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

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The Serra Club of St. Louis has Page Two CARDINAL AND WHITE February Zl, l957 SENIORS TO BECOME ALUMNI The 1957 graduates of Chaminade will be inducted into the reorganized Alumni Association, Thursday, Feb.. 28. Albert Schweitzer. president of the alumni, announced that the meeting in the gym at 8:00 p. m. will be the official kickoff for the second annual horse show, scheduled for the last Sunday in May. Major projects contributing to the Association's growth are: Com- pletion of its roster on addressograph plates: the initiation of the scholarships to be named the Sylvester Jurgens Alumni Scholarship: the editing of a periodical, The Newsletter. The day of recollection, now becoming an Alumni tradition, is set for the first Saturday in Lent, March 9. The Rev. Norbert Moellering, former first division prefect at Chaminade, will preach. A large attendance is anticipated. Serra Contestant Successful and Phil Myer took fourth. sponsored its annual essay con- test. The purpose of the Club is to promote religious life. The title of this year's essay, as was lust year's, is The Attraction Of a Religious Vocation. Over the years Chaminade has maintained an enviable record of wins in this contest. Last year Barney Wander captured first place and Bill Henry This year's participants, Virgel Hosey, Steve Saller, and Forrest Murphy .managed to produce a winner in -the person of Forrest Murphy. Forrest continued the fine record by taking fourth place honors. His prize was a 55.00 check. Congratulations to Forrest for his fine work., as well as the other two contestants. Speech Team Faring VVel1 It appears that the 1956-1957 speech team will have one of the best seasons in several years. At the first C.I.S.L. tournament. Chaminade placed live finalists. In original oratory, Michael Tueth and Bill Hamilton took first and fifth honors, respectively. Robert Vescovo captured third place in non-original oratory, while Forest Murphy and George Volk made the finals in radio-extemporaneous division. In the second C.I.S.L. tourney, Chaminade placed the largest number of finalists of any school entered. Michael Tueth, Bill Ham- ilton, Robert Vescovo, Forest Murphy, and Stephen Saller took final- ists' honors in this meet. Richard Schmidt and Robert Hellrung were runners-up in the same meet. The Chaminade debate team has a 3-3 record after the first C.I.S.L. debate tournament at De Andreis High School. The team defeated Assumption, C.B.C., and Mercy. Chaminade debaters Michael Tueth and George Volk received ribbons as commendable debaters. There are several meets scheduled for February and March. From all aspects, the speech team is having one of its most successful years, and both the original and non-original oratory division and the radio-extemporaneous division are in line for first division trophies. Potential Clceros Strive Forward. ' MAN PORTRAYED This month of February is Cath- olic Press Month. What exactly is Catholic Press Month and what should we do about it? Well, perhaps the best way to answer such a question would be to flnd out what Catholic Literature is, and what it does. Catholic or Supernatural Litera- ture is a portrayal of man in his entirety. Not just man as a sleep- ing, eating, working robot, but also as a faithful, hoping, loving son of Mary. shows man as child of God and Catholic literature he is, made up of body and soul. Literature on a natural level can- not be complete because it does not show man's soul, and the responsibility entailed in saving it. We must follow Mary's example. She was the author of the True Word, and we, in the same way, should understand the True Word, Christ, and His message, through the medium of the Catholic Press! 444143044 Parade The Mothers' Club will present A Bird's-eye View of Spring Fashions on March 15 and 16 in Chaminade gymnasium at 8 p. m.. produced by Kline's, Inc. Our own mothers, escorted by their sons, and some family groups. will model the latest spring fash- ions. The proceeds of this 9th Annual Fashion Show will be contributed to the fund for the high altar of the new chapel to be built at Chaminade. Mrs. Joseph B. Catanzaro and Mrs. Charles J. Grady are general chairmen, Mrs. Gene L. Vescovo and Mrs. R. V. Danna, advertis- ingg Mrs. Edward E. Donahue and Mrs. D. J. Forrestal, patrons, Mrs. Louis Kerber and Mrs. Francis McHenry, ticketsg Mrs. Bernard Gerwitz and Mrs. John Printy, program: Mrs. John Grady, mod- els, Mrs. Fred Rapp, hostess: Mrs. J. F. Ossenfort, decoratingg Mrs. Lloyd Klinedinst, publicity. All of us are doing our best to make this show a huge success. Be sure to attend and get a Bird's-eye View of the show.

