Bellarmine High School - Cage Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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Father Provincial 2 F A A in 7 V December, 1944 - 0 ' WIS A S7152 Harry a ' g ' g Vol. 21, No. 4 New M, C3 - Year Merry Chr 1Stm3S BELLARMINE HIGH sci-toon, TACOMA, WASHINGTON E Merry Christmas I- MC ' Presidenfs Greeting Christmas comes again to a warring world. Christ wishing and prom- ising His peace to men of good will who find- themselves at war--this would seem to be a contradiction. Rather it contains some of the deepest truths of christianity. For as Christ loved and prayed for those who raised their hand against Him, yes even for those who nailed Him to the cross, so too can the christian soldier love his enemy and pray that the man whose death he brings about on the Held of battle may share the same eternal treasures of heauerr which he himself is looking forward to, and which will be his if he has an effective good will toward God and toward his fellowmen. Christ's heart and the christian heart are too big that hate should find a place therein. To our alumni, to you who have made the supreme sacrifice, or are scattered to the four winds, or are carrying on on the home front: to the boys in school with us at the present time, to all our kind benefactors and friends, the Faculty of Bellarmine High School wishes the true peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ. God bless you all. REV. HENRY J. SCHULTHEIS, S. J. President of Bellarmine High School Junior Prom Committee Announces Date for Dance i140 Delegates Attend Third nnual Press Conference One hundred and forty Catholic high school students attended the third Annual Puget Sound Catholic Press Conference. This conference was held at Aquinas Academy this year and Sr. Mary Virginia, O. P., was chairman for the event. She was assisted by Sr. Mary Rosalinda, O.S.P., of St. Leo's high and Mr. S. D. Penna, S. J., of Bellarmine. W Holy Mass was offered by Rev. R. White, S. J., in the Aquinas Chapel at nine o'clock. This was Bellarmine's annual Junior Prom will be presented by the Juniors on February 3, in the school gym. This is the second Junior Prom to be held under full war- time conditions. Hal Gullette and his band will furnish the music. The dance will be informal. Since this is toqbe the sole dance to be held before Lent, it promises to be the biggest social event of the new year. Tickets are priced at 51.50, and dancing will be from 9 to 12. Gullette and his band have achieved quite a name for them- selves in local social circles and his name is not new to dance- goers. He is noted for his dance- able music, featuring sweet tunes with a new twist in arrangements. The band consists of ten pieces. Stan Fairhurst, co-chairman of the Prom Committee, maintains, this dance should be the best function of the new year and one that the Seniors and Juniors will long remember. 'I'he gym, the floor of which has recently been re- iContinued on Page 41 Visits School On December 10 to 14, the Very Reverend Leopold J. Robinson, S. J., visited the Bellarmine faculty. Fr. Robinson is the Provincial of the Oregon Proylnce, and Superior of 473 Jesuits iii- the Province. As Provincial of the Oregon Province he came to begin an acquaintance which will not end soon. At a special assembly held in his honor last Wednesday, he gained complete mastery over the entire student body by his adept knowledge of the sign language and by his deft wit. Fr. Robinson granted a holiday upon presentation of the request by the student body president Jim McGoffin. Debaters Enter Seattle' Tournament Bellarmine debaters have com- pleted plans to enter the Eighth followed by a general assembly with Sr. Virginia presiding. Rt. Rev. Msgr. W. J. Noonan said the opening prayerg Mrs. Harry P. Cain,- wife of Lt. Col. Harry P. Cain, leader in civic and youth activities, welcomed the delegates for the city of Tacoma. Mrs. James H. Egan, correspondent for the Northwest Progress, spoke on Journalism, Our Profession. Section meetings followed the assembly where the students were addressed by various instructors in student journalism. Invaluable in- formation was gained and the fruits of this conference will be evident in future editions of school papers. Mr. U. N. Hoffman, journalism ! instructor at Stadium High, author I of several journalism texts for fContinued on Page 42 The Lighted Star Ah, beautiful shone the light Annual Debate Tournament spon- above- sored again by Seattle College Its 'glistening the night which will be held December 15 love? and 16. The topic for discussion What caused Stal' to Shiifle SO bright this year is the national question: Resolved: that the legal voting age should be reduced to eighteen On this snowy Christmas night? , The Babe lies there, in a crib of