the field in tak- ing a 41-21 halftime lead. On the other hand, the Knights endured a rather poor shooting night, hitting only 24 of 71 shots for 34%. Central kept up its torrid pace, taking a 63-40 lead at the end of the third’quarter. Jim Hester and Larry Rathje paced Central with 44 ponits between them. Dan Albers hit 11, John Loihl added 12 and Mike Seider poured in 13 to lead Assump- tion’s scoring. Burlington Burlington raced into Davenport tied for the Little Six Conference lead but Assumption’s Knights sent the con- fident Greyhounds to the doghouse with a 57-54 victory. Juniors John Loihl and Mike Seider paced the Knights with 14 and 20 points respec- tively. The Knights were behind 39-37 at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but rallied to outscore Burlington 20-15 in the last period. East Moline Although leading the Mississippi Val- ley Conference and ranked eighth in Illinois, East Moline's Panthers were lucky to get out with their spots, win- ning in an overtime, 62-59. Assumption held a 44-41 lead after three quarters, but the Panthers rallied to knot the count at 57 all after regulation time had elapsed. The fast finishing Panthers outscored the Knights 5-2 in the over- time period. Mike Seider paced As- sumption for the fourth consecutive game with 22 points. Jeff Gadient added 15 and John Loihl tipped in 10 to bolster the Knights attack. Coming into the stretch, the fresh- man basketball team is sporting a fine 9-3 record, with two of the three losses by only two points. In their first game, the frosh defeated Alleman 53-44. Greg Anderson and Dave Barrett paced the win with 12 and 9 points respectively. The Little Knights continued to win as they defeated North Scott and Bettendorf, 46-35 and 55-51. Greg Anderson was high scorer In both games with 20 and 18 points. The long Christmas layoff seemed to hurt the frosh somewhat as they lost a cliff-hanger to Alleman at the Pio- neer’s gym, 45-43. On January 10, the yearlings encountered Muscatine’s pre- viously undefeated squad. Although they were down by as many as 16 points in the second half, they man- aged a came from behind win, 57-55. Mike Ryan pumped in 8 last quarter points to spark the comeback. 20 points by Del Ladehoff and 10 by big Ron Hawley paced the young Knights to a 52-35 victory over St. Joseph’s of DeWitt. Two nights later the young roundballers added another vic- tory to their record as they defeated Bettendorf for the second time, 70-34. 88 Ladehoff hit for 22 points. The Little Knights’ second loss was a 47-45 squeaker to East Moline Black. Ron Hawley and John Peacock were high scorers with 11 and 8 points re- spectively. They got back on the win- ning trail by smashing North Scott 52-29. The frosh continued to roll as they top- pled Muscatine West 73-64. John Dock- ery scored 10 points in the win. East Moline proved to be a tough ball club by beating the young Knights in their second encounter 55-32. Ryan pumped in 13 points in a losing cause. A hard fighting St. Joseph’s of De- Witt team forced the Knights to go all the way in order to pull out a 50-46 triumph. Ladehoff paced the attack with 17 points. This freshman team has been out- scoring its opponents by more than 10 points a game thus far, 54-43. Mr. Simeons, the freshman coach, is pleased with the enthusiasm of the squad and feels that there are several good prospects for future varsity teams. “I wish we could get better crowds out to see these boys play. They need the support of the school just as the varsity does,” summarizes Mr. Simeons. Little Knights Spear Imps A 53-37 defeat by East Moline Feb. 9, skidded the Little Knights to a 3-13 record before closing out the season against Bettendorf and Alleman. After trailing 20-18 at the half, the sophs connected for 19 points in the final six- teen minutes, but couldn’t stop the Panthers as they dropped in 33. John Reyes and Dan Dugan each scored 10 points in the defeat. Burlington came back to defeat the sophs in the second encounter 58-45. Freshman Greg Anderson lead Assump- tion scoring as he droped in 15, Dugan hit for 12. The Little Knights trounced Central 63-58 for their third victory of the sea- son. Hitting for 25 points, Anderson took scoring honors, followed by Dugan’s 21. After the sophs hit for a 40-18 half- time lead, Central came back in the final half to toss in 40 points, while holding the Little Knights to a 23 point total. In their second meeting with Ottum- wa, Assumption was downed by the host team 52-46. Anderson again lead the Little Knight scoring with 15 mark- ers, as Dugan connected for 14 points. West downed the sophs for their tenth loss of the season 50-39. Dugan, Joe Kellenberger and Reyes netted 32 of the Little Knights 39 point total. Dugan dropped in 12, while Kellen- berger and Reyes each connected for 10. A Muscatine seven point halftime lead proved too much for Assumption in their Jan. 18 encounter. The Little Knights came back with 24 points in the final half but couldn’t stop the Muskies. Muscatine tossed in 25 points in the second half for a 51-43 victory. Anderson dropped in 11, while Kellen- berger accounted for 10 of the sophs total. Although leading 34-30 at the third quarter marker, Assumption fell to Bettendorf 43-39. Pacing the sopho- rrlores was Anderson with 10 points. Behind 33-15 at the half the sophs failed to overcome Keokuk’s 18 point lead, falling to the Chiefs 56-43. An- derson scored 16 points on seven field goals and two free throws in the Jan. 5, encounter. After holding a 29-25 third quarter lead the Little Knights had to hold on for a 36-35 victory over Burlington. Kim Clay, Anderson, and freshman Dave Barrett each hit for seven points in the victory. The high scoring attacks of Ottumwa, Alleman and Keokuk each proved too much for the Little Knights. Ottumwa took a 67-42 win, while the Pioneers outscored the sophs 46-25. The As- sumption underclassmen fell to Keo- kuk 47-29. North Scott gave the sophs their first victory 51-50. The Little Knights gained the win on Kellenberger’s two free shots with nine seconds remain- ing. Muscatine took a 58-42 decision over AHS. Matmen Varsity Wins Ending the dual meet season on a winning note, the Assumption wrestlers defeated Burlington 28-14 on Feb. 5. Chris Kriesa won at 95, Tony Cor- siglia decisioned his 112 pound foe and Jim Dower defeated his opponent at 120. Don Chenoweth, 133, and Jack Hogan at 145 each scored falls and Tom Murray won at 138. Bill Dare and Tom Fennelly ended the evening with de- cisions. Alleman invaded the Knights mats Jan. 29 and gained a 32-13 victory. Tom Murray continued his winning streak, pinning his opponent. Tom Fennelly and Mike Colbrese each scored decisions and Don Chenoweth battled to a draw. Tom Fennelly and Jack Hogan paced Assumption as Rock Island pinned a 34-10 defeat on the Knights. In ad- dition to victories by Hogan and Fen- nelly, Don Chenoweth and Mike Col- brese tied to account for the ten As- sumption markers. Reserves Romp The varsity reserve wrestlers fin- ished the season with a 6-4-1 record. After two straight victories over Mus- catine and East Moline, the Knights fell to Alleman and West. The reserv- ers regained their winning streak by downing Burlington, Bettendorf and Prairie of Cedar Rapids consecutively. The Knights handed Bettendorf a 26-22 defeat. The Central Blue Devils proved too much for the reserves, downing them 29-16. The Pioneers from Alleman again downed the Assumption reserves, with a 43-9 decision. The understudies picked up their only tie of the mat season 21-21 against Rock Island. Fin- ishing out competition the AHS re- serves defeated Burlington 31-10. Junior Rich Reisinger at 138 lbs led the reserves with a 9-5 record. At 154 sophomore Steve Huyette posted a 7-4 season. Sportlite by Joe Kehoe In compiling a creditable 6-10 rec- ord. coach Bill McAfoos’ cagers show an amazing balance in regard to scor- ing. Steve Tullis leads with 158 points and a 9.9 average. Jeff Gadient is next with 154 points and a 9.6 count. Jim Kellenberger follows with 146 points and a 9.1 avg. Coming on strong in the last four games with 70 points, Mike Seider ’64 stands at the 130 mark and has averaged 9.3 points a game for the 14 games in which he has played. Seid- er has the best percentage of the four, hitting 43% from the field. High jump- ing Jim Kellenberger has snared 102 rebounds to pace the team in that de- partment. He holds the dubious distinc- tion of committing 3.6 fouls a game, leading the team here also. Mr. Mc- Afoos’ charges have scored 913 points (57 per game) to their opponents 982 (61 a game); so, as you can see, the Knights are not out of too many games. • • • With the District Wrestling Meet at hand, the Knight wrestlers will be plac- ing their hopes on three performers who have a combined dual meet record of 27-3-1. Tom Murray, while wrestling at 138, has compiled a 10-1 dual meet mark. Drawing with Wrest’s Terry Bush and losing only to Bettendorf’s Gary Leh- man, senior Jack Hogan sports an 8-1-1 record at 145 pounds. Rounding out this tough trio is senior Tom Fennelly who has posted a 9-1 count while alternating between 165 and 180. • • • Although not emerging victorious after the final whistle of every en- counter, the Assumption varsity winter sportsters have obviously been spend- ing some time studying. The first eight basketball players possess a combined academic average of 3.00. Leading the roundballers at the desk is Jim Kel- lenberger with a 4.00. The wrestlers were close behind with a 2.61 com- bined average. This group of athletics is to be commended for realizing their true purpose in school and excelling in such a fashion. • • • Uncoached and unorganized, two teams from Assumption are taking the Davenport Y.M.C.A. Basketball league by storm. The Bearcats, composed of Darrell Warta, Ron Fall, Jim Lauser, Kazi Maliszewski, Jim Logan, Joe Cal- lahan and Paul Mullin, are the once- beaten leaders of the league. The other Assumption team is made up of seniors Barney Grinwood, Dick Braun, Larry Haynes, Bob Morrissey, Dennis Thies- sen, Dave McGee and Joe Kehoe. Pres- ently, Darrell Warta is tied for the scoring lead and Ron Fall, Jim Lauser, Barney Grinwood and Dick Braun are among the top point producers. 89 UP IN THE BOOTH. Fr. Eld- red handles the switches, as he di- rects . . . Mexicans Vacation American Style n A summer vacation in January? Sound a little strange? Right now it's summer in Mexico and for two Mexican teenagers that includes summer school in Davenport and at Assump- tion. Homero Beltran G. and Crisanto Gomez G. from Huayacocotla, Mexico are in the United States under the sponorship of Fr. Louis M. Colonnese and the Office of the Lay Apostolate to learn new ways to improve the standard of living in their remote mountain village and how to teach these methods to their fellow villag- ers. The tiny village of 1,500 is situated in the Sierra Madre Mountain range. The main income of this village, like most mountain towns, is agriculture. Ho local high school. School starts at eight and recesses at one. Afternoon classes last from 2:00 to 5:5 the student body totals only 85, the teaching staff consists of five nuns, a priest, a doctor and a lawyer. Huayacocotla is fortunate to have a high school, related Homero, for many villages have no school at all. Homero plans to further his education in veterinary medicine by attending a university. After being in the United States since Dec. 14, the boys have devel- oped average American tastes. Crisanto has had a steady diet of TV cartoons. Since his knowledge of English is limited, the cartoons, with their wild predicaments and little con- versation, are easily understood by him. “I like the funny happenings in them explains Crisanto. The boys have become avid fans of the Assumption basketball team after attending several games. Crisanto proved himself an able roundbailer when he scored 20 points in a recent backyard game. Seriously’, too, the boys certain tastes and ideas have impresses AHSers who have met them. Concern- ing the Ecumenical Council Homero stated, “We feel that the Church is making great strides in her drive to save the Latin America through a reform movement. The instructions they will gain here in Davenport will be used in their village to improve life and combat the threat of Communism that is very evi- dent in Latin America. But as Homero explains, “We would rather go hungry than accept Communism. 90 Boys Bag Birds Pheasant hunting season officially opened at 9:00 am Saturday, Nov. 10, and Assumption students weren’t about to let it pass. Explorer Post 22 of St. Joseph’s travelled 250 miles to bag their quota...15 pheasants, 3 rab- bits, and 1 squirrel. Under the supervision of Mr. Bill Smith and Dale Conard ’62, graduates Bob Schadt and Bill Moliterno, along with juniors Keith Fredenburg and Ron Noe and sophomores Greg Bunge, Mike Smith and Jim Crossen began their trip at 6:00 Friday evening. Their destination...Riceville, Iowa, to the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne W. Klein. Except for getting lost near Marion, they completed the trip without inci- dent. Their spirits undampened, they arrived at the Klein farm late Friday night. The next morning they all rose at 8:00, ate breakfast and drove a mile down the road where prospects look- ed good. No one could fire a shot until 9:00. and the boys anxiously awaited the moment. When the time came they worked their way through many entanglements and briars, across a cornfield and down a gully to a beanfield where they split into groups. Soon after, Jim bagged the first pheasant. After noon, the boys went back to the farmhouse for lunch. After eating, they all went back to the field except Greg, who had already gained his limit of three. Hunting continued until the official closing time at 4:30. The following morning after 7:00 Mass the boys were again in the fields. Because of farmers nearby picking com the boys were sure the birds would be frightened out of the bush. Their hopes were fulfilled and by 11:00 everyone had gained their quota. Ron Fiese '60 Mother of Sr. Mary Lidwine, BVM Ole Miss Influences Negroes, AHSers With the eyes of the world on such situations as that at the University of “Ole Miss,” a senior boys' YCS group at Assumption decided that the best way to remedy any part of the race problem was to talk and work with Negroes. Therefore the group asked Mr. Charles Toney, president of the Catho- lic Interracial Council, to contact Negro students for a discussion; the group also invited two other senior groups to attend. Fifteen YCSers from Assumption and Central high schools, and four Negro students from Central participated in the session. Although the purpose of the meeting was to formulate an action, the dis- cussion primarily laid a foundation for future meetings: a common ground for movement was established among the students. Dialogue at the beginning of the meeting was stilted and artificial; everyone spoke carefully, watching so as not to step on anyone's feet. How- ever, during the refreshments at the end, everyone was open and frank. The discussion touched on many topics. When Joe Kehoe, AHS, asked why Negroes don’t violently react in circumstances of discrimination, Cen- tral’s Diane Stevens replied, “Most Negroes are sensitive, but it’s patience that holds them back.” Horace Peoples disagreed, saying, “It’s just plain guts not to react to certain instances when you're prac- tically spat upon.” In examining the causes of discrim- ination, the group concluded that ignorance and environment were the two main sources. Horace maintains that “there is discrimination every- where. Sometimes isolation among whites produces a very fierce preju- dice, such as that in a northern Iowa town where we played football. There we could only buy pop at a service station.” Helen Hester said, “I think that it is a biased prejudice. «I’m not going to wait an hour in a restaurant just be- cause they don’t think I’m equal to them.. I will go to a place where I am treated decent, or I will go home where I can eat when I wish.” When the topic changed again, Diane Stevens added, “No one wants to live next to someone who is dirty, but if the only place you can find is adjacent to such a place what can you do? We are only in a position to take what is given.” on inter-marriage, Diane com- mented, “If a Negro marries a white their problems are their own. They must pay their own bills; no one will do that for them,” Helen felt that many people who are biased seem to ask, “I’m sorry that I am prejudiced. Is that all right?” She contends that there is no excuse for someone being prejudiced. Visitor passes, security guards and 60,000 pounds of pressure are all things Assumption members of Explor- er Posts 91 and 97 contend with when they journey to the Rock Island Ar- senal for their bi-weekly meetings. Post leaders are made up of Arsenal chemists and engineers. Committee mem- bers come from positions all over the Arsenal. Chuck Schmidt ’63 is a mem- ber of Post 91 which deals with chem- istry while seniors Bruce Borne, George Koenigsaecker. Dennis Leese and Paul DiBlasio belong to Engineering Post 97. John Molyneaux ’63 is affiliated with both. The purpose of the posts is to show the boys what each field has to offer and also to satisfy any interests they might have. They themselves deter- mine what program to pursue, but it must meet with the approval of the advisor and security regulations. The chemistry post, under the ad- visorship of Mr. Francis Meade and After the meeting some of the more experienced YCSers felt that the ses- sion didn’t add to their knowledge of the problem, but that it did give them a contact from where they could build. Joan Berendes, AHS, summarized the feelings of many of the students when she said, “I learned a lot of things, now I can speak from the facts not just feelings.” Committee Chairman Mr. Richard Miclot, has taken on no specific pro- ject but has seen demonstrations of visual chemical reactions and chemi- cal analysis by instruments. Advisor for the engineering post is Mr. Robert Rossmiller, while Mr. Frank Rollins serves as Committee Chairman. Until the post decides on a project (ra- dio control, computers and outfitting a tank for street use have been suggest- ed) they have been viewing metallurgi- cal testing. Although the subject matter gets heavy at times the boys find it ex- tremely interesting. Bruce Borne comments, Too bad the Army would- n’t let us have a tank; I guess we’ll just have to be satisfied with making a radio or computer-controlled model.” Maybe if you’re real polite one of the boys will show you a sample of num- ber two, heat-treated and hardened steel that was pulled apart at 60,000 pounds of pressure. Ed Schloemer ’63 up front with the stage floodlights. Boys Use 60,000 Pound Force The Store who think ! fWPV J for men young” Mill Lipsman has the shirts (or you in the latest styles— Sport anil Dress shirts with the tapered look from $5.00 Milt Lipsman INC. 222 BRADY ST. White Award Sweaters 100% Virgin Wool Worsted Louis Hanssens Sons 213-15 W. 2nd Village Shopping Center HAISTON’S D-X SERVICE Harry and Red 1933 Hickory Grove Road Phone 322-9373 Davenport, Iowa TED'S Two places for fine foods 3837 Brady — 906 E. River h.i.s POST GRAD SLACKS The Syndicate-Hub The Quad Cities finest Young Men’s Store High School College Shop THIRD FLOOR Designed and operated exclusively for the Young Man The Syndicate-Hub 222 W. 2nd Dav nport Polished Cottons—Trim tailoring in the new Post Grads by H.I.S. Don't envy H.I.S. — wear them, $6.95 Simon Landauer Downstairs Store EVERYTHING PHOTOGRAPHIC Elliott CAMERA SHOP 217 W. 3rd St. DAVENPORT 508 Sixteenth St. MOLINE simonnnDLRnDRUER Winding up the basketball season with third place in the Little Six Conference, the Knights relinquished their court to the girls for the YCS Jamboree. On the hardwood the girls performed not only as cheerleaders, but as players, coaches and refs as well. (See story on page 95.) KNIGHT BEACON Gold Distinguishes Members “Rebel — but do it gracefully,” Fr. John Smith, history professor at St. Ambrose College, told the student body at the induction of 24 new mem- bers into the Pius XII Chapter of the National Honor Society. The March 5 program began with Holy, Holy, Holy sung by the mixed chorus followed by a welcome and brief history of the society by presi- dent Jeff Gadient ’63. Sally Cogan, Jim Kellenberger, Barb Lewis and Joe Nahra explained the four qualifica- tions of NHS members, Character. Scholarship, Leadership and Service. Sister Mary Ann Esther, BVM, pre- sented pins and membership cards to new senior members Joan Berendes, Kathy McDermott, Mary Ann Soenke and Pat Westphal. Juniors being in- ducted were Jan Adamsky, Geri Bar- rett, Leah Cox, Barb Egger, Phyllis Hart, Julie Joyce and Mary Motto. Fr. Charles Mann presented pins and cards to seniors Bruce Borne, Tom Cusack, Paul DiBlasio, Joe Kehoe, Den- nis Leese, Pat McGreevy and Stephen Miclot. Junior inductees were Pat Dray, John Genzel, Jim Logan, Mike Town- send and Darrel Warta. Fr. Robert Walter then administered the Pledge of Loyalty to new members and introduced Father Smith as guest speaker. Kathy McDermott ’63 re- marked, “Father Smith gave a differ- ent approach to our times. Everyone else seems to have a fatalistic attitude but Father sounded optimistic.” The program closed with Holy God sung by the entire student body. Father Walter announced that in- stead of the gold tassles worn by pre- vious NHS members at graduation, this year’s class will have all gold caps and gowns. This year for the first time candles were allowed to be used in the ceremony at Assumption. The white pendants worn by the members are also new and were made by some of the girls. The Honor Society annually sponsors the all-school spelling bee and plans are currently under way for the dance that it will sponsor April 26. ‘This dance most likely will not be a formal due to the expense and small attend- ance at the Christmas formal but we would hate to see it ‘degenerate’ to the level of a mixer,” said Father Walter when asked about the dance. Plebes Prepare “Hey, they’re a month early!” That might be the comment of some alert Assumptionite who has noted that six junior journalists are working with the senior staff on this month’s Knight Beacon. Traditionally, the junior journalists, with the able assistance of Fr. Wil- liam F. Wiebler, publish the entire April KB on their own. The senior staff doesn’t call this the junior issue, but rather the senior vacation. This year Father has decided to as- sign six top juniors to work as jour- nalistic “apprentices” on the March issue, in able to prepare them for next month’s venture. The six are: Jan Abbas, Pat Car- penter, Jill Schroeder, Pat Dray, John Genzel and Mike Townsend. Their work is evident throughout this issue in various features, two edi- torials and the laboriously laid out headlines, pictures and cutlines. Mary Motto ’64 Mary Merits Honor Society member, efficient SGA secretary, GRA participant, junior rep- resentative of BACT and now March’s Student of the Month is junior Mary Motto. “Boundlessly energetic and vitally in- terested in all school activities Mary is a spark plug in any class. She has man- aged to remain unsophisticated and humble despite her success — a real ac- complishment,” stated Sr. Mary Joan- ette, BVM. As an honor student, Mary must keep a high scholastic average. This along with many other activities keeps her one of the busiest and happiest girls here at Assumption. “I feel that any class working to- gether as one can accomplish anything that they set their mind to. This was brought out clearly in the overall par- ticipation of the girls in the recent YCS Basketball Jamboree,” comments Mary. Take a personality that is alive with vitality, add warmth and sincerity and you have Mary Motto. “Work’s actually fun when Mary’s there with her friend- ly smile and cheerful outlook,” cites Kathy Barrett ’64. 