Chaminade College Preparatory School - Cardinal Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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t ,a Rl N HWQQON calling . . . WQQON calling, and Standing by . . . This familiar phrase can be heard regularly every Sunday evening in the Radio Room. It's the call of the Chaminade Radio Club being sent over the wireless. The Radio Club, organized and spearheadedby Bro. Eugene Meyer, the moderator, is nowin its fifth year. Perhaps no other organization at school has had so fabulous a growth as the Radio Club, whose prominence and prestige in the St. Louis area is enviable indeed. Bro. Leo Scholz's help this year has given it a new impetus. Con- ducted daily on a class basis, the Club functions for the benefit of the students interested in ama- teur radio. Its purpose is specific: to train its members so thoroughly that by the time they are jtmiors and seniors they will be able to qualify for a General Class Amateur Radio License conferred by the FCC. To enumerate the many civic ser- vices such ham o e p rators can render would be to belabor the obvious. C . ongratualtions to Chaminade's young radio men! i

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I Cl.. VV Music appreciation marks the cultured gentle- man. We believe that one of Chaminade's rich- est assets is its music program, comprising the school band and the liturgical singing group. The band is under the very able direction of Mr. Ken- neth C. Scheibal. The singing is equally well directed by Father Robert Hogan and Bro. Harold Lootens. The liturgical group performed at the concerts and at the weekly singing during Mass. The band is composed of Concert, Varsity, Dixieland, and German sections. A new feature was added this year with the introduction of the Guitar and Accordion Clubs. In addition to three annual concerts, the band renders valuable ser- vice at athletic events, assemblies, and general school programs. Certainly the band deserves no little credit for the scientillating school spirit that reigns at Chaminade. Much of this credit stems from the efficient management of the band officers: Bert Settlage, president: Paul Knese, vice-presidentg Forry Mur- phy, secretary: John Dailey, librarian: and Bob Hellrung, manager. With Mr. Scheibal, these of- ficers have helped the band take honors in The Fontbonne Music Festival. A most enviable dis- tinction came this year with their invitation to play at The National Music Convention held in St. Louis during May. Faculty and students alike are all very proud of these many facets of music training that spar- kle at Chaminade. If , ' P if re- . si . M- ... 2 .4 4.

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SPEECH AND DEBATE 'U oo 7 Lf 'f ABOVE: Oratoryg BELOW: Radio-Estempore ii The Fulton J. Sheen Club, more popularly known as the Speech Team, has this year equalled--and in several instances surpassed--its traditionally superb record at Chaminade. In two of the C.I.S.L. meets, they placed five speakers in the finals, thus breaking previous records and establishing a first-place rank as the school with the highest number of finalists. Outstanding in this year's competi- tion were: Mike Tueth and Bill Ham- ilton in Original Oratoryg Bob Vescovo and Bob He llrung, Non-Original Ora- toryg Richard Schmidt and Jack Castu- lik in Serious and Humorous Interpre- tation, respectivelyg Forrest Murphy and George Volk, Estemporeg Steve Saller and Joe Ellebrecht, Radio. Both the Oratory Team and the Radio-Ex- temp Team copped first-division tro- phies. Bob Vescovo won the second- place medal in the County Finals of American Legion Oratory. Equally competent was this year's Debate Team which wrangled itself into top honors. Bob Hellrung and Bill Hamilton comprised the negative squad, while George Volk and Mike Tueth upheld the affirmative side of the farm issue. George and Mike both received ribbons for their superior de- bating. A. new feature of the Club, the Speech Clinic, ftmctioned quite suc- cessfully in this its second year at Chaminade. Richard Schmidt won the best-speaker trophyg Kemper Coffelt and Jack Sanders won gold medals as the next-best speakers. Through the Clinic, speech is available to all stu- dents. The Club thanks its moderator, Bro. Frank Klapp, for his vigilant in- terest and coaching, despite many other pressing duties.