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

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Page Two CARDINAL AND WHITE Ma rch 25, l952 THREE TYPES OF RELIGIOUS LIFE DISCUSSED ON VOCATION DAY Bri. Timothy, F.S.C.. addresses the religious life. On Monday, March 2, Chaminade students attended Vocation Day lectures in the Chaminade gym- nasium. The purpose of the as- sembly was to obtain a close look at three types of vocations: con- templative, teaching religious, and missionary work. The talks were attended by the eighth grade of Chaminade, the eighth grade of Our Lady of the Pillar, and stu- dents of Chaminade High School. The Reverend Pettit Berchmans, of the Order of the Most Holy Passion and Death of Our Lord, spoke eloquently on the contem- plative form of a religious voca- tion. Brother Timothy, F.S.C., a Christian Brother, delivered an C.I.S.L. Debate The C.I.S.L. speech season has at long last come to an end. During the first part of the sea- son the team fared well, placing sixth out of twenty-one schools in competition. Bob Hellrung, John Rolwing, Raymond Wander, and David Currie made the finals and ranked highly in league com- petition. Raymond Wander re- ceived a second place silver medal in Non-Original Oratory, and also has been chosen to represent Cha- minade at Boys' State this year. The debate team too had a high- ly successful season. The team placed fifth out of a field of thir- teen competitors. Jerry Walsh and students ln the gym on his type of inspiring lecture on the work of a Christian brother and the satis- faction and happiness he encoun- ters in working with boys, The Reverend Blase Bonpane, M.M., a Maryknoll missionary, out- lined for us the training and work of a missionary, and the reasons that he chose such Work. Each speaker very clearly showed the reasons why one would choose such a life as they, and told us ways that we might use to decide whether or not we have a reli- gious vocation. Between talks the Chaminade Band entertained the students with several numbers of interest. Season Closes J. P. Murphy received speakers' awards at the first meet, which was held at De Andreis High School. Dave Currie, Robert Hellrung, Jerry Walsh, Raymond Wander, and Joe Wick were chosen to speak at Our Lady of the Pillar for the seventh and eighth grade pupils. The talks were well given and Very well appreciated. All in all, the 1958-1959 speech season has been a successful and profitable one from the viewpoint that the majority of the members of the teams gained the needed experience which will insure the team's success in the forthcoming year. SUCCESS OR FAILURE? The young man turned away. The Man, the Christ, had failed. Died. The Man who had worked miracles hadn't been able to save Himself. The young man glanced back. In the darkness he saw two men begin to take Him down. He walked slowly back to town. He tried to think, but the hollow ring made by his feet distracted him. He wanted to cry, yet he was too sad. He passed the spot where the Man had met His moth- er. Now the Man was dead. Why? In the grimness of the dark street he longed to cry out, to relieve the sadness that oppressed him. Scream. He must-yet he couldn't. Scream. Anything to remove the welter of confusion in his mind. I had believed in Him, the young man thought bitterly. Why had He had to die? His head began to ache from the sad- ness inside. The Man had failed. In his small room he tried to rea- son why the Man had failed. He couldn't. Confusion. Sadness. Both kept him awake. In the darkness of the corners he saw the cruci- fixion repeated again and again and again. Finally the young man cried himself to sleep. It was three days hence. The sun was just beginning to warm the countryside. The landscape itself was beautiful--so much so that the young man felt like sing- ing. He came upon the sepulchre where the Christ was buried. It was open, and the most beautiful and the brightest light he had ever seen poured forth. Then he saw why Christ-was arisen. A heavenly chorus was singing His praises. .Ioyfully he ran to Him. Joyfully he waited His words of victory. Instead . . . yet the words were too beautiful for him -yet. The young man felt a wave of guilt for his doubt-and for the doubt of the world. He under- stood His words then. By His death He had won forgiveness for the world. He felt happier than he had ever felt. Christ was aris- en! Easter for the young man was truly a day of triumphant happiness.