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0 ' fullle 0 '04 'frmu 3 . lx. Y CHAMINADE COLLEGE g ' CLAYTON, MISSOURI JL Q glut CHAMINADE COLLEGE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY Zl, 1957 Number 4 I.. to r.: Archbishop Ritter, Father Fanning, and Father Blume. EO Rev. McCarty speaks at Dedication. HAMINMIE PRDGRESSING IN GIANT STEPS Nothing But Progress In Sight A forty-seven year old dream took another step toward reality on January 27, 1957. To be more specific, the faculty residence and the boarders' dormitory, named Canning Hall, were dedicated. Ever since Chaminade's beginning in 1910, the faculty and their friends have been visualizing the day when the campus of Chaminade is truly complete. We have yet to see that day, but we are slowly progressing toward that aim. The Dedication Day consisted of an open house from two to six o'clock, interrupted briefly by a consecration program which began at 3:30. After the Chaminade band played the Star-Spangled Banner, Father Robert Hogan introduced the dig- nitaries present. The main speaker for the occa- sion was Rev. J. Glennon McCarty, the provincial superior of the St. Louis Province. He was fol- lowed by the presentation of a spiritual bouquet to Rev. James Canning, in whose honor the board- ers' dormitory was named, by David Dempsey, president of the Student Council. Bishop Ritter then blessed the buildings and the program was closed by the band's rendition of Esto Vir. A real debt of gratitude is due to all who made this possible. All of the former presidents of our school, many of whom were present at the ceremony, should rightfully head this list. Then come the Executive Board of the President's Coun- cil, with Mr. Carl Kahlrneyer as chairman: the Mothers' and Fathers' Clubs, the Alumni Associa- Dedication Committee, the architects, tion, the engineers, and contractors, and many others too numerous to name. Yet this is not a termination, but merely a stepping-stone. Many other facets of the expansion program have yet to become a reality, the chapel. the extension of the gym, and the renovating of the main building, to mention a few. We have full confidence that, under the guidance of Father Blume and his many associates, this dream will be accomplished and realized to its fullest in the very near future.

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February Zl, 1957 CARDINAL AND WHITE Paoe Three RINGS AWAITED This year Father Blume and the faculty selected a new design for the class rings, which are given to the juniors toward the end of the year. The new rings will feature the school seal, a simple filigree and the year em- bossed 011 the flanks. The rings are being made bv' the Gagen 85 Fulham Jewelry Company. Sodallty News About this time of the year, news from the sodalities become rather scanty, for, as you know, the sodality is formed for a dual purpose: 1.1 sanctific tion of others, and 2.5 sanctification of its own members. After a good deal of the year's groundwork has been laid, it is with the latter aim that the soda'ists are pri- marily occupied. So the projects take a back seat as private ini- provements come to the fore. Take, for instance, the junior sodality, whose main work has been recently discussed at the meetings on various topics, such as bad language, leadership, drink- ing, and religious duties as soda- lists. Their only noetworthy proj- ect recently was attendance at an Eastern Rite Mass on Feb. 10. The freshmen are also conform- ing to this schedule. Their mode of operations this year is rather unique. Their group is divided up into much smaller groups known as cells, which has proved to be quite a productive arrangement. This is not to say that projects are completely forgotten. The sophomores, for example, in honor of Press Month intend to set up a display in the first floor corri- dor of a large number of Cath- olic publications, such as The Ave Maria magazine, The Marianist Magazine, and Amer- icaf' The co-operation on the part of the Catholic magazines has been edifying and the sophomores hope that the response from the students will equal that. A possi- bility of a vocational display in the gym is pending also. If this comes through, the date is tenta- tively set for March 25. FATHER HOGAN WELFOMES FIRST VISITORS AT OPEN HOUSE A E . E POSE: The City-Wide Sodality Union voted to combat the abuses of language as their main project for the year. The Chaminade Sodality cooperated in this regard by polling the high school stu- dents concerning the problem of bad language. The cooperation of the students was admirable and the seriousness of the stu- dents who were polled was com- mendable also. The results of the poll were interesting. A distinct difference was noted between the upper classmen and the lower classmen concerning the frequency of offensesg the seniors and the juniors considered themselves average offenders, while the sophomores and fresh- men thought themselves infre- quent offenders. The place and companions pro- vided another essential difference. The freshmen and sophomores used had language mostly at school and in playing sports and generally with classmates and older non-Chaminade boys. The juniors and seniors tended to be- come more general and less dis- criminating with whom they of- fended. However, the majority that did it at school and with classmates indicate a moral fiber several of do it then they con- does not necessarily bad reflection on the of the students. As the boys stated, they because that's where gregate the most and that's whom they see the most. The underlying motive for ev- eryone, whether he be freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior, was everyone else does it and no- body likes to feel different. All this leads to one logical conclusion: since we intiuence each other more than any other group of people, we have a re- sponsibility to safeguard each oth- er's morals and we potentially can do it better than anyone else. Of course, this is no easy task, but if we are really sincere about improving ourselves, the ways and means of doing this can be discovered. Thanks again to the Chaminade student body for their splendid cooperation.