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

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Dec. I9, 1958 - CARDINAL AND WHITE Page Five LATIN CLUB WELL UNDER WAY Brother John Simon, S.M., is the moderator of an extracurricular activity called the Latin Club. This club is an organization of students interested enough in the Latin language to study the lives of the men whose writings they study in their Latin course. The history of the club is as follows: It was organized in the early 1940's and after a lapse of two years was reorganized in 1951 and has continued without interruption ever since. The club fosters student interest in the mastery of Latin, and searching for more and more ma- terial on Greek and Latin myth- ology. Time is also spent in prepara- tion for-the Nation-wide Latin Examination which takes place in early April, and all Latin students participate. The Latin Club boasts of two trophies merited by its members for a fine showing in the Nation- wide exam. This year, through the efforts of the Latin Club, the movie Ju- lius Caesar was shown to in- terested students of Chaminade. The officers of the club are: Frank Krewet, presidentg Emert Wyss, vice-president: Eric Leon- hardt, secretaryg and Jim Epstein, treasurer. BAND CONCERT WELL DONE Congratulations! The Chaminade Concert Band resumed its practice sessions Sep- tember 3, 1958. The band is once again under the direction of Mr. Kenneth Schiebal. Towards the close of last year, the band mem- bers chose officers for the 1958- -59 season. They are Bob Hellrung, presidentg Pete Wunderlich, librar- iang Terry Rucinski, vice-presi- dentg and Martin Lipic, general business manager. The band has recently played at the teachers' convention at Rosati-Kain High Schoolg Bishop DuBourg High, Dc Andreis High, and St. Louis U. High also gave musical perform- ances at the convention. There are now fifty-two musicians in the band. On Sunday night, December 14, at eight o'clock, the Chaminade band had its annual Christmas Concert. It was a performance that everyone in attendance en- joyed. The band played a great variety of selections tailored to satisfy both young and old. The Parisian Street Dance, Trom- bero, and El Capero are just a few of the selections played. SODALITY CONVENTION WELL ATTENDED Sodalists from schools conducted by the Brothers of Mary held their annual convention in Dayton, Ohio, on November 28, 29 and 30. Due to circumstances beyond their control, there were many disappointed Chaminade Sodality members who were unable to get to the convention -because of the snow storm, which began the day before they were to leave. The trip to Dayton was limited to four boys, J. Sanders, M. Adrian, M. McCar- thy, R. Niehoff, and Father Willis, who had to go by train. Sanders gave a talk on The In- tellectual Aspects of Cultureg Adri- an read the school report on the past year's work, McCarthy led a discussion group on the first talk -the Social Aspects of Culture, and Niehoff was secretary for a group discussion on the Esthetic Aspects of Culture. The convention planned to dis- cuss as next year's topic, the Vocation of the Sodalist. They made two resolutions this year to improve methods that will require more participation of Sodalists in school and parish activities. CHRISTMAS As sure as there's an X in Christmas . , . have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, but please buy the beer. Two examples, taken from a current popular song. What was once a feast of great joy for the Catholic Church has been turned into a gimmick to keep cash register bells ringing. People say that in lot can happen- 1900 years. a but this? This turning of a highly religious feast mercilal feast place in such time-if there into a highly com- could hardly take a short period of was any sort of religious feeling in the world. If we're lucky, though, it won't take 1900 more years to change the feast back to its original tone. PREP NEWS Now that the following class officers of the 8th grade are elected: Dennis Walters, presi- dent: Kim Dalton, vice-president, Charles Fischer, secretary: Leon- ard Ruzicka, treasurer, and Tim Crowe, parliamentarian, two prob- lems are confronting them: the Christmas Essay Contest and the grade school food and clothing drive of which the proceeds will go to the parish of Christ the King in -Cadet, Missouri. The Christmas Essay Contest will be open to the seventh and eighth grades. There will be first, second, and third place prizes. Es- says will be written on anything of religious note and the prizes will be of a religious nature also. Alumni Hold Dance On November 8, using the deco- rations of the Football Dance, which was held the previous night, the Alumni of Chaminade held a dance of much greater proportion. More than 200 crowded the gym, and this certainly surpassed the highest expectations for attendance. As an added highlight, flowers were presented to the ladies, and extra prizes were given. At this meeting, specially de- signed pins were presented to the Alumni officers, who included: Dr. William Gillespie, Mr. Albert Schweitzer, and the retiring presi- dent, Mr. Raymond Masek. wontinued on page 81

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Page Four CARDINAL AND WHITE Dec. I9, 1958 The Decision fflontinued from page 31 would force him. But then again, if he ran from his rights now, he might never get them. Although William was overbur- dened with worry, he finally got to sleep. Mrs. King was also worried. She wanted William to go to Phillskirk High, but she feared that even though the police were going to be there, William might still get hurt. She new that if he went to Phillskirk High, her cleaning busi- ness would slack off. Many of the people for whom she worked were against integration. Mrs. King was tired. She cleaned houses, working six days a week to earn thirty dollars to support the two boys. Things had been easier for her when her husband was around, but since he had left there wasn't too much else she could do but clean houses. She knew she neg- lected the house, but she never clean up had too much time to except on Sundays. She knew she but she neglected her children, didn't have enough time for them either. Twenty minutes after bed, Mrs. King was in slumber. going to a heavy The alarm rang at seven o'clock, as it did every morning. William stayed in bed for a few minutes before getting up. Finally he dragged himself from between the three-week-old dirty sheets. He got dressed. His mother was al- ready up fixing breakfast. It was 7:30 when he walked into the kitchen. He was dressed in clean khaki pants and a sport shirt. It's a nice day, said Mrs. King, placing a bowl of cereal in front of William. Yeah, it looks like it's going to be a nice day. Donnie then came into the room in his usual blue jeans and T- shirt. Boy, am I hungry! he said as he sat down to breakfast. Nobody said anything for fif- teen minutes. Mrs. King finally broke the si- lence: Ya better had leave early for school today, Donnie. 'Tm going by Warren's house. He told me not to forget. Don't you mess around and be late on the first day. Donnie left the house at 8:15, for it was a half-hour walk to Waden Public School. It was all colored. Then Mrs. King turned her at- tention to William. You Your lunch is on top of the ice box. had better get along too. Yes, I guess I'd better get going. William went out the front door to the sidewalk. He paused. Then he turned to his right in the di- rection of Phillskirk High. The Emi kers 'S-ucceed In Competition Senior speakers, left to right: W. Olive. W. Burglechner, R. Hellrung. I. Rolwing and D. Curry. The speech team, which repre- sents Chaminade for the 1958-1959 C.I.S.L. season, includes Robert Hellrung and David Curry in original oratory, Ray Wander and William Burglechner in non-orig- inal oratory, Michael Morris and Bob Leggat in extemporaneous speaking, John Rolwing in radio, Jerry Walsh and Bill Olive in humorous interpretation, and last but not least, Joe Wick and Bernie Povich in serious interpretation. In the first meet, which was held at Fontbonne College, John Rol- wing and Bob Hellrung made the finals. This ranked the school rather high in league standing. At the second meet, held at Maryville College on Dec. 6, the team did quite well. Bob Hellrung and Dave Curry tied for third place in original oratory in the finals, Ray Wander took first Montinued on page 82

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Page Six CARDINAL AND WHITE Dec. l9, 1958 FLYERS TAKE THIRD AT BORGIA St. Francis Borgia Tournament De Sales Game The Chaminade Flyers opened their 1958 season on a sweet note with a stunning victory over St. Francis de Sales by a score of 64-40. The game, on Nov. 26, was part of the St. Francis Borgia Tourna- ment, in which Chaminade had been seeded fourth. The Flyers played free-lance basketball with no set pattern under the guidance of Bro. John Haug, who was coaching in the abse-nce of Bro. Raymond Davenport. The Flyers' starting lineup had Juan Perez and Don Carmody as guards and Skip Viragh and Bob Bitter as forwards, flanking Ron Meier at center. They jumped off to a quick start and Chaminade thumped de Sales the first half. The Flyers went off at halftime ahead by the score of 36-10. In the second half, the Flyers retained their lead as the whole team got a chance to play. In the end, Chaminade was ahead and the victor of a 64-40 score. The scoring was well divided, but Bob Bitter with 14 points and Skip Viragh with 11 points headed the field. Freshman Football Team Has Successful Season The C-team, under the able di- rection of Bro. Cyril Boschert, had a successful season, compiling a 2-1-1 record. They had a strong line, consist- ing of Wunderlich, Berkmeyer, Bartels, Jones, Grzovic, and Bar- rett, Ell, Brown, Hunter and Baun made up a speedy backfield. The scores of their games were: Assumption 7 ........,.,....... C-team 0 Cathedral 7 .,...... ...... C -team 14 McBride 6 ....... ...... C -team 32 St. Marys 20 ......... ...... C -team 20 DuBourg Game On Nov. 28, the Chaminade Fly- ers lost a hard fought battle to DuBourg, 61-57 in the quarter-finals of the tournament. The game was a. tough contest as the Cavaliers' balanced height and hot shooting paid richly. They had to fight hard to overcome an early thirteen point deficit racked up by the Flyers. As the first half progressed, the Flyers quickly moved into an early lead due to strength under the boards. The Flyers enjoyed a 13 point lead, 24-11, but then they slacked off. DuBourg came back hard and fast as the Flyers' shoot- ing, passing, and rebounding went awry. We managed to escape with a 31-28 lead as the first half ended. The second half was a see-saw battle as the Flyers kept up a steady pace. Our attack suffered as Ron Meier collected his fourth personal foul late in the third quarter. Chaminade was hurt even worse when Skip Viragh suffered his fourth infraction. The Flyers held them at bay until there was about three and a half minutes remaining. Then DuBourg struck quickly and lengthened its lead to 59-51. Chaminade countered with three baskets to close the gap to 59-57. With about 18 seconds remaining DuBourg brought the ball down only to find itself trapped in a corner. A careless by 'Chaminade followed and free throws made it a 61-57 and a victory to DuBourg. Flyers went off knowing they lost to a. tough team but not foul two lead The had a better team. The high scorers for Chaminade were Skip Viragh with 20 points and Bob Bitter with 11 points. Bro. Meinhardt Honored Brother Louis Meinhardt, S.M., athletic director at Chaminade and former coach, athletic director and principal of Assumption, was sig- nally honored Wednesday, Dec. 3, when he was selected to be speaker for the evening at the Fourth De- gree, K. of C. Letterman's ban- quet for the successful Assumption football team. Montgomery City On Saturday night, November 29, the Chaminade Flyers rebound- ed from their loss to DuBourg with a 59-37 victory over a good Montgomery City team to gain third place in the St. Francis Borgia Tournament. From the very beginning of the game it was obvious that the Flyers were out to win. They struck first blood and led through- out the entire game. The score at half-time was 33-19. Although the Flyers were held to only one field goal during the last eight minutes, they showed dead aim from the free throw line, hitting 18 out of 19 shots. The shooting percentage was a low 29173. Skip Viragh led the scorers with 17 points, followed closely by Juan Perez, who had 14 points, and Bob Bitter with 11. Perez drives ior two.