Campion Jesuit High School - Knight Yearbook (Prairie du Chien, WI)

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Hoffman the author reviews typed manuscript of his latest novel at this home in 1950. Two of his historical novels, Richard Haddon and Untamed Wilderness, were published in 1920. and 1930. I'oach-aulhor writes three historical novels sports writer of the Chicago American, wrote after watching the 1934 basketball team at the National Tournament: “The Campion team has something that no other fives in these tourneys have . . . It’s a sort of fear of losing and a never-say- die spirit.” Coach Hoffman has given Campion the spirit and prestige of champions. But even more has been his personal example. It is fitting that the final tributes come from the students themselves written in the Campionette, the first in 1934, the second in 1955: “Possibly Coach Hoffman's success is due to his wonderful character itself. . . . His teams love and respect him as the teams at Notre Dame respect and love Knute Rockne. His teams play for him and not for the crowd. They listen to his advice and accept his corrections because they know he is The Rest Coach' and as a result they are The Best Coached “Indeed Coach Hoffman is a living exemplar of the ideals of Campion. He is first and foremost a gentleman, a truly Christian soul whose every action is stamped with fairness and kindness, and whose name has become a hall- mark for courtesy and consideration. The supreme tribute to a coach! The W. E. Dunn trophy for The Best Coached Team at the National Catholic H. S. Basketball Tournament in Chicago, 1934 Invited to 12 national tournaments, his teams won 15, lost 15. 9

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Memoria! Fi vlti pays tribu tv it yrcal coach lete center jump after every basket. It was said he never lost a game if he was close at half time, so expertly could he diagnose op- ponents’ strength and strategy. The spectacular track record of 52 wins, 13 losses, for a staggering .820 win percentage included three consecutive undefeated sea- sons and only five losses from 1929-1942. Over half of the present school records were set by his athletes. When Campion resumed baseball in 1948, the Coach, now in the twi- light of his career, led the team to a five-year 21-18 record, with an 8-1 season in 1950. To keep alive the memory of such a coach and of his remarkable record, the Campion football field was named in perpetuum Hoff- man Field and in 1950 the La Crosse diocese created the Hoffman Football Trophy, a per- manent travelling award to the best team each year in the diocese. For a hobby beyond coaching, Mr. Hoffman mastered much of early Prairie du Chien his- tory and wrote three novels. The first, Richard Haddon, published in 1920, told of historic Fort Crawford in Prairie; the second, Untam- ed Wilderness in 1930, told of fur trading and the War of 1812; the third, to be published, which he has titled A World in Purchase, tells of George Rogers Clark expedition to Illinois during the Revolutionary War. Such is the story of Coach Hoffman. Today at 78 he is still Campion’s most active sports fan and attends all games. His legacy to Campion has been great. Eddie McGuire, HIGH SCHOOL TRACK RECORD 1926-1947 Campion Opp. Year Meets Won Lost Tied Pts. Pts. 1926 2 1 1 0 102 132 1927 3 2 1 0 197 154 1928 2 2 0 0 139 93 1929 4 4 0 0 257 215 1930 2 2 0 0 136 99 1931 4 3 1 0 273 155 1932 No Competition 1933 2 1 1 0 125 101 1934 4 4 0 0 267 165 1935 5 4 1 0 344 193 1936 4 3 0 1 264 154 1937 5 5 0 0 310 230 1938 5 5 0 0 307 233 1939 4 4 0 0 282 198 1940 5 4 1 0 332 257 1941 4 3 1 0 307 145 1942 2 2 0 0 143 78 1943 No Competition 1944 2 0 2 0 85 168 1945 3 1 2 0 160 179 1946 2 2 0 0 146 80 1947 2 0 2 0 78 148 65 52 13 1 4254 3177 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL RECORD Campion Opp. Year Games Won Lost Runs Runs 1948 8 4 4 42 40 1949 8 5 3 47 22 1950 9 8 1 74 21 1951 7 3 4 49 31 1952 7 1 6 13 50 39 21 18 225 164 Hoffman Memorial Athletic Field. Varsity baseball, football fields (left) are completed; rest will be graded this Fall. 8

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@oion£cd Color is modern, living, vibrant. Color mov- ies, color TV, color in clothing, cars, and even industry make us a nation conscious of color. Campion too abounds in color — the colors of her buildings, of her campus with its summer greens and autumn golds and winter blues, of her students’ gay clothing and her teams’ bright uniforms. But in a wider sense far more than the colors of the rainbow make up the symphony of color of Campion: there is her colorful past symbo- lized by Coach Hoffman and his achieve- ments; there is her colorful present LIFE with its ceaseless variety created by students from 24 states and 8 foreign countries; there is the colorful ACTION of her varsity and intramural teams and her shouting specta- tors and of victories won and trophies gain- ed. All this wealth of color the 1961 KNIGHT has attempted to capture in pic- ture and print; and by reproducing for the first time in full color the rich, beautiful stained glass windows of Our Lady of An- gels Students’ Chapel, the KNIGHT has tried to dramatize yet more the COLOR- FUL WORLD OF CAMPION. TABLE OF CONTENTS Student Life .... ... 12 Extra-Curriculars ... 25 Academic ... 51 Seniors ... 58 Underclasses .... ... 77 Faculty ... 89 Varsity Sports .... ... 100 Minor Sports, Intramurals ... 121 Our Benefactors ... 133 Index . . . 179