Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

Text from Pages 1 - 208 of the 1950 volume:

OF 1950 ' Kfi PUBLISHED BY: THE STUDENTS UNION BOARD OF GOVERNORS CREIOHTON UNIVERSITY OMAHA. NEBRASKA Vsi, Vjorvdmjs OF 1950 BLUEJAY Section I Administration Section II Seniors Section III Class Presidents Section IV Organizations Section V Activities Section VI Spiritual Life Section VII Athletics Section VIII Society SH OF 1950 BLUEJAY Editor William Armstrong Margaret Mirasky Technical Advisor Business Manager . Circulation Manager Artists Editorial Assistants Associate Editors Thomas Carvlin Wilbert Coon Thomas Clarke Philip Gauthier Mary Kay Kavanagh Verdun Daste James Corboy Leon Gaskill Joan Murphy, Bill Derby Mary Harmer, Catherine Corboy, Mary Kay Delehant Like the wandering bird a Bluejay is. Bill roams throughout these pages. If Mother Nature were to make an exception to the rule limiting the lifetime of our colorful scavenger and would permit an aged Jay of another year to return for a quick tour of the Creighton campus, that bird would be surprised at what he would find. Intrepid as he is. Old Bill would tremble with emotion; his bifocals would get misty; his wings would flutter with excitement. That old bird would be seeing things as we see them today. But, more than that, he would be seeing Creighton as it appears in compar- ison with the past. The changes that time has wrought would stand out in bold relief be- fore him. Bill would see new buildings among the old — a gymnasium large enough to hold thousands of sports fans — a stadium like a bowl — an administration building that ap- pears as he thinks a 30th century building should appear, and even facing in a new direc- tion. And, more significantly, he would see students by the dozens where there used to be one or two. The crowds converge at the various entranceways, fill the halls, pack into the class rooms. Roaming about the school, his bulging eyes would see law students in the modern moot court enacting a weighty case involving a labor dispute; his ears would hear strange words, such as induced radioactivity, a class on nuclear physics. There would be lectures and demonstrations involving international broadcasting and other new tongue-twisting subjects. We hope you will join old Bill Bluejay and his modern counterpart, as they tour the land of wonders that Creighton is today. (JJjmiumAtMMon Rev. William H. McCabe, SJ. Fresident ' s Message There is that about Creighton which makes the freshman, at first perhaps not ahogether at ease, say with quiet conviction before his first semester ends: I like it here. He may be unable to tell you precisely why. But the reason is Creighton ' s sanity: her level gaze at God and man and what life means; her level gaze at the freshman. He becomes a senior, he graduates. He leaves Creighton. Years later he will tell you that Creighton never left him. William H. McCabe, SJ. President In Appreciation Behind this 1950 Blue] ay there lies a great deal of expense as well as effort. The production of your Bluejay, which is entirely free of advertising, is very costly. Today, printing, paper, engraving and photographic costs are higher than ever. The student subscriptions cover only a part of this cost. The rest is borne by the University. The present members of the University Board of Trustees saw need of financial support and provided it. The aid which was so necessary for the success of the Bluejay was readily endorsed at a time when Creighton must watch carefully over its financial resources. Although the student body rarely comes in direct contact with this group, the Board of Trustees is perhaps the most significant and important group in the Uni- versity. Together wtih the President, the Board of Trustees run the University, determine the educational and financial policies of Creighton. It is to this group, the members of the Board of Trustees, who saw the Blue] ay ' s needs and provided for them., that the members of the 1950 Bluejay staff and of the Student Board of Governors wish to convey their deep appreciation for making the 1950 Bluejay a reality. Their generosity has helped us create a fitting memento of a happy year spent on the Creighton campus. Mr. W. O. (Otto) Swanson President, Nebraska (clothing Company Chairman, Creighlon General Funds Campaign 1949-1951 No citizen of Omaha is better known or better loved than Otto Swanson. None is more l eloved of the Creighton University family. Invited by friends of Creighton in 1949 to lead the Creighton General Funds Campaign, he said: As a life-long resident of Omaha and as one who is in- terested in the welfare of the city and its people, how, in fairness to myself and thousands of other citizens, could I possibly refuse? I accept the assignment be- cause I have been deeply impressed over the years with the work that Creighton is doing, and because I personally feel a true sense of obligation to this great institution for all that it has done for the area in which we live. The longer I live here, the more strongly is this conviction with me. The Blue Jay salutes Mr. Swanson, and thanks him for his interest in Creighton. The Board of Trustees — Rev. John C. Choppesky. S.J.; Rev. Henry L. Sullivan. S.J.: Very Rev. William H. McCabe, S.J.; Rev. Thomas H. Murphy, S.J., and Rev. Everett J. Morgan. . .J. University Board of Regents Francis P. Matthews Secretary of the Navy of the United States Frank P. Fogarty Vice-President of the Paxton -Gallagher Co. Arthur A. Lowman Former President of the Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. Ambrose J. Seitz Vice-President of the Union Pacific Railroad W. B. Millard, Jr. President of the Omaha National Bank Dr. Adolph Sachs Professor and Director of the Department of Medicine of the Creighton University The late Carl A. Swanson Former President of C. A. Swanson Co. Not Pictured J. Francis McDermott, Vice-President of the First National Bank 10 Regents of The Schools Rev. H. B. Crimmins, S.J. Regent of the College of Pharmacy and the School of Medicine Rev. J. C. Choppesky, S.J. Regent of the College of Commerce ant Dean of Creighton and University Colleges. Rev. Paul L. Gregg, S.J. Regent of the School of Law Rev. Gerald H. FitzGibbon, S.J. Regent and Administrative Dean of the School of Nursing Rev. Edmund J. Stumpf, S.J. Regent of the School of Dentistry. 11 The Liberal Arts Creighton College and Rev. John C. Choppesky, S.J Dean The year 1871 witnessed the actual fulfilhnent of the wishes of Mrs. Mary Lucretia Creighton when just two years after her death, Creighton College was estab- lished. From that unimposing red-brick building, grew the Hilltop campus to which Creighton College ' s present 800 students have access. Through these 72 years of its growth and development, the constant quality of the education it has provided has been due to the calibre of the faculty, lay and Jesuit alike. The dean of Creighton College is the Rev. John C. Choppesky, S.J., A.M., S.T.L., who is also dean of Uni- versity College. In addition to his duties as dean of the two colleges, Father Choppesky is a member of the board of trustees and the committee on educational policies. His duties further carry him into the chairmanship of the Committee on Admissions, the Committee on Undergraduate Studies, and the University Committee on Academic Rank and Tenure. Assistant dean of Creighton College is the Rev. Ralph H. Schenk, S.J., A.M., S.T.L. Though its principles have never changed, Creighton College, like any living organization, has adapted itself to provide for the needs of its students. Beyond the sound pre-professional work for which it so well known, Creighton College offers career opportunities as varied as Journalism, Radio and Television, Teaching, Industrial Chemistry and Social Work. Its curriculum now, as when it was founded, is aimed at the education and development of the whole man and the realization of this primary end is in the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science. The record of Creighton College is not measured by statistics, but rather by the character and achievement of its students. Here, as in no other branch of a university, the student is prepared for living, in itself. Of the priceless gift of a liberal education, we can truly say: You can take it with you. The Liberal Arts Colleges Faculty Colleges {Jniversity College Rkv. Ralph H. Sche.nk, SJ. Assistant Dean The University College, one of the youngest and yet one of the largest departments in the University, is the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for women students. This division is an outgrowth and a natural develop- ment of a series of teachers ' courses begun in 1923. Until December, 1931, these courses were organized and ad- ministered by the Creighton College. At that time, an independent college organization was established under the name of University College. Originally founded for the purpose of combining the various extension and teacher courses. University College now offers an integrated program in the liberal arts and sciences leading to the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees. It is run in the same manner as Creighton College and has much the same courses. With the same faculty of 103 instructors, one fourth of whom are Jesuit priests holding master ' s or doctor ' s degrees. University College offers the same opportunities to the women as does Creighton College to the men. In giving the women a course in liberal arts or science. University College offers three general fields of concentration. These departments of instruction are divided along lines that allow a student to get a baccalaureate degree by concentration in any of the three fields. The first section of instruction includes the various languages — Latin, Greek, French, German and Spanish. Courses are offered in English, Speech and Journalism which fall into this classifica- tion though they are not actually language curriculum. The second group of studies are Economics, Education, History Philosophy, Political Science, Religion and Sociology. The final series of major fields of instruction include Physics. Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and The Liblral Arts College Faci lt School of The Creighton University School of Medicine is tht only Catholic school of medicine west of the Mississippi, with the exception of her sister school, the St. Louis Uni- versity, located in St. Louis on the Mississippi. This school was founded chiefly to serve this large western area and supply it with well trained physicians of all faiths thoroughly indoctrinated with the high moral principles of the natural law so important for the practice of medicine. Certainly no one can deny that she has done __ _ ___ her work well. Percy J. Carroll The School of Medicine opened its doors October 1, Dean 1892 in the first building of the St. Joseph ' s Hospital at 12th and Mason streets. The building was altered and equipned to afford it temporary quarters. The infant school rapidly advanced into childhood and in 189o moved to its newly constructed building at 14th and Davenport streets. As the years passed the child developed and in 1910 another building was com- pleted on the ground just north of the original building. These two buildings became known as the South and North buildings. In 1939 a two-story wing was added to the South building. The main South building contains, in addition to the dispensary, the departments of physiology, pharmacology, biological chemistry, social service and the bookstore. The fourth floor, remodeled in 1948, contains the main research laboratory, including the animal quarters. The new wing of the South building contains the laboratory and departmental offices for gross anatomy on the top floor and additional spaces for the dispensary on the lower floor. The library is located on the third floor of the main South building and consists of a large read- ing room immediately adjacent to the stack room. A carefully selected collection of reference books, monographs in medicine and medical sciences and files of most of the important medical periodicals are readily accessible. The North building contains on the first floor the office of the Dean, the faculty room, the wom- en ' s lounge room and classrooms. On the second floor are located classrooms, the school offices, the office of the Regent, and the office of the Assistant Dean. The third and fourth floors provide labora- tories, offices and classrooms for the departments of pathology, micro-anatomy and bacteriology. The lower floor of the North building accommodates the cafeteria and the students ' locker room. The curriculum of the School of Medicine is designed to give students a thorough training in the fundamentals and an excellent working knowledge in all branches of medicine and surgery, so that after serving internships in hospitals the young physicians are well qualified to engage in the general practice of medicine. The Creighton University Medical Center consists of the following units: The Creighton University School of Medicine; the Creighton University Dispensary; the Creigh- ton Memorial-St. Joseph ' s Hospital; St. Catherine ' s Hospital; Mercy Hospital (Council Bluffs, Iowa) ; St. Elizabeth ' s Hospital (Lincoln, Nebraska) ; Booth Memorial Hospital; St. James Orphanage. The Medical Center has at the present time 1,673 teaching beds and after completion of con- struction now in progress will have 1,839. The Creighton Memorial-St. Joseph ' s Hospital has under construction a new addition which will contain one of the most modern psychiatric units in the world. Its capacity will be 130 beds. St. Catherine ' s Hospital has under construction a new addi- tion which will add 36 general hospital beds and many modern hospital facilities, including a new laundry, kitchen, cafeteria, dining room, administration office, staff room and lobby. All of the teaching facilities of this Medical Center are under the control of the Dean of the School of Medicine. 14 Medi icine The Dispensary, which occupies the first floor of the South building and the first floor of the new wing, is organized and equipped for the diagnosis and care of ambulatory patients. The Diagnostic laboratory provides training in the usual clinical tests and in addition stu- dents receive practical instruction in radiography and fluoroscopy, the determination of the basal metabolic rate and the use of the electrocardiograph. The medicines and prescriptions issued to patients are purveyed and compounded by the Cieighton College of Pharmacy. Under supervision, senior students also make calls at the homes of Dispensary patients who temporarily are un- able to come to the Dispensary. During the past year 29,995 visits were made to the Dispensary. In addition 2,370 home visits were made to patients. The Dispensary facilities are also utilized by the University Student Health Service. The entire support of the Dispensary is provided by the Creighton Univer- sity. The Jesuits insist that the course of instruction in the School of Medicine be such as to develop well trained physicians whose honesty, integrity and personal lives will always be above reproach. The Regent, the Dean and aU of the faculty members fully realize the great responsibility placed upon them by the university. Students are encouraged to feel free to consult with any of the faculty members at any time and to oflFer suggestions and constructive criticisms on any part of their training. The Creighton University takes pride in the great success of her medical alumni who may be found in all parts of the world. Wherever they practice their chosen profession they are held in high esteem by the people they serve. illUAJA.b D. I ' JIZOI.KALIJ Assistant Dean HHB js M iJ Hk jii H QE - IP i wm MPs ' ' i ' ' ' ' B The School of Medicine Faculty 15 School of Dentistry Hekiikki K. Ki m. Dean (Deceased May, 1950) The year of 1905 was an important one in the his- tory of Creighton University. The schools of pharmacy and dentistry both were founded in September of that year. In 1906 the university purchased the Omaha Dental College to provide adequate housing and laboratory faci- lities for the Creighton students. During the following 15 years, the new Dentistry School expanded and grew, until in 1921 it became too large for the small quarters afforded by the old building. A new structure was going up on the California street campus and the students were moved there in time for the opening of the fall term. Ihe degrees, D.D.S. and F.A.C.D., are held by Dr. Herbert E. King, dean of the Dentistry School. Amazing as the coincidence may seem. Dr. King graduated from the Omaha Dental College in 1905, the year before it was purchased by Creighton University. During his long years of association with the School of Dentistry, Dr. King moved steadily up the ladder to his present position. From 1912 to 1918 he was superintendent of the freshman laboratory. For the next five years he served as superintendent of the clinic. In 1923 he became a professor of Prosthetic Dentistry; then advanced to head of the department in 1935. Just 10 years later he was appointed Dean of the School of Dentistry. His work during the 38-year span with Creighton has made him one of the outstanding faculty members of the university. His duties as dean do not prevent him from work in associated fields. He serves as chairman of the Executive Council and is also chairman of the Administrative Board of the School of Dentistry. Instruction of the dentistry students, as with all others, is kept at the highest possible level and only a limited number are accepted each year. The program of the college calls for a high degree of professional skill combined with moral and ethical qualities which are above question. This type of instruction promotes a deep feeling of moral responsibility and a realization on the part of the student of his importance in the lives of his patients and colleagues. To bring about an aware- ness of the closeness with which medicine and dentistry must work, emphasis is placed on the re- lationship between the two fields. While high scholastic standards are maintained by the faculty, a great deal of equipment is placed at the disposal of the students to facilitate their advance. Well stocked laboratories and an operating clinic are provided for the students ' actual experience requirements. To help keep them abreast of the latest developments in dental surgery, a 2,000-volume library is provided and new books are constantly being added. Thk School of Dentistry Faculty School of Law Jamks a. Uoylk Dean The policy of the School of Law is so |)re| arcd as to afford the students a knowledge of common law and provide them with an unimpeachable standard of ethics. The object of this line of training is to impart to the students a love of the profession and a desire to stand with the best traditions of the bar when they graduate. The program which has been set up by the faculty is so adjusted as to give the students the best possible preparation for the time when they will have to face their examinations for admission to the bar. The in- structors have carefully revised, studied and broadened the courses to bring to bear greater emphasis on public law so the graduate will be adequately equipped for the position he is to occupy in society. Thoroughness is the watchword of the school. Every- thing is carefully planned and worked out to the last detail, to give the students a precedent by which they can work when they face the problem of preparing their own cases for actual courtroom work. This most necessary qualification of the profession is stressed for a number of reasons, but chiefly because it reveals the more meticulous students, giving them a chance to develop their talents to the utmost. To provide all law students with the maximum amount of background material, a library of 45,000 volumes is kept open 13 hours a day for their use. Besides the volumes of books, countless records and references are readily accessible to the researchers who continually probe its offerings. The current issues of fifty leading law reviews are kept on hand at all times to provide the workers with up-to-date material on the latest legal changes. The instruction of the school ' s 228 students is based mainly upon the Case system, a widely recognized method, but the individual instructors are left free to adapt the system in any manner which they feel will be most suitable to their courses. During the first year of study the student ' s classes are prescribed by the faculty, but the second and third years provide ample choice of electives to the student. Dean of the School of Law is James A. Doyle, Ph.B., LL.B., LL.M. The Dean graduated from the Creighton College of Arts and Sciences in 1924, 20 years after the founding of the School of Law. In 1933 he was granted his LL.B. at the University of Nebraska. Further pursuing his studies. Dean Doyle attended Harvard Law School and was awarded his LL.M. in 1942. In his recent position, Dean Doyle has proved himself a highly capable administrator and has contributed much time and effort to improving the school and its curriculum. The School of Law Faculty College of Commerce Floyd E. Walsh Dean With a provisional associate membership in the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business in its records, the College of Commerce is now in its thirtieth year of operation as a major school of Creighton university. Under the direction of Dr. Floyd E. Walsh, dean, the aims of the College of Commerce — to provide a higher education in the business field to train the students for directive positions in business — are ably carried out. Dr. Walsh has been at Creighton since 1926. At that time the college was one of commerce, finance and journalism. In 1933 the journalism branch was separated and made another division of the university. In 1919 Dr. Walsh graduated with a Bachelor of Science in commerce degree from the University of Iowa. He returned there for a master ' s degree and in 1932 re- ceived his Ph.D. degree. In 1947 Dr. Walsh was made acting director of the department of management at Creighton. With the school ' s aim in mind, the commerce faculty realizes that the basic preparation for advancement in the business world requires thorough instruction in the fundamental principles of modern business. Combining this careful instruction with practical applications in real business situations, the commerce students receive thorough training. When the well-planned program of the commerce course is combined with a few years in busi- ness, the student has such a broad understanding of business problems that he is as well informed as a man who has spent the entire time in business. In addition to these methods of instruction, laboratory exercises are prepared and the students regularly hear lectures by heads of local business establishments. Further learning is obtained by student research projects and field trips. The four-year course for the 543 students now enrolled, comprises two natural divisions of study. The first is for freshmen and sophomores. The work of these two years consists largely of required courses and provides background and fundamentals required for the highly specialized courses that follow. The junior and senior division is confined usually to extensive work in one field. It is in the final two years of school that the student decides which specific line he intends to follow. The College of Com- merce offers majors in Accounting, Economics, Management, Marketing and Management, and Gen- eral Business. There is also a combined Law-Commerce program which affords the students a Bachelor of Science in Commerce and a Bachelor of Law degree after six years of study. The College of Commerce Faculty College of Pharmacy William A. Jarrktt Dean The Creighton University College of i liariiiacy is one of the better equipped divisions of Creighton Uni- versity. While the college has its own building, it has the added advantage of being able to make use of lecture rooms and laboratories in the Medical School when the latter are not in use. The 145 students in the Pharmacy unit have a fine library of over 16,000 volumes for their use, housed in the combined pharmacy-medical library. In addition, .the library has files on all of the leading pharmaceutical and chemical journals, both foreign and domestic. These books and journals provide the most essential reference material for undergraduate work, and for some faculty research. Dean of the College is Dr. William A. Jarrett, a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and of Duquesne University. In 1935 Dr. Jarrett became Dean of the College of Pharmacy where he also serves as Director of the Department of Pharmacy and is an active member of various College and University Committees. In preparing its students for their later re- sponsibilities in the field of health services, the College stresses the importance of the positions which they will hold in their respective communities. As pharmacists, the graduates will be key figures in the public health of these communities and will be required to perform their duties in a highly capable manner. Realizing this, the College of Pharmacy extends to the students such well-qualified education in pharmacy and its related fields as to equip them for the demands that will be made upon their skill in the future. While concentration is on the scientific and professional side of pharmacy, still the college does not neglect the other important phases of right living. It impresses the need of good citizenship upon its charges, and it does not neglect teaching them to be good business men and women as well. To properly educate the students in its care, the College requires them to make full use of its library, and it also encourages research among its faculty. Lectures, recitations and seminars are supplemented with laboratory work. The latest laboratory equipment and visual aids are employed in all courses, and to put these facilities to the best use, the College employs instructors with not only the proper educational background but also extensive practical experience in the field of Pharmacy. The College of Pharmacy Faculty 19 St. Catherines Unit of The School of ISIursing -L ' - X. v Sister M. Kevin, R.S.M., A.M. The Director of St. Catherine ' s Unit is Sister M. Kevin, R.S.M., A.M. She has been director of the Unit since 1934. A graduate of St. Catherine ' s in 1922, Sister received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Creighton in 1929 and her Masters Degree in 1935. She was pro- moted to the academic rank of Assistant Professor of Nursing in 1947. The School of Nursing of the university was estab- lished in January, 1928 when an agreement was made with the Creighton Memorial-St. Josephs Hospital whereby its School of Nursing became an in- tegral part of the university, the instructional staff, students and courses becoming faculty mem- bers, students and courses of the university. The union effected a non-legal incorporation created to share educational facilities and function under common education standards and pohcies. In January of the following year an identical agreement was made with St. Catherine ' s Hospital. Shortly thereafter the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree was conferred on students who had completed their basic professional work in either of the two units of the school, and who in addition had successfully completed sixty-four semester hours of work on the campus. Until recently the ad- ministration of the degree program has been the responsibility of the University College. It is now under the administration of the School of Nursing. The Regent and Administrative Dean of the School of Nursing since 1946 is the Rev. Gerald H. FitzGibbon, S.J., A.M., S.T.L. Father FitzGibbon has been with Creighton university for many years. He was Dean of Creighton College from 1937 to 1946. C - -A. The Saint Catherine ' s Hospital Unit, Faculty 20 St. Joseph ' s Unit of Tine School of Nursing SisTKK M. Lous. O.S.F., R.SM., M.S. Sister M. Louis, O.S.F., R.S.M., M.S. in Nursing Ed- ucation, has been director of the St. Joseph ' s Unit of the School for the past year and a half. She succeeded Sister Mary Livina who held that position from 1928 until her death in 1948. Sister Mary Louis graduated as a nurse from St. Elizabeth ' s Hospital in Lincoln and received her Bachelor ' s Degree from Duchesne College and her Masters from St. Louis university. She holds the rank of Assistant Professor of Nursing. The Creighton Memorial-St. Joseph ' s Hospital unit of the School dates back to 1897 when it was organized for the training of Sisters as nurses. It continued as such until 1917 when lay students were admitted. The hospital is in charge of The Poor Sisters of St. Francis Seraph of the Per- petual Adoration of Denver, Colorado, and has a capacity of 450 beds. The St. Catherine ' s Hospital was founded in 1910. It has a capacity of 165 beds, and is con- ducted by the Sisters of Mercy of the Union, who were pioneers in Omaha in works of charity and the care of the sick. Two programs of study are offered in the School of Nursing — the three-year basic curriculum of theory and practice which leads to the diploma of Graduate Nurse and qualifies for state board examinations and certification as Registered Nurse iR.N.) The latter includes the basic curriculum; its successful completion entitles the graduate to the academic and professional distinction designated by the titles, R.N., B.S. in Nursing. A student may apply for admission to either program. The Saint Joseph ' s Hospital Unit, Faculty 21 Qraduate School Rev. Henry W. Casper, S.J. Dean The Graduate School both extends and enlarges upon the work undertaken by the several departments of the university on the undergraduate level fitting advanced students for graduate degrees. Graduate work, of its nature, involves specialization. It is study continued beyond the undergraduate level in a particularized field. Developing the range of the student ' s knowledge, it edu- cates judgment and creates a sense of initiative. In large part, graduate work has for its objective the enlargement of thinking which is independent in a wholesome sense of the word. With this objective in view, the Graduate School promotes a spirit of research. At the present time, there are more than 100 advanced students working for the degree of Master of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Science in Medicine, and Master of Science in Education. This number does not include the larger contingent of graduate students which descend upon the university during the summer sessions. The faculty is recruited from the several units of the university. The School is under the ad- ministration of the Dean of the Graduate School. Its academic policy is formulated and its standards of scholarship are established by the Graduate Council, the members of which are appointed by the President of the university. All applications for advanced study leading to graduate degrees must be approved by this Council before admittance to the School is obtained. A large part of the work of the Graduate School at Creighton University is devoted to the for- mation and training of teachers for all levels of education. With conditions in the world at large and in this country in particular what they are, the importance of the functions of a Graduate School is evident. The staffing of the school systems, both public and private, with men and women, imbued with the traditional spirit of Americanism and steeped in a love for all that it implies, takes on an importance of the first water. If there is still need for institutions of higher learning which are dedicated to the inculcation of those truths expressed in the Creighton Credo, certainly this need is paramount in that unit of the university which, more than any other, is committed to the tradition of those ideals which we as Americans, brought up in the tradition of Christian democracy, hold dear. Convinced that a strong Graduate School in a university the size of Creighton is best calculated to secure the preservation of all that is good in the American way of life and to eliminate from it what is an imminent menace particularly to our system of education, the highest officials of the uni- versity have spared no effort to build firmly and extend generously the facilities for graduate work. Dean of the Graduate School is the Rev. Henry W. Casper, S.J., A.M., S.T.L., Ph.D. Father Casper, who has been assistant professor of history for a number of years at Creighton, has been Dean of the Graduate School since 1947. He received the A.B., and A.M. degrees at St. Louis University and the Ph.D. degree at Catholic University of America. 