94 YCS Jamboree Jams Knight Gymnasium Take a YCS sponsored project, stir in basketball competition, add enthusi- astic fun-loving girls, season with color- ful ribbons, cheers and trophies and bake in Assumption’s gym for the suc- cessful Girls Basketball Jamboree, held at Assumption, March 14. Raising funds for the National YCS to sponsor members at Study Days and to further the work of the Young Christian Students was the primary ob- jective of the Jamboree. Also the proj- ect promoted class unity and a spirit of friendly competition. “It is a real good opportunity for the girls to show athletic ability and improve their sportsmanship,” commented Pat Hart, captain of the freshman team. Plans and preparation began long be- fore the Jamboree. The corridors and gym were decorated with posters, signs and ribbons denoting class colors. The colors the girls decided on were: sen- iors, red and white; juniors, blue and Ferns Compute With a bag full of knowledge, ten Assumption girls will journey to Du- buque, Saturday, April 20. Participat- ing in the annual Math Tournament at Clarke College, will be representatives of the advanced math, advanced alge- bra and geometry classes. Competition is divided into two sections based on the number of sem- esters in mathematics. The girls will be challenged by quadratics, trigonom- etry and other forms of higher math. Plaques will be awarded to the schools with the highest composite to- tal. Individual awards will also be giv- en. Schools within a seventy mile rad- ius of Dubuque are participating in the yearly tournament administrated by the Clarke Math Department, states math instructor Sr. Mary Ambrosina. BVM. S G A Searches SGA elections are just around the corner. The candidates’ speeches are scheduled for Thursday, April 25, and the elections themselves for Friday, April 26. With campaign speeches ar- ranged, voting day set up and voters ready to cast their ballots, there’s only one thing missing — the candidates. Only one member of the junior class has definitely decided to run — Mary Motto. (Yes, a girl has made up her mind!) The well known politician will seek the office of vice president. Steve Huyette and Tony Navarro ’65 are considering the post of treasurer. white; sophomores, gold and white; and freshmen, green and white. The four teams, comprised of ten girls each, and the cheerleaders were chosen by class vote. Sr. Mary Diana BVM point- ed out the need “for every student to participate by selling tickets, cheering or actually playing in the game.” The freshmen distributed green kleenex corsages to the freshmen girls attending the game and sophomore girls received gold ribbons. Dressed to “rumble” in dark skirts, tights and their dads’ white shirts were the senior girls. Among the “spirited” spectators were some of the junior boys who ar- rived at the gym attired in Bermuda shorts, straw hats and “low-cuts.” The battle between the Sophomore Fori Madison, Aquinas will host the 1963 YCS Spring Study Day, Sunday. April 28. Registration at 9 am will be fol- lowed by a 10 o’clock general assem- bly. The world-wide mission of the Church, as theme of the Study Day wil be discussed in the morning work- shops. Emphasis will be on the lay movement at home and abroad. Following the Mass and lunch, the Nancy Koprucki ’63 For Candidates Also in the “seriously considering” category are Kathy Frater, Jill Meyers and Teresa Schwab ’65. The office of secretary is their goal. The most important student office in the school, the presidency of the SGA is presently left open. Pat Dray ’64 is thus far the only “possible” candi- date. On the national scene, the lack of participation lies with the voters — never in the politicians. With almost 100% turn out at Assumption’s polls, where are our candidates? Squires and the Freshmen Falcons ended in a 23-12 sophomore win, while the rumble between the Senior Sharks and Junior Jets ended in a 12-11 victory for the Sharks. The Jets took the floor by smashing through a hoop with a jet on it, while the seniors, sporting red bloomers, w'ere led on the floor by their shark mascot, Doris Leibold. The sen- iors led all the way but had to “cool” a fourth quarter Jet rally to get their victory. Trophies were awarded to the win- ning teams and a loyalty trophy was awarded to the junior class for selling the highest percentage of tickets, 576%. The jamboree was another Assump- tion first and many felt that “it should become an annual affair.” afternoon session will include slides on Latin America and other films em- phasizing the Church’s mission. Present federation officers; president Ed Fitzpatrick of Mt. Pleasant, vice- president Earl Volker of Ottumwa, secretary Barb Lewis ’63 and national representative Joe Nahra ’63 will step down from their positions. Elections of the 1963-64 Davenport Federation of- ficers will end the day long session. Assumption students have served as federation officers for the past three years. Will an Assumptionite hold a federation office in ’64? Senior Crabs A ward Senior Nancy Koprucki has captured the Charles Palmer Davis Award for excellence in current events in the girls government class. The medal, sponsor- ed by Amercian Education Publications, was presented in class by Sr. Michael Mary, BVM. It was based on Nancy’s earning the highest scholastic average in her government class during the first semester. Nancy was also one of the recipients of a trip to the statehouse in Des Moines, where she learned firsthand how the state government is run. Be- sides her interest in government and current events, she also finds time to participate in a girl’s bowling league and during the summer is an avid member of the American Water Ski Club. Requiescat Grandmother of Joe Nahra ’63 Study Day Will Emphasize Laity 95 We Want You All! n “I WANT YOU,” proclaims Uncle Sam, from his poster, as he points at America’s young men eligible for military service. So too, the Knight Beacon flashed “as a beacon in the night” on you, the Assumption student body, but like escaping convicts, the students ran from the challenge. They also ran from the chance to see an accused defendant acquitted amid tense courtroom drama. In this particular courtroom drama the Knight Beacon faced the Pius XI Journal from Milwaukee in a trial of determining which paper presented the better coverage of the Ecumenical Council during this past year. Rather than saying the students “ran from the chance to see the trial, it would have been more ap- propriate to state that the students ignored the trial, as exhibited by the poor attendance of juniors and sen- iors. Assumption s student body is always out in full support of sports activities when AHS is competing. Even on week nights, students come out in full force for such activities as the recent YCS basketball jam- boree. The Knight Beacon has consistently been rated as an All-American and All-Catholic paper. Because of the high quality of past issues, any minor mistake in an issue is vulnerable to vehement and quick criticism by students and faculty alike. It is quite evident that the Knight Beacon is always open to criticism, but the staff needs some encouragement to continue high quality presentations. A losing Knight basketball team gains confidence from a pep rally. The KB trial was this staffs pep rally, but the Knight Beacon had an empty cheering section. An award winning paper is one to be proud of, not taken for granted. Assumption students call the KB “our” paper. The student body has NO right to call the Knight Beacon their schoolpaper if they cannot exhibit loyalty when the KB is challenged. They have NO right to consider the Knight Beacon THEIR award- winning paper if they don’t support its activities. If Assumption expects the KB to continue in its winning ways, loyalty and support must be forth- coming. How far would the third place varsity basket- ball team of two years ago have advanced without loyal Assumptionites’ support? Assumption is often praised for its fine school spirit in supporting its teams, whether winning or losing. This paper is dedicated to Assumption high school. This paper has school spirit. You enthusiastically sup- port a losing sports team. Why not support a winning paper? D.H. KNIGHT BEACON ffW- j Heaton the Siffht « The Knifht Beacon is published etfht times a year by students of Assumption hifh school. 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X |J C� U,«ICIL KB Trial Mike-rophone Perfectionists Aren't by Mike Townsend Are you perfect? “Of course not!” is the reply. However, several Assumption students approach perfection — at least in their own minds. These “pillars of society” show this “perfection” by ridiculing those who are “too fat, too dumb, too poor or the wrong color.” A cutting remark is their weapon. The laughs of onlookers and the embarrassment of their victims make them feel “big”; actually, their in- security is showing through. With a little effort these biting “blasts” can be held back. Are they really necessary for “popularity”? Perfection in the “next life” won’t be determined by how many “A s” we get or how many touchdowns we score. It will depend on how we treated John Doe or Mary Smith — the least of Christ’s brethren. 96 Culprits Vandalize AHS Library Stacks “Did you work on that Common Market term paper last study hall?” “Yeah, Steve and I looked up articles in the Readers Guide, got the magazines and took ’em to a desk to work, but it didn’t do us much good.” “How come?” “Seems to me that there’d be a lot of good articles on that topic.” “There were, but there was only one of the articles that hadn’t been torn out of the magazines!” Sound like an excuse to get out of an assignment? It wasn’t. The truth of the matter is that two large classes had hoped to use magazine articles from the school library for their term papers. One of the re- quired subjects was the Common Market, but they were out of luck since only one article on that sub- ject hadn’t been torn from the magazines. A casual glance through the periodical section of our library reveals some students’ taste for humor. Several cartoons have been extracted from pages; original and sometimes vulgar captions have also been added. Another student’s quest for beauty resulted in the loss of a full page of an attractive young woman. Perhaps people look upon the library not only as a center for information, but also as a source for bul- letin and pin-up boards. Sr. Mary Ernestine, BVM, school librarian, reports that some of the latest periodicals are missing from the shelves and reminds students that they are not allowed to remove them from the library. It has also become regular routine for her to collect and mend badly damaged books, from 15 to 20 at time. Several F School Spirit Wall l50 j J I _!U3 l f fyXntTAOLh I _ Jhu 1 6a.i cr au [ 5£asavL.L_ K “A re Lc «$e.a.soK, - % Penitents Slump-Bat.000 The CBL-Church’s Baseball League — is in its mid- summer batting slump. The “spiritual world series” seems far away and doubtful. But before you know it, Lent will be over and Easter will be here. Will you be caught wtih a broken bat and no mitt? The season swung into action with a bang — fans and players full of enthusiasm. However, as daily sched- ules became monotonous, daily Mass, no TV or that extra visit to the chapel became a treadmill. We sank into a batting slump. This monotony could detract from the spiritual merits of our actions, and we might be “swinging” while out of the batter’s box. Although some professionals might object, try to change your routine. Vary your “stance” or “grip.” If you’ve been attending Mass at your parish, come to Assumption several times. If your Lenten resolution no longer presents a challenge, try something differ- ent, perhaps harder; or, if you didn’t make a resolu- tion, there’s still time to get into a couple of games. Instead of letting that batting slump put you out of the series, try a little “switch hitting” and exit victorious. J.G. have had the covers torn completely ofi. Sister is still looking for the S volume from one of the encyclo- pedias, missing ever since an assignment on Shakes- peare was required two years ago. Sister Ernestine hesitated to give this information for publication, feeling that “. . . the majority of our students are most careful of the rights of others. I’m sure it is a very small minority who do these things, but since we never know who is the culprit, about the only way to correct the abuse is to publicize it.” Both vice-principals, Sr. Mary Ann Esther, BVM and Father Mann, look upon such actions as serious offenses but add that it is hard to police the students in such matters. However, there should be no need for any action like this, if the students would take it upon themselves to see that proper library courtesy and conduct is observed. Besides the fact that the cost of replacing school materials is directly or indirectly borne by them, they should also realize that the li- brary is intended for the use of the whole student body, and that one person’s selfishness results in a loss for the entire school. When students decide to form the correct habits about the use of the library, it won’t be necessary for the question, “Is the article still in the magazine,” to be asked. Remember, it’s up to you to keep your library intact and useful. P.D. 97 Pastor Asks Contact FRIENDLY AND AMIABLE . . . Msgr. Sterek takes time out from his busy schedule to vis- it with parishioners Eileen Koestner and John McGrath, both ’63. PSSC Punctuates Physics “There is too little contact between high school students and their par- ishes,” says Msgr. Leo C. Sterek, pastor of St. Paul the Apostle parish. In a Knight Beacon interview Mon- signor expressed the opinion that it is an ever-present problem to keep the high school students in touch with their parish. In order to relieve this prob- lem, Monsignor believes that the high school might allow the pastors to hand out report cards to the students in their parish. Monsignor said, “Even this small meeting would improve the at- titude and relation of the student to his pastor.” When questioned about the role of the student in the parish, Monsignor Sterek stated. ‘The main thing is to get high school students to daily Mass and Communion, and to advocate more vocations. Monsignor does not believe that social activities are the responsi- bility of the parish. Concerning the success of the tithing program in St. Paul’s parish, Monsignor said, “St. Paul’s parish has responded with traditional good will and cooper- ation . . . but we are somewhat dis- appointed with the response of the high school students.” Monsignor feels that no dent would be put in any stu- dent’s wallet if he would contribute 25c a week. Monsignor said, “If all our parishioners at AHS did this, it would amount to around $3,000 per year.” Concerning the Ecumenical Council, Monsignor said that he hoped it would “Bring out the proper concept of the Church and do as much as possible to meet the needs and the hopes of our separated brethren.” Monsignor des- cribed this adaptation as a switch from “the doctrinal approach to the approach of the ‘good news’.” Monsignor also des- cribed as “wonderful any moves to bring about greater liturgical partici- pation by the people. When asked about the role of the parish in today’s fast moving society, Monsignor stated that it is the same as it has always been, the care of the souls of parishoners. Monsignor does not feel that Church administration would be any more efficient if it were centralized in the diocese rather than the parish. However, he did say, “a good idea might be to break the dio- cese down into smaller parishes so that the vital contact between pastor and parishioner might be maintained. Mon- signor compared today’s large parishes to “corporations.” St. Paul’s is now in the midst of a building program to construct a new addition to the grade school and a new BVM convent. ‘The addition should accommodate 200-300 new stu- dents. The additional faculty will con- sist of both sisters and lay teachers.” The school is projected for completion by Sept. ’64, while the convent will be ready for occupancy next January. What is physics? Physics is a science where students depend on their part- ners for getting lab experiments com- pleted. The above definition of physics is not a true one, of course, but in the AHS physics department partners and lab experiments play major roles. This was not always so. Before the PSSC Physics course was introduced at Assumption, students had to read a book written by one author, try to learn what was in a chapter, and occasionally work in the lab. Their lab work consisted of trying to get the same results the book mentioned. “The PSSC course tries to give more depth to physics,” states Fr. William Stratman, physics mentor. “This is accomplished in many ways. First, the textbook is written by many capable people instead of just one, giving a more thorough coverage of a given topic. Second, instead of trying to get the results as stated in the book, the AHS physics student now gets his own results and tries to figure out what law or laws are shown. This is much better than taking something at some- one else’s word, Father concluded. The students concur with Father. Joan Berendes, one of the 12 senior girls taking physics, says that various aspects of the course stick with you longer when you can actually see first- hand what’s happening. An example Joan cited is: When we were work- ing with the ripple tanks, I was able to see how the waves actually be- haved under certain conditions; I couldn’t have remembered this as well if the book had been my only source of information.” The boys taking physics agree with Joan. Bill Micka ’63 says. “By doing the experiments in lab I can better understand what I read in the book.” Bill also offered his work with the ripple tank in explanation of his state- ment. Students walking down the chapel corridor almost got tripped when one of the more recent physics experiments was being carried out. Slinky springs were being jerked back and fourth by many worthy physicists. The ob- ject of this experiment wasn’t to dis- cover which person was the biggest “jerk,” but to measure reflection and refraction of waves. Many students, no doubt, saw some odd-looking contraptions set up in the lab recently. Those ripple tanks, as they are known, proved an import- ant element in the physics course. This tank enabled senior physicists to: a) study the relationship between wave frequency, wave length, and the speed of waves; b) study the refraction of waves; c) study the nature of periodic waves generated from two pofnt sourc- es, and many other experiments. Although satisfied with their lab work, the class members are still hop- ing to see two galaxies collide, because, as the textbook states, “If we could observe all that is taking place dur- ing a collision, on successively smaller scales down to where we could per- ceive sub-atomic particles, we would see all of the principles of physics demonstrated.” 