De La Salle High School - Delta Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Above right—Father Koelin is about to address the congregation of students assomblod in tho gym. Below contor—Shown here is tho Elevation of tho Mass. Below right — Communion is being odministc'ed by Father Kaolin to Richard Malen-fant, Ronald Pratt, and Dole Kob-bo, all of Soph. 208. Since his ordination six years ago, Father Walter Kaelin has devoted himself to giving retreats and missions all over the Midwest and South-Central States. His order, founded by St. Paul of the Cross in 1720, is a combination of the life of solitude, prayer, penance, and poverty as practiced by monks, and the apostolic work of preachers and missionaries everywhere. Passionists are now found throughout the world, continuing the work of their Saintly founder.

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Goodness and Happiness Keynote Annual Retreat Conducted by Father Kaelin Goodness and happiness go together. With this truth as the keynote, the annual retreat took ploce in November under the direction of Father Walter Kaelin, C.P. Believing that if a person wants always to be happy he must always be good, Father Kaelin undertook to show how one can stay good and still have a good time. As a means of doing this, he tried to make men realize their dignity as creatures of God, and realizing it, to try to keep and develop this dignity. Subjects of the lectures given by Father Kaelin were.- Appreciating Your Dignity, the opening address; Spoiling Your Dignity. sin; Regaining Your Dignify, Confession; Preserving Your Dignity the Ten Commandments; Living According to Your Dignity, purity; and Enhancing Your Dignity, Holy Communion. DE men were welcome to talk over their special problems in pri-va'e with the retreat master, for, as Father Kaelin says, Personal conferences are encouraged, because these may be the only way of helping an individual in some problem. According to Father, retreat work is his favorite occupation as a priest. He fries to put himself in the place of the students and realize the questions they would like to have answered. Father Kaelin's opinion of the retreat was very favorable, as he said that the boys he had spoken to were very straight-forward, and thof the attention at the talks was exceptional. The retreat ended with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament and the Papal Blessing given by Father Kaelin. Above -Bill Foloy is of the mike leading the entire studont body in the dialogue Mats, celebrated every morning during the retreat. Below left—Father Kaelin officiating at the Offertory of the Mass. Servers are Lawrence Boiscloir, Soph. 304 and Tom Augustine, Sr. 309. During tho retreat they served ot Mass.

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Homecoming Made Gay By Assembly and Dance Despite Gridders' Defeat Although De Lo Salle was beaten by St. John's, Homecoming turned out to be a big success. It was officially opened at the Homecoming Assembly held on the Friday night before the game. Highlighting the assembly was a comedy skit put on by senior members of the football team, including Don Jaeger, Denny Murray, Steve Bell, Bob Kasbohm and Frank Barber. Paul Jaeger served as announcer for the mock football game held on the stage. Next on the assembly was Mickey Rourke, freshman soprano, who song Too-Ra-loo-Rah, and, encouraged by yells of encore, also sang Danny Boy and MacNamara's Band. The assembly was then concluded after a chorus of cheers, and the band ployed the school song as the students filed out. The hard-fought St. John's game, which DE lost 20 to 13, was followed by a spaghetti dinner in the cafeteria, attended by 200 people. Tne dinner was sponsored by the Alumni Association and put on by the Graziano brothers of the Casino Cafe. After dinner a bingo party was held in the school auditorium. The climax of the celebration was the dance held at 8:30 Sunday night at the Northside Legion Hall, which was artistically decorated by Denny Murray, Bill Foley, John Black, Bob Burns and Bob Kasbohm the morning before the dance. The Hall has adequate dancing space downstairs and a very nice coke bar and lounge upstairs that was opened to the 315 students and their dates. The music was furnished by Bud Strawn's orchestra. Above—The crowd cheeri as iho Purple and Gold scores agoimt St. John's. Lower left: Bob McGuire, '48, and Pot Norin ore shown at the spaghetti dinner. Center—So mo alumni olso attended the Dance. In the foreground 'sPatCol-bert,'48, and dote. Lower right: left to