22 Creighton College John Stanton Anderson, Omalia, Nebraska; Sodality; Interna- tional Relations Club; Intramural Basketball. Arthur Charles Antony, Clyde, Kansas; Sodality. George William Armstrong, Omaha, Nebraska; Phi Epsilon; Delta Sigma Rho; McShane Speech Contest Championship ' 48; Northwestern University. William Francis Bachman, Omaha, Nebraska; American Chem- ical Society. Jack Leclair Bacon, Randolph, Nebraska; Phi Epsilon; Intra- mural Basketball and Softball. John Edward Bathen, Omaha, Nebraska; Phi Epsilon. Joseph E. Beacom, Hubbard, Nebraska. Edward Thomas Beitenman, Omaha, Nebraska; Varsity Baseball ■48- ' 49. Arnett Jackson Bonner, Omaha, Nebraska; Dean of Pledges of Alpha Phi Alpha B- ' SO. Jerome Francis Brazda. Wisner, Nebraska; Secretary of Phi Ep- silon ' 49- ' 50; Editor of Creightonian ' 50; City Editor of Creigh- tonian ' 49; News Editor of KOCU ■49- ' 50: French Club. Robert Haller Brennan, Chillicothe, Missouri; Pasteur Club; Sodality; American Chemical Society. Dwayne Warren Brown, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Phi Epsilon; Sports Editor of Creightonian 48; News Editor of Creighton- ian ' 49; Managing Editor of Creightonian 49; Munkof Award ' 49. Daniel F. Byrne, Omaha. Nebraska. Jerome A. Cain, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Pasteur Club; St. John ' s University. Sebastian Joseph Caniglia, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Pres- ident of French Club ' 47- ' 48; Class Treasurer 49- 50; Creigh- ton University of the Air; KOCU; Thomist Club. 24 Jay J. Carduff, Omaha, Nebraska; University of Kansas City; Kansas City Junior College. ViNCE John Catalano, Omaha, Nebraska; President of Phi Epsi- lon ' 49- ' 50; Inter-Fraternity Council Special Activities Com- mittee; Sports Columnist for Creightonian ' 48; Circulation Man- ager ' 49- ' 50. John Paul Churchman, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Thomas William Clarke, Omaha. Nebraska; President Student Board of Governors ' 49- ' 50; Creighton College Representative Student Board of Governors ' 48- ' 49; Editor of Bluejay 50; Pasteur Club; Intramural Basketball, Football, and Baseball. John Warren Conner, Cumberland, Iowa; French Club. Matthew J. Connors, Midwest, Wyoming. James Joseph Conway, Omaha, Nebraska. WiLBERT Emery Patrick Coon. St. Mary ' s, Kansas; Sodality; Phi Epsilon; International Relations Club; Circulation Manager of Bluejay ' 49; Associate Editor of Bluejay ' 50; Circulation Man- ager of Creightonian 48; Publicity Director of KOCU 49; Intramural Basketball and Softball. John Francis Corcoran, Omaha, Nebraska. William A. Cutler, Jr., Council Bluffs, Iowa; Kappa Sigma; Washington and Lee University. Henry Joseph Darveaux, Omaha, Nebraska; Pasteur Club; Cana Club. Keith Burdette Deason, Casper, Wyoming; Pasteur Club. John Ronald Dixon, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; R.O.T.C. John Patrick Donahue, Omaha, Nebraska; Phi Epsilon. Robert Leonard Dreier, Omaha, Nebraska; Pasteur Club. Peter George Drobac, Watoonville, California; Sodality; Thom- ist Club; Pasteur Club; Internation al Relations Club; Creigh- ton Male Chorus; University of San Francisco. Donald N. Dupley, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; International Relations Club; Seattle University. Vincent Raphael Ehrhart, Topeka, Kansas; Cana Club. 25 James Orville Emerson, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Xavier Forum; Acolytes Guild; Catholic Action Club; Delta Sigma Rho; Secretary of Alpha Sigma Nu ' 49- ' 50; Editor of Industrial Relations Timeclock; Creighton Players; President of Orator- ical Society ' 46- ' 49. John Francis Fitzgibbons, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Sodality; Vice- President of Pasteur Club ' 49- ' 50; Swimming Team ' 46- ' 47. Bob Carroll Forney, Thurman, Iowa. Joseph M. Fredericksen, Omaha. Nebraska; Thomist Club. Joseph Paul Fritton, Albion, Nebraska; Sodality; Pasteur Club. Henry Anthony Ganapini, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality. Francis William Garvey, Omaha, Nebraska. Robert Wesley Geith, Riverside, California; Pasteur Club; Men ' s Glee Club ' 48; Creighton University of the Air; KOCU; Riverside College. Francis E. Gilchrist, Bismarck, North Dakota; Varsity Basket- ball. Michael Joseph Gillespie, Norfolk, Nebraska; Pasteur Club; Wayne State Teachers College. Francis C. Goodell, Mitchell, South Dakota; Alpha Sigma Nu; President of International Relations Club ' 49- ' 50; Cana Club; Magna Cum Laude. Robert Leo Gradoville, Omaha, Nebraska; Varsity Basketball ' 46- ' 49; Varsity Baseball ' 46- ' 49; Captain of Baseball Team ' 47- ' 48. James Edward Greene, Omaha, Nebraska; Alpha Sigma Nu; Sodality; Thomist Club; Student Bar Association. Verner Jerry Hakenson, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Chemistry Club. Frank Joseph Harrington, Jr., Omaha, Nebraska; Phi Epsilon; Creighton Players. Robert Paul Hart, Omaha, Nebraska; Creighton University of the Air; KOCU; Creighton Players; Intramural Basketball. David D. Hatt, Sioux City, Iowa; Sodality; Sodality Choir: Men ' s Glee Club; Phi Epsilon; Creighton Players; Sports Editor of Creightonian ' 49; News Editor KOCU; Intramural Basket- ball and Football. Joseph Francis Havel, Montgomery, Minnesota; Pasteur Club; American C hemical Society; Intramural Sports. 26 Ml•;LVl G. Hkbkkt, Onialia, Nebraska; Sodality; Vice-President of Phi Epsilon ' 49- ' S0; Cana Club. Chaklks Gkkaku Hkri)i;k, Pueblo, Colorado; Vioe-Prefect Sodal- ity 48- 49: Omaha College Sodality Union ' 48- ' 49; Sodality Choir; Catholic Instruction Workers; Pasteur (Jlub; Creighton Players; Varsity Bands ' 46- ' 48; Junior Delegate NFCCS ' 48- ' 49; Creighton University of the Air; KOCU. John H. Hkkfordt, Marshall, Missouri; Sodality; American Chemical Society. Thomas W. HINTO , Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Don D. Hittner, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Creighton Players; French Club; Cana Club; Chief Announcer KOCU ' 50. Joseph Patrick Hoban, Heartwell, Nebraska; Sodality; Xavier Forum; Thomist Club; Creighton Players; International Rela- tions Club: Pasteur Club; Creighton Male Chorus; University of Nebraska; South Dakota State College. Clarence Martin Hoi!L1HAN, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Xavier Forum; American Chemical Society; Pasteur Club. William Edward Howard, Omaha, Nebraska; Chief Announcer KOCU ■48- 49; Program Director KOCU ' 49- ' 50; Intramural Basketball and Baseball. Edgar Francis Huse, Hubbard, Nebraska; French Club; Creigh- ton Players; Editor of Time Clock; Cum Laude; Conception College. Pail Albert Juroszek, Sheridan, Wyoming; Pasteur Club. Edward A. Kelly, Sigourney, Iowa. John C. Kennedy, Wichita, Kansas; Sodality; Glee Club; Pas- teur Club; University of Wichita. Thomas W. Klein, Howard, South Dakota; Sodality; Pasteur Club. Harold Charles Knebel, Omaha, Nebraska; Pasteur Club Pres- ident ■49- 50. Robert Jay Kuhl, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Pasteur Club; Thomist Club. Bernard Joseph Lachner, Des Moines, Iowa; Pasteur Club; Thomist Club; Intramural Sports; University of Notre Dame. Donald Joseph Laporte, Omaha, Nebraska; Adjutant of Pha- lanx 49-50; American Chemical Society; R.O.T.C. James Holland Lawrence, Omaha, Nebraska: Thomist Club. 27 Joseph Anthony Lercara, Pueblo. Colorado; Pueblo Junior College. WiLBERT C. Lewis, Omaha, Nebraska; Phi Epsilon. Jerome Lipsky, New York City, New York; Cum Laude; Long Island University. Robert James McCormick, York, Nebraska. Joseph L. McGovern, Omaha, Nebraska; St. Joseph ' s College. Harvey John McPhee, Sausalito. California; Sodality; Pasteur Club. Donald Joseph Maher, Sidney, Nebraska; Sodality: Pasteur Club; MaryknoU Junior College. Albert Dell Mahood, Omaha, Nebraska; College of Marin. Samuel Joseph Marchese, Omaha, Nebraska. John Thomas Mazzie, Council Bluffs. Iowa; Creighton Players; KOCU. Frank Mech, Omaha, Nebraska. Henry John Meysenburg, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Phi Epsilon. John Joseph Micek, Omaha. Nebraska; St. Benedict ' s College. Larry N. Miller, Omaha, Nebraska; Varsity Baseball ' 46- ' 49. Arthur Fredrick Montmorency, Sheridan. Wyoming; Univer- sity of Southern California; Louisiana State Normal. Thomas Kilburn Morehouse, North Platte, Nebraska; Sodality; Pasteur Club. Joseph W. Morrissey, Colon, Nebraska. John Warren Mulhall, Sioux City. Iowa; Treasurer of Sodality ' 49- ' 50; Vice-President of Xavier Forum ' 48- ' 49; Debate; Glee Club. 28 William Patkick Mikphv. Sioux City, Iowa; Pasteur Club; French Club; Morningside College. John Robert Nkaky, Omaha, Nebraska. RoBKKT P. Nestlebush, Oiiialia, Nebraska; Board of Governors. Nelson Alan Newman, Omaha, Nebraska; Thomist Club. Salvatore Nocita, Omaha. Nebraska; Sodality; American Chem- ical Society; French Club; Pasteur Club. Emmett James O ' Brien, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Phalanx; National Lieutenant Commander of Phalanx 48- 50; Student Colonel 49. Terrance James O ' Malley, Omaha, Nebraska. J. Ward O ' Reilly, Spokane. Washington; Sodality; Xavier For- um; Cana Club; International Relations Club; Gonzaga Uni- versity. Francis Joseph Paluka, Council Bluffs, lovs a; University of Wyoming. Alfred F. Pogge, Omaha. Nebraska; Pasteur Club. Joseph Victor Prusa, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Pasteur Club. Edward I. Quinn, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Pasteur Club. James Maynard Reifert, Hartington, Nebraska; Sodality; Pastern- Club. ViCTER James Rerucha, Omaha, Nebraska; President of French Club; Pasteur Club; American Chemical Society. Leon Albert Rettenmaier, Kansas City, Kansas; Thomist Club; Pasteur Club; Notre Dame University; Yale University; Rock- hurst College. William Charles Rettenmaier, Omaha, Nebraska; Pasteur Club; Thomist Club. Sterling Thomas Reynolds, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Creighton Players; Chief Announcer KOCU ' 49; General Manager KOCU ' 50. Jerry Edward Ries, Omaha, Nebraska; Phalanx; Inter-Fraternity Council; Vice-President of Class ' 47- ' 48; Intramural Sports. 29 George Arthur Rooney, Omaha. Nebraska; Vice-President of Phi Epsilon ' 50; Sodality; Intramural Basketball. Donald S. Roth, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Pasteur Club. Arnold Leroy Schmidt, Omaha, Nebraska; Pasteur Club. Paul J. Schwaab, Omaha, Nebraska. Marvin S. Sheldon, Omaha, Nebraska; Phi Epsilon; Syracuse University. Joseph Omar Skaff, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Varsity Foot- ball ' 41- ' 42; Basketball ' 41. Thomas Charles Smith, Sioux City, Iowa; Sodality; Sodality Choir; Glee Club; Spanish Club; Creighton Players; WOW-TV Scholarship; KOCU Program Director ' 47- ' 48; Staff Announcer KOCU; Intramural Basketball. John Francis Sova, Omaha, Nebraska; Phi Epsilon; Sodality; Varsity Baseball; Sports Editor Creightonian; News Editor Creightonian. Joseph Michael Stech, Omaha, Nebraska. Donald R. Stewart, Omaha, Nebraska; Pasteur Club. Lyle E. Strom, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Thomist Club; International Relations Club; University of Nebraska. Rolland J. Sutton, Omaha, Nebraska; Pasteur Club. Robert Wilson Tarbox, Fredonia, New York; St. Bonaventure College. Robert Arthur Van Leuvan, Council Bluffs, Iowa: Phi Epsilon. Carl Lake White, Omaha, Nebraska; Pasteur Club; Rifle Team. George M. Wilson, Jr., Omaha, Nebraska; Cana Club; Univer- sity of Colorado. Alton S. K. Wong, Honolulu, T.H.; Pasteur Club: Thomist Club; Intramural Sports; University of Hawaii. 30 School of Medicine Anthony Steven Alaimo, Rochester, New York; Phi Chi; Intra- mural Football and Softball; A.B. University of Rochester. Harry W. Alcorn, Dearborn, Michigan; Phi Beta Pi; Univer- sity of Iowa; University of Michigan. Morris Bernert, Dover, New Jersey; Phi Delta Epsilon; Gamma Pi Sigma; Rutgers University; University of Chicago. Bennard J. Begley, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Phi Rho Sigma; Secretary of Phi Rho Sigma ' 47- ' 48; President of Phi Rho Sigma ' 48- ' 49. Donald Russell Bernat, Youngstown, Ohio; Phi Rho Sigma; Intramural Football and Softball; Youngstown College. Arthur Brown, Sioux City, Iowa; Phi Beta Pi; Trinity College; University of California at Los Angeles. H. Marvin Camel, Omaha, Nebraska; Phi Delta Epsilon; Yale University. Leonard Elmer Carlson, Edmonds, Washington; Phi Chi; B.S. University of Washington. Robert Morrison Chambers, Omaha, Nebraska; Phi Chi; Judge Advocate of Phi Chi ' 49- ' 50; Michigan College of Mines and Technology. S. William Conroy, Seattle, Washington; Phi Beta Pi; Archon of Phi Beta Pi ' 48- ' 49; Seattle University. Nino Stephen Crisafulli, Los Angeles, California; Phi Rho Sigma; Treasurer of Phi Rho Sigma ' 48- ' 49; Loyola University; University of Southern California. James Joseph Debartola, Des Moines, Iowa; Phi Rho Sigma; Treasurer of Phi Rho Sigma; Intramural Football, Basketball; Drake University. Edward Raymond Farrage, Los Angeles, California; Phi Sigma Rho ; B.S. Loyola University, Los Angeles. Robert Martin Fischer, Brooklyn, New York; Phi Delta Epsilon; Intrafraternity Council; Honorary Biochemical Society; Johns Hopkins University. Edward Jos?:ph Fitzgerald, Liberal, Kansas; Sodality; Cana Club; Phi Chi; Gamma Phi Sigma. 31 Karl Michael Forster, Buffalo, New York; Phi Rho Sigma; Canisius College. Robert Joseph Fox, Omaha, Nebraska; Phi Chi; Lfniversity of Nebraska. Allan G. Gilloon, Dubuque. Iowa; Phi Rho Sigma; Loras Col- lege. Elroy Francis Goebel, Jr., Los Angeles. California; Sodality; Phi Chi; Intramural Football; Regis College. John Jegi Gordon, Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin; University of Wis- consin; University of Minnesota. John Herbert Grosjean, Longmont, California; Phi Beta Pi; Regis College; Colorado A. and M. Gerard Roger Hassett, Mankato, Minnesota; Sodality; Prefect of Medical Sodality ' 48- ' 49; Phi Chi; Secretary of Phi Chi ' 47- ' 48; St. Thomas College; University of Minnesota; St. Mary ' s College. John Edgar Hoff, Jr., Webster Groves, Missouri; Phi Rho Sigma; A.B. Washington University. Edward Garey Hoffman, Omaha, Nebraska; Phi Chi; Univer- sity of Idaho; University of Michigan; Washington State Col- lege; University of Minnesota. William Robert Ireland, San Diego, California; Phi Beta Pi: San Diego State College. Warren Peter Jurgensen, Omaha, Nebraska; Phi Chi; Morning- side College; University of California at Los Angeles; B.S. Northwestern University. William J. Kieferdorf, Jr., San Francisco, California; Phi Beta Pi; University of Santa Clara. Pailine June Kirkpatrick, Rushville, Missouri; Alpha Epsilon lota; Mount Saint Scholastica College; Central Missouri State Teachers College. RiCHAEi. E. Klaas, Omaha, Nebraska; Phi Beta Pi. William A. Kleifcen, Indianapolis, Indiana; Phi Chi; Presiding Senior of Phi Chi ' 49- ' 50; B.A. Indiana University. High F. Kohler, Dallas, Texas; Phi Rho Sigma; B.S. Texas Christian University. Rt TH Elizabeth Kreiss, Santa Maria. California; Alpha Epsilon lota; Treasurer of Alpha Epsilon Iota ' 48- ' 49; Corresponding Secretary of Alpha Epsilon Iota ' 49- 50; Pan Hellenic Council ■49- ' 50; Gamma Pi Sigma; A.B., M.A. University of California. Richard Siu Fun Lam, Honolulu. Hawaii; Sodality; Phi Beta Pi; Intramural Basketball; Hui O Hawaii Club. 32 Jack W. Lkk, Omalia. Nchraska: I ' lii Clii; University of Colorado. Raymond G. McDonai.d, Omalia. Nebraska; I ' lii Rlio Sifiina. Alfred B. Mueller, Tacoma, Washington; Phi Chi; University of Washington; Carrol College. James O. Nokto.n, Dunedin, Florida; Phi Rho Sigma; Grinnell College. Makie Elizabeth O ' Brien, Mason City, Iowa; Alpha Epsilon Iota; President of Alpha Epsilon Iota ' 49- ' 50; Iowa State College. Francisco Orobitg, Puerto Rico; Phi Rho Sigma; University of Puerto Rico. Gena Rose Pahucki, Mishawaka, Indiana; Alpha Epsilon Iota; Indiana University. Chris A. Pascuzzi, Helper, Utah; Phi Rho Sigma; Utah Univer- sity. Carlos Alberto Pedreschi, Panama; Phi Rho; Intramural Bas- ketball; Coe College; Iowa State University. Sherwood Patrick Peartree, Rochester, New York; Phi Rho Sigma; St. Bonaventure College. Lucy Marguerite Radacia, Omaha, Nebraska; Alpha Epsilon Iota. Jacqueline James Rebbe, Omaha, Nebraska; Pi Beta Phi; Hon- orary Medical Chemical Society; University of Nebraska. Louis Norman Reis, Odebolt, Iowa; Phi Beta Pi; Secretary- Treasurer of Phi Beta Pi 46- ' 49; University of Wisconsin; Iowa State University; Iowa State College. Pierce Anthony Rooney, Jr., Omaha, Nebraska; Phi Chi; Pre- siding Junior of Phi Chi ' 48- 49; Santa Clara University; Uni- versity of California; Gonzaga University. John Joseph Sampson, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Phi Rho Sigma; Honorary Biochemistry Society; University of Colorado; Colorado College; Dartmouth University. Arthur L. Sciortino, Long Hill, Connecticut; Sodality; Phi Chi; Catholic University. Carmen S. Segarra, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico; Alpha Epsilon Iota; Spanish Club; University of Puerto Rico. John Albert SheahoiN, Kansas City, Missouri; Phi Rho Sigma; Rockhurst College. 33 ,V li .L Eugene Nicolas Solovieff, Albany, California; Phi Chi; Gamma Pi Sigma; Honorary Biochemistry Society; Russian Club; Carroll College. Stephen Jacob Spinharney, Los Angeles, California; Phi Beta Pi; Historian of Phi Beta Pi ' 47- ' 48; Honorary Biochemistry Society; Class President; Trinity College. Elmer H. Thomassen, Creighton, Nebraska; Sodality; Phi Chi; Loyola University, Los Angeles. John Paul Thomassen, Creighton, Nebraska; Phi Rho Sigma; Board of Governors ' 48- ' 49; Sodality. Manuel Augusto Torres-Aquiar, Omaha, Nebraska; Phi Rho Sigma; Honorary Biochemistry Society; University of Puerto Rico; San Juan School of Tropical Medicine. Carl P. Tranisi, Omaha, Nebraska; Phi Beta Pi. Joseph D. Van Eaton, Sidney, Iowa; Phi Beta Pi; Iowa State College. John Raymond Whitcher, Pamona, California; Phi Chi; Ath- letic Director of Phi Chi ' 47 - ' 50; Pamona Junior College; Uni- versity of Redlands. Robert George Wilson, Elliott, Iowa; Phi Beta Pi. Bernard Joel Wolfson, Omaha, Nebraska; Phi Delta Epsilon; A.B. Harvard University. Henry Frank Wrede, Jr., Omaha, Nebraska; Phi Chi. Jacob E. Wyatt, Jr., Mission, Kansas; Phi Beta Pi; President of Phi Beta Pi ' 49- ' 50; University of Kansas. 34 School of Dentistry NoRBERT Bernard Bauer, Zeeland, North Dakota; Xi Psi Phi; Northern State Teachers College; University of North Dakota. Robert E. Casey, Helena, Montana; Sodality; Xi Psi Phi. Robert Michael Coyne, Youngstown, Ohio; Sodality; Delta Sig- ma Delta; Class President ' 48- ' 49; Youngstown College. Joseph Aloysius Cullen, Kearney, Nebraska; Xi Psi Phi; Pledge Master of Xi Psi Phi ' 48- ' 49; President of Xi Psi Phi ' 49- ' 50; New York University; Kearney State Teachers College. Jack Keith Davis, Pocatello, Idaho; Xi Psi Phi; Intramurals; Idaho State College; University of Utah. Dean Arnold Deines, Clay Center, Nebraska; Delta Sigma Delta; Treasurer of Delta Sigma Delta ' 48- ' 49; Grand Master of Delta Sigma Delta ' 49- ' 50; Citrus Junior College; La Verne College. Richard E. Dierking, Omaha, Nebraska; Xi Psi Phi; President of Xi Psi Phi ' 48- ' 49; Midland College. Clyde N. Dorn, Muscatine, Iowa; Delta Sigma Delta; Intramural Golf and Tennis; University of Dubuque; University of Iowa. Carl Hugh Freeborn, Omaha, Nebraska; Delta Sigma Delta; University of Nebraska. Don Mendenhall Handy, Preston, Idaho; Xi Psi Phi; Utah State Agricultural College. Ross Hawthorne Hill, Arcadia, Nebraska; Delta Sigma Delta; Kearney State Teachers College. Joseph Ingersoll, Amfork, Utah; Delta Sigma Delta; Utah State University. Anthony Raphael Kokes, Omaha, Nebraska; Delta Sigma Del- ta; Worthy Master of Delta Sigma Delta ' 48- ' 49; President of Inter-Fraternity Council ' 48- ' 49; Sodality; University of South- ern California. Aloysius A. Kubat, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Xi Psi Phi; Varsity Baseball. Donald Robert Lash, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Xi Psi Phi; Iowa State University. 35 Joseph Anthony Lukas, Jr., Omaha, Nebraska; Delta Sigma Delta; Historian of Delta Sigma Delta ' 48- ' 49; Varsity Football ' 40- ' 42. John Joseph Mingenbeck, McPherson, Kansas; Delta Sigma Delta; Secretary of Delta Sigma Delta ' 48- ' 49; A.B. McPherson College. James Patrick Munson, Omaha. Nebraska; Sodality; Delta Sig- ma Delta; University of North Dakota; University of Missouri. Joseph Charles Nemec, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Delta Sig- ma Delta; Chemistry Club. Elmer Joseph Nespor, Odell, Nebraska; Sodality; Alpha Sigma Nu; Delta Sigma Delta; Secretary of Delta Sigma Delta ' 47- ' 48; Class President ' 47- ' 48; University of Nebraska. Orval P. Nesselbush, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Xi Psi Phi; Univer- sity of Iowa. Jorge Padron, Vega Beja, Puerto Rico; Delta Sigma Delta. Joseph M. Pauley, Ramona, South Dakota; Sodality; Delta Sig- ma Delta; South Dakota State College; General Beadle State College. Stewart A. Pratt, Unionville, Missouri; Xi Psi Phi; NE Missouri State; Parsons College. James Howard Purdy, Las Vegas, New Mexico; Delta Sigma Delta; Class President 49- 50; Highlands University. Roberto E. Rodrigi ez, Panama City, Panama; Sodality; Intra- mural Football and Basketball; University of Dubuque. Charles Dean Spurgin, Billings, Montana; Delta Sigma Delta. Joseph Leo Sullivan, Dunlap, Iowa; Sodality; Delta Sigma Del- ta; Treasurer of Delta Sigma Delta ' 47- ' 48; President of Delta Sigma Delta ' 48- ' 49; Intramural Basketball; Dowling College. James M. Thielges, Jamestown, North Dakota; Delta Sigma Del- ta; Jamestown College. Jack Van Dercreek, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Xi Psi Phi; Univer- sity of Iowa. Donald Robert Wieland, Callaway, Nebraska; Delta Sigma Del- ta; Kearney State Teachers College. Henry T. Williams, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Alpha Sigma Nu; Delta Sigma Delta; WofTord College. Gordon Lee Williamson, Boise, Idaho; Delta Sigma Delta; Williamette University; Lfniversity of Idaho. 36 Floyd W. Wokth. Forest ( ity. Iowa; Delta Sifrma Delta; Coe Colleg ' ; University of Iowa. KoHKKT H. WiucHT, Denver, Ojlorado; Delta Sifiriia Delta; Colo- rado State A. and M. Waltkr a. Zeeb, Scotland, South Dakota; Delta Sigma Delta: Scribe of Delta Sigma Delta ' 49- ' 50; Vice-President Board of Governors; Intramural Football and Basketball; A.B. Yankton College. 3 School of L aw James John Asikin, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Delta Theta Phi; Webster City Junior College; Hendrix College; Texas A. and M. Paul Willard Beckenhauer, West Point, Nebraska; Intramural Football and Basketball; B.S. in Bus. Ad. University of Ne- braska. Duane Richard Bernard, Jefferson, South Dakota; Delta Theta Phi; University of San Francisco. Henry Fox Bristowe, Omaha, Nebraska; Alpha Sigma Nu; Phi Epsilon; A.B. Creighton University. John J. Buford, Irvington, Nebraska; Delta Theta Phi; Vice- Dean of Delta Theta Phi ' 49- ' 50; Inter-Fraternity Council ' 49- ' 50; Class Vice-President ' 48- ' 49; University of Nebraska. Robert William Campbell, Kilgore, Nebraska; Alpha Sigma Nu. Thomas John Carraher, Omaha, Nebraska. Fred John Cassidy, Lincoln, Nebraska; Delta Theta Phi; Uni- versity of Nebraska. Albin Edward Chovanec, Plattsmouth, Nebraska; Sodality; Southeast Missouri State Teachers College. Stephen E. Davidson, Omaha, Nebraska; Delta Theta Phi. Joseph M. Dea, Avoca, Iowa; Delta Theta Phi; Tribune of Delta Theta Phi ' 49- ' 50. Richard Lionel Debacker,, Omaha, Nebraska; Delta Theta Phi; Cana Club; Student Bar Association; Hastings College; Hamp- den-Sydney College. Richard Jerome Deily, Emery, South Dakota; Sodality; Delta Theta Phi. James Joseph Diesing, Omaha, Nebraska; Alpha Sigma Nu; B.Sc. Creighton College of Commerce. John P. Dowd, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Delta Theta Phi. 38 Delmkr R. Exon, Omaha, Nebraska; Alplia Sigma Nu; Executive Committee of Student Bar Association; Augustana College. Armando Hknhy Fkkkaki, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Delta Theta Phi; Phalanx; Student Bar Association; Senior-Prom Prince ' 48; B.S. Creighton College. Edgar S. Finley, Omaha, Nebraska; Kansas University; Univer- sity o f Kansas City. Philip H. Fokkhead, Omaha, Nebraska; Delta Theta Phi; Exe- cutive Committee of Student Bar Association; (]lass President ' 49- ' 50. Leon McKinsey Gaskill, Omaha, Nel)raska; Delta Sigma Pi; Intramural. Sylvester L. Caves, Omaha, Nebraska; Delta Theta Phi; Tribune of Delta Theta Phi ■48- ' 49; St. Mary ' s College. Quentin p. Gerhard, Omaha, Nebraska. Max William Goetz, Hartington, Nebraska; Delta Theta Phi. John Tohmas Grant, Omaha. Nebraska; Iowa State College. Robert F. Griego, Omaha, Nebraska; Delta Theta Phi; Student Bar Association ; Arizona State University. Robert Clarence Heithoff, Carroll, Iowa; University of Omaha. Garland F. Henley, Rankin, Texas; Delta Theta Phi; Student Bar Association; Bradley University. Joseph Bernard Hurley, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Delta Theta Phi. Homer Edgar Hurt, Jr., Omaha, Nebraska; Cana Club; Student Bar Association; Coffeyville, Kansas Junior College. William Jensen, Omaha, Nebraska; Delta Theta Phi; Student Bar Association; Dean ' s Honor Roll ' 46; Class President ' 48- ' 49; Intramural Softball; University of Nebraska. John Michael Kemmy, Omaha, Nebraska; Delta Theta Phi; Los Angeles City College; Stanford University. John F. Kinney, Omaha, Nebraska. Elmo Edward Koos, Peoria, Illinois; Sodality; Delta Theta Phi; St. Benedict ' s College; B.S. Creighton College. 39 Milton Earl Kosa, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Delta Theta Phi; Delta Sigma Pi; Phalanx; Student Bar Association; Xavier Forum; ROTC Band. Charles Joseph Ki dlacz Omaha. Nebraska. Donald Anthony Langdon, Council Bluffs. Iowa; Sodality; Delta Theta Phi; Alabama University. Wayne Rygmyr Lai sterer, Omaha. Nebraska; Delta Theta Phi. Ruth Lydia Loving, Omaha, Nebraska; Student Bar Association. Neil R. McClahan, Winnebago, Nebraska; Delta Theta Phi; B.S. University of Nebraska. Eugene C. McFadden, Omaha, Nebraska; Intramural Basketball. Keith C. McGrath, Omaha. Nebraska. Robert H. McGreevy, Ackley, Iowa; Loras College. Richard Guy Meyers, Jr., Omaha, Nebraska; Alpha Sigma Nu. John E. Murphy, Omaha, Nebraska; Delta Theta Phi; Cana Club; Student Bar Association. Theodore Albert Nave, Crete, Nebraska. Robert Edward O ' Connor, Omaha, Nebraska; Delta Theta Phi; Student Board of Governors; Student Bar Association; Okla- homa A. and M. ; Southern Methodist University. Anthony Frank Pane, Omaha, Nebraska; Delta Theta Phi; Marshal College. Raymond E. Pogge, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Delta Theta Phi; Dartmouth College. Vincent Paul Quinlan, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Prefect of Law Sodality ' 48- 49; Delta Theta Phi; Class Vice-President ' 48- ' 49; St. Louis Preparatory Seminary. Patrick H. Rensch, Omaha. Nebraska; Sodality; Delta Theta Phi. Eugene Robert Retz, Omaha, Nebraska; Delta Theta Phi; Uni- versity of Kansas. 40 KiCHAiJU Lko Rick, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Delta Theta Plii. Joseph S. Sandi ski, Omaha, Nebraska. Sylvan Siegler, Omaha. Nebraska; Pi Lamixla Phi; Treasurer of Pi Ljunbda Phi ' 47- ' 48; Delta Sigma Rho: Vice-President of Delta Sigma Rho ' 48- ' 49; Omaha llniversity. John Malcolm Smith, Owatonna, Minnesota: Sodality; Delta Theta Phi; St. Mary ' s College. Ronald Thomas Spangler, Britt, Iowa; Delta Theta Phi; B..Sc Creighton College of Commerce. Robert Edward Sullivan, Omaha, Nebraska: Delta Theta Phi; Bailiff of Delta Theta Phi ■49- ' 50; George Washington Llni- versity. Lad Vaclav Tesar, Omaha, Nebraska; Delta Theta Phi; Master of Rolls 49- 50; Student Bar Association; University of Notre Dame; Doane College. Hugh Eugene Tully, Omaha. Nebraska; Sodality; University of Nebraska; Grinnell College. George Henry Vandenberg, Omaha. Nebraska; Delta Theta Phi. Donald James Wagner, Omaha, Nebraska; Delta Theta Phi: Master of Rolls ' 48- ' 49. Gerald E. Walton, Sibley, Iowa; Delta Theta Phi; Dean of Delta Theta Phi ' 49- ' 50. James C. White, Omaha, Nebraska; Delta Theta Phi. 41 College of Commerce Ronald O. Allison, Red Oak, Iowa; Red Oak Junior College. Dennis J. Anderson, Wausa, Nebraska; University of Hawaii; George Washington University. Donald E. Anderson, Omaha, Nebraska. Thomas Mac Andrews, Lindsay, Nebraska; Sodality; Delta Sigma Pi; Intramural Basketball and Softball. Edward Michael Atwood, Omaha. Nebraska; Doane College; University of California. Ray Leonard Bachman, Omaha, Nebraska; Alpha Sigma Nu; Delta Sigma Pi; President Commerce Chamber of Commerce ' 49- ' 50. Willard a. Barnes, Atkinson, Nebraska; Delta Theta Phi. Robert Eigene Beecham, Bennet, Nebraska; Intramural Sports; University of Nebraska. Gordan Louis Berger, Omaha, Nebraska; Phalanx; Warden- Historian of Phalanx ' 47- 48. Ben B. Blackwell, Omaha, Nebraska; King College. Harold Michael Bohan, Greeley, Nebraska. •Robert Loi is Boyle, Mitchell, South Dakota. Eugene Francis Bray, Creston, Iowa; Intramural Football and Basketball; Creston Junior College. Richard 0. Brennan, Omaha, Nebraska; Varsity Baseball. John Joseph Brown, Omaha, Nebraska. 42 William Lyli: 1{H )W , Omaha, Nebraska. Jack Chaklks Bi hns, Omaha, Nebraska. JosicPH ANTHO Y BusCH, Sharon, Pennsylvania; Regis College; John Carroll University. Stevkn FKA Cls Cakfkky, Grand Island. Nebraska. Anthony Jkrhy Caradoki, Eveleth. Minnesota; Eveleth Junior College. Fkanklin Kkefe Carr, Des Moines, Iowa; Sodality; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Drake University; St. Benedict ' s College. Dale Franklin Caughey, Council Bluffs, Iowa: Adjutant of Phalanx ' 46- ' 47; Finance Officer of Phalanx 47- ' 48; Lieutenant Commander of Phalanx ' 48- ' 49. Albert A. Ciancanelli, Omaha, Nebraska. Edward Robert Clare, Estherville, Iowa; Estherville Junior College. Harris E. Clark. Creighton, Nebraska. Earl Edward Collins, Omaha, Nebraska; Vice-President of Cana Club ' 49. John Patrick Collins, Winner, South Dakota; Sodality; Men ' s Sodality Council; Class Secretary ' 49- ' 50. Margaret Grace Conley, Omaha, Nebraska; Kappa Beta Gamma. Leo Francis Connor, Wood River, Nebraska. Pail Vincent Convey, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Daniel Joseph Comghlan, Mankato, Minnesota. Thomas Michael Coighlin, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Sodality. Daniel Lawrence Cronin, Grand Island, Nebraska. 43 David Pkter Crossan, Amherst, South Dakota. Francis W. Dalhoff, Halbur, Iowa. Eugene Arthur Dendinger, Hartington, Nebraska; Sodality; Deha Sigma Pi; Colorado State College. John A. Dickinson, Mitchell, South Dakota; Dakota Wesleyan University. John Joseph Dillon, Omaha, Nebraska. James S. Dobson, Omaha, Nebraska. George E. Donohoe, Pocahontas, Iowa. Paul Denis Donovan, Mitchell, South Dakota; Dakota Wesleyan University. Louis John Drees, Carroll, Iowa. Maurice Dean Dutton, Red Oak, Iowa; Alpha Sigma Nu; So- dality; Xavier Forum; Delta Sigma Pi; Secretary of Chamber of Commerce ' 48- ' 49; Business Manager of Bluejay ' 49: Iowa State College. John Francis Fennell, Omaha, Nebraska; Alpha Sigma Nu; President of Delta Sigma Pi ' 49- ' 50; President of Chamber of Commerce ' 48- ' 49; Vice-President of Chamber of Commerce ' 49- 50; Class President ' 48- ' 49; Varsity Swimming Team ' 48- ' 49; Missouri State Teachers College. Melvin Lynn Filkins, Omaha, Nebraska; Master of Festivities of Delta Sigma Pi ' 48- ' 50. Carl L. Fischer, Rockwell City, Iowa. Paul E. Fischer, Neola, Iowa; Delta Sigma Pi; Sodality. William R. Fleckenstein, Omaha, Nebraska; Varsity Baseball ' 48- ' 49. Eugene Roger Flecky, Omaha, Nebraska; Varsity Basketeball ' 45- ' 48; Delta Theta Phi. JKHOMi; Dwight Frede, Omaha, Nebraska; Delta Sigma Pi; Chil- licotlic Business College. John Joseph Fhenking, Carroll, Iowa; Sodality. 44 Ralph Theodore Friedman, Halbur, Iowa; Sodality. Charles Jack Frost, Omaha. Nebraska; Chamber of Commerce. CoNAL FiRAY, Omaha, Nebraska. Dan Gordon Georgeff, Omaha, Nebraska: Intramural Basketball. Pet er Marcell Graff, Sioux Rapids, Iowa; Sodality; Delta Sigma Pi; Board of Governors; Spanish Club; Intramural Sports; Class President ' 46- ' 47, ' 47- ' 48. Mark Edward Grant, Howard, South Dakota; Sodality; Delta Sigma Pi. John Thomas Green, Omaha, Nebraska; Peru State Teachers College. Edward Gerald Gregurich, Omaha, Nebraska; Gettysburg Col- lege. Frederick John Hamik, Stuart, Nebraska. John Joseph Harr, Omaha, Nebraska. Paul Joseph Harrahill, Omaha, Nebraska; Intramural Basket- ball. Bernard J. Hart, Des Moines, Iowa. Leonard V. Hassenstab, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality. Irvin Lee Heckman, Omaha, Nebraska; Delta Sigma Pi; Histor- ian of Delta Sigma Pi ' 49- ' 50; Creightonian ' 48; Intramural Wrestling and Softball; Iowa State College. Donald W. Hemmen, Omaha, Nebraska. Ernest Titus Hobza, Omaha, Nebraska; Drake University. Donald Joseph Hoeller, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Sodality; Pha- lanx ; Cana Club. Lawrence L. Hoffmann, Omaha, Nebraska. 45 Edward M. Houlihan, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality: Delta Sigma Pi. JosKPH Michael Houston, Omaha, Nebraska; Cana Club. George Stephen Hruska, New Castle, Pennsylvania; Delta Sigma Pi; Cana Club; Nebraska Central College: Middle Georgia College. Hakold Robert Jacobson, Omaha, Nebraska. Joseph Melvin Jacoby, Earling, Iowa. Jerome John Jamrog. Grand Island, Nebraska; Sodality; Delta Sigma Pi; Intramural Basketball. Darrell Edward Johnson, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Robert Paul Jones, Omaha, Nebraska. Paul D. Kealy, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Delta Sigma Pi; University of Dubuque; Monmouth College. Harry Edwin Kenagy, Omaha, Nebraska; Arizona State College; Kansas City University. Margaret Frances Kenneback, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Kappa Beta Gamma; Commerce Coed ' s Club. Charles L. Kilmer, Omaha, Nebraska. Harry Charles Kinnear, Omaha, Nebraska; Delta Sigma Pi; Varsity Baseball. Richard V. Knight, Omaha, Nebraska; Class President ' 47- ' 48. Fred E. Kouri, Perry, Iowa; Prefect of Commerce Sodality ' 49- ' 50; Treasurer of Commerce Sodality ' 48- ' 49; Vice-President of Xavier Forum ' 49- 50; Vice-President of Sodality Union 49- ' 50; Treasurer of Delta Sigma Pi 49- ' 50. Frank Michael Kravchuk, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality. Thomas Francis Kubat, Omaha. Nebraska: Delta Sigma Pi; Varsity Baseball ' 48- ' 49. IJehnard John Kvidera, Anthon, Iowa; Delta Sigma Pi. 46 RoBEKT JouDAN Lacy, Omalia, Nebraska; Delia Sigma Pi; Louis- iana Polytechnic Institute. David Pktkk Lack, Omaha, Nebraska. Richard Waltkr Larson, Omaha. Nebraska. Leroy William Laurence. LaGrange, Illinois; Loyola University. Richard Laurence Leise, Hartington, Nebraska; Sodality. Philip Edward Lippekt, Grand Island. Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Deha Sigma Pi. John P. Lomax, Omaha, Nebraska. Richard G. Lomax, Bushnell, Illinois; Sodality. Raymond Joseph McAuliffe, Omaha, Nebraska; Intramural Basketball and Baseball. Paul A. McCann, Grand Island, Nebraska; Sodality; Xavier Forum. Donald Sherman McCoid, Omaha, Nebraska; Chamber of Com- merce. Paul Francis McDermott, Omaha, Nebraska; Senior Class Pres- ident ' 49- ' 50. Philip Francis McFadden, Hartington, Nebraska. Thomas Francis McGrath, Omaha, Nebraska. Thomas J. McMahon, Gilmore City, Iowa; Fort Dodge Junior College. John V. McQuillan, Greeley, Nebraska. Richard F. Mahon, Sioux City, Iowa; Chamber of Commerce; Trinity College; Morningside College; University of Kansas. Allen Elliott Mason, Omaha, Nebraska. 47 Howard Joseph Mattas, Ethan, South Dakota; Sodality. Joseph Donald Meier, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality. James E. Merriman, O ' Neill, Nebraska; Treasurer of Sodality ' 49- ' 50; Class Secretary ' 48- ' 49; Delta Sigma Pi Vice-President ' 49- ' 50; Intramural Sports. Charles Messerschmidt, Omaha, Nebraska. WiLLLAM Francis Millea, Emmetsburg, Iowa; Delta Sigma Pi. Kenneth William Miller, Omaha, Nebraska. John D. Minton, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Delta Sigma Pi; Intramural Football and Basketball. Robert George Minturn, Omaha, Nebraska. William James Montgomery, Norfolk, Nebraska; Varsity Bas- ketball ' 47- ' 49; Doane College; Norfolk Junior College. Charles M. Moritz, Tipton, Kansas; St. Benedict ' s College. Harold Joseph Mueller, Sandwich, Illinois; Delta Sigma Pi. Leo Richard Murnan, Omaha, Nebraska. Robert F. Nolan, North Platte, Nebraska; Delta Sigma Pi; Chamber of Commerce. Milton Frank Novacek, Omaha, Nebraska; Spanish Club; French Club. Stephen P. O ' Brien, Decorah, Iowa; Sodality; Pontifical College Josephinum. Edward Gerald O ' Donnell, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Junior Warden of Delta Sigma Pi ' 48- ' 49; Omaha University. Arthur Daniel O ' Leary, Omaha, Nebraska. John Erwin O ' Neill, Jackson, Nebraska; Delta Sigma Pi; Class Vice-President ' 49- ' 50. 