Assumption High School - Assumption Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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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

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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.

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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