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

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March 25, 1959 CARDINAL AND WHITE Page Five At The Crux Of History This was the climax. the final act of His life on earth. In a moment, total relief would come to end this almost unbearable pain. Out of the corner of His nyc, which was almost blinded with blood, He could see a blurry picture. The soldier who had won llis tunic was strutting proudly away from the others as they looked on with envy, and cursed their rotten luck. How foolish, He thought. The things of this world are as nothing, if compared to those of the next. He then cried out with the last bit of strength He could muster, Father, into Thy hands I com- mend My spirit. A final shudder of pain swept over His body. His head fell upon his chest and His whole body sagged. The nails, which now bore the sole support of the weight of His body, length- ened the gashes in His hands. God was dead. Chaminade Concert Band Presents Annual Tribute The Chaminade Concert Band, which appeared two nights at the recent Fashion Show, will pre- sent its Annual Tribute to Moth- ers on May 3. This will be the tenth anniversary of the mothers' concert. Highlight of the program will be The Flight of the Bumble Bee, an arrangement by Harry James, featuring Dennis Matteuzzi, Also included are: Victory At Sea, Them Basses, in which the four tubas are featured, and Bambuco, for the Latin flavor. The Band, which has fifty-six members, is also planning a Pop Concert to be held at St. Joseph's Academy. analysis, not only what their scholarship chances are likely to be, but how they stand up against students who will, in most cases, become college competition. pp QUIET! MEN AT WORK! Members of Chaminade's Radio Club work industriously on their protects. The members, under the direction of Brother Eugene Meyer, have ambition oi becoming amateur radio operators. The radios, which are shown in various states of completion, are but a small stepping stone to the license. Students Do Balloon Gazing On Saturday, September 28, the Bennett Balloon Race caused quite a stir at Chaminade. Most of the contestants drifted out towards the college and the resident students, spending the week-end at Chami- nade, raced about to get vantage points in order to identify some of the balloons. The laboratory was resorted to for the theodolite and the fortu- nate ones to look through it ob- tained a very clear view. Those grouped around the surveying in- strument identified seven of the nine contestants. The clearest view of all was that of the pilot balloon which drifted quite close to the Chaminade campus. An: in- teresting closeup was that of an airplane from Scott Field flying close to the pilot. Other groups of boys gathered at strategic points with telescopes but the latter proved harder to handle. Watching the balloons proved a very interesting diver- sion. Its only evil effect was a few stiff necks on the following morning. The above items of current in- terest are taken from the 1930 CARDINAL AND WHITE. DID YOU KEEP YOUR Chaminade Gets Hup Truck In the first week of November. a new blue sport model truck was delivered at the school. It is equipped with seats on each side of the interior and is a great improvement in the trans- portation facilities of the college. The truck is of the three-fourth ton type of delivery body, with chromium plating on lights and all exposed metal parts. Some other outstanding features are cowl lights on the fenders, a spare time on the left hand side, nat- ural wood wheels and four wheel brakes. Altogether, this new addi- tion to the Chaminade Fleet as one wag put it, has remarkable features and body lines. The Old Hup was placed at the disposition of Maryhurst Nor- mal. L Bl 'T '. AE-xii , tis iliizfvn! li 53 I' Q, - i 1 - 'i-N 'J s i W fe l I l LENTEN RESOLUTION?