48 William John O ' Nkill, Omaha, Nebraska. EvEKKTT John Osterholt, Omaha, Nebraska. Jeamme Maky Pakle, Omalia, Nebraska; Sodality Prefect ' 49- ' 50; Secretary Xavicr Forum ' 48- 49; Treasurer Sociality Union ' 49- ' 50; Kappa Beta Gamma; Commerce Coeds. John P. Pekla. Kingsford, Michigan; Northern Michigan College. Donald Neil Peterson, Davey, Nebraska; Sodality; Delta Sigma Pi. Raymond E. Phares, Omaha, Nebraska; Phalanx. Frank E. Piotrowski, Omaha, Nebraska; Scribe of Delta Sigma Pi ' 49- ' 50; Fort Scott Junior College; University of Idaho. Keneth Jerome Pocge, Council Bluffs, Iowa. John Harry Polson, Omaha, Nebraska. Albert Eugene Prechel, Spencer, Iowa; Sodality. Dan J. Raher, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Delta Sigma Pi; Cana Club. Winston K. Rashleigh, Missouri Valley, Iowa. Paul E. Reilly, Grand Island, Nebraska. Cletus Anthony Roh, Omaha, Nebraska. Richard James Ronk, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Oklahoma Univer- sity; Washington University. William John Roskopf, Omaha, Nebraska. Robert John Sawicki, Greeley, Nebraska. Charles Hans Scheel, Council Bluffs, Iowa. 49 Ernst Erich Schnabl, Omaha. Nebraska; International Relations Club; Spanish Club. Leonard Leslie Schnp:iderman, Omaha. Nebraska; Treasurer of Phalanx ' 49- ' 50; Secretary of Pi Lambda Phi ' 49- ' 50; R.O.T.C Crack Rifle Squad. Helmut H. Schroeder, Omaha, Nebraska. William John Schwee, Omaha, Nebraska. Ray Lee Serafim, Omaha. Nebraska; Sodality; Varsity Swim- ming; Class Treasurer ' 49- 50. James W. Smith, Red Oak, Iowa. Don W. Spielman, Mitchell, South Dakota; Delta Sigma Pi. William A. Stahl, Joliet, Illinois; Sodality; Intramural Basket- ball and Tennis; Varsity Tennis. Frank Martin Stilmock, Jr., Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality. Robert Lawrence Stolz, Colwich, Kansas; Secretary of Sodality ' 48- ' 49; Senior Warden of Deha Sigma Pi ' 48- 49; Student Board of Governors 48- 50; Treasurer of Student Board of Governors ' 49- ' 50; Intramural Basketball and Softball; Kansas State College. Edward Ernest Strickland, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. John F. Strhdl, Omaha, Nebraska. Ekvin William Svoboda, Howells, Nebraska. John Joseph Szurpicki, Omaha, Nebraska. Carl Adelbert Tedesco, Council Bluffs, Iowa. William Alfred Thayer, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Delta Sigma Pi; Intramural Boxing and Basketball; Interfrat Football, Bas- ketball, and Softi)all. Clarence Colling Tompsett, Omaha, Nebraska; Intramural Ten- nis; R.O.T.C. Band. William Godi-key Tkipp, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Delta Sigma Pi; Chamber of Commerce; Cana Clul); HibJjing Junior College. 50 Ross A. VivoNA, Kansas City, Missouri. Donald T. Vokis, Omaha, Nebraska. Chahlks Walters, Jr., lola. Kansas. Lko Bernard Waltz, Stewart, Iowa; Sodality; Xavier Forum; Chamber of Commerce. Lee D. Webster, Vicksburg, Mississippi; Delta Sigma Pi; Cham ber of Commerce. Pai L Francls Welch, Des Moines, Iowa; Fresno State College. Donald P. White, Aurora. Nebraska; Treasurer of Sociality ' 49- ' 50. William Arthir Wolff, Omaha, Nebraska; Intramural Basket- ball and Softball. QuENTiN David Yerby, Peoria, Illinois; Sodality; St. Bede Junior College. Richard Louis Zaporowski, Omaha, Nebraska; Varsity Baseball 48. Donald E. Zurcher, Bellevue, Nebraska. 51 School of Pharmacy Ralph H. Antholz, Syracuse, Nebraska; Phi Sigma Chi; C. U. P. A. Lester Asmussen, Pender, Nebraska; Phi Sigma Chi; Class Vice- President ' 49- ' 50; Intramural Basketball. Frederick Boyd Backhaus, Omaha, Nebraska; Alpha Sigma Nu; Athletic Director C. U. P. A. George William Barn as, Pender, Nebraska; Sodality. Lawrence Francis Budke, Beloit, Kansas; Phi Sigma Chi; So- dality; C. U. P. A. JeAiN Rump Bursik, Fremont, Nebraska; Vice-Prefect of Sodality ' 47- ' 48; Secretary of Sodality ' 48- ' 49; Secretary of Sodality Un- ion ' 46- ' 47; Secretary of Kappa Beta Gamma ' 47- ' 48; Vice- President of Kappa Beta Gamma ' 48- ' 49; Sergeant-of-Arms of Kappa Beta Gamma ' 49- ' 50; Secretary of C. U. P. A. ' 49- ' 50; Homecoming Queen Candidate ' 48- ' 49. Thomas Carl Burton, Omaha, Nebraska. Benedict H. Callanan, Springfield, Minnesota; Phi Sigma Chi; Board of Governors. James M. Crampton, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Phi Sigma Chi; President Inter-Fraternity Council ' 49- ' 50; C. U. P. A. Clement B. Crowley, Aroca, Minnesota; Phi Sigma Chi; Sodal- ity; C. U. P. A. Edmund M. Czerwinski, Omaha, Nebraska. Walter Arthur Demotte, Los Angeles, California; Rho Chi; Indiana University. Robert T. Devoy, Cheyenne, Wyoming; University of Minnesota. Isidore Diamond, Omaha, Nebraska; Pi Lambda Phi; Marshall of Pi Lambda Phi ' 49- ' 50; C. U. P. A. Stanley Edward Echternacht, Spaulding, Nebraska; Sodality; Cana Club. 52 Warrkn Francis Farricll, McCook, Nebraska; Prefect of Phar- macy ; Sodality ' 49- ' 50. Shirlky Joan (jibk, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Kappa Beta Gamma; IJean ' s Honor Roll; C. H. P. A. Hugh Albkrt Gibson, Jr., Omaha, Nebraska; C. U. P. A.; Illinois State Normal University. Richard Charles Hill, Omaha, Nebraska; Vice-Prefect of Phar- macy Sodality; Xavier Forum: Secretary of Phi Sigma Chi ' 47- ' 48; C. U. P. A.; Class Treasurer ■48- 49. Richard William Horrum, Council Bluffs, Iowa; C. U. P. A. Leona M. Hi mlicek, Omaha, Nebraska; Vice-Prefect of Sodality: Kappa Beta Gamma; Secretary of C. 11. P. A. ' 46- ' 47 ; Class Secretary ' 48- ' 49. Frank Joseph Insolera, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; C. U. P. A. Merle L. Johnson, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Rho Chi; President of C. U. P. A. ' 49- ' 50; Omaha University. Carl Kent Knight, Council Bluffs, Iowa; C. U. P. A. Edward James Lynam, Omaha, Nebraska; Sunderland Prize ' 48; Varsity Baseball ' 47- ' 48; City College of New York. Earl Gerald Mahoney, Omaha, Nebraska; Rho Chi; Secretary of Phi Sigma Chi ' 49- ' 50; Vice-President of C. U. P. A. ' 49- ' 50; Class Vice-President ' 47- ' 48; Class President ' 49- ' 50. James Bernard Maloney, Omaha, Nebraska; C. U. P. A.; Notre Dame University. Paul Joseph Merriman, Joliet, Illinois; Sodality; Phi Sigma Chi. Donald Adolph Prescher, Omaha, Nebraska; C. U. P. A. Milan Clark Snodgrass, Omaha, Nebraska. Lois Ann Stelzriede, Omaha, Nebraska; Kappa Beta Gamma, President of Pan-Hellenic Council ' 49- ' 50; Secretary of C. U. P. A. ' 47- ' 48; Class Secretary ' 47- ' 48; Homecoming Queen Can- didate ' 48; Helen of Troy Candidate for Phi Sigma Chi 48. Anthony James Tresnak, Dodge, Nebraska; Sodality; Phi Sig- ma Chi; C. U. P. A.; Intramural Basketball. 53 University College Regina Claire A.nms, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Sodality: Glee Club: Thomist Club; Creighton Players; KOCU Staff; South Dakota University : Ottumwa Heights Junior College. Natalie Elle Byrne, Omaha. Nebraska; Sodality; Secretary of Sodality Llnion 49- 50; Corresponding Secretary of Kappa Beta (iamma 48- ' 49; Treasurer of Pi Delta Chi ' 48- ' 49: President of University College 49- ' 50; Secretary of Xavier Forum ' 48- ' 49; Thomist Club; Pasteur Club; Homecoming Queen Candidate. Marian G. Carter, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Frances Ann Chaloupka, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Sodality Choir; Xavier Forum; Kappa Beta Gamma; Pasteur Club; Glee Club. Winifred E. Ecklund, Denison, Iowa. Marilyn Elizabeth Eddy, Sibley, Iowa; Sodality; Kappa Beta Gamma; Commerce Coeds; College of St. Catherine. Mary Virginia Frederick, Omaha, Nebraska; Secretary of Thom- ist Club ■49- 50; Duchesne College. Makie Gannon, Jamaica, Iowa; Sodality; Kappa Beta Gamma; Spanish Club; Mt. Mercy Junior College. Mary Elleen Harmer, Omaha. Nebraska; Vice-Prefect of So- dality ' 49- ' 50; Sodality Union ' 49- ' 50; Xavier Forum; Treasurer of Pi Lambda Sigma 48- 49; Secretary of Pi Lambda Sigma ' 49- 50; Vice-President of Pan-Hellenic Council ' 49- ' 50; Creigh- ton Players; Sodality Choir; Associate Editor of Bluejay ' 50. Elizabeth Muriel Hartman, Omaha, Nebraska; Historian of Kappa Beta Gamma ' 48- 49; Secretary of Kappa Bet a Gamma ' 49- S0; Pasteur Club. Loketta T. Hoban, Heartwell, Nebraska; Sodality; Kappa Beta Ganuna; Glee Club; College of St. Mary. Carol Marie Kersenbrock, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Kappa Beta Gamma; College of St. Mary. Marilyn Marie Kneer, Plattsmouth, Nebraska; Sodality; Sodal- ity Choir; Xavier Forum; Sociology Club. Alvina Verna Laska, Columbus. Nebraska; Sodality; Xavier Forum; Chi Mu Kappa; Sociology Club. Patricia F. McC overn, Omaha. Nebraska: Kappa Beta Gamma. 54 Shiklky Loi MiLLKK, Oiiialia, Nebraska; Vice-President of Pi Lambda Sigma ' 48- ' 49; Pasteur Club; Honorary Colonel ' 50. Margaket Maio Mikasky, Omaha. Nebraska; .Sodality; Xavier Forum; Senior Delegate NFCCS ' 48- ' 50; National Council Mem- ber NFCCS ' 49- ' S0; Representative Nebraska Church-Related Colleges; Creighton Players; President of .Sociology Club ' 49- ' 50; Associate Editor of Bluejay ' 50; College of .St. Mary. Joan A. Mi ri ' HY, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Xavier Forum; Treasurer of Kappa Beta Gamma ' 47- ' 48; President of Pan- Hellenic Council ' 49- ' 50; Vice-President of French Club ' 48- ' 49: Dean ' s Honor Roll; Helen of Troy ' 49; Art Editor of Bluejay ' 50. Edith Haigaard Niklsen, Omaha, Nebraska; .Sodality: Kappa Beta Gamma; French Club; Spanish Club. Wilma H. Pankowsky, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Kappa Beta Gamma ; College of St. Mary. Mary Ellen PARyuET, Omaha, Nebraska; Duchesne College. Doris Jean Rice, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Kappa Beta Gamma; Iowa University. Anne Isabelle Rosato, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Kappa Beta Gamma; Creighton Players; Society Editor Creightonian ' 50; Bluejay ' 50. loNA Maria Thraen. Harlan, Iowa; Sodality; University of Mis- souri; Columbia University. Helen Elizabeth Tinley, Council Bluff ' s, Iowa; Sodality; Pi Lambda .Sigma : Rockford College. Marie Claire Titchener, North Platte, Nebraska; Sodality; Pi Lambda Sigma; Rose of Delta Sigma Pi ' 49; Homecoming Queen ' 49; Loretto Heights College. 55 Sch ool o f N ursing Margaret G. Edney, Omaha. Nebraska. Margaret Mary Enarson, Omaha. Nebraska; Sodality; Pi Lamb- da Sigma; Pasteur Club. Loretta Jeanne Feeney, Des Moines. Iowa; Mai7crest College; Mercy Hospital School of Nursing. Phyllis Rose Hastert, Shelby, Nebraska; Sodality; University of Nebraska. Martha Lavonne Hess, Albia. Iowa; Ottumwa Heights College; St. Catherine ' s School of Nursing. Josephine Mary Hoffman, Pierce. Nebraska; Sodality; St. Jo- eph ' s School of Nursing. Meliora M. Jensen, Omaha, Nebraska; University of Nebraska. Vera M. Mannlein, Petersburg, Nebraska; Sodality: Thomist Club; Pasteur Club; St. Joseph ' s School of Nursing. Hazel W. Meyer, Omaha. Nebraska. Mary Loretta O ' Neil, Rochester, Minnesota; Pi Lambda Sigma; Rochester Junior College; St. Catherine ' s School of Nursing. Patricia Ann Peters, Randolph. Nebraska; Sodality; Pasteur Club; St. Joseph ' s School of Nursing. Dorothy A. Sand, Nehawka, Nebraska; Sodality ; Glee Club; Creighton University of the Air; L ' niversity of Nebraska; St. Joseph ' s School of Nursing. Helen Marie Spellman, Omaha. Nebraska; Pi Lambda Sigma; Sodality; Pasteur Club. Joan Corrine -Suchan, Omaha. Nebraska: Sodality: Pi Lambda Sigma; Pasteur Club; St. Catherine ' s .School of Nursing. Irene Rose Wiese, Dodge, Nebraska; Sodality; Pi Lambda Sig- ma; St. Catherine ' s School of Nursing. Edna Elinor Winter, Colwich. Kansas; Sodality; Pi Lambda -Sigma; Pasteur Club; St. Francis . ' School of Nursing. Sister Mary Constance Martin. O.P., Sacred Heart College; Hays State College. 56 St Catherine ' s Unit of the School of Nursing Dolores Rose Bojanski, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Coffee Forum; Drama Club. Joy Joan Cauitt, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Veronica Ann Cotter, Omaha, Nebraska. Suzanne Crahan, Norfolk, Nebraska; Sodality. Madeleine Mary Duffy, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Coffee Forum; Drama Club. Mary Anne Feder, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Drama Club. Grace Margaret Friel, Des Moines, Iowa. Phyllis Elaine Fi hs, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Maxine Lois Golden, O ' Neil, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club: Drama Club; Sextette. 57 Kathkyn Teresa Harmer, Omaha, Nebraska; Sociality; Duchesne College. Mary Anne Hayes, Clarks, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Drama Club. NoRiviA Jeanne Heil, Ponca, Nebraska. Agnes Josephine Huennekens, Payette, Idaho; Wayne State Teachers College; Detroit University. Lillian Ann Hospodka, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality. Elizabeth Ann Huffman, Omaha, Nebraska. Ri TH Ann Jlstus, Omaha, Nebraska. Jeannene Catherine Kenney, Omaha, Nebraska; Class Presi- dent ' 49- 50. Clarice Lavon Kinzlek, Mead, Nebraska; Glee Club; Drama Club. Doris Marie Koenig, Spencer, Nebraska; Sodality; Class Vice- President ' 49- ' 50. Theresa Catherine Maloney, Omaha, Nebraska. Mary Patricia Miller, Denison, Iowa. Mary Patricia Murphy, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality. Patricia Marie McDonnell, Denison, Iowa; Sodality. Kathleen Ro-se McGrath, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Drama Club; Class Vice-President ' 48- ' 49. Josephine Anne Piccolo, Omaha, Nebraska. Joan Mary Ratajczyk, Marshalltown, Iowa; Sodality; Class Treasurer ' 49- ' 50. Akdath Anne Reichmith, Leigh, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee (Huh; Drama Club. 58 Annkloi ' Maky Rkifkkt, Hartington, Nebraska; Sociality; Univer- sity of Nebraska. LoRETTA Clara Rieplk, Bellevue, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Drama Club. Dolores Mae Swanson, Mead, Nebraska. Ethel Mae Swanson, Springfield, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Clui). Jacquelin Rose Thuente, Algona, Iowa; Sodality; Glee Club. Kathleen Honora Tierney, Mondaniin, Iowa; Sodality Prefect ' 48- ' 49; Glee Club; Drama Club. Patricia Ann Tighe, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Coffee Forum ; Drama Club. Alice Marie Weiss, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Drama Club. Sister Mary Bernardine Beckman, O.S.B., Norfolk. Nebraska. Sister Mary Gertrudis Burbach, O.S.B., Norfolk, Nebraska. Sister Mary Stephanie Casey, O.S.B., Norfolk, Nebraska. 59 St Joseph ' s Unit of the School of Nursing LoRETTA Agee, Omaha, Nebraska; Glee Club; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association; Clark College. Margaret Winifred Austin, Clarks, South Dakota; Sodality; Glee Club; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association; Vice- President Student Council ' 49- ' 50. Dolores M. Batenhorst, Stuart, Nebraska; Sodality; Sodality Treasurer ' 49- ' 50 ; Glee Club ; Secretary Student Council ' 48- ' 49 ; Duchesne College. Josephine Marie Bradley, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association. Charlene Brown, Rushville, Nebraska; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association. Mildred Clara Buman, Harlan, Iowa; Sodality; Hobby Club. Jean Elizabeth Carmichael, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Sodality; Glee Club; Nebraska .State Student Nurses Association. Jo Ann Christopherson, Fremont, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association; Editor of Nightengale ' 49- ' 50. Margaret Udine Cihacek, Howells, Nebraska; .Sodality; Glee Club; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association; Hobby Club; Class Secretary-Treasurer ' 49- ' 50. 60 Helen Teresa Condon, Fort Dodge, Towa; Sociality; Glee Club; Class Vice-President ' 47- ' 48; Helen of Troy ' 49; Fort Dodge Junior College. Mary C. Connelly, Atkinson. Nebraska; Sodality; Sodality Pre- fect ' 49- ' 50; Glee Club; Mount Saint Scbolastica College. Virginia Conner.s, Midwest, Wyoming; Sodality; (ilee Club. Marjorie Maxine Coulter,. Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association. Mary Ann Criise, Massena, Iowa. Rita Ann Daniels, Des Moines, Iowa; Sodality; Glee Club; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association. Mary Catherine Domonkos, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association; Class Vice- President ' 49- ' 50. Patricia Anne Farmer, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Hobby Club; President Nebraska State Student Nurses Associa- tion ' 49- ' 50; Sodality Vice-Prefect ' 49- ' 50; Class Secretary ' 48- ' 49; May Queen ' 49. Theresa Ann Frodyma, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association; Hobby Club. Donna Jean Gainey, Schuyler, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association; Class President ' 49- ' 50. Evelyn Mary Gamerl, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association. Mary Lou Givens, Fremont, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club: Nebraska State Student Nurses Association; Student Council ' 49- ' 50. Effie Roberta Horn, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association; Student Council ' 49- ' 50. Anna Rose Hunt, Dalhart, Texas; Sodality. Kathryn Ann Kearns, Fort Dodge, Iowa; Sodality; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association; Hobby Club; Class President ' 47- ' 48; Fort Dodge Junior College. Marguerite Keber, Spalding, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association. Elizabeth Marice Keitges, Danbury, Iowa; Sodality; Glee Club; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association ; Hobliy Club ; Col- lege of Saint Mary. William Russell Kerr, Omaha, Nebraska. 61 Alice Ann Lee, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Sodality; Glee Club; Ne- braska State Student Nurses Association. Mafsgaret Lucille McCarthy, York, Nebraska. Kathryn Elizabeth McDonald, Chugwater, Wyoming; Sodality; Glee Club; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association Therese Ann Matras, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; President ' 48- ' 49; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association; Hobby Club; Class Vice-President ' 48- ' 49; College of Saint Mary. Mary Theresa Messmer, St. Mary ' s, Kansas. Colleen F. Miller, Prescott, Iowa; Sodality; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association; Hobby Club. Mary Ann Olberding, Kearney, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association; Kearney State Teachers College. Mary Margaret Pearson, Des Moines, Iowa; Sodality; Glee Club; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association. Cecilia A. Reinic, Portsmouth, Iowa; Sodality; Glee Club; Ne- braska State Student Nurses Association. Patricia Ann Ryan, Creighton, Nebraska. LiLA Marie Satow, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club. Philomena Gertrude Schrage, Elgin, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club ; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association. Joan Adele Smith, Fort Dodge, Iowa; Sodality; Glee Club; Ne- braska State Student Nurses Association; Treasurer Student Council ' 48- ' 49; President Student Council ' 49- ' 50; Fort Dodge Junior College. Jeannine Helen Story, Odebolt, Iowa; Glee Club; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association. Joan Tousignant, Madison, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association. Dolores Urek, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Nebraska State Student Nurses Association; Student Council. Lorraine Helen Vlcek, Omaha, Nebraska; Sodality; Glee Club; Nebraska State Student Nuises Association; Hobby Club. Sister Mary Timothea Koperski, Omaha, Nebraska. 62 C£ao-fl P ieaicWIs Creighton College Senioi ' Junior Sophomore Freshman Jerky Ries John Tobin James Flood . Don Mabra School of Isiedicine Senior . Steve Spinharney Freshman Thomas O ' Neill 64 School of Dentistry Senior Junior Soph Freshman Jamios Plkl) . Lee Peebles Galen Quinn Bill Peltzer School of Law Senior Phillip Forehead Freshman . Leo Monroe 65 Freshman College of Commerce Senioj- Paul McDermott Junior . . . John Beutlen Tom Kenny College of Pharmacy Seni . Earl Mahoney Sophomore . . Serafino Bertolini 66 University Colle ie Natalif. Byrnk St, Catherines Hospital Senior Jeannenne Kenny Patricia Caldwell Freshman . Mary Ellen Zimmerman St, Joseph ' s Hospital Senic Donna J. Gainey Junioi Freshman Shirley Mann Nancy Cannon O VQ QM l LofecrM The Student Union Board of Qovernors The symbol on the left has for twenty-eight years stood for the Creighton University Students Union, The number- one student organization was incorporated in 1922 for a period of fifty years to promote student welfare and campus activities. The Student Board of Governors is the executive board of the Students Union. Members of the Board meet weekly and sponsor a number of all-university functions during the year in which most students have an opportunity to partici- pate. The campus social season opened this year with the annual Freshman Frolic. The board sponsored the dance held at Peony Park on September 23. Next on the list was the Student Handbook and Directory. Bob Nestlebush was appointed editor. With a pep rally in front of the Beanery headed by Tom Clarke, the Homecoming celebration opened unofficially. The first game of a twenty-six game basketball series began the official Homecoming proceedings. Following the basketball opener, the annual Homecoming Dance was held at Peony Park. The board sponsored the affair under the chairmanship of Bill Whaley, Creighton College junior. Marie Titchener, a University College senior, was chosen as this year ' s Homecoming Queen. Two activities which the board handled this year were especially successful. When the Creighton students were asked to contribute to the Community Chest drive, the board was on hand to sponsor the tfjUBB drive. The second charitable f l k venture which the board ll V supervised on the campus i was the drive for donations to the Red Cross Blood Bank. This drive was re- warded by the donation of one hundred and twenty i, M pints of blood by the stu- Jj m B (lenls of the university. Thomas (Clarke, ' resident Walter Zeeb, Vice-President 70 Rev. Charles K. HaydeiN, S.J., Moderator Last year was the first year since 1941 that a yearbook was published on the Hilltop. The success of the revived annual raised a question with which the board had to deal this year. Should there be an annual assess- ment made on each student for the production of a yearbook and assuring each one a book? The overall student assessment in 1951 was discussed by the board, and when the plan was looked upon with favor by the members, a poll of the students was taken to determine the general campus reaction to the proposal. A good majority of the students quizzed were in favor of the assessment. A recommendation was then written by the board and sent to Father McCabe. As the yearbook was going to press, no final decision on the proposal had been made. This year the board appointed Tom Clarke to head the yearbook produc- tion. The University publications board approved the appointment. During the year, the board also revived the old policy of inviting students to attend the weekly meetings. The board ' s expectations were fulfilled when the move resulted in a marked interest in board affairs on the campus and a noticeable increase in school spirit. The board ' s weekly meetings were further publicized when the minutes began to appear in the Creightonian again. Officers of the Board of Governors are: Thomas Clarke, president; Walter Zeeb, vice- president; Leon Gaskill, sec- retary and Robert Stolz, treasurer. The Rev. Charles Hayden, S.J., is the moder- ator. And now we would like to introduce you to the men on the Student Board of Governors, your represen- tatives. t.foii Gaskill. Sc,rri( Robert Stolz. Treasurer 71 Thomassen Graff This year ' s board president is also the editor of the yearbook. He ' s Tom Clarke, a senior in Creighton College and a native Oma- han. In addition to putting in plenty of time on the books, Tom finds time to participate in intramural sports on the Hilltop. He is a member of the Sodality and the Pasteur Club. Tom is looking forward to a teaching and coaching career when he graduates. He was a Navy gunner and bombardier during the war. Omahan Robert Nestlebush, a senior in Creighton College, is a member of Phi Epsilon, journalism fraternity, and the Sodality. He was the editor of this year ' s Student Directory and Handbook. Bob was a surgical technician in Europe during the war. Bob had to drop his column Beating Around the Bush which ap- peared for two years in the Creightonian, in the spring due to an overload of school and outside work. He does advertising work in his spare time and is married and a proud father of a baby girl. Reading and accounting are the favorite pastimes of Robert Stolz, a senior in the College of Commerce. He is a native of Wichita, Kansas and has participated in intra- mural sports. He is a past senior warden of Delta Sigma Pi Commerce Fraternity and past secretary of the Commerce Sodality. Paul Thomassen from Creighton, Nebraska is a senior in the School of Medicine. Hunting and dancing are his favorite forms of diversion. He is a member of Phi Rho Sigma Medical Fraternity, the Medical Sodality and the Xavier Forum. Scotland, South Dakota is the home town of Walter Zeeb, a senior in the School of Dentistry. Walt is a married man and a member of the Delta Sigma Delta Dental Frater- nity. Last year Leon Bud Gaskill was elected to the board to replace a member who had moved out of the state. This year Bud is back again, a senior in the School of Law. A former first sergeant, he spent three years in the Third Army Engineers. Engineer re- serve work and photography are his hobbies. The boys in Dowling Hall know him as the man in the end room down the corridor who keeps the peace. Bud is Dowling Hall ' s proc- tor this year. He is also an alumnus of Delta Sigma Pi Commerce Fraternity. Basketball fans know Earl Mick McClelland more for his second fine year on the 72 Cowger Saner McClelland varsity than for his other activities. But it should also he known that he ' s a newly api)oint- ed memher of the Jesuit Honorary Fraternity, Alpha Sigma Nu. This Corning, Iowa Navy Air Corps veteran is a Sociology major and will he l)ack next year for another season of hasketball. Mick is looking forward to coaching when he leaves school. Another of the board ' s active members is Peter Graff who hails from Sioux Rapids, Iowa. He is this year ' s president of the Chamber of Commerce. Pete is a Commerce sen- ior and a member of the Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity. His spare time is taken up with his flying activity, Pete is a naval reserve It. junior grade pilot. He is also this year ' s ath- letic chairman. Delta Sigma Delta Dental Fraternity this spring picked one other board member to be their Grand Master for 1951. This senior in the Dental School is George Cowger, a veteran of six years as a pilot and officer in the Navy. George was originally from Craig, Nebraska, but now lives in Omaha. He has been married for nine years. George is an active musician, playing the trombone and singing in the Dundee Presbyterian Choir. He occupies himself on his off hours with land- scaping. Creighton saw the beginning of a new law fraternity on the campus this year. The new Phi Alpha Delta organization picked Bill Tracy, another board member, as its Justice. Bill is a graduate of the School of Commerce, class of ' 48. Now a Law junior, Bill is looking forward to a law practice when he graduates. He is a member of the Law Sodality, student bar association and was for three years an Air Force gunnery instructor. Rho Chi Honorary Pharmacy Frater- nity lists another of the board members on its roster. He is John Saner, a Pharmacy junior. John also belongs to Phi Sigma Chi Fraternity. His outside work keeps him busy when he ' s not attending classes. He has a job with a local drug store as a phar- macist ' s assistant as well as another job at the St. Catherine ' s Hospital. John ' s favorite form of relaxation is tennis. Inter-Fraternity Council The Inter - Fraternity Council is comprised of the president of the University (ex-officio), the dean of men and the vice-presidents (or any other fraternity member who is appointed by the fra- ternity and approved by the council of each academic and professional fraternity. The council regulates all mat- ters pertaining to fraternities and creates an interest in cul- tural, social, athletic and scholastic achievement. From candidates selected by each of the fraternities, the council an- nually elects a Helen of Troy who is presented to the public at the Inter-Fraternity Ball. After ballots have been cast to elect a Helen of Troy from the candidates chosen, her identity is known only to the dean of men until the ceremony at the Ball. This year ' s Helen of Troy was Joan Murphy, a University College senior representing the Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity. She was presented at the Ball held at Peony Park on December 3. One of the best means of getting the various fraternities together is through sports activity. Accordingly, the council sponsors athletic pro- grams each year in which all the groups take part. This year ' s sports program included touch football, basketball and softball. This year the annual inter-fraternity awards for sports champion- ships were given at the Inter-Fraternity picnic held in May. To each of 74 the winners in the touch footl all, hasketl)all and softhall competition an award was given. This year the council held no fraternity night hut instead sponsored an Inter-Fraternity picnic. It was held at Vennelyst Park in Florence during early May. The council also met for its annual dinner. At the dinner, the Rev. Charles K. Hayden, S.J., council moderator, presented keys to the members. Officers of the Council are: James Crampton, president; Bill Kubit- schek, vice-president; Galen Quinn, secretary; and Herman Borowsky, treasurer. The Rev. Charles Hayden, S.J,, is the moderator. Each of the eleven council members serves on one of four committees. John Buford, Delta Theta Pi, is chairman of the by-laws and resolutions committee. He is assisted by David Smith, Phi Rho Sigma. This group acted as an executive committee to handle special business procedures. Heading the Inter-Fra- ternity Ball committee is Her- man Borowsky, Pi Lambda Phi. His assistants are: Bill Kubitschek, Phi Chi, and Ga- len Quinn, Delta Sigma Delta. Chairman Frank Mc- Cabe, Xi Psi Phi, headed the athletics committee. Jerry Reis, Phalanx, assisted him. The special activities committee is under the chair- manship of Vincent Catalano, Phi Epsilon. His assistants are: James Meyers, Phi Beta Pi, and Edward DePauli, Delta Sigma Pi. This group has charge of publicity and all other functions not hand- led by those committees al- ready mentioned. 75 Delta Theta Phi The Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity is the nation ' s largest law frater- nity. Its local chapter, the Bryan Senate was established on the Creighton campus in 1913. Today the Bryan Senate has sixty-five members. To qualify for membership in Delta Theta Phi, a candidate must be an undergraduate or post-graduate student in a college of law with which the fraternity is associated, and must be of good character and maintain a high scholastic record. The object of Delta Theta Phi is to unite fraternally congenial students of the law, to lead them and their fellow students to high scholarship and legal learning, to surround them with an environment such that the tradi- tions of the law and of the profession may descend upon them, to promote justice and to inspire respect for the noblest qualities of manhood, and to advance the interests of every college of law with which the fraternity is associated. During the year the Delts combined business with pleasure as they had outstanding members of the bench and bar as speakers at their many luncheon meetings. This year the Delts saw their candidate, Miss Joan Walton Biiford Dea Burke Griego Retz Cannon Deily Kosa Ferrari Mich Goetz Rice Debacker Caves Davidson 76 Henley McCluliaii Bernard Campbell Moore Langdon Pane Spangler Smith Quinlan Mundy Rensch White Pogge Hickman Murphy Ryan Fitzgerald Lausteerer Blodgett Hollander Ebel O ' Connor Kemmy Dowd Ziebarth Peetz Koos Stewart Wagner Jackson Vandenberg C. White Hurley Fields Murphy, crowned Helen of Troy at the Inter-Frater- nity Ball. The oustanding spring function was the formal initiation. Bryan Senate was the host to the Maxwell Senate from the University of Nebraska. The fraternity also turned up with a good basket- ball team in the inter-fraternity competition. This year ' s officers are: Gerald Walton, dean; John Buford, vice-dean: Joseph Dea, tribune; Tom Burke, clerk of the exchequer; Lad Tesar, master of the rolls; Dave Lathrop, master of the rituals; Robert Sullivan, Bailiff. 77 Delta Sigma Delta Now in its fortieth year on the Creighton campus, the Omega chapter of Deha Sigma Delta Dental Fraternity this year has a membership of eighty-eight. The object of this organization is to keep the standards of dentistry- high by inculcating in the minds of dental students and practitioners a spirit of fraternal cooperation toward scientific, ethical, and professional progress. Any male member of the dental profession who has not been ini- tiated into any Greek letter dental fraternity, other than honor fraternities, is eligible to be proposed for membership. Deines Zeeb Cowger Munsen Kokes Gardes Spurgin Mingenbach Hill Wright Rodriguez Albers Ashby Malone Haas Torres Hull Condon Krsyki Whaley Peltzer Shaddy Phillip? 78 Camacho Maschka Lorenzen Freeborn Padron Wafful McCue Onello Piearson Guetzkow Worth White Williamson Berry Brown Chostner Gray Johnson Clinch Birdwell Vacanti Klein Theilges Nespor Coyne Lukas Wieland Nemec Sullivan Purdy Stewart Williams Pauley Ingersoll Dorn In addition to sponsoring a Ladies Night in January, a Spring Formal and a Senior Party, the Dental brothers also participated in an exchange meeting with the Beta chapter at Lincoln and the regional conclave held this year at Kansas City. The Omega chapter also held a meeting with the graduate chapter to welcome Supreme Grand Master A, C. Vieille. Dean Deines was the fraternity ' s grand master this year. The other officers were: Galen Quinn, worthy master; Walter Zeeb, scribe; Norman Olsen, treasurer; Joseph Ranieri, historian; and Don O ' Mara, senior page. Drs. Bart Dienstbier and L. A. Donahue are the moderators. 