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OFFICIAL PROGRAM PTION SCHOOL Davenport i'JPIff • r WAHLERT % Friday, HIGH SCHOOL SEPTEMBER 20, 1963 Dubuque LETTERMAN RETURNS . . . Almost exclusively an offensive player last year, returning letterman Jim Rymars (42) is slated to be one of the defensive mainstays in Assumption’s football strategy this year. 5'10 , 176 lb. Rymars enjoys playing both offense and defense, and Coach Tom Sunder- bruch has Jim starting tonight in the defensive fullback position. Says Coach Sunderbruch, “We had Jim playing only offensive ball last year. He developed rapidly, took our coaching real well, and turned out to be a major prospect for a defense regular.” The coaches all agree that Jim is “a real aggressive, ‘hard-nosed’ kid.” They also con- cur on the fact that, “He’s one of the team’s best blockers and we’re depending on him in our toughest defensive position.” Another of Jim’s assets is his speed. Said Coach Sunderbruch, “Jim really surprised us. He turned out to be a real fast kid — one of our fastest backs.” Said to be the “unsung figure” of Assump- tion, Rymars considers physical conditioning a year-round job. To stay in top condition, Jim lifts weights, works outside all summer, and wrestles, which, he says, “really helps keep me in shape.” In forecasting the coming season, Jim said, “Our backfield is real fast and looks good. Our spirit is real strong, and more than com- pensates for any lack of returning veterans. Our defense is also good.” Jim looks forward to the games against West and Central to be “real hard-fought contests.” In the opinions of coaches and team mem- bers, Rymars is the combination of a recep- tive, coachable, unassuming personality and an exceptional football player. As the Times- Democrat Pigskin Prevue said, Rymars is ex- pected to “put some punch in the (Assump- tion) running attack from the fullback spot.” Assumption fans are betting on it. Under the Orange Roof You know you’ll find something specially good! uoiuARDjounsonf KIMBERLY AT BRADY DAVENPORT r7 'Landmark for Hungry Americans KNIGHT OFFENSE Steve Huyette junior quarterback scrambles after fumble. Knight backfield reels off short gainer. .THE PAUS ASSUMPTION Varsity Football Roster 1963 Jim Grothusen, Referee len Simmons, Umpire Art Moger, Head Linesman Don DeJaeger, Field Judge NAME Jersey No. Red White Class Wt. Ht. Position Callahan, Greg . 57 58 Jr. 178 5'10 ' C Cawiezell, Roger — 77 77 Sr. 205 5'11 T Clay, Kim 69 66 Jr. 171 511 C Crossen, Pat 56 56 Jr. 170 5'10 C Dockery, John 23 23 Sr. 152 5'9W' l.H.B. Dower, Jim 30 30 Jr. 133 5'6 H.B. Duax, Tom 32 31 Sr. 155 5'11 E Dugan, Dan 82 82 Jr. 181 6'1 E Georgen, Jon . 52 52 Sr. 172 5'9 G Hammes, Jim —74 74 Jr. 187 5'11 T 5 Huyette, Steve 13 13 Jr. 168 5' 10 Q.B. Kellenberger, Joe _ 34 34 Jr. 153 5'8 H.B. Laakc, Jim 64 64 Jr. 190 5'9 G Leonard, Roy 73 79 Jr. 266 6'2 T Lopez, Gary 21 21 Jr. 150 57 H.B. Lucier, Mike 44 44 Jr. 166 5'9fc F.B. Luther, Chuck 25 25 Jr. 143 5'8 H.B. Maher, Pat 81 81 Sr. 153 5'9 E Mason, Worren 85 85 Jr. 191 6'1 E Motthys, Bob —54 53 Sr. 155 5'10 C McCarthy, Marty — 24 24 Jr. 162 5'11 H.B. McGivern, Tom 10 20 Jr. 151 5'9 Q.B. Motto, Vin 51 43 Jr. 138 5'6 G Navarro, Tony 11 15 Jr. 154 5'9 Q.B Pash, Phil 84 84 Sr. 178 6'1 E Peovcy, Rich 75 75 Sr. 186 5'9 T Reisinger, Rich 67 67 Sr. 152 5'9 G Reyes, John 83 83 Jr. 164 6'0 E Rymors, Jim 42 42 Sr. 176 5'10 F.B. Salsbury, Tom 22 22 Jr. 138 5'6 H.B. Schroeder, Jack 50 50 Sr. 165 5'11 G Schulte, Tom 55 55 Jr. 180 6'2 C Tarchinski, Tom 33 33 Sr. 135 5'8 H.B. Vargos, Joe 59 59 Jr. 192 5'11 T Warta, Darrel 62 62 Sr. 168 5'9 G Wysoske, Don 76 76 Jr. 218 5'10 T E THAT REFRESHES WAHLERT Varsity Football Roster 1963 NAME Jersey No. Blue White Class Wt. Ht. Position Apel, Thos. 86 82 Jr. 165 6'0 E Behr, Steven .23 24 Jr. 140 5'5 H.B. Bicrie, John 73 72 So. 195 61 T Boleyn, Terry 12 25 Jr. 130 57 H.B. Burbach, Wm. .75 70 Jr. 195 6'3 T Butler, Rich 25 21 Jr. 150 5'8 H.B. Clemens, Michael 62 66 Jr. 150 5'9 G Cushing, Melvin —.11 11 Jr. 170 5'11 Q.B. Freiburger, Terry 50 54 Jr. 155 5'11 H.B. Freiburger, Wm. 52 55 Jr. 170 6'0 C Frommelt, David 61 26 Jr. 165 5'9 G Gabriel, Michael 14 14 So. 160 5'10 Q.B. Gabriel, Pat -.87 81 Sr. 190 6'4 E Gasper, Jos — 31 42 Jr. 170 6'0 F.B. Graham, John 20 10 Sr. 150 57 H.B. Hailing, Wm. 26 27 Jr. 145 5'8 H.H. Higgins, Thos. 65 65 Sr. 165 5'10 G Koenig, John .„.61 62 Sr. 175 57 G Lewis, Robt. 76 74 Sr. 215 6'0 T Martin, Robt. 77 75 Jr. 190 6'3 T Mayers, Wm .... 67 64 Sr. 175 6'0 G McCoy, Michael 74 73 Jr. 195 6'0 T McMahon, Thos. 53 59 Jr. 185 6'2 C Noel, James 83 84 So. 170 6'1 E Osterberger, Rich 81 18 Sr. 165 5'11 E Parnell, Greg 63 60 Jr. 175 57 G Rellihan, Tim 33 40 Sr. 165 5'10 H.B. Schlitz, Thos. 22 22 Sr. 170 5'10 H.B. Steinman, Don ..._ 85 85 Jr. 170 6'0 E Straub, John 66 61 Sr. 175 5'ii G Woinwright, Rich 84 28 Sr. 170 5'11 E Weiland, David ... 24 23 Jr. 155 5'10 H.B. Welbes, Peter 32 41 Sr. 190 6'0 F.B. Wertz, Thos. 21 17 Sr. 145 5'9 H.B. Coaching Staff ROBERT FARLEY BERNIE O'CONNOR Illegally kicking or bolting o loose ball 0 Pushing, helping runner or interlocked interference. KNIGHT BACKERS . . . (Left to right) Lori Weir, Geri Barrett, Mary-Lynn Wahlig, Peg Parker, Sue Reidel and Rita Davies. COMPLIMENTS OF DAVENPORT BANK and Trust Company Complete banking services available under one roof Drive-up window free customer parking DIAL 326-6211 After the game stop at one of STUPKA'S $oot i ecr DRIVE-IN'S Home of the Hi-Boy Sandwich 3143 ROCKINGHAM 3837 N. DIVISION ST. Look for the bright orange bldg. Gordon Printing Co. LETTERPRESS OFFSET LITHOGRAPHY 7TH PERKY STREETS Assumption Cheerleaders Hanssens Serving Our Community 0 Over TOO Years Suppliers Of Quality Team Fquip- ment To All Davenport Schools Athletics promote good Citizenship Support Your Team FOR ALL ATHLETIC GOODS MAKE YOUR HEADQUARTERS AT Hanssen’s � . MA CWAM % or¥ Two Convenient Locations 231 W. 2nd ST. Village Shopping Center 322-4411 324-6951 VILLAGE STORE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 9-5 Alright! Alright! Who tied all their shoelaces together? Just because our man Johnson goofed I see no 66 reason to make a fuss over him. 67 CENTRAL HIGH 70 Gary Burress RT SOPHOMORE 71 Craig Lamprecht LT Tom Stevens LH '72 Steve Wilson RT John Kehoe QB 74 Robert McClanahan LT Ronald Hopphan QB 75 Greg Lewis RT Chip Lee QB 75 Willard Peeples LT Steve Haecker LH 76 Dirk Oosting LT Gary Hatfield LH 77 Steve Hartz RT Mike Dixon LH 80 Warren Fierce LE Raymond Woods FB 81 Andy Macmillan RE Dan Kechler FB 82 Mark Fox RT Terry Loder FB 83 Bill Thomas LE Jim Carthey 1X5 84 Timm Schoonover RE Clarence Simmons R 1 (86 Jim Rathje RE Ronald Leaton RH 87 Joe Arnold LE Cornel Bland RH Dave Borden RH Kenneth Ruefer C Alfred Jackson RH Ricky Carroll C Stonewall Jackson RG Ken Husset C Bill Prunchak E Chuck Nelson C Dave Ragan FB Bruce Black LG Walter Spears FB Tom Doty RG Bob Soernson RG Marty Steffen LG Steve Stender RT Charles Heston C Mark Williams LT Steve Gilmour RG Ron Carroll MGR Jim O’Conner RG Tom Schroeder MGR Doug Mirfield LG Dan Dwinal MGR DRINK E PAU! ♦ ASSUMPTION LE LT I lornbuckle Owens 88 75 LG Huff 66 C St. Clair 55 RG Daley 62 RT Thomas 74 RE Yates 86 LE Dugan 82 LT Peavey 75 QB Campbell 3 LH Wyatt 24 RH Tavlor 40 LH Lopez 21 ...TH PROBABLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL STARTING LINE-UP 3 10 10 12 12 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 22 24 25 26 29 34 35 36 36 38 38 40 43 44 45 47 A9 50 53 FB Baker 38 or Rilev 34 CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY SQUAD Dave Campbell QB ’Gordon Banks RHB John Brooke QB 'Gary Hamann G Rick Roehrkasse QB •Gary Nosa T •John Haynes LH Ken I eiss T Jay Hamburg QB •Dick Lorang QB Don Bryant LHB Bill Havwood LHB •Steve Harksen LHB Mike Dorothy G Eugene Wvatt LHB 4Ken Arthur LHB Herb Holt LHB 'Carl Cartwright LHB Joel Riley FB Chuck Schlichting QB John Wright FB ’Pete Smith FB Gene Baker FB •Rick Liljequist C Roddy Taylor RHB Doug Stender E Fred Waterman RHB Melvin Miller RHB •Jim Doty LHB •JJm Willis FB Ken Reading C Larry Behrends C 13 15 20 21 22 23 24 53 aDon Schnauber C 25 54 Melvin McNeal FB 30 54 Ralph Tate C 31 55 Tom St. Clair C 33 55 •Robert Cochran C 34 60 Tony Lorentzen G 42 61 Larry Duncan G 43 62 Boh Daley G 44 64 Mack Anderson G 50 65 Bill Astor G 52 66 Terry Huff G 53 68 Rick Rizzo G 55 69 Bob Weis G 71 Dennis Paustian T 72 John Crecelius T 73 Jim Low T 73 Leo Robinson T 74 Ron Thomas T 75 Henry Owens T 76 Jim Barnes T 77 Mike Gray T 82 •Jack Haywcod E 83 Harry Errett E 84 Denny West E 84 •Floyd Spencer G 85 Wilson Thomas E 86 Tom Yates E 86 ‘Bill Schultz E 87 •Charles Cryer LH 87 Dick Dwinal E 88 Jack Hornbuckle E T arrv Price E Stew Hu ye Torn ava l orn McGi Garv Lope Tom Salshr John Dockt Mart Mc( Chuck Luth Jim Dower Tom Duax Tom Tarcl Joe Kellenl Jim Rymai Vin Motto Mike Lucie Jack SchriM Jon George Boh Mattie Tom Scluil ;e that refreshes w PROBABLE HIGH SCHOOL STARTING LINE-UP LG Warta 62 te ro � m ry ry !arthv � r inski or per c RG RT RE Crossen Clay Cawiezell Pash 56 66 77 84 QB Huvette 13 RH Salsbury 22 FB Rvmars 42 QB 56 Pat Crossen C QB 58 Greg Callahan C QB 59 Joe Vargas 1 LHB 62 Darrell Warta G RHB 64 Jim Laake G LH 66 Kim Clav RG HB 67 Rich Reisinger G HB 74 Jim Hammes E HB 75 Rich Peavey LT E 76 Don Wvso ke T HB 77 Roger Cawiezell RT HB 79 Rov L°onard T FB 81 Pat Maher E G 82 Dan Dugan LE FB 83 John Reves E G 84 Phil Pa-h RE G 85 Warren E C Charley Harper HB C ASSUMPTION HIGH 56 Brian Miclot C SOPHOMORE SQUAD 60 Ron Warta G 21 Paul Giguere E 62 Richard Tavegia G 25 Michael Dockery QB 63 John McCabe G 25 Kerry Klinger RHB 65 Terry Leonard G 27 Thomas Huot QB 66 •John Brihriesco G 29 William Koch QB 67 Gerard Loerzel G 32 Gregory Dohrn LHB 69 Gile:s Crider G 33 Charles Harper LHB 70 Harold Marland T 34 Richard Aldape LHB 72 Donald Dempsey T 35 Merle Farley LHB 73 John Donohoe T 36 Robert Walter QB 74 Robert Paulsen T 37 Steven Shumate RHB 76 John Kanvath T 38 Patrick Frese RHB 77 John Owens T 38 Jon Kruse E 78 James Burke T 40 Patrick Hall G 78 Thomas Haase T 41 John Peacock RHB 79 William Howes T 42 Timothy Dugan C 80 Da id Barrett E 43 Gergory Anderson FB 82 Ronald Hawley E 44 Joseph McManus FB 82 David McAndrews E 45 Robert Shapley FB 85 Michael Ryan E 46 Kem Fitzsimmons FB 86 James Kindred E 48 Thomas Fennell RHB 88 Joseph Miller E 53 Richard Anderson C Patrick Stolmeier Compliments of Northwest Bank and Trust Company 1454 West Locust Street Phone 322-1741 “Aw e'en on now, follows, somebody must hovo the boll I Central Cheerleaders ( eafo l ?963 'Scmd TRo tei Flutes Joan Young Lynette Paarmann Donna Welshhons Lynell Kahler Jean Frandsen Debbie Pfitzenmaier Susan Soults Cherry 1 Riessen Cherylle Fuller Judy Johnson Oboes Diana Davis Doris Ayres Sara Nelson Bassoons Anita Nagle Debbie Weaver Clarinets Karen Willers Mary Smith Wallv Newport Pam Wikert Cheir Mucha Sally Winckler Kermit Sutton Debbie Dimer Marsha Becker Nancy Bruning Sandra Brooks Sandra Soults Jim Duggelby Susan Kress Dona Goldsmith Dorrine Donaubauer Bonnie Strobbe Judy Friedericks Vicki Cavanaugh Rheta Barkerm Jill Crawford June Warner Cherrvl Andersen Alan Manning Rosalie Mesecher Kathy Kessler Alto Clarinet Mark Kinsbury Connie Stamer Bass Clarinet Connie Stapp Kav Kretschmar Janet Roberts Charlene Kuntz Linda Bahncke Janet Roberts Alto Sax Jim Bishop Sally Giese Karen Scheel Tenor Sax Sherry Rostenbach Terry Petersen Tom Layman Cornets Mike Pollitz Denny Nichols D’Rene Desmond John Frerichs Steve Hentxelman Mike Noyes Peter Peterson Mario Bettendorf Ray Peters Tom Anderson Erik Johnson Trumpets Richard Atwood Bruce Judd James Schroeder James Willets Horns Kent Anderson Bonnie Gruhl Ronnie Miller Bill Carlson Larry Brown John Wilkins Baritones David Brown John Allender David Warden David Lobsien Bruce Schwan Steve Klindt Trombones David Bray Earle Dickinson Rob White Tom Martens Jim Nelson Mike Krovich James Frank Arthur Stowe Kieth Levien Frank Ravmie Charles Sharp Corrv Traver Tuba David Mienke Fred Maynard David Schroeder Paul Doyle Herman Goellnitz Kenneth Hausett String Bass Diana Gannet Percussion Bill Burlage David Shaffer Kent Ackerman Lee Catlin Terry McKown Susan Olson Susan Jacobs Paul Kohrs Tom Knight Richard Niccola Craig Schroeder Domingo Moody THE SPORTSMAN’S CREED THE PLAYER 1. He trains diligently, lives clean, plays hard and for the love of the game. 2. He knows that the game of next month or next year is being won or lost now! 3. He wins without boasting, he loses with- out excuses, and he never quits. 4. He respects officials and accepts their opinions without question because he knows that the right to play presupposes the obliga- tion to observe the rules and to abide by the decisions. 5. He never forgets that it is a privilege to play on the team that represents his school. 6. He considers all athletic opponents as guests and treats them with all the courtesies due friends and guests. 7. He plays the game for the sake of the game, for his side and not for himself, and he lives the best who loves the most, the welfare of his team. THE COACH 8. He inspires in his boys a love for the game and the desire to win. 9. He teaches them that it is better to lose than win unfairly. 10. He leads players and spectators to re- spect officials by setting them a good example. 11. He is the type of man he wants his boys to be. THE OFFICIAL 12. He knows the rules. 13. He is fair and firm in all decisions and calls them as he sees them. 14. He treats players and coaches courteously and demands the same treatment for himself. 15. He knows the game is for the boys and lets them have the spotlight. THE SPECTATOR 16. He never boos a player or official and he cheers both teams as they come on the field of play. 17. He applauds a good play, no matter who makes it, but he does not applaud errors. 18. He knows the school gets the blame or the praise for his conduct. 19. He recognizes the need for more sports- men and fewer sports. OUR NEXT HOME GAME, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, DUBUQUE THE PLACE FOR SAVINGS 0 avenport Bank = WNMI t KNIGHT BEACON VoL VI, No. 1 Assumption High School, Davenport, Iowa October, 1963 GRINNING BROADLY . . . Pete DiBlasio ’67, holds his prize, Ralph Schramp ’67, of this year’s Frosh Frolic. (See picture story, pages 8 and 9.) Clubs Assume New Management Tests Code Confuses College Bound PSAT, CEEB, ACT, SAT, ... are not part of some code used by the Central Intelligence Agency. They are the tests being taken by AHS seniors and juniors in preparation for college entrance. The PSAT is a test given in prepara- tion for the SAT. Since several scho- larships are given on the basis of the PSAT scores, many Assumption stu- dents are signing up to take it. One such local scholarship the Iowa-Illi- nois Gas and Electric makes available to any student in the upper one-quart- er of his class and whose parents re- ceive gas or electricity from the com- pany. This test will be administered on Saturday, Oct. 19, 1963. One of the more important tests be- ing administered is the CEEB or, as some call it, the SAT. Many eastern colleges list this test as a requirement for enrollment. Several other scholar- ships, including a major one from Gen- eral Motors, are awarded as the result of these tests. The ACT is required for admission to many midwestern and western col- leges, such as SUI in Iowa City. It will be administered on four different dates. More information on this and all tests can be obtained from Father Schwank, A-4, or any senior girls’ home- room. “If a person is looking for a scho- larship or financial aid of some kind, the best place to look is the college which he will attend,” notes Father Schwank. “Another good bet for finan- cial aid is the National Defense Stu- dent Loan Program, which has loaned close to 217.9 million dollars to over 363,000 students in the past three years,” he concluded. You don’t have to be a decoding ex- pert to figure out these tests, but know- ing why, when, where and how to take them gives you a headstart for college. Rings Arrive The long-awaited symbols of sen- iority are finally arriving; Fr. R. J. Walter, principal, announced that class rings are due in the middle of Octo- ber. Seniors made orders and down pay- ments on the rings last Feb. 13. The class of ’65 soon will be shown a sample case of the various types of class rings and the price ranges. The girls will be given a choice between red, gold, black, pearl and blue. The boys will have a more limited choice of either red, black or blue. KICKING OFF their third season, band members Jerry Mariette ’67, Betty Jansen ’65 and Harry Peter- son ’66 sport white shoes and tubas. The library is quiet and empty ex- cept for two girls. Silently a hand reaches into the cupboard and pulls out a bottle of wine. No, it’s not a pair of alcoholics about to have their after-school drink, it’s just Sacristy Club members Carol Sampson and Teresa Schwab, both ’65, about to fill the cruets for Mass in the school chapel the next morning. With the changes in the girls’ fac- ulty, the Sacrsity Club and Library Aides are under new management. This year the Sodality has also been revived at Assumption and the Audio- Visual Club has been reorganized. Sacristy Club The responsibility of the Sacristy Club is being taken over by Sr. Mary Leoda, BVM. The 30 girls who belong to the group have the responsibility for the Mass vessels and vestments. “It gives us a chance to better un- derstand the Mass,” comments Kate Schaffert ’65. ‘The boys have an op- portunity to come in direct contact with the Mass as altar boys; the only way we can do this is through the Sacristy Club.” Library Aides With a membership totaling in the forties, the Library Club will work under Sr. Mary Valerian, BVM. Each girl donates two or three of her study periods each week to work in the li- brary. Arranging books, checking stu- dents in and out of the library and checking out books, are just a few of the services they perform. Sodality The third club under a new moder- ator is the Sodality. Approximately 90 girls belong. The Senior Sodality con- sists of 25 girls led by Sr. Mary John Therese, BVM, while the 42 juniors and 22 sophomores are being led by Sr. Mary Joseline, BVM, Sr. Mary Car- ola, BVM, and Sister Mary Loretta Cecile, BVM, respectively. The Sen- ior Sodality’s elected officers are Eil- een McCarthy, senior prefect, Deanna Morris, second assistant, Jackie Bald, secretary, and Louise Puls, treasurer. Audio-Visual The newly organized Audio-Visual Club is headed by Mary Kealy ’64 and junior Larry Gisler. Headed by Sr. Mary Diana, BVM, it consists of ap- proximately 10 girls and 8 boys. “Stu- dents are asked to sacrifice study halls to take equipment to rooms at desig- nated times, pick it up at the end of the period and run it if needed,” as- serted Linda Adrian ’64. 2 Civil rights When The Knights Go Marching In “If I had a hammer, I’d hammer in the morning . . . sang the Assump- tion Civil Rights marchers in the rally held in Davenport Aug. 23. Over 400 Catholics marched from St. Anthony’s Church to Leclaire Park to hear local Civil Rights leaders speak on the problems of the area. Among the Catholic marchers were about two dozen Assumption students. Some marched under the YCS banner while others marched with their respective parishes. ‘The rally was the greatest thing that ever happened to Davenport. It made us aware of the existing racial problems in the Quad-Cities,” voiced Denny Shinners ’65, one of the YCS marchers. Main speaker of the night, John Ho- ward Griffin, author of Black Like Me, compared the racial crisis of today with that of the racism of Nazi Ger- many. He also said that in the South the prejudice is open whereas in the North it is more subtle. Msgr. J. D. Conway, expressing the Catholic view- point, declared that racial injustice was immoral. (See editorial on page five.) In preparation for the march, YCS’ers Mike Wahlig, John Genzel, Pat Dray and Mike Schebler, all ’64, had met with Booker Cole of Rock Island and Carol Jackson of Davenport. From these meetings 12 white and Negro stu- dents were chosen for ushers at the rally. “It’s the hammer of justice, it’s the bell of freedom, it’s a song about love between the brothers and sisters all over this land,” sang the marchers as they returned home. Assumption grads invaded Washing- ton, D.C. At least they did for a few hours the day of Aug. 28. Fr. Marvin Mottet, Mr. Charles Toney, Carol Gross ’60, Lori Neufeld ’62 and Bill Gluba ’59, represented the Davenport Catholic Interracial Council in the March on Washington. “We drove a straight 17 hours to get there, but it was well worth it. Every- where you looked in Washington there were people. We hauled our banner out of the car and joined right in the march,” commented Lori. The Davenport delegation carried a banner reading “Catholic Interracial Council, Davenport, Iowa.” Attracted by the large sign, two radio station an- nouncers interviewed Father Mottet. “People thought we had a very large group because our sign was so large. As we walked along though, we were joined by others from Iowa,” Fr. Mot- tet noted. Carol Gross was impressed by the friendliness of the crowd. “We met people we had never seen before — still they weren’t strangers. Everyone was united.” Father Mottet believes the March ac- complished several things. “It gave peo- ple an emotional outlet and proved the Negro is responsible, intelligent and self- controlled.” Carol summed it up, “When people from all over the United States will unite in such a large movement, it should lift the morale of the Negro and the whole Civil Rights movement.” Boulder's Bare Have you seen that beautifully shaped boulder in front of the school? That’s what happened to the senior class of ’63 project money. But that really isn’t all there is to it. A six-feet-tall statue of Our Lady of Assumption will be placed there soon. It should have been here for the beginning of school, but the fine Sienna marble had a flaw, which was detected in Italy. The new date for shipment was Sept. 2 but the Catholic Supply Center which or- dered it has had no word of its ar- rival. Father Walter says that it’s on the high seas. The senior class had several choices of what to do with their money. For one thing the library needed books. Also, it was decided that the parking lot should be blacktopped. Many boys felt that a scoreboard should be ob- tained for the athletic field behind the school. All of these things were needed, but the final vote resulted in the sta- tue. Since the girls were united in their choice and feelings, and the boys were disunited, the girls’ decis- ion prevailed. ‘This year’s seniors should start thinking about their project and gift,” observed Don Shaw, senior class rep- resentative. Bishop Appeals “Place your new school year under the patronage of Pope St. Pius X. If you will do this, I know you’ll have a happy, successful and pleasant new school year.” This was the plea of Bishop Ralph L. Hayes, made to the student body of Assumption high. The Bishop of- ficially opened the school year with the celebration of Mass and a short ad- dress Sept. 3. “We owe many things to Pope Pius X,” His Excellency began. “He was responsible for the restoration of ear- ly and frequent communion. Partici- pation during Mass came about through the efforts of this saint He was also among the first to promote Catholic action groups.” The Bishop himself has a debt of gratitude toward Pius X, for, as he related, “I was ordained un- der him.” The primate of the Davenport Dio- cese described the great pontiff as, “an affable, pleasant man, and at the same time, a walking saint.” The connection between Pope St. Pius X and AHS? Sept. 3, the opening day of school, the day we dedicated our of the Mass, was Pius X’s feast day. “Dedicate yourselves to him,” was the Bishop’s plea, “and to his motto, ‘to re- store all things in Christ.” 3 Staff States Strategies Knight Beacon Policies 1. The editorials of the Knight Beacon will cover concrete subjects and topics pertinent to student life. 2. Because the Knight Beacon is the newspaper of Assumption High School, all copy will be written by students. 3. The staff welcomes constructive criticism in the form of letters to the editors. Space permitting, we will publish all such signed letters. 4. The Knight Beacon will continue to follow the portfolio format, acting as both newspaper and yearbook. 5. The aim of the Knight Beacon is to fully repre- sent the students of Assumption in all phases of their academic, social, spiritual and athletic life. 6. The paper will continue to report topics covered by the Second Vatican Council. 7. As a theme for the year, the Knight Beacon will attempt to promote an awareness of the Christian outlook toward social problems. KNIGHT BEACON As a Real oh in the Night” teg The Knight Beacon is published eight times a year by students of Assumption high school. The yearly subscription rate is $1.50. Art---------..— Mary Anne Nix, Jill Schroeder, Matt McCarthy, Sue Mohler Advertising__________________________________________Bill Fischer Circulation---------------------------------------Jim Crossen, John State Editorials----------------------------------------Pat Carpenter, John Genzel Features............Jan Abbas, Phil Andrew, Tom Bribriesco, Barb Egger, Michele Morrison, Mike Townsend News Bob Ditmon, Pat Dray, Tom Figel, Suzie Fosselman, Barb Gnam, Mary McCarthy, Mike Schebler PicturesColleen Dunn, Dave Ryder, Mike Wahlig Photography_Ron Grutz, Dan Seward, Denny Shinners Sports_ Jim Riley, Jill Schroeder, John Stokes Advisor_Fr. William F. Wiebler PrinterGordon Printing Co. Typist________________________________Rita Holzner Mike-rophone Council May Turn Us Around by Mike Townsend Ever get in on something special — like seeing a football game from the bench or watching a play from backstage? The first week of school 200 freshmen had a sim- ilar opportunity. At the opening-day-Mass, for lack of room, these freshmen sat on the stage “behind” the altar. Although this was done for practical reasons, it of- fered the freshmen a distinct vantage point. John Har- trick ’67 comments, “From where I was sitting the Mass was great! I could see every move the Bishop made, and it made me feel like I was really part of the Mass.” The practical reasons exist, but there are liturgical reasons also. In this way we would further the ideas of Pope Saint Pius X, on whose feast the opening Mass was celebrated. We would be participating more fully in the Mass facing the people. Bishop Hayes is presently attending the second ses- sion of the Vatican Council. At various times he will participate in Mass offered in such a wey. Perhaps the Council Fathers will advocate this practice more generally. The freshmen, therefore, have the advant- age of having been in a situation which, as seniors, they may find commonplace. In four years time we may all be “about face.” Student council Don't Let SC Reps Reign Despotism or democracy? Rulers or representatives? The Student Council will only be what the students make it. Pat Dray ’64, Student Government President, be- lieves, “If the aims and purposes of the student gov- ernment could be summarized in one word, that word would be service. We will be glad to present any reasonable student requests to the faculty.” This year several changes have been inaugurated to give students a chance to do more than nod their head at an already settled issue. Through use of the representatives’ new mail boxes, minutes are being distributed sooner. The Friday home room period after each meeting, will be devoted to their reading and discussion. Also, though few people have ever exercised the right, evening Student Council meetings are open. This year the Student Council would like to see an increase in class projects. “We feel class projects such as the seniors’ spaghetti supper pep up class unity. We would like to see other class projects initiated in all four classes,” com- mented Ann Hart, senior girls’ representative. Another area that has been investigated is ex- panding the Homecoming parade. “Student Council representatives are contacting school organizations in hopes that they will show more interest in the Homecoming parade by spon- soring a float to represent their group,” noted Mary Motto ’64, vice-president of the Student Government Association. These ideas are a good start. But they are only a start. Will there be more class projects? Will the students deflate as soon as the Homecoming float in- terferes with their 12 hour beauty rest? This is where Assumptionites show their colors. Are they red and white participation? Or gray indifference? PC 4 Tomorrow Too Late: We Need Leaders Now “The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow” is a platitude that we are usually told at graduation. But graduation may be too late! If we become lead- ers now, we’ll be one step ahead of our parents, and one step closer to solving our common problems. Booker T. Cole, Jr., is a leader of today. The 19- year-old Negro is president of the NAACP youth council in Rock Island. The group consists of 69 Ne- gro and white teenagers dedicated to the cause of solv- ing our problems now, before the Quint Cities develop into another Birmingham. “We have a very militant group,” describes Booker. “It’s been active for over a year now and has ac- complished many things, “The first and most important stepping stone is employment,” expounded the young leader. “It is go- ing to be very important to us Negroes, for this simple reason: if we’re going to demand equality in housing, we must be in an equal economic class.” The youth group noticed a department store in the Negro ghetto at the west end of Rock Island. It had been in operation for 15 years, all its customers were Negro, and yet, the only Negro that had ever worked there was a janitor. All Negro applications of “official capacity,” that is jobs coming in contact with the CIVIL RIGHTS RALLY Davenport, Iowa Aug. 23, 1963 “I was hungry, and you gave me to eat . . . I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink ... I was a Negro, and you formed a discussion club for me.” Tom Cook, Friendship House, Chicago customers, had been refused. A meeting with the store manager produced a promise to hire a Negro clerk. After five months of inaction, the group sent an ultimatim, threatening an economic boycott. A Negro salesgirl was hired the next day. Their employment committee is taking surveys of all Negro seniors in high school. They have listed all 18-year-olds wanting jobs, type of work, and qualifi- cations. When the group does find job openings, it recommends qualified workers. The council is constantly sending applications to bus and cab companies and delivery services to try to break these “all white jobs.” All applicants are carefully screened before being sent. In other areas of discrimination, their chapter has also been successful. Just before the Senior Prom, six couples sought reservations at “The Oaks.” The reservations were taken and plans were set. However, when they were asked if this was an all white group and replied “no,” all reservations were suddenly filled. Booker confronted the proprietor with the situation. He denied any discrimination, but “couldn’t see, for such an occasion as this, why the couples wouldn’t go to some place like McDonald’s, for a sandwich.” The NAACP president persisted, and the reservations were accepted. The council’s activities aren’t all defensive. Booker tells of joking with Martin Luther King, Jr., in Chi- cago, and attending state conventions where he re- ceives firsthand reports on situations in Alabama or Mississippi. As a result of his participation in the YCS study week at St. Ambrose (he was a member of a panel on race), their group has been invited by several nuns and priests to speak in small towns as far away as Minnesota. Booker often asks himself, “Why do whites join our group?” An answer comes from a 16-year-old girl who recently joined. “My interest in your organization has increased since my start at Rock Island high school. It was the first integrated school I have at- tended. I feel a little closer to the race issue and realize the importance of immediate action. I no longer think of it as something that affects the Negro. Instead I think of it as a problem that affects me and everything I stand for.” A very good way to get on the inside of the prob- lem looking out is to read books by Negroes and about Negroes. These help us to understand and get the feelings of being a Negro. Booker recommends books by James Baldwin and John Howard Griffin as “excellent.” These will be available at the YCS bookstore. When little kids get into a fight, they forget about it the next day. When grown-ups start a fight, hate grows until it explodes. When this happens, the gov- ernment sends troops. If we as “little kids” become leaders and settle our disputes now, tomorrow we will have forgotten our “childhood fights.” That’s no plati- tude; that’s reality. jg 5 Invites Students To Colleges Boosters Club Thursday evening, Oct. 17, at 7:15 Assumption high school will go to college. That is the atmosphere which will be created when 48 colleges, uni- versities, technical colleges, and nurses colleges will send representatives to Assumption’s annual College Night. The Boosters Club is sending invita- tions to all sophornores, juniors, sen- iors, and their parents. According to Father Mann, principal of the boys’ division, “College Night is very bene- ficial to sophomores and juniors. It offers them an opportunity to com- pare and judge the colleges before they have to make a decision as a senior.’’ This year several new features of the affair promise to make it an even more School spirit daze When? “The week of Oct. 7.” Where? “Assumption High School— Girls division.” Why? “To promote school spirit, school unity and enthusiasm among the girls and to make each student conscious of her obligation as a mem- ber of a homeroom, a class and a school.” What? “School Spirit Days, an an- nual tradition in its third year.” The above quotes were given by Sr. Mary Diana, BVM, Senior YCS moder- ator and director of “SS” Days. This year’s sponsors are the two Senior Girls YCS groups; they will be in complete charge of the project. profitable night for students and par- ents than in previous years. Of the 48 colleges and universities sending representatives, seven will participate for the first time. The new colleges are: John Carroll University, Mercy Hospital, Cardinal Stritch College, the College of St. Mary, the Bureau of Apprenticeship, Duchesne College, and Mary Mount College. The most noticeable improvement in the program for College Night will be that colleges such as Marycrest or St. Ambrose — colleges which receive the greatest number of graduating As- sumption seniors — will present their Working together they have already made various improvements which will add to the fun and purpose. The first day the project will be explained to each homeroom. For the next two days Senior YCSers will work with each room’s chosen leaders for given areas. An assembly at the end of the second day will climax th£ proj- ect; at this time torphies will be award- ed and winning songs and skits present- ed. Homeroom judging will be for the best bulletin boards and “SS” song, while classes will be judged on buttons or banners, “SS” project and skit. programs only at set times. This will enable the representative of the col- lege to present his program without interruption. In addition, students and their parents will know when to go to a classroom to hear a complete pro- gram. The programs will be coordinat- ed in order that a student and his parents may attend several. Mike Merits Too There are only 13,000 in the United States. There are only 230 in Iowa. Mike Townsend, Assumption high school, is one of these select few, for Mike has been named as a semi-final- ist in the National Merit Scholarship program. The senior will take another exam- ination which may make him a final- ist in the program. In the past, 97% of the finalists have received scholar- ships, either from the National Merit Scholarship program or from the in- dustry scholarship programs associat- ed with the program. Names of the finalists will be announced in April. On Sept. 25, Mike and four other seniors, taking Father Walter’s advice to visit the college of their choice, on a free day visited the University of Notre Dame. Accompanying him were John Hasenmiller, Jim Riley, Phil Andrew, and Pat Collins. Mrs. Claude Townsend, Mike’s moth- er, said, “We’re very happy . . . Late- ly Mike has been taking an interest in Notre Dame. He hopes to be a math major.” Girls Sponsor Spirited Projects 6 YCS Leaders Meet at Ottumwa “Leadership” will be the theme of the annual YCS Fall Study Day, Oct. 13, at Walsh High School, Ottumwa. The principal speaker will be Fr. Wil- liam F. Wiebler, editor of Leaven and Knight Beacon advisor. “Developing Christian leaders in the main objective of the apostolate. We must first understand the makeup of leadership . . . what it is and what it is supposed to do,” affirms Fr. Ger- ald Kraus, Clergy Assistant of the Dio- cese and newly appointed head of the YCS movement at Assumption. The study day will consist of two general talks with discussion work- shops following each talk. In the talks the need, qualities and areas of ef- fective leadership will be discussed. Mass, with active lay participation di- New students This is a record year for Assump- tion as far as new students are con- cerned. Assumption absorbed 36 new sophomores, juniors and seniors, boost- ing the population to 1109. Typical of most new students, Tom Figel ’64 noted, “At first I had trouble putting the names with the faces.” Al- so rated as problems were getting used to new surroundings and systems. Can- dine Cain '65 observed, “Coming from a public school, I find everything new so it takes awhile to get used to it.” How does Assumption compare with their previous schools? Tom comment- ed, “When a person transfers from a seminary as I did, it is generally ex- pected that the new school will be easier. I find that Assumption is as good as any I have ever attended.” Candine agreed with this although she felt that languages were a little be- hind. Most of the students interviewed felt that the co-institutional setup pre- sented no problem as they had trans- ferred from either an all girls school or like Alan Doty ’64 from the semi- nary or an all boys school. New senior girls represent both the North and South. Jo Ann Machol at- tended Beaumont School in Cleveland, Ohio. The school with an enrollment of 500 girls occupies several buildings. The main building, once a mansion, is used for junior and senior classes. The sophomore building was once a part of a zoo. The labs (chemistry and bi- ology) are in the new frosh building. Although Louise Puls is a former Assumption student, last year she at- tended Douglas McArthur high school. ‘The most intriguing thing about Doug- las were the Lassies, a drill team of 72 girls. These girls marched with the band; the combined group made quite a spectacular during half time at the rected by Fr. Art Perry, will be in- cluded in the program. “The study days are an essential part in the formation of a good YCS member,” asserts Fr. Carlos Level- ing, junior boys’ moderator. “It gives the students a chance to mingle with others in the diocese. Through work- shops they find that others, both pub- lic and parochial students, have the same problems.” Registration will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. CST, and the day will end at 4 pm with a social hour after- wards. The fee, including lunch and printed materials, is $1.50, and should be turned in to the moderators. Since no buses will be chartered, private transportation will have to be arrang- ed. football games. The school spirit is tremendous; Douglas got first and second in everything they did,” Louise commented. Louise was a member of the Beta Club which is comparable to the AHS National Honor Society. Members of this club helped fellow students, “We were tutors during our study halls,” says Louise. Louise, who had her choice of stay- ing in Texas or coming back to AHS, decided to finish at Assumption where she started her high school years. ASSUMPTION OPENS DOORS . . . as new students Candine Caine '65, Ray Biers '65, Tom Figel '64, Alan Doty ’64, and Mary Caine ’66 enter. Homecoming Student Council Pluns Weekend Wanted: Floats, floats and more floats. No, Assumption is not opening it’s own soda fountain, only preparing for the annual Homecoming Parade and Dance, Oct. 26. Festivities will begin Oct. 25 with the afternoon parade through downtown Davenport and con- tinue that evening with the game against Muscatine. These will climax with the dance Saturday night. At a meeting of the Student Council, Sept. 18, preliminary plans for the Homecoming activities were discussed. Many suggestions were submitted for consideration to make this an excep- tional Homecoming. Reynel Dohse ’64 proposed that there be an increase of parade floats this year. The council agreed that perhaps the larger school organizations could be represented in the parade, though the final decision regarding the floats rests with the fac- ulty and the student body. Since the Senior class is in charge, the following committees have been named: Co-chairman — Pat Dray and Mary Motto, Queen’s Floats — Pat Thompson and Jerri Ryan, Senior Float — Dave Votroubeck and Kathy Barret, Buttons — Ann Hart and Don Shaw, Arangements — Barb Egger and Dave Votroubeck and half-time cere- monies — Reynel Dohse. At the present time representatives are working to secure suitable housing and props for the floats, ideas for the dance theme and generally putting all plans in motion. Assumption Absorbs Newcomers 7 Recognize The F “TAKE ANOTHER, FIDEL,” offers his Cuban com rade, Tim Henrichs ’67, “donuts aren’t listed in our ration books.” “BUT WHY CAN’T she wear shoes?” asks John Campbell ’67 resignedly. MASTER OF CEREMONIES . . . Steve Huyette ’65 observes the antics of the freshmen as they enjoy their first and last social event of the year. Carefully Steve singles out a strange group which is hula-hoop- ing (see below) PLASMA AT THE FROLIC . . . Calmly Debbie Philips ’67 restrains Frank McGivern ’67, alias Plas- ma, from attacking the unsuspecting photographer. reshmen? AGED FRESH- MEN . . . Four years after the Freshman Frolic of ’60, John Dockery and Dick Neufeld are still hula-hoop- ing their way through school. CASTRO AND CONFEDERATE . . . Jerry Ryan and Tim Henrichs head the invasion of the cafeteria by ’67. f COOKING UP A STORM . . . Marge Walatka ’65 surely has the receipe for a successful freshman frolic. Phys Ed “All right you guys, you’ve got 5 minutes to get on your number,” warns Coach Dave Skemp, as a phys-ed class gets under way. This is one of the many changes in the boys’ physical education depart- ment. Other changes are: all gym equipment (tennis shoes and T-shirts) must be white; all students must be on their assigned numbers five min- utes after the bell rings or suffer de- tention; all students must pass physi- cal education before they graduate; and all freshmen and sophomores out for sports must still attend gym class. These changes were made to make physical education an organized course of study rather than a free play per- iod. On the schedule are soccer, tumb- ling. gymnastics, wrestling, volley ball, body building, basketball, badminton, track, and softball. Why have all these varied activities? Mr. Skemp says, “By presenting a di- versified program we hope to accom- plish these objectives: 1) development of organic systems, 2) development of neuromuscular skills, 3) development of interest in play and recreation, 4) development of standard or accepted ways of behavior.” The gym instructor expressed his at- titude toward the course by saying that physical education class is not “a time for free play, but rather a time for organized learning as in any other class.” The physical education depart- ment will do anything possible to help a student gain the full benefit of the course; but, as Mr. Skemp puts it, “as in any phase of life, self-achievement relies on individual effort.” Opinions of the new physical edu- cation system varies among the stu- Schedules dents who take it. This system is not new to the girls, but its popularity is summed up by Kathy Shaffert ’65, who says, “I don’t like being a num- ber, but it is much easier for the teachers to keep grades and take roll calls.” John Stokes ’64 likes the var- iety of sports offered by the new pro- gram, but added, “I hope we don’t go on any 50 mile hikes.” Baseball Nine Sparkle While most Assumption students were working or vacationing this sum- mer, some 20 AHS athletes sparkled on the baseball diamond for their second summer baseball campaign. At the season’s conclusion the totals showed that Mick Prochaska ’63, came on strong to lead the Knights in hit- ting with a 327 batting average. He was, in the estimation of many, the team’s most valuable player. Greg Anderson '66 and Pat Hall ’66 tied for second in the batting race with ave- rages of 273. The home run crown went to Phil Pash ’64. Darrell Warta ’64 led the “runs-batted-in” column with 11. 1963 was a year of ups and downs for the Knights who ended play with a record of 7 wins and 10 defeats. It was a season of some outstanding individual performances, including a no-hit game against Bettendorf by Phil Pash. Their victories include wins over state champion, St. Mary’s of Clinton, and a 17 to 10 defeat of the powerful Little Six champs — Muscatine. Varies Sportlite by Riley and Stokes “Why are those guys dribbling bas- ketballs around when they should be throwing baseballs?” This question was asked about sen- iors John Loihl, Mike Seider, Pat Maher, and Dan Albers. “We’ve been practicing on our own all summer,” says John. “By getting an early start we developed some teamwork and should be in good shape for the basketball season.” As Pat says, “practice makes per- fect.” • • The Knight Beacon’s first annual PEP Award goes to Pat O’Brien ’65. Bugle in hand, Pat can be seen lead- ing the AHS cheering section at every game. Keep those lungs in good shape, Pat. • • • Who are the unsung football heroes? Leonard Cervantes and Pat Stolmeier, that’s who! Leonard is varsity trainer and man- ager while, Pat is sophomore manager. “Being a varsity manager is a full- time job,” asserts Leonard. “I have to pass out all the equipment, tape up the players before a game, and make sure that everything is in order. I even had to take a summer training course.” Pat is an ex-football player. “I was injured, so I decided to help the team by being a manager,” he explained. Looking for a new club to join? If so, five senior football players have just organized a new one. The seniors are: John Dockery, Phil Pash, Darrell Warta, Pat Maher, and Rich Reisinger. The club is the local chapter of the CCC, Canes and Crooked Crutches. The only requirement for membership is a limp caused by football. For further informa- tion contact Dr. J. H. Sunderbruch. “Grendel,” the famous dragon in the Old English epic Beowulf, has been the subject of much discussion in Father Boyle’s English classes. It seems that a 20th century dragon has been prowling about the local high schools. Reports have it that this dra- gon is 210 feet tall, and weighs a hefty 6,102 pounds. He seems to make his home on the football fields of Assump- tion. Could this be Grendel’s grandson? No, just 36 firebreathing, varsity foot- ball players’ total weight and height. • FATHER-SON COMBINATION Doc Sunderbruch aids fullback Gary Lopez as Coach Sunderbruch looks on. 10 Knights Bark At Bulldogs Tonight Assumption will try for its first win of the season. The Bettendorf Big “BULLDOGS BE- WARE . . . there’s hot dogs tonight,” promises Mike Morrison at AHS pep rally. Girls Scrape Up Scrapbooks Armed with scissors, paper and glue, members of the GRA board can be seen cutting up Knight Beacons. They are compiling articles and pictures concerning the Girls’ Recreation Asso- ciation for a scrapbook. This summer seniors Barb Beyer and Susie Riedel attended the GRA camp, held in Waverly, Iowa, June 16-23. The camp was attended by 100 girls from all over the state, who elected Susie state treasurer. The girls feel that by keeping all the past activities of the GRA in a scrapbook they will be able to im- prove the organization and also show the many ways in which GRA is bene- ficial to the girls and to the school. New members of the board include: President Mary Kealey ’64, Treasurer Carol Lewandoski ’65, and Program Chairman Nancy DeJulius ’64. “Through GRA the girls participate in group activities, learn good sports- manship, fair play and the rules of the game and are able to demonstrate their athletic abilities,” affirms Mary Kealey. “The homeroom competition held after school releases the girls from the pressure and tension of school work.” Volleyball is first on the program of tournament play, followed by shuf- fleboard, badminton, basketball, table tennis and golf. Team competition will again be on a homeroom basis. Each activity is directed by a sport- head who applies for this position the previous year. A bowling league is also sponsored by the GRA and usually starts in the middle of September and lasts till Ap- ril. New officers of the league are: President Jan Abbas ’64, Secretary Marge Walatka ’65, Treasurer Carol Lewandoski ’65, and Sergeant-at-arms Mary Fick ’65. “We were able to see how GRA was adapted to various situations through- out different schools,” reports Barb. There were many organized activi- ties such as swimming, archery, nature study, softball, cheerleading canoeing, campfires, cookouts, organized games and song fests. To get other ideas, Geri Barrett, Mary Kealey and Susie Riedel, all ’64, plan to attend the State Play Day in Ames, Oct. 12. On the Gridiron Sophs Even Scores The Little Knights at present have a record of one win and one set back. In their opening game against Alle- man the sophs came out on the short end of a 14-13 score. Bob Walter and Jack' Peacock scored touchdowns in the effort. The sophs’ second game was a dif- ferent story. The Little Knights rout- ed North Scott for 34-12. Charles Harp- er was the game’s star with three touchdowns, including a 97 yard TD scamper, and four extra points. Jack Peacock added two touchdowns to the score to clinch it for the Little Knights. 11 Bulldogs tied the Knights last year 13-13. In this second home game of the season, the Knights will face Betten- dorf for the last time until the two teams meet officially in the Little Six Conference. In a varsity reserve game played at Bettendorf on Sept. 16, the reserve Knights downed the Bulldogs 13-6. The varsity Knights will bring a strong line averaging 180 lbs. to the contest. Bettendorf has seven returning grid- ders. Leading the backfield players are fast-stepping halfback Mike Toom and backs Steve Carroll and Jerry Rine- hart. The Bulldogs also have several standouts in the line, including tackles Bob Dailey and Ray Wooten, and guard John Calhoun and Warren Power. Bob Ballantyne is the veteran center. Alleman Game In the opening game Sept. 13, it was speedster Bill Healy and quarterback Dick McAllister skirting the ends that accounted for Alleman’s 13 points. This victory pushes Alleman’s series ad- vantage to 9-6 over the Knights and gives the Pioneers the Quad-City Cath- olic prep football crown. Alleman took a 13-0 lead to the dressing room at the half and then fought a grueling defensive battle with the Knights the second-half. Although the Knights went scoreless, they held complete control of the offensive de- partment by outrushing the Pioneers. Tackles Roger Cawiezell and Dick Peavy, linebacker Darrell Warta and juniors John Reyes and Dan Dugan showed great defensive effort by hold- ing Alleman to 3 yards in the second half. Wahlert Game It was all Wahlert Sept. 20, as they trimmed the Knights 27-0. Taking the ball after the opening punt, the Gold- en Eagles marched 75 yards in 16 plays to hit paydirt. Wahlert took full ad- vantage of four Knight fumbles as the Assumption couldn’t get its offense clicking. In the second quarter Wahlert’s quarterback Cushing surprised the Knight defense with a 36 yard pass to Tom Schlitz, who had sneaked be- hind the secondary. The Eagles re- covered two more Knight fumbles to score two touchdowns, one on the 68 yard run by Schlitz. Davenport Central Game On Sept. 28, the Knights succumbed to the No. 1 team in the state, 46-6. Although the Blue Devils had the game almost completely in their hands with the running combination of Baker and Wyatt, and the passing combination of Campbell and Hornbuckle, the Knights put up a good fight. They held the cross-town giants scoreless in the first period, and with 3:19 left in the game, Steve Huyette scored from the three. COUNCIL BOUND . . . Bishop Hayes is assured by Pat Dray and Mary Motto that AHS will be taken care of in his absence. Nickels Gas-Up Mallarys by Mike Wahlig Remember those nickels and dimes you tossed into last year’s lenten col- lection? Right now part of that money is on its way to Bahia, Brazil, to buy gas for a Pavla jeep. One-fourth of the $1,130 collected in the homerooms last year was donated to the Office of the Apostolate and is being used in the slums of Bahia to aid the work of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Mallary. Accompanied by two of their seven children, Martha, 19, and Margaret, 12, Mr. and Mrs. Mallary left Daven- port Aug. 12, bound for Petropolis, Bra- zil, and the Center for Intercultural Formation where they will complete their training in Latin American cul- ture, history, language and back- ground before beginning their work. Martha Volunteers Martha and Margaret, who have had mixed emotions about the trip ever since they helped their parents decide to volunteer for the project three years ago, are now anxiously awaiting December. Martha was a nurses’ aid at Mercy until shortly be- fore they left and will work in the hospital which is being supplied and staffed through the Davenport Dio- cese. During the week Maggie will attend the North American Community School in Salvador and live with her parents on the weekends. Originally Martha was not planning to go as a volunteer, but as she learn- ed more of the needs of the people of Bahia she became a volunteer. She will help her mother to teach. Mrs. Mallary, a former public school teach- er, has done graduate work in teach- ing and music; her students will be boys from a nearby orphanage run by Sister Dulce. Purpose of PAVLA Although this family of four will perform many services for the people of Brazil they always keep in mind that the purpose of the Pavla pro- gram is to work itself out of a job. Their task will be twofold: 1) they must eliminate the hunger and illiter- acy which now threatens the people and 2) eventually they will instruct the people in proper farming methods. This job belongs to Lyle Mallary, who farmed near Cordova, 111. until three years ago. When Mr. Mallary accepted this mission he sold his farm, but he is far from through with farm- ing. In fact he must increase and adapt his knowledge of soil, animals and ir- rigation. He will face several new problems including: how to get croc- idiles out of the farm pond and how best to handle his banana crop. The Orphanage farm on which they will live must produce enough food for up to 100,000 people (100 acres for 100,000 people). He must also run soil Student council SC Heads Learn Their New Trade Interesting lectures, informal discus- sions and fun constituted a week of enjoyment and work last summer for seniors Pat Dray and Mary Motto. Pat and Mary, president and vice- president of Assumption’s student council, attended the Summer Student Council Workshop, at State College of Iowa, in Cedar Falls, July 14-19. “I especially enjoyed Mr. John Schoolland, the workshop consultant,” noted Mary. “He spoke with zeal and showed great interest in young people. Lecture topics included history, aims and objectives of SC, organization and group leadership in SC, projects and activities.” Pat says, “The main idea I observed from the talks was the definition of student council in terms of its admin- istrative purpose: to assist in the or- derly administration of the school; and the definition in terms of the ed- ucational purpose: to learn by doing — formation through action.” “We divided into four councils. Pat was secretary of ‘Union City high school,’ and I was president of the ‘Untouchables,’ ” stated Mary. “Dur- ing the week our individual councils discussed and solved a mythical pro- blem, composed council cheers and produced skits. The young people we worked with were wonderful.” The week was rounded out with mix- ers, programs and a swimming party. Regarding this school year, Pat re- marks, “The week I spent at the work- shop and the people I associated with have given me a greater understanding of Student Council, thus it will make this year more rewarding and enjoy- able.” tests and experiment with crops and animals so he can help the people to help themselves, after they have been fed. Hope of Future “The Mallarys are the hope of the future for the people of the garbage dumps. With their new knowledge these people may leave the disease- ridden slum and return to their farms, or to a decent job. They will be able to provide their families with the necessities of life which the dignity of man demands. They may become fruitful and educated members of so- ciety and of Christ’s mystical body,” observes Fr. Marvin Mottet who first interested the Mallarys in the project. Since this project should hold a per- sonal interest for Assumption students the Knight Beacon has asked Martha and Margaret to write about their pro- gress. Several of these letters will be printed in forthcoming editions. 12 Seniors See Superb Sights by Phil Andrew Have you ever seen an Eskimo? Or did you realize that an igloo is really made out of mud instead of ice blocks? Well, if you didn’t, talk to senior Dick Neufeld — he’s quite an authority on the subject. Dick and several other Assumption students took some very interesting trips during summer vaca- tion. Leaving May 10, Dick and his uncle began their seven week tour of Alaska. Traveling through every part obtain- able by road, Dick became well versed in the customs and way of life of the people. Although a great part of the resi- dents in Alaska are military person- nel, we did have a chance to see and talk to the Eskimos. The Eskimos live very primitively. They work mainly over a period of three or four months and rest the remainder of the year. The native born Alaskans were gen- YCS Studies A carpet of lighted candles spark- led in the balmy August evening. One- thousand students chanted psalms and stood in front of Davis Hall at St. Am- brose College. This was the culmina- tion of a five-day study week on the Lay Apostolate, August 19-23. Revolutionary ideas inspired AHS students attending workshops and as- semblies. What happened to my grade school religion?” questioned Jerri Ryan ’64, emerging from ‘The Two Edged Sword,” a workshop by Rev. Geno Baroni. Heaven, angels and every- thing seems to be changing. It’s like a whole new Church.” Another popular workshop was the Student Discussion of the Racial Question,” a panel led by John Gen- zel ’64, Booker Cole. Horace Peeples and Diane Stevens. Everyone was in- terested to see how Negroes our own age feel about race,” commented John. ‘The end of each period usually in- terrupted an intense discussion.” Every morning workshoppers at- tended Mass in Christ the King Chap- el. These included dialogue, participa- tion and Eastern Rite service. Dur- ing the offertory procession, every- one walked up and placed his individ- ual offering on the altar,” observed Mary Thompson ’64. ‘This created a spirit of unity.” The Anatomy of a Leader,” by Theodore Mazarello, was a very pop- ular workshop. Denny Shinners ’65, stated, Mazarello elaborated on every aspect of leadership. He was an in- spiration because he actually had the qualities he spoke of.” The entire study week, as Anne Pea- cock ’64 put it, was a terrific success.” erally opposed to statehood,” comment- ed Dick. While Dick was roaming about north- ern Alaska, Mary Kealey ’64 was on the opposite side of the continent. Mary, who was one of 66 winners in an es- say contest sponsored by the Rural Electric Cooperative, went on an eight day trip to Washington, D.C. On our first day in Washington we visited the Capitol and were inter- viewed by our respective Congressmen. We also attended lectures concerning cooperatives. In the remaining days we went sight-seeing through the Mall and other memorials in the city.” Leaving no section of the United States untouched by Assumption cul- ture,” seniors Mike Townsend, John Stokes. Jim Riley, Tom Bribriesco and Phil Andrew covered eight midwestern and Western states. Our vacation was originally plan- ned to encompass only northern Wis- consin, but after a week there, we decided to move on west,” says John. “We wrote our parents of our plans and were off to Colorado,” added Mike. Moving through South Dakota and Wyoming, the “happy wanderers” took in such sights as Mt. Rushmore and the Black Hills. “Pike’s Peak was probably the most interesting sight on the whole trip,” Tom reminisced. Just what might these vacationing gypsies recommend to Assumption stu- dents? “Enjoy your summer while you can,” muttered Jim Riley as he saunt- ered to his fourth period class JA Bargain Birdbath, Lady? “The hardest part of JA is trying to convince an unwilling customer that your birdbath is the best there is,” protests Rosemary Pauli ’64. She and several other students signed up for Junior Achievement this year. Junior Achievement is a nation- wide organization designed to pre- pare young men and women for the business world,” observed Mr. Thom- as Priester, executive director of Jun- ior Achievement, at the JA assembly Sept. 17. “Through JA young people actually run their own business; from this they gain valuable practice in business fundamentals. JA is design- ed to combat socialism in the only way we know — through free enter- prise,” he concluded. How are JA companies formed? First, the student decides on a pro- duct, then he proceeds to sell stock at fifty cents a share to finance the com- pany. Each company must advertise, promote, and sell its own product. Members meet each week in business centers equipped with light tools and workshop equipment provided by local Junior Achievement organizations. The firm pays rent for its quarters. Each company has three advisers: one in production, one in administration and one in sales. While the advisers often explain the factors involved in deci- sions that affect the JA company, they do not make the decisions for the members. PROFILES OF THE GREATS . . . Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, Lincoln, Riley . . . Riley??! No, Jim is just visiting Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota. 13 Editor Jaunts ADMIRING THE “BEETLE” . . . Fr. Kraus and Fr. Perry recall highlights of their European tour. Europe: Passport To Cultures by Tom Bribriesco Can't you just see yourself, travel- ing with a friend through England and France and Italy and all the other European countries, visiting all the famous places and meeting unusual people? This dream became a reality for two members of the Assumption high school faculty, Fr. Gerald Kraus and Fr. Art Perry. Riding along in Father Kraus’s Volkswagen, they visited 10 European countries. They lived on practically five dollars a day for ten weeks. Both mentioned that the coronation of Pope Paul was the high point of their trip. “Since we were about three- fourths of a block away from the main altar we were thrilled at our first sight of the new pope,” said Father Kraus. Since Father Kraus teaches a course in modern history, he took many pic- tures, slides of which he will use to illustrate his lectures. Father Perry went to Europe with the hope of getting a better appreciation of Christian Europe. He particularly liked the spirit of the priests at the parish of St. Severin. Visiting Helmut Steiner ’61 who at- tended Assumption high school as a foreign exchange student from Vienna, Austria, was another high point of their trip. They went out to dinner to- gether. The country they liked best was Italy because of the friendliness of the people. ‘The people seemed alive there,” chuckled Irish Father Perry. Language was the main problem con- fronting them in their travels. Father Kraus noted, “Unless we had friends where we were staying, it was hard to talk to the people because of the lan- guage barrier.” He added that when they wore the Roman collar, they were the subjects of doubtful looks and in one instance open hostility. At other times it was a passport for them. Another “problem” was the fact that wine was served with all the meals and milk was never drunk. Father Per- ry did learn to drink coffee, laced with milk. Being teachers, they were naturally interested in the educational system which Europe has. Did you know that students attend school ten and one-half months of the year and have only six weeks vacation; that college students do most of their studying in private; and that students are a year to two years older when they reach college? ‘The students in Europe are more dedicated than our students to their studies. They don’t have many distrac- tions,” declared Father Kraus. “Also, the students mature earlier and work harder. This is because they have grown-up within grasp of the great artworks of the world. The fact that a whole class frequently, will take a day off from school to visit museums where these art works are located, shows their appreciation for these arts,” added Father Perry. Favorite game of European students is soccer (well-known to AHS phys. ed. students). “When traveling, we noticed a tremendous amount of young people, on bicycles or hitchhiking. Later, we were told that this is com- mon across the European continent during the six weeks vacation,” Father Kraus concluded. If you see Father Kraus and Father Perry riding bikes to school, it’s be- cause they were greatly influenced by their “grand tour of Europe.” (Editor’s Note: John Genzel, the rov- ing KB editor, attended the State Uni- versity of Iowa School of Journalism this summer. The workshop, with 240 students participating, started June 9. The following is an account of his adventures.) Becoming the millionth customer at a bowling alley, attending lectures, picnics, banquets, tours, taking pic- tures and more pictures . . . comprised one unforgettable week at SUI. Our goal of the week, a one-month task at Assumption, was to publish a news- paper. Although the only student from As- sumption, I wasn’t alone. Three of my co-workers proved to be from West and Central. My roommate, a jovial journalist from Sioux City, was a con- stant companion. When he noticed my Knight Beacon portfolio, he was as- tonished and remarked, “Never have I seen such a combination of a news- paper and a yearbook, in a way that was superior to both.” Arriving in class Monday morning, we chose our staff in five minutes, and were given 24 hours to get all pictures and copy in. After casually mentioning that the KB had a picture page, I was handed a camera and dub- bed “picture editor.” Since a camera without a photog- rapher is pretty useless, we scoured the campus, and came up with John Houlette, school photographer from Des Moines Roosevelt. Our “staff” quickly chose a theme — what else? our week at SUI. Then we got down to work. We scheduled 17 pictures, including: arriving, working, eating, swimming and fashions (for the girls’ page). Iowa City’s newspaper, The Daily Iowan, placed their cameras, film, and dark room at our disposal. Step by step our page took form. All pictures were taken by Tuesday noon. Nine dark hours later, we finished de- veloping them. Wednesday, we laid out our dummies and wrote cutlines. Thursday found us cropping and scal- ing — the finishing touches. All dead- lines met, we waited as presses rolled at one am Friday. That evening we attended our grad- uation banquet and received diplomas. Our published newspapers were dis- tributed during the meal. When we weren’t “on location” or in the darkroom, there were classes, lectures, tours, and discussions. A composite of these are recorded in a red notebook marked “Reference for the KB.” With it, scores of new and practical ideas for the publication of a school paper, as well as fundamental principles and mechanics were brought from a state university to Assumption. Its purpose — to improve the KB. 14 St. Ambrose Attracts Seniors To Campus by Bob Ditmon (Editor’s Note: The Knight Beacon is initiating a series of articles on col- leges. These capsule reports are de- signed to help the student in his choice. Colleges are chosen according to the percentage of last year’s seniors at- tending.) “Are you going to LSU this year?” “Yes” was the answer that 40% of those seniors entering college gave. Why did so many of the 81 boys going to col- lege choose “Locust Street University,” better known as St. Ambrose College? As Bill Deardoff ’63 put it, “It’s close to home and friends.” An alumnus of the college added, “It is a Catholic in- stitution; it is a small college. . . .” Attendance at a state university can be justified, but as Father Schwank points out, “I have heard that approx- imately 60% and 70% of the Catholics attending state universities fall away from the faith. As to the accuracy of these figures, I am not sure, but the Catholic student who attends is not aware of the danger in the innuendo of a teacher. It is not necessarily the open attack on faith that is danger- ous.” Because St. Ambrose is a small col- lege, there is a certain closeness be- tween students and faculty members. The student-teacher ratio at Ambrose is a remarkable 13.5 to 1. This guar- antees personal attention. St. Ambrose is fully accredited as a liberal arts college. It offers two years of liberal arts; students choose a ma- jor in the junior and senior years. Some students change to a university to pur- sue their fields further. This entails entrance tests at the university and recommendations from the college. St. Ambrose has an outstanding art de- partment, and its accounting school is rated second in Iowa. Cost is a major item when one chooses a college. At first glance, St. Ambrose seems to be high: $850 tui- tion plus incidental expenses and board, $1,000. At a state university, although the tuition is low, the room and board costs are also $1,000, plus tuition and any fraternities that you may join. The only fraternities at Ambrose are honorary. This cuts out much of that “writing home for mon- ey.” Besides, you are home! Requirements for Admission: 1. Fifteen units of work including three units in English, two units in Social Science, one unit in Ele- mentary Algebra, one unit in Plane Geometry, and one unit in Natural Science. 2. A recommendation by the princi- pal of the high school. SURVEYING ST. AMBROSE’S CAMPUS . . . seniors Bob Daley, John Dockery and Mike Humphrey con- sider one of the possible colleges for furthering their education. 3. A general average of “C”. 4. American College Test scores. Note: There is also an alternate plan if the requirements on this can- not be fulfilled. Procedure for Admission: 1. Write the Secretary of Admissions, St. Ambrose College, Davenport, Iowa, for an application blank. (Fr. Schwank has a limited num- ber in his possession.) 2. Return application to the Secre- tary of Admissions at least six weeks before the opening of the starting semester. 3. Ask the principal to send an of- ficial transcript of your high school credits. 4. Send the college your ACT results. Outside Lab Bugs Bug Biologists by Jan Abbas “Bring a jar, I finally got him cor- nered!” screamed Christine Spear ’66, to her four-year old brother, Joe. She represents the typical frustrated soph- omore girl catching her insect collec- tion. Sr. Mary Mildred Ann, BVM, as- signed her girls’ biology classes to make a collection of 10 different in- sects. They were told to kill the in- sects and mount them on a styro- foam square. The assignment was giv- en the first week of school and was to be completed when the new lab was finished. This was to give the girls plenty of time to get enough courage to catch and TOUCH the in- sect. But this extended period wasn’t enough time for some of the frantic sophs. One “brave” biologist, who asked to remain anonymous, organized a bank of brothers and friends to catch the needed insects. While some sophs resorted to black- mail and bribery, braver souls ven- tured into field, park, and yard in search of insects. One of the more ad- venturous girls, Roberta Mullen ’66, went all “in” for her collection. Sure- footed Roberta just didn’t see that log by he creek when she made a wild grab for a harmless butterfly. She didn’t get the butterfly, but would have gotten a mouth full of pond water if the previously indus- turbed log hadn’t been the hiding place of Jungle Jay. Who’s Jungle Jay? Ask Roberta — who’s bound to be carrying her pet garter snake. Although the insect collecting is over, there are more exciting expe- riences awaiting the ready sophs. By the end of the year, each girl will have pond water, a frog, or crayfish. 15 Your official school photographers, FREDERICK and Associates, again pre- sent the same offer that was received so successfully last year. 100 WALLET-SIZE PHOTOS-FREE You can easily qualify for this offer by purchasing portraits as explained on the information sheet enclosed with your proofs. FREDERICK and Associates 1612 Harrison Street Davenport, Iowa 322-7400 COMENITZ News Center The Paperback Room 1401 HARRISON DAVENPORT, IOWA Underwood Corp. R. B. Wiebler, Mgr. 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Come on knights Let's Fight Come on knights let's fight, fight, fight, fight, fight. (C) Yell a little louder — (S) Pight, fight, fight, fight, fight. (3 times) (C) Yell a little softer — (S) Vight. fight, fight, fight, fight. (2 times) (C) Come on let's hear it — riGHT! You know you’!! find something specially good! KIMBERLY AT BRADY DAVENPORT Landmark for Hungry Americans GLIMPSES OF THE OPENER THE PAU ASSUMPTION Varsity Football Roster 1963 NAME Jersey No. Red White Class Wt. Ht. Position Callahan, Greg 57 58 Jr. 178 5'10 C Cawiezell, Roger .77 77 Sr. 205 5'11 T Clay, Kim 69 66 Jr. 171 5'11 C Crossen, Pat ....— 56 56 Jr. 170 5'10 C Dockery, John 23 23 Sr. 152 5'9W' L.H.B. Dower, Jim . 30 30 Jr. 133 5'6 H.B. Duax, Tom 32 31 Sr. 155 5'11 E Dugan, Dan 82 82 Jr. 181 6'1 E Gcorgen, John 52 52 Sr. 172 5'9 G Hammes, Jim 74 74 Jr. 187 511 T 4 5 Huyette, Steve 13 13 Jr. 168 5'10 Q.B. Kellenbcrger, Joe 34 34 Jr. 153 5'8 H.B. Laake, Jim 64 64 Jr. 190 5'9 G Leonard, Roy 73 79 Jr. 266 6'2 T Lopez, Gary 21 21 Jr. 150 57 H.B. Lucier, Mike 44 44 Jr. 166 5'9tt F.B. Luther, Chuck 25 25 Jr. 143 5'8 H.B. Maher, Pal .... 81 81 Sr. 153 5'9 E Mason, Warren 85 85 Jr. 191 6'1 E Matthys, Bob 54 53 Sr. 155 5'10 C McCarthy, Marty 24 24 Jr. 162 511 H.B. McGivern, Tom 10 20 Jr. 151 5'9 Q.B. Motto, Vin 51 43 Jr. 138 5'6 G Navarro, Tony 11 15 Jr. 154 5'9 Q.B. Pash, Phil 84 84 Sr. 178 6'! E Pcavey, Rich 75 75 Sr. 186 5'9 T Rcisinger, Rich 67 67 Sr. 152 5'9 G Reyes, John 83 83 Jr. 164 6'0 E Rymars, Jim 42 42 Sr. 176 5'10 F.B. Salsbury, Tom 22 22 Jr. 138 5'6 H.B. Schroeder, Jack 50 50 Sr. 165 5'11 G Schulte, Tom 55 55 Jr. 180 6'2 C Torchinski, Tom 33 33 Sr. 135 5'8 H.B. Vargas, Joe 59 59 Jr. 192 5'11 T Warta, Darrel 62 62 Sr. 168 5'9 G Wysoske, Don 76 76 Jr. 218 5'10 T AHS COACHING STAFF Tom Sunderbruch Clint Westermeyer Dove Skemp REFEREES’ SIGNALS o o. Illegol position Of procedure. Illegal forward handing. 0 Personol foul. Clipping. 0 ’ Delay of gome. Crawling. Offside or violation of free-kick rules. Illegal motion; illegol shift, both hands. Unsportsmanlike conduct. Delay stort of holf. Illegal participation. Don Farnsworth, Referee Bill Walters, Umpire Barney Phillips, Head Linesman Illegal use of bond or orm. 0 0 Q Roughing the e kicker Interference with fair catch or forward poi Grospmg loce mask. Illegol forward pats. Ineligible receiver down field on pass 1 E THAT REFRESHES Varsity Football Roster 1963 NAME Position Ballontyne, Bob Calhoun, John Carroll, Steve Chavez, Joe Doiley, Bob ........._ Kipper, Jan .......... Lohf, Tom ............ Nelson, Bob Power, Warren Rinehart, Jerry Rogers, Randy Sheeder, Artie Trunnell, Frank Vance, John .......... Wooten, Ray Wulf, Jim .......... Deere, Joe ........... Feiler, Craig Funk, Dove Gabrilson, Greg Gerdes, Ken Honnold, Mark Lang, Bob Maag, Ken Meeker, Brian ........ Miller, Jeff Miller, Earl Mizlo, Jim Ploog, Gary Richardson, Murl Schroeder, Glen Swisher, Steve ..... Toom, Mike Van Cott, Bruce Van Wetzinga, Russ Vanker, Mike Walter, Terry BETTENDORF COACHING STAFF Merrit Parsons, Head Varsity Coach Wayne Cheramy, Line Coach Bill Jensen, Backfield Coach PROCEDURE SIGNALS Illegally kicking or bating a loot ball. Pushing, helping Ball it deod Clock ilartt. r For touchbock. wove tidewite. T Incomplete Forward pott. Ball ready Penolty declined- No play tor play- or no «core. 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LETTERPRESS OFFSET LITHOGRAPHY 7 T H PERRY STREETS ASSUMPTION ENTERS COMPETITION - LITTLE SIX CONFERENCE - ASSUMPTION BETTENDORF BURLINGTON KEOKUK MUSCATINE OTTUMWA Yh REFEREES’ SIGNALS ...THE PALIS r AO£ u� � .® ASSUMPTION Varsity Football Roster 1963 NAME Jersey No. Red White Class Wt. Ht. Position McGivern, Tom 10 20 Jr. 151 5'9 Q.B. Navarro, Tony . 11 15 Jr. 154 5'9 Q.B. Huyette, Steve „13 13 Jr. 168 5'10 Q.B. Lopez, Gary 21 21 Jr. 150 57 H.B. Salsbury, Tom 22 41 Jr. 138 5'6 H.B. Dockery, John 23 23 Sr. 152 5'9tt L.H.B. McCarthy, Marty 24 24 Jr. 162 5 11 H.B. Luther, Chuck 25 25 Jr. 143 5'8 H.B. Dower, Jim 30 30 Jr. 133 5'6 H.B. Duax, Tom 32 31 Sr. 155 5'11 E Tarchinski, Tom 33 33 Sr. 135 CO Jr H.B. Kellenberger, Joe 34 34 Jr. 153 5'8 H.B. Rymars, Jim 42 42 Sr. 176 5'10 F.B. Lucier, Mike 44 44 Jr. 166 S'9Vi F.B. Schroeder, Jack 50 50 Sr. 165 5'11 G Motto, Vin 51 43 Jr. 138 5'6 G Georgen, John 52 52 Sr. 172 5'9 G Matthyj, Bob ... 54 53 Sr. 155 5'10 C Schulte, Tom 55 55 Jr. 180 6'2 c Crossen, Pat 56 56 Jr. 170 5'10 c Callahan, Greg ... .... 57 58 Jr. 178 5'10 c Vargas, Joe 59 59 Jr. 192 5'11 T Warta, Darrel .. 62 62 Sr. 168 5'9 G Laake, Jim 64 64 Jr. 190 5'9 G Reisinger, Rich 67 67 Sr. 152 5'9 G Clay, Kim 69 66 Jr. 171 5'11 C Leonard, Roy 73 79 Jr. 266 6'2 T Hommes, Jim .... 74 74 Jr. 187 5'11 T Peovey, Rich 75 75 Sr. 186 5'9 T Wysoske, Don 76 76 Jr. 218 5'10 T Cawiezell, Roger —77 77 Sr. 205 5'11 T Maher, Pat 81 81 Sr. 153 5'9 E Dugan, Dan 82 82 Jr. 181 6'1 E Reyes, John 83 83 Jr. 164 6'0 E Posh, Phil ... 84 84 Sr. 178 6'1 E Mason, Warren . 85 85 Jr. 191 6'1 E AHS COACHING STAFF Tom Sundorbruch Clint Westermeyer Dove Skcmp 0 Q Illegal position or procedure Illegal forward handing. 0 Perwnol foul. Clipping. Illegal use of bond or orm. 0 0 1 Delay of gome Crawling. Offside or violation of freekkh rule� . Illegal motion, illegol ihift, both hondi. Untporltmanlike conduct. Delay � !art of holf. Illegal participation. Roughing the K t kicker i 0 Q Interference with fair catch or forward past Crotping foce mo� k. grounding. Illegal forward po� � . Ineligible receiver down field on pats. feE THAT CLINTON Varsity Football Roster 1963 Game Jersey Black White NAME Class Wt. Ht. Pos. 10 10 Reed, Jeff Jr. 157 5'9 Q.B. 11 11 Eberle, Mike Sr. 175 6'0 Q.B. 16 Dash, Dave Jr. 174 6'1 T 18 Nelson, Jim Jr. 155 6'0 E 20 20 Lindsey, Ken Sr. 145 5'8 H.B. 22 22 Junninger, Tom Sr. 175 5'9 H.B. 25 Verdon, Steve Jr. 124 57 E 30 30 Wildman, Steve Sr. 144 5'8 H.B. 32 Lind, John So. 165 6'2 C 34 Martin, John Jr. 146 5'11 E 35 Rosenthal, Marty.. So. 197 5'I1 T 36 Kosine, Ray So. 185 5'10 T 38 Rickertsen, Leo Jr. 171 6'0 E 44 44 Sander, Greg Jr. 157 5'9 H.B. 45 Burlingame, Larry Jr. 170 5'10 T 46 Ryan, Pat Jr. 155 5'11 E 48 McNeil, Craig ... . Jr. 150 5'9 E 50 50 Jakubson, Bill Sr. 188 5'ii F.B. 51 51 Lawrence, Floyd Jr. 171 5'10 C 52 52 Nielson, Gary Jr. 135 5'9 G 53 53 Chalgren, Dick Jr. 172 6'0 G 54 54 Rohde, Don Sr. 178 6'2 T 55 55 Swanson, Bob Jr. 196 5'5 T 56 56 Anderson, Ron Jr. 192 6'2 E 57 57 Backland, Larry Sr. 137 5'10 E 58 58 Carr, Harry . Jr. 140 5'7 H.B. 59 59 Fullick, Ken . Jr. 170 6 1 F.B. 60 60 Andrus, Jim Jr. 156 511 H.B. 61 61 Motsinger, Bill .. .. Sr. 162 5'10 C 62 62 Tiesman, Brian Jr. 168 6'0 G 63 63 Johnson, Tom Sr. 170 5'10 G 64 64 Goldersoph, Gil Sr. 200 6'0 T 65 65 Rose, Lynn Jr. 190 6'2 T 66 66 St. Clair, Mark Sr. 170 62 E 67 67 Schindall, Ron Sr. 142 57 E 69 69 Lamb, L. J. Jr. 134 5'9 H.B. 70 70 Reed, Tim Sr. 165 5'11 H.B. 71 71 Taylor, Dick Sr. 188 5'9 C 72 72 Jeffrey, Steve Sr. 163 5'10 G 73 73 Baker, Gil Jr. 162 5'10 G 74 74 Gray, Dwaine Sr. 205 63 T 75 75 Turner, Ray Sr. 205 5'11 T 76 76 Smith, Leo Jr. 140 5'ii E 77 77 Wentworth, Gary Sr. 147 5'10 H.B. 78 78 Edmunds, Gary Sr. 168 5'11 E 79 79 Anderson, Wayne Jr. 169 5'10 T 80 80 Orte, Doug Sr. 150 6'0 E 81 81 Schnack, Bob Jr. 157 5'11 C 83 83 Dierkes, Dan Jr. 160 5'9 G 84 84 Merrit, Bob Jr. 189 5'8 T 86 86 Guild, Bob Jr. 166 6'4 E 87 87 Andreson, Bob Sr. 215 6'1 T • Glew, Steve n n Sr. 1 255 6'0 PROCEDURE T SIGNALS SCHEDULES 1963 Assumption Football Games Varsity Friday, September 13 — Alleman.................. Away Friday, September 20 — Wahlert___HOME Friday, September 27 — Davenport Central ..Brady St. Friday, October 4 — Bettendorf _HOME Friday, October 11 — Davenport West.......Brady St. Friday, October 18 — Clinton HOME Friday, October 25 — Muscatine HOME Friday, November 1 — BurlingtonHOME 1963 Clinton Football Games Friday, September 13 — Davenport West _HOME Friday, September 20 — Iowa City ____Away Friday, September 27 — Rock Island_HOME Friday, October 4 — Jefferson __Away Friday, October 11 — Moline................. ..HOME Friday, October 18 — Assumption _Away Friday, October 25 — Washington______HOME Friday, November 1 — East Moline..._Away Friday, November 8 — Dubuque ________________Away NEXT WEEK ASSUMPTION vs MUSCATINE frederick and Associates SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR A.H.S. 1612 Harrison St. Davenport, Iowa Mon Printing On. LETTERPRESS OFFSET LITHOGRAPHY 7 T H PERRY STREETS After the game stop at one of STUPKA'S ViJ $oot $2eer DRIVE-IN'S Home of the Hi-Boy Sandwich 3143 ROCKINGHAM 3837 N. DIVISION ST. Look for the bright orange bldg. KNIGHT BEACON Curtain rises on ahs world fair Representatives plot study week changes “Youth is Made for Heroism,” pro- claims the theme for the 1964 Study Week on the Apostolate. It may seem to the average observer that it’s a lit- tle early to be planning for a study week which will be held 10 months from now. However, on Oct. 5, repre- sentatives from Appleton, Wisconsin, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and Davenport met in the Office of the Lay Apostolate to begin planning. The most prominent change was the re-location of the Study Week from St. Ambrose College in Davenport to St. Mary’s College in Winona, Minne- sota. The planning committee listed two reasons for the move: 1) the facil- ities in Davenport were not great en- ough to accommodate the Study Week, and 2) the new area will have a rec- ognizable effect on the Study Week. St. Mary’s College offered to accom- modate the Study Week. Bishop Fitz- gerald of Winona stated, “We are hap- py to have the Study Week in our dio- cese.” Another alteration was the emphasis on depth in the planned workshops. Instead of holding the adult and stu- dent Study Weeks together, as had been done previously, these will be separate — one for students August 17-21 and one for adults a week lat- er. In the preparation meeting chairmen of various activities were named. Those representing Assumption include Tom Murray ’64, student assistant co-chairman; Mike Wahlig ’64, regis- tration, planning, programming chair- man; and Patrick Dray ’64, student chairman of liturgical services. SUFFERING . . . Chuck Luther ’65 and Marcia Welch ’65 prepare to cover their ears as Don Wolfe ’65 tunes up his guitar in prepara- tion for the Variety Show. Some 1,200 students from four jun- ior high schools. Assumption, and Marycrest will participate in the ele- venth annual Muscular Dystrophy Drive to be held throughout Daven- port and Scott County, Nov. 24. An average of $5,000 per year is col- lected and sent to the National Chap- ter of Muscular Dystrophy, which al- locates it to 65 centers throughout the United States and abroad. Senior participates in atom conference Thursday, Nov. 7, 1963, at 8:30 am, high school students from various sec- tions of the United States will assem- ble in the Great Hall of Chicago’s Pick- Congress Hotel for the opening session of the 1963 National Youth Conference on the Atom. Among these students will be Pat Carpenter ’64 Assumption’s delegate to the Conference. The Conference is scheduled to last three days from Nov. 7 through Nov. 9. During the three days Pat will hear several of America’s most prominent scientists speak on different aspects of science and specifically on atomic power. She will also participate in the question and discussion periods whcih follow each speech. On Friday the entire group will visit Dresden Nu- clear Station and Argonne National Laboratory. Assumption is soon to be the scene of a World Fair. The occasion will be Assumption’s annual Variety Show; this year its theme is “the World Fair.” The program will be presented on Nov. 19-20. Representatives of all four classes will participate in the program. The show will consist of a minimum of 25 acts, each act lasting from one to five minutes. Most of the acts will have a World Fair setting; that is, each act will be a representation of a particu- lar country in attendance at the Fair. The representation will be accomplish- ed through the presentation of a form of entertainment peculiar to the coun- try. Members of the act’s cast will at- tempt to represent the people of the country by imitating them both in mannerism and dress. The forms of entertainment will be varied. Mr. Joseph Maher, who is in charge of the presentation, has stated that “anything a person can do can be included in some form.” During the two evenings on which the Variety Show will be presented, singers, danc- ers, comedians, singing and acting groups will entertain the audience. Each center is currently studying a different phase of the disease in the hope of finding its cause and cure for nearly 300,000 hopeful patients in the United States. 80% of these, under 18, do not survive. The drive originally started in 1951 when the International Association of Firefighters declared it mandatory for all chapters to participate. Captain Axelrod, head of Fire Sta- tion No. 3, became a “temporary” chair- man and remained chairman of his chapter until three years ago, when re- lieved by Vincent Laake. There are presently 12 to 14 members on the board from all walks of life. “In April or May the local chapter will receive 25% of its net income back from the National Chapter to deposit in the treasury. This will then be used to diagnose cases, pay for therapy, and buy wheel chairs and braces.” Cap- tain Axelrod explained. Recently, the local chapter helped pay for part of a portable escalator for a stricken girl in Long Grove. The work was generously donated so only the materials were purchased. Captain Axelrod told of another case on Jersey Ridge Road: a man who has had Muscular Dystrophy for years. Today he is a coin collecter and deal- er who, though stricken, leads a busy life. For muscular dystrophy Volunteers knock on doors 22 New nhs members pledge service “Ouch! I just stuck myself with the needle again!” No, it’s not an Assump- tion dope addict, but a member of the National Honor Society sewing the white mantle worn at the induction ceremony for the new members and the installation of officers, Nov. 6. Sr. Mary Ann Esther, BVM, and Fr. Charles Mann, vice-principals of the girls’ and boys’ divisions, administered the oath and formally inducted new members. The 54 members compose 15% of the senior class and 10% of the junior class. Mr. Robert Owen, principal of Bet- tendorf high school, was the first lay- man to speak at an Honor Society in- duction. The newly elected officers are, Pres- ident, Mike Townsend ’64, Vice-Presi- dent, Julie Joyce ’64, Secretary, Lee DeJulius ’65, and Treasurer, Mary Hart- kop ’65. “Juniors were elected as treasurer and secretary so that next year as seniors they would have the neces- sary experience,” explains Kathy Mor- rissey ’65. In keeping with the pledge that each member takes, the Society provides service through the many activities which they sponsor throughout the year. In previous years, the Honor So- ciety has sponsored the spelling bee, the spring formal and assisted the Boosters’ Club in presenting College Night. This year, however, they have con- sidered dropping the spelling bee. In place of it, they are thinking of hav- ing other contests through the var- ious classes. These contests would not be over and above the students’ reg- ular work, but rather, they would give incentive to do better work in the reg- ular classes. Reps work, sing, play at ames convention “Michael row the boat ashore, Al- leluia . . .” sang various student coun- cil representatives as they returned from the Iowa State Asociation of Stu- dent Councils convention in Ames, Oct. 14. Along with 31 other representa- tives, four Assumption students rep- resented the southeast district. Representing Assumption were Pat Dray, Mary Motto, SGA president and vice-president respectively, Eileen Fi- gel and George Mitchell, junior rep- resentatives. As previously assigned the AHS reps gave a workshop on “How to evaluate the work on Student Council.” Eileen thought that the workshop leaders as well as the stu- dents who attended gained a great deal from the workshop. Upon arrival at the University the students were guided to the Union where the state student council pres- ident gave a short talk about the past year’s action and giving a schedule for the day. “The basic reason for this conven- tion is for you, the Iowa state repre- sentatives to learn from the workshops and to elect new student officers,” stated Hugh King, IASC president. Lite Flashes Some question has been raised as to how seniors, who did not order rings, may get them. They are welcome to order these any time at the front of- fice. As to the juniors — they’ll just have to wait till spring. • The 1963-64 copy of AHS Connections is due for distribution the second week of November. Marykay Dudek ’65 de- signed the cover. • • • October 26-27, junior journalists Wayne Hunt and Chris Wahlig repre- sented Assumption at the LaCrosse, Wisconsin, press conference. Senior editors John Genzel and Pat Carpen- ter chaired panels on editorial discus- sions at St. Mary’s high school. Clin- ton, Nov. 1. • • “What are those boys doing behind the library desk?” If you get a chance to go to the library during fourth period you will probably hear this question many times. The fact is that Mike Mulvilhill ’65 and Chris Wahlig ’65 are working in the library in connection with their YCS group. At a meeting of their group, they observed that the library was not open during fourth period. Since they judged that some students only have study hall fourth period, Mike and Chris decided to act. The next day the two went to Fr. Charles Mann, boys’ vice principal, to get the necessary permissions. “Our proposal was accepted without hesita- tion,” commented Mike. During fourth period these two fel- lows are in the library giving informa- tion and checking books in and out. Q V V This week the Student Council, to- gether with the staff of the Knight Beacon, will present portfolios to the lay faculty, the principals and the two orders of sisters at AHS. This year — the portfolio’s fifth — the covers are red with white letter- ing in contrast to last year’s white with red. Orders were taken during the last week in September. The prices were $2.00 and $2.50 for an engraved one. Sales totaled 440, an increase of 10% over last year. NHS MEMBERS STRAIN . . . Honor Society members Mike Schebler ’64 and Stan Smazal ’64 strain their backs instead of their brains in preparing for the NHS induction. 23 KNIGHT BEACON Ai u tieaion 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 Unions confront students Did you vote in the November 1st election? It was not a premature presidential election, but rather the election at Turnstyle Family. Center to see whether the union would be the AFL-CIO or the United Re- tail Workers Independent. For some Assumptionites, this was their first encounter with unions. Many other students have had contact with them at their summer or part-time job. Most students didn’t stay up all night worrying about which union to vote in. They had already de- cided not to join. Why should we students join a union at the shop or store where we work? After all, it takes $3.00 ev- ery month in dues that could go to better causes — cokes, movies, white fur trim for the car mirror. Surely unions have a little more worth than 20 cherry cokes. Or perhaps Pope Leo XIII was dis- illusioned when he noted in the encyclical Rerum Novarum, “Workingmen’s unions should be organ- ized . . . for helping each member to better his con- dition to the utmost.” If the place where we work has a union, non- union members receive benefits of union members. But to be a “free rider,” to accept the benefits with- out the responsibilities is to be a shirker. It is con- trary to justice and Catholic social teaching. Pope Pius XI, in Quadragesimo Anno, noted that union members, . . learn to defend their tem- poral rights and interests energetically and efficient- ly, retaining at the same time a due respect for jus- tice and a sincere desire to collaborate with other classes.” Perhaps the only union benefit we students will enjoy will be higher wages. Union negotiations do not stop there. If workers get two weeks vacation instead of one it is because of their union. In case a person is fired or denied a promotion for no rea- son, it is the union who will protect his rights. Job security, health and welfare funds, insurance and pension programs are all part of union work. Like-it-or-not, we students will some day find that unions play an important part in our lives. It may be next summer when we get our first job, or if we already have a job, it may be tomorrow when we get our walking papers. Genie seeks foreign students “New lamps for old” was the cry that rang through the streets. Faced with this opportunity, Aladdin’s wife discarded the valuable lamp of the fabled genie for an ordinary lamp of bronze. Would you make such a trade? Would you swap a “lamp” 17 years old on the outside but containing a “genie” of ad- vantages, for a little food and a corner of your house? This opportunity is confronting us now. The “lamp of the genie” is a foreign exchange student. In prep- aration for the 1964-65 school year, Assumption has offered the International High School Student Pro- gram one or two tuition scholarships for exchange students. The next step is up to us. During the last two years, we have had no full time exchange students for one reason: there’s no place for them to stay. This means that half the school has had no contact with a foreign student. Mike Schebler ’64 who housed Helmut Steiner of Austria, comments, “No one can fully realize the advantages of having a foreign exchange student until he has lived with one. We gave very little in return for what we received from Helmut. We gained a life-time friend, and at the same time, got a very beneficial insight into another culture.” If you choose to keep the lamp that contains the genie, and have an extra room where you can keep him, please notify Fr. Robert Walter, principal. Why not a boy and a girl in ’65? PC JG Vatican II - session II: Self-awareness, reformation, unity, world-relation- ship . . . these four words are the reason for which Bishop Ralph L. Hayes is residing in Rome. In the first session of Vatican II, Bishop Hayes and his colleagues learned that these words hold the key to the success of the council. Self-awareness is another word for understanding what the Church is. The past councils began with a definition of the Church. But, in this council, the bishops, led by Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI, have tried to approach the Church as a mystery. They have tried to study the various images of the Church which have been revealed by God. Another phase of the council is the present move- ment to re-emphasize and understand the role of the bishop. Since we must know ourselves and our re- Air opinion; win $10 Is your wallet suffering from neuritis, neuralgia or minor arthritic pain? Are your tootsies playing “peek-a-boo” through your faded blue tennies? Were you forced to buy your homecoming button with a check from state aid? If so, you need the help of the Knight Beacon. Ever mindful of student needs, the KB staff is sponsoring a letter-to-the-editor contest with a ten dollar bill as the prize. This is your opportunity to air that pet-peeve, to present original views of the teen-age world and its problems or to just voice an opinion on a relevant topic. If you are short on ideas this week here are some example topics to spark your enthusiasm: the qual- ity of AHS pep rallies, teen-age dance crazes or school cliques. In addition, students wishing to refute previous KB editorials are welcome to do so. The letter must be typed, double spaced, signed and limited to 350 words. It should be handed into the press room, G-3, by Nov. 25, and the best let- ter will appear in the next issue. Assumptionite, don’t let this opportunity pass. Win the ten dollars and give your piggy bank a shot of terramycin. terms explain purpose lationship to each other, the outline now under con- sideration by the council, De Ecclesia, deals with self- awareness. It provides the theological basis on which the rest of the council depends. Most of us students quail at the word “reformation.” Although this seems like a “Protestant” expression, it is the most important of the four words. It is the action which stems from the self-awareness of the Church. Without this word, the others would be useless. In discussing this idea, Pope Paul commented, “The living Church must always correspond to the Living Christ.” This dynamic vision has never officially ap- peared in the teaching of the Church. Pope Paul also asserted, “The first requirement of this reform is a more diligent study and a more intensive pro- clamation of the Word of God.” Pope John convoked the council, among other rea- sons, to promote the unification of Christians. The council was called in order that we might “clean our own house” before we invite in our separated breth- ren. In explaining this unity Pope Paul said that what we are striving for now is not “perfect recon- ciliation;” this “blessed hour” we must await with pa- tience. But what we should have now is “true broth- erly peace.” The Church’s relation to the modern world goes further in this picture. If the first three words are used to the utmost, then the Church’s relation to the modern world will fall into place. MS Teen-agers, don't tithe! Every Saturday, 4 senior girls come to classes at Assumption. Their reason, however, is not to learn, but to teach. The 4 YCS’ers teach catechism to the grade school children of Our Lady of Victory parish. Fr. Robert W. Couch, assistant pastor of the new parish, declared that these girls, by their voluntary action, are fulfilling their obligation to contribute to the support of the Church in a better way than by giving money. In this day of “God’s plan for Church support” and tithing, we sometimes see the Church as a huge mechanical hand reaching out towards us. Across its palm is the boldly lettered inscripion “GIVE.” Of course we have the duty to support our religion. In the New Testament Christ himself said that “those who preach the Gospel should have their living by it.” But as Father Couch points out, an active par- ticipation is more desirable than tossing a nickel in the basket on Sunday. Other examples of youth actively supporting the Church are: the YCW workers at Mercy Hospital (see feature page), active members of the CIC, those participating in the Muscular Dystrophy drive, and those helping the PAVLA program. We who take an active role in every other facet of life — homecoming-dance committees, honor soci- ety — should take an equally ACTIVE role in the support of the Church. JG 25 Frosh politicians During their homeroom period on Friday, Oct. 18, the freshman class of AHS went to the polls to select the students who will represent them in the Student Council this year. For 35 freshman girls and 13 freshman boys, the balloting culminated a week of campaign activity. Ralph Schramp, Frank McGivern. Lloyd Goodall, Dave Hasenmiller, and Pat Condon emerged victorious in the boys’ division. The representatives of the freshman girls will be Terry Ree- dy, Colleen Hild, Kathy Walsh, Chris- tine Hume, and Debby Motto. The 48 participants in the election began their respective campaigns one week prior to the actual balloting. The reason you’ve been flooded with so much homework lately is because your teachers are lazy! Sound para- doxical? It isn’t really. Assumption has recently acquired two thermofax ma- chines which are the cause of your woes; these amazing inventions will reproduce anything in black carbon ink in four seconds. As Sr. Mary Loretta Cecile, BVM, put it, the machine is “most efficient in time and money saving benefits.” Sister, head of the home economics department, explains that she will be using it for pattern alterations and laying, recipe copying, blue printing for interior decorating, and floral ar- rangements. Sr. Mary St. Gilberta’s French class may soon be getting some songs in French which were run through the new machine. Sister Gilberta called the thermofax “a definite asset to teaching.” redeem pledges After obtaining the ten signatures necessary to make him eligible to run for the office, each candidate turned his attentions to the acquisition of votes. The girls employed their ingen- uity in the fashioning of buttons to be worn by their supporters, while the boys made colorful posters to be dis- played in the boys’ division. A source of anxiety to all the candidates was the speech given before their class- mates on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 17. Most readily admitted their fright in speaking before the group. These representatives, are now at work in the Student Council. Concern- ing the Student Council, freshman rep- resentative Dave Hasenmiller says simply, “I like it.” Fr. Marvin Mottet has reproduced ar- ticles from America and Commonweal for his religion classes. Fr. William F. Wiebler reproduced a bunch of jour- nalistic “Tom Swifties” from the Sat- urday Review. (Junior Sampler: Wayne Hunt, “I’m Flash from the BeaconSteve Huyette, “I’m Running from the Elephant,” indicated the re- porter and his mythical paper. The second machine is under the watchful eye of Sr. Mary Diana. BVM. who uses it for her audio-visual club. Sister operates the thermofax, and re- produces records, transparancies, and transcripts. When asked if she thought the machine an asset to teaching, Sis- ter Diana replied, “Naturally! It gives the teacher more time to prepare class- es and is most palatable to the students who get the benefit of this equipment. Besides, you can “lift” tests from books without too much trouble,” she added with a chuckle. LOOKING AHEAD ... the ten new members of the Student Council discuss with Fr. Leveling the best ways of representing the freshman class during ’63-’64. Clutch classes crash central What do you have ninth period? To many Assumption students the answer would be detention, but to 36 students it is drivers’ education class at Central high school. The class is in session from 4:10 to 5:10 every weekday for a six week period. An additional six hours of practice in the trainer and three hours behind the wheel are required. Mr. John Haack, co-ordinator of safety education, arranged the class which is taught in the Industrial Arts Building. The fee for taking the course is $27.50. Although no credit is giv- en for the 39 hour course, certificates are given to the students who pass. This usually entitles the male students to an insurance discount. No discount is given to the female students since the insurance rates on their cars do not go up when they become eligible to drive. Many students from Assumption who have taken the course during the sum- mer found it very profitable. Jerry Bald ’65 commented, ‘The class got me acquainted with driving situations before I actually got my license.” Mary Wahlig ’65 reported, “The class gave me a broad knowledge of traffic rules and regulations. It emphasized driv- ing is a privilege, not a right. With ing as a privilege, not a right. With this privilege comes responsibility.” Craig Bunge ’65 is now taking the course and hopes that it will help him to be a better driver, and reduce the cost of insurance. Fr. John Boyle, registrar of Assump- tion, reported that if this class is a success another class might be con- sidered in the spring. Thermo-facts puzzle pupils 26 Activity books offer savings Are you among the more than 500 students who will throw away $6.00 this year? You are among this select group if you have not yet purchased an activity book. Although the pur- chase price may seem high, on the average students can save at least $6.00 on the price of individual tickets. An activity book is a collection of tickets that can be purchased from the Athletic Director, Herman Derouin. It allows admittance into all regular- ly scheduled home football and bas- ketball games, wrestling matches, the choral concert, and many other school functions. The variety show will be held on Nov. 19-20; the activity book will al- low admittance to the presentation. “The activity book is a savings and a convenience,” asserts Mr. Derouin. “There is no waiting in line. This saves time in the processing of tickets. Im- agine 700 students trying to purchase individual game tickets!” Eileen Figel ’65 comments, “I like my activity book because I don’t have to wait in line, and I never have to worry about digging up ticket money.” Last year 405 students purchased activity books; this year over 400 books have been purchased already. Mr. Derouin concluded, “The activity books are still on sale, and although five tic- kets have already been used, the book still offers a savings both in time and money.” Senior yes catechists aid sisters “But all your friends are waiting for you, Rosemary.” “Won’t you go in with them, they’ll be hurt if you don’t.” Silence — and tears. “Rosemary, there’s a big chair just waiting, I’ve kept it empty especially for you.” They recah down for the small hand and another six year old joins the ranks of small-fry who worship their catechism teachers. The catechists are seniors, Jill Schroeder and Suzie Fosselman, who are among the 14 other senior YCS’ers who have taken, as a year long ac- tion, parish work in CCD (Confrater- nity of Christian Doctrine). The girls help at St. Paul’s, Our Lady of Vic- tory and St. Joseph’s. Catechetical Classes Since there were no sisters to teach before, Our Lady of Victory has just recently started catechectical classes for all eight years. “Each Saturday at 10:00 we pick the sisters up and bring Starkly poised against the blue sky, the 1300 pound Agena 1014 booster waited on the field. A bright orange space suit hung expectantly in a near- by van. The areospace age science pro- gram was “go” October 5. The Aerospace Age Education Tour was presented to Assumption students under the sponsorship of the USAF and the Kiwanis International. The presentation featured a speech by Mr. Ronald B. Martz, Chief of the Evalua- tion Division at Wright-Patterson AFB. Ohio. Mr. Marz expressed the purpose of the tour as “strictly educational.” The speech was to motivate students to take full advantage of their educa- tional opportunities and develop their overall knowledge. them to Assumption, where they hold classes; we help in each of the lower grade classrooms and return the sis- ters to Marycrest at 11:30,” asserted Julie Joyce ’64. Typing, correcting papers and work- ing as “fishers” (the second level of CCD workers) is the role of the seven YCS’ers at St. Paul the Apostle Church. The pastor welcomed their help to lighten the sister’s teaching load. Girls Are Teachers At St. Joseph’s, the girls found their aid in great demand. The parish was so in need of teachers that Nancy Barney and Barb Egger, both ’64 were asked to take on their own classes which they plan and carry out them- selves. “This type of work is a most satisfy- ing action, especially in cases like that of St. Joseph’s, where teachers were needed desperately,” commented Mary Beth Coleman. “Sometimes though it is difficult to distinguish the teachers from the students.” On display as part of the tour was a full scale Agena satellite vehicle; an Engine Van exhibit featuring the J-47 turbo-jet and the reciprocating R-3350 engine, and the Discoverer XIV, the first space capsule to orbit the earth and be recovered by an aerial catch. Algae pellets as food for the astronauts, 1 square inch of fuel to propel a rocket and John Glenn’s space suit were added features of the exhibit. Besides introducing students to fu- ture modes of travel, Mr. Martz dis- cussed careers in the aerospace age. “There is a gold mine between your two ears, if you’ll only take advantage of it,” stated Mr. Martz. “Engineers are made of curiosity about the laws of nature and technicians make practical applications of these laws.” Spices go on sale Are your meals dull and uninterest- ing? Do they need pep and vitality? Do they suffer from monotony? If you answer yes to all of the above questions, then you aren’t participating in the 1964 spice sale. The spice sale is a project under the supervision of Sr. Mary Loretta Cecile BVM, head of the home ec de- partment. The annual sale is being conducted by the clothing, foods, and family living classes. Lists of all avail- able spices have been sent to the home- rooms in the girls’ division. Air force exhibits aero-space gear 27 Everyone loves a para PRECISION PAYS OFF ... as the Assumption band steps into the 1963 homecoming. KNIGHTS STRIKE DOWNTOWN . . . with Larry Schloemer ’65 guiding the junior’s lightning bolt. ROYALTY RIDES HIGH . . . Queen Kit Meisenbach and her attendants “float” before her subjects. HAIL QUEEN KIT . . . Mike Morrison '64 comments as AHS students mill for a closer look. f jf| 7 “WHAT’S HOLDING UP . . . the parade?” questions Roger Cawiezell ’64. Unaware of the situation are seniors Rita Davies, Jack Schoeder and Larry Adams ’65. DJ graduate spins records for sui dorms SLEEPY FOLKSINGER . . . Peter Yarrow answers senior Dave Votroubek’s probing questions. PP M portray pied pipers by Suzie Fosselman No student spends a Sunday night listening to a lecture on the ideals of American folk music by three col- lege graduates when he could be at CJ’s. Yet, over 100 Assumptionites did Oct. 13, when Peter, Paul and Mary appeared at the Masonic Temple. This well-known and understandably pop- ular trio played to a full house. The concert ended with a standing ova- tion. Peter, Paul and Mary began as a team in 1961 in Greenwich Village: Paul Stookey, a prominent comedian, Peter Yarrow, a young unknown sing- er and Mary Travers, an already estab- lished folk singer. All three were col- lege graduates who found a contrast yet completion of their ideals and be- liefs in each other. Songs Have Purpose Though they look like beatniks, their purpose is far from that of meaning- less revolution against a comforming society. “Though dragons live forever this is not so with little boys . . . the world of children is a world of in- nocence, through our singing we at- tempt to bring the listeners to the truth through the innocence of chil- dren,” drawled Peter Yarrow. “It seemed that there should have been more to them,” asserted Charlene Gaul '64. “There were only the three singers and a bass fiddler, no props or orchestra. When they were tuning you knew there were only three, but when they played and sang it seemed like 33, their voices so completely fill- ed the place.” March on Washington Last Aug. 28, Peter, Paul and Mary played to a strange audience under even stranger circumstances and set- ting. The Washington Monument was the stage as they led in song the 250 thousand participants of the March on Washington: “How many years can some people exist Before they’re allowed to be free? How many times can a man turn his head And pretend that he just doesn’t see? The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind, The answer is blowing in the wind. This song, written by Bob Dylan, is another proof that “we do not sing only what is popular but only what we believe in,” emphasized Peter. “Our music shows sorrow, loneliness, pride and love, because we feel civil rights is such a great inequity. We have tried to show, through music, man’s great injustices to man, appealing to the young people of today, for they shall solve tomorrow’s problems.” In concert Peter, Paul and Mary were proven performers and leaders. Their lecture was one of class par. ticipation along with moments of quiet listening, with students gaining immeasurably from teachers who are still students to their beliefs. by Phil Andrew A radio disc jockey, a college student and a part-time pool hall fan — com- bine these somewhat conflicting “pro- fessions” and presto — there’s Denise Hoie. Denise, who graduated from As- sumption last year, is now a budding freshman at the State University of Iowa. “When I first came to SUI, I had heard there was an opening for a disc jockey on the inter-dorm radio station, KWAD. Having had some experience in this field, I decided to apply for the job. To my surprise I was accepted,” beamed Denise. Besides her avid participation in As- sumption’s speech program, the AHS graduate listed several other qualifi- cations for the job: her experience as “Teen Beat reporter” on the KSTT ra- dio station; her appearance on WOC- TV programs involving Junior Achieve- ment and; her successful endeavors in the Diocesan speech contest. The “Denise Show” is broadcast to four dormitories on the University campus every Thursday night. “My program consists of three hours of rec- ord playing and a little adlibbing. Folk songs ‘top my charts,’ and rock ’n roll is relatively unpopular. The station is also considering the addition of a news broadcast to my program,” com- mented Denise hopefully. In addition to the responsibility of a radio show, Denise carries a heavy subject load. Wester civilization, so- cial science, Intermediate Spanish and accelerated writing are included in her cirriculum. “Because of my training in speech at Assumption, I was able to drop an advanced speech course and still receive credit. All I had to do was pass the exam,” frow'ned Denise. The former Assumptionite hopes to major in magazine journalism. However, Denise does find time to indulge in her favorite pastime — pool. “Since my arrival at the Univer- sity, I have become quite a pool fan. During my spare time, I rush over to the Union and have a quick game of pool with ‘the boys’.” Looking back at her first quarter of college life, Denise recalls many memorable occasions. “Probably the most embarrassing event happened when a friend came to the station during the show. As my friend wan- dered about my cramped broadcasting room, she stubbed her toe. Well, you can imagine the ‘vernacular’ my list- eners heard that day,” chuckled Den- ise. 30 Ciris 'drum up' school spirit on ss days letin board on the wall across from the girls’ division faculty room. A loud thunderous drum roll, a tinkling scale on the chimes and a cymbal crash announced the juniors as the grand prize winners of School Spirit Days. School Spirit Days, Oct. 10 and 11, were sponsored by the sen- ior girls’ YCS. The purpose of the project was to promote school spirit and unity not only during SS Days, but throughout the year. Competition for the grand prize was in six areas: buttons, bulletin boards, definitions, songs, skits and projects. Five points were given for first place in each area of competition, three points for second, and one point for third. The division with the most points was the grand prize winner. “Drum up school spirit’’ was the slo- gan found on E-7’s buttons, a minia- ture drum. They were the first place winners in this area of competition. Working seniors organize mercy hospital yew club “Visiting hours are over . . . the vis- iting hours are over.” For most people at Mercy Hospital, this announcement marks the end of another day. But for a group of eight AHS seniors working at Mercy, it has a significant mean- ing. Ann Peacock, Karen Ohland, Mary Thompson, Michele Morrison, Colleen Dunn, Keith Fredenburg, Bill Fellman and Tom Bribriesco are members of this group — the Young Christian Workers of Mercy Hospital. With moderators Father Gerald Kraus and Sister Marcellina, head deiti- cian at Mercy, present, the YCW meet every Monday evening from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., “visiting hours.” The meeting is conducted much in the same manner as is a YCS meeting. During this hour, the students tell of problems observed in the kitchen, try to determine the causes of these prob- lems, and decide what they can do to help solve them. “This group is far more successful than any other one at Assumption because it has something specific to work on,” commented Fr. Kraus. Helping a needy family of one full- time employee has been the big pro- ject of these workers. “We can only help this family in small ways,” says Ann Peacock, “but I think that these aids make the big problems seem smaller.” “I’m happy to be in YCW because it is an action group. After we discuss a problem, we go out and try to solve it,” relates Michele Morrison. Next Monday, that famliiar an- nouncement mentioned in the initial paragraph will mark the end of the YCW meeting, and the beginning of YCW action. The first place winner in the bul- letin board competition was S-9. “Don’t go half-way, go all the way for school spirit” was depicted by an Assumption girl, half well-dressed and half slovenly-dressed. “The Voyage of the S.S. AHS” was the theme of the winning definition. Frsehman homeroom D-l traced the trip of the S.S. AHS through its var- ious ports-of-call to its destination — school spirit. The Juniors from E-8 won 1st place in the song category. Their song was to the tune of Finlandia. Cheerleaders will teach it to the student body. “Bibbety, babbety, bobbety, boo! If you don’t come out, I’ll come in and get you!” was the favorite refrain from the “Land of School Spirit,” the soph- omores’ winning skit. The juniors’ “Hall of Fame” was the first place project. Each month one girl will be chosen by three students and three faculty members as best ex- emplifying school spirit. Although it may look like a wanted poster, the Assumption Hall of Fame will feature pictures of those girls that have been chosen for the month as best exemplifying school spirit. The go-ahead has been given by Sr. Mary Ann Esther, BVM, and Fr. R. J. Walter to place an eight by three bul- Across the top of the bulletin board will be large red letters spelling out HALL OF FAME. These letters were acquired from the Catholic Supply Center by Sr. Diana, BVM. In the center of the board will be a scroll inscribed with the names of the per- sons elected to the Hall of Fame for that year. On each side of the scroll, will be placed the pictures of those elected to the Hall for that month. The procedure for election to the Hall of Fame is: 1) a student must be nominated by a fellow student or a faculty member; 2) the name of the nominee and the reason she was nom- inated will be considered by a board consisting of twro faculty members and two students, one junior and one sen- ior; 3) if the board decides she is quali- fied, her picture and name will be add- ed to the Hall of Fame. Any number of students may be elected to the Hall for a given month. A girl may be elected to the Hall only once a year, but she may be elected each year she attends AHS. A certificate stating that this person has been elected to the Hall of Fame will be given to each member. Anyone is eligible except those who too frequently make the “Hall of De- tention.” DISPLAYING THEIR TROPHY . . . juniors Rosann Mullin, Joann Eischeid and Mary Lynn Wahlig ex- hibit prize winning regalia. 31 Science hall enhances marycrest 17 foreign students, excellent student teacher relationship, a rapidly grow- ing science program and conjunction with St. Ambrose College all add to the fun and excitement of education at Marycrest College, Davenport, Iowa. This four year, liberal arts college is attended by over 1100 full and part- time students. Besides many AHS grad- uates, there are students from all over the United States as well as 17 for- eign students, representing Europe, the Orient and Latin America. “This adds interest to the college life when we are able to exchange our different cul- tures,” explains Diane White ’62. To aid deserving students in paying the tuition costs of $650, scholarships Hayrack, labor- ingredients for homecoming float A hayrack, chicken wire, napkins and hard work — these are the basic in- gredients of a homecoming float. The three floats which took part in the parade were constructed by the junior and senior classes. “Many long hours of hard work went into the Queen’s float,” stated Gerri Ryan ’64. Gerri and Pat Thompson ’64 directed the construction of this float. “We were like scavengers looking for spare parts for our float. For in- stance, we got the chair for the throne from Our Lady of Lourdes rectory, and we used street sign poles to hold up the canopy,” added Gerri. “Knights Strike the Muskies” was the theme of the junior float headed by Mary Kay Derouin and Joe Barnes both ’65. “Our float was white with red let- tering and was pierced by a large, golden lightning bolt.” In charge of the senior class float were representatives Kathy Barrett and Dave Votroubek. The float was a slanting football field of green with a brown football in the center. Kathy remarked, “We used yards of chicken wire, over 2500 napkins and two weeks of hard work.” Dave recalled, “Our float was plagued by a little bad luck! During the parade the engine of the Falcon pulling our float overheated. Also, vandals pushed our hayrack into the creek.” Expenses of all three floats were held to a limit of $25 with the hay- rack and labor donated. Fr. Louis Mulligan served as faculty advisor for the projects. After homecoming weekend the floats were deconstructed reluctantly. Senior Tom Eischied moans, “After all that work, this is like killing a close friend!” and college placements are available. Last year’s scholarships were awarded to Assumptionites Sally Cogan, Gwen Gaukler and Agnes Mohr. Liberal arts courses may be com- bined with professional training in home economics, dietetics, medical technology, social welfare, business library, science, journalism, physical education, fine arts (such as music, art and drama), plus preparatory courses for pre-law, pre-medicine, pre-dentis- try, and pre-pharmacy. Marycrest is well known for its ex- cellent science program. In keeping with the rapid growth in the science field Marycrest is in the process of building a new science building. This should be completed in time for the fall session of ’64. The Sisters of Humility, who com- pose the faculty, and the students share a close relationship. “It’s hard to be- lieve that they’re teachers. They have just as much fun teaching as we have learning,” exclaimed Marycrest sopho- more Cathy Speer. The social life of the co-educational college is afforded by a social and co- curricular calendar in conjunction with nearby St. Ambrose College. “HOW’S MARYCREST?’’ . . . asks senior Mary Jo Banks of Mary- crest sophomore Diane White. Wanted: six boys to lighten load for variety show “Lights! Somebody turn on the lights,” cries a voice from backstage. In response to this command, a lone figure scurries up into the rafters and flicks a switch. With the Variety Show rapidly ap- proaching, Fr. Marvin Eldred is hard at work trying to assemble a technical crew of “about six boys who are will- ing to give up a few evenings helping me with the technical and practical use of the vast array of lighting equip- ment in the auditorium.” In the past Father has done most of the electrical work himself, with a little help from Ed Schloemer ’63 and Nick Yackley ’66. Father gives three reasons why he is trying to get some boys interested in this type of work. “First, during a show it is al- most impossible for one or two people to operate the lights adequately. Sec- ond, our productions are student pro- ductions and therefore the lighting should also be handled by the stu- dents. An arrangement such as this would be tremendous experience for anyone who may be thinking of enter- ing dramatics in college.” If anybody is interested in this type of work or would like to know more about it, please contact Fr. Eldred. 32 “I’LL TAKE THAT!” . . . snaps Chris Wahlig ’65 collecting junior Jim Hammes’ long overdue library fine, as Mike Mulvihill ’65 checks the files. Young paupers can borrow money for college education “Sure I could use a scholarship to finance my education, but I probably wouldn’t come near winning one.” Has this thought crossed your mind fre- quently when thinking about going to college? If it has, you should think of applying for a loan. In the Quad-Cities there are two loan services. One of them, in Daven- port, is sponsored by the Rotary Club. They make loans available through the Davenport Bank and Trust Company. Eligible students must be high school graduates who are residents of Scott County and who fulfill the require- ments of good moral character, lead- ership and a desire for a higher edu- cation. They must also rank in the top half of their class. One nationally known loan service is the College Scholarship Service which is run by the College Entrance Examination Board. The primary func- tions of this service include handling the parents’ confidential statements submitted by parents in support of ap- plications for financial aid and serv- ing as a clearing house of information for the colleges on scholarships, loans, and other forms of student aid. The parents’ confidential statement is evaluated by the CSS and sent to the college listed, which makes the final determination of a candidate’s financial need. To cover the cost of service, there is a fee of $3 for the first copy and $2 for each additional copy requested. All these can be ob- tained in any of the senior girls’ home- rooms and Fr. Ray Schwank’s room. In discussing the problem of financ- ing a college education. Fr. Charles Mann states, If the juniors and even the sophomores would recognize this problem, they would save themselves trouble as in their senior year. If they become aware of programs like these, they will not have such a rough time financing their college education.” These loans are not only for college- bound students, but they can be ob- tained also for nurse’s training, voca- tional training and correspondence courses, subject to the approval of the loan committee, which is comprised of five members of the Rotary Club. While in school or in enforced mili- tary service the student pays one per cent interest per year on the loan. If he completes his schooling or quits for any reason, the bank applies regular commercial interest rates to the un- paid balance. The second loan service is offered by the Education Counselors of Amer- ica, Inc., a private company which specializes in handling loans for stu- dents. Interest based on bank rates is charged only as the money is ad- vanced. The loans are handled through local banks. Business and vocational students can apply, as well as any scholastically-qualified student. YCS condenses caf bookstore Study hall now can be a browsing period since the Young Christian Stu- dents have opened a sidewalk book- store. Because of the need for classroom space in B-8, the boys’ YCS bookstore has been moved to a large wooden stand in the cafeteria-study hall. This port- able stand, which resembles a large book on wheels, was donated by Mr. Joseph Weinstein, manager of Com- enitz News Agency. During the day it is run by students under the direc- tion of the study hall proctors. “Even though this new bookstore is a lot smaller,” comments John Rejfes ’65, “it does have many advantages. This year we have more of an oppor- tunity to get books since it is open ev- ery period and not just before school.” The main idea of the bookstore,” explains Fr. Gerald Kraus, YCS mod- erator, is to be of service to the students. It puts good literature of all kinds at their disposal.” The books are ordered from Com- enitz by Father Kraus. Many of the books he orders, however, are suggest- ed to him by other teachers, who will use them in their classes. The YCS bookstore originated at As- sumption five years ago. The proceeds from it have cone to the YCS organiza- tion. Since then schools all over the Quad-Cities have set up similar facili- ties for their students to obtain good reading material. The girls’ Sodality has a bookstore in D-2. Seniors complete job questionnaire “Take a card and fill it out, please.” How often you have heard these words. The card may be an employment or emergency card. It may be needed to get your license. Or it may be the one Assumption seniors are filling out. These cards, or questionnaires as they are called, are being filled out for the Iowa Employment Agency,” explains Sr. M. Ann Esther, BVM, vice principal of the girls’ division. If the student doesn’t plan on getting furth- er education, the cards show what field would be best for him. In the spring these students will take a bat- tery of tests to determine exactly what is right for them.” In S-10 the Agency has been con- ducting interviews to get a better idea of the likes, dislikes, and personality of the student. We hope this method will help the students, who want to get into the la- bor market, find the jobs they will like and do well in,” concluded Sr. M. Ann Esther. 33 SNAPPED . . . while practicing for the basketball season are varsity cheerleaders Susie Riedel and Geri Barrett. Gridders finish strong In the air Camera tells tale ‘The camera really tells the story,” admits varsity cheerleader, Rita Davies ’64. Taking advantage of the various cameras belonging to her husband, Mrs. Gene Young, girls’ gym teacher, has taken up photography to aid the leaders. ‘‘In pictures the girls can see their mistakes,” asserted Mrs. Young. “In both the single and group shots, the degree of improvement is notable.” As each roll is developed, Geri Bar- rett, captain of the team, makes notes and discusses details with the others. ‘The pictures have been a great en- couragement to us. The difference be- tween mistakes and perfection is at our fingertips,” Geri noted. Further improvements and changes in motions were tested at a recent pep rally. New cheers will also be introduced during future rallies. The school song too, has been amended slightly from last year. “We changed the song with Mr. Paarmann’s help. It seems to have gone over in a big way,” commented Mary Lynn Wahlig ’65. As the girls strive for perfection, Mrs. Young’s pictures will continue to guide them. The addition of color shots also will increase their enthusiasm. Volleyball E-8 captures title In the race for first place in volley- ball, the E-8 juniors were piloted to victory by captain Bette Jansen. The girls blasted off with a 42-17 victory over D-4. The freshmen were guided by Bette Gusta but were thrown off course by the more experienced jun- iors. Volleyball sporthead Theresa Malik noted, “These games give the girls a chance to show and develop their good qualities, especially sportsmanship, out- side the academic field.” The winners in the senior and soph- omore divisions were E-7 and S-9 steered by captains Carol Mi ley ’64 and Kathy Costello ’66. “I’m happy that, as a sophomore, I’ve had the opportunity to serve on the executive board of GRA with co- sporthead Theresa Malik,” stated Shir- leen McCorvy. “Teams which played with correct techniques consistently are the ones which won,” commented Mrs. Gene Young. “I’m glad to see the girls have learned something about the game and have benefited from the school play.” Badminton and shuffleboard are the next competitive sports. Barb Beyer ’64 is badminton sporthead while Lin- da Beyer ’65 is shuffleboard sporthead. A powerful Assumption football team ended its season Nov. 1, sailing past Burlington, 34-13. Statistics revealed the Knights start- ed slowly, gained momentum, and didn’t stop. The final tally of the sea- son was 3-4-1. Bettendorf On Oct. 4 the Knights met the Bet- tendorf Bulldogs in a home game at Municipal Stadium. The game result- ed in a 13-13 tie when an upset vic- tory was snatched from Assumption during the third quarter. The Knights were first to score in the game. Tom Salsbury ran 70 yards from scrimmage for the touchdown. At the half As- sumption led 13-6. During the third quarter the Knights moved steadily downfield, apparently toward a third touchdown, when Steve Carroll of Bet- tendorf pulled the football from the arms of the Knight ballcarrier and scored. West The following Friday the Knights played Davenport West at Brady Street Stadium. The Knights led the Falcons 6-0 until late in the second quarter. They scored on two passes: the first, from quarterback Steve Huyette to Tom Salsbury for 49 yards, the second, from Huyette to Marty McCarthy for 37 yards and the TD. The Knights maintained a lead until the closing minutes of the half when the Falcons scored twice in rapid succession. West scored twice more in the second half to make the final score 24-6. Clinton Oct. 18, the Knights won their first game of the season 7-0, with a victory over the Clinton River Kings. Although they fought fiercely, neither team scor- ed during the first half. The Knights scored in the second half as the re- sult of a steady drive downfield. A pass from Tom Tarchinski to Phil Pash placed the ball on the Clinton one yard line. On the following play Steve Huyette scored. Muscatine Tom Salsbury was the outstanding member of an outstanding Assumption football squad on Friday night, Oct. 25. The Knights upset the Muscatine Muskies 27-20 to make Assumption’s 1963 Homecoming game a victory. During the first half Tom Salsbury returned a kickoff 89 yards for a touch- down. Later in the half Tom ran 94 yards from scrimmage for Assumption’s second touchdown. He scored twice more in the second half. The Knights’ defense held the Muskies to two touch- downs in the first half and one in the second. Burlington The following Friday, Assumption rolled past Burlington 34-13. The Grey- hound’s scored early in the first per- iod, but, after that, the Knights took the lead and kept it. The Knight’s first TD came after a 70 yard drive cli- maxed to two Huyette-Reyes passes. Another long drive and a short run by Tom Salsbury accounted for the second goal. Burlington scored once more but failed in the try for point. Pass interceptions, aerial attacks by Huyette, and short gainers on the ground provided Assumption’s third, fourth and fifth touchdowns. Key men in the last three goals were: Kellen- berger, Huyette, Salsbury, Tarchinski, Pash and Lopez. 34 Homecoming record Friday, Oct. 25, Assumption won their 1963 homecoming game against Muscatine 27-20. This boosts the Knights homecoming record to three wins and two loss- es. In the Knights’ first homecoming game, they lost to Clinton; the fol- lowing year Assumption won their first homecoming 12-6 over West, capturing the city title for 1960. The ’61 season also brought victory for the Knights as they defeated Muscatine. The following year West came back to put a damper on the Assumption homecoming by tromping the Knights 20-7. Grapplers aim for quadrangular Assumption’s 1963-64 wrestling sea- son will open with the annual quad- rangular wrestling meet Nov. 24 at West high school. The competition will include Assumption, West, Central, and Bettendorf. The Knights hope to erase the memory of a fourth place finish last year. First, second, and third places were taken by Central, West, and Bettendorf, respectively. Assumption’s team will be composed chiefly of juniors who saw a lot of action last year. The probable wrest- lers and their weights are as follows; 95 — Jim Figel ’66, Bill Kurtenbach ’65, 103 — Tom Corsiglia ’66, 112 — Jack Kearney ’65, Tony Corsiglia ’64, 120 — Jim Dower and Chris Kriesa, Hoopsters “Injuries will hamper us this year,” moaned Mr. William C. McAfoos, head basketball coach. This may be the major factor in the outcome of the 1963-64 season. Last year the team won five out of its last six games. This left everyone, including Coach McAfoos, looking to- ward the future with confidence. How- ever, since the football season, many top basketball prospects have been in- jured. Girls attend play day Speedball, modern dancing, volley- ball and musical exercises were just some of the items on the agenda for the State Play Day held at Iowa State University, Ames. Seniors Geri Barrett, Mary Kealey and Susie Riedel, attended the play day, Oct. 12, to compare the various techniques used by the GRA’s of dif- ferent schools. The girls left Davenport at 4 am and arrived at 7:30. After breakfast, the girls headed for the college to register and take part in the days ac- tivities. Susie, being state treasurer, was tied up most of the morning with business meetings. Mary and Geri at- tended a discussion on GRA and then participated in various sports. After lunch, the girls attended a general meeting and competed in a track meet. “The competition between the girls was most noticeable. All of us tried to excel in each sport,” noted Mary. may limp Among these are Pat Maher ’64 and John Dockery ’64; both have pulled knee ligaments. Phil Pash ’64, a re- turning letterman, has sustained an an- kle injury. Dan Dugan, a promising junior, broke his wrist in the West football game and may miss the first five basketball games. ‘The only re- turning lettermen who aren’t injured are John Loihl, Dan Albers and Mike Seider,” claims Mr. McAfoos. Coach McAfoos felt Assumption did a good job in the Little Six Conference last year. “We came in second, and if we could have beaten Keokuk and Muscatine in the last part of the sea- son, we would have taken first.” Mike Seider ’64, captain of the squad feels that the teams in the Little Six “weren’t too tough, but Muscatine will give us trouble; they beat us at their gym last year.” Mr. McAfoos added, “They have three boys over 6’ 5”.” Both Coach McAfoos and Mike agree that their toughest opponents will be West and East Moline; the Knights’ opening game is against East Moline on Nov. 22 in the Assumption gym. Soph, frosh review The sophomore football team ended with a 6-2 record capturing victories over Central, West, Bettendorf, North Scott, Muscatine and East Moline. The sophs were defeated only by Alleman and Clinton. The record for this year’s frosh was 2-3. The frosh took wins over Musca- tine Central and North Scott but lost to Alleman, Muscatine West and Bet- tendorf. both juniors, 127 — juniors Steve Gad- ient and Gerry Imming, 133 — Rich Reisinger ’64, Larry Schloemar ’65, 138 — Tom Murray ’64, 145 — Mike Lucier ’65, Jim Rymars ’64, 154 — Steve Huy- ette ’65, 165 — Jack Schroeder ’64, 180 — Tom Eischeid ’64, and Hvw. — Roy Leonard and Jim Laake, both jun- iors. Hoping for repeat performances of last year, or better, are Tom Murray who finished second at 138, Jack Kear- ney, second at 112, and Tony Corsiglia, who took third at 112 last year. Two wrestlers at each weight will participate in the quadrangular. 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Duck Creek Plaza 114 West Second ASSUMPTION HIGH SCHOOL 1963-64 BASKETBALL SCHEDULES Varsity Reserves Saturday, November 23 East Moline Home 10:00 Monday, December 2 Muscatine Home 8:00 Monday, December 9 North Scott Away 8:00 Monday, December 16 Bettendorf Away 8:00 Monday, December 23 East Moline Away 10:00 Monday, January 13 Bettendorf Home 8:00 Monday, January 20 North Scott Home 8:00 Monday, January 27 Muscatine Away 7:00 Monday, February 3 Davenport West Away 7:00 Saturday, February 22 Davenport Central Away 10:00 Freshmen Monday, November 25 Alleman Home 6:30 A B Monday, December 2 Muscatine Home 6:30 Monday, December 9 North Scott Away 6:30 Monday, December 16 Bettendorf Away 6:15 Saturday, December 21 St. Joseph, DeWitt Away 10:00 Saturday, January 4 East Moline Away 10:00 Monday, January 6 Alleman Away 6:30 A B Monday, January 13 Bettendorf Home 6:30 Thursday, January 16 Muscatine Central Away 7:00 Monday, January 20 North Scott Home 6:30 Saturday, January 25 East Moline Home 10:00 Monday, January 27 Muscatine West Away 7:00 Saturday, February 1 St. Joseph, DeWitt Home 10:00 Saturday, February 8 East Moline Home 10:00 Saturday, February 15 East Moline Away 10:00 Monday, February 17 Muscatine West Home 7:00 DfiiHK ...THE PAU ASSUMPTION Varsity Football Roster 1963 NAME Jersey No. Red White Class Wt. Ht. Position McGivern, Tom _..10 20 Jr. 151 5'9 Q.B. Novorro, Tony ... 11 15 Jr. 154 5'9 Q.B. riuyette, Steve 13 13 Jr. 168 5'10 Q.B. Lopez, Gory 21 21 Jr. 150 57 H.B. Solsbury, Tom 22 41 Jr. 138 5'6 H.B. Dockery, John .23 23 Sr. 152 5'9tt L.H.B. McCarthy, Marty 24 24 Jr. 162 5'11 H.B. Luther, Chuck ... 25 25 Jr. 143 5'8 H.B. Dower, Jim 30 30 Jr. 133 5'6 H.B. Duax, Tom 32 31 Sr. 155 5'11 E Tarchinski, Tom 33 33 Sr. 135 5'8 H.B. Kellenberger, Joe 34 34 Jr. 153 5'8 H.B. Rymar , Jim 42 42 Sr. 176 5'10 F.B. lucier, Mike 44 44 Jr. 166 9W' F.B. Schroeder, Jack.... 50 50 Sr. 165 5'11 G Motto, Vin 51 43 Jr. 138 5'6 G Georgen, John 52 52 Sr. 172 5'9 G Motthy , Bob 54 53 Sr. 155 5'10 C Schulte, Tom 55 55 Jr. 180 6'2 c Crossen, Pat 56 56 Jr. 170 5'10 C Callahan, Greg ... .... 57 58 Jr. 178 5'10 c Vargas, Joe 59 59 Jr. 192 5'11 T Warta, Darrel 62 62 Sr. 168 5'9 G Murray, Tom 63 61 Sr. 150 5'8 G Laake, Jim ... 64 64 Jr. 190 5'9 G Reisinger, Rich 67 67 Sr. 152 5'9 G Clay, Kim 69 66 Jr. 171 5'11 c Leonard, Roy 73 79 Jr. 266 6'2 T Hammes, Jim 74 74 Jr. 187 5'11 T Peavey, Rich 75 75 Sr. 186 5'9 T Wysoske, Don 76 76 Jr. 218 5'10 T Cawiezell, Roger —77 77 Sr. 205 5'11 T Maher, Pat 81 81 Sr. 153 5'9 E Dugan, Dan 82 82 Jr. 181 6'1 E Reyes, John 83 83 Jr. 164 6'0 E Posh, Phil 84 84 Sr. 178 6'1 E Mason, Warren 85 85 Jr. 191 6'1 E AHS COACHING STAFF Tom Sunderbruch Clint Westermeyer Dove Skemp OFFICIALS: JOHN MORGAN JOHN ROWE AL ROELS BE THAT REFRESHES BURLINGTON Varsity Football Roster 1963 Shirt Number Name Smith, Larry McPherson, Greg Dorothy, Kim Johnson, Wallace Springsteen, Dick Wood, Craig Ballinger, Leslie Gugeler, Wayne Wolbert, David Dunegan, Jim Loghry, Richard Phillips, Mike Jones, Norman Brower, Steve Boetz, John Hudson, Ray McLaury, Robert Hurliman, Dean Lewandowski, Chris Long, Deane Hand, Kim Starman, Dale Hahn, Steve Brunsell, Tom Mosena, Tom Austermiller, John Krogmeier, Gene Drulls, Jack Mueller, Mike Schoell, John Knopp, Craig Otto, Richard Hock, Ronald Johnson, Jerry Eisenhart, Wayne Osborne, Rick Blodgett, Dale Brockway, Tom Mi Kf ♦♦ DRINK '■ d y Illegally kicking Or ' bolting a lootc boll. 0 Pushing, helping runner or interlocked interference FOUL SIGNALS 0 PROCEDURE SIGNALS Touchdown ■ field goal- 0 0 Boll '1 dead For touchback, wove sidewise. Clock ilortt., 0 0 First dowr Officials time out Safety. Incomplete forward post. Boll ready Penalty declined No ploy for ploy. or no score. Joe Kellenberger tears along the line for yardage in the Assumption-Central game. frederick and Associates SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR A.H.S. 16 2 Harrison St. Davenport, Iowa ASSUMPTION HIGH SCHOOL 1963-64 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Varsity and Sophomore Basketball Friday, November 22 EAST MOLINE _______ HOME Friday, November 29 WAHLERT.............................. HOME Saturday, November 30 North Scott -------------------------- Away Friday, December 6 MUSCATINE ..............................HOME Saturday, December 7 KEOKUK ........................... ...— HOME Friday, December 13 Keokuk ..............—................ Away Thursday, December 19 Alleman _ Away Friday, December 20 BETTENDORF .............................HOME Friday, January 3 OTTUMWA .....................—......... HOME Friday, January 10 Burlington ........................... Away Saturday, January 11 DAVENPORT WEST .—HOME Friday, January 17 Muscatine ................... —......—Away Friday, January 31 Bettendorf --------------------------- Away Saturday, February 1 Davenport Central ________Away Friday, February 7 Ottumwa............................ _’„Away Saturday, February 8 East Moline ........................... Away Friday, February 14 BURLINGTON .......................... HOME Thursday, February 20 ALLEMAN ............................. HOME Gordon Printing Go. LETTERPRESS OFFSET LITHOGRAPHY Til PERKY STREETS Alter the game stop at one of S lutJ.'a 1 A W ROOT BEER DRIVE-IN'S Home oj the Hi-Boy Sandwich 3143 ROCKINGHAM 3837 N. DIVISION ST Look for the bright orange bldg. COAL Emceess Candy Cain, Kathy Schaffert, Roger Cawiezell, Pat Dray ACT I, SCENE I ON THE WAY TO THE FAIR 1. Tap Dance Sue Riedel 2. Exodus Barb Herrmann, Barb White Pianos Steve Huyette 3. Piano Theme from the Apartment Theresa Malik 4. Gone the Rainbow Mary Motto, Gerry Motto, Bamboo Terry Reedy, Pianos Patty Marriott 5. Daddy Dear Pantomime ...Tom Bales, Bob Motto 6. Pianos Malaguena Wayne Hunt 7. A Hundred Million Miracles Sharon Molyneaux 8. Bonaza Baton Twirl Cheryl Kelsey ACT I, SCENE II AT THE FAIR 1. Spanish Ballet Dance Granada Mary Regan 2. Silent Movie At the Beach Joyce Glade Pat Riley, Marlene Grutz, Janet Schutter 3. Rag Doll Scene Nancy Gray, Donna Geisler, Aileen Englemann, Kathy Micka, Mary Beth Wiatt 4. Piano; Lawrence of Arabia Joan McMeans 5. A Rivederci Roma Barb Herrmann Pianos Mary Ann Grothusen 6. Pianos Polish Dance Joe Barnes 7. A Little Bit of Heaven Vickie Glowacki Pianos Theresa Malik 8, Irish Organ Selections Mary Lou ’’.'acker 9. Modern Dance Erika Koenigsaecker 10. Vaya con Dios Monica Hess, Carol Menes Pianos Mary Ann Grothusen 11. Russian Ballet Greg Miller, Mary Griggs Curtain Intermission ACT II, SCENE I AT THE TRAIN STATION ON THE WAY HOME HOOTENANNY FOLK SONGS 1. Hey Ha Low 2. M.T.A. 3. Puff the Magic Dragon Dave Votroubek Bob Matthys Hank Fuller Tom Snyder 4. If I Had A Hammer Joanne Rodriguez Accompanists: Hank Fuller, Tom Snyder 5. Twelve Days of Christmas German Style 6. This Train Mike Kester, Jim Schepker, Mike Pracht ACT II, SCENE II A HOUSE PARTY BACK HOME 1. Wild-Week end 2. Pipe Line Ji _ , Bill Burbridge, Bill Tavegia 3. He’s the Kind of Boy You Can't Forget Mark Higgins, John Donohoe, Ron Hawley 4. Jazz Dance Routine Terry Tubbs, Kathy Costello Mary Ann Nagle, Joan McMeans, Janice Grabowski, Erika Keenigsaecker 5. Guitar and Drum Selection Chuck Luther, ALL CAST ON STAGE FOR A FINAL SCENE CF MEMOIRS CURTAIN JK Jim Schepker, Dick Ccllignon 6. Monologue 7. Drum and Piano Selection Dick Collignon, Pat Wells Joe Coyne 8. Drum Solo Dick Collignon ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Principal Rev. Robert J. Walter Vice Principal Vice Principal Director Lights Assistants; Sound Sister Mary Ann Esther, B.V.to. Rev. Charles Mann Joseph B. Maher Rev. Marvin Eldred Mike Smith, Larry Schloemer Larry Geisler, Chris Wahlig Joe McManus Stage Manager Greg Miller Assistants; Paul Fred Carstens, Pat Murphy, Finkenhoefer, Dan Rossmiller Publicity and Painting Mary Bernsten, Barb Schmitt, Ruth Connell, Mary Myatt Mary Ann McCarthy, Mary Ann Tawney, Pat Votroubek House Staff Monogram Club Tickets Rev. Carlos Leveling Student Chairman Mary Pat Hogarty Program Sisters of Charity B.V.M. ovw-bei 37, 1963 (3;00 8;45 9:20 9 50 10:25 F - ic for the fun vev ve had tog« A « for all that you hove dene £0 T ia for your thou tfulaeatf ar d kir dnee3 H for happy days in ooroory E - la for your over� disposition K - your ready era! it? when i ara M ?� .t then ftii together: they 0p«U PA?H .3?! I owe a williori thaafcs de«i' U U) v ► Crr-c.rd : arch . . Intermission • 1 • Sancing •Tribute to our Lady to 3U? KNIGHT BEACON Vol. VI, No. 3 Assumption High School, Davenport, Iowa December 1963 AND A PARTRIDGE ... in a pear tree. Juniors Mike Pracht, Mike Kester and Jim Schepker entertain Mary Ann Grothusen during Assumption’s World’s Fair. seniors slurp spaghetti on Sunday buds for a scrumptious Italian spag- hetti dinner Sunday, Dec. 15, between 3:30 and 7:30. Assumption’s cafeteria will be fea- turing “Spaghetti a’la” Fr. Marvin El- dred and Sr. Mary St. Gilberta, BVM. Lending culinary assistance are stu- dent chairmen chefs Don Shaw '64 and Julie Joyce ’64. To bring out traditional Old World gaiety, the cafeteria scene will be dec- Chorus performs miracles at night A “Night of Miracles” comes to As- sumption’s auditorium Dec. 18. orated with an Italian flair guaranteed to carry discriminating connoisseurs back to the sunny land of flowers, olive groves and lively dark-eyed girls. Mary Anne Nix and Tom Eischeid are chairmen of the decorations com- mittee with Fr. William F. Wiebler as supervisor. Suzie Fosselman heads the publicity committee while Bob Math- is ’64 acts as publicity artist. For a paltry donation, $.50 for chil- dren and $1.50 for adults, you can treat your palates to an Italian dinner com- plete with salad, French bread, pie and, of course, famous Italian spaghetti and meat balls. For a meal tasty enough to entice even Shakespearean witches, Assump- tion cafeteria is the scene on Sunday, Dec. 15, between 3:30 and 7:30 pm. Saucey “Double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble,” chant- ed the three witches from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. “Filet of finny snake,” “wool of bat,” “eye of newt” and similar del- icacies supplied the merry dames with many a delicious repast. However, if your appetite lies along more refined lines, prepare your taste Arthur invades dav. You’ll have the time of your life if you attend the next Theater III pro- duction of St. Ambrose College, The Time of Your Life. This is only one of the three dramatic productions on the winter calendar. Also scheduled are: The Messiah, to be presented at Au- gustana College, and Camelot, spon- sored by the Davenport Junior Theater League. Dec. 5 - 8 a veteran cast of Ambros- ians will present the story of Joe, who wishes to lead a life hurting no one and hurt by no one. The story will be presented in Lewis Hall at 8:15. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Augustana College will feature four soloists in their rendition of Handel’s Messiah, Dec. 7 and 8, one of numerous productions of this type staged at Au- gustana since 1881. Admission price is $3.00. A special presentation of Camelot, based on the book Once and Future King, will be offered to area teenagers by the Junior Theater, the tickets, priced from $2.50 to $5.50, may be at- tained by calling 326-1916. The show is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 21, at the RKO Orpheum. CHORAL CONCERT COMING . . . Bill Spear ’64, Linda Walz ’65 and Barb Herrmann ’65 exercise their vocal cords in preparation for the concert. The first of a two part Christmas program will be a selection of carols from here and abroad, including the new and traditional, presented by the freshman chorus. “Night of Miracles,” a contata by John W. Peterson, de- picting the joy and glory at Christ’s birth, will be recreated by the varsity chorus. “Through the use of elevation and staging, we seek to create a complete- ly different visual effect,” stated Sr. Mary Carola, BVM, chorus insrtuctor. Lighting for the various tableau’s will be provided by Fr. Marvin Eldred and his crew. “The cantata makes use of narration and musical background,” cited Cathy Daley ’66. “We have added the ta- bleau’s.” Junior Greg Miller will give the biblical narration. The chorus and so- loists, including Barb Herrmann ’65 and Tom Snyder '64, will perform the various pieces, accompanied by Mary Coyne ’64 and Mary Lou Wacker ’64 on the organ. Lite Flashes Leading the fourteen Davenport rep- resentatives to the Junior Achievement Officers Training Conference in Des Moines are four Assumptionites: Mary- Lou Landers ’66, Christine Speer ’66, Maryann O’Rouke of WOC’s ‘Teens Unlimited,” and Marcia Welch, presi- dent of Kartridge Paks K-PCO, both ’65. • • • Mr. Paarmann and the Assumption band will play music to sip coke, munch cake, down donuts and gulp coffee by, Dec. 13, at 7:30 pm in the AHS cafe. Assumption’s only Pops Concert this fall, will feature a variety of popular and classical music for the sum total of 50f. • The AHS library recently added 600 new books to its shelves. Many of these books deal with science, while others are biographies. A good supply of ca- reer books have also been purchased. The administration invites all students to make use of these new books. • • Don’t Forget: The YCS will spon- sor a post-game dance tonight in the AHS cafeteria. Tickets may be pur- chased at the door for 35 , the dance will last until 11:30. • “Girl ask boy?” Are the girls wear- ing formals?” Rumors have been flying fast and thick about Assumption’s Christmas dance, Dec. 27. Officially it has been de- clared a boy-ask-girl, semi-formal af- fair. The tentative ticket price is $2.00. There is a possibility that an inexpen- sive holly corsage may be bought with the tickets. Assumptionites travel to the world's fair for variety' The World’s Fair, Assumption’s so- cial highlight of November, played to near-capacity crowds during its two night stand in the AHS auditorium. The ’63 production was truly a “variety” show with acts ranging from a modern dance combo to classical pianists, and from silent movies to Russian ballet. Eileen Figel ’65 summed up the opin- ion of AHS students when she said ‘‘The show was presented very well Knighis rank high 16 Assumption students have recent- ly ranked high in scholarship competi- tion across the nation. Ten seniors received letters of com- mendation from the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. They are Barbara Bauer, Patricia Carpenter, Phyllis Hart, Julie Joyce, Jerelyn Ry- an, Thomas Eischeid, John Hasenmil- ler, Larry Lindemann, Donald Shaw and Michael Wahlig. Seniors Barbara Bauer, Mary Ann Nix, Marianne McDonough and Mich- ael Wahlig were named semi-finalists in the Jewel Tea scholarship contest. In tests given to 30 high school seniors from the Davenport and Moline stores, they were four of the five Davenport semi-finalists. They will now go on to the CEEB tests and further competi- tion. Two freshmen girls are alrealy prov- ing themselves eligible material for this type of competition. Celeste Crowley and Colleen Hild recently took part in the Pyrofax Essay and Bake Off Contest. They were two of the 24 regional finalists to make their dishes in Clinton this November. The girls commented that the endeavor was both challenging and exciting. and gave evidence that a lot of work was done by the cast, Mr. Joseph Ma- her, Fr. Marvin Eldred and the stage crew.” “On the way to the Fair,” the first scene, sported such talent as Barb Herrmann ’65 and Barb White ’66 who sang “Exodus.” Theresa Malik ’66 played the “Theme from the Apart- ment,” and a folk-singing trio sang “Gone the Rainbow” and “Bamboo.” The second scene “At the Fair” treat- ed the audience to a silent movie — “At the Beach,” starring Joyce Glade, Pat Riley, Marlene Grutz and Janet Schut- ter, all ’66. A modern dance was per- formed by Erika Koenigsaecker '66 fol- lowed by a Russian ballet given by Greg Miller ’65 and Mary Griggs ’64. “Hey La De Low” and “Puff the Ma- gic Dragon,” hootenanny favorites that captured the audience in the third scene, were presented by Dave Votrou- bek, Bob Matthys, Hank Fuller and Tom Snyder, all ’64. Girls vie for homemaker “It’s time for the election of the school board members in Jane’s com- munity. As Jane is very busy with her two young children, she should ... A, B, C, or D.” This was typical of the many questions asked Dec. 3 as the senior girls tackled the annual Betty Crocker Search for the Homemaker of Tomorrow Test. Last year Sally Cogan ’63 was chosen Assumption’s candidate to the state finals. This year the winner could be anyone. The AHS finalist will com- pete for a $1,500 scholarship. “The winner is not always the smart- est, but the one with the most com- mon sense,” asserted Sr. Mary Ann Esther, BVM, girls’ vice-principal. Three German soldiers, in reality Americans Mike Kester, Jim Schepker and Mike Pracht, all ’65, gave their ren- dition of the German’s ‘Twelve Days of Christmas.” Arriving at the “House Party Back Home,” the audience was greeted by Jim Grothusen ’66, Dave Johnke, Bill Burbridge and Bill Tavegia, all ’65, playing “Wild Week-end” and “Pipe Line.” Also enjoying the party were jsophomores Ron “Plasma” Hawley, Mark Higgins and John Donohoe, dancing to their favorite tune, “He's the Kind of Boy You Can’t Forget.” Completing the entertainment at the party was Dick Collignon ’66 play- ing “Let There Be Drums.” Emcees Candy Cain ’65, Kate Schaf- fert ’65, Roger Cawiezell ’64 and Pat Dray ’64, “faired” well during the en- tire production by adding jokes, puns and ad-libs. Frosh rebuild kon-tiki What are those toy boats doing in the pressroom? It may come as a shock to some, but the KB staff doesn’t have anything to do with them. Fr. William F. Wiebler’s freshman English class is the guilty group. After reading a portion of Kon-Tiki, the class was assigned to make a scale model of the boat which had sailed the Pacific Ocean. First, the boys had to draw a “blue- print” of the scale. Each row appointed one person to build the model. These are 15 inches long and eight inches wide. Some were made of corn cobs while others were composed of branches and twigs. “It was an interesting way to do a homework assignment,” re- marked Pat Condon ’67. 43 Book rental Principal poses possibility English—$4, Math—$3.50, Science—$5.50 . . . last Sept, eleven hundred Assumption students found themselves totaling up similar lists to buy this year’s books. There is a possibility that a rental system will replace the individual buying. Fr. Robert Walter, principal, has sent questionnaires to 25 Catholic schools using rental systems asking if they recommend it. The question of such a rental system will then come before the pastors Dec. 12 or 19. If the plan is inaugurated students will pay $10 to $15 fee for all of their books, not including man- uals or lab aprons. The whole project would cost around $25,000. Both the Mother’s club and Booster’s club would help finance some of this money. The school may buy just the books for the incom- ing freshmen or it might start with all four years immediately. If the rental system is begun next year, there is a good chance that the school will buy some of the students’ used books. “Our main reason in considering such a possibility would be to save students money,” noted Fr. Walter. It will be easier to change texts. Students wouldn’t be left with useless books on their hands. The main draw back to such a system is the fin- ancial feasibility. It would also cause considerably more paper work and storage problems for the ad- ministration. Fr. Walter noted that the administration would only “buy used books that are in good condition.” With this possibility in mind, it would be smart to start eras- ing those doodles in your Latin II margin. PC In the editorial “Teen-agers, don’t tithe,” Novem- ber issue, the Knight Beacon incorrectly attributed a quotation to Fr. Robert W. Couch, assistant pastor of Our Lady of Victory parish. We would like to re- tract this statement and apologize for any inconven- iences this inaccuracy may have caused. Y off limits? pastor foresees no objections “Losing only to each other, two Assumption basket- ball teams battled for the championship of the YMCA winter basketball league. The Bearcats, composed of Darrell Warta, Ron Fall, Jim Lauser, Jim Logan, Kazi Maliszewski, Joe Callahan and Paul Mullin all ’64, ended the year with a 10-2 record . . .” recorded last year’s SPORTLITE. Were these young men committing a mortal sin each time they shot a basket? Obviously not, but membership in the Y has posed a moral question to Catholics for several years. With the opening of the new Davenport YM-YWCA, scheduled for Jan. 17, the problem again arises. In the spring of 1959, the Church denounced Cath- olic membership in the national Y. The specific oc- casion for controversy was the religious overtones of this organization. “The Y is Protestantism. It is re- ligion, without a church,” stated Douglas Roche in the YMCA — But why can’t we join? “It produces a very real kind of religious indifference.” The Holy See warns that the YMCA attacks Cath- olics’ Faith “under the pretense of purifying it and giving them a better knowledge of the true way of life ‘above all churches and apart from any creed.’ ” The Davenport Y, however, explains: “The Y en- courages all to live, work and play, in accordance with the teachings and traditions of their own church.” Msgr. J. D. Conway, pastor of St. Mary’s parish and nationally noted author, cited the local Y and its aims as independent of the national Y and its affiliations. “It is my understanding that each local Y is autonomous and should be judged by its own policies and practices. In my many years of acquaint- ance with the Davenport YMCA, I have never known of anything in its program which a Catholic should find objectionable. Consequently, I am very happy to see the new facilities provided for the young people of Daven- port, and, as a pastor, I will see no reason for con- cern if members of my parish wish to avail them- selves of these facilities.” The Post-Council Church would seem to give the layman freedom of such associations with non-Cath- olics. Monsignor’s opinion definitely agrees with this trend. Mortal sin then? No, maybe even virtue. JG 44 Editorial contest The Knight Beacon wishes to extend its thanks to all participants in its letter-to-the-editor contest. Our special thanks also to the judges — previous editors of the KB — Ken Wolf ’61, Barb Niemeyer ’62, Paul DiBlasio ’63 and Agnes Mohr ’63. The winner of the contest and recipient of the $10 prize is Patrick Dray. Runners up are Barb Bauer, Nancy DeJulius, Ann Hart and Julie Joyce. Honor- able mention goes to Barb Beyer, Jill Cox, Donna Figel, Irene Plocke, and Sue Mohler. KNIGHT BEACON '1 At a Beaton 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. John f. kennedy creates a new frontier It had never been this quiet in the halls before; no shouts; no laughter; just low tones and the shuffling of feet. Yes, Friday, Nov. 22, will be remembered for a long time to come. Classes dragged interminably. You kept thinking, “Dead? He couldn’t be!” Ordinarily, you would have hardly been able to wait for the pep meeting and the game that night. You would have been asking, “How’s everybody get- ting to the game tonight? Any parties afterwards? What should I wear? What time ...” It was different that afternoon. The pep meeting really didn’t have much pep. You couldn’t help it. You just didn’t feel like cheering. You felt embar- rassed when the “Star Spangled Banner” brought tears to your eyes. But, if you had looked around, you would have seen half the student body in much the same condition. Yes, the handsome hero of PT 109, with the quick smile and reddish-brown hair was dead. Suddenly, jokes about “Cuber” weren’t so funny anymore, and that same New England accent, which everyone so Examine motive for college College, college, college! This word echoes through the halls of Assumption High everyday and every- where. It’s the topic of discussion in the cafeteria, the subject for guidance in the homeroom and the password of every senior. Is this subject stressed too strongly? It seems as though the emphasis is simply on col- lege, not its purpose. College is to prepare you to live your vocation and your career. It is necessary for doctors, lawyers, teachers and those pursuing a life in the sciences. But if everyone seeks a career in these fields, who will do the manual tasks so much a part of today’s world? If everyone is an inventor who will provide the labor to realize the inventor’s dream? If everyone is a doctor who will keep the hospitals clean and well heated? If everyone is an engineer who will con- struct his creation? So, examine your motives. Does your career necessitate a college education, or are you going just because your friends are? If the answer to the latter question is yes, you may find out two years and thousands of dollars later that this life is not for you. often had tried to imitate, acquired a new dignity. But how did this event affect our way of thinking? Did we draw a lesson from this Great American, or will we be concerned only until the shock wears off, and then retreat to the comfortable environment where the bywords are, “I”, “ME”, “MINE”, and “HAVE A RIOT”? The world where the question is asked, “How can the draft be dodged?”, rather than, “Should I join the Peace Corps?”. Where they say, “Make money, become weathy and comfortable!”, rather than, “How can I use my talents to the great- est benefit of mankind?”. John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s dynamism lies in the fact that he took the call of history’s Greatest Revolution- ary, to “. . . love one another . . .” in Christian charity, and made it a national, patriotic call to duty. Thus, in his inaugural address, he asked all Americans, especially the youth, to dedicate them- selves to the “. . . struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself.” Therefore, the following lines should have double significance for us, both as Americans and as Christi- ans: “With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land wTe love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God’s work must truly be our own.” Our General is fallen, but the bugles still sound. Shall we disband, or shall we answer the call and carry on the battle? It is a decision we must make for ourselves, and soon. Patrick Dray 45 Barbara Bauer FIRST STRING . . . varsity ‘A’ squad members Bar- bara Herrmann ’65, Paul Geguere ’66, Teresa Schwab ’65, John Cepican ’66 and Barbara DeZorzi ’65 pre- pare for another season. Underclassmen lead squad “The report has gone around this quarter that you seem to have a very strong scholastic team, Father Walter. What standing have your scholars ac- complished?” asked the KB reporter. “We’re a little lacking in the high scorers this quarter since we have on- ly juniors Barbara DeZorzi, Barbara Herrmann, Teresa Schwab, sophomores Mary Baranowski, John Cepican, Paul Giguere, and freshman John Roche who have attained straight A’s,” re- plied the principal proudly. “But, our varsity squad has depth, judging from the number of students who have earned second honors. Sen- iors lead the school with 38: Mary Buckwalter, Phyllis Hart, Jerelyn Ryan, Carol Miley, Barbara Bauer, Jackie Bald, Kathy Barrett, Patricia Carpenter, Mary E. Griggs, Janet Abgas, Barbara Beyer, Rita Davies, Susan Mohler, Shar- on Molyneaux, Julie Joyce, Mary A. Mc- Carthy, Geri Barrett, Charlotte Gusta, Deanna Morris, Mary C. Motto, Mary Stanger, Janice Adamsky, Nancy De- Julius, Mary E. McCarthy, Barbara Britton, Susan Jager, Thomas Figel, Thomas Eischeid, Michael Schebler, Darrell Warta, Donald Shaw, James Logan, John Genzel, Philip Pash, David Ryder, Joseph P. Dray, Michael Town- send, Robert Daley. “Juniors comprising the reserves are: Theresa Davis, Joann Eischeid, Nancy Nagle, Mary Ann Hartkop, Cheryl Lager, Janice Montford, Kath- leen Morrissey, Suzanne Schebler, Su- san Barney, Barbara Grell, Margaret Parker, Karen Bergbauer, Linda Bey- er, Eileen Figel, Mary Anne Nelson, Alice Clark, Mary Derouin, Maureen Judge, Michelle Crenoweth, Mary Hogarty, Noreen Kivlin, Leon DeJul- ius, Stephen Murray, Steven Vander Horn, John Kearney, George Wahlig, Lawrence Schloemer, Michael Mulvi- hill, Glynn Davis, Walter Foley. “Sophomores trailed the rest with on- ly 28: Sheila Shanahan, Margaret Bal- luff, Elizabeth Brandt, Diane Lannan, Mary Matthys, Patricia Riley, Lora Berendes, Cathleen Froeschle, Joyce Glade, Mary Regan, Janet Ruge, Bar- bara Bednarik, William Winn, John Schissel, Edward Maag, James Gilroy, Joseph Miller, Robert Walter, Ronald Warta, Harry Peterson, Brian Dugan, William Pohlmann, John Adams, Wil- liam Davis, Thomas Henrichs, William Koch. Brian Miclot, David Barrett. “Freshmen made a fine showing with 33: Linda Antonacci, Donna Fi- gel, Christine Hume, Ann Kruse, Jill Cox, Celeste Crowley, Margaret Gil- roy, Karen McKirchy, Marie Miller, Kathleen Olson, Kathryn Walsh, Bar- bara Ash, Marcia Cooley, Christine Costantakos, Colleen Hild, Jane Mey- ers, Mary Reinhold, Mary Walatka, Mary Raftery, Terry Reedy, Thomas Rotherham, Michael Schonhoff, Steph- en Decker, Keith Guy, William Hart, David Hasenmiller, Richard Kasper, Alfredo Fernandez, Daniel Macken, Roger Mohr, Michael Rosenthal, Tho- mas Knight, James Nagle. ‘This fine showing indicates that we will have a good year. We’re especial- ly looking forward to the semester for improvement,” concluded the princi- pal. Girls explore family living Family budgeting, meal planning, child care, first aid, sewing and per- sonality development all comprise the course in family living this year. This course was offered two years ago, but has been expanded this year to two semesters. Sr. Mary Loretta Cecile, BVM, teaches the course. The girls have access to the home ec depart- ment. There are 35 seniors taking the course this year, but Sister hopes to have a larger group next year. “I feel that this is essential for every senior whether she is planning to get married or not,” remarked Sister. While watching a cooking demon- stration, the demonstrator promised girls that after class they could have a roast beef and apple sauce dinner. Unfortunately, first period is short so the bell rang before the food was fully cooked. Two weeks later Sister surprised the girls with a meal of roast beef, French bread and apple sauce. Thus far the girls have studied per- sonality development, family budgeting, choosing a career, and are presently working on meal planning. For Christ- mas they plan to make gifts for rela- tives and friends. For instance, some of the girls plan to make cocktail aprons, while others are making toys for chil- dren. All the girls are anticipating their study of child care which will be tak- en up next semester. After learning of the course, many mothers wish that they could take it as a refresher course. General motors corps offers scholarships Senior students at Assumption high school are eligible to apply for nearly 400 four-year scholarships offered by General Motors at more than 200 col- leges and universities. There is no restriction on course of study or career. Stipends range from $200 to a maximum $2000 per year, depending on demonstrated need. Participating colleges have full dis- cretion in the awarding of scholarships. Their scholarship committees review the applicants’ high school academic records, available entrance test scores, participation in extra-curricular activ- ities and leadership. Interested students should see Fr. Raymond Schwank or the girls’ home- room teachers for details and then write to the director of admissions at any of the participating colleges. 46 Christmas Baskets YCS goes grocery shopping Boys rate demerits; girls detention “One ten pound turkey, cans of peas, beans, asparagus, corn . . . five loaves of bread; that just about does it.” No, this is not the convent shopping list; it’s a tentative list for Christmas home- room baskets. Again this year all homerooms will be preparing baskets for many of the more unfortunate people of the Daven- port area. “Each homeroom will be expected to prepare one bushel basket full of various foods which would be enough to give some family a good Christmas dinner,” noted Fr. Marvin A. Mottet, head of the religion depart- ment. “This year’s project will be under- taken so that students can become in- Innovations will give a new look to an old acquaintance. The Assumption band looks smaller than it did when it performed at half-time during this season’s football games. This is because the pep-band is playing at Assumption’s home basketball games. The pep-band is smaller than the regular band because of the limited space which it has to occupy on the gym shelf. This also releases the other band members so they can run the popular concession stand in the cafe- teria at half-time during the basketball games. The band members have another in- novation on their minds — and their backs. The award sweater used by the monogram club has been incorporated volved in a unified school activity to help other people,” commented Fr. Gerald Kraus. Each student will be requested to give some canned goods from home or a small donation for the meat. Sev- eral days before school is dismissed for Christmas vacation, representatives from the homerooms and or represent- atives from the various YCS groups will distribute the baskets. They will be accompanied by a priest from the boys’ division. Ron Carstens ’65 notes, “Going to these homes brings us, as students, close to reality. Many people keep their heads turned from this sort of reality but we shouldn’t be influenced by them.” with the special award of a chenille lyre. “Because a marching band is a recog- nized part of a football game, and be- cause the band plays at pep rallies and basketball games, the awards are a form of recognition of the work that the members do,” remarked Bob Dit- mon ’64. “Special recognition is given to those who practice more through the awarding of a pin similar to the gold pins received for major awards in athletics. This pin, also seen on regular sophomore and varsity awards, shows that the wearer has participated in other athletic activities besides being in the band. Those little gold bars on ma- jor awards are merit bars which are equal to the gold lyres.” “Two demerits for chewing gum,” is a phrase often heard, but only in the boys’ division, since the girls’ division eliminated the demerit system last year. Explaining the reasons for the change, Sr. Mary Ann Esther, BVM, says, “The demerit system on the girls’ side seemed to bring about resentment and hard feelings. We have found that detention alone has accomplished as much as demerits, without the resent- ment.” Student reaction to the change is expressed by Josie Dvorsky ’65 who says, “Staying after school, to most girls, is worse than a few demerits, which are quickly forgotten by the student.” Boys Are Different Why didn’t the boys’ side also elim- inate the demerit system? Expressing his view, Fr. Charles Mann explains, ‘The demerit system is reasonably ef- fective on the boys side. Demerits bring a regular penalty and call the misbe- havior of the student to the attention of the parent. Although some of the actions that earn demerits are small in themselves, nevertheless these small actions bring an opportunity to see a pattern of disobedience and immatur- ity developing.” “At times a boy may be corrected for the same act of disobedience three different times by three different teachers. Demerits give the faculty a chance to see that this boy is being deliberately disobedient. Therefore steps can be taken to correct and help this boy.” Merit System Too Father Mann continues, ‘The de- merit system serves as a merit sys- tem also. Supposing a boy has a very good record. Then he gets into trouble and gets 15 demerits. His good record would stand up for him, and be tak- en into consideration by the teacher at his conference.” Father Mann also adds, “Demerits do not go on the stu- dent’s official record. However, in the case of recommendations for employ- ment, the demerit record attests to the student’s maturity and ability to ac- cept responsibility.” Sr. Mary Ann Esther, BVM, sums the matter up by saying, “The foundation of the whole matter rests in the dif- ference in the psychology between boys and girls. Each has his own problems and should be treated accordingly.” WHAT ABOUT THIS YEAR? . . . wonder Rich Anderson ’66, Barb Herrmann ’65, Pat Hall ’66 and Lynn Hamann ’65 taking a close look at the statue given by last year’s senior class. Lyres play part in pep club 47 PERCHED ON A SCAFFOLD . . . Larry Schloemer focuses the overhead spotlights on the performers from the World’s Fair. Worlds fair assumption style “LIKE FLOATING ON AIR . . mi ’66 while in the arms of agile Greg THE NOT-BROTHERS FOUR . . . seniors Tom Sny- der, Bob Matthys, Hank Fuller and Dave Votroubek folk-o-lize “Puff the Magic Dragon.” ?s Mary Griggs filler ’65. DANCING AND SINGING ... Sue Riedel ’64 sets the pace for the 1963 Variety Show. PENSIVE PIANIST . . . Joe Barnes ’65, playing the “Polish Dance,” represents Poland at the AHS World’s Fair. FAST WITH THE PUNS . . . glib Pat Dray ’64 amuses fellow MC’s Kate Schaffert ’65 and Candy Cain ’65 at Assumption’s World’s Fair revue. DOLLING IT UP . . . seniors Debbie Alger, Eileen McCarthy and Jackie Bald construct clown dolls for the Sodality’s Christmas project. Pat orbits around atom conference Activities spur devotion ofmary Posters, mental prayers, co-mission- aries and clown dolls are just a few of the acitvities that the Senior Sodal- ity is engaged in. “The purpose of the poster contest was to honor the Blessed Virgin in prepara- tion for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Students are always mak- ing posters for some event, so we thought a poster contest to honor Mary would be appropriate,” explained Sr. Mary John Therese, BVM, senior Sodality moderator. The mental prayer contest was in two divisions, the junior-senior compe- tition and the freshman-sophomore competition. It consisted of an origi- nal mental prayer centered on Our Lady under the title of the Immaculate Conception. First place winners — one in poster and two in mental prayer competition — were awarded prizes from the So- dality paperback store plus an honor ribbon. Ribbons of honor were also awarded to other prize winners and honorable mentions. by Pat Carpenter An atom conference is composed of 20 negatively charged boys to every positively charged girl. Orbiting the nucleus in undefined paths are a train trip, subways, the Russian Circus and periodic science lectures. This is the definition of the days Nov. 7-9 when I attended the National Youth Confer- ence on the Atom as Assumption’s rep- resentative. The Quad-City delegation to the Conference, composed of 13 area sen- iors and sponsored by Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co., traveled by train to Chicago. Our group was part of the 650 students and science instructors from all over the nation that swarmed down on the Pick-Congress Hotel for three days of talks, tours and fun. The first night was spent getting ad- justed to the 14 story hotel, room serv- ice and TV’s in every hotel room. The next morning, after a brief sleep, the Conference officially met in the Great Hall of the Congress Hotel. Large enough to accommodate 2,000 people, this chandelier lighted room was the home base for the speeches. The talks themselves ranged from “Using the Atom as a Sleuth” to ‘Ther- monuclear Fusion.” The most popular talk, given by Dr. H. O. Poliak, was “On the Nature of Applied Mathemat- ics.” Using diagrams and slides, scien- tists from laboratories all over Ameri- ca spoke on their specialized fields. After listening to scientific lectures all day, our delegation wanted to see Chicago by night. Naturally we took the elevator to the top of the 40 story Prudential Building. Red lights, green lights, flashing steady — Coka-Cola advertisements and miles of headlights — that was Chicago by night. Friday morning was hard to face after such an evening of private “con- ferences,” but we dragged ourselves from our beds for the tours of Ar- gonne National Laboratory and Dresden Power Station. At Argonne we could choose one of four tours: biology, chemistry, mathematics-physics or nu- clear engineering. I chose chemistry and through half-opened eyes, saw some of the first inert gas compounds. Saturday morning was filled with ad- ditional talks on the atom. The final luncheon speech was an appetizing ditty entitled “The Zero Gadient Synchro- trom and High Energy Physics at Ar- gonne.” The Conference ended and we dispersed with the other 650 students, returning to the lower energy state of our normal high school orbits. As co-missionaries, the seniors were each assigned a missionary priest to pray for. They also offer sacrifices for him as well as the souls entrust- ed to him. The girls each received a picture and other information about the priest and may write to him. Seniors are also making clown dolls from scraps of cloth as Christmas pre- sents for the children of underpriv- leged families. Junior Sodalists are sponsoring a drive for rosaries, medals, and old prayer books to send as a Christmas gift to the missions. ‘This drive has a spiritual and a temporal goal because these are things many people in foreign countries need, and because we plan to have the whole school say rosaries and pray for them,” summarized Sodalist Maureen Judge ’65. Juniors write epistles to davenport “To the living saints of Davenport, in the county of Scott, located in the mighty nation of the United States of America ...” A letter from Bishop Hayes? No. It is the introduction of the epistle from a junior girl to the people of Davenport. In an assignment given in accordance with “Brotherhood Week,” Sr. Mary Diana, BVM, and Sr. Mary Joanette, BVM directed each girl in their junior home rooms to write an epistle based on the style of Saint Paul’s epistle to Philemon. The contents of the epistles were to be concerned with the racial problem in Davenport. “Since we were studying the Pauline epistles, and because it was “Brother- hood Week,” Sister and I thought the girls would better understand the epis- tles by applying them to a local prob- lem. Some of the girls wrote very fine epistles utilizing events such as a Ne- gro being refused service in a down- town restaurant,” commented Sister Diana. Barb White ’65 remarked, “Fve heard so much about racial discrimination in the South and other parts of the coun- try that I wanted to know what was happening in Davenport. This assign- ment gave me the chance to find out.” “I leave you with this command,” writes Mary Anne Nelson ’65. “Do all things as Christ would have done them, if you wish to obtain happiness in the kingdom of God.” 50 Amazed juniors wander through AHS underworld Colleges SUI offers high education at low price Are you interested in mycology, ep- istology, golf, Russian or relaxation? These are classes offered at the State University of Iowa in Iowa City. Actually, the wide diversity of stud- ies is one of the advantages of SUI. The University is comprised of ten col- leges: Liberal Arts (Schools of Fine Arts, Journalism, Religion, and Social Work), Business Administration, Den- tistry, Education, Engineering, Gradu- ate College, Law, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy. Also, the college offers Army and Air Force ROTC programs. The State University of Iowa is an internationally known center of ed- ucation with students from such places as the Netherlands, Viet Nam, Niger- ia and Kenya. The faculty includes men such as Dr. James Van Allen, national space scientist and head of the Physics and Astronomy Depart- ments. Another attraction of Iowa is its low cost. Since it is tax supported, tui- tion is $145 per semester; room and board is $880 a year. Tuition includes season tickets to most athletic events, hospitalization with limitation, sub- scription to the Daily Iowan, and ad- mittance to plays, lectures and con- certs. A further asset is the small college town atmosphere. Most of Iowa City’s population are students. There are 12,000, two-thirds of which are men. University students live in dormitories, fraternities and sororities, or in off campus housing. There are 20 national fraternities and 14 sororities. Women dorm students live in Cur- rier or in Burge Hall, and men in Hill- crest and Quadrangle. The campus itself covers 1,300 acres and contains 60 major and 31 minor buildings. Iowa is a member of the Big Ten Conference, and the Hawk- eyes are well known participants in many intercollegiate sports. All students applying for entrance must take the American College Tests. Communications regarding admission should be sent to: Director of Admissions University Hall State University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Our small group hastened into the tunnel at the east sector. We moved quickly through the first leg of the passage. There was good lighting and sufficient head room. After a hundred feet the tunnel branched left. The lighting diminished and the low ceil- ing forced us to continue almost on hands and knees, as quiet as possible. Any slight sound could give away our location. Creeping blindly through the dark- ness of the underground passage, we heard scattered footsteps echoing through the chamber above us. The light faded as we continued; we could barely see ahead. Since the cement walls were cov- ered with bugs and cobwebs, we fol- lowed overhead pipes down the center of the tunnel. Occasionally we laid a hand in pieces of broken glass, addi- tionally hampering our progress. After another hundred feet, the light faded into Stygian blackness. The air grew oppressive. The hot dusty at- mosphere made breathing difficult. Cautiously, we approached a divi- sion in the tunnel. Guided now by the tunnel wall, we made a sharp right turn and continued in a crouched posi- tion. The complete blackness sudden- ly gave way to a faint crack of light a few yards ahead. Brushing cobwebs from our faces, we made our way to the opposite wall of the tunnel where we found a trap door in the ceiling. Could this be the exit to freedom? A secret escape to the outside? Grop- ing vainly for a handle, we found that the trap door opened from the top side. We paused a moment and then knocked. The door was quickly drawn open and a flood of light splashed into the tunnel. As we gazed up through the opening, we viewed two uniformed guards staring down at us. “What are you doing down there?” they question- ed. We looked closer. The black-robed figures were Sr. Mary Mildred Ann, BVM, and Sr. Mary St. Gilberta, BVM. We quickly explained, “We’re junior journalists: Marty McCarthy. Larry Geisler, Wayne Hunt, and Steve Huy- ette. Did you know that there is a tun- nel under Assumption? It runs under the caf hall, E-wing, and the chapel hall. The passage contains pipes which carry water and electrical wires throughout the school. We thought we’d explore it and tell the school about it.” After reassuring the sisters that we meant well, they switched the tunnel lights on. We proceeded through the tunnel toward the office of vice-princi- pal Fr. Charles Mann, who had given us permission for the journey. Mary Kay Derouin ’65 was cleaning the office when we knocked on Fath- er’s trap door. Very much surprised, she informed us the opening was lock- ed. We then retraced our steps to the boys’ locker room, where we had start- ed. On a sewer pipe we scrawled the inscription: “Journalism Expedition, 1963, four survivors, L.G., W.H., S.H., M.M.” Posterity would know we had been there. OVERLOOKING . . . the Iowa River is the State University of Iowa Art Building. 