98 COCONUT JUICE ... it goes well with the squid and o topus you’ve got there,” suggests Ed Hamerlinck as he, Die Mullen and Chuck Schmidt labor at the serving table, takin care of their senior guests. WATCH IT ... or you’ll end up on here too,” threatens Sr. Mary Diana, BVM, as she organizes her juniors and gets the Luau serving line going. Editor's note — These pictures were all taken at last year’s Junior-Senior Party, which was in the form of a Hawaiian luau. They all show members of the class of ’63, at that time juniors, as they work, play and otherwise contribute to the success of making the event mem- orable for the class of ’62. The class of '63 worked hard last year; they now anxiously await May 25, and hope that the juniors will present a party that outdoes even last year’s. “GLAD I CAME, TIM . . . we’re work- ing hard but still having a lot of fun,” states Mick Prochaska as he helps Tim Motto get in a luau mood. Sport I ite by Joe Kehoe If you want to have an immense amount of fun and obtain a myriad of other benefits, why not give one of the Assumption spring sports (golf, track and tennis) a try? Assuming that any form of physical activity is fun. we can turn our thoughts to some of the other benefits. For instance, learn fair play and sportsmanship by com- peting in carry over sports like golf or tennis. Teach yourself self sacri- fice by assuming the “Spartan-like training routine of a track man. But most of all, learn a lesson in humil- ity by accepting success or failure as an indication of your own ability and nothing else. For those of you who have tried and failed, why not try again? How many individuals succeed on the first effort? The annals of sports are stuffed with success stories of those who turned an early failure into later success. Give it a try, who, knows, you might uncover a gift you never knew you had. • • Losing only to each other, two As- sumption basketball teams battled for the championship of the Y.M.C.A. winter basketball league. The Bear- cats, led by Darrell Warta’s twenty- one points, nipped the other Assump- tion team by two points. The Bearcats, composed of Warta. Ron Fall, Jim Lauser, Jim Logan. Kazi Maliszewski. Joe Callahan and Paul Mullin, ended the year with a 10-2 record. Barney Grinwood, Dick Braun, Larry Haynes, Bob Morrissey, Dave McGee and Joe Kehoe made up the second Assumption representative. • • Some final statistics on the varsity basketball team. The team’s leading scorer was senior Jeff Gadient with 184 points. Jim Kellenberger was a rebounding demon all year, snaring 114. The best free throw shooter was Phil Pash, who hit .658. Jim Kellen- berger also merits the dubious distinc- tion of leading the team in fouls with 66. The Knights nearly matched their opponents rebounding 555-554. How- ever, they were outscored an average of 61-58 a game. The Knights hit 36% from the floor while their opponents managed 39%. Today, when players can shoot the eyes out of the basket from anywhere on the court, it is quite an accomplishment to hold an opponent under 40%. Some of the Knights were quite well thought of by the sportswriters. Jim Kellenberger, Mike Seider and Jeff Gadient all mer- ited All Little Six. Kellenberger and Seider were second team and Gadient was honorable mention. Junior Mike Seider also was fourth team All East Iowa and Steve Tullis, Jim Kellen- berger and Jeff Gadient merited hon- orable mention. Spring Sportsters Fly and Drive “Although our strength will lie in the distance events, we’ll be particular- ly weak in the field events: however, we should have a respectable season, asserts head track coach Bill McAfoos as he summarizes the track outlook. Nine lettermen, including distance men Jeff Gadient, Joe Connell and Tom Murray, hurdlers Dick Braun and Tom Tarchinski, sprinters Jim Kellenberger, Denny Miller and Jack McMahon and weight man Steve Miclot, return to this year’s squad. According to McAfoos, the team’s strongest event will be the two-mile re- lay. The team will most likely include Gadient, Murray, Bill Dare. Connell or freshman Jack Peacock. Tom Murray, the defending conference champion in the open 880, is expected to excell here again this year. Jeff Gadient will also run the 880. A few selected runners began pract- ice March 11 in preparation for the conference and state indoors meets March 25-30. The schedule includes 17 meets. Last year the Knights were fourth in the conference, behind Ottum- wa, Keokuk and Muscatine. According to Assistant Coach Tom Sunderbruch, anyone who plans to play football or basketball next year ought to come out for track to build speed, strength and endurance. “All other in- dividuals should come out March 29 and give it a try because track is a sport that is dependent mainly on the individ- ual and not a group, he says. Individuals Star Looking back over a 3-8 season, the Knight wrestlers have much to be proud of. In the Little Six Conference meet, Tom Murray '64, Jim Howes ’63 and Tom Fennelly ’63 copped first place in their respective weights. In the dis- trict meet, Fennelly won at 165 and Tony Corsiglia '64 came in second at 112. Tony went on to gain a fourth place finish at 112 in the state meet in Waterloo. During the regular season, Tom Mur- ray had an individual record of 15 wins and 5 losses at 138. Tom Fennelly. wrestling at 165 or 180, compiled a rec- ord of 13 wins and 2 losses. Jack Ho- gan ’63 finished the season with a 10-5-1 record at 145. An added sidelight came at the end of the season when Tom Fennelly was named to the first team All-Metropolitan squad. Commenting about the season, Coach Ray Ambrose said, “The dispersement of players in the different weights was bad. We had two or three experienced players in one weight and none in an- other. The Assumption linksters open sea- son play Friday, April 5, in a triangu- lar meet with West and Central. Starting the season for the Knights are returning lettermen Joe Kehoe, Pat McGreevy, Tim Wilson and Mike Flynn, all ’63. The foursome will be joined by junior returnee Larry Phil- lips. Coach Babe Derouin will be look- ing for increased depth from juniors John Dockery and Pete Ebert, soph- omores Jim Schoot and Greg Keefe, as well as Pat Flynn, ’66. “The lettermen have been playing through the summer and doing some indoor hitting at Fry’s Indoor Range, said Joe Kehoe. “Four golfers back with considerable match experience is unusual, explain- ed linkster Pat McGreevy. Team strength should give us a good season. The golfers are in their second year of Little Six play. Their first meeting with a conference team is April 16 with Muscatine. Squires Split Finishing strong the freshmen picked up three victories in their final four en- counters for a 12-4 record. The sophs closed the cage season by splitting their final two games. East Moline Orange went down to defeat in their second meeting with the freshmen Knights, 62-58. The under- classmen revenged their earlier defeat by the East Moline squad. Taking a 55-35 victory, the East Mo- line Black were the only team to twice defeat the high flying Assumption team. The frosh squeaked by Muscatine Cen- tral 56-54 in their second victory over the Central school. Muscatine West fell to the underclassmen 53-42. Del Lade- hoff led the victors with 18 points. The underclassmen hit for a 53 point average while holding their opponents to an average of 47 points. The Little Knights grabbed their fourth victory on a 71-52 decision over the Bettendorf sophs. Dan Dugan head- ed the scoring column with 23 points, while frosh Greg Anderson followed with 21. The season finale against Alleman saw the visiting Pioneers take a 49-46 victory. The loss was their fourteenth of the season. Dugan and Anderson again lead the scoring, with 21 and 16 points respectively. Final statistics showed Anderson with a eleven game total of 145 points for a 13.2 average with the sophs. He hit for a combined total of 195 points, for a 14 point average in fourteen games. Dugan followed with a 11? point season. 104 Spring Schedule TENNIS April 9— Muscatine, away. Weed Park—3:45 April 10—West. Credit Island—4:30 April 16—Central, Duck Creek—4:30 April 22—West, Northwest—4:30 April 29—East Moline, Northwest—4:30 April 30—Muscatine. Northwest—3:45 May 4—Keokuk, away—1:00 May 7—East Moline. Old High School— 4:30 May 9—Central, Northwest—4:30 May 11—District May 18—Conference Meet at Northwest Park. Davenport GOLF April 5—West-Central-Assumption. Duck Creek April 10—Rock Island. Emeis—4:00 April 16—Muscatine, away—3:45 April 18—East Moline. Short Hills—4:00 April 25—West. Emeis April 26—Central. Credit Island April 30—Muscatine, Credit Island—3:45 May 1—Rock Island. Indian Bluff—3:50 May 9—East Moline. Emeis—4:00 May 11—District May 13—Central. Duck Creek May 14—West. Credit Island May 17—West-Central-Assumption. Emeis May 18—Conference. Ottumwa May 23—West-Central-Assumption. Credit Island TRACK March 24—Conference Indoor Meet. Iowa City March 30—State Indoor Meet. Iowa City April 19—Muscatine—Varsity, away—3:45 April 20—Davenport Relays—Varsity. Brady April 23—North Scott—Varsity-Sophomore, St. Ambrose—4:00 April 26—East Moline—Sophomore Varsity. away. Stadium—4:15 May 3—Quadrangular—Sophomore. Brady Bettendorf-West-Central and Assumption—5:00 May 6—Alleman-Varsity Sophomore. at St. Ambrose—4:15 May 7—Sophomore Relays—Brady May 10—District May 11—District May 13—Triangular—Assumption. Betten- dorf Muscatine at Muscatine Varsity—3:45 May IS—Freshmen meet at Muscatine—4:00 May 17—Conference meet at Ottumwa Six Conference wasn’t enough to overcome an eight point Knight lead. Jim Kellenberger and Jeff Gadient paced the Knights’ attack with 17 and 12 points respectively. Alleman’s Tim Powers, the top point producer in the area, led both teams with 18 points. WEST Unable to do anything correctly, the Knights bowed out of the state tourna- ment with a 61-38 loss to a hot shoot- ing bevy of West Falcons. The Knights continually lost the ball on bad passes and ball handling errors and finally succumbed to a tight West defense. West led 37-21 at the half and scored 24 more in the remaining two periods to complete their victory. West hit 45% from the floor and Assumption man- aged a measley 28%. Tom Pohlman, Bob Duffield and Ricky Price combined to score 42 points between them. Mike Seider paced Assumption with 10 points. JUMPING HIGH . . . Phil Pash of As sumption and West’s Korry Fabricius battle for a tip in the tournament game. Tom Pohlmann of West (21) and As- sumption's John Loihl, foreground, are ready to spring into action. Knights Capture Third in Little Ending the campaign with an 8-11 record, the Knight’s season was not completely gloom-filled. They finished third in the Little Six behind Ottum- wa and Burlington and they defeated each team in the conference at least once. In addition, they gave East Mo- line, then number eight in Illinois, a fight to the finish before losing in an overtime. The roundballers ended the regular season with impressive victor- ies over Bettendorf and Alleman before being defeated by West in the State Tournament. BETTENDORF Scoring 22 points in the opening frame, Assumption showed the Bull- dogs what to expect1 for the next three quarters. Increasing their lead to 14 points, the Knights led 35-21 at half- time. The midway rest only seemed to aid the hot-shooting Knights as they scored 21 points in the third quarter to up the count to 56-39. Gaining one more point on the Bulldogs in the last period, the Knights led 72-54 as the horn blew. Playing perhaps his best game of the season, John Loihl was just one shy of Mike Seider’s 21 points. Jeff Gadient added 14 and Dan Albers and Jim Kel- lenberger collected 7 and 13 respective- ly to round out the Assumption scoring. Steve Potts of Bettendorf copped game scoring honors, however, pouring in 24 to account for nearly half pf Betten- dorf’s entire total. ALLEMAN Enjoying an excellent shooting eve- ning, the Knights became the first team from the Iowa side of the Mississippi to defeat Alleman in basketball 57-53. Leading 28-27 at the half, Mr. McAfoos’ charges continued their torrid pace, out- scoring the Pioneers 16-9 in the third stanza. Alleman outscored Assump- tion 17-13 in the fourth period, but that 105 Senate, Dome and Court Knights “Mr. Speaker, — Mr. Speaker, I would like to address a question to the representative from Polk,” was heard from the floor. The Iowa State Senate was in session. On Feb. 25, seniors Nancy Koprucki, Jack McMahon, Steve Miclot and Agnes Mohr with 29 other high school stu- dents from Scott County observed state government in action. The tour, sponsored by the Scott County Young Republicans, was ar- ranged by Scott County Representative Paul Knowles from Davenport. The As- sumption representatives were chosen by their respective American Govern- ment and National Problems teachers. After some quick sightseeing of the mammoth and historically decorated halls, the group entered the Senate bal- cony. The fifty member body was dis- cussing a bill on the use of cigarette vendors in Iowa. The students saw a bill “relating to distribution of earnings of co-operative associations approved on a 46-2 vote. The next stop, and perhaps the high point of the tour was the governor’s office. Entering the office, the students noticed a “tombstone,” marking the death of the Republican favored Shaff Reapportionment Plan. Governor Hughes explained that he had a sched- ule for each day for government busi- ness and also some time to welcome visitors. Jack along with a representa- tive from each of the other schools, posed for pictures with Governor Hughes. Following the visit to the governor’s office, the tour continued to the office of the Secretary of State. Here Mr. Melvin Synhorst explained that his de- partment issues numerous official doc- uments, such as co-operation charters, business authorizations and nomination papers. Serving for fifteen years as secretary of our state, Mr. Synhorst is a member of the state executive council. “You could easily observe the inter- est ox our state officials in good govern- ment; as seen by their desire to explain I o w a’s governmental departments,” noted Agnes. Although not in session, the State Su- preme Court proved of particular in- terest. A guide related that the court meets only one week a month, while in the remaining three weeks, they study the cases being heard. The court is presided over by Justice Garfield of Ames. The judges are now appointed, stressed the guide. The governor chooses a judge from three submitted names which have been approved by a 21 man committee. Representative Knowles introduced the group of future voters to the House. The 108 member body was reviewing a bill on taxing county mutual insur- ance agencies, as the students observed the proceedings. “The most valuable experience I gained on the trip was seeing the two legislative bodies of our government in action and meeting with the governor, stated Jack. Lunch with Representative Knowles and Riley Dietz followed. Mr. Knowles explained a poll which he has sent out to his constituents regarding pertin- ent bills coming up this session. Such bills as restriction of billboards on high- ways and liquor by the drink are be- ing favored respectively 8-2 and 9-1, Mr. Knowles stated. Each student gave his or her views on these upcoming bills by answering a questionnaire. All appeals of criminal cases to the high courts are handled in the Attorney General’s office. He serves as general attorney for state laws and all officials and departments. “I enjoyed the conference with At- torney General Hultman. He made a clear explanation of the duties of his office. As a conclusion he stated that the government is becoming more and more important in our modern society. Mr. Hultman impressed me as a man with a clear mind and the willingness to accept the burdens of good govern- ment,” Steve explained. Official touring completed, Nancy and Agnes, along with several other students began the hike of several hun- dred steps to the top of the capitol dome. Trudging to the top Nancy sug- gested, “Maybe this could be considered a fifty mile hike.” At three o’clock the bus started to- ward Davenport. The four tired sen- iors will attest it was a long day, but certainly educational. 106 ' Judge” Confers Accolades on KB Staff Ever heard of a “nose for news?” This is the ability of a bloodhound journalist to track down a scoop to even the most obscure rabbit hole. Ac- cording to Mr. Paul S. Swensson, “a nose for news is naturally one of the most important characteristics of a good journalist.’ Mr. Swensson, who is the executive editor of the Newspaper Fund Inc., New York, presided as judge at the Knight Beacon Trial Feb. 24. His arrival at the Moline Airport Feb. 23, marked the beginning of the year’s busiest and most thrilling week- end for the Knight Beacon staff. After being welcomed by six staff members, last year’s KB copyeditor Barb Nie- meyer ’62 and Fr. William F. Wiebler, Mr. Swensson was interviewed by John Dickens of the Morning-Democrat. Dur- ing the interview he stressed that “the shortage of bright young people inter- ested in journalism is tremendous.” Again journalism was the topic of conversation when several prominent newspapermen, including John Leo of the Catholic Messenger and Mr. Kil- mer of the Times-Democrat, met at Barb Niemeyer’s home for an informal chat with Mr. Swensson. Barb notes, “I was up most of the night while he (Mr. Swensson) was convincing me in- to a journalism career.” The staff group held their meeting Sunday morning with Mr. Swensson observing. The discussion centered on the March issue and the coverage on the council. “Mr. Swensson was im- pressed by the fact that we discussed our paper so thoroughly and obtained ideas from our YCS group,” stated Agnes Mohr ’63. The West High School Press Room was the next stop on the agenda. Jour- nalists from West, Central and Assump- tion gathered to speak with the execu- tive director of the Newspaper Fund. “More and more women are entering journalism. Usually the girls on a school paper outnumber the boys,” cited the distinguished gray-haired man. At 3:30 the entire KB staff and a few jurists met at the AHS auditorium for Mass. While waiting for the Pius XI Journal staff to arrive, Mr. Swensson delivered an impromptu talk on the need for courage in modern American journalists. With the arrival of the Jounrnal staff and their advisor, Sr. Mary Contardo, OSF, Mass began. Aft- er Mass, individual KB staff members took home Pius XI journalists. The next time the two staffs met was that eve- ning, just before the trial. The pre-trial bustle of adjusting chairs and lights, checking on testimon- ies and distributing programs kept the stalfs from being paralyzed by the “butterflies.” Suddenly the clock hit 7:30. A black robed Judge Swensson emerged from his robing chambers. The case of the Knight Beacon vs. Pius XI Journal began. The Knight Beacon’s attornies were Jim Kellenberger and Don Chenoweth, both ’63. For his opening statement, Don defined the three areas of coverage; 1) techniques, 2) superficial coverage, 3) depth coverage. Through their witnesses the KB attornies showed the Knight Beacon’s policy and how it covered the “Year of the Ecumenical Council.” “The coverage of the council must entail giving information on the coun- cil in general. It must relate directly to the students and relate the students to the spirit of the council,” these object- ives were stated by the Journal at- torney, Jim Lemense of Pius XI in his opening statement to the jury. How- ever, the Journal’s theme was the lay apostolate. As the testimonies progressed, the KB left the Journal in the dust by pro- ducing more qualified witnesses and showing better coverage and articles. The jury deliberated for only five min- Ever notice any assignment sheets, copy, proofs, glossies or dummies float- ing around the pressroom? All of these are important elements in the process of putting out the paper you hold in your hand. First, each issue of the Knight Beacon is planned at a general staff meeting which is held on a fac- ulty meeting day. Here story ideas are thought up. coverage outlined and fin- ally, assignments handed out on assign- ment sheets. Next, the stories are handed in, cor- rected (rewritten if necessary) and re- typed in the form they will appear in the paper. The stories are then sent to Quint-Cities Typesetting Co. to be set into type and three copies are returned. One copy is cut up for use in layout, one goes to the principal, Father Wal- ter. and the other is read by several people who mark all errors the type- setters have made. This copy is then returned to them so that they can cor- rect the mistakes. Now the staff is ready to prepare a “dummy of the paper — this is the exasperating process called layout. Sheets of plain paper are pasted on old issues of the Beacon and the copy arranged on them, leaving room for pictures, headlines, cutlines, etc., The picture cutlines are then written along with the headlines, which have to fol- low special counts. After the “dummy” is completed, pro- duction proofs must be done. “Glossies” (the corrected copy run off on special glossy paper) are placed on large sheets of white cardboard, four pages per sheet, exactly as indicated by the dum- mies. The headlines and cutlines are utes before reaching a verdict: the Knight Beacon did a better job of cov- ering the Ecumenical Council than the Pius XI Journal did. George Koenigsaeker’s ’63, post-trial party was supposed to be postponed, but with all that pop, well . . . The sun rose Monday morning on some 30 blurry-eyed journalists find- ing their way into the AHS auditorium for Mass celebrated by Father Wiebler. Later that morning, while AHS stu- dents were receiving their KB Extra the two staffs met for an evaluation of the trial. Sr. Mary Contardo’s evalua- tion will appear in the Catholic High School Editor. Before returning to New York, Mr. Swensson cited, “The hospitality ex- tended to me made my visit delightful at every turn. Being judge topped everything” He congratulated the staff and added that “the entire staff of the Knight Beacon can be proud of win- ning the trial over your Pius XI rivals.” then added. While this is going on, the photo- graphic staff is also wrapping up its efforts. First, pictures had to be ar- ranged and taken, and the film and pic- tures developed in the school dark- room. Next, the prints are reviewed by the picture editor; only the best are used. As the “dummy” is being pre- pared, the pictures are “cropped” to exclude all unwanted portions and their sizes figured out according to a pro- portion rule. All this work having been completed, the production proofs are taken to Gordon’s Printing Co.; here the spaces left blank for pictures are covered with special plastic. Then the whole sheet is photographed by a special high con- trast camera and comes out actual size as a negative. Pictures are shot separ- ately and added to the blank spaces on the film sheets. Next, the completed film sheets are placed upon thin sheets of light-sensi- tive metal and an arc lamp situated in front of them. This process “burns” the metal and enables it to be developed — after being washed with special chem- icals, the exposed areas of the metal sheet appear as red. Finally, the metal sheets are put on presses, the paper run through and the printed copies folded and cut by large hydraulic cutters. The finished Knight Beacons are delivered to the pressroom, where the circulation staff distributes them to you. So those strange sounding terms are not journalistic vulgarisms but signs of the labor the staff puts forth to bring the Knight Beacon to the students. Dummies Lay Out Beucon 99 FALTERING FOES . . . Pius XI lawyer Jim Sadkovich and Journal Editor Tom Huebner try to re- cover. AHS Court Room TENSION BUILDING . . . Paul DiBlasio, KB Editor, pensively awaits the verdict. PROVING A POINT . . . KB lawyer Don Chenoweth scores tor the Knight Beacon with his witness. DILIGENTLY RECORDING TESTI- MONY . . . Carolyn Concannon ’63, Court Stenographer, listens intently as Jim Kellenberger ’63 interrogates Tom Huebner, Pius Editor. EXPOUNDING ELOQUENTLY ... Don Chenoweth, KB lawyer, delivers his opening statement. DIPPING IN . . . Mary Ann Pauly serves a cup of bubbling punch to one of the honored seniors. Ed Hamerlinck thinks she’s dispensing too much of the liquid. • THE HULA . . . that’s how it’s done, huh,” questions Bob Morrissey to Barb Berg, both taking a break from their duties to watch some of the activities. This Year s Party? “PSST, DENNY . . . tell ’em about the time you had the date with that red-headed mermaid,” reminds Joe Connell, as Den- nis Thiessen enraptures Jerry Schutte with some Hawaiian yarns. Halligan-McCabe Funeral Home, Inc. Geo. J. McCabe 1895-1959 614 Main St., Davenport, la. Urban F. Ott John J. McCabe Wm. L. 