79 Delta Sigma Fi Established here in 1930, the Beta Theta chapter of the International Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi, a professional c ommerce and business ad- ministration fraternity, this year has fifty-three members. To be a candi- date for membership one must be enrolled in the College of Commerce, must be of good character, must be above average scholastically, and must show leadership capabilities. The fraternity was organized to foster the study of business in univer- sities; to encourage scholarship and the association of students for their mutual advancement by research and practice; to promote closer affiliation between the commercial world and students of commerce; and to further a high standard of commercial ethics and culture, and the civic and com- mercial welfare of the community. The Delta Sigma Pi ' s big function this year was the dinner dance which was held at the Birchwood Club. Chapters of the fraternity from Omaha U. and from the University of Nebraska were guests. There were about one hundred and eighty in attendance. There were also professional meetings held during the course of the year at which appropriate subjects were elaborated upon by outstanding local business men in after-dinner talks. Officers this year are: James Merriman, senior warden; Jack Mintor, junior warden; Frank Piotrowsky, scribe; Fred Kouri, treasurer; Irvin Heckman, historian; and Melvin Filkins, master of festivities. James P. Begley is moderator. Fennell Wayne Merriman Miller Petrowski Fischer Kouri Millea Webber Filkins Ferris Jurgensen Jamrog Spielman Webster Holmberg Hruska Corboy Houlihan Holloran Healy Bentler Chambers Shellenberg Nagengast Kubat Lippert Backman Dethleifs Muller Heckman Kridera Hutchinson Minton Dutton Frede Andrews Finn Learch rugenhemp Graff Mulligan Foye Reinsch Huelskamp XI Psi Fhi As the Alpha Kappa chapter of Xi Psi Phi Dental Fraternity begins its thirty-fifth year on the Hilltop, it numbers fifty-one men — thirty-one actives and twenty pledges. Xi Psi Phi was organized for the purpose of providing a better, more substantial foundation upon which to build a successful professional life; of creating a desire for a cleaner, healthier and more wholesome atmos- phere in which to live; of developing an appreciation of the qualities of friendship and hospitality, and of stimulating a desire to include these qualities in the character of its members. The requirements of the fraternity are that candidates be members in good standing in a Dental school. There is a pledging period of ninety CuUen Schneider Dierking Nesselbush Theisen Denefe Pratt Griffi 82 Podrebarac Schoessler Kubat Shields Wachter Steiner Devine Sprigg Bauer Huerter Collins Igel Lash Casey Shada Vandercreek Felcher Quinle days during which the prospective member evidences his desire to become an active. All men who are candidates for pledging or active membership are voted upon by the fraternity ' s active members. The Xi Psi Phi fraternity this year participated in all the sports acti- vities sponsored by the Inter-Fraternity council. The outstanding social events of the year were the Founder ' s Day Party and the Senior Party. Xi Psi Phi officers are: Joe Cullen, president; Frank McCabe, vice- president; Sol Schneider, secretary; Bill Garwood, treasurer; Jerry Ar- rington, pledge master; and Stewart Pratt, editor. Dr. Laren Teutsch is the moderator. 83 Fi Lambda Phi Although the Creighton Chi chapter was formed as far back as 1928, Pi Lambda Phi National Fraternity was organized thirty-three years earlier, in 1895. Pi Lambda Phi is a social fraternity for undergraduate, graduate and professional men. This year the Chi chapter has a member- ship of nine men. The fraternity, a non-sectarian organization, was organized to elimi- nate prejudice among students on college campuses. It aims to further and safeguard the American ideal of democracy, to improve the scholarship of its members and to develop in them a healthy outlook in their social and private lives. This year the fraternity will lose three outstanding members through graduation. The three men, Leslie Schneiderman, Sylvan Siegler, and Isa- dore Diamond, were valuable alike to the fraternity and to the schools which they attended. Incidentally, the Chi chapter is well represented on the campus — it has a member in each one of the schools. A series of socials during the school year were held for both members and for the alumni organization here in Omaha. The annual dinner-dance for actives, pledges and alumni was the big event of the year for the Chi chapter. Officers are: Albert dayman, rex; Herbert Borowsky, Archon; Leslie Schneiderman, scribe, and Yale Kaplan, keeper of the exchequer. Borowsky Diamond Schneiderman Kaiman Siegler Gitnick 84 Fhi Epsilon Although it has no national affiliations, the Phi Epsilon Journalism Fraternity has thriverl on the Hilltop for seventeen years. This year there are twenty-six active members in the group. To he eligible for membership, a candidate must be a journalism student, either a major or minor, who has completed at least eight semester hours of journalism work. Phi Epsilon is a professional journalism fraternity, organized to band student journalists to- gether for social activities and to aid each of the members in his advancement in the j rofessional world of journalism. The fraternity offers a valuable opportunity for mutual exchange of journal- istic information. The group also makes recommendations concerning the management and policy of the Creightonian. During the year, Phi Epsilon sponsors smokers and social nights. The fraternity participated in the intra-fraternity sports program. Through the Creightonian it has campaigned for better school spirit. This year the Phi Eps sponsored through the Creightonian a Migration Day to Des Moines for the Creighton-Drake basketball game. The yearly journalism banquet and initiation ceremonies were also held. This year ' s officers were: Vincent Catalano, president, Mel Hebert, vice-president; Jerrv Brazda, secretary, and Dave Hatt, treasurer. Pat Rooney and John Bathen were elected vice-president and treasurer, respectively, for the second semester when the other officers graduated. Mr. Verdun Daste is the moderator. iysenberg Catalano Rooney Bathen Brazda Gauthier Hebert Bloom Harrington Sova Armstrong Bacon Bagley Nestlebush Brown Van Leuvan Sheldon Donahue Armstrong Poell Carvlin Coon Lewis Phi Beta Pi The year 1907 saw the beginning of the Alpha Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Pi Med- ical Fraternity on the Creighton campus. The forty-three-year old organization this year has one hundred and seven members. To become a member of the Phi Beta Pi Fraternity one must be a male student of good moral character attending the School of Medicine and not a member of any other Greek-letter medical fraternity. To unite fraternally students of medicine; to assist each other in studies and to pro- mote the advancement of medical science are the purposes for which the fraternity was founded. Included in the year ' s activities was an active participation in the Inter-Fraternity sports schedule. The fraternity also held a Founders Day Banquet and a formal dinner- dance. Officers are: John L. McKay, president; Reinold J. Jones, vice-president; Salvatore V. Giuffre, secretary, and Donald E. Wolters, treasurer. McKay Jones Wolters Hyde Heffron Becky Wallace Kant Murawski Zimmerman Light Tribulato Lohr Lawton Maks Nelson Zoucha Leonardo 86 Marriott Wilson Owens Feeney McCann Kai Fitzgerald Camacho Brown Rehenmeir Lee Lemus Chang Poulsom Reis Dang Brown Trianisi Van Eaton Ireland Spinharney Phelps Podrebarac Kieferdorf Holland Alcorn Klaas Lam Donnelly Badame Watt Shanahan Wallace Jordan Ho Asjoe Schmitz Wyatt Gorsjean Conroy Austin Storino Gambee 87 Fhi Chi In the year 1916 on January 29, the Chi Epsilon chapter of the Phi Chi National Medical Fraternity began its existence on the Creighton campus. This year the group has sixty-five members — forty-six actives and nineteen pledges. The professional medical fraternity was founded by Dr. Eben J. Carey and Dr. Jay Albert Ceys. The Phi Chi organization came together to unite groups of medical students interested in attaining a higher degree of scholarship and to stim- ulate these students to make themselves a source of strength and pride to the institution of which their fraternity is a part. Kleifgen Fitzgerald Cawley Mueller Keller Thomassen Marlatt Pirotte Fox Lee Havnes Aliamo Hoffman Sciortino Ford The requirements for candidacy in the Plii Chi group are that one he a student in good standing in an accredited medical school and belonging to no other medical fraternity. In addition to participation in the Inter-Fraternity Ball and the Inter- Fraternity sports program, the Phi Chi ' s held their annual Founders Day Banquet, a Spring Formal and the Eben J. Carey Lectures. Phi Chi officers are: Joseph Fitzgerald, presiding senior, William Kubitschek, presiding junior; John Keller, secretary; Thomas Lawton, treasurer; Robert Chambers, judge advocate; Donald Berndorff, sentinel; Paul Cawley, guide, and John Brennan, steward. Carlson O ' Neill Kubitschek Giever Knott Quinn Wrede Hassett Bendorf Kucera Lillard Ludwig Dunleavy Mitchell Sullivan Lawton Torre Rooney O ' Connor Pattee Boggs Solovieff Whitcher Goebel Kovarik Jurgensen Baumann Williams 89 Phi Rho Sigma The Eta Chapter, established in 1899, is Creighton ' s branch of the National Grand Chapter of the Phi Rho Sigma Fraternity. This year there are seventy-four members in the organization. Phi Rho Sigma ' s objectives are to promote good fellowship among congenial men of medical schools and colleges; to encourage a high stand- ard of professional work; to assist by every honorable means the advance- ment of its members. To become an active member of Phi Rho Sigma a candidate must be a medical student in good academic standing, of good moral character and not a member of another medical fraternity. Honorary members may be individuals with an MD or PhD degree and no other medical fraternity affiliations. During the year the Phi Rho ' s participated in the sports program. Academically alert, they held weekly seminars of interest to the medical student. Their social activities included the Inter-Fraternity Ball, the An- nual Senior Dinner-Dance and the many pledge parties given at the first of the year. McLaughlin Martinez Smith Lasiah Burwell Antonacci Dickerman Bernst Bierman Begley 90 Plii Rho Sigma officers are: Donald ' . Mi Laii«;liliii, president; David J. Smith, vice-president; Robert R. Burwell, recording secretary; Robert Dickenman, treasurer; Robert J. Luby, corresponding secretary, and (Metiis I. Stevens, sergeant-at-arms. Dr. W. L. Sucha is the moderator. Condon Grisafulli Doyle Dejesus Ehlers Forester Grose hupf OHalloran Peartree Kelley Kohler Luby Kelley McDonougli Mary Bayashl McDonnell Norton Pascuzzi Pedreschi Rubino Sheehan Rush Hoff McDonald Thompson Picard-Ami Wys-Souffrant Stevens Sampson Thomassen Vialpando Vosika Underriner DeLashmutt DeBartolo Skinar Heaney McGuire Farrage Gillon Torres Orobito 91 Phi Sigma Chi Phi Sigma Chi Social Fraternity was es- tablished at Creighton in 1946. This year, there are forty-one members on the campus. The fraternity officers are: John Saner, president; Jim Crampton, vice-president; Earl Mahoney, secretary; Jim O ' Donnell, treas- urer, and Larry Budke, senior warden. The Rev. Charles K. Hayden, S.J., is moderator. Saner Czyz Aldrich Urashima Piccolo O ' Donnell Crampton Mahoney Robinson Smith Mahoney Budke Meysenburg Tripeny Merriman Asmussen Vescio Crowley O ' Connell Mines Klein Anthony Hill Lanspa Kann Tresnak Swanson Rindone Chock Bertoline Muldoon J iron Phalanx Now in its seventeenth year on the campus, the Delta Morae chapter of the National Military fraternity, Phalanx, is and has heen organized for the purpose of fostering the interest and spirit of military preparedness. It aims at the betterment of its members and the nation. The fraternity was organized at the University of Illinois in 1925. To be eligible for membership in Phalanx a student must be enrolled in Advance Military ROTC or NROTC and maintain the standards of the institution. This year there are twenty-three Phalanx members. The campus military organization each year sponsors the Military Ball, held this year at Peony Park in the month of February. Phalanx also annually presents medals and other awards to Omaha and Council Bluffs high schools for outstanding members of their ROTC units. Here on the campus, the group awards a Best Cadel plaque to the number-one campus cadet and a medal to the best Creighton squad leader. Phalanx officers are: Emmett J. O ' Brien, commander; Gordon D. Clay, lieutenant commander; Donald LaPorte, adjutant; Leonard Schneider- man, financial officer, and William R. Glyn, warden historian. Col. Arden C. Brill, USA, is moderator. Adams Reinsh Corboy O ' Brien Clay Schneiderman Hoctor Reis Garcia Greene Skow Dutton Hunigan Byrd Brierty 93 Alpha Sigma Nu Last year the Creighton University chaptei of Alpha Sigma Nu was reactivated after a wartime lapse. This year men again were nominated to the National Honorary Scholastic Fraternity. The fraternity, which has chapters in all the Jesuit universities in the country, was established at Marquette in 1915. The Creighton unit began in 1922. The members of Alpha Sigma Nu are chosen on the basis of their scholarship, loyalty and service to their Alma Mater. A nomination to this select group is the most highly prized honor which a Creighton student can receive. Selections for the honorary are made by the dean of each school. He nominates two outstanding leaders in his division, who rank in the upper third of their classes. In addition to the school representatives, there are three all-university candidates chosen by the University President. This year Father McCabe ' s selections included two men from Creighton College and one from the College of Commerce . Alpha Sigma Nu officers are: Donald Knowles, law, president; John P. Thomassen, medicine, vice-president; James Emerson, Creighton College, secretary, and John F. Fennell, commerce, treasurer. The moderator is the Rev. Paul F. Smith, S.J., who is also the faculty representative on the national fraternity board. Standing: Fr. Smith, Exon, Boler, Nespor, Potter; sitting: Karabatsos, Williams, Thomassen, Knowles, Green, Emerson, Goodell, Sullivan. 94 Standing: Schweiger, Mahon Yerby, Shilhanek, Waltz. Webster, Dr. Hart, Fennell, Dutton, Taylor, Lechner, Beutler, O ' Neill, Winters, Finocchiaro, Seidl; seated: Corboy, Conoly, Graff, Bachman. Chamber of Commerce This select group is limited to twenty-foui members who are chosen each year by the faculty on the basis of merit. High scholarship, good moral chaiacter, and a manifestation of interest in the College of Commerce and its activities are qualifications for membership in the chamber. It came back to the campus in 1947 after an absence during the war years. The organization originated here in 1924. The Chamber of Commerce has as its purpose to encourage and reward achievement along business lines, to promote student interest in commercial problems, and to promote the best interests of the students of the College of Commerce. This year the Chamber of Commerce sponsored the annual All-Com- merce Dinner Dance and the Bums Day celebration for the college. One member of the organization was a member of the Student Board of Governors, and two more, John Fennell and Ray L. Bachman were named members of Alpha Sigma Nu. Chamber officers are: Peter M. Graff, president; Ray L. Bachman, vice-president; Corboy, secretary, and Margaret G. Conley, treasurer. Dr. James A. Hart is moderator. 95 First row: Mr. Pirruccello. Butler, Johnson. Mrs. Czerwinski, Lewis; second row: De Motte. Dean Jarrett. Mahoney, Mr. Sprague; third row: Welch, Crampton, Saner, Mr. Walsh. Rho Chi The Alpha Alpha chapter of Rho Chi, National Honorary Pharmaceu- tical Society, was begun at Creighton nine years ago in 1941. Only schools and colleges that are members in good standing in the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy are given charters and chapters of this organization. A total of seventy-five credit hours of college work with a minimum grade of eighty-five percent or its equivalent are the scholastic require- ments for membership in the fraternity. A candidate must also have shown capacity for achievement in the science and art of pharmacy and the allied sciences as evidenced by strength of character, personality and leadership. Final approval rests with the dean of the College of Pharmacy. Rho Chi ' s purpose as an organization is to promote the advancement of the pharmaceutical sciences through the encouragement and recognition of intellectual scholarship. This year ' s officers are: Merle Johnson, president; Walter DeMotte, vice-president, and Mrs. Czerwinski, secretary-treasurer. Dr. William Jar- rett is the moderator. 96 Seated: Koley, Burke, Nagengast, Hazclton, Emerson, Bloomingflale; standing: Rev. Paul Smith, S.J., Cannon, Graham, Sullivan. Delta Sigma Rho The national honorary forensic fraternity has for sixteen years num- bered the Creighton University chapter among its more than seventy-five member chapters. Although the campus chapter was inactive during the war years, it was reactivated in 1948 under the direction of the Rev. Paul F. Smith, SJ. The Creighton chapter is one of the oldest in the debating fraternity. To be eligible for membership, a candidate must be at least a sopho- more. His contribution to forensics must include the participation in intercollegiate debate, oratory or ot her forensic activity. The group meets weekly. This year there are eight members in the fraternity who are selected by Father Smith. This year ' s activities included a trip to the University of Wisconsin for the national debate tourney of the Delta Sigma Rho fraternity. The Creighton chapter was opposed in the debate by the Mundeleine Chapter of Chicago. Delta Sigma Rho officers are: Tom Burke, law, president; Walter Sul- livan, law, vice-president; Sylvan Siegler, commerce, treasurer, and George Armstrong, Creighton College, secretary. The faculty moderator is the Rev. Paul F. Smith, S.J. 97 Pan-Hellenic Council Acting as the judiciary, legislative and executive all in one, the Pan-Hellenic Coun- cil discusses and regulates all matters which concern the Hilltop ' s three sororities. The council is comprised of the president of the University (ex officio), one member of the university faculty, the president of each sorority, and two other representatives of the individual sororities, li membership in a sorority becomes far less than the average membership of the other sororities, such a sorority sends less than three representatives. This year the Pan-Hellenic council welcomed another sorority member. The new group was formed last year for women students in the Creighton Medical School. It is the Alpha Zeta chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Iota Sorority. The Council this year held its annual Spring Formal Dance at the Blackstone on May 5. The Spring Initiation Formal was held in January at the Field Club. Officers of the Council are: Lois Stelzrede, Kappa Beta Gamma, president; Mary Ellen Harmer, Pi Lambda Sigma, vice-president; Janice Sullivan, Kappa Beta, and Mary Lou Ryan, Pi Lambda, treasurer. Other representatives include Marie O ' Brien, Mary Alice Coogan and Ruth Kreiss, Alpha Epsilon Iota; Joan Murphy, Kappa Beta Gamma, and Jerry Richelieu, Pi Lambda Sigma. The Rev. Charles Hayden, S.J., is moderator. Stelzrede Kriess O ' Brien Sullivan Murphy Ryan Richelieu Harmer 98 Alpha Epsilon lota Last year a new sorority was formed on the Creighton campus when nineteen women became charter members. The organization is the Alpha Zeta chapter of Alpha Epsilon Iota Medical Sorority. Its establishment on the campus was largely due to the work of Dr. Alice Hickey. The sorority objectives are to promote good fellowship, to main- tain a high order of scholastic and professional achievement and to foster a spirit of moral and social helpfulness. A candidate must be a student in good standing in a medical school of a specified standard, taking work leading to a medical degree, or be a graduate of a regular class A school of medicine or of another school of medicine who in two years or more after graduation has proved by her work and character that she lives up to the standards of Alpha Epsilon Iota. This year ' s activities included participation in the annual Pan- Hellenic Dance and a series of medical lectures co-sponsored with and for the medical fraternities. The Alpha Zeta chapter officers are: Marie E. O ' Brien, president; Barbara R. Reardon, vice-president; Margaret N. Reed, recording sec- retary, and Mary A. Coogan, treasurer. O ' Brien Reordan Radicia Rebbe Sigarra Reed Kirkpatrick Lammers Kwapiszaski Kreiss Pahucki Carpy Mrs. R. E. Stover Kappa Beta Qamma The Creighton Gamma chapter of the national social sor- ority, Kappa Beta Gamma, was originally established on the campus as a local sorority. Kappa Zeta Kappa, in 1933. It became the first national sorority on the Hilltop in 1948. This year there are seventy-four Kappa ' s on the campus. Any fulltime woman student who is enrolled in Creighton University and has a minimum average of C is eligible to be rushed. The sorority ' s aim is to develop closer friendship and cooperation through group activities. The main events on the busy Kappa calendar were: a week-end at Cowles Lake in August; the annual fall tea at the home of Betty Kenworthy; a barn dance; a formal pledge dinner at the Murphy Conrey Hartman Connell Stcl rcid Parijuet Dinecn Filippi Calpp McGovern Paulsen Eddy Hayes Bruner Honsa Corboy Bursik Carlson Bumbaca Chaloupka Chock Cronin Sullivan Wilsinson Rosato 100 Blackstone; a Christmas party at the home of Rosemary Conrey; formal and informal initiation ceremonies and a hard times party. Kappa officers are: Joan Murphy, president; Rosemary Conrey, vice-president; F lizaheth Hart- man, corresponding secretary; Gloria Chock, recording secretary; Mary Jo Connell, treasurer; Rernice Hayes, historian, and Natalie Byrne, reporter. Mrs. R. E. Stover is sorority sponsor. Lampe Brabant Malady Nielson Byrne Parle Albert Kerns Rotert Stark Aldera Vasille Fitzgerald Hoban Fucio Durr Humlicek Martin Mueller Fritz Wahlstrom Pankowsky Rindone Fogarty Dwornicki Lee Rice Pentkowski Merlin Gibb Stolinski Wahlstrom McAloon Humlicek Pazderka Schroeder Sohler Pryor Lewis Kucirek Lee Conkling 101 Fi Lambda Sigma Creighton ' s Theta Chapter of Pi Lambda Sigma Sorority came into being in 1948 when the campus Chi Mu Kappa organization affiliated with the national sorority. The original local sorority „ v as the first on the Hill- top, established in 1928, It now has fifty members. Any Catholic woman who is enrolled full time in Creighton University and has a minimum scholastic average of C is eligible to be rushed. The Theta chapter of Pi Lambda Sigma not only aims to be a vital force on the campus, but also to produce women who will be noted for their character, their calibre, their culture and their charm. The Pi Lams social season opened with the First Mixer in the Gym. Other events which filled up the year ' s activities were: Marguerite Tea, Gay Ninety Party for Rushees, Pledge Dinner, Hallowe ' en Dance at Rose- mere Lodge, Annual Communion Breakfast, Initiation Dance and Dinner, a Barn Dance with Phalanx and the Founders Day Banquet. This year ' s officers are: Jerry Richelieu, president; Mary K. Kava- nagh, vice-president; Mary Harmer, secretary; Mary K. Delehant, treasurer; Barbara Maher, historian; Joan Suchan, registrar, and Margaret Schemel, ritualist. The Rev. Austin Miller, S.J., is the chaplain and Mrs. Maurice Palrang the sorority sponsor. Richelieu Delehant Kavanagh Ryan 102 Harmer Suchan Glenn Gerrig Eitzman Barry Brady Winter Kalhorn Maher Connelly Selton Fogarty Jardee Dillon Jones O ' Connor Kealey McCarthy Rafter Spellman Roncka Ryan Salyards Meyer Schemel Wagner Shields Muldoon Watke Murtough Tichener Wachter Tinley Annis Weise Enarson Slack puiiiitaf J.i|e - V Spiritual Life Sodality Moderator Francis G. Deglman, S.J. Since the establishment of the Creighton Uni- versity, the curricula has been planned to educate the whole man, socially, physically, intellectually, and spiritually. Through the media of religion and philosophy classes both Catholic and non- Catholic are given sound moral training. However, besides these regularly scheduled classes there are various activities and organizations on the campus for the promotion of the spiritual life. The Omaha Archdiocesan College Sodality Board is a board which was established in 1928 for the promotion and coordination of the various school sodalities. Meeting the third Sunday of every month, the Union acts as the official voice of Omaha Catholic col- lege sodalities. Officers are Edward Redle, Prefect; Fred Kouri, vice-Prefect; Natalie Byrne, Recording Secretary; Jean Parle, Corresponding Secretary, and Anthony Kokes, Treasurer. First row: Farmer, Dolan. Wemphauf, Kokes, Parle, Redle, Byrne, Hyde. Farrel; second row. Kane, McCann, Stuart, Corboy, Harmer, Heaney, Foy, Conrey, Green, Fr. Decker; third row: Fr. Deglman, Sprigg, Walsh, Klein, Peters, Boeding, Kone, Provoznick. 106 The center of the student organization of the spiritual life is th ; Sodality of Our Lady. Each school of the University has its own organized Sodality. In the Sodality the student may put into practice many of the theories he has learned in his classes; through this organization he may aim at a more than ordinary degree of earnest and practical Christian virtue under the patronage of the Blessed Virgin. The purpose of the Sodality, however, is not limited to fostering the personal piety of the members. It aims, furthermore, in developing their zeal toward effective Catholic action. The relic of St. Francis Xavier, great missionary of the Orient, was enthroned in St. John ' s Church by the Most Rev. Gerald T. Bergan, arch- bishop of the archdiocese of Omaha on Sunday, October 9. The enthronement was set aside as a college hour for all college students of the archdiocese. During the afternoon and evening the relic was ex- posed for veneration by the public. Thousands of Catholics from Omaha and surrounding territories came to view the relic. Approximately 3,000 students and faculty members attended the an- nual Mass of the Holy Ghost on Tuesday, September 27 in the Hilltop gymnasium. The Mass officially opened the 71st academic year of the Creighton University. Celebrant of the solemn pontificial mass was the Most Rev. Gerald T. Bergan, archbishop of Omaha. Archbishop Bergan gave a short talk to the students at the close of First row: Hill, Emerson, Leonard, Dolan, Witt, Sorenson, Pistone; second row. Egan, Kelly, Rossiter, Jones, Herfordt, Gillespie, Graham; third row: Printy, McCann, Bogner, SmithhisleF; Burns; fourth row: Schneider, Malone, Byrne, Murphy, Moylan, Brennan, Egan. 107 Students venerate the relic of St. Francis Xavier the mass in which he welcomed them to Creighton and wished them well for the coming school year. With the Creighton University acting as host, the Sodality Union sponsored the annual sodality con- gress March 5. General theme of this year ' s Congress was Social Justice, with Rev. Austin E. Miller, S.J., leading the discussion. The various aspects of Social Justice which were discussed were the following: Processional before the Mass of the Holy Ghost Social Justice— What is it? Al Dolan A Student ' s Interpretation Pat Farmer The Social Question: Capital-Labor Kathleen Tierney A Student ' s Interpratation Dick Hill Social Justice in Public Life Bob Heaney A Student ' s Interpretation Kay Keitges The day ended with Solemn Benediction of the Blessed Virgin which was offered in the auditorium. The other all-sodality event was Marian Night held May 14 in honor of the greatest of all mothers, the Blessed Virgin. Partici- pating in this eighteenth annual candlelight ceremony were the following three sections: The first group was composed of Creighton Prep, St. Mary ' s High, Cathedral High, Duchesne Academy, Holy Name High, Notre Dame Academy, St. John ' s High, and Sacred Heart High. The next section was made up of sodalists of Creighton College, College of St. Mary, Duchesne College, School of Dentistry, Univer- sity College, School of Law, St. Catherine ' s School of Nursing, St. Joseph ' s School of Nursing, School of Medicine, College of Com- merce, College of Pharmacy, and members of the Cana Club. 108 The third division was comprised of the sodalists ol ifie Em- ployees Sodality, the Lay Teacher ' s Sodality, the Court of Honor, the Acolytes, and the Clergy. There are 300 sodalists in the Creighton College sodality. Offi- cers of this group are Al Dolan, Prefect; John Boler, Vice-Prefect; Gene Tippery, Recording Secretary, and Jack Mulhall, Treasurer. The Rev. Francis G. Deglman, S.J., is moderator. The Creighton College Sodality Council meets every Monday night to formulate policies and plan future sodality events. Another large Sodality group on the campus is the Commerce Sodality. Comprising 270 members, its officers are: Fred Kouri, Prefect; Paul McCann, Vice-Prefect; James Holmberg, Secretary, and James Merriman, Treasurer. The weekly Friday rosary is a tradition of the Law Sodality. Officers for its sixty enrollees are Francis Duffy, Prefect; Tom Walsh, Vice-Prefect; Jack Burke, Secretary, and Bernard Huels- kamp, Treasurer. Officers of the Medical Sodality comprising 85 members are Ray Hide, Prefect; Bob Haney, Vice-Prefect; Bill Kane, Secretary. The Dental Sodality is a comparatively new sodality on the A session of the Sodality Congress Papal blessing at tli :1 nf fl-;.- rrtrrat campus. The first Dental Sodality in the Midwest, it boasts of 45 members. Bi-Monthly meetings and corporate Mass and Communion is part of its regular agenda. Its officers are Anthony Kokes, Prefect; Robert Casey, Vice-Prefect; Louis Kubat, Secretary- Treasurer. The Women ' s Sodality is one of the most active hirst row: 1 ippery, Dolan, Fr. Deglman. Boler, Burns; second row: Moylan, Printy, Moylan, Kelly, Klein, Tobin, Houlihan, McQuirk, Jones, Grollmes. on the campus. Composed of 30 members, the group this year has sponsored a successful dance, the proceeds of which went to charity, a picnic for St. James orphans, a Corporate Mass and breakfast. First row: Holmberg, McCann, Fr. Deglman, Kouri, Merriman; second row: Corboy, Kealy, Brady, Conrad, Bruhal, Huelskamp, Waltz; third row: Schaeffer, Peterson,, Teson, Conrad, McKewone. First row: Ft. Deglman, Walsh, Huelskamp, Duffy, Mundy, O ' Toole, Peetz; second row: Haas. Connolly, Joynt, Ebel, T. Burke, Rice, Redle; third row: Nelson, Elsworth, Lowry, Connor, Burkhart, Churchman, Mich; fourth row: Hopkins, Kinney, Rumi. Lathrop, Moore, Stewart; fijth row: Pettinger, Ryan. Sullivan, D. O ' Brien. Knowles, J. Burke, Kubitschek; sixth row: Shanahan, Tracy, J. O ' Brien, Langdon, Quinlan, Pooge, Driscoll; seventh row: Freiburg. The girls also acted the role of baby-sitters for the Cana Club mem- bers on the club ' s Day of Recollection. Officers are Jean Parle, Prefect; Mary Harmer, Vice-Prefect; Rosemary Conrey, Secretary; Top picture, front row: Doherty, Hayek, Anderriner, O ' Neill, Father Decker; second row: Chambers, Lawton, Nelson, Murphy, Gilloon; third row: Brennan, McDonnell, Anthony, Fitzgerald, Delashmutt; fourth row: Maks, Heffron, Mailliard, Donnelly, Kelley; fifth row: Holland, Marlott. Bottom picture, front row: Kane. Hyde, Heaney, Dr. Clements. Dietz; second row: O ' Neill, Paulson, Tribulato, Wallace, Rabel; third row: Cummings, McKay, Wolters, Owens, Omura; fourth row: Shireman, McDonough, Ferrando, Ho-Asjoe, King; fifth row: Pambi, Murowski, Zoucha, Pedrebaras, Phelps; sixth row: Jordan, Shanahan, Langdon, Owca; seventh row: Brown, Pirotte, Lillard, Lenton and Comancho. First row: Kubat. La e), Sulli an, Jvok . , Mr art, acaiitx. Tories; second row: Lucas, Am- brose, Onello, Charg, Coyne, Hoyer, O ' Mera. O ' Neil, Minarik, Pebles, Prodrebarak, McCabe, Nemec, Heuerter, White, Fr. Deglman; third row: Sprigg, Gilbert, O ' Meea, Purdy, Nespor, Shields. Paschang, Igel, Albers. and Margaret Schemel, Treasurer. The Rev. William Rossner, S.J., is director. The Rev. Francis Moriarity, S.J., is director of both the St. Catherine and St. Joseph Schools of Nursing Sodalities. Officers of First row: Hill, Farrell, Father Deglman, Foy, Boeding; second row: Budke, Mayhan, Any- ong, Jiron; third row: Tripeny, Bernacchi, Kann, Aldrich, Atteella; fourth row: O ' Donnell, Lebo, Rindone, Lanspa, Watson, Fogarty; fifth row: Insolera, Uroshima, Bursik, Humileck, Muldoon. First row: Parquet, Riortlan, Harmer, Fr. Ros nt-r, Pari|uet, Conrey, Fucio, Murphy; secuiui row: Gannon, Kneer, Wachtler, Pazderka, Wahlstrom, Sullivan, Rotert; third row: Byrne, Stork, Connell, Rindone, Vasile, Chock. the St. Catherine unit are Kathleen Tierney, Prefect; Ardath Reich- muth, Vice-Prefect; Ann Reifert, Secretary; and Mary Clark, Treas- urer. First row: Cook, Corboy, Pound, Jackson, Honsa, Bumbaca. Brown, Wahlstrom, Malady; second row: Wilkinson. Severin, Aldera, Hoban, Hartigan, Slack. Jones. Muller, McAloon, Flana- gan; third row: Fogarty, Barry, O ' Connor, Muldoon, Mayer, Brunner. Paulsen, Pryor. I I 1 i I HRHHh ■HBBBHBhBHmHhBEHh M a a f 0,-; ' fj$ i %m .: First run: Katajc k, Craliaii, Uujaiiski, Weiss, Reifert, Clark, Father Moriarity, Tierney, Reichmuth, Tighe, Piccolo, Feder; second row: Miller, Huffman, Koenig, Harmer, Thuente, M. C. Murphy, Sister Louella, Feehan, G. Friel, Kenny, E. Swanson, Hospodka, Golden, Duffy; third row: Rieple, Bradley, Wilt, Hayes, McGrath, McDonnell N. Friel, Theunte, Fuhs. The St. Joseph unit is led by Mary Connelly, Prefect; Patricia Dormer, Vice-Prefect; Peg O ' Halloran, Secretary; Dolores Baten- hoist. Treasurer; Miss Marjorie Sullivan and Alice Lee, are in- structors of candidates. First row: Yoa, Dirks, Flynn, Zimmerman, Casey, Tierney, Father Moriarity, Sister Luella, M. A. Murphy, Bellinghiere, Watsabaugh, Paproski; second row: Wessel, Walz, Weber, Romeo, Poler, Hemenway, Rejda, Stephno, Tucker, Mulligan; third row: Brockhaus, Koke, Gallagher, Ferry, Kudlacz, Copenharve, Spotts, McDermott, Walters. First row: Feist, Christopherson, Purchal, Cruise, Sullivan, Fanner, Connolly, O ' Halloran. Lee, Batenhorst; second row. Stenner, Sandhoefner, Maun, Barry, Bideaux, Cihacek. Oherdin. Horn, Pearson, Hunt, Urek, Smith, Ryan, Condon; third row. Matras, Buman, Domonkos, Frodynia, Givens, Vlcek, Kearns, Austin, Coulter, Satow, Bradley, Gamerl. Each of the sodalites high-lighted the year by a retreat. The Acolytical Society provides servers for solemn religious functions of the University as well as for Masses at St. John ' s Church. First row: Wright, Adams, Moore, Ludwig, Scalise, Rasmussen, Barcus, Gray, Thompson; second row: Toelle, Leenerts, Goblirsch, Patterson, Wenifoff, Rothmyer, O ' Neil, Holbrook, Cannon, Slattery, Simanek, Kocian, Miller, Hensing; third row: Gordon, Stevens, Turdik, McCarthy, Wag- ner, Rheault, NoUette, Heimen, Gerber, Durflinger. First row. O ' Reilly, O ' Reilly, Waltz, Laska, McCaslin, Fr. Deglman, Dr. Dietz, Carle, Hill, Murphy, Townley; second row: Reed, Foye, Houlihan, Byrne, Emerson, Conroy, Kouri, Maher, Smithhisler. Pazderka; third row. Pound, Corboy, Egan, Peter, McCaslin, Parle, DeLevega, Kelly. The Xavier Forum, a religious collegiate study unit of Missions and Missionary problems, meets monthly. Members adopt a Mis- sionary for whom they particularly pray. Corporate Communions, an annual spring banquet and an annual picnic at St. Columban ' s are among the group ' s activities. First row. Provoznick, Fitzgerald, Conrey, Wahlstrom, Haselton, Muldoon, Corboy, Kneer, Paluka, Harmer, Byrne; second row. Kurirek, Wahlstrom, Dolan, Lewis, Judice, Gorman, Mc- Mahon, Draw, Blankcnau. Saiyards. Rcarddii. Lewis, Skomal, Tippery, Weber. First row: Whaley, Mrs. Whaley, Sprigg, Mrs. Sprigg, Mrs. Houston, Mrs. Costanzo, Costanzo; second row: Walsh, Mrs. Walsh, Erhardt, Mrs. Erhardt, Shaddy. Mrs. Shaddy, Mrs. Murphy, Mur- phy, Mrs. Watson, Watson, Mrs. Licari, Licari; third row: Ft. Smith, Mrs. O ' Reilly, O ' Reilly, Mrs. Goodell, Goodell, Mrs. Hruska, Hruska. Officers of the group are James McCaslin, President; Leo Walty, Vice-President; Rosemary Conrey, Treasurer; Mary Jane O ' Neill and Virginia Radicia, Secretaries. The Sodality choir furnished music at all student Masses and religious functions. In spite of its modest beginning in 1935, this group has grown into a highly respected and sought part of the Sodality program. In April, 1947, the Cana Club was established at Creighton. Founded as an organization to study, understand more clearly, and promote Christian marriage, the Club has grown rapidly in its short existence. One of the most important projects of the group this year was a Day of Recollection which was held April 2 at St. John ' s Church. Rev. Paul Smith, S.J., directed the day ' s activities. This year ' s officers weere Robert Sprigg, President; John Murphy, Vice-President; Mrs. Lynn Whaley, Secretary; Mrs. John Potter, Treasurer. 