51 Marycrest - AIC Tours stimulate hopes of future career women “90% of the senior girls are absent,” reported the admissions secretary. “What! Call the truent officer!” Wednesday, Nov. 13, the majority of senior girls attended a tour of either the American Institute of Commerce or Prospective Teachers Day at Mary- crest College. At Marycrest registration began at 1:00 in the lobby of Upham Hall. All prospective teachers then assembled in the auditorium for Mr. Danial P. Murphy’s keynote address. Mr. Murphy is chairman of the Education Depart- ment at the college. “Ask not what you can do for ed- ucation, but what education can do for you,” he stipulated in his talk: “Your Future in Education — Cata- tonic or Cataclysmic?” The purpose of his talk, he explained, was “to be a guide for the discussions, which are the theme of the day.” Team teaching, TV instruction, student grouping and standardized tests were a few of the topics introduced for further discus- sion by Mr. Murphy. Alumna Mary Sue Schwieters, music education major at Marycrest, present- ed two piano selections, one by Chopin and the other by Brahms. At 2:15 the discussion groups began. They centered around the problems of present day teaching. The groups were led by 32 specialists in education, including Marycrest faculty members and public school administrators. The American Institute of Commerce sponsored a tour for Assumption senior girls the same afternoon. The girls vis- iting AIC were divided into two groups with Bonita Larkey and Mr. Naffziger as guides. They visited classrooms, the printing room and the accounting department of the business school. They were given IBM punch cards and observed the op- eration of the IBM machine. The two groups then converged in a classroom for a discussion period. Before leaving, each girl filled out a card describing her future plans. “The day was profitable as well as pleasant,” commented Sue Willers ’64. “We got a good chance to do some ser- ious thinking about the future and also a practical view of different fields of work.” PROSPECTIVE TEACHER . . . Ann Hart ’64 listens as Mr. Anderson con- cludes his talk on team teaching during Mary- crest’s Prospect- ive Teacher’s Day. Backstage crew While the 33 acts of the ’63 Variety Show attracted applause, the unknown heroes put on their own “acts” to back up the show. Important positions in the control room and on stage were managed by students. The boys manned positions at stage phones, on the front catwalk, in the control booth, and also ar- ranged props on stage. A system of phones, connecting the main parts of the auditorium, the control booth, the front catwalk and backstage, allowed them to make suggestions that led to a smoother running show. The front catwalk hovers over a long, wide slit in the ceiling. Above this slit is a system of lights and a spotlight controlled by Larry Schloemer ’65, who succeeded his brother Eddie ’63. Larry reaches his post by climbing through a trap door in the control room, and walking down a catwalk that ex- tends the entire length of the auditor- ium. The lighting effects presented dur- ing the Variety Show wfere created by deserves honors placing jells (colored filters in the lights positioned either on the front catwalk or on the one above the stage. This work was done by Mike Smith ’65 and Greg Miller ’65 under the super- vision of Fr. Marvin Eldred. From the control room above the auditorium floor, Father Eldred, Lar- ry Geisler and Chris Wahlig both '65 controlled all the lights in the build- ing, and the various lighting effects presented during the show. Backstage, Paul Finkenhoefer ’65 as- sisted Pat Stolmeier ’66, Joe McManus '66, Fred Carstens ’64 and Nick Yack- ley ’66 in the movement of various props needed for a production. During a rehearsal for the Variety Show the stage crew also acted as stand-ins for the cheerleaders, the homecoming queen and athletes needed in the final scene. The crew will assist in all the stu- dent presentations this year. The next production will be the Choral Concert Dec. 18. Belles bring beaux to party ‘The Belles are ringing out the re- quest To bring to the dance, the one you like best . . .” Read the invitation to the sophomore girls’ “Dad-Daughter Date Night.” The annual event, sponsored by the soph girls, gives Dads a night out with their daughters. “Belles and Beaux,” this year’s theme, was presented Wednes- day, Nov. 27. The cafeteria was the setting for this grand event, which lasted from 8-10:30. As each couple arrived Wednesday evening, they received appropriate ad- ditions to their dress. Daughters were given red bows for their hair, and Dads wore skimmers (sawed-off top hats). With the mood set for fun, the fun began. While meeting the other Dads and their dates, the couples danced. Ballroom dancing and polkas occupied their time and energy for almost an hour. “I didn’t know Dad could dance like that!” exclaimed soph Jill Vande Weile, as her father led her in a polka. A King and Queen were then elected to lead the Grand March. Mr. Macum- ber and daughter Sue led the couples around the cafeteria in grand maching style. Intermission began at 9:20 with a Gay 90’s Medley by 11 soph girls. “In My Merry Oldsmobile,” “Give My Re- gards to Broadway,” “Mary,” “Yankee Doodle” and “Love’s Old Sweet Song” were the songs dedicated to their fath- ers. Jill Vande Weile, Vicki Glowacki, and Mary Lou Klingman, soph band members, played “Side by Side,” “I Love My Baby” and “Stranger on the Shore”, for their guests. “W'hen You W?ear a Bow Tie” and “Father” were the two songs sung as a tribute to the fathers by all the soph girls. Intermission ended with group sing- ing, led by Fr. Arthur Perry with Sr. M. John Theresa, BVM, as accompanist. The evening concluded with a Trib- ute to Our Lady and the singing of “Immaculate Mary.” 52 Chaplain - Father leveling aids patients at mt. pleasant mental hospital AHSer invades st. katharine s by Mary McCarthy The familiar sight of girls in grey skirts relieved my apprehension as I ap- proached the entrance of St. Kathar- ine Episcopal School, a boarding school for girls at 901 Tremont St. After being welcomed by a commit- tee of five senior girls, my afternoon at St. Katharine’s began. Arranged by the Knight Beacon, my visit was to give Assumption students an idea of life at a private, Episcopal school. The high ceilings, large wooden doors and staircases of St. Katharine’s baro- que architecture is a sharp contrast to the modern lines of AHS. Entering the lunchroom, I was surprised to find only 50 girls — their total enrollment. Sit- ting with six to a table, each group of girls has a faculty member eat with them. The girls may participate in several varied, extra-curricular activities, in- cluding choir, Chapel and Altar Guild, Glee club and dramatics. English IV, with a roll call of 13 seniors, was similar to Assumption senior English. The smaller number in each class makes for a more in- formal atmosphere. Spanish III has only five girls in it. Nalee Kraftmeyer, a senior, com- mented, “With small classes we get extra attention, and it’s impossible to get by without doing homework.” The 3:15 bell ended my stay at Saint Katharine, only two minutes after their Catholic counter-parts left Assumption. by Lee DeJulius Immediately after Mass, Fr. Carlos Leveling found a small box of OK’s cereal someone secretly had deposited on the altar. The discovery came just before leaving Mount Pleasant State Mental Institution. “Although we don’t take up a col- lection,” explains Father, “one patient obviously still feels he should con- tribute to the Church. One Sunday I found a penny in the lavabo bowl.” The sophomore English teacher at As- sumption doubles as chaplain at the Mount Pleasant hospital each weekend. After the 95 mile drive from Davenport, he usually arrives at the hospital three o’clock Saturday afternoon. As he drives along the three-block-long hospital driveway, he waves occasionally to the many blank-faced inmates walking aim- lessly along the path, or the passive, elderly men resting on the stumps of recently cut trees. On arriving at the main building, Father unlocks the heavy steel doors to the auditorium, which serves as a church. One harmless patient, Ambrose, on his way from confession, starts to walk between two pillars in front of the exit. Suddenly he changes his mind and goes half-way around one of the posts before retracing his steps and proceeding to follow his first course. Finished with confessions, Father Leveling walks through the wards vis- iting patients. “Will you call my parents in Mo- line and tell them to come and get me?” begs an elderly woman. “Talk to me a while, minister,” pleads a fellow patient. Each ward consists of three sec- tions: a living room, a dormitory with 12 beds, and a hall of smaller rooms. From 20 to 30 patients occupy a ward, and two attendants are on duty at all times. Around 5:00 pm Father Leveling travels to St. Alphonsus Parish in Mt. Pleasant, where he is assistant pastor to Fr. John Manning. Besides his reg- ular parish duties, the priest hears the confessions of the Sisters of Mercy that teach at the grade school, and is a mod- erator to the high school YCS group. On Sunday the chaplain returns to his hospital to offer the 8:00 Mass, accompanied by three boys. Two serve Mass, while the other leads participa- tion and reads the epistle and gospel in English. Just before leaving the hospital, Father usually stops to chat to a man he calls “the poet.” “He writes some pretty good poems to his girl friend, who also resides at the hospital,” com- ments Father. “But he won’t tell any- one who she is.” INVADING ST. KIT’S . . . Mary McCarthy ’64 views the campus as three seniors, Ann Mumford, Judy Whetstine and Debbie Nichols, point out the various landmarks. 53 Knights angle for muskies Tonight Assumption meets Muscatine in its first Little Six Conference game. The Knights will have their hands full with the highly rated Muskie ball club. Leading the Muscatine attack will be its top scorers Joe Doddar, a 6-3 senior center, and Herb Griggs. East Moline The Knights opened the season with East Moline Nov. 22. After rallying from a 27-24 halftime deficit the home team ended the third quarter with a 42-41 lead. The Knights scored eighteen points in the third quarter with Dan Albers and Mike Seider leading the at- tack. A determined East Moline team came right back with a free throw and two field goals by Jim Van Quathem, to give the Panthers a 46-42 lead. Fin- ally, with 28 seconds left, Van Quathem iced the contest with a field goal to give the Panthers a 59-54 win. Mike Seider and Dan Albers were high for the Knights with sixteen points each. Wahlert Assumption sneaked past Wahlert, 65-61, in a game raked with 53 per- sonal fouls. The Knights came out at the half with an 11 point lead, but they made the mistake of trying to protect it. With five players fouling out, Wah- lert outscored the Knights to knot the contest at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth period, the handicapped Wahlert team could not keep up with the high-scoring Knights, led by Mike Seider’s 25 points and Dan Albers’ 18. North Scott The Knights easily won their second game by defeating an outmanned North Scott team 73-45. The Lancers grabbed a 4-0 lead in the first per- iod, but the tall Knights proved to much for them. Coach MacAfoos took advantage of the score and substituted his entire 18-player bench. Mike Seid- er was high for the Knights with 27 points, and scrambling guard Dan Al- bers followed with 21. Boys' intramural sports reappear Sub-six-footers now have a place in basketball at Assumption; wrestling has become a sport for the less adept; intellectual competition has taken a position equal to physical competition. The cause of these revolutions is the introduction of a new intramural sys- tem of athletics into student life for ’63-’64. Mr. Laras Schlitz, who is in charge of the intramural program has laid definite plans for activities in volley- ball, wrestling, baseball, softball, horseshoes and tennis. Chess, checker, ping pong and shuffleboard tourna- ments are already drawing to a close. Competition in basketball will begin tomorrow and will end on Feb. 15. A team for basketball, for example, should consist of a minimum of eight, a maximum of ten, members. Any stu- dent not on schloastic probation or a member of a school team in the par- ticular sport is eligible to participate in that sport. “Individual winners and team win- ners will be granted recognition in some way,” states Mr. Schlitz. Sport lite “Down to the rock pile” was a favor- ite command of assistant soph grid coach Loras Schiltz, whenever he felt one of his players needed to do a little running. At the football awards night the sophs presented Mr. Schiltz with a gift to show their appreciation: a box of rocks from the pile, attractive- ly gift-wrapped. • With rings on their fingers and maybe their toes . . . boys show their skill on the set of rings recently acquired for the boys’ physical edu- cation classes. The rings are only part of a set of gymnastic equipment. Also ordered are: a horizontal bar, a rope and side horse. • • One of the graver hazards of basket- ball practice came to light recently. As the team members were engaged in practicing lay ups, dribbling and var- ious shots, a small mouse ran out upon the floor. Panic stricken, most of the players retreated from the savage on- slaught. Several of the braver team members cautiously circled the beast. Coach Skemp waited for an opportun- ity, lunged in and . . . was bitten. • • • One of the oddities of wrestling is that an emaciated AHS grappler who on the day before a meet weighs in at 112 pounds transforms into a corpulent 122 pounds overnight. • The mighty Atlas approaches his red mat . . . inhales . . . arches and flops!!! Another tumbler has tumbled. For several wreeks the boys physical education classes have been mastering the gentle art of tumbling. Now, with the testing beginning, the thuds on the gym floor have increased. Every- thing from summer-saults to hand- stands has a certain number of points. A number of boys have already “hit” the hundred point mark. • • ’63 graduate Mary Ann Soenke has been elected one of five varsity cheer- leaders for Loras College. Presently a freshman at Clarke College in Du- buque, she is continuing her cheer- leading career for the third year. She was also a varsity leader in her junior and senior year at AHS. • As the ’63-’64 basketball season starts, the Sport-lite feels it would be ap- propriate to back-track and give a tip of the hat to the football program staff. The programs, being a money-making student council project, have been ex- tremely well handled by Pat Dray ’64 and Joe Barnes ’65. Thanks again for a job well done. 54 Alumni discuss college uthletics HEAD AND SHOULDERS . . . above everyone else, Mike Seider takes aim as Phil Pash ((33) and John Loihl anxiously look on. Gridders receive awards Dick Peavey and Bob Matthys were named 1963 honorary co-captains of Assumption High School’s football team at the annual Awards Night, Sun- day, Nov. 10. The Knights ended the season with a 3-4-1 record. By winning the last three games, the Knights had the longest cur- rent winning streak among the Quad- City schools. Mr. Derouin, athletic director, prais- ed the attitude and coaching of the team for its fine finish. “A football team is judged,” he said, ‘‘not by how it starts the season, but how it fin- ishes it.” He pointed out that 121 boys participated on the varsity, sophomore and freshman squads. The freshmen, coached by Fr. Arthur Perry, finish- ed with a 2-3 record, and the sopho- mores, under Coach Bill McAfoos, end- ed the season with six wins and two losses. Fr. Robert Walter lauded the team, especially the seniors, for their out- standing performance near the end of the season. He singled out the play of Jack Schroeder, Bob Matthys and Dick Peavey, describing them as the leaders of the team. Coach Tom Sunderbruch attributed much of the credit to his assistant coach- es — Dave Skemp and Clint Westemey- er. ‘‘This squad really has depth and desire,” he said. ‘‘Next year we’ll have to fill the intangibles — leadership, at- titude and desire.” Next year Assumption will compete for the first time in Little Six Confer- ence football. The nine game schedule includes the conference teams: Musca- tine, Burlington, Bettendorf, Ottumwa and Keokuk, as well as Central, West, North Scott and Wahlert. ‘‘With 18 junior letter winners,” as- serted Captain Dick Peavey, ‘‘Assump- tion should make a very successful showing in the Little Six Conference.” GRA previews upcoming events There are 360 members in the Girls’ Recreation Association and through- out the year thsee girls are involved in many activities. Mary Stanger ’64 is the newsletter correspondent and writes to the state GRA every month on the activities of the Assumption members. Also, the board members are amending the GRA constitution and plan to hold a general meeting for its ratification in Decem- ber. During the football season the cheerleaders sent ‘‘welcome letters” to the cheerleaders of the opposing teams inviting them for a half-time coke and will continue this through the basket- ball season. At the present time the girls are competing in the shuffleboard tourna- ment which ends Dec. 19. Also in December, GRA bowling league members will participate in a mixed doubles tournament and hold their annual Christmas party. Feb. 7, is the date set for the GRA dance. Ideas for a theme and decora- tions may be given to chairman Pat Carpenter ’64. In March, the girls will be involved in a demonstration given by the phy- sical education departments. The pro- gram will explain the purpose, the policies and the objectives of high school physical education. For some Assumption alumni, their AHS diploma signified not only grad- uation into college but also into col- lege athletics. Maliszewski Stan Maliszewski ’62 is now attend- ing Princeton University, New Jersey, and plays right guard on the football team. Since Princeton gives no ath- letic scholarships, participation in sports is voluntary. Those who par- ticipate do so because of a love of the sport itself. ‘‘We’re the first school that ever played a college football game so the tradition here is really great,” says Stan. When asked if college practices are harder than high school sessions, Stan exclaimed, ‘‘Boy! Are they! I’m so tired I’m about ready to die.” Stan practices with the team forty-four hours each week. Besides football, Stan also partici- pated for a short time in rugby. Fear- ing an injury, his football coaches dis- couraged him from this. Stan also plavs lacrosse, which is one of Prince- ton’s most popular sports. According to Stan, ‘‘Lacrosse takes a lot more skill than football or basketball.” McAndrews-Ketelaar Tony McAndrews ’62 and Jerry Ketelaar ’62 are members of the St. Ambrose college basketball team. Tony alternates between guard and forward, while Jerry plays center and defensive guard. Both Tony and Jerry practice seven days a week. Both admit practice ses- sions aren’t the same as they were in high school. Concerning practice, Tony says, ‘‘Fundamentals are taken for granted; in college we drill plays and develop fakes and movements.” Spirit, too, differs from that in high school. ‘‘College spirit,” relates Tony, ‘‘is more mature. It involves a greater sense of pride.” Jerry compares high school and college spirit. ‘‘In high school you’re fired up all week for games like Alleman, Central, or West. In college if you have a big game, you don’t show this spirit during the week; it hits you on the day of the game. Overall, college spirit is much stronger.” Fennelly Tom Fennelly ’63, now a student at the State University of Iowa, will wrestle at 157 pounds this year. Big Ten rules will limit him to participa- tion in three meets since he is a fresh- man. ‘‘College wrestling,” says Tom “is quite a bit harder than high school. This is not only because the competi- tion is much tougher, but also because each match is nine minutes instead of six as in high school.” Tom states that most wrestlers con- tinue wrestling in college because of love for the sport. “Wrestling is an in- centive for hard work,” he remarked. 55 For Sale IfocJc., ffew Im WITH 1 4 POUND OF PURE BEEF... 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Bettendorf High. -AtYJutiu Ooi juj THEY REPRESENTED THE DAVENPORT-BETTENDORF AREA In attendance at this National Conference on November 7, 8 and 9, 1963, under the sponsorship of Iowa-Illinois and 59 other investor-owned electric companies were 650 of the Nations best high school science students and instructors. The 16-member delegation which attended as guests of Iowa-Illinois, consisted of nine outstanding high school science students and an equally outstanding science instructor from the Quad-City area, two top science students and a science instructor from Iowa City, two of the best students from the Fort Dodge area, and a Com- pany representative. The student delegates were selected on the basis of scholarship, activities and interest in science. Selection of the instructors was based on established records in the field of science. The Conference agenda included talks and panel discussions by nationally- recognized nuclear experts, scientists and educators; also field trips to Ar- gonne National Laborator)' and Dres- den Nuclear Power Station. yours for better living IOWaV| ILLINOIS Gas and m Electric Company Assumption High School, Davenport, Iowa January, 1964 SENIOR DARRELL WARTA . . . sneaks off to the back room dur- ing the spaghetti dinner to taste some of the pies prepared by the members of the senior class. Receive sacrament during school In the second semester, Assumption students will be offered the oppor- tunity to go to confession during the day. In the past confessions have been heard only after school. Because of this many students who take the bus or catch other rides were unable to take advantage of the chapel. With the new schedule of confes- sions students will be able to have their confessions heard during the third, fourth, sixth and seventh peri- ods. There will be at least one priest in the chapel during each of the above periods. The time for confes- sion will be the last half of the period. Noodles and sauce netted dollars and cents. The annual Spaghetti Dinner was the greatest success of the five years that this senior project has been in existence. The dinner, held on Dec. 15, ac- commodated approximately 1,950 peo- ple. The total profit was $1406.75 which will be used exclusively for the senior gift to the school. In addition cloak- room tips netted $75 for the South American missions. Fr. Marvin Eldred, faculty advisor, suggested that a bipartisan committee of seniors meet with Principal Fr. Ro- Father William Stratman, Assump- tion’s spiritual director, said that the reason for the new schedule is to make the sacraments more available to the student body. He feels that because of Assumption’s involved ex- tra-curricular activity, the students have not had full advantage of the sacraments, and this new program offers many advantages. Up until now Father Stratman has been the only priest hearing confessions. Now nine priests will give the students a wider choice of confessors. bert Walter to discuss the prospective gift. Besides the apprasial of the delicious food, many people commended the ex- cellent service given them by the sen- iors. The cafeteria was ripe in its Italian decor: the scenic mural, the wine kegs surrounding the bar, and the waitresses wearing the traditional Italian babushkas. Traveling guitars added a gay note to the affair. Those with ideas for a senior gift are asked to contact Pat Dray ’64, head of the gift committee. Lite Flashes This year two Marists priests, Fr. James Cummings and Fr. James Jack- son, will give the students’ retreat at Assumption Jan. 21-24. Father Jackson will conduct the girls’ retreat and Father Cummings the boys’. The two priests continually travel throughout the country giving retreats to schools, orders of priests and nuns, and parishes. Tuesday and Wednesday will be the junior and sen- ior retreat and on Thursday and Fri- day the freshmen and sophomore. • Want to visit a ski lodge? You won’t have to travel to Sun Valley because Feb. 7 the GRA dance has the tentative theme of Ski Lodge. The chairman for this year’s dance, Pat Carpenter ’64, has announced it will be open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. The admission for the dance, lasting at 8:00 to 11:00 pm, will be $.50. Girls Recreation Association President, Mary Kealey ’64 stated, “Though plans are yet to be completed, we hope that the dance will be as great a success as in years past.” • • There was zero support by the As- sumption students of the QCSC annual Children’s Benefit Dance in spite of announcements over the public address system,” commented Pat Dray ’64 after the Dec. 8 dance. � • Recently seniors Pat Dray, Mary Mot. to, Geri Barrett and Tom Ketelaar at- tended the Little Six convention. In it the delegates from the Little Six schools discussed the forthcoming de- bate and speech meets. They also dis- cussed the various school papers and decided that each school should mail their paper to the other schools. Pat Riley ’66 and Bob Townsend ’65 were selected to attend the spring meeting of the Little Six. After the president’s address the dis- tricts met to decide candidates for each of the offices of president, treas- urer, and secretary. The candidates all gave speeches, but when the returns were announced no one had been elected from the southeast district. The afternoon involved attendance at another workshop. Each of the AHS representatives attended different dis- cussions in hope of getting new ideas for Assumption. Mary Motto noted, “We all got some new ideas at the convention and we are going to try putting them into practice as soon as possible.” WHEELER DEALERS . . . Seniors Tom Gehlsen and Carol Spire tabulate the financial returns of the Spaghetti Dinner. Spaghetti supper nets $1,406; seniors consider class gift 62 Tax bill may aid “Attention- students of Assumption vote for Tax in the preliminary. It will save you money and work for your good. But it needs your support, help by writing your senator or con- gressman.” Does this sound like a cam- paign speech for a presidential nomi- nee? Possibly, or it could be the words of the Tax Credit Plan, a bill intro- duced by Senator Hubert Humphrey, during the last session of congress. S.1677 is presented as a Senate bill particularly helpful to the parents of KB presses assembly “We felt that we couldn’t surpass last year’s trial. We had reached our peak, so rather than decline we de- cided to change our format,” remark- ed Fr. William F. Weibler. Fr. was being questioned about the Knight Beacon’s plans for a Catholic Press Month program. Instead of the trial which has been held in previous years, a press assembly will be held for Assumption juniors and seniors in February. This program will “attempt to show how the KB editorial policy is de- veloped.” Converting the stage into the press room, which is located in G-3, the senior journalists will con- vene a general staff meeting. Each step of putting out the paper will be explained to acquaint the students with the everyday tasks of the jour- nalists. private colleges students entering private colleges or universities, and out of state public institutions. Credit is given on college expenses which is later deducted from income tax. There is 75 per cent credit on the first $100 of college expenses, 40 per cent on next $400, 30 per cent on the first $500, and 20 per cent on the sec- ond $500. On tuition of $900 the full amount would be paid to the school, but $355 deduction would be made from your parents’ income tax. Stu- dents and their parents are being urged to write their senators and rep- resentatives, and back the Tax Credit Plan. Demos plan bake sale The Young Democrats of Davenport are holding a bake sale Feb. 8 at Turnstyle Family Center to raise mon- ey for a John F. Kennedy memorial. The purpose of the Young Democrats is threefold: to inform, to get young people interested in politics and to sup- port the senior Democrats. The organization meets once a month with various speakers. At a re- cent meeting a noted speaker discuss- ed the Supreme Court and the consti- tutionality of prayers in public schools. Marjorie Murphy ’64, Chairman of Teens’ Activities, noted that there are about ten Young Democrats at Assump- tion. In the future the group plans a possible workshop on Civil Rights in conjunction with the Ambrosian Young Democrats. Apostolate Boys replace clergy in freshmen YCS As the Ecumenical Council discusses the program of the lay deaconate, six senior boys are taking over the duties of YCS chaplains. The six seniors participating in the program are Tom Murray, Mike Wah- lig, Dave Ryder, John Genzel, Tom Ketelaar and Mike Schebler. In a meeting during the Christmas holidays, the group discussed methods to intro- duce the freshmen to YCS. “In the freshman homerooms on Tuesday and Wednesday,” reported Tom Murray, “we tried to describe the purpose of YCS by explaining the principle of formation through action. Once this was accomoplished, we went on to describe the observe, judge, and act technique, although this will be explained in more detail in the gen- eral meetings.” The idea originated last fall with Fr. Gerald Kraus, Assumption moder- ator for YCS. Instead of having priests for chaplains, senior members of YCS will lead the groups. This will give the priests more time and also give the senior members some valuable ex- perience. The freshmen also will bene- fit from the seniors’ experience. The new “chaplains” spoke in fresh- men homerooms Jan. 7 and 8. A few general meetings are planned on later dates. In the general meetings more particular information will be given to the freshmen; then they will be split into groups with two seniors as their chaplains. 63 KB examines ideals February is a pressing month — Catholic Press Month that is. This brings up the question of why eighteen students spend approximately 100 plus hours, and the administration spends many dollars and cents to deliver this conglomeration of printer’s ink and pa- per into your hands. The general purposes of a student paper are to act as an avenue of student expression, to inform and form the student body, to help judge, to move to action and to entertain. Through various sneaky devices, the KB has tried to fulfill these purposes. To start the ball rolling on letters to the editor, the paper awarded a $10 prize last month for a winning editorial letter. In- formation is available on not only newTs pages, but also features, sports and the pages you’re reading now — editorials. Forming the students is the task of the editorial pages. This year the emphasis on social justice is not accidental. To give you a fair shake, it was all premeditated. Hoping that we convey some of the urgency of current social problems, this year’s edi- torials have covered everything from Booker T. Cole Jr.’s NAACP group to Turnstyle labor unions. In the past the Knight Beacon has won much ac- claim since it has fulfilled its Catholic student press ideals. Among its awards the KB boasts of: All Cath- olic, All American and Newspaper of Distinction awarded by various press associations. This year also the KB has established for itself principles above those fundamentals — our policies. It might be well to flip back the pages of your port- Unions: must students join? To the Editor of the Knight Beacon, I would like to comment on the editorial “Unions confront students,” which appeared in the November issue of the Knight Beacon. I was working at Turnstyle when the problem of voting for a union arose. One evening two union representatives came to my home to discuss the poli- cies of the United Retail Workers Independent. They advocated the part-time workers voting for their union but not necessarily joining. According to these representatives, the part-time help would receive practically no benefits — they were guaranteed no minimum wage, no vacations and no benefits from the health fund. The $3.00 a month for union dues doesn’t seem like very much until you realize that you have to pay 5% of your monthly earnings while receiving no bene- fits, whereas a full-time worker pays less than 1% and receives the full advantages of the union. Is this social justice? Most students are working to save money for col- lege or at least for the future. The student has a responsibility to vote for a union to protect the natural rights of those earning a living wage. But in my opinion, they have no responsibility to join the union. Nancy DeJulius 64 during press month folio and see what those seven sentence fragments listed in the first issue were. These goals aren’t just the whims of a crusading paper. In the December issue of Today, James M. Shera commented on Catholic school papers. “Catholic (school) papers that I read have been editorializing about bookstore overcharging, patriot- ism, obscenity, communism, and hospitality for stu- dents from abroad — all good topics. But what about urban renewal, price fixing, sweetheart con- tracts, dishonest packaging by manufacturers, built- in obsolescence, family-gouging drug prices and all the rest? “High-school dropouts, unemployed men over 35, proposals to further humiliate public-welfare recip- ients, the high infant-mortality rate in Chile, hunger, open occupancy: are these on our priority list of con- cerns? “Perhaps my own observations have been too lim- ited. But when I see students ready to do battle with the newspapers over suggestive movie ads — a praiseworthy activity — I can’t help wondering wrhy they don’t attack the newspapers with equal vigor for practices that sin against justice and hon- esty.” These sins against justice and honesty are why the Knight Beacon sets stories about unions and race in 22m type. These are why the KB has won so much acclaim in the past. But awards and trophies are useless if all that type falls on deaf ears and fails to persuade students to action. Bookmark AHS's only use for encyclical? Recently small bookmarkers were distributed to some of the homerooms, compliments of the Catholic Interracial Council. They had printed on the mark- ers a quote from Pope John XXIII, “Racial discrim- ination can in no way be justified . . The majority of those who received a bookmark probably stuck them in their books and thought no more about the quote. But there are a few other students to whom the words of Pope John XXIII are a definite statement upon which they base their actions in civil rights. These are the students who have read Black Like Me and the October Knight Beacon editorial. They have attended CIC meetings, marched in the Dav- enport Rally, and formed friendships with Negros. To the majority of indifferent AHSers it is prob- ably surprising that in the YCS meeting with Ne- gros last year, more than one person’s blood pres- sure jumped when he heard a Negro teen tell of being ordered out of a drive-in. Few Assumptionites have ever been witnesses to such an act of discrimination. Surely at AHS where we have only one or two Negros per class, they are accepted. But students don’t live at school 24 hours a day, and this fair city in which we live has its problems. In 1962 the city fathers appointed a Davenport Hu- man Relations Commission. The group, consisting of 11 members, was inaugurated to rule on any dis- criminatory problems. Yet, it is only empowered to “conduct public hearings, carry on research, to ob- tain factual data and to conduct public meetings.” A few months ago there were accusations of dis- crimination in a bowling alley. More recently there was a case brought before the commission about discrimination practiced by a real estate company. Naturally, a hearing was conducted and Davenport was declared free of discrimination in housing. How- ever, it is more than idle curiosity which makes the Negro wonder why he isn’t shown any homes north of Locust Street. It is in this atmosphere that we still find students unruffled and unconcerned about racial discrimina- tion. They claim that it is out of the student realm and excuse themselves with the statement, “We couldn’t do anything about it anyhow.” Maybe we students shouldn’t let these incidents of discrimination disturb us. After all, we are not di- rectly involved. But we are part of the nation and this is a national problem which concerns us all. We can’t just avoid it as we would avoid a black cat which attempted to cross our path. PC Followers lead retreatants Recently the father of a senior girl was helping her fill out an application for college admittance. In the blank she was required to list positions of leadership. Since she had held no such positions, the father wrote, “My daughter is a good follower.” Accepting the application, the dean of admittance replied, “Congratulations! Your daughter will be the only follower in a class of 300 leaders.” Many of Assumption’s 1,100 students are leaders, but how many good followers are there? “You must make the distinction between a follow- er and a thinking leader,” stipulated Student Council President Patrick Dray ’64. “A thinking follower is a leader in himself. Self-discipline is perhaps his most important quality. He must first examine his own principles. Then he should study the ideals and character of the various leaders to choose which ones he will follow'. It takes a lot of courage to be a good follower.” Retreat week (Jan. 21-24) presents an outstanding opportunity to assimilate and exert the qualities of a good follower. Last year’s retreat was termed less than a suc- cess by many. The candlelight ceremony in particular appeared a fiasco. Numerous excuses were offered: “The retreat masters were way out,” “They didn’t talk on the right subjects,” “The conferences sound- ed like religion classes.” However, analyzing the facts, the students made the retreat what it was. This year too, the retreatants wrill make or break the retreat. The choice of a leader and a set of princi- ples is up to the follower. One choice — silence, spiritual reading, some deep thinking — will produce a successful retreat. A different choice may effect another failure. No retreat master can control a student’s mind. However, self-discipline, conviction in ideals and choice of a leader can form a good, thinking follow- er and a successful retreat. TTT KNIGHT BEACON As a Beacon in the Sight � f� . The Knight Beacon is published eight times a year by students of Assumption high school. The yearly subscription rate is $1.50. 65 JG Chief expounds on social justice, CIC, council (Editor’s Note: The annual press con- ference with Bishop Ralph L. Hayes was conducted on Christmas Eve by seniors Suzie Fosselman and Mike Schebler. Previously the Bishop was questioned by the junior journalists concerning the Council in 1963 and by Pat Nemmers and Don Miller both ’62 concerning the lay apostolate in 1962. Bishop Hayes’ views on social justice appear as Suzie and Mike recorded them.) Mike: How would you define social justice, and what areas does it encom- pass? Bishop: Social justice is the recognition of the fact that every individual mem- ber of a community has rights and Thinking-man's game subject of conflict by Bob Ditmon “This means war!” Yes, the war-mongers of Muscatine high school are organizing. The troops of the Musk Chess Club are approach- ing. General Pat Dray ’64 received an en- voy from the commandant at Fort Muscatine recently, demanding that either Fort Assumption surrender or engage their forces. Assumption is not completely unprepared, because ten “pawns” (club members) have already enlisted and more are expected soon. As Chief Enlistment Officer Don Shaw ’64 commented, “the turnout is good considering the number of peo- ple that know how to play. We have filled half of our quota and are not expecting a draft.” The group must have twenty enlistees in order to gain a club charter. Officer Shaw stated further, “The function of the chess club is to envolve students in individual competition on an intellectual level. The game itself is not as popular in this country as in Eurasian countries, especially Rus- sia where the game is comparable in popularity to our basketball. Training has already been started through the intramural chess tourna- ment. “With my present record of 23-2-4 for 2 months in playing an anon- ymous party, I feel better prepared to meet the aggressor,” checks Mike Schebler ’64. When the club does organize, it will need a catchy name. One of the suggestions is the “Pawns.” These are the low men on the totem pole, the weakest men on the board. However, Mike has suggested the “Knights,” the aggressors of the chess- board. duties which are inalienable. Social justice covers all areas in which men have rights. For instance, besides the race issue, social justice covers such areas as freedom of the press, the right to a living wage and the rights of parenthood. Mike: Why has the church become in- volved in social justice? Bishop: Some people think that the Church would want to rule the world. This is not true because the Church is not an economic or social organization. The Church becomes involved in social justice not because she is an economic or social organization, but because she is an organization which defends princi- ples. Principles of morality are being broken in this area; therefore, the Church must step in as a guardian of these principles. Suzie: Did the Council take any action on this subject or will it be taken up in later sessions? Bishop Hayes: It must be first noted that the Council will not try to solve particular problems, but it will deal' with them in broad terms. In the last session the Jewish situation was dis- cussed with the problem of religious liberty. Except for these two the dif- ferent areas of social justice will be covered later. The Council intends to leave the solutions of these problems up to the bishops and the ordinary Church workings. Suzie: Do you think that organizations such as the Catholic Interacial Coun- cil are accomplishing anything? Bishop: I think that such organizations are fine. They are doing a good job. Incidentally, the CIC is not only open to Catholics but to anyone interest- ed. Mike: How can we as Catholic high school students become involved in areas of social justice? Bishop: First, I think that students should have a good knowledge of the principles the Church stands for in these areas. Students can find these things in the social encyclicals of the Popes, especially Pacem in Terris. Sec- ond, I don’t feel that students can do much in the practical way of solving these problems because they cannot vote and many times aren’t involved in them. Therefore, I would advise the students to study the encyclicals to find the basic principles and to gather all information that they can about these problems. To gain experience it would be helpful to attend meetings which discuss and try to solve these problems. CHECKMATE . . . snaps Chris Wahlig to Denny Shinners, both juniors, getting in shape for the Chess Club. 66 FOREIGN E X - CHANGE STU- DENT . . . Alfre- do Omiste, As- sumption’s last exchange stu- dent, was here in ’62. The class of ’65 hopes to have two exchange students next year. AHSsights exchange students “We have sent two applications for exchange students, and we feel that these people are acceptable,” was the latest word from the Student Gov- ernment Exchange Student Commit- tee. Next year's exchange students will be obtained from the same pro- gram which provided Helmut Steiner and Alfredo Omiste. Many English- speaking exchange students are avail- able. The Assumption Exchange Stu- dent Committee hopes for one and possibly two exchange students for the next school year. Cristanto Gormez G. and Homero Beltran G. were two Mexican boys who attended AHS for two months last year. They were brought by Fr. Louis Colonnese to learn something of our way of life and ways of improving the standard of living in their village. Two of the many letters that the Richard Schebler family (who housed the youth) has received from Cristanto are written in part as follows: April 1963 I received Your Letter, I am verry Hepy bicause you remember me. . . . (Here he tells of his work in the Church: he has formed two Catholic groups in the high school.) I went what you remember always for me en the church and your hause. Dear Fathers for all, I am prey for you and Esteven, Miguel and Teresa. Su Hijo (your son) Crisanto A letter written in November is trans- lated as follows: I am very thankful to receive your letter and to know that you are well, and at the time I am very sad because of what hap- pened to Senor Kennedy. I am al- ways present with my letters not because of this great tragedy among us. (He tells that he is go- ing to the university in March.) . . . Greetings from my family for Padre Luis. Your Son, who remembers you well, Crisanto Juniors and seniors probably remem- ber Alfredo Omiste, the ’61-’62 ex- change student from Bolivia. He is still writing to the Eugene A. Wohler’s who housed him during his stay. He has written that he is now attending the University of Medicine of Sucre. Seniors were freshmen when Helmut Steiner was an exchange student. He occasionally corresponds with the Scheblers who housed him during his stay. He is now studying sociology at the University of Vienna. He hopes to win the Fullbright scholarship and come back to the United States in a few years. Purpose of the exchange program is twofold: 1) to introduce foreign students to the American educational system; 2) to provide American stu- dents with an opportunity to meet their counterparts from other lands. In some high schools American stu- dents are also chosen to go abroad for study in a foreign school. Family infiltrates AHS, city and mercy hospital They didn’t vote him in, but he’s head of his family. Kathy, a senior, Pat, a junior, and Rita, a sophomore at Assumption all agree that having Mayor Ray O’Brien of Davenport as their father has both advantages and disadvantages. Pat doesn’t mind being publicly known, since he receives passes to all city-financed productions, and is allow- ed to cruise around with the police and listen to their car radio, which is, as he so eloquently puts it, “a blast” Kathy, however, doesn’t like being “in the public eye” and remarked she wouldn’t marry a man with such a career. Rita admits she hasn’t really thought about it, and it wouldn’t make too much difference to her. Pat has held offices throughout grade school and is currently a rep- resentative on the Student Council. He admits he has considered following a career like his father’s, although he has made no definite plans. Most of all, the trio dislikes feel- ing that they must continually watch their behavior because of “what peo- ple may think.” Pat, however, feels many people don’t recognize them as the “mayor’s children.” Although the mayor is usually home only two nights a week, he enjoys his job and doesn’t feel that he neglects his family. His official duties are to preside over the police department and at council meetings. Of course, he handles only the administrative affairs and has no vote. “I find the people of Davenport tremendously co-operative,” the mayor commented. “People don’t ask for too much. Right now Davenport needs a new library, an incinerator, a new bridge over Duck Creek on Marquette St., and a viaduct removal on East River,” he observed. Of course, the money has to come from taxes — how- ever, the mayor has no intention of raising them. Mayor O’Brien is also pestered by the continually ringing phone. “I have been called to the phone at 4 am,” the mayor reflected, “and it’s usually on any imaginable subject from civics class to why the garbage hasn’t been picked up.” Most often he refers call- ers to their alderman whose job it is to fill these requests. The mayor has two other children. Mary Denise, known to friends and family as “Denny,” is married and runs a book-keeping business. Jerry is a 4th grader at St. Alphonsus, and, by the way, another baby is due in sev- eral months The date? With a name like O’Brien ... St. Patrick’s Day, of course. 67 HEATHCLIFF’S BIG BROTHER . . . Dick Peavey ’64 offers a sucker to Barbara Pash as Sharon Barth- olomew keeps a rein on him. SCOURING AND SCRUBBING . . . Senior Ed Mc- Manus keeps the pots and pans clean during the Spag- hetti Dinner. WE’VE GOT PLENTY . . . smiles senior Ann as she checks the coffee supply. Hart TOO MANY HANDS . . . usually spoil the stew, but for the Senior Spaghetti Dinner, more hands proved better as shown in the 1800 meals served. DON’T SAY CHEESE . . . pleads Dave Ry- der ’64, trying to divide 15 lbs. of Cheese among the 1,800 guests. T o m Eischeid and Alan Doty serve the “wine.” paghetti CHIEF SANI- TATION ENGI- NEER . . . (gar- bageman) Phil Pash ’64 shoves another load into the Dempster Dumpster. Devoted students acquire eccentric science pastimes BIOLOGY THRU THE BULLETINBOARD . . . this attractive and educational display appears in the bi- ology lab in conjunction with the current class studies. It's all greek to chris wahlig as orthodox priest speaks by Chris Wahlig “Only a paper wall separates us,” remarked Fr. Theodore Dymek, pastor of St. George’s Greek Orthodox Church in Moline, 111. “The Catholic and Greek Orthodox religions are separat- ed mainly over the issue of the su- preme jurisdiction of the pope.” The Orthodox have the same sacra- ments that Catholics do except for minor differences. The sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Commun- ion are administered simultaneously. Instead of using a confessional box, the parishioners stand in front of the priest for confession. The last sacrament is called Unction of the Sick by the Greek Orthodox not Extreme Unction. Father Dymek explained that the sac- rament is administered when a person is seriously ill and “not just when he is gasping out his last breath.” The Ecumenical Council has recently re- vamped the Catholic terminology sim- ilarly. The parish youth participate in GOYA (Greek Orthodox Youth As- sociation) which promotes various ac- tivities. The parish is run very dem- ocratically, since 12 men are elected to a council which handles all parish finances and planning. If the priests are not getting along well with the parishioners they can asked to be transferred; conversely the parish can ask to have one of their priests trans- ferred if they think he is not doing a good job. The language of the church is Greek. All parishioners are able to speak and understand enough Greek to participate in the services. Greek is taught at the parish church on weekends. All the bulletins and pamphlets are printed in Greek. The church resembles a Catholic Church in construction but there are some differences. No statues are pres- ent; their place is taken by numerous icons (paintings, which depict various scenes from the bible.) The altar is located behind an iconostasis; when Mass is offered two large doors are op- ened so that the people can see the altar. There are no particular vest- ment colors for any time of the year. The priest just exercises judgement in the choice of vestments. A layman leads the congregation in prayers during the Mass. It may be possible to break the “pa- per wall” by adopting the theory of collegiality, Father Dymek concluded. If so we may have some “seperated brethren” here at AHS. If you see some one with singed hair, carrying a fish eyeball, and walking behind a manure spreader, you know one of two things: he’s either crazy or he’s a science student. Assumption offers three science lab courses — biology, chemistry, and physics. Their various studies fulfill the zany de- scription given bove. Scientific thieves Have you ever sat down at the din- ner table to enjoy a good meal when suddenly, one of your classmates reach- es in his pocket and pulls out a gen- uine fish eyeball? This is enough to make even Paul Bunyan lose his ap- petite. However, this may never hap- pen unless you eat with Roy Leonard ’65 or Brandon Beaudry ’65. Both are biology students taught by Sr. Claire Marie, CHM. For most of the second quarter they have been disecting frogs, fish, and earthworms. Lamont Ellison ’65 explains, ‘The disection of the earthworm was the most difficult because its internal organs were crowd- ed together and could easily be dam- aged if we weren’t careful.” Half way through the first quarter, biology students were introduced to a order to earn his grade, Mr. Aadolph- While attending St. Ambrose, he has been assisting Sister in the lab. In order to earn his grade, Mr. Aadolph- son is trying to keep the eyeball steal- ing at a minimum. Fiery test tubes Intermittently a unique aroma is present in S-wing. This is caused by many young chemists diligently slav- ing over a hot experiment. While in the lab, the students conduct experi- ments with hydrogen, oxygen, lead, and acids. Sr. Mary Diana, BVM, who teaches the course, recalls the time Joe Kellenberger ’65 attempted an exper- iment with a highly flammable acid. Joe brought his test tube too close to the flame causing its contents to shoot out; a few glowing particles landed on his head. He wisely canceled his appointment at the barber shop. Wavey models The physics class, taught by Fr. Wil- liam Stratman, has concerned itself chiefly with the study of light. The students have used various devices to aid them in their study. Lenses, both concave and convex, were used. Mir- rors were used also to reflect light. Even models were made to demon- strate the light wave. When asked his opinion of the course, Pete Ebert ’64 replied, “Physics is like walking behind a manure spreader, it’s hard to follow!” 70 Mormon missionaries clarify creed for catholic by Steve Huyette A whimsical, young salesman once knocked on our door to sell The Book of Mormon. My mother rebuffed him. Recently, a fellow student and I in- terviewed two missionaries lodged at a small country church in west Dav- enport. They had come from Salt Lake City and had planned their visit for three months. We conversed in a room adjoining a chapel which contained no altar, tab- ernacle, vigil light, or crucifix. As they told us of the Blessed Trinity, our in- terest increased. They believe that the Trinity consists of three persons — not combined in one God, but three separate individuals: God the Father, God the Son, having flesh and bones, and the Holy Ghost, being a spirit, but all three having the same purpose. Interested by the missionaries’ be- liefs, we asked a few questions. An- swering, they told us that heaven exists in a physical nature, and that men will be punished for their own sins and not for Adam’s transgression. Christmas formal Juniors fire starry success “In 1827,” one pointed out, “Joseph Smith, a farmer living in New York, declared that, under angelic direction, he had discovered certain gold records, written in reformed Egyptian, which he translated and published in 1830. The Book of Mormon said that the American Indians were descended from the lost tribes of Israel, and told of the mighty deeds of Mormon, who was a pious Christian and a great warrior. Mormonism accepts the doctrine of the Bible, supplemented by the Book of Mormon.” Writers present The feminine “playwrights” in Mr. Joseph Maher’s third year Practical English class turned E-6 into the Globe Theatre. After reading the play “Ab- raham Lincoln,” the girls were assign- ed to write a play. These had to be at least five pages long. Most of the girls wrote on their fam- ilies — typified by Joanne Rodriquez's “Brother Versus Female Majority,” which related the average day in the life of a boy who has four sisters. Then during the class period, the parts were taken by different students so the rest of the class would benefit from the play. The two missionaries, both Mormon, were very sincere. One commented, “I believe with all my heart that an angel of God appeared to Joseph Smith.” The young men were both 20 years old and had studied for a year before coming to Davenport. The knowledge we gained from our meeting was well worth the two hours we stayed. Although we were not in- fluenced by their logic, we became aware of the need for a sound know- ledge of our own faith, in order to an- swer their questions intelligently. productions ler acted out parts from Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” Sister and the girls read the parts from the book; tests were taken daily over the material covered. The boys used records and had ex- planation and question periods. Fr. W. F. Wiebler’s junior journalists have been attending plays instead of reading and writing them. As assign- ments they attended The Caine Mutiny at Ambrose and three one-act plays put on by the Genesius Guild at Aug- ustana college. The reason Father had his juniors attend wras to help them develop an appreciation for the finer arts. “Soft drinks?” “Pop?” “Carbonated beverages?” questioned the waiters as they passed from table to table. These were ten freshmen boys who willingly gave up a few hours of their time one Friday night. The Friday night was Dec. 27, 1963, and the few hours were from 8:30 to 11:30. The event was the annual Christmas Formal, sponsored by the junior class and entitled “Stardust Splendor.” To put the couples in a stardust mood, millions of twinkling, glittering stars were hung from the cafeteria ceiling. Bob Townsend ’65 directed the starry transformation, while co-chair- man Eileen Figel ’65 helped with poin- settia table decorations. Blue and white streamers enhanced the cafeteria win- dows, while a winter mural scene dis- guised the south wall. Streamers and Christmas trees completed the scene, and colored lights added a touch of magic. General chairman for decora- tions, Teresa Schwab ’65, finished the scene with large gold letters spelling “Stardust Splendor.” “Flash, flash — flash, flash,” sounds familiar to most of the student body. These were the words of publicity chairmen, newscasters Mary Fran Schramp and Steve Huyette, advertis- ing for the dance. Hal Wiese and his orchestra provided a night of fun and a variety of dances. Juniors Mary Kaye Derouin and Pat O’Brien, entertainment chairmen, made arrangements for the noted band lead- er to provide the music. Brewing up a storm in Sr. Mary John Therse’s, BVM, Junior Prep Eng- lish class, “witches” Mary Fran Schramp, Barb White and Sue Scheb- Also the juniors listened to a tape recording of A Shipment of Mute Fate, a production put on by Father Wieb- ler’s frosh Practical English class STARS AND STARDUST . . . Juniors hang stars and other decorations while Don Wysoske ’65 pushes the scaffolding. 71 Notre dame offers tradition, modern education “If at all possible you should come to Notre Dame,” commented Fr. Wil- liam Dawson former Assumption fac- ulty member. Father Dawson is now a graduate student at the University of Notre Dame, a male, Catholic institu- tion. Actually, Notre Dame has many ad- vantages — for instance its reputation of prestige. The University of Notre Dame was founded in 1942 by brothers of the Congregation of the Holy Cross. Through the years the University has increased in its course offerings and in its enrollment. It was the first Cath- olic institution to receive a grant from the Ford Foundation. Today the Uni- versity consists of a graduate school, a Law School, and an undergraduate school of four colleges (Arts and Letters, Science, Engineering, and Bus- iness Administration). In 1962 a Freshman Year of Studies was inaugurated. A student, accepted as a freshman, doesn’t enter into one of the colleges, but instead, he is ad- mitted to the Notre Dame Freshman Year of Studies. On entering a “De- claration of Intent” is made. One chief value of this program is that the freshman will have the advantage of actual life at Notre Dame before making final educational plans. Another advantage is the spirit of the student body. The campus is an incorporated city, Notre Dame, Indiana, with its own post office, motel, radio stations and a TV station. Most of the 6700 students live in 17 residence halls, there are no social fraternities. The 1000 acre campus is situated immediately north of South Bend, In- diana, 90 miles east of Chicago. Two lakes and many wooded areas sur- round over 70 buildings. Among the more important are: The Administra- tion Building with its famed Gold Dome, the University Church, and the 13 story Notre Dame Memorial Li- brary. The campus is bordered by an 18 hole golf course and the Notre Dame Football Stadium where the Fighting Irish play. A disadvantage is the high cost of a Notre Dame education. On College Night Notre Dame representative Fr. Arthur Perry explained, “One year at Notre Dame, including personal ex- penses, runs around $2700.” This in- cludes instruction, room and board, laundry, admission to lectures, concerts and athletic events, medication, and copies of University publications. Scholarships, loans and part time work are available to those in need. Concerning admission the General Bulletin states, ‘The freshman class is chosen from those applicants who by their records from an accredited high school and the College Entrance Ex- amination Board tests show the great- est chance of profitting from the train- ing offered by the University. We base our judgement on the rank in class, extracurricular activities, results on the College Board tests, the recommenda- tion of the high school principal, and, where possible, a personal interview. Following these standards, the Univer- sity selects from thousands of capable applicants a limited quota of young men who possess the academic, moral and social qualities which give evi- dence of the ability to develop under the guidance of the Notre Dame facul- ties, and the virtues of intelligence and integrity which characterize out- standing leaders and are the hallmark of a Notre Dame man.” Inquiries regarding admission should be directed to: Director of Admissions, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. Junior girls toss yuletide program Dear Seniors, The Juniors request your pres- ence at their Christmas Program on Dec. 20, 1963, during the fourth period. R.S.V.P. The Juniors This invitation was sent to senior girls by the junior girls to inform them of the annual Christmas program. The Christmas assembly consisted of group reading and the singing of Christmas carols. ‘The Promise” was the first part of the vocal reading, which told of the coming of Christ. It was followed by “O Come, O Come Emmanuel.” “The Annunciation,” ‘The Journey” and ‘The Fulfillment” completed the pro- gram and added to the Christmas spirit. The choir of 15 juniors sang “Sleep Holy Child” and then invited the aud- ience to join in the singing of “My Shepherd Is the Lord,” “Silent Night,” “O Little Town of Bethlehem” and “Joy to the World.” While leaving the aud- itorium the senior girls sang “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” in apprecia- tion. VISITING HOPEFULS , . . Four Assumption seniors stand before the golden dome of Notre Dame’s ad- ministration building. 72 Chris young experiences french style PARISIAN CHRIS YOUNG . . . sits on a sportscar on a picturesque lane in the French countryside. School assumes split personality “To drive a car in Fiance you have to be 18. but at 14 you can get a license for a motorbike. That’s what most of the teenagers do. I drove one and it’s really not hard at all,” commented Chris Young ’65 concerning her ex- periences during her sophomore year abroad. Arriving in Paris by plane, Chris spent two weeks there sightseeing with friends. In Quimper, a small village in the northwest of France near the At- lantic Ocean, she stayed with her god- mother, Madame Daniel, for the re- mainder of the year. “I went to France to learn the French language and customs,” explained Chris. At the Catholic School which she attended, Chris took French litera- ture, English, gym, history, chemis- try and private French grammar les- sons. School lasted from 8 o’clock to 12 noon, two hours for lunch, and from one to three hours in the after- noon, depending upon the classes scheduled for that day. “For lunch on Fridays shrimp or lob- ster was served. I came back to As- sumption and what do I get? Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches!” laughed Chris. The girls wear a uniform consisting of a hlue pullover sweater, white blouse, and a bluepleated or straight skirt with nylons and small heels. All the schools are completely boys’ or girls’ and there is no social life con- nected with them. “Teenage entertainment is very limited in France. Television is on from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. and again from 6 to 10 p.m. The teenage shows usually last for only 15 minutes. On Saturdays and Sundays traveling bands come to town and provide some music,” explained Chris. She returned to Paris at Christmas for two weeks and also for 20 days during Easter before returning home. Chris then traveled through Spain and went skiing in the Pyrenees Mountains. “I wanted to attend Christmas mid- night Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral, but because of the large crowd you have to pay to get in,” she remarked. When is a school not a school? When it’s a parish church, a thriving din- ing room, the home of a college bas- ketball team, a recreation center, and a swimming pool for busy maintainence men. Assumption high school is one school which changes its face on occasions to meet special requirements. The school is the temporary home of Our Lady of Victory parish. A new parish church and school are under construction and should be completed next year. At present Mass is cele- brated in the school auditorium on Sundays and holydays of obligation. Saturday morning catechism classes for 300 elementary school children are held in the academic section of the school. Parish organizations also meet at the school. Once a year, the school cafeteria is transformed into a gay Italian din- ing room as the senior class sponsors its annual Spaghetti Dinner. At the dinner held on Dec. 15, over 2000 peo- ple were served. St. Ambrose College uses the school gymnasium for its home basketball games to make use of the extra seat- ing capacity. A total of 11 college games are played at Assumption each year. Every Saturday morning during the winter, the school gym serves as a recreation center for boys interested in participating in intramural sports. Basketball features homeroom compe- tition. while individual competition in checkers, chess, ping pong, and shuffleboard also is offered. Mr. Loras Schiltz is in charge of intramurals. Recently several frozen pipes in the biology lab provided the school with an impractical and unwanted swimming pool. It seems Louie, Tom, Cal, Dwight and Don — the maintenance men — are still wiping up water. Boys begin intramurals “The fostering of sportsmanship and involvement in athletics for all are the two purposes of the new boys’ intra- mural program,” stated Mr. Loras Schiltz, subervisor of the program. The first purpose is accomplished through the weekly singling out of one team whose members display the greatest sportsmanship. The team which wins this recognition most often will be officially recognized with a trophy at the conclusion of the tourna- ment. It will be awarded on the basis of control of language, respect for de- cisions made by the referee, and gen- eral team attitude. To develop wider interest and greater skill in wrestling, Mr. Dave Skemp will conduct several practice sessions for those interested in that intramural sport. The sessions will be held previous to the wrestling sched- ule and will involve conditioning ex- ercises and the mastery of several movements. 73 ASSUMPTION SENIOR . . . Mike Seider comes down hard as he grabs a rebound during the Keokuk game. Mike averages 14.9 rebounds a game. He leads the Knights in scoring with a 23.4 average. Knights race Tonight the hoopsters travel to Bur- lington for their sixth conference game. So far the Knights have a 3-2 record in the Little Six. The following night West will challenge the Knights on their own court. Keokuk The Knights overpowered Keokuk 62-48 in a conference game. During the first half Pat Maher sparkled with his accurate outside shooting. At the half Assumption led by one point. The Knights surged ahead in the fourth quarter by pumping in 24 points. Mike Seider made eight straight baskets to finish Keokuk. Seider was high with 28 points. Teammates Phil Pash and Pat Maher added 11 and 10 points re- spectively. Keokuk In the second game in two weeks, Keokuk rebounded from their earlier defeat by downing the Knights 62-59. Assumption led throughout most of the game, but Keokuk was never more than six points behind. When Mike Seider and John Loihl fouled out in the fourth quarter, Keokuk came back with eight straight points to take the game. Seider hit 18 points for the Knights. Dan Albers had 14 and Dan Dugan chipped in 12. greyhounds Alleman Nov. 19 the Knights lost to Alle- man 62-53. The game was a toss-up until the fourth-quarter. Led by sharp- shooting John McGonigle, Alleman hit for 27 points. McGonigle shot five straight baskets to put the game out of reach for the Knights. The Pioneer was high with 31 points; Mike Seider had 28 for the Knights. Bettendorf Assumption easily outmanned Bet- tendorf 84-64 in a conference game Dec. 19. Throughout the first half the Knights used a fast break, scoring fre- quently on lay-ups. The Knights sunk 42 points in the second half, with Mike Seider hitting for 28. Dan Albers add- ed 20. Steve Potts was high for the Bulldogs with 25 points. Ottumwa The Knights scored their fourth vic- tory by doubling winless Ottumwa’s 41 points. It was the second time this season the Knights hit the 80 point mark. They again used their successful fast break led by guards Dan Albers and Dan Dugan. Mike Seider was top scorer for the Knights with 24 points. Next in line were Dan Albers and Dan Dugan each with 17. GRA amends constitution Since school started in September, the GRA board has been amending the constitution to fit the needs of this year’s members. The increased number of freshmen made it necessary to change the point system. This year freshmen must earn ninety-five points due to the two ad- ditional homerooms. Seventy - five points are required w'hen there are three homerooms. For every additional homeroom 10 points are added. The number of points needed for a second year monogram, a third year minor letter and a fourth year major letter also depend on the number of home- rooms in each class. Girls may earn points for partici- pation in individual and team sports, working on GRA project committees, being a board member, cheerleading, refereeing and scoring. While the GRA board has been amending the constitution, the other ac- tivities of the GRA have continued. Three members of the Assumption Strikette League bowded their way to Durant to compete in the district tour- naments held Dec. 7-8 and 14-15. Renny Dohse ’64 and Carol Lewan- doski ’65 were finalists with their fathers in the father-daughter tourna- ments w'hile Linda Adrian ’64 and her mother were finalists in the mother- daughter competition. Also Mary Reinhold ’67 captured the title in shuf- fleboard competition. Sophs aim for title Balanced scoring, good free throw shooting, and team work are a few of the things which have helped this year’s sophomore team to their 6 and 2 record. The Little Knights have wins over East Moline 66-58, Wahlert 80-66, North Scott 60-52, Keokuk 64-56, Al- leman 66-61 and Bettendorf 56-47. Their only losses came at the hands of Wahlert 80-66 and Keokuk 58-53. The Assumption sophs boast of their 55% accuracy from the free throw line and a balanced scoring at- tack. Ron Hawley and Bob Walter are the leading scorers (high in 3 and 2 games respectively), followed by Mike Ryan and Greg Anderson who have each led scoring in one game. Since the beginning of the season the sophs, under the able assistance of Coach Tom Sunderbruch, have switched from the standard man to man defense to a zone. This move has helped cut down on fouls, a major problem for the Little Knights. In the future the sophs are looking forward to the West and Alleman sophomore games and a crack at the Little Six sophomore title. 74 Matmen come to grips with muskies Sport lite by Jim Dower Over the holidays several graduated stars of Assumption high school re- turned to practice with their alma- mater in their respective sports. This year wrestling star Stan Maliszewski returned, Stan was third in the state in his senior year and is now wrestling varsity for Princeton University. Dick Braun, who played half-back for the Knights last year and ran the hurdles in track, also visited the mats for a workout, Dick did not wrestle at As- sumption but is now wrestling varsity for Saint Johns College at 147 lbs. • It seems that Assumption, like the ancient Roman empire, is in the grip of a barbarian invasion. This is the impression conveyed by the boys’ in- tramural bulletin board. Actually, these modern barbarians are members of the freshman basketball teams: the Huns, Lombards, Visigoths, and Franks. • The program has been going quite well, for intramurals. The games at times resemble more of soccer than basketball. Senior homeroom captain Bob Matthys relates, “I was driving in for a lay-up and was clawed in the face, tripped and knocked down on the floor; and I was called for charging.” But besides the roughness involved, the intramural program un- der Mr. Schiltz has been very success- ful. • Assumption’s best wrestling team in several years has already compiled an impressive record and entered a few Assumption firsts. For the first time in the school’s history the wrestling team beat Bettendorf, a strong wrest- ling school, by an impressive 30 points. Again, on Saturday, Dec. 28, they de- feated Camanche, snapping a winning streak of 18 meets, stretching over a three year period, one of the biggest wrestling upsets in the state. Also earlier this season the Knights lost to West by one point the closest score the school has ever had with West in wrestling. One reason for the Knights wrestling ability is their experience, the team has 6 starting seniors, 4 start- ing juniors, and 2 sophomores. This is the first time that there have been no freshmen in the varsity or reserve teams. Tomorrow, Jan. 11, the Assumption grapplers travel to Muscatine for a dual meet with the Muskies. The fol- lowing Tuesday the Knights travel to George Marshall gym for a match with the Davenport Central Blue Devils. Then the wrestlers go to Burlington for the Little Six Conference tournament, Jan. 18, and finish the month with a match at home with the Alleman Pio- neers. The wrestlers placed fourth in the Davenport Invitational Wrestling Tour- nament among the eight schools par- ticipating Nov. 30. Tony ’64 and Tom Corsiglia ’66 placed second and third respectively for the Knights. Tom Murray ’64 and Roy Leonard ’65 placed second. In their first meet the Knights lost to the Panthers of East Moline 27-20. The Panthers won the first four match- es; however, the Knights tied at 127 lbs., and then lost only three matches, 133, 138 and 180 lbs. Assumption’s second meet, Dec. 7, with Burlington proved almost a re- run of the first, only this time the Knights won 25-19. The Knights lost the first match by decision. Burlington forfeited the second match, however, to give the team five points. The wrest- lers lost the next two weights, their first decision came at 127 lbs., and from then on they lost only at 133 and 180 lbs. Dec. 14 the wrestlers met West, but missed the victory by one point, 22-21. The decisive match was between heavy- weights Roy Leonard and Terry Hobbs of West. Hobbs decisioned Leonard giv- ing West the points to take the lead and the victory. At 112 Tony Corsigilia led the Knights with their only pin. The wrestlers continued their string of upsets with a 25-21 victory over Comanche on Dec. 28. It was Coman- che’s first loss in 19 matches. As in previous matches, the team confirmed the victory by dominating the lower weights. Rich Reisinger, 138 lbs., and Tom Murray, 145 lbs., began Assumption’s climb to victory with decisions over their opponents. Tom Eischeid, 180 lbs., erased a two point Comanche lead and put Assumption ahead 22-21. Roy Leonard sealed the victory by decisioning his opponent. Juniors Jack Kearney and Roy Leonard brought the team to a 35-9 win over the Bettendorf Bulldogs with the only pins for the Knights. Betten- dorf’s nine points were won by a pin at 133 lbs. and ties at 103 and 154 lbs. The 37-5 win over Prairie of Cedar Rapids, Jan. 2. gave the Knights a winning 4-2 record. Losing only at 95 lbs. and tying at 103, the grapplers were led with pins by Tom Corsiglia, Jack Kearney, Jack Schroeder ’64 and Roy Leonard. Varsity squad 95 Gary Mock ’66 103 Tom Corsiglia ’66 Jim Figel ’66 112 Tony Corsiglia ’64 120 Jack Kearney ’65 127 Jim Dower ’65 133 Steve Gadient ’65 138 Rich Reisinger ’64 145 Tom Murray ’64 154 Kazi Maliszewski ’64 165 Jack Schroeder ’64 180 Tom Eischeid ’64 Hvw Roy Leonard ’65 VARSITY GRAPPLER . . . Senior Tom Murray downs West’s Pat McDonald 3-2. It was McDonald's first defeat. 75 CHRISTMAS GIVERS . . . Eileen Figel. Marge Walatka and Kate Schaffert all ’65 check one of the many Christmas baskets donated by Assumption homerooms this Christmas season. Grad recommends “Boy, am I glad this quarter ends today; I hate that Saturday class,” sighed Jerry Schutte ’63, now a fresh- man at Western Illinois University. Western Illinois, located in Macomb, 111., offers excellent teacher prepara- tion and a fine liberal arts education. Western now boasts an enrollment of about 4,500 students and is expanding rapidly. Two new dormitories, each 14 stories high, are included in the great expansion program. Other new additions at Western are a new, windowless classroom building, a new, multi-purpose field house and a new, student union. The two dorms opened in the fall quarter, and the classroom building and field house are scheduled to open in the winter quarter; the new student union, still under construction, will be opened near the end of this school year. “Classes are mostly lectures or dis- cussions, depending on the course,” commented Jerry, whose brother Bill is a junior. “Note taking is not really as difficult as you may think. It is made easy by most of my teachers. For example, the teachers speak slow- ly enough that you are able to take adequate notes. There are other ways the teachers help. My geology teacher usually writes much of his lecture on the board. My business teacher uses a projecting machine for the important parts of her lectures so that we may copy them down easily.” western illinois “College is different from high school in two respects: you don’t have to go to class all day long, and you can cut classes if you know somebody who takes comprehensive notes and will let you use them.” There are quite extensive recrea- tional facilities at WIU. Between the two towers there is a patio, below which is the Ravine Room where you can get a snack while you watch television. In the student union are pool and ping pong tables. Life in the dorm isn’t really too dull. The residents of the “Twin Tow- ers” have set up their own little gov- ernment. There is one president over all, and each floor of each tower elects its own representatives, such as a so- cial chairman and an athletic chair- man. Many of the students on campus have formed a bowling league that bowls on Monday nights at 5:00 pm. Talent provides money for musicians “A one, a two, a one — two — three jam!” These words help some talent- ed Assumption musicians earn their spending money doing something they enjoy. About eight guitar pickers, drum beaters and sax blowers have formed their own group or have joined com- bos from other schools. Chuck Luther '65 has joined with another guitar player, a drummer and a sax player. They call themselves the Imperials and play at private par- ties and dances, usually making $20 for parties and $30 for dances. Bill Tavegia ’65, Bill Burbridge ’65, Dave Johnke ’65 and Jim Grothusen ’66 have combined to form the Impa- las. Bill plays guitar and occasionally has attempted the sax. Dave plays backup guitar, Jim leads guitar and Bill “beats the skins.” Dick Collignan '66 has joined a group from across the river sur- named the Embers. Dick has been playing drums for a good many years. “It’s a real great wfay to earn a little money and enjoy yourself doing it,” asserted Dick. Bob Matthys ’64 also plays with the Embers. He has been with the group since Sept. 1, playing back-up guitar. Dave Votroubek ’64 plays with Gary and the Goofers. Dave handles lead and rhythm for the group, which makes regular appearances at the “Col” and also plays at private parties. JIMS BARBER SHOP 2030 Harrison 326-5541 t u 76 Debate team: 'tragedy in triplicate' Fourscore and seven hours ago our debate team lost,” moaned the newly reformed Assumption high school de- bate team which lost at the Muscatine high school invitational debate meet. They didn’t actually lose all the de- bates —only seven out of eight in B” division and two out of four in the novice. But, it was “only for practice,” says Mr. Joseph Maher, team coach. “I wanted to throw them to the lions to see how they would react.” As Mike Schebler ’64, second affirm- ative, sobbed, “Lions is right! The ma- jority of those debators have been de- bating all through high school, and some who were in “A” division have been debating since junior high.” Expressing a more positive approach, Gary Ales 64 hoped “We can debate ‘A’ division when we debate in the Little Six,” but he adds, “the ‘A’ de- bators have had lots of practice and we haven’t.” When Assumption debates in the Little Six the boys who w'ere debat- ing “novice” will now debate “B” di- vision, as Pat Stolmeier ’66 says, “Al- though we debated in “novice” at the last meet we feel that we have gained much experience from this.” Actually, all of the team, both divi- sions, were beginners, with the excep- tion of Tom Figel ’64, who has debated before. He debated in B” division with Gary Ales ’64, his partner in the nega- tive and Mike Schebler and Bob Dit- mon ’64 in the affirmative. All of these had taken senior debate last semester but had not had much practice in ac- tual debate. The novice division was composed of students from Mr. Maher’s speech class. The two affirmative were Pat Stolmeier and Paul Giguere and Mike Friedel and Jon Kruse, all ’66, in the negative. Among the 16 schools that partici- pated, both the Davenport West and Davenport Central teams were notable. The two “A” division teams who had Vatican reps during march The Second Vatican Council will dominate the thoughts of some 400 teen-agers w’ho will meet at Assump- tion high school March 8, 1964, for the annual Davenport Federation YCS spring study day. This is the second time that Assumption has hosted the event. Principle speaker of the day will be Ralph L. Hayes, Bishop of Daven- port, who will speak to the students about the second session of the coun- cil. Fr. Cletus Madsen, St. Ambrose College, will speak on the new Con- stitution of the Liturgy. For the first time the discussion groups following each talk will not be lead by student leaders, but by adults and priests pre- pared in advance by Father Madsen. RESOLVED THAT . . . and so begins another pract- ice session as senior debaters, Tom Figel, Mike Schebler and Bob Ditman discuss the many aspects of Medical Aid. Gary Ales ’64, wasn’t present for the picture. a demonstration at the end of the day. West was the affirmative and Central was the negative. This was the champ- ionship debate, and even though Cen- tral was unable to give their last re- buttal, they won the debate. Future plans of the debate team in- clude the Little Six, which is next, and the diocesan speech meet. The team hopes to do better in the Little Six. They are having practice debates now in order to sharpen their skills that “the debate team shall not perish from this earth.” counsel teens 8 study day The liturgical part of the day will emphasize preparation for the Easter season. Whole wheat hosts will be used to remind students that the hosts is to nourish and sustain them. This prep- aration will be carried out through Mass in the cafeteria. “For practical purposes we have to use the cafeteria,” said Fr. William F. Wiebler, chairman of liturgical serv- ices. “Nevertheless we hope the idea of a community meal will be realized by the students.” A Bible vigil will close the day for the diocesan YCSers. NHS Scholars open contest “Be the Poet laureate of Assumption high school. Follow the trail blazed by such classics as Jane Erp, Catcher in the Wheat and Lord of the Fleas,” rec- ommend the bulletin boards in A and D wings. The National Honor Society is sponsoring a literary contest to pro- mote scholarship and recognize stu- dents’ creative writings. To enter or not to enter shouldn’t be the question, say the scholar spon- sors, since entries will be taken from class assignments. Editorials, essays, mood paragraphs, character sketches and poetry are all various fields in which work may be submitted. Since brevity is the soul of wit, prose entries should be between 200 and 300 words and poetry 6-20 lines . If it were done when tis done, then ’twere better it were one quickly,” be- cause all selections must be given to Mary Hartkop ’65 or E-2 by April 7. A preliminary judging will be handled by a faculty board at school. Final judges will be members of either Mary- crest or St. Ambrose faculty. Medals for all winners will be presented at the academic awards assembly in May. The prime selection will be published in the Knight Beacon. 82 Mouse improves knight dramatics The Mouse That Roared has been chosen as the 1964 Assumption high school play, to be held March 13 and 14. The decision was made by the di- rector, Mr. Joseph Maher. Three other plays, The Ugly American, Rebel With- out A Cause and 1984, were also con- sidered. Approximately 25 students will be involved in the play as actors, but more will be needed to help out back- stage. The Mouse That Roared is a story about a small European country that decides to declare war on the United States. The people hope to be defeat- ed by the United States and then re- ceive aid to bring their medieval coun- try up to modern standards. The at- tack” consists of a shipload of men armed with bows and arrows. They capture New York City during an air raid drill and happen on the ultimate weapon” just being developed by a New York scientist. They take the bomb back to their country and try to deal with the problem of being the rulers oft he world. Mr. Maher has directed previous AHS productions: The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis was the ’61 school play starring Mike Barry '63 as Dobie, and The World’s Fair Review was the ’63 var- iety show' which reviewed the events of a trip to the Seattle World’s Fair. Knights support red cross Teaching retarded children, giving first-aid courses, showing a movie on safe driving are all projects of the Red Cross at Assumption. This year’s representatives are Robin Hall ’64 and Mary Dee Atkinson ’65. They represent Assumption in the Scott County chapter of the Red Cross. The main project this year is the teaching of retarded children at Tay- lor School on Saturday mornings. Along with Robin and Mary Dee, Dick Lin- dorfer ’64 and Larry Geisler ’65 help out. During or after Lent the students plan to begin to teach some basic re- ligious facts to these children. Before this year AHS Red Cross had not been really active. To gain strength, they decided to join with St. Katherine’s school in teaching the retarded chil- dren. Betty Priester ’65, representative from St. Kartherine’s, has been very active in this area. Another project being attempted this year is the first-aid course, which was very successful two years ago at AHS. The course will be held for six weeks, one night a week. Those who are in- terested are asked to register in Fr. Charles Mann’s office; if enough in- dicate interest, they will be enrolled. The third project is not definite yet. The Red Cross is trying to secure a safe driving film, w’hich wras shown at Central high school last year. The stu- dents are now also in the process of looking for a project in connection with helping at the hospitals in the area or in nursing homes. “This year we’ve tried to have an active program and to really do some- thing worthwhile. I think that we are accomplishing this goal,” concluded Robin. TO BE OK . . . not to be! medi- tates Debbie Alger ’64 and Alan Doty ’64. The two seniors are au- ditioning for parts in “The Mouse That Roared,” Assumption’s school play. Lite Flashes The Assumption band cordially re- quests the presence of the senior, jun- ior, sophomore and freshman classes at their gala presentation of ‘‘Music To Go To Classes By.” The affair will take place at nine-fifteen am at the As- sumption high school auditorium, the eighteenth of February, nineteen hun- dred and sixty-four. No RSVP • • • The third annual Brotherhood Mass, to be held on Sunday, Feb. 16, 1964, 4:00 p.m., at St. Paul the Apostle Cath- olic Church, is open to people of every faith, nationality and race. The Mass will be celebrated by Msgr. Leo C. Sterck, pastor of St. Paul’s and Bishop Ralph L. Hayes will be pre- siding. A social hour in the school will follow the Mass. • • • Circulation Dept: After reading the last issue of the KB, students of Aquin- as high school, LaCross, Wisconsin, re- cently wrote a letter to Fr. Marvin Eldred asking for his recipe for spa- ghetti sauce. They also wanted to know how to conduct a spaghetti supper for “fun and profit.” • The chessclub had its first meeting Feb. 5, and moved to apply for a char- ter. All those who are still interested in joining are asked to put their name and their class on a sheet of paper and place it into Don Shaw’s box (No. 5) in the library. They will hold a tour- nament among the members in order to choose those who will oppose Musca- tine. • • • The dice were rolling fast and fur- ious Sunday, Feb. 9, as the sophomore class sponsored the annual Student Council-Faculty Party. From 7:30 on faculty and students alike enjoyed a Mardi-Gras mood while rolling the dice in rousing games of Bunco and refreshing themselves with cookies and punch or coffee. Working with student advisor Sr. Mary Joanette, BVM, were sophs: Pat Hart — Invitations; Pat Riley — Dec- orations, Pat Stolmeier — Setup, Pat Hart and John Bribriesco — entertain- ment, Joyce Glade and Giles Crider — games, Janet Ruge — refreshments. 83 Administrative or representative? The Student Council has had half of the school year for the forma- tion of policies and action. But now there is a differ- ence of opinion concerning its effectiveness and the role it plays at AHS. The idea of a trying but trodden administrative organization is held as one opinion. In direct conflict, the other opinion views it through rose colored, representative glasses. “It’s as much of a democracy as it can be . . noted one member. “The administration won’t stand in the way, if you have a good idea.’’ This is the first Coun- cil in tw’o years to arrange homes for possible foreign exchange students; they have initiated the SC mail- boxes; football programs and dances have been suc- cessful. “Although students don’t realize it, we have our hands in almost everything.” On the other hand, another member remarked, “We don’t pretend to say everything students may want will get through.” An example of this was the push for more homecoming floats. Such objection on the part of the faculty was discouraging. This may parti- ally account for the minimal interest in the Council’s activities. There also seems to be a discrepancy of opinion concerning the purpose of Student Council. The first member holds the opinion that, “There is a big diff- erence between idealism and reality.” The idealism is a truly responding student government — thought upon as rational, responsible and mature enough to handle a little freedom. The reality refers to an ad- ministrative group that sponsors dances, publishes football programs and fulfills other activities, which although good and necessary, do not require the services of a representative governmental association. The second member defined the purpose as that of a “mediator between students and faculty — function- ing well and doing its job.” Student Council minutes are printed to be read in every homeroom the Friday after each meeting. In many homerooms they aren’t. Of the eight meetings in five months, one was dismissed for lack of a quorum. During the initial months of the school year was the center of student affairs; now they have maded into the background. Why? One optimistic member provided this answer; “When students elect representatives they don’t se- lect candidates to represent them, but to pass the buck. Ideas aren’t enacted, not because of lack of cooperation of the administration — they’re behind us 100% — nor because of a lack in the representa- tives, but because the students don’t give us informa- tion through the homerooms. Pacificism on the part of the students is bogging the school down.” The other member holds, “Student Council should be just that — STUDENT Council. The members must accept their responsibilities. Since the beginning of the year the enthusiasm has failed miserably. Sure it can be blamed on the student body to a certain degree; they elected them and in some cases exercised poor judgment.” The same members who skip meetings and fail to read the minutes in their homerooms can’t say the students don’t support Student Council. It’s the Stu- dent Council member himself, who doesn’t. With two contradicting viewpoints are there also two answers? The Knight Beacon believes there is only one real viewpoint and one answer. First the two differing views must face reality. The Student Council has not been a body of perfect representatives who accomplish everything students wish them to accomplish. Indeed, it can’t be in a faculty governed educational system. Neither has it completely failed as a representative body. In order to function as a representative and admin- istrative group, there must exist a three way coopera- tion between girls, boys and faculty. Members of the Student Council accepted the re- sponsibilities as well as the honors of being class representatives. This assumes that a quorum of the member will attend the meetings. It also assumes that members will fulfill the obligation to inform the students of the minutes before the issues are dead. If the seriousness of this position has escaped some, or if they only conider it another honor with w’hich to impress colleges, the solemnity of their position should be reiterated, or they should be removed. It is a recognized fact that students have the re- sponsibility as voters to chose qualified candidates. But it is not as readily recognized that their task is deeper — the responsibility of supplying represent- atives with ideas, requests and suggestions. Now that Student Council has had half the year to acquaint itself with its position, it’s time for it to adjust to its duties and responsibilities. Every official in the Student Council, as well as every student at Assumption, is capable of this. The only remaining requirements are desire and performance. JG PC Reps refuse to reign, rule or represent Student Council 84 A BRAKE IN TIME . . . saves 4, 9, 10, 104 . . . Girls remain speechless Debate caused Nixon’s downfall in 1960, and it is also a shortcoming at AHS. The Assumption high school debate team represents only the boy’s division. Why not interest the “other half?” Concerning the proposition of girls on the debate team, Mr. Joseph Maher, the team’s coach, noted, “No girls have ever approached me on the question. It has always been considered strictly a boys’ activity. However, I can see no reason why girls couldn’t try out. If they show enough natural potential they could be coached in the particulars.” After a year of silence, the team has resumed ac- tivity. But the lack of publicity on debate has re- sulted not only in having no girls try out. Some do not know we have a team. An informal survey of 40 girls showed that only five knew we had an active debate team. As part of their classes, senior boys may take a one semester, five-day-a-week debate class, taught by Mr. William McAfoos. However, this class is not sy- nonymous with the team and boys who have fin- ished the course may still remain on the team. Recently competing in their first meet, the team only tied for next to the last place. Perhaps the girls with their gift for gab could improve the situ- ation. Mr. Maher has noted that he is still looking for students to enter the debate and individual com- petition for the Little Six Meet. This is another chance to show we’re one at Assumption high. Girls who are interested in a challenging and mixed activ- ity should contact Mr. Maher or attend the next debate team meeting. 3:13 plus 409=2332 “4, 9, 10, 104, 172, 361, 792, 2332 . . . Four killed in auto accidents during December, ’63, nine mis- haps involving teenagers, 10 people killed on Dav- enport streets last year, 172 collisions during the daylight hours of December, 104 between 3:00 and 5:00, 361 accidents tabulated in December, 2332 re- ported for 1963 . . .” These Davenport police department records show that the greatest concentration of accidents occurs during the daylight hours between 3:00 and 5:00 — the time when teens leave school and hop jubilantly into their sting rays, 409’s or little deuce coupes. And why not? 3:13 is a perfect time to release all the excess energy built up during the day, and that wide- eyed mechanical being is an easy and carefree means. But safety experts tell us to think twice before we create menace from machine, or the result may add to the statistics, diminish our bank account and lessen our life expectancy. Assumption students may consider themselves lucky that none of their classmates have been killed during their high school years. Bettendorf wasn’t so lucky. Recall last June, when one of their senior boys shattered his new Corvette — a graduation present — on a drainage culvert while traveling 140 mph. A friend of his reacted this way: “It doesn’t seem possible. Why, just yesterday I was dragging home from Lake Canyada with him . . .” While Assumption has recorded no fatalities, it does have its own traffic problem. At 3:13 cars, buses and pedestrians meet in a three way tangle at the intersection of West Central and student-entrance AHS. Bystanders marvel as first one, then two, then three lanes of cars emerge, one turning right, one left, and the other — who knows; and they are amazed as passing days, thus far, have seen no smashed fenders, broken glass or blood spattered pavement. There are many possible solutions. Traffic lights could he installed, a policeman (or someone else in authority) might direct traffic, another exit from the parking lot could be built; conical lane dividers have been used after some basketball games, these could be placed on a permanent basis. But the only real solution lies in the hands of the students. As the law of averages gains ground against us, will we continue to press our luck? What about it drivers AND pedestrians? Two cents worth of court- esy is worth $200 worth of body work. JG KNIGHT BEACON As a tteacou 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. PC 85 A $1,500 colege scholarship, an ex- pense paid educational tour and more may be in the future for Senior Bev- erly Weber, Assumption’s Homemaker of Tomorrow for 1964. Her achievement of the highest scores on the Betty Crocker examination in written knowledge and attitude, given Dec. 3, 1963, will merit her a “Home- maker of Tomorrow” pin from Gen- eral Mills, Inc., sponsor of the program. Her test paper will also be entered in competition for state honors. Of the 484,000 girls entered from 14,000 of the nations schools, 50 state homemakers, one from each state, will be awarded a $1,500 college scholarship and will be named national finalist, while their schools will receive a set of the Encyclopedia Britanica. The state’s second ranking girl will also be awarded a $500 scholarship. This spring, state finalists, accom- panied by a school advisor, will enjoy an educational tour to Colonial Wil- liamsburg. Virginia, Washington, D.C., and New York City, all expenses paid. The climax of the tenth annual “Betty Carol Mullen ’64 received the Jun- ior Achievement leadership award dur- ing the annual Junior Achievement Managers’ Conference in St. Louis, Dec. 27-30. Out achieving 964 other contestants from the United States and Canada, Carol received the award for contri- butions and ideas presented during the conferences. Carol is secretary of her company — Hot Stops, which produces hot plates. Crocker Search” program will be the naming of the 1964 Betty Crocker All- American Homemaker of Tomorrow. Chosen on the basis of her original test score, personal observation and inter- views during the trip, she will receive a $5,000 scholarship. Runners up will receive $4,000, $3,000 and $2,000 schol- arships respectively. The contest will be judged by the nationally known Sci- ence Research Association of Chicago. More than three and a half million girls have participated and scholar- ships of approximately one million dol- lars have been awarded since the pro- gram began. The search is approved by the National Association of Secon- dary School Principals. Bev, who plans to major in home economics at Ottumwa Heights next year, feels “home ec should be impor- tant to every girl. Though I have had some training in the field, my work at home and my common sense helped me most of all on the test. I thought the test was very hard, and I am sure future competition will make it even harder to place well.” “The Junior Achievement companies are now conducting a membership drive to recruit more workers,” reveals Mar- cia Welch ’65, also an achiever. If you wish to learn more about the Junior Achievement companies and their pur- poses, contact a member you know, or go down to the headquarters in the Kahl Building any night Monday through Thursday between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. ASSUMPTIONS HOMEMAKER . . . of the year. Bev Weber ’64 prepares to show her domestic talents. Bishop appoints father john boyle messenger editor Fr. John P. Boyle has been named the new editor of the Catholic Mes- senger. The appointment, made by Bishop Ralph L. Hayes Feb. 8, came after Peter Clarke resigned his position sev- eral weeks ago. Head of the English department and chief registrar at Assumption, Father Boyle graduated from St. Ambrose College and received a degree in The- ology. His prveious experience consists of work on the college paper at Iowa City, year book publication and seven years of teaching English composition. Father reacted, “The appointment came as quite a surprise to me.” CIC edits memorial John F. Kennedy’s now famous ra- cial justice radio and TV address to the nation, of June 11, 1963 was re- leased by the Davenport Catholic In- terracial Council on Feb. 7. The publication wras originally de- termined “not only as a memorial to the late president, but also to promote the cause of civil rights,” noted Char- les W. Toney, president of CIC. A four-page brochure, the memorial edition was prepared with the assis- tance of Thomas Chouteau, assistant professor of art at St. Ambrose Col- lege. In the June 11, 1963 address, Pres- ident Kennedy called the problem a “moral crisis,” and insisted: “It can- not be met by repressive police ac- tion. It cannot be left to increased dem- onstrations in the streets. It cannot be quieted by token moves or talk. It is a time to act in Congress, in your State and local legislative body, and, above all, in ail of our daily lives.” The late President then proposed to Congress the civil rights legislation currently coming to a vote on Capitol hill. Copies may be obtained by address- ing requests to the Davenport Catholic Interracial Council, 410 Brady Street. Single copies of the CIC memorial bro- chure are available at twenty-five cents, to cover postage and handling, or in orders of twenty or more, five cents each. JA recognizes carol mullen Stimulated scholars fish for good grades The Izaak Walton League held its annual fishing derby at Credit Island a few weeks ago, but Assumption ang- lers have been fishing all semester. At least 17 students have been able to catch straight A’s. Seniors who got their limit are Pa- tricia Carpenter, Phyllis Hart and Jere- lyn Ryan. Juniors led in first honors with Barbara DeZorizi, Joann Eischeid, Mary Ann Hartkop, John Kearney, Mary Anne Nelson and Teresa Schwab. Sophomores Mary Baranowski, John Cepican and William Winn reeled in their share of straight A’s. Frosh fish- ermen were Jill Cox, Donna Figel, Ann Kruse, John Roche and Thomas Roth- erham. In all 51 seniors were able to lure prizes. Using only artificial bait, sports- men who received second honors are Thomas Figel. Michael Townsend, Jan- et Abbas. Barbara Bauer, Jackie Bald. Kathy Barrett, Mary Buckwalter, James Logan, Susan Mohler, Nancy DeJulius, John Genzel, Phillip Pash, Michael Schebler, Ralph Bawden, Mary Motto, Janice Adamsky, John Hasen- miller, Mary Kealcy, Carol Miley, Rita Davies, John Loihl, Sharon Molyneaux, Deanna Morris, Darrell Warta, Joseph Patrick Dray, Mary A. McCarthy, Mary E. McCarthy, John Neth, Rosemary Pauli, Louise Puls, Geri Barnett, Bar- bara Beyer, Patty Brafman, Mary Coleman, Leah Cox, Mary Coyne, Su- san King, Ilona Kuehnhackl, Margaret Reinart, David Ryder, Mary Stanger, Thomas Bribriesco, Thomas Eischeid, Julie Joyce, Donald Shaw, Barbara Britton, Susan Jager and Jill Schroe- der. Juniors who hooked a better than B average were Barbara Herrmann, Steven Vander Horn, Walter Foley, Karen Bergbauer, Theresa Davis, Eil- een Figel, Kathleen Morrissey, Stephen Murray, Nancy Nagle, Suzanne Scheb- ler, Michele Vander Horn, James Wat- son, Susan Barney, Judith Booth, Bar- bara Grell, Maureen Judge, Janice Senior ranks in NHS competition An Assumption Senior — a National Honor Society Scholarship semifinalist? Yes, Barb Bauer '64 has been notified that she is a semifinalist in the Nation- al Honor Society Scholarship Contest. Sister Mary Ann Ester, BVM. said that she had received no other information other than that Barb was named semi- finalist. The results were based upon the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test taken on Oct. 13. Looking into the future, Barb hopes to major in elementary education with minors in math and English. She plans to attend either Alvemo College in Milwaukee or St. Theresa’s College in Winona. Montford, Michael Mulvihill. Margaret Parker, Noreen Pash, George Wahlig, Lawrence Schloemer, Linda Beyer, Glynn Davis, Leon DeJulius, Stephen Gadient, Mary Derouin, Christopher Kriesa, Cheryl Lager, Susan Lee, Phy- llis Stanger, Mary Ann Tawney, Ray- mond Byers, Michelle Chenowith, Nor- een Kivlin, Marcia Welch, John Cogan. Dennis Colby and Holly Fitzsimmons. Thus 45 juniors landed second honors or better. Sophomores snagged their lines and lagged behind the rest of the classes with only 42. They were Paul Giguere, James Gilroy, Thomas Henrichs, Mar- garet Balluff, Lora Berendes, Diane Lannan, Mary Ann Miller, Patricia Riley, Kenneth Rossmiller. William Da- vis, John Schissel, Sheila Shanahan. Janet Ruge, Richard Collignon, Brian Dugan, Joyce Glade. Carol Gummerum, Jennifer Hubbard, Mary Matthys, John Adams. Michael Gimbel. William Koch, Brian Miclot. Harry Peterson, Eliza- beth Brandt. Leonard Cervantes, Mich- ael Friedel, Cathleen Froeschle, Tho- mas Haase, Joseph Miller, Roberta Mullen. Mary Regan, Patrick Stolmei- er, David Barrett, Michael Shannon, Mary Cain, Nancy Decastaker, Barbara Bednarik, and Mary Klingman. Freshmen also did well in angling for their A’s with 44 of them rating second honors or better. They were Celeste Crowley, Christine Hume, Jane Meyers, Marie Miller, Terry Ann Ree- dy, Mary Reinhold. Michael Schonhoff, David Hasenmillcr, Linda Antonacci, Marcia Cooley, Stephen Decker, Keith Guy, Karen McKirchy, Kathleen Olson, John Hoie, Susan Van Besien, Thomas Knight, James Nagle, Sandra Griffin, Mary Raferty, Thomas Andresen, Mary Bushma. Christine Costantakos, Cath- erine Freund. Margaret Gilroy, William Hart, Aleander Herriges, Colleen Hild, Daniel Macken, Mary Purcell, Mary Schloemer, Barrie Ricketts, Mary Wal- atka, Kathryn Walsh, Marilyn Wildau- er, Richard Kaspre, Robert Shannon, Bernard Spaeth and Deborah Motto. Licenses expired at the end of the semester; however, game wardens an- nounced an open season with the third quarter. Girls assist Pavia mr. James Jones. 32)4 fairland St; Litletown, n Wiss. Since Sr. Ann Marita, CHM, and her typing students have taken over the addressing and stuffing of PAVLA and Lay Apostolate business letters, the above is seen no more. “While working at the office the boys and girls have a chance to apply the skills they have learned in their courses. There is a difference in prac- ticing typing and studying the proper forms of folding, stuffing, stamping and sealing, and in doing some 40.000 letters and envelopes in an assembly line, ’ said Sister. The 40,000 she spoke of were letters and enclosures sent out regarding the CICOP Conference held in Chicago. Jan. 20-21. Cheryl Kelsey ’(54. describing the work, commented, “There were many funny things which happened at the office, but the one that struck me as the cutest was our introduction to Fr. Louis Colonncse’s pet monkey, which he received for his birthday.” NEW SCORING RECORD . . . Mike Seider, Assumption senior, set an all time scoring record last week. Mike hit for forty-one points against Ottumwa. Assump- tion won the game 87-46. The following night Mike connected for thirty points against East Mo- line Panthers in a losing effort. 87 FEBRUARY IS CATHOLIC . . . A H S STAFF PHOTOGRAPH- ER .. . Don Wolf watches as a pic- ture is electron- ically reproduced for use in the Daily Times. press month and recently 20 As- sumption junior journalists spent a day touring the facilities of the Daily Times Newspaper building. The juniors not only toured the building, but attended editorial conferences, photography sessions, and writing clinics. After lunch L. Erwin Atwood, a faculty member of the Iowa State University School of Journalism, spoke to the juniors. TRYING TO ESCAPE . . . Steve Huyette is caught by the camera as he at- tempts to jump in and out of the Daily Times cash TOURING THE PRESSES . . . Assu mption’s junior journalists listen as Fred Bills, Daily Times editor, explains how a large daily paper is written, produced, and APPLYING miAT . . . they Be learned. Bill Schutte and Bill Fisher rewrite a Daily Times story, which later appeared in the paper. Assumption junior journalists invade daily times PENSIVE AND THOUGHT F U L . . . Mary Irene Gimbel concen- trates on a story w'hich is being being brought in over one of the Daily Times many teletypes. HALL OF FAME . . . Kenny Dohse ’64, Mary Kealey ’64, Lynn Haniann ’65 and Mary Kaye Derouin ’65 look over the certificates each received for being in- ducted into Assumption’s “Hall of Fame.” Folksingers Ramblin christys pause at RKO Wearing fuzzy, black cossack hats while singing a Russian drinking song and toting guitars and suitcases, the last two members of the New Christy Min- strels troupe departed from the Dav- enport RKO Orpheum Theatre on their way to Nova Scotia. The Minstrels had just finished play- ing before a near capacity audience, which included many AHS students and faculty members. “The audience tonight was better than most,” noted Barry McGuire, spokesman and MC for the group. “Some audiences, however, show no response and some — well, its just magic. Those are the moments we per- formers live for.” On stage Barry is a w’ild-arm-swing- ing singer, who carries the crazy lead in songs like “Green, Green.” Back- stage, however, he is a quiet, soft- spoken person who talks a lot about his past. Before the group got together two years ago, he was a pipe fitter and an occasional soloist in summer stock mu- sicals. Barry got started singing folk songs when he purchased a Kingston Trio album. He explained, “I just want- ed to sing, so I started.” Another member of the group, Clar- ence “Tooth” Treat, the base fiddle player and group comic, was a physical education instructor before he joined the Minstrels a year ago. The group was formed by Randy Sparks with the idea that nine talented soloists singing together could revive the old spirit of folk singing originated by the Christy Minstrels. Besides sing- ing the seven men and two girls play an array of musical instruments rang- ing from the harmonica to the violin. During their Davenport performance they played many of their noted songs among which were “This Train,” “Sat- urday Night” and “Ramblin’.” Clarence Treat observed that the songs with the most audience appeal are recorded. Currently they have five al- bums on the market and two more are ready for release. Besides personal appearances the New Christy Minstrels have appeared on various hootenannies and TV shows and did a special for President Lyndon Johnson during the President’s visit to Italy. “It was really a big thrill,” com- mented Clarence. “It’s true about the President being real friendly. He greet- ed us with ‘Hi, there!’ in his slow Tex- an accent.” The group is now playing a series of one-nighters which will last for five months. “I never know exactly where we will play our show,” commented Barry McGuire. “This way I don’t have a chance to get nervous.” After the show, Tom Snyder '64, who attended with last year’s editor Paul DiBlasio (now at Iowa U) resolved to add another New Chrsity album to his collection. Girls framed in fame May I have your attention please! We are now entering the newly or- ganized Assumption Hall of Fame. The Hall, which is sponsored by the jun- ior class, was begun as a project for School Spirit Days, 1963. To your left are the portraits of the first four members elected to the Hall, seniors Mary Kealey and Reynel Dohse and juniors Mary Kaye Derouin and Lynn Hamann. In E-wing is the historic room where the judges, Julie Joyce and Mary Mot- to, seniors and Peg Parker and Teresa Schwab, juniors, with the help of Sr. Mary Diana, BVM, examined the nom- inations. Any girl could submit a nom- ination, naming a girl outstanding in loyalty and service to the school, to classes, to school activities and to school personnel. “Quotes from the votes” that nomin- ated the girls are: Mary Kealey — She is one who shows school spirit in action;” Reynel Dohse — “She is a member of YCS and teaches catechism on Saturdays;” Mary Kaye Derouin — Not only does she get new ideas, but she is always present to carry them out;” Lynn Hamann devoted much time during and after school to keep the library in good order.” After being elected, each of the four members recevied a certificate of mem- bership in the Assumption high school Hall of Fame; their names were per- manently inscribed in the records. Thank you for your attention and come again to the AHS Hall of Fame. Sisters rewrite r 'the nun's story' A two day language seminar in Philadelphia and an exciting visit to Washington, DC highlighted a recent trip for Sr. Mary St. Gilberta, BVM, and Sr. Mary Natalie, BVM. After a visit to the Capitol build- ing, on which they were accompanied by Iowa Senator Bourke Hickenlooper, Iowa Representative Fred Schwengel took the sisters on a tour through the offices of the President, Vice Prseident and House Speaker McCormack. They also saw the old Senate Chamber and attended a session of the House. Later they were guests of Mr. Schwengel in the Congressional Dining Room. Along with thousands of others, Sis- ter Mary St. Gilberta and Sister Mary Natalie viewed the grave of our late Presdient John Fitzgerald Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery. Sister Mary Natalie’s picture appeared in the Washington Post and many other pa- pers across the nation as one of tht tourists at the cemetery. Visits to the Smithsonian Institute, Lincoln Museum, National Art Gallery, the new airport, with its mobile lounge, and the FBI building were also of great interest to the sisters. 90 Martha mallary mediates twix US and brazil (Editor’s Note: The Knight Beacon re- cently received the following letter from Martha Mallary, Davenport papal volunteer who is now serving with her family in Brazil. The Mallary’s operate a farm which helps to feed thousands of impoverished Brazilians. This letter, written to the Assumption student body, is a result of an earlier KB project. Martha, age 19, was inter- viewed and asked to write the Assump- tion students about her life in Bahia. Last year Assumption students con- trbiuted one-fourth of the lenten col- lections to the PAVLA program. It is hoped that part of this year’s collec- tion will also go the Mallarys.) Jan. 18, 1964 Dear Assumption Students, Just put in anything but a dull day here on the fazenda. Today being Sat- urday, it was pay day for the workers. I was appointed what you might call secretary. This afternoon I took over the job of paying the workers, and also keeping books. The most one worker earns a week is 10 dollars. Of course, you cannot compare wages here with those in the States, but it’s rather sad, seeing some of the workers earn only, maybe, a dollar a week. People “get by” and that’s about it. Every afternoon we open the doors of our medicine room (which is con- nected to the house) and receive boys Central welds senior s career 'There's only one way to get these hands clean, mister, scrub ’em with soap, salt and kerosene,” remarked Bill Bailey ’64 wfhen asked how he gets the dirtiest hands in the school clean. The senior owns this distinction be- cause of a night class he is enrolled in this semester. He rises early every morning to work on his cars and at night attends a welding class in the Adult Education Division at Central high school. Bill became interested in the course after a friend, Dick Creech ’64, told him about a similiar one he had taken. Acetylene welding and arc wielding are covered. “Acetylene welding is gas w-elding,” explained Bill. “It’s the eas- ier of the two.” After acetylene Bill will be taught to use the electric arc welder. The rays from the arc welder are so powerful that they can blind the naked eye. Therefore, a heavy iron mask is nec- essary. Mr. Harold Jones conducts the 60- hour class from 7 pm to 10 pm every Tuesday and Wednesday. Bill will re- ceive one credit for the course and feels that it will give valuable experience for my future wrork in automotive mechanics.” who come with leg ulcers, stomach aches, toothaches, and eye infections. The majority are treated for leg ulcers. When we arrived some of the ulcers were terribly infected and open. It’s been gratifying to see the ulcers grad- ually improving. W’e are working on a project right now, of trying to get the boys to take baths every day, which would help greatly in the healing of ulcers. So, when sending them on, we say, “Tome o banho.” Since a typewriter arrived yester- day, (gift of Sister Dulce), I have been busy making cards on the boys. Of course, many of them don’t know their birth date, and have only a vague idea of how old they are. When they don’t know their birth date, sometimes they will give a famous date like Sept. 7, Independence Day. There are few boys who know both their parents. So at times I don’t have much to wrork on. In the future we hope to obtain birth certificates for the boys, a very neces- sary thing w'hcn it comes time for them to leave here and make a living for’ themselves. Last Wednesday the boys did some- thing that greatly impressed me. It was raining all that morning, and around 10:00 a m. they dressed in their freshly washed and ironed blue uniforms and marched in perfect order over to our house. There they sang happy birth- day. Wish you could have seen them. I would have invited all 120 of them into our house for a “fiesta” had there been room. Later in the day, Mother and I went over to their recreation room where she played some American songs on the piano for them. While we had them all congregated we practiced a psalm for Mass, which is celebrated here once a month. In many of the churches in Brazil, psalms are sung during Mass, the psalms having a very simple but beautiful melody. Today we went into Salvador for a day of recollection given for all Ameri- cans in Bahia by a Redemptorist Fath- er who was passing through Salvador on his vacation. It was a pleasant change from the every day routine. Before ar- riving we stopped at the Refugio, which is run by Sister Dulce for people who are just passing through or are looking for a place to live. They are allowed to stay there only three days. The place itself consists of a cluster of shacks with dirt floors. For the des- perate poor fleeing the desolate North- east of Brazil, on their way to San Paulo, the Refugio means food and a roof over their head and possibly a job if Sister Dulce can get one for them. This morning a man and his 11 children arrived at the Refugio. The man had been in some sort of accident and the top of his head was a mess. He was desperately clinging to his youngest daughter who had hydrocephalus (a water head baby). This is just one of the many sad cases that arrive at the Refugio every day. Well, I have to fold up the typewriter for today, have a busy day tomorrow. Your friend in Christ, Martha Mallary Davenport Pavla Volunteer MR. AND MRS. . . . Lyle Mallary and their daugh- ters, Margaret and Martha along with Lucille Lebean pose for a picture in Brazil. The Mallarys are Papal Volunteers from Davenport. Gallery opens for friends of art WAITING FOR ART . . . Bob Townsend ’65 and Mary Lou Land- ers ’66 arrive a little too late to view the Art Gallery, but are willing to wait until tomorrow’. Museum provides variety: mixes ancient with modern Something old, something new, something ancient, something modern will be found by any Assumption stu- dent who ventures into the new Dav- enport Public Museum when it opens this spring. The two-level basement will contain historical exhibits, a storage area for collections of rocks, minerals, shells, Indian pottery and a workshop where Mr. Gary Yarrington, the curator of exhibits, will do restoration work. To the right is the registrar’s office, occu- pied by Mrs. George Volreth, and a small area where Mrs. Phyllis Gerard works repainting the treasured Aztec Calendar Stone and exhibits. There is also an auditorium, freight elevator and loading dock. The first floor will house contempor- ary exhibits and a picture collection of some 9,000 steamboats, some piloted by Captain Blair, one of the earlier steamboat captains. It will contain a huge exhibition hall, which will in- clude objects from hundreds of differ- ent countries, and two classrooms for instructions in natural history and arch- aeology taught to both children and adults; the lounge will be used for open house and teas. The second floor, which will prove interesting to a history or biology en- thusiast, accommodates rooms for na- tural history, taxidermy, insects, bot- any, an office for secretary Mrs. Mizen- er, and the library, containing 50,000 reference books. Here are the collec- tions on Lincoln, history, and art. The new museum, made possible by a large endowment in the will of Wil- liam Clement Putnam, is built on the site of the Putnam home. Not a tax supported institution, the museum must realize its upkeep through membership dues, contributions, and endowment funds. Student dues are SI per year. Membership entitles the student to at- tend “WTold Adventure Series” nights, with two guests for $1 each. Held on Tuesdays at Davenport Central High School, the programs are color motion pictures of such places as Jamaica, the South Seas, Mexico, Japan, Peru, and Israel. Members also attend ‘Mem- ber Nites,’ with an unlmiited number of free guests. These are programs on science, history, and art at the museum. American history teacher Fr. Gerald Kraus commented, ‘‘I haven’t used the museum before, since I taught Modern European History, rather than Amer- ican. Personally, I am anxious to see what the new museum has on display in order to make better use of it.” Red giraffe with yellow spots, a ‘‘Child on a Dolphin” and Pamela — a sculptured fountain — are a few of the inhabitants of the Davenport Mu- nicipal Art Gallery. The new gallery located at 1737 W. 12th Street is part of a $2,000,000 Municipal Art Gallery— Museum project. The art gallery was financed by joint grants of $400,000 from the Davenport Public Museum trustees, from the W. C. Putnam estate and from the city of Davenport. In 1912 the Art Gallery had its mea- ger beginning with the formation of an Art Students’ League. Through this league the gallery acquired the C. A. Ficke collection of paintings in March, 1925. The first gallery building at 120 W. 5th Street was opened to the pub- lic in October, 1925. The present Art Gallery contains an exhibition hall, painting and clay stu- dios, a gift shop operated by the Friends of Art and a 3,000 volume library. The library is open to all Davenport students and contains more than 18,000 pieces of reference material, including books, magazines, pamphlets and slides. The fourth biennial Life of Christ Art Exhibition is now being shown in the exhibition hall. These works of art are from a national religious art com- petion sponsored by the Lutheran Church. Ranking high among the fa- vorites of this exhibition is “Father, Forgive Them,” a simple picture of a hand, nailed to the Cross, curled in anguish. The art display will remain in Davenport until March 1. The annual exhibition of the Young People’s Art Classes will begin March 15 and will conclude March 27. These works will be samplings from the art classes for children conducted at the gallery on Saturday mornings. The Friends of Art also sponsor adult art classes and classes in painting, pottery and ceramics. 92 WATCH YOUR CUE . . . exclaims Mary Ellen Schloemer ’67 as she and Teresita Blough ’67 take advantage of the facilities of Davenport’s new YM-WCA. YM- YW offers leadership, character, fun Interested in swimming, volleyball, basketball, dances and other social ac- tivities? These and many more activ- ities are offered at the new family YM-YWCA. Students in 10th, 11th and 12th grades have a special invitation to tour the new Y Saturday night, Feb. 15, from 8:30-11:30 p.m. No admission will be charged and local disc jockeys will em- cee the event with dancing and local folk singing groups and combos. Snack bar, game room and student lounge will be open to teens Saturday night. General Secretary of the YM-YWCA, Mr. Carroll Lewis states, “We’re deter- mined to succeed in offering a bigger and better program of Y activities for the youth and adults of Davenport and Scott County with one staff under one building and with no segregation of the sexes, except for the locker rooms.” In keeping with the bigger and better program, the new Y offers an exten- sive teen program for high schoolers. Girls may enroll in the high school girls’ personal fitness class which will be held on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Other courses offered to the girls are gymnastics, acrobatics, tumbling, swmiming and an all-sports class. These classes run between 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. All high school boys that are full members enjoy the same privileges as senior members in using the gyms, pool and other physical department facilities. High school boy members use the youth department lobby and game room, and are not permitted in the Y before 3:30 p.m. on school days. Hours vary for members’ use for each day, but both gyms and the pool are open at least a couple of hours for each member every night except Sunday. No teen will be at a loss for some- thing to do at the new Y. Ping-pong, pool and chess are available; various clubs are designed to build leadership and character and to strengthen the teens’ home, school and community. Junior Pat Crossen, a current mem- ber, feels that the new Y offers many athletic opportunities, but he also looks forward to the social activities for Dav- enport teens. All teenage co-ed social programs will be planned and supervised by a teen- council of which you can be a mem- ber, along with adult help. The teen council will be chosen by election and will meet twice monthly. Friday and “The Davenport Area Technical School presents a definite advantage of local students interested in technical training. It offers fine quality with reasonable cost,” states Fr. Raymond Schwank, boys’ guidance counselor. The Davenport Area Technical School, located at 4224 Blue Grass Road, offers four bacis courses of study for both men and women. The Mechanical Technology Program, a two year course, is designed to pre- pare a graduate for employment in the many occupations concerning mech- anical design and production. A two year course in Electronic Technology prepares a graduate for employment as an assistant engineer or electronic technician in the rapidly growing field of electronics. A Practical Nurse Education program is designed to prepare qualified men and women for the prevention of ill- ness and the care of the sick under the supervision of a registered nurse or physician. The program covers one Saturday nights will be open for teen- age activities. Memberships are issued on an an- nual basis. A partial payment plan is available on most memberships. For a full privilege high school member- ship, the cost is $18. You can belong to the youth club for $3 and be able to participate in most of the teen social activities. Officials from other cities have al- ready come to Davenport to inspect this unique setup — a combined YM-YWCA. Since they haven’t seen it in operation, Davenport Y officials can only ex- plain — not yet endorse the system. year of classroom work and hospital experience. Applicants must be at least age 18 and must have completed the 10th grade. Recently a program of Electronic Data Processing has been added at Davenport Area Technical School. This two year course provides the student with an understanding of the princi- ples of business operation, experience in handling and applying business data and experience in computer program- ing. Applicants for Mechanical Technol- ogy, Electronic Technology and Elec- tronic Data Processing must be high school graduates w'ith one year of al- gebra and must be at least 16 years of age. A battery of tests are part of the entrance requirements. Enrollment fee is $200 and there is $10 testing and registration fee. Text books must be purchased by the stu- dent. For further information on the Dav- enport Area Technical School call 322-0933. DATA develops technical abilities 93 JUST A LITTLE ... bit higher, hopes Pete Diblasio ’67 during the action at a recent intramural game. Stately knights eye tournament Tonight the Knights will host Bur- lington and Feb. 20, Alleman to wind up the season. They’ll also play in the district tournament which starts Feb. 26. Burlington John Loihl ’64 led the Knights in their 65-56 victory over Burlington Jan. 10 with 19 points. With Assumption leading by one point in the last four minutes, a foul and an added technical foul gave them a six point lead. To this they added a basket before the final buzzer. Bettendorf Due to a shortage of space, the Knights played before a mostly hostile crowd in the Bulldog’s gymnasium on Friday, Jan. 31. The Assumption stu- dents who did get a ticket were well rewarded, for the Knights defeated the Bulldogs 75-63. Mike Seider led both teams in scoring with a total of 27 points. The victory put Assumption in second place in Little Six competi- tion. Central The Knights bowed to Central Feb. 2 for their sixth loss of the season. Dan DOgan with 13 points and Mike Seider with 11 gave the team about half of their 45 points. This, however, could not match the Blue Devils’ 56 and Assumption fell from city stand- ings. • • • Teh game was very colorful as the Assumption student body appeared in red and white. Reviving the trend that started in the 1960 State Tournaments, the cheerleaders asked the boys to wear white shirts and the girls to wear red sweaters. West Jan. 11, the roundballers’ cross-town rivals, West’s Falcons, scored a 55-52 win over the Knights. The Knights used a zone defense during the third quar- ter which protected the foul ridden players, but failed to stop West. John Loihl led the scoring with 15 points followed by Mike Seider with 10. Muscatine Traveling to Muscatine Jan. 17, the Knights had another taste of defeat which assured Muscatine, with their 62-53 win, of the Little Six title. Go- ing into the fourth quarter with a four point edge on the Knights, Mus- catine obtained a nine point lead which the Knights couldn’t overcome. Ottumwa Mike Seider rolled the Knights over Ottumwa, Feb. 7, with his record 41 points. Seider’s total eclipsed the form- er mark of 36 set by Mike McCleary in 1959. Loihl and Seider accounted for 40 of the 41 points made in the frist half by the Knights. East Moline Feb. 8, East Moline defeated the Knights 62-56. Seider again led the scoring with 30 points. The fourth quarter started with a 44-44 tie but the Knights were unable to take the lead. State Tournament The Letts class B sectional winner will be Assumption’s first obstacle in the state tournament Feb. 26, on the Knights’ home court. If victorious, they will meet the winner of the Mus- catine class A division and West’s Falcons, Feb. 28. The next path will lead the Knights to the George Ed- ward Marshall gym, March 2, to play the winner of district 15 Friday, March 6, in the substate round held in Clinton. Sport lite by Jim Dower Phil Pash ’64, gave a fine display of his defensive abilities on the bas- ketball court Feb. 1 against Bettendorf. Phil held ace guard Steve Potts to 11 points. Potts had been leading the Quad Cities in scoring with a 22.7 av- erage. 11 points was his low mark for the season, Phil guarded Potts man to man the whole game and blocked many of his scoring attempts. • • • The varsity reserves are being lead by Brandon Beaudry ’65 and Jim “Bul- let” Laake ’65 in their respective sports. Brandon leads the varsity reserve bas- ketball team with a 10.2 average wrhile “Bullet” leads the varsity reserve wrestlers with 20 team points. Injuries bench cheerleaders Last year, various members of As- sumption’s athletic teams incurred in- juries which required mountains of band-aids, yards of elastic tape and sometimes even crutches. This year the teams have been luckier, but the var- sity cheerleaders haven’t. Cheerleader Susie Riedel ’64 may even be nominated for the local chapter of the CCC, Canes and Crooked Crutches. Susie’s first injury didn’t require crutches, but it caused as much em- barassment as pain. While jumping over the fence at Muny Stadium before a football game, she caught her skirt, ripped it and also cut her leg. She re- ceived her nomination to the Canes and Crooked Crutches after pulling liga- ments and breaking blood vessels in her knee while leading cheers at a basketball game. During the warm-up period before the Bettendorf game, Dec. 19, the girls went over to welcome the visiting cheerleaders, but before captain Geri Barrett ’64 could reach them, Dan Du- gan ’65 went up for a shot and came down on her ankle. The resulting in- jury required Geri to keep her ankle taped for awhile. Mrs. Gene Young ad- vised Mary Lynn Wahlig ’65 to have x-rays taken when she noticed that Mary Lynn’s back didn’t curve when she jumped. Practicing cheers before a game, Peg Parker ’65 pulled some ligaments in her leg, then during the Burlington game Jan. 10, Lorrie Weir ’64 jumped and landed on a megaphone tearing ligaments in her foot. The least injured of the sextet is Rita Davies ’64 — she was hit in the head with a basketball. 94 AHS student travels into coaches' past liam McAfoos won a total of eight var- sity awards in football, basketball, track and cross-country. In 1958 he was an All-State basketball player. At Western Illinois University he won four varsity basketball awards, was a Little All-American, an NAIA All-Tourna- ment player, the NCAA Regional Most Valuable Player, an All-Conference player and a member of many holiday All-Tournament teams. During his sophomore year the team record was 25-0; they were second in the nation. The following year they were third in the nation. I wanted Peter to take me into the future to see how Assumption’s teams would perform but he said, “What for? With coaches like these you know the future can only bring victory after vic- tory.” Matmen end record season by Tom Figel Last week my friend Peter Harden- burg from the twenty-second century came to visit me in his time machine, by way of amusement, we decided to journey back in time and observe As- sumption’s coaches as high school and college athletes. First we travelled to St. Ambrose Academy in 1944. There we saw' the present Fr. Arthur Perry participate in football, basketball and track. He played guard on the football team for his first three years and tackle dur- ing his last. In basketball he played guard. During his senior year he was All-State in football. At Notre Dame Father played football for three years. He lettered as an offensive and defen- sive guard during his sophomore year. Near the end of his junior season, he injured his knee and thus, did not play for the rest of the season or during his senior year. From Notre Dame we travelled to Aquinas high school in LaCrosse in 1953 in order to see Mr. David Skemp. Mr. Skemp lettered four years as a halfback in football and three as a guard in basketball. At La Crosse State College he lettered three years as a halfback. Our next journey took us to Hor- ace Mann high in Erie, Pennsylvania. Mr. Donald Jepsen was a participant all four years in football, baseball and track. He lettered two years in football, three in baseball, and one in track. Mr. Jepsen swam competitively during col- lege graduate work at Purdue Univer- sity. Loras Academy was our next des- tination. Mr. Loras Schlitz received a junior varsity letter as an offensive guard and defensive end in football during his sophomore year and two varsity letters during the next two years. He lettered both junior and sen- ior years as a catcher in baseball. In 1959 Loras was first in Iowa for five games. Their rating dropped following a tie with Assumption. In college Mr. Schlitz as a junior participated and fin- ished fourth in a national collegiate handball tournament. St. Rita’s high school was a school of approximately 1000 students in 1938. Among them was the present Coach Raymond Ambrose. Mr. Ambrose play- ed football for four years and during one year won the school championship in boxing. He played football at St. Ambrose in 1942, went into the para- troopers for three years, attended the University of Illinois but because of a broken leg was unable to travel to the Rose Bowl with the team. Our last visit was to Alton Sr. high school, Alton, Illinois, in 1953. Mr. Wil- After defeating North Scott and Bur- lington last week the wrestling team ended the finest season in the Assump- tion’s history with eight wins and three losses. Muscatine fell to the Knights 23-16 Jan. 11. Rich Reisinger ’64 gained the only pin for the team at 138 lbs. De- cisions were won by Kazi Maliszew- ski ’64, Mike Stolmeier ’65, Jack Kear- ney ’65, Jim Dower ’65 and Tony Cor- siglia ’64. Kearney, Dower and Corsig- lia each beat an opponent who had de- feated him previously. Jack Schroeder ’64 had to forfeit his match after dis- locating his shoulder in the first round. Central handed the matmen their worst defeat of the season 32-9. Their were no pins for the Knights and only three decisions, by Tom Murray ’64, Rich Reisinger and Roy Leonard ’65. Rich and Roy each defeated an op- ponent who had beaten them in the Invitational, the first meet of the sea- son. The team took third place in the conference meet Jan. 20, at Burlington. First place winners for the Knights were Tom Murray and Rich Reisinger, second for the Knights were Jack Kear- ney, Tom Eischeid ’64 and Tom Cor- siglia ’66. Winners of their consolation round were Tony Corsiglia and Jim Dower while Gary Mock ’66, Roy Leon- ard and Mike Stolmeier took third. Jack Schroeder forfeited his consolation match because of his hurt shoulder to give him fourth place also. In an exciting meet Jan. 30, As- sumption defeated Alleman 24-23 in the last match. The Knights won the first match with a decision by Gary Mock to take a quick lead, but lost it in the second match. Out of the next five matches the Knights could only manage a tie at 112 lbs, by Tony Cor- siglia. Rich Reisinger started the Knights winning again, followed by Kazi Maliszewski, Tom Murray and a pin by Tom Eischeid to put the Knights in the lead. After the Pioneers gained a pin at 180 lbs, the Knights were down by four points going into the final match. The Knights needed a pin in the final match to win and heavy- weight Roy Leonard got that pin in 1:58. 95 Gymnastics: new trend? Even though it seems gymnastics have recently appeared for the first time as a part of the physical educa- tion course at Assumption, they have been present for several years. Gym- nastics, as it existed among the Greeks, was a sport which encompassed many others, among them wrestling and forms of track and field competition. Phys ed instructors plan to grade the form of gymnastics now being studied on a one point per stunt basis. There will be approximately 70 stunts which the students may perform on horse, rings, parallel bars and rope. Each stu- dent will have several chances to climb the rope, and his score will consist of an average of the several times com- piled. The grade for this form of gym- nastics will depend upon the student’s percentile ranking in the class. The course will deal with wrestling. The purpose of this short course in wrestling, says Mr. David Skemp, is “to acquaint students with scoring and techniques so that they’ll appreciate it more from a spectator standpoint.” Track, another form of gymnastics, will be taken up in the spring. Grades will be determined according to achievement: how far the individual broad jumps, how' high he jumps, how fast he runs. Once again points will represent achievement. ASSUMPTION GYMNASTS . . . Assumption’s physical education department has instituted a gym- nastic course in their physical ed- cation program. The program con- sists of stunts on horses, parallel bars, rings, and ropes. HAWKEYE INN 3930 Harrison St. 391-2210 ONE PEPSI FREE WITH A SMALL PIZZA OR TWO PEPSVS WITH ONE LARGE PIZZA. ASSUMPTION HIGH SCHOOL (Coupon) JIM'S BARBER SHOP 2030 Harrison 326-5541 Saw Now for CotUqe Three Barbers JIM-DICK-TOM SILVER CHARMS Hundreds to choose from including the Assumption Knight charm and the Assumption pennant charm. Bonus Thrift Accounts earn up to 1% EXTRA for regular savers. Ask about our exciting new Save-a-Semester Plan. FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS and Loan Association Third and Main Davenport BEARBOWER’S BARBER SHOP 111 WEST THIRD ST. DAVENPORT Locust and Cedar Streets Two Barbers 96 MACBETH’S WITCHES . . . Greg Callahan, Neal Griffith and Roger Bales, all juniors, portray the three witches in a scene from Macbeth. The production was put on by Fr. William F. Wiebler’s English classes for their study of Macbeth. KNIGHT BEACON Vol. VII, No. 6 Assumption High School, Davenport, Iowa Mr. mcafoos resigns; assumes new position Mr. William McAfoos has resigned his post as teacher and basketball coach. This will go into effect at the end of the school year, and he will not coach track in the spring, as he has in previous years. He plans to become a representative of the Donohoo Steel Treating Com- pany in Bettendorf, and as he said, “Although I hate to leave, it will be to my advantage to change now and accept this opportunity.” In the past four years, Mr. McAfoos has taught speech, debate, history classes and physical education besides coaching sophomore football, track, and, for the last two years, varsity basketball. During this period, he assisted Coach “Babe” Derouin, in varsity bas- ketball, and when Mr. Derouin became athletic director he was appointed head basketball coach. As head coach, his teams established a 19-20 record for the two year period. Mr. McAfoos is a graduate of West- ern Illniois University where he was one of their leading scorers as a start- er for three years. Beatles vs. chorus Will the Assumption Chorus outrate the Beatles? The answer is expected soon, as AHS Chorus will be taking part in the Tri-School and Diocesan Music Festivals. Thursday, April 9, the chorus will journey to Iowa City for the Diocesan Music Festival at Regina High School. The day will begin with a high Mass sung by a combined chorus of all par- ticipating schools, the proper of which will be sung by a schola of young men from Regina. The chorus will enter the girls and mixed divisions with num- bers including “Deep Are the Roots,” and “A Still Small Voice.” Assumption, Muscatine, Bettendorf will enter the Tri-School Festival, Ap- ril 11 in Muscatine. Under the direc- tion of Daniel Moe, who also directed the Diocesan Festival. The mixed chor- us will present, “Thou Lord, Our Re- fuge,” “Standin on the Walls of Zion,” “Praise We the Name of the Lord,” and others. Later in the evening a program with seven numbers prepar- ed by a combined chorus will be pre- sented to the public. “This program is often unknown to the students and parents not connect- ed with the chorus. Though it will be held in Muscatine it is well worth the trip to hear and it makes the effort of both the students and director seem more worth while. Best of all it’s free,” stated Sr. Mary Carola, BVM, chorus instructor. YCS IS . . . explains Tom Kete- laar ’64 to freshmen Paul Briest, Tom Yackley and Bill Fier who recently joined the movement. Lite Flashes “When Assumptionite’s eyes are smiling, sure tis the AHS chorus that’s singing.” This year the wearin’ of the green will be celebrated by a special program presented for the AHS girls by the freshman girls chorus. Remem- ber March 13, when the coleens will be assembled under the direction of • • • Sr. Mary Carola, BVM. The chess club is having its tourna- ment at present. The type of tourna- ment is round-robin in which every- one gets to play each other and the person with the best record is made champion. Although this method is time consuming, it is more fair than the elimiantion type in which a par- ticipant is eliminated after one loss. Once the records are established, the team will be set for the match with Muscatine. • • • “Doctors Michele Chenoweth, Mary Kay Derouin, Joanne Eischeid and Kathy Morrissey, wanted in the lab.” This call may or may not be in the future for four Assumption juniors but the girls have begun preparing al- ready. Saturday, March 7, the girls attended a science forum at Clarke College in Dubuque, Iowa. Girls from all area high schools were invited to the forum. • The head of the Dept, of Health, Ed- ucation and Welfare, right here at As- sumption! . . . well, at least the head in this area. Mr. Byron Robinson, Manager of the Dept, of Health, Ed- ucation and Welfare in the Davenport area will speak to the eighth period senior national problems class March 17. The first and sixth period classes will also see movies on the subject but because of a conflict in schedules they will miss Mr. Robinson. • • • A high percentage of Assumption boys were chosen to participate in a survey conducted by a team from the State University of Iowa on the sub- ject of nutrition. The teenage stu- dents have returned parental approv- al forms. A list was submitted to the study committee and this committee chose boys at random to participate in this. It was pointed out that a survey of this nature may not immed- iately better the people involved, but the information obtained from this is valuable. • The debate team is attempting to get back on its feet after the Little Six Conference meet. The team placed sixth with a 1-9 record. The victory came in the last debate by the nega- tive team against Ottumwa. The team will travel to Loras College on April 19 to debate northern Iowa teams. 102 Band announces festive spring Tri-school, NCMEA and a spectacu- lar finish outline the remainder of the year for one busy activity at Assump- tion. The band will be host to bands from all over the diocese, as well as distinguished guests in the music world during the months of April and May. The Tri-School Music Festival (Mus- catine, Bettendorf and Assumption) will be held this year at Muscatine on April 11. The program consists of separate band ensembles and choruses from each of the schools. The three bands combine into one massed band and play a number of selections with the superior sound and range that no one band has. As a climax, the massed bands and choruses combine to do one number. The purpose of this meeting is self- improvement. No awards are given. It is a form of clinic, and the bands are invited to hear each other to notice the different interpretations of the same music. Assumption’s most notable entry is an appropriately titled piece by Clifford Williams, Festival. As Mr. Paarmann says. “Although it is difficult, it is well worth perform- ing.” Two notable musicians will be pre- sent and working with the groups, and especially the massed bands and choruses. Fredrick Ebs will conduct the massed band and Daniel Moe will direct the chorus. Both are from the State University of Iowa music de- partment. The NCMEA (National Catholic Mu- sic Educators Association) will hold its annual Diocesan Music Festival on April 24 at Assumption and at St. Vin- cents. The reason for this is that the festival requires three centers to func- tion. It requires a brass center ( tubas, coronets, trumpets, trombones and French horns), a woodwind center (flutes, clarinets and saxaphones) and a piano center. Judges for the three centers are Mr. Clarence Kreisa for the brass, Mr. Robert Bosco for the FACE OF FAME . . . Anne Pea- cock is the Hall of Famer for the month of March. The Hall of Fame originated on school spirit days and is continued through the year. A member is chosen each month. woodwinds, and Mr. Robert Sutton for piano. Like the Tri-School Festival, there is no prize as such, but only a rating: superior, excellent and good. However, there will be no massed bands per- forming, only groups of woodwind and brass combinations of between four and six. No one knows much about the Spectacular this year, not even Mr. Paarmann. But he promises “something for everyone.” He notes, “This year there will be more variety than last year, and there will be more finished acts. Unlike last year this year’s chor- al group will be entirely band mem- bers.” English for latin; first in nation! The Vatican Council in the past ses- sion ordered that the Liturgy be put into the vernacular. The fruits of this are just beginning to ripen. In a mem- orandum to the priests from Bishop Ralph L. Hayes, it was stated that Tenebrae would be conducted in Eng- lish. Tenebrae is the service on Wed- nesday of Holy Week in which the three nocturns of Matins and Lauds are sung. This version of Tenebrae will be without Lauds. The Bishop also stated that it was his wish that the people present should have a part in the singing of the psalms. Plans are that the laity’s par- ticipation will be asisted by a com- mentator who will also give a descrip- tion of the service as it progresses. There will be no sermon. Besides the sing- ing in English, the lessons will also be in English. Bishop Hayes also stated in the mem- orandum that he wishes as many of the laity as possible, besides the clergy, to attend the Tenebrae. Youths sell lillies; help handicapped The sign of death will be the sign of hope as the Scott County chapter of the Youth Council For Crippled Chil- dren will sponsor the sale of artificial lillies. This sale, which few have heard of, is for the benefit of children who can’t take a springtime walk. The sale is Saturday, March 21. and it will be held downtown and at the shopping centers. The paper lillies were made by handi- capped workers. West and Central high schools are already participating and Assumption has been asked to help in the com- bined effort. Those interested in help- ing in this sale are asked to contact seniors Bob Matthys or Geri Barrett. 103 KNIGHT Press assembles opinions “Freeze the press,” shouted the editors of the Knight Beacon Feb. 24 as the dialogue press assembly altered the history of the KB. The discussion follow- ing the assembly demonstrated students aren’t apathe- tic when it is a question of how the KB is fulfilling its purposes. One of the most frequent objections was the lack of school coverage. A-8 suggested, “Write on people in the school.” E-6 asked for articles on the armed forces or occupations. A-8 and E-2 demanded “pictures covering the different organizations and every facet of school life.” A-6 noticed some “invalid quotations of fellow students.” After a stringent examination of conscience, the staff finds itself criminally neglectful in some in- stances and this issue has incorporated many of the suggested penances. However, in the field of social justice, the KB is on the right path. The seniors of E-4 asked, “Does the paper have the right to choose social justice as its theme?” Furthermore, a majority of students ques- tioned the legitimacy of “overemphasizing PAVLA and YCS.” Because this is the year of social justice — notice- ably the Negro movement and the Vatican Council — Catholics must be involved in Catholic Action. The KB has the duty to be a source of information and motivation in the commitment to justice. Three PAVLA articles and five articles on YCS’s activities don’t constitute a majority of the 158 articles which composed the first five issues. A number of criticisms centered around the fact that the KB isn’t acting like a yearbook. The reason is that the Knight Beacon is not a yearbook, it is portfolio. Since AHS initiated the portfolio foremat five years ago, numerous public and parochial schools have rejected their yearbooks and followed our pre- cedent. E-4 asked for “more constructive editorials.” An examination of the editorials this year shows that all have advocated some constructive action or change of attitude. (Remember, any student may submit copy. We welcome constructive letters on any school topic.) This year the Knight Beacon entered neither the National Scholastic Press Association or the Catholic School Press Association rating contests. The Knight Beacon only entered the contest to be “All Assump- tion.” However, the judges must cooperate with us if the KB is to be a Beacon instead of a cold candle. The Staff Beast infiltrates classes: supports golding's theory “You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are what they are?” Will the student world accept the psychoanalysis of William Golding that we are basically evil, and, left to our own resources, we would revert to our animal instincts? The philosophy, of course, is that expressed in The Lord of the Flies. In the novel there are two basic struggles: that on a natural level — a fight among a group of boys; and that on a moral plain. Ralph, who represents the individual personality, is caught between the ex- tremes of reason — Piggie — and man’s irrational tendencies — represented by Jack. The irrational group realizes its full potential for evil when it rebels against moral authority by killing a sow. Then, murdering Piggie, it conquers reason, and is on the verge of sacrificing Ralph when adult authority — a naval officer — interrupts and takes control of the situation. The struggle, says Golding, continues beyond the island; for the naval officer is the captain of a cruiser which is also hunting human beings. Presumably, the normal student would argue with Golding that man is basically good. If so, what ten- dencies are causing pandemonium in parts of the coral island of Assumption high school? What causes a group of boys, marooned in a classroom, to rebel against moral authority and slay reason? The “id,” or irrational, started working in Golding’s novel when Jack’s choir went hunting and let the signal fire go out. When they lost the desire to discipline themselves, they too were lost. In the analagous situation which has developed in some of our classes, what has happened to respect for moral authority and self discipline? Samneric wavered back and forth between reason and the irrational. They weren’t evil but could be swayed toward it. Even joining the “hunters,” they still had pains of conscience. The Samnerics of As- sumption are those who can tip the balance of the student world toward reason. When he stood alone, Piggie (reason) wras crushed. He needed others to support him. It was within the power of any of his companions to give this sup- port. But no one did, because no one else would first. Are all Assumption students so afraid of the “id” that they will not take the first step? Man is not basically evil. He is not subject to the Lord of the Flies. He does have a choice. But he has to make it. JG 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. 104 Conscientious reps respond to editor in I To the Editors: It was stated in the editorial that Student Council Having read the editorial on Student Council in the February issue, we, conscientious Student Coun- cil members, feel a need for comment on certain points contained therein. The functions of a Student Council, as stated in the Student Council handbook, are twofold: 1) prim- arily, a Student Council is intended to educate the students in the democratic process. This education is accomplished by having student-elected members, and by acting as a forum for reasonable student requests to the administration; 2) second, a Student Council is intended to assist the administration as much as possible in the management of the curricular program, e.g. sponsorship of social functions. The criticisms contained in the editorial center around the first function, and apparently the Knight Beacon feels that the Student Council has been less than successful as a forum for student requests. We of Student Council will admit to some deficiency in this regard and would cite the following cause: large scale student apathy brought on by 1) laxity of some members in informing students of their coun- cil’s business, 2) refusal of many students to give any attention to minutes when they are read. The day’s homework often receives the attention that Student council deserves. Good or bad, Student Council will be representative. Those students who talk or do homework in ses- sions intended for Student Council discussion can expect their representative to do nothing except be representative of their lack of interest. By doing so the student kills his own representative voice. The solution is for the student body to make it impossible for their representatives to do a poor job. This could be accomplished by an alert, questioning student body. For example, do you know how many meetings your rep. has missed? Will your vote at election time involve this consideration? Do you ask questions about Council affairs? Do you make your rep. work for you, as he or she should? It is within your power to make sure he or she does. Make suggestions. Let the Council know how you feel. And, during elections, don’t let smiles and good looks sub- stitute for dedication. should remove poor members. We do not agree. We feel that Student Council should not have the power to remove a member because of poor performance. We feel that it is the students’ job to make the judgment of how well they are being represented and to express that judgment during elections. Even though we disagree with your editorial on the above mentioned points, the editorial did serve a constructive purpose in presenting a problem and in promoting interest in student government. Con- troversy is the vitality of a democracy, and Student Council always welcomes an evaluation of its effect- iveness. Finally, the Knight Beacon could offer an even greater service by more extensive coverage of coun- cil activities. Perhaps a “Council column” might be considered for the sake of informing students of Council affairs. Such extended coverage would evoke student interest and strengthen student response, hereby providing for more effective representation and a more effective council. The responsible members of Stu- dent Council. Editor’s reply: The best answer to the letter would be to reprint the editorial “Reps refuse to reign, rule or represent.” The next best thing is to suggest it for re-reading. The editorial was written as an objective analysis, with Student Council supplying the information. The statements were facts and opinions offered by experts on the topic — Student Council members. The letter from the consciencious Student Council members placed the burden of representation on the students. As noted in the original editorial, students do share in this responsibility. However, once mem- bers are elected there should be no need of the stu- dents to “check up” on the reps., to see if they miss meetings, to “make your representative work for you.” The suggestion of a Council column has been dis- cussed before. Although the Knight Beacon doesn’t carry a SC column, eight stories in five issues have been on Student Council. The minutes are a bi- monthly publication, and thus better prepared to in- form the students of the Council’s current activities than the monthly KB. However, anything news wor- thy is printed in the Beacon. Parts of the editorial were misinterpreted. The Knight Beacon is not the first to suggest the removal of inadequate representatives. Article XI, section 3 of the SGA Constitution calls for impeachment of students for missing two meetings without an ac- ceptable excuse. (Perhaps the term “acceptable” could be defined.) If Student Government Association “should not have the power to remove a member be- cause of poor performance,” why does the SGA Con- stitution have provision for such removal? We realize that the editorial left a lot of dust in its path, perhaps so much that it clouded the issue. We asked for action. If the dust storm blows over, we may yet see the performance we requested. 105 IN THE STYLE . . . seniors Pat Burke and Stan Smazal get pointers on modeling from Sr. Mary Ann Esther for the BVM Alumni Luncheon and Style Show. Oscar mayer donates machines Knights model in BVM style show A journey from Tyrone Guthrie Theater, south to the Quad Cities and New Orleans will be yours, March 14 at 1:00 pm in the Assumption auditor- ium if you attend the BVM Alumni Luncheon and Style Show. The fifth annual show is headed by co-chair- men, Mrs. Glen Lee and Mrs. William Gehlsen, to aid in raising funds to finance summer school scholarships for four area BVM convents. Tickets are $2.00. “Fashions Along the Mississippi,” this year’s theme, will be narrated by Fred and Ruth Epstein, with the fashion commentation by Mary Longly. Lad- ies’ fashions are from Isabel Rameys, furs from Gordon furs, mens’ from Syndicate Hub and children’s are from Archers. Chairmen for the luncheon, which will begin at one o’clock, are Mrs. Lois Voss and Mrs. John Clarke with the assistance of Sr. Mary Lor- etta Cecile, BVM. Mrs. Floyd Foster is the chairman of the raffle on a one hundred dollar bill, chances are being sold at ten cents a piece and three for twenty-five cents. Four different settings will be used as backgrounds for the show. The ar- rangement was done by Sisters Mary Joanette, Mary Diana and Mary Car- ola, BVM, aided by Mike Stolmeier and Donald Wysoske, both ’65, who did the carpentry work. Mrs. D. C. Schut- ter felt “the Sisters have done a ter- rific job on these settings, they’re real- ly remarkable.” Some special stars to watch for are: Stan Smazel, Julie Joyce and Mary Elizabeth McCarthy, all ’64, Mary Fran Schramp ’65, Janet Schutter ’66, and Bill Gehlsen ’61. English students write “As I near the midsection of my adolescence, I find that there is one group of people always finding fault with my generation. This is adults.” The above was taken from a short article, written by Mary Lou Kling- man ’65, entitled “To a Chided Gener- ation,” which was submitted to the Scholastic Magazine Short Story Con- test. Sr. Mary John Therese, BVM, com- mented, “My junior and sophomore English classes wrote short stories which will be submitted to both the Scholastic and Today magazines.” She added, “I knew that if I set a limit on words, the quality wouldn’t be good. I then decided to let them determine the number of words they wanted. As a result, many of the stor- ies were between 1000 and 2000 words.” In the boys’ dibision, Steve Huyette '65 wrote a letter to Today. The letter, commenting on TV advertise- ments, was published in the March issue. “We hope that these machines will enable us to expand our business edu- cation classes,” noted Sr. Ann Marita, CHM, explaining the two, large, Bur- roughs Posting Adding machines in S-10. Letters were sent to various com- panies telling them of the need for equipment that would give the sen- iors in the business education classes the training they would find helpful when they graduated. “The Oscar Mayer Company recently installed a complete IBM system and had no further use for the four-year old machines. Because of this, the in- struments, worth $2,000 apiece, were donated to us,” Sister added. Mr. Charles Bernat, who was very instrumental in the transaction, even arranged for the woman who had Girls collect stamps With approximately 2,600 points the winner is senior Cathy Fleischman and the runner up with 848 points is frosh Vicki Burken but the game isn’t bridge, badminton or volleyball. Both girls received awards for collecting stamps to be sent to the missions. The stamps were gathered during a three week period which ended Feb. 18. These earned Cathy a scarf and Vicki a sta- tue of the Virgin Mary. Cathy’s home- room E-5 gained a trophy through her efforts. Vicki quipped, “My girl friend used to collect stamps but lately she’s giv- en up and she didn’t know what to do with them, so what’s better than hello- ing those who can’t help themselves.” previously used them to demonstrate their use to the seniors. The girls then composed thank-you letters, took the best ideas from them, and sent the composite to Mr. Bernat. “We hope this is the beginning of a full-time business class. Our only problem now is finding the time to teach it. We are also anticipating the addition of one or two adding ma- chines,” Sister concluded. Juniors enter college “Go to college” is the platitude which is heard most often at graduation, but three juniors began to put this into practice already. Lee De Julius, George Mitchell and Mike Foley have applied for summer school sessions in various colleges. Under the National Science Founda- tion, tuition for a summer course in college is given free. The student who receives the grant must pay his own room and board. The juniors have ap- plied at various colleges for this type of grant, which is given only to ad- vanced high school students. Lee has applied at the State Uni- versity of Iowa. George has sent his to UCLA, Notre Dame and Loyola of Chicago. Mike has also applied at No- tre Dame. There are about three or four such colleges offering these grants in each state. The courses are mainly for juniors although there are some for sophomores and seniors. “It is a good chance to get some interesting and advanced work on the college level, although I don’t know whether the courses are worth any college credits,” comments Lee. 106 Achievers receive awards JA strikes at Assumption again. Sen- ior Rosemary Pauli, a three year mem- ber in Junior Achievement, has been awarded the Junior Executive Award and will try for the Executive Award at the end of the school year. Rosemary was required to have: at least six months membership, 80% at- tendance, sales in the top third of her company, satisfactory exercise of JA Company executive authority, recom- mendation of three advisors and ap- proval of the executive director, and her rating on a six-page essay type test on JA and business had to be at least 85% (her rating was 93%). At the present time Rosemary is secretary of Jacatco, a company spon- sored by Caterpiller Tractor Company, which produces decorated wall plaques. In the past she has been president of her company, a semi-finalist in ‘Treas- urer of the Year” and “Treasurer of the Achievement Association.” This year she also hopes to try for “Secre- tary of the Year.” The Executive Award is the last in a series of Progressive Achievers Awards; it is the highest personal award available. A three dimensional pin and certificate are awarded to the one who substains a written test and interviews by the Board of Achieve- ment. Carol Mullen '64 also received an award at the time Rosemary did. Carol received the Achiever's Award by pass- ing the requirements of: minimum of four months membership; 80% atten- dance; sales among the top half of the company members; the recommenda- tion of one advisor and approval of the executive director; and achieve- ment of at least an 85% rating on a written test about JA business terms and organization. “You learn best by doing,” com- mented Rosemary. “Young people often do not realize the problems of big busi- ness. JA acquaints you with business and prepares you for later life.” Robert E. Kotrba, Executive Direc- tor of JA, in his letter commending these two students stated, “Our achiev- ers who are students at Assumption are some of the most courteous and hard working young pepole I have ever had the pleasure of knowing.” Musician gets l-ride Have you ever received an “if?” Many seniors have received “if’s,” and they are happy about it. What is an “if?” It is: “You have a scholarship, if you keep your grade average at the present level, and if you continue to need it.” Recently. Bob Daley ’64 was awarded a full tuition scholarship to the State University of Iowa, through his work on the piano. He went to Iowa City during Christmas vacation to audition, playing three pieces, Three Sonatas by Scarlatti, Sonata No. 3 by Paul Hinde- meth, and Paganini Etude No. 3 or La Campanella by Lizt. Bob commented, “They said that if I prove myself as a student they will add more scholarship. The university promised that if he goes into the band he v ill receive a full scholarship. He has been first chair clarinet in the AHS band for four years. Many students have learned that state institutions do not give many scholarships. When the admissions of- ficer from SUI was here on college night he said, “Although we do give some scholarships, we do not give many, and we would rather you bring them with you when you come to Iowa.” Booster's club Book rental- '65 “Operation Book End” of the Boost- ers Club is attempting to raise the nec- essary $6500 in a raffle to purchase the initial books to be rented by the class of '68. The revenue obtained from one year’s rental will provide for books in the following year until all AHS is on the rental system. Freshman books in suitable condi- tion and void of scribbling can be sold back to the school. Books will change every four or five years. The right $1 ticket may win a for- tunate person $100 per month for a whole year and the energetic salesman a $500 reward. The drawing will be the rental system. Parish co-chairmen held March 22 at the Mothers’ Club meeting will also raise money for are distributing pledge tickets, and each parish has promised to sell a cer- tain amount. Donations are also being received from individual firms and from local banking concerns. Chairman Jerry Walters is responsible for this year’s drive. Christian reps meet Conviction is what is needed to har- ness the idealism of the student,” stat- ed Fr. Louis M. Colonnese at the YCS Diocesan Representative meeting on Feb. 23. About 15 students participated in the meeting. AHS girls’ YCS was represented by Julie Joyce and Barb Bauer both ’64 and AHS boys’ YCS was represented by seniors Mike Scheb- ler and Pat Dray and juniors Lee De Julius and Greg Miller. After attending Mass at St. Mary’s Church, the students were given lunch at the Lay Apostolate Office. The meet- ing began with the talk by Father Colonnese on student conviction. Each section represented gave a report on its progress. Next a report was given on the elections which were held on March 8. Also given consideration was the revision of the constitution of the federation. The final talk was given by Tom Buechele, a student at St. Ambrose College, on the effectiveness of form- ing leaders. The meeting also brought up the Study Week which will be held in August at St. Mary’s of Winona. Those who wish to attend the Study Week will have to get their registra- tion in early because the number at- tending will be limited. The registra- tion fee is $10; this will be deducted from the $35 fee for the week. GOGGLES GUARD JUNIORS . . . Mike Pracht ’65 demonstrates the new safety glasses which have been purchased by the school to protect the eyes of the promising young chemists. 107 CHEERLEADER, VESTMENT- SETTER . . . Peggy Parker ’65 covers the chal- ice with the veil as part of the du- ties of the Sac- ristry Club. SGA BUILDS MEN . . . stu Navarro, Mary Motto, Katl take advantage of a recent s ideal man. BROKEN BEADS . . . Mau- ren Judge 66 and Linda Beyer ’66 repair rosa- ries as part of their Sodality project. Club Arc Scho MONOGRAM CLUB GUARD . . . Roy Leonard ’65 holds the rope to keep the crowd from go- ing on the bask- etball floor. lent council officers Tony ly Frater and Pat Dray now storm to build their s G R A PRE- PARES EXPOSI- TION . . . AHS G R A members practice basket- ball drills for the Mothers’ Club exposition held on March 10. ASSUMPTIONITES DISCUSS LITURGY . . . Fr. John P. Boyle, Jeralyn Ryan '64 and Mike Bauer 66 listen as students from throughout the diocese dis- cuss the Constitution on the Liturgy at the spring study day held at Assumption. Jobs confront AHS students Washing pots and pans at Mercy Hospital, assembling tractors at Far- mall or checking groceries at Turn- style are all possibilities of summer jobs for Assumption high school stu- dents. With summer but two months away, the question of summer employment is arising; many seniors will be seek- ing permanent jobs. Naturally, these problems occur, “What job is right for me? Where do I find a job? How do I get it?” The book It’s Your Future answers these questions. It lists these sug- gestions to help a person decide on his or her occupational field: 1. Find your interests. 2. Match up your interests and abilities. 3. Consider a career that fulfills your ideal. 4. Study the jobs or positions within that field or occupa- tional area. 5. Pick a job with a future. Now, how do I find this job?” is the next question. First, there are many employment agencies in the area. Private agencies charge a fee for their services. However, the Iowa State Employment Service at 1129 Brady provides information and coun- seling at no cost. Our city, county, state and federal governments have many job openings from clerical to managerial positions. A Civil Service examination is required for these openings. Information can be obtained from Assumption’s guidance counsellors or at the post office. Another possibility is the help wanted” section of the daily newspa- pers. In addition, some companies state their personnel requirements in spe- cial directories. Direct visits or inquiries to com- panies which are of interest may turn up job leads. Also, inside tips” from friends, relatives, etc. may provide a good opportunity. Okay, now I’ve got a lead on a job. Where do I go from here?” Actually, there are three things which can be done. First, keep a file on all prospective employers. Second, prepare a resume. This is a neat, type written report showing the applicant's personal background, educational back- ground and vocational background. Finally, a letter of application should be sent. According to It’s Your Future the most important phase of landing a job is the interview and the applica- tion. There are several things to re- member regarding the interview: 1) be ready to demonstrate vocational purpose; 2) study the company be- forehand; 3) be prepared to answer questions intelligently; 4) be prepared to ask intelligent questions; 5) appear neatly dressed with identification photograph and Social Security card. In filling out the application form make sure the data coincides with that already supplied, write in ink, follow directions carefully and be specific about job preferences. Often employment tests are given. These may include aptitude, intelli- gence, reading, interest and personality tests. At this point the applicant is usually hired, put on a waiting list or turned down. If on the waiting list it is often good to follow up the interview with a thank you note or a second visit. Finally the guidance book states that if you are turned down don’t become discouraged. Look for other leads and keep trying. Happy job hunting! 110 Doty: area's merlin jones by Alan Doty One night Pat Dray and I were com- pletely wasting our time by driving from Ted’s, to Riefe’s, to the Italian Village, to Ted’s, to Riefe’s, etc., when Lou Gutenberger announced that KSTT radio and the RKO theatre were holding the Merlin Jones Contest. Pat declared that I was the perfect type to win. You’ve never done a useful thing in your life.” With this great in- spiration I plunged my rather dubious mind into the task of completing my useless invention, a bubble extractor. After planning my marvelous ma- chine, I had to acquire a small table, a few bottles, some rubber hosing, some glass tubing and an air com- pressor. I obtained the table and glass bottles from my laboratory’s storage room — my attic — and I mooched the glass tubing and rubber hoses from our own beloved chemistry lab, with the aid of Sister Mary Diana, BVM. The air compressor was relieved from a paint sprayer. On Thursday evening the assistant manager of the RKO called to inform me of my victory. While the glorious sounds of the announcement were still in my ears, I was shocked back into reality by the sudden ringing of the telephone. The intruder was JA, a disc jockey from KSTT. After ten sec- onds of rigid preparation, I found my- self speaking to the entire listening audience of KSTT. The next evening a chauffeured, red, Dodge Polara escorted Miss Fran Mapes, my date, and me to Ben’s Gour- met House for a small snack of lobster with all of the trimmings. At the Orpheum a few — between one and two hundred—people claimed to know me and thus were admitted free into the theatre. When we had seen my screen dou- ble, we left the theatre for another snack. For some unknown reason, neither Fran or I felt like eating. There were, however, a few of Assumption’s wolves and their dates at the Italian Village who thought they could af- ford to gain weight. We then invaded the RKO for the second time that evening. The purpose of the visit was to see their Friday night late show, Girls, Girls, Girls. The assistant manager presented me with the remaining prizes after the late show. The prizes consisted of 100 personal calling cards, 100 45-rmp records, 2 Ips, a self portrait, two $5.00 gift certificates, a six transistor radio and a corsage for Fran. To anyone aspiring to become a cel- ebrity like Merlin Jones, why not en- ter the next RKO contest for bushels of prizes, an evening of fun and ex- citement, and all the uncarbonated pop you can drink. Upperclassmen by Jan Abbas M.H., 1326 W. Lombard _. 324-2611 J.S., 1027 Marquette ...322-3557 T.S., 1430 Warren . 322-8593 This is not an excerpt from some Assumptionite’s “little black book.” It’s an appointment book for junior and senior social workers. 1326 W. Lombard 322-2611 on Feb. 14, 1964,” appeared in the appointment book of ‘The Seniors.” The Assumption folk singers, Hank Scholars anticipate latin examinations “Et pueri et puellae hoc anno operem Auxilium Latinum facent.” If you can translate this as “Both boys and girls this year will take the Auxilium Latinum examination,” then you are eligible to take this test on March 18. Besides you, 140 students, sopho- more girls and sophomore, junior and senior boys, will participate. “Fresh- men will not take the test,” explains Fr. Louis Mulligan, boys’ Latin in- structor, “Because as yet they have not studied the passive voice, which is used throughout this exam.” Auxilium Latinum is a national high school magazine designed to help in the classroom study of the Latin lan- guage. Each year the publishers pro- vide this test which is made up by the Association for the Promotion of the Study of Latin. “Last year,” says Sr. Mary Gabriella, BVM, about 45 girls took the test, with almost all of them placing na- tionally. This year it is compulsory for all upper grade Latin pupils. We feel that we will again place high.” Junior Peg Parker, who took the Auxilium Latinum exam last year, re- members, “Many girls placed high be- cause of the emphasis put on the study program. Nearly one quarter was spent preparing for the exam.” In preparation for the test Auxilum Latinum also provides an APSL Na- tionwide Latin Exam Review and a vocabulary list of words to be used on the test. The exam review con- tains all APSL tests given since 1943. These booklets are printed every two years and contain the correct answers to past exams and a grammar review. Contemplating the prizes being awarded for this test, sophomore Bill Degen practices wishfully, “Alumni, qui ex CXV ad CXX praemia capiunt, donum argentum aut aureum dantur. Cum tres donum unae scholae capiun- tur, illa schola APSL figuram Latinum dabuntur,” or, “Students who receive from 115 to 120 points are awarded a gold or silver medal pin. If three pins are won by one school, that school will be awarded an APSL Latin tro- phy” aid mentally Fuller, Tom Snyder, Bob Matthys, and Dave Votroubek, all ’64, performed for the Mercy Hospital Mental Health Unit in a special Valentine’s Day party. Sis- ter Mary Francetta, RSM, supervisor of the mental health unit, planned the party as part of the therapy for the patients at the hospital. The patients and their relatives thoroughly enjoyed the songs of ‘The Seniors,” as well as the piano solos performed by Mary Sue Schwieters ’60. The audience reception of the pro- gram prompted Sister Francetta to request that Mrs. Hal McCarthy, mother of Eileen McCarthy ’64, and Mrs. Arthur Perry, mother of the As- sumption faculty member Rev. Arthur Perry, establish a regular entertain- ment program for the patients. Inter- ested entertainers may contact Mrs. McCarthy or Mrs. Perry. “J.S., 1027 Marquette 322-3557,” was a familiar sight in Mary E. Mc- Carthy’s ’64 appointment book. For eight weeks last summer, she helped the mentally retarded children at Jef- ferson School. The program, Scott County Speech Workshop for Handi- capped and Retarded Children, was held everyday except Sunday. The children, ranging in age from four to fifteen, were instructed by qualified teachers for two class periods and had recreation for three periods. Volunteers, such as Mary, helped the children during these recreation periods to create potholders, yarn dolls, lanyards or mosaic coasters. The pro- gram concentrated on speech correc- tion. “I liked the experience of working with these children, remarked Mary. “I think patience is the key factor in working with retarded children. handicapped They don’t seem to have as much self- discipline as normal children . . . but they love school and there was never any fighting,” Mary added quickly. “T.S., 1430 Warren 322-8593,” can be found in the appointment books of approximately ten junior and sen- ior Assumptionites. The group of vol- unteers meets with students from other area schools to aid in a gym program for retarded children. The recreation program is held on every other Satur- day at Taylor School for Retarded Children from 9:30 to 11:00. The morning begins with a few min- utes of calisthenics, sometimes followed by a basketball game and playing on the trampoline. Occassionally group singing is provided for the children. The morning ends with milk and cookies for children — and volunteers. The AHS volunteers, Phil Andrew, Dick Lindorfer, Mike Townsend, Jim Riley and Don Shaw, all ’64, and Nancy Nagle ’63 are headed by Red Cross representatives, Mary Atkinson ’65 and Robin Hall ’64. Leader of the volunteers and chairman of the board of recreation at Taylor, Mrs. W. J. Barchman, expresses the hope of “having a one to one ratio between the volunteers and the students.” In the future, the Assumption Chap- ter of the Red Cross has planned a religious instruction program for re- tarded children. Dick Lindorfer ’64, Larry Geisler, Mary Atkinson, Nancy Nagle and Maureen Judge, all ’65, have volunteered as teachers for the chil- dren. “There is always a need for more volunteers or ideas for future pro- jects, stated Robin Hall. If anyone is interested they should contact eith- er Mary Atkinson or myself.” PAUL SHOWS HOW . . . Paul Finkenhoefer ’65 helps to construct the scenery which is used in this year’s school play, “The Mouse That Roared.” He is helped by Dan Noah and Tony Braden. Ill 'PAVNA' angers latin american students by Steve Huyette (Editor’s note: The following article appeared in a recent issue of a Latin American high school newspaper, Ca- ballero Fanal. It shows a typical re- action to the problems facing other nations.) “La alta escuela de Assumption tiene una problema escuelamente.” (NCWC News Service.) Unfortunately, few of us Latin Americans know about Assumption high school’s education problem. A recent survey of parents of Latin American students showed that only one in every five even knows about the problems of the Knights at As- sumption high. Their problem of ed- ucation is beginning to worry more and more people — teachers and economists and politicians — but what about the students? The students of Latin Amer- ica will be our leaders of tomorrow. But Assumption’s difficulties have not yet reached their hearts. “Uncle Sam needs you!’’ That’s right. In a short time seniors will be faced with an important de- cision. They will soon graduate from school and will be required to make a choice about the way they will ful- fill their military obligation. There are five ways in which a graduate can serve. First, he can en- list in the active services. This re- fers to the standing Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. These are the full time armed forces which comprise the nucleus of the country’s defense system. The enlistee serves a total of six years including two to three years as a reserve. When A senior here in Puerto Rico con- tends that LA should solve their own problems before they try and tackle those of other nations. Another says, “Our school newspaper carries too many articles about PAVNA (Papal Volunteers for North America). “In the last two months there have been about 20 of them.’’ A check revealed only three out of 150 articles related to PAVNA. Exactly, what is the problem in As- sumption. According to editorialist Juan Q. Publico, “Steadily, the Knights have compiled a raft of disturbing facts: on- ly two of every 10 who do enter As- sumption high school have completed primary education; only 17 of As- sumption’s 36 teachers have had any formal education; most of the students’ parents can’t read or write; only three per cent of the Knights reach college, and only one-third of those graduate. a senior enlists he should have with him his birth certificate, draft card, Social Security card and written per- mission from his parents if he is 17. Each of the branches of the armed forces maintains an active reserve pro- gram. If a national emergency occurs, these “civilian soldiers” can be called into immediate service. Basically the program consists of one-half year ac- tive duty and training followed by five and one-half years in the reserves. All branches of the reserve program permit students to enlist in their sen- ior year and wait until after gradua- tion to go on active duty. “Is any progress being made toward a solution to Assumption’s problem? Yes. ‘The Organization of Latin Amer- ican States is affecting a ten-year plan that calls for each Knight to have six years of grade school and an expan- sion of high school education; also vol- unteers will educate the ignorant par- ents of Assumption students, while the expansion of school library facilities will aid worthy students. Much re- search and hard efforts are required to convince the Latins of the urgency of the plan. “It’s about time Latin students started thinking seriously about the problems they themselves will have to solve in the near future. At the present rate the problem at Assump- tion will be doubled by 1970. “If we, the youth of Latin America, concern ourselves with our northern neighbors, we will see the problem solved. That’s no platitude, that’s re- ality.” armed forces Another way to serve is to wait for the draft. On his 18th birthday (or within 5 days after), the student must register with the draft board lo- cated in the Federal Building. On the basis of information supplied by the student, he is classified for eventual induction into the service. Actually, at the present time the Army is the only service that is draft- ing men. These men are unmarried and average 22 years in age. The draf- tee serves two years active and four years reserve duty. The different service academies of- fer a chance to prepare for a career in the military. Requirements for ad- mission, both physical and mental, are strict. For further information write to the individual schools: the Military Academy, the Naval Academy, the Air Force Academy and the Merchant Marine Academy. A final way to serve is through the college Reserve Officers Training program (ROTC). At this time the Army, Navy and Air Force conduct ROTC programs in over 300 public and private colleges and universities. This is a four year program in con- junction with the college course. Fol- lowing graduation the student is com- missioned a second lieutenant and serves two years active duty. According to the pamphlet Seniors and the Service, military life has much to offer: talent development, travel, experience, spiritual guidance, person- al gratification and veteran’s benefits. If this year’s senior class follows the trend of preceding classes, several of its members will soon be living by the bugle, “You gotta get up, you gotta get up. . .” HOW’RE THE MARINES . . . asks Ron Noe ’64 as he talks over the enlisted life with former Assump- tionites Merle Shanley, Ron Gusta and Bill Behan. Uncle sam needs seniors for 112 Jill cox readies for Canadian trip Would you like to be told you’re going to Canada for two weeks this summer — all expenses paid? Jill Cox ’67, had this experience, and finds it quite exciting. jni, a ‘ Cadet” Girl Scout, has been chosen to represent America with 24 other girls from all over the United States at Prince Edward Island in east- ern Canada on July 6-20. In order to be “the one” Jill filled out an application based on how many years she’s been in scouting, how much camping experience she’s had, the num- ber of badges she’s earned, and the ability to complete four statements: “Why do you want to go? How are you prepared for it? What do you ex- pect to gain? and How will you share your experiences with others?” She originally applied at her own Riverbend Council, which includes Davenport, Muscatine and Clinton. One application from each of the 47 coun- cils was chosen in this district, and sent to the Region — (central office). Two of the 47 were then chosen by a special selections committee — Jill and a girl from Maryland. There being 12 regions and two girls from each region, 24 girls in all will go. However, Jill will not be allowed to romp all over Canada at will. The Girl Scouts of the United States and Canada will plan her trip, and will notify her of what she will be doing and where she will be going and so on. She must brush up on both Canada and the United States in order to tell the girls from Canada about America. Their theme will be a historical event of the province she’s at, and Jill and her companion will have to plan many skits and so forth together. They have already started corresponding in an- ticipation for this summer’s fun. HART OF MY HEART ... Mr. Peter Hart, a former Assumptionite and presently a student-teacher at St. Ambrose College, directs the second period chorus class. Student teacher peter hart stars in marycrest, ambrose 'merry ' Have you seen a crown prince walk- ing through the halls? It’s Peter Hart, Assumption’s stu- dent teacher in chorus, practicing for his role in the Saint Ambrose and Marycrest choral groups production of ‘The Merry Widow.” Mr. Hart, an Assumption graduate, will play the leading character Danilo. Having little previous experience, this will be Mr. Hart’s first attempt at an opera. The part of the widow will be played by Susan Ryan, a Mary- crest student. Actually, “The Merry Widow” is an “opera comique.” That is, the main dialogue is song. Henri Meilhac wrote the original version in 1861 called “L’ Attache d’ Ambassade.” In 1905 Franz Lehar produced the musical version of the play — “The Merry Widow.” Mr. Hart explained, “This partic- ular play was chosen because it is unique and because it is suitable to the Masonic Temple stage where it is being held this year.” All seats will be reserved. Tickets are available at $1.50 for the 8:15 pm performance on Saturday, April 4 and the 2:00 pm performance Sunday, Ap- ril 5. Business classes offer typing, shorthand, law An accuracy contest in typing, Christmas stories in shorthand, a study of business economics and learning the basic rudiments of the law comprise some of the business courses offered at AHS. An accuracy test in typing will be held in late March or April. A com- position on Ty Cobb, “The Forgotten Hero,” will be used. Those papers with the best time and no errors will be sent to Danville, 111., where they will be compared with papers from other schools. Typing teachers, Sr. Ann Marita, CHM, and Mrs. Florence Wallace try to convey the idea that typing isn’t an easy class just because there isn’t any written homework. Students who have their own typewriters practice at home in order to gain speed and accuracy. In class emphasis is placed on the main aspects of typing such as cen- tering, spacing and knowing the pro- per keys. At Christmas time Sr. Ann Marita’s shorthand class took favorite Christ- mas stories, songs or poems and wrote them in shorthand symbols along with other illustrations. “Sister covers the material thorough- ly and completely,” commented Mary Atkinson ’65. “Records which play dictated letters are also used to improve our accuracy,” she continued. The class practices shorthand in stenographic notebooks which are turned into Sister when completed. Sister also gives quizzes on the sym- bols that the class has learned. Economics, a major business course at AHS, is taught by Mr. Clinton Wes- temeyer. “Economics deals with the economic processes used by different businesses. The study includes corpor- ations, big businesses and generally free enterprises,” explained junior Ray Byers. Using the book, Applied Economics, as a basic source of material, the stu- dents also use marketing pamphlets from the Federal Reserve in Chicago which are pertinent to the course. Business law, also taught by Mr. Westemeyer, teaches the rudiments of law. This includes the study of wills and contracts and gives the students an understanding of court procedures. Mr. Westemeyer explains the types of law, such as common law, and how each is used in a courtroom. He also explains the basic terms used in the functioning of a law. 113 Tournament trail ends abruptly Burlington The Knights defeated Burlington by a score of 84-67 in a home game on Friday, Feb. 14. The game gave Assumption a 7-3 record and second place in Little Six competition. Mike Seider ’64 scored 25 points to lead the Assumption squad. All three units played in the game. Alleman The Knights played at home on Thursday, Feb. 20, and defeated Alle- man 62-52. John Loihl led the As- sumption attack with 19 points. Mike Seider followed with 17 points and Dan Dugan with 14. McGonigle, Al- leman’s leading scorer, had the meas- les and did not play in the game; this did not hinder the Alleman squad in defeating Muscatine on the following night. Lone Tree On Wed., Feb. 26, Assumption met Lone Tree for the district basketball tournament, which was played in the Assumption gymnasium. The Knights moved into the semi-final round of dis- trict tournament competition by de- feating the Lone Tree squad 72-53. Good defense and offense combined to give Assumption the victory. Mike Seider scored 31 points. West The fire of the state tournament smol- dered and died Friday, Feb. 29, as the West Falcons defeated the Knights 62-53. The game was lost at the free throw line. The Knights had 21 bas- kets to West’s 16. But Assumption also had 25 fouls while making only 50% of the free throws. West had 17 fouls but made 80% of their charity line throws. Phil Pash ’64 led the scoring with 14 points followed by Mike Seider ’64 and John Loihl ’64, each with ten. Six go to state meet On Feb. 15, the Assumption wrestl- ing squad participated in the Burling- ton District wrestling tournament. By placing either first or second in their weight divisions, six Assumption wres- tlers won the right to compete for the state championships at Waterloo. Gary Mock ’66 at 95 lbs., Tom Corsiglia ’66 at 103 lbs., Jim Dower ’65 at 127 lbs. and Rich Reisinger ’64 at 138 lbs. fin- ished second in their divisions. Tony Corsiglia ’64 at 112 lbs. and Tom Mur- ray ’64 at 145 lbs. finished first in their divisons. Assumption finished in second place in the tournament with a total of seventy points. The six Assumption wrestlers left for Waterloo immediately after school on Thursday, Feb. 20, in two cars driven by Coach Raymond Ambrose and Coach Clinton Westemeyer. They wrestled on Friday afternoon. Tournament rules provided that a wrestler who had fin- ished in second place in one district should be pitted against the first place winner of another district. Gary Mock’s opponent was from Washington of Ce- dar Rapids; Tom Corsiglia’s, from Coun- cil Bluffs; Tony Corsiglia’s, from Water- loo East; Jim Dower’s, from East Des Moines; Rich Reisinger’s, from Clinton; and Tom Murray’s, from Des Moines Tech. All six Assumption wrestlers were upset in the first round of com- petition. Sport lite by Jim Dower The MC’s, Marianne McDonough ’64 and juniors Marge Walatka, Mary Ann Fick, Carol Lewandoski and Candy Lindeman, won the district team bowl- ing tournament Feb. 22. The girls, with a top 2760 series for three games plus handicap, will go to Des Moines, March 21, to compete in the State Bowling Tournament. The bowlers will roll in the Junior League division against girls from all over the state. • Tyrone Orr, from Davenport Central high school, who won the state wrest- ling championship in the 103 lbs. di- vision, had difficulty winning first place in the Burlington District wrest- ling tournament. Tyrone tied Assump- tion’s Tom Corsiglia ’66 twice. Fin- ally, a judge’s decision gave Tyrone first place and Tom second place in the district. Jim Allard ’65 has been swimming in competition for eight years. Dur- ing the last summer, he was the num- ber one diver on the Park Board Swim Club Team. As a sophomore at St. Aquinas High School in New York, Jim set a school record in diving by meriting 131 out of a possible 160 points for a season. Jim is one of the finest divers in the Quad Cities. • • Tri-captains of the wrestling team are: Tony Corsigilia, Tom Murray and Rich Reisinger all ’64. The three were chosen by their fellow wrestlers March 4. • • Waterloo, Iowa, was not too far away for Assumption seniors Roger Cawie- zell, Pat Burke, Dick Peavey and jun- ior Mike Lucier to travel in order to see Assumption’s wrestlers compete. The quartet left Davenport at 6:00 Friday night and stayed for two nights in the Holiday Inn Motel. Pat Burke drove, but the cost of gas was shared by all. Even though the Assumption wrestlers were defeated before the boys saw any action, they agreed the trip was fun. PLEASE WIN . . . pleads Assump- tion cheerleaders to the team dur- ing the tournament game with West high school. 114 RED AND WHITE ... go to the tournament as Mary Ann Buckwalter, Jan Adamsky, Jackie Bald and Carol Spire cheer along with the crowd. Mothers enter phys ed class The Mothers Club meeting on March 10 was held in a unusual part of As- sumption high school—the gymnasium. Both boys and girls took part in a pro- gram designed to explain to the par- ents the purposes and procedures of the physical education program, athletic girls In the demonstration,” stated Mary Kealey '64. “We enacted the different activities that we use to further our athletic ability.” The first of the activities demon- strated was square dancing. This is taught only in the freshman and soph- omore divisions and “is the only type of rhythm work the girls receive,” ey- plained Mrs. Ben Steckel, girls’ phys- ed instructor. Basketball drills and actual play were demonstrated by some junior and senior girls while Charlene Gaul ’64 explained the different techniques and the basic differences in girls’ basket- ball. Charlene feels “basketball, which is taught all four years, is popular among the girls because it’s fast, in- volves action and concentration, and gives a chance to develop teamwork.” Table tennis, badminton and deck tennis were explained by Barb Beyer ’64 and at the same time shown to the Mothers’ Club by some of the girls. “The Iowa test of motor fitness is given every spring to help diagnose our specific weaknesses,” commented Mary Kealey. Sit-ups, arm strength, grasshoppers, broad jump and the shuttle run were the items demon- strated which are included in the motor fitness test, along with some warm-up exercises. This year the GRA sponsored a bake sale at the others’ Club meeting to raise funds to supplement the GRA treasury, which annually honors the members by presenting them with awards,” stated Anne Peacock ’64, chairman of the bake sale. tumblers—gymnasts “I’m going to take them right into a class,” stated Mr. David Skemp con- cerning his plans for the boys’ physi- cal education demonstration. Such was the atmosphere effected as Assump- tion’s most proficient tumblers—sen- iors Pat Collins, Bob Matthys, Harold Frcdenburg, Jim Rymars, Bill Plum, Tom Snyder, juniors Jim Allard, Lar- ry Clark, sophomores Tom Haase, Mike Gimbel, and freshmen Jim Nagle, John Condon, Paul Kloppenborg—performed in a program divided into three parts. During the first part Mr. Skemp explained to the Mothers Club the objectives of the physical education program, the needs of boys of high school age and the type of program established to satisfy the needs. He also discussed the various sports con- tained in the physical education pro- gram. Next the fourteen students demon- strated the tumbling stunts mastered in the physical education classes, begin- ning with simple forward rolls and ending with difficult front and back somersaults. This lasted for approxi- mately ten minutes. The third part dealt w'ith gymnastics. Several of the boys demonstrated rou- tines upon the parallel bars and the side horse. Assumption has no tradition says coach Is Assumption a school without a past? After graduation do Assumption’s most outstanding members of the stu- dent body pass into oblivion? This is the opinion of Assumption wrestling coach Raymond Ambrose. Mr. Ambrose advocates the creation of an Assump- tion Boys’ Hall of Fame. This would be a much different type of recognition than that recently es- tablished for the girls as a result of school spirit days. The need for such a Hall, says Mr. Ambrose, is that “Assumption has no record of its outstanding students of the past. This school is lacking in standing tradition. Let the young boys see who the boys were who led the way and laid the groundwork for some of the things we have here now.” Mr. Ambrose feels that a Hall of Fame should be established in order to “honor any outstanding student of any phase of student activity — ath- letics, band or student government — the kind of boy who comes along only once every five or ten years. We’re not dealing with the average boys; we’re dealing with the great ones.” Fenwick high school in Chicago has set aside a short corridor which has been designated as the Hall of Fame. Life-size pictures of Fenwick’s famous students line the walls of the corridor. Mr. Ambrose has suggested that some- thing of this type could be established in the hall where Assumption’s tro- phy case is located. This would be the best location he feels “because the students and the general public are frequently in this hall.” “The school should not do this. It should be done by a student organiza- tion. I’ve always felt that some organ- ization within the school — Student Council, the newspaper. Monogram Club — should assume the obligation of a Hall of Fame.” AHS bowler places high in state contest Have you ever bowled a perfect game of 300? One Knight has come close. In January, Joe Johnson ’65 scored a 276 for the highest game of his career. Joining a league last year at the Plaza Bowling Lanes in Bettendorf, Joe and a companion from Bettendorf high school averaged 202 to place 2nd in the district, last Dec. 29. The same score was good for 7th in state com- petition. Since then Joe has bowled a 276 and is presently holding down a first place in a state junior bowlers contest with four other companions. 115 Quad Cities Largest Billiard Center CUE and CUSHION 1612 W. 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SGA schedules elections as representatives travel ‘1 came, I saw, I conquered,” hope- fully quote the six candidates of the junior class that are presently running for the SGA offices of president and vice-president. They are Bill Kurten- bach and George Mitchell for presi- dent and Theresa Schwab, Eileen Figel, Mary Fran Schramp and Kathy Frater for vice-president. These elections will be held April 24, while the elections for class representatives are scheduled for May 1. Petitions may be obtained from the vice-principals office today. When asked about his platform, Bill related, “I’m running to be of serv- ice to AHS and to better the name of Assumption. I feel that it is my duty to run for this office.” George commented, I hope to make Assump- tion the leading school in the Little Six by unified school projects.” Bill, recently elected secretary of the YCS Council, has been active in YCS for three years. He has been a three year man in wrestling and plans to continue next year. His academic schedule includes English, Intermediate Math, history, religion, chemistry and Spanish. Last year George was elect- ed junior Student Council representa- tive and has been active the past year. He initiated the December hoot- enanny, was chairman for the Christ- mas dance and attended two state conventions. He is an active member of YCS and has attended two of the last three study days. March 30 Student Council officers and representatives attended a conven- tion in Ottumwa. The day began with a general ses- sion in which nominations and cam- paign speeches were given. A variety of workshops, given by some of the visiting schools, were offered to the student representatives. Lunch came next, followed by voting and an after- noon workshop. The day was highlighted by a talk on the future of youth leadership giv- en by Mr. Robert Lux, executive sec- retary of the Iowa Student Council Association. Traveling to Ottumwa, the Assump- tion reps worked on the campaigns together. Mary Motto ’64, SGA vice- president, noted, “We had a repre- sentative running for each office.” The only victor of the six Assump- tion candidates was sophomore Joyce Glade. She was elected secretary of the Southeast District. One of the purposes of the meeting was to elect officers for next year. Lite Flashes The cast and workers in the school play were roughing it this year be- cause the auditoruim was not equip- ped with dressing facilities or a work- ing area. This problem, however, has been alleviated with the construction of two dresing rooms and a work room backstage. • • • The Diocesan Instrumental Festival will be held at Assumption on April 24. Approximately 300 attending stu- dents will be judged in woodwind and brass contests. ♦ Ten Assumption girls attended the math tournament at Clarke College, Dubuque, on April 4. Mary Buckwalter ’64 and Joann Eischied ’65 were award- ed certificates of merit. Also partici- pating were sophomores Margaret Bal- luff, Joyce Glade, Diane Lannon and Mary Ann Miller, juniors Mary Hart- kop, Barbara Herrmann, Theresa Schwab and senior Phyllis Hart. The purpose of the tournament was to stim- ulate mathematical interest, to develop mathematical scholarship and provide a challenge for advanced students. • • • Capturing outstanding awards in various Junior Achievement competi- tions are three Assumption high stu- dents, Joe McManus ’66, Joe Johnson '65, and Carol Mullen '64. Joe McManus and Joe Johnson were among the seven finalists in the an- nual JA Salesmanship Contest. At the eighth annual Scott-Rock Is- land County Junior Achievement Ball, held April 3, Carol was named Scott County’s “Miss JA for 1964.” Rosemary Pauli, also a senior, competed with Carol as one of the three title finalists. “MISS JA FOR 1964,” . . . Carol Mullen ’64 accepts an award from the Davenport executive director of Junior Achievement. 122 Chemists bus to Chicago A tour of the Chicago Crime Lab, O’Hare Field, and the Museum of Sci- ence and Industry will highlight the annual trip sponsored by the AHS chemistry class to Chicago on April 25. The trip, costing $5.75 plus meals, is open to all juniors and seniors. Bus- ses loaded with wide-awake students will leave at 4:45 am and arrive back home around 11:00 pm. At the Chicago Crime Lab the stu- dents will see some of the modern methods of crime detection, such as fingerprinting, employed by the Chi- cago Police Department. Another stop is O’Hare International Airport, the world’s busiest. “Last year we toured one of the jets, and we are hoping we can do it again this year,’’ commented chemistry teacher Sr. Mary Diana, BVM. The students will be able to see an actual German submarine and a sim- Fr. Eugene Harasyn, Sr. Mary John Therese, and Sr. Mary Valerian are the preliminary judges in the NHS Lit- erary contest. After the preliminary judging, in which five to ten entries from each division were chosen, the entries were given to Sr. Mary Paul- ette of Marycrest for final judgement. The five divisions in the contest are: ulated coal mine at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. Breakfast and dinner will be eaten at rest areas along the tollway, while lunch will be eaten at the Museum. Sophs entertain at worlds fair Assumptionites are all invited to at- tend the “1964 Davenport World’s Fair’’ on May 6, as the sophomore class sponsors the last all school (even freshmen) dance of the year. The atmosphere will be set with colorful scenes from the Gay Nineties, millinery sales, auctions, wishing wells and a real, old-fashioned soda foun- tain. “Admission to the ‘Fair’, from 8:30 to 11:30, is only 50 ,” encourages Pat Riley, a sophomore class representa- tive. “There will be entertainment for everyone.” poetry, editorials, essays, mood pieces, and character sketches. ‘The first place winners will be awarded medals at the Academic Awards Asembly on May 25,” com- ments Mary Hartkop ’65, who was in charge of the contest. The winning en- tries will be published in the Knight Beacon. FRAMED IN FAME . . . sopho- more Janet Ruge has been elect- ed to AHS’s Hall of Fame for the month of April. In a quote from the nominations, one student com- mented, “During her freshman and sophomore years, Janet has developed more friendships, brought more laughter and worked harder for her school than any other girl I have known at Assumption.” NHS announces lit contest judges 123 School turns tables: reforms YCS Assumption high has a new alphabet with only 23 letters. The deleated characters form a set of in- itials — YCS. This organization has received a great deal of off-the-cuff criticisms from students and fac- ulty alike. Most of this animosity stems from the failure of this organization to fulfill its ideals. “The purpose of YCS,” explains Fr. Gerald Kraus, head of the movement a t Assumption, “is to work towards instilling a Christian attitude into all school activities, athletics, homework, dances or whatever. “It is not merely to improve the surrounding en- vironment. Other humanitarian groups like the Red Cross and the Salvation Army are dedicated to this.” Over the last four or five years the image of YCS has been that of an idealistic discussion group for the hypocritical students with an IQ of at least 120. An objective glance now might reveal “a horse of a different color.” The supposed “leaders” of this year’s senior class wrere asked to join during their freshman year with the hope that they would become interested in YCS. Most of them quit. The next year the YCS heads decided to reverse their policies. They chose good Catholic students and then trained them to be lead- ers. The success of this new approach can be measured by its results. Many AHS seniors are taking the lead in being Christian apostles. Mike Wahlig ’64 is the Assistant-Chairman for this year’s Midwest YCS summer study week. Three weeks ago he trav- eled to Milwaukee, Wis., along with two other As- sumptionites, seniors Mike Schebler and John Gen- zel, to plan the entire program including the selection of speakers and topics; six senior boys are now train- ing freshmen YCS groups as they were trained by priests; and Assumption girls are teaching CCD class- es to public grade school children. But, besides these exceptional projects, YCS has also produced a breed of students who receive no recog- nition for their actions. YCS is trying to reform internally. This year it has established a representative council and elected officers to run the student organization. Through this council YCS is unifying itself to fulfill its ideals still more completely. It is attempting to form good Chris- tian leaders, who will infiltrate Assumption and cause an “insurrection,” leading others towards Christ. LDJ Student council adopts all-school hall of fame As suggested by Mr. Ray Ambrose in the last is- sue of the Knight Beacon, the Student Council has “assumed the obligation of a Hall of Fame.” Mr. Ambrose commented that “Assumption has no record of its outstanding students of the past. This school is lacking in standing tradition.” This idea was discussed at the last SC meeting on April 8. A committee of eight, headed by sen- ior representative Don Shaw, was chosen to further investigate the possibility of such a Hall. During the meeting it was suggested that since this Hall of Fame is to “honor any outstanding student of any phase of student activity,” the people should be elected to this Hall after graduation. Pat Dray, SGA president, explained, “If the mem- ory of a person’s achievements sticks with his former schoolmates for a year or two, then this person is worthy of the honor.” However, the present Hall of Fame in the girls division is used to recognize students who would oth- erwise receive no credit for acts of service to the school. The new Hall of Fame could incorporate the old one, establishing a permanent, all-school hall. “It stands to reason,” stated one Student Council rep, “that if acts of service are done for the school, then representatives of the whole school ought to elect them.” The details regarding nominations, elections, post- ing of the winners and the like, still have to be work- ed out by the committee. The Student Council, how- ever, should be commended for taking action when they saw the opportunity. 124 The Junior Editors KNIGHT BEACON As a Beacon in the Night The Knight Beacon is published eight times a year by students of Assumption high school. The yearly subscription rate is $1.50. —-------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Huyetfe Editorials ...—...................... Lee DeJulius, Borb Kruse, Bob Townsend Advertising Bill Fischer Features Bill Fischer, Ron Grutz, Mary Gimbel, Woyne Hunt, Kate Schaffert News -------- George Mitchell, Nancy Nagle, Bill Schutte, Chris Wahlig, Marcia Welch Pictures..... John Dunn, Steve Huyette, Daria Olmsted, Denny Shinners, Don Wolf Photography Don Wolf, Denny Shinners Sports Jim Dower, Mary Kay Dudek, Larry Geisler, Marty McCarthy Advisors-------------Fr. William F. Wiebler, Pot Carpenter, John Genzel Printer ..........Gordon Printing Company WANTED JOURNALISTS NEEDED FOR NEXT YEAR DESCRIPTION: Sophmore girl or boy QUALIFICATIONS; Willing to work hard and have alot of fun REWARD: 1) Good experience 2) Satisfaction 3) Good grade ( 3 not guaranteed) Assumption electors vote upon candidutes' qualities Recently the Knight Beacon has run several art- icles on Student Council achievements, or the lack of them. As SGA elections approach, perspective is needed in choosing candidates. Kennedy admirers feared it impossible for him to win the 1960 election due to his faith. On the same line, a person who has the finest of qualities has a slim chance of victory if he is “unknown” to a major- ity of students. Actually, the main purpose of a representative is to give views to the Student Council, and carry back all decisions to the student body. From a poll of 50 students, the most commonly re- curring thoughts on necessary qualities were char- acter, leadership and responsibility. However, does the electorial body consider these? The popular student is all too easy to back. Mary Fran Schramp ’65, SC representative, knows the trials and errors involved in Student Council- ing. Her suggestions were: interest — people who want to help the student body, rather than the hon- or connected with the position, dependability — from students who can be counted on to come through without constant reminding; and experience — some- one who knows what they stand for. Some students will make a poor choice because they feel they should vote for a candidate, whether they know him well or not. Vote, but vote wisely. BK 'I challenge sophs spouts off knight beacon WANTED Sophomore boys and girls interested in future work on the Knight Beacon staff. Good hours and valuable experience in this field. Have you ever had a personal interview with the New Cristy Minstrels or an evening discussion with the head colonel of the Pakistan Air Force? Members of the journalism class of Fr. William F. Wiebler have had such experiences in preparation for the pub- lication of the Knight Beacon. The junior journalists encounter numerous enjoy- able experiences “in the line of duty”; stage plays, guided tours of the Davenport newspaper and a press conference in Clinton have highlighted this journal- ism year. Although journalism offers great excitement, hard work is demanded of all students. The Knight Beacon is a reflection of AHS students. The caliber of the school newspaper depends on the ability of the students in publishing the newspaper. Dedicated journalists are needed if the newspaper is to attain the high standards expected by the school. Interested students must conform to these standards, which are within the reach of any conscienious stu- dent willing to express himself. A journalist must have a command of the Eng- lish language but more important is the need for initiative and new ideas. Prospective journalists are required to submit a letter to Father Wiebler stat- ing why they wish to take journalism and how they expect to profit from the course. Applicants are screened by Father Wiebler according to their po- tential as journalists. In the past three years there has been an increas- ing lack of interest in journalism, especially among the girls. Recently, sophomore homeroom S-9 ex- pressed their wish to improve the Knight Beacon. These students showed their interest in the KB, but do they or any other sophs have the initiative to accept the challenge offered by journalism and the Knight Beacon? BT 125 Assumption scholars track down honors With the arrival of Spring the As- sumption track team has returned to the athletic field to get in shape. The AHS scholastic team, however, has been working out during the entire third quarter and is in fine shape. Leading the scholastic team with straight A’s are seniors Janet Abbas, Barbara Bauer, Patricia Carpenter and Phyllis Hart; juniors Theresa Davis, Joann Eischeld, Mary Ann Hartkop, Mary Anne Nelson and Teresa Schwab; sophs Mary Baranowski, Elizabeth Brandt and John Cepican; frosh Don- na Figel, John Hoie, Christine Hume, Ann Kruse and Thomas Rotherham. on Molyneaux, David Ryder, Mary Schwarz, Loretta Weir, Thomas Bri- briesco, Julie Joyce, Stanley Smazal and Thomas Ketelaar. There are 36 juniors on the scholas- tic reserve squad who have a B-f av- erage. They are John Kearney, Steph- en Murray, Steven Vander Horn, James Watson, Barbara DeZorzi, Barbara Herrmann, Michael Mulvihill, Noreen Pash, Mary Ann Tawney, Karen Berg- bauer, Linda Beyer, Kathleen Morris- sey, Nancy Nagle, Suzanne Schebler, Michele Vander Horn, Barbara Grell, Maureen Judge. Included on the team are Margaret man, Brian Dugan, Patricia Furlong, William Kelley, William Pohlmann, Theresa Tubbs, David Barrett, Michael Powers, John Schissel, Nancy Decas- taker, Harry Peterson and Kenneth Rossmiller. The freshman class managed to place 39 of their number on the squad. The freshman who survived the cut at the grade average of 3.0 are Richard Kas- per, John Roche, Keith Guy, Susan Van Besien, Linda Antonacci, Celesta Crowley, Paul Gardner, Sandra Grif- fin, Colleen Hild, Karen McKirchy, Jane Meyers, Marie Miller, Kathleen Olson, Mary Ann Reinhold, Nancy Roederer, Mary Walatka, James Na- gel, Deborah Motto, Mary Raftery, Barbara Ash, Colleen Cain, Marcia Cooley, Christine Costantakos. The seniors have a fine reserve squad numbering 53 scholars with a better than B average. They are Jan- ice Adamsky, Jackie Ann Bald, Kathy Barrett, Mary Buckwalter, Margaret Reinart, Jerelyn Ryan, James Logan, Nancy DeJulius. Patty Brafman, Mary Coyne, John Hasenmiller, Mary Motto, Thomas Figel, Carol Miley, Marjorie Murphy, Maryann Zieke, Barbara Beyer, Leah Cox, Rita Davies, Susan Mohler, Deanna Morris, John Genzel, Philip Pash, Michael Schebler, Michael Townsend, Susan Jager, Geri Barrett, Sheila McGee, Mary Anne Nix, Jean Paulsen, Louise Puls, John Yegge, Ralph Bawden, Robin Clay, Joseph P. Dray, Barbara Gnam, Charlotte Gusta, Ilona Kuehnhackl, Eileen McCarthy, Mary E. McCarthy, Kathryn Meisenbach, Shar- Ann Parker, Phyllis Stanger, Chris Wahlig, Linda Walz, Raymond Byers, Walter Foley, Eileen Figel, Mary Hog- arty, John Cogan, Judith Booth, Ron- ald Carstens, Patricia Miller, Janice Montford, Edith Schadt, Michelle Chen- oweth, Glynn Davis, Leon DeJulius, Noreen Kivlin and Holly Fitzsimmons. The sophomores have the weakest reserves with a team that numbers only 32. The sophomore scholars are Sheila Shanahan, Janet Ruge, Margar- et Balluff, Lora Berendes, Cathleen Froeschle, Diane Lannan, Mary Mat- thys, Mary Ann Miller, Patricia Riley, John Adams, Paul Giguere, James Gil- roy, William Winn, Barbara Bednarik, Leonard Cervantes, Joyce Glade, Jen- nifer Hubbard, William Davis, Joseph Miller. Michael Shannon, Mary Kling- Also on the team are Jill Cox, Deb- bie Dzuro, Catherine Freund, Margaret Gilrey, William Hart, Alexander Her- riges, Mary Lujack, Terry Ann Reedy, Mary Schlomer, Michael Schonhoff, Ralph Schramp, Kathryn Walsh, Jan- ann Wiegand, David Hasenmiller, Thomas Knight and Bernard Spaeth. The scholastic squad has 17 fine starters and a vast number of re- serves. The team coaches are hopeful that the upcoming “season” will be even better than the last. Victory opens chapel, school The AHS auditorium is no longer being used for a parish church on Sun- day mornings. After 18 months of planning, Our Lady of Victory has completed its par- ish school, John F. Kennedy Memorial School. The first Mass was offered in the school chapel on Easter Sunday. The chapel is equipped with pews for 150 people. When more parishion- ers are participating in services, a fold- ing door, adjacent to the gymnasium, will be roled back. Chairs will be set up here to accommodate an additional 400 people. The new school will be open for classes in the fall and will teach grades two through six. With the completion of this project, Fr. Kenneth Martin, pastor, says that the newest parish in the city will be- gin plans for the construction of a par- ish church. Currently, only Sunday Mases are offered in the school, with daily Mass being held in the rectory. After the church is completed, Mass will be of- fered there every day. 126 “THESE DARK AREAS,’’ . . . explains Tom Figel ’64 to Dick Collignon ’66, “are Davenport’s Negro ghet- tos.” The two side photographs contrast a house from the ghetto with one located north of Locust Street. Dr. von braun takes augie to moon Fr. William F. Stratman is well known for supplementing his PSSC Physics course with ripple tanks, ex- plosive carts, and films. March 14 the professor also added a demonstration on outer space — by Dr. Wernher Von Braun. The famous space expert visited the campus of Augustana College and, in the span of two hours, took the aud- ience to the moon and back via color slides. Father Stratman urged his class to attend. “. . . a manned rocket to the moon and back by 1970” was the late Presi- dent Kennedy’s order to the chief of the NASA program. Why go to the moon? ‘‘Why not sit in your rocking chair and watch TV like the good Lord meant it should be?” as one little olo’ lady asked. ‘‘Man has an innate curiosity,” an- swered Dr. Von Braun. “He has al- ways wondered what’s beyond the hor- izon.” At this stage of the game, we either go ahead or loose all the time and money we’ve spent. The initial space flight will be most important to science, not the military. The prices seem great now, but the pay-off in knowledge will be tremendous com- pared to the work and money involved. After this basic information, Dr. Von Braun identified and explained the major components of the NASA space program. “Jan. 31, 1959, the Unit- ed States launched its first space probe, Explorer I; it weighed 37 lbs. Exactly five years later we orbited Saturn III, weighing 37,000 lbs. We had increased our payload capacity by a factor of ten cubed.” Last on the program was the artists’ and engineers’ concept of space flight to the moon, giving a detailed account of the preparation, progress, and re- turn of a lunar probe. Junior rebels seize beacon “Down with the old and up with new!” was the cry of the junior journal- ists as they pushed out the senior staff to take control of the pressroom and put out the April issue of the Knight Bea- con. Editors Lee DeJulius and Barb Kruse led the insurrection. The sab- otage began when the juniors infil- trated the senior ranks to work on the last two issues of the KB. As with all subversive activity, it is soon uncovered and the senior staff will be back again to reclaim the press- room and publish the May issue. CIC Students survey housing problem Who would you vote for, Johnson or Goldwater? This is just one of the many questions that were asked in a recent Catholic Interracial Council survey. Various sophomores, juniors and seniors from AHS participated by taking the survey in the two Daven- port ghettos on March 17 and 21. Each boy was teamed with a Ne- gro volunteer and then directed to a specific area to take the survey. Ques- tions included: housing and job op- portunities, number of children in the family and if they attended school, and the candidate whom they would vote for in the next presidential election. Greg Miller ’65 commented, “The people were very congenial — I hadn’t expected that. We only ran into one disagreeable person.” Jim Figel ’66 continued, “We had an interesting day by interviewing the people. It made me more aware of the current problem.” Fr. Marvin Mottet, CIC chaplain, re- lated, “The information which we have gotten from this survey will help us in combatting the problems we en- counter in three major areas — hous- ing, job opportunities and education.” Father summed up by saying, “These short home visits which we sponsored in the survey will be of aid in Na- tional Home Visit Day on Sunday, Ap- ril 19. We hope to have a big turn- out.” Anyone interested is asked to con- tact Father Mottet. 127 SHAKE IT UP . . . baby! Lori Weir ’64 and Phil Pash ’64 jungle jive to the beat of the Jokers. Jo-far “I’M IN HOT . . . water!” announ- ces DJ Tony Na- varro ’65. “Jun- gle Jay is miss- ing!” T WON’T GET . . . my safari card!” moans Ki '65. as he stares at the vacant jungle throne. % “I’LL BEAT OUT ... a message on my tom-toms,” shouts Joker Gary Dow. “We’ll find Jay.” Safari hunts jungle jay- IT DOESN’T TASTE ... the same without JJ,” sighs Linda Walz ’65 (right), as Sue Schebler and Pat Ehrecke both ’65 look on. George Allen ’65 (background) ex. claims. “Hey! There’s a python in my punch.” lay HIT IT HERE . . . points out Tom McGivern ’65 to Kathy Walsh ’67, who’s attempting a shot at the new Cue and Cushion. Gary Thompson ’65 and Jane Mey- ers ’67 look on. Boys take five year exam For the next five years, approxi- mately 50 Assumption boys from all four classes will be observed period- ically by a team of doctors and nurses from University Hospital in Iowa City. Between check-ups, the doctors will visit the homes of participants and discuss the eating habits of the fam- ily with their parents. This is all part of a Nutrition Sur- vey being taken by the State Univer- sity of Iowa to study the eating habits and the quality of the diets of high school students. A physical was given at Assumption April 25, in which the students were measured for height and weight, and their blood pressure checked. The par- ticipants were then given an examina- tion of the eyes and skin, and their blood pressure was retaken. Two viles of blood were removed from the arms of a few students from each class. After this, the boys were given a 3 page questionnaire about their eating habits and their favorite foods. They had to answer questions like: “What are your favorite foods? Are you al- lergic to any food? And, can you think of any food that you exceptionally dis- like? Assumption is one of the schools in Iowa that is taking part in this survey. There are many participants from all parts of the state, as well as those from Assumption who are tak- ing part in this survey. ‘T GUESS IT ISN’T BAD’’ . . . freshmen Grey Melroy and Bob Wehr are two of the many AHS students in the SUI Nutrition survey. Students throng to newly opened cue and cushion A new billiard parlor, The Cue Cushion located on Locust Street, east of Five Points, opened March 6. The largest pool hall in the Quad-Cities, it has a regular inflow of Assumption- ites, including girls, for customers. What are girls doing in a pool hall? This question can be answered by de- scribing the Cue Cushion. Instead of a dark, smoke filled room — the usual impression of a pool hall — this one is brightly lit with flourescent lamps, and the tables are gold and blue. “It doesn’t even seem like a pool hall,” related Jack Peacock '66. “How- ever, they play the same games at the Cue such as eight ball, nine ball, rotation, and straight pool.” Thursday night is “Date Nite” and only couples are allowed to play. Free Pepsi and background music are pro- vided. Besides this, the girls play free. “It’s great fun,” added Carol Grutz ’67, “even if you’re a lousy pool play- er.” The Cue Cushion also has league competition. There are six teams with four men each. Competing against each other once a week, the winner is the team with the highest combined total of individual and team points. The top team is currently manned by AHS’cr Jim Cawley ’65, Bob Higgins, a West junior and Jack Hogan and Bill Helmel, both graduates of Assumption. Pen pals exchange ideas with ASHers Pen Pals — a new extracurricular activity at AHS — have found their way into Sr. Mary John Therese’s soph- omore and junior English classes. Sister, who heard of the Pen-Pal company in Minnesota suggested the idea to the girls, “Since the focus to- day is on the international situation, I thought this would be a good chance for the girls to learn something about other countries, particularly about the teenagers of different nations and also for them to share their American ideas with foreign students.” In order to join the club, the girls sent in their names and ages, the age and country of a girl they would like to write to and 25c for membership fee. Then the 22 girls sent out their letters. Usually it takes from 2-3 weeks to receive a return letter, but Noreen Kivlin ’65 received the first letter on April 7 from her Pen Pal in Australia, who writes that “George” is her fav- orite Beatle. 130 Juniors' religion Kool-aid and lettuce, girls in cas- socks and surplices, and triumphant journeys headlined the junior girls’ preparation for Easter. Mary Hartkop ’65, “father of the family” from E-6, took her place at the head of the table for the Passover feast presented to all the junior girls and Sr. Mary Leon’s senior homeroom. An actual Passover meal would have begun with the sanctification of wine, but the girls used grape kool-aid. Af- ter the blest wine was drunk, the glass- es were refilled. (This ceremony oc- cured four times during the meal, com- memorating the four times God prom- ised the Redeemer.) Then the father dipped parsley or lettuce in salt water and gave some to each member of the family. The parsley and lettuce rep- resent the hysop, which, at the first Passover, was dipped in blood to mark the doors of the Jewish homes so the Angel of Death would pass over them. classes celebrate The next part of the feast is the breaking of the Marzoh or unleavened bread. The three pieces recall the three castes of Jews, and the broken pieces represents the break of the Levites with the other tribes. The bread is also broken to gain the attention of the younger children who will steal the Marzoh and later ransom it back to their parents. Moror, a mixture of wine, nuts, ap- ples, and cinnamon, a reminder of the mortar used to build pyramids and temples for the Egyptians while under bondage. As the meal progresses, passages are read from the Bible, and the children ask questions. The same questions and readings are used every year and are important in tracing Jewish history. The Passover feast at Assumption was narrated and explained by Judy jewish passover Booth ’65, who interviewed Rabbi Tackson of the Tri-City Jewish Center. Junior homreoom E-3 put on cas- socks and surplices to give authenticity to their Easter vigil service presenta- tion. This program was narrated by Theresa Schwab, who wras an acolyte, along with Noreen Kivlin and Linda Beyer. Kathy Morrissey took the part of the priest. Correlating the triumphant entry of Christ into Jerusalem and His jour- ney to Calvary were juniors Michele Chenoweth, Sue Houghton, Karen Bergbauer and Linda Walz, members of a panel from E-8. mm Mr. Dan Roushar Name bb coach Mr. Dan Roushar will be the new head basketball coach at AHS. He is succeeding Mr. Bill McAfoos, who re- signed last month. Mr. Roushar has been coaching at Iowa City’s Regina high school since the school was opened six years ago. The new coach was selected over many candidates for the position. As explained by Mr. “Babe” Derouin, “We have competed with Regina and are aware of the fine record of Roushar. We feel he has a great future with us as head coach.” While at Regina, Roushar has com- piled an 84 win-45 loss record. This year Regina had a 16-5 record. At Regina he won the title his second year there in the Miscowa Conference and finished second behind North Scott last year. Dan Roushar is a native of Victor, Iowa. Married and the father of three children, he is a 1958 graduate of Up- per Iowa University. Along with being head basketball coach, Roushar will serve as assistant football and track coach, and teach social studies. ALLELUIA, AL- LELUIA, ALLE- LUIA . . . acolyte Teresa Schwab, priest Kathy Morrissey, and acolytes Linda Beyer and Nor- een Kivlin, all '65, prepare for Easter by pre- senting the East- er vigil services. Society operates bargain basement A small child with sad eyes walked into the store, bought a box of cray- ons for three cents and left. An un- usual price Maybe; but then, it’s an unusual store, the St. Vincent de Paul Society. It is located at 1426 Rocking- ham Road and operated by Mr. Chuck Vanek. Originally, the store was de- signed to be a warehouse for second- hand goods. Last summer Richard Rodriquez, a sophomore at Assumption, along with four of the neighborhood boys, Alan Mason, Michael Steinocker, George Cameron and Steve Cole, who had volunteered their services, painted, sawed and hammered the store into shape for business. Today, as a result of their efforts, the store is similar to any of the Davenport downtown stores. In Davenport the Society’s work in- cludes visiting poor homes and pro- viding food, clothing and rent. “Often emergency calls from parish priests alert the society of a needy fam- ily. We then visit the home itself to find out what is needed,” explained Mr. Vanek. The society depends on the store’s profit, special donations and Church poor box collections for necessary funds. “Naturally, the primary end of the society is the spiritual welfare of its members,” the proprietor concluded. 131 EXCHANGE STUDENT . . . for a day, Judy Whetstine, com- pares the Knight Beacon portfolio, being explained by Dave White '64, with the sys- tem used by St. Katharine’s. Tom murray Senior appliesr tests for west point St. kit s editor attends' AHS Judy Whetstine ’64, teen editor from St. Katherine’s school spent Friday, April 3, visiting Assumption. The ex- cursion was part of an exchange stu- dent program among teen editors be- ing sponsored by Mrs. Shirley Davis, Women’s Editor for the Morning Demo- crat. A lab period with the AHS junior journalists was first on the agenda for her visit. Spending second period with a chemistry class, Judy watched as some bromine gas, escaped into Kate Schaffert’s face, turning her into a rather smeared-looking Indian. A visit to a boys’ Prep English clas and lunch with senior Phil Andrew completed the day. Assumption’s teen editor, Nancy Nagle ’65 and her predecessor, Phil Andrew also did some traveling. On April 1, they visited North Scott high for their part in the program. At North Scott Jeanie Decker, editor for the school paper, acted as guide for Nancy and Phil, by attending a band assembly and various classes with them. A high note in their visit was a stop in the biology department where they viewed the live tarantulas, scorpions and snakes which the biology teacher had brought back from his trip to Ar- kansas. Girls' geometry class has space-age figures Sr. Mary Ambrosina is taking her geometry class into the space age. On display throughout her classroom are various geometric figures that are used to demonstrate the principles of geom- etry. For example, on the ledge of the corridor wall rests a clear plastic circular cone with colored plastic sec- tions to give contrast and a cylinder made of colored elastic thread. One of the most interesting figures, which Sister made, can be twisted in order to increaes or decrease the size of the cone. Also resting on the ledge are two spheres with slate surfaces on which chalk cricles can be drawn and later erased for further experi- mentation. On a card table Sister keeps prisms and pyramids which the students have made from cardboard. “Recently the seniors have been com- plaining they missed out on most of the new equipment,” Sister noted laughingly. “When I decided to apply for West Point,” explained Tom Murray ’64, “I wrote to Mr. Fred Schwengel, one of Iowa’s congressional representatives. He told me to visit some of his political aides and keep in contact with him so I would know when and where the required tests would be given.” Two esentials are a B average and top physical condition. Tom took the required tests on Feb. 29 at West Point. The first test was physical fitness which consisted of six different events. He attained two first places, one in the shuttle run and the other in the dips competition on the parallel bars. The second was the entrance exami- nation and questionnaire, consisting of material similar to the ITED tests. The final trial was a personal interview. In this character and general attitude of the applicant are determined. Upon graduation from West Point, a boy will receive a Bachelor of Sci- ence degree and be commissioned Sec- ond Lieutenant in the US Army. By summer Tom will be notified about the results of his tests and whether or not he has been accepted. Tom decided to enter West Point during his junior year. He has been a varsity wrestler for four years and has lettered in track and football. Ac- tive in YCS, Tom led a freshman group this past year. OUTER SPACE? . . . Sara Carr and Betty Brandt, both ’66, seem surrounded by things out of this world. Actually the things are models used by Sr. Mary Am- brosina’s geometry classes. 132 NUMBER PLEASE . . . Mary Stanger 64 is one of the Bell Telephone operators putting through your call to the Beatles. Representatives attend conference; AHS cheerleaders capture trophy “It is the strongest conference in Iowa, and Assumption is privileged to be in it,” explained Fr. Carlos Level- ing as he described the Little Six Con- ference. Besides track AHS has beer} wrestling in the conference for three years. Assumption joined it in basket- ball last year, and next fall will be its first football season as a Little Six team. Peg Parker ’65 returned from the meetings with the Little Six cheerlead- ing trophy. “The cheerleaders from each school voted and chose us as the best,” she explained. Marty McCarthy ’65 represented the monogram club. Asumption received second place in sportsmanship. Jack Cogan ’65 was the band representative. Traffic consultant poses job solution With graduation in the near future for seniors, and the prospect of find- ing a summer job posing a problem for others, Northwestern Bell Tele- phone Company may have a solution for the girls. The telephone company will need from 20 to 30 more switch- board operators by the end of 1964. What qualifications would a girl need to be considered by the telephone company for a job as an operator? Mr. Dan Wiedemeier, traffic consultant for Northwesetrn Bell Telephone Company, explained that “first, a girl must have had good grades in high school, and. if she attended college, these grades would also be considered by her pro- spective employer.” Not only grades but also school at- tendance would be checked, because if a girl is frequently absent from school she will probably be frequent- ly absent from work too. “A general ability test is usually administered which covers everything from math to personality. Doing well on this counts highly in your favor. Through personal interviews, our per- sonality, appearance and voice can easily be judged as to whether or not you would be a good switchboard op- erator.” Advancements such as the world- wide direct dialing system, though still in the developing stages, will open up new avenues of employment in the telephone company, in addition to the increasing need for technicians, work- men and other personnel needed for designing and building these devices. The Little Six is the oldest confer- ence in Iowa and had it’s beginning in the early 1900’s. At one time the conference included eight teams; but eventually, because of the financial and athletic advantages of the other schools, the smaller schools dropped out. Ottumwa, Bettendorf, and finally Assumption joined the remaining schools of Keokuk, Burlington and Mus- catine to round out the present day Little Six Conference. The original purpose of the confer- ence was to make the scheduling of events easier, but today the Little Six has branched out into the academic as well as the sports field. Recently a meeting of the six schools was held in Burlington. Each school sent representatives from their own student council, cheerleaders, monogram club and band. Pat Riley ’66, who represented our student coun- cil along with Bob Townsend ’65, ex- plained the procedures of the meeting. “Each representative went to one of three talks presented. Everyone joined in the discussion and contributed their own ideas to the subject matter.” SIX LITTLE ASSUMPTIONITES . . . Jack Cogan ’65, Pat Rily ’66, Peg Parker ’65, Fr. Carl Leveling, Martin McCarthy and Bob Townsend, both ’65, at- tended the Little Six Spring Conference in Burlington. 133 Mr. Loras Schiltz, director of the boys’ intramurals, has announced that homeroom competition in soccer will begin on April 19. Any boy interested in competing is asked to contact Mr. Schiltz or his homeroom captain. The games will be played after school on the lower foot- ball field. • • Murray sets record Tom Murray ’64 set a new Little Six Conference record in the 880 yard competition April 6. The new mark, 2:05.0 seconds was the highlight of the Little Six indoor track meet in Iowa City. Murray knocked 0.4 sec- ond from the previous record estab- lished 31 years ago. In spite of the influence of Murray, the team placed sixth in the meet. The relay team — Steve Murray ’65, Larry Clark ’65, Mike Mulligan ’66 and Tom Murray ’64 — took third place in the two mile relay. The 880 relay team — Tom Tarchinski ’65, Dave White ’64, Charley Harper ’66 and Marty McCarthy ’65 — placed fourth. Chris Friemel ’65 was eliminated after leaping 5’ 9”, approximately his own height. • • • Boys’ intramural director, Mr. Loras Schiltz, and the sports staff have chos- en a five-man intramural, all-star team. The All-Stars include: forward Pat Crosssen and center Tom Schulte, both ’65, from the championship Jungle Bunnies; forward Fred Carstens and guard Tom Bribriesco, both seniors, from the fourth place Celts; and guard Joe Kellenberger ’65 from the third place Knights. • • • The awards’ night, March 22, was dampened with the resignation of two head coaches — basketball coach, Bill McAfoos and wrestling coach, Hay Am- brose. Mr. Deruoin pointed out, “The new wrestling coach will not be a present AHS coach because of our need for new teachers. An experienced and old- er coach is desired. So far there have been over 20 applications.” AHS chooses new cheerleaders; twelve prepare for 64- 65 season “The nicest part of cheerleading is getting into the games free!” remark- ed Junior Peg Parker, captain of the newly chosen cheerleaders. Her team- mates on the varsity squad are Mary Lynn Wahlig ’65, Kathy Froeschle, Roberta Mullen, Joan McMeans and Terry Tubbs, all ’66. Chosen as soph- omore cheerleaders were Sandy Grif- fin, Kathy Walsh, Jane Meyers, Janet Berg, Mary Rienhold and Chris Wick, all freshmen. They were chosen by a board of judges consisting of Mrs. Ben Steckel and Mr. Ray Ambrose, Mr. Leon Kruse, activities director at Central and West high schools, and Miss Barb Lewen- dowski, Miss Rosemary Friedholdt and Mrs. Daris Criger, former cheerlead- ers. The sisters also gave a character rating on the girls. All of the girls chosen for the var- sity squad were cheerleaders previous- ly. Peg and Mary Lynn were sopho- more and varsity cheerleaders, the other girls were all soph cheerleaders this year. Although the football and basketball seasons are over the cheerleaders work is not. They practice extensively dur- ing the summer until they are one team and not six individuals. Each of the girls have numerous other activtiies but still manage to find time for cheerleading. Peg is an active member of YCS, Sacristy club, Library club, and she’s a senior leader and the Secretary of the GRA. Her plans for the future include college; she is considering Clarke or Mundelien. Mary Lynn is also a member of YCS, GRA, Library and Sacristy clubs. She wants to become an elementary school teacher and would like to attend etih- er St. Xavier’s College in Chicago or Marycrest. “I like cheerleading because you feel as if you’ve helped the team by getting the crowd to support them,” related Joan McMeans. She is a mem- ber of GRA and her hobby is playing the piano. GRA, YCS and chorus are a few of Terry Tubb’s activities. She plans to attend Marycrest college after grad- uation. All of the cheerleaders agree that the hardest part of cheerleading is the long and frequent practices, but they also agree that it’s worth it! ALL TOGETHER NOW . . . new AHS cheerleaders Joan McMeans ’66, Peg Parker ’65, Terry Tubbs and Cathy Froeschle, both sophs, Mary Lynn Wahlig ’65 and Roberta Mullen ’66 start summer practice early. 134 Intramurals climax in championship tilt Fast action and close scoring games highlighted the Assumption intramural basketball tournaments, March 11. The final score of the sophomore play-off between the Bears and the Rams was 37-35. John Cepican ’66 of the winning Bears led the scoring with 14 points. Joe Kellenberger ’65 cashed a shot with three seconds remaining in the second game to lead his junior Knights team over the senior Celts 50-49 in the consolation round. Kellenberger also took scoring honors with 17 points. A fitting climax to a night of hard fought roundball came in the champ- ionship tilt between the undefeated Jungle Bunnies ’65 and the Governor’s Choice ’64. Behind by seven points at the end of the third quarter, the Bun- nies rallied with forward Tom Schulte, who scored 12 points in the final per- iod. The juniors won 60-57. Tom also was high-point man with 16, followed closely by teammate Pat Crossen, with 14. HURDLING THROUGH SPACE . . . Tom Tarchinski '64 practices diligently in preparation for upcoming Little Six meets. Spring sports seize locker room GRA offers archery begins tournaments Sounds of “Fore,” “P-I-N-G” and “Bull’s-eye” will soon be heard from the AHS girls with the start of the spring sports season. With the basket- ball intramurals over, GRA will soon start table tennis and golf. There will be no tennis tournament this year due to the lack of student interest. In the girls’ gym classes this year a new sport is offered — archery. How- ever, all the classes will not be able to participate. Mrs. Gene Young, girls’ phys ed instructor, feels that some classes are too large, and some are not responsible enough, since the equip- ment can be dangerous if not used properly. Tennis, golf and baseball are main topics of discussion in the locker room these days, as spring sports commence for the year. The tennis squad, coached by Mr. Dave Skemp, has been progressing des- pite the unseasonably cold weather which they braved at the start of the season. Tony Chemetsky and Mike Schebler, both of ’64, are the strongest racket men. The golf squad, led by Coach Her- man Derouin, had a hard time getting out on the links, but now that they have, the coach is banking on the jun- iors to come through for him. Greg Keefe and Jim Schott, both ’65, are two strong players who shoot constant 40- 42 par nine holes. Larry Phillips ’64 will probably play first man as he is the most experienced one on the squad. The hardballers, who play a summer season at Assumptoin, will not begin practice until the middle of May when they will be under the direction of a new coach, Mr. Tom Sunderbruch. The ASSUMPTION’! EVENT 50 yd. dash 5.7 75 yd. dash 8.0 100 yd. dash 10.1 220 yd. dash 22.8 440 yd. dash 53.5 880 yd. run 2:02.3 mile run 4:52 high hurdles 17.1 low hurdles 21.5 mile relay 3:39.2 880 yd. relay 3:33.1 480 yd. hurdle relay 59.0 shot put 48’ 3” discuss 130’ 1” Broad jump 20’ 2” high jump 5’ 10” pole vault 11’ 6” TRACK RECORDS B. Hammill 1962 B. Hammill 1962 B. Hammill 1962 B. Hammill 1962 K. Noonan 1962 T. Murray 1963 T. Murray 1964 Lohf I960 D. Braun 1963 Bivens, Mason, Wilkens, Murray 1962 Mason, Duffy, Hammill, Noonan 1962 Braun, Tarchinski, Reyes, Dower 1963 J. Cawiezell 1959 S. Miclot 1962 D. Miller 1962 P. Murray 1962 D. Cornick 1961 squad is expected to have an above average season. The weakest spot on the team will be pitching. Phil Pash ’64 is the only re- maining starter from last year’s squad. The greatest loss was at shortstop when Mick Prochaska graduated. Darrell Warta ’64 is expected to vacate sec- ond base and fill Prochaska’s position. Besides this exception, the infield will remain the same as last year’s. The outfield, however, is pretty much up for grabs with such people as Pat Hall ’66, Gary Thompson ’65, Joe Kel- lenberger, also ’65, and Jack Schroeder ’64, all out for positions. 135 1612 HARRISON ST. 322-7400 BEST WISHES to the GRADUATING CLASS It Has Been Our Pleasure to Serve You. ‘ZZ? Real Estate and Insurance James P. Caffery 1642 W. Locust 326-3321 Davenport, Iowa Home Phone: 322-9113 REALTOR SPARKY'S STRIETER MOTORS RIEPE'S Shoe Service Bicycle Shop 819 Faragut Sales Service 1634 W. Locust St. Zippers Replaced Shoes Cleaned Dyed 323-4725 Rice Jewelers 1611 W. Locust 326-1847 810 W. 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The four grants went to Lee DeJulius, Barb Kruse, Chris Wahlig and Kate Schaffert. The KB itself also received recog- nition. Our Sunday Visitor, a national Catholic weekly magazine presented the Knight Beacon with a citation “. . . for its presentation of a wealth of information and motivation of car- eers, jobs and the armed forces . . . forward looking in every aspect, in- directly giving the life to anything sug- gesting teenage status quo.” This plac- ed the KB ahead of 700 Catholic news- papers in this field. The banquet took place in the li- brary patio arrayed with journalistic decorations. Two freshman boys acted as newsboys delivering the menues. Guests worked journalistic crossword puzzles. THAT LOOKS TASTY . . . says Fr. Arthur Perry to Mary Irene Gimbel and Kate Schaffert as they pass out the punch at the Journalism Banquet. Knights find scholarship industry profitable Over $24,250, in the form of scho- larships, has been granted to 15 gift- ed Assumptionites. The College of St. Theresa, Winona, Minn., has awarded three of the scholarships. Jackie Bald received a honorary scho- larship from the college, where she plans a major in medical technology. Nancy De Julius, another future med- ical technologist, also won a scholar- ship. While Jerri Ryan, future nurse, received a honorary scholarship for her consistantly high average. Barb Bauer, who plans to major in elementary education at Alverno Col- lege in Milwaukee, Wis., has received a scholarship from Alverno and was named one of 23 Jewel Tea Scholar- ship winners. It was just recently announced that Mary Coyne is the winner of a mu- sic scholarship from Marycrest Col- lege, Davenport. John Hasenmiller was the recip- ient of the Alcoa scholarship. His future plans include a major in eith- er medicine or engineering at SUI. At Rosary College, Riverforest, 111., Julie Joyce will be studying for her planned history major with a scho- larship from that school. Jim Logan, though he has not de- cided on a major, has decided on St. Ambrose College, Davenport, af- ter receiving a four year scholarship. The winner of two scholarships, Mary Ann Nix has choosen Edgewood of the Sacred Heart, Madison, Wis., as the college, of her choice, where she will major in elementaty educa- tion. Darrell Warta, winner of the second St. Ambrose scholarship plans to ma- jor in pre-med at that school. Jim Riley w'ill travel to Kansas State University for a major in lib- eral arts after winning an Internation- al Milling Association’s one year, re- newable scholarship. Dave Ryder a winner of a full tuition scholarship hasn’t yet decid- ed between a major in business ad- ministration or natural science. He will attend Rockhurst College, Kan- sas City, Kansas. Mike Townsend won a one year scholarship at St. Thomas College, St. Paul, Minn. However, he has chos- en a major in mathematics at SUI. Also planning to attend the College of St. Thomas, Mike Wahlig received a scholarship. Planning a career in law at the college, he’s won a scho- larship for the first of his six years of schooling. Bev Weber, AHS’s Homemaker of the Year, has already been noted for her scholarship from the General Mills, Inc. She will attend Ottumwa Heights College and major in home economics. Kathy Barrett, State University of Iowa freshman has won a scholar- ship from that school where she will major in liberal arts. Mike Seider, the high-scoring cen- ter of the ’64 team, has received a full, four year scholarship to Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. The school first contacted Mike about two weeks before the end of the ’64 bas- ketball season. Mike made his decision to attend Creighton after visiting the campus during the weekend of May 2-3. Next fall he will begin his studies in the school of business administra- tion with accounting as his goal. St. Ambrose College notified John Loihl of their interest in him in mid- March. Their interest culminated in John’s acceptance of a full four year scholarship to a school he had already been considering attending. Besides basketball, the sport for which he re- ceived the scholarship, John plans to participate in track. His major will be philosophy. 142 SGA inducts '65 leaders In the Student Council assembly last week the new member of the Student Council took over the seats occupied by last year’s members. Pat Dray ’64 handed over the gavel to Bill Kurtenbach ’65. Replacing Mary Motto ’64 as vice-president was Kathy Frater ’65. Pat Riley ’66 relieved Kathy Frater of her secretarial duties and John Bribiesco ’66 replaced Tony Navarro ’65 as treasurer. Newly elected class representatives on the boys’ side include next year’s seniors, Joe Barnes, Lee De Julius, Steve Huyette, Tony Navarro and Mike Pracht. Next year’s junior rep- resentatives are Dave Barrett, Leon- ard Cervantes, Tom Fennell, Jack Pea- cock, Gary Peterson and Pat Stol- meier. Next year’s sophomores will be represented by Pat Condon, Dave “A riding stable?” “I heard it was for trees along the driveway.” “No, it’s definitely a fund to re- model backstage.” Rumors are flying but at last this year’s senior gift has been announced. A committee of five seniors: Renni Dohse. Pat Dray, Tom Figel, Mike Mor- rison and Jerri Ryan, worked with Principal Fr. Robert Walter to decide on a gift which would be of use to the school and the mark of the class of ’64. Instead of just one gift, three were chosen. A changeable sign to announce coming events at AHS is being secured by Renni Dohse. Hasenmiller, Frank McGivern, John Roche and Ralph Schramp. On the girls’ side next year’s sen- ior representatives are Theresa Sch- wab, Jill Meyers, Mary Kay Derouin and Michelle Chenoweth. Junior girls’ representatives next year will be Janet Ruge, Pat Hart, Joyce Glade and Shelia Shanahan. Terry Blough, Col- leen Hild, Debbie Motto, Christine Sos- tantakos and Christine Hume will rep- resent the sophomore girls. Summing up the results of the elec- tions, Pat Dray, SGA’s ’63-’64 presi- dent, stated, “The large number of candidates showed that the students are taking a real interest in their stu- dent council. Thanks are in order for all those who helped make student council and its many activities a suc- cess.” Jerri Ryan is buying the second part of the gift, a John F. Kennedy mem- orial, consisting of a bust and plaque which will probably stand at the front entrance. As the last part of the gift, the class of ’64 will retile the front wall near the front entrance, now in terra cota. Ceramic tile, varying from deep to light blue, will be used. This will be a joint gift using the funds of this year’s and last year’s graduating classes. Other gifts considered were a mem- orial stone, art for the halls and a ceramic mural for the gymnasium wall. The seniors raised $1400 for the gifts at the annual Spaghetti Supper. NHS names winners The Knight Beacon is proud to an- nounce the winners of the National Honor Society literary contest. Ap- proximately 100 entries from both di- visions were judged by Sister M. Paul- ette, CHM, of Marycrest. In the essay division the grand champion is Phyllis Ann Hart ’64 who landed first place with her essay “On Surviving.” Pat Carpenter ’64 captured second place by writing “On the Swallowed Art of Conversation.” Examining the facets of “How to Succeed in Homework Without Trying,” Ann Kruse '67 earn- ed a third place. Expounding on the racial situation, Ann Peacock ’64 placed first in edi- torial competition. Mary Beth Cole- man’s ’64 editorial on the same topic won second place while Barb Bauer ’64 earned a third place with an edi- torial on the Knight Beacon. Karen Bergbauer’s ’65 “Uncle Ha- mut” merited the exalted first place in the character sketch division. ‘The Loving One” by Catherine Pauli ’65 came in second while “A Revealing Incident” by Kathy Olson ’67 made third place. Monopolizing first and second place were the poems “Boy In Blue” and “Day” both by Karen Bergbauer. “Mediocrity” by Mary Gadient ’65 placed third. The number-one mood piece was “A Beginning” by Sharon Molyneaux ’64. “The Barker” by Pat Carpenter earned second place and Eileen Figel’s '65 “Melancholy Monday” won third. Some of the selections ap- pear on page 152 and 153 in this issue of the Knight Beacon. Blue, green replace gray Hate that gray? Wash it away! Even though the girls can’t wash their uni- forms away, for many of them this is the last week they will be wearing the familiar gray jackets and pleated skirts. Next year the seniors and jun- iors will have a navy blue, flannel blazers and plaid, pleated skirts. Sophomores and freshmen will be dressed in green, flannel blazers and complementing plaid skirts. The new uniforms, which cost a to- tal of $28.90, will be optional for all girls presently enrolled, if their gray uniforms are in satisfactory condition. Incoming freshmen and those who are buying new uniforms will be expect- ed to purchase the newly styled uni- forms. Sister M. Ernestine BVM is design- ing the insignia which will be woven into the jacket’s pocket. It will be different from this year’s insignia and may include the year of the student. The blouses have not yet been chos- en, nor have the shoes. There is a possibility that knee-highs will be worn part of the year. MODELS LYNN HAMANN ... and Mary Kaye Derouin both ’65 glance admiringly at the blue and green replacements for the old gray uniform. Legacy immortalizes seniors 143 Responsibility: basis When boys and girls reach the age of 18, something is expected of them. They aren’t just boys and girls, they are men and women. Everyone — employers, college officials, the armed services — take it for granted that they act as adults, answer ‘yes sir, no sir’ and do at least what is expected and also some- thing extra. The transition from the procrastination and lethargy of the early teens to young adulthood cannot be made over-graduation. 75% of the senior class will be at- tending college next fall. They have four or five years before they must be adults. But what about the other 25%? These emerging teens will be facing the world with a job, marriage or the armed service. Knight Beacon Senior Staff Art.................................................... Mary Anne Nix Advertising ...................................................... Jim Crossen Circulation .................................... Fred Carstens, Jim Crosten Editorials....................................... Pot Carpenter, John Genzel Features-------------------------------------.--- Jan Abbas, Mike Townsend News......................... Bob Ditmon, Suzie Fosselman, Mike Schebler Pictures .........----..-----------Colleen Dunn, Dove Ryder, Mike Wahlig Sport ------------------------------------ —..-.Torn Figel, Jill Schroeder Typist ...........----------------------------------------------- Rita Holzner Advisor----------------------------------------------Fr. William F. Wiebler Printer -------- ----------—-......—------------------ .-..Gordon Printing Co. Integrate black mind, white heart “Two, four, six, eight, we don’t want to integrate!” This was the cheer at Central high school in Birm- ingham, Alabama, last year. But it is also a favorite cry of Assumptionites who are unwilling to integrate. This is not so much the integration of black and white, rather the joining of mind and heart. For instance, in religion classes, many speak of the “Mystical Body” and “social justice,” because it sounds right. But these ideas are left at the door instead of taken out and practiced. There’s a word for people who say one thing and do another — “hypocrites.” This situation is like a pep assembly. We prepare and practice cheers but if we don’t cheer at the game, the pep assembly is useless. If the integration of these Christian principles with our everyday life should take place, the integration of black and white would no longer be a problem. Just like the Negro revolution today, why not have a minor revolt in our own thinking? It would be complete with demonstrations — taking what we received in the “prayer meetin’ hall” and singin’ out that we know what it means! “Go grab your hammer, brother!” of academic freedom Will students who spitefully call priests and sisters by not-so-nice nicknames now, be able to answer ‘sir’ to a commanding officer in the marines? Our high school is the center of our teenage for- mation. Is Assumption high training us as mature, responsible adults who can think for ourselves? A tutor trains a pupil hoping to make a man of him. He treats the pupil as an equal, gradually grant- ing him privileges. If these are used properly, more are granted, if not, they are withdrawn. But his ultimate goal is to place the student entirely on his own (to make an adult of him), to make his tutor’s job unnecessary. Likewise, at AHS, students have been given op- portunity to exercise responsibility. Like the tutor and his pupil, the proper use of these is essential. Many privileges have been offered, accepted properly and thus become a part of student life, for example, wearing tennis shoes and the privilege of leaving during eighth period studyhall. Others when offered were misused and removed, as the use of the chapel corridor. There are many cases, however, where we have not been allowed to mature — or allowed ourselves to. For example, how would the student body react to a girl running for SGA president? A plea to the administration for more freedom will only be heard when we prove ourselves in the privileges now offered. There is no minimum age for adulthood. It’s not too soon for freshmen to start the process of eliminat- ing the tutor. The goal may be achieved when you’re a senior in high school, a senior in college or a senior in life. It all depends on the tutor and his pupil. JG KNIGHT BEACON As a Beacon in the Sight” If� . The Knight Beacon is published eight times a year by students of Assumption high school. The yearly subscription rate is $1.50. 144 '64 class will: heritage of new horizons They said it couldn’t be done. They said nobody could do it . . . But — Assumptionites have done IT this year, lots of “it’s.” The first mixed assembly, the first Davenport race rally, the first AHS hootenanny, the first interfaith meeting of Assumptionites and Episcopalians. These AHS firsts show that many students have rejected the “can’t be done” pessimism. We’ve scorned the axiom “Be not the first to initiate the new nor the last to change from the old.” Such a guideline can only lead to mediocrity and as students we should be eager to try new ideas. It was a new idea with the class of ’63 to have Negroes and Assumption students meet at AHS. They tried it and last year, the meeting was held with different classes. This year there was no such meet- ing. However, approximately ten students participated in the Home Visits Program. It remains to be seen if both of these beneficial programs w'ill be con- tinued and expanded or dropped. It was the first time National Honor Society had a non-Catholic speaker at the induction ceremony. Here it wasn’t we students, but rather the faculty who tried a new idea. The YCS Study Day is always a place for inno- vations. This year whole wheat hosts were used. Fr. Louis M. Colonnese’s talk on “Student Responsi- bility for the Social Order” and the discussion the new Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy were both such excellent sources of ideas, that it is tragic they are restricted to one study day, once a year. Next year there must be more new ideas if we want to prevent stagnation. Instead of just having a mixed assembly, why not have a time in the morn- ing before school, when boys and girls may meet in each other’s homerooms. (This would save wear and tear on the cafeteria walls and free congested hallways.) The parents’ Study Day, complete with a Mass, was suggested this year, but not carried out. Per- haps next fall . . . Maybe the first Mass of the year could be a Mass facing the people and in the venacular. The juniors, sophomores and freshmen will have three months this summer in which they may forget these ideas, or begin planning. The class of ’64 has had a hand in the previous lists of firsts — but we’ve been conservative. Remember, “They said nobody could do it . . . But” both L M and AHS can do it if they try. PC ’64 KB REBELS . . . Jan Abbas, Dave Ryder, Rita Holzner, Mike Wahlig, Tom Figel, Mike Townsend, Jill Schroeder, Mike Schebler, Suzie Fosselman, Mary Ann Nix, Jim Crossen, Fred Carstens, Colleen Dunn, Pat Carpenter, Fr. William F. Wiebler, John Genzel and Bob Ditmon prepare for invasion of college after four years of AHS boot camp. FOOTBALL OR BASKETBALL? . . . The going gets rough during the freshman-sophomore contest. The sophs emerged victorious. BOYS INVADE JAMBOREE . . . Seniors Tom Tar- chinski. Bill Plum and Dave White pick up their trophies for competition in the boys intramurals. The trophies were awarded by Mr. Loras Schiltz, boys intramural director. Jamboree Jams Gym E-3 TAKES CHAMPION- SHJ . . MiSP Walatka ’65 holds the trophy which her homeroom won in the girl’s intramural tournament. The trophies were handed out between games. PRANCING AND CLAPPING . . . senior cheerlead- ers Barb Barta, Jo Anne Machol and Pat Carpenter leave the floor after cheering the Spades on. BREAKING THE BARRIER . . . Rita Davies ’64 leads the Senior Spades onto the floor against the Junior Jokers. The Jokers won the game but the seniors won the loyalty trophy for the second year in a row. ROAD MAP TO COLLEGES . . . Pete Ebert ’64 looks over a map stuck with pins which indicate colleges where this year’s grad- uates will attend. Colleges pin future frosh to map by Mike Townsend College Atlas of the Class of ’64 is the title of the book I just picked up. In the center page is a map. On it are attached pins were members of the class of ’64 are now attending college. Looking it over I see that most of the pins are clustered around the Quad City area. There are 26 pins stuck in the map on Locust St. at St. Ambrose College and 28 markers placed at Mary- crest College. Nine more pins are stuck at Brady St. at the American Institute of Commerce. Another 27 members of our class are in other schools in the Quad City area. As I look west on Interstate 80, I see that the State University of Iowa is popular; 18 pins are stuck there: John Stokes, Bob Daley, Pat Collins, John Hasenmiller, Phil Pash, Phil An- drew, Mike Townsend, Tom Murray, Dick Peavey, Tom Snyder, Rita Davies, Jan Abbas, Renny Dohse, Kathy Bar- rett, Louise Puls, Lori Weir, Barb Eg- ger, and Jan Adamsky. Nine more pins are scattered over the State of Iowa. Barb Gnam is at Iowa State University at Ames, Sue Riedel and Mary A. McCarthy are at- tending Clarke College in Dubuque, Pat Beaman, Sue Jager, Bev Weber and Barb Britton are at Ottumwa Heights in Ottumwa, and Betty Geurink and Debbie Callahan have pins at Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids. Backing up to see the whole map, I notice that most of us are in the Mid-west. For instance, I see Peter Ebert at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and Tom Bribriesco at Mich- igan State University in E. Lansing, Michigan. And there’s Mary Motto in South Bend, Indiana at St Mary’s of Notre Dame. Three pins are stuck in Omaha — it’s Mike Seider, Michele Mor- rison and Mike Morrison at Creighton University. Also, there is Robin Hall in Jacksonville, 111. at Macmurray Col- lege, and Jim Murphy at St. Procopius in Lisle, 111. Further north is Pat Burke at St Bede’s in LaCrosse, Wis., and Tony Cor- siglia. Mike Wahlig and Mike Schebler at College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. There’s Gary Ales and John Dockery at St. Benedict’s in Atchison, Kansas. I see that Jo Ann Machol is back in Cleveland attending Ursuline College, and Sharon Molyneaux is at Webster College in St. Louis. Dave Ryder is down in Kansas City at Rockhurst Col- lege. Looking further, I see Barb Barta’s pin stuck at St. Vincent’s Infant Hos- pital in Chicago. Also in Chicago are Becky Costello at the Chicago Art In- stitute, Julie Joyce at Rosary College and Ralph Bawden at Loyola Univer- sity. Oh, there’s Tom Figel, Stan Smazal and Pat Dray at the University of No- tre Dame. Pins belonging to Barb Bauer and Susie Fosselman are stuck in Mil- waukee at Alverno College. Right next to them is John Genzel at Marquette University. Jim Riley is attending Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, and Mary Griggs’ pin is at Illinois State University in Normal, 111. Three pins are sticking in Wisconsin’s state cap- itol. Here Mary Ann Nix, Leah Cox and Nancy Barney are attending Edge- wood College of the Sacred Heart. Attending St. Theresa’s in Winona, Minnesota are Jackie Bald, Nancy De- Julius, Ann Hart and Geri Ryan. At St. Francis’ Nursing School in Peoria, 111., I see Charlene Gaul and Ann Pea- cock. Say! There’s a pin in Mobile, Alabama. It’s Mary McCarthy at Spring Hill Col- lege, and there’s Geri Barrett’s pin in Loretto, Colorado, attending Loretto Heights College. Reno, Nevada? It’s Larry Phillips at the State University of Nevada. And here’s a pin located farthest away of all. 2500 miles away in San Diego, Cal- ifornia is Dick Neufeld attending junior college. No, wait a minute. There’s a pin stuck in our 50th state, Hawaii. It’s Hank Fuller attending the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. Now I had come to the last of the pins. So with memories of old times and hopes for the future of our class, I closed the College Atlas of the Class of ’64. Peace corps tests Dave Dave Votroubek ’64 has applied for work in the Peace Corps. As far as he knows, he has been accepted. After taking a test at the post of- fice, Dave received letters of recom- mendation from Fr. Robert Walter and Mr. Ray Ambrose. The test contained a variety of subjects, including a section on lan- guages. Fifteen minutes were allow- ed to study vocabulary’s then came the language-ability test. Dave hopes to be appointed to work in Asia. He will teach music. 148 Bishop hayes convenes with KB reporters By Tom Figel and Mike Sehebler (Editor’s Note: On May 8 Bishop Ralph L. Hayes held a special news conference with two Assumption sen- iors — Tom Figel and Mike Sehebler. The occasion was the return of the Bishop from Washington where he attended a special meeting of the hierarchy of the United States, which discussed the Constitution of the Sa- cred Liturgy passed by the Second Vatican Council.) Tom: What was the purpose of the meeting in Washington? Bishop: The bishops met to put into operation the decrees of the Constitu- tion on the Sacred Liturgy passed by Vatican II. The bishops did not de- cide on any reforms whatsoever. They met only to formulate a plan to put into operation the reforms in the Lit- urgy which the Vatican Council had decided on. Let me elaborate a little more on the circumstances leading up to the meeting. When the American bishops met in Rome last fall, they appointed a commission to prepare the agenda for the meeting of all the bishops aft- er Easter. On the commission were a number of bishops with Archbishop Deardon of Detroit as chairman along with a number of experts on the Lit- urgy. The work of these men made the Washington conference possible. Mike: What liturgical reforms did the bishops consider? Bishop: The bishops had to consider two things: 1) The use of English in the Divine Office said by the priests; and 2) The use of English in the Mass for the participation of the laity. On the first point the bishops gave per- mission to the priests to recite the Office in English. The priests will get more spiritual good from reading it in English not only for their own benefit but for their preaching to the people. The Constitution on the Sacred Lit- urgy made it incumbent on the bish- ops to approve the plan to have the priest’s Office in English and to auth- orize priests who applied for permis- sion to read it in English. They then selected the English text of the Di- vine Office and sent it to Rome for permission. Tom: What was done in respect to the second part of the discussion? Bishop: In the part concerning hav-. ing English in the Mass, we followed one general principle. Those parts in which the congregation participates SCHOLARSHIPS ARE FUNNY? . . . no, but happiness comes naturally to senior scholarship winners Mike Wahlig, Julie Joyce and John Hasenmiller. directly and immediately were put in- to English, for example, the Kyrie Eleison, the Gloria and the Credo were put into English. Mike: In the English translation are antiquated language and paraphrasing used or not? Bishop: No paraphrasing is used. Each part is translated directly and the language which is prevalent today is used. Tom: Has a definite English text for the Mass been decided on? Bishop: We have not decided defin- itely on the English text, although bishops have proposed several Eng- lish versions of the missal. Mike: W’hen will these reforms go in- to effect? Bishop: The first part on the Divine Office has been sent to Rome. Mean- while, the individual bishops were authorized to grant permission to priests who for good reasons wanted to recite the office in English. That decision went into effect immediately. The decision on English in the Mass was sent to Rome for confirmation. It will certainly take several months to go into effect. The publishers of liturgical books will have to get to work first. There was a feeling among the bishops that we could have the parts of the Mass in English by the first Sunday in Advent. Tom: What can the laity do to speed up the reforms? Bishop: Both the laity and the priests will have to be educated in this re- gard. Any change causes confusion. Therefore, there must be instruction from the pulpit before this plan can be carried out. Mike: Do you feel that the liturgical reforms will strengthen the spiritual fervor of the people in the United States? Bishop: Decidedly so. It is not merely a matter of using the English in the Mass, however. The use of English is merely a vehicle to inspire people in active participation. When people understand the influence of active, in- telligent participation in the liturgy there will be an increase in their spir- itual fervor. Only reciting parts of the Mass in English is not the important point, the important point is to be an active participant in the Mass. Mike foley qualifies for summer school Two months ago in an article in the Knight Beacon it stated that three juniors were applying for free sum- mer school courses offered at differ- ent colleges. A couple of weeks ago Mike Foley was notified by the State University of Iowa that he had been accepted. With tuition free, Mike must only pay his own room and board. The National Science Foundation offers these science courses to most- ly juniors although some seniors or sophomores may qualify. The courses which Mike will attend are physics and finite mathematics. “At first I was told that my ad- mission was refused, but that my ap- plication was put on the alternate list. Then a couple weeks ago the university told me that I had been accepted,” explained Mike. 149 Barbara Gnam. '64 Attentioni The follow:n will return overdue book trnnediately: J im Cawley ' Kon Grutts... y £f 1 hat's all , she wrote. Mary Hartkop On surviving A beginning Heat, heavy and smothering, swirled in dusty whirl winds about me as I stopped to rest beneath the shade of the drooping willow tree. The ground around me was dry and crisscrossed with a million wrinkles that trailed down to the parched creekbed below. The scrubgrass lay scorched and withered beneath the unrelenting sun which turned each rock into a glowing coal. Cattails once stand- ing tall, now were driven by thirst to the ground and crackled whenever the slightest wind sturred. Only the sound of a whip-poor-will’s panting melody drifted over- head. Then with the minute flutter of a leaf being lifted by a whiff of air, a smudge of yellow butterfly wings blended into the brown landscape. Sharon Molyneaux ’64 How do you survive in a family of 20? This problem won’t affect many people but it is vital to those it does. I imagine most of these solutions I am about to offer will also apply to those of smaller families of maybe 12 or 13. Now don’t get the idea that you won’t survive in a large family without these answers but a few of them will def- initely make life a lot easier. First of all, you must readily realize that there are a few dangerous times of the day with which you must be able to cope. Probably the greatest test of endurance will come at meal time. Breakfast and lunch won’t be difficult because not everyone will be present, but beware of din- ner. Here are a few suggestions to help you through the ordeal. Never sit next to a left-hander. If you happen to be situated next to one, you will probably have a partner sharing your plate. You will also develop a bruised elbow and side from constant bumping. Another suggestion — don’t ever let anyone put a baby’s high chair directly be- hind you at the table. For several months I went around with shirts that had baby-food stains on them. Now some- one else is getting the baby-food treatment. Another bad time of the day will be in the morning. Nothing can be more disconcerting than being eighth in line for the bathroom at 7:30 Monday morning. There are two solutions to remedy this situation. First, get up at six o’clock; or second, start screaming frantically, “I am going to get sick!” This works like a charm, but be sure not to overuse it. The car also poses a definite problem. There are two places you can be in the car, the bottom or the top. The worst place to be is the bottom deck in the middle. If you have to be on the bottom deck, try to get next to a window. If you have to fight it out, be sure and do it secretly because if you’re caught fighting, you will prob- ably be left home. It has been proven that people do survive large fam- ilies. The best way is to learn to laugh, especially at yourself. Phyllis Ann Hart ’64 Day Day is a flock of doves Whose bright, white wings soar- ing high Catch the swift, soft breeze. Day is a flock of doves Gliding past the dawn’s pink blush, Gliding past the noon’s bright gold. Day is a flock of doves Winging merrily o’er the sky to be devoured By the night-black demon called time. 152 Karen Bergbauer ’65 Boys in Blue Ah, I can see you well Standing there and staring Absently at my deep Blue suit. I can see you Smile at my plumed hat, Snicker at my lace cuffs And chuckle at the bows, The little blue bows perched Gaily on my black shoes. Laugh at me if you must Yes, come right out and laugh I do not care at all For no one will paint you Standing there in blue jeans, Sloppy sweat shirt much too Large and dirty sneakers. You could never be as Famous as I, “Blue Boy.” Karen Bergbauer ’65 Brothers in christ HOW, how can we say we love Christ whom we cannot see if we do not love our neighbor whom we can see? How can we profess love of God if we do not love the man whose skin is a shade darker than our own and prove our love by ACTION? Concrete, positive action is the keynote for all of us to follow. Are we REALLY Christians if we do nothing but try to accumulate graces strictly for Number One? This is being like the person who eats and eats and gets fatter and fatter and lazier and lazier. We just want to die in the state of grace and do nothing all our lives but mumble pious prayers, go to Church on Sundays and, most certainly, never eat meat on Friday. These will assure us eternal salvation. Rubbish! We must remember that “to have a place in the kingdom of God we must work ac- tively for the well-being of others.” This means taking an active part in the Negro’s fight to exercise his rights. It means becoming involved in the race problem and putting into practice all we read and hear and profess to believe. We have to make a positive and profound effect on others! Uncle hamut “Ja und I am home,” Uncle Hamut began to hum an old German folksong as he sank into the overstuffed chair and prepared for a long snooze. “You are an hour late,” said Aunt Ursula. “Ja, the traffic was bad,” he replied half asleep. “You come to the table now. Supper is done.” “Ja, looks good mama.” He piled his plate high. “Good, papa. Have a napkin.” “I do not need a napkin. I am not messy!” His voice was indignant, and he shifted his plate a little to hide the gravy he had just spilled on the tablecloth. “Ah, mama, you are such good cook,” he grunted. “I ate good.” He heaved his bulk out of the chair and ambled back into the living room with his pipe and newspaper. He listened absently to the rattle of the dishes. Then he glanced at his watch. “Ten minutes. I give her ten minutes.” He puffed on his pipe for those minutes, then he cocked his ear. The rattle of the dishes had subsided somewhat. “Is good,” he said. “Mama, you need help with the dishes?” “No, papa, I am almost done.” “I help.” He was proud as he made the supreme sac- rifice and grabbed the last dish from the rack. You are big help, papa,” muttered Aunt Ursula. “Ja, I know.” He smiled contentedly as he settled back in his overstuffed chair for his nap. Karen Bergbauer ’65 But in order to make our presence felt, we must become informed in order to inform others. We must realize what life in the community of the Mystical Body means. We must realize that we as Christians have a duty, an obligation, a commitment to bring dignity back to the human race. If we fail in this, we fail Christianity. On this we will be judged. Christianity and sanctity are essentially LOVE and how we love our brother will be the sign and gauge of our love of God. As students what can we do right now? For one thing, we can be aware of the situation around us. We can elim- inate all derogatory terms such as “nigger” and “coon” from our vocabulary. We can write or call our alderman and make it known to him that we want the Human Rights Commission strengthened and the Fair Housing Ordinance passed. We can join interracial groups. We can invite Negro speakers to talk to us. WE CAN ACCEPT EACH OTHER AS INDIVIDUALS. The final thing that we must remember is this: The Negro is not fighting for his rights. He already has these. Rather it is the practice of these rights that he is fight- ing for and WE MUST fight with him. Anne Peacock ’64 Mediocrity I haven’t got the time or — you’ll do it better. Why should I bother? Let them waste their time. What business, I ask. Is it of mine? Mary Gadient ’65 153 MAY CROWN- ING 1964 . . . Eileen McCarthy, sodality prefect, places a floral crown on the statue of Mary. Sodality renews devotion to “Holy Mary, now we crown you,” sang the voices as Sodality prefect Eileen McCarthy ’64, placed the crown of flowers on the head of Our Blessed Lady. Our Lady Queen of Peace Sodality, under the direction of Sr. M. John Therese BVM sponsored the annual May Coronation. This year it was held on May 15. The Coronation party was led by prefect Eileen McCarthy and her attendants, Lonny Kuehn- hackl and Deanna Morris, both ’64. The senior sodalists wore pastel dresses, heels and white gloves, and carried a single long-stemmed red rose to be presented to Our Lady during the ceremony. A white, full- length bridal gown, a band of flow- ers in her hair and a long-stemmed red rose in her hands completed the dress of the prefect. The program began with the proces- sional hymn, “Immaculate Mary.” It was sung as the girls filed into the courtyard between the D and S-wings. The singing of the “Regina Coeli,” the recitation of the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the reces- sional hymn, “Hail Holy Queen En- throned Above” completed the Coro- nation Program. Gym jamed as jokers trump spades On April 23 all water-loving, card sharks of Assumption attended the second annual Girls’ Basketball Jam- boree. Underclassmen were represent- ed by the green and white banner of the Frosh Phizzies and the water-lov- ing Sophomore Surfers with their gold and white surfboard. Blue and white Junior Jokers and red and white Sen- ior Spades were the only cards in an Asumption upperclassmen’s deck. Clad in Green Streak sailor hats, the Freshman Phizzies battled the Sophomore Surfers in the first con- test of the Jamboree. Led by cheer- leaders Donna Figel, Jane Meisen- bach and Mary Dockery, the Frosh fought hard for the title, but lost to the Surfers, 18-5. Soph cheerleader were Cindy Belk, Aileen Englemann and Debbie Machol. The Junior Jokers, led by the cheers of Phyllis Viner, Kate Schaffert and Liz Wadle, fought the Senior Spades in a fast action “card” game for the trophy in the upper class division. Even the Spades’ red garters and cheerleaders Jo Ann Machol, Barb Bar- ta and Pat Carpenter couldn’t help the seniors as they fell to the juniors 18-4. The Jungle Bunnies ’65 for the jun- iors of E-3 were school champs in their respective divisions for basketball in- tramurals. Both boys’ and girls’ awards were given during intermission. Other winners for the boys’ intramurals were: the Governor’s Choice ’64, runner-up to the Jungle Bunnies; the Junior Knights, first place consolation win- ner; and the Senior Celts, the second place senior team. The Bears won the first place trophy for the sophomore class with the Rams in second place. The A-5 Vandals grabbed the Fresh- man crown from the B-5 Gauls. In the girls volleyball intramurals, the juniors of E-8 were the school champs, D-4 frosh received second place, the seniors of E-7 and the sophs of S-9 won class championships. Junior homeroom E-3 won the first place ribbons for the school champion- ship in basketball. The sophs of S-9 were second, senior homeroom E-4 and the frosh of D-4 received class champ- ionship ribbons. Besides the intramural awards, the sophomores and juniors were given trophies for their victories, and the class of ’64 won the loyalty trophy for the second year in a row. The Jam- boree was sponsored by the Sodality, YCS and GRA, with a profit of $689 to be divided among the three organ- izations. Aff conjures up band spectacular MC Don Wysoske ’65, vocalist Char- lie Harper ’67, singing band members and dancing girls highlighted last night’s Band Spectacular. This year the Spectacular, under the direction of Mr. Carl Paarmann, Assumption’s instrumental music director, was a band presentation. The concert band opened with three lucky numbers, which earned the band a “1” rating in the April Diocesean Music Festival. At a cue from MC (Magician in Charge) Don Wysoske, the band was dwarfed into a 16 piece stage band. The remainder of the con- cert band was transformed into a talented group of amateur “profes- sionals,” with a few magic words from Mr. Paarmann. Through the enchanting voice of Charlie Harper, the entire auditorium was moved to San Francisco. Accom- panied by Dave Votroubek ’64 and the dance band, Charlie sang “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” Cheryl Kelsey ’64, Nancy Goulet ’66 and Colleen Bryson ’66 twirled the audience into a spell with their ren- dition of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” To set the mood for Jim Watson’s ’65 cornet solo, “Trumpeters Lullaby,” Barb Hermann ’65 sang “Mood Indigo” with the singing band members. With a wave of Don Wysoske’s magic wand, the auditorium was again moved. This time, it landed in the land of Tunisia for a “Night in Tun- isa” with a dozen dancing girls. Pianist Bob Daley ’64 performed an- other feat of magic with the “War- saw Concerto.” More “Swingin’ Dan- cers” were bought to the scene with a dance solo by Mary Regan ’65. Back at Assumption, the chorus in- stilled a happy summer mood into the audience with “Summertime.” Dick Macumber ’66, solo saxophonist, added his personal touch to the sum- mer spectacular with “Harlem Noc- turne.” MC Don Wysoske served wine to the gentlemen in the audience and pulled roses from his black hat for the ladies. He accomplished this wonderous feat with the help of the chorus, who sang “The Days of Wine and Roses.” The “Night Train” carrying the band members pulled out of the Assumption auditorium after the last number, but without any magic. The band had left their magic to the audience through their “spectacular” performances. The show will be presented again tonight, May 22, at 8:00 pm in the auditorium. To receive admittance, just bring 50 cents, knock on the out- side door three times, and cry “Open Sesame!” 156 Historian: graduation with all the trimings by Deadwood Ditmon “Did you see the hoods in the gym?” said one ’64 to another. “Yea, they must work hard to wear clothes like that,” said the other. These observant seniors are merely remarking about the Code For Aca- demic Costume that the faculty and grads of Assumption are following. The Code has three parts: caps, gowns and hoods. Of course, everyone knows about caps; they are those things that are out of style. But besides that, there are two types of caps, the mortar- board or Oxford type, which are “square like scholars and their books . . and the Cambridge model, which is a soft cap worn chiefly at women’s colleges. Assumption does not entirely rate in this area so it will use the more popular Oxford type. Gowns, which were originally a kind of greatcoat for the students at Ox- ford, are more like a hot tradition now. But, in a few colleges in the East, notably Villa Madonna College, the colleges still prescribe them for faculty members who are not habit- ualy dressed in religious garments. Sisters don’t wear their college caps and gowns, but only the honorary hoods. The hoods that both Sisters and priests wear have great symbolic mean- ing connected with them. These hoods, as they are still called, are no more than a draping stole, which shows the level of the degree by the size and the amount of velvet trimmings. Be- sides telling the degree that has been conferred on the person, it also tells what field the degree has been con- ferred in, and what college or univer- sity conferred it. For instance, Fr. William Stratman, who has his master's degree in phys- ics, wears gold-yellow, signifying sci- ence, on his hood along with his school colors. Fr. Charles Mann, wha has a mas- ter’s degree in education from the University of Notre. Dame, wears the light blue of education and the school colors of Notre Dame, blue-gold. One of the more interesting parts of hood watching is to see both Fr. Marvin Mottet and . Fr. John Boyle dressed in their proper attire. Father Mottet, who has his master’s degree in theology, wears a scarlet trimmed hood, three and one-half feet long. Father Boyle, w'ho has his master’s degree in theology licentiate, that is), will also wear his scarlet hood which he got from the Gregorian University in Rome. Incidently, the graduates will wear caps and gowns, but no hoods since the majority of them are not gradu- ating from college. Chorus chooses campus cheers “Collegiate, collegiate, yes we are collegiate,” sang the varsity and fresh- men choruses as they united to give Assumptionites a taste of campus life in “Collegiate USA” May 8. The frosh chorus began the pro- gram with a salute to the “Fifty, Nifty United States.” California freshmen, Janet Berg, Sandy Giffin, Sue Mc- Cabe, Jane Meyers, Jane Meisenbach, Jane Ryder, Cindy Stockman and Kathy Walsh danced their way into the sunshine state while Gary In- diana’s favorite, Louise Puls ’64, rode her trunk across the AHS stage. “Alma Mater Memories” were brought to life by the varsity chorus in a classroom scene including such songs as “Holiday Song,” “Walls of Zion,” “A Still Small Voice” and “Deep are the Roots.” The latter two won the chorus a superior rating at the April Diocesean Music Festival in Iowa City. The class ended when senior guitar- ists Pat Murphy, Tom Snyder and junior singer Barb Herrmann proposed a campus hootenanny which ended with a duet by Tom and Barb. “Rag Time Cowboy” Terry Tubbs ’66 drew the fastest gun in the West while there was singing by the Oklahoma wrangl- ers: Liz Wadle ’65, Nancy Grey, Pat Riley, Mary Regan, Joyce Glade and Donna Geisler, all ’66, plus Diane Liv- ingston and Jo Ann Machol, both ’64. Chapel time filled the auditorium with more superior rated songs in- cluding “Cry out With Joy,” “Praise We the Name of the Lord” and “God be Merciful.” Though some call him “Mr. Touch- down” by mo he’s known as Bob Motto ’66 and his favorite cheerlead- er, Rickie Koenigsaecker, led the cheer- ing at college game time. A medley of college fight songs, complete with pom-poms and a card section, was led by Cheerleaders Cathy Froeschle, Di- ane Hansen, Rickie Koenigsaecker, Joan McMans, Berta Mullen and Ter- ry Tubbs. “Sweetheart of Sigma Chi,” Barb Pohlmann, was queen of the dance scene and returned again as the campus queen with football hero Bob Matthys. The program ended with roses for the director, Sr. Mary Carola BVM, and bows for the chorus and accompanists: Mary Coyne, Bob Daley and Mary Lou Wacker, all ’64. MUSEUM OF SCIENCE . . . art and hootenanny’s Evie State, Jim Schepker, Candy Cain, Mike Pracht, and Dennis Shinners take a musical break during their Chicago chemistry tour. 157 Jim shorts by Dower i BROAD JUMP- ER .. . Charlie Harper ’66 springs from the mark across the sand to score for Assumption. Knights race past lancers The Assumption track team, under new head coach Clint Westemeyer, got off to a good start by defeating North Scott by a score of 70-56 in their first dual meet which was held on April 15. Individual winners for the Knights were Marty McCarthy ’65 in the 100 yd. dash, Tom Murray ’64 in the 880 yd. run, Tom Tarchinski ’64 in the low hurdles, Jim Dower ’65 in the broad jump and Chris Friemel ’65 in the high jump. The sophomore track team also won. Individual winners for the sophs were Greg Dohrn in the 100 yd. dash, Tom Haase in the high jump, Dave McAn- drews in the high hurdles, Mike Mulli- gan in the 880 yd. run and Terry Leonard in the discus throw. In their second meet the cinderfel- las lost 97 to 27 against Muscatine. There were only three individual win- ners, Marty McCarthy in the 100 yd. dash, Tom Tarchinski in the low hur- dles and Tom Murray in the 880. West proved fatal to the Knight track team by defeating them 148 to 37. The Knights had no individual win- ners or even second place winners. Steve Huyette ’65 led the team with third places in both the high and low hurdle races. Third places were also gairied by Marty McCarthy in the 100 yd. dash, by Steve Murray in the 440 yd. dash, and by Tom Murray in the 880 yd. run. In their third dual meet the Knights lost to the East Moline Panthers. Tom Murray gained the Knights’ only win. Gene Tappa ’65 tied for second at 10’ 6” in the pole vault event while Charley Harper ’66 took third in the broad jump with 18’ 11”. Bettendorf defeated Assumption 138.5 to 57.5. Tom Tarchinski led the Knights with a first place in the 220 yd. dash and a second place in the low hurdles. Marty McCarthy ran the 100 yd. dash in 80.7 to win that event while Tom Murray placed second in the 880 with a time of 2:01.3 — break- ing his old school record of 2:02.8. The sophomores also lost. Freshman Bud Friedholdt won the sophomore 220 yd. dash. Teammate Pat Stolmeier ’66 won the 100 yd. dash. Dave Mc- Andrews ’66 won both the high hurdle and shot put events to lead the Knights. Tom Haase won the low hurdles event. The Knights’ second victory came at the expense of Alleman 98.5 to 103.5. Tom Tarchinski led the squad with wins in the low hurdles and the 220 yd. dash. Other winners for the Knights were Marty McCarthy, Tom Murray, Gene Tappa, and soph Tom Hasse. McCarthy, Tom Murray, Steve Murray, and soph Pat Stolmeier won the mile relay race Dave White, Pat Stolmeier, Marty McCarthy and Tom Tarchinski sparked a victory in the 880 yd. relay. The sophomore team also won. In dividual winners were Pat Stolmeier, Friedholdt, and Mike Mulligan. Seven return Assumption’s new head baseball coach Mr. Tom Sunderbruch officially began the ’64 season on May 15 with the first scheduled practice. The sum- mer campaign begins at 4:30 tonight at Davenport West. Tomorrow the Knights host Daven- port Central in a double header at one and three o’clock. The schedule includes 19 games and then, starting in mid-July, the Knights enter the district tournament. With 7 of the 9 starters from last year returning, the hardballers anticipate a successful sea- son with hopes of winning the Little Six Tournament in late June. Junior bowling enthusiasts bloomed in the city bowling tournament this year. Bette Jansen sprang up with second place in the city in singles, while Carol Lewandoski picked a third place trophy. Marge Walatka and George Allen sprouted a third place in the mixed doubles. The Assumption Strikette League champions were the MC’s, Marge Wa- latka, Cindy Lindemann, Mary Fick and Carol Lewandoski. Barb Grell’s 534, for three games, flowered into high series for the season. Senior Marianne McDonough cut high game with a 213. Mr. Ray Ambrose has retired after six years as head wrestling coach. In past years he has been head foot- ball coach, compiling an over-all rec- ord of 60-63 with one 7-2 season, and was also head track coach from 1959- 61. Mr. Ambrose will remain on the faculty as a history teacher. Assumption’s new wrestling coach will be Mr. Clint Westemeyer who was freshman wrestling coach last season. Mr. Loras Schitz. assiptant sophomore football coach and intra- mural director, will be assistant wrestling coach. • The track team has been running on a new field, below the Assumption football field. The track or “Lower Ponderosa,” as it is affectionately called by the track squad, is only grass at the present but in the fu- ture it will be built into a $20,000 cinder track. Assumption high school will be competing in the Little Six Confer- ence in swimming next year. Mr. Don Jepsen, assistant track and freshman football coach, will be Assumption’s first head swimming coach. Mr. Jep- son came from Central high school in South Bend, Indiana, where he was head swimming and diving coach. He compiled an impressive 51-7 record, and also coached three state champ- ions and one All-American diver. Mr. Jepson expects a team of about 50 from the anticipated 70 who will try out. Forty-two interested fresh- men, sophomores, and juniors attended a meeting held earlier this month. There wil be no cut, says Mr. Jep- sen, because those who don’t have it will cut themselves. At least 20 members of the team will compete in every meet which con- sists of 13 events. The team will prac- tice for one hour each night in the St. Ambrose pool. The swimming sea- son will last from early November to late February. 158 Awards assembly honors school athletes by Jill Schroeder Scholarship, service, leadership, sportsmanship and responsibility are the characteristics which determined the winners of the GRA awards given at the athletic awards assembly today. Over 200 awards were given this year for service and participation in GRA. The following seniors received bronze medals for service: Jan Adam- sky, Karen Cornick, Rita Davies, Ren- ny Dohse, Diane Livingston, Kit Meis- enbach, Karen Ohland, Peg Pender and Jill Schroeder. Seniors receiving silver medals were: Nancy DeJulius, Sue Nieuwenhuis, Anne Peacock, Sue Riedel, Mary Stan- ger, Lorrie Weir and Sue Willers. Geri Barrett and Pat Carpenter received the gold medal awards for service. The highest award for service went to Barb Beyer. Racketeers slam central, alleman The Assumption racketeers ended their dual meet competition against Central in a 5-4 victory. Playing in a 20 mph wind, the boys racked up three singles victories and coupled two doubles wins to allow them to take the meet. Led by Jim Lunardi '65, who won both singles and doubles, Jim Watson ’65 and Mike Gadient ’67 both won in singles. The No. 1 doubles team of Tony Chernetsky and Mike Schebler, both ’64, came through with a 12-3 victory, but the most ex- citing match was won by Kem Fitz- simmons ’66 and Lunardi. Down 6-1, they came back to cop a 12-8 vic- tory. The other two victories in the 3-11 season for the Knights were with Alleman. The first was 6-3 and the second 5-4. Two of the Knights’ losses were at the hands of West who won 6-3 and 5-4. The Knights also lost twice to Muscatine 5-4 and 5-4. In the last Muscatine match Paul Giguere ’66 set a school record for both teams in posting a 24-22 win. The matches are played to 12 games and the win- ner must win by two. East Moline and Moline each took two wins from the netters, 8-1, 6-3 and 6-3, 6-3, re- spectively. Coach David Skemp commented on the Central meet, “It was the most exciting meet I’ve seen since I started coaching. It’s the first time that we’ve beaten Central in four years.” Going into the district meet, the Knights were represented by Watson and Gadient in singles and by the no. 1 and 2 doubles combinations of Cher- netsky and Schebler, and Fitzsimmons and Walter. The Knights also com- peted in the Little Six Conference meet held in Burlington, May 16. Debbie Alger was awarded a trophy for high points in participation and service. The leadership trophy went to Rita Davies and the sportsmanship to Jan Adamsky. This year, two girls, Charlene Gaul and Mary Kealey, received awards for general excellence in sportsmanship, scholarship, leadership, responsibility and service. Senior boys receiving more than one varsity letter were: Roger Cawiezell — varsity football, varsity baseball; John Dockery — varsity football, var- sity golf; Tom Duax — varsity football, varsity golf; Jim Lonergan — varsity football, varsity basketball; Pat Maher — varsity football, varsity basketball; Tom Murray — varsity wrestling, var- sity track, varsity reserve football; Phil Pash — varsity football, varsity basketball, varsity baseball; Dick Pea- vy — varsity football, varsity wrestling; Rich Reisinger — varsity football, var- sity wrestling, varsity track; Jack Schroeder — varsity football, varsity wrestling, varsity baseball; Tom Tarchinski — varsity football, varsity track; and Darrell Warta — varsity football, varsity baseball. Golf frustrates assumption A certain game which involves hit- ting a small white ball into a hole, believed to have originated in Scot- land, has proved a curse to Assump- tion in 1964. The Assumption golf team has won no matches but has tied for second place in one triangular, tak- en second in another and placed fifth in a district meet involving eight schools. Many of the matches were very close. On April 9 at Duck Creek, the team played Davenport Central, losing 9Vi to SVi. They lost by the same score to Muscatine at Northwest on April 14. Several days later the team placed second with 9 A points against East Moline and Alleman at Short Hills. West defeated them IV to 5Vi at Emeis on April 23. The next day, the team lost to Central at Duck Creek. Muscatine defeated them at Muscatine on April 28. Rock Island gained the victory at Indian Bluff on April 30. At Credit Island on May 5, Assump- tion tied East Moline for second place in a triangular; Alleman took first. John Dockery and Stan Smazal, both ’64, shot 82’s in the district meet on May 9 to lead Assumption to fifth place out of eight. Just as there is never a vanquished golfer w'ho cannot point to some in- stance of bad luck as the reason for his loss, neither is there a golf team. A study of the average scores of several players on the Assumption team shows how several unfortunate strokes have meant the difference be- tween victory and defeat for the team. Most of the averages, although low, have been affected by a single un- commonly high score. Stan Smazal ’64 has a 42 average for nine holes to lead the team. He is fol- lowed by John and Mike Dockery, ’64 and ’66 respectively, who both have averages of 42.5. Art Braufman ’66 has compiled an average of 43.5 in four matches. Jim Schott ’65 has an average of 44.3 for nine holes. DIGGING WATER . . . Chris Friemel splashes water out of Assump- tion's new high jump pit. This is part of the track field which is being built on the lower level. 159 ScU C.(aii of 1964 JLJJLU. J anet JUkiS . Kalltbn JoLf f ol rt jbitmon McLj n«fM CU.n. 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