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

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December Zl, 1956 CARDINAL AND WH ITE Page Five HELP WANTED While pondering one day on a weighty problem, I was confronted by a rather stupid looking fresh- man - aren't they all - who had decided that since he was in high school now, he was going to be neat. Being a freshman. he didn't. of course, knou' how to be neat. That figures? Well, he comes up to me and he says, and I quote, Be- ing a senior, you must naturally be neat. Now there wasn't too much I could say. so I said. Hmm. well. yeah, how 'bout that? Well, I figured he'rl go away after that, but being neat. as all seniors are, he thought that I was also en- dowed with the patience of God and the icisdom of Elvis Presley. What could I do? He kept follow- ing me with that aren't you-won- derful look in his red eyes and began to imitate me. This soon be- came embarrassing, so I took him aside and casually asked him what he wanted. Oh sir, my goal is to be as neat as you are neat, was his humble but intelligent reply. Trying hard to suppress my laugh- ter. I told him that he should, if he wanted to be neat, be himself as he sees himself. Truly words of wisdom because . . . hmmm, I dunno, maybe if I had . . . Let me disgress here for a mo- ment, as I am swiftly running out of ideas. That seems like about as good a reason as any. Although, if this story ceases to interest you, you can look at the jokes or Sal- ler's editorial or something else if you want to. I really don't care. Honest and true Iyes, F. K., we know it should be trulyj I d0n't. But for those faithful few who are rapt in their attention to me, I shall make an effort to continue. Boy, am I a good guy. Neat's the word. This freshman agreed with me wholeheartedly, as I had my blade to his throat to further impress upon him the importance of what I had said, he left swiftly to try my advice. Whether or not he suc- ceeds is entirely up to him and the 'way he plays it. Maybe you can help him along. Who knows. he might really turn out to be neat! I tell you what. 'I'll describe him for you and you find him and give some encouragement. Being Our Radio Club Radio Clubbers striving forward. The Radio Club's history may be traced back to 1953, when three energetic students and Bro. Eugene Meyer got together, studied code for the licenses and built up a very good size station. Now the club can boast of 17 members, 10 of whom have amateur Ham licenses. The club also boasts two transmitters, a Collins receiver and the newest up-to-date receiver, the NC-300. The Radio Club's purpose is that every member pass the government test for a ham li- cense. To achieve this end, a one hour period is set aside for the club each day. It is broken down into three parts aj Code by theory and cl building a transmitter to be used after the license is obtained . The club officers, Alan Hamil- ton, President and Forest Murphy, Vice-president are also members of the Radio Amateur Civil Emer- gency System QRACESJ which is a unit of the Civil Defense. Bro. Eugene Meyer, assisted by Bro. Leo Schultz, is moderator of the club. one for strict order. I'lZ quickly down the list of characteris- tics. To start off. he has: eyeballs-too red for description. legs-wobbly, and hairy like two toothpicks buried in Vigoro. Til' 71 tContinued on Page 83 BASKETBALL PEP RALLY At 2:45 P.M. on Nov. 30, the first basketball pep rally of the '56-'57 season was held in the gymnasium. The band opened the rally with our National Anthem. David Dempsey, president of the Student Council, who acted as M.C. during the affair, greeted the students and encouraged them to give generously to the Food and Clothing drive. The -basketball team was then introduced and the cheerleaders led the students in some rousing cheers. After a few words from the team captain, Steve Satterth- Waite, Father Blume blessed the team. Two skits were put on, one by the Freshmen and one by the Seniors. Those Freshmen partici- pating were Hartung, Knese, Or- lando, Faherty, Saenger, Dirn- berger, McCarthy, Nolan, Carmody, Bina, Brangle, and Sebacher. The Seniors taking part were Frick, Abel, Danna, McCarthy, Beetz, Giessman, Canty, and Bier. The Homecoming trophies and the 'Spirit trophy were awarded. The C-team, coached by Ray- mond Davenport and Bro. Cyril Boscher, was commended for its very successful undefeated season. Bringing the rally to a close, the band played Esto Vir, the Chaminade school song.