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Page Four CARDINAL AND WHITE March 25, I959 YEARBOIIK IN READINFSS The hustling and bustling on the fourth floor has come to an end. For the past seven months, six people known as the yearbook staff, have been collaborating to be able to present Chaminade with a yearbook. After the line work turned out last year by editor Lloyd Klinedinst and that well- known moderator, Brother Frank Klapp, this year's staff has plans for an even better book. Brother W. Nance, who has taken over the moderator seat, happens to be moderator for the C8zW school paper and a junior teacher in various subjects. Senior Jack Sanders, the editor, a versatile fig- ure at Chaminade, has, since early in August, planned for this year's book. The co-editors, Mike Mc- Carthy and Gary Lombardo tMike, by the way, will be next year's senior editorl, also started work- ing in August helping with the book. The staff also has taken on two new aspirants, sophomores Bill Bland and Larry Fikes, who will be future editors. Sodalists Convene St. Louis U. High School was filled with 380 sodalists from St. Louis, St. Louis County, neighbor- ing Illinois towns, and even as far as Kansas City. All were there with one idea in mind-how to make their own sodalities bet- ter. To accomplish their mission, all had answered St. Louis U. High's invitation to attend a Sodality Fundamentals Day. This day was co-sponsored by the St. Louis High School Sodality Union. The day opened a little after nine o'clock on the morning of March 8. At this time the sodal- ists assembled in SLUH's gym, where they were warned by Father Langlinais that they would not en- joy the day, rather that they would have to work to pick up the ideas which they would be CARNIVAL COMES TO CAMPUS Once again carnival music will be heard on the Chaminade cam- pus. On April 18, 1959, from 1:00 to 5:00 in the afternoon, the Stu- dent Council will sponsor the sec- ond annual student carnival. Each homeroom will sponsor a booth, these booths containing various games of skill. Naturally, prizes will be awarded to the winners. The prizes will be paid for by the Student Council. The aim in putting on the car- nival is not to make money, but rather to provide a day of enjoy- ment for all. Everyone realizes that a student's wallet rarely con- tains much, and for this reason the prices will not exceed 15c. After the festivities in the after- noon, everyone is invited to an informal dance which will begin around 7:30 or 8:00 p.m. The Student Council will pay for the band fname to be announced laterl, but all proceeds will go to the juniors for a better Junior- Senior Prom in May. The carnival last year was a tremendous affair, but this year's promises to go one step further. All in all, the day should be a most enjoyable one. See you there??? taught. Then Father Gallagher, director of Sodalities for the Arch- diocese, told the sodalists that their moderators should be vil- lains-in order that the duties of the Sodality are fulfilled. Father Reinert then introduced the teach- ers. From there the students went to various classes, the most pop- ular proving to be the course on Leadership, taught by Mr. Con- way. Other courses dealing with the Sodality were offered, and these too proved to be very inter- esting. After lunch, a panel discussion and an assembly, the 380 sodalists were agreed that they had accom- plished their mission-betterment of their own sodality. SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS Scholarship winners pictured with Father Blume. From left. T. Kllnqerl, W. Hovland. F. Flasor. and K. Dalton. JUNIORS FACE 'GRUELING TEST The National Merit Scholarship Test, so designed as to be of guidance value to all participants, will be administered on April 28, 1959 or May 2, 1959. Only stu- dents -of unusual ability and ac- complishment will be allowed to participate in the test. The re- sults will be reported to high schools in August, prior to the beginning of the student's senior year, allowing the respective schools to make full use of the guidance values of the test. The value to the individual student is that by knowing his status among typical students of his own grade level, he can see where his major areas of strength and weakness lie. In the case of weak- ness, he has an entire year ahead in which to investigate the causes and to improve upon his knowl- edge. Strengths heretofore unrec- ognized by the student are often revealed, providing the motivation to pursue further study. Through the use of a second profile, that of the National Merit candidates, students are enabled to compare their performance with all those who took the test and who are competing for National Merit Scholarships. Traditionally, this has been a more select group than the typical junior group across the nation. Students can see realistically, in an objective

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Page Six g CARDI NAL AND WH ITE March 25, 1959 FLYERS SET SCHOOL MARK: 23-7 CHAMINADE FIVE TENSE FOR IUMP. This year the Chaminade Flyers finish the season with a 23-7 record. This has been the great- est number of victories ever com- piled in one season by a Chami- nade varsity, The team's high score of the season was a 90-point splurge against St. Francis Borgia. The team picked up five tro- phies. The Flyers took third place in the Borgia Tourney, beating Montgomery after losing a heart- breaker to DuBourg in the semi- finals. They also tied with the hosts for first place at the Maple- wood Tournament for most points scored. Then at De Andreis, the Flyers lost to McBride in the finals and had to settle for second place. They also were co-champs of the Catholic League along with the Cathedral team. In the state regionals, Chaminade beat Coun- try Day, but then lost to a fast Washington team, and later de- feated St. Francis Borgia for third place. The two most striking victories were over C.B.C., new state cham- pion, and Cathedral, who had won forty-three consecutive victories in the Catholic League. We accom- plished these two victories in our own gym, in which we were de- feated but once, by Mercy. Dur- ing the season we beat Marquette and St. Francis de Sales three times, twice in league play and once in a tourney. As far as statistics go, the high point men were Skip Viragh with 12.8 points per game, and Bob Bit- ter scoring 12.6 points per game. Our leading rebounder was Ron Meier with 187. Juan Perez led the team in assists, totaling 101. This year the team accomplished a feat which will be hard to match. All five first stringers received some distinction in the Catholic League on the All-Star Teams. Ron Meier, Bob Bitter, and Skip Viragh Were placed on the first team: Juan Perez was put on the second team, and Donny Carmody received honorable men- tion. Something which should be men- tioned is that Skip Viragh was chosen as Prep Player of the Week on Jan. 16. But none of this is possible without someone to show these men just what to do. In all columns and speeches it is stated that not enough can be said about some great respected person. You couldn't write one hundred pages on Bro. Raymond Davenport and include everything. This man is respected by everyone for what he stands for and what he tries to teach his boys-good, clean bas- ketball. As a coach of the var- sity, he has achieved superb 17-7 and 23-7 records. Even as a fresh- man coach he racked up a 21-3 season. The best of luck to you, Bro. Ray, in the future, and we know you will provide the Chami- nade fans with much to cheer about always. LETTERMEN SPARK C. C. NINE The future, for a successful baseball season, shines bright as many veterans return to the line- up. In the infield we see Kemper Coffelt at first base for his fourth varsity season, Don Carmody at short, and Lou Gallipeau at third. In the outfield, Roberts, Perez. and Saguto return. Saguto may also see service behind the plate. as he did last year. Charlie Nolan, who didn't see much action last year because of an ankle injury. may be called upon to catch. John Owens and Doug Villars are back from last year's starting mound corps. The first game of the season is scheduled for April 1. The Flyers have a good chance to capture the Catholic League crown, but will have stiff competition from last year's champs, Cathedral. Congratulations, SKIP VIRAGH! Third Team, A11-District CARMODY SCORES