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

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Page Four CARDINAL AND WHITE October, 1957 N W COURSE OFFERED A new course, Biology, is being offered at Cha- minade this year. The course, which was heartily accepted by the juniors and seniors, is being taught by Brother Richard Moerchen. Many of the students remember Brother Richard, who taught here two years, leaving last year for Milwaukee. In Biology, one studies God's fingerprints in all created things, realizing that all nature is woven into a basic pattern ob obedience to His authority. The universe of creatures is good and beautiful, and when appreciated, this goodness and beauty leads to God the Creator. The biology lab is entirely new, as is the entire stock of equipment, such as microscopes, tables and all specimens. In the lab, hobbies such as collecting tropical fish, birds and terrarium animals is encouraged. Biology is the study of life, plant life, animal life, and human life. The study of biology leads the student into complex societies where plants and animals live in vital relationship with each other. The student studies the life of the forest, field and the ocean depths. He explores miniature worlds where animals no larger than a pinhead feed on still smaller forms of life. This summer, Chaminade was completely remodeled into a new, modern school. Thus it is only natural that the modern science of biology should be taught. Three Chaminade Graduates TourWestern Europe Three graduates of last year's senior class, David Rapp, Bob Vescovo, and Forrest Murphy, were on tour in Europe this summer. Starting from New York on July 11, they had an exceptionally smooth voyage on board the Queen Elizabeth to Southampton, England. Making Lon- don their headquarters, they toured all of Shakes- peare's country, Oxford, and Windsor during their five days in England. They made an overnight channel crossing to Holland, where, staying at the Hague, they toured Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Voldnam. Their next stop was Brussels, Belgium, where they saw the site of the next wor1d's fair, and the guild's squareg then on to Cologne by special motor coach, to see the famous Cathedral. to Fribourg, where Joe Murphy is studying at Villa Saint Jean. They also met Brother E. Robert Davenport, Brother Ray's brother, who will be leaving for Japan shortly. In Italy, our three tourists' agenda included the Riviera, Milan, Naples, and Capri. In Rome they visited Saint Peter's and the Vatican Art Museum. Then on to Monaco, where they became five dol- lars richer on the slot machines at Monte Carlo. They spent five wonderful days in Paris, seeing the Arc of Triumph, the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Folies Bergere - and then on to Cherbourg, where they caught their first glimpse of the queen. On July 30, they docked into New York's harbour, and were home within a matter of hours on a 365 mph Constellation. Their unforgettable seven weeks In Switzerland, Bob and Forrest made a side trip Were 0V6I'. NEW SCOREBOARD Last year, one of Brother Wil- liam Callahan's final projects in connection with the Fathers' Club was the acquisition and installa- tion of a scoreboard for the foot- ball fleld, in order to fulfill the visual requirements of scorekeep- ing. We are proud to announce that in keeping with Brother Callahan's wish, the football field is now sporting a brand new scoreboard which was installed this summer, at a. cost of S1,500, through the generous contributions of the Fathers' Club. BUZZ BOOK The BUZZ BOOK, an added fea- ture this year, will be a con- venient source of information for the Chaminade High School stu- dent. To the underclassmen, it will be new, but not to the sen- iors, as the book was published three years ago. The book, put out by our Stu- dent Council, will contain the names, addresses and phone num- bers of all boys attending Cha- minade High School. The names will be arranged in alphabetical order and according to rooms, starting with the seniors. The BUZZ BOOK should be LIVING ROSARY HELD The first project of the Sodality this year was put into action on Monday, October 7, the feast of the Most Holy Rosary, The Senior Sodality, in conjunction with the Student Council, sponsored a Liv- ing Rosary, with the entire stu- dent body participating. Much of the credit for the success of this venture is due to Brother Willis Langlinais, generating moderator of the Sodality, and John Paul, chairman of the Living Rosary Committee. ready in the early part of Octo- ber.