117 (Xetuntm The 1950 Thomas Clakke, Editor Every student, from the bewildered freshman who attended the wrong class for a week before he realized it, to the senior around whom the collegiate world is supposed to revolve, has lived through a great many experiences this year which he wants to remember. It is the purpose of the 1950 ELUEJAY to present an accurate and interesting record of the most outstanding of these events. A symbol of Creighton spirit. Bill Bluejay is de- picted with every activity on the campus. Because this fightin ' little bird is so much a part of the life at Creighton, and because 1950 is the mid-century year, the editors decided to cast the Bluejay of old in retrospect with his modern counterpart. The development of the 1950 BLUEJAY began in the late Fall of 1949. Tom Clarke, Creighton College Senior, was nominated by the Board of Governors and appointed by the faculty publi- cations Board to be the editor-in-chief of the 1950 edition. Since the Bluejay does not support the cost of its publication through advertising, a business staff to handle the monetary end of the Blue- jay was organized. Leon Gaskill, a senior in law school, was appointed to the circulation manager post. It was the circulation manager ' s job to meet the quota of subscriptions necessary to substan- tiate the Bluejay budget and it was only after many long and arduous hours of campaigning, selling and collecting that the three-dollar subscriptions finally completed the amount necessary to supple- ment the grant from the University. Meanwhile, James Corboy, a Commerce College junior, was readily making plans for the ex- acting problems of bookkeeping for the publication. The business manager was in no time ' up to his ears in vouchers, files and accounting books. Catherine Corboy, a university college sophomore, proved an invaluable assistant as a secretary to both the circulation and business managers. Murphy. Gauthier, Coon, Kavanagh 120 Bluejay Verdun R. Daste, Faculty Advisor The 1950 BLUEJAY was now developing from its embryo-like stage to a fast growing publication. The publications board next named a corps of associate edi- tors to man the book ' s various departments. The book was divided into eight sections, each sec- tion depicting a different phase in the life of a Creighton student. Bill Armstrong, a junior in Creighton College, was named to edit the administrative section. The history and aims of the various schools, their deans and regents are represented in this section. The second section, edited by Margaret Mirasky, was devoted to a pictorial cover- age of the seniors who graduated in the classes of August, 1949, January and June, 1950. Because it was felt that a section should be concerned with the leaders of classes of the various schools, Clarke compiled a section for class presidents. This is the renewal of a practice found in the former BLUEJAY. The fourth section in the book has been devoted to organizations. Editor Tom Carvlin burned the midnight oil in laying out a section which depended upon individual portraits of fraternity and honorary society members. If one of the members had failed to have his picture taken, it meant a complete change in layout plans. This year there were 34 pages allotted to the organizations sec- tion. Always a prominent part of the activity on the Creighton campus is the spiritual life. The BLUE- JAY was proud to pictorialize an activity which is always uppermost in the minds of Creighton students. Under the direction of Margaret Mirasky, the editor of the spiritual life section, a pictorial review was made of all the sodalities, spiritual clubs and events of the past year. The editors decided to depart from the usual procedure in the activity section this year and Mirasky, Armstrong, Carvlin, Derby 121 Cathy Corboy, Editorial Assistant ami Leon Gaskill, Circulation Manager added clubs formerly listed as organizations. They believed that the activity section should comprise a unit which portrayed all the extracurricular acti- vities in which the students actively participated on the campus. Consequently, this section ac- counted for nearly a quarter of the book. Bill Coon, the editor of the activities section, hoped to give an adequate representation of the various groups but realized the futility of indicating the importance or prominence of an individual group. The activity editor thought that a layout in order of importance or prominence would be discriminating and there- fore produced a merely random section. It was regretted that the Sociology Club, German Club and Press Club could not have been included in this section but because of their late fonnation it was impossible for engraving and printing reasons. It should be said that these activities, though neo- phytes on the campus, already are gaining promi- nent recognition at Creighton. A sports editor ' s vocabulary reaches the liter- ary heights if his partisan favors are realized. So it was with Phil Gauthier, the Bluejay ' s sport editor, as Coach Duce Belford ' s quintet rolled on at a record-breaking pace this year. Though the Blue- jay basketball team emerged with a 13-14 won-lost record, it was a year of upsets and a highly spirited student support. It was the sports editor ' s job to present a play-by-play report of sports events this year. Though basketball crowds the sports lime- light at Creighton. baseball is received with great enthusiasm by the horsehide fans and the sports editor devoted as much as possible to the Hilltop baseball team. This section takes on an even greater merit when we realize that the BLUEJAY went to press before the Jays faced their first opponent on the diamond. The sports editor devoted three pages of his 18-page section to intramural sports. Because the policy at Creighton has been for an active participa- tion in sports by all the students, an extensive three- sport intrainural schedule is carried on under the guidance of the athletic departiTient. Editor Gau- thier has pictorialized the highlights of this program. The eighth and last section of the BLUEJAY, edited by Mary K. Kavanagh, a junior in University College, is a photographic account of the social life at Creighton. In this section the society editor wished to make a record of the many happy times at school which will be such a fond recollection when the BLUEJAY has been faded with age. With- out a doubt, the society editor catches a glimpse of some memory of nearly every student on the campus. Here the casual and joyful atmosphere preserves the treasured memories of the Freshman Frolic, the Homeconiing Dance, the Inter-Fraternity Ball and Military Ball, the Prom, and countless other social activities. Maybe it was at the Home- Jim Corboy, Business Manager and Ann Rosato, Editorial Assistant 122 coming fiance or maybe il was the Prom, hul lo many students one of these events will be a memory cherished forever. It may have been the gateway to time-bound friends and even unto the altar. With the thought that one of the social events would be remembered by some of the students and yet another event would be a memory for others, editor Kava- nagh strived for completeness in coverage rather than going into detail over the more prominent activities. Bloom, Bacon, Poell and Delehant If you like the Bluejay art work pages, you may give the credit to Joan Murphy and Bill Derby. The color pages are the work of Miss Murphy, a senior in University College. She also worked on the 1949 BLUEJAY. Bill Derby, a freshman in Creighton College, is the Creightonian staff car- toonist and originator of Joey. Last but certainly not least the BLUEJAY editors would like to pay tribute to the students, faculty and persons who unselfishly devoted so much of their time to the 1950 yearbook. It would be impossible to give credit to everyone but mention Poell, Coon, Tic hener, Kavanagh and Corboy must be given to Maurie Evans and John Larson of Orent Engraving Co. and Ed Cochran of Barn- hart Press. These professional men gave of their services above and beyond the call of the timeclock and paycheck. To Mary K. Delehant, Ann Rosato, Marie Titchner, Mary Ann Hartman, Winora Albert, Jack Bloom, Jack Bacon, Gene Hines, Charles Poell, Wayne Hazelton and Tom Reynolds, acknowledge- ment is due for their aid in writing copy and making paste-ups. Verdun R. Daste, assistant professor of journalism, was faculty moderator of the 1950 BLUEJAY. Joan Murphy and Tom Clarke examine other yearbooks 123 The Weekly Dwayne Brown, Editor In any college or university, one of the most indispensible student activities is the college news- paper. It serves as the source of information for the whole campus and is a sounding board for student opinion. The Creightonian, published every Friday by the journalism students of the University, fills the requirements of a news and opinion service that reports all the news on the campus and ex- presses the views and opinions of all the students. Except for the BLUEJAY, the Creightonian is the only student publication on the campus, and is the only written record of day-by-day student activities published periodically. Feeling the need of some publication that al- lowed students not in journalism to express themselves in the literary field, the Creightonian of Jan- uary 27 was devoted to the printing of contributions of all kinds of written material from stu- dents in every school on the campus. Students were asked to send in anything they had done in the field of literary endeavor to the newsroom for publication in this literary issue. Poems, essays, and short stories were received in large numbers. The best submissions were selected by the regular staff of the Creightonian and members of the English department faculty. The backbone of any newspaper is the editorial staff that directs its publication. The quality of the staff is reflected in the quality of the paper and the severest critic is the reader who passes judgment on the paper every time it is published. The Creightonian staff is picked from the jour- nalism students at the University who have proved themselves as reporters, feature and editorial writers capable of publishing a newspaper that is accurate, well made up and well written. The staff is changed each semester to give more students a hand in running a newspaper, and thus enrich their background of experience in view of training for the days following graduation. Brown, Sova, Gauthier, Catalano, Hatt. Hatcher, Delehant, Brazda 124 Creightonian Jerry Brazda, Editor The staff of the Creightonian consists of the managing editor, news editor, city editor, editorial chief, copy chief, sports editor, society editor, fea- ture editor, advertising manager and circulation manager. Managing editors during the past year were Dwayne Brown in the first semester and Jerry Brazda in the second. These two were responsible for the paper as a whole to the student body. When anything goes wrong it is the managing editor who answers for it, and it is he who finds out where to fix the blame. The paper is his responsibility and since it is the only campus publication it is no mean task to satisfy the entire student body and faculty with each issue. Assisting the managing editor and working closely with him is the news editor. John Sova and Phil Gauthier served in this capacity in the first and second semesters, respectively. Knowing all the news and seeing that it gets into print is one way to describe the duties of this position. The news editor also makes up the inside pages except for the sports page, society page and the editorial col- umns. The city editor ' s main duty consists in seeing that all reporters cover their assignments accura- tely and have their stories in by deadline, Wednesday noon. Jerry Brazda and Harry Hatcher kept the reporting staff on the straight and narrow during this year. The training of a reporter is sum- med up in the phrase, get the news, get it all, and above all, get it right. The city editor ' s task is lessened in proportion to the accuracy and thoroughness of his reporters. The policy of the paper and the stand it takes in current events is expressed in the editorials which appear on page 2 of every issue. Mel Hebert and Jack Bacon handled the opinion department during the recent two semesters, and were assisted by Phil Gauthier and Tom Carvlin. The editorial chief, besides seeing that the editorials express the views of a Catholic newspaper, also makes up page 2. Standing: Guinotte, Rooney, Hatcher; seated: Bacon, Eastridge, Derby, Rosato, Hines, Van Leuvan, Poell, Gauthier 125 Tom Carvlin and Charles Poell served as copy chiefs of the Creigh- tonian this year. Their task was to assign a force of copy readers, proofreaders and headline writers to handle all the material handed in for publication. They pick out errors and write headlines for all stories, features and editorials be- fore these are sent to the printshop to be set up in type. Thursday morning, when the galleys or proofs are sent back to the news- room for a final checking for mi s- takes, they correct all errors made by typesetters at the printshop and turn the corrected copy over to the editors for publication. The sports editor has his own paper within a paper. He assigns his own reporters, makes up his own page, handles his own copy and writes a column. The reporting of all athletic contests in which Creighton participates and of sports news in off season is his responsibility. He also handles all intramural athletic competition, and helps promote appreciation for the team, an example of which is the presentation of gifts to senior athletes in the final game of the year. Dave Hatt and Bob Van Leuvan were sports editors of the Creightonian this year. The society editors this year were Mary K. Delehant and Ann Rosato. Like the sports editors they run their own page, reporting staff and do their own make-up. They cover all social activities on the Hilltop. Fraternity and sorority activities as well as marriage and engagement announcements of students are covered by the society page. Getting the facts for a Story Editors and reporters prepare copy for The Creightonian alley proofs for typographical mistakes The feature editor on the Creightonian digs up human interest angles in the commonplace on the campus and serves to humanize an often routine school life. Little known achievements of students and faculty members and unusual particulars of campus life are sought out and published under the direction of the feature editor. Harry Hatcher and Amos Eastridge handled features this year. The advertising manager is responsible for the only source of local advertising revenue on the paper. He enlists the local businesses interested in the business of college students in the effort to get this business through paid advertisements in the Creightonian. The success of the adver- tisments is shown in the amount of purchases made by the readers. Pat Rooney was the Creightonian ' s advertising manager this year and the patronize our advertisers plea that appears several times in each issue of the Creightonian is his suggestion to keep the advertisers happy with his efforts. The circulation managers for Creightonian were Vince Catalano during the first semester and Gene Hines in the second semester. Their job was to see that the Creightonian was put on the stands at the various schools and to handle the Creightonian mailing list. The men responsible for the pictures that appeared weekly in the Creightonian were Henry Guinotte and Dwayne Brown. As staff photographers, they took pictures of student rallies, group shots of such groups as Alpha Sigma Nu and action shots of intramural and varsity athletics. A new feature in the Creightonian this year was the cartoon character, Joey. Joey is the brain-child of cartoonist Billy Derby. His bewildered student with the economy-size ears was meant to portray the typical Creighton student who is confused and frustrated by the endless round of exams and regulation. The faculty advisor to the Creightonian is Verdun R. Daste, assistant professor of journalism. Problems of policy, coverage and make-up are referred to him by editors. His suggestions and advice help to make the Creightonian a better paper in every respect. Soren Munkhof. instructor in journalism, serves as faculty advertising manager. He is in charge of all national advertising in the paper. These members of the staffs of the Creightonian during the two semesters of the current school term have endeavored to make the Creightonian the student ' s newspaper. It is published for the students, covers student activities and news of student interest and attempts to give a clear picture of student opinion. Success is judged by the standard of whether the readers think that they have achieved their goal. Campus Station Jack Ma . .i , Manager This is Radio station KOCU on the campus of Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska . . . Nebraska ' s only member of the Intercollegiate Broadcasting system. KOCU, broadcasting on a frequency of 550 kilo- cycles, as authorized by the Federal Communications Commission, now begins its regular schedule of broadcasting. Yes, this is the Voice of Creighton University speaking in a loud, clear voice. Three years ago, in the summer of 1947, the foundations for an organization were laid by the Rev. R. C. Williams, S.J., faculty moderator of radio. It was through the energies of Father Williams and the technical skill of the Rev. R. J. Strange, S.J., a physics instructor at Creighton Prep, and Mark McGowan, an engine er for WOW and a special student at Creighton that KOCU began life as a small wired wireless radio station in the south end of Hut 3. But the growth began as KOCU was fed by a constant stream of Creighton students, all eager to work on the station. Some of these students came merely out of curiosity, others for a share in the glory of the entertainment field. There were still others who were interested in the radio and entertainment field as a profession and who were interested in helping build an organization which will be a monument to their industry and ingenuity for many years to come. It is these students and the faculty members who donated their time and energies for the promotion of KOCU that we wish to honor in this year ' s Creighton BLUEJAY. At the beginning of the first semester in the fall of 1949 Jack Mazzie was general ma nager of the station. It was his duty to guide all the rest of the departments in the station ' s operation. Jack was assisted through- out the semester by Bill Howard, program director, and Tom Reynolds, chief announcer. These people had the job of laying out programs and schedules for announcers and talent. In addition to these officers there was the continuity director. Jack Keiner, whose job it was to see that all shows had scripts, even if he had to write them himself. The responsibility of the technical department fell on the shoulders of Jack Crawford, the chief engineer. Then there was Leo Weber, the commercial manager, a frugal student who struggled valiantly for two semesters to keep the KOCU ledgers balanced. In the publicity department Bill Coon was the worker for the KOCU party. It was through his unselfish efforts that Creighton ' s radio station activities became known to many of the students. Jean Dowdell, head of the traffic department, also spent a great deal of time with the KOCU programming tangles. Finally there was Jerry Brazda who was somewhat of a campus crier, as head of the news department. Jerry did a fine job in bringing the nightly, five-minute campus news show to the air . . . At the time, Jerry was also city editor of the Creightonian. Not only did these students fulfill their duties as station staff members, but they also spent many a revolution of the red hand before the mike with their own shows. During the first semester Mr. Daniel M. Petrie was the director of radio. It was through Mr. Petrie that the students were able to combine their own small scale experience with that of Mr. Petrie, who had ex- perience not only with small stations but also with the major networks. Then came the second semester and with it came elections for the second semester staff officers. The elections were participated in by all the students who had worked on the station. The election resulted in Daniel M. Petrie, Faculty Advisor, first semester KOCU Tom Reynolds. Manager Tom Reynolds, the former chief announcer, being made the general manager. Bill Howard again took the role of program director. Don Hittner, who had done a great deal both as an announcer and as an engineer was elected to the post of chief announcer. The chief engineer ' s slot was filled by Paul Mullen. The news department was doubled at the election when Mary K. Kavanagh and Tom Brown were elected. The publi- city head was Hank Meysenburg. And then there was music and at the head of the department were Dick Bay and Terry Kealey. In one of the most important and trying positions, that of continuity director, the assembly of KOCU voters placed Mary K. Delehant. The turn of the semester brought other changes too. Dan Petrie, director of radio, accepted a position in Chicago with NBC television and left at the end of the first semester. The opening in the staff was subsequently filled by John G. McBride. Mr. McBride, a graduate of Creighton and Northwestern universities, took up where Dan Petrie left off. The second semester brought not only new officers and a new radio director but also a NEW KOCU. In short KOCU underwent a complete revamping to become a new and improved radio station. The most im- portant change was the enlarging of the station facilities. Beginning with a schedule of remote broadcasting, KOCU moved into the classier circles. This innovation was made possible largely by Jerry Edmonds, a former Creighton student and engineer for KMTV and Don Hittner, the chief announcer. A remote studio was set up in the Creighton auditorium complete with a glass panel, remote control booth, which became the hub of all radio activities in that building. The setup proved so successful that as soon as it was completed, KOCU began a series of dramatic and variety shows entitled The Creighton University Radio Workshop. On this all-student show, the actors are any students interested in dramatics who have passed the KOCU talent audi- tions. These auditions are held frequently throughout the year to discover and catalog new talent. Campus Time is a variety show a la palace which is directed to both a radio audience and a live audience in the auditorium. Both The Creighton University Radio Workshop and Campus Time are pro- duced and directed by the students of Mr. McBride ' s radio production class. In addition to these shows, there were many broadcasts from the Creighton gym. Connected by remote wire, Creighton home basketball games were broadcast play-by-play. These events were ably handled by announcers Bill Howard, Wayne Hazelton and Dick Bay with Don Hittner at the controls and were piped into the main studio by telephone wire to be broadcast from the main studio transmitter. Home games, however, were not the only ones covered by KOCU. The station sports department carried through by traveling with the basketball team to make tape recordings of the games for later release over the campus station. The KOCU recording equipment also got a real workout with the You Are There show. These programs were fifteen-minute tape recorded interviews with students on different parts of the campus. With the coming of the live talent shows came a pressing need for larger facilities and more equipment. The situation came to the distressing point in which one show would be aired and another rehearsed in the same studio at the same time. The problem was solved during the second semester when an announcer ' s booth adjoining the main studio and the control room was built. This resulted in better quality shows and the alleviation of worries for the student producers. John G. McBride, Faculty Advisor, second semester Hittner, Dowdell, Crawford, Nagengast, Howard Meanwhile, the music library was having growing pains. There were so many new records added to the library that it became quite difficult to find the proper music in a hurry. Tom Reynolds came to the rescue by installing a new system of record filing so that each record and transcription was cross-filed according to title and artist. After this innovation the continuity writers breathed a sigh of relief. No more would they have to pull and hide records days in advance of a show to be sure no one would be using them on the next pro- gram. The job of filing new records is splendidly handled by the heads of the music department. During the summer of 1949 KOCU acquired a captive audience through the installation of speakers in the Snack Bar and Creighton Cafeteria. Operation Noon-Hour proved to be very valuable since it was spon- sored by a large national company paying cash for the advertising time. For this system of outside speakers the gratitude of the radio station must go to Jerry Edmonds and Don Hittner who devoted practically an entire summmer to the project, and to the inspiration of Father Williams. As KOCU The Voice of Creighton University grew and expanded it made application for full member- ship to the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System and became Nebraska ' s only member. The Intercollegiate Broadcasting System is a network of college radio stations banded together to better the educational and professional futures of its members. Among other advantages are representation before Congress and the Federal Communications Commission. At the present time the IBS is attempting to secure permission from the FCC to increase ten-fold the broadcast power of the college stations. This would result in more listeners and higher revenue from advertising for the campus stations. Though it might appear that the radio station is a shop where the only acceptable commodity is work, KOCU offers its employees a source of social enjoyment. In the fall of 1948 the first KOCU dance was held in the school gymnasium With the aid of white and blue streamers and radio towers as the theme for decorations the dance was a dazzling success. — and the sta- Standing: Crawford, Keiner, Mazzie, Coon; seated: Nagengast, Dowdell. Howard i Mryseiiljiiiu;, Kavanagh, Howard, Reynolds, Hittner, Bay, Kealey, Delehant tion made a substantial profit. Success tasted so good that the KOCU dance was set up as an annual affair. Again in the fall of 1949 the gym was all decked out in the full-dress of white and blue crepe paper and sport- ing a band stand built to resemble a television set, KOCU again proved what could be done with a little quick thinking and hard work. Thanks go to such people as Jean Dowdell, Jerry Edmonds, Tom Reynolds, Jack Mazzie, Bill Howard, Jack Crawford, Bill Coon, Leo Weber and many others who helped to make both dances possible. Another social event of the year was the KOCU picnic held in the latter part of the spring semester. Sponsored by the staff, the picnic was attended by all the announcers, writers, engineers and all the students who had done any work at all on the station. For the past few years radio station KBON has turned over their station to Creighton students for an entire day. This year as the KOCU staff invaded the station of KBON they announced, wrote news, handled disc jockey shows and produced both the Campus Time and Creighton University Radio Workshop shows. The last social event of the year was the KOCU banquet held in conjunction with the Journalism banquet. The banquet has always provided an opportunity for the last gathering before the end of the school year. At this affair awards are given to students doing outstanding work in the radio field while in college. Though Creighton ' s radio station meant many headaches and much hard work, certainly no one has felt that it was energy wasted. After students leave the KOCU ranks they can always look back upon the visible evidence of their efforts. As long as Creighton University and KOCU have McBride, Kavanagh, Graham, Hazleton, Mackin men and women of such calibre as those mentioned and unmentioned both the University and its radio station will continue to grow and develop. And so, ladies and gentlemen. The Voice of Creighton University has come to the end of its broadcast period. This is station KOCU, with studios on the campus of Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska. KOCU has been broadcasting on an assigned frequency of 550 kilocycles. This is the Intercollegiate Broadcast- ing System. . Ifk Tel evision Rev. Roswell C. Williams, S.J., Director Television at Creighton took new strides forward this year. The fall semester marked the completion of the television rehearsal equipment designed at Creighton — the first of its kind on any campus. To the rehearsal cameras and switching unit completed last year were added metal tripods and wooden dollies, designed and built on the cam- pus. Sound-powered head and chest sets were acquired from war surplus, in sufficient numbers to insure that students in production classes and extra-curricular television ven- tures could receive directions and transmit their queries to the producer. Intercommunication is now possible from all parts of the auditorium stage when it is used as a television studio. Blueprints of the Creighton Television Rehearsal Camera and allied equipment have been requested by the University of Indiana, the University of Miami (Florida), St. Louis University, Iowa State College, Michigan State College, and the University of Texas — among others. Articles and pictures of the Creighton television rehearsal equipment have appeared in several national publications, and it has been demonstrated by request at two national conventions. The complete sound system installed in the KOCU remote control booth in the Creigh- ton auditorium is also available for television production work. Given to Creighton on a permanent loan by WOW, the soundproof booth was once used for a network radio program originating from Omaha. Later it housed the WOW-TV professional television equipment during the two and a half years when production experiments were con- ducted in the Creighton auditorium to prepare the staff for the opening of WOW-TV. The booth now houses a permanently installed radio console and two-speed turntables for phono- graph records and transcriptions. The console has three microphone inputs so that sound can be picked up from any part of the auditorium. The equipment was installed and is maintained by Jerry Edmonds, Creighton alumnus now on the engineering staff of KMTV. John G. McBride, A.B. Creighton ' 48 and M. A. Northwestern ' 49, is the director of television at Creighton, Rev. R. C. Williams, S.J., is the coordi- nator of television and inventor of the Creighton rehearsal equipment. Scene from C IJ Presents : Wayne Hazelton, Rev. Charles Hayden, S.J., Dr. Donald Cideon. A Creighton University television production class: John Bathen (Camera No. 1), Helen Tinley (floor man- ager), Mary Kay Kavanagh (accompanist). Bob Hart (singer), Daniel M. Petrie (director of television), Roger Vipond (producer). CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY PRESENTS . . . . an Educational Television Series In November 1949, three years after the initial television production experiments were undertaken on the campus, Creighton University inaugurated a series of educational programs telecast every two weeks during the school year over WOW-TV, chan- nel 6. Begun by Daniel Petrie, now with NBC-Tele- vision in Chicago, the series is being carried on by John G. McBride, director of television. The programs are produced by Donald R. Keough, A.B, Creighton ' 49, assistant production manager at WOW-TV. Rev. R. C. Williams, S.J,, Creighton ' s coordinator of tele- vision, is a consultant for the series. The student an- nouncer is Wayne Hazelton, a senior in the Creighton College of Commerce. Pictures of early programs in the Creighton University Presents series were sent to the program manager of every television station in the U. S. by Jack Pegler of the Television Zoomar Corporation in New York City, He considered them outstanding examples of educational television programs facili- tated by the use of the Zoomar lens, which permits immediate close-up views of material being demon- strated. The aim of the series is to take the viewing public behind the scenes in various departments of Creigh- ton ' s nine colleges and professional schools. A list of the programs and participants follows: ■ H jtt Rev. R. C. Williams, S.J.. with the Creighton Uni- versity television rehearsal camera, designed and built on the campus. Creighton University of the Air Creighton University of the Air with the completion of this year ' s series of programs, looks back with pride on 19 years of broadcasting by Creighton students as a public service to Omaha through the facilities of radio station WOW. The purpose of the annual series of radio shows, featuring an all-student cast, is to promote and publicize Creighton University. The idea of this type of show was first conceived by the late Rev. Leo MuUany, S.J., and the shows were directed by Prof. Edwin Puis of the department of speech. Upon the death of Father MuUany, the Rev. Paul F. Smith, S.J., director of the department of English, became faculty director and Mr. Puis continued as director. The Rev. R. C. Williams, S.J., was appointed to take over the radio series in 1945, when he came to Creighton from Rockhurst college and in 1948 Daniel M. Petrie, former Creighton speech instruc- tor, became producer of the programs. Father Williams, however, remained moderator. Jack Mc- Bride, instructor in speech and radio, is present producer of the show and also writes the scripts for the shows. The original shows originated from the old radio studio on the fifth floor of the Administration building and were carried by remote wire to the downtown studios of KOIL. Later the programs were transferred to WOW, where they are now being aired. The studios of WOW are also used by the stu- dents when the shows are broadcasted. In the early years the programs were aired daily, Monday through Friday. As radio production became more complicated and time for public service programs less available, the number of programs was reduced to three and later one program per week. Still another change has been made in the programs, which were former panel discussion af- fairs. Today the programs are of a variety type nature. This year the programs featured semiclassical music, both instrumental and vocal, tape recorded interviews with administrators and faculty mem- bers from every department of the university, as well as feature stories on Creightonians-in-the-news. Too great a number of students participated in the shows to give individual applause, but each and every one played a major role in making the show a success. Through these students the citizens of Omaha are given a better understanding of the university and also of its value to Omaha. A few of the students who have been active on the programs are: Announcers — Wayne Hazelton, Tom Reynolds, Jack Keiner, Don Hittner, Don Graham, Dick Bay and Bill Howard. Vocalist — Bob Geith, Regina Annis, Bob Hart, Jim Macken, John Carver, Jean Doksansky, Jean Hunter, Dorothy Jergenson and the Creighton Glee Club. Musicians — Wayne Scott, Jerry Jardee, Mary K. Kavanagh, Donna Vondra and Ann Rosato. All feature stories on Creigh- tonians-in-the-news were written by Harry Hatcher. Each week the show was produced by a student from radio production class. The Rev. John Crafton, S.S.C., also a Creighton student, assisted in the production of the shows. Hart, Macken, Siott, i]ay, Kciiicr, Mcliiidc, Howard 134 Dramatics Rev. Ralph J. Schenk. S.J. Moderator The Creightoii players have been descrihed as being ' as good as any professional group of actors. The purpose of this organization is to create and sustain interest in the dramatic arts, and to organize and produce plays at the collegiate level . This year the group attained its objectives with the production of two major plays. Mr. and Mrs. North, by Francis and Richard Lockridge, was presented in early December with freshmen Art Eckhahl and Mary Haselton playing the leads. Jim Emerson, a senior, kept the crowd in stitches with his hilarious antics as Mul- doon, the police detective. The comedy-murder theme of the play went well with the audience. In April the players became involved in up-to-the-minute drama when they pro- duced The Traitor, by Herman Wouk. The stage showed a composite of university professors, scientists, Geiger counters, spies, and Navy intelligence men. Graduate stu- Back row: Hoben, Reynolds, Emerson, McMahon, McBride, Tippery, Finocchiaro. Bay. Mazzie; middle row: Merlin, Dowdell, Wilkinson, Muldoon, Jardee, Ryan, Haselton, Conkling, Fogarty, Russell; front row: Schinker, Eckdahl, Scheidegger, Tittner, Burkley, Delong. 