Bellarmine High School - Cage Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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. , W . , avg February, 1945 'il' V01. 21, NO. 6 ' R- BYE SARGE: BELLARMINE HIGH SCHOOL, TACOMA, WASHINGTON SENIORS, Yoon PICTURES? .1 New RCTC Instructor Replaces Sgt. Dou las SGT. CROCKETT SGT. DOUGLAS CT Sergeant Harold C. Douglas, who has been serving on Bellarmine's ROTC staff for the past two years, is to be transferred and will be relieved by Sergeant Charles A. Crockett. Sergeant Douglas re- ceived his transfer orders last week and, will leave as soon as Sgt. Crockett is prepared to take over. 'I'he departure of Sgt. Douglas will be regretted by his many friends. at Bellarmine who know the fine work he did while sta- tioned here. His diligenoe helped greatly to bring Bellarmine's ROTC unit to the classification of Excel- lent. The Rifle team also owes its high rating in part to his hard work. Sgt. Douglas' work here has been a continuation of an excel- lent service record since his en- listment in 1937, and his friends here are confident that he will be just as energetic and successful in whatever new assignment may await him. Sgt. Crockett who replaces Sgt. Douglas enlisted in the army in 1934 and has seen service at many posts. After a brief period at Fort Douglas, Utah, he served for -al- most two years With the 21st In- fantry in Hawaii. Then, after six months in the Third Division, M. lContinued on Page -0 New Classes, and Changes Introducedg ROTC to Have Two Periods With the opening of the new semester, six new classes and new changes were introduced in the regular schedule. T'hree of the new classes that were started were German, Trigonometry, and Jour- nalism. The new German class has only two students. Because of the large number of new students, a 9B Freshman class was started. Captain Daw- son announced that the second and third year ROTC will take their training in the sixth period instead of the usual fourth period thereby dividing it into two sepa- rate groups with the first year students still continui.ng'with the regular schedule. This is only to be effective in the first half of the second semester. Although quite a few seniors were lost at the end of the first semester ,to the armed forces, lt was balanced by the enrollment of eight new students: Mike Brands, Tony Jezek, John. Kreisman, Ro- land Sheets, John Lawson, Roland Brower, and Robert Karch. For those seniors who are left, there is now one class in Science, Eng- msn, and Mathematics. 'Career Angel' Cast To Be Announced Mothers of Service Men 1 To Be Honored At its monthly meeting on March 13 the Philomathea. Club will hon- or the mothers of the Bellarmine boys serving in our Armed Forces. The meeting will be held in the school library at 1:00 P. M. For this occasion the Service Flag with the Honor Roll of Bellar- mine boys in the services will be on display in the meeting hall. It is also hoped to have a guest speaker from one of the services to welcome and honor the mothers of our servicemen. Last year's meeting drew a large attendance and was thoroughly enjoyed by those present. The Philomathea mothers hope that all the mothers of our many alum- ni will attend this yea.r's meeting. To facilitate their trip, cars will meet the busses at Union and Center and at Union and 12th to escort them to the school. Senior Staff Begins Work on Cage The Bellarmlne annual, the Cage, will be staffed this year by seniors who formerly worked on the Lion. Plans have already been laid and preliminary work begun. The staff consists of: Bert Goodman, Editor in chief: Henriot, Associate: Ed Graisy Bob Erickson, Assistant Edi- Jim Gaines and Dick- Ban- Jim and torsg non, Feature Editors: Joe Zajac 1 Rudy Knabel, Circulation and Managers. The faculty adviser is Mr. S. D. Penna, S. J. IN MEMORJAM The Faculty and students of Bellarmine High School wish to express their sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. J. Karamon and Mr. and Mrs. H. Cressey upon the death of their sons who were killed in action. - May their souls rest in peace. Here is news for all who aspire to be actors. Again this year the Mask and Dagger Club of Bellar- mine will present their annual spring play. The play is entitled Career Angel. This comedy- fantasy was produced by the Blackfriar Guild in New York and during the past season had a successful run on Broadway. This play should be of special interest to Catholic groups for the plot is centered around a Catholic boys' orphan's home. Although pre- dominantly comic in spirit, it is a tender and understanding fantasy, designed to show that faith can move mountains. Fr. J. Evoy, S. J., will direct the cast. He will be assisted by Fr. P. Weissenberg, S. J., and by Mr. S. Penna, S. J., who will act as Business Manager. Those students who are interested in dramatics I are requested to hand their names in to the office or to Fr. Evoy. Try-outs began on Tuesday, Feb- ruary 5, and from those trying out, eighteen boys will be selected to fContinued on Page 43 The Young Army Scout There he was sitting with his eyes open wide, His gun and his sword lying close by his side. You could tell by his looks what he was thinking about, This shabby looking, young army scout. He's been in the war since the first gun was fired, And he has been fighting ever since for the coimtry he admiredg He's been in many victories, and in many defeats, And he was with the men when they made their retreats, He was in Bataan, and he was in Guadalcanal, He was in Java., when it disas- terously fell. But he never once showed his fear to fight, For what he was fighting for, he knew was right. -Ed. Walentiny.