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He vol- unteered to let Denny Hogan '63 work his barber talents on him as part of the speech class’ study of demonstra- tion speeches. It was only supposed to be a “trim,” but the rest of the school was puzzled as to why Steve went around the rest of the day with a news- paper on his head! • • • Freshman Jack Peacock, Bill Koch and Mike Gimbel cornered fellow class- mate Wesley Hunstad and removed his shoes and orange socks before history class. After tying the orange socks to the venitian blind cord and raising them like a flag ,they put his shoes on the ledge outside the window. When Mr. Sunderbruch walked into class he was met by barefoot Wesley and many innocent faces. • • • Asking for sophomore volunteers to help set up a display in the cafeteria, Sr. Mary Ambrosina BVM received an overwhelming number of recruits. At first she was puzzled by this turnout, but later realized that the largest boys’ study hall was scheduled for this period. • • • “What did the two snakes reply in answer to Noah’s command to go by a log and multiply,” asked Sr. Mary Di- ana BVM. “That’s easy,” quipped Barb Egger '64. “We can’t multiply. We’re adders.” • • Soph Brandon Beaudry either is un- observant or has a one track mind. One day he boarded the bus which had stopped in front of him, and rode a few blocks. Glancing at the occupants, Brandon realized his mistake — he was on the Villa bus! t • • High flying Fr. Marvin Eldred took a spill recently. Father was bombed by a paper airplane. In retaliation he launched an eraser, but fell off his launching pad and landed on the floor. Are you interested in serving your country or do you want to get through your military obligation with the least possible effort and in the least possible time? If the answer is yes to the first question and you’re a male, unmarried and never have been, and between the ages of 17 and 22, you should look into the possibility of attending one of the service academies: U. S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs; U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.; U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.; U. S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn, and the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y. The most common method for obtain- ing admission to one of the academies is by Congressional appointment. State Senator Jack Miller is allowed one ap- pointment per academy from the state at large. First District (which includes Scott County) Representative Fred Schwengel is allowed the same quota but these are picked from his district alone. Appointment to the Coast Guard Academy is on the basis of a special two day test starting on the fourth Mon- day in February. More information may be obtained by writing: Commandant (PTP-2), United States Coast Guard, Washington 25, D.C. Since the majority from this area apply to Congressman Schwengel, the basic steps he requires are outlined below. However, applications for ad- mission to any of the academies is now closed, so any preparations should be for next year. First, write to Congressman Schwen- gel and inform him of your desire to attend a service academy, specifying which one. He will reply, instructing you to arrange for interviews with his Congressional Committeewoman, Mrs. S. J. Delarue, and Committeeman, Mr. Ivar Johnson. In these interviews you are questioned about your home, school and social life. If approved by Mrs. Delarue and Mr. Johnson, Congressman Schwengel will authorize you to take a preliminary physical examination. Passing this phy- sical will qualify you to be on his list of applicants. A little after the first of the year you will be notified if you have made the list of applicants and al- so will be given instruction for furth- er mental (College Entrance Examina- tion Board Tests) and formal physical examinations. For the Air Force Academy, there are six people on the list (this has been cut down from the 11 included in previous years) from which one cadet will be chosen. It is usually six to eight weeks before this is known. For the rest of the academies, applicants are arranged in order as principal, first alternate, sec- ond alternate, etc., and chosen in that order. (If the principal fails to pass the physical or mental tests, the first al- ternate is selected, and so on.) The formal physical examinations are very thorough and include everything from interviews by psychiatrists to physical aptitude tests. Success in all these interviews, ex- aminations and tests wil then culmi- nate in your receiving your orders to report in August to the academy you have chosen and the start of an even more demanding schedule of study, work, exercise, limited social life and, above all, military discipline. No one doubts that it is a tough grind, but the pride in yourself, your branch of the service and your country will more than make up for it. Enter Contest Frosh Fight Filth “Why have garbage when there’s steak?” asked Mayor Ray O’Brien in an interview with seven Assumption girls. The girls interviewed the Mayor as part of their Freshman citizenship project. Thirty students have been selected from the three Freshman his- tory classes to carry out this project. The project is to be entered in the 1963 Community Citizenship Contest spon- sored by Every Week Magazine. After organizing a group, their next step wras to choose a project. “We de- cided to work on the problem of ob- scene literature,” stated Sheila Shana- han ’65, chairman for the group. Co-chairman Pat Riley ’65 explain- ed the rules of the contest, “We had to organize a group, select a problem, do research and report possible solu- tions. A detailed written report must be sent to the magazine by March 30. While interviewing the Mayor, he said, “it is the parents’ obligation to teach their children to stay away from such literature. Magazines and books of this type are unobjectionable for adults, but dangerous in the hands of children.” The girls also interviewed Mr. John Nagle, attorney at law. He suggested, If you find a certain store who will sell such literature to children, bring these facts to the City Council.” To further their project, Joan Mc- Means ’65 wrote a letter to David Brinkley describing their plans. The Legion of Decency also received such a letter from Joyce Glade ’65. The girls are now busy writing a report for Comment with Bill Gress. “Our main purpose is to get such literature out of children’s hands and to get the adults to take an interest,” stated Nancy Gray ’65. 107 The Syndicate-Hub The Quad Cities finest Young Men's Store High School St College Shop THIRD FLOOR Designed and operated exclusively for the Young Man The Syndicate-Hub 222 W. 2nd White Award Sweaters 100% Virgin Wool Worsted Louis Hanssens Sons 213-15 W. 2nd Village Shopping Center It's raining compliments when you wear the new H.I.S. 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In keeping with the high standards of the NHS, Dar- rell and Janice achieved first honors for the third quarter. (See honor roll on page 123.) EACON Assumptionites Roundtable with Little Six Assumption high, the infant mem- ber of the Little Six, speaks its first words as it hosts the Little Six Ad- visory Board Meeting Monday, May 6. Don Chenoweth, president of the AHS Student Council, will preside The seniors will be guests of the junior class at the second-annual Jun- ior-Senior Party, to be held May 25, in the AHS cafeteria. The theme (“Showboat: Knights on the Missis- sippi ) will be based upon the suc- cessful book, play and movie “Show- boat. A highlight of the evening will be movies of senior activities taken through out the year by Bob Hill ’63. Scenes include homecoming and the variety show. Festivities will begin at 7 pm and continue until 11 pm. Also included will be: a southern-style turkey and ham dinner followed by an Antebellum punch-bowl and dancing to the music of the “Mouse and Four Cats combo from St. Mary’s College, Winona, Wis- consin. The following committees have been named: Decorations, Pat Dray and Ann Hart; Entertainment, Mary Motto, Dave Votroubek and Mike Morrison; Food, Reynel Dohse, Kathy Barrett and Mike Townsend; Rehabilitation, Pat Thomp- son; and Program Chairman, Barb Eg- ger. Co-moderators are: Fr. Arthur Per- ry and Sr. Mary Diana, BVM. Assist- ing them are: Sr. Mary Joanette, BVM, Spices Cool There will be no more sweating over hot stoves in the home economics room, thanks to the sophomore girls. With the home economics students master-mind- ing the drive, the annual spice sale netted enough money to buy two air- conditioners for the home ec lab. Nes- tora Rodriguez pnd Sandy Maus were the top sales women. This spice sale has become estab- lished as an annual event and through the years has paid for utility carts, a disposal, an electric dish washer and now two air-conditioners. Future home ec girls not only will be comfortable but will also have a source of venti- lation to overcome any little cooking errors, observes Sr. M. Loretta Cecil, BVM. In warm weather, the Mothers’ Club or Booster’s Club may hold small meet- ings in the air-conditioned comfort of the home economics room. over the meeting which is to be at- tended by delegates from each school in the conference (Assumption, Bet- tendorf, Burlington, Keokuk, Musca- tine, and Ottumwa). “It’s a privilege as well as an op- Sr. Mary Ambrosina, BVM, Sr. Mary Leon, BVM and Mr. Clint Westermey- er. Mike Colbrese ’63 remarked, “As juniors last year we had a big job to fulfill, but it was worthwhile because the party was such a blooming suc- cess — let’s hope this year the jun- iors do as well as we did.’’ Typewriters Click In the national typing contest, spon- sored by the Facit Typewriter Company of New York, Sue Mohler ’64, Donna Snyder ’63, Caroline Concannon ’63 and Margaret Rheinart ’64 won gold med- als. Only perfect five minute writings were eligible and the highest perfect speed was chosen from each class. The top 500 out of over 30,000 na- tionwide contestants are invited to regional contests. Sue Mohler who typed 68 words a minute without any errors and Donna Snyder who typed 62 words a minute without any errors have been invited to a regional con- test to be held in Chicago May 4. The top student in each regional contest will receive a deluxe Facit portable typewriter with carrying case. From the regional winners across the country the 10 best student typists and their teachers will be invited to an all-expense-paid trip to New York City to compete in the finals. The grand prize will be a deluxe trip to Sweden for the student and his or her teacher. YCS Shifts Date The YCS Study Day will be held at Hayes High, Muscatine, Sunday, May 5 instead of the originally announced site at Fort Madison, Aquinas, on April 28. The first conference will be held at 9:45 a.m. (DST). There will be a reg- istration fee of $1. A bus will be char- tered for AHS students interested in attending. Besides the annual election of dioce- san officers, the Study Day will con- sider the theme, “World Mission of the Church. portunity to be the host for the con- ference meeting. Assumption’s pres- ence has already been felt athletical- ly in the Little Six, and now Assump- tion is moving into the other areas of the Little Six — drama, speech and music, commented Don. The delegates, representing various school activities and organizations such as athletics, student council, band and chorus, school newspaper, and cheer- leading, will meet in the AHS library for refreshments before the meeting. At 3:00 pm, they will convene for the general session which will be fol- lowed by workshops conducted by AHS student council members. The topics for the workshops were determined by questionnaires sent out by the AHS Student Council to each member school. The schools were ask- ed to list practical problems confront- ing each student body this year which could serve as material for profitable workshops. After the workshops, the delegates will reconvene in the library to report on their discussions and offer possi- ble solutions to problems discussed in the various workshops. Since May 6 is the first Monday of the month, the school will be on a faculty meeting schedule. The Ad- visory Meeting, which is to be covered by a reporter from the Des Moines Register, will recess late that after- noon. Juniors Revolt A revolution has taken place in thfe Knight Beacon press room. For the April issue the junior journalists have deposed the senior staff. The revolution began when seven juniors infiltrated the press room dur- ing the March issue. Following per- sonal conferences with Fr. William F. Wiebler, the advisor of the paper, each junior volunteered for a specific staff position. In a general staff meeting, the juniors decided that teamwork would put out the April issue. That is the reason why there is no editor — all are editors. To finance their issue, the juniors have become ad men. Each one was to obtain one ad from an outside source, besides working on his specific page. But, as most revolutions, this one is .short-lived. The seniors will return for the May issue and composite. Requiescat Andrew Speer, brother of Bill ’64, Dick ’63 and Christine ’66. Showboat Docks at AHS 114 Music BUSTIN’ OUT into song and dance, Terry Reinart ’66 and Rosemary Pauli ’64 await their debut in the “Choral Spring Concert” on May 5. (For a picture of the band breaking out into song, turn to page 118.) Student Council Luuds President Attorney, member of the National Honor Society, President of Student Council, and letterman in wrestling, add up to make Don Chenoweth this month’s Council choice. Don, also a member of YCS, was the defending attorney in this year’s Knight Beacon trial. He brought the school paper to victory with his elo- quent courtroom tactics. Tony Navar- ro ’65, said, Don’s performance in the trial was great. His sincerity really showed through.” In the field of scholarship, Don is a member of the National Honor So- ciety, and has maintained almost a three point average through his years at AHS. Indicative of Don’s leadership qual- ities are his three years of service in Student Council, this last year as Tour Assumption The prospective class of ’67 will meet May 3 in the AHS auditorium. There the future freshmen will be intro- duced to the administration of As- sumption. Fr. Robert Walter, Fr. Charles Mann, and Sr. Mary Ann Es- ther, BVM, will speak on life at As- sumption High. After a tour of AHS the eighth grad- ers will meet again in the gym for en- tertainment by Assumption students. president. Don is also a delegate from AHS to the QCSC, a federation of lo- cal student councils. Mary Motto, ’64, secretary of SGA, says “I believe Don has done a fine job in his directi ?n of Student Council this year.” Don has also lettered in wrest- ling and participated in track. Although he participates in all these areas, Don still finds time to hold down a part-time job. In respect to extra-curricular activities, Don says, “Good grades should be the student’s, primary aim, but I believe many out- side activities are important to the ful- fillment of the student vocation.” Sophs 'Co Round' “On A Merry-Go-Round,” is the theme of the sophomore dance, to be held May 3 in the AHS cafeteria. The proceeds from this dance will be used by the sophomores next year for their junior project. The following committees have been named: Decorations, Kathy Frater; Refreshments, Mary Kay Derouin; In- vitations, Bob Townsend and Jill Meyers; Publicity, Tony Navarro and Mike Pracht; Rehabilitation, Pat O’Bri- en; and Check Room, Jill Meyers. Moderator of the dance is Sr. Mary Mildred Ann, BVM. There will be a 50 admission. Blossoms in May Music “is bustin’ out all over” as the music department displays its many talents. First on the agenda will be the varsity and frosh choruses, May 5, in the AHS auditorium. Using the “Gay Nineties” as their theme the chorus will try a new approach on the “Spring Concert.” Instead of the conventional approach, Sr. Mary Carola, BVM, is directing the concert on the order of “Sing Along With Mitch.” Costumes and scenery will add a “Gay Nineties” atmosphere. Bustling around on stage showing off their “Gibson Girl” costumes, jun- iors Rita Holzner, Mary McDonough, Julie Joyce, Sue Nieuwenhuis, Sue Rie- del, Diane Livingston, Karen Cornick, Mary Wacker, and Judy Booth ’65 and Angie More ’63 will dance to “Noth- in’ Could Be Finer Than to Be in Carolina.” Creator of the ingenious dance routines is Sue Riedel ’64, who will also dance to “Give My Regards to Broadway.” Aping Broadway musicals the chor- us will sing, “I Whistle a Happy Tune,” “It’s a Grand Night for Singing,” “Younger Than Springtime,” “Climb Every Mountain,” “Iowa” and “76 Trom- bones.” Carrying out the theme of “Gay Nineties” they will sing the ever popu- lar songs of that era, such as, “After the Ball,” “Let Me Call You Sweet- heart,” “While Strolling Through the Park,” “Give My Regards to Broad- way” and “Sleep Kentucky Babe.” Many small groups will be featured, such as, sophs Lynn Hamann, Judy Frick and Judy Booth, who will sing “June is Bustin’ Out All Over.” Dave Friend ’63, Paul DiBlasio ’63, Tom Snyder ’64 and Joe Barnes ’65 will form a male quartet. “This concert is something new and exciting for AHS. So buy your ticket from any chorus member, and be pre- pared for a fun filled evening of en- tertainment,” asserts Claudia Conard ’64. Second on the agenda, the band and chorus will combine their efforts in giv- ing another AHS first on May 22 and 23. Still planning, Mr. Paarmann hopes to present a combination of popular and folk music. “Sentimental Journey,” “Water,” “76 Trombones” and music from “West Side Story” are just a few of the selections that will be in the upcoming “Spectacular.” “Sprinkled with bits of comedy and dance. The Spring Concert Spectacu- lar’ will prove to be a high light in the May activities,” states Bill Fell- man ’64. Don’t forget the evenings May 5, 22 and 23 on 'your social calendar as three evenings of fun and entertain- ment. 115 Teens Tune In On Trend “Hing-a-ling, bop-she-bop-she-bop, Ramma, ramma-ding dong, Dip-de- Dip-de-dip . . . crazy! ! !” . . . and so ends another classical overture sung by Grease Ball and the Three Hair Pins. Although teen- age hearts still flutter to such melodious notes, a new type of music is now gaining their patronage. The new trend encompasses musicals, the slow “Days of Wine and Roses” type song and even pieces of a more classical nature. Why the new trend? Perhaps the teens who first danced to Rock ’n Roll and now jive to the Twist decided to periodically rest their ears. More likely, the reason for this move lies in the fact that good music has never been so available as it is today. Teens have sampled it and are going back for seconds. Assumption is right in the swing of things. Forty- nine per cent of the students attended either the movie or the St. Ambrose and Marycrest version of Music Man. Although popular songs still monopolize the record market, musicals are coming into their own. Senior girls lead the school with approximately 4.5 musicals per girl. The Senior boys follow with 4 musicals per boy. The most recent example of this new trend was demonstrated at the West high school A Capella Ex- change Assembly, April JL Although our presence was mandatory, our enthusiastic applause was not. The plain fact was, we enjoyed the Negro spirituals and madrigals of our crosstown rivals. Band concerts also are enjoying new found popu- larity. Even the students with shortened study periods agreed that the last band concert was worth every precious moment it consumed. The coming month lends an excellent opportunity to expand this movement. The Spring Choral Concert, May 5, is open to any student who is willing to give up a small part of his allowance and a Sunday even- ing. Likewise, both West and Central will be giving choral concerts. The extent of this