Assumption High School - Assumption Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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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

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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

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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