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' Julie CHAMINADE COLLEGE f CLAYTON, MISSOURI .tl Qoml +G CHAMINADE COLLEGE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, l959 No.5 Alumni lnducts Seniors Honors Iubiliaricrns and Plans Future Activities The seniors were inducted into the Alumni on Thursday. March ltt. in a ceremony in which sixty- t'our seniors received diplomas, making them accepted members of this busy Chaminade organization. Along with these new members. Chaminade's three jubilarians in the Society of Mary were honored with the presentation of Masses, The three jubilarians are ltro. Ferdinand l'feuft'er, S.lll.: llro. Charles liabus. SM.: and ltro, Emil l'awelek. SM. At tlns same meeting a film ot' the llawks vs. Celtics game was shown and enjoyed by those pres- ent. Also, the coming Horse Show was discussed. The fourth annual Chaminade llorse Show will be presented on Sunday afternoon of May 24. There will he many prominent riders throughout the city participating in the eight classes. Mr. Ray Masek. who is nationally famous for horse shows, will be the Chair- man. lle will be assisted by the Alumni president. Mr. Lloyd Kline- dinst. This year the horse show offers a new feature along with the regular prizes. A tive hun- dred dollar gift certificate will he the main attendance prize. The proceeds from the horse show will he used to sponsor the Alumni Scholarship program and also to erect an ornate entrance to Cha- minade. All students. their fam- ilies. and their dates are cordially invited to attend this year's horse show. CHAMINADE CELEBR TES THREE JUBILEES IUBILIARIANS. left to right: Bro. Charles Labus, S.M.: Bro. Ferdinand Pieut- fer, S.M.: and Bro. Emil Pcxwelek, S.M. This year Chaminade honors three jubilarians: Brother Charles Labus. S.M., Bro. Emil Pawelek. S.M,, and llrother Ferdinand Pfeuf- ter. SM, Brother Pfeuffer. who has been in the Society of Mary sixty years. celebrates his Diamond .Iubilee this year. Over the years Brother Ferdinand has been stationed at St. Miehael's in Chicago and St. .loseph's in Victoria. Texas. For the last thirty years Brother Fer- dinand has been here at Chami- nade. Formerly, he taught the tifth and eighth grades, was a pre- fect, and managed the candy store. llrother Ferdinand is well remem- bered by former students of Cha- minade. Brother Charles Labus celebrates his Silver Jubilee this year. After attending Assumption Iligh. ltro- ther Charles went to Maryhurst. where he took his final vows. Formerly, he was stationed at St. Mary's, Mcllride, and Central Catholic in San Antonio. Texas. From 1951 to 1958, ltrother Charles was in Peru, teaching at Colegio Santa Maria in Lima and Colegio San Antonio in Callao. During the summer. Brother Charles took care of Father llunn's Newsboys' Camp at Eureka, Missouri. This year he is teaching the sixth grade here at Chaminade, lirother Emil Pawelek, born at Matagorda, Texas, also celebrates his 25th year as a ltrother of Mary, After taking his vows, Brother Emil spent three years tContinued on Page Tl

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Ma rch 25, 1959 CARDINAL AND WHITE Page Three AUDITORIUM NEARS COMPLETl0N Did you know that Chaminade College was built back in 1909- 1910, and that the large room on the north end of the first floor was intended to be an auditorium? And yet, did you know that it was only last year that this plan was realized? Only we present Chami- nade students have come to see and use a Chaminade auditorium. From 1910 to 1926 the room was used as the Brothers' and board- ers' chapel. In 1926, when the enrollment passed 200 and the room was too small for chapel services, a chapel building, event- ually dubbed The Cardboard Cathedral. was put up at the site of the north wing of the present faculty building. Until 1931, there- fore, the auditorium was con- verted into the school library. Then came the depression of 1929, when the enrollment fell below 100. There was room again in the auditorium for the cha- pel, and so the library was moved to the second floor. From 1931 to 1938 this' chapel served the fac- ulty and students. Then in 1938 it became the Church of the new Our Lady of the Pillar par- ish. It served this threefold pur- pose-chapel for Brothers, stu- dents ifor many years there one Mass for the boarders another for the day studentsl ishioners -- until 1957, when Pillar Church was finished. was and par the While the school was being re- modeled in 1957-1958, the room was temporarily used as a store- house for building materials. And finally, in 1958 it was put to the use it was originally in- tended for. As an auditorium, it is really a new room: there is a beautiful cardinal-red velvet cur- tain given by the Mothers' Club: acoustic tile has been put in the ceiling, new fluorescent fixtures have been installed: a grey sec- ondary curtain blends well with the powder-blue walls: an ampli- fying system, given by the Senior Class of 1958, has been installed by Bro. Eugene Meyer. Now there are prospects of a permanently installed and enclosed 35 mm. Spring Styles Grace As Mothers Present Your Future is Fashion was the theme on the evening of Thurs- day, March 12, an Friday, March 13, as the Mothers' Club of Cha- minade held its annual spring fashion show in the school gym- nasium. The gymnasium was ar- rayed in many beautiful floral de- Nancy Koke of City House. escorted by Emert Wyss. signs, under the supervision of Mrs. Edward Speckart, decorating chairman. The beautiful clothes featured were compliments of Vander- voort's. Music to model by was pro- vided by the Chaminade Band, un- der the able direction of Mr. Ken- neth Schiebal, music director. C.C. Gym Alumni Show General chairman of the show was Mrs. J. A. Grady. Mrs. Grady's able assistant was Mrs. James H. Wehner, co-chairman. Matron models included the fol- lowing ladies: Mrs. William Bland, Mrs. Louis Budke, Mrs. James Crowe, Mrs. Donald Dalton, Mrs. Vernon A. Fischer, Mrs. John Fitz- william, Mrs. Devereaux Gearhart, Mrs. Walter Gray, Mrs. Thomas Gipson, Mrs. Daniel Green, Mrs. Edward Hanley, Mrs. Charles L. Hartenbach, Mrs. Charles Nolan, Mrs. Bernard J. Povich, Mrs. Rob- ert Sanders, Mrs. Joseph Johnson, Mrs. Carl King, Mrs. John Lough, Mrs. Robert Shaefer, Mrs. Russell Smith, Mrs. Clarence Welch, Mrs. George W. Wilhelm, Mrs. John Wilsdon, and Mrs. Donald Wolken. Junior models were selected by the officers and senior representa- tives of the Student Council. Jun- ior models and their escorts were Judy Veith of City House, escorted by Bob Hellrung, president of the Student Councilg Alice Mortland of City House, escorted by Juan Perez, vice-president of the Stu- dent Councilg Nancy Koke of City House, escorted by Marty Dennis, secretary of the Student Council, Mari Jo Berard of Nerinx Hall, escorted by Jack Sanders, treas- urer of the Student Council: Din- nie Bader of Webster High, escort- ed by Richard Kuzmich, Student Council rep., Sen. A3 Donna Brink- man of Ferguson High, escorted by Kemper Coffelt, Student Coun- cil rep., Sen. B. Also featured this year for the first time were the sensational Riverton Dancers, under the di- rection of Elizabeth Schneider. movie projector and a beaded screen in the rear of the stage. Meanwhile, with its fine organ and piano, the room remains some- thing of a secondary music room. Eventually various materials, now stored in the library, will be brought down to make the audi- torium a splendid audio-visual classroom. The first official use of the room as an auditorium was for the eighth grade graduation ceremon- ies of last May. Since then it has been used for displaying various classroom projects and some per- sonal hobbies. This month it was used for the Sodalists and the Alumni Days of Recollection and for the Mothers' Club meeting. It is a room to be proud of. an auditorium we should be proud to be inaugurating and profiting from.