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

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477 Q 4 O Z CHAMINADE conuazon ' CLAYTON, MISSOURI J L Q on ,P CHAMINADE COLLEGE NOVEMBER, 1957 No. 3 Z EDP ,P-I gh-4 EO EZ EDP- EF' Qm Q0 ZZ E4 EIT! SZ l-I I-4 0 Z be H O Z De Z v-4 Z be U .FU nav brothers, from schools across the nation, will flood Chaminade on Friday, November 29, for the opening of the 9th National Marianist Sodality Con- vention. It will be attended by student delegates and sodality moderators from sodalities all over the United Statesg delegates are expected from Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Cleve- land, Milwaukee, Chicago and San Antonio. During the convention, which will last from 4:00 p.1n. on November 29 until noon on December 1, the out-of-town delegates will be housed in Cham- inade's Canning Hallg the local boys will return home every night. The senior Sodalists, under the direction of Father Langlinais, will generally run things during the three-day convention. Two senior Sodalists, Randy Gross and Lloyd Klinedinst, have attended previous conventions in Pittsburgh and Cleveland. The main part of the convention will consist of talks and discussions on the importance of the Sodalists' working through and with parish or- ganizations. Highlight of the convention will be the address given at the closing Mass by His Ex- cellency, Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter. Also on ALUMNUS TO PREACH RETREAT This year's annual Chaminade retreat will be held on the 25, 26, 27 of November, ending about noon on the third day. This year we are honored to have Fr. Michael Dorsey, S.M., as the retreatmaster. Fr. Dorsey is an excellent pianist, and also ex- cells in teaching English at Cen- tral Catholic High School in Tex- as. Fr, Dorsey, and old alumnus of Chaminade, attended the semin- ary with Fr. William Langlinais, S.M., Dean of Admissions at Cham- inade. am f awe -,.,...... -. ..i . . . . ....' ., . Sodality Officers Plan Convention the program will be a basketball tournament, a tour of the city, a smorgasbord sponsored by the Mother's Club, and an analysis of the movie, Rebel Without A Cause. Chaminade is being greatly honored by being chosen as the site of this nation-wide convention. C. C. Again in Essay Contest The Serra Club of St. Louis annually sponsors an essay contest to promote interest in vocations to religious life. The contest is open to eight grade and Senior students only. This year's topic was What I Would Like To Do If I Had a Religious Vocation. Barney Wander of the class of '56 captured first place in the contest two years ago, a feat that sets a precedent for all this year's entries to follow. WE EAT T0 IGHT Tonight many students of Chaminade will attend the 22nd annual father-and-son banquet at the Kings-Way Hotel, 108 No. Kingshighway, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Among those attending will be Rev. Louis J. Blume, S.M., Fr. Dorsey has had extensive experience in conducting retreats, having held at least one every year. We, the students of Cham- inade, hope that this year's re- treat will surpass even the excel- lent ones of the past. President of Chaminadeg Brother Robert Ernst, S.M., Principal: Bro. Raymond Doorack, S.M., Athletic Director, and members of the Faculty. The Fathers and Sons in attendance will be served a steak dinner: talks will follow along with various entertainment. Mr. John Ossen- fort, chairman of the Banquet Committee, has assured all that this will be a social highlight to be remembered.

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Page Eight CARDINAL AND WHITE October, 1957 CI-IIQISQS Kearns: I was a 90-pound weakling and whenever I went to the beach , a 220-pound bully kicked sand in my face. So, I took this course and then I weighed 220 pounds. McGowan: Then what? Kearns: I went to the beach and a 440-pound bully kicked sand in my face. 4' ' ' Dohle: We're getting closer to town. Stock: How do you know? Dohle: We're hitting more peo- ple. ' ' Dwyer: I just brought home a skunk. Roomie: Where ya gonna keep him? Dwyer: I'm gonna tie him un- der the bed. Roomie: What smell? Dwyer: He'1l just have to get used to it like I did. IK Ill ll about the Thirty days have September, April, June and Rowling for speed- ing. 0 0 0 Chris Bifla There was a young man from Wheeling Endowed with such delicate feel- ing, When he read on the door, Don't' spit on the floor, He jumped up and spat on the ceiling. 'F ' ' Three athletes from different schools had flunked their classes and were dropped from the team. They got together and talked about their misfortune. The man from 207 said: That Calculus was just too much. The man from 209 said: It was Trig- onometry that got me. And the man from 305 said: Did youse guys ever hear of Long Division? ' 4' ' Do you drink? HNO yr Then, please hold this bottle while I tie my shoe. 1 if K The music was so bad that when a waiter dropped a tray of dishes, everyone got up and start- ed dancing. Around 0ur cfzool All reports are that the hits of the Extracurric- Agent: Sir, I have something here which will make you popu- lar, make your life happier, and bring you a host of friends. Student: I'1l take a quart. It ll ll Hickory, dickory, dock, The mouse ran up the clock: The clock struck one- And bashed his brains out. 1 '-r 4- When white men discovered this country, the Indians were running it. There were no taxes. There was no debt. The women did all the work - and the white men thought they could improve a sys- tem like that! ll It ll Kennedy was walking with Pat going home from school. Kennedy said: You're the first girl I have ever loved. Rats, said Pat, I ve drawn another amateur. if HF lk Brother Ray: Well, speak up thereg how do you want your uni- form, too big or too small? ll if ll These jokes can't be so terrible -when I threw them in the fur- nace, the fire roared. ular Assembly were John Hunter's thing and Charlie Maeder's announcement that the Latin ban- quet planned by the Latin Club will resemble as closely as possible the actual conditions of the real thing. Mike Adrian recently broke the news to members of the C8:W Staff. Said he, I used to be terribly conceited, but I finally say a psychiatrist about it, and now I'm the nicest guy at school. Congrats! Joe Maginn has discovered why Dave Cassidy's new Morris is so compact. He merely forgot to get one with that Sanforized label. Tsk, Tsk. QTI' rl I ' r' :J I I' 1' EDITOR .................................................................... Mike Tueth ASSISTANT EDITOR ........................................ Doyne Dawson ASSOCIATE EDITORS: ................ I. Bresnahan, I. Ellebracht TYPISTS and PROOFERS: I. Brenner, M. Adrian, P. Rotter PICTURE LAYOUT: .................................................... E. Wyss PHOTOGRAPHY: ........ C. Klinqert, I. Simpson, R. Wander SPORTS: ...........,............ I. Bozdech, I. Hallorcm, G. LaViqne CIRCULATION: ................ R. Meister, R. Rabenau, I. Walsh REPORTERS: .,.................. C. Bina, M. Downing, R Gross, B. Hellrung, I. Hinckley, P. Krewet, I. Meier, D. Ohlms, B. Ossenfort, K. Potempa, P. Pruess, R. Rod- gers, I. Rolwing, B. Sommers, V. Stuart. v4NNO0N IN6 I l 0 We, the staff of the CARDINAL Kc WHITE, in an attempt to improve the literary standards of the students, have decided to present the great works of classic literature as a regular feature of the newspaper. We are beginning this momentous series with Count Leo Tolstoi's epic, War and Peace : WAR AND PEACE Well, Prince, Genoa and Lucca are now no more than private estates of the Bonaparte family. No, I warn you that if you do not tell me we are at war, if you again allow yourself to palliate all the infamies and atrocities of this Anti-Christ tupon my word, I believe he tsl, I don't know you in the future, you are no longer my friend, no longer my faithful slave, as you say. There, how do you do, how do you do? I see I'm scaring youg sit down and talk with me. These words were uttered in July, 1805, by Anna Pavlovna Scherer, a distinguished lady of the court and confidential maid-of-honor to the Empress Mariya Fyodorovna.. It was her greetings to Prince Vassily, a man high in rank and office, who was the first to arrive at her soiree. iTo be continuedl