135 Mrs. dent Bob Weber played one lead, while Art Eckdahl repeated as star in the other. Leading feminine role went to Peggy Rafter, a freshman. Jack Keinei, sophomore, and Al Schei- degger, junior, were also featured in the play. The Traitor turned up a wealth of young talent around Creighton, as eleven of the parts went to freshmen and sophomores. The Creighton Players boast a membership roster of thirty-one, consisting of those who have participated in at least one play, as actors, stage hands, property custodians, or in similar positions. Organized in 1923 as the Mask and Wig club, the or- ganization has evolved into the fine group that now presents its work in the little theater down the street. On January 15, 1949, the Players applied for membership in the national dramatic fraternity. Alpha Psi Omega. To date, no reply has been received, but the Players optimistically expect that the request will be granted in the near future. An annual picnic is held by the Players in one of the Omaha public parks, and the members throw off their alien personalities to become their natural, fun-loving selves, Daniel M. Petrie, first semester director A scene from Mr. and Mrs. North 136 A scene from The Traitor John G. McBride, Director enjoying the many games, programs and food. Present director of the plays is John G. McBride, who was a member of the Players before he graduated from Creighton in 1948. He succeeded Mrs. Daniel Petrie, who left Creighton for a position in Chicago. Jack Mazzie is president of the Players; Mary Lou Ryan is vice-president, and Verna Gehrig is secretary-treasurer. The active members are: Richard Ray, Owen Burkley, Beverly Conkling, Jack Crawford, Mary K. Delehant, Gene DeLong, Jean Fogarty, Verna Gehrig, Bob Hart, Mary Hasel- ton, Donald Hittner, Joseph P. Hoban, Gwen Merlin, Mar- garet Mirasky, Patricia Muldoon, Robert Nestlebush, Charles Nields, Rose Paluka, Sterling T. Reynolds, Ria Russell, Mary Lou Ryan, Al Scheidegger, John Schinker, Clyde Smith, Tim Sullivan, and Gene Tippery. The Rev. R. H. Schenk, S.J., is moderator. Music Mary Jeannctte Hoffman, Choral Director The simple and melodic notes of Thee Our Father floated on the May evening as the combined voices of Creigh- ton ' s Glee Clubs opened National Music Week in Omaha at Joslyn Memorial. Not only climaxing a very busy year for the songsters, but once more showing the music lovers of Omaha that Creighton was at the top again in choral work, the program also included Holiday for Strings, Fred Waring ' s arrangements for Holy, Holy, Holy and You ' ll Never Walk Alone. Director of this program and the many others for this year was Miss Mary Jeanette Hoffmann, under wh ose ex- cellent supervision the Glee Clubs have again risen to new heights in the field of music. St. Joseph Nurses ' Glee Club was very busy this year, not only taking part in the Joslyn program, but appearing at capping exercises at the hospital and at the Nurses ' Home open house for prospective students. The Men ' s Glee Club entertained at the plays, Mr. and Mrs. North, and The Traitor. They presented, in conjunction with the Girls ' Glee Club, several television shows as well as special Easter and Christmas songs aired over WOW. Special cares were taken and extra rehearsals had to be prepared for the appearance of the glee clubs at the Te Deum Forum series. The McShane speech contest, a campus oratorical meet, was further enlightened by I LI sL row: Welch, Pound, Starks, Brunncr, Jones, Dolan; second row. Voncha, Corboy, Stolinski, Flanigan, Sand, LaChapelle; third row: Kula, Reeder, Wel)er, Hoss, See, Lewis, Grollmes; fourth row. Hill, McAllister, Holmherg, Brau, Challman, McMahon, Doherty, Gordon. 138 First row: Kinzler, Murphy, Cavitt, Reiohmuth, Reifert, Tighe, Friel, Feder, Piccolo, Heil Crahan; second row: Swanson, Tierney, Golden, Hayes, Petersen, Harmer, Kauffold, Cameron, Eckrich, Hoss, Friel, Wilt, Burns, Hagen. the appearance of the Mixed Glee Clubs. For the first time in the history of Creighton this contest was aired over KOCU for the benefit of students in the dormitories. Credit for the success of the musical events of the school year go to Miss Hoffmann, who is to be complimented for her polished numbers. She is a graduate of Columbia School of music where she obtained her masters degree. She has been at Creighton for six years as well as Duchesne and Richmond, Kentucky. She has spent a summer session with Fred Waring. St. Catherine ' s Glee Club is another hard-working group on the campus. This group of student nurses is self-directed and does an excellent job. Creighton has an oppor- tunity to hear this group only at the May Crowning on the grounds of the hospital. Sister Mary Kevin, R.S.M., is sponsor of the club. The curtain falls on another successful year in music at Creighton. The coopera- tion and the practice of all the students involved have indeed made the air filled with music for the school. First row: Gahm, Kocian, Medelman, Leenerts, Princ, Hensing, McCarthy, Gerber, Cannon, Holbrook, Gamerl; middle row: Matras, Toelle, Turdik, Wemhoff, Goblirsch, Wright. Rothmyer, Horn, Agee, Janecek, Story, Oberdin, Gray, Satow, Schrage, Pearson, Christopherson, Maun, Connolly; back row: Domonkos, Frodyma, Givens, Scalise, Thompson, Moore, Batenhorst, Ras- mussen, Vlcek, James, Bradley, Cihacek. € o n c o o ■.. tV ■■|y V -- f A l liL.tfL £i Reserve Officers Training Corps The Reserve Officers Training Corps was inaugurated to impart to the students of the colleges of the United States, the necessary knowledge of military life, which would be beneficial to the student and to his country in the event of war. On January 27th, 1919, Creighton University ' s application for a Reserve Officers Training Corps was accepted by the Secretary of War. The unit was activated for the purpose of producing junior offi- cers, possessing the required qualifications and attributes necessary as officers of the Army of the United States. Training in the corps of cadets is divided into basic and advanced students. First basic cadets are indoctrinated in such phases of military science as drill, military organi- zation, map reading, weapons and marksmanship. The second basic instruction empha- sizes squad and section leadership, with a continuation and amplification of the first- year practical and theoretical work. Advanced ROTC cadets are instructed in a two-year Seated: U. Col. A. C. Brill. Maj. D. Marlowe; standing: M Sgt. R. E. Coffee, Sgt. 1st CI. I. R. Her, Sgt. W. M. Patterson, M Sgt. L. J. Dempsey. Seated: Cadet Maj. Gordon D. Clay, Cadet Lt. Col. Emmett J. O ' Brien; standing: Cadet Capt. Leonard L. Schneiderman, Cadet Capt. James D. Adams, Cadet Maj. Gerald Byrd, Cadet Capt. W. R. Glyn. course designed to develop military knowledge and leadership, eventually resulting in a commission as a second lieutenant in one of the components of the Army. All non-veteran freshmen and sophomore students, who yre physically qualified, are required to take two years of basic training in the corps of cadets. Students who have completed the basic course or who have served at least one year of active service in any of the armed forces are eligible for Advanced ROTC. However, those selected for ad- vanced training are subjected to competitive mental and physical examinations and final approval by the president of Creighton and the professor of military science and tactics. Advanced cadets are also required to spend one period of intensified training at an army post during the summer months. This year the first advanced cadets will spend six weeks at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. Commandant of Creighton ' s corps of cadets is Lieutenant Colonel Arden C. Brill, He succeeded Colonel Robert R. Martin last June as professor of military science and tactics. Colonel Martin, the previous PMS T, is now stationed in Tokyo, Japan. Colonel Brill received his commission as a second lieutenant in 1939, upon the com- pletion of four years of ROTC and gradua- tion from the South Dakota State College. He served with the 9th Infantry Division during the original landings in Africa and participated in the Normandy invasion. Lt. Col. Brill and Cadet Lt. Col. Q-Rrien Company A During his tour of duty, he saw action in Tunisia, Sicily and throughout various other sectors of the European Theater. Among Colonel Brill ' s decorations are the European Theater of Operations medal with eight battle stars, a presidential citation and the Bronze Star. The assistant professor of military science and tactics is Major Lon D. Marlowe. Major Marlowe began his tour of duty as a reserve officer in 1942, later serving as a company commander and battalion executive officer in the 324th Infantry Regiment, 44th Division in the European Theater of Operations. Upon graduation from the Com- mand and Staff School at Leavenworth, Kansas in 1946, Major Marlowe received a regular army commission and then was sent to Korea for a tour of duty. In 1948, he was assigned to Creighton as the Assistant PMS T. Other members of the military faculty are Master Sergeant Lawrence J. Dempsey, Master Sergeant Russell E. Coffee, Sergeant 1st Class Ivan R. Her, and Sergeant Wil- liam M. Patterson. Sergeant Dempsey is spending his fourteenth year at Creighton. He was first assigned here in 1931 and has served here since, with the exception of an interim of six years during the war. Creighton ' s corps of cadets is organized as a battalion, consisting of four companies and the band. Cadet officers are appointed from the ranks of the advanced cadets at the beginning of the school year. However, the list of permanent promotions and as- 142 signments to duty are published by the military department at the annual Military Hall. The cadet battalion of 355 basic cadets is trained by the cadet officers and non-com- missioned officers under the supervision of the military faculty. Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Emmett J. O ' Brien was appointed battalion commander. Other members of the battalion headquarters staff were: Gerald Byrd, cadet major; Gordon D. Clay, cadet major; James D. Adams, cadet captain; William R. Glyn, cadet captain and Leonard L. Schneiderman, cadet captain. Company A ' s officers were: cadet captain David A, Connolly, cadet 1st lieutenant Gerald A. Ries, cadet 2nd lieutenant Richard D. Lorentz, cadet 2nd lieutenant Paul J. Reinsch, cadet 2nd lieutenant Dale B. Thoreson and cadet 2nd lieutenant Leo F. Weber. The officers assigned to Company B were as follows: cadet captain Francis J. Duffy, cadet 2nd lieutenant Paul L. Dutton, cadet 2nd lieutenant Roy L. Greene, cadet 2nd lieutenant James R. Irwin, and cadet 2nd lieutenant John R. Kennebeck. The roster of Company C listed the names of the following cadet officers: cadet captain Sheldon J. Harris, cadet 1st lieutenant Daniel J. Farrell, cadet 1st lieutenant Donald J. LaPorte, cadet 1st lieutenant Robert E. Rissi, cadet 2nd lieutenant James J. Corboy, cadet 2nd lieutenant Robert B. Eberhart, cadet 2nd lieutenant James E. Hoctor and cadet 2nd lieutenant John R. Skow. Company B Company C Officers on the Company D list were: cadet captain Charles T. Brierty, cadet 1st lieutenant Leon J. Garcia, cadet 1st lieutenant Luther C. Thompson, cadet 2nd lieu- tenant Earl Hunigan, cadet 2nd lieutenant M. B. Jackson, Jr. and cadet 2nd lieutenant John L. Peterson. Students in the Advanced ROTC courses are eligible for designations as Distin- guished Military Students, providing they fulfill the qualifications established by the president of the University and the PMS T. This designation entitles them to apply for a regular army commission, which they receive upon graduation. Distinguished Mili- tary Students this year were: Gordon D. Clay, Emmett J. O ' Brien, Gerald L. Byrd, William R. Glyn, James D. Adams, Charles T. Brierty, Sheldon J. Harris and David W. Connolly. Fifteen basic cadets were given the opportunity to distinguish themselves as mem- bers of the ROTC rifle team. This year ' s team, coached by Sergeant William M Pat- terson, competed in 16 postal and six shoulder-to-shoulder matches with various uni- versities and teams throughout the nation. The team participated in the Little Camp Perry matches at the Kemper Military Academy, Booneville, Missouri, and were awarded third place. Medals were presented to individual Creighton marksmen, who participated in the Kemper tournament. Four cadets received expert ' s medals, two men were awarded sharpshooter ' s medals and one cadet was the recipient of the marksman 144 medal. In addition to medals, tho se cadets who qualified are awarded letters i)y the University. On May 10 and 11, Creighton ' s ROTC unit strived to look especially sharp. The occasion was the annual federal inspection by officers designated by the 5th Army headquarters. Examining officers inspected the cadet in each of the subjects of the cur- riculum and a rating was given, based on the results of these tests and excellence of the drill and tactical exercises that were conducted on the drill field. Schools rated as excellent by the inspecting officers are entitled to wear a blue star on the sleeve of their uniforms. Although the records are incomplete, it is believed that Creighton has always received an excellent rating. On Award Night, April 25, outstanding members of the corps of cadets received acknowledgements of their achievements.. Exemplary advanced and basic cadets received the following awards presented by Colonel Brill: the Chamber of Commerce guidon to the best company based on general excellence in the military field, the Colonel Hardin C. Sweeny trophy to the cadet company commander of the company receiving the Cham- ber of Commerce award, the Reserve Officers Association award for the best cadet officer, the Rotary Club medal for the best second advanced cadet, the medal presented to the best rifle shot, the Buck Private medal for the best first basic cadet, a medal to the best first basic rifle shot and medals for first team members of the rifle team. Company D First roil : (7 ()II H ' , Lomax, Nemer, Kula, iiejl, (jporge; second row: Harris, Gordon, Blankenau, Hoss, Rufe; third row: Caspar, Foye, Pettinger, Britt, Aldrich; fourth row: Wagner, Hiller. Fitzgibbon, Moylan, Tompsett. R.O.T.C. Band For the first time since 1942, Creighton has an ROTC band. The band was reorganized last September to provide field music for military functions and to fulfill the other duties of a military and college band. This year, the band was under the direction of Marvin W. George, a local bandleader. Mr. George has been a professional musician for twenty years and was a member of several nationally known bands, among them, the Kay Kyser organization. During the war, Mr. George served four years in the Army. He was stationed in Italy and was an assistant band director of the 622nd Army Air Force Band. At present, Mr. George is the assistant director of the newly activated Nebraska National Guard band. The twenty-six members of the band were active throughout the school year with marching maneuvers, military music and pep music. Although the m band is classified as military, due to its size, its member- ship is not restricted to ROTC cadets. Seven members of the band were not in the Corps of Cadets. However, all members were Creighton students and were required to possess proficiency in music. The band played for all home basketball games and four pep rallies when the Bluejay basketball team went on the road. When the Bluejays journeyed to Drake Uni- versity at Des Moines, the band accompanied the squad and played during the intermissions. The band also furnished music at several of Creighton Prep ' s football games. On May 20, the band and the entire Corps of Cadets participated in a downtown parade commemo- rating Armed Forces Day. P m The Rev. Austin E. Miller, S.J., was moderator of 1 the band. The following men were officers of the organi- - zation: first sergeant, Cadet M.Sgt. Alvin L. Harris; supply sergeant. Cadet Sgt. 1st Class Delwyn J. Nagen- gast; librarian, Edward Kula; and assistant librarian, Cadet Cpl. Donald E. Nemer. Rev. Austin E. Miller, Moderator International Relations Club The objective of the International Relations Club is to give a better understanding and appre- ciation of what is happening in the world about us, particularly as these things affect the welfare (jf the United States. The organization is open to all students who are interested in international affairs. To retain membership in the club, a member is expected to attend at least half of the meetings. The IRC was organized in 1942 by the Rev. Paul F. Smith, S.J. The Rev. Clarence A. Herbst, S.J., was faculty advisor for a year as was Dr. Arthur G. Umschied. The club was definitely handicapped during the war, but has been continuously active since the winter of 1945-46. Dr. P. Raymond Nielson has been faculty advisor since then. At their bi-monthly meetings, members discuss current events and subjects related to present- day issues. This year the club has had several guests, prominent in international relations, as speakers at their meetings. On February 28 the club sponsored a talk by Col. Hardin C. Sweeney on Behind the Iron Curtain. The IRC is affiliated with the Carnegie Endowment of International Peace. This organization supplies the club with periodical literature, information of other clubs, and promotes the regional meetings. It also cooperates with the National Federation of Catholic College Students regional or- ganization. Every year the Creighton group sends a delegation to the Regional Conference of International Relations clubs, and delegates also go to regional meetings of the N.F.C.C.S. This year the meet, sponsored by the Carnegie group, was held in Wichita, Kansas. The two-day session was held March 17 and 18. Twenty-one colleges and University representatives, a total of 138 delegates were present at the meeting. Frank C. Goodell and Ernest Schnabl represented Creighton at the two- day session. President of the International Relations Club is Francis C. Goodell, a graduate student. Lyle E. Strom, a Creighton College senior, is secretary-treasurer of the club. Dr. P. Raymoml iNifLon, moderator; O ' Reilly; Anderson; Goodell; Giitlin. Schnabl; Ronan; Conroy; Weber; Coon. 147 p A S T E U R The Pasteur Club isn ' t exactly the oldest club at Creighton, but it boasts the largest membership of any organization on the campus. It has a member- ship of 150 biology majors and minors. Business and the more social side are stressed at Pasteur Club meetings which are held once a month during the school year. Speakers from various phases of biology and related subjects are in- vited to attend meetings to share their interest in biology with club members. Guest speakers for this year have included various members of the Creighton Medical School faculty. Of special interest was a forum on socialized medicine conducted by six Omaha doctors. The main project of the Pasteur Club this year was the purchasing of a movie projector out of club funds for the combined use of the Pasteur Club and the Biology Department. On the lighter side, the annual Pasteur Club picnic at Linoma Beach is the major social activity of the organization. A square dance and Christ- mas party rounded out the social activities for the 1949-50 school year. Pasteur Club officers are Don Stewart, president; Mary K. Kavanagh and Bob Dreier, vice-presidents; Pat McCarthy, secretary, and Mark Muir, treasurer. C L u B Hawaiian Cluh The Hui Hawaii club, better known on the Hilltop as the Hawaiian club, has weathered another most successful year, filled with many activities and to be sure a lot of fun for both club members and non-members. The clubs biggest event of the year was the highly publicized May Day Dance, which was a semi-formal affair. Through the clever publicity of the group, the dance was a great success. The May Day Dance was not the only social event sponsored by this club ' s members, for they held a Thanksgiving banquet, a May picnic and a reception for the University of Hawaii basketball team, which appeared here to play the Bluejays here on the Hilltop. The purpose of this organization is to foster better relations between students from Hawaii and other students who are attending Creighton. To be sure, this objective has been successful. Richard Lam served as the president of the group this past year; Henry Urashima held the office of vice-president, Joseph Kong was elected as secretary and Albert Chun represented the club as treasurer. Dr. Theo- dore Chang served as moderator of the group. This past year the club membership was about thirty-five, most of them being from the Hawaiian Islands. First row: Lee, G. Chang, Endo, W. Chang, Lam, Chun; second row: Kamake, Kim, Yama- cuchi, B. Chang, D. Chang, Kagawa, Yokoci, Watt; third row: Luning, Lai, Young, Chock, Naai, Dung, Thomas, H. Dang, Kong; fourth row: Ohtani, Watt, W. Dang, R. Wong, Matsuda, Auyong, Shirai. H U I o H A W A I I French Club A combination of assorted French songs, literary and musical programs, plus games and dances accomplished the aims of Le Cercle Francais to make the study of the French language more enjoyable and interesting to the students here on the Hilltop this past year than it has in preceding years. The club was originally founded back in 1987, but because of the war, which resulted in many changes, the French club ceased to exist. After an absence of 10 years the club was reactivated through the efforts of Mrs. Verdun Daste, instructor in French. Le Cercle Francais has for its purpose the encouragement of interest and apprecia- tion of the French language, literature, and customs under a social aspect. This purpose is accomplished by means of such outstanding social events as the traditional Christ- mas party, a fall weiner roast, a spring picnic and a May banquet. Meetings of the club were held every three weeks at which the thirty-five mem- bers of the club had an opportunity to hear distinguished guest speakers and partake in learned discussions. Elections of club officers were also held at these meetings. This year Philip Lahr was president. Bill Whaley served as vice-president, Terry Kealey was secretary and Kenneth Treinen held the office of treasurer. Mrs. Daste was moderator of the group. Other members of the club included: Henri Ouellet, Donna Dow, Nora Albers, Barbara Watke, Richard Loos- brock, Carol Pryor, Beverly Conkling, James Duggan, Geraldine Jardee, Bill Costello, Al Sobrenski, Robert Brannum, Vernon Sternhill, Leslie Noel, Beverly Wilkinson, Cathrine Murphy, Barbara Provoznik, Edith Nielson, Mary Salyards, Mary Jane Martin, Raymond Hosford, Jim McCormick, Larry Seward, Jim Crow, John Buyers, Joseph Byers, Pat Jackson and Blaine Raney. Front row. Bill Whaley, vice-president; Nora Albers; Loosbrock; Dr. Ouellet; Wilkinson; Jackson; Kealey, secretary; Mrs. Daste, moderator; back row: Joe Byers; John Buyers; Lahr, president. L E C E R C L E F R A N C A I S Spanish Club Seated: Kalhorn, Wahlstrom, Eitzman, Fogarty, Muldoon, Fairfield, Blake, Burke, Duran; sec- ond row: Grollmes, Flood, Moylan, Craig, Vialpando, Ortiz, Garcia, Novacek, Chang, Moylan, Tok- heim, Mr. Guzman; third row: Miera, Lavia, Kelley, Coughlin, Pettinger, Cobry, MuUer, Barry, Cokes, Fischback. The Spanish Club of Creighton is in its second year of activity on the Hilltop. The club is open to all students taking Spanish courses, either history or language, and to Latin-American students who, although they are not enrolled in any Spanish courses, are interested in the Spanish life, lan- guage and culture. Promoting a wider knowledge of, and a greater appreciation for Spanish contributions to modern culture is one of the objectives of the club. Other aims include stimulating a greater interest in the Spanish language and culture on the part of the student, fostering friendly relations between the peoples of Hispanic and English tongues, and to provide an opportunity for Spanish language students to practice speaking the language with the Latin- American students who are attending Creighton. The first semester of this school year Tom Burke served as clul) presi- dent, Joe Duran was vice-president and Nancy Fogarty was secretary-treas- urer. Tom Burke was also elected to the club presidency in the second semester. Herman Ortiz, vice-president and Patricia Fairfield, secretary- treasurer, were the other officers elected in the second semester. Mr. J. H. Guzman was moderator of the group for both semesters. 152 Thomist Club Standing: Rettenmier, Cunningham, Schwaab, Fr. Rossner, Boler, Strom, Fr. Renard ; seated: Byrne, Provosnik, Maxy, Frederick. The Thomist Club was organized for students interested in philosophy, in order to provide a means for an informal discussion of definite questions presented by St. Thomas Aquinas in his Summa Theologica. The program for the past two semesters consisted of a consideration of the philosophy of person and nature, particularly as verified in the Divine Person. Con- cerning this question the club studied the concepts of procession, origin, intellection and volition, generation, relation and substance, following the questions in order in the Summa Theologica. The Thomist club met bi-monthly during the current two semesters. Officers for the last year were Peggy N. Maxey, instructor in philosophy, president; Lyle E. Strom, senior in Creighton college, vice-president, and Mary Virginia Frederick, university college senior, secretary. The Rev. Henri Renard, S.J., professor of philosophy, served as faculty moderator for the club. A new mode of procedure was introduced and followed this year. The discussion of questions was placed on an informal basis, with a leader appointed to comment on the text of that particular question. Any questions which arose were answered as the discussion proceeded. The climax of the year ' s activities was March 7, 1950, the feast of St. Thomts Aquinas, patron saint of Thomist philosophers. To commemo- rate the feast, the twenty members of the club attended Mass and Communion in a body. After Mass a breakfast was served in the school cafeteria. 153 A Henry, Wagner, Milone, Kenny American Chemical Society To promote interest in chemistry, leadership through participation in society activities, professional consciousness and a satisfaction from contributing to the wel- fare of their chosen profession, and opportunities for career building contacts and associations are only a few of the aims and objectives of the Creighton chapter of student affiliates of the American Chemical Society. This fairly new group on the Hilltop was founded in 1948 and since its establish- ment has accomplished much. One of the major projects of this group has been to obtain outstanding speakers to lecture at bi-monthly meetings, from both univer- sities and industries. All students majoring in chemistry or chemical engineering are eligible for membership in the society, if they have regularly matriculated into a technical school, college or university. The group claims national affiliation with the American Chemical Society at Washington, D. C, whose membership exceeds 62,000. The Creighton chapter, through its affiliation with the national organization receives many benefitSj such as, subscriptions to chemical publications; members may subscribe to journals published by the A.C.S. at reduced rates and use the employment clearing house operated by the society to obtain positions upon grad- uating. Members may also attend national, regional and local section meetings of the society. Opportunities in the society are just as advantageous, for it increases friendship among students of chemistry and assists them in preparing and present- ing technical material before audiences. In 1949-50, Melvin Wagner served as society chairman, Thomas Dunn as vice- chairman and Arthur Haas as secretary-treasurer. John Herfordt, Ray Henry and Norbert Aldrich served on the executive committee. Dr. C. E. Kenny was moderator of the group. Next year, 1950-51, Leo Hall will be chairman, assisted by Frank Brau, vice- chairman and Eleanor Starks, secretary-treasurer. The executive committee will be composed of Othon Sotirhos, Patricia McCarthy and Ray Henry. 1S4 Creighton University Pharmaceutical Association The Creighton University Pharmaceutical Association was estal)]ished in 1935. All students who are registered in the College of Pharmacy are members. The objective of CUPA is to give the students familiarity with parlia- mentary procedure in the conducting of organizational meetings and to promote confidence in addressing such meetings from the floor or as a program speaker. The club serves to create school unity and loyalty by giving all students an opportunity to plan and conduct such affairs as they may desire. It also sponsors a series of cultural, educational and enter- taining programs intended to broaden the outlook of the students. During the current year the organization sponsored a freshman mixer, a Communion breakfast and a Hallowe ' en party. A student publication, the Pharmajay, was inaugurated under the auspices of the association. The purpose of the Pharmajay is to publish news of particular interest to students in the college of pharmacy. The CUPA also presented a series of programs on art, history and economics. The organization provided several nationally known guest speakers during the course of the year. Among them were Dr. Edward C. Elliott, president emeritus of Purdue University and P. H. Costello, the secretary of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. Officers during the 1949-50 school term were James M. Crampton, senior, president; Earl Mahoney, senior, vice-president; Mr. Robert Bur- sik, senior, secretary, and Kenneth Boeding, junior, treasurer. William A. Jarrett, dean of the college of pharmacy, was faculty moderator for the organization. Standing: Mahoney, Dr. Jarrett; seated: Boeding, Bursik, Crampton u A National Federation of Catholic College Students Upon registration at Creighton University, students automatically become mem- bers of the Central Mid-West Region of the National Federation of Catholic College Students. The organization was founded at Creighton in 1944, and was reactivated last year. Activities for the Hilltop delegation are sponsored and financed by the Student Board of Governors. Primary purpose of the federation is to unite the student bodies of Catholic colleges and universities. Its ultimate purpose is to train Catholic lay leaders as a medium of spreading Catholic opinion on national problems, and its more im- mediate purpose is designed to promote closer collaboration between these Catholic institutions for their mutual benefit and to make them more conscious of current issues. Fundamentally, the federation makes possible an exchange of ideas on particular projects, which include press and radio, international relations, rural life, family life, interracial, mariology, and Christian doctrine. The NFCCS facilitates the channeling of information on a national or regional basis, provides frequent incen- tives for good work, operates through already existing organizations, and leaves the school free to start any new projects. In short, it promotes and shares Catholic action on the college level. Last fall Creighton played host to the other colleges of the central Mid-West region ' s fall council and workshop. The two-day meet was held on the 14th and 15th of October. The Rev. Vincent Decker, S.J., is moderator. Margaret Mirasky is senior delegate and Leo Hall junior delegate. Stoning: Father Decker, Foy; seated: Delehant, Mirasky. Hall Standing: Sullivan, Graham, Bloomingdale, Cannon; seated: Burke, Koley, Emerson, Fr. Smith, Hazleton, Nagengast. Debate Society Creighton ' s oldest campus organization, the Creighton Oratorical So- ciety, had another big year. Creighton speakers participated in six different tournaments and in 60 decision and non-decision debates. The Bluejay orators won 27 of 44 decision debates including wins over such schools as the Universities of Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas. The teams of George Graham and Lee Bloomingdale on the negative and Delwyn J. Nagengast and Thomas Burns on the affirmative argued the national topic of nationalization of America ' s basic industries at the Morningside College Meet at Sioux City, the University of Nebraska Tour- nament at Lincoln, and the Delta Sigma Rho tournament at the University of Wisconsin. At season ' s end, Graham and Bloomingdale had won 12 out of 13 debates; Nagengast and Burns had nine wins out of 13. At the Nebraska Intercollegiate Meet at Hastings, Graham and Nagengast won three out of six debates while Wayne Hazelton won a first in an oratorical contest on Peace. At the Missouri Valley Debate Meet at Wichita, Martin Cannon and Thomas Burke upheld the outlawing of the Communist Party while James Emerson and James Koley argued against it. These Bluejay speakers won only three rounds out of twelve. The Rev. Paul F. Smith, S.J,, is the moderator of the society. The officers are: Martin Cannon, president; Walter Sullivan, vice-president, and Delwyn J. Nagengast, secretary-treasurer. 