Benedictine College - Raven Yearbook (Atchison, KS)

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Fpper l'1'mm' f Debate team and coach---f Fpper left fnrnere-f Rev. Gervase Burke, O.S.B., debate coach, Fpprr right-mp rowASeeger, Turrzlnt, Farrell, Fitzgerald. Hallam rmvfllfinkler, Busch, Peterson, Gallagher. 1.nwer l,I.t'flH'l Spiritual Organization and Chaplain-M left picture-lop TOTL O'DO11UCll, Davenport, DeMar, Duval Bntlom nm Miller, Fitzgerald, O'Shea, Gallagher, Farrell. Lower fighf- 'Rev. Charles Aziere, O.S.B., Student Chaplain U'Shea, and other ofhcers, joseph Gallagher and Patrick Farrell. Father Charles, student chaplain, took great interest in the Sodality and helped make its year successful. The local unit was represented at conventions throughout the state by delegations chosen from the Sodality's ofhcials. The object of the lloly Name Society at St. Bene! diet's is to instill into the students a respect for the lloly Name of God and to curb all offensive language. The ollieers of the society this year were Stephen Cole, president, Francis Duval, viceepresidentg and Henry Conner, secretary. The debate team was continued this year with Father llenry Courtney, tJ.S.B., as coach. XYillard Tarrant was elected chairman. Because of work which took him from the college faculty, Father Ilenry was replaced by Father Gervase Burke, tJ.S.B., who directed the team during the second semester. The debate-rs participated in intercollegiate contests. The B club is an organization of those who have earned the big B for participation in intercollegiate athletics. This group includes football, basketball, and boxing men. john Beattie, fourfletterman in football and basketball, was chairman during the past year, XYillia1n O'Neal, who gained All-American honors in football this year, was secretaryftreasurer. The most important function of this organization is to foster athletic spirit at St. Benedict's. lt also sponsors o11e of the larger social events of the year, the annual B club dance. A glee club, which developed some excellent vocal talent, was organized this year under the direction of Father joseph Staudinger, CJ.S.B. The club gave sever- 1fFPl'l'Sl'P1f!1f1 E'L'.Y nf the B Club-'left I0 right- O'Donnell, O'Neal, Busch, Maes, Nadolski, Gambold

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most popular feature of the paper. One of the most interesting sections of the paper was the new type of feature story. Previous to this year the complete record of the events, activities, and incidents of each school term was published in a yearbook, the Raven. Because of finan- cial difficulties, the Raven could not be produced this year and in its place the editors have published the Karon Mazgt1z1'nc, a concise yet complete history of the school year. ln tl1e publication of this magazine much credit is due the editors, Joseph Thompson and Quintin Malone. It was not decided until late in the year that tl1is book would appear and it was no easy task that these two men undertook in laying out and editing thirty-two pages of write-up and engravings in ten weeks time. Gerald O'Shea was business manager, Joseph Gallagher assisted him in this work, and john Busch was circulation manager. The dramatic club under the able direction of Father Isidor Smith, O.S.B., successfully staged Shakespeare's Othello and Bulwer-Lytton's Riclzelieu. Willard Tarrant, as Iago, led the dramatic club to suc- cess in the presentation of Othello. Charles Bassette, playing the part of the Moor, made a successful debut as an actor in the same presentation. Some of the players making their hrst appearance in this production were Harold Mulligan and Gilbert Davenport. Richelieu revealed a large amount of talent among the freshman students, and added to the success of the older players. In tl1is play, acting the leading role of Cardinal Richelieu, Willard Tarrant made l1is last appearance on the college stage. The several spiritual organizations are under the direction of the Students' Spiritual Council, which was organized last year in order to ccntralizc religious acti- vity. Membership in the Council is composed of olli- cials of religious societies on the campus. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is thc most active religious organization on the campus. The local unit two years ago began catechetical work among the color- ed people of Atchison and have founded a colored parish under the direction of Father Placidus Kieffer, O.S.B. Through the efforts of Patrick Fitzgerald, president of the society, and its other otlicers, the or- ganization entertains with plays and music the children of the State Orphans Home in Atchison, and those of the colored orphanages in Leavenworth. Much credit for the success of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality this year goes to its prefect, Gerald Abozfew- Rev. Isidor Smith, O.S.B., Dramatic.: coach. Abowf righl---Cast of Richelieu Top row-Roberts, Knoeber, McNary, Finken, Meissen, Frederick, Fry, Dehner, Farrell, Fran! row--Tarrant, Davenport, McLean, Shay, Gonner, Mulli- gan, Thompson, Kane, Kongs, Vandenberghe, Below, right---the grand march 5 of the St. Bcnedict's-Mount St. ' Scholastica prom, principal in- ,A tercollegiate event of the year. 0 0 i

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Upper left-W-Orchestra. Left to right --Asehenbrenner, Fry, LaRocque, Theodore Leuterman, O.S.B., Raphael 0'Malley, 0.S.H., Rev. Pius Pretz, OSB., Rev. Andrew Green, O.S.B., Prof. McKenzie, LaPlante, Dc-Mar, Lalfonte, Rev. Edward Schmitz, 0,S.li., llelget, Malone, Rev, Paschal Pretz, O.S.B,, Rea, Roberts, Conrad Spence, O.S.B. Upper right' Prof, john C. McKenzie. Lower left--Rev. Joseph Staudinger, O.S.B., Head of the Music Department. Lower right--College Glee Club. Back row, left to right--Helget, pianist, Garcia, Frederick, Malone, Wetta, Finken, Thompson, Gal- lagher, Ilussman, Mulligan, LaPlante. Front row--f-Ketter, Duffy, Lueckenhoff, Bradley, Morey, LaRocqne, Meissen, lDeMar, Lalfonte, Aschenbrenner, Director McKenzie. al entertainments in the college auditorium. The glee club is an integral part of the mixed chorus composed of forty-five men's and women's voices, which was organized this year by Father Joseph and john C. McKenzie, professor of music at St. Benedict's. The mixed ehorus, glee club, and symphony orchestra, all directed by Professor McKenzie, presented a com- bined spring concert in the college auditorium, May 8. Professor McKenzie is director of the college or- chestra, which is distinct from the symphony orchestra. The college orchestra, which consists of both students and faculty members, furnishes music for scholastic eng tertainments and also for the student assemblies. A symphony orchestra, composed of members of the college and the McKenzie School of Music, which is located in Atchison, presented the annual spring con- cert in the college auditorium May 14. The social committee, which consists of student officers of both St. Benediet's and Mount St. Scholasti- ca colleges, arranges tl1e social functions between the two schools. One member of each of the three upper classes of both colleges is appointed on this committee. jerry O'Donnell and Rose Lane, presidents of the student councils of each school, are joint chairmen of the social committee. The most important activity undertaken by the committee is the ammal formal spring prom, a joint entertainment of the two colleges and the most important social event of the year. Social Committee Left to right, top row - Schorn, Thimes, O'I7onnell. Bottom row---Beatrice Quinn, Louise WV.-stlake, Marietta Aldrich, Agnes Leo Rieger. 20