Assumption High School - Assumption Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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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

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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.

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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.