157 Standing: Shaddy, Nesper, udilxui. lliompson; seated: Casey, Hoyer, Sprigg, Bower. Dental Student Council A new organization on the campus, the Dental Student Council, was founded in September of 1948. The primary purpose of the council is to be of service to the School of Dentistry, the faculty and its student body. Secondarily, it administers the Dental Student Emergency Fund as well as sponsoring dances, picnics and as- semblies. It is further interested in making the School of Dentistry a more integral part of Creighton by supporting the Student Union Board of Governors and the activities of the University as a whole. The Dental Student Council this year sponsored the Annual Fall Moler Mixer; the Freshman Assembly ; the supervision of class election, the Spring Dental School picnic; a grant of $100.00 to a dental student seriously ill and a series of meetings to gather suggestions and constructive criticisms for the betterment of the school as a whole. Any student in good standing in the dental school is eligible for membership. Two representatives are elected from each class by popular ballot. One man is elected for a one-year term and the other for a two-year term. This is done so that there will always be a representative from each class who is familiar with the pro- cedures of the council. President of the Dental Student Council is John Hoyer, junior in the dental school, and Robert H. Sprigg, a sophomore, is the secretary-treasurer. Dr. Herbert E. King, D.D.S., dean of the Creighton Dentistry School, is the organization ' s advisor. The class representatives are: seniors, Robert E. Casey, and Elmer J. Nespor; juniors, John Hoyer and Robert Yudelson; sophomores, Robert H. Sprigg and Charles Bower; freshmen, William Thompson and Raymond Shaddy. 158 Commerce Co-ed Club First eslablislied in 193o, the Commerce Coed Club flourished until 1946. At that time the decrease in the number of coeds enrolled in the College of Commerce necessitated its discontinuance. However, in 1949 when the coeds returned to Creighton, the girls were eager to renew the traditions of the Commerce Coed Club. To qualify for membership, a coed must be attending the College of Commerce and she must request membership. The group ' s objectives are to foster a closer friendship among commerce coeds, to promote the best interests of the students in the College of Commerce, and to aid the university in its functions. After several social gatherings during the summer, the members were anxious to meet their new coed classmates and welcome them into the Coed Club. During 1950 most of the business meetings were held during noon hour in the commerce cottage, which is located east of the College of Commerce. Among their activities for the year was a weiner roast at Hummel Park, a Christmas banquet at the home of Virginia Shields, a bowling party at the Elks Club, and several social gatherings at the homes of the members. Officers of the organization are: Rita Dillon, president; Jerry Richelieu, vice- president; Salie O ' Connor, secretary, and Virginia Shields, treasurer. Standing: Kennebeck, London, Eddy, Conley, Meyer; seated: Barry, Richelieu, Dillon, O ' Con- nor, Shields, Rindone. 159 Austin, Barry, Smith, Reveillac, Adams, Scalise St Joseph ' s Student Council To create an understanding between the student body and faculty, and to allow the student the responsibility for the conduct of the student body as a whole and the student as an individual sums up the aims and objectives of the St. Joseph ' s Hospital unit of the School of Nursing ' s Student Council and Student Association. All students are members of the student association and three members from each class make up the student council. The major activity of this group is the Queen of Hearts Dance held every February 14. The organization also has monthly meetings, at which movies, educational talks and elections are held. St. Joseph ' s Hohhy Club For relief from the routine of hospital procedure and studies, a Hobby Club was organized in 1948 at the St. Joseph ' s Unit of the School of Nursing. The learning of new crafts, finding of a suitable hobby and appreciation of hand made articles encompass the specific aims of this group. Officers are elected and projects of the students are discussed at the regular meetings of the club. The club also sponsors two hobby shows annually and at these exhibitions the work of the members is displayed. Standing: Lennerts, Palmtag, Bideaux, Farmer, Thomassen, Mattris, Buman, Hunt, Connolly; seated: Froedyma, Kocian, Vlcek, Sullivan, Kearns, Condon, Batenhorst. isrn f1 . .€ O. f Standing: Burns, Murphy, Kenney, Reifert, Koenig, Casey, Tighe, Feehan, Clark, Caldwell, Peterson, Koke; seated: Hagan, Cavitt, Feder, Ratajczyk, Weiss, Tierney, Reichmuth, Weber, ZiTnmerman, Bellinghiere, Gallagher. St. Catherines Student Council The St. Catherine ' s Hospital unit of the School of Nursing ' s Student Council is the organization which was either directly or indirectly behind all activities con- cerning the Nightingales this past year. The organization also served a dual purpose, as a clearing house for complaints and suggestions of its members. Such outstanding events as the Hallowe ' en Dance, Christmas program, Winter Formal, February Frolics, coffee forums. Sodality reception. May Crowning, spiritual retreats and Day of Recollection are a few of the many projects and activities sponsored by the group. Aside from the social side, the work at the hospital plays an important part in the council ' s objectives. The election of officers is conducted in a rather unique fashion. A combination of officers of the Sodality and the class presidents are the only ones eligible for the offices in the council. This method serves to simplify the selection of candidates for the offices. This year Jeannene Kenney presided over the group as president and Kathleen Tierney held the office of vice-president. Committees were also appointed to take charge of the special social events held during the past year. i61 Residents 0 Dowling Hall The 79 upperclassmen, prefect Rev. Philip Derrig, S.J., and the two proctors, Leon Gaskill and Leon Garcia make up a truly cooperative venture in Dowling Hall. The rules are at a minimum and mutual help at a maximum. One of the outstanding attributes of the residents of Dowling is their leadership. These students were elected to 13 offices in the various schools and colleges. Four sophomores made a clean sweep of the Commerce offices. Jerry Murphy was elected president; D. Nagengast. vice-president; Tom Foye, secretary, and John Mulligan, treasurer. Secretary and treasurer positions of the Commerce junior class were held down by Huelskamp and Button. In Arts, John Tobin was president of the Junior class and Al Dolan treasurer. Bill Peltzer was president of the Freshman class in Dentistry. Ed Campbell held down the treasurer ' s post in the Freshman Law class. In Pharmacy, Karl Klein was vice-president of the Sophomore class. Residents of the hall were very active in other campus organizations also. Al Dolan was prefect of the Arts Sodality and Ray Hyde prefect of Med. Herman Ortiz was vice-president of the Spanish club. Wayne Hazelton won the McShane speech contest and D. Nagengast placed second. Mulligan, Nagengast, and Murray were active on KOCU. A few of the Commerce students were members of the Chamber of Commerce. Dowling had representatives on the Glee Club and four intramural basketball teams. Whether the student residents graduate this year or come back to Dowling next year it is a sure thing that they will always remember and benefit from the social and intellectual contacts made there. 162 Residents of Wareham Hall This year, 89 freshmen out-of-town students sj)ent their first nine months of college in Wareham Mall. They studied, conversed, and foHowed the general activi- ties which Alumni of the past half-century experienced when they lived in the Hall named after the wives of Edward and John Creighton. Just as their predecessors worked together in a common bond, this years ' students found intellectual, physical, and spiritual cooperation in many activities. The highlight of their cooperative venture was a highly successful dance held in the Beanery. It proved beneficial both financially and socially. The students gathered in their basement clubroom to judge the Annual McShane Speech contest and showed that they could consider seriously both the light and the heavy side of cooperative action. Six residents of the Hall won fame by way of the hardwood and the B squad. They were: Lau, Statz, Connell, Carr, and Johnston. Two residents, Bradley and Mitchell carried Wa eham ' s name to the freshman Debate squad. On the political side of the picture, Wareham won all four positions for arts class officers and many others. Don Mabra won the Frosh class presidency and Don Rufflo the vice-presi- dency. Tom Kenny was president of the Commerce Freshmen. Because of the leadership of the Rev. Austin E. Miller, S.J., prefect of the hall and the proctors, Ted Bruhl, Jack Stachowitz, and Jack McAteer, these freshmen will undoubtedly contribute much to the future of Creighton and themselves. 163 Rev. Austin E. Miller, S.J. Creighton Institute of Industrial Relations Thi. academic year marked the completion of the 10th and 11th sessions of the Creighton Institute of Industrial Relations in the field of education for industrial peace. Since its founding in 1945. 1600 Omahans have attended the sessions. The CIIR is not a school in the ordinary sense of the word, since no credits are required or given and no previous education is required. Students are drawn from management and labor groups, college students, and other persons interested in labor management relations. Rev. Austin E. Miller, S.J., instructor in sociology, is director of the Creighton Institute of Industrial Relations. Father Miller has held the directorship since his coming to Creighton in 1947. He was formerly a member of the Institute of Social Sciences at St. Louis University. While at St. Louis, Father Miller participated in the organization of an institute similar to the CIIR. The sessions of the institute are usually 10 weeks long, the students attending class one night a week. Courses offered enable the employee and the employer to know their respective rights and duties, to express their ideas forcefully, to discern the half-truths of un-American agitators, to solve labor management problems and to protect our American democracy and inalienable rights. The faculty of the institute is composed of Creighton instructors, labor and management leaders of Omaha. Dr. Charles J. Courtney, Creighton ' s professor of marketing, lectured on labor problems; Rev. William Kelley, S.J., taught a personality adjustment course; Rev. Ignatius Davlin, S.J., taught straight thinking; David Weinberg, local attorney, lectured on social legislation, and Donald Keough was the instructor in public speaking. Aubrey Allen, John Roncka and Claude Spear, all local labor and management leaders, were on the advisory council of the CIIR. The institute, when in session, publishes a weekly newspaper, the Time Clock. Creighton stu- dents attending the sessions edit the paper. Jack McGovern and Larry McGuire were editors of the Time Clock during the preceding session. The paper contains news pertaining to industrial relations, news from the labor fronts and on current labor legislation. 164 Development Program Rev. Henry W. Linn, S.J. Under the able direction and supervision of the Rev. Henry W. Linn, S.J., the development program is now in its fourth year. From a small beginning in Omaha, it has during these past years spread to alumni all over the country. In these days of high operating expenses Creighton, which has outgrown its endowment, is seriously in need of funds. Consequently, the development program is a very important part of the future of the University. In the early stages of the campaign all the alumni in the Omaha area were contacted. But when the program was extended on a national scale the alumni of the School of Medi- cine were the principal ones contacted because the medical school is the most expensive to operate and consequently in greatest need. From its beginning the development program has brought to the foreground a great show of loyalty. This was evidenced by the fact that 30 doctors from Omaha toured the country with Father Linn, spending anywhere from 30 days to eight months with him and traveling at their own expense. Starting in October, 1949, Father Linn began an even more extensive country-wide campaign by visiting the alumni of all the various schools at Creighton University. To date $1,201,579.96 has been pledged to the development pro gram. Nearly half of this amount, $594,720.94, has been collected. The function of the Public Relations Department of the University is to set up a program that will bring about a realization on the part of business men and the community as a whole of the opportunities which Creighton offers to promote the commercial, social, and cultural interest of the city of Omaha in particular, and of the state and nation in general. The general good will entertained for Creighton resulting in its continued support and perpetuation depends upon the extent to which this objective is realized. The Department of Public Relations is headed by an assistant to the president of the University, the Rev. William F. Kelley, S.J., whose job is to direct, administrate, and coordinate the University ' s entire public relations program. Assisting him is a staff con- sisting of five fulltime employees and several part time employees. 165 (MMic, . DlK l . ' lfunl. Hrail C Bluejay Basketball Touring Bill Bluejay probably wouldn ' t consider the 1949-50 cage season as one of the best in the pages of Hilltop basketball history, but for followers of the current Bluejay athletic picture, the campaign put on by Coach J. V. Duce Belford and his charges wasn ' t disappointing. With only six lettermen returning for cage warfare. Coach Belford had to rely on the return of Don Pinky Knowles, old Bluejay standby, to lead the seasonal attack. Combined with the outstanding support of juniors on the varsity squad, the Bluejays rounded out the season with a 13 won, 14 loss record. Followers of the Jays put new spirit into the fight with a highly renewed form of school spirit. Early-season vic- tories spirited the Hilltop attack on, and it proved highly successful at home. The Jays had a home winning streak of eight wins before a Phillips Oilers crew snapped the string. Only three losses marred the nine victories at home. Probably tops among the most pleasant episodes that will long remain in the minds of Hilltop players and spectators alike, was the coveted 59-55 win at home over a giant Kansas University aggregation. With Captain Knowles spearheading the attack, the Blues came from behind with a December 2 December 5 December 8 December 14 December 16 December 17 December 20 December 22 January 9 January January January January February February February February February February 18 February 19 February 21 February 23 February 25 February 27 March 4 March 6 March 29 13 14 20 31 2 4 7 11 13 The 1949-50 Basketball Chart Colorado College at Omaha 58-51 University of Kansas at Omaha 59-55 University of Notre Dame at South Bend 50-57 University of Houston at Omaha 52-47 South Dakota University at Vermillion 49-31 Fresno State College at Omaha 57-31 Oklahoma City U. at Oklahoma City 40-57 Wichita University at Wichita 53-70 Omaha University at Omaha 56-51 Colorado State at Greeley 47-63 Colorado State at Greeley 58-54 Wichita University at Omaha 71-58 Washington University at St. Louis 40-52 Villanova at Villanova 63-84 Seton Hall at South Orange 45-42 University of Hawaii at Omaha 74-67 Drake University at Des Moines 60-76 South Dakota University at Omaha 67-58 Marquette University at Milwaukee 68-80 Lawrence Tech at Detroit 55-60 Phillips Oilers at Omaha 51-76 Omaha University at Omaha 60-46 Oklahoma City University at Omaha 40-37 Drake University at Omaha 55-58 University of Iowa at Iowa City 46-70 Washington University at Omaha 38-40 St. Francis of Brooklyn at Albany 66-67 sizzling last half attack that left Coach Phog Allen and his Big Seven crew in the dust. The Jayhawks ended their season in a three-way tie for the Big Seven Conference title. Fans won ' t easily forget, either, the fine work and scoring power displayed by center Francis Miller, a junior. Highlight of the season in the Miller scrapbook was the 29 points he scored against Bob Kurland when the Phillips Oilers visited the Bluejay encampment. In 27 games, the Blue] ays set a new team scoring re- cord as they tallied a total of 1,476 points. The previous record was 1,280 points, set by the 1946-47 crew. The Bluejay game average was 54.7 while opponents garnered 1,538 points for a 56.9 percentage. In the individual scoring race, Miller ' s 405 points was tops and also broke all past individual scoring records. Ward Hoot Gibson totaled 385 points during the 1946-47 campaign. Knowles was second with 288 and Frank Gilchrist third with 237. Mick McClelland was fourth with 186 markers while Bob Gradoville contributed 162 points for fifth place in the scoring race Creighton grabbed 14th place in the nation on free throws. They held a 66.2 percentage in this department. Knowles was 32nd in the nation in the individual free throw column and Miller tied for fiftieth among major schools. Knowles, Gilchrist, Gradoville and McAuliffe will be lost by graduation, but Coach Belford will have Miller, McClelland, Bill Boedeker and Dick Turek to lean on for foundation next season, plus the pick of one of the best freshman crews in the past few years of Bluejay basketballing. Rev. David A. Shyne, S.J., Faculty Moderator 1949-50 Varsity Squad 4 Mick McClelland 1949-50 basketball Season It was a Homecoming crowd of 3,200 students and alumni that saw the Jays open the ' 49- ' 50 campaign with a 58-51 win over Colorado College on Decem- ber 2. The Belford crew grabbed an early lead, and held a 28-19 intermission count. Returning Captain Don Pinky Knowles led the initial half of play but went to the sidelines on fouls early in the second stanza. Thanks to the work of juniors Mick McClelland and Francis Miller, the Jays managed to win. McClel- land had 15 points for scoring honors, Miller netted 11. toon Pinky Knowles Duce, lettermen plot The Bluejays pulled what turned out to be their big- gest upset of the season three days later when Coach Phog Allen brought his squad of towering Kansas University giants to the Hilltop. Through the great basketball performance of one Pinky Knowles on the hardwoods that night, Creighton bested the Kansas Goliaths in a 59-55 battle. Creighton trailed all the way until four minutes to go in the ball game, and within the final two minutes answered the chal- lenge to victory. It was Knowles who led the attack but without the valuable aid of every Bluejay on the floor, Clyde Lovelette and his supermen helpers could not have been stopped. Lovelette, (who is 6-8 ' ' tall) however, was the show of the Kansas outfit as the fabu- lous sophomore lived up to expectations. The Kansas Mr. Big bucketed 28 points before fouling out, to lead game scoring, Creigh- ton ' s top scorer was Knowles with 26 points. Bob Gradoville netted 12. A rousing student pep rally sent the Bluejays to South Bend for their first road trip encoun- ter. The 300 students who journeyed to Notre Dame saw Coach Moose Krause ' s Irish aggregation, including Ail-American Kevin O ' Shea, down the battling Jays, but only in a close 57-50 ball game. The Irish led, 26-23, at intermission but the Jays knotted the count at 34-all after five min- utes of the second period. Then Leroy Leslie dampened the Bluejay old-college-try to move the winners into a 49-38 lead. Jay Francis Miller countered and the Blues trailed, 51-45. Miller ' s 14-point contribution led Creighton scoring. Frank Gilchrist had 10. Leslie led the Irish with 16. A tipofF in the Hom Coach Belford ' s lads had to go into an overtime before they copped their third home win and downed the University of Houston, 52- 47. Regulation play ended in a 44-44 deadlock and Blue- jay fans were wondering what to expect of the rangy Hous- ton crew. The Texans countered first points in the extra period, but free throws and the work- ing lead provided by Frank Gilchrist, enabled the Hill- toppers to carry on. Hous- Action in the David-Goliath game ton fouls and accuracy at tlie free throw line i)y the Jays did the joh for the 52-47 score. The Blues continued on the winning trail with a con- vincing 49-31 win over the South Dakota University Coy- otes at Vermillion. It was an all-around victory. Creigh- ton ' s offensive and defensive combinations were working almost to perfection and Blue- jay hardwood savvy shined. Coach Belford ' s quintet grabbed an early 6-0 lead, then lapsed to an 8-all tie. Knowles led in the manufac- ture of a 20-13 halftime count and after the rest period, Miller gave Sodak fans a scoring show. Miller ended with 18 markers for game scoring honors with Knowles notching 13. Back home the next night Creighton proved poor hosts to an invading Fresno State team. The Californians, coached by Cornelius Warmerdam, managed to keep up with the Blues during the first half, trailing only 22-17 at intermission. The Bluejay trio of Miller, Knowles and Gilchrist led a last half scoring spree that wilted the Fresno hoopsters. A fast break offense, plus the uncanny Bluejay defense, worked smoothly for the win. Sophomore Dick Turek showed well in the speed of the Jay offensive style. Led by 6-foot, 8-inch center Don Slocum, the Oklahoma City university Chiefs downed a scrappy invading Bluejay five, 57-40. Oklahoma height was too big a factor for the Blues to overcome. The Belford boys gave the Chiefs a close ball game, allowing the host team a slim 26-22 halftime advantage. But the rebound buckets gained on vertical advantage by the Oklahomans were fatal to the midget Blues. Knowles and Gradoville were the best bets in the Creighton scoring department. The Jay sparkplug had 13 points, all from far out, while Gradoville showered the nets with 8 of 10 free throws. The final 1949 Jay basketball game pitted the Blues against a former Missouri Valley Conference foe, Wichita. The Shockers remained undefeated with a 70-53 conquest of the Hilltoppers at Wichita. Creighton took the lead early in the game and man- Gilchrist has a double hold Miller takes off against Houston aged a 14-9 advantage after 10 minutes of play. A Shock- er offensive spurt worked to a 31-19 lead at mid-game. The invading Jays came within seven points of their hosts with a 33-26 count, but Wichita tricks sewed up the ball game. Frank Gilchrist turned in one of his best games of the season to cop scoring honors with 17 points. A slim 56-51 victory over Omaha University start- ed the Bluejays into a new year of basketball and made it the seventh straight win over the inter-city rival. The Christmas layoff showed rusty basket eyes, but a stalling performance in the final minutes of the game brought the win. The first half finished with Creighton holding a 27-23 edge. The Indians threatened early in the second stanza but the Belford outfit began to hit. Bob Gradoville started a scoring spree that saw Miller, Knowles, Gilchrist and Turek hit from the field. Omaha University trailed by 15 points with seven minutes to go and soon worked to within 4 points of the Jay lead. With the score, 56-51 and 64 seconds to go, the Houdini of the roundball, Knowles, led a stall that kept the Jays undefeated at home. Although juniors Frank Miller and Bill Boedeker scored 22 and 12 points, respectively, a Colorado College fast break notched a 63-47 win over the Jays at Greeley. The Blues went into the Colorado doubleheader minus the services of Knowles. Creighton trailed only by a 27-24 score after the first 20 minutes of play, but the Bears unwrapped a second half scoring package that contained defeat for the Hilltop crew. Besides that, Miller, Boedeker and Gradoville left the game via the four-foul route. The Hilltoppers the next night avenged the 15-point loss of the evening before by taking the Greeley collegians, 58-54. With a review of mistakes and ways to correct them, the Jays proved good students. It looked at first as though the Coloradoans were go- ing to repeat when they jumped to an early 6-0 lead. Irish-Blues wait for results A typical Knowles steal Creighton surged back to fashion a 14-8 margin at the ten- minute mark but were held to a 32-32 tie at intermission. Bob Gradoville fired four early second half long ones but the Rocky Mountain team matched the pace to lead 45-41 with eight minutes remaining. Francis Miller, who had been scoring toe-line tosses all night, found the mark for several field shots. That set the stage for the final Creighton rally. The Jays raced to a seven-point lead with four minutes left, and rode out the victory. Miller ' s 20 points led scoring in this game. A second battle with the Wichita Shockers gave the boys in Blue a sweet revenge, 71-58 victory on the Hilltop January 21. Sitting in the driver ' s seat all the way, the Belford men were able to stop Johnny Frie- dersdork and his Kansas mates. The win was strictly a team affair for the Jays. Knowles and Miller garnered 15 and 14- point totals while Gilchrist and Boedeker each netted 11. The lads from the wheat state were lost as the Jay fast break and tight defense lasted. It was the first appearance in Bluejay togs for Bill Heyden, who became eligible at the semester. After the Wichita fracas, Coach Belford headed his band of Bluejays eastward for a three- game jaunt that gave the Blues only one win. At St. Louis on January 31, Washington University dropped the Jays, 52-40. It was Creigh- ton ' s lowest score since the Oklahoma defeat in OC. Guard Dave Pearce led his mates to cork up a second half Bluejay rally. A 26-18 halftime score stared the Hilltoppers in the face and they tried to remove the glare early in the second stanza. However, Knowles fouled out early and a short relapse followed. When the Blues recovered, Washing- ton had a 42-27 lead. From there on out, Creighton did most of the scoring, but the Bears held the lead. Miller ' s 16 points were tops in the goal getting department. Dave Pearce had 11 for the win- ners. Miller points Indian is out of bounds Heyden and a Shocker battle Second stop, two nights later on the road jaunt, put the Bluejays in Villanova, Pennsylvania, for a clash with Wildcat Paul Arizin and his mates. It was an Arizin night and his 33 points led the Villanova crew to an 84-63 vic- tory. Twenty-two Arizin points during the initial half gave the Wildcats a 43-26 intermission nod. Besides collecting 16 markers, Pinky caught the fancy of Wildcat fans and when he fouled out, Villanova fans rendered with a fine applause. For the Jays too, it was McClelland ' s reinstatement in the scoring columns that made fans back on the Hilltop happy to see him back in stride. Mick had 15 points for the evening. Playing at South Orange, New Jersey, a pair of nights later, the traveling Blues, led by Francis Miller ' s 20-point contribution, nudged a Seton Hall five that didn ' t give up until the final minute. Seven times during the first 20 minutes of play the score was even up. Seton Hall, led by Sam Lackaye and Dave Latimer, managed a 26-21 half time count after McClelland collected two of four game buckets to keep the Jays in the race. Seton Hall kept in front through most of the second period. With the clock showing only a minute remaining, Miller hit a slick one-hander from the corner that gave the Jays a 43-42 edge. The Seton team came down court but couldn ' t break into the tight Blue defense. With seconds left. Captain Knowles dribbled clear and netted the winning bucket. It took a late scoring spurt for the Jays to cop their seventh straight at home when the Uni- versity of Hawaii came to Omaha. The high scoring affair gave the Jays a 74-67 margin for victory. With Creighton holding a 34-27 count at the end of the first half, the Rainbows, paced by slippery Eddie Loui, Heads up in a Creigliton-Hawaii jump ball Al Manliguis, and George Malama, accounted for 22 markers in a slim eight-min- ute period. Holding a 49-43 lead, it looked as though the Hawaii crew would be the first to mar the home record. But slim Frank Gil- christ went to work and with four straight fielders and four minutes to play, had the Jays back on top, 61-60. The Blues nev er trailed after that, but the 2,900 fans had some anxious moments. Knowles finished the game with 19 points and had McClelland shows Hawaii a side shot great support from Miller with 18 points and Gil(;hrist with 15. McClelland notclied 10. Loui accounted for 19 Ha- waii points while mate Man- liguis was the hotshot. He at- tempted eight one - handed shots, all from far back, and connected on seven. On a foreign Drake Bulldog court Creighton fell to the Des Moines team, 76- 60. It was the loss of center Francis Miller with only 17 minutes lapsed in the first half that did the most dam- age to Jay play. The game started out as a complete walkaway as the Bulldogs, led by Dan Deruyter and John Rennicke, hopped to a 26-9 advantage. The Creighton men picked up and were within six points of the Jack McClelland crew at intermission. Second half play seemed slow to the special Migration Day crowd that went along to Drake. Knowles had picked up four first half fouls and was held to a cautious type of play. Deruyter ' s 22 points were high, while Bill Heyden scored 13 to top the Bluejay cause. Despite heavy scoring by highly potent Johnny Diefendorf, the Jays kept their home win- ning slate clean and added win number eight. This second win over the South Dakota University Coyotes was a 67-58 conquest. As expected, Diefendorf was great, but the senior ball hawk couldn ' t muster enough aid from his mates despite his numerous passoff attempts. The Coyotes led 12-9 and after a few minutes, the Hill- toppers tied it at 15-all. By halftime Creighton had managed a 38-28 lead and spurted to a 47-29 margin before Diefendorf got hot. Timely goals by Miller and Gilchrist in the late minutes of play kept the local crew in a comfortable lead. Miller was the high pointer with 18. And it was one of those nights for Knowles as the cage master dribbled in on fast breaks, faked passes and dunked in shots from mid-court positions. Back on the road for a two-game trip to Wisconsin and Michigan, the Jays failed to gain a win in either of the two contests. Knowles ' air fake-pass trick Gilchrist connects on an air shot Marquette University ' s basketballers gave the Blues the cold shoulder in Milwau- kee. They doubled the Jay score and added four more for an 84-40 one-sided win. Center Joe Faupl, with 19 points and forward Dick Peterson and guard Mel Pet- erson with 18 each, paced the Marquette attack. Miller col- lected 16 for the invading Jays. Detroit was the second stop and Lawrence Tech the foe for the Belfordmen. In a Sunday night contest in the Wolverine state, the two teams battled back and forth in a nip-and-tuck game that saw the score tied 13 times. At the end of the 40-minute scoring spree, Lawrence Tech had won, 60-55. The game was a display of Creighton scoring power. The Jays bettered a .500 shooting aver- age. Mick McClelland topped the Blue scoring column with 18 markers, Miller had 16. Denning ' s 25 points led for Tech. When the famed Phillips 66 Oilers, perennial AAU champs, visited Duce Belford and the local crew for a benefit game on the Hilltop, fans were somewhat expecting the 76-51 loss. But they were pleasantly surprised and pleased with the showing that center Francis Miller made. Pitted against big Bob Kurland, Jay Miller potted 29 markers for his outstanding performance of the yea r. Creighton, spirited by Knowles, attempted to make a game of it during the initial half and the 3,500 on hand to witness the fracas gave moral support from the side- lines. But the smooth Oilers blanked the Jays out early in the second half and led 52-33 before Creighton was able to regain an offensive attack. Gerald Tucker, ex- Oklahoma Sooner great, led the Oilers with 23 points to give the Jays their first loss at home. A victory-hungry Omaha University crew met the Bluejays in a dedication game in the new Indian field- lioLise. But the Jays spoiled all hopes for a victory as they won, 60-46. A packed house saw the two teams play Gradoville drives in Flecky braces a Miller passoff a first half of outstanding hardwood l)all. Again it was the Hilhop generator, Knowles, who set the Creighton machine in action. Along with Knowles, Creighton height, experience and court experience took its toll over the Indians in the second half. Working to enlarge a 25-21 halftime lead, the Jays set up their tricky defense and then started the basket swishing. Archie Arvin led Indian defensive play and Bill Travis led scoring with 13. Knowles ' 20 mark- ers along with Miller ' s 13 led the victorious Blues. It was another overtime game, but the fans loved the show and Creighton ' s home record got back on the winning trail. The Jays took a sweet 40-37 revenge over the Oklahoma City University Chiefs. Coach Belford ' s cagers had a 19-16 halftime lead but the Chiefs, led by pesky Don Penwell, manufactured a 33-tie ball game at the end of regulation play. The Blues took command in the overtime, Francis Miller leading. It was tied again at 37-all before master Knowles plunked in three charity tosses to wind up the game. Playing their sixth game within ten nights, the