trend at AHS will be gauged at the Band-Chorus Spectacular in the latter part of May. Approximately 39% of the boys and 68% of the girls plan on attending. But for one night can’t the other 61% of the boys and 32% of the girls turn off their transistors and tune in their antennas to good music? P.C. Students Buy' Best-Seller by Mike Townsend What’s grey and white and not too “read?” Hint: It’s “old” but also “new.” It’s also the re- quired religion text for underclassmen. The logical answer: the Bible. The Bible hasn’t been “too read” since the Protest- ant reformation. This was the reaction against the “Bible-reading Protestants.” However, Sacred Scrip- ture is being re-emphasized by the Ecumenical Council. Concerning the new religion program, students ask, “Why read the Bible with its corny gospels and psalms?” Fr. Arthur Perry replies, “Psalms are a high form of prayer. They can reflect our attitudes of hap- piness, sadness or hope. Like the gospels they are the word of God.” We read the gospels to become familiar with the life of Christ and then to model our lives after Him. As St. Jerome says, “To be ignorant of the Scripture is not to know Christ.” But should the ideas of the Bible be confined to the classroom? No! They should be applied to our lives just as we make practical use of knowledge gained in physics or English courses. Moreover, the Bible would make a first class movie, students feel. It has murders, love, comedy and high adventure. They know it makes a first class textbook. Amen, brother! KNIGHT BEACON As a Htjion in the High KNIGHT BEACON JUNIOR STAFF __________________________________________________Mary Ann Nix .................... Jan Abbas, Pat Carpenter, Bod Ditmon, John Genzel, Mike Townsend Feature ____________ Phil Andrew, Tom Bribriesco, Susie Fosselmen, Barb Gnam, John Hasenmiller, Jim Logan, Jill Schroeder, Mary Thompson Interpretive News __________ Pat Dray, Barb Egger, John loihl, Michele Morrison News________________Colleen Dunn, Mary McCarthy, Mike Schebler, Pat Thompson Pictures... ......... Jim Riley, Dave Ryder, John Stokes, Mike Wahlig, Dave White Photography_____________________________________________John Georgen, Tom Snyder Sports ............. Mike Morrison, Stan Smazel, Dave Votroubek, Darrell Warta Adviser___________________________________________________Fr. William F. Wiebler Printer__________________________________________________________Gordon Printing Co. Art ________ Editorials 116 Accommodations Wanted: Apply at Office This year, except for two short months, Assumption’s corridors have been empty. The void has not been caused by a lack of John Q. Americans, but the ab- sence of Helmut S. Austrians and Alfredo O. Bolivians. The Class of ’63 did not have a foreign exchange stu- dent. Crisanto Gomez and Homero Beltran, brought di- rectly from Huayacocotla, Mexico, by Fr. Louis M. Colonnese, partially filled this vacancy during De- cember and January. But two months out of nine still leave the year notably hollow. At the end of the '62 school year, juniors looked expectantly for not just one foreign student, but two — a girl and a boy. What happened? “We couldn’t find anyone to house these students,” answers Student Council President Don Chenoweth ’63. With time running out, the Stu- dent Council searched furiously for qualified homes. There were none to be found. This was the only major obstacle in the acquisition of a foreign student. “There is no difficulty in getting a foreign exchange student (for next year),’’ states Principal Fr. Robert Walter. “The main problem lies in adequate housing.” Last fall Assumption wrote the National Catholic ROOM WANTED . . . Opportunity of a lifetime for Assumptionites willing to lodge foreign exchange stu- dents. No experience necessary. Bed, bureau and desk needed. Applications obtainable from Fr. Robert Walter on weekdays from 8:20 am to 3:13 pm._________ Welfare Council offering a one year scholarship to a foreign student. They, in turn, sent application forms for housing. As of now, only one form has been ob- tained from the front office, and none have been returned. This appeal is not limited to boys alone. In the past, girls have been reluctant to volunteer because all our exchange students have been boys. However, when Assumption wrote to the NCWC, the applica- tion asked for either a boy or a girl. Here’s a chance for equal representation. Mike Schebler '64, whose family opened their doors to Helmut and Crisanto, explains the advantages of housing a foreign student: “Having foreign exchange students in my home made everyday life an adven- ture. Each day they became more like members of our family. By the end of the year, we were so at- tached that they didn’t want to leave, nor did we want them to go. They got a good view of American life, and we got a very beneficial insight into another culture.” Since the principal has indicated that only hous- ing is lacking, how about it? Will 1964 be void of a Helmut or Alfredo? JG Six Strains Brains “. . . to promote amicable athletic relations between the member schools and to promote interscholastic com- petition on a high level. . . These—the goals of the Little Six Conference, as set forth in its constitution — repudiate the commonly held opinion that the conference is purely an athletic organization. Since Assumption is the youngest member, it must provide an impetus in fulfilling these ideals. This is being accomplished at present by sponsoring the Little Six Advisory Board Meeting, May 6 (see news story page 114). However, this is only a start. This meeting typifies the special character of the high schools in the Little Six to stress excellence in fields other than athletic. It adds the academic em- phasis to its activities more than other conferences. This particular conference illustrates the Athenian Greeks’ dream of the development of minds as well as body. Assumption is proud to be a full fledged member. The conference has had some unofficial influence on our activities; however, the Little Six is now sug- gesting activities in areas in which we might be caught “flat-footed,” such as, drama, speech and de- bate meets — things we have heretofore disregarded. The Knights have made a start in sports; they are obviously capable in this area. But, they should not fall down in the equally important scholastic compe- tition. They have impressive sports trophies from the past. Will there be a speech trophy in ’63 to put along side of these? They have had leaders in these fields in the past. Will the real leaders of today please stand up? 117 B.D. Cafe Changes Fates Glimmering stars, autumn leaves, medieval banners, college pamphlets, memories and lunches . . . these things and many more have gone into the makeup of a prominent part of As- sumption High School — the cafeteria. Since September of last year, the cafe- teria has taken on the threefold duty of lunchroom, study hall and ball- room. In this triple work it has worn many disguises. It all began Sept. 21 as the incom- ing freshmen were welcomed at the “Frosh Frolic.” The fun continued Sept. 26 as the rest of the school got into the swing of things when the class of ’64 masked the cafeteria in forgotten songs and exciting times (such as the 1961 State Basketball Tournament) and sauntered “Down Memory Lane.” Oct. 13 the cafeteria was cloaked in “Medieval Magic” for the annual Homecoming Dance sponsored by the senior class. Revolving lights spot- lighted the castle mural, remains of the senior float (a Knight with a fal- con in his cauldron) and Queen Sue Doering ’63. The cafeteria was arrayed in pamphlets of various colleges and universities Oct. 18 to help students in their choice for higher education. Oct. 21 the versatile cafeteria wel- comed the annual YCS Fall Study Day and its central theme of “The Bishop and His Flock.” In November the cafeteria played host to two groups. “Autumn Antics” set the stage for fall as each sopho- more girls’ homeroom provided the decorations for one of the cafeteria walls. These decorations included fall- ing leaves (D-6), a picket fence (D-7), a penny throw (D-8) and a scare- crow (E-l). AHS parents borrowed the cafeteria Nov. 30 as the Mothers’ Club presented the “Mistletoe Ball.” “It was a successful dance after a successful game,” stated Sr. William Mary, BVM, referring to the post- game dance given by the YCS, Dec. 7, after a victorious game with Musca- tine. For this dance the only change in the cafeteria was the disappearance of the tables. Dec. 9 the senior class once again took over the cafeteria to create an Italian atmosphere at the annual Spaghetti Supper. Pop and cake were in order for the Pops Concert, Dec. 14, as Mr. Paarmann and the band presented a smashing hit. The final face of the cafeteria for 1962 shone on Dec. 28. “Wonderland by Night” was the theme for the annual Christmas Formal sponsored by the jun- ior class. Couples entered this glittering wonderland of millions of twinkling stars through a cloud of angel hair and waltzed against a background of cou- ples silhouetted on blue starred paper and aluminum trees. The Student Council took over the cafeteria in January, sponsoring a Faculty Party on the 8th and a stu- dent dance on the 25th. “Mardi Gras” was the last pre-lenten dance held, given by the GRA, who disguised the cafeteria in the happy theme of the great New Orleans celebration. Before the end of this school year, the cafeteria will have changed faces three more times. The Honor Society will hold a spring dance after Easter. The Sophs will be in charge of an- other dance May 3, and on May 25 the cafeteria will put on a farewell smile and say goodbye to the seniors, who will see it for the last time at the Junior-Senior party. New Honor Society Members Ignite Candles “I pledge myself to uphold the high principles of this society . . . ,” echoed 25 students at the recent National Hon- or Society induction ceremony. In the past five years The Pius XII Chapter of the National Honor Society has ushered 125 graduates into all modes of life. Aiming for “character, scholar- ship, leadership and service,” former NHS members have flourished. Trying to- develope scholarship in others are graduates Sharon Barta, Janet Barrett, and Don Miller who all plan careers in teaching. 'The stand- ards of the society are such that they compel a student to do well aca- demically,” affirmed Sharon. Also praising the Honor Society Don Miller said, “This organization places the emphasis where it should be — on scholarship.” Serving others while building their own characters are former members Judy Egger, Roseanne Laake, Rita Radwich, Elaine Feeney and Claudia Townsend who have all entered the vocation of medicine. Roseann, now studying to be a med- ical technician commented, “In my field I must put to work all of the knowledge I have gained in high school and college. Furthermore I must have a code of ethics just as a doctor. The Honor Society has influ- ential in laying the foundation for this strength of character.” Studying to be the leaders of tomor- row in the fields of religion, science and journalism are Mike Ceurvorst, Kathy Mohr, Hal Feeney and Barb Niemeyer. Mike, a former Student Council president, is now a member of the St. Ambrose Seminary Department. Hal is majoring in electrical engineer- ing, and Kathy is studying chemistry. Barb is a student of journalism at Mar- quette. Showing that present members of the National Honor Society are look- ing forward to improtant careers is Jan Adamsky ’64, who plans to be a physical therapist. ‘The Honor So- ciety has always given me ‘a shot in the arm’ as far as grades and school activities,” noted Jan, as she settled the distinguishing NHS white ac- ademic hood over her shoulders and peered into the mirror to see how it fit. 118 Eager Frosh and Sophs Set Assumption on End Frosh Frisk Widely known, little appreciated but totally active are the freshmen girls here at AHS. Planning their own var- iety show, building medieval castles, and winning awards leave these busy girls with little time for anything else. With the help of homeroom teacher, Sr. Mary Gabriella, BVM, the girls wrote and produced their own var- iety show in accordance with Wash- ington’s birthday Feb. 22. Pantomines, dances, singing groups and other var- ious acts were only a part of this def- inite success and possible class tradi- tion. Following their “premier” the girls selected their favorite acts to be pre- sented to the children at St. Vincent’s Home. A culture hour at AHS? Yes, Sr. Michael Mary, BVM, freshman history teacher has her own. During this rare period freshmen talent is again empha- sized in their various programs featur- ing the Middle Ages. Any faculty member free this period was urged and welcomed to attend. Songs, skits, an unusual time machine and a middle age fashion show will help to make this hour a truly profitable one in med- ieval history. Assumption's “Hey, Father, what’s this new stuff we’re getting this year in religion?” inquired Jim Burke ’66 of Fr. Mar- vin Eldred back in September. In Ap- ril Jim has the answer. Jim isn’t the only student at As- sumption who asked this question. Af- ter years of religion in grade school and high school, the students of As- sumption were accustomed to a hard- back text filled with questions and answers. Instead, freshmen, sophomores and juniors have paper-back texts which emphasize the Bible, and stim- ulate them to thought and action. This Bible can be used by the frosh in all four years of religion at Assumption. The new religion course resulted from meetings held last year by the religion department. Since the department felt the text needed changing, letters were sent out to other schools asking opinions on texts. Most of the schools agreed that the previous text was out of date. Therefore, the department started look- ing for new possibilities. One of the most highly recommended texts was publish- ed by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine of Detroit. These new books include: God’s Plan for His People for freshmen, God’s Peo- Sheila Shanahan ’66 has been award- ed with the Charles Palmer Davis Award for her outstanding cooperation in citizenship and current affairs. The bronze medal will be presented to Sheila by Sr. Michael Mary sometime in May. The freshmen can also be lauded for their great spirit in the recent Basket- ball Jamboree. “The freshmen perse- verence for ticket sales was the in- spiration the juniors needed to win out over the freshmen- and win the loyalty trophy,” remarked Sr. Mary Diana, BVM, moderator for this event. Sophs Spin Sponsoring dances, special guidance periods, Christmas caroling, a unique dad-daughter night, and a spice sale have made this year seem like riding a merry-go-round to the sophomore girls. The sophs started off their social life by sponsoring the second mixer of the year, “Autumn Antics.” The dance was spearheaded by the eight sopho- more officers: Tony Navarro, Kathy Frater, Pat O’Brien, Teresa Shwab, Mike Pracht, Mary Kay Derouin, Bob Townsend and Jill Meyers. Moderated by Sr. Mary Mildred Ann, BVM, the class donated proceeds to the SGA treasury. Various guidance topics, including pie Pray and Work for sophomores and God Among His People for juniors. They are edited by Monsignor Burk- hardt, a classmate of Principal Fr. Robert Walter. The senior book is not out yet. There were many reasons why this new system was installed at Assump- tion this year. Religion Department Head Fr. Marvin Mottet feels, “The new course should be a restoration rather than an innovation.” He fur- ther explains that until the 16th cen- tury the Church used the Bible as a catechism. However, the Protestant Revolt put the Church on the defen- sive, and the question and answer ver- sion came into effect. “But now we are using a positive means as the early Church did,” ex- plained Sr. Mary Gabriella, BVM, to the Mothers’ Club at their April monthly meeting. The new text uses the best content and method available. The content is improved because the Bible is used as part of the text, she affirmed. At the same meeting Fr. Arthur Per- ry stated, “What better religion book could there be than the Bible, which is the inspired word of God.” Mike Scheb- a panel on religious vocations, were presented in March by Homeroom D- 6. Other panels pertained to careers, given by homeroom D-8, and one fea- turing encyclicals, particularly Pope John XXIII Mater et Magistra, by homeroom E-l. A fourth assembly will feature the Ecumenical Council. “Not only do these panels help our religion grade but they also give us exper- ience in public speaking,” notes Ter- resa Shwab ’65. To further spread the Christmas spirit a group of sophs took upon them- selves to carol at some nearby homes. Organized by Barb Herrmann and Maureen Judge the group sang at Saint Vincent’s, Saint Ambrose and the AHS convent. A special attraction added to this year’s sophomore class was the Dad- Daughter Dance — “The King and I.” A carry over from ICA days the dance was moderated by Sr. Mary Loretta Cecile, BVM. While everyone else is putting up with the heat, soon to reach AHS, the Home Ec members will eagerly wait first period and the air conditioned foods lab. The annual soph spice sale was the sole means for this worth- while end. Therefore the sophs will end their year with a “merry-go-round.” The dance will be held on May 3, and says class president Kathy Frater, “We all hope it will be the perfect end to this perfect year.” ler ’64 commented, “In Father Perry’s religion class we use the Bible by pray- ing the Psalms at the beginning of class.” “We apply the Scriptures to our lives,” added Ralph Bawden ’64. The teacher helps the students do this by using new discoveries in educational psychology which adapt the material to real life. An interesting example of this adap- tation is the recent freshmen-sopho- more retreat. Joe Kellenberger ’65 stat- ed, ‘The candle lighting ceremony at retreat was more meaningful to the students because we had studied its significance in the scriptures . . . We knew that Christ was the light of the world, but that the light shone in the darkness which knew it not.” Being very popular, this new sys- tem is interesting other schools. Alle- man is one of the schools interested in Assumption’s new program. Probably the most important aim of the course is summarized by Father Mottet when he said, “Our biggest hope is that the students of Assumption will be dedicated to Christ in all their voca- tions when they graduate.” Faculty 'Adopts' Infant Text 119 “I KNOW we dropped that guitar pick somewhere around here,” mutters Bob Matthys to Dave W’hite. Junior “WHAT DO YOU MEAN they have- n’t filled Lake Can- yada yet?” cries a troubled junior. “EASY WITH THE POP you guys,” or- ders Pat Burke. SCRATCHING HIS HEAD . . . Stan Smazal exclaims, “What’s that crazy junior doing way up there!” “KEEP YOUR HAT ON Laverne, I only want one hot dog,” pleads John Loihl. The pictures on these pages were taken at an Easter vacation picnic held at Lake Canyada by some members of the junior class. They were antici- pating the joys of summer, but were soon back at the books. Jaunt PASTOR — STUDENT CONFER ... Jill Schroeder ’64 talks with Fr. Kenneth Martin during her conference about her report card. Student Reports to Pastor Letters Delight “Muchas gracias,” expresses feelings of the Latin American students who have received letters from members of Sr. Mary Eustella’s second year Span- ish class. Fr. Louis M. Colonnese gave the girls names of some of the students he had met in Mexico last summer. “By writ- ing to the students we improve our Spanish while they improve their En- glish,” commented Colleen Walsh ’63, who writes to Arturo Perez Bello. Al- though the girls write in English, the Latin American students, both boys and girls, write in Spanish. “I can understand everything in your letter and only had to look up three words,” writes Juan Vargas Sanchez to Jeanne Genzel '63. “I’m 21 years old and have six brothers and one sister. I teach three classes of Spanish in the morning for the CIF (Center of Inter- cultural Formation) in Mexico. I’m working on a scholarship to Aquinas Colleges in Grand Rapids. Michigan. In September I have to be in Michigan.” Arturo Perez Bello tells Colleen, “The climate here in Cuernavaca is marvelous. It is always the same, not too hot and not too cold. Cuernavaca is known as the city of the Eternal Spring.” “I would like to know you better and would like a picture of you,” adds Arturo. Colleen sent the picture and also asked for one. West Sings Out “Everyone in the Choir really sang his part well . . . They must have had a lot of practice to be so sure of them- selves.” These statements, made by Mike Kester '65 and Barb Berg ’63, were indicative of the impression left at Assumption by the West high school A Cappella Choir. The program, which consisted of 45 minutes of spiritual singing, was one of several given by the Choir that morning in schools through- out the city. A question brought to the minds of many students upon hearing the A Cappella was what has the Assumption chorus been doing? While not having taken any trips lately, the chorus here at Assumption has certainly not been idle. Sister Carola, director of the chorus, stated, “No real comparison can be made between the A Cappella Choir and Assumption’s chorus.” Sister gave several reasons supporting this state- ment: 1) At West, chorus is a credit course, and some members of A Cap- pella practice two or more hours a day. At Assumption the mixed chorus meets together one period a week. 2) At West some 240 students participate in chorus, while at Assumption there are only 150 students in the varsity and freshman choruses. “Get your teeth in and be a part of the parish,” is the advice of Fr. Kenneth Martin, pastor of Our Lady of Victory parish, to student parish- ioners. The biggest problems in starting a new parish are organizing, meeting and talking to all of the parishoners in- cluding students. Father Martin and his assistant, Fr. Robert Couch, have overcome this difficulty by visiting and blessing the homes of all 400 fam- ilies in their parish. They also dis- cuss report cards each quarter with the high school students to become better acquainted. There are approximately 100 high school students in Our Lady of Victory parish, 50 of whom attend Assumption. Jack Wohlers ’63 thinks, “These inter- views are very good; they not only put the students and pastor in closer contact but they also show Father’s in- terest in what the younger parishioners are doing.” Assumptionite Colleen Dunn ’64 adds, ‘Though the interviews are primar- ily to discuss grades, they serve many other worthwhile purposes, including a chance for Father to meet student parishoners, to find out what they are like so that he may help them when possible. Time is short (10 minutes) but each meeting helps to form a com- plete picture of the student.” At the present Father feels the big- gest problem is securing the neces- sary funds to begin actual building. Though all plans are tentative and subject to change, the building of the grade school will begin this summer and terminate in the fall of ’64 with eight completed classrooms and four unfinished. The school will open with second, third, fourth and fifth grades and will be staffed by three Humility Sisters and one lay teacher. In each of the following three years an addi- tional grade will be added. “The only thing we can think about the church is location,” commented Father Martin. “We plan to be in the original building for some time.” This building is planned as a school-church combination with a permanent chapel seating 175. An adjoining all-purpose room will seat an additional 400. Planning church facilities is a problem because the parish covers an area of 72 square miles, most of which is un- developed. Father feels the tithing program “fits in nicely.” It helped to get the parish started and bring it together. The use of Assumption’s auditorium was “one of the best things that happened to the parish. Without its use the parish would have had to erect a temporary build- ing which would have put us behind financially.” ‘Tn every regard we have had the whole-hearted response and coopera- tion of the people,” asserted the pas- tor. By equipping the rectory with a private chapel the men of the parish showed their enthusiasm. The chapel was necessary as the house will later be used as a convent. Even now the ladies of the parish are securing a car and furnishing for the Sisters when they arrive. Included in the organization of the parish is the Ladies Council which will sponsor a concert given by the Boys Town Choir, Oct. 24, to raise funds for the new parish. 