years. Bellarmine will be repre- hay ' sented by Jim Henriot and Oliver ' . . h H , H Glassy, who will debate both af- Azgywlt ls eyes e Seems to gigigfwiozggmneiigvesixlesizgg Father 'tis I, I am hereg Thy Son, And not My Will, but Thine be hurst, negative: Pat Maloney and Bert Goodman, affirmative. Contests will also be held in ex- done. 1 0 Star, now I know Who You may temporaneous speaking and ora- be, tory- And Why You light up our Christ- The tournament will begin at mas tree: two o'clock, Friday afternoon with one round of debate, extemporan- eous speaking and oratory. Satur- day morning the second and third For there beneath it, I truly know Is Your Son, Whom to us You wish to show. A iContinued on Page 41 X By ED. WALENTINY

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PAGE FOUR T H E L I Q N December, 1944 Varsity Basketball Diary Sophs Show Promise ,Bell Rifle Team I Dec. 12-Roy 20, Bells 28. Firstldefeat of night before. Cruisersi If there are any who are won- iwfins First Matcll taste of victory for hungry Lions. New system proved itself worth while. Kropf and Graisy paced scoring with 8 apiece. Dec. 19-Sumner 19, Bells 17. Players' inability to dunk set-ups proved deciding factor of game. I i V I i I Luhtola, Sumner guard, connectedl with six field goals. Dec. 21-Seattle Prep 51, Bells 24. First game played before large I crowd. Lions' nervousness caused, costly fumbling which was used to 5 good advantage by Prep five. Car- l roll of Seattle was high with 11. Kropf contributed 8 to Bellar- mine's score. Dec. 27-Yelm 31, Bells 24. The .y cracker-box gym is put to goodi use by home team. Individuali scoring honors went to Kropf with 12. i Jan. 2-Gig Harbor 18, Bells 29., First home game for Lions. Ort- ing's advantage in heightfwas nul- y lified by the Bells' sharp scoringi eyes. .Kropf, Bellarmine's leadingi scorer, again tops list with 12. , Jan. 5-Stadium 41, Bells 18., Disadvantages in experience and height prove fatal to Lions. Stu-l dent body gave creditable supporti by laudable attendance. Burrows, Stadium forward, contributed 10g toward Tigers' cause. I Jan. 9-Federal Way 33, Bells 36. i A nip and tuck battle all the way. Vlahovich dropped in three count- ers in overtime period to win the game. Thornberg and Bylin, of Federal Way, made 13 and 12 re- spectively. But their sharpshoot- ing was offset by Lions' smooth, teamwork. Record to date-four wins against four losses. Jan. 12-O'Dea 47, Bells 20. Every team has its off night. This happened to be it. No excuse. Boyle, Meher and Ulloa, of the Irish, accounted for 38 of their team's 47 points. Jan. 13-Eatonville 47, Bells 29. Lions were unable to shake off . cruised to easy victory with Davie, their center, making 15 points. Jan. 16fLincoln 42, Bells 24. Close checking and accurate long shooting of Abes enables them to capture verdict. The Lincoln guard combination, McGuire and Mellor, scored 11 points apiece. Jan. 19-Fife 50, Bells 28. The score is no example of the game's intensity. Although held at a great disadvantage in the first half, the Lions came back to match the Trojans almost point for point. Dan Jacques, Fife cen- ter, led all the scoring with 20 counters. Kropf and Trine scored 10 and 9 respectively. Jan. 23-Stadium 57, Bells 27. It's that same old story, lack of height and experience, that proved to be the Lions' greatest foe. The outmanned team, however, never 'stopped trying. Burrows and Lewis I outpaced all competition with 17 and 15 tallies. Harrington, Bell guard, contributed 8 points to lead his team. , Bell Cubs Good In Early Games The small but powerful Cub five were off to a good start this bas- ketball season with a win over Holy Rosary. The score was Holy :Rosary 13, Cubs 46. In their second start the Cubs were defeated by a strong, rangy St. Leo's quintet by the score of 30-11. Another defeat was suf- fered at the hands of the Fife Junior High, 36-27. Both of the previous games were played on the Bellarmine maples. Those on the Cub team are: Daniszewski, Comfort, Simpson, Nugent, Rooney, C. Kelly, Fenlon, Schreiner, Shugrue, Hawley, Lem- on, McPhail, Carlson, Mitchell, L. Huntsman, White. Fr. C. Meckes, S. J., is the coach. Ei! A'A 'A' ' li if CoIvIPI.I MENTS I II , of I I' ' 'I :I Washington Hardware , 924 Pacific Ave. 5 a- - - -- --- ' ----- IE School Sweaters Our Specialty MAin 6581 934 Commerce Q QUALITY KNITTING ' IE I eie-.-J-.-v--'-v--------- 'il Tr'- 1- Ti:tt:-:ii:t? 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I i 0 I The Lwn Published monthly during the school d n I year by the students of Bellarmine High School, Tacoma, Wash. Subscription, 75 :ents a year. Entered as second class matter, Feb. 14, 1929, at the post office at Tacoma, Wash., under the Act of March 3, 1879. I OLIVER GLASSY Editor I Associates: Henry Burke, Iim Flannery Sports Editor .,......,........... H. Hellenkamp Associates: I Bill Bichsel, Welt Haniger Features ............ Ed Raitano, Wm. Dung Circulation .....................,.......................... ....,.......Prank Loonam, Bob Gosselin Ad Manager ..........,..,........ Bill St. Martin , Librarian .................................. 'l'om Brady Reporters: Pele lvanovich, Denny Crowley, George Bader, Dick Messo. Brian Doherty, Iohn Toyn- bee, Bob Robison, Pat Maloney and Don Fenlon. N Adviser ...................... S. D. Perma, S. I. Member of 'THE QUILL AND SCROLL Member- of the CATHOLIC PRESS ' On Jan. 11 in the State Armory, the Bellarmine rifle team, under fthe direction of Sgt. Douglas, lfired its first match of 'the sea- Ison, and came out victorious over ithe Lincoln rifle team by a score of 851 to 831. The Lincoln rifle 'team is under the supervision of Capt.' Larson and Phil Sorboe. ,The members participating in the match were Jayko, May, McDon- Iough, Toynbee and McCaffrey. The ROTC rifle team, which is Ialso under the supervision of Sgt. Douglas, spent last week in firing the first match in competition for the Randolph Hearst trophy. Last iyear this group of firers won sec- ond place among the Ninth Serv- lice Command teams. New Lio11 Staff 'be replaced as feature writer by Raitano and William Dung. IFrank Loonam and Bob Gosselin iwill be circulation managers, as- isuming the duties of Bob Woods land Chuck Schuler. Bill St. Mar- tin will remain as ad manager. Librarian will be Tom Brady. The old and new staff reporters are: Pete Ivanovich, Denny Crow- ley, George Bader, Dick Messo, Brian Doherty, John Toynbee, Bob Robison, Pat Maloney and Don Fenlon. The system should give the new staff experience while some of the old members are still here to help them. Anyone who is interested and would like to work on the pa- per staff is asked to see Mr. Penna. E1 A' ' A' ' ' 'EI RELIGIOUS ARTICLES Make Most Treasured Gifts The Kaufer Co., Inc. ASSOCIATION 756 Broadway MA. 2702 ,Y-.-.-.-.-v-Y-Y-.----A-v-Y--I-,Q E?'2Q'2'gigt22'L'QiQfIliiiiig 4 g ig: 5: 5 .1 ' IT LL PAY YO-U TO ,I gg PRINTING ,, 1+ RIDE THE ELEVATORS 1. 1: It 11 :Q gg for Schools . . . :E T0 :I A SPECIALTY N I I JAY MERRICKI Ig h C gg if For Quality Jewelry H -I0 nson' OX 1: ji ly II ' I il -1 sixth FIOOI, Fadenfy Bldg. Ig fi Cpmpany il . I I th 6, Broadway 1, Q 726 Pacific Ave. BRdwy. 2238 'E 23NVAvAvAvA'Av-vAvAvAvAvAvAv-VA-A-Av-J5 l-222222221 1:3f::::::::L

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PAGE Two I THE LION December, 1944 its l 2,1 flifislfi-ff .Q A,-We yjfif tie' 'xl' e - ' .1 -Q ,lj f'. 1 S ,--,fb ' ffq, 'All In ancient times the pagan pop- ulation of Germany worshiped trees and fountains. One particu- lar oak tree of giant size and of old age was dedicated to Thor, the god of thunder. This was the greatest pagan shrine in the whole country. Gossip was spread around that the missionary Boniface was going to cut down the oak tree on a determined day. On that appointed day a great crowd gathered around the sacred oak and watched Boniface swing the ax vigorously. The rustling sound of the falling oak was soon heard by the multitud'e. The mighty oak crashed to the ground and a young fir, symbol of everlasting life, sprang up in its place. Seeing this, St. Boniface related to the people that the day would come when every family should gather around a fir tree on Christmas to celebrate the birth of the Christ Child. thy Paul Eckrothl The Fun of Christmas Christmas comes but once a year, It is a time for fun and cheer. The Christmas tree all gay and bright, Stands in the room on Christmas night, With presents here and presents there, And the children all kneeling in silent prayer. Their stockings are hung on the mantles this night, While far to the north a star shines bright. What's this I hear? A burst of noise,- It's Santa with his bag of toys. His reindeer leap upon the roof, And he's down the chimney with one quick poof! He puts the presents under the tree, For all the happy children to see. He climbs back up with greatest of ease And he's off with a flash up into the breeze. by Don Fenlon, Freshman Qtherlasting Christmas At Christmas the spirit of good fellowship, good will, and friendship fills the hearts' of most people. It is a gala season for young and old. Neighbor helps neighbor, enemies become friends, and petty grievances are laid aside by all under the influence of the Christmas spirit. But why must this spirit manifest itself during this season alone? Why cannot people live together in a spirit of good will through the year? I do not.mean to imply that everyone is constantly at war with his neighbor, but the peoples, races, and nations of this world seem all too ready to bury the hatchet, not in the ground, but in the back of a fellow man. This is not true of