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Page Two CARDINAL AND WHITE November, 1957 Reading Becomes A Course Comprehension and Speed Speech Season Opens Early The Fulton Sheen Speech Club was shot into action recently because of the new policy of the Interscholastic Speech League which has arranged all of this year's meets to be held early in the year. As of this writing, the speech team has already participated in two contests and has emerged from both quite successfully. In the first meet, held on October 26, the day of our Homecoming, at Mercy High School, the results were two first places in Non-Original and Original Oratory won by Bob Hellrung and Mike Tueth respectively and a finalist's ribbon in Radio for On October 15, a reading course was begun at Chaminade. The main objective of the course is the improvement of the reading capabilities of a student, such as comprehension and reading speed. This objective is reached through the use of machines helping the student improve himself. These machines include aids with very long names and a large job to do. Classes are held twice a week, for seven weeks and last for one hour and forty-five minutes. These sessions are conducted by Mrs. Mildred Jasper of Sherwood Day School. Thirty-eight students are participating in the course. Because of the great demand for this type of reading instruction another class is being con- sidered. All students who take the course find it an excellent aid to study and better reading. Joe Ellebrecht. The second contest was held at Fontbonne College, resulting in third and fourth place ribbons given to Bill Hamilton and Mike Tueth. The third and final meet of the season is scheduled to be held at St. Louis University in early December, Soon afterwards, the final awards for the speech season will be announced, and Cham- inade has its eye on several of them. Here's hop- ing that the best men-and that means Chaminade- win. NOTA BENE A quiet extra-curricular in the activities at Chaminade is the Latin Club, which for years re- mained unnoticed by many of the students. It is affiliated with the Junior Classical League and the members have learned much about the times of the Greeks and Romans by informal discus- sions. Elections were held at the sec- ond meeting and the officers elect- ed are: Charles Maeder, presidentg William Hamilton, vice-presidentg Michael Tueth, secretary, and Lloyd Klinedinst, treasurer. Among the accomplishments of the club is the revision of the old constitution along with other advancements to benefit the club in all ways possible. Connected with these accomplishments is the all-important banquet which the club has already started planning. The Latin Club, then, has promise of a most eventful year, and it looks forward with a great hope of success. WINTER CONCERT DATE SET This year's band, under the direction of Mr. Kenneth Scheibel, is in full swing preparing for their first concert during the Christmas season. Because of the interruption of the Thanksgiving holidays, the concert has been moved back a week from December 1 to December 8, 1957. A wide variety of music has been prepared for this concert, ranging from Farrell's 'Calypso Joint' to 'Overture Eroical' by Beethoven, once again showing the versatility of the band. Supported by the return of almost all the first-chair men, the band shows great promise and guarantees an excellent performance. Turkey Shoot New Venture At the first meeting of the year the Alumni adopted plans for a turkey shoot, to be held in Novem- ber. This means very simply that a ticket is purchased for 50c, and 25 such tickets comprise one card of turkey chances. This card is then placed ttackedl to a tree and shot at. The name that has a hole shot through it wins a turkey. The turkey shoot will take place November 16. Cards are available through any alumnus. At this same meeting the alumni wrote out a check for its first scholarship student, Terrence Wenger, of the Freshman A class, currently a freshman at Chami- nade. Plans were also set for the first general alumni meeting, which was held in the Chaminade cafe- teria, November 7. Mr. Morty Blake and other members of the Saint Louis Hawks were the alumni's guests at this meeting. There was an exceptionally good turnout.