122 Four Speakers Tell Students 'Where to Go' “Do Sisters smoke and drink in the convent?” “How many hours a day does a priest pray?” Do these questions sound strange and the inquisitors uneducated? Don’t judge too rashly. These are but a few of the questions which students asked dur- ing March, vocation month. There were answers too. “One class period was devoted ex- clusively to vocations. We took each of the three: married, single and re- ligious, and discussed the responsibili- ties of each,” said Veronica Boudreau ’66. In addition to class discussions, freshmen girls held panels, broke up into YCS groups and filled question boxes. Fr. Jack Denning of St. Mary’s, Albia, didn’t work miracles on the male frosh but he did serve his purpose. “Though you didn’t go in wondering if you had a vocation and come out sure of the answer. Father’s talk moved some one way or the other. He didn’t beat around the bush; he was honest,” said Ken Nix ’66. Sophs of homeroom D-6, with the help of Sr. Mary. Jeanne, BVM, pro- duced and directed a dream of Sister- hood for the class of ’65. “After the en- couragement of mother (Sue Schebler) to work on her essay about the Sis- ters, daughter (Joann Eischeid) fell asleep and dreamed about the Sisters of the Quad Cities beginning with the Humility Sisters and ending with the BVM’s,” asserts Dee Atkinson. Soph boys were inspired by Fr. Laur- ence Mullins of St. Anthony’s parish. “Father gave the highlights of the priesthood in a down-to-earth way,” said soph Lee DeJulius. “He didn’t try to influence everyone to become priests,” added Paul Finkenhoefer, “but asked them to pursue the vocations for which they felt best suited. With his experiences he showed the way he car- ried out his vocation.” The junior girls continued the voca- tion program with a panel composed of eight girls, two selected from each homeroom. ‘The panel was not to in- fluence all girls to become Sisters but to inform all girs about the religious life,” said moderator Mary Kealy. The first speaker, Mary Stanger, sums up her talk, “A Sister is an aver- age girl who will work hard when she puts her mind to it.” “Penny the Post- ulant” was discussed by Barb Bauer while Reynel Dohse elaborated on the vows of Sisterhood and a day in the life of “Sister M. Cunegunda.” Both girls agreed that the years of training for the religious life are most impor- tant for they are a time of decision. Pat Carpenter, Connie Lindholm, Sue Mohler and Sharon Molvneaux told of the different types of Sisters: nursing, teaching, social workers and cloistered. Though the senior girls had their vo- cation discussions in January, seniors in E-7 held four panels explaining and developing the vocation material from the Sunday Visitor. Senior Sally Cogan felt, “There wasn’t time to read all of the articles in the Visitor. This way the high points of each were covered and you didn’t miss anything.” In addition each girl gave a report on one of the orders of Sisters in the area. The high point of vocation month for the girls was Sr. Mary Borgia’s talk. “You don’t just go into the con- vent a girl and come out a Sister,” quipped the well-known nun. “Since 90% of the girls here are destined to be a wife and mother, out of the pres- ent senior class of 79, approximately 8 should have a religious vocation.” One of the biggest problems in deciding on a religious vocation is the opposition of parents. Rev. John Hynes, St. Mary’s, Ottum- wa, exemplified his advice on voca- tions to the senior boys with many of his personal experiences. “One of the most important jobs of a priest is bringing souls back to Christ through the sacraments,” he observed. Sisters don’t smoke; priests pray at least an hour a day — any more ques- tions? Judges Choose ‘Trying out is worse than cheering in front of a crowd,” notes Geri Bar- ret ’64, newly elected captain of the cheerleaders. Four juniors — Geri Barret, Rita Davies, Sue Riedel and Lorrie Weir — and two sophomores — Mary Whalig and Peg Parker — were chosen from a group of 17 semi-finalists. Geri, along with 16 other girls, cheered her way to the final elimin- ations. The girls practiced during six clinics doing cheers singly or in groups with the help of this year’s cheer- leaders. Judges were: Mrs. George Koenig- sacker, Mrs. Gene Young, Mrs. Ben Steckel, Mr. Ray Ambrose and Barb Lewandoski, former captain of the ’62 squad. “We did the cheer, ‘We’re Go- ing to Fight,’ in groups and ‘Our Team Will Fight,’ alone” said Lorrie Weir, another cheerleader. ‘The first thing we have to accom- plish is to teach the sophomore cheer- leaders the cheers, so they can prac- tice with the varsity,” observes Sue Riedel. During the summer, as in previous years, the cheerleaders will practice at VanderVeer Park. “We are going to try to have some new cheers and put new actions to some of the standards.” says Rita. Peg Parker Sue Riedel Geri Barrett [Mary Wahlig Lorrie Weir Rita Davies Designs “SCRATCH THAT BELFRY” . . . sug- gests Ft. Conrad as John Reyes '65 de- signs his plans for Father’s church in Princeton, Iowa. Dem Fingernails Clip Grades Dreams Become “Conrad Associates — Architect- ural Designing” may well become the new name for the mechanical drawing room, G-l. Presently the mechanical drawing class is designing plans for their latest project, a new parish hall for St. James Church in Princeton, where their instructor, Fr. Anthony Conrad, is pastor. Explaining the students’ “contract,” Father Conrad said, “The semester as- signment is to design this building. We’ll incorporate the best ideas they come up with. This is a project of in- genuity as well as drawing ability. “The whole project is an attempt to be realistic. I first got the idea from the need of the parish and also because it lends itself to the purpose of the class. Right now we are in the planning stage. We are definitely not in the building stage,” stressed Father. The enthusiasm of the “architects” has even gone beyond the actual class time spent at work. For example, Vic Quin '64 drove out to the location one Saturday to look over the grounds. Concerning the trip he observed, It gave me a better understanding and view of the Church. We’ve made a floor plan and are now drawing one of the side views of the parish center. Seeing the Church in person gives me a better perspective of the planned parish hall,” Bill Schaeffer, John Reyes and Jim Hammes, all ’65, also made similar trips to Princeton. Just as in any project of this nature, certain problems arise which demand careful planning and thought. The class must create a building which will ful- fill the needs of a parish activity hall, and, at the same time, keep the cost at a point where the St. James Mens’ So- ciety can finance it. To accomplish this, they decided that the designs should be simple, fundamental and keyed to practicality. When the actual building begins, per- haps Father Conrad can turn his “arch- itects” into “carpenters” and help the designs unfold. Father once taught shop, you know. Senior Merits Ever compile a scrapbook telling of all your achievements? Well, Barb Lewis ’63 did and won an award for it. The Elks Leadership Award was given to her on March 19 at a dinner in honor of all the contestants. Barb also received a $100 bond and $200 cash which she will put towards her tuition at State University ot Iowa. The scrapbook consisted of clippings from freshmen election, certificates from Girl State and the Voice of De- mocracy Award, Three letters of rec- ommendation were needed plus one telling of her accomplishments. Heard any unusual crunching sounds lately as you walk down the “S” cor- ridor near the typing room? Think nothing of it — it’s just some Assump- tion typists trimming a zero off their daily grade. Long fingernails, along with two other offenses — erasing and typing over mistakes — are capital sins in this class. “Although they do have a feminine air about them, long fingernails have no place in a typing room,” states Sr. Mary St. Monica. BVM, girls’ typing instructor. For some girls this bi- monthly trim goes against their basic instincts. “It’s just not in me,” moan- ed Sheila McGee ’64, as she snipped off her last fingernail. Although typing has generally been considered a girls’ course, the male element of Assumption has been dis- proving this belief. This course has be- come very popular at Assumption, with almost as many boys as girls taking typing instruction. The boys’ classes, under the direc- tion of Sr. Ann Marita, CHM, have basically the same rules concerning erasing, typing over errors and poor posture as the girls. Obviously Sister has no problem with long fingernails in any of her classes. Both Sr. St. Monica and Sr. Ann Marita consider accuracy the basic principle of typing. “Accuracy rather than speed,” stresses Sr. Ann Marita to all of her students. One interesting way in which the boys’ instructor promotes accuracy is by re- quiring “donations” to the missions for each error. “After a while these ‘dona- tions’ begin to hurt,” remarks junior Gary Hunt pensively. Most students feel that their typing has greatly improved through this course. After glancing over her last paper, Patty Braufman ’64 exclaimed, Why I typed 24 words in one minute!” (By the way, this elated typist had “only” 14 errors.) Jrs. Race Ahead Rounding the third quarter the jun- iors take the lead in the race for straight A’s, with these jockeys out in front: Janet Abbas, Janice Adamsky, Kathy Barrett, Patricia Carpenter, Nancy DeJulius, Phyllis Hart, James Logan and Darrell Warta. Trailing by only one length the sophomores hold the second place po- sition with these riders: Michelle Chen- oweth, Theresa Davis, Mary Ann Hart- kop, James Phelps, Suzanne Schebler, Teresa Schwab and Steven Vander Horn. Mounted on freshmen steeds, but trailing by four lengths, Mary Baran- owski, John Cepican, Diane Lannan and Mary Ann Miller occupy the third place position. Lagging behind in last place are the seniors with only three competitors: Barbara Lewis, Mary Angeline More and Robert Schwarz. 124 Peace Corps Does Not Resemble A Corpse by Patricia Carpenter Will Mary Kealey '64, Joe Kehoe '63 or Jerri Ryan ’64 ever be hacking their way through the wilds of Cameroun, or singing Swahili folksongs in Afri- ca, or living in a straw thatched house in Tapeta, Liberia as Peace Corps Vol- unteers? Mr. Joseph C. Wheeler, a member of the Peace Corps policy development committee, spoke on the Peace Corps at St. Ambrose March 22 and 23 dur- ing the Second Quad-Regional College Seminar. Mr. Wheeler noted that there is only one Volunteer from the Dav- enport area. To encourage applicants Mr. Wheeler stopped in Davenport as a public relations man. We want the best slice of America to send abroad. The more people that apply, the better chance we have of getting that best slice,” he added. Mary Kealey ’64 commented, ‘‘It would be the chance of a lifetime. Not everyone has the opportunity to live in a culture completely distinct from Amer- ica and still serve humanity by help- ing that culture.” The minimum requisites for eligi- ble citizens over 18 are the same in- gredients it takes for success in any endeavor; 1) sound health, 2) mental stability, 3) maturity, 4) initiative, and 5) desire to serve. If you’re particularly good in your Spanish II class or you’re on the hon- or roll, the Peace Corps may be able to use you. Mr. Wheeler stated, “High school students, who plan to join af- ter graduation, should study languages and just do the best they can all around.” But the Peace Corps isn’t out for any Assumption genius. They want the average Joe” or the “average Joan.” Approximately one third of all Vol- unteers are women. So you have an “A” in French, you’re in extra curricular activities, you would like to join . . . now what? First, the potential candidate obtains a 12 page questionnaire. If this doesn’t scare him away, he mails it to the Peace Corps, Washington, where it is submitted for consideration. If the applicant is selected for serv- ice in the Peace Corps he goes back to school for three months of training at a University or college designated by the Corps. This training program in- cludes study of the culture, history and language of his appointed country. If you consider our physical educa- tion classes strenuous, think about the Puerto Rico training station which physically conditions the Volunteers. This station lasts 28 days and some- times included camping alone in the jungle, climbing mountains and slid- ing down a canyon with a rope as the sole support. After completing his. training the Volunteer is sent to his assignment to begin two years of service. The per- son who considers entering must also consider how it would be to live with- out electricity, refrigeration, a car, and TV. The Volunteer must live on the level comparable to a co-worker in At St. Vincent's that country. The Peace Corps is young. It is a challenge to students to help in this experiment of one culture to another. As Mr. Wheeler emphasized, “No per- son will ever be in a position to do so much good for himself, his country and humanity.” Easter Bunny Bounces High Who has a short, cotton tail, long, pink ears, makes Easter a happy time for lots of little children, and is a member of the AHS honor society? No, it’s not the Easter bunny, but Jan Adamsky ’64. Jan donned her pink ears and fluf- fy tail to be a real, live Easter bun- ny for 29 children at St. Vincent’s Home, Monday, April 15. The oc- casion was the second annual Easter party sponsored by the girls of the class of ’64, with Geri Barrett acting as this year’s chairman. Brightly wrapped chocolate eggs glistened from atop slides, swing sets, and trees as anxious little boys and girls ransacked the St. Vincent’s play- ground for the cherished Easter treas- ures. Games such as Red Rover, Bear Hunt, and Simon Says added to the afternoon’s entertainment. Three movies preceded a treat of pop and cake for the guests of hon- or after which marshmallow rabbits, jelly beans, and chocolate chickens were distributed by the Easter bun- ny. But all was not the spreading of joy and hopping around all afternoon for the Easter bunny who had piles of trouble with one little girl during a game of Simon Says. The little girl began by saying, “Simon says to touch your ears. Now Simon says to turn around in circles. Now Simon says ev- erybody go jump on the Easter bun- ny!” As 29 children quickly pounced on the Easter bunny she was heard to say, Is this anyway to treat the Easter bunny?” “WATCH THE BUNNY!” Juniors, Mary Thompson and Linda Adrian tell the St. Vincent kids. 125 Don Wants To Form Labor Union take out the garbage and lock up. Oh yeatv, and I do a little cooking.” For all this he gets, “$25 a week and meals.” Don finds certain advantages and disadvantages to working after school as he explained, “Working does take a lot of time I would spend doing schoolwork, but I am able to do most of it, except sometimes English. On the other hand, I like the money, but I wish Assumption’s tuition was a lit- tle less so I could spend more of it.” The likeable junior thinks his work- ing conditions are good, because “my employer is quite liberal — I get a day off whenever I want it.” Another frustrated chef, Sharon Mur- phy ’64, works with Don. Commenting on their friendly relations, she says, “We throw ice and mashed potatoes at each other.” Because of their frugal salaries, they also find it necessary to “exchange USED Christmas cards.” Chef Shaw agrees that, “one thing I do like about the job is that I get to meet other workers, like Sharon.” So, if you happen to be in Moline some night between 5:30 and 9.30, step in at the YWCA. Don will be glad to let you dry dishes. “I think my employer is a penny- pinching tyrant, but don’t tell my fath- er that, exclaimed Don Shaw, chief cook and bottle washer at the YWCA in Moline. When asked why, Don said, “My boss is my dad.” Don was only kidding, of course, but his father does work at the “Y”. In tact, so does his whole family. With his brother Bill holding it previously, Don’s job in the kitchen almost is an inheritance. “It’s just a job,” says Don, “but I like the money.” Explaining his duties, Don continued, “Two days a week I run the dishwasher and every day I wash the pots and pans, mop the floor, “FEED THE HUNGRY” . . . Barb Bar- ta ’64 works in the kitchen of Mercy Hospital preparing Today’s Special. Junior Missionaries Journey Shaw Family Installs Dishwasher at T “How do you think the early Chris- tians felt when Christ said, ‘Unless you eat of My Flesh and drink of My Blood you shall not have life ever- lasting?’ ” asked Sr. Mary Diana, BVM. $97.50 Helps “Camp Sunnside? That’s a place for girl scouts, isn’t it?”, inquired Barb Barta ’64. Although a recent survey showed that 14 out of 20 stdents at AHS have never heard of Camp Sun- nyside (a camp for crippled children in Northern Iowa) the Youth Council is supported by over 500 Iowa teen- agers. Geri Barrett, Mary Thompson and Bob Matthys, all ’64, attended a meet- ing at the home of Jim Richards to find out more about this organization. The purpose of the Youth Council, he says, is to recruit campers in need of help and to raise money for the support of these campers. The cost for a two week camping period is $97.50 per child. If swimming, children, fresh air and camping out appeal to you, write to: Camp Sunnyside Youth Council P.O. Box 911 Des Moines 4, Iowa A little boy or girl may someday reward you with a smile full of hope. Reply: “. . . a vampire.” Sister tried again. “What are the three main parts of the Mass?” Reply: “. . . the Offertory, CONCEN- TRATION and Communion.” Even though Sister Diana was the teacher, this event did not occur at Assumption, but rather at St. Henry’s parish, LeClaire, of which Fr. A. Con- rad is the pastor and Sister is a re- ligion instructor. Although handicapped by a lack of previous religious instruction the stu- dents are attentive and eager to learn. Exercising their female curiosity, two of Sister’s Assumption students, Barb Egger and Mary McCarthy ’64, decided to journey to LeClaire one Sunday. They were shocked to see how small the church was in comparison to their own parish churches. However, be- cause the building was small and sim- ple, the atmosphere at St. Henry’s was warm and homey. The parishioners seemed like a large family united in their one fold purpose of worshipping God. Barb commented that, Every man, woman and child paid close at- tention to the ceremony.” The sermon, “Always vote before you eat breakfast” pointed out that voting is more important than physical com- fort. In closing the pastor mentioned that if the men of the parish didn’t get the windows in soon, they would be “mighty cold when winter comes!” “CLOTHED IN” ... Pat Burke ’64 figures out how much money he can make in the next five years working in his father’s cleaners. 