Hilltoppers fell victim to fatigue and dropped their second of three games on the home court to the Drake Bulldogs in a heartbreaking 58-55 ball game. Creighton took command early and held a 39-25 halftime edge. It was 43-25 early in the second stanza when the Jays were still ahead. But then the local crew began to lag. Drake took advantage and led briefly before Creighton overtook them, 55-54, with 30 seconds to go. Deciding points came on free throws for the Bulldogs. Miller dropped in 18 counters while Knowles contributed 14. Ren- nicke ' s 14 points in the game broke an alltime Bulldog sea- son record. Iowa ' s Big Ten Hawk- eye team preserved a home winning streak against non- conference foes when they posted a decisive 70-46 win over the Jays in the former Iowa capital. Using reserves most of the way after a safe lead the Hawks found little opposition in the weary Bel- ford crew. Modern ballet in the Jay-Oklahoma fracas Belford speaks at rally It was Iowa by a 37-13 count at the mid-game rest period, after chalking up an early 28-4 score. Creighton was led by Bob Gradoville who garnered 11 points. Knowles and McClelland both left the game on fouls. The Blues ended the basketball season on a sour note. A top Washington University Bear team spoiled hopes for another Jay home victory by taking a 40-38 decision. The game was strictly a defensive battle throughout and the Jays had to hit a cold night to make matters worse. Washington managed to lead, 26-17 at the half. With the opening of the second period, the Hilltoppers rallied. They piled up nine markers before the Bears could find their first half eye. With nine min- utes to go, however, the Bears had again taken the lead, with the scoreboard reading 32 to 25. Creighton kept pecking away and lacked only three points of tying the Bears with two and a half minutes left in the game. Miller broke clear for a bucket that would have made it a tie ball game, but failed in the at- tempt. With that the Jay chances faded. Even Knowles ' last shot, completing four year of play on the Hilltop court, missed. Miller paced the Blues with 14 points and Dave Pearce led the Bears with 13 to end the best basketball season in history for the St. Louis team. Although the Jays dropped a one-point, 67-66 ball game to St. Francis of Brooklyn in the Na- tional Catholic Intercollegiate tournament at Albany, New York, the game afforded Jay Center Francis Miller the chance to break an individual scoring mark. Miller ' s 21 points for the game gave him a seasonal total of 405 points, breaking the record set by Ward Hoot Gibson dur- ing the 1946-47 season. Creighton led the greater portion of the game, includ- ing a 33-29 margin at inter- mission. It was the early loss of Captain Knowles and later Miller and McClelland that hurt Blue chances. The Ter- riers took the lead only in the closing minutes. A shot from mid-court by Frank Gilchrist, three seconds from the end, enabled the Jays to come within one point of the St. Francis team. It ' s hands off as Jays and Bears scrap Freshman Basketball Creighton ' s freshman cagers had a great year. They won 13 games and lost but two. By scoring 831 points for the seasonal .866 percentage, the young Jays showed spirit and hardwood finesse that will aid Creighton ' s basketball fortunes for the next few years. Subby Salerno, serving his first term as freshman coach, had his boys hustling all the way. Several squad members displayed definite varsity material from the start. Others developed as the season progressed. By the end of the season, the varsity-freshman scrimmages proved as close as some of the actual games. The first year men battled their big brothers, the varsity, basket for basket and re- bound for rebound in these practice workouts. The young Blues opened the season by winning eight in a row, taking victories from Clarinda, Van Sant, WOW, Phi Beta Phi, Hefflingers, Omaha U. Papooses, H. P. Smith and St. Peter ' s. The season ' s first defeat came at the hands of a Drake freshman team in Des Moines, 42-41. It was a heartbreaker loss but the frosh came back to take four more from St. Wenceslaus, Avoca, WOW and a repeat win over the Omaha U. Papooses. The Drake crew made it two in a row by downing the Salerno crew 55-47 in Omaha. The frosh closed the season with a convincing 65-28 triumph over the Marine Reserves. In boys like Paul Gradoville, Jack Bobbins, Dave Pedersen, Tom Hanrahan, Elton Tuttle. Bill Carr and Ted Connell, the varsity prospects for next year appear bright. Others who will bear watching are Jim Knowles, Jask Flynn, Fred Johnson, Gene Statz, Rush Evans, Gene Rossiter, Bill Armstrong and Vern Doyle. Subby Salerno, Freshman Coach 1949-50 Freshman Squad. Front row: Verne Doyle, Paul Gradoville, Joe Stutz, Wayne Carr, lom nanrahan, Dave Pederson, Jack Robbins; back row: Matt McGrath, equipment manager, Rush Evans, Jim Rossiter, Jack Flynn, Fred Johnson, Bob Connell, Bill Armstrong, Coach Subby Salerno. Bluejay Basehall With a ten-game schedule on tap, baseball Coach Subby Salerno gathered together twenty-five candidates for early diamond workouts. Unruly spring weather necessitated indoor drills for the squad but these early workouts proved successful in the initial season game. Combining the the talents of a handful of returning lettermen with those of promising newcomers, Coach Salerno was able to build a formidable diamond crew. Larry Miller, John Bendkovic, Jack McGraw, Jim Karabatsos, Bob Gradoville, Ray MacAuliffe, Gene Flecky, Jerry Ryan, Lou Kubat, John Tighe, Tom Kubat, Mick McClelland, Francis Miller, Gordy Williamson, Bill Fleckenstein and Don Meier were among those surviving an early squad cut. The Jays copped their first win of the season by tripping a Drake Bulldog nine, 6-4 on the Bulldog field. With Tom Kubat on the mound, the Jays worked well in their first clash, although rough spots and errors were visible. Creighton managed two runs in the third inning, and followed with single tallies in the fourth, seventh, eighth and ninth frames. Three Drake runs were scored in the fourth inning. The final loser score was an eighth-inning production. Bob Gradoville had 3 for 5 at the plate, and McGraw managed 2 for 2, one a home run. McClelland ' s homer in the third inning was another Jay highpoint of the game. As this section of the yearbook was being written the Jays still had games left with Offutt Air Base, Dana College, Nebraska Wesleyan, South Dakota University and a return clash with Drake. I ' . ' )i) MisiTY Baseball Squad Front row: Boh Gradoville, Jim Karabatsos, Bob Winters, Franklin Roh, mascots; Larry Miller, Mick McClel- land; second row: Jack McGraw, Hank Meysenberg, John Tighe, Don Skomal, Bill Fleckenstein, Ray McAuliffe; third row: Coach Subby Salerno, Tom Kubat, Jerry Ryan, Don Meier, Gene Flecky, Francis Miller. Intramural Athletics Jacqueline Murphy, Secretary Creighton ' s intramural athletic pro- gram, under the direction of J. V. Duce Belford, went through another success- ful season of sports activities this year. With touch football, basketball, Softball, tennis, and golf again on the intramural menu, over 150 university students participated in the program. Basketball continued to hold the top spot among the intramural participants. Consequently, one of the best hardwood cam- paigns in ' mural history resulted. The first activity of the non-varsity sports program began with the organization of two touch football leagues in the early fall. An independent league and inter-fraternity league were formed. The independent league consisted of eight teams: the Ravens, the Foreigners, the Noses, the Coyotes, the Spoofhounds, the Maulers, the Giants, and the Dirty Dozen. The race in the independent league was a rough and tumble affair. The Spoof- hounds, composed of varsity cage members, copped h onors through the season and the The Heartbreakers, 1949- ' 50 All-University Champions: Winners in the American Leagie. Kneeling: Dave Wort- man. Clem Becker; back row: Bert Heese, Ed Welch, Don Heese, Bud Wieland, Neil Rawley. Jim Tiehen, Bob Mester. Chuck Swoboda. Delta Sigma Ui-.lia Pan-Hf.llenic Basketball League Champions Front row: Kenny Anderson, Joe Torres, Don Pierson, Billy Ashby; back row: Dean Smith, Ed Kelly, Phil Maschka, Kenny Lorenzen, Pat McHugh, Bernie Minarik, Harold Christie. Six teams were entered in the fall softball tournament, the completion of full play. Xi Psi Phi, Base Trotters, and the Maulers were tournament entries. Early seasonal activity in the basketball field saw students. Director Belford, in coordination with team leagues and the teams. Players were not allowed to to change teams during the season. All university students were eligible to compete except those who had pre- viously earned a varsity letter in the sport in which they wished to partici- pate. The schedules were arranged and publicized by the Athletic Office, with the assistance of Miss Jacqueline Murphy, secretary at the gym office. Four leagues were organized for the hardwood campaign. There were eight teams each in the Pan-Hellenic, Western, National and American leagues. Phi Gatz, O ' Malley ' s, Dirty Dozen, Imps, Foreigners, Dukes, For- um and Wildcats composed the Na- tional League. The Cyclones, California Street tournament crown at the end of the season. During tournament play, the Maulers and the Dirty Dozen both fell before the Spoofhounds by 14-0 scores and the Ravens were dropped out by a 6-0 count. The Spoofhounds scored a 19-0 win over the Maulers in the final round. The inter-frat league had a simi- lar eight-team roster, consisting of Delta Sigma Delta, Phi Chi, Phi Rho Sigma, Delta Sigma Pi, Xi Psi Phi, Phi Epsilon, Delta Theta Phi and Phi Beta Pi. Phi Beta Pi, a medical fraternity on the Hilltop, won the championship of this league. Early winter weather prohibited Foreigners, Delta Sigma Pi, Bob Cats, an all-out participation by Hilltop captains, set up the rules of the play with more than one team or The Spoofhounds IlNDEPENDENT FoOTBALL LkAGUE ChAMPIONS Front row: Bob Gradoville, Jim Karabatsos; bark row: Bill Boedeker, Dick Turek. Francis Miller. Mick McClelland. 184 Phi Beta Pi Inter-Frat Football League Champions Front row: Ed Poulson, Ralph Rettenmeyer, Don Fangman, Joyce Kilmer, Jim McNerthney ; back roiv: Don Walters, Reinald Jones. Vince Murphy, Logan Rogers, Vince Johnson. Jim Quinn, also a member of the team, is missing from the picture. Rockets, All Stars, Maul- ers, Hilltoppers,C.U.P.A., Dunkers and Lions were the Western League mem- bers. Husslers, Thirsty Five, Heartbreakers, Mauler Overhaulers, Southerners, Ravens, Crusaders and Wareham Bulldogs form- ed the American League octet. In the Pan-Hellenic League all fraternity teams that participated in the football campaign fielded hardwood quin- tets. Basketball action continued into the early spring months, with brief breaks during the various holidays. Intramural league play was also omitted on occasions of home var- sity games. At the completion of scheduled play in the ' mural hardwood circuit, the annual tour- nament to name the top team on the Hilltop was held. Champions and runners-up in each of the four leagues took part in the tournament. Competition in all leagues but the Pan-Hellenic finished with single champions. Delta Sigma Delta and Phi Chi ended in a tie in that league. A playoff game gave the title to the dental fraternity by a close, 20-19 count. The champion and second place teams participating from each league, respectively, were : Pan-Hellenic, Delta Sigma Delta, Phi Chi; Western, All Stars, C.U.P.A.; National, O ' Malley ' s, Imps; American, Heartbreakers, Southerners. A new champion was certain for the all-university crown this year. Last year ' s win ner. Delta Theta Phi, failed to place in the first or second brackets to move into tourna- ment play. First round tournament play pitted C.U.P.A. against the Imps, the Southerners against Phi Chi. O ' Malley ' s met the Heartbreakers while the All Stars met Delta Sigma Delta. The All Stars, Western League champs were regarded as pre-tournament favorites. They finished their regular season with a 6-0 record, winning their last game from the Hilltoppers, 100-39. The Southerners and Heartbreakers advanced to final round play and with a 40-24 margin, the Heartbreakers took the game for the all-university crown. Golf and tennis were also included in the spring schedule, as was another softball league. As the copy for this section of the yearbook was being compiled, no results were available from these sports. 185 OCKMifu • Freshman Frolic The Hilltop social season was officially opened with the annual Fresh- man Frolic on September 23. Weather permitted dancing under the stars in the Royal Grove. A near-capacity crowd danced to the music of Eddie Haddad ' s orchestra. As is customary for the Frolic, the Student Board of Governors was in charge of the event. A warm invitation was extended especially to all new Hilltoppers. Purpose of the dance is to introduce new Creighton students to the social life on the Hill. It has always been Creighton ' s way of saying Welcome. The Frolic also turned out to be old-home night for the older Creighton students who had been away all summer. Reunions were the theme of the entire evening. The annual dance is consistently planned for the earliest possible date following the opening of the school year. For the Frolic this year the first Friday following registration was chosen. The gayety displayed at the Freshman Frolic was a good indication that a lively social season was ahead for Creighton. The only blight of the evening was the lack of transportation. Many Hilltoppers were given a severe initiation by walking from 72nd street to the Royal Grove. This didn ' t throw a damper on the Bluejay spirits, although many were forced to leave the dance before 1 o ' clock to catch the last bus back to Omaha. The following board members comprised the dance committee for the Freshman Frolic. Representing Law, Leon Gaskill and Bill Tracy; Commerce, Bob Stolz and Pete Graff; Medicine, Ray Hyde and Paul Thomassen; Creighton College, Mick McClelland and Tom Clarke; Den- tistry, Walt Zebe. Donna Clapp represented the coeds in University Col- lege although not a member of the Board of Governors. 188 The Opener Creightoii has always been famous for its mixers. The first mixer of the year was termed appropriately The Opener, A sorority sponsored affair, the dance was held in the Creighton gym on September 30, following the North-Prep football game. The Boys Town orchestra provided music for the dancers. The decorating followed the opener theme. Large pasteboard openers and bottles, along with crepe paper streamers and balloons decorated the gym. The Women s Tea The next event on the social calendar was strictly for the women. Creighton coeds were guests at the annual women ' s tea in the Beanery on October 1. Music and fashions were the keynote of the day. Regina Annis, UC4, sang a medley of numbers for the guests. She was assisted by Rose Paluka, a graduate student, at the piano. A style show sponsored by the two Hilltop sororities, Pi Lambda Sigma and Kappa Beta Gamma, was the highlight of the afternoon. Mrs. Daniel Petrie was mistress of ceremonies for the show. Suits, skirts, sweaters and dresses in the popular styles and ma- terials were modeled by the sorority girls. Natalie Byrne, UC4, was chairman of the re- ception committee, Jean Parle, UC4, and Jerry Richelieu, UC3, were in charge of serving and in- vitations. Sodality Social Life The Creighton graduate and undergraduate sodalities, along with those of St. Joseph ' s and St, Catherine ' s, were guests at a social night on October 14. On that night a party was held in the Beanery for the sodalists. Music was piped into the Beanery for dancing through the campus radio station, KOCU. During intermission, sodalists engaged in old-fashioned community singing. Refresh- ments of cider and ginger snaps were served following the dancing. The dance was a non- profit affair aimed at acquainting sodality members with one another. 189 KOCU Dance Radio and television provided the setting for the second annual KOCU dance on November 18. Members of the campus radio station worked as one to transform the Hilltop gym into a virtual radio man ' s paradise. The Bob Deckard orchestra was framed in a mock television screen. The call letters of various local radio stations covered the gym walls. A miniature radio tower blinked on and off throughout the evening. A wall of crepe paper streamers surrounded the dance floor, cutting off the rest of the gym. Multicolored streamers flowed from a huge shock of corn stalks in the center of the dance floor to the four corners of the floor. Tables for four were scattered through the gym. Pumpkins were clustered around the centerpiece, all in keeping with the fall season. The KOCU dance decorations were the most unusual Hilltoppers have seen in many a dance on the campus. The barn-like atmosphere of the gym was completely overcome. Flowers were given to each of the lady guests through the courtesy of the Dundee Flower Shop. Jack Mazzie, CC4, station manager last semester, was in general charge of arrangements for the dance. Staff members appointed to the various committees were. Jack Crawford, CC2, and Jeanne Dowdell, UC3, decora- tions; Leo Weber, C3, publicity, and Delwyn Nagengast, C2, tickets and refreshments. The primary purpose of the KOCU dance is to provide entertainment for the Hilltoppers. Secondarily, the annual affair is a medium through which the station can gather funds for maintenance and improvement. Proceeds of the dance are used to purchase new records and other equipment for KOCU. 190 Sorority Rushing Kappa Beta Gamma, national sorority, officially opened the Hilltop rushing season with its annual tea Sunday, October 9. The autumn tea was held at the home of Betty Kenworthy, UC2. Hallowe ' en was the day on which Kappa members entertained rushees at an informal party. Benson Park pavilion was turned into an inner sanctum, as ghosts, goblins and black cats combined forces with sorority activities in an attempt to further the ghostly theme. Rushing activities came to an end for Kappa Beta Gamma on November 28, when 42 coeds were pledged to the sorority in a candlelight ceremony. The formal dinner that pre- ceded the pledging was held in the House and Gardens room of the Blackstone Hotel. Alpha Epsilon lota Alpha Epsilon Iota, a professional sorority for women of the medical profession, is a compara- tively new organization on the Creighton campus. The sorority received its charter a year ago. Officers are Marie O ' Brien, Barbara Rear- don, Ruth Kreiss, Margaret Reed, and Mary Alice Coogan. Rushing isn ' t necessary in Alpha Epsilon Iota because of the very few women in the Medical School. Parties are held in conjunction with Phi Rho Sigma medical frat and for new women students of the Creighton medical school. Pi Lambda Sigma A Marguerite Tea, sponsored annually by members of Pi Lambda Sigma, national so- rority, was held at the home of Jeanne Roncka, UC2, on October 16. Inspiration Lodge, outside the city limits, was the scene for the sorority ' s second rush party. Two trucks transported the rushees to the lodge, which had been converted into a Gay Nineties saloon. There they went on a treasure hunt, played cards and ate smor- gasbord food. It was at the Omaha Athletic Club that the sorority held its annual pledge dinner and ceremony on November 28. Approximately 75 actives, rushees, alumnae and guests attended the dinner, which was followed by Pi Lambda Sigma ' s formal candlelight pledge services. 191 Homecoming Marie Titchener, Homecoming Queen Echoes of past homecomings with their gayety and regal splendor merged with reality in the crowning of Creigh- ton ' s 58th Homecoming queen, Marie Titchener. Queen Marie ruled over two days of homecoming festivities, beginning with the homecoming game to the last after- dinner speech at the alumni banquet on December 3, Marie was chosen from a group of 14 candidates, two from each of the schools in the university, and one from each of the nursing school units. To the strains of The White and the Blue, the candidates walked down the long dance floor to form a court for the queen. Marie wore the tradi- tional white satin cape, the cloak of honor. The Homecoming queen received her crown and roses from Kaye Neumayer last year ' s queen. Attendants to their royal highness. Queen Marie Titchener, were the remaining 13 candidates. They were Mary Jean Wahlstrom, Johnny Carpy, Gwen Merlin, Jerry Richelieu, Margaret Hunter, Rosemary Conrey, Lee Humilcek, Pat McGovern, Virginia Shields, Ruth Loving, Kathleen Gal- lagher, Alice Lee, and Patricia Miller. Alumni, students and friends of Creighton were in a joyous mood following the Homecoming game. The Bluejay victory over Colorado to the tune of 59-51 put the Jay fans in a celebrating mood. Following the game, alumni of the University, part of the 3,500 persons who jammed the Hilltop gym, filed downstairs to the old student union rooms for a victory party. Nearly 150 alumni attended, enjoying good food and re- unions with their former classmates. Saturday was a day of rest for alumni until the 6:30 cocktail hour which preceded the alumni dinner- dance at the Fontenelle Hotel. Turkey was on the menu for all guests. Alumni Homecoming Committee Charles Pierce, Sam Ban, Dr. Edward McKenna, Daniel Monen, and Robert Mullin Homecoming Quef.i Candidates Outside row: Gwen Merlin. Pat McGovern, Marie Titchener, Virginia Shields, Jerry Richelieu, Jean Wahlstrom, Ruth Loving, Anita Lee, Rosemary Conrey, Lee Humlicek; inside row: Patricia Miller, Johnny Carpy, Kathleen Gallagher. The Homecoming queen was a guest of honor at the dinner-dance. She was presented with another bouquet of roses from Dan Monen, LLB, ' 22, retiring president of the alumni association. Mr. Monen also acted as toastmaster for the dinner. Speakers for the dinner included the Rev. Henry W. Linn, S.J., ex- ecutive secretary to the president and moderator of the alumni association; Dr. Joseph D. McKenna, DDS ' 37, new president of the association, and Duce Belford. When the dust had settled following Homecoming festivities, alumni and students all agreed that the spirit was coming back. Bill Bluejay was satisfied that Creighton spirit was where it ought to be, with the team, the queen, and all future Homecomings. Dr. Joseph D. McKenna, president of the Alumni Association, Miss Titch- ener, Mr. and Mrs. John Ennis. Joan Murphy, Helen of Troy Inter-Fraternity Ball The mythical Helen of Troy, with the face that launched a thousand ships, ascended the throne in the person of Joan Murp hy at the Inter-Fraternity Ball, December 7. Peony Park was the scene of the fraternity venture into the land of make believe. Joan, the new Helen, was chos- en to rule over all Greek-letter activities for the year. Each of the ten Helen of Troy can- didates approached the throne at the bidding of Mr. George Hey, assistant to the president. The Rev. Charles K. Hayden, S.J., dean of men, revealed Joan as the new Helen. She stepped to the throne to receive her crown and a bou- quet of American beauty roses. As a token of her new honor, Helen of Troy received a gold bracelet with her title and initials engraved on it from Delta Theta Phi, the fraternity which she represented. Each candidate was escorted down the floor on the arm of the inter- fraternity council member of the fraternity which she represented. Following her crowning, Joan presented the members of her court with gifts from their fraternities. The gifts were silver bracelets similar to her own, bearing the Greek letters of the fraternity. Candidates for Helen of Troy included: Ann Rosato, Phi Epsilon; Margaret Bradley, Phi Beta Phi; Mary K. Kavanagh, Delta Sigma Delta; Virginia Shields, Phalanx; Edna Winter, Xi Psi Phi; Bernice Hayes, Pi Lambda Phi; Mary Catherine Domokos, Phi Chi; and Pat Ryan, Phi Rho Sigma, As an additional remem- brance of the Inter-Fraternity Ball, each fraternity presented its candidate with an oil por- trait of herself. Hf.len of Tkoy Candidates: Mary K. Kavanagh. Ann Rosato, Bernice Hayes, Virginia Shields, Dolores Hayes, Edna Winter, Mary Margaret Bradley, Mary C. Domokos, Kathleen Tierney, Patricia l! an. loan Murphy. Military Ball Shirley Miller, Honorary Colonel Stepping through a golden archway, symbolizing West Point t radition, Eni- mett O ' Brien and Shirley Miller were revealed as Cadet Lieutenant Colonel and Honorary Colonel at the 21st annual Military Ball held at Peony, February 3. Preceding the presentation of the new colonel and his lady. Major Lon D. Marlowe, Jr., adjutant of the Creighton military staff, read official orders ap- pointing 27 cadets to junior officer ranks and other detachment promotions. The new officers and their ladies formed a guard of honor on the ballroom floor. After the candidates for the military honor reached the dance floor from the stage, Lieutenant Colonel Arden C, Brill, head of the military department, presented each with a gift from the fraternity as a token of honor. The Honorary Colonel was last to step through the arch. Honorary Colonel Shirley Miller, a university college senior, was presented with the traditional bouquet of red roses and a special gift from the men of Delta Morae chapter of Phalanx fraternity, sponsors of the semi-formal affair. Shirley and the six other girls receiving commissions served in their honorary capacities at the spring federal inspection. In keeping with the West Point theme for the setting of the ball, the decorations featured the west banks of the Hudson. Eddie Haddad and his orchestra provided music for dancing. Cadet Major Gordon D. Clay was named executive officer, and Cadet Major Gerald L. Byrd operations officer. Honorary Majors Edna Winter and Dolores Bojanski were given the executive and operations officer commissions. Elizabeth Hartman, The- resa Matras, Alice Lee and Margaret Kennebeck were com- missioned as honorary com- pany captains. Cadet Lieut. Colonel O ' - Brien, as Phalanx commander, was in charge of arrangements. He was assisted by Dean Clay, Jeirv Reis and Bill Glyn. Honorary Colonel Candidates : Theresa Matras, Edna Win- ter, Dolores Bojanski, Elizabeth Hartman, Margaret Kenne- beck, Shirley Miller, Anita Lee. St. Catherine s Winter Formal Hilltoppers weren ' t the only ones involved in the social whirl. Members of St, Catherine ' s school of nursing staged their annual Winter Formal at the Black- stone Hotel. Al Hudson and his orchestra played for the January 27 affair. Catherine ' s Winter Formal Chaperons were the Drs. and Mrs. Paul Martin, B. J. Kenney, L. Regan, and A. C. Anderson. Staff members and their wives were invited. Approximately 150 couples arrived early and stayed late for the formal dance. R Jeannenne Kenny, junior class president, was general overseer for the dance. Commerce Dinner-Dance The Commerce College started off the New Year with its annual dinner- dance, this time at the Birchwood Club. About 250 commerce students, their wives, guests and faculty members attended the January 6 affair. Chicken with all the trimmings was served. Ray Bachman ' s orchestra did the musical honors. Master of Ceremonies John Cates introduced speak- ers and the two Hilltop entertainers Regina Annis and Bob Geith. Rose of Delta Sig Miss Virginia Shields was given the honor of Rose of Delta Sig at the annual dinner- dance of the Creighton chapter of Delta Sigma Pi, national commerce fraternity. The affair was held on May 6 at the Fon- tenelle Hotel. Miss Shields was presented with a l)ouquet of American Beauty roses and a gift as a token of her new honor from members of the fraternity. The Delta Sigma fraternity will enter her picture in the national Rose of Delta Sig con- test. Frat members from the Omaha University and University of Nebraska chapters were guests for the occasion. Virginia Shields, Rose of Delta Sig 196 May Day Dance Something new on the social scene made its appearance on the Hilltop in the form of a May Day Dance sponsored by the Hui Hawaii Club at Peony on May 1. Ukeleles and the spirit of the Isles set the scene for the coronation of a May Day queen. Orchids which were flown in from Hawaii for the occasion were presented to all lady guests. A skit by the Creighton Hawaiian Club serenaders entertained guests during in- termission. Al Lam, M4, was in charge of the festivities. Eddie Haddad provided the music. St, Joseph ' s Sweethearts Ball Lucille McCarthy was crowned Queen of Hearts on February 14. The dance, held at Peony Park, was the second annual affair sponsored by the student association of the St. Joseph ' s School of Nursing. The Queen is a senior nurse from York, Nebraska. Lucille ' s cor- ornation climaxed the dance. Other candidates for the honor were Mary Connelly, Joan Christopherson, The- resa Matras, and Jean Carmichael. Special guests of honor at the ball were the staff doctors and their wives. Eddie Haddad ' s orchestra furnished the music for dancing. Joan Smith, president of the Joan Christopherson, Mary Connelly, Lucille McCar- Student aSSOciation, actcd aS COm- thy. Dr. William Kroupa, Joan Smith, Jean Carmichael, . , Therese Matras. mittee chairman. Dentistry Dinner-Dance Dentistry students, their wives and guests, invaded Council Bluffs on November 8 for their second annual Molar Mixer. The Chieftain Hotel was the scene of the affair. Barbecued beef and spaghetti were served preceding the dancing to the music of the Rudy Velk orchestra. The dentistry school student council played host to the crowd. Approximately 150 couples attended the Mixer. 197 Junior-Senior From Fred Kouri. King Creighton XXVI Amid the pomp and ceremony of the twen- ty-sixth annual crowning of King Creighton and his Queen, Fred Kouri and Mary Ann Cruise reigned over a court of approximately two thousand Hilltoppers. Occasion was the twen- ty-sixth annual Junior-Senior Prom at Peony Park on April 21. Witnessing the coronation of King and Queen Creighton XXVI was a group of honored guests. They were the Most Reverend Gerald T. Bergan, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Om- aha; the Very Reverend William H. McCabe, S.J., president of the University; the Reverend William K, Hayden, S.J., dean of men; and Deans and Regents of Creighton University. Candidates approached the throne to the music of The White and the Blue. The last to make their appearance at the entry were their majesties, King Fred Kouri and Queen Mary Ann Cruise. They received their crowns after passing by the candidates who had formed an honor guard. The Queen was presented with the traditional bouquet of roses and gifts were given to both the King and Queen from the Board of Governors. Candidates were elected by the various schools on the campus to represent them. Candidates were as follows: Ruth Loving, Natalie Byrne, Prom Princes. Back row: Rooney, Gradoville, Gilchiisl. Pratt, Nespor, A siiui sen, Spinharney; front row: O ' Connor, Quinlan, Kouri, Merriinan, Mahoney. Vincent P. Quiiilaii and Robert E. O ' Con- nor from the School of Law; Margaret Conley, Margaret Kennebeck, James Merriman, and Fred Kouri from the Commerce College; Pauline Kirkpatrick, Marie O ' Brien, Stephen Spinhar- ney, and Patrick Peartree from the School of Medicine. Royal members from the School of Den- tistry were Mary Ann Leder, Mary Ann Cruise, Elmer Nespor and Stewart Pratt. From the College of Pharmacy were Joan Gibb, Lois Stelzried, Lester Asmussen and Earl Mahoney. Creighton College representatives were Wilma Pankowsky, Edna Winter, Frank Gilchrist, and Bob Gradoville. The first dance was reserved for members of the royal court of King and Queen Creighton XXVL In general charge of arrangements was the Student Board of Governors under the lead- ership of Tom Clarke. Playing for the large throng of Hilltoppers was Eddy Haddad ' s orches- tra. The prom is traditionally a semi-formal affair, and the most popular of all the social activities of the school year. Peony Park has been the site of the annual Junior-Senior Prom since pre-war days but even the large ballroom isn ' t big enough to accommodate the huge Hilltop crowd. As is customary, a dinner was held preceding the dance for the Board of Governors members, the royal Princes and Princesses and their escorts, and the other honored guests at the dance. Mary Ann Cruise, Queen Creighton XXVI Prom Princesses. Back tow. Edna Winter, Mary Ann Cruise, Margaret Conley. Ruth Loving. Ann Rosato, Joan Gibb; front tow: Margaret Kennebeck, Natalie Byrne, Pauline Kirkpatrick, Mary Ann Feder, Marie O ' Brien, Wilma Pantkowski. Fharmacy Skip Day Pharmacy students let the world know of their skip day activities through a parade in downtown Omaha. A day of picnicking and games was in store following the 8 o ' clock parade, at Miller Park. A dinner-dance topped off the day at the Paxton Hotel. A silver cup was presented to the class winning the most events during the day of sports. Jerry Mahoney, P4, was head man in charge of arrangements. A special feature highlighted the annual Medical Wives ball on February 4. The Birchwood was again the scene and Eddie Haddad ' s orchestra played. A skit was presented by members of the Club depicting the medical wife ' s views on medical schools. The dance was a semi-formal affair, traditionally held before the Lent- en season each year. Special guests at the Med Wives Ball were the club ' s sponsors. Not one, but two days of celebration were in order for the Law School. May 9 was the date for a dinner and dance, the first activity of Law Day. Speaker for the occa- sion was one who was not unaccustomed to speaking of law, a supreme court justice. A picnic took place the following day at Elmwood. Baseball, races and many other muscle activities were the order of the day. A putting contest for students and faculty plus a picnic lunch topped off Law Day. Back to the more formal type of social entertainment was the annual Pan-Hellenic for- mal dance on May 5, The three Creighton sororities combined forces for the affair. Kappa Beta Gamma, Pi Lambda Sigma and Alpha Iota Epsilon, medical sorority, were invited. Approximately three hundred sorority members, alumni and guests attended. Ray Bachman ' s orchestra provided music for the formal. The Pan-Hellenic Council under the leadership of Lois Stelzreid made the arrange- ments. The Blackstone Hotel ballroom was chosen for the dance. The formal dance brought to a close the major social events for the 1949-50 season. May 7, Sunday, found Pasteur Club members and their guests at Linoma Beach for a day of merrymaking. The annual event featured boating on the Linoma lakes, ball games and a spaghetti and meatball dinner in the evening. Greyhound buses transported the guests to Linoma. A light lunch of hot dogs and potato salad started the afternoon festivities. Faculty members and several other special guests also attended. Don Stewart, CC4, president of the club, was general overseer. Dr. John Sheehan, associate professor of biology, is moderator of the Pasteur Club. 200 • ,r ' • VV. ' ffi iyiaiiiiiiHi iii ,; j :.r