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Navy Chaplain me-E FOUR T H 5 GREMLIN W F - 555 T v visiting-our adumi, we find YPvt. Albert Buhr Servicing planes of other squadrons on an Island in the South Pacific. Sgt. Joe Ford is in Hawaii. He spoke of -attending Midnight Mass on Christmas in their open-air theatre, which is styled along the lines of the Hollywoood Bowl theatre. Pfc. Frank Glassy began his senior year of Medicine at Mar- quette. Word has been recently received that his brother Maurice, radio man in an Italy based bomb- cr, is seriously wounded. Plt. Comdr. David Peterson is now giving the Navy's cubs their ten week boot training at San Diego. Bud Farrell, Rt 3fC, is on board a heavy cruiser ready to ship across. Jim Farrell, his younger l A l I i l 1 I 1 I Varsity Debaters Take Trip to Spokane In the recent trip to Spokane Bell debaters showed very well in five debates with Spokane high schools. Oliver Glassy was chos- en best speaker by the judges in three out of four decision debates and thus proved himself to be -one of the state's outstanding debaters. Jim Henriot and Pat Maloney also distinguished them- selves by their creditable speak- ing. The Bell debaters divided the honors with Gonzaga, winning on the negative side and losing on the affirmative side. These debates were the two most interesting debates of the season for the Bel- larmine team. The Bell team also lost two close decisions to the Marycliff girls, Spokane City Champions. A debate with Lewis and Clark was non-decision. The debaters left February 28 and re- turned March 4. 1 l brother, is in the Store Crew, Ships Company, in San' Bruno, Calif. We heard Cpl. Cliff Schiesz over the radio explaining the Engineer Section's work in France. lst Lt. Larry St. Onge acted as commander of his company when the commanding officer was wounded. Of the seven officers in his company all but he were eith- er killed or wounded. Jim Schuler passed the Navy program at the University of Washington with high honors and was sent to Webb Institute in New York for further schooling. Pvt. John Garitone is now sta- tioned cn the Isle of Oahn in the Hawaiian Islands. I-le met Verne Morris who is playing ball in the Service League down there. News of our servicemen is wel- comed. Won't you please send us your or their addresses or, perhaps, a bit of news which we can use for this column? Thank you. Three Alumni Receive Military Appointments George Lombardi majored for a year in engineering at Seattle Col- lege and was then ordered to air corps training and has been in the army two years. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Lombardig his younger brother, Eugene grad- uated in 1944 and is in the Navy. Richard Hermsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hermsen, was an honor student and ROTC bat- talion commander. He joined the Army in April, 1943, and was transferred to City College, N. Y., to study engineering and later to Cornell University, later being sent to France for active service. Clemens William Van Rooy, III, son of Mrs. C. W. Van Rooy, play- ed on the , manager of leader and l Q treasurer of also WHS all Lions' football team, the Grid Iron, a yell served as secretary- the student body. He officer in the ROTC. Bellamigs F jalilifioiigmml Prepares for Annual Inspection Bellarmine's Junior ROTC, un- wits work. The Battalion is train- der the command of Captain v ing for the annual inspection by James Dawson, Sgt. Crockett 1 the Corps Area Commander, as and Sgt. Douglas, is making well as for the colorful Mothers' steady progress toward the com- Day Review. pletion of its prescribed training. r Colonel John W. Ramsey, U.S.A., The Corps has completed its the- Corps Area ROTC Chief, is ex- oretical instruction, and has just i pected to make a short visit to recently gone outdoors to continue I the school this year. I I l LION . March, 1945 FROSH DEBATERS lFirst rowl: Pat Comfort and Harry Woodley. l'l20E3'fiV0 mam? 6600115 rowl, Allan Cushing, Bob Shreiner, and Don Turner. Cushing and Turner, the affirmative team, placed first. Turner was chosen as the best individual debater. All Opponent Casaba Team Continued lContinued From Page 33 Boyle, O'Dea, centerg Brown, Sta- dium and McGuire, Lincoln, guards. Honorable mention has been given to: Davie and Rose, Eaton- ville, Hannas, Buckleyg Messmer, Fifeg Bartlett and Harrelson, Sta- dium, and Thornburg, Federal Way. Addresses Students QContinued From Page ll engagements, the experiences of which he related to an enthusiastic crowd of listeners in the gym. Formerly, he had been serving on an attack transport, but now he is to be assigned to a new car- rier