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Page Four CARDINAL AND WH ITE December 21, 1956 St. Louis Symphony Orchestra f 2 5 5 Q . Band News The 1956-57 Chaminade College Music Department presented its Winter Concert in the Chaminade Gym, December 2, at 8:15 P.M. The Music Department, under the direction of Mr. Kenneth C. Scheiibal, has made great strides toward perfection since the be- ginning of the year. The band auditioned for the Ted Mack Orig- inal Amateur Hour last month. However, we have not heard any On the 26th of November, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra gave an excellent concert to the student body. Thomas Lambiase, a former word concerning the matter. We have good reason to be proud of our band here at Chami- nade, for it ranks as one of the best in the city. The band wishes each and every one of you a very joyous and a very Blessed Christ- 11135. Enjoyable Evening The faculty and students of C. C. teacher conducted the orchestra in several numbers, the most popular of which was the William Tell Overture. Congratulations Chaminade, college prep school, was put to the test last October 26, when the boys in the upper half of the senior class took the qualifying test for the National Merit Scholarship Competition. This test matched their wits with the best. Last week fDec. 73 Father Blume was informed that two of pur seniors, Dexter Dalton and Barry McCormick, had qualified for the final test, which will be given January 12. They are among ,the approximately 5,000 seniors across the country who were screened out from the estimated 100,000 boys and girls who took the October test. On the basis of the January College Board Exams, some 500 seniors will be awarded grants ranging from S100 to S1000 ,per year at the college of their choice. Last year Richard Daly earned a try at the final exam and was awarded a Certificate of Merit. We wish Ilex and Barry even bet- ter fortune and we congratulate them for having done so well so far. Alumni Doings The students, and especially the boarders of Chaminade are indeed grateful to the Alumni for their donation of a new Admiral TV. This new TV set has been placed in the lounge of Canning Hall. This is but the first of many such donations that the Alumni plans to give to the stu- dents. An alumni scholarship will begin next September. All of these benelits are financed through the Annual Horse Show. Some plans are already under way for the second horseshow, to be held in May of 1957. At the first executive meeting of the cur- rent year, held on Nov. 29, 1956, Albert Schweitzer was elected president of Chaminade Alumni Association. He is assisted by Mr. John Schriber III, Mr. Clay Masek, Mr. H. Conley as vice- presidentg Mr. P. Muckerman as treasurerg Mr. J. Wunderlich as Congratulations to these best of good luck to secretary. men and their projects in vision. The next get-together of the Alumni will take place on the first Saturday of Lent. An annual day of recollection will be held in Chaminade Chapel. Chaminade combined recently to present one of the most enjoyable evenings in the school's history on Thursday, Dec. 20. The program of entertainment began with Eddie Quilman of the sixth grade and his sister tap dancing. Jack Weaver followed with his interpretation of the song, The Fox, done in calpso style. Then Eric Leonhart of the Freshman Class favored the audience with a piano solog Rich- ard Smith, already a veteran of such affairs, rendered a stirring rendition of the popular tale, Our Lady's Juggler. Then the highlight of the eve- ning, according to the students, came when the Brothers' Barber Shop Quartettef' composed of Brothers Cyril Boschert, Thomas Geiss, Harold Lootens, and Eugene Meyer, entertained with various numbers. STAFF EDITORS-S. Saller, T. Donahue. SPORTS-L. Klinedinst, I. Owens. I. Sanders. PHOTOGRAPHY-l. Hughes, I. B. De- Lisle. REPORTERS-D. Dempsey, A. Hamilton, F. Murphy, G. Volk, B. Saiia, P. Hancock, M. Tuelh, B. Hamilton, B. Hellrunq, B. Sommers, B. Burqlech- ner, K. Bland, G. LaViqne, G. Fa- herty, I. Klebba.

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Page Six CARDINAL AND WHITE December 21, l956 CHAMINADE BASKETBALL FARING WELL Alumni-Varsity Game The annual Alumni-Varsity game was held on Tuesday, Nov. 27. The teams were well matched and the game very close until, in over- time, the Alumni bowed to our Varsity 53-51. The Alumni players who form- ally starred on our Varsity were Dickens, Krekler, Remlinger, Bru- ton, S-ommers and Brown. Throughout the first half our Varsity led. Then in the 3rd and 4th quarters the score was tied which effected an overtime, thus spelling the Alumni's doom . . . 53-51 in favor of C.C. Varsity. The high point scorers for our team were Steve Satterthwaite, 163 Ed. Kohlberg, 113 Dohle and Boyer, 9. Dickens and Sommers starred for the Alumni with 22 and 21 points, respectively. B Team-SLUH On llec. ll, the Chaminade Jun- ior Varsity met St. Louis Univer- sity High and were defeated 35- 26. True, they lost, but the great spirit and drive that was shown offset the loss. Mike llardas was responsible for 8 Chaminade tallies. The man of the night, however, was Juan Perez. He scored only five points, fewer than usual, but his ball handling and aggressive work on defense was nothing short of tre- mendous. The lead jumped back and forth throughout the second and third quarters, Chaminade edging ahead, then resilient St. Louis U. bound- Preps Persistent The C.C. Preps, traditional champions in their division, again have a splendid basketball team, and have to their credit so far a four win and no defeat record. Their first game, in which they played host to Our Lady of the Pillar on November 30, was, what may be said, a real trouncing. Their smooth ball handling proved far superior to that of Pillar and the Preps racked up a 29-10 win. The next game was played with Little Flower on December 7, and again their excellent ball han- dling and brilliant defense proved to be the deciding factor as the Preps handed them a 24-4 loss. Holy Redeemer was the next to fall, as they piled up 34 points while allowing only 15 to their opponents. St. Peter's of Kirkwood was the next victim, falling an easy prey to Kreckler's drive-in shots, Korack's ball handling, and Vir- agh's corner shots. The second and third string preps continued the sharp shooting in the second half to finish the game 48-15 vic- tors. C.C. showed well in both scrim- mages against McBride's and St. Mary's C teams, losing to the former by only one point, 38-37. ing back to take the lead. In the fourth quarter, however, the regulars of C.C. began tiring and the Junior Bills, with a rested first string, pulled out in front to stay. C.C.'s C Team Under the fine and able coach- ing of Bros. Ray Davenport and Cyril Boschert, this year's Fresh- men have proven themselves to be a most athletic group. Fol- lowing their brilliant football sea- son, they are thus far undefeated in basketball. With starting players such as Don Carmody, Chris Bina, Charlie Brangle and Pete C-Team has given hard-fought decision. Nolan, Jim Knese, the every foe a The first in which C.C. played host to an experienced St. Francis de Sales team, was hard fought and well played. Neither team was very far in front for long. During the last minutes of the fourth quar- ter, CC took the lead and held it --Final score: C.C. 33, De Sales 27. Knese was high point man with 10 points. game, November 30. The next game was again played at Chaminade on December 4, against McBride. Being less ex- cited, the C-Team made easy work of the visitors and racked up a 25 to 15 victory. Bina was high point man with 10 points. Knese was second with 8. On December 7, Chaminade scrimmaged the Priory. While giving only 6 points, CC racked up 30 points over the frustrated Priory quintet. With basketball playing and coaching on the C-Team as it is, it can easily be seen that the Chaminade teams of the future have a firm foundation. '56-'57 Preps ' ' 56- 57 C Team