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October, 1957 CARDINAL AND WHITE . Page Three TESTING. TESTING Early in October, Mr. Carl Fischer, head of the guidance cen- ter at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas, gave the stu- dents of Chaminade a standard achievement test. The test took four hours and will be used to flnd out where the students of Chaminade rank in relation to stu- dents throughout the country. The testing subjects included mathematics, English grammar, reading and spelling. A total of 356 students took the test at Cha- minade. Two weeks after the test has been given the tabulation will be returned to the schoolg however, the results will not be revealed to the students themselves. HATS OFF! The Chaminade gymnasium was transformed for a fashion show for the Mothers' Club Dessert Luncheon. The purpose of the affair was to raise money for the altar of the forthcoming chapel. Hats were furnished by the French Hat Studio, 394 N. Euclid Ave.g floral displays by Schley Florists, and organ music played by Ceil Strecker. BAND NOTES The Chaminade Band recently elected their officers for the com- ing year, with these results: Gil Settlage, president, Paul Knese, vice-president: Juan Perez, secre- taryg and Bob Hellrung, business manager. There are still many vacant spots in the band and anyone who plays an instrument or is eager to learn is invited to fill them. It' you are interested, be sure to contact either Mr. Schiebal or any member of the band as soon as possible. Faculty Additions Chaminade is happy to add to its faculty this year several com- petent members. First of all, Brother Raymond Doorack has taken the place of Brother Wil- liam Callahan, who was our ath- letic director. Brother Raymond will also teach typing and book- keeping. The fourth grade is now being taught by Brother Ferdinand LeMatty, who also operates the Trading Post. Brother Alvin McMenany replaced Brother Rob- ert Hackle in the fifth grade. Com- plete with frogs and butterflies, Brother Richard Moerchen is teaching biologyg he also teaches CASUALTIES freshman religion and sophomore geometry. Junior A's new home- room teacher is Brother William Nance, who is also Student Coun- cil moderator. Junior English and modern history are also on his schedule. Brother Terence 0'Con- nor is teaching freshman religion, English and French. Brother 0'Connor and Brother Rasky, who teaches sophomore religion, Eng- lish, and Latin, are moderators of the sophomore sodality. Brother David O'Hearn is teaching algebra II and caring for the second divi- sion. And last, but not at all least, Brother Stinston joins our faculty's working brothers. I I I Spzrit High At First Rally The Annual Football Pep Rally was held on Friday, September 13. It was a booming success and everyone gave his best. Coach Buffa intro- duced the '57 Flyers, led by Co-Captains John Hunter and Charley Stock, who gave short speeches. Brother Doorack also spoke to the students during the rally. The cheers were ably led by the team of Kane, Dohle, Gross and Schrieber. Father Blume gave the team the Annual Blessing and also made a fine speech. The Chaminade victory song filled the air and the rally was in full swing. The humorous side was taken care of by several seniors, who portrayed some of Country Day's men. As everyone might guess, the skit did little to promote the popularity of Country Day. The master of ceremonies was Bill Hamilton, who handled the job like an expert. The season opened the next day, with our boys coming out on the short end of the score in Country Day's own back yard. However, this is no indication of what to expect in the future, since the team spirit is high and the student body I is hungry for victories. Extension Extends Invitation This year Chaminade has been invited by the editors of Extension, a popular Catholic magazine, to participate in their annual nation-wide teen contest. On October 14, the senior class of Cha- minade will choose from the entire student body a representative to Extension's Teen Board for 1957-58, to compete with teen representatives from Catholic high schools across the nation. The selectee will fill out a questionnaire giving his opinions and contributing his ideas on the October, 1957 issue of Extension He may be chosen one of the four students to become guest editors of Extension for forthcoming issues. The grand prize includes a S500 dollar scholar- ship to any Catholic college, a free week's trip to Chicago, and a S100 dollar cash award to the school which the grand prize winner attends. Whether our representative is chosen one of the guest editors or not, all Chaminade students will ity. be eligible later for Extensions contests in art, photography, literature, and other fields. In select- ing our representative, choose on the basis of abil- It is our duty to see that Chaminade is ably represented on this years TEEN BOARD,

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October, 1957 CARDINAL AND WHITE Page Five Why Johnny L'aw't Pass The time will soon be upon us when teachers begin to add up those cold, impersonal little figures called grades. They are the most important thing in the life of a high school student, or should beg with this in mind, let's take a good, long look at the subject. John Q. Student maintains an average of about 70 on his daily quizzes. Seems he just can't get around to studying every night. But he can always fall back on that timeworn line, Wait till exams. So exams roll around, and with them the toll of doom for Johnny. It's amazing how many birds utterly fail to comprehend that you can't cram six weeks' material into three or four nights. This has been proved time and time again on the tombstones of countless llunkees. Which is not to say you shouldn't cram for exams. But the Cheerful idiot who fails merrily through the term and hopes to redeem himself on exams will flnd himself rather on the raw end of things when those fateful little slips of paper are handed out. The moral thus far can be summed up in one word: Study. It's no use saying studying can be fung it's work, hard, unpleasant work. It's your eyes and your hands that get tired studying, not your brain: your brain can work perpetually with- out tiring. But writer's cramp and eyeache can be unpleasant. So are a lot of things in lifeg a very good portion of it, in fact. Right now, unless you have a job, studying is the only really hard, unpleasant work you have to dog it's your main responsibility, If you can't take care of that responsibility, what's it going to be like when your own job or business? School, remember, is a training camp. If you can't handle the prelim- lnaries, you might find the real thing pretty tough. All of which is elementary, and all of which has been drummed into your ears since grade school: but it won't hurt you to hear it again. Maybe we could have picked a more original subject for an editorial, but hardly a more essential one. Parish Feast Arrives About nineteen hundred years ago, in Sarragussa, Spain, St. James, a beaten man who had found that converting the Spaniards seemed a hopeless task, knelt to pray. As he did so, Our Lady appeared to him standing on a pillar and urged him to persist in her Son's work. Again, only a little less than two centuries ago, Father William Joseph Chaminade, an exile of the French Revolutionary government, knelt at the site of Mary's appearance to St. James. Here he had a vision of the Society of Mary, which he was later to found, and the tremendous effect that lt would have on the world. And now we kneel daily in a new church dedi- cated to Our Lady of the Pillar. We are part of the vision of Father Chaminade and the early apostles. Following in the footsteps of St. James and Father Chaminade, we are Mary's modern apos- tles. On this Sunday, the feast of Our Lady of the Pillar, let us pray that we accomplish our missions as well. Sylvester Burkemper Takes First Vows Two former Chaminade students are today pursuing vocations in the Society of Mary. Brother Syl- vester Burkemper, who graduated from Chaminade in 1956, took his flrst vows recently and is now studying at the Marianist novitiate in Galesville, Wisconsin, Nelson Phelan, who was a soph- omore here last year, is studying at Maryhurst, the Marlanist prep seminary, in Kirkwood. Our best wishes go to them, and we wish them luck in the vocation they have chosen,