Benedictine College - Raven Yearbook (Atchison, KS)

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1 Upper picture'-St. J'oseph's Hall. Top row, left to right-Wanstrath, Sullivan, Peterson, Busch, Collins, Keim, Burns. Third row- Nadolski, O'Neal, Welsh, Schorn, Tarrant, Thompson, Burns. Second rowADawson, English, Farrell, Sullivan, Ekcler, Rohe, E. Daly. Front row-Mikesic, J. Daly, Seeger, Guillen, Ortegon, Keneiick, Stone. Lower pirture -St. Benedict's Hall. Top rowvwinkler, Sheldon, Elder, Zabel, Barr. Fourth ro'wfMullins, Westerhaus, Colgan, Mangelsdorf, Wolters, Smith, Nicholson. Third row-Botkin, Bailey, Carrigan, Horner, Thimes, Andrews, Haegelin. Second row- Schrick, Alberts, Kilkenny, Horan, Briggs, Shea, LeCompte., Front ro'wAMcNamara,Whitehead, Regan, Allison, Kesse, Hanny, McCarthy. Hall Bo T. Joseph's hall is the rooming building for upper- classmen. It was built in 1924 to meet the needs of the larger number of upperclassmen enrolling in the college. It is a fire-proof, brick-faced, structure of three stories and the newest college building on the campus. In this hall, as in the others, the students follow widely diversified activities, there are athletes of every type, table waiters, officers of the student council, some of the best students in the school. Such upperclass- men as jerry O'Donnell and jim Helmert, president and secretary respectively of the Student CouncilgAll- 14 Life in the halls told by one who has spent Jive years of high school and college at the Black and lfVhite. by Patrick Fitzgerald, '35 American Bud O'Nealg Willard Tarrant, Shakespearean actor, Chet Nadolski, captain of the I934 Raven foot- ball teamg Johnnie Beattie, last year's co-captain of the football team, and many other athletes and scholars live in this building. St. joseph's hall has always been noted for the spirit of camraderie which exists among its occupants. They co-operate in every activity of the school. No one of them tries to outdo or outshine his hallmate. It is the type of group which St. Benedict's likes to have among its students. Father Florian Demmer, O. S.B., is prefect and pal of all the boys in this hall.

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There are matches and matches. Here are described boxing, swimming, tennis, golf, handball, and intra- mural basketball matches. by Thomas Morrissey, '37 The swimming team under the able tutelage of Wally Hausknecht progressed rapidly, and meets with various teams from this section of the country were scheduled when financial difiiculties entered the situa- tion and the team was disbanded. It was destined to go places and do things with such members as Gerry O'Shea, president of St. Benedict's Red Cross Life Sav- ing Corps, Quinlan, Malone, Busch, Maes, and Rea, of the same corps, and Meany and Faltysek of the Chicago Catholic League championship team. With the advent of warm weather there was not a favorable day during which the golf course was not crowded to capacity. The first golf tournament held here in recent years proved very successful. Play in this tournament began early in May and before most of us realized it, the finals were being played off. Tennis and handball again proved themselves popu- lar with the student body when, as soon as weather per- mitted, the courts were again crowded with lovers of the game. The tournaments were packed with thrill upon thrill, first a sophomore or a senior would be picked to win and then a dark horse in the form of a freshman would emerge to the fore and it was not until the final drive was made that anyone was assured of victory. In one of the highlights of the intramural sports schedule, the members of the high school defeated the freshman class in a football game that proved more interesting and exciting than some collegiate games. For several weeks before the contest the teams were coached by members of :the varsity. Gene Neff was the head mentor of the freshmen and Mick Cas- serly coached the high school. The game was given much publicity and articles appeared in The Rambler and the Atchison Daily Globe from time to time giving accounts of how the teams were rounding into shape. The play swung back and forth without a score being made until the fourth quarter when the high school, by a series of drives through the line, succeeded in mak- ing the touchdown. The try for the point was blocked. The frosh came back strong but time did not permit them to finish their drive which ended but a few short yards away from that long looked towards goal. 21 w 4 1 Upper picturehleft to right-Busch, Maes, Keim, Tarrant, Farrell. Lower pictureHSheehan, Veeneman, N. Thomp- son, Meehan, Ford. Opposite page, topkBoxing team-In ring, left--J. O'Don- nell, right-Briggs. Around ring, left to right- Garcia, O'Connor, Casey, O'Rourke, Schweiger, Dreiling, J. Thompson, Ferry, Welsh, E. Daly, P. O'Donnell, J. Donahue, Kenefick, Tarrant. Opposite page, center-Swimming team. Back row, left to right-Briggs, McNary, Hausknecht, coach, Hoey, McClure. Second row-C. Rohe, Rieke, Meany, Peter- son, Busch, Faltysek. Front row--Carroll, Kane, J. Quinlan, O'Shea, Malone, Fry, Daly, Garcia. Walter A. Hausknecht George Walsh Swimming Coach Boxing Coach

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St. Benedict's hall is composed of students living off the campus. Most of the students have their homes in Atchison, and are graduates of either St. Benedict's high school or Atchison public high. This group does not have a prefect as do the other halls, but it is under the direct supervision of the dean of residence, the Rev. Richard Burns, O.S.B. College authorities usually re- fer to these young men as day scholars, but the students boarding at the college have always labeled the day student with the epithet, day-dog . The hall is well rep- resented in social activities, athletics, and scholarship. Where once was heard the thread of holy monks in the silent shadows of Freshman hall, disturbed only by rhythmic chant and prayer, now lives the lively, dancing freshman. Five years ago this hall was a monastery, since then the Benedictine Fathers have taken as their place of dwelling the new monastery overlooking the Missouri river, and their former home has been remodelled and equipped with the most modern conveniences for the incoming groups of freshmen. How great a change five years have made! Each year the quiet voices of the freshmen can be noticed gradually developing into a sonorous chorus of football signals, nicknames, torch songs, jokes old and new, best girls, nights out, and many other amenities charac- teristic of freshmen. It may be remarked, too, that the freshman group is of heterogeneous ancestry. Irish, Germans, Poles, Swedes, Frenclunen, Italians, and several other nationalities are represented. In a very short time after their arrival at the college, how- ever, they are welded into the one family of St. Bene- dict's students. Their prefects are Fathers Isidor Smith, O.S.B,, Jerome Merwick, 0.S.B., and Philip O'Connor, O.S.B. This year Freshman hall was visited by what the boys called a ghost of the one of the monks long since dead. For almost a week it would happen that the ghost would come into the hallways as nightfprowling freshmen would pass along. The ghost appeared several times and freshmen lost all nerve, all bravado, and, alas, even their appetite. But jokes can't go on Freshman Hall 'l'pper piffzzre, top row ---f O'Malley, Ferry, Shay, Hoey, Rakowski, McGrath. Fourth row--Dockery, Hood, Conlon, Reidy, Laughlin, 0'Sullivan, Rice. Third rowAN. Thompson, Veeneman, Meehan, Spence, Carney, Nolan, Nell, Casserly. Sewrzrl row Moltz, Conley, Concannon, Johnston, Dreiling, Snider, O'Donnell, Mideke, Mclincroe. Front rown Petersen, Neiman, Slayman, Guillen, O'Hyrne, Moulder, Ford, Kirk, Zbranek. Lo'wf'r picture, lop wwe--Carney, Lawler, Mulligan, Gallagher, Stannard, Dillon, Reidy. FU'lh row---Concannon, McLean, Gnilfoyle, Rieke, Conlon. Fourlh rowff Mondi, Ricci, McGovern, Cole, Meehan, McGrath, Donahue. Third row-fMoulder, Zalondek, Tyrrell, Vernen, Schweiger, Carroll, Rakowski. Second row-Ward, Law, Marks, Tusa, Trakas, Stanoscheck, Meany, Morrissey. Fran! row- Galvin, McGarry, Dreiling, Aschenbrenner, Petersen, Faltysek, LaFonte, Mulholland, Frey. l l - Y