being completed in the Ta- coma shipyards. In the course of his talk, he de- scribed the work of an ordinary day on board ship, and also what happens when the ship is under attack by the enemy. The stu- dents were inspired by his stories of bravery and heroism of the men in our armed services serving on distant battlefields. Buy Bonds and Stamps Career Angel fContinued From Page 1l gel: Stan Fairhurst as Brother Gregory: Oliver Glassy as Brother Fidelisg Henry Burke as Brother Ubaldusg Ken Baker as Donnie, Pat Comfort as Marinkovich as Fenlon, Karch, White, Turner, fill the cast as Ed Eastman and Willieg and Pete Kurt Rheinhold. Quinlivan, Brady, and Butterly will the boys of the orphanage. Reserves End Seasong Win Last Four Games The dependable, hard fighting reserves ended this year's season winning four of their six final games. The first fracas with St. Mar- tin's found the second stringers on the short end of a. 23-17 count. Their second meeting, however, read a 24 for the Bell fighters, 13 for the St. Martin's team. E A decisive one point gave the lLion reserves a win over Yelm's seconds. Score 29-28. I Stadium, always a strong con- ltender for the winning honors, topped the Bellarmine .squad by scoring 28 to the Bells 17. I Avenging a -26-8 loss from Lin- coln, the fast passing subs turned on the heat in this final fray, ,coming through with a, 29-23 win.

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PAGE TWO r r' I I' r I I' ulunh-I -a 3 - I -3011-J ' On the night of February 2 the Junior Prom proved to be an un- usual success, thanks to the very capable prom committee and a cooperative Junior class. A good time was had by all: well, anyway we know Dick Bannon did! Some typical remarks overheard by this snooper at that Ugala' occasion were such as Oh, everythings go- ing wrongj' by the worry-bug, Stan Fairhurst. Where's my partner? from Gene Mack. What's otu' homework? by Oliver Glassy. Feel de moosicl' from Hepcat Greco. Who closed the balcony? by Frankie Loonam, and Who's got a smoke? from just about anyone. After discovering that the punch was free Pete Marinkovich was curiously thirsty the rest of the evening . . . Question of the week: On what day does Oswald attend school? Student of the week: Dutch Schultz, the man who beats anything and everything. Song of the week: Don't fence me in from the jug class to Father Weissenberg . . . Jim Flannery is a real comer on the basketball squad. Is he a high scorer? Well, as Jim remarks after every game, I didn't want to do much scoring tonight-saving myself, you know. Ehlers claims Tom Payne's afraid of him . . . Crowley is a bundle of answers in Latin class . . . Paid advertisement: Anyone desirous of gaining possession of one rugged Model A see Bob Wood THE LI,ON 015132 Spirit nf lent Lent can be a source of great merit if spent in the proper spirit. Very often a student might wonder what he can do in observing Lent properly. The older people can fast or fill mite boxes such a student might say, but what .can I, a student do? No one expects you to wear a hair shirt for 40 days. You are wrong if you think only large sacrifices bring merit. In observing Lent, let us remember that the dozen little sacrifices done during the day are often as meritorious as the larger ones-if done in the proper spirit. Let us make it a point to visit the chapel daily for Lent. Let us back the Alaska Mission Drive IOOW, and especially attend Mass daily in our Chapel. But above all, we must remember that what we do is not half so important as how and why we do it. lf, for instance, we go to Mass daily just to be known as pious, we gain no or little merit. Only if-we do penance in a spirit of mortification and love of God, do we make our own Lent valuable. This right spirit means everything in making a profitable Lent. Without it, we can get nowhere. But if we have it, we can know Christ is pleased with our efforts. I This alone makes it well-worth our while to spend Lent as it was meant to be and if we do, at its' end each can call it my best Lent yet. -hen give it to you! when asked I - what he was doing to get gas for I F01't1tUde his what-ever-you-want-to-call- it Dick Bannon replied, You mean you're supposed to put gas in it? Warning! Beware of high- pressured salesman Bert ,Good- man. It's rumored he can sell an Eskimo an ice-box. Bichsel helps run 'down the black market by buying up all the stock . . . Sta- dium's basketball team is so tall that at the last game some joker asked when Trine was going to get off his knees. Catholic Press Month Over 25 years ago, the saintly Pope Pius X, speaking on the value of the Catholic press, said: ln vain will you build