126 HUSTLING HARD . . . Junior Jim Martens gets in shape for the Knights next track meet. Mike Leads Knights Assumption will “look up” to Mike Seider, in more ways than one, to re- place Jim Kellenberger as honorary captain of the basketball team during the ’63-’64 season. At 6-5 Mike is ex- pected to lead the Knight team next year to a more impressive record than this year’s 8-11 mark. Hitting a 10 point average this year, Mike showed tremendous improvement throughout the season. As his 6-4 run- ning mate at forward, John Loihl, says, “Mike was a great asset to the team, especially when he came on so strong at the end of the season.” Coach Bill McAfoos agreed, “Mike could possibily be one of the greatest produced at As- sumption High School. During the sea- son Mike gave 100% all the time, be- ing dedicated to reach his capabilities. I’m real pleased that Mike was the choice of his teammates.” Optimistically, Mike is looking for- ward to next season. As he commented, “Next year we will have an improved team with lots of spirit. We hope we can go even further than the cham- pion squad of three years ago.” Kehoe Drives Needing two strokes to tie and three to win, the driving Knight golfers were nudged out by Central’s Blue Devils on the final hole of their first match. Two clutch shots by Tim Wilson on the ninth hole,'failed to gain the edge, as the Blue Devids copped their first win 163 to 164, while the West Fal- cons finished at 171. Central’s Pat Stopulos captured mead- alist honors with a 38, while the Knights’ Joe Kehoe had a 39. Seniors Mike Flynn, Pat McGreevy and Tim Wilson finished with 40, 42, and 43 respectively. In their next meet with Rock Is- land, Assumption captured their first win, 7 to 3 in match play. Again Joe Kehoe and Mike Flynn led the Knight attack with 40’s. Muscatine handed the Knights their next loss, 150-164, at Muscatine. Med- alist was the Muskies’ Mike Fahy with a 35 and Kehoe followed with a 37 for the round. Last year’s team highlighted their season with a third in the District, fourth at the Clinton Invitational, third in the Little Six and captured the city title from Central and W'est. As for this year’s team. Coach Der- ouin stated, “Our prospects are good and we’re looking for a good season.” Coach also added, If our young golf- ers play during this summer, they’ll be developed for next year.” SLAM THAT SERVE . . . Tom Der- ouin, Bill Dare, Larry Haynes, all ’63 and Mike Schebler ’64 spearheaded the tennis team to a victory over Alleman, 6-3. In their first win of the season, each of these nettors gained a win. Muscatine will be the next foe for the Knights in a match at Cram field. Knight Attack The team practices three times a week at the public links and usually has a match during that time. The Knights have 13 matches remaining un- til their final meet in a triangular with West and Central, May 23. Hardballers Face Central, West With only a week to prepare for their first clash with Central at Brady Street Stadium, the Knight baseball team, coached by Mr. Gary Simoens, will start practice May 15. The return of the pitching staff in- sures strength for the Knights. Hur- lers include Mike Hansen ’63, Tom Derouin ’63 and Phil Pash ’64. After lettering last year in the outfield, Rog Cawiezell ’64 is slated for the catch- ing duties. Filling up the hole at short- stop will be Mick Prochaska ’63, who is a capable fielder and batter. Juniors Jim Lonergan, Dan Albers and Darrell Warta have also had ex- perience and could prove to be val- uable to Coach Simoens. Ken Meade, a senior, will also help out. Coach Simoens feels the first two games with Central and West will be the hardest since those are Assump- tion’s first games and the last games for Central and West. However, he believes the new diamond behind the school will help the team and make it more convenient for practices. Also, practices will start at 5:00 so that the players with jobs can attend. 127 The Syndicate-Hub The Quad Cities finest Young Men’s Store High School College Shop THIRD FLOOR Designed and operated exclusively for the Young Man SALESMEN The Syndicate-Hub 222 W. 2nd Davenport A 5 MINUTE PHONE CALL K AU IT TAKES TO SEE tf YOU MEET OUK STANDARDS S REASONS WHY IT WILL RE WORTH YOUR TIME 1. Immediato earning� upward� of $150 weekly. 2. Plus $2040, first year bonu� 3. Plenty of prospects - no slack seasons 4. Advancement to Management for the go-getter 5. $400 to $800 a month Reitrement Plan at end of 20 to 30 years Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co. A Career Opportunity with the Leader in it Field Simon Landauer Downstairs Store h.i.s POST GRAD SLACKS James B. 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Davenport, Iowa Vol V—No. 8 Can You Hear “Let the children lead the way,” as- serted Fr. Marvin Mottet. His sugges- tion was taken up by the fourth grade at Lourdes Memorial School in Betten- dorf. The children heard about the project from Father Mottet, their chap- lain. These 10 and 11 year olds raked leaves, ran errands and did odd jobs to help feed and clothe the underpriv- ileged of Bahia, Brazil. Their contri- bution will assist Sister Dulce in her work among the 100,000 inhabitants of Bahia’s alagados. The Davenport office of PAVLA wants to send aid to this one among 100,000, as Sister must beg food, medi- cine, clothes, bedding and equipment to continue her work. The Sister Dulce project seeks con- tributions from the people of the Dav- enport Diocese. Donations are being sought in monthly contributions through parishes, Bishop’s Committee ($10), Volunteer’s Support ($600), PAVLA Auxiliary and organization donations, says Fr. L. M. Colonnese, PAVLA director. The senior girls’ YCS group is col- lecting books during the final week of school, hoping to assist these poverty- stricken human beings. $282 was sent to the PAVLA office out of the money contributed by AHS students during Lent. These Girls Will Build Are you busy this summer? There will surely be parties, swimming, tennis, golf, convertibles and every- thing else connected with summer, but are you go- ing to be busy . . . busy doing something worthwhile? At least nine Assumption seniors are already involved in an unusual new movement that promises to fill their summer. Claudette Short, Sue Doering, Mary Bea Snyder, Diane O’Toole, Sue Stoops, Doris Leibold, Maureen McCarthy, Theresa Cawiezell and Jean Saunders are the first Assumption members of the PAVLA Auxil- iary. The PAVLA Auxiliary is a total embodiment of the Church. It is a cooperation between youth and adults combining experience and wisdom with en- thusiasm. It is a movement, not an organization. PAVLA Auxiliary was started when the need was re- cognized for help in supporting the PAVLA program. Right now the girls are involved in a slide program scheduled for May 26 in the AHS aud . Proceeds in the form of donations from this program will go to the Sister Dulce Project. Sister Dulce is an Immacu- late Conception Sister in Bahia, Brazil, who works among the sick and poor of Bahia attempting to rid the slums of disease and starvation. At present Sister Dulce is planning an orphanage for 500 boys, delin- quent and homeless, in Bahia. $30,000 must be raised, so the PAVLA Auxiliary went to work. The slide pro- gram they have arranged is composed of slides Father Him A Nursery Colonnese took of conditions in South America dur- ing his Easter trip. “After people see the filth and squalor that these people live in in South America everyone will want to help,” explains Claudette. This summer a farm family from the Davenport area, the Mallory’s will go to Bahia as PAVLA vol- unteers to assist sister with her orphanage. In preparing for the program, the senior girls are doing all the work themselves. They have made tickets, placed posters throughout the city, done typ- ing and have even given talks promoting the pro- gram and PAVLA Auxiliary. The climax of their advertising campaign was an appearance on the Pat Sundine Show, May 22 on WOC-TV. The Auxiliary meets once a month at the Office of the Lay Apostolate in the Cosgrove Building and will always welcome new members. Just contact Claudette Short. Plans for new projects for the summer will not be made definitely until after the slide program. Mean- while the girls help by working at the Lay Aposto- late office, typing, mailing letters and packaging med- icines to be sent to South America. PAVLA Auxiliary is one summer activity that won’t give you a neat tan, a new date or a convertible ride. It’s a challenge to Assumption youth, a call from the sick and helpless of South America. Are YOU busy this summer? DH Ya Got Trouble, Right Here in River City Dear Editor, “All men are created equal.” Yet . . . the Whites hate the Blacks. And the Blacks hate the Whites right back. We never think about it, but racial discrimina- tion exists right here in Davenport. Always I have thought of discrimination as a dirty thing found only in the deep South. I never believed it could take place up north, not in Iowa, not in old River City, U.S.A., not in Davenport. However, I found it in Davenport and I’m just as guilty as any- one else. I’m not hiding anything — I’m prejudiced too. Take that class discussion we had last week. More than half the class honestly believed they were not guilty of prejudice. But let a Black man move in next door to them? — not on your life. Why, it brings the value of their house down. Here’s another example: This spring at a dance spon- sored for the teenagers of Davenport, a colored youth pulled a knife on a white boy after the white boy provoked him. Davenport was soon to have scheduled its first race riot. However, the cops cooled it and had it called off. All I can say is too bad the people of Davenport didn’t get a chance to see just what’s happening to nice, respectable River City. A boy in our class said his father couldn’t hire a colored salesman for his clothing store because the sales would soon drop. Yet, this boy said his father was not prejudiced. Someday he’ll take over that store. If you owned a grocery store, would you hire a Black butcher? You couldn’t — society would not let you live. A girl told me she wasn’t prejudiced because her family hires a Negro maid. Things are getting worse. If we want to live in this mixed up world, we’ll have to fix it up. This is a social problem that must be solved — it’s “the White man’s burden.” Take up the White Man’s burden — Have done with childish days — The lightly proffered laurel, The easy, ungrudged praise. Comes now, to search your manhood Through all the thankless years, Cold, edged with dear-bought wisdom, The judgment of your peers! We must find the cause, we must judge, and we must act soon. Remember, all men are created equal. It’s in the Bible. Maybe it’s in The Declaration of Independence. Well, anyway, somebody said it. A worried worried man, singing a worried worried song, Robert M. Morrissey ’63 RELAXING . . . the “beat” KB staff discusses the past year over a cup of espresso: (1 to r) George Koenigsaecker, Bob Hill, Anita Friend. Mardi Gaydos, Martha Holm, Fr. William F. W'iebler, Bill Neth, Rich Smith, Maureen McCarthy, Ed Hamerlinck, Barb Foley, Don Chenoweth, Gwen Gaukler, Art Sunderbruch, Pat W’estphal, Lee Barta, Joe Kehoe, Mar- cia Kohler, Jerry Schutte, Angie More, Mary Ann Pauly, Paul DiBlasio, Denise Hoie, Joe Nahra, Joan Berendes, Bob Daurer, Agnes Mohr and Mike Barry. 134 TOSSING OUT THE OLD . . . Pat Hammond, Barb Carlin and Larelle Hughes anticipate the new . . . next year at college. PATIENTLY WAITING .W Kathy McDer- mott and Tom Cusack watch as Fr. Robert Walter, principal signs a diploma. RAIL-SCALING TOWARD SUCCESS . . . Mary Ann Carr nears the top. June 2 isn’t far away. “OH THERE IT IS!” . . . sighs Dottie Masterson while cleaning out her locker. “Now I can see the floor.” PULLING HARD, OOPS . . . Kathy Nicotera, Sharon Morris and Mike Colbrese test the endurance of a four-year-old uniform skirt. HEADING TOWARD THE CREEK . . . Linda Stolley, Ed Bills, Mike Colbrese, George Koenigsaecker and Mary Ann Pauly shovel up some old texts. A senior’s the life Of a party; A joker, A trickster quite smarty. He’s a drinker Of cokes And someone who chokes On the chips And sandwiches arty! A senior's a real Cool guy, An apple Of any girl’s eye! He’s a recluse At mixers, But in a car he sure fixers, And in sports . . , Well, he gives them a try! A senior’s a girl That’s cunning, A bouffant hair-do Quite stunning! She’s a roomful of chattery Gossip—not flattery, And her driving’s The object of funning! N c A senior’s a student That’s brainy, To whom books prove Dreadfully painy! He’s a taker of NoDoz As night into day goes, A nd swears He is going insaney! A senior’s a saint In the making; On God’s mercy Eternity staking. Observe, judge and act, Christ’s model to enact; While at Mass Of God’s gift partaking. T O K N O W u Seniors are KNIGHTS Do or die. Their school spirit will forever Be high. From AHS going But always knowing They’re alumni Of Assumption High! Sally Cogan Barb Lewis are. a U Margaret Diane Gay dos Secretary John Patrick Hogan Secretary CL of Donald Grover Chenoweth S.G.A. President 2)« uenport, J ouua Patricia Ann Hammond Sally Ann Cogan Senior Class Pres. Jeffrey Richard Gadient Senior Class Pres. Honor Society Pres. Vice-President John Michael Burke Vice-President Mary Angeline More Treasurer KB Associate Editor Thomas Edward Cusack Treasurer James DiBlasio KB Co-Editor Denise Stella Hoie KB Co-Editor Gerald Paul Schutte KB Associate Editor 7 I Joan Marie Berendes Timothy John Wilson Veronica Marie Moore Patrick James Feeney Mary Ann Colleen Kay Lawrence Glenn Michael Vincent John Thomas Carr Walsh Haynes Peterson McGrath Dorothy Louise Masterson Lawrence John Ronald Bernard Burdt Gusta Judith Ann Braden Michael Robert Fitzsimmons Marcia Ellen Kohler Dennis Joseph Martin Kenneth Roger Meade Gary Philip Cangelosi James Joseph Brownson Mary Louise Bauwens Thomas William Moore Nancy Jo Koprucki Raymond Ross Robert Michael Anita Francis Michael Stephen Barbara Jeanne John Kenneth Yoke Morrissey Friend Murphy Foley Bracker Barbara Jeanne Carlin Patricia Lynn Arthur Thomas Westphal Sunderbruch John Harold McMahon Jeanne Marie Ehrecke Claudette Lucille Short Mary Ellen William Michael Eugene Thaddaeus John Charles Linda Sue Mary Suzanne Feddersen Barry Jerome Prochaska Stolley Munchrath Robert Lewis Carolyn June S chwarz A bresch Frederick Joseph Ebeling Eva Maye Carroll George J. 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Koenigsaecker, III Thomas Richard Fennelly Vu Jo Anne Luther James William Kellenberger Susan Marie Mark Dennis Dennis Allen Edward William Doering Wau Flaherty Hamerlinck Mary Ann Gray Lyle George Gregonis David Forrest Friend Gerald Thomas McDonough Michael Joseph Chenoweth Shirley Ann Wedekind Ellen Elaine Gluba Gloria Jean Borowicz Michael David Flynn Patrick John Murphy Robert John Daurer Martha Margaret Holm Michael Richard 'Patrick Eugene Kathleen Jean Mary Bea Terry Dean James Frederic Hansen McGreevy Nic olera Snyder Saner Dorr William Gerald David Neil James William Ruth Ann Arthur Barry Margaret Ann Walter McGee Howes Gadient Hancock Sedlock William Joseph Joseph David Cheryl Lee Gilbert Lee Janet Rae Dwayne Leroy Deardoff Connell Tripp Barta Benson Tandeski Sharon Kay Morris Valerie Anne Chamberlain Stephen John Bruce Alan Robert Joseph Susan Ella Miclot Cusack Kautz Stoops Sherrie Lynne Burbridge William John Helmel William Joseph Micka Timothy Lee Maher Mary Donna Snyder Jeanne Anne Genzel Joseph Louis Kehoe Sharon Lee Ann Edward Eileen Kay Dennis Allen Terence Joseph Huphr Paulsen Koestner Leese O'Brien Mary Ann Soenke James Richard Agnes Lucille Gerald Ray Foster Mobr C™S Donald Henry Joseph Anthony Berntsen Nahra Joseph Anthony Kubatska i Mary Dolly State Donald Joseph Nancy Lynne William Howard DeWulf Stoessel Donohoo Thomas Andrei Ertel Earaine Frances Edward Joseph W ildauer Schloemer Carolyn Ann Concannon Barbara Jo Ann Stiles Richard Patrick Dennis Theodore Mullen Miller Barbara Anne Berg Norma Jean Saunders Dennis John Maher Raymond Lee Uoddewig William Frederick Neth Diane Marie Jackson Ewald Albert Michael Eduard Vivian Margaret Robert John Katharine Jeanne Richard James Manthey Colbrese Allison Hill Wiland Braun Steven Burke Dennis John Robert James Qoris Ann William LeRoy Diane Mary Tullis Hogan Scannell Leibold Behan O’Toole Thomas Patrick Derouin David Louis Schlitter Kathleen Mary McDermott John Andrew Reynolds Mary Ann Pauly Richard John Smith Maureen Ann McCarthy Harlan Mark Larelle Francis Philip Kenelm Fournier Hughes Brunt Rebecca Susan Dennis John Bruce Robert Bowlin Thiessen Borne Sharon Elizabeth Thorpe Charles Chris Schmidt Gary John Bolster Edward William Bills Theresa Marie Graven Margaret Ann Elbert John Theresa Marie Jack Edward Ronald William John Vincent Pohlmann Lehman Cawiezell Wohlers Schrader Berry Bette Lou Stephen Ambrose David Mark Stephen Judith Ann Margaret Mary Trenshaw Hart McGuiness Springer Kermm ft Arthm Ptrry Sr. M feutumr BVM Mr Dm-U Sirmp Sr M Dim BVM Sr CUmt Mint. CHM Br. Wditim P. B'utUr Sr. Mutui Mmy. BVM Mr. Gmy Smmw Sr M St Amur. BVM Sr r UMM Miry. BVM Ft CmUt Ltrrlmg Sr. M Hrirm Ktgmt. BVM Mr Cmi Pi S M St CtUrru. BVM AHSers Grand Slam at Awards Assembly It’s the last half of the ninth inning in the last game of the 1963 Series. Players earning bonuses for the highest earned run averages (A averages) in the following subjects are: Religion: Sally Cogan, Mardi Gaydos, James Kellenberger, Barb Lewis, Thom- as Moore, Mary Angeline More and Robert Schwarz. English: Sally Cogan, Jeffrey Gad- ient, Mardi Gaydos, Patricia Hammond, Joseph Kehoe, James Kellenberger, Barbara Lewis, Mary Angeline More, Joseph Nahra, Margaret Pohlmann, Receiving the gavel on May 21, Pat Dray ’64 succeeds Don Chenoweth as SGA president. Mary Motto ’64 replaces outgoing vice-president Barb Lewis. Both have previous experience, Pat as student council officer and Mary as the ’63 secretary of the Student Gover- nment. Kathy Frater ’65 will serve as sec- retary, while Tony Navarro ’65 takes over the position of treasurer. Newly elected senior representatives include Kathy Barrett, Reynel Dohse, Barb Egger, Ann Hart, and Jerri Ry- an, Don Shaw, Pat Thompson and Dave Votroubek. The junior class of ’64 have elected Eileen Figel, Mary Kay Derouin, Mary Fran Schramp and Theresa Schwab, Steve Huyette, Joe Barnes, George Mitchell, Pat O’Brien, and Bob Town- send. Joyce Glade, Pat Hart, Pat Riley, and Janet Ruge will serve as representa- tives for the upcoming sophomores along with Dick Anderson, John Bri- briesco, Dave Barrett, Giles Crider, Gary Peterson and Pat Stolmeier. The officers for the ’63-’64 school year have been selected on a basis of Robert Schwarz and Mary Ann Soenke. Mathematics: Bruce Borne, Patricia Hammond, James Kellenberger, Bar- bara Lewis and Robert Schwarz. History and Social Science: Bruce Borne, Sally Cogan, Thomas Cusack, Mardi Gaydos and Robert Schwarz. Latin: Jeffrey Gadient, Patrick Mc- Greevy, and Robert Schwarz. Special awards for three years go to Mardi Gaydos and Marcia Kohler. Spanish: Barbara Berg, Sally Cogan, Dennis Leese, Barbara Lewis and Mary Angeline More. In the National Spanish Representatives one to every 30 students in each class division. The new system of election has been chosen to better unify the girls’ and boys’ division. Stars Shine Seniors Mary Ann Soenke and Angie More have been awarded Honors at En- trance at Clarke College, Dubuque. The special rtfention, granted on the basis of demonstrated potential and past high school record, is given to a small per- centage of the incoming freshman class. At the annual Clarke College Math tournament held April 20, Angie re- ceived a Certificate of Merit. Sue Mohler ’64 placed second at the American Institute of Commerce an- nual typing contest. In recognition of “distinguished service in the field of business education,” Sr. Mary St. Mon- ica, BVM, was awarded a plaque. PASSING ON POINTERS . . . outgo- ing SGA officers Barb Lewis, vice- president, and Don Chenoweth, presi- dent. counsel next year’s replacements, Mary Motto and Pat Dray. Examination Barbara Lewis was As- sumption’s top contender. Science: James Kellenberger, and re- ceiving the Bausch and Lomb Award for excellence in the study of sciences are Patricia Hammond and Robert Music: Senior award for Glee Club accompanist: Joseph Nahra. Band: Major Awards: Michael Foley, Betty Jansen and Joseph Meyer. Minor Awards: Barbara Bednarik, Karen She- langoski and Jill Vandewiele. Shorthand: High average in speed and accuracy in shorthand transcrip- tion: Carolyn Concannon. Homemaking: Betty Crocker Home- maker of Tomorrow Award: Sally Co- gan. Student Council: Outstanding cooper- ation in school activities, for service and leadership in student council proj- ects: Donald Chenoweth and Barbara Lewis. Typing: Proficiency and skill in typ- ing. First year typing — Sue Mohler. Second year typing — Carolyn Con- cannon. Bookkeeping: Mary Ann Buckwalter and Michael Fitzsimmons. Speech: Outstanding—Michael Barry. Journalism: Paul DiBlasio, Denise Hoie, Mary Angeline More and Joseph Nahra. Dennis Vozikis Award: Oustanding Service to the Student Council — Mary Motto. Homemaking Achievement Award: Outstanding Progress, presented by Necchi Elna Company: Jeanette Nahra. YCS Leadership Awards: John Bur- ke, Mardi Gaydos, Kathleen McDer- mott and Joseph Nahra. Thom McAnn Certificate: Leadership: Sally Cogan. Library Service Club: Fidelity and Efficiency — Eileen Koestner. Perfect Attendance: Four years: Law- rence Burdt, Mary Ann Carr, Patricia Hammond, Martha Holm, Eugene Jer- ome and Stephen Miclot. These winners pitched perfect games and all made home runs. Seniors Honored The senior class of Assumption High School will be guests of the Mothers’ Club at the annual Senior Breakfast, Wednesday, May 29, at the Blackhawk Hotel. Preceding the breakfast, Mass will be celebrated in the Assumption Auditorium with the entire Senior class attending. A free day will complete the seniors’ celebration of Class Day. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Charles J. Murphy will speak at commencement exercises June 2, in the AHS gymnasium. Mon- signor is presently chaplain of the Fifth United States Army stationed in Chi- cago. He graduated from St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland, and the Catholic University of America. AHS Votes in Officers; 146 RECEIVING AWARDS — hon- orary wrestling Co- Captain Tom Fen- nelly is presented the big A by head wrestling coach Ray Ambrose, as Jack Hogan honorary co- captain in wrestl- ing and football, Mike Seider basket- ball captain-elect, J i m Kellenberger most valuable play- er in basketball and head basketball coach Bill McAfoos grin approval. Sporsters Fly High, Surge Low A series of high and low points des- cribe the athletic year at Assumption. All teams sparkled at times, but also showed traces of mediocrity. Inheriting a small but speedy group of footballers, Coach Tom Sunderbruch began his first season as head football coach. Although his first seaosn was rather dismal, Coach Sunderbruch can look forward to next fall when a suc- cessful sophomore team and several talented juniors return to do battle in the Little Six. At the post season banquet, seniors Jack Hogan and Denny Miller were named honorary co-captains by their teammates. Both were second team All- Quad-City and honorable mention All- State. Finishing with a medocre 8-11 rec- ord and a third place finish in the Little Six, the AHS basketball team climbed a series of peaks and valleys. The Knights showed great potential in wins over Muscatine, Burlington, Ottumwa and Keokuk. However, they looked like any other team in losses to Alleman, Central and West. The reason for such inconsistent play might be the late de- velopment of the big men or some very poor shooting percentages. Senior guard Jeff Gadient emerged as the leading scorer and junior Mike Seider had the highest average. Jim Kellenberger paced the Knights in re- bounding and Phil Pash lead in free throw percentages. At the post season banquet, Mike Seider was named cap- tain for next season. Despite a 3-8 dual meet season, the AHS wrestling team could boast many fine individuals. In the Little Six Con- ference meet, Tom Murray ’64, Tom Fennelly and Jim Howes both ’63 took championships. In the District meet, Fennelly won at 165 and Tony Corsig- lia came in second at 112. Tony went on to a fourth place finish in the state meet. Jack Hogan also posted an im- pressive record. Sportlite ________by Joe Kehoe______ If you read the sports pages, you have no doubt noticed press notices be- ing given to former Assumptionite Karl Noonan by the coaching staff at SUI. He is listed as the top freshman end prospect by virtue of his fine perform- ance in spring practice. I predict an exceedingly bright future for Karl Noonan. • • • If you’ve noticed worried express- ions on the faces of Mr. McAfoos and Mr. Sunderbruch, you are probably see- ing correctly. They have been chal- lenged to a match by two members of the Assumption golf team. I’ve heard the two coaches regret their accept- ance of the challenge. I’ve also heard that the challengers plan to spare no holds when they encounter the “grue- some twosome.’’ • • • Senioritis is a disease characterized by a laxity toward almost all forms of Murray Paces Knights in District The Assumption track team with 24 Vz points gained a fifth place finish in the Clinton district May 10. The championship went to the host River Kings. Leading the Knights, Tom Murray ’64 yon the 880 yard run in 2:03.3 giving Assumption their only first place finish. Third places in the 880 and 440 relays and the mile medley were gained by the Knights. Senior Denny Miller in broad jump and Jim Kellenberger in high jump both took third places, while Dick Braun ’63 grabbed the fourth position in 180 yard low hurdles. Murray was the only qualifier for the state meet at Des Moines, for the Knights. In their May 6 meet, with Alleman, the Pioneers defeated Assumption 68- 50. Steve Miclot ’63 took victories in the shot put and discus. With a time of : 10.6 Miller took first in the 100 yard dash. Murray won the 880 yard run, while the Knights gained victories in the 880 and mile relays. Falling 71-47 to East Moline, the Knight tracksters saw Murray and Miller score wins. Kellenberger, Braun, Tony Trachinski ’64 and Miller in 1:35.7 won the 880 yard relay. With nine of the Knights forty seven points Miller paced the losers with a victory in the 100 yard dash, second in 220 and third in the broad jump. Murray raced to a 880 yard win. The Little Six Conference meet May 17, ended the 17 meets schedule for Assumption. endeavor by a pending graduating class. Those athletes who have fought off the disease and stayed with spring athletics are to be commended. It is nothing new at Assumption for the spring sports teams to be made up of primarily underclassmen. This year is an exception. Having trouble finding a job for the summer? Like baseball? Well, why don’t you combine the two and give Mr. Simoen’s summer baseball team a try. Remember, its better to try and lose than not to try at all. • • • Assumption’s pocket billiard team, consisting of Tom Fennelly, Tom Cu- sack, and Mike Flynn all ’63 completed spring practice last week. The seniors coached by Fr. Charles Mann are look- ing forward to a winning-season this summer. 147 Racketeers Smash Pioneers and Muskies Taking a 2-9 record into the tennis district at Dubuque, the Knights saw senior Mike Fitzsimmons advance to the semi-finals before falling to dis- trict champion Mike Springlemeyer of Wahlert. The district singles and dou- bles winners advanced into the state, with Wahlert also winning the dou- bles championship. Tom Derouin and Larry Haynes both ’63 and junior Mike Schebler each net- ted singles victories in the opener for the Knight tennis squad. Two defeats in doubles play enabled the Muscatine team to take a 5-4 win. Facing West in their second meet, the Knights could salvage only a singles victory, falling to the Falcons 7-1. Central downed the AHS team 5-4. Taking four of the six singles match- es wasn’t enough as Central came back winning the doubles matches 3-0. Alleman was the first victim of the AHS team. The racketeers picked up a 6-3 victory as Bill Dare ’63, Derouin. Schebler and Haynes each took singles victories. The four teamed respective- ly to win two of the doubles matches. Falling again to West, the Knights won two singles and two doubles matches, losing 5-4. A 6-3 loss to Moline saw the Knights, after losing five straight in the singles, come back as Haynes netted a 12-8 win and teamed with Derouin to win 12-7, Schebler and junior Tony Cher- netsky also grabbed a 12-7 victory. Revenging their opening defeat the racket squad defeated Muscatine 6-3. The victors captured four singles match- es and two of the three doubles match- es. Keokuk downed the visitors 6-3, as Schebler took the only singles victory 15-14. A win by Schebler and a forfeit was all the Knights could get from East Moline. The Illinois team won 7-2 in their April 7 match. Playing a match with the Panthers previously post- poned, the Assumption squad fell for the second straight night to East Mo- line. The Panthers shut out the host team 9-0. The Knights closed the season with the Little Six meet May 18, at North- west Park, Davenport. Girls Take Awards at Assembly Kehoe Advances Firing a 77 in the District Golf Tour- nament at Clinton May 11, Joe Kehoe ’63 gained a second place finish and a berth in the Iowa State finals. The finals are slated for Saturday, May 25, at Iowa City. Joe advanced into state competition by taking a six hole play- off from three other contenders at 77. Clinton’s Wayne Roemer with a 76 gained medalist honors, while the Ce- dar Rapids Washington and Dubuque teams finished one-two. Following a rain postponement of a meet with East Moline April 18, the Knight linksters drove to a 13 6-14% victory over West. Kehoe took medal- ist honors with a 37, Mike Flynn ’63 followed with a 38. Gaining their second straight victory, the Knights downed Central 9 6-2%. Flynn fired a two under par 34 to lead the Knights. Assumption shut out their opponents in four of their six matches. Muscatine nudged by their Little Six opponent 8-7, for their second win over the Knights. Medalist for the meet Muscatine’s Jim Proffitt fired a 42, while Tim Wilson ’63 shot a 44. Coming back to revenge an earlier defeat Rock Island squeaked by the Knights 8-7. Flynn with a 38 tied with the Rocks Trent Marquis and Jeff Fefferds for medalists honors. A 6 4-5% victory over East Moline gave the linksters a 4-3 duel record. Leading the Knights were Kehoe and Flynn each with 37s. Two Duel meets with Central and West, two city triangulars and a Little Six meet at Ottumwa closed out the season for the Knights. WAITING THEIR TURNS . . . seniors Denny Miller and Tim Wilson show their enthusiasm at the athletic awards assembly, as John Reynolds, left, joins in. Bowler, gym leader and intramural participant, Jenny Walatka ’63 earn- ed the senior high point award for participation and service in physical education. Jean Saunders ’63 received the senior sportsmanship award, while Mary Ann Soenke ’63 earned the award for general senior excellence based on sportsmanship, scholarship, leadership, responsibility and service. The trophies were received at the an- nual athletic awards assembly May 17. A total of 235 awards were given for participation and or service, over 100 for GRA point totals of at least 75 and 118 for intramurals. Thirty-two fitness awards were also awarded. Homeroom Divisions Team members of winning home- room divisions in both volleyball and basketball earned ribbons. First and sceond place winners in shuffleboard, badminton, golf and table tennis garn- ered awards. Earning major A’s for four years of participation and service were sen- iors, Larelle Hughes, Eileen Koestner, Nancy Koprucki, Sharon Morris, Jean Saunders, Mary Ann Soenke and Mary Bea Snyder. The letters are awarded on the basis of GRA point totals. Bronze medals for senior service went to Mary State and Jo Luther, both one year, and Janet Benson and Eileen Koestner for two years. A three year silver award was received by Mary Ann Soenke while Jean Saunders earn- ed the gold four year medal. Jenny Walatka gained the high av- erage bowling trophy with a 146 aver- age. Intramural Results Seniors of E-5 grabbed the intra- mural basketball championship with a two point victory over the D-7 soph- omores. The seniors, led by captain Jean Saunders, gained the champion- ship berth with a victory over the juniors of E-6. Captained by Marge Walatka, the sophs won the right to meet the seniors with a win over the D-3 freshmen. Eighteen girls participated in a 36 hole golf tournament. A table tennis tournament, closing out competition, saw 60 girls entered. 148 Seniors Disperse But Cluster in Midwest As graduation nears, underclassmen may look enviously at the seniors as they gain their “freedom,” but almost 3 4 of this year’s class will return to the ivy-colored buildings next fall. In a recent survey o fthe seniors it was found that an identical 71% of boys and girls will further their education next year. They will attend the following: SUW University of Iowa — Iowa City, Mike Barry, Bob Daurer, Paul DiBlasio, Tom Fen- nelly. Mike Hansen. Denise Hoie. Gene Jer- ome. Barb Lewis. Tom Moore. Bill Neth. Mary Ann Pauly. Jim Peiffer, John Reynolds. Terry Sarver, Art Sunderbruch. Kathy Wiland. Tim Wilson; St. Ambrose College — Davenport, Lee Bar- ta. John Berry. Gary Bolster. Jim Brownson. Larry Burdt. Gary Cangelosi, Tom Cusack. Bill Deardoff. Phil Brunt, Cable Von Maur, Bill Donohoo. Jim Dorr. Pat Feeney. Mike Fitzsimmons. Dave Friend. Steve Hart. Denny With the rebirth of the Sodality or- ganization next year, the responsibilty of the May Coronation will again be turned over to them. This year's ac- tivity, held May 8, was sponsored by the senior girls’ YCS. Peg Pohlmann, selected by the senior girls, crowned the statue of Our Lady. Attending her were seniors Jeanne Genzel and Agnes Mohr. Senior YCS members Joan Berendes, Gwen Gauk- ler, Marcia Kohler, Jo Luther, Angie More, Mardi Gaydos, Denise Hoie, Barb Lewis, Kathy McDermott and Mary Ann Soenke formed an honor guard. Hogan. Tom Lammers, Ewald Manthey, Dave McGuiness, Ken Meade. Bill Micka. Steve Miclot, Tim Motto, Mike Murphy. Denny Leese. Terry O’Brien. Mike Peterson. Dick Speer. Denny Thiessen. Steve Tullis. Mark Wall. Joe Connell; Marycrest College — Davenport, Eva Carroll Sally Cogan, Barb Foley. Anita Friend. Gwen Gaukler, Jeanne Genzel. Martha Holm. Eileen Koestner. Kathy McKenna. Agnes Mohr. Judy Noah. Diane O’Toole, Peg Pohlmann. Jean Saunders. Meg Sedlock. Claudette Short. Pat Westphal; Apprenticeships, Mike Chenoweth — tool and die trade. Harlan Fournier — plastering field, Bob Scannell — meat cutting field. Santa Barbara City College — Santa Bar- bara, Calif., Bob Hill. Rich Smith, Bob Mor- issey; Tulane University — New Orleans, La., Mike Flynn; St. Mary’s College — Winona, Minn., Ed Bills. Bill Dare, George Koenigsaecker. Tim Maher; University of Notre Dame — South Bend, Ind., Joe Kehoe, Jack McMahon. Bob Schwarz; Western Illinois University — Ma- The entire girl’s division formed a procession, singing “Immaculate Mary” until they reached the library court- yard. After the coronation hymn, “Bring Flowers of the Fairest,” the girls recited the Act of Consecration and the Litany of the BVM, while the boys on the west side of B-wing tried to peer through the Venetian blinds. With a statue of Our Lady of the As- sumption as the senior gift, it is pos- sible that next May will find the en- tire student body in the front circle showing their devotion for the protec- tor and patron of the school. comb, 111., Dave McGee. John McGrath, Dick Mullen. Mick Prochaska, Jerry Schutte; ChrisUan Brothers Seminary for Brothers — Peru, 111., Joe Kubatska; Art InsUtute of Chicago — Chicago, 111., Jerry McDonough; Maryknoll Seminary — Glen Ellyn, 111., Pat McGrcevy; Assumption College — Worcester, Mass., John Molyneaux; IBM School — Moline, 111., Pat Murphy; Rockhurst College — Kansas City, Mo., Joe Nahra; Lacrosse State Teacher’s College — Lacrosse, Wis., Denny Miller; Regis College — Denver, Colo., Jim Howes; State College of Iowa — Cedar Falls, Pat Hammond, Marcia Kohler; Clarke College — Dubuque, Jo Luther. Angie More, Mary Ann Soenke; Ottumwa Heights College — Ottum- wa, Jeanne Ehrecke. Mary B. Snyder, Colleen Walsh; Mount Mercy College — Cedar Rapids, Ruth Gadicnt; College of Medical Technology — Minneapolis. Minn., Carolyn Abresch; Edgcwood College of the Sacred Heart — Madison, Wis., Joan Berendes; University of Illinois — Champaign-Urbana, III., Valeric Chamberlain; Purdue University — Lafayette, Ind., Mardi Gaydos; Mason City Jr. Coliege — Mason City, Larcllc Hughes; College of St. Theresa — Winona, Minn., Kathy McDermott; Upper Iowa University — Fayette, Laurie Wildauer; St. Vincent’s — Chicago, 111., Sue Doering. Sharon Hughes. Pat McGivern; St. Anthony’s School of Nursing — Rock Island, 111., Mary Ellen Fedderson. Sue Mentzer. Shir- ley Wedekind; Moline Public Hospital School of Nursing — Moline, III., Nancy Stoessel; Mercy School of Nursing — Iowa City, Barb Carlin; American Institute of Commerce — Davenport, Donna Snyder. Mary State; Patricia Stevens Finishing School and Ca- reer College — Chicago, 111., Nancy Koprucki; Rex’s Beauty Academy, — Davenport, Bette Trenshaw; Carmelite Order for the Aged and Infirm — Germantown, New York, Theresa Gravert. Davenport Area Technical School — Davenport, Jim Belser, Gloria Borowicz, Mary Ann Carr. Doris Leibold, Denny Maher. Dottie Masterson. Ron Schrader. Linda Stolley. Car- olyn Sulcntic. Poems Merit Praise In the annual poetry contest spon- sored by the Iowa Poetry Association, Six Assumption girls were among the winners announced May 2. The only first place winner was Kathleen Morrissey ’65. Meriting second place honors were: Barbara Bauer and Kathy Barrett, both juniors and Mary Patricia Hogarty and Sue Schebler ’65. Junior Julie Joyce won two third place honors. Over 800 poems were submitted in the school section of the contest; 23 students from the state of Iowa were named as first to fourth place winners. Assumption had more winners than any other school in the state. The poems will be published in the organization’s annual book, Lyrical Iowa. A poem entitled “Character Report” written by Sr. Mary John Therese, BVM, has been selected for publication in the adult section of the publication. ANTICIPATING THE GIFT of the ’63 class, a statue of Our Lady of the Assumption, May Queen Peg Pohl- mann and attendant Jeanne Genzel recite the litany of the Blessed Virgin at this year’s coronation. YCS Pinch-Hits for Sodality 149 Slides Stimulate Student Apostles “To be Christian is to be an apostle,” stressed Fr. Marvin Mottet in his open- ing remarks at the YCS Spring Study Day Mav 5, at Hayes high school, Mus- catine. Father emphasized the need to fulfill this “Universal Mission of the Church.” Varying from the usual series of workshops, a film ‘The Endowed,” explained the Extension Volunteer Program, while slides of Latin Amer- ica showed the extensive need for realization of this universal mission. The film indicated the importance of lay volunteers in the southern and western United States. Working as catechists, teachers, nurses and parish workers these volunteers help to al- leviate pastoral work, for the too few priest in these US areas. From the swamps and slums of Bra- zil to the cave homes of Mexico the slides showed the conditions in which lay volunteers fight poverty and dis- ease. Father stressed that Latin Amer- ica is one of the greatest problems fac- ing the Church today. One-third of the Catholic world in 1960 were living in Latin America, Father noted. However, the growth of Communism has increas- ed considerably in the last few years in the Latin American areas. As the Communists use persuasive human tactics to win over these people, the Church also must first make life hu- man for the depressed before Christian, Father remarked. To fight Communism and poverty the lay volunteer program requires money as well as volunteers, Father pointed out. The Davenport Diocese has sent three volunteers to Latin America and one extension volunteer. Eight or ten will be sent this year. The students discussed possible ac- tions based on what they had seen in pictures. Projects of giving clothes, books and money were suggested as possible ways to assist both the Ex- tenison and Papal Volunteers. Keeping the office of National Rep- resentative at Assumption Pat Dray ’64 succeeds senior Joe Nahra. Nation- al representatives Art Johnson ’60, Greg Cusack ’61 and Derek Williams ’62 served previously. Barb Bauer ’64 gained the office of secretary from retiring Barb Lewis ’63. New federa- tion president John Van Tyle of Mount Pleasant succeeds ’63 president Ed Fitzpatrick also of Mount Pleasant. The vice-presidency will be held by Judy Menke, Fort Madison, Aquinas. National fulitimer Mike Mohr closed the day with his observations of the study day. Scholars Score When 71% of the class of '63 who are planning to further their education shove off for college next year, 15 of them will get an extra push from scholarships they have merited. The scholars and the donor schools are: Mike Barry, Music Scholarship, State University of Iowa; Jo Luther, Art Scholarship, Clarke College; Jeff Gadient and Jim Kellenberger, Loras College; Angie More, Clarke College. Marcia Kohler and Jerry Schutte, State College of Iowa; Tom Moore, State University of Iowa; Bruce Borne, Iowa State University; Denny Leese, St. Ambrose. Joan Berendes, Edgewood College of the Sacred Heart, Madison, Wiscon- sin; John Burke, St. Thomas College, St. Paul, Minnesota; Joe Nahra, Rock- hurst College, Kansas City, Missouri; Bob Schwarz, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind. Printers Devils Serve Hams “Davenport has two outstanding pa- pers,” said James O’Gara, editor of the nationally renowned Commonweal. ‘They are The Catholic Messenger and the Knight Beacon, which is the best Catholic high school paper in the coun- try.” Mr. O’Gara lauded the KB at a public talk at St. Ambrose College, May 10. In introducing himself to his audience he mentioned that his daughter re- ceived the paper at her New York school and brought it home to him to read. He particularly stressed the Coun- cil coverage carried on this past year. Such praise as this was lavished on the KB staff at the third annual press banquet in the Assumption cafeteria, Sunday, May 19. During the affair num- erous awards were presented to the staff. Receiving the National Scholastic Press Association First Class Award was Editor Paul DiBlasio; receiving the Catholic School Press Association Award — All Catholic and Newspaper of Distinction — was co-editor Denise Hoie. Other awards were: a junior schol- arship award to John Genzel for study at the State University of Iowa this summer; journalist of the year award to Agnes Mohr for her loyalty and faithfulness during the year; a perse- verance award to Anita Friend; circu- lation award to Mary Ann Pauly; teen page editor to Mardi Gaydos; the Don Miller Dog to Don Miller( this award was through the courtesy of the Pius XI staff, of Milwaukee, Wis.). BOWING OUT . . . with scholarships are seniors Joe Nahra and Jo Luther. Approximately 200 guests attended the junior journalism banquet, which was arranged by Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mc- Carthy and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schebler. Mike Barry installed the new staff. Taking over next year will be John Genzel, Pat Carpenter, Jan Abbas and Bob Ditmon who will have charge of the editorial page. All other positions will be those which were assumed by the juniors for their junior issue. Next year’s staff, therefore, will have page editors. Dressed as printers’ devils, the jun- iors served a buffet style dinner of ham to their honored guests. The program menu was printed in the style of a galley proof, which guests corrected during the dinner. 150 was Zfs