all people, but the majority of us must admit that we constantly are giving little digs to those who do not entirely agree with our viewpoint. Racial prejudice and class distinction enter in here. OE course there must be varied social planes, but some people get the idea that because they can sport better clothing, live in a better neighborhood, and drive a better automobile, they are superior to the common man. This notion is definitely false. Some have been more fortunate than others, but it is what a man is rather than what he wears that counts. I do not mean by this that all social problems of the world can be solved by merely adopting the spirit of brotherly love, but it would go a long way towards remedying many of them. Cby Henry Burkej . Christmas, 1944 When Christ was born, 1944 years ago, Peace and Se- curity reigned for one night in a disrupted country ruled by the power-mad Herod. For one night the angels and the shepherds rejoiced, for the Greatest of all was amongst them. But this for one night only. Christmas, 1944, finds the world in a bitter strife. The celebration of the birth of the Christ Child will again bring Peace on Earth, Good Will towards men. On this Holy Night, the worship and love of the Son of God will be shown throughout this world. Though locked in a bitter struggle. the nations will unite for the purpose of worshipping Almighty God in the form of a toddling infant, the Christ-Child. Yes, Christmas, 1944 will again bring, as it always has brought and will ever bring, Peace on Earth, Good Will to Man. By PAUL ROBINSON Sodalities Meet in Gymg Honor Pope Pius XII On Monday, December 4, a spir- itual meeting of both sodalities was held in the school gym. At this meeting the sodalities honored Pope Pius XII with Joseph Retal- lick as chairman. After the sodality hymn Mother Dear was sung, Patrick Shilley sketched the life of Pius XII,'re- calling the Pope's visit to the United States. He told the student body the obligations ,we all have as Catholics to be loyal to the Holy Father. After this the Litanies of the Blessed Mother were sung in Latin and another spiritual paper was read by Leroy Kretchmer on the Immaculate Conception. A Solemn Triduum is held each year in honor of the Pope. Mass was said each morning in the stu- dents' chapel: and the students made special visits to nie Blessed Sacrament to pray for our Holy Father. On December 8, the stu- dent body received Holy Com- munion for the Vicar of Christ. 'I'he Sodality is planning for its big social, January 19. Merry -Christmas and a. Happy New Year SENIOR SCENES ' Where are the Seniors going after the January graduation? This is a question often asked, but not often answered, for most of the boys have not the slightest idea where they are going,-after boot training. This is how they stand up to date. Ed Archbold, Gerry Horner, Gene Mack, John Maddock and Pat Shilley have all received their 'fgreetingsu from the President and will 'be inducted soon after graduation. Dick Broz and Paul Eckroth are going sailing with the Merchant Marine, while George Eckroth and Joe Woolery are go- ing to March to school in the A.S.T.P.R. Jim McGoffin and Bert Goodman are going to College and Bill Brady has his eyes set -on vo- cational school. Chuck Schuler is going to Seattle College for one term and then he is going to Santa Clara. Don ' McGavick is going to San Diego to school: yes, you've guessed it, the Marine Corps. Dave Harrigan is plan- ning to be an infantry man. Be- sides losing eighteen graduating seniors in January, Bellarmine is also losing Gene Keenan. Gene is leaving to join his parents who are moving back east. Gene played one year of reserve basketball,and one year of, varsity basketball. He is well-liked by all his classmates and we. are sorry to see him leave. .Bye, Gene! Buy Stamps and Bonds. Support the 6th War Loan Drive The Lion Published monthly during the school year by the students of Bellarmine High School, Tacoma, Wash. Subscription, 75 cents a year. Entered as second class matter, Feb. 14, 1929, at the post office at Tacoma, Wash., under the Act of March 3, 1879. JIM McGOFFIN Editor Associate .................................. Jim Henriot Sports Editor .................. - .......... Ed Graisy Associates..Henry Hellenlcamp, Bill Bichsel Features ..... Bert Goodman, Oliver Glassy Circulation .... Bob Wood, Chuck Schuler Ad Mgrs. Bill St. Martin, Bob Robison Librarian Exchange Reporters: Dick Bannon, Paul Hebert, E. Rudy Knabel, Pete lvanovich, .....:....,,...,,.....Henry Hellenkamp Editor ................. Bob Ludeman Gaines, Danny Crowley, ,Ice Zajac, John Com- fort, Geor e Bader R B lc Di k g , enry ur e, c Messo, Bob Erickson, Bill Dung and Dick Broz. Member of THE QUILL AND SCROLL Member of the CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION