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

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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.

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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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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