churches, preach missions, found schools: all your good works. all your efforts will be destroyed, if you can not at the same time wield the defensive and offensive weapons of a press that is Catholic, loyal, and sincere. Today with the Catholic Church assaulted on all sides by Fascism, Nazism, and Communism these words hold true more than ever before. Our Catholic press has become a great necessity to the Catholic way of life. It is the nerve center of Catholic action. We have often heard the navy spoken of as Americas iirst line of defense. We may Very aptly think of the Catholic press as the Church's Iirst line of defense. Because it is so vital and because we must have the Catho- lic viewpoints on world affairs at all times this strong arm of the Church needs and deserves our year rourid support. February is Catholic Press Month. This is the time when we are especially urged to read essentially Catholic literature. Throughout the year, we come in contact with all kinds of reading material, some of it contrary to Christian and moral ideals. So that we may not be fooled by these misleading documents, it is a good idea to equip ourselves with the Amid an undying wind and an ever tossing sea, a tiny vessel struggled, Chinabound. On board, two strangers met. a prosperous oil man, the eyes of One was made rich by sucking the very life blood of the impoverished Orientals. His features were coarse with thick, bushy ,eyebrows and hair, heavy lips, and a large nose. His character was unmis- takably egotistical, as though it were written in large, red letters upon his back. The other, a direct contrast, was a yolmg Catholic missionary. The first impression that occurred to onlookers was the glowing kind- ness of his eyes and the ever pres- ent smile on his lips. On closer scrutiny, a shrewd observer might discern wonderment mingled with the kindness in hisreyes and more than a touch of what we may term holy stubbornness. This vir- tue was widely advertised by his square, determined chin. The two men elbowed their way toward each other and immedi- ately a pleasant conversation en- sued. Among their subjects was the backwardness of the Chinese. This gave way to the means of reform and that in turn to mis- sionaries. This reminded the oil man of an incident he had once read about. It seemed as though a certain missionary, Fr. Murphy truth, as presented by Catholic writing. ' by name, had three fingers Sev-I February, 1945 ered from his right hand by Mon- golian bandits, who had held him for ransom. The oil man care- lessly tossed in the curt remark, I guess he'll never return to China. He'll probably stay in the states and take life easy at some secluded monastery. 'I'he young missionary started to remonstrate, but thought twice be- fore he would utter a. sound. His words were rudely interrupted by the sharp clanging of the dinner bell. In token of friendship, the two men clasped hands. The oil man squeezed heartily, but upon feel- ing something give way beneath the extreme pressure, he quickly glanced down. There, in his clasped hand, he viewed a thumb and foreflnger accompanied by three ugly stubs. He had discov- ered his mistake too late. , Fr. Murphy smiled broadly, took the oil man's arm, and together they strolled down the deck to their evening meal. Rifle Team Competes The ROTC rifle team under the coaching of Sgt. Douglas has con- tinued their success of last year. They have completed the Wm. Randolph Hearst Match, one of the most important matches of the whole season. Final scores have not yet been announced but we hope for the best. Last year Bellarmine took second place in the entire 9th service command. The plaque which was awarded to the team now hangs in the Trophy Case. The Lion Published monthly during the school year by the students of Bellnrmine High School, Tacoma, Wash. Subscription, 75 cents E d a year. ntere as second class matter, Feb. 14, 1929, at the post office at Tacoma, Wash., under the Act of March 3, 1879. OLIVER GLASSY Editor Associates: Henry Burke, Jim Flannery Sports Editor ....... ............. H . Hellenkamp Associates: Bill Bichsel, Walt Haniger Features ............ Ed Raitano, Wm. Dung Circulation ................................................ ...,........Frank Loonam, Bob Gosselin Ad Manager ...................... Bill Si. Martin Librarian .................................. Tom Brady Reporters: Pete Ivenovich, Denny Crowley, George Bader, Dick Messe, Brian Doherty, Iohn Toyn- bee, Bob Robison, Pat Maloney and Don Fenlon. Adviser ...................... S. D. Penna, S. I. Member of THE QUILL AND SCROLL Member of the CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION