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

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Nov. 7, i958 h CARDINAL AND WHITE Page Five HOMECOMI G A SUCCESS The bonfire is an annual tradi- tion around Chaminade, which is held the night before the big hoinecoming game to boost school spirit of the football team and the student body, This year's bon- fire was held Friday night, Octo- ber 17, on the big field behind the gym. The outstanding spirit was again shown by the loud, incessant cheering of the Chaminade stu- dents at the bonfire. The cheers were led by Bruce Somnierg vari- ous skits were given by some of the seniors, who put some work into their production. Brother Ray Davenport, S.M., was called upon to give a speech and did so with proud dignity, assuring the students that their backing was a great part of the game. A This year's bonfire was ac- claimed as the biggest and best that the Chaminade students have ever seen: the credit goes to the Junior class, under the direction of Brother Joe Yasho, S.M. During the half-time of our vic- tory over Coyle, the Homecoming Queen and her two maids were escorted onto the field for the grand announcement. They had been chosen earlier by the foot- ball players. The queen was Judy Veith, es- corted by Martin Dennisg the first maid was Mary Powers, escorted by Juan Perez, and the second lllaid was Mary Frawley, escorted by Jack Sanders, Judy will also reign over the football dance, to be held tonight. Parade The winning float for this year's homecoming, as judged by Broth- ers Ernst, O'Connor, and O'Hearn, was that built by Freshmen C, with the theme, Put Coyle in the Soil. This float was built by Bro. Moerchen's homeroom stu- dents. The float consisted of a casket with the remains of Coyle inside. The winning car was that of Frank Krewet. lt was decorated with red and white crepe paper streamers over a white Thunder- bird, accented by a flashing red light placed gently on the roof. FRESI-IMAN FLOAT WINS Freshman C Float Turns Onto Lindbergh Before the Chaminade - Poyle homecoming game, our school ex- pressed one of their best known qualities: School Spirit, A Pep Rally was held on the football field on Friday, October 17. This rally set off the homecoming week-end, which turned out to be very successful. If you had been at Chaminade on this day you would have heard the spontaneous demonstrations of loud cheers coming from all parts of the long corridors. At 3:30 the homeroom classes started down to the field. On the way each homeroom was trying to give a cheer louder and better than other rival rooms. Finally, after the entire student body had assembled at a given place on the field, the cheerlead- ers, Bruce Sommer, Juan Perez, Martin Dennis and Skip Viragh, conducted the assembly in a re- hearsal of the school cheers and Victory song. Bro, Meinhardt, the new athletic director, was called upon to give a short talk, Brother gave his ideas how the Flyers could beat Coyle Saturday. Mainly --by stopping Steuber. A new routine was introduced and explained to the student body. This was called the Snake Dance. Its purpose was to spur the foot- ball team, who were practicing on the field, to a great victory the next day. To begin this dance the seniors formed a straight line, and this procedure was followed by the juniors, sophomores and freshmen, in that order. This line then moved in a zigzag formation around the sides of the field, cheering as they danced. Cheers and the Snake Dance continued until the line reached school and then dispersed. If a Pep Rally's success can be measured by the amount of spirit it inspired, then surely the Rally held on Friday, October 17, was an overwhelming success.

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Page Four p p p finV f fffr W NOV. 7, 1958 1958-59 STUDENT COUNCIL Extracurricular representatives, newly added this year, stand behind officers and homeroom representatives. Front and center is eighth grade representative, also a 1958 innovation. Lett to right, standing: E. Leonhardt, R. Rube- nau, A. Siniscal, B. Sommer, I. Nangle, H. Perry, M. Adrain, W. Burqlechner, I. Gill, W. Olive, R. Wander, M. Mc- Carthy. Seated: L. Roberts, C. Nolan, I. Murphy, K. Coiielt. R. Kuzmich, I. Sanders ltreasurerl, I. Perez lvice-presidentl, R. Hellrunq tpresidentl, M. Dennis tsecretaryl, B. Leqqat, I. Priesmeyer, W. Weiel, L. Grozovic, R. Berkmeyer. Center: E. Quillman. BASKETBALL TEAM PREPARES FOR COMING SEASON On October 20, the Chaminade varsity basketball team began its praetiee for the forthcoming sea- son. This year's team will again be eoaehed by Bro. Ray Daven- port, S.M., who led them to a 17-7 season last year. PREP NEWS Even though the Preps' football team won't play many games this year, they are in excellent condi- tion and possess great potentials. The eoaehes, Bros. Ralph Krull and llugh Charlson, S.M., have ex- pressed much coniidence in the team. Ever since September 3 they have been practicing and are now working on the split-T for- mation and the single wing. The tirst string consists of four eighth graders and seven seventh graders. The line consists of L. ltuzieka and ll. Naieede at ends, L. Knese and ll. Niekolson at tackles, J. Aekerman and T. Shaner at guards, and M. Mulligan at center. The quarterback is H. Havland, with S. Striebel and B. Gruchalla at left and right tackle, respec- tively, and F. Sehudel at fullmack. The squad this year is C0111- posed of five returnees: Skip Viragh, Juan Perez, Ron Meier, Bob Bitter, and Kemper Coffelt. There are a number of boys from last year's B-team who will see a lot of action. They are Bob Van Uum, Jim Brangle, Charlie Nolan, and Pete Knese. The biggest game and the one most looked forward to is the St. Louis game. A victory in this game would be a step toward the state championship. FATHERS' CLUB CARNIVAL FILLS GYM

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yy sax CARDINAL AND wmjg Nov. 1, 1958 FOOTBALL SEASON COMES TO CLOSE Country Day On Saturday, September 13, our Chaminade Flyers succumbed to a strong Country Day team for the nineteenth straight time by a score of 25-0,. The game was highlighted by much passing, blocked kicks, and numerous penalties. Despite our mistakes, we had two offensive standouts in Pete Knese and Rich Kuzmich, who continually ham- mered their line for sizable yard- age. But our mistakes outnum- bered our good points, so we weren't in for a very good day. The first quarter was scoreless as both teams exchanged the ball. As the period ended, Codasco had penetrated deep into our defense. The second quarter was all Country Day's as they scored early on a twenty yard pass. We held them momentarily, but their pass caught our secondary in the wrong place. We clicked off a few first downs, but were unable to score. They scored again on another twenty, yard pass to make the score 13-0 at half-time. We came out a determined team in the second half. We couldn't get started and Codasco added two more touchdowns on an end run and a fumble. We were fortunate to come out of the game with no injuries, said Mr. Buffa, which was due to the fine conditon of the team. We made enough mistakes to last us a whole season. ,Q , Costly Defeat At Hands of Valle Cathedral On September 27, the Chami- nade Flyers encountered a small but speedy Cathedral team. Even though we outweighed them man per man, their speed was too much for us as they edged us 19-6. The score does not tell the whole story, as the clinching touchdown did not come until the final minute of the game. The Flyers kicked off to start the half and right away the Cru- saders fumbled and we recovered. Chaminade 11 was unable to score and the Crusaders took over and dominated the first half. They made use of our weak ends and scored twice before the half was over-Crusaders 12, Flyers 0. Season Ends On Sad Note The Flyers came out a much spirited team and ready to win the game. Our defense was much stronger and never allowed Cathe- dral to gain consistently. Our offense did not click until the fourth quarter. It started with a 20 yard pass to Bob Hellrung and climaxed with a 25 yard run by Pete Knese. Francis Som- mer and Rich Kuzmich provided the punch in between. No sooner had we kicked off we recov- ered a fumble. We came just short of the first down and Cathe- dral took over. They ran out two first downs and on 4th down and 2 yards to go, Crusaders sent Cole around the end for thirty-- six yards and a 19-6 score. Attend The FATHERS AND SONS BANQUET Ambassador - Kingsway Hotel Thursday, Nov. l3, 1958 6:30 p.m. Sponsored